[nysbirds-l] NYC: Swindler Cove Park, Tue. 2-Nov incl. Killdeer & CH

[Ben Cacace]

Date: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 (1:20p-4:05p)
Location: Manhattan - Swindler Cove Park & Sherman Creek
Reported by: Ben Cacace

This upper Manhattan park is situated along the Harlem River at the end of
Dyckman St. & 10th Avenue across the island from Fort Tryon Park.

This is my 1st visit to this park and I was surprised how beautiful it is.
The varied habitat includes a wetland area open to the river. I was there at
low tide and Sherman Creek, which is just north of the park, transformed
nicely into a mudflat. There were 3 *KILLDEER* on the flats. Above
them a *COOPER'S
HAWK* was circling scaring up the Killdeer. The shorebirds returned shortly
after the hawk departed towards High Bridge Park.

Most of the SWAMP SPARROW, BROWN CREEPER and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET activity
was around the bat house installation at the south end of the park.

Here's a simple Google
Mapfor
details on the location.

Here's an online description and map of the
park
.

I was looking online for the name of the manmade structures created for bats
to roost in and found the following online. This park hosts a few nest boxes
along with the bat house. A few of these nest box sites, including Purple
Martin gourds and the Wood Duck nest box, are very close to human foot
traffic and some of these are referred to as "Animal Estates" on the
following site:

http://www.fritzhaeg.com/garden/initiatives/animalestates/swindler.html

The 5 "Animal Estates" designed for the park are for Barn Owl, Wood Duck,
Purple Martin, Big Brown Bat & Northern Flying Squirrel.

Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106890515809295201332.0004941c425519544c465&ll=40.85899,-73.923386&spn=0.007392,0.018346&t=h&z=17

Online map and description of Swindler Cove Park:
http://www.nyrp.org/Parks_and_Gardens/Parks/Swindler_Cove_Park/Park_Overview

Weather for 2-Nov for New York, NY (12:51p-3:51p) <
http://tinyurl.com/28r8awe >:
- Conditions: Partly Cloudy to Scattered Clouds
- Temperature: 48.0 to 51.1 F (8.9 to 10.6 C)
- Wind direction: NW / N / NNW / NNE
- Wind speed: 3 - 10 mph (no gusts reported)

** Total species - 31 **

Abundance categories from 'The New York City Audubon Society Guide to
Finding Birds in the Metropolitan Area' published 2001. Abundance season is
'late Fall', mid September - November, and applies to all of New York City.

'Scarce' seen in habitat, but not daily [2 spp]:
- KILLDEER - 3 on the mudflats along Sherman Creek
- Brown Creeper - 1 along the trail leading to the bat box

'Uncommon' seen in small numbers; 1-3 per day in habitat [4 spp]:
- COOPER'S HAWK - 1 over Sherman Creek scaring up a Killdeer
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 male seen & heard
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3+ incl. an adult male
- Hermit Thrush - 2 along the path bordering Sherman Creek

'Fairly Common' usually seen; 3-12 per day in habitat [8 spp]:
- Red-tailed Hawk - 1 heading N from Broadway Terrace & Fairview Ave.
- Downy Woodpecker - 1 male
- Northern Flicker - 1 seen & heard
- Black-capped Chickadee - 6+ seen & heard
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 female seen & heard
- Northern Mockingbird - 2+
- Northern Cardinal - 3+
- American Goldfinch - 24+

'Common' seen easily; more than 12 per day in habitat [17 spp]:
- Canada Goose - 9+
- Mallard - 8+ on Sherman Creek
- Double-crested Cormorant - 1 subadult heading up the Harlem River
- Ring-billed Gull - 60+ on the mudflats along Sherman Creek
- Herring Gull - 1 on the mudflats along Sherman Creek
- Rock Pigeon - 2+
- Blue Jay - 6+ seen & heard
- American Crow - 1 seen & heard over the Harlem River
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12+
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3+
- American Robin - 4+
- European Starling - 2+
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 24+
- Swamp Sparrow - 4+ mainly near the bat box site
- White-throated Sparrow - 12+
- Dark-eyed Junco - 4+
- House Sparrow - 24+

Taxonomic order:

- Canada Goose - 9+
- Mallard - 8+ on Sherman Creek
- Double-crested Cormorant - 1 subadult heading up the Harlem River

- COOPER'S HAWK - 1 over Sherman Creek scaring up a Killdeer
- Red-tailed Hawk - 1 heading N from Broadway Terrace & Fairview Ave.

- KILLDEER - 3 on the mudflats along Sherman Creek

- Ring-billed Gull - 60+ on the mudflats along Sherman Creek
- Herring Gull - 1 on the mudflats along Sherman Creek

- Rock Pigeon - 2+

- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 male seen & heard
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3+ incl. an adult male
- Downy Woodpecker - 1 male
- Northern Flicker - 1 seen & heard

- Blue Jay - 6+ seen & heard
- American Crow - 1 seen & heard over the Harlem River

- Black-capped Chickadee - 6+ seen & heard
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 female seen & heard
- Brown Creeper - 1 along the trail leading to the bat box

- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12+
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3+

- Hermit 

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach & Pt. Lookout

[Sy Schiff]

Jones Beach; Point Lookout   2 November

I met Joe Giunta at Jones Beach after voting this morning. (You did vote, 
didn't you). Lots of birds inc, PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS, some of which 
dropped in.

We could not locate the Shrike at the Nature Center,

At Point Lookout, we birded the rock pile where we again encountered lots of 
birds including a very bright winter "Eastern" PALM WARBLER.
On the ocean rounding the west jetty going west, were 18 COMMON EIDERS followed 
by an adult male. As we walked east, we saw 15 terns flying into the inlet 
including 2 that may have appeared large. Those we could identify were 
FORSTER'S TERNS. It was low tide and the usual gulls were resting on the 
exposed bar in the inlet including a pair of ROYAL TERNS (the large pair we saw 
earlier?). 

Good Birding,  Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County

[vanhaas]

The Bashakill produced many birds today.  The Great Cormorant was not seen to 
my knowledge, but while searching some of the back bays for the bird I found an 
adult TUNDRA SWAN in a flock of Canada Geese, a number of our regular birders 
were able to get to see it and it still remained when we all departed this 
evening.  Many Green-winged Teal, a Hooded Merganser several American Pipit and 
Palm Warblers were seen as well as Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, a 
Red-shouldered Hawk and a Cooper's Hawk.  Pine Siskins and Fox Sparrows were at 
Scott Baldingers feeders. Also of note was the first American Tree Sparrow of 
the fall season. John Haas

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[nysbirds-l] Commun ground dove

[Claudedoc]

The common Ground Dove was relocated at 11:45 AAm on the  groung just to 
the right of the entrance to the boat launch at Captree. It  was then seen 
flying  towards the main exit road. The bird was also  identified by a local 
birder. Unfortunately Malcolm Morris who birded today with  me did not see it.
Also seen earlier on the edge of the parking lot where the CGD  had been 
seen yesterday was a close up view of an American Pipit.  The No.  Shreik was 
also found near the Nature center at Jones Beach.Best  Claude Bloch
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RE:[nysbirds-l] No Ground-Dove as of 8:20

[Shaibal Mitra]

Pat reports that she and others have been unable to find the Common Ground-Dove 
at Captree through noon today. She and Joan Quinlan did see the continuing 
Western Kingbird (now in the swale south of the southernmost parking lot, 
overlooking the inlet), a Short-eared Owl, and a bright Dickcissel near the 
toll-booths.

Shai Mitra

From: bounce-7220082-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-7220082-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 8:44 AM
To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)
Subject: [nysbirds-l] No Ground-Dove as of 8:20

I just spoke with Patricia Lindsay who reports that the Common Ground-Dove has 
not been detected at Captree as of 8:20 this morning.

Shai Mitra

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[nysbirds-l] Inland BRANT, 11/01/10, juv. Roscoe, NY rest area

[Dan Furbish]

Subject: BRANT, juvenile...Roscoe, NY 11/.1/10.. I took photos


Hello, this morning I just saw a juvenile BRANT, at the Roscoe rest stop at 
mile 
marker 313, Rte 17 east. I took several photos. a single bird (in that 
immediate 
area) 30 or so Canada geese, down the grassy area...250 feet or so!
I took 5 or so photos. will send if you want them. seen at 10AM EDT, 11/01/10. 
Near the Willowemac river.  :)

any help locating a local listserve would be helpful also.
 
Good birding.
Dan Furbish
Truckin' thru NY,PA, NJ, MA.. in a big rig.
peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com


  
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[nysbirds-l] Recent Updates - eBird.org Table of Reports

[Ben Cacace]

A few of the recent updates to the eBird.org reports table at my
blogscroll
for the table:

- NYC Area: 8 
Counties
- New York 
County(Manhattan
& surroundings)
- Long 
Island

The links above lead to the notes below the table with clickable links for
each species to a map of locations of the NYC Area (8 counties).
-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
http://novahunter.blogspot.com

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[nysbirds-l] a kingbird report from J.Bay Queens Co. 11/1???

[Tom Fiore]

Maybe some of you know who "Bird-Watching Richard" is.  In any case a  
Western Kingbird has been reported at Jamaica Bay Refuge's west pond  
trail, yesterday - Monday Nov. 1st - it was NOT listed in the Jamaica  
Bay visitor center log and it was not seen by anyone (nor mentioned)  
at the time I was at the refuge late in the same day... Obviously,  
birds do fly. See the ebirdsnyc list for details, such as are given.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/message/8271

-  -  -  -  -  -  -
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] photos of Common Ground Dove and Western KIngbird

[Lloyd Spitalnik]

Hi,

For those that are interested, here are a couple of images taken yesterday
at Captree State Park. Not a bad day on Long Island when you get a first
state record (if accepted) and a Western Kingbird in the same hedgerow. See
the images at http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/v/recent_work/

 

Lloyd

Lloyd Spitalnik Photography

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[nysbirds-l] No Ground-Dove as of 8:20

[Shaibal Mitra]

I just spoke with Patricia Lindsay who reports that the Common Ground-Dove has 
not been detected at Captree as of 8:20 this morning.

Shai Mitra

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