Today 30 birders- myself included- set out from Galilee RI for a day of seabirding. I caught a ride up with Alex Burdo, and we spent a great day birding out on the seas. The very rough seas. The swells were pretty terrifying, when you see then sweeping toward you, and more so when they [...]
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A Fall Pelagic: 1 lifer, 2 year birds, and a Whole Lotta Gannets.
Posted in Fall Excursions on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Cape May Photos
Posted in Fall Excursions, Rarities on September 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Because it looks like I won’t have time to write a detailed Cape May report from Labor Day Weekend, I’ll tell the story in photos. Unfortunately I didn’t get photos of the trip’s highlight, Brown Booby, but most of the others I did. Here is the story in pictures…
A Brigantine ID challenge…
Posted in Fall Excursions on September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Before I start telling the Cape May tale, I wan’t to post these pictures of a bird I am confident is a Long-billed Dowitcher. The bird was present on a sandbar with SB dowitchers, Black-bellied Plovers, and Caspian Terns. The bird very slightly larger than the other dowitchers with a teensy bit longer, more tapered, [...]
