With thanks to John Sep for picking up my error. I entered 7/14 as the date of
his first '11 sighting of Whimbrel at C.B.PK- it should have been listed as
7/10.
Thanks also Shai, for your informative post to this listserve, re: Whimbrels
in migration on, over and off the shores o
Working an earlier than usual shift at work got me home with just enough
daylight left to run over to Heckscher State Park (Suffolk Co.)
to try for migrating Nighthawks. But if any were on the move this evening,
none passed through the swath of sky I watched, only a few bats.
But I did not get shut
Quogue Wildlife Refuge was abuzz with birds this evening. A large flock of
Cedar Waxwings were actively hawking insects around the bridge at North
Pond. Also seen was a YOY American Redstart and an Eastern Wood Pewee.
Near the butterfly garden was a Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on
nectar, a
Parking lot at Corporation Beach;
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The following is a message that I am passing on from a gull researcher in
Canada, who is requesting the help of observant birders. If you have
specific questions about his gull research or want more information, please
contact Rob Ronconi at his contact email (rronc...@yahoo.com).
Dear gull ent
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* August 22, 2011
* NYSY 22:08.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
August 15, 2010 - August 22, 2011
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC