[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

2009-07-23 Thread David Martin

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).




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[nysbirds-l] Coastal storm approaching

2009-07-23 Thread Richard Guthrie
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

 


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[nysbirds-l] Cedar Waxwings feed on Tibbetts pond/meadow

2009-07-23 Thread Barry or Rita Freed
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

2009-07-23 Thread Paul A. Guris

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
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[nysbirds-l] 7/23- Brooklyn Storm-Petrels

2009-07-23 Thread fresha2411
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.

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[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 23 Jul 2009

2009-07-23 Thread dfsuggs


- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/23/2009
* NYBU0907.23
- Birds mentioned
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 Please phone in rare sightings for update
 Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
 Thank you, David
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  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

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 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.


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[nysbirds-l] Golden winged warbler question

2009-07-23 Thread eyeflight16
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

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