I apologize in advance to anyone who find this post of mine irrelevant to the list serve.
Normally, I never post about yard observations. However, like Shai, I was intrigued about Andrew's report last night and wanted to see if I was going to get the same result I got from the last time I tried a stationary count from my yard after reports of a good nocturnal flight the night before. Today's results are right on par with very little going on in my neck of the woods. I have been doing stationary counts of my own in Queens, specifically from my yard and today was the slowest of the last three days. Saturday, I opted to count from home for a bit and ended up at Breezy Point Queens, where I witnessed some of the same phenomenon reported by observers out east, in terms of the volume of birds migrating. Topping the list were Dark-eyed Juncos with a count of 1,270 just to provide a sample of how many birds were on the move. Yesterday, a few hours of stationary counts from my yard also resulted in decent numbers for my area in comparison to today, where the numbers were much lower. One example I could cite, is the low numbers of Pine Siskins observed in 2 and a half hours of counting today, with 18 compared to 119 from yesterday. Purple Finch numbers were also way down. I find to be interesting the behavior of the Pine Siskins this fall. They are not staying at the feeders for any length of time; most of the ones that come in, checkout the feeders or pine cones, feed for about 1 minute and then they all continue west. On the other hand, Purple Finches have been swarming the feeders and I have had as many as 27 at one time on various feeders. For those of you into this sort of analysis, here are my checklists from the two days for comparison. Yesterday's checklist - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20356531 Today's checklist - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20362474 It is a lot of fun trying to decipher the mysteries of migration regardless of season! Cheers, On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew's heads up was followed this morning by a good morning flight in > central Staten Island, which I viewed from the College of Staten Island > from 7:25-8:25. > > Highlights were 111 Purple Finches and a Rusty Blackbird among the east to > west flow(which averages much higher here than on the outer beach), plus a > Lincoln's Sparrow and a Common Yellowthroat in our small patch of > quasi-natural vegetation by the biology department. > > Complete Checklist: > > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20360294 > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [ > [email protected]] on behalf of Andrew > Farnsworth [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, October 27, 2014 9:03 PM > *To:* New York Birds; NFC-L > *Subject:* [nfc-l] Fwd: Interesting coastal flight happening now in the > greater NYC metropolitan area > > Hello all, > For those in the greater New York metropolitan area, an interesting and > large flight is happening now. Despite what would normally be marginal > conditions for fall movements (mild temperatures and southerly winds), > migrants apparently decided time of the season would trump those tonight, > even if only in a limited geographic area (check your favorite local radar > outlet for visuals). In lights of some of the taller buildings in > east midtown Manhattan migrants can be seen passing now, and there is also > a nice audible component to this movement (White-throated Sparrow, > Dark-eyed Junco, and Hermit Thrush among some other species). > > Good nocturnal birding, > Andrew > > > ------------------------------ > Celebrate Italian Heritage with a Special Broadway Benefit Concert by the > World’s Longest Running Phantom in support of the CSI Italian Studies > program> > <http://csitoday.com/events/franc-dambrosios-broadway-the-phantom-unmasked/> > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
