Thanks, Shaibal. I'm happy to try to get it documented, not a chore at all. I'm hoping someone out there yesterday got a photo, or that it can be refound. Unfortunately I and those I was with didn't realize its rarity at the time. Always happy to learn. Dawn Hannay
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2017, at 8:56 AM, Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> wrote: > > Documenting birds like this isn't just a chore, it can be very useful to our > understanding of bird occurrence. > > The days around the solstice are an under-appreciated window for landbird > vagrancy. The only American Pipit I've ever seen on Long Island during June > was found at Robert Moses SP by Tom Burke and Gail Benson on 25 June 2006, > and that bird showed characters consistent with the subspecies that breeds in > the Rocky Mountains, as opposed to the Arctic-breeding birds that are common > here fall through spring: > > https://flic.kr/s/aHsm38dv5B > > Other interesting birds that have occurred within a few hundred yards and a > few calendar days of that pipit include Western Kingbird and Williamson's > Sapsucker, the latter 21 years ago today. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Dawn Hannay > [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 8:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Pipit at Nickerson Beach Long Island > > Did anyone else report or get photos of the American Pipit at Nickerson Beach > yesterday? It was pointed out to Gina Goldstein and Adele Gotlib and me > yesterday by Rich Fried and Rob Bate. It was going in and out of the dunes > near the pool where the Piping Plovers nests are. > We had good looks through the scope. I reported it to eBird but without > photos the report will likely not be accepted. > Dawn Hannay > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
