I don't understand Rich Guthrie's query/quarrel here. Are you tsk-tsking Menachem, who posted the report, or the person whose post he was forwarding, who posted to the ebirdsnyc group, or are you wondering aloud about the person who originally posted the photos on WhatBird? If either of the latter two, I don't understand what use the question has going to this list, since there is a decent likelihood that neither of those two is reading that question/pearl of wisdom, since they did not post directly to this group. If the question was (mis)directed at Menachem, then I really don't understand what the point trying to be made is, since A) He did not originally post the links that needed a username (that probably wouldn't take that long to set up, though that's beside the point), and B) He does not own the rights to those photos to re-post them in an album more easily consumable by the general public (which would also take him more time personally, which for a report that is not even his in the first place, seems like an unfair thing to expect).
I think that Menachem's forwarding of the post was an excellent use of the listserv, the (main?) purpose of which is to disseminate interesting information about birds. I find the presence of a King Eider off the north shore of Long Island in the summer (or at any time of year, really) to be a very good example of the aforementioned purpose of said listserv. In addition to this interesting tidbit of information, we were graced with some more background on Eider occurrence in the region by Shai Mitra, which almost certainly would not have come to pass at this time and place had the original post not been shared by Menachem in the first place. I am grateful for the post, which was a very solid use of the listserv. --------------------- Now, to make sure that this post isn't also of extremely minimal use to those reading it: Late morning today, a *Whimbrel* (*hudsonicus*) briefly dropped onto the beach at Plum Beach in Brooklyn, on the incoming tide. It then flew off to the west calling. Not much else in the way of migrant shorebirds at Plum (4 Least Sandpipers, 3 peep sp., 1 Semipalmated Plover, 3 Killdeer), but some of this could probably be ascribed to the complete disturbance of the low tide mudflats by walkers and dogs. To rehash the theme of summering ducks, the long-staying male *Long-tailed Duck* continued here as well. Shane Blodgett and I then headed over to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where we were disappointed in the lack of medium-size shorebirds, though there were pockets of Least Sandpipers scattered through the pond. We only birded the Big John's overlook and the north end (to south of "dead man's cove"), so we missed whatever was tucked away at the south end. A Peregrine also reshuffled some birds before we were able to get proper looks at them. We came away with ~30 Lesser Yellowlegs through the north end, and a mere 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, though this dowitcher was associating very closely with a nice Stilt Sandpiper retaining much of its breeding plumage. These two were in a flock of 18 Lesser Yellowlegs, mostly hanging out south of the island, on both the east and west shores of the pond. Both locations were awash in (mostly juvenile) Barn Swallows, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow was noted at both locations. Good Birding!! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Richard Guthrie <[email protected] > wrote: > What good is it to post a link that potential viewers can't open without > permission? > > Rich Guthrie > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Menachem Goldstein < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding interesting report, photo is definitely a King Eider. >> >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ----- >> *From:* "Ethan Maitra [email protected] [ebirdsnyc]" < >> [email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2016 10:02 PM >> *Subject:* [ebirdsnyc] King Eider at Caumsett SP >> >> >> It seems my previous post has failed to make it through, since it didn't >> pop up in my inbox (like it usually does), so I will just redo it. A birder >> went to Caumsett SP last Saturday and took a picture of an odd duck. >> Yesterday, it posted it on WhatBird (bird ID forum) so it could be >> identified. As a WhatBird member I replied saying it was a Common Eider >> (the expected Eider here, which is still odd this far west in July), but >> others pointed out it was actually an immature male King Eider. I asked >> where it was and the border replied with a map of Caumsett with the >> northeast shore (stopping just west of the pond) circled in red. I will try >> to chase the bird tomorrow, and others should too, since a King Eider is >> already rare in the winter when it's expected further north. 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