[DVOC] DVOC 2009 Montauk/Long Island Trip

[Walters, Christopher K.]

>> <<>montauk.pdf>>> TO DVOC MEMBERS: Below are details on the Club's upcoming (Jan 17-19) Montauk/Long Island three-day trip. Birds now present include Snowy Owls and Barrow's Goldeneyes, plus a Pink-footed Goose that eluded us last year (last year's trip report is attached above). There remain a couple spaces available for this trip. If interested please let me or Erica know as soon as you can. Thank you.
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>DVOC 2009 Montauk/Long Island Trip
>When:	6 A.M. SHARP, Saturday, January 17, 2009 through
>6 P.M. Monday, January 19, 2009
>(Martin Luther King weekend)
>Meeting Point	Silver Lake Nature Center (NEW LOCATION)
>and			1306 Bath Road, Bristol, PA (Lower Bucks County)
>Directions:	Get off I-95 at Exit 40 (Route 413), go east a 						mile to a traffic light at Route 13.  Go left 						(north) and go about 0.6 to a traffic light at 						Bath Rd.  Turn left (northwest) about one mile to 					the Nature Center parking lots (on the right).  
>What to Bring:	Your own towels and sleeping bags, scope & binocs, long underwear, winter boots, gloves, wool socks and sock liners and lots of layers of clothes
>Weather:	High wind, cold, rain, or snow guaranteed!
>Co­Leaders:	Chris Walters (610-642-6862 cwalters at reedsmith.com) and Erica Brendel (215-844-3456 mbrendel at verizon.net)
>Lodgings:	Bed & Breakfast on Shelter Island in Peconic Bay near Sag Harbor, NY
>Cost:	Shared expenses.  For two nights lodging, all transport, good cheer, morning coffee, muffins & bagels, we estimate costs of $130 per person.  Dinners and lunches are “on your own.”
>Cancellations:	Any participant canceling, please notify Chris or Erica ASAP.
>Unanswered Questions
>*	Will we again find alcids like Razorbills (last 4 years) Thick-billed Murre (four times), or Dovekie (twice)?
>*	Will we again find Western vagrants like Townsend’s Solitaire (2008), Rufous Hummingbird (2007), Western Kingbird (2007), Harris’ Sparrow (2005), Dickcissel (2001), White-fronted Goose (2006, 2007), Red-necked Grebes (4 of last 6 years), Eared Grebe (1996), Varied Thrush (1995), Black-billed Magpie (1991), Lark Sparrow (1995, 1997), Black Brant (1998), or Sandhill Crane (1995)? 
>*	Will we find Black-headed Gull (2008), Little Gull (1993, 2002), Glaucous Gull (1990, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006), Iceland Gull (13 of last 19 years) or Kittiwake (1991, 1998, 2002)?
>*	Will we find more European vagrants like Pink-footed Goose (present 2009), Spotted Redshank (1993, 1994), Lapwing (1995), or Tufted Duck (1992, 1995, 1999, 2001)?
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