Hi The King eider was at 59st in Rockaway today. We were surprised to find so few birders there when we arrived around 11.00am.Just posting here as an update for anyone who may be interested this week. On Dec 15, 2013 5:31 PM, "syschiff" <[email protected]> wrote:
A small comment on birding in Britain, Back in the 60's, a defense contractor I worked for built a "zero noise" microwave amplifier, cooled by liquid helium. It was delivered to the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope in England by the Department Head of the group who developed it. This was cutting edge big, big-time science at the time. As a reward and celebration after its successful use, some of the staff twitchers took this non birder with them into the mountains to see the reported CHOUGH. Returning to London on his way home, a gregarious cabby asked him what he had been doing in England. He mentioned he had been up to see a CHOUGH. The cabby commented "Oh, yes, very rare bird". The casual way it was said floored him. As he scene was described to me, he said, "Everybody in England is a bird watcher". Sy Schiff -- *NYSbirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> *Archives:* The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net <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/ --
