Date:         Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:40:43 -0400
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From:         L Colangelo <lcolangelo@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gambell, AK Eurasian Wryneck and Common Rosefinch images
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Thanks for sharing your pix!  Wonderful.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Davis" <pdavis@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
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 
> ==================================
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