NY birders At risk of flogging a dead seabird, I would like to make another appeal for birders to salvage beached birds, particularly “uncommon” species. Even smelly carcasses can be useful for various studies…go birding with large Ziplocs.
Thanks, Paul Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212 769 5780 Cell: 718 757 5941 From: bounce-119425772-11471...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119425772-11471...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Gluth Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 4:52 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts Subject: [nysbirds-l] Dead Great Shearwater, Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.) During an early morning hike out to Democrat Point at Robert Moses SP I saw no pelagic birds out over the ocean, not surprising given the wind shift to the north overnight. But, sadly, I did come across the carcass of a Great Shearwater washed up on the beach (https://flic.kr/p/uAuNW4). This is local evidence that possibly corresponds to a recent larger scale die-off down in the Bahamas and another within the last week in Cape May. Some disturbing but interesting reading about those events at the links below. http://birding.aba.org/mobiledigest/NJ01#953138 http://rollingharbour.com/2015/06/24/shearwaters-on-abaco-sad-tales-from-the-sea/ http://rollingharbour.com/2015/06/29/sharing-shearwater-seashore-shock-on-abaco/ There was some modest early swallow migration moving westward down the barrier beach, composed of both Tree and Barn. The birds were moving purposefully, in pulses, over the dunes, beach, and even out over the surf. John Gluth Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
