Will be interesting to see if it is resighted there again this fall, to support such a navigational strategy!
Benjamin On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg <k...@cornell.edu>wrote: > Fantastic. Thanks Jay! According to that history our bird should have > turned due east to show up again at Monomoy as planned. > > Ken > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 19, 2013, at 12:11 PM, "Jay McGowan" <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > I know a lot of us were curious where the Red Knot that Kevin and Lee Ann > found at Myers Point on 28 July 2013 was banded. I entered it into the > shorebird banding database and was able to view where this bird was seen > before. > > It was apparently banded on 2 Sep 2009 at Monomoy National Wildlife > Refuge in extreme eastern Massachusetts. It was seen through 22 Oct 2009 in > the same area, then not seen again until the next year. On 15 Aug 2010 it > was seen at North Beach Island, Massachusetts, then on 1 Sep 2010 back at > Monomoy, where it continued until at least 29 Oct 2010. The next year it > was seen in the spring as well, on 19 May 2011 at Kimbles Beach near Cape > May, New Jersey. It continued along the bayshore here for at least a week, > then was resighted at Little Sipson Island, Massachusetts (a bit north of > Monomoy) on 2 Aug 2011, then on 24 Aug 2011 it was back at Monomoy, where > it was once again seen through October. Last year it was seen on 21-30 Mar > 2012 at Kiawah Island in South Carolina but was not reported all fall. This > year it was seen in the Kimbles Beach area in New Jersey from 27-30 May > 2013 and not reported again until we saw it here on Cayuga Lake on 28 Jul > 2013. > > Here is a photo of the bird, for those of you who didn't see it or want to > be reminded: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Summer2013#5905860110729828098 > > Pretty cool! I wish we could find out that much information on ALL the > vagrants we see here. > > Cheers, > -Jay > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > jw...@cornell.edu > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
