Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-06 Thread Todd Olson
This discussion prompted me to dig. I had a Black Swan at JBWR on 7/18/93. A write-in on the printed refuge checklist with notation, "escapee". Todd Olson, Greater NYC On Sep 6, 2018 8:32 AM, "Shaibal Mitra" wrote: Hi Jim and all, I have three records of Black Swan at Jamaica Bay: 13 Aug

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-06 Thread Todd Olson
This discussion prompted me to dig. I had a Black Swan at JBWR on 7/18/93. A write-in on the printed refuge checklist with notation, "escapee". Todd Olson, Greater NYC On Sep 6, 2018 8:32 AM, "Shaibal Mitra" wrote: Hi Jim and all, I have three records of Black Swan at Jamaica Bay: 13 Aug

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-06 Thread Jim Osterlund
Well, then, for what it’s worth: there’s a Black Swan on Oyster Pond, Montauk, Suffolk County -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-06 Thread Jim Osterlund
Well, then, for what it’s worth: there’s a Black Swan on Oyster Pond, Montauk, Suffolk County -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

Re:[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-06 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi Jim and all, I have three records of Black Swan at Jamaica Bay: 13 Aug 2000 29 Aug 2009 2 Oct 2009 If this is the same individual reappearing on the East Pond in late summer at nine-year intervals, one must wonder where such a large, conspicuous bird could be hiding in between. In any

Re:[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-06 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi Jim and all, I have three records of Black Swan at Jamaica Bay: 13 Aug 2000 29 Aug 2009 2 Oct 2009 If this is the same individual reappearing on the East Pond in late summer at nine-year intervals, one must wonder where such a large, conspicuous bird could be hiding in between. In any

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-03 Thread Andrew Baksh
Hello Jim, As far as I know, the Black Swan has not been seen for quite a few years. Cheers, "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風　Swift as the wind 林　

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-03 Thread Andrew Baksh
Hello Jim, As far as I know, the Black Swan has not been seen for quite a few years. Cheers, "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風　Swift as the wind 林　

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-03 Thread Jim Osterlund
It’s likely that the Black Swan that inhabited the east pond has become too regular to report, but I wonder if anyone can say he’s seen it recently. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Black Swan

2018-09-03 Thread Jim Osterlund
It’s likely that the Black Swan that inhabited the east pond has become too regular to report, but I wonder if anyone can say he’s seen it recently. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm