Thanks to everyone who shared information about the appearance of juv Laughing
Gulls along the LI shore this summer. It sounds as though they appeared
relatively late but, as is sometimes the case, simultaneously in widely
scattered places. Confirmation of a new breeding site on the island will
Thanks, I uploaded the photo - best could make out was a letter and "24".
I'll submit it later today. Another birder thought it may be from
Suriname. Last year around this time (same week) at the same location I
had another banded Semi-Palmated Sandpiper with a blue banded letters UCH -
turned ou
Suriname aka Dutch Guiana, is another country that uses "yellow" flags. Looking
forward to hearing about the history.
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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> (= '.'=)
Two Stilt Sandpipers now at previously reported Timber Pt GC, East Marina.
Feeding separately & with Dowitchers in tidal pool just east of dock & pool
just north (access short path off parking lot through phrags.)
Mike Scheibel
Brookhaven
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Pathetic!
That about sums up the Shorebirding this morning on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens NY. Birding only the northend as way
of checking the water level, I was disappointed that on this day August
1st, I could not find double figures of Dowitchers given that the water
1 At east marina in timber pt golf course. Time needed as bird moves in and out
of tall grass
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While the compilation of data from observation may be useful in studying the
behavior of birders, the very behavior being studied may be a consequence of
the ways in which data is used. The shift toward chasing rarities may not
relate to changes in human motivation or culture. Rather, I suspec
I have not seen this posted as yet and I double checked my junk folder since
many reports seem to keep ending up in that folder.
I just picked up a voice message from Ann Lazarus, who indicated that she and
her crew (love saying that) had a Caspian Tern at the raunt this morning around
the same
I believe the gull featured in the summer beach scene at Asbury Park, NJ, in
today's New York Times is a Lesser Black-backed Gull (page 16).
Times have changed if this species has become the iconic seagull of the Jersey
Shore!
Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
CSI Tops MONE