> > Yes indeed. I first got the call from a birder on Leeton Drive which is west > of Kenny’s Beach. They thought that 5 Dovekies were in trouble on the beach. > As a NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator I responded at once. I had boxes to > transport the birds to a suitable rehab center as frankly I have no idea how > to help distressed Dovekies. ( Fresh sliver-sides from the fish market?) > > Luckily when I arrived there were only three birds visible. > At once it was certain these were not Dovekies but Phalaropes, but what kind? > As you could get to within 10 feet of them I realized they were Red-necked > Phalaropes as I have seen before in the NW and British Columbia. > > How they got here I do not know but they were a great find on the NF. > I hope they can make it back to their home out west as that would be best. > > For birders: Of the seven first reported I saw only three and at late > afternoon only one. > > Perhaps they may stay around but my feeling is they will head west. > rk > >> On Sep 1, 2017, at 7:15 PM, little brown job <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I think the story went something like this. Rick Kedenberg got a call that >> birds were in trouble. He responded to the call and discovered that they >> were RED-NECKED PHALAROPES instead of what the bird was first reported as. >> I saw his first post and was out the door, even though I wanted to lie down. >> I got to the originally report location and no birds. We have the >> technology and I called Rick. I don't have a beach sticker on my car, so he >> picked me up for a local beach for further searching. We parked at a friend >> of his house and cross her property to the beach. We scanned the beach and >> saw a man with a spotting scope and we walked toward him. Hey, it was John >> W and he had the bird! Fabulous! We observed the bird for quite a while >> and we were awestruck! The bird was surfing the waves, flying over the >> waves, and at one point I saw it going through a wave! We met up with >> another local birder, Jane, and spent some time with her observed the bird. >> We later met up with John Sep and he thought this was the first time the >> bird was seen on the North Fork. Excitement! I only had one in New York >> State and it was at JBay in Brooklyn several years ago. I got a few pics >> with my iPhone and one neat one going over a wave, but for some reason I >> can't attached it this post. Sigh. I saw the bird and that's all that >> matters. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "North Fork Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "North Fork Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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