Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Post Storm Species List I have been quite amazed and impressed at the historic occurrence of pelagic and perhaps other storm-related birds in NY (and in neighboring states and provinces as well) that have been reported to this and many other birding list-serves and other reports. Rob is on an interesting track here and there are perhaps any number of possible additions... including reports of Frigatebird and there could be more to come as things get sorted out and hopefully settle down in the hardest-hit places. From a N.Y. City, and Manhattan perspective (that's not where I was in or after "Irene"'s passage, rather many hours drive downeast in Maine) I can only applaud all the efforts in the part of town I call home as well as from birders all around the east - this surely will need to be written up, and eventually will be, in a journal of record - "The Kingbird" for New York state as well as in various other states' & provinces' journals of bird records. As a Manhattan "west-sider" I'm especially delighted with the reports from the Hudson just off that island, while all the reports away from the Atlantic are equally impressive - and then some. Just fascinating how this storm played out in a birding perspective... and a big thank- you to all who reported! I hope all affected by the storm otherwise will be getting back to normal - a hope particularly sanguine to those who lost property and loved ones in those most hard-hit areas in the path of "Irene".
Tom Fiore, New York (& Maine) - - - - - On Aug 30, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Rob Jett wrote: Just for laughs (and to enjoy some of these birds vicariously as I only managed a small portion of the total), I scanned the postings and created a "Storm Bird" list for NY. I omitted songbirds from the list (let me know if there was anything really unusual that I should have included). For the shorebirds I only included the uncommon and rare species that were reported around the area. I did, however, included ALL the tern species that were reported, primarily, because the combined list looks so ridiculous. Enjoy and good birding, Rob ********** Albatrosses, Petrels, and Shearwaters Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater Storm-Petrels Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Band-rumped Storm-petrel Black-Capped Petrel Tropicbirds White-tailed Tropicbird Cormorants, Anhingas, and Pelicans Brown Pelican Shorebirds American Golden-Plover Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Lesser Black-backed Gull Sooty Tern Bridled Tern Least Tern Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Black Skimmer Skuas and Jaegers South Polar Skua Long-tailed Jaeger Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger - - - - - -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
