Aside from saying Dovekie no, it would be relevant to mention that much of the marina, including the Dovekie's preferred area, iced over overnight. Saying this could have been more painful for me, but I did go yesterday, as well. I went back in order to make use of the better morning light. Ironically, the good light made it difficult to look in the other direction -- toward the mouth of the channel -- where conceivably the Dovekie could have moved to. I imagine others did look in this direction later in the day.
Actually, I heard something about someone attempting to take it, but the purpose was not so noble as to rehabilitate it. If there's more to this story, I'll leave it to someone with first hand knowledge. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
