Comments on: The Art of Listing: A Big Year Quest in NY http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/ Birds, Words, & Websites Wed, 09 May 2012 11:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laura http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 Laura Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:40:08 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=2798#comment-1392 Megan, That's a fascinating story of man meets bird - out on the open seas! I've seen photos of ordinary land-lubbing birds alighting on ships and people's hats during migration. I hope I am so lucky someday. Thanks for sharing. Megan,
That’s a fascinating story of man meets bird – out on the open seas! I’ve seen photos of ordinary land-lubbing birds alighting on ships and people’s hats during migration. I hope I am so lucky someday.

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: megan http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1391 megan Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:24:09 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=2798#comment-1391 Thanks for the great photo of the yellow-headed blackbird. A group of us were sailing on the Isaac H. Evans (www.midcoast.com/~evans) in Penobscot Bay in Maine, when on the last day of our sail, 3 October 2009, one of these alighted on the boat. Fellow passenger and wonderful photographer Bob Grant took quite a few photos of her. Here is one of them: http://tinyurl.com/ylmnsfq None of us could identify the bird. The bird book we had on board was for Eastern birds. She touched my husband's shoulder when she first landed on the boat, ate some sunflower seeds that the captain shared with her, and walked or flew from bowsprit to stern. She looked pretty bedraggled and tired when she first arrived, but perked up after eating some of the seeds. She flew a goodly distance from the boat, then turned around and came back. I guess it was a test flight. When we got closer to land, she took off again, this time for good. She visited with us for an hour or so all told. Thanks for the great photo of the yellow-headed blackbird. A group of us were sailing on the Isaac H. Evans (www.midcoast.com/~evans) in Penobscot Bay in Maine, when on the last day of our sail, 3 October 2009, one of these alighted on the boat. Fellow passenger and wonderful photographer Bob Grant took quite a few photos of her. Here is one of them: http://tinyurl.com/ylmnsfq

None of us could identify the bird. The bird book we had on board was for Eastern birds. She touched my husband’s shoulder when she first landed on the boat, ate some sunflower seeds that the captain shared with her, and walked or flew from bowsprit to stern. She looked pretty bedraggled and tired when she first arrived, but perked up after eating some of the seeds. She flew a goodly distance from the boat, then turned around and came back. I guess it was a test flight. When we got closer to land, she took off again, this time for good. She visited with us for an hour or so all told.

]]> By: Tweets that mention NY Big Year lister makes it to 300! See updated blog post with species list and fantastic photos by Brad -- Topsy.com http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Tweets that mention NY Big Year lister makes it to 300! See updated blog post with species list and fantastic photos by Brad -- Topsy.com Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:22:05 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=2798#comment-994 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by lkamms and Marci Fuller. lkamms said: NY Big Year lister makes it to 300! See updated blog post with latest species and fantastic photos by Brad: http://bit.ly/39me9z [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by lkamms and Marci Fuller. lkamms said: NY Big Year lister makes it to 300! See updated blog post with latest species and fantastic photos by Brad: http://bit.ly/39me9z [...]

]]> By: Laura http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Laura Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:37:19 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=2798#comment-693 Hey Dawn, The Twitter button works now, I think that plugin or Twitter itself flaked for a little while. So Corey, I'd love to hear one of the best bird chases of the 2007 year. Are you game? : ) Hey Dawn,
The Twitter button works now, I think that plugin or Twitter itself flaked for a little while.

So Corey, I’d love to hear one of the best bird chases of the 2007 year. Are you game? : )

]]> By: Corey http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Corey Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:41:56 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=2798#comment-692 Thanks for the link! And Brad is absolutely right when he says that reaching 300 species is much easier for those down on the coast: when I did my big year I was based in Albany and missed quite a few coastal species and some spring overshoots. Now that I live in NYC it is much easier to see these birds, though I miss the breeders in the Adirondacks. Good luck, Brad, and thanks for an interesting article, Laura! Thanks for the link!

And Brad is absolutely right when he says that reaching 300 species is much easier for those down on the coast: when I did my big year I was based in Albany and missed quite a few coastal species and some spring overshoots. Now that I live in NYC it is much easier to see these birds, though I miss the breeders in the Adirondacks.

Good luck, Brad, and thanks for an interesting article, Laura!

]]> By: Dawn Fine http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/09/the-art-of-listing-a-new-york-big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Dawn Fine Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:41:39 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=2798#comment-689 Nice interview..very interesting. I tried to tweet this but wouldnt work for me. let me know if u get it working. Nice interview..very interesting.
I tried to tweet this but wouldnt work for me.
let me know if u get it working.

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