Comments on: Nemesis Birds http://www.chat-happens.com/bird-chat/nemesis-birds/ Well at least we hope it does Sun, 20 May 2012 15:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Chad http://www.chat-happens.com/bird-chat/nemesis-birds/#comment-46216 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.chat-happens.com/bird-chat/nemesis-birds/#comment-46216 Hope, regarding your list, most of those will come with time and being in the right place at the right time. My first White-Faced Ibis was actually at Montezuma NWR when I went to college in Syracuse so it was a total surprise. But that species, like Yellow-headed Blackbird and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher aren't really that bad to get (I know you feel different). The hardest species on your list is clearly Curlew Sandpiper. They are just about annual in NJ yet I've never taken the time to run one down, so that is on my miss list too. Barrow's can be found in NY so don't fret, and I've even had them at Germantown on the Hudson River (twice) and Lake Ontario; but your best bet regionally is try on the coast like you said. Ryan and I found a gleaming male close to a beach in Gloucester, MA. If you have never been there it is a real treat for seabirds of all kinds and I can surely point you in the right direction. Good luck on that list!!! Hope, regarding your list, most of those will come with time and being in the right place at the right time. My first White-Faced Ibis was actually at Montezuma NWR when I went to college in Syracuse so it was a total surprise. But that species, like Yellow-headed Blackbird and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher aren’t really that bad to get (I know you feel different).

The hardest species on your list is clearly Curlew Sandpiper. They are just about annual in NJ yet I’ve never taken the time to run one down, so that is on my miss list too. Barrow’s can be found in NY so don’t fret, and I’ve even had them at Germantown on the Hudson River (twice) and Lake Ontario; but your best bet regionally is try on the coast like you said. Ryan and I found a gleaming male close to a beach in Gloucester, MA. If you have never been there it is a real treat for seabirds of all kinds and I can surely point you in the right direction. Good luck on that list!!!

]]> by: Hope Batcheller http://www.chat-happens.com/bird-chat/nemesis-birds/#comment-46170 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:47:39 +0000 http://www.chat-happens.com/bird-chat/nemesis-birds/#comment-46170 I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who cringes over certain bird names... Barrow's Goldeneye (tried for a staked-out bird several times and missed. Also missed on MA coast) Curlew Sandpiper (but I've been within several hundred yards of one! Don't ask.) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (I should've seen this bird by now...) White-faced Ibis (Had chances many different times) Yellow-headed Blackbird (I've technically seen this bird, but not well enough to count. But I've missed them all over the place.) I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who cringes over certain bird names…

Barrow’s Goldeneye (tried for a staked-out bird several times and missed. Also missed on MA coast)
Curlew Sandpiper (but I’ve been within several hundred yards of one! Don’t ask.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (I should’ve seen this bird by now…)
White-faced Ibis (Had chances many different times)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (I’ve technically seen this bird, but not well enough to count. But I’ve missed them all over the place.)

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