[nysbirds-l] Request

2013-10-27 Thread Mark Forsyth
Hello, Sorry to bother you with this but i had a sudden trip out of the country to Greece. Am here to see my ill cousin she is suffering from Kidney disease and must undergo Kidney transplant to save her life. Kidney transplant is very expensive,so i want to transfer her back home to have the s

[nysbirds-l] Peregrines & Thrushes

2013-10-27 Thread robert adamo
The following should have been posted yesterday...sorry ! Upon arriving at Fire Island on Sat. (10/26), I was greeted by the resident pair of adult Peregrine Falcons atop the Water Tower. These birds were gone when I left F.I., and when I past the Jones Beach W.T. later in the day, seeing a pair

[nysbirds-l] 10/27 North Fork, LI - Gr. White-fronted Goose, Solitary Sand. +

2013-10-27 Thread mcb3mb
My dad and I spent the day birding the North Fork of Suffolk County with Bob Adamo.  We were fortunate enough to be able to study the continuing Rufous Hummingbird in Southold.  Many thanks to Rich and Nancy for allowing us to visit their feeders.Afterwords, a walk through Arshamomaque Preserve in

[nysbirds-l] Caleb Smith SP-Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

2013-10-27 Thread Thomas Moran
My previous email should have read Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Thanks to those who alerted me to my mistake. As the teenagers say, "my bad." Tom Moran Shoreham -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www

[nysbirds-l] Caleb Smith SP-Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

2013-10-27 Thread Thomas Moran
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler. Tom Moran Shoreham -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirdin

[nysbirds-l] Clay-colored and Vesper at Riis Park

2013-10-27 Thread Isaac Grant
Tom Dulski and I spent several hours birding the perimeter of the Riis park golf course. It was loaded with sparrows of all of the expected varieties. Among them were 2 Vesper Sparrows and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. Funny but the fields at Fort Tilden held very few birds compared to the golf co