"Raven attacking PM colony" What does "PM" mean? On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 12:09 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest < nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Friday, May 26, 2017. > > 1. Swainson's Warbler yes. Prospect Park > 2. Raven in Shelter Island > 3. Re: Henslow's Sparrow > 4. Swainson's Warbler Prospect Park > 5. Red necked Phalarope on Staten Island > 6. Swainson's Warbler persists in Prospect Park Mid Wood area circa 3PM > Thursday > 7. Raven attacking PM colony > 8. Prospect park Swainson's warbler kings > 9. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017 > 10. eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists > 11. Franklin's Gull, shorebirds - Niagara and Orleans Counties > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Swainson's Warbler yes. Prospect Park > From: Rob Bate <robsb...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 07:24:48 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Tom Stephenson reports the Swainson's Warbler is still present in the > Midwood area of Prospect Park. Same area as yesterday. > > Rob Bate > Brooklyn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Raven in Shelter Island > From: Orhan Birol <orhanbir...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:19:51 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Not sure reportable any more but there was a Raven soaring and calling over > my house yesterday evening. > Orhan Birol > Shelter Island > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Henslow's Sparrow > From: Anders Peltomaa <anders.pelto...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:41:53 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Brilliant photos of the Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk posted by Felipe > Pimentel to New York Birders Facebook page. > The photo album is public so it should be viewable on the web, without > Facebook account. > > https://www.facebook.com/felipe.pimentel1 > > good birding, > > Anders Peltomaa > Manhattan > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM, syschiff <icte...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > Henslow's Sparrow update > > > > This species was long a resident on the grass lands of the Saratoga > > Battlefields. The staff found that the birds needed to have the grass > > burned or cut for the habitat to be maintained and for them to continue > to > > breed in the area. So they cut the grass at the proper time of year all > > over. And the sparrows disappeared. What subsequent research discovered > > was, the Henslow's Sparrows breed in second and third year growth. You > > can't cut the grass every year. You have to rotate your cutting. > > > > Attempts to reintroduce this species anywhere has been mostly a total > > failure. Hence, the sighting of a singing bird in the Shawangunk > Grassland > > is an *extraordinary event.* They are doing every thing right. It's a > > great place to visit and it's a paradise for birders looking for > grassland > > birds. They have parking, viewing platforms and blinds. > > > > The bird song is unique. They sing loudly from a clump top but are can be > > hard to see. Lets not go playing songs and chasing the bird. Be patient > and > > look. This is a new breeding area and we need them to be successful now > and > > for the future. > > > > Sy Schiff > > > > -- > > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > > > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Swainson's Warbler Prospect Park > From: Adrian Burke <aburke...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:09:48 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > The Swainson's Warbler was seen about 30 minutes ago in same location as > before, foraging in the patch of woods where a large fallen tree lies right > next to a woodchip path. It showed briefly up close, but then vanished and > I haven't seen it again since. Not a lot of people around, except a shady > guy with a bike who did a lit of staring. > > Adrian Burke, Manhattan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Red necked Phalarope on Staten Island > From: Anthony Ciancimino <sibirdwatc...@yahoo.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:20:23 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > Currently have a Red necked Phalarope at the Parallel Pond (pond that > parallels Sharrott Avenue) at the Cemetery of the Resurrection on the south > shore of Staten Island. Bird is foraging in the pond amongst emergent > plants. Unfortunately, The cemetery closes at 4:30 PM > > -Anthony Ciancimino > > Sent from my iPhone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Swainson's Warbler persists in Prospect Park Mid Wood area circa > 3PM Thursday > From: Richard Fleming <richardarthurflem...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:52:20 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 6 > > I am grateful to two gentlemen who were walking west on Center Drive for > steering me in the direction of the Prospect Park Swainson's warbler, which > persists in Mid Wood as of 3PM despite the unceasing rain. Walking East on > Center Drive, I took a left on the paved path that starts at the gap in the > long line of shipping containers. Very soon this crosses a dirt/wood-chip > path, but I continued on. I then took another right on the second (or is > the third?) such path, one which has a mighty fallen trunk running along > the first fifty feet of the path, along the right side. Near an area where > several paths cross, about 100 feet in along this trail, I had the > Swainson's twice, with about a half an hour passing in-between. Although > the gentlemen I had met said they had heard the bird singing "some eight > times in two hours," I did not hear it sing at all, over about 45 minutes. > Best of luck if you go, and may you have better weather. --Richard Fleming > > -- > inthefieldrecording.org > instagram: @amazingbarbershop > twitter: @walkingtogitmo > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Raven attacking PM colony > From: Orhan Birol <orhanbir...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:53:36 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > Now I know why the Raven was soaring over my house for a while last night. > It dived into the colony,five minutes ago, I am sure it was unable to grab > one. The PM's in hot pursuit it flew east. > Orhan Birol > Shelter Island > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Prospect park Swainson's warbler kings > From: prosb...@aol.com > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:58:51 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > > From Daisy : Swainson's Warbler just seen here: 40.664290,-73.966332 > > This is north Midwood by road fork as of 450 pm > > Peter > Bbc > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017 > From: David Suggs <dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 19:57:41 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 9 > > - RBA > * New York > * Buffalo > * 05/25/2017 > * NYBU1705.25 > - Birds mentioned > > ------------------------------------------- > Please submit reports to > dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org > ------------------------------------------- > > BLACK-NECKED STILT > HUDSONIAN GODWIT > WHIMBREL > AMER. WHITE PELICAN > Peregrine Falcon > Semipalmated Plover > Killdeer > Spotted Sandpiper > Ruddy Turnstone > Sanderling > Semipalm. Sandpiper > Least Sandpiper > White-r. Sandpiper > Dunlin > Short-b. Dowitcher > Red-headed Wdpkr. > Gray-cheeked Thrush > Swainson's Thrush > Pine Warbler > Blackpoll Warbler > Lincoln's Sparrow > Orchard Oriole > > - Transcript > Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science > Date: 05/25/2017 > Number: 716-896-1271 > To Report: Same > Compiler: David F. Suggs > Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario > Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org > > Thursday, May 25, 2017 > > The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided > by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the > Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the > Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound > key to report sightings before the end of this > report. > > Highlights of reports received May 18 through > May 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. > > The very rare BLACK-NECKED STILT at the > Iroquois Refuge was refound on May 23 at Kumpf > Marsh, at Route 77 and Feeder Road. > > Also very rare, especially in spring - > HUDSONIAN GODWIT, May 20, along Youngstown- > Wilson Road, just west of Fitch Road in the > Niagara County Town of Wilson. Other shorebirds > at this location - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, > KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. > SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, > DUNLIN and 2 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. > > WHIMBREL are migrating on the north shore of > Lake Erie. May 23, three WHIMBRELS on the > lakeshore in Fort Erie, Ontario, with RUDDY > TURNSTONES and SANDERLINGS. > > An unexpected location for SANDERLING - the > wetland at Ridge Lea and Bailey Avenue in > Amherst on the 23rd, with continuing > SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and LEAST SANDPIPERS. > > SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS are now being reported at > the Mosaic Ponds, north of Rock Point Park in > Ontario, and an AMER. WHITE PELICAN was still > at the ponds on the 24th. > > ORCHARD ORIOLES around the Lake Erie shores - > Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg at the south end of > Woodlawn Avenue, and in Ontario at Old Fort > Erie, Morgan's Point and the Mosaic Ponds. > > Warblers were widely reported, with BLACKPOLL > WARBLERS joining the migrants on the 18th. Of > note, two PINE WARBLERS near the monument at > Old Fort Erie. > > Also this week - RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Beaver > Island State Park on Grand Island. In Buffalo, > a reported PEREGRINE FALCON at the Veteran's > Hospital, and at Forest Lawn, SWAINSON'S THRUSH > and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. And, LINCOLN'S > SPARROWS at several locations. > > The Bird Report will be updated Thursday > evening, June 1. Please call in your sightings > by noon Thursday. You may report sightings > after the tone. Thank you for calling and > reporting. > > - End Transcript > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists > From: Ben Cacace <bcac...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:30:09 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 10 > > When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar > chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or > deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the > date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted > checklists from many months / years ago. > > It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the > 'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't > added recently it won't appear at the top of the list. > > For each county on the wiki click the 'Overview' link on the 'Explore a > Location' line: > — http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York > > Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few > months. > > *Lewis County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Lewis> > Black-bellied Plover (19-May-2017) > > *Niagara County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Niagara> > Piping Plover (22-May-2017) > > *St. Lawrence County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/St. Lawrence> > Forster's Tern (11-May-2017) > > *Wayne County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Wayne> > Yellow-throated Warbler (23-May-2017) > > *Putnam County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Putnam> > Golden-winged Warbler (Removed) > > -- > Ben Cacace > Manhattan, NYC > Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots > <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> > Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Franklin's Gull, shorebirds - Niagara and Orleans Counties > From: Willie D'Anna <dannapot...@roadrunner.com> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 21:04:47 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 11 > > After the drenching rain this morning, Joel Strong and I got out to look > over the fields to see what shorebirds, if any, had dropped in. > > > > On Youngstown-Wilson Road, just west of Fitch, there were: > > 75 Dunlin > > 11 Least Sandpipers > > 3 White-rumped Sandpipers > > 100 Semipalmated Sandpipers > > 18 Short-billed Dowitchers > > 2 Spotted Sandpipers > > > > On the Lower Lake Road - Burgess Road join, there were: > > 2 American Wigeon > > 1 Semipalmated Plover > > 56 Dunlin > > 1 Least Sandpiper > > 1 White-rumped Sandpiper > > 46 Semipalmated Sandpipers > > 9 Short-billed Dowitchers > > 2 dowitcher species (possibly Long-billed) > > The highlight here was a FRANKLIN'S GULL with a few hundred Ring-billed and > Herring Gulls. Unfortunately, it did not stay long, as an immature Bald > Eagle came over and all the gulls flew off. It was probably a second-cycle > bird, though possibly an adult that had not yet molted in its hood. Poor > photos were obtained: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37144462 > > > > On the Orleans County side of Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, there were: > > 4 Black-bellied Plovers > > 75 Dunlin > > 55 Semipalmated Sandpipers > > > > On Lower Lake Road, just east of Johnson Creek Road, there were: > > 10 Black-bellied Plovers > > 19 Dunlin > > 2 dowitcher species (seen very briefly) > > > > Good birding! > > Willie > > ------------------ > > Willie D'Anna > > Wilson, NY > > dannapotterATroadrunner.com > > > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
