[nysbirds-l] Common Raven, etc., Epcal area (Suffolk)
I visited the Epcal (formerly Grumman) property on Saturday, Feb. 12, in midmorning. A third-year BALD EAGLE flew up from the ground near the western runway (where the LeConte's Sparrow had been) and made its way westward. A handsome ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (pale morph) was soaring about. I saw no passerines except for 5 FIELD SPARROWS along the frozen pond near the southern entrance to the property. Most noteworthy was a COMMON RAVEN along Line Road, a short distance south of Grumman Road. A drive along Dune Road, from Westhampton Beach to Shinnecock Inlet and back, yielded no notable sightings. From several vantage points, including the Inlet, the ocean seemed nearly devoid of birds. Douglas Futuyma Stony Brook, 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] hooded mergansers, North Fork of Long Island
This morning, Sunday, my wife and I observed a M-F pair of hooded mergansers in the salt pond that is on the north edge of the causeway that joins East Marion to Orient. Bill and Eileen Singer East Marion -- 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] EPCAL Rough Legged Photos
I too saw the light-morph Rough-legged Hawk @ EPCAL yesterday that was previously reported by Douglas Futuyama and have posted some photos and a video of the bird hunting. I visited EPCAL once again this morning and saw 2 Northern Harriers, a Red-Tailed Hawk and 2 Horned Larks along the runway. Photos and video can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/02/rough-legged-hawk-at-epcal.html -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com www.wildlongisland.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] Eastern Long Island birds & others
2/13/11 - Montauk Pt. S.P. & vicinity, Suffolk Co., NY 3 Red-throated Loons 4 Common Loons 5 Horned Grebes many Canada Geese 12+ Brants 20+ Mute Swans 100+ American Black Ducks 3 Greater Scaup many Common Eiders thousands of Black Scoters thousands of White-winged Scoters thousands of Surf Scoters 5+ Long-tailed Ducks many Red-breasted Mergansers 1 Northern Harrier 5+ Red-tailed Hawks 20+ Sanderlings 6+ Dunlins many of all 3 common gulls several Bonaparte's Gulls 8 Razorbills several Rock Pigeons 5 Mourning Doves several Blue Jays several American Crows 1 Carolina Wren many American Robins 2 Northern Mockingbirds many European Starlings 2 Song Sparrows 13+ Common Grackles also many Harbor Seals - Grumman Property, Calverton, NY 2 Rough-legged Hawks 2 Northern Harriers 2 Horned Larks 12+ Snow Buntings - Trinity School, New Rochelle, NY 4+ Monk Parakeets 10+ American Wigeons 7+ Gadwalls 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 The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- 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] Greater White-fronted Geese
We arrived too late at Belmont Lake in Suffolk County to see many geese of any type but a search of the cemeteries in the area turned up the four Greater White-fronted Geese at Pinelawn Cemetery. They were with a flock of maybe 30 Canadas grazing in the grass on the west side of Wellwood Avenue and north of Long Island Avenue. 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] 2/13- Suffolk County: Ross's Goose, Tundra Swan, KIEIs, ICGUs, WETA ++
Today Shane Blodgett, Heydi Lopes, and I birded the east end of Long Island, between Montauk and Dune Road (near the Ponquogue Bridge). The unquestionable highlight of the day was an adult Ross's Goose we found mixed in with a flock of ~700 Canada Geese along Scuttle Hole Road (between Water Mill and Bridgehampton) late in the day (~4:15 PM). This was on the west (NW) side of the road, just a couple of hundred feet north of where it intersects with Hayground Road. Other Highlights follow: Montauk Point: Razorbill- 72 (passage count of birds headed south and/or west only) Alcid sp.- 59 (passage count of birds headed south and/or west only) Black Scoter- ~60,000 Surf Scoter- ~40,000 White-winged Scoter- ~10,000 dark-winged Scoter sp.- ~20,000 Common Eider- ~3,000 Brown Thrasher- 1 (in the brushy area just west of the parking lot) Gray Catbird- 2 (in the brushy area just west of the parking lot) Camp Hero: King Eider- 4 (3 females, 1 immature male. Members of the Young Birders Club, in addition to several others including Seth Ausubel and Corey Finger had these birds staked out for us when we got there) Razorbill- 1 (The Young Birders had several others before we got there) American Tree Sparrow- 5 (near entrance road along Montauk Highway) -We saw juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk twice, probably but not necessarily involving two different individuals. The first as along the Montauk Highway not very far west of Camp Hero, and the other was along Montauk Highway in the vicinity of East Lake Drive. -At Ditch Plains the only things of note were 27 Purple Sandpipers, and a good amount (25+) of Horned Grebes. -The continuing Western Tanager was relatively cooperative for us, just as it had been for others earlier in the morning. At one point it perched in a bare tree directly over our heads at the end of Big Reed Path giving us excellent views for a brief time. -At Lake Montauk Inlet we noted the both of the continuing 2nd winter Iceland Gulls, as well as over 120 Common Loons. Sagaponack Pond: Tundra Swan- 1 (adult, associating with several Mute Swans, including one which accompanied it as it flew off to the north) Lesser Black-backed Gull- 1 (adult) Wilson's Snipe- 1 (north end of the pond, seen from Sagaponack Road looking south) Bonaparte's Gull- 28 Common Merganser- 4 American Wigeon- 11 Northern Pintail- 5 Horsemill Lane (east side of Mecox Bay): Canada Goose- 3000 (many in the field on the southeast side of the road, and many in flight to the northeast) Tundra Swan- 1 (This individual flew in as we were scanning through the geese. Looking at photos it seems that this is possibly (probably?) the bird we had found earlier at Sagaponack) Iceland Gull- 1 (adult, picked out by Tom Burke as it flew in to join the geese) Horned Lark- ~50 (hiding very well in the field on the northwest side of Horsemill Lane) Common Merganser- 2 (flybys, heading towards mostly frozen Mecox Bay) -At dusk we were able to enjoy a Short-eared Owl careening around over the dunes along Dune Road west of the Ponquogue Bridge, thanks in part to Tom Burke, Andy Guthrie, and Gail Benson. A couple of photos of the Ross's Goose, Tundra Swan, and maybe some others will be posted later on here: http://tinyurl.com/NYBirds2011 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, 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] Just Scheduled - March 27 8-hour Freeport Pelagic
Today's trip with NYSOA and the New York State Young Birders Club was unfortunately weathered out due to high winds and bad seas. With so many people interested in the trip, we are attempting to re-schedule it for Sunday, March 27. This has been an amazing year for alcids in our area, with excellent counts of Common Murre and Razorbill, and Thick-billed Murre seen on trips out of NY and NJ. It seems that the cold water temperatures may have actually pushed many of these birds south. What we're hoping to do is to be out there when they return. This should occur when the offshore waters "warm" back up into the 40s, which over the past few years has started in mid-March. Our plan is intercept them when they come back our way, with the added bonus that many of the alcids should be in breeding plumage. We'll also be looking for returning Gannets (which may be in large numbers and an array of plumages at this time of year), loons, grebes, sea ducks, Kittiwakes, and other good gulls. We'll once again be aboard the 90' Capt. Lou VII out of Freeport. This is a comfortable boat that has a huge, covered, and birdable top deck, a heated cabin, and separate men's and ladies facilities. We also usually arrange to have hot food and coffee available for sale in the galley as well. The trip cost is $130, though members of NYSOA or the NYSYBC can sign up for $115. The boat sails at 8:00 AM, returning at roughly 4:00 PM. To make a reservation, go to our web site or you can contact us by phone or e-mail at i...@paulagics.com. Hope to see you aboard. -PAG -- *Paul A. Guris See Life Paulagics PO Box 161 Green Lane, PA 18054 215-234-6805 paulagics@gmail.com i...@paulagics.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] FW: Barrow's Goldeneye
From: rada...@msn.com To: nysbirds-l-requ...@cornell.edu Subject: Barrow's Goldeneye Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:50:48 -0500 Due to NYSOA's Pelagic Trip (out of Freeport) being cancelled for Sunday, many people headed out to Montauk, in the hope of at least getting their alcids by land ! Our group, was made up mostly of "up-staters", one of whom, sometime later this week, will post only those species that we might have seen, but have not been reported by the other groups. Because of the long rides back home they were all facing, they left fairly early. I stayed on and was rewarded with 3 Great Cormorants ( 2 adults, with prominent white patches), the Western Tanager, and the drake Barrows Goldeneye that had previously been reported from Long Beach, Noyac. (the ice has all melted) tCheers, 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/ --
