[nysbirds-l] Jones and Gilgo Beaches and Hunter's Garden,L.I. April 9th
Hello All,Bob Adamo asked me to post his Peregrine #1 atop roof at JB Coast Guard Station, Peregrine #2 was perched on the Osprey nest at Gilgo Beach.Between heavy downpours I had a FOS Hermit Thrush on the slope above the lower bog at Hunter's Garden. Good April Birding, Carl Starace -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, Fri. 9-Apr-2010 incl. L. Waterthrush & Chipping Sparrow
Date: Friday, 9 April 2010 (12:15p-1:25p) Location: Bryant Park Reported by: Ben Cacace The LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH continues in the storage area along 40th St. near the east end of the park. It's interesting watching a specific bird to see how long it stays around. I hung out for around 10 minutes looking for the Winter Wren (not seen) when the waterthrush made an appearance for a few seconds. A PEREGRINE FALCON was perched on the nest box on the Met Life building. A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen flying into a tree near the fountain. Weather for 9-Apr for Central Park (11:51a-1:51p) < http://tinyurl.com/y3daybg >: - Conditions: Overcast - Temperature: 55.9 F (13.3 C) - Wind direction: West - Variable - Wind speed: 3 - 8 mph (no gusts reported) ** Total species - 9 ** - Peregrine Falcon - 1 perched on Met Life nest box's W perch from <12:38p - 12:42p - Rock Pigeon - 24+ - Hermit Thrush - 3+ incl. the storage area & the Great Lawn - Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 continues in the lower storage area in the SE corner of the park - Chipping Sparrow - 1 flew into a tree near the fountain - Song Sparrow - 3 on the Great Lawn - White-throated Sparrow - 6+ - Dark-eyed Junco - 2 on the Great Lawn - House Sparrow - 36+ -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope @ Sagaponack
At about 4:15 this afternoon I found a basic plumage RED PHALAROPE at the south end of Sagaponack Pond (Suffolk Co.). The bird was best viewed from the pond entrance along Sagg Main Street just before the beach. The bird was at 40°54'39.20"N, 72°17'8.46"W. The only avian sign that spring might be in the process of happening here on the East End were the 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the southeast corner of the pond. At nearby Mecox Bay the extensive flat had several hundred shorebirds, although PIPING PLOVER was the only non-wintering species present. A first-year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was in the gull flock. Good birding to all! Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinn...@ross.org -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County - major fallout overnight.
The heavy rain and high wind served us well last night. A major fallout occurred in most of the county. Most of the birds were water fowl. High numbers were found on Kiamesha Lake, Yankee Lake, Morningside Park and Swan Lake. Lesser numbers were found at the Bashakill. Here is a list of the birds of most interest. I think some may set a one day record. Many Ring-necks, Bufflehead, Scaup, Common Mergansers were at the various sites. Bashakill - 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Red-necked Grebe 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 Louisianna Waterthrush 1 Bonaparte's Gull Kiamesha Lake - 11 Horned Grebe 6 Red-necked Grebe 1 Bonaparte's Gull Morningside Park - 18 Horned Grebe 2 Red-necked Grebe 20+ Ruddy Duck 2 Eastern Meadowlark Swan Lake - 7 Long-tailed Duck 2 Horned Grebe 10 Ruddy Duck Yankee Lake - Common Loon John Haas -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC April 3-9 (& other-where birds)
Other-where... It appears that not too much notice was made of the reliable report of Western Grebe off Staten Island's Sharrott Ave. pier on Friday, April 2nd (via the SI NaturaList; observer: Richard Veit). Black Vultures are also maintaining a presence on Staten Island. (recalling now, that but 2 decades ago a Black Vulture was a modestly "big deal" to see in southerly parts of New Jersey!) Also well worth noting for Staten Island's naturalists is the ongoing presence of (an overwintered) Red- headed Woodpecker, at S.I.'s Clove Lakes Park (in the northern section of that county-borough), seen there mainly in an area adjacent to Martling Avenue - and, not too far from there (within Clove Lakes Park), an Orange-crowned Warbler was [re]sighted, which (in my own opinion) is rather likely to be the one I initially reported last winter & which was seen there intermittently by others into part of the winter. It is still quite early in the spring to find a newly- arrived northbound migrant Orange-crowned, which most typically appear with a "throng" of either end-of-April &/or early to mid-May neotropical migrants - that is to say, on "big days" in or not long before that period. Probably well known to most subscribers on this list, & not always properly understood by newer or less-experienced birders is how far it is between early April & early May in terms of species diversity, & what migrants are even remotely likely, or not... (with emphasis on the "not"). Beware early April "veery" & any May 1 "mourning", but pay attention to a report of a Swainson's warbler even if it comes in late March, as that is not entirely date-unreasonable, just on the "early" side for the known breeding range in the deep south & a potential "overshoot" from there, not only from the hills or swamps of the Virginias (the 2 states, that is!) Perhaps that is a poor example, as it is a rare bird, at any season, in the northeast. A better example might be, say, E. Wood-Pewee. These are very unlikely in early April and even at the very end of April would not be "expected" - yet at least some are regularly reported, in April in the north. Documentation" of many of these is often nonexistent or very limited. There is a lot to continue to learn about many aspects of our usual migrant and resident birds. Once we get to know the regular birds we can sometimes sort out the genuinely rare. In tracking annually-seen species, true arrivals and departures are meaningful to longer-term study that among (other things) can teach us about climatic change. --- - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday, 3 April 2010 - A continuing Louisiana Waterthrush (from 4/1) got a bit more attention as more birders converged in the park and specifically in the Ramble. Other migrants and already seen before were modestly reinforced in numbers: flickers, phoebes, both kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Pine Warbler and some others. A stormy period locking up migration passed... Sunday, 4 April - Ongoing good weather brought in some more migrants, including Barn Swallow. A 4 Warbler species threshold held, Pine, Palm, Myrtle [Yellow-rumped] and Louisiana Waterthrush ongoing... it's still a fair-weather pattern and birds are also moving past the city in increasing numbers, on towards breeding areas for many. Monday, 5 April - Yet more fair weather & a few more new arrivals, including (a single) White-eyed & (several) Blue-headed Vireo[s], Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, & still the same four Warbler spp. as noted. A fresh batch of E. Phoebes, N. [Yellow-shafted] Flickers, Yellow- bellied Sapsuckers, Winter Wren, both Kinglet species (with Ruby- crowned increasing but still not common), Brown Creeper, 3 Swallow species (mainly N. Rough-winged in the park, Tree & a few Barn overhead) & sparrows including Field, Chipping (multiple), Swamp & White-throated (a bit of increase), plus [Red] Fox Sparrow, as well as Slate-colored Juncos. Hermit Thrushes & a few other species continue to arrive and are far from their peaks, including the very few Brown Thrasher and E. Towhee to have been seen, a few of which may have wintered locally... The White-eyed Vireo about 2 weeks ahead of a more typical earliest spring arrival date, and 3-4 weeks ahead of a typical average date - yet this bird's appearance was in keeping with a small number of others of its species arriving on other NY & southern New England locations this early spring - as have been virtually all the "early" arrivals so far in Central, taking in northern NJ & points due west as well with some species. Also, a White-eyed Vireo was being seen in 2006 as early as April 3 in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, with multiple observers in subsequent days then & there. This species like a fair number of those now appearing in our area are shorter-distance migrants at least a few of which may
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC April 3-9 ( other-where birds)
Other-where... It appears that not too much notice was made of the reliable report of Western Grebe off Staten Island's Sharrott Ave. pier on Friday, April 2nd (via the SI NaturaList; observer: Richard Veit). Black Vultures are also maintaining a presence on Staten Island. (recalling now, that but 2 decades ago a Black Vulture was a modestly big deal to see in southerly parts of New Jersey!) Also well worth noting for Staten Island's naturalists is the ongoing presence of (an overwintered) Red- headed Woodpecker, at S.I.'s Clove Lakes Park (in the northern section of that county-borough), seen there mainly in an area adjacent to Martling Avenue - and, not too far from there (within Clove Lakes Park), an Orange-crowned Warbler was [re]sighted, which (in my own opinion) is rather likely to be the one I initially reported last winter which was seen there intermittently by others into part of the winter. It is still quite early in the spring to find a newly- arrived northbound migrant Orange-crowned, which most typically appear with a throng of either end-of-April /or early to mid-May neotropical migrants - that is to say, on big days in or not long before that period. Probably well known to most subscribers on this list, not always properly understood by newer or less-experienced birders is how far it is between early April early May in terms of species diversity, what migrants are even remotely likely, or not... (with emphasis on the not). Beware early April veery any May 1 mourning, but pay attention to a report of a Swainson's warbler even if it comes in late March, as that is not entirely date-unreasonable, just on the early side for the known breeding range in the deep south a potential overshoot from there, not only from the hills or swamps of the Virginias (the 2 states, that is!) Perhaps that is a poor example, as it is a rare bird, at any season, in the northeast. A better example might be, say, E. Wood-Pewee. These are very unlikely in early April and even at the very end of April would not be expected - yet at least some are regularly reported, in April in the north. Documentation of many of these is often nonexistent or very limited. There is a lot to continue to learn about many aspects of our usual migrant and resident birds. Once we get to know the regular birds we can sometimes sort out the genuinely rare. In tracking annually-seen species, true arrivals and departures are meaningful to longer-term study that among (other things) can teach us about climatic change. --- - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday, 3 April 2010 - A continuing Louisiana Waterthrush (from 4/1) got a bit more attention as more birders converged in the park and specifically in the Ramble. Other migrants and already seen before were modestly reinforced in numbers: flickers, phoebes, both kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Pine Warbler and some others. A stormy period locking up migration passed... Sunday, 4 April - Ongoing good weather brought in some more migrants, including Barn Swallow. A 4 Warbler species threshold held, Pine, Palm, Myrtle [Yellow-rumped] and Louisiana Waterthrush ongoing... it's still a fair-weather pattern and birds are also moving past the city in increasing numbers, on towards breeding areas for many. Monday, 5 April - Yet more fair weather a few more new arrivals, including (a single) White-eyed (several) Blue-headed Vireo[s], Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, still the same four Warbler spp. as noted. A fresh batch of E. Phoebes, N. [Yellow-shafted] Flickers, Yellow- bellied Sapsuckers, Winter Wren, both Kinglet species (with Ruby- crowned increasing but still not common), Brown Creeper, 3 Swallow species (mainly N. Rough-winged in the park, Tree a few Barn overhead) sparrows including Field, Chipping (multiple), Swamp White-throated (a bit of increase), plus [Red] Fox Sparrow, as well as Slate-colored Juncos. Hermit Thrushes a few other species continue to arrive and are far from their peaks, including the very few Brown Thrasher and E. Towhee to have been seen, a few of which may have wintered locally... The White-eyed Vireo about 2 weeks ahead of a more typical earliest spring arrival date, and 3-4 weeks ahead of a typical average date - yet this bird's appearance was in keeping with a small number of others of its species arriving on other NY southern New England locations this early spring - as have been virtually all the early arrivals so far in Central, taking in northern NJ points due west as well with some species. Also, a White-eyed Vireo was being seen in 2006 as early as April 3 in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, with multiple observers in subsequent days then there. This species like a fair number of those now appearing in our area are shorter-distance migrants at least a few of which may overwinter not that far south even, rarely,
[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County - major fallout overnight.
The heavy rain and high wind served us well last night. A major fallout occurred in most of the county. Most of the birds were water fowl. High numbers were found on Kiamesha Lake, Yankee Lake, Morningside Park and Swan Lake. Lesser numbers were found at the Bashakill. Here is a list of the birds of most interest. I think some may set a one day record. Many Ring-necks, Bufflehead, Scaup, Common Mergansers were at the various sites. Bashakill - 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Red-necked Grebe 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 Louisianna Waterthrush 1 Bonaparte's Gull Kiamesha Lake - 11 Horned Grebe 6 Red-necked Grebe 1 Bonaparte's Gull Morningside Park - 18 Horned Grebe 2 Red-necked Grebe 20+ Ruddy Duck 2 Eastern Meadowlark Swan Lake - 7 Long-tailed Duck 2 Horned Grebe 10 Ruddy Duck Yankee Lake - Common Loon John Haas -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope @ Sagaponack
At about 4:15 this afternoon I found a basic plumage RED PHALAROPE at the south end of Sagaponack Pond (Suffolk Co.). The bird was best viewed from the pond entrance along Sagg Main Street just before the beach. The bird was at 40°54'39.20N, 72°17'8.46W. The only avian sign that spring might be in the process of happening here on the East End were the 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the southeast corner of the pond. At nearby Mecox Bay the extensive flat had several hundred shorebirds, although PIPING PLOVER was the only non-wintering species present. A first-year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was in the gull flock. Good birding to all! Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinn...@ross.org -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, Fri. 9-Apr-2010 incl. L. Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow
Date: Friday, 9 April 2010 (12:15p-1:25p) Location: Bryant Park Reported by: Ben Cacace The LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH continues in the storage area along 40th St. near the east end of the park. It's interesting watching a specific bird to see how long it stays around. I hung out for around 10 minutes looking for the Winter Wren (not seen) when the waterthrush made an appearance for a few seconds. A PEREGRINE FALCON was perched on the nest box on the Met Life building. A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen flying into a tree near the fountain. Weather for 9-Apr for Central Park (11:51a-1:51p) http://tinyurl.com/y3daybg : - Conditions: Overcast - Temperature: 55.9 F (13.3 C) - Wind direction: West - Variable - Wind speed: 3 - 8 mph (no gusts reported) ** Total species - 9 ** - Peregrine Falcon - 1 perched on Met Life nest box's W perch from 12:38p - 12:42p - Rock Pigeon - 24+ - Hermit Thrush - 3+ incl. the storage area the Great Lawn - Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 continues in the lower storage area in the SE corner of the park - Chipping Sparrow - 1 flew into a tree near the fountain - Song Sparrow - 3 on the Great Lawn - White-throated Sparrow - 6+ - Dark-eyed Junco - 2 on the Great Lawn - House Sparrow - 36+ -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones and Gilgo Beaches and Hunter's Garden,L.I. April 9th
Hello All,Bob Adamo asked me to post his Peregrine #1 atop roof at JB Coast Guard Station, Peregrine #2 was perched on the Osprey nest at Gilgo Beach.Between heavy downpours I had a FOS Hermit Thrush on the slope above the lower bog at Hunter's Garden. Good April Birding, Carl Starace -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
