I have written up a blog post<http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2012/01/graces-warbler-how-it-unfolded.html>that captures the day's event of what took place. A couple of additional photos of the Grace's Warbler and birders who arrived on the scene are included.
Best, Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Angus Wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > Several people asked me today about previous records of Grace's > Warbler in the East. I couldn't think of any but did some searching > this evening to see what, if anything turns up. Seems there is at > least one substantiated record east of the Mississippi (just), a > well-photographed bird at Montrose Point, Chicago (Cook Co.), Illinois > in September 2003. > > Photo here: > http://www.illinoisbirds.org/photo_archives/graces_warbler.html > > There may also be records from Quebec and Newfoundland but I've not > been able to track down the specifics. On the wrong side of the > Mississippi River, there is also a May 2008 record from western > Nebraska (Garden Co.). That's it! Anybody find any other E-o-t-M > records? > > Hats of to Doug and Andrew for a really outstanding find and kudos to > Seth and other for spreading the news via posts or phone calls. I can > easily believe 150-200 people saw the bird today. It will interesting > what other goodies the Southern Nassau CBC turns up and let's hope the > warbler reappears tomorrow. > > Prompt posting of any news (positive or negative) will be helpful to > other folks contemplating the drive from more distant parts. > > -- > Angus Wilson > New York City & The Springs, NY, USA > http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ > > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
