Has the dove been seen this morning? Or have efforts been unsuccessful?
> On Nov 8, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > > The finding of today’s Common Ground Dove started an interesting debate. > Which improbability is more likely? Did last week’s dove escape the Merlin, > only sacrificing its tail? Or did two individuals of a species so rare in New > York wander to the same site independently twice in under a week? For those > who got photos last weekend, feel free to compare to the picture I posted on > my web site http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . > > The dove was certainly getting around today. The encounter in the picture was > a result of me going to park my car by the middle exit from West End 2. To my > surprise, the dove flushed up, landed a short distance away, and starting > walking along the edge of the parking lot. A while later, in the same area > but by the road, I spotted a White-crowned Sparrow among the masses of > sparrows. Considering the point of season that we’re at, I figured it was > worth a closer look for the possibility of a Gambel’s race. And in fact, I > think it may very well be. It’s an immature, so maybe not as clear cut as an > adult would be. To my eyes, there’s a supercilium pale to the bill and a > rather orange bill, which shows well on one of the pictures that I posted on > the Recent Work page of the web site. See what you think. Ironically, I > checked the date on which I photographed the adult Gambel’s in the same area > in 2005. Yep, November 8. A picture of that bird is on my Sparrows of the > West gallery. > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > > From: bounce-118371366-8873...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-118371366-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Gail Benson > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:53 AM > To: nysbirds-l; Gail Benson > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Common Ground Dove Jones Beach West End > > A Common Ground Dove apparently missing a tail. To west of entrance to coast > guard station. Along the road. > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
