Re: [nysbirds-l] Major Razorbill flight off northern NJ

2011-02-06 Thread Hugh McGuinness
Dear Fellow Birders, I was talking with Tom Burke a little while who had been to Montauk Point earlier in the day. He commented on the paucity of RAZORBILL at the point--I believe his count was 8. So now we know where they went, and my guess is the reason is a search for food. In other news, the

[nysbirds-l] Major Razorbill flight off northern NJ

2011-02-06 Thread Angus Wilson
I'm curious to know if birders along the south shores of Long Island (Breezy Pt eastwards) and Staten Island have seen above or below normal numbers of Razorbills today? This morning, a spectacular flight of RAZORBILLS occurred along the coast of northern New Jersey. Bill Boyle and Hank Burk talli

Re: [nysbirds-l] Photos of a yellow cardinal! (NOT in NY)

2011-02-06 Thread Linda Orkin
Hey Ruth, Yes, but they metabolize the foods they eat and formulate the pigments. The paper that accompanies these photos is very interesting and explains much about this mutation and how it affects the metabolic activity to end up with a different color. Linda On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:40 PM,

Re: [nysbirds-l] Photos of a yellow cardinal! (NOT in NY)

2011-02-06 Thread ruth . hyman
Cindy and all, I doubt this is a mutation. Cardinals get their red color from their food, and maybe this bird just didn't get the right stuff.RuthRockville Centre, NYFeb 6, 2011 01:03:43 AM, catbird...@yahoo.com wrote:Hi, even though this bird was not found in NYS, I thought it was unusual enough

[nysbirds-l] Hermit Thrush question

2011-02-06 Thread Andrew Block
My Hermit Thrush was back again today feeding on the window feeder.  I'm surprised it's eating the mix b/c I think of them as fruit and insect eaters.  I put out a window feeder filled with dried meal worms and it's not even touching them.  Does anyone out there have the same problem?  If so an