Has anyone seen the Thick-billed Murre recently? ________________________________ From: bounce-72586632-14379...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-72586632-14379...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Andrew Baksh [birdingd...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:34 PM To: nysbirds-l Cc: Nyc ebirds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Second hand report that the Thick-billed Murre in Brooklyn continues...
I just received a message from Bobby Kurtz, indicating that he got a call from Ed Vescher (sp) who reported that he was looking at a THICK-BILLED MURRE from Dead Horse Bay. It would seem that the bird has made its way back to the area where it was originally found? I don't know if the parking situation has changed at Floyd Bennett Field, but I have included Doug Gochfeld's e-mail from Sunday (see the thread below), which provided instructions on where one might park (I think it is about a 1/2 a mile walk from the aviator parking spot). Good luck if you go and please forgive me if I did not get all the details right. I figured to get the word out ASAP for those who have yet to see this bird. Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com<http://www.birdingdude.blogspot.com> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM, <fresha2...@aol.com<mailto:fresha2...@aol.com>> wrote: Rob Jett just called to report that he and Heydi Lopes have just found a Thick-billed Murre in Dead Horse Bay. It is behind the usual massive flock of Greater Scaup (which includes at least one Canvasback that they just found). >From his description, it sounds like the Murre is roughly here: 40.582019,-73.90224 Viewed from here: 40.581579,-73.896339 If coming by car, you must park at Aviator Sports Parking Lot (across Flatbush Avenue, in Floyd Bennett Field), and walk south. I suppose that alternatively you could park in the Brooklyn Golf Driving Range, but it is not much closer and is technically private (I think). The entrance to the Aviator Lot is here (at a traffic light): 40.590335,-73.900652 Walk down the street to the access of the trails (a bus stop is also here) here: 40.581571,-73.891704 Plugging these coordinates into Google Maps will yield a green arrow marking the locations. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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: 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/ --
