Jay needs to get out on some of the See Life Paulagic Boat trips in the winter more often. Paul, was it last winter or the winter before in which we had over 1500 Dovekies on one of these trips? I think they have been observed on each of the February/March trip out of Lewes since 2003. I can't remember before that because i was out of the area for a time. Of course, it is correct to say that they are rarely observed from shore this far south, so I guess this line in the story is somewhat correct.

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD

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> http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712290326 
> 
> Bird spies find unusual species 
> Special breed found on Christmas count only seen three times before on the 
> shore 
> By Laura D'Alessandro 
> Staff Writer 
 
> "The Dovekie nest in Greenland, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland," said Jay 
> Sheppard, head of the Ocean City count. "Massachusetts and Long Island are 
> usually about as far south as they normally occur."