[nysbirds-l] N.Y.State Cave Man-Yes!
I first saw Cave Swallow in Cancun, Mexico on 10/10/86. I then had this specie in Key West, Fl. on 4/1/03. I next encountered it in Puerto Rico during January of '05,'06, & '07. I've been looking for this bird in N.Y.S. for quite a while now, ever since it started being reported during fall migrations. Primed by John Haas' Cave Swallow report, Plan A was shelved and Plan B put in it's place. Suitable clothing was laid out, alarm clock set, and then to bed "with visions of CSWA's dancing in my head". Out by 0630 (making sure not to wake the gracious lady who gave me her blessing the night before), a quick stop at 7-11, then on to the hawk watch at Robert Moses State Park..."the game was afoot"! Go back a year in time, same scenario of C/S postings, I'm down at RMHW looking and hoping. Sometime after arriving, I had to go back to my car for ? Returning to the viewing platform, Shai Mitra sadly told me of the 2 C/S's that passed by during my absence. In addition, I'm almost positive that Doug Futuyma was also there that day. Fast forward to this morning, I'm at the hawk watch by 0800, finding both Shai & Doug there, along with Pat Lindsey, two men ( Mike & Bill) whose last names I didn't get, and one gentleman whose full name I missed completely- sorry guys. It was quite an active morning with many nice birds (which I will list below)- but first let's " Caveabrate" Thank you John for the "mojo"! Thank you Shai & Doug for the "karma", and also for your, as well as the whole crew's, "good eyes/ great finds"! As species were being called out, a number of times the word "swallows" was put forth, only to be followed by the sobering "trees". Quite a while later however, someone (I think) Shai yelled "cave"! As I scrambled to get my/it's bearings, I heard the words "4 birds", and looked in the direction of the pointing fingers. I eventually got on the four, for a most disappointing encounter. The moment came as "a thief in the night". After quite a few more "non-swallow" and "swallows/trees" calls, the cry went out..".cave swallow... yes, definitely cave swallow... right overhead"! This time I reacted quicker, almost fluidly, got on the birds while they were still near us, and had a view, which, had it been a smile, Al Jolson would have walked a million miles for! Yes, I know...I tend to understate things! Other species that I saw: Red-throated Loon; Great Cormorant; Canada Goose; N. Harrier; Sharp- shinned Hawk; Coopers Hawk; Osprey, Merlin; A. Kestrel; Peregrine Falcon ( flying around & landing on tower at foot of 2nd bridge); Short- eared Owl; Red-headed Woodpecker (juvenile, found by Pat); Downy Woodpecker; N. Flicker; E. Phoebe; crow sp?; Tree Swallow; Tufted Titmouse; Black-capped Chickadee; Red-breasted Nuthatch; Golden-crowned Kinglet; A. Robin; Hermit Thrush; N. Mockingbird; Cedar Waxwing; Yellow-rumped Warbler; White-throated Sparrow; Song Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco; Eastern Meadowlark; Red-winged Blackbird; Rusty Blackbird (wonderful looks at 4 that landed on a nearby Cedar Tree and stayed for awhile); Purple Finch (outstanding looks at 3 that lighted on the Cedar Tree just in front of the platform and fed on it's berries for at least 10 minutes); Pine Siskin; A. Goldfinch. The only negative of the day occurred when, after hearing about the N. Shrike found near the T.R. Museum at Jones Beach earlier in the day (by The Brooklyn Bird Club) I "pushed the envelope" and failed. '' What a great day! Cheers, Bob -- 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] Manhattan, NYC 10/30 - plenty of migrants
Saturday, 30 October, 2010 - Manhattan, New York City The good flights carried into parts of Manhattan that are not always looked at, as well as some that are. In Riverside Park at nearly sunset, after a good amount of typical migrant activity in the areas above 100th Street, the slightly more surprising species was a young female Cape May Warbler with virtually no color except at the rump. At Inwood Hill Park earlier there were a number of nice birds including 2 Common Ravens and a lot of finches, mainly American Goldfinches and Purple Finches, as well as at least a few Pine Siskins. At Bryant Park (mid-town) the lingering Ovenbird was still in shrubberies on the north side of the rink area. The very recent Prothonotary Warbler was not seen, despite a 45-minute search in front of the NY Public Library, while a tail-less Swamp Sparrow and over 30 White-throated Sparrows were still to be seen along with a few Yellow- bellied Sapsuckers in the trees near the library. A tremendous flight overnight and well on into the morning, rivaled by the flight the night before (but this morning's flight seemed deeper to me) and featured a number of blackbird species, with Rusty Blackbirds moving very nicely, more than 3 dozen going through early in the a.m. & many Red-winged Blackbirds, plus an oriole which was presumably a Baltimore (and not a Bullock's). Eastern Bluebirds have been moving nicely, as many as fifty having passed by Manhattan in these past 3 days, with a few of these stopping off (just briefly?) in Central / Riverside Parks. The Hudson River, while not having a lot of birds of great note, did feature a couple of Cave Swallows moving down at about noon and following a seeming increase in wind speed. These on top of who knows how many being seen/reported from the greater northeast in the last 3 or 4 days. At the northern end of Manhattan there were far more birds (numbers) than at the south end today. I'm assuming the birds nearing the south end simply continued on. Among other species having been reported around the region, this at Cape May, NJ: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010=NJBIRDS=0===1453 High count of Cave Swallows (that I've found reported) were 120+ in Ontario Canada. A possible N. Wheatear was mentioned at coastal CT today but the bird not re-found. LeConte's Sparrows in at least 5 states / provinces, in the greater northeastern area. Cattle Egrets, many places in the norrtheast up to & perhaps beyond Newfoundland. Good birding, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Woodcocks - Greenwood Cemetery
We were able to see 6 American Woodcocks in Brooklyn's historic Greenwood Cemetery today. Most were in the area of the Battle Hill Monument. We caught sight ofone walking and feeding between gravestones and another later flew in a circle around us affording excellent views; the rest were birds we spooked who just took off away from us. Also lots and lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets, Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos and Hermit Thrushes. Yeah! Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Smith's Point County Park, Suffolk
Fair nimbers of the usual late fall mix along the beach at Smith's Point this morning. Highlights included 2 Eastern Bluebirds, a Hairy Woodpecker and a Goshawk. Most interesting was runninng into Bob Gunning, a nature photographer/ birder, who showed us a photo of a frigatebird that he took last Sunday from the ranger's platform at Smith's Point. This bird was white in the upper breast/ throat area, and may be the same bird that passed by Oceanside on Tuesday. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI,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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fire Island Birds: Cave Swallows++
Robert Moses SP featured an exciting morning flight again today, with excellent volume and variety of diurnal migrants, but numbers of re-orienting nocturnal migrants (e.g., Myrtle Warblers) were much lower than yesterday's. Highlights included four Cave Swallows (pairs around 8:30 and 9:00), a Baltimore Oriole around 9:15, a Short-eared Owl around 9:30, single Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers around 10:00, as well as 51 Rusty Blackbirds, five Royal Terns, three Common Eiders, and 15 Red-throated Loons. I spoke with Paul Buckley around mid-day, and he related seeing two Cave Swallows along the Hudson River in Riverdale, Bronx County. Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore, NY Think green before you print this email. -- 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] Le Conte's Sparrow in Connecticut
Birders et al, Le Conte's Sparrow at Milford Point, CT still being seen today Sat 10/30 early Morning, Late afternoon. Become a subscriber and get instant updates. See photos on my blog.http://kymry.wordpress.com Cheers, Mardi W. Dickinson Norwalk,CT/Bedford NY http://kymry.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/MardiWD -- 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] Ft. Tilden Cave Swallows, Red Crossbills and more
There was a great land bird flight this morning at Ft. Tilden, Queens County. The flight was viewed mostly from the hawk watch platform west of the ball fields from 7:45-10:00. The highlights were 4 Cave Swallows seen flying west between 9:00 and 9:25 a.m., and 9 Red Crossbills seen in flight at 7:45 a.m. and identified by their calls. Red-winged Blackbird was by far the dominant species in the flight (6000 estimated), but the diversity was very good (estimates below). The ground was covered with hundreds of Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also of interest were 42 migrating Wood Ducks, and 700 Northern Gannets. Additional estimates: Northern Harrier 3, Sharp-shinned Hawk 15, Cooper's Hawk 6, American Kestrel 4, Merlin 3, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 25, Horned Lark 1, Tree Swallow 6, Eastern Bluebird 85, American Robin 425, American Pipit 3, Cedar Waxwing 125, Yellow-rumped Warbler 350, Rusty Blackbird 45, Common Grackle 225, Brown-headed Cowbird 50, Purple Finch 95, House Finch 40, Pine Siskin 45, American Goldfinch 225. Observers: Seth Ausubel, Corey Finger -- 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] South Fork LI: 3 Cattle Egrets and Black-headed Gull nr Mecox
Yesterday Sandy Hunter found a *CATTLE EGRET* at the Mecox Dairy in Watermill (Suffolk). I took at look this afternoon and after a short wait saw the egret fly into the pasture alighting amongst the herd of Jersey cows. I stopped by again a little later but this time there were 3 Cattle Egrets walking around together! Go figure. An *AMERICAN (BUFF-BELLIED) PIPIT *was also in the field. The first winter *BLACK-HEADED GULL* reported earlier today by Hugh McGuinness was still on the sand flat at Mecox Inlet and a juvenile *AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER *was in the field off Bridge Lane in Sagaponack, just east of bridge over the pond. The Black-headed Gull may be the same as one seen at the same spot on 23 Oct by John Shemilt. Six Brant were the only other birds of note at the inlet. -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending October 27, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Ninety species were reported this week. The best birds of the week were: RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Saratoga Lake 10/24. RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 10/24 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/24. BLACK VULTURE: Claverack 10/21 (7). SWAINSON'S HAWK: Saratoga 10/23. MERLIN: Brunswick 10/23, 10/24. SHORT-EARED OWL: Five Rivers 10/23. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: Ballston Lake 10/24-26. PURPLE MARTIN: Copake Lake 10/22. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Ghent 10/20 (10); Black Creek Marsh 10/23 (400-500); Livingston 10/2 (3). EVENING GROSBEAK: Galway 10/24 (3). Other notable sightings: Snow Goose: Brunswick 10/22 (45). Brant: Nutten Hook 10/20 (70), 10/23 (6). Greater Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/24. Lesser Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/24 (8). Ring-necked Pheasant: Ghent 10/20. Ruffed Grouse: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 10/23. Common Loon: Tomhannock 10/24 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/24 (3-4). Pied-billed Grebe: Bell's Pond 10/23. Osprey: Brunswick 10/26. Bald Eagle: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 10/23. Northern Harrier: Ghent 10/20; Papscanee 10/23. Peregrine Falcon: Troy 10/25. American Coot: Collins Lake 10/22 (2), 10/24. Eastern Screech-Owl: New Baltimore 10/23. Barred Owl: Saratoga 10/23. Common Raven: Ghent 10/20 (2); Stuyvesant 10/23. Carolina Wren: Stockport Flats 10/23; Claverack 10/23. Winter Wren: Ghent 10/20; Saratoga 10/21. Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ghent 10/20; Saratoga 10/21 (20, 10/23. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Five Rivers 10/23. Hermit Thrush: Five Rivers 10/23. Savannah Sparrow: Five Rivers 10/23. Fox Sparrow: Saratoga 10/22; Five Rivers 10/23 (4). Purple Finch: Ghent 10/20 (4); Five Rivers 10/23 (2); Gansevoort 10/23 (4); East Greenbush 10/25 (4). Pine Siskin: Five Rivers 10/23 (2); Gansevoort 10/23 (2); Chatham 10/24 (6); Galway 10/24 (2); Lake George 10/24 (6+); East Greenbush 10/26 (6). Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Saratoga Lake, Loughberry Lake, Stockport Flats, Stuyvesant, Papscanee, Claverack 10/23), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Ballston Lake, Copake Lake 10/23, Bell's Pond, 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh , Coxsackie Boat Launch), Ken Harper (Collins Lake), John Hershey (Tomhannock), Nancy Kern (Chatham, Ghent, Nutten Hook, Copake Lake 10/22, Claverack 10/21), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Curt Morgan (Troy), Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Will Raup (Ballston Lake), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway), Tom Williams (Five Rivers), Will Yandik (Livingston) and Marian Zimmerman (Black Creek Marsh). -- 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] Cattle Egret more details
A link to the map of the field is below. And under that is a link to two pictures I took of the Cattle Egret. Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.85167,-73.33271=1=h=37.0625,-95.677068=23.875,57.630033=en=UTF8=40.85292,-73.329663=0.007612,0.013711=16 Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/VinnyPelle/LongIsland2010# Good birding, Vinny Pellegrino picasaweb.com/vinnypelle 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Philadelphia Vireo
There was a Philadelphia Vireo on a Yellow Rod an hour ago in our rental property 236 Dune Rd.Quogue. I also saw and heard about a score of Pine Siskins overhead, Swamp and White-Crowned Sparrows and an immature Cooper's Hawk on the property. I have been here since Oct 7, relocated from Shelter Island for a month or for some Striped Bass fishing. Since than the most notable bird was a Yellow Breasted Chat on Oct9, couldn't report it as I had no connection to the internet at the time. I had all the expected birds for this time of the year for the barrier beach. The only one I was surprised to see was a female Hairy Woodpecker which stayed for three days, spending all its time on the dead Japanese Pines getting in and out of Flicker holes. Another surprise to me was a Field Sparrow and the lack of Kestrel on the beach at this time. The dissapointment was not finding any Clay-colored Sparrows among the Chipping Sparrows which were here for at least a week. Always nice to see the Red-breasted Nuthatches and Creeper. Orhan Birol Quogue, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret- Elwood Rd Field, East Northport (Suffolk county)
A few blocks away from my house there is a Cattle Egret feeding in an open field right off of Elwood Road in East Northport. I passed it at 12:20pm and walked In the door to type this message at 12:32pm. Also in the field was a small flock of Canada Geese. The field is located immediately south of Elwood High School directly off of Elwood Road. Vinny Pellegrino East Northport, NY Sent from my iPad -- 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/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] [South Fork Bird Report] Raven in Montauk, Cattle Egret nr Mecox and a very early Dovekie off Georgica
Dear NY Birders, While my son was warming up for his soccer match, I had a half an hour to spend at Mecox Inlet (eastern Suffolk Co.). Here's what I found 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 first-year BLACK-HEADED GULL 4 American Pipits 1 SHORT-EARED OWL I wish every half hour of birding could be that productive. Hugh On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Angus Wilson wrote: > My apologies for the lack of timely updates; I've been totally snowed under > with work. Here is a rather poorly digested summary of recent reports. > > On Saturday (Oct 23) Derek Rogers saw and photographed a *COMMON RAVEN*eating > berries on a Virginia creeper near the Nature Conservancy’s Fite > House facility off South Davis Drive/Avenue in Montauk. This is off South > Delrey Road on the western side of town. The bird's massive size prompted > thoughts of 'vulture' rather than 'crow' and it lacked some feathers on the > head and nape, accentuating its vulturine appearance. Unfortunately the > raven did not linger and flew west towards the former Montauk Dump and > Hither Hills. There have been no re-sightings but who knows, it might still > be in the general area. Please let us know if you see it. > > Is this the first documented record from the South Fork? There are only a > handful of records for Suffolk County as a whole. In the East, Common Raven > is a bird of mountains and other wild areas, but over the past few years > they have staged an unexpected expansion into the Greater New York > metropolitan area. Following a series of sightings from State Island in the > mid-2000s, several birds set up shop in Queens and Nassau Counties. Reports > have also come from the Bronx. This spring a pair nested in Kew Gardens > producing two, possibly three young. Wandering birds are also on the > increase with reports this month from Jamaica Bay, Jones Beach and Central > Park (apparently the 1st record). So maybe Derek's bird is a herald of > things to come. > > Speaking of dark birds, Beth and Bob Wilson found a *RUSTY BLACKBIRD* on > feeding with a Brown-headed Cowbird along the edge of Dune Road near Scott > Cameron Beach. That same day, Vicki Bustamante found 8 *SNOW GEESE* in a > field across from LIPA* in Watermill. Jorn Ake noted three jaegers (likely > Parasitics) working the Laughing Gulls off the beach in Napeague State Park > and also noted a couple of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS riding thermals over Camp > Hero. > > At Mecox Inlet, John Shemilt found a BLACK-HEADED GULL and an interesting > sandpiper with features suggestive of a Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper > hybrid. These oddities have been showing up in NY and other states with > increasing frequency, perhaps reflecting distributional changes on the > arctic breeding grounds.* A *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* was on the flat the > day before (22 Oct). > > On Sunday (24 Oct) Vicki Bustamante spotted a *PARASITIC JAEGER* off > Montauk Point and then on Monday (25 Oct), noticed 35-40 *GREEN-WINGED > TEAL* in the 'Napeague bog', the wet area at the old and new highway > split. They disappeared in the next days but a pair of *BLUE-WINGED TEAL*were > on Big Reed Pond. > > On Thursday (28 Oct) John Turner spotted an adult male *HARLEQUIN DUCK* at > the seal haulout site on the north side of Montauk State Park. Just out of > area, another male was sighted by Peter Murphy at Moriches Inlet in > Westhampton Dunes. > > Today (29 Oct) Sandy Hunter found a *CATTLE EGRET* at the Mecox Dairy farm > in Bridgehampton. This small herd of Jersey cows are a magnet for Cattle > Egrets but it has been a while since the last sightings there. You can view > the cows from the side of Mecox Road or by looking back from Horsemill Lane. > There has been a rash of Cattle Egret sightings in the region with three > together in Brooklyn and a flock of seventeen flying together down Cayuga > Lake near Ithaca. A number of others are scattered across the northeast from > Ontario to New Hampshire. > > Many people have noted good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, kinglets and > sparrows over the past couple of weeks. Attractive *WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS > * have been particularly abundant, with the prize going to Vicki who > logged around seventy five (yes, 75!) on 19 Oct spread over several sites > between Hither Hills SP and Montauk Point. A *WILSON'S SNIPE* near the > Lighthouse at Montauk was also notable. > > On that same day (19 Oct), Bruce Horwith was down at Georgica and noticed a > *DOVEKIE* floating about 100 feet off the beach. This is certainly the > first I've heard of this year, and to be so close to shore in the absence of > a big storm suggests it might be a sick bird. It might be worth checking > with local wildlife rehab people in case it ended up in care but in general > these tiny alcids are more likely to get 'recycled' by Great Black-backed > Gulls. > > This is a good time to start looking at goose flocks with migrants coming > in from the far north. There is currently a Barnacle Goose in
[nysbirds-l] phoebe eating bees
I have a Eastern Phoebe sitting on my hummer feeder poles trying to catch the honey bees that are visting them. Didn't expect that. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- 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 Beach West End
I visited Jones Beach West End this morning and had several GC-kinglets and Yellow-Rumped warblers by the Coast Guard station and 1 Brown Creeper. Overhead big numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and Northern Flickers were moving in addition to 40 + Sharp-shinned Hawks. An American Kestrel and Merlin were seen along the western end of the parkway as was a Male Northern Harrier and several juvenile Northern Harriers. Photos of some of the birds can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2010/10/cold-winds-bring-good-birds.html -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.WildLongIsland.blogspot.com www.BirdsOfLongIsland.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sarah Lawrence College birds
10/30/10 - Sarah Lawrence College, Kimball Ave., Yonkers, NY Time: 8am to 10am Observers: Andrew Block, Linda Blakely, Fred Baumgarten and birding group 1 Canada Goose 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Herring Gull 2 Rock Pigeons 5 Mourning Doves 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodepeckers 2 Northern Flickers 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue Jays 3 Black-capped Chickadees 4 Tufted Titmice 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 1 Carolina Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 3+ Golden-crowned Kinglets many American Robins 1 Northern Mockingbird several European Starlings 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 5 Chipping Sparrows 7+ Song Sparrows 4+ White-throated Sparrows several Dark-eyed Juncos several Red-winged Blackbirds 150+ Common Grackles 3 Purple Finches 1 American Goldfinch several House Sparrows Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- 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] Invitation to my Bird Photography Exhibit
My Birds of the Americas IV exhibit officially opens this weekend and is now ready for viewing. This year a main focus of my exhibit is images from Mary's Point, a migration pit stop for sandpipers on their way to Central and South America. The exhibit also has images from New England, The Outer Banks in North Carolina, Florida, Galapagos, Costa Rica and coastal and rain forest areas of my native Peru. The exhibit is officially open from October 31 to December 5 in the Education Wing of the Boston Nature Center. In addition to images for the exhibit, I also have more than one hundred unframed prints of birds of the Americas available for public viewing. My sandpiper migration presentation is scheduled for Sunday November 7 from 2-3 PM. Hope to see you there! Invitation and directions for event http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/boa10%20invitation/10.htm For those unable to come see my exhibit at the BNC, check the links below to see my photography online. Sandpipers Migration, Mary's Point, August 2010 http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/marypoint/index.html Birds of the Americas IV, online exhibit http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/BOA10/index.html Eduardo del Solar Boston, Mass delsolar AT bellatlantic.net http://delsolar.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] NYC Area RBA: 29 October 2010
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 29, 2010 * NYNY1010.29 - Birds mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+ CAVE SWALLOW+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Eurasian Wigeon Redhead Harlequin Duck Horned Grebe American Bittern Cattle Egret Red-shouldered Hawk Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Marbled Godwit Red Knot Least Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper FRANKLIN'S GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger DOVEKIE Yellow-billed Cuckoo Philadelphia Vireo Common Raven American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Northern Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Vesper Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Dickcissel Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 29th 2010 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, FRANKLIN'S GULL, CAVE SWALLOW, BLACK-HEADED GULL, DOVEKIE, BARNACLE GOOSE and other migrants. There were several interesting birds seen during the past week but the one attracting the most attention has been the male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER frequenting the plantings and adjacent public area around the front of the New York Public Library off 5th Ave. between 40th and 42nd St. The warbler has been searching for scraps on the ground, the stone wall and the tables near the lions on the front steps of the library usually in competition with House Sparrows and Rock Pigeons. Birders talking to library locals have been told the Prothonotary has been present for a few weeks doing the same routine. The bird was still there through Thursday evening but was not seen at all today. The good news is perhaps it figured out this migration thing. On Tuesday a little after 4pm an immature type MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was enjoyed briefly as it flew over the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area. The bird moving off to the west. Then on Wednesday 2 FRANKLIN'S GULLS were found. The first, a first winter bird, stayed for a short time with other gulls up on Fire Island at Robert Moses State Park parking field 5. Up to 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also seen on the same lot on Wednesday. These a mix of adults and immatures. After the immature FRANKLIN'S GULL disappeared a birder searching for it found instead an adult at Captree State Park just across the bay from the Fire Island sighting. Neither Franklin's could be relocated on Thursday. Last Sunday a BARNACLE GOOSE was found in a Canada flock on Belmont Lake State Park on the north side of the Southern State Parkway this approached from exits 37 and 38. Also at Belmont that day were a HOODED WARBLER and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The Barnacle has not been seen since. In Prospect Park in Brooklyn an AMERICAN BITTERN flew in Thursday and landed around the lake. Earlier in the week highlights at Prospect featured PHILADELPHIA VIREO and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Wednesday and BALTIMORE ORIOLE and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH Tuesday, AMERICAN PIPIT, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a HORNED GREBE on the lake on Monday and a VESPER SPARROW last Sunday. On Sunday 2 COMMON RAVENS were spotted in southeastern Queens near the Idlewild Park Preserve. On the same day a raven appeared over Big John's Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was also seen with it along with a single REDHEAD on the East Pond. Three CATTLE EGRETS continued on Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to Thursday and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted last Saturday at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx with an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER reported at Breezy Point on Thursday. Out at Jones Beach West End a MARBLED GODWIT was still present Saturday, Sunday and today around the bar at the Coast Guard Station or across the bay keeping company with the many American Oystercatchers there. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER appeared again Sunday on the coast guard bar with some RED KNOT and other shorebirds. Migrants at Jones Beach West End Saturday featured more PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES for the first time and also occurring were AMERICAN
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 October 2010
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 29, 2010 * NYNY1010.29 - Birds mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+ CAVE SWALLOW+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Eurasian Wigeon Redhead Harlequin Duck Horned Grebe American Bittern Cattle Egret Red-shouldered Hawk Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Marbled Godwit Red Knot Least Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper FRANKLIN'S GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger DOVEKIE Yellow-billed Cuckoo Philadelphia Vireo Common Raven American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Northern Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Vesper Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Dickcissel Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 29th 2010 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, FRANKLIN'S GULL, CAVE SWALLOW, BLACK-HEADED GULL, DOVEKIE, BARNACLE GOOSE and other migrants. There were several interesting birds seen during the past week but the one attracting the most attention has been the male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER frequenting the plantings and adjacent public area around the front of the New York Public Library off 5th Ave. between 40th and 42nd St. The warbler has been searching for scraps on the ground, the stone wall and the tables near the lions on the front steps of the library usually in competition with House Sparrows and Rock Pigeons. Birders talking to library locals have been told the Prothonotary has been present for a few weeks doing the same routine. The bird was still there through Thursday evening but was not seen at all today. The good news is perhaps it figured out this migration thing. On Tuesday a little after 4pm an immature type MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was enjoyed briefly as it flew over the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area. The bird moving off to the west. Then on Wednesday 2 FRANKLIN'S GULLS were found. The first, a first winter bird, stayed for a short time with other gulls up on Fire Island at Robert Moses State Park parking field 5. Up to 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also seen on the same lot on Wednesday. These a mix of adults and immatures. After the immature FRANKLIN'S GULL disappeared a birder searching for it found instead an adult at Captree State Park just across the bay from the Fire Island sighting. Neither Franklin's could be relocated on Thursday. Last Sunday a BARNACLE GOOSE was found in a Canada flock on Belmont Lake State Park on the north side of the Southern State Parkway this approached from exits 37 and 38. Also at Belmont that day were a HOODED WARBLER and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The Barnacle has not been seen since. In Prospect Park in Brooklyn an AMERICAN BITTERN flew in Thursday and landed around the lake. Earlier in the week highlights at Prospect featured PHILADELPHIA VIREO and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Wednesday and BALTIMORE ORIOLE and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH Tuesday, AMERICAN PIPIT, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a HORNED GREBE on the lake on Monday and a VESPER SPARROW last Sunday. On Sunday 2 COMMON RAVENS were spotted in southeastern Queens near the Idlewild Park Preserve. On the same day a raven appeared over Big John's Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was also seen with it along with a single REDHEAD on the East Pond. Three CATTLE EGRETS continued on Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to Thursday and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted last Saturday at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx with an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER reported at Breezy Point on Thursday. Out at Jones Beach West End a MARBLED GODWIT was still present Saturday, Sunday and today around the bar at the Coast Guard Station or across the bay keeping company with the many American Oystercatchers there. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER appeared again Sunday on the coast guard bar with some RED KNOT and other shorebirds. Migrants at Jones Beach West End Saturday featured more PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES for the first time and also occurring were AMERICAN
[nysbirds-l] Invitation to my Bird Photography Exhibit
My Birds of the Americas IV exhibit officially opens this weekend and is now ready for viewing. This year a main focus of my exhibit is images from Mary's Point, a migration pit stop for sandpipers on their way to Central and South America. The exhibit also has images from New England, The Outer Banks in North Carolina, Florida, Galapagos, Costa Rica and coastal and rain forest areas of my native Peru. The exhibit is officially open from October 31 to December 5 in the Education Wing of the Boston Nature Center. In addition to images for the exhibit, I also have more than one hundred unframed prints of birds of the Americas available for public viewing. My sandpiper migration presentation is scheduled for Sunday November 7 from 2-3 PM. Hope to see you there! Invitation and directions for event http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/boa10%20invitation/10.htm For those unable to come see my exhibit at the BNC, check the links below to see my photography online. Sandpipers Migration, Mary's Point, August 2010 http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/marypoint/index.html Birds of the Americas IV, online exhibit http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/BOA10/index.html Eduardo del Solar Boston, Mass delsolar AT bellatlantic.net http://delsolar.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] Sarah Lawrence College birds
10/30/10 - Sarah Lawrence College, Kimball Ave., Yonkers, NY Time: 8am to 10am Observers: Andrew Block, Linda Blakely, Fred Baumgarten and birding group 1 Canada Goose 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Herring Gull 2 Rock Pigeons 5 Mourning Doves 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodepeckers 2 Northern Flickers 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue Jays 3 Black-capped Chickadees 4 Tufted Titmice 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 1 Carolina Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 3+ Golden-crowned Kinglets many American Robins 1 Northern Mockingbird several European Starlings 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 5 Chipping Sparrows 7+ Song Sparrows 4+ White-throated Sparrows several Dark-eyed Juncos several Red-winged Blackbirds 150+ Common Grackles 3 Purple Finches 1 American Goldfinch several House Sparrows Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- 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 Beach West End
I visited Jones Beach West End this morning and had several GC-kinglets and Yellow-Rumped warblers by the Coast Guard station and 1 Brown Creeper. Overhead big numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and Northern Flickers were moving in addition to 40 + Sharp-shinned Hawks. An American Kestrel and Merlin were seen along the western end of the parkway as was a Male Northern Harrier and several juvenile Northern Harriers. Photos of some of the birds can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2010/10/cold-winds-bring-good-birds.html -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.WildLongIsland.blogspot.com www.BirdsOfLongIsland.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] phoebe eating bees
I have a Eastern Phoebe sitting on my hummer feeder poles trying to catch the honey bees that are visting them. Didn't expect that. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- 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/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] [South Fork Bird Report] Raven in Montauk, Cattle Egret nr Mecox and a very early Dovekie off Georgica
Dear NY Birders, While my son was warming up for his soccer match, I had a half an hour to spend at Mecox Inlet (eastern Suffolk Co.). Here's what I found 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 first-year BLACK-HEADED GULL 4 American Pipits 1 SHORT-EARED OWL I wish every half hour of birding could be that productive. Hugh On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Angus Wilson oceanwander...@gmail.comwrote: My apologies for the lack of timely updates; I've been totally snowed under with work. Here is a rather poorly digested summary of recent reports. On Saturday (Oct 23) Derek Rogers saw and photographed a *COMMON RAVEN*eating berries on a Virginia creeper near the Nature Conservancy’s Fite House facility off South Davis Drive/Avenue in Montauk. This is off South Delrey Road on the western side of town. The bird's massive size prompted thoughts of 'vulture' rather than 'crow' and it lacked some feathers on the head and nape, accentuating its vulturine appearance. Unfortunately the raven did not linger and flew west towards the former Montauk Dump and Hither Hills. There have been no re-sightings but who knows, it might still be in the general area. Please let us know if you see it. Is this the first documented record from the South Fork? There are only a handful of records for Suffolk County as a whole. In the East, Common Raven is a bird of mountains and other wild areas, but over the past few years they have staged an unexpected expansion into the Greater New York metropolitan area. Following a series of sightings from State Island in the mid-2000s, several birds set up shop in Queens and Nassau Counties. Reports have also come from the Bronx. This spring a pair nested in Kew Gardens producing two, possibly three young. Wandering birds are also on the increase with reports this month from Jamaica Bay, Jones Beach and Central Park (apparently the 1st record). So maybe Derek's bird is a herald of things to come. Speaking of dark birds, Beth and Bob Wilson found a *RUSTY BLACKBIRD* on feeding with a Brown-headed Cowbird along the edge of Dune Road near Scott Cameron Beach. That same day, Vicki Bustamante found 8 *SNOW GEESE* in a field across from LIPA* in Watermill. Jorn Ake noted three jaegers (likely Parasitics) working the Laughing Gulls off the beach in Napeague State Park and also noted a couple of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS riding thermals over Camp Hero. At Mecox Inlet, John Shemilt found a BLACK-HEADED GULL and an interesting sandpiper with features suggestive of a Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper hybrid. These oddities have been showing up in NY and other states with increasing frequency, perhaps reflecting distributional changes on the arctic breeding grounds.* A *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* was on the flat the day before (22 Oct). On Sunday (24 Oct) Vicki Bustamante spotted a *PARASITIC JAEGER* off Montauk Point and then on Monday (25 Oct), noticed 35-40 *GREEN-WINGED TEAL* in the 'Napeague bog', the wet area at the old and new highway split. They disappeared in the next days but a pair of *BLUE-WINGED TEAL*were on Big Reed Pond. On Thursday (28 Oct) John Turner spotted an adult male *HARLEQUIN DUCK* at the seal haulout site on the north side of Montauk State Park. Just out of area, another male was sighted by Peter Murphy at Moriches Inlet in Westhampton Dunes. Today (29 Oct) Sandy Hunter found a *CATTLE EGRET* at the Mecox Dairy farm in Bridgehampton. This small herd of Jersey cows are a magnet for Cattle Egrets but it has been a while since the last sightings there. You can view the cows from the side of Mecox Road or by looking back from Horsemill Lane. There has been a rash of Cattle Egret sightings in the region with three together in Brooklyn and a flock of seventeen flying together down Cayuga Lake near Ithaca. A number of others are scattered across the northeast from Ontario to New Hampshire. Many people have noted good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, kinglets and sparrows over the past couple of weeks. Attractive *WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS * have been particularly abundant, with the prize going to Vicki who logged around seventy five (yes, 75!) on 19 Oct spread over several sites between Hither Hills SP and Montauk Point. A *WILSON'S SNIPE* near the Lighthouse at Montauk was also notable. On that same day (19 Oct), Bruce Horwith was down at Georgica and noticed a *DOVEKIE* floating about 100 feet off the beach. This is certainly the first I've heard of this year, and to be so close to shore in the absence of a big storm suggests it might be a sick bird. It might be worth checking with local wildlife rehab people in case it ended up in care but in general these tiny alcids are more likely to get 'recycled' by Great Black-backed Gulls. This is a good time to start looking at goose flocks with migrants coming in from the far north. There is currently a Barnacle Goose in Massachusetts and a one-day wonder visited Belmont State
[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret- Elwood Rd Field, East Northport (Suffolk county)
A few blocks away from my house there is a Cattle Egret feeding in an open field right off of Elwood Road in East Northport. I passed it at 12:20pm and walked In the door to type this message at 12:32pm. Also in the field was a small flock of Canada Geese. The field is located immediately south of Elwood High School directly off of Elwood Road. Vinny Pellegrino East Northport, NY Sent from my iPad -- 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] Philadelphia Vireo
There was a Philadelphia Vireo on a Yellow Rod an hour ago in our rental property 236 Dune Rd.Quogue. I also saw and heard about a score of Pine Siskins overhead, Swamp and White-Crowned Sparrows and an immature Cooper's Hawk on the property. I have been here since Oct 7, relocated from Shelter Island for a month or for some Striped Bass fishing. Since than the most notable bird was a Yellow Breasted Chat on Oct9, couldn't report it as I had no connection to the internet at the time. I had all the expected birds for this time of the year for the barrier beach. The only one I was surprised to see was a female Hairy Woodpecker which stayed for three days, spending all its time on the dead Japanese Pines getting in and out of Flicker holes. Another surprise to me was a Field Sparrow and the lack of Kestrel on the beach at this time. The dissapointment was not finding any Clay-colored Sparrows among the Chipping Sparrows which were here for at least a week. Always nice to see the Red-breasted Nuthatches and Creeper. Orhan Birol Quogue, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret more details
A link to the map of the field is below. And under that is a link to two pictures I took of the Cattle Egret. Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.85167,-73.33271num=1t=hsll=37.0625,-95.677068sspn=23.875,57.630033hl=enie=UTF8ll=40.85292,-73.329663spn=0.007612,0.013711z=16 Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/VinnyPelle/LongIsland2010# Good birding, Vinny Pellegrino picasaweb.com/vinnypelle 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending October 27, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Ninety species were reported this week. The best birds of the week were: RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Saratoga Lake 10/24. RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 10/24 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/24. BLACK VULTURE: Claverack 10/21 (7). SWAINSON'S HAWK: Saratoga 10/23. MERLIN: Brunswick 10/23, 10/24. SHORT-EARED OWL: Five Rivers 10/23. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: Ballston Lake 10/24-26. PURPLE MARTIN: Copake Lake 10/22. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Ghent 10/20 (10); Black Creek Marsh 10/23 (400-500); Livingston 10/2 (3). EVENING GROSBEAK: Galway 10/24 (3). Other notable sightings: Snow Goose: Brunswick 10/22 (45). Brant: Nutten Hook 10/20 (70), 10/23 (6). Greater Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/24. Lesser Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/24 (8). Ring-necked Pheasant: Ghent 10/20. Ruffed Grouse: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 10/23. Common Loon: Tomhannock 10/24 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/24 (3-4). Pied-billed Grebe: Bell's Pond 10/23. Osprey: Brunswick 10/26. Bald Eagle: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 10/23. Northern Harrier: Ghent 10/20; Papscanee 10/23. Peregrine Falcon: Troy 10/25. American Coot: Collins Lake 10/22 (2), 10/24. Eastern Screech-Owl: New Baltimore 10/23. Barred Owl: Saratoga 10/23. Common Raven: Ghent 10/20 (2); Stuyvesant 10/23. Carolina Wren: Stockport Flats 10/23; Claverack 10/23. Winter Wren: Ghent 10/20; Saratoga 10/21. Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ghent 10/20; Saratoga 10/21 (20, 10/23. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Five Rivers 10/23. Hermit Thrush: Five Rivers 10/23. Savannah Sparrow: Five Rivers 10/23. Fox Sparrow: Saratoga 10/22; Five Rivers 10/23 (4). Purple Finch: Ghent 10/20 (4); Five Rivers 10/23 (2); Gansevoort 10/23 (4); East Greenbush 10/25 (4). Pine Siskin: Five Rivers 10/23 (2); Gansevoort 10/23 (2); Chatham 10/24 (6); Galway 10/24 (2); Lake George 10/24 (6+); East Greenbush 10/26 (6). Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Saratoga Lake, Loughberry Lake, Stockport Flats, Stuyvesant, Papscanee, Claverack 10/23), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Ballston Lake, Copake Lake 10/23, Bell's Pond, 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh , Coxsackie Boat Launch), Ken Harper (Collins Lake), John Hershey (Tomhannock), Nancy Kern (Chatham, Ghent, Nutten Hook, Copake Lake 10/22, Claverack 10/21), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Curt Morgan (Troy), Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Will Raup (Ballston Lake), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway), Tom Williams (Five Rivers), Will Yandik (Livingston) and Marian Zimmerman (Black Creek Marsh). -- 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] South Fork LI: 3 Cattle Egrets and Black-headed Gull nr Mecox
Yesterday Sandy Hunter found a *CATTLE EGRET* at the Mecox Dairy in Watermill (Suffolk). I took at look this afternoon and after a short wait saw the egret fly into the pasture alighting amongst the herd of Jersey cows. I stopped by again a little later but this time there were 3 Cattle Egrets walking around together! Go figure. An *AMERICAN (BUFF-BELLIED) PIPIT *was also in the field. The first winter *BLACK-HEADED GULL* reported earlier today by Hugh McGuinness was still on the sand flat at Mecox Inlet and a juvenile *AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER *was in the field off Bridge Lane in Sagaponack, just east of bridge over the pond. The Black-headed Gull may be the same as one seen at the same spot on 23 Oct by John Shemilt. Six Brant were the only other birds of note at the inlet. -- Angus Wilson New York City The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Ft. Tilden Cave Swallows, Red Crossbills and more
There was a great land bird flight this morning at Ft. Tilden, Queens County. The flight was viewed mostly from the hawk watch platform west of the ball fields from 7:45-10:00. The highlights were 4 Cave Swallows seen flying west between 9:00 and 9:25 a.m., and 9 Red Crossbills seen in flight at 7:45 a.m. and identified by their calls. Red-winged Blackbird was by far the dominant species in the flight (6000 estimated), but the diversity was very good (estimates below). The ground was covered with hundreds of Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also of interest were 42 migrating Wood Ducks, and 700 Northern Gannets. Additional estimates: Northern Harrier 3, Sharp-shinned Hawk 15, Cooper's Hawk 6, American Kestrel 4, Merlin 3, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 25, Horned Lark 1, Tree Swallow 6, Eastern Bluebird 85, American Robin 425, American Pipit 3, Cedar Waxwing 125, Yellow-rumped Warbler 350, Rusty Blackbird 45, Common Grackle 225, Brown-headed Cowbird 50, Purple Finch 95, House Finch 40, Pine Siskin 45, American Goldfinch 225. Observers: Seth Ausubel, Corey Finger -- 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] Le Conte's Sparrow in Connecticut
Birders et al, Le Conte's Sparrow at Milford Point, CT still being seen today Sat 10/30 early Morning, Late afternoon. Become a subscriber and get instant updates. See photos on my blog.http://kymry.wordpress.com Cheers, Mardi W. Dickinson Norwalk,CT/Bedford NY http://kymry.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/MardiWD -- 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] Fire Island Birds: Cave Swallows++
Robert Moses SP featured an exciting morning flight again today, with excellent volume and variety of diurnal migrants, but numbers of re-orienting nocturnal migrants (e.g., Myrtle Warblers) were much lower than yesterday's. Highlights included four Cave Swallows (pairs around 8:30 and 9:00), a Baltimore Oriole around 9:15, a Short-eared Owl around 9:30, single Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers around 10:00, as well as 51 Rusty Blackbirds, five Royal Terns, three Common Eiders, and 15 Red-throated Loons. I spoke with Paul Buckley around mid-day, and he related seeing two Cave Swallows along the Hudson River in Riverdale, Bronx County. Shai Mitra Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore, NY Think green before you print this email. -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Smith's Point County Park, Suffolk
Fair nimbers of the usual late fall mix along the beach at Smith's Point this morning. Highlights included 2 Eastern Bluebirds, a Hairy Woodpecker and a Goshawk. Most interesting was runninng into Bob Gunning, a nature photographer/ birder, who showed us a photo of a frigatebird that he took last Sunday from the ranger's platform at Smith's Point. This bird was white in the upper breast/ throat area, and may be the same bird that passed by Oceanside on Tuesday. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI,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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Woodcocks - Greenwood Cemetery
We were able to see 6 American Woodcocks in Brooklyn's historic Greenwood Cemetery today. Most were in the area of the Battle Hill Monument. We caught sight ofone walking and feeding between gravestones and another later flew in a circle around us affording excellent views; the rest were birds we spooked who just took off away from us. Also lots and lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets, Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos and Hermit Thrushes. Yeah! Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Manhattan, NYC 10/30 - plenty of migrants
Saturday, 30 October, 2010 - Manhattan, New York City The good flights carried into parts of Manhattan that are not always looked at, as well as some that are. In Riverside Park at nearly sunset, after a good amount of typical migrant activity in the areas above 100th Street, the slightly more surprising species was a young female Cape May Warbler with virtually no color except at the rump. At Inwood Hill Park earlier there were a number of nice birds including 2 Common Ravens and a lot of finches, mainly American Goldfinches and Purple Finches, as well as at least a few Pine Siskins. At Bryant Park (mid-town) the lingering Ovenbird was still in shrubberies on the north side of the rink area. The very recent Prothonotary Warbler was not seen, despite a 45-minute search in front of the NY Public Library, while a tail-less Swamp Sparrow and over 30 White-throated Sparrows were still to be seen along with a few Yellow- bellied Sapsuckers in the trees near the library. A tremendous flight overnight and well on into the morning, rivaled by the flight the night before (but this morning's flight seemed deeper to me) and featured a number of blackbird species, with Rusty Blackbirds moving very nicely, more than 3 dozen going through early in the a.m. many Red-winged Blackbirds, plus an oriole which was presumably a Baltimore (and not a Bullock's). Eastern Bluebirds have been moving nicely, as many as fifty having passed by Manhattan in these past 3 days, with a few of these stopping off (just briefly?) in Central / Riverside Parks. The Hudson River, while not having a lot of birds of great note, did feature a couple of Cave Swallows moving down at about noon and following a seeming increase in wind speed. These on top of who knows how many being seen/reported from the greater northeast in the last 3 or 4 days. At the northern end of Manhattan there were far more birds (numbers) than at the south end today. I'm assuming the birds nearing the south end simply continued on. Among other species having been reported around the region, this at Cape May, NJ: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1010L=NJBIRDST=0F=S=P=1453 High count of Cave Swallows (that I've found reported) were 120+ in Ontario Canada. A possible N. Wheatear was mentioned at coastal CT today but the bird not re-found. LeConte's Sparrows in at least 5 states / provinces, in the greater northeastern area. Cattle Egrets, many places in the norrtheast up to perhaps beyond Newfoundland. Good birding, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
