Steve Bremner found five Wood Storks at the Braddock Bay west spit this morning. Andy Guthrie was able to refind the birds, which were standing in the parking lot for the west spit trail, and he sent out an alert to Discord at 10:36. The birds stayed there for another hour and a half as birders stopped non-birders, alerting them to the presence of the storks, and they chose not to disturb them by turning around rather than driving into the parking lot. Eventually, the Wood Storks flew off of their own accord and eventually headed east and presumably out of the area. This was a state bird for my friend and a county bird for me.
A few photos are here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S191937902 Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunnerDOTcom -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
