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On Sunday, December 10, 2017, Jay D <naturephotograp...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.northeastbird >> ing.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. 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