RE: ----- From: John Askildsen <askild...@verizon.net> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Addendum Date: March 20, 2010 7:27:43 PM EDT To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Reply-To: John Askildsen <askild...@verizon.net>
most important of today's finds, but omitted inadvertantly from my previous report, was that of a "chipping" waterthrush near the blind at Big John's Pond at Jamaica Bay WR. My wife, bob kurtz and I, all heard the bird, but never actually saw it. Presumably, it was a Louisiana, given the date, albeit early. JPA John Askildsen Millbrook, New York - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John and all, Anyone with further data please correct this - I believe the early NY state record for Louisiana Waterthrush is from March 17 (and following days), 2006 - a bird photographed on that particular St. Patrick's Day at the "Loch" in Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City by well-known photographer Cal Vornberger, with multiple observers. I am not sure of the earliest date for Northern Waterthrush, but am fairly sure it is a much later date, perhaps by 2 or more weeks (from today's date) - there is an early record listed in "Bull's Birds of New York State", edited by Emanuel "Manny" Levine, the species account by Stephen W. Eaton, noting an extreme date of 7 Apr. ("coastal, banded") & of course we all are aware that sight records, even some by fairly experienced observers, are not always 100% reliable to species between Louisiana and Northern, particularly with unusual dates &/or locations, although experienced observers can be very cautious with exactly such unexpected occurrences of either of the waterthrush species. In the same book (as noted), the early record noted above for Louisiana Waterthrush took place years after the book's publication, however it did list an extreme date of 25 Mar. ("coastal"), under that species' account. Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --