These days my birding is mostly limited to close to home or in the case of Cupsogue, close to my parent's home. Drop off my son, get a lifer, short visit and home again. Alas, different script today. After no success in about an hour (although 4 black terns, 1 royal tern, and at least 1 arctic tern were seen between ~ 0840- 0945) I announced to the mob at Cupsogue that I was "off to Pike's to take it for the team." I didn't want to leave such good habitat unchecked. After checking both sides of the peninsula (with the only shorebirds being 5 piping plovers and willets) and part of the flats closer to Westhampton Dunes Overlook I received the call from Bob Hayes..."we have the stint!" 12 minutes later (and I swear I didn't exceed the 25mph limit) I was completing my second trek out to the flats, I still had a chance! The distant mob was looking east and I was approaching from the south, onward! But apparently the bird had just relocated to an area closer to my approach and I may have even flushed the bird without knowing it.. The bird was not seen again in the time that I was there ~1145. Still trying to remember what terrible deed I committed in a past life to warrant such misfortune. This one could sting for a while...
Cheers, Kathryn Klecan Middle Island, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
