Thus had been going on for many, many years. Skimmers flying up the Hudson at night and even appearing regularly. on water bodies in Central Park at night.
Peter Post Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2017, at 8:09 PM, Dominic Garcia-Hall <dominic.h...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Whilst I've seen isolated black skimmers every summer for the past few years > on this stretch of the Hudson, I've never seen them with such regularity as I > have over the last week. Just now another 4 cruised upriver, seeming to have > crossed NYC at its point of lowest altitude (smart birds), before bearing > west into Weehawken bay. > > All the birds (12 in total) have taken the exact same route. I suspect > they're from one of the Queens breeding populations, and are going to feed > nocturnally in the Meadowlands. It's interesting as diurnal-foraging birds > are regular at the mouth of the Hudson - at Liberty SP - all summer. > > Anyway, if you're in need of BLSK for your NY county list, an early evening > vigil from Chelsea piers would likely be rewarded. > > Good skimming. > > Dom > > Dominic Garcia-Hall > > www.antbirds.com > > + 1 201 851 6512 > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
