[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 11, 2011 * NYSY 1104.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 04, 2010 - April 11, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:April 11 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #250 -Monday April 11, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 04 , 2010 Highlights: --- RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE EURASIAN WIGEON COMMON (EURASIAN) TEAL BLUE-WINGED TEAL SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 4/6: 10 species of waterfowl including a EURASIAN WIGEON were seen at the Montezuma Audubon Center. The COMMON TEAL was seen at the Visitor’s Center up through the 8th. but has not been reported since. 4/8: 2LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Tschache Pool. GREATER YELLOWLEGS, AMERICAN BITTERN, and WILSON’S SNIPE were seen at Marten’s Tract. 2 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at Railroad Road. 4/9: The EURASIAN WIGEON was again seen at the Montezuma Audubon Center. 4/10: 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Tschache Pool. Also seen there was a possible AMERICAN /EURASIAN WIGEON HYBRID. 17 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen flying over at East Road. Oswego County 4/5: A BLUE-WINGED TEAL was found in Peter Scott Swamp and was seen the next two days. 4/6: A late NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on Tubbs Road in Mexico. Oneida Lake Lakewatch - Phillips Point A normal week with waterfowl moving through. Highlights were SURF and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, RED-NECKED GREBE, BONAPARTE’S GULL. Derby Hill A good week for raptors. The total, not including today, is 3465 birds. Todays tally is not ready yet but according to Bill Purcell “there were too many birds for one person to count”. You will have to wait till next week for the number. On 4/9 a HOARY REDPOLL frequented the feeders. Onondaga County 4/5: A male EURASIAN WIGEON was found at the Eagle Pond in Three Rivers WMA. It was seen on the 6th. and 7th. but has not been reported since. 4/7: 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were found at the Pony Farm on Lamson Road and were still present today. Madison County 4/10: A HOARY REDPOLL continues with Commons at a feeder of Carpenter Road in Georgetown. Also found were 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS. Cayuga County 4/9: 1 RED-THROATED LOON and 10 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen at Fairhaven State Park New Arrivals 4/6: HERMIT THRUSH - Noye’s Sanctuary 4/6 - WINTER WREN - Noye’s Sanctuary 4/7-SWAMP SPARROW - East Monroe 4/7 - VIRGINIA RAIL - Railroad Road (Montezuma) 4/8 - SAVANNAH SPARROW - Baldwinsville 4/9 - PINE WARBLER - Three Rivers WMA 4/9 - EASTERN TOWHEE - Three Rivers WMA 4/9 - CASPIAN TERN - Fairhaven State Park 4/10 - CHIPPING SPARROW - Gerogetown 4/11 - NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW - Baldwinsville 4/11 - RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET - Syracuse 4/11 - PALM WARBLER - Camillus --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Northern Gannet
there are numerous inland records for n.gannet, many of them as one might imagine, are from L. Ontario and other large water bodies in that same region. however there are also well documented records for the Hudson R., not to mention the upper and lower New York Bays . and not necessarily storm related either. For more information, refer to the revised edition of Bull's Birds of New York State. J John Askildsen Millbrook, New York On 04/11/11, richjack...@aol.com wrote:While on the Staten Island Ferry one October day, I saw an immature Northern Gannet cross right in front of the Statue of Liberty!I wonder if they have ever been recorded further up the Hudson or East Rivers? Also--does anyone know if Northern Gannets have thesame reluctance to fly under our major bridges like species of gulls do? Presumably my Northern Gannet had to have flown past theVerrazano Bridge.Richaard ZainEldeenBrooklyn, New York--NYSbirds-L List Info:http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULESARCHIVES:1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-LPlease submit your observations to eBird:http://ebird.org/content/ebird/--
Re: [nysbirds-l] Northern Gannet
Jeffrey Glassberg told me that he saw a Gannet in the East River from the grounds of Rockefeller University (about E. 65th Street). It believe that was sometime in the 70's. Peter Post NYC On 4/11/11 9:53 AM, "richjack...@aol.com" wrote: > While on the Staten Island Ferry one October day, I saw an immature > Northern Gannet cross right in front of the Statue of Liberty! > I wonder if they have ever been recorded further up the Hudson or East > Rivers? Also--does anyone know if Northern Gannets have the > same reluctance to fly under our major bridges like species of gulls > do? Presumably my Northern Gannet had to have flown past the > Verrazano Bridge. > > Richaard ZainEldeen > Brooklyn, New York > > > > -- > > 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 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] Northern Gannets inside Jamaica Bay
Yesterday I saw a single Northern Gannet sitting in the Sound--not diving--offshore from the Weld Sanctuary in Nissequogue. Are they often alone? I had not seen one before this. Marlene Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Angus Wilson Sender: bounce-16418426-14528...@list.cornell.edu Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:08:41 To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Reply-To: Angus Wilson Subject: [nysbirds-l] Northern Gannets inside Jamaica Bay I've actually seen Northern Gannet's foraging inside Jamaica Bay a number of times. There were 5 or 6 there today and a similar number were present on 27 Mar when I stopped by on the way home from the Freeport pelagic. On that day six Gannets were foraging all the way up to the Belt Parkway at the Mill Basin Bridge. Apparently good numbers have been in the Outer New Harbor as viewed from Coney Island and today a bunch were feeding close to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. How often do they enter the Inner Harbor and are they ever visible from Manhattan? Doug Gochfeld told me that both he and Shane Blodgett have seen Gannets in Jamaica bay on several occasions, mentioning 5 sitting on the water between Floyd Bennett Field and the Ruffle Bar on 8 April 2009. I'd have to dig through my notes (or old postings to this forum) to dredge up other dates. Gannets are regular in the outer Peconic Bay during the spring and fall and it is not at all unusual to see them between Gardiner's Island and the 'Springs/Accabonac' Peninsula, if not further west towards Shelter Island. During one storm, I watched numbers of Gannets were flying back and forth over Hick's Island or through the narrow channel between Hick's and Lazy Point to feed in Napeague Harbor itself, which is so shallow it seemed risky for a plunge diver. So I think Gannet's, unlike shearwaters, will comfortably forage in relatively confined channels and bays if the fishing is good. There were a bunch of charter boats fishing in the southern portion of Jamaica Bay today, around where the gannets were feeding and perhaps someone knows what they were after. Angus Wilson New York City/Springs This early-mid April period seems to be when Gannets are most likely to penetrate inshore waters, in our bays and sounds, where they are normally rare. John and Kirsten's observations at Jamaica Bay are really very unusual. My companions and i had some similar experiences yesterday--a Gannet north of Hicks Island, in Napeague Bay, and then 26 Gannets resting on the waters of Shinnecock Bay, north of the main sandbar there. I can't ever recall seeing so many in there. Today, Marc Brody mentioned seeing them inside Jones Inlet. This time of year seems to be when the Gannets push their boundaries-- https://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/ThereYouAre#5375001706807305570 --and I wonder if they are tracking a migratory prey species, like one of the anadromous herrings. Shai Mitra Bay Shore < our most interesting sighting of the day however, was that of two adult n.gannet off the southwest side of the west pond. the birds were quite active. we eventually lost sight of them in the heat haze. > -- 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 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/ --
