Re: [nysbirds-l] Ithaca rarities

2018-01-03 Thread Purbita Saha
Speaking of Upstate, I really appreciate Joan Collins's detailed updates from Long Lake. Her writing near rivals Thoreau's. I always learn so much. Thanks to everyone for keeping the bird broadcasts alive! On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Angus Wilson wrote: > New York is a large and geographica

Re: [nysbirds-l] Ithaca rarities

2018-01-03 Thread Angus Wilson
New York is a large and geographically diverse state and I suspect one of the problems undermining the usefulness of this STATEWIDE list as well as contributing to the impression that it is principally focused on downstate, is the careless use of location information. Too often posts simply assume

Re: [nysbirds-l] Ithaca rarities

2018-01-03 Thread Elizabeth Dinapoli
Kevin, Funny, you should say that. As a downstater I was literally having a similar conversation with another downstater last month when we had a fantastic day at the Franklin Mt. Hawk Watch near Oneonta. We went to the hawk watch for Golden Eagles that weekend because of an upstater's post. W

Re: [nysbirds-l] Ithaca rarities

2018-01-03 Thread Andrew Block
Thanks Kevin for sending this report.  I'd love to see those incredible numbers of Redheads and the Tufted Duck, but it's a little far for me right now.  It's always nice to hear about sightings in the rest of NYS other than down here.  I wish more people would do this on this listserv.  I'm gla