Saturday, November 4, 2023

Fwd: Nov 4th BBC SCSP Trip Roundup



"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished" --Lao Tzu

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From: Ryan Mandelbaum <ryan.f.mandelbaum@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 4, 2023, 6:16 PM
Subject: BBC SCSP Trip Roundup
To: micheline brown <mandrakesgirl@hotmail.com>, Annie T <atnyc79@gmail.com>, karen ogulnick <karen.ogulnick@gmail.com>, Tracey Chan <traceychan18@gmail.com>, <asherfusco@gmail.com>, Michael Silber <michaeljsilber@gmail.com>, Michael Landy <msl1@nyu.edu>, Danielle Khalife <daniellek97@gmail.com>, Kevin Rolwing <krolwing@gmail.com>, Forrest Wickman <forrestwickman@gmail.com>, Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>, Rachel Wexler <racheljwexler@gmail.com>, Jacob Kramer-Duffield <jkramerd@gmail.com>, Myles Stokowski <mylesstokowski@gmail.com>, Joe Weisbord <jwbord@gmail.com>, Prathima Christdas <christdasprof@gmail.com>, parks.sm.SCSPEducation <SCSPEducation@parks.ny.gov>, Max Epstein <mxepstein14@gmail.com>, Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi all,

Thanks so much for an awesome trip!! After initial counts, it looks like we tallied 60 total bird species between the two mounds, which is really nice, especially for a November day without much bird migration. Major avian highlights for me were seeing all of the brants, the meadowlarks, the snipe, and the Nashville warbler. Major non-avian highlights were the dekay's brownsnake (a lifer for me), all of the woolly bears, and hanging out with you all.

I've attached the photos of us, and here's a trip report with all the birds from both checklists. I've linked iNaturalist reports for all the non-birds in the trip report comments. Send me any non-birds you iNaturalisted if you want me to add them, and send me your ebird username if you want me to add you to the checklists.


Thanks again for an amazing day! See you all soon.


Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Science Writer | Nerd
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