Steve Sanford
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Good morning, All~
A trip to Long Island earlier this week included a bit of time travel....
Tuesday morning showed a bit of sun peeking through some glorious clouds as we left the dock on the bottom of the tide.
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Transport was via one of my favorite vessels: a 20-foot Chincoteague Garvey - pushed by 48 horses of the Yamaha persuasion.
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Our purpose was to enjoy the southbound shorebirds. This Marbled Godwit was the star of the day - I had not see one in about 35 years.
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Mister Godwit was joined by lots of other migrating cousins, including Short-billed Dowitchers, Sanderlings, Semi-palmated Plovers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs and Black-bellied Plovers. All fed furiously before the rising waters would put their banquet beyond their reach.
We also saw - and were serenaded by - about a dozen Royal Terns.
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Most surprising, though, was this Benighted Soul, evidently unaware of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act et cetera.
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He was rigged for Beetleheads and Tattlers - and lay in wait with black powder and lead shot in his muzzle-loading hammer double.....
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Looks like he had some early stick-ups carved by an early Sanford....
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Not sure how he got back and forth to the train - to ship his birds up west into Fulton Street each day. We could not discover any old skiff or sloop on the beaches or in the creeks nearby...
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Maybe we just imagined him.....having spent a little too much time with Thomas Eakins and A. B. Frost....
All the best,
SJS
A trip to Long Island earlier this week included a bit of time travel....
Tuesday morning showed a bit of sun peeking through some glorious clouds as we left the dock on the bottom of the tide.
[CLICK to enlarge each image]
View attachment sm Coast Guard Station B.JPG
Transport was via one of my favorite vessels: a 20-foot Chincoteague Garvey - pushed by 48 horses of the Yamaha persuasion.
View attachment sm Chincoteague Garvey 20 cropped B.JPG
Our purpose was to enjoy the southbound shorebirds. This Marbled Godwit was the star of the day - I had not see one in about 35 years.
View attachment sm MG 06 lighter.JPG
Mister Godwit was joined by lots of other migrating cousins, including Short-billed Dowitchers, Sanderlings, Semi-palmated Plovers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs and Black-bellied Plovers. All fed furiously before the rising waters would put their banquet beyond their reach.
We also saw - and were serenaded by - about a dozen Royal Terns.
View attachment sm MG 02 lighter.JPG
Most surprising, though, was this Benighted Soul, evidently unaware of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act et cetera.
View attachment sm Sniper 09 B.JPG
He was rigged for Beetleheads and Tattlers - and lay in wait with black powder and lead shot in his muzzle-loading hammer double.....
View attachment sm Sniper 03 B.JPG
Looks like he had some early stick-ups carved by an early Sanford....
View attachment sm Sniper 07 B.JPG
Not sure how he got back and forth to the train - to ship his birds up west into Fulton Street each day. We could not discover any old skiff or sloop on the beaches or in the creeks nearby...
View attachment sm Sniper 06 B.JPG
Maybe we just imagined him.....having spent a little too much time with Thomas Eakins and A. B. Frost....
All the best,
SJS