One of the Sandhill Cranes was still at the same location around noon Rob in Massapequa
On Monday, April 11, 2016, Joan Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > First-of-the-season (*) > > > > 4/11/16 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) > > > > Bufflehead – pair on Little Tupper Lake (with a male Hooded Merganser) > > Hooded Merganser – male with the Bufflehead pair > > Great Blue Heron – flying over Tarbell Hill Lane in Long Lake > > Gray Jay – 2 at Sabattis Bog > > Boreal Chickadee – 2 at Sabattis Bog > > Winter Wren – 1 at Sabattis Bog > > > > The Pine Siskin invasion continues at our home. I hope things will slow > down with the warm-up coming mid-week. > > > > There were over 20 Blue Jays that flew in when I brought food for the Gray > Jays at Sabattis Bog – I agreed with the 2 Gray Jays that it was > overwhelming (and very loud!), so I drove down the road a bit. I heard > Boreal Chickadees giving really interesting vocalizations right outside my > car window, so I stopped. I was standing under a tree listening to the > Boreal Chickadee when one of the Gray Jays silently flew to a branch a few > inches over my head! The communication was, “If you feed me here, those > Blue Jays won’t know!” So I walked to the car and brought back some > raisins and the Gray Jay very quietly cached them – the Blue Jays never > noticed! > > > > 4/10/16 Newcomb, Minerva (Essex Co.), Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) and Tupper > Lake (Franklin Co.) > > > > On a tour with 4 birders (2 from eastern Long Island and 2 from the Albany > area) we spent most of the day in boreal habitat. It was a lovely day! > Here are some of the species found: > > > > Amer. Black Duck > > Ring-necked Duck > > Hooded Merganser – several > > Common Merganser > > Ruffed Grouse – 1 displaying along Sabattis Circle Road > > Wild Turkey > > Turkey Vulture > > Bald Eagle - 2 > > Sharp-shinned Hawk – 2 > > Red-tailed Hawk – 1 > > *Sandhill Crane – I heard that the Sandhill Crane pair had returned to > Tupper Lake last week. At the end of the day, we ventured to Tupper Lake > and spotted the pair from Raquette River Road. We stopped to look at > waterfowl and I noticed a “rock” way out in the marshes. One of the Long > Island birders did too, but as we were driving away, he said we should back > up – and sure enough, the “rock” lifted its head from the vegetation and > moved! We didn’t see its mate, but after a while, it took flight and > joined the second bird farther away in the marsh. They gave their > trumpeting call together several times – beautiful! > > Black-backed Woodpecker – 4 (1 male working on its nest cavity in Newcomb, > a male and female observed in Minerva, and 1 heard giving the rattle call > along the Roosevelt Truck Trail in Minerva) > > Northern Flicker > > Pileated Woodpecker > > Gray Jay – 3 (1 along Route 30 in Long Lake and 2 at Sabattis Bog in Long > Lake) > > Common Raven > > Boreal Chickadee – 2 in Newcomb > > Red-breasted Nuthatch > > Brown Creeper – several with a few singing > > Winter Wren – several (including 2 singing) > > Golden-crowned Kinglet > > Amer. Robin > > Waxwing species – flying flock of ~40 birds too far away to tell Cedar > from Bohemian > > Amer. Tree Sparrow > > Song Sparrow > > Dark-eyed Junco > > Red-winged Blackbird > > Common Grackle > > Purple Finch – many singing! > > Red Crossbill – 9 (2 flyover calling birds along Route 28N in Newcomb, 1 > female observed with 2 Pine Siskins gritting in the road on Route 28N in > Minerva, and 6 found along Route 30 in Long Lake – including a couple of > fledglings!) > > Pine Siskin – many! > > Amer. Goldfinch > > Evening Grosbeak – several, including a nice observation of a male in > Newcomb > > > > 4/9/16 Long Lake > > > > Sadly, I found a dead Hermit Thrush in the road on Route 28N in Long > Lake. Hermit Thrushes and Amer. Robins spend a lot of time in the plowed > roadways when we have snowy conditions in April. > > > > 4/8/16 Tupper Lake (Franklin Co.) > > > > Ring-necked Duck – many continue to be observed on Tupper Lake > > Common Loon – on Simon Pond > > > > 4/7/16 Long Lake > > > > *Northern Shoveler – pair observed on Long Lake! This may be the first > record of this species in Hamilton Co. since it is not listed in Mike > Peterson’s “Birds of Hamilton County, New York”. A photo is posted to my > Facebook page below. > > Gray Jay – one at Sabattis Bog > > > > 4/6/16 Long Lake > > > > *Common Loon – one observed on Little Tupper Lake > > Amer. Kestrel – 1 along Route 30 > > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – a male that spent a long time eating sunflower > seed hearts at one of our feeders! This is the first time I’ve observed > this species at a feeder. I took photos and posted them to my Facebook > page below. > > Gray Jay – 1 at the Round Lake Trailhead > > Boreal Chickadee – 2 along Route 30 > > > > Joan Collins > > President, NYS Ornithological Association > > Editor, *New York Birders* > > Long Lake, NY > > (315) 244-7127 cell > > (518) 624-5528 home > > http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/ > > http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian > > > > > -- > *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/>*!* > -- > -- 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/ --
