Another thing I forgot to mention on this list is that while several of
us were watching the Wheatear yesterday, it was calling repeatedly
(high-pitched whistle).
Ardith Bondi
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Plum Beach Northern Wheatear
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 18:27
Hi Ardith,
I arrived around 2:15pm to Plum Beach after spending all the morning looking
for the Say’s Phoebe that was not seen during that time (10AM-1:30PM). There
were some birders around who said that the N. Wheatear had been perching on the
wooden structure and on a nearby trunk for 30 minu
I had the bird sitting on its old perch (the wooden frame on the south
side of the marsh) from 1:20 until 2pm, and then it disappeared again.
I'm wondering if it ever reappeared.
Checking with a couple of the many kiteboarders out there, I was told
that they had clocked the winds at 21mph gust