Brendan Fogarty reports that the Godwit is being seen now. No other details provided.
Better get yourself sorted for a twitch/chase tomorrow. This one is worth it. Cheers, -------- “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our mind.” ~ Bob Marley “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Jul 20, 2022, at 3:37 PM, mcb...@verizon.net wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > Yesterday evening (19 July) , Ben Bolduc discovered a godwit at Moriches > Inlet, Suffolk County. > > I came across the photos earlier this afternoon and after circulating among > several top birders in the area, there was agreement the godwit appears to be > a Bar-tailed - likely a drab SY-type bird. The bird is fairly long-billed > like a Marbled, but in Ben’s photos, it also appears rather drab gray, > lacking the upperpart checkering of a Marbled, with fine streaking on the > coverts, and subtly longer primaries projecting beyond the terts and tail > -all seeming consistent with Bar-tailed. > > I wanted to circulate this news so others can search to relocate the bird. > > Photos of the bird can be see on Ben’s checklist: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S115409477 > > Good luck! > > Best, > Mike McBrien > > > > -- > 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/ --