[nysbirds-l] Montauk and west: Tundra Swan, Glaucous Gull, etc.
A 2-hour sea watch from the Montauk Point restaurant and Camp Hero early this morning was rewarded by a spectacular number of scoters (20,000 is a conservative estimate), of which at least 3/4 were Black; the rest were mostly White-winged, Surf being conspicuously sparse. At least several hundred Common Eiders (probably many more) were in the mix, but no King was discerned. Fair numbers of Common and Red-throated Loons, a fly-by Great Cormorant and an out-of-place Snow Goose, in the surf, were also seen. I saw no Razorbills or (surprisingly) Gannets. An immature Iceland Gull was near the beach at the south end of Lake Montauk (South Lake Drive), and another was at the west jetty. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the water at the south end of Fort Pond Bay, as were ca. 25 Horned Grebes. Here I was joined by Brent Bomcamp and Stella Miller; we proceeded to Lazy Point, from which vantage point we saw no Snowy Owls. At Hook Pond in Easthampton, we found 2 Tundra Swans. Sagaponack Pond offered no notable birds, but at Short's Pond (on Scuttlehole Road, Bridgehampton), Brent spied a particularly petite Cackling Goose in the large flock of Canadas. At Shinnecock Inlet, Brent spotted an immature male Harlequin Duck. Just to the west, opposite Ponquogue Bridge, a huge number of gulls, feeding on presumably storm-tossed clams and other invertebrates, included an immature Glaucous Gull and a first-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. Michael McBrien kindly alerted us to the previously reported Snowy Owl on the island east of Ponquogue Bridge. Good birding, Doug Futuyma Stony Brook -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 11/29- Brooklyn/Queens: Clay-colored Sparrow, Eurasian Wigeon, Goose flight
This morning I witnessed a very strong westbound movement movement of Canada Geese from Fort Tilden. The Geese were moving on an extremely wide front, and Geese were visible from north Brooklyn/Manhattan all the way to a mile or so out over the ocean, with most being fairly high. I tallied ~3,400 Geese while I was there, though I certainly missed many due to how spread out the flight line was. The only goose that looked different was a slightly smaller, and dark headed and billed goose in a flock of Canadas that defied immediate identification in the field (though I'll see if I can do anything from the (distant) photos). I didn't arrive at Tilden until an hour and a half after sunrise, well after the goose flight was already underway. There were also over 2,000 Red-winged Blackbirds that were heading west, though the passerine flight was not very diverse, even for this time of year. A latish Western Palm Warbler heading west was the most notable passerine there. Later on I came across a FEMALE Eurasian Wigeon at the south end of East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, though I didn't venture beyond the south entrance to the pond in search of the male that has been around farther up the pond. 51 Hooded Mergansers were also a nice sight down at that end, though the rest of the refuge seemed fairly quiet. At Hendrix Creek in Brooklyn, I came across a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW loosely associating with a small flock of Slate-colored Juncos. It was around the small group of small pines just west of the Parks Department building (this is on the east side of Hendrix Creek, near the Gateway Plaza shopping mall). There were also 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets scattered around the area. The evening Ring-billed Gull show at Floyd Bennett Field is in full effect, as I counted ~2,400 there this evening, and there were also a few flocks of westbound Canada Geese flying high. I looked fairly carefully for Snowy Owl around Jamaica Bay and could not find any, and I hear that those at Breezy Point came up empty as well, so the 4 or 5 Snowy Owls that were seen in these areas yesterday seem to have moved out with the favorable migration conditions last night. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Montauk and west: Tundra Swan, Glaucous Gull, etc.(Suffolk Co.)
A 2-hour sea watch from the Montauk Point restaurant and Camp Hero early this morning was rewarded by a spectacular number of scoters (20,000 is a conservative estimate), of which at least 3/4 were Black; the rest were mostly White-winged, Surf being conspicuously sparse. At least several hundred Common Eiders (probably many more) were in the mex, but no King was discerned. Fair numbers of Common and Red-throated Loons, a fly-by Great Cormorant and an out-of-place Snow Goose, in the surf, were also seen. I saw no Razorbills or (surprisingly) Gannets. An immature Iceland Gull was near the beach at the south end of Lake Montauk (South Lake Drive), and another was at the west jetty. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the water at the south end of Fort Pond Bay, as were ca. 25 Horned Grebes. Here I was joined by Brent Bomcamp and Stella Miller; we proceeded to Lazy Point, from which vantage point we saw no Snowy Owls. At Hook Pond in Easthampton, we found 2 Tundra Swans. Sagaponack Pond offered no notable birds, but at Short's Pond (on Scuttlehole Road, Bridgehampton), Brent spied a particularly petite Cackling Goose in the large flock of Canadas. At Shinnecock Inlet, Brent spotted an immature male Harlequin Duck. Just to the west, opposite Ponquogue Bridge, a huge number of gulls, feeding on presumably storm-tossed clams and other invertebrates, included an immature Glaucous Gull and a first-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. Michael McBrien alerted us to the previously reported Snowy Owl on the island east of Ponquogue Bridge. Good birding, Doug Futuyma Stony Brook (Apologies if this repeats in part an earlier posting, which I think failed to go through.) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 11/29
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City / Friday, 29 November, 2013 Nothing rare, but a very birdy a.m. and part of p.m.; a nice variety of ducks, and some birds passing through & overhead. Six Eastern Bluebirds, 4 in the Ramble around 8 a.m. going thru the Azalea Pond area as well as the Pin Oak "swampy" area, and at least 2, almost certainly different ones, at the Great Hill's s. edges much later on; the latter also with a very high number of American Robins on the ground & in general, besides the 700+ that overflew the park's west side in the first 1/2-hour of the day. Also flying over were good- sized flocks of Common Grackles, & perhaps a few other icterid spp. (& also some smaller, very high & distant birds)... And there were a good numbers of birds: goldfinches and blackbirds primarily, in Sweet Gum trees in the Ramble in particular, in early a.m. There was an Ovenbird meandering around beneath the feeders; seemed like a bird that may know its way around that patch now. Of the orioles, these 2 were differently-plumaged from one seen the day before and perhaps by others in days preceding; there may well have been 3 of them; obviously any oriole, & any bird that is somewhat seasonally- unexpected, ought be scrutinized in case of a much-less-likely vagrant species showing, yet Baltimore Oriole is actually almost regular in the region into Nov., & some straggle into Dec., or later. I was impressed by how many Mourning Dove are about just now; it felt like more than I'm recalling being in the park most late autumns. Modest numbers of towhee are nice to see as well: our usual species! Not all that regular in Central, an American Tree Sparrow was a small plus. It felt like even more may have been around, or may yet be. One place I meant to check but didn't was at the park next to AMNH, the American Museum of Natural History. Also, a look in the zoo grounds is a good idea this time of year, at least for those with free entry by membership or other privileges to gain entry to the grounds. I thought the Ramble was especially productive in the morning. It may also be worth having a close look anywhere that sapsuckers are lingering, as a variety of other birds just might be lingering with them. Pied-billed Grebe (several, Reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant (Res.) Great Blue Heron (Pond, south side) Turkey Vulture (2 flyover, p.m.) Canada Goose Wood Duck (10+, mainly Pool) Gadwall American Black Duck (several) Mallard Northern Shoveler (numerous) Green-winged Teal (Reservoir) Ring-necked Duck (Reservoir) Bufflehead Hooded Merganser (12+ Reservoir) Common Merganser (Reservoir) Ruddy Duck (few) Bald Eagle (non-adult, flyover, p.m.) Sharp-shinned Hawk (feeders, a.m.) Cooper's Hawk (N. Meadow area) Red-tailed Hawk (multiple) American Kestrel (several) American Coot (Reservoir) Ring-billed Gull (many) Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull "feral" Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove (hundreds!) Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker (n. end) Yellow-shafted Flicker (few) Blue Jay (many) American Crow Black-capped Chickadee (2) Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (several) Carolina Wren (multiple) Winter Wren (Ramble) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Ramble) Eastern Bluebird (6, Ramble & Great Hill) Hermit Thrush (several) American Robin (1,000+, many were flyovers) Gray Catbird (2) Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher (3) European Starling Cedar Waxwing (very few noticed) Ovenbird (under feeders, Ramble) Eastern Towhee (5, in 4 separate areas) American Tree Sparrow (Maintenance Field, Ramble) Eastern/Red Fox Sparrow (multiple locations) Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow (several) White-throated Sparrow (500+++) Dark-eyed Junco (many) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird (modest numbers) Common Grackle (2,500+ flyovers plus more in park) Brown-headed Cowbird (several) Baltimore Oriole (1 non-ad./Great Hill; 1 ad. male/feeders) Purple Finch (2, Ramble Sweet Gum trees) House Finch American Goldfinch (many) House Sparrow Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Point Lookout: ducks, horned grebe
Hi Everyone, I visited the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station this afternoon - besides Brant and double-crested comorants, saw about a dozen Red-Breasted Mergansers inside the sandbar area (my FOS) and a few small flocks of Long Tailed Ducks on the outside of the sandbar. (Also saw a seal by Field 10) *Just a FYI that I did not attempt to find the reported Shrike. I stopped by Point Lookout and saw common loons scattered around, a mixed flock of common eider and black scoter, numerous sanderlings and dunlin, a lone white winged scoter flying in the distance, and a horned grebe (all between the eastern-most restroom building and the inlet) Good birding, Rob (Massapequa) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Floyd bennett field Kings cnty
Lark sparrow continues floyd bennett field cricket field berm cut.bald eagle ovehead,33 horned larks cricket field.report of 5 Eastern bluebirds polytech ballfieldSent from my MetroPCS 4G Android device -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt - Lapland Longspur - YES
Hi all, A Lapland Longspur was again on the Parade Grounds in Van Cortlandt Park. This morning it was foraging with a group of seven Horned Larks. Also one Snow goose flying over with a group of Canada goose, plus one American Pipit feeding on the ground for a few minutes. A handful of distant photos (all cropped) of the Longspur here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/landp/sets/72157638183045243/ Early in the morning there were very large flocks of blackbirds taking off and flying low over the trees east of the Parade Grounds. We estimated their number to be at least 1200+ in total. good holiday birding, Anders Peltomaa Mannahatta On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Alan Drogin wrote: > Stopped in Van Cortlandt Park on way to Thanksgiving in Yonkers. Great > opportunity today because the field was empty of athletes for the holiday. > Lucked out with an adult Lapland Longspur foraging with three Horned Larks > in the typical southeast area. Also had a flock of at least 4 American > Pipits fly over. > > Happy Thanksgiving, > Alan Drogin > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk to Easthampton
Many thousands of scoters at Poont and Camp Hero, ca 80 percent Black; no discernible King Eider. Imm Iceland Gulls south end of Lake Montauk and at west jetty. With Brent Bomcamp and Stella Miller, L Black-backed Gull south end of Fort Pond Bay, no Snowy at Hicks Island, 2 Tundra Swans on Hook Pond, Easthampton. Doug Futuyma Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Northern Shrike continues at West End II Jones Beach...
Just seen at West End 2. West side of the swale about half way to the beach, perched atop an evergreen. Patrick F. Palladino On Nov 29, 2013, at 9:31 AM, "Andrew Baksh" wrote: > Rich Kelly's persistence paid off as he refound the "elusive" NORTHERN > SHRIKE at West End II Jones Beach Long Island. > > Seen teeing up on on Bayberry bushes and other shrubs south of the lot. > > Good luck if you try for it! > > "Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bcrcin Olu Dara Jones > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park Bird Report - Common Merganser (f) Reservoir FOS
11/28/13 & 11/29/13, Thanksgiving & Friday Pat Pollock There is a (f) Common Merganser Fos, on NW side of Reservoir, found by me yesterdqy @ about 3-3:30 p m and picked up again this morning in same area feeding close to the retaining wall much of the time. Light @ 8:30 am poor for details. The Red-throated Merganser (f) and Common Merganser are quite similar. We get both species usually for short and infrequent visits. The light yesterday in afternoon was stunning. This was my 1st opportunity to use a computer. Inaddition to Com M erganser, Ring-n ecked Duck was present this morning & Thursday. Today I counted 10 Hooded Mergansers, mostly on eastside, 5 American Coots, 4 Buffleheads and 4 Pied-billed Grebes. At the Pool the Northern Pintail was not present today but I had seen it a few days ago @ the Pool. There were 5 Buffleheads, and 5 or more Wood Ducks which were frequently hidden along the north shore low-lying bushes. @ the Feeders yesterday a beautiful (m) Baltimore Oriole appeared, Carolina Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow. A Red-tailed Hawk flew in, perched, flew across to another perch and gave us quite a show. On Thursday I noted 2 American Black Ducks on the Reservoir. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Northern Shrike continues at West End II Jones Beach...
Rich Kelly's persistence paid off as he refound the "elusive" NORTHERN SHRIKE at West End II Jones Beach Long Island. Seen teeing up on on Bayberry bushes and other shrubs south of the lot. Good luck if you try for it! "Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bcrcin Olu Dara Jones Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Point Lookout: ducks, horned grebe
Hi Everyone, I visited the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station this afternoon - besides Brant and double-crested comorants, saw about a dozen Red-Breasted Mergansers inside the sandbar area (my FOS) and a few small flocks of Long Tailed Ducks on the outside of the sandbar. (Also saw a seal by Field 10) *Just a FYI that I did not attempt to find the reported Shrike. I stopped by Point Lookout and saw common loons scattered around, a mixed flock of common eider and black scoter, numerous sanderlings and dunlin, a lone white winged scoter flying in the distance, and a horned grebe (all between the eastern-most restroom building and the inlet) Good birding, Rob (Massapequa) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Montauk and west: Tundra Swan, Glaucous Gull, etc.(Suffolk Co.)
A 2-hour sea watch from the Montauk Point restaurant and Camp Hero early this morning was rewarded by a spectacular number of scoters (20,000 is a conservative estimate), of which at least 3/4 were Black; the rest were mostly White-winged, Surf being conspicuously sparse. At least several hundred Common Eiders (probably many more) were in the mex, but no King was discerned. Fair numbers of Common and Red-throated Loons, a fly-by Great Cormorant and an out-of-place Snow Goose, in the surf, were also seen. I saw no Razorbills or (surprisingly) Gannets. An immature Iceland Gull was near the beach at the south end of Lake Montauk (South Lake Drive), and another was at the west jetty. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the water at the south end of Fort Pond Bay, as were ca. 25 Horned Grebes. Here I was joined by Brent Bomcamp and Stella Miller; we proceeded to Lazy Point, from which vantage point we saw no Snowy Owls. At Hook Pond in Easthampton, we found 2 Tundra Swans. Sagaponack Pond offered no notable birds, but at Short's Pond (on Scuttlehole Road, Bridgehampton), Brent spied a particularly petite Cackling Goose in the large flock of Canadas. At Shinnecock Inlet, Brent spotted an immature male Harlequin Duck. Just to the west, opposite Ponquogue Bridge, a huge number of gulls, feeding on presumably storm-tossed clams and other invertebrates, included an immature Glaucous Gull and a first-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. Michael McBrien alerted us to the previously reported Snowy Owl on the island east of Ponquogue Bridge. Good birding, Doug Futuyma Stony Brook (Apologies if this repeats in part an earlier posting, which I think failed to go through.) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 11/29- Brooklyn/Queens: Clay-colored Sparrow, Eurasian Wigeon, Goose flight
This morning I witnessed a very strong westbound movement movement of Canada Geese from Fort Tilden. The Geese were moving on an extremely wide front, and Geese were visible from north Brooklyn/Manhattan all the way to a mile or so out over the ocean, with most being fairly high. I tallied ~3,400 Geese while I was there, though I certainly missed many due to how spread out the flight line was. The only goose that looked different was a slightly smaller, and dark headed and billed goose in a flock of Canadas that defied immediate identification in the field (though I'll see if I can do anything from the (distant) photos). I didn't arrive at Tilden until an hour and a half after sunrise, well after the goose flight was already underway. There were also over 2,000 Red-winged Blackbirds that were heading west, though the passerine flight was not very diverse, even for this time of year. A latish Western Palm Warbler heading west was the most notable passerine there. Later on I came across a FEMALE Eurasian Wigeon at the south end of East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, though I didn't venture beyond the south entrance to the pond in search of the male that has been around farther up the pond. 51 Hooded Mergansers were also a nice sight down at that end, though the rest of the refuge seemed fairly quiet. At Hendrix Creek in Brooklyn, I came across a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW loosely associating with a small flock of Slate-colored Juncos. It was around the small group of small pines just west of the Parks Department building (this is on the east side of Hendrix Creek, near the Gateway Plaza shopping mall). There were also 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets scattered around the area. The evening Ring-billed Gull show at Floyd Bennett Field is in full effect, as I counted ~2,400 there this evening, and there were also a few flocks of westbound Canada Geese flying high. I looked fairly carefully for Snowy Owl around Jamaica Bay and could not find any, and I hear that those at Breezy Point came up empty as well, so the 4 or 5 Snowy Owls that were seen in these areas yesterday seem to have moved out with the favorable migration conditions last night. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk and west: Tundra Swan, Glaucous Gull, etc.
A 2-hour sea watch from the Montauk Point restaurant and Camp Hero early this morning was rewarded by a spectacular number of scoters (20,000 is a conservative estimate), of which at least 3/4 were Black; the rest were mostly White-winged, Surf being conspicuously sparse. At least several hundred Common Eiders (probably many more) were in the mix, but no King was discerned. Fair numbers of Common and Red-throated Loons, a fly-by Great Cormorant and an out-of-place Snow Goose, in the surf, were also seen. I saw no Razorbills or (surprisingly) Gannets. An immature Iceland Gull was near the beach at the south end of Lake Montauk (South Lake Drive), and another was at the west jetty. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the water at the south end of Fort Pond Bay, as were ca. 25 Horned Grebes. Here I was joined by Brent Bomcamp and Stella Miller; we proceeded to Lazy Point, from which vantage point we saw no Snowy Owls. At Hook Pond in Easthampton, we found 2 Tundra Swans. Sagaponack Pond offered no notable birds, but at Short's Pond (on Scuttlehole Road, Bridgehampton), Brent spied a particularly petite Cackling Goose in the large flock of Canadas. At Shinnecock Inlet, Brent spotted an immature male Harlequin Duck. Just to the west, opposite Ponquogue Bridge, a huge number of gulls, feeding on presumably storm-tossed clams and other invertebrates, included an immature Glaucous Gull and a first-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. Michael McBrien kindly alerted us to the previously reported Snowy Owl on the island east of Ponquogue Bridge. Good birding, Doug Futuyma Stony Brook -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
