[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending July 22. Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region (NYSOA region 8) to birdl...@hmbc.net. Fifty-eight species were reported this week. Here are the highlights: Turkey Vulture: Ames 7/17; Hudson 7/20 ( ~50). MISSISSIPPI KITE: Ames, Town of Root, 7/15, 16, 17. Bald Eagle: Coxsackie Boat Launch 7/19 (2). Broad-winged Hawk: Albany 7/15; Ames 7/15, 17. American Kestrel: Ames 7/15, 16. American Woodcock: Craryville 7/20. Black-billed Cuckoo: Ames 7/17. Belted Kingfisher: Anthony Kill * 7/16. Northern Flicker: Anthony Kill* 7/16 (2). Common Raven: Lake George (Red Rock Bay) 7/16 (2); Guilderland 7/16 (2). Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 7/16. Carolina Wren: East Greenbush 7/21. Veery: Guilderland 7/15; Lake George** 7/16 (3). Hermit Thrush: Lake George** 7/16 (5). Wood Thrush: East Greenbush 7/20. Brown Thrasher: Anthony Kill* 7/16; Ames 7/17; Old Chatham 7/19. Black-throated Blue Warbler: Lake George** 7/16 (2). Black-throated Green Warbler: Lake George** 7/16 (5). Blackburnian Warbler: Lake George** 7/16 (12); Lock 8 7/19. Black-and-white Warbler: Lake George** 7/16 (2). Louisiana Waterthrush: Five Rivers 7/19; New Salem 7/20. Scarlet Tanager: Ames 7/17; East Greenbush 7/20. Savannah Sparrow: Saratoga County Airport 7/16. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Saratoga County Airport 7/16. Indigo Bunting: Lock 8 7/19 (3); East Greenbush 7/22. * Border of Stillwater and Halfmoon. Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Dave Baim (New Salem), Susan Beaudoin (Ames 7/16, Lake George, Anthony Kill), Larry Federman (Ames 7/15), Alan French (Glenville), Rich Guthrie (Saratoga County Airport, Coxsackie Boat Launch), Nancy Kern (Hudson, Craryville), Alan Mapes (Five Rivers), Andy Mason (Ames 7/17), Bob Ramonowski (Lock 8), Will Raup (Albany), Alan Schroeder (Guilderland), and David Trachtenberg (Old Chatham). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Coastal storm approaching
Down-staters alert. Computer models have a "minor" coastal storm approaching the eastern Long Island Coast within the next 24-48 hours. Perhaps the local forcasters have brought this to your attention, but I haven't heard of it as yet. The winds are "only" about 50 MPH, but who knows what the wind might blow in. Have a look at" http://www.wunderground.com./tropical/tracking/at200998_model.html Good luck and I hope the windblown waifs will stick around for a few days. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greener County, New York gael...@capital.net http://blogs.timesunion.com/birding -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cedar Waxwings feed on Tibbetts pond/meadow
During a recent evening walk around the pond at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers (Westchester Co.), Barry and I observed Cedar Waxwings foraging in the vegetation that thickly covers the pond, turning it into a meadow. The plant cover is contiguous round fans of a triangular, toothed 1" leaf. A local nature photographer told us the pond is fed by pipes to the east near a hospital. The water (Tibbetts Brook) flows over small waterfalls at the north and south ends, but apparently this vegetation is rooted in silt many feet deep, which a park employee once told us would be too dangerous and expensive to dredge. We'd thought of suggesting that Westchester County use grass carp to clean up the eutrophied mess but have learned they are bad news. Anyway, the Great Egret we saw on a tree branch and the Green Heron seem content with the situation. We also saw a female Wood Duck with three ducklings (we were told later she has five) along with the usual Mallards and an Eastern Kingbird. Rita and Barry Freed
[nysbirds-l] Announcing Aug. 9 Belmar Pelagic to NJ and NY Waters
NOTE: This will be our only trip this summer reaching New York pelagic waters. NOTE: The fisherman are currently reporting a lot of life out at the canyons, including highly aggressive Greater Shearwaters going after their baits. See Life Paulagics will be running a pelagic trip out of Belmar, NJ on Sunday, August 9. Our destination is the Hudson Canyon at the edge of the Continental Shelf. Both NY and NJ claim this area as part of their pelagic waters. Our big target birds at this time of year are WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL and LONG-TAILED JAEGER. We also have a good chance of finding AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER and, less frequently, BRIDLED TERN or SOUTH POLAR SKUA. Other fairly regular targets we've seen at this time of year include Arctic Tern, Cory's Shearwater, Greater Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Pomarine Jaeger, and Red-necked Phalarope. This is also a good time for Fin Whale, Risso's, Common, and Bottlenose Dolphin, sea turtles, Ocean Sunfish, sharks, rays, and other marine life. We'll be aboard the Suzie Girl, a stable 80' boat with a cabin, bench and table space, full walk-around below, an upper deck, and separate rest room for the ladies. The boat is fully Coast Guard approved, with the equipment and experienced people to run a safe and productive offshore trip. We will be sailing from the Belmar Marina in Belmar, NJ, right off Rt. 35. The trip is scheduled to run from 5:00 AM to about 7:00 PM. The cost is $185 per person, and this includes an appropriate tip for the mates. See Life Paulagics is dedicated to provide an appropriate number of friendly, helpful, and approachable leaders for all of our trips. We use radios with headsets to get the word of any sightings around the boat quickly. It is important to us to get the participants on the birds and make sure they are comfortable with the IDs, not just create a big trip list. Be sure to check out our web site for information on how to sign up, and to review our policies. If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone. Hope to see you aboard! -Paul Paul A. Guris See Life Paulagics P.O. Box 161 Green Lane, PA 18054 www.paulagics.com 215-234-6805 i...@paulagics.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 7/23- Brooklyn Storm-Petrels
The magnificent weather convinced me to head out to the Brooklyn & Queens coasts this afternoon in hopes of shorebirds stranded and seabirds driven inshore. At Plum Beach shorebird numbers were decent: Short-billed Dowitcher- 39 (+6 more flying N-S over the Belt Parkway as I was leaving) Semipalmated Sandpiper- ~38 Least Sandpiper- ~20 Sanderling- ~25 Willet- 22 Greater Yellowlegs- 1 The most notable birds by far were 2 Wilson's (presumably) Storm-Petrels near the mouth of Rockaway Inlet. There were also? up to 250 Common and 50+ Least Terns around at times. An hour long seawatch at the Riis Park bathhouse yielded nothing out of the ordinary, and just 1 Northern Gannet. Also seen from Riis were 2 Ruddy Turnstones flying by (E-->W), 2 Short-billed Dowitchers flying by (W-->E), and an Osprey out over the ocean. Tides are predicted to be a foot to a foot and a half higher than usual at least through tomorrow around the south shore of Western Long Island and Long Island Sound, so it would be worthwhile keeping an eye out on any high tide bird roosts in those areas, even if they're normally not very productive. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 23 Jul 2009
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/23/2009 * NYBU0907.23 - Birds mentioned - Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David - SANDHILL CRANE MERLIN OSPREY D.-crest. Cormorant Great Egret Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher American Woodcock Black-billed Cuckoo Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Horned Lark Sedge Wren [out of region] Blue-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Mourning Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Henslow's Sparrow [out of region] Bobolink Pine Siskin American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/23/2009 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, July 23, 2009 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received July 16 through July 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include SANDHILL CRANE, MERLIN, OSPREY and shorebirds. July 20 in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a SANDHILL CRANE, seen from the first pull off on Griswold Road, south of Route 77. In Buffalo, July 17, an immature MERLIN on Shirley Avenue, suggesting that MERLINS may have nested in the UB Main Street campus area again. Two to four PEREGRINE FALCONS also continue in the campus area. On the upper Niagara River, July 20, a single OSPREY nestling appeared ready to fledge from the nest on River Road in Tonawanda, viewed from the parking lot of the Tonawanda Asphalt property. Another OSPREY nearby over Fort Erie, Ontario. And at the Motor Island heronry, 92 GREAT EGRETS. July 21, good numbers of shorebirds on the Lake Erie beach at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, Ontario - 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 14 KILLDEER, 9 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 15 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 17 SANDERLINGS, 95 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 1 SHORT-B. DOWITCHER, plus 1400 D.- CREST. CORMORANTS. At the Mosaic Ponds, just north of the park, 55 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 7 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. And on Poth Road, 120 KILLDEER with 9 HORNED LARKS. Also in Ontario, at the Wainfleet Bog off Highway 3 between Erie Peat and Wilson Roads, several each of BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER, plus AMERICAN WOODCOCK and 2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS. July 18, a PINE SISKIN among AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES at a feeder in the Niagara County Town of Wilson. Just east of the BOS study area, on Lakeshore Road in the Town of Carlton, HENSLOW'S SPARROW and SEDGE WREN have been heard and sometimes seen, between Transit and Kent Roads. Other reports - From Amherst, a family of GR. CR. FLYCATCHERS on Koster Row in Eggertsville. An unexpected SCARLET TANAGER at Woodbridge and Parker Avenues in Buffalo. 30 BOBOLINKS in the Chautauqua County Town of Pomfret. And, a late report from July 12, of a white-winged gull, likely a very rare ICELAND GULL, passing Woodlawn Beach State Park in Hamburg, enroute to the steel plant property. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 30. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Golden winged warbler question
I have heard Golden winged Warblers are abundant at Sterling Forest in Southern New York, and was wondering exactly where the Golden winged warblers are at Sterling Forest. Thanks. James Randall -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
