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#1 Grandpa577

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 05:25 PM

Taken today at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, East Pond.

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 05:27 PM

I don't see how that could really be anything else. Nice find!

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 05:31 PM

Seconded! Congrats on the great bird!
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#4 Grandpa577

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 06:05 PM

Thanks, its a lifer. Bird was first sighted about 5 days ago. Fortunately, it has hung around.

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:07 PM

Congrats!
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 09:10 PM

Hey, there was one reported this past weekend at Brig(We did not see it)... but it turned out to be a 1 hour wonder. Congrats.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:45 AM

sweet bird, congrats
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 02:16 AM

Thanks everyone. I would like to especially thank the birder from New Jersey I met at the East Pond ( I had never been there before) who showed me how to get access to where the bird was otherwise I would not have found it.




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