Sorry for the late post - I'm hoping that someone, not seeing this negative post yesterday, decided to give it a shot, and got the bird today !
Yesterday,as planned, I met with Rich Guthrie & Jon Askildsen at Cupsogue Co. Pk. at 0800, to try for the Elegant Tern. Having arrived earlier, they had made contact with Dave Klauber & Bobby Rossetti, who were on the flats already. A plan was soon formed, which had Dave & Bobby remaining in place, while the 3 of us headed for Tiana Beach... and points east. We checked every good spot (we could access) from the sand bar in Shinnicock Bay (n/o the inlet) back to Tiana, where we found 4.5 new birders...but no new birds ! During the eastward leg of our survey, there had been less birds and zero birders at this location. The .5 birder was a .5 part of my racking up another "Lifer" ! Her name is Katie, she is 8 months old, and is the grand-daughter of Eileen & Hans Schwinn. In addition to Eileen & Katie, the other birders included Sam Janazzo, Pat Jones and Jim Ash. I had not seen Jim in a few years, prior to 2 days previous at the same location...such is the draw of a special bird, or two ! Speaking of things "special", it was a pleasure to have Paul Buckley join our group. The "Lifer", of course, was having a grandmother, babysitting such a young "charge", on an active birding hunt ! While writing this last sentence, another thought emerged...maybe I could lay claim to a 2nd "Lifer" - that being for helping Eileen carry Katie and/in her stroller across some deep, sandy terrain, between the parking lot and boardwalk, and while carrying E's scope, as well ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
