The birder that Dou Gochfeld referred to is Stan Kirsh, a friend for over 30 years, who now lives in North East, Maryland. Stan has been birding for 5-6 years, and of course agreed to meet me at JBWR, when I called with the invite on Wenesday night. We all had a great day today...but Stan's was just a bit "greater"! He and I got to see all the species mentioned by Doug, except for the stilt... but with (5) of them being seen by Stan for the very first time-or as he prefers to say "1 shy of a double hat trick"!
Stan also was quick to point out that it was either one day short, or one day more, of exactly a year ago, when he saw his first Curlew Sandpiper, right here on the East Pond. He could not, however, remember if it was part of a hat trick, or not! Due to the "magic" of cell phones, we have Doug & Andrew to thank for the avocet & godwit, and to Shai Mitra for the Peregrine Falcon he pointed out, as he quickly passed us enroute to D & A's position, himself responding to their "godwit APB". Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
