Re: [nysbirds-l] Dead Shearwaters on the Beach

2022-06-19 Thread ljm
There were several dead Manx on the beaches in the vicinity of East Hampton last weekend (before I was aware of this thread of postings). I personally saw a dead Manx on Wiborg Beach in East Hampton, and a friend took a photo of two she found on ocean beach at Sagaponak. These all last weekend.

Re: [nysbirds-l] Dead Shearwaters on the Beach

2022-06-19 Thread Paul R Sweet
Any chance of saving Cory’s and Manx for the museum? So far I’ve only heard about Sooty and Great in the current die off. Paul Sweet | Collection Manager | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 200 Central Park West | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941 >

RE: [nysbirds-l] Dead Shearwaters on the Beach

2022-06-19 Thread Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.
I was at the FINS area at Smith Point and spoke to a ranger about the dead Cory's and Manx shearwaters I saw, he said there have also been dead Wilson's storm petrels as well. I told him about the folks in Canada finding avian flu in their dead shearwaters, he said that the NPS folks have found