[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn MEW GULL - YES
All, Today at about 2:00pm I saw the adult MEW GULL swimming just offshore from the bike path on the Belt Pkwy. This was about 1/3 mi west of the ballfields previously described by Shane Blodgett. It was foraging with several dozen Ring-billed Gulls, but it disappeared when I went back to the ballfields to notify other birders who were present. We could not refind it for the next 30 minutes when I left. There were about 400-500 Ring-billed Gulls present from the ballfields back west towards the Verrazzano Bridge so picking this bird out could take some patience. The spot was opposite 19th Av. Google Earth: 40° 35.934'N 74° 0.474'W. There were 5 Purple Sandpipers foraging on the rocks at the site, too and one Bonaparte's Gull roosting on the ballfield. best, Mike -- Michael J. Andersen Lawrence, KS mj...@ku.edu -- 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] Staten Island, Sun. 27-Dec-2009 LBB Gull
Date: Sunday, 27 December 2009 (11:50a-5:00p) Location: Great Kills Park, Wolfe's Pond Park Observers: Eve Levine, Ben Cacace Reported by: Ben Cacace Total number of species seen was 34. The highlight was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on the ice on Wolfe's Pond. The gull was seen resting from approximately 4p until we left the site around 4:45p. -- 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] Dovekie - Hither Hills SP
At Hither Hills SP, Montauk, dovekie was found today around 4PM - at the water line - by Joan Becker, Richard Becker, Robin Fishman and Eileen Schwinn. The bird appeared "waterlogged" and was taken to The Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons, in Hampton Bays. We were told it was the third dovekie to be brought to the center today. All birds were thought to be "non- water repellant", perhaps the result of the strong winds and rain from yesterday's storm. One bird was found by a local boater and the other along the beach in Westhampton. Perhaps tomorrow birders can be on the look-out along local ocean beaches for any other washed-ashore birds. Earlier in the day(11AM), the Black Guillemot was seen inside Bullhead Bay, close to the broken bulkheading along Sebonac Inlet Road. It still was in the company of four long-tailed ducks. Eileen Schwinn East Quogue -- 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] Bronxville area birds seen during CBC
12/27/09 - Boy Scout Cabin, Hunts Woods, and Bronx River from Crestwood to Bronxville Time: 7am to 2pm Observer: Andrew Block 107 White-throated Sparrows 18 Blue Jays 80 Rock Pigeons 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks 171 European Starlings 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers 63 Mourning Doves 31 Northern Cardinals 11 White-breasted Nuthatches 13 Downy Woodpeckers 194 Mallards 11 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 7 Carolina Wrens 12 Black-capped Chickadees 9 Tufted Titmice 20 Dark-eyed Juncos 17 American crows 43 American Robins 9 Song Sparrows 7 American Black Ducks 4 Hairy Woodpeckers 199 House Sparrows 3 Winter Wrens 9 American Goldfinches 2 Great Blue Herons 41 House Finches 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Common grackle 8 Green-winged teals 4 Mute Swans 5 Hooded Mergansers 7 Domestic Ducks 4 Great Black-backed Gulls 39 Ring-billed Gulls 55 Herring Gulls 295 Canada Geese (incl. the white goose) 14 Ring-necked Ducks 20 Ruddy Ducks 1 Bufflehead 2 Northern Mockingbirds 3 Brown-headed Cowbirds 3 Red-tailed Hawks 3 Fish Crows Also saw a beautiful Red Fox along the river in Tuckahoe. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Field Biologist & Eco-tour Leader 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: (914) 337-1229; Cell: (914) 886-5124; Fax: (914) 771-8036 "When the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again..." - William Beebe, first Curator of Birds, Bronx Zoo "Crikey! Have a look at that!" - Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter "Just like the white winged dove sings a song, sounds like she's singing whoo, baby...whoo...said whoo" - Stephanie L. Nicks, Edge of 17, Bella Donna -- 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] Eurasion Wigeon in Setauket & Sunken Meadow SP yesterday
This morning I took a trip to see if I could spot the Eurasion Wigeon in Setauket. I got there and scoped almost all of the bay without luck. Many American Wigeon were out and about though. Then as I was leaving I passed a small cove and in it fed a flock of about forty American Wigeon and amongst the flock was the Eurasian Wigeon. Yesterday(December 26) I visited Sunken Meadow State Park. The highlights included a female Northern Harrier hunting over the Dunes near Field 3, a single Killdeer along the edge of the exposed mudflats, a cold Snowy Egret hunting in the Inner Marsh, and 32 Northern Gannet plunge-diving on the Long Island Sound. I also enjoyed watching a immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker foraging very close to me on a tree. Vinny Pellegrino www.flickr.com/pellegrinov East Northport, NY "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." -Henry David Thoreau -- 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] Guillemot continues
Sean Sime just called me to report that the Black Guillemot continues at Sebonac Inlet in Suffolk County. It flew in at first light then disappeared in the flock. He found it again a little before 9 AM and it is there now (9:20 am). Joe DiCostanzo -- 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/ --
