Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:40:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: L Colangelo Subject: Re: Gambell, AK Eurasian Wryneck and Common Rosefinch images MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for sharing your pix! Wonderful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Davis" To: Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 3:56 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Gambell, AK Eurasian Wryneck and Common Rosefinch images > MD Osprey: > > I know it's not MD but I still thought you might be interested ... > > I'm home on a one-day turnaround ... just arriving back from Gambell > and Nome, Alaska from 8/26 - 9/12/2003. > > I've quickly posted several images of the Gambell Eurasian Wryneck at > the following URL: > > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pdavisbb/gambell_fall_2003_images.htm > > This web page also includes one image of the Gambell female Common Rosefinch. > > The Wryneck, discovered by Jim Zamos and Paul Lehman, was seen in the > Gambell boatyard between 9/2 and 9/5. It mostly hung out and fed on > whale bones/blubber. This is the second record for North America; the > first was a > dead bird found in Wales, AK (on the edge of the Bering Strait) on > September 8, 1945. This is the first live bird seen and documented in North > America. > > The Common Rosefinch, discovered by Paul Lehman, was seen on 9/1 and > 9/2 in > the "far boneyard". > > It was a great trip, other Gambell rarity highlights included Little > Buntings, Reed Bunting, Middendorf's Grasshopper-Warbler, and a > Siberian Accentor. > > Now, off to San Diego for a pelagic ... > > Phil > > ================================== > Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA > mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com > ================================== > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================