[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe - No?
Hi all, After several reports of the Western Grebe early this morning, I began receiving reports of a Horned Grebe, but no Western Grebe. My wife and I stopped by the Pier this afternoon (about 1-2 PM) and indeed all that we could find was the Horned Grebe. The HOGR remained tucked most of the time we were there and, with only a casual inspection, could easily be mistaken for a Western. (The HOGR is much smaller, the size of the Ruddies, and the black on the back of the neck is much narrower than on the WEGR). The HOGR was with what appeared to be the same raft of Ruddies and in the same location as the initial sightings of the Western. If anyone has photos confirming the Western from this morning, please post them or let me know. We now have the proper people willing help the bird, but we need to confirm that the Western is still in the area before sending anyone out. Thanks. By the way, Horned Grebe is very unusual for Piermont Pier and photos will be posted later. Alan Wells -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 11/14 Piermont Pier Western Grebe (NO)...
I spent several hours searching for the reported Western Grebe at Piermont Pier this morning. My search began around 11: 10 a.m. and I finally called it a day around 3:00 p.m. after I began to get soaked for the second time around. Of note, was one Horned Grebe loafing with some Ruddy Ducks and Buffleheads. A few of the local birders who had seen the Western Grebe on previous days, were present at various intervals throughout the time I was there - they also could not locate the bird. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Moorhen-yes
If anyone would like to see a Common Moorhen, it is still present (from 9/28) in the larger pond at the end of Garvies Point Road in Glen Cove. 40.85792 73.64666 photo available Mary Normandia Glen Cove, NY Mary Normandia Glen Cove, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Fresh loon carcass Tobay Beach, Suffolk County, possible Arctic
Legalities aside, why was this bird considered a possible Arctic Loon? It looks like a Common Loon to me. Nick's pictures at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/loon11122009 show retention of white spotting on the back that does not match Pacific/Arctic at all, but does match Common. There are a plethora of tiny white spots all over, and the largest spots are small white squares. No photos are presented of the back of the neck nor a good profile, so that's hard to judge, but the one photo makes the lower mandible appear to have a strong upturn at the gonys like a Common, not flat like a Pacific/Arctic. I've never seen a Pacific/Arctic Loon in this plumage, but it doesn't seem to be arranging itself with a very distinct dark/white line down the neck. All loon species have vent straps. Kevin Kevin McGowan Ithaca, NY >apologize for submitting this post to the entire list, but I could not >reach any local birders directly. >This afternoon I found a very fresh loon carcass in excellent condition, >apparently dead from a recent bullet wound to the chest. My photos (I will >post these once I return home to Colorado later tonight) suggest a >possible adult Arctic Loon still exhibiting some breeding plumage feathers >on the throat, wings and back. The bill seems appropriately sized. The >vent strap is incomplete as described by Sibley and BNA. The mass seemed >too heavy but consistent with a fattened up adult male. I hope a local >birder could run down there tonight and double bag it for donation to an >appropriate institution/collection. >It is located about 50 yards west of the fishing pier/restaurant on the beach. > >Nick Komar >Fort Collins CO -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Piermont Western Grebe - Yes?
The bird was still there 9:20 - 9:50 this morning, napping with the raft of Ruddy Ducks a couple hundred yards out. The fog had rolled back, but the rain was a challenge. The south side of the pier was calm so the bird wasn't bobbing in and out of view in the chop. The road between the softball diamond and the foot of the pier proper is submerged and impassible, as Alan said. Park at the shopping center and hoof it out past the condos. Bird well, Paul On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Alan Wells wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I have received several messages that the Western Grebe was seen at > Piermont early this morning. However, the road is flooded and people have > been using the sidewalk through the condos to by-pass most of the water. > Around 8 AM the fog and rain decreased visibility to a point that the bird > was no longer visible. > > > > On a better note, we have a volunteer with a boat willing to take a > rehabber out to the bird. Now if we can find a rehabber willing to go out. > > > > Alan Wells > -- Paul Dubuc, Nanuet, NY for the moment Dayton, OH for the duration at sign beween pauldubuc and gmail dot com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending November 11, 2009. Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net. Eighty-five species were reported this week including twenty-five waterfowl species. The most interesting reports this week were: WHITE-WINGED SCOTER: Loughberry Lake 11/8. RED-THROATED LOON: Tomhannock 11/7, 11/11; Saratoga Lake 11/8. HORNED GREBE: : Saratoga Lake 11/9 (4), 11/10. WHITE-EYED VIREO: Tomhannock 11/11. HORNED LARK: Buskirk 11/10 (3). AMERICAN PIPIT: Tomhannock 11/11 (25). SNOW BUNTING: Greeneville 11/6 (3). Other highlights: Snow Goose: Tomhannock 11/11 (10). Brant: Collins Lake 11/6 (2), 11/8, 11/11; Stanton Pond 11/7 (2), 11/8 (2). Gadwall: Stanton Pond 11/7; Loughberry Lake 11/8, 11/10. American Wigeon: Stanton Pond 11/7, 11/8. Northern Pintail: Stanton Pond 11/7, 11/8. Greater Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/9. Lesser Scaup: Tomhannock 11/7 (2), 11/11 (2); Saratoga Lake 11/8 (2), 11/9. Bufflehead: Lake George 11/5 (16), 11/7 (12); Saratoga Lake 11/8 (7), 11/9 (12),11/10 (15); Tomhannock 11/11 (4); Nassau Lake 11/11 (3). Ruddy Duck: Tomhannock 11/7; 11/11 (25); Nassau Lake 11/11 (10+). Common Loon: Tomhannock 11/7 (3), 11/11 (4); Saratoga Lake 11/8 (14), 11/9 (7-9), 11/10; Lake George 11/9 (2). Pied-billed Grebe: Saratoga Lake 11/8, 11/9 (22), 11/10 (15).. Black Vulture: Ravena 11/6 (2); Guilderland 11/11 (2). Osprey: Lake George 11/7. Bald Eagle: Lake George 11/5; Collins Lake 11/8; Saratoga Lake 11/8 (2). Northern Harrier: Wright's Loop 11/5; Northumberland 11/5 (2). Peregrine Falcon: Troy 11/10; Rensselaer 11/11 (2). Eastern Screech-Owl: Meadowdale 11/10. Common Raven: Lake George 11/5; Tomhannock 11/11. Brown Creeper: Rexford 11/5; Loughberry Lake 11/8; Vischer Ferry 11/9. Carolina Wren: Vischer Ferry 11/8; Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 11/10 (2); Tomhannock 11/11 (2). Winter Wren: Five Rivers 11/8; Vischer Ferry 11/9. Marsh Wren: Black Creek Marsh 11/5. Golden-crowned Kinglet: Vischer Ferry 11/8; Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 11/10; Tomhannock 11/11 (7). Hermit Thrush: Tomhannock 11/11 (2). Northern Mockingbird: Greeneville 11/6; Vischer Ferry 11/9. Yellow-rumped Warbler: Tomhannock 11/7. Fox Sparrow: Glenville 11/6; Vischer Ferry 11/8, 11/9. White-crowned Sparrow: Tomhannock 11/11. Rusty Blackbird: Wright's Loop 11/5 (2); Black Creek Marsh 11/5 (18); Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 11/10 (11). Thanks to Phil Whitney(compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale, Guilderland, Tomhannock 11/11), Hope Batcheller (Buskirk), Jim Coe (Ravena), Larry Federman (Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary), Alan French (Glenville), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Greeneville, Stanton Pond 11/7, Saratoga Lake 11/10, Loughberry Lake 11/10), Ron Harrower (Saratoga Lake 11/8, Loughberry Lake 11/8), John Kent (Rensselaer), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Collins Pond 11/6,11/11, Wright's Loop, Northumberland, Saratoga Lake 11/9), Curt Morgan (Troy), Ellen Pemrick (Vischer Ferry 11/8), Will Raup (Stanton Pond 11/8), Neil Reilly (Collins Lake 11/8) and Tom Williams (Black Creek Marsh, Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry 11/9). Tomhannock 11/7 data from HMBC trip led by Larry Alden. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Piermont Western Grebe - Yes?
Hi all, I have received several messages that the Western Grebe was seen at Piermont early this morning. However, the road is flooded and people have been using the sidewalk through the condos to by-pass most of the water. Around 8 AM the fog and rain decreased visibility to a point that the bird was no longer visible. On a better note, we have a volunteer with a boat willing to take a rehabber out to the bird. Now if we can find a rehabber willing to go out. Alan Wells -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] incidental to the Ontario Canada Phainopepla; & Cave Swallows from 11/9
As a reminder of the rarity potential in late fall's transition to early winter for our region, a Phainopepla that continued to be seen in the Toronto Ontario (Canada) area survived but unfortunately, a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ( another mega- rare bird so far from its home range in Mexico & s. Arizona ) was found and now remaining in Toronto as a specimen in the Royal Ontario Museum. At least it will be preserved for future study - right in the region that it flew so far to get to... http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ONTB.html#1257966875 For those who don't check the Genesee Birds list-serve all that regularly, a tally of Cave Swallows (seen moving west for the most part along N.Y.'s Lake Ontario shores) was 73, on Nov. 9th - that's a lot!!! So far, no incursion came close on the Atlantic shore of either NY, New England, Canada, & elsewhere east, as reported from many bird lists (2009). http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/GENE.html#1257820936 Tom Fiore, Manhattan _ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Piermont Western Grebe - Yes?
The bird was still there 9:20 - 9:50 this morning, napping with the raft of Ruddy Ducks a couple hundred yards out. The fog had rolled back, but the rain was a challenge. The south side of the pier was calm so the bird wasn't bobbing in and out of view in the chop. The road between the softball diamond and the foot of the pier proper is submerged and impassible, as Alan said. Park at the shopping center and hoof it out past the condos. Bird well, Paul On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Alan Wells awe...@bestweb.net wrote: Hi all, I have received several messages that the Western Grebe was seen at Piermont early this morning. However, the road is flooded and people have been using the sidewalk through the condos to by-pass most of the water. Around 8 AM the fog and rain decreased visibility to a point that the bird was no longer visible. On a better note, we have a volunteer with a boat willing to take a rehabber out to the bird. Now if we can find a rehabber willing to go out. Alan Wells -- Paul Dubuc, Nanuet, NY for the moment Dayton, OH for the duration at sign beween pauldubuc and gmail dot com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Moorhen-yes
If anyone would like to see a Common Moorhen, it is still present (from 9/28) in the larger pond at the end of Garvies Point Road in Glen Cove. 40.85792 73.64666 photo available Mary Normandia Glen Cove, NY Mary Normandia Glen Cove, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 11/14 Piermont Pier Western Grebe (NO)...
I spent several hours searching for the reported Western Grebe at Piermont Pier this morning. My search began around 11: 10 a.m. and I finally called it a day around 3:00 p.m. after I began to get soaked for the second time around. Of note, was one Horned Grebe loafing with some Ruddy Ducks and Buffleheads. A few of the local birders who had seen the Western Grebe on previous days, were present at various intervals throughout the time I was there - they also could not locate the bird. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe - No?
Hi all, After several reports of the Western Grebe early this morning, I began receiving reports of a Horned Grebe, but no Western Grebe. My wife and I stopped by the Pier this afternoon (about 1-2 PM) and indeed all that we could find was the Horned Grebe. The HOGR remained tucked most of the time we were there and, with only a casual inspection, could easily be mistaken for a Western. (The HOGR is much smaller, the size of the Ruddies, and the black on the back of the neck is much narrower than on the WEGR). The HOGR was with what appeared to be the same raft of Ruddies and in the same location as the initial sightings of the Western. If anyone has photos confirming the Western from this morning, please post them or let me know. We now have the proper people willing help the bird, but we need to confirm that the Western is still in the area before sending anyone out. Thanks. By the way, Horned Grebe is very unusual for Piermont Pier and photos will be posted later. Alan Wells -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
