Because of extensive flooding in Central NY I was not able to get to the
eastern end of NY to see the bird. I did, however, find a website that
accurately described the extent of the traffic problems. I checked a number of
bridges and routes and found the information was accurate and timely as
Joe Guinta birding with Sy Schiff just called to report 1 of each, a *
Marbled* and a *Hudsonian Godwit*, on the bar at the Jones Beach Coast Guard
Station. In addition, *3 Caspian Terns* and over *200 Red Knots* were also
observed in the same location. Joe also indicated that the Mosquitoes are
I would appreciate any update/report about the Wheatear. Has the bird been seen
this morning?
Thanks,
FP
On Sep 8, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Jack Rothman wrote:
Richard Aracil, Deborah Allen and I watched the bird on a pile of large
broken rocks across many rows of track at about 3:25 this
Hello All,I met Dick Belanger on County Road 51 in Eastport around
8:30 this morning. He and Mary Laura Lamont had spotted a White rumped
Sandpiper some minutes past on the biggest field east of the roadbed. For
the next hour Dick and I searched the wandering flocks numbering close to
200
First, Skinner Lane is completely inaccessible at this time. There is no word
on any of the birds that were seen there. Hopefully the water will begin to
recede since we had no rain overnight. Over at Turtle Bay Road off of Co Rt
12, shorebirds continued in somewhat lower numbers but with
I'm not sure if anyone knows about this already or not, but there's a new
movie coming out October 14th in theatres called The Big Year (based on the
book The Big Year by Mark Obmascik). The movie is about a group of
mid-aged guys that decide to do a big year in America and see more birds
Hi Bill/All,
I was out last night from about midnight to 1 a.m. and it was remarkable! I
liked your image of awestruck birders wandering around in darkness! I've
given up the notion of a good night's sleep at this time of year - I don't
have any recording equipment.yet, but I've spent years
Lewis, I'm glad you brought up this movie.
Up here in Rochester, we're making the most of this opportunity to raise
visibility for birding. We've scheduled a panel discussion on listing at a
local library for October 3 (I have the pleasure of being one of the panelists)
as a preamble to
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep 9, 2011
* NYNY1109.09
- Birds Mentioned:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
BROWN PELICAN
WHITE IBIS+
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
This afternoon, I headed toward the C/S/F because of Rich Nancy Willot's
promising report from that location yesterday. Upon arrival, I found Rick
Linda Kedengerg, along with Jody Levin, already on the scene. They, in turn,
made me aware of the single golden, plus a #
Because of extensive flooding in Central NY I was not able to get to the
eastern end of NY to see the bird. I did, however, find a website that
accurately described the extent of the traffic problems. I checked a number of
bridges and routes and found the information was accurate and timely as
Joe Guinta birding with Sy Schiff just called to report 1 of each, a *
Marbled* and a *Hudsonian Godwit*, on the bar at the Jones Beach Coast Guard
Station. In addition, *3 Caspian Terns* and over *200 Red Knots* were also
observed in the same location. Joe also indicated that the Mosquitoes are
I would appreciate any update/report about the Wheatear. Has the bird been seen
this morning?
Thanks,
FP
On Sep 8, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Jack Rothman wrote:
> Richard Aracil, Deborah Allen and I watched the bird on a pile of large
> broken rocks across many rows of track at about 3:25 this
Hello All,I met Dick Belanger on County Road 51 in Eastport around
8:30 this morning. He and Mary Laura Lamont had spotted a White rumped
Sandpiper some minutes past on the biggest field east of the roadbed. For
the next hour Dick and I searched the wandering flocks numbering close to
200
First, Skinner Lane is completely inaccessible at this time. There is no word
on any of the birds that were seen there. Hopefully the water will begin to
recede since we had no rain overnight. Over at Turtle Bay Road off of Co Rt
12, shorebirds continued in somewhat lower numbers but with
I'm not sure if anyone knows about this already or not, but there's a new
movie coming out October 14th in theatres called The Big Year (based on the
book The Big Year by Mark Obmascik). The movie is about a group of
mid-aged guys that decide to do a big year in America and see more birds
Hi Bill/All,
I was out last night from about midnight to 1 a.m. and it was remarkable! I
liked your image of awestruck birders wandering around in darkness! I've
given up the notion of a good night's sleep at this time of year - I don't
have any recording equipment.yet, but I've spent years
Lewis, I'm glad you brought up this movie.
Up here in Rochester, we're making the most of this opportunity to raise
visibility for birding. We've scheduled a panel discussion on listing at a
local library for October 3 (I have the pleasure of being one of the panelists)
as a preamble to
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep 9, 2011
* NYNY1109.09
- Birds Mentioned:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
BROWN PELICAN
WHITE IBIS+
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
This afternoon, I headed toward the C/S/F because of Rich & Nancy Willot's
promising report from that location yesterday. Upon arrival, I found Rick &
Linda Kedengerg, along with Jody Levin, already on the scene. They, in turn,
made me aware of the single golden, plus a
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