More on the Ground Dove today: I first saw the bird at the green buoy at 1:58. From my parked car, I saw it pretty well for about 3 seconds, released the seatbelt, looked back and the bird had disappeared. I did not refind it.
Around 2:35 I encountered a birder walking along the paved path that leads down to the southern parking lot. She said she had seen the bird at 2:20 right there along that path. I gather it was a brief sighting. This is very close to the green buoy. She, I, and least five other birders looked for the bird with no success until 3:45, when I decided to give the green buoy one more try. As I was parked there facing east, using the telephone, I saw the bird appear "from nowhere" at virtually the same place I saw it at 1:58. I watched it for around 15 seconds, then drove off to alert the others. I found five of them. I believe some of them succeeded in seeing the bird. However, to reiterate what Shai Mitra posted a week ago, I think they would have had more success if they had not tried to walk up to the bird. The bird is pretty skittish. Use your car as a blind. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY --- On Sat, 11/13/10, Robert Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Robert Lewis <[email protected]> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Saturday update Common Ground Dove - YES > To: "NYSBIRDS" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 2:31 PM > I saw the bird at 1:58 pm at the > green buoy. > > Bob Lewis > Sleepy Hollow NY > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
