Late this afternoon, Bobby Kurtz re-found the *Say's Phoebe* found earlier today by Joan Quinlan and later located by Shai Mitra. The bird was seen by Bobby around the same area described earlier by Shai.
I managed to make it to Robert Moses with some light still available and found the bird after about 45 minutes of searching. It was on the beach side of the picnic area of the southwestern corner of parking field 2 (see Shia's e-mail below for more information on that location). The bird flew and perched on one of the signs on the dunes, stayed for a minute and then dropped out of sight. Hopefully, the bird hangs in there for those who could not make it out to Moses today. Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>wrote: > As noted by lloyd and Andrew, Joan Quinlan found a Say's Phoebe at Robert > Moses SP, near the western end of Fire Island, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > I had seen Joan there, shortly before she found it, but for various > reasons I didn't learn about it until quite a bit later. > > Needless to say, I headed over immediately upon getting the word from > Patricia Lindsay and re-found the bird at 11:40. At that time, it was > frequenting the dunes south of the concrete walkway linking the southwestern > corner of parking field 2 to the golf course clubhouse. From here, it moved > eastward along the fences lining the afore-mentioned walkway, then settled > into the picnic area immediately west of the parking field. Because my cell > battery was dead (see above, under "various reasons"), I retreated to my car > to plug in my phone and make a few calls. By the time I returned to search > for the bird (by now with Patricia Lindsay), we could not find it before we > both had to leave. > > Some photos can be seen at: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011 > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > > > ------------------------------ > > *Change is in the Air - *Smoking in Designated Areas Only in > effect.<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree> > *Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012.* > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- 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/ --
