Jim put together a map of the relevant landmarks for the area where the Elegant Tern was seen this afternoon. See Jim's message below including a link to the map.
Good luck anyone looking tomorrow. Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Pawlicki <jmpawl...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:39 PM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Niagara River Elegant Tern map To: geneseebirds-l <geneseebird...@geneseo.edu> I put together a quick map of the Niagara River around the south end of Grand Island. You can view it as an image and also download it from flickr (original/full-size) here: www.flickr.com/photos/jmpawli10 KEY: Red Rectangle: rocky shallows just offshore the park where the bird was found and seen early afternoon. Orange Line w/Arrow: direction bird was seen flying in from during last observation. Green Lines w/Arrow: direction bird was seen flying following last observation. Orange Ovals/Circles: locations were Bonaparte's Gulls and Ring-billed Gulls (and in summer, Common and Caspian Terns) have regularly been observed sitting/loafing. These places from east to west on the map are: the two "arms" of Strawberry Island, (recently re-created) by NYSDEC rocky Frog Island, the swimming beach at Beaver Island State Park, and then the small rocky jetty at the marina docks at Beaver Island. Dark Red Oval/Circle: Sheridan Drive Boat Launch in Tonawanda (mainland) -- another observation point on mainland to view Frog and Strawberry Islands. The yellow line running down the river is the international border between the United States (NY) and Canada (Ontario). Jim Pawlicki _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
