Patricia Lindsay reports a trio of Brown Pelicans flying west to east on the
oceanfront at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County, Long Island.
Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
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In case you missed this Ned Brinkley blog post, which is about the joy of
migration, it features NY birders, especially one in particular whom many
of you may have lost track of.
https://birdcast.info/scientific-discussion/migration-story-23-may-2020-magic-on-the-eastern-shore-of-virginia/
Hugh
Thanks for sharing, Hugh--very cool!
Andy had spoken with me about that day, but I wasn't aware of Ned's blog post.
Lots to think about there.
Best,
Shai
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I wrapped up my morning work duties as quickly as I could then raced down to
join Pat at 09:05. By then she'd seen at least two of the pelicans return from
the east, mill around, then work eastward out of sight again. We gave it 25
minutes of careful effort without any further sign of the pelica
Thanks for sharing Hugh! Very neat and I could relate to the adrenaline rush as
I read Ned’s mad dash - if you want to call it that, to the scene of the
fallout.
I did not get to bird with the Andrew that long but he was one who inspired a
personal quest to raise my game with Shorebirds.
It is
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 5, 2020
* NYNY2006.05
- Birds Mentioned
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
RED PHALAROPE
POMARINE JAEGER
DOVEKIE
ICELAND GULL
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel