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Hi NYS Birders, Hope I am not boring you all with this. Here are the highlights of the Orient Count as presented to NF Birds by Mary Laura Lamont, Compiler of the count. I have also included a PDF & Word doc describing the life history of one of NY State's greatest naturalists, our own Roy Latham of Orient. Born 1881. He started the Orient Christmas count as a young man and it is one of the oldest in the USA. The information is from The Long Island Botanical Society Newsletter: Vol 3 No. 1 of Jan- Fed 1993 I believe some of it was written by Eric Lamont, one of Roy's biographers. LONG ISLAND BOTANICAL SOCIETY Founded: 1986; Incorporated: 1989. The Long Island Botanical Society is dedicated to the promotion of field botany and a greater understanding of the plants that grow wild on Long Island, New York. Best Rick --
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Here are some terrific highlights of the Orient Christmas Bird Count, held 12-28-2013 118 species total, with sectors listed where those birds were found The Orient Count is a great cooperative group effort by many, many people. I want to thank everyone, and that means everyone, from the great leaders of all 9 sectors, to the feeder watchers, to the bird counters and finders,to the State workers who help with driving in the State Park, to the Town of Southold who closed deer hunting on their properties for the day, to the Plum Island folks,and the people who allow us access to their private properties. A TOTAL GROUP EFFORT! Red-necked grebe (Sag Harbor, Jessup's Neck, Orient) Great egret (Jessup's Neck) Lesser scaup (Greenport, Shelter Island east) Harlequin duck (Orient) Barrow's goldeneye (Sag Harbor) Bald eagle (Southold North, Orient, Mashomack, Shelter Island West & East, Jessup's Neck) Rough-legged hawk (Southold South, Shelter island East) Kestrel (Orient, Shelter Island East) Peregrine falcon (Orient) Northern bobwhite (Shelter Island east) Killdeer (Southold South) Red knot (Orient) Woodcock (Mashomack)Iceland gull (Orient) Lesser black-backed gull (Southold South) Razorbill (Southold North, Orient) Dovekie (Sag Harbor) Black guillemott (Orient)Snowy owl (Orient, Jessup's Neck) Rufous hummingbird (Southold South) Eastern phoebe (Orient)House wren (Shelter Island east) Marsh wren (Greenport, Orient) Ruby-crowned kinglet (Shelter Island east)American pipit (Orient) Pam warbler (Mashomack) Yellow-breasted chat (Jessup's Neck) Lark sparrow (Orient) This is just a few! MaryLaura Lamont, Compiler of the Orient Christmas Bird Count |
