Comments on: #329-333 at the Glory Hole http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/ Ranting and Raving Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: John Cowan http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-96628 John Cowan Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:53:38 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-96628 "Glory hole" has a <i>lot</i> of possible meanings: check out the Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole" rel="nofollow">disambiguation page</a>. There are several Chicken Canyons around the U.S., too. A quick google showed them in Butte County, Idaho; Grant County, New Mexico; and Los Angeles County, California. The offshore Chicken Canyon is known as a tuna-fishing spot; I wonder if there is a "chicken of the sea" reference here? (The expression predates the company name.) “Glory hole” has a lot of possible meanings: check out the Wikipedia disambiguation page.

There are several Chicken Canyons around the U.S., too. A quick google showed them in Butte County, Idaho; Grant County, New Mexico; and Los Angeles County, California. The offshore Chicken Canyon is known as a tuna-fishing spot; I wonder if there is a “chicken of the sea” reference here? (The expression predates the company name.)

]]> By: Mokka mit Schlag » #380-382 in Suffolk County http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-96569 Mokka mit Schlag » #380-382 in Suffolk County Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:16:34 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-96569 [...] Sunday I joined the New York chapter of the Linnaean Society for a trip to “Eastern Long Island for 9 Sparrows”. It was close, but we did get all 9 sparrows (saw 8, heard 1) as well as about 50 other interesting species including 3 personal life birds. It’s been a long time since I got three life birds in one day in New York. Heck, even in California it’s getting hard to get three life birds these days. I think the last time I di this well in New York was the February 2006 pelagic. [...] [...] Sunday I joined the New York chapter of the Linnaean Society for a trip to “Eastern Long Island for 9 Sparrows”. It was close, but we did get all 9 sparrows (saw 8, heard 1) as well as about 50 other interesting species including 3 personal life birds. It’s been a long time since I got three life birds in one day in New York. Heck, even in California it’s getting hard to get three life birds these days. I think the last time I di this well in New York was the February 2006 pelagic. [...]

]]> By: Mokka mit Schlag » #370-372 at Año Nuevo (+ Elephant Seals) http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-57625 Mokka mit Schlag » #370-372 at Año Nuevo (+ Elephant Seals) Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:57:42 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-57625 [...] That includes five life birds, my best single day since the pelagic out of Freeport last February. [...] [...] That includes five life birds, my best single day since the pelagic out of Freeport last February. [...]

]]> By: Mokka mit Schlag » Mangrove Cuckoo: First Louisiana Record http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-28189 Mokka mit Schlag » Mangrove Cuckoo: First Louisiana Record Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:16:26 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-28189 [...] This is the second time I’ve been present for a state-first bird this year. (The first was New York’s Western Gull on a February pelagic out of Freeport.) It’s also the second Louisiana state-first on a CBC this year. (The first was a small flock of White-winged Crossbills seen on the Claiborne Parish Christmas Bird Count in North Louisiana last weekend.) [...] [...] This is the second time I’ve been present for a state-first bird this year. (The first was New York’s Western Gull on a February pelagic out of Freeport.) It’s also the second Louisiana state-first on a CBC this year. (The first was a small flock of White-winged Crossbills seen on the Claiborne Parish Christmas Bird Count in North Louisiana last weekend.) [...]

]]> By: Mokka mit Schlag » Missed the Boat http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-12723 Mokka mit Schlag » Missed the Boat Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:49:43 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-12723 [...] Pelagic expeditions are lots of fun when they go. However of the five I’ve signed up for, three have been canceled at the last minute. That’s not great odds. I’d love to do a West Coast pelagic out of Monterey Bay. Maybe the weather’s a little more predictable out there. Their season seems to run from August through October. All my West Coast birding gets done around conferences I speak at so I can afford the trip. Anyone need an XML/Java/Testing speaker/trainer those months? « Cafe au Lait is Broken [...] [...] Pelagic expeditions are lots of fun when they go. However of the five I’ve signed up for, three have been canceled at the last minute. That’s not great odds. I’d love to do a West Coast pelagic out of Monterey Bay. Maybe the weather’s a little more predictable out there. Their season seems to run from August through October. All my West Coast birding gets done around conferences I speak at so I can afford the trip. Anyone need an XML/Java/Testing speaker/trainer those months? « Cafe au Lait is Broken [...]

]]> By: Mokka mit Schlag » #341 and #342 with the BBC http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Mokka mit Schlag » #341 and #342 with the BBC Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:32:20 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-970 [...] We walked about half a mile out to the shore, where we spotted half a dozen Common Goldeneye, 4 American Black Ducks, both Red-Throated and Common Loon, and the usual three gulls. Scanning the sound for scoters and other ducks, someone (Peter?) spotted a lone Northern Gannet. This is a more typical look than the up close views we had on the Freeport pelagic trip back in February. It was almost halfway across the sound, but could be clearly distinguish from gulls by its shape, bright whiteness, and flight patterns. The clincher was when it dove into the water in a way no gull ever does. [...] [...] We walked about half a mile out to the shore, where we spotted half a dozen Common Goldeneye, 4 American Black Ducks, both Red-Throated and Common Loon, and the usual three gulls. Scanning the sound for scoters and other ducks, someone (Peter?) spotted a lone Northern Gannet. This is a more typical look than the up close views we had on the Freeport pelagic trip back in February. It was almost halfway across the sound, but could be clearly distinguish from gulls by its shape, bright whiteness, and flight patterns. The clincher was when it dove into the water in a way no gull ever does. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Mike Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:31:19 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-444 Great write-up. I didn't realize we were on the same boat! It really was quite a trip. Great write-up. I didn’t realize we were on the same boat! It really was quite a trip.

]]> By: Rich Guthrie http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Rich Guthrie Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:15:52 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-441 Hello, and thanks for a great write-up! Just getting home after shoveling out of the leftovers of the Blizzard of '06 It was a great trip for me as well, I added another species to my NY List (now at 398!), and several new mammals that I've not seen before. I, too, will be submitting some of my rather paultry photos of that Great Dark-backed Gull to see if it helps any in solving the mystery of its anchestry. Gotta download them first! It was nice to meet you and so many other enthusiastic birders on a teriffic trip! Good Job by all: the Organizer, Paul, the other Leaders, and of course the participants. I'd like to commend the boat crew who obliged us in slowing down and turning for rarities, pointing out distant birds and mammals, and even backing up some 500 yards so we could get just one more photo(s) of "that" gull before it left. This level of accomodation was certainly not found on other pelagics I've been on. These guys "got it". They were even asking the ID of some of the birds on the way back, most notably the "white gull" (the 2nd-yr. Iceland). Hello, and thanks for a great write-up!

Just getting home after shoveling out of the leftovers of the Blizzard of ’06

It was a great trip for me as well, I added another species to my NY List (now at 398!), and several new mammals that I’ve not seen before.

I, too, will be submitting some of my rather paultry photos of that Great Dark-backed Gull to see if it helps any in solving the mystery of its anchestry. Gotta download them first!

It was nice to meet you and so many other enthusiastic birders on a teriffic trip!

Good Job by all: the Organizer, Paul, the other Leaders, and of course the participants.

I’d like to commend the boat crew who obliged us in slowing down and turning for rarities, pointing out distant birds and mammals, and even backing up some 500 yards so we could get just one more photo(s) of “that” gull before it left. This level of accomodation was certainly not found on other pelagics I’ve been on. These guys “got it”. They were even asking the ID of some of the birds on the way back, most notably the “white gull” (the 2nd-yr. Iceland).

]]> By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Elliotte Rusty Harold Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:53:21 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-440 Paul Guris has posted the <a href="http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html#1139790960" rel="nofollow">trip leader's report</a> on NYSBIRDS. Paul Guris has posted the trip leader’s report on NYSBIRDS.

]]> By: Ken Harris http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/02/12/331-335-at-the-glory-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Ken Harris Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:41:02 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=130#comment-439 Thanks for the account--I was the "chummer" and I was really seasick but at least a great trip made it worth it! I will also return for a summer trip (with a scopolamine patch). A mammal species you didn't mention which I believe Paul said was a lifer for him were the Harbor Porpoises, I think they counted 36! Thanks for the account–I was the “chummer” and I was really seasick but at least a great trip made it worth it! I will also return for a summer trip (with a scopolamine patch). A mammal species you didn’t mention which I believe Paul said was a lifer for him were the Harbor Porpoises, I think they counted 36!

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