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All quiet on the western front...

streatham2003@aol.com

Sun, Sep 5, 2010 12:13 AM

Hi All,

So much for Hurricane Earl then! If it's any consolation I was at Jamaica Bay (absolutely cracking day - great mix of shorebirds - but I digress) today and ran into a couple of NY birders who had been pretty much skunked as far as finding anything exciting on Long Island so it wasn't like they got our birds. I was talking to Joe Zeranski about previous hurricane assisted rares for the state, just out of interest I am wondering what our previous experience is in the state? I assume the Black-capped Petrel ended up here that way, is there anything else particularly notable? Amusingly the last storm that we were being predicted that didn't quite materialise a couple of years back (Hanna?) at least allowed me to add Semipalmated Plover to my Allen's Meadows list - it's the small things in life...

Early evening on return I had a small flock of passerine migrants including a Blackburnian Warbler at Greenwich Audubon.

Luke Tiller, Greenwich

Hi All, So much for Hurricane Earl then! If it's any consolation I was at Jamaica Bay (absolutely cracking day - great mix of shorebirds - but I digress) today and ran into a couple of NY birders who had been pretty much skunked as far as finding anything exciting on Long Island so it wasn't like they got our birds. I was talking to Joe Zeranski about previous hurricane assisted rares for the state, just out of interest I am wondering what our previous experience is in the state? I assume the Black-capped Petrel ended up here that way, is there anything else particularly notable? Amusingly the last storm that we were being predicted that didn't quite materialise a couple of years back (Hanna?) at least allowed me to add Semipalmated Plover to my Allen's Meadows list - it's the small things in life... Early evening on return I had a small flock of passerine migrants including a Blackburnian Warbler at Greenwich Audubon. Luke Tiller, Greenwich

Frank Mantlik

Sun, Sep 5, 2010 2:38 PM

Luke,
My memory tells me of these past hurricane-related rare birds:

The state's only White-faced Storm-petrel (then called Frigate Petrel) was
found (specimen) at Milford Point in the early 1980's (Gloria?). Perhaps that
same storm brought in a number of flocks of Black Skimmers.
Following one hurricane, there were several sightings of Sooty Terns in CT.
Maybe a Bridled as well.
Following the last tropical storm, Charlie Barnard & I saw a Parasitic Jaeger
off the Lordship Seawall 9/20/05.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

From: "streatham2003@aol.com" streatham2003@aol.com
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 8:13:41 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] All quiet on the western front...

Hi All,

So much for Hurricane Earl then! If it's any consolation I was at Jamaica Bay
(absolutely cracking day - great mix of shorebirds - but I digress) today and
ran into a couple of NY birders who had been pretty much skunked as far as
finding anything exciting on Long Island so it wasn't like they got our birds. I
was talking to Joe Zeranski about previous hurricane assisted rares for the
state, just out of interest I am wondering what our previous experience is in
the state? I assume the Black-capped Petrel ended up here that way, is there
anything else particularly notable? Amusingly the last storm that we were being
predicted that didn't quite materialise a couple of years back (Hanna?) at least
allowed me to add Semipalmated Plover to my Allen's Meadows list - it's the
small things in life...

Early evening on return I had a small flock of passerine migrants including a
Blackburnian Warbler at Greenwich Audubon.

Luke Tiller, Greenwich

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Luke, My memory tells me of these past hurricane-related rare birds: - The state's only White-faced Storm-petrel (then called Frigate Petrel) was found (specimen) at Milford Point in the early 1980's (Gloria?). Perhaps that same storm brought in a number of flocks of Black Skimmers. - Following one hurricane, there were several sightings of Sooty Terns in CT. Maybe a Bridled as well. - Following the last tropical storm, Charlie Barnard & I saw a Parasitic Jaeger off the Lordship Seawall 9/20/05. Frank Mantlik Stratford ________________________________ From: "streatham2003@aol.com" <streatham2003@aol.com> To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 8:13:41 PM Subject: [CT Birds] All quiet on the western front... Hi All, So much for Hurricane Earl then! If it's any consolation I was at Jamaica Bay (absolutely cracking day - great mix of shorebirds - but I digress) today and ran into a couple of NY birders who had been pretty much skunked as far as finding anything exciting on Long Island so it wasn't like they got our birds. I was talking to Joe Zeranski about previous hurricane assisted rares for the state, just out of interest I am wondering what our previous experience is in the state? I assume the Black-capped Petrel ended up here that way, is there anything else particularly notable? Amusingly the last storm that we were being predicted that didn't quite materialise a couple of years back (Hanna?) at least allowed me to add Semipalmated Plover to my Allen's Meadows list - it's the small things in life... Early evening on return I had a small flock of passerine migrants including a Blackburnian Warbler at Greenwich Audubon. Luke Tiller, Greenwich _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org