Ha, so now I know where some of that good Karma came from. Thank you Shai and Tom and all those who have sent congratulatory notes to John and I...much appreciated. I have a post up that covers the trip to MA, the dip and then the unbelievable happening. Good luck to all who are going to try later or tomorrow for the bird. Be watchful of the weather, you don't want to get caught on the flats in a thunderstorm.
Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]>wrote: > Jacob and Peter--Nice photo forensics; the question now is where this bird > was on Saturday (not to mention where it will go next). > > Although it is surely remarkable that this individual bird was tracked > over a considerable distance, many people are probably not aware of an even > more astonishing side to this story. One of the stint's co-finders on > Sunday was our own Andrew Baksh (sometimes known as Andrew Mitra on the > eBird Google Gadget, as can be proven by an opportunistically recorded > screen shot). Andrew had driven up to Newburyport, Mass, on Saturday, > hoping to see this bird. It wasn't there. He returned to New York, drove > out to Cupsogue on Sunday, and deftly intercepted his quarry. Not only > that, but Tom Burke predicted this extraordinary confluence of vertebrate > long-distance movements! Tom and I had a conversation on Saturday night > that went like this. SSM: "Well, it's tough to make a trip like that and > dip, but I have feeling he'll be calling us with one of his own some time > not too far off." TWB: "Maybe even this same one." > > Felipe--At this point the tide will be getting up pretty high. It will be > very soupy out there until at least 7:00 pm. Unless you are very familiar > with the area and know where to go and where not to go when everything is > under water, it's probably best to wait until tomorrow. For an idea of how > it looked yesterday evening, check out my series of marshscapes commencing > here: > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2013#5895647955824469250 > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: Felipe Pimentel [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 1:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked stint - yes > > Any update about the status of the Red-necked Stint? Thanks for any info. > > FP > > > ________________________________ > > Washington Monthly< > http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2012/features/americas_bestbangforthebuck_co039461.php> > magazine ranks the College of Staten Island as one of “America’s > Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges” > > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
