I went to sleep last night dreaming of Sabine's Gull. I left the house this morning with the hope of seeing a Sabine's Gull on a day the temperature would be in the 80's, and without having to travel to the Niagara Frontier to see it !
During the ~ 4 hours I spent at Breezy Point, I did not get my "lifer", but did get to meet a terrific guy ! Tom Ryan has lived (year-round) in B.Pt. for 64 years. Now, retired, he spends a good amount of his time surf-casting for Bluefish & Striped Bass. It was while returning home after some "casting", that he was moved to ask a "loaded down" birder where he was going, and would he like to ride most of the way. I jumped at the chance, and wound up learning a lot about B.Pt's. history. En-route home, I decided to try for the White-faced Ibis found on Captree Island yesterday, and was able to find it. Unbeknownst to me at the time, Ken Thompson was watching the bird from a different location on the entrance road, at the same time. Another instance of serendipity, was the arrival of a mother and son (both wearing binoculars) and looking for the W-f Ibis (shades of the "Birding McBriens") ! Well, Karen & Thomas Kernan did get their bird, and the NYSYBC might get another family ! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
