Thanks Deborah Martin for the Nickerson parking info!
On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 12:15 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest < [email protected]> wrote: > NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Friday, June 09, 2017. > > 1. Purple Martin Croton Point Park > 2. =?UTF-8?B?TmVsc29ucyBzcGFycm93IHBsdW1iIGJlYWNoIFlFUw==?= > 3. Kentucky Warbler, Central Park, NYC 6/8 > 4. Jamaica Bay - Least Bittern YES > 5. Marshlands Conservancy, Westchester County, Boat-tailed Grackle > 6. Nickerson Beach, Nassau - Fee Details > 7. Cupsugue terns > 8. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Jun 2017 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Purple Martin Croton Point Park > From: Larry Trachtenberg <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 11:50:05 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > There was a single Purple Martin perched on a bar of the newly installed > martin complex at Croton Point Park this morning (7:05-7:15 a.m.). One of > the houses is occupied by tree swallows but when buzzed by a swallow the > martin did not seem concerned; indeed it took a pass at the swallow > occupied house and re-perched to continue pruning. To my knowledge there > are no breeding martin colonies in Westchester County. The bird appears to > be juvenile not adult female. I am not sure how it can find and alert > adults to this new construction, not to mention the river views, plenty of > food, and winter cleaning service. But of course young folks are trumped by > older folks all the time even when the adults would be well served to > listen to the youth. > > Thanks to Charlie Roberto, Anne Swaim and John Phillips for their efforts > in establishing a Westchester martin colony. > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > > Sent from my iPhone > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: =?UTF-8?B?TmVsc29ucyBzcGFycm93IHBsdW1iIGJlYWNoIFlFUw==?= > From: =?UTF-8?B?QXJpZSBHaWxiZXJ0?= <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:10:28 +0300 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > > Possibly 2 > Best at high tide > Found / heard by Mike snouty > Arie Gilbert > No. Babylon NY > www.powerbirder.blogspot > www.qcbirdclub.org > -- > Sent from Loretta in the field > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Kentucky Warbler, Central Park, NYC 6/8 > From: Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 08:20:01 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Thursday, 8 June, 2017 > Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City > > A late-spring surprise after a fairly quiet morning walk in the Ramble was > the finding of a singing male Kentucky Warbler, near the park’s East Drive, > directly across from the (west side of) the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and > in the rather confined, but densely shrubby cover on the NE, east, & SE > sides of the very tall monolithic stone 'Cleopatra’s Needle', which is very > prominent in that area & has a single walkway to its base. I heard, & very > briefly saw, the Kentucky work its way in the thickest part on the > southeast slope-side, while it sang about 15 times from around 6:30 - 6:50 > this morning. Adding to the initial confusion from this, a male Mourning > Warbler piped up from the nearby trees, & seemed to be circling around, > though I last saw & heard the Mourning go to the east side of the park > roadway (closer to the Met. Museum)… the Kentucky sang more often than did > the Mouring, while I was there. There seemed to be few other migrants in > the Ramble section at least in very early morning, and one would expect a > majority of healthy migrants to have moved on, given the excellent > conditions for doing so, Wed. night into this a.m. > > Perhaps another try later on, but it won’t be too surprising should any > warblers be fairly quiet as the morning & the day go along. Best chances > might be in late afternoon or even early evening. And then there might also > be a skimmer-watch, as that species has fairly regularly turned up in > Central (oddly) in early summer foraging session, mainly seen in evening > hours, although on some past occasions also in early mornings, & much more > rarely in full day-times. Referring to Black Skimmer, of course… > > - - - - > "Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable > that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or > the vision to demand that which is good?” - Rachel Carson (1907-1964; > marine biologist, conservationist, author whose books include ‘Silent > Spring’. Sir David Attenborough has remarked that that book may have had > an effect on science second only to Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of > Species”.) > > good -and ethical- birding, > > Tom Fiore > manhattan > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Jamaica Bay - Least Bittern YES > From: Michael Zito <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:11:07 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > The least bittern continues at JBay, heard with Arie Gilbert. > > Mike Z. > > Sent from my iPhone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Marshlands Conservancy, Westchester County, Boat-tailed Grackle > From: Gail Benson <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 11:00:39 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > A singing male Boat-tailed Grackle, still rare in Westchester County, > continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. The Grackle is with a drake > Long-tailed Duck on an offshore island off Parson's Island. As this is now > count period, this will constitute a new record for the 54 year old > Greenwich-Stamford summer bird count. > Tom Burke & Gail Benson > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Nickerson Beach, Nassau - Fee Details > From: Deborah Martin <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 12:37:49 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 6 > > I stopped in at the administrative office at Nickerson to check on the > details regarding the parking fees. > Nickerson is a Nassau County (not NY state) property. Fees are collected > daily - including from seniors. > Fees are collected from 9 am to 4 pm. If you arrive before 9, you can > enter without a fee and your car can remain in the lot once fees start > being collected - there won't be anyone looking for a receipt/ticket on the > dashboard. If you arrive after 4, there won't be toll takers collecting a > fee. > From 9-4 fees are: > Fee for Nassau County residents who have a Leisure Pass is $12. > Fee for those who do not have a Leisure Pass is $35. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Cupsugue terns > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:21:28 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > Jim Cullen and I visited the flats at Cupsogue this afternoon and were > rewarded with, despite the cold, a Roseate and a Black tern.Overall numbers > of birds were quite low. > thanks > Lee Stocker > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Jun 2017 > From: David Suggs <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 20:28:29 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > - RBA > * New York > * Buffalo > * 06/08/2017 > * NYBU1706.08 > - Birds mentioned > > ------------------------------------------- > Please submit reports to > [email protected] > ------------------------------------------- > > BROWN PELICAN > WILSON'S PHALAROPE > American Bittern > Least Bittern > Bl.-cr. Night-Heron > Trumpeter Swan > Bald Eagle > Black-bellied Plover > Semipalmated Plover > Killdeer > Spotted Sandpiper > Semipalm. Sandpiper > Least Sandpiper > White-r. Sandpiper > Baird's Sandpiper > Dunlin > Short-b. Dowitcher > L. Black-b. Gull > Black Tern > Black-billed Cuckoo > Yellow-billed Cuckoo > Whip-poor-will > Alder Flycatcher > Gray-cheeked Thrush > Swainson's Thrush > Northern Mockingbird > Cedar Waxwing > Yellow-thr. Vireo > Red-eyed Vireo > Cerulean Warbler > Canada Warbler > Yellow-br. Chat > > - Transcript > Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science > Date: 06/08/2017 > Number: 716-896-1271 > To Report: Same > Compiler: David F. Suggs > Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario > Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org > > Thursday, June 8, 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 June 1 through > June 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. > > The BROWN PELICAN on the upper Niagara River > was last reported June 4, off Black Rock Park > in Buffalo. > > Shorebird migrants are still present. In > Niagara County, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE from May > 31 to June 2, along Wilson-Youngstown Road, > west of Fitch Road, in Wilson. In the Town of > Somerset, at Lower Lake and Burgess Roads - 12 > SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 285 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, > 1 WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, 5 DUNLIN, 7 SHORT-B. > DOWITCHERS, numbers of KILLDEER and SPOTTED > SANDPIPER, and a L. BLACK-B. GULL. > > In Ontario, shorebirds at the Mosaic Ponds, > north of Rock Point Provincial Park in > Dunnville, included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, > SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 20 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, > LEAST SANDPIPER and a probable BAIRD'S > SANDPIPER. > > Also in Ontario, heard at the Wainfleet Bog > along Wilson Road, at least 6 WHIP-POOR-WILLS, > YELLOW-BR. CHAT, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and > BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. > > Later migrants on June 3 - GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, > SWAINSON'S THRUSH and CANADA WARBLER in a Town > of Wilson yard. > > Summer residents in the Tonawanda Wildlife > Management Area, along Owens Road, ALDER > FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO > and two CERULEAN WARBLERS. At Cayuga Pool in > the Iroquois Refuge, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, LEAST > BITTERN, 15 BLACK TERNS, 14 BL.-CR. NIGHT- > HERONS and 2 TRUMPETER SWANS. > > Also this week - CEDAR WAXWING feeding on > berries in a Cheektowaga yard. NORTHERN > MOCKINGBIRD on River Road in North Tonawanda. > And in the Lake Ontario Plains, a probable sub- > adult BALD EAGLE taking prey from two adult > BALD EAGLES. > > The final BOS meeting of the season will be the > annual picnic at Tifft Nature Preserve in > Buffalo, at 6 PM on Wednesday, June 14. Bring > your meal and expect an evening hike through > the preserve. Visitors are always welcome at > BOS meetings. > > The Bird Report will be updated Thursday > evening, June 15. Please call in your sightings > by noon Thursday. You may report sightings > after the tone. Thank you for calling and > reporting. > > - End Transcript > > > > --- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ --
