That's really interesting. I wonder where people have traveled from. When I was there on Thursday afternoon, there were birders from CT, NY and NJ. I was speculating how far people would travel during the weekend. Has there been any info on that? Paula Verderame Milford, CT On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:06:08 -0500 James Dugan <jdugan11@charter.net> writes: > Kathy, > You asked: Where do you get your 364 number? > That number came from a Board Member of C.I.W.S. > There has been at least one of them there much of the time since the > bird was discovered and they have been trying to get as accurate a > headcount as they could. > Best, > Jim > > On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Kathy Van Der Aue wrote: > > > When George and I were there on Friday at about 3:00 pm there were > about 10 people. We got wonderful views of this most cooperative > bird. Where do you get your 364 number? We never signed anything > although I did take a membership brochure and plan to send a > donation. > > > > Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT > > kvda@optonline.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Dugan" > <jdugan11@charter.net> > > To: "CT Birds" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] FTFLy crowds > > > > > >> At 10AM today there were 81 folks viewing the Flycatcher. > >> Its believed at least 364 people prior to today have visited Cove > Island Wildlife Sanctuary to twitch this rarity. > >> Jim Dugan > >> New Milford > >>

Hi Paula, We visited the Sanctuary late afternoon yesterday (11/20) and were told by the Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary volunteer staff that on that day alone there were over 200 people from 12 states (including Nevada, West Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Maine, PA., etc) who came. All saw the flycatcher, except the last couple who arrived just after sunset and just after the bird flew to its night roost; an amazingly cooperative bird! And a big thank you to Mike & Wanda Moccio, Patrick Dugan, Dave ?, Patrick Comins, and the rest of the hard-working volunteers who preserved this site, replanted with native species, and maintain this important bird habitat. And I might add, a little "crowd control" is definitely in order so not too destroy the vegetation, nor flush the bird so that others may enjoy it. Frank & Linda Mantlik Stratford, CT ________________________________ From: Paula Verderame <dmrlizdbear@juno.com> To: jdugan11@charter.net Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 12:00:55 PM Subject: Re: [CT Birds] FTFLy crowds That's really interesting. I wonder where people have traveled from. When I was there on Thursday afternoon, there were birders from CT, NY and NJ. I was speculating how far people would travel during the weekend. Has there been any info on that? Paula Verderame Milford, CT On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:06:08 -0500 James Dugan <jdugan11@charter.net> writes: > Kathy, > You asked: Where do you get your 364 number? > That number came from a Board Member of C.I.W.S. > There has been at least one of them there much of the time since the > bird was discovered and they have been trying to get as accurate a > headcount as they could. > Best, > Jim > > On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Kathy Van Der Aue wrote: > > > When George and I were there on Friday at about 3:00 pm there were > about 10 people. We got wonderful views of this most cooperative > bird. Where do you get your 364 number? We never signed anything > although I did take a membership brochure and plan to send a > donation. > > > > Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT > > kvda@optonline.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Dugan" > <jdugan11@charter.net> > > To: "CT Birds" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] FTFLy crowds > > > > > >> At 10AM today there were 81 folks viewing the Flycatcher. > >> Its believed at least 364 people prior to today have visited Cove > Island Wildlife Sanctuary to twitch this rarity. > >> Jim Dugan > >> New Milford > >> _______________________________________________ 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

All, There also was a lovely lovely lady yesterday that was 97 years young that came up from Cape May with her great great granddaughter. She was one cool cat! Cheers, Mardi W. Dickinson Norwalk, CT http://kymry.wordpress.com On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Frank Mantlik <mantlik@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi Paula, > We visited the Sanctuary late afternoon yesterday (11/20) and were told by the > Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary volunteer staff that on that day alone there were > over 200 people from 12 states (including Nevada, West Virginia, N. Carolina, S. > Carolina, Maine, PA., etc) who came. All saw the flycatcher, except the last > couple who arrived just after sunset and just after the bird flew to its night > roost; an amazingly cooperative bird! > And a big thank you to Mike & Wanda Moccio, Patrick Dugan, Dave ?, Patrick > Comins, and the rest of the hard-working volunteers who preserved this site, > replanted with native species, and maintain this important bird habitat. And I > might add, a little "crowd control" is definitely in order so not too destroy > the vegetation, nor flush the bird so that others may enjoy it. > > Frank & Linda Mantlik > Stratford, CT > > > > ________________________________ > From: Paula Verderame <dmrlizdbear@juno.com> > To: jdugan11@charter.net > Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 12:00:55 PM > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] FTFLy crowds > > That's really interesting. I wonder where people have traveled from. > When I was there on Thursday afternoon, there were birders from CT, NY > and NJ. I was speculating how far people would travel during the weekend. > Has there been any info on that? > > Paula Verderame > Milford, CT > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:06:08 -0500 James Dugan <jdugan11@charter.net> > writes: >> Kathy, >> You asked: Where do you get your 364 number? >> That number came from a Board Member of C.I.W.S. >> There has been at least one of them there much of the time since the >> bird was discovered and they have been trying to get as accurate a >> headcount as they could. >> Best, >> Jim >> >> On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Kathy Van Der Aue wrote: >> >>> When George and I were there on Friday at about 3:00 pm there were >> about 10 people. We got wonderful views of this most cooperative >> bird. Where do you get your 364 number? We never signed anything >> although I did take a membership brochure and plan to send a >> donation. >>> >>> Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT >>> kvda@optonline.net >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Dugan" >> <jdugan11@charter.net> >>> To: "CT Birds" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:17 AM >>> Subject: Re: [CT Birds] FTFLy crowds >>> >>> >>>> At 10AM today there were 81 folks viewing the Flycatcher. >>>> Its believed at least 364 people prior to today have visited Cove >> Island Wildlife Sanctuary to twitch this rarity. >>>> Jim Dugan >>>> New Milford >>>> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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