[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx-Southern Zone
Our walk today had another terrific turnout of friendly people. Birding was quite slow, as many species seen earlier this week were gone. The Northern Harrier is back. This bird is reliably over the landfill this time of the year, in case anyone is interested in seeing or photographing this species. Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Tufted Titmouse Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Osprey Pine Warbler Blue Jay Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Double-crested Cormorant Ring-billed Gull Black-capped Chickadee Red-eyed Vireo Northern Flicker Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Phoebe House Sparrows Mourning Dove Northern Mockingbird Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Coopers Hawk Gray Catbird Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Kassina Corridore Park and Community Garden
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) picked a lovely day to bird. The birds for the most part kept to the shrubbery with few venturing out onto the paths.. Perhaps the presence of some accipiters kept everything under cover. A few EASTERN PHOEBES and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS accompanied the usual suspects. By far the best bird was a late BLUE-HEADED VIREO in the trees in the area of tall grass. There were more sparrows and some warblers in the Community Gardens. Here for a change, we looked down on SONG, SWAMP. WHITE-THROATED and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Warblers were YELLOW PALM. YELLOW-RUMPED and a cooperative BLACKPOLL WARBLER. that posed for pictures. A bright male RING-NECKED PHEASANT made a brief appearance. Sy -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/16
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Sunday, 16 October, 2016 Duckage is continuing to indicate movement, with now 133+ (probably slightly more) Ruddy Ducks in at least several rafts on the reservoir; Buffleheads also continuing there, & Wood Ducks in several locations with the brightest plumage found in the long-staying drake at The Pond (se corner of the park) - where an American Coot has likely taken up a long-term visitation as well (these birds all seen & photographed again this Sunday morning). On the reservoir, just one non-adult/ female-type Hooded Merganser was noticed watching from the east shore but a few others may be present again today. A rough (under-) count of the gulls on the reservoir found more than 350 present at 9 a.m. Sunday morning, this not including those stlll flying in to visit for part of the day. At least 4 species were present, with Laughing Gull (2 or perhaps more) and the other very-regular three species, Ring- billed, (American) Herring, & Great Black-backed Gulls - each in good numbers. (A very careful scan, with scope, might reveal even another gull species among the many on the reservoir.) Even a relatively quick (less than 1 hour) look around the Pinetum areas (east & west) revealed multiple Cape May Warblers there again, as well as a minimum of 7 additional warbler species, obviously headed by Myrtle Warbler, now & just lately the (by far) most numerous warbler species in the park entire, as well as in the Pinetum area. Thanks, to Jordan Spindel for pointing out a (somewhat late-ish) Blue- gray Gnatcatcher observed today at the Upper Lobe area (northwestern- most part of the Lake & immediate vicinity), as well as other species of interest to many birders in the Ramble area - and for caring greatly about the welfare of every individual bird, as witnessed in person by many of us - a great example to all of us - as are so many of the newest generation of birders & naturalists that we are lucky to have amongst us in New York. - - - On Saturday (10/15), at the wildflower meadow & vicinity, some Warbler species closely observed included Magnolia (lingering there in the meadow & eastern borders), Northern Parula, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Common Yellowthroat, Palm, Myrtle, and American Redstart and perhaps a few others; a Nashville Warbler was at the south side of the Meer on a slope, and in the north woods, an Ovenbird - these observations all in afternoon hours, and some with several other observers as well, including the first 5 and latter 2 species noted. The Black-capped Chickadee movements some observers are noting will be interesting to keep an eye on to see if the numbers get to a point where another chickadee species might be sought amongst the flow of Black-cappeds coming out of the northern realms; that other species has of course occurred in NYC, and in Central Park in this century & late in the prior one. - - - - - - - - - PINK is THE color of the day and this weekend in and around Central Park, & many other locations - a color indicating here & now the fight against, & seeking cures for, cancer including in particular breast cancer - and PINK also is significant in representing tolerance, equality, kindness, and by extension, an end to hateful and intolerant speech, and to NO tolerance of bullies, or bullying behavior. Give respect, get respect - and think on PINK. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. ~ The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. ~ A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his-her fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such." - Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies. - - - - - - - - - good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park (Saturday)
I birded the landfill Saturday afternoon and had at least four Vesper Sparrow along the drainage ditch in the SW portion while walking east between the main parking lot and RV parking lot. The exact number was hard to say, since the birds were skittish and rarely out in the open. Some were flushed, simply because I couldn't see them, but a few record shots were submitted with my eBird report: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32055721 The birds were not present when I left that area, and I did not encounter them anywhere else during my two hour walk on the landfill. Savannah Sparrows and Palm Warblers were the most abundant migrating passerines. Croton is hosting the Thunderbird Games this weekend (a Boy Scouts event) so access to some parts of the park may be difficult, but there were a few parking spaces left in the main lot when I arrived. Karen Fung NYC On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Larry Trachtenberg < trachtenb...@amsllp.com> wrote: > First, what a beautiful fall morning. The very tip (Teller's Point) had a > really good flight of chickadees. I must have seen at least 30. Would > ascend pretty high and then alight seemingly repeatedly so hard to estimate > numbers but a lot. Not familiar with such a chickadee migration. Also blue > headed vireo, ruby and golden crowned kinglet, YR (many), blackpoll (a few) > and one Nashville warblers. A perched first year banded (green band but no > scope so could not read) peregrine at Nature Center, also a yellow bellied > sapsucker. The landfill looked hopping but Saturday errands and Ossining > Farmer's Market beckoned. > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ > > -- > > -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
