I know that I’m not the only one wondering what a “slingshot event” is. Are you referring to migrants overshooting their destination? Thanks, Dawn
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:53 PM, Patricia Lindsay <pjlind...@optonline.net> wrote: > > Shai Mitra and I traveled to RI today for Easter, gnashing teeth, > tearing hair, and keening (Shai is, contrary to all expectation, one > eighth Irish and prone to keening) about missing a possible/probable > slingshot event on our Long Island beaches today, given the favorable > weather conditions for just such an event. > > > > As it turns out, multiple reports of early trans-gulf migrants from > coastal Rhode Island today (E. Kingbird, Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, > Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak) proved our > predictions to be true, and we're wondering if anyone on coastal LI > found any evidence of this event, other than my 6 year old great nephew, > Orion, who called us from his grandfather's house in Shirley to report a > Rose-breasted Grosbeak. > > > Patricia Lindsay and Shai Mitra > > Bay Shore > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --