A Say's Phoebe made a very brief appearance at the Fire Island hawkwatch around 9:00, first detected by Tony Tierno, and immediately enjoyed by all on hand: Trudy Battaly, Billy Hanley, Norm Klein, Drew Panko, me--and VIP Andy Baldelli, for whom it was a state bird! (Andy's been out of state for a while.)
After watching it for a few seconds, I left it under their care while I ran back to get my scope. Unfortunately, it began bouncing westward almost immediately, and despite Andy's and my vigorous efforts, we lost it along the median. Other highlights included a nice hawk flight, a notable influx of Savannah Sparrows, a late Orchard Oriole, a late-ish Cliff Swallow, and a double-V of Double-crested Cormorants, with each group being led by an immature Great Cormorant. We checked Captree afterward, almost expecting to find a visibly different Say's Phoebe there, but dipped of course. Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ PS: Are you attending the CSI Breast Cancer Walkathon on Dolphin Day? Register Now><http://goo.gl/dLUDB> -- 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/ --
