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Richard DeKorte Park, Meadowlands, 2006-09-17, late afternoon

Hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe), Richard DeKorte Park, Meadowlands, New Jersey, 2006-09-17
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Wildcat Ridge parking lot, 2006-09-17
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Wildcat Ridge parking lot, 2006-09-17

Today I was supposed to be on a pelagic expedition out of Freeport seeing wonderful new life birds like skuas and jaegers. Instead I’m sitting at home blogging and clearing old email. It seems the seas were too high for safety–5-9 foot swells and 10-15 knot winds–so the captain called off the trip. The next New York trip isn’t till December. I’ve already done a winter trip this year so I’ll probably skip that one. Maybe there’ll be another trip next September.
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I joined Paul Keim this morning for the Brooklyn Bird Club’s Fall walk in Prospect Park. It was a nice morning with various warblers: American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-and-white warbler, and so forth. We started around 8:00 A.M on the Northwest edge of the park and circled back around to the Vale of Cashmere.

Around 10:30 we had reach Rick’s Place in the Midwood, when Rob Jett came riding by on his bicycle. he told use that Rafael Campos and Philip Pane had spotted a Connecticut Warbler by the zoo. This would be a life bird for several people, myself included, as well as a good bird for anyone, so we revised our route and headed down to the road.
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