Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond" What town is this ?
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest < nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017. > > 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond > 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday > 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens > 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes > 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least > Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond > From: "mpro7419 ." <mpr...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Good Morning, > > Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given > information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of > his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I > have confirmed this is private property including the land under water > (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to > trespassing. > > Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can > view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding the > old "Mill Dam". > > > Matt Scharkopf > Huntington, New York. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday > From: Anders Peltomaa <anders.pelto...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or > Hammond's Flycatcher. > > Anders Peltomaa > > On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" <anders.pelto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs > from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird > may have continued towards Azalea. > > Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next > Thursday... > > good birding, > > Anders Peltomaa > Manhattan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens > From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning. > > I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently > at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles > away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with > uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing: > > https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432 > > The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of > juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative > (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing: > > https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv > > The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner > in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single > bird molting over a two week period. > > Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area > show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos > (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not > show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's > bird, or with the Crocheron bird. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ > bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [ > swalte...@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM > To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens > > Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know > whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The > location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental > Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is > Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park). > The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also > called Golden Pond). > > From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street > (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until > the end of 221st , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th > Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here > is ample. > > Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley – > especially as we’re heading toward CBC time. > > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > -- > 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: Western tanager and YB chat-yes > From: kevin rogers <kev31...@yahoo.com> > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 21:07:42 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 4 > > East side of pond near dead end by long line of benches just saw the chat > and tanager, the chat showed for a moment then I couldn't refind, the > western tanager was in w the flock of white-throated sparrows, and was > enjoying all the red berries, the tanager and sparrows kept working the > area towards the south of the pond, had looked for a hour or two w no luck > and then saw the chat midway up a tree, and while trying to stay w it > noticed the western tanager, beautiful yellow in such contrast w the snow. > But as of 4pm Saturday, both birds around, a good sign if your there now,or > going tomorrow! -kev > > Thank you to everyone that was involved in finding,tracking and the help > to find these great birds..its truly appreciated so much! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least > Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers > From: Deborah Allen <dalle...@earthlink.net> > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 17:22:42 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > X-Message-Number: 5 > > New York Botanical Garden, Bronx > Saturday, December 9, 2017 > OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. > > > Highlights: Snow made viewing conditions difficult, but we found 5 Pine > Warblers, a male Rusty Blackbird and the continuing Least Flycatcher. > > Canada Goose - low flyover of around 20 > Mourning Dove - 30 to 40 > Herring Gull - flyover > Great Blue Heron - Twin Lakes (Richard Aracil) > Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 > Least Flycatcher - photographed at 8:42am in Chinese Prickly Ash high path > along Native Plant Garden (Deb) > Blue Jay - at least 6 > Black-capped Chickadee - at least 4 > Tufted Titmouse - 2 (Enrico Leonardi visiting from Indonesia) > White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (1 heard only) (Andrea Hessel) > Kinglet species - 2 in forest one of them flicking wings like Ruby-crowned > Kinglet (Matthieu Benoit) > American Robin - flock of 16 (Andrea Hessel) > House Finch - 2 (Enrico Leonardi) > American Goldfinch - around 20 > Fox Sparrow - 4 Forest (Matthieu Benoit & Richard Aracil) > Song Sparrow - Native Plant Garden > Swamp Sparrow - 2 Swale (a.k.a. Mitsubishi Wetlands) > White-throated Sparrow - 50+ > Dark-eyed Junco - 20-25 > Rusty Blackbird - male at the Swale > Pine Warbler - 5 in pines above Gingerbread Cafe > Northern Cardinal - several > > Richard Aracil reported an Orange-crowned Warbler after lunch > @AracilRichard on Bronx Bird Alert @BirdBronx. > > At around 8am Bob spotted a Peregrine Falcon chasing a Merlin on Bronxdale > Avenue. The Peregrine then perched on a telephone pole at Morris Park & > Bronxdale Avenues. This was followed by a fly by Cooper's Hawk. > > Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC and @DAllenNYC > > Deb Allen > www.birdingbob.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/ --
