Nathan is a super up and coming birder. Talk about the good ol' college try.... He's the guy who scooped up the "Western" Flycatcher's poop to try to see if we can get a DNA reading to determine the species.
See you at the next mega. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greening County New York http://blog.timesunion.com/birding On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 10:21 AM, robert adamo <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry this post is late...blame it on yesterday's 5 AM rise, combined with > a lot of walking ! I tried for the Swainson's Warbler at Central Park from > mid-morning to early afternoon, only to come up "a day late and a dollar > short" ! Birding was slow, by C. Pk's standards, with the highlights for > me being a FOY Cape May Warbler (female) seen at "The Oven", thanks to a > chance meeting with Doug Futuyama near "Azalea Pond", as well as a FOY > White-eyed Vireo ! > > Although my trip into the city was accomplished by the use of car, train > and subway, as I was back on the train heading toward Rockville Centre, I > couldn't help but think of Nathan Goldberg, a young man I met earlier, > while looking for the Swainson's. He could only spend a short time longer > looking for the bird, due to his having to get back to Ithaca in time to > take a test at 3 PM. He had been looking for the warbler since 6 AM, after > only getting ~ 45 minutes sleep prior to "giving it the old college try" ! > I can only hope he arrived safely and aced the test...what spirit, optimism > and intrepidness ! > > Cheers, > Bob > -- > *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/>*!* > -- > -- Richard Guthrie -- 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/ --
