[nysbirds-l] VCP white crown

[Alan Drogin]

Mature white crowned sparrow in marsh behind mansion at Van Cortlandt Park.  
Also Muscota salt marsh at Inwood is now open to the public - a nice compliment 
to Swindlers Cove.

Alan Drogin

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[nysbirds-l] 9 Snow Geese at Merritt's Pond, Riverhead

[robert adamo]

A quick stop (20 minutes) today found ~ 1/4 of the usual amount of
Canadas, along with 4 adult Snow Geese (1 blue morph) and 5 juveniles, made
up of at least 1 blue.

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucus and Iceland at Shinnecock yes, Long Island

[Cesar Castillo]

This morning I decided to try my luck at Belmont Lake State Park, looking for 
either Cackling or Barnacle goose.  After searching very hard through the geese 
I could not produce either species.  Best duck though were two Common 
Mergansers.  I did see my first of year Golden-crowned Kinglet.

Then I headed to Shinnecock inlet thanks to Mr. Baksh's positive results from 
yesterday (thanks!).  I saw the Glaucus Gull right away and it put on a show 
for the visiting Pittsburgh bird club members who saw it right away as well.  
After searching the western jetty we saw an Iceland Gull. A thankyou to Mr. 
Chris Walters for helping me with the ID.  They let me tag along for a while 
searching Dune Road for bittern, non there  Then we headed off to Riverhead in 
search for Pink footed goose and Yellow-headed Black Bird, also a no on both 
counts.

I headed off to Hook Pond and was able to find the two Tundra swans and at Lazy 
point the Lesser Black Backed was an easy find.  

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[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker in Pelham Bay Park

[Carney, Martin]

I spotted one Red-headed Woodpecker from the wood chip path on the right
(east) side of the Turtle Cove driving range about 200 yards (thanks yard
markers) from the clubhouse area at approximately 4 p.m. todayMartin
Carney

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[nysbirds-l] Monday's East End sightings

[MICHAEL HIGGISTON]

Hook Pond..2 tundra swans & 3 common mergansers

Further Lane3 greater white fronted geese

Lazy pointlesser black backed gull

Montauk Point.4 razorbills, all 3 scoters

Southampton:  Corner of Old Town Road & Gin Lane...northern 
shrike

Cooper's Neck Pond..6  redhead 

east side of Shinnecock Inletflying snowy owl with dinner in 
claws


Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston

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[nysbirds-l] Smiths Point

[leormand .]

This afternoon my wife and I found a Snowy Owl @ Smith's point.  No other
birds of note - though there was a large collection of gulls on the small
sandbars/islands @ the new old inlet.  Gullheads would probably turn
something up.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Snowy continues and when does winter become boring!

[Steve Walter]

Ken,

 

Here in Queens, which of course is a bit milder, there are overwintering
Red-winged and Rusty Blackbirds and Common Grackles (as is the case in many
winters). The latter roam around in a flock of a couple thousand strong.
There are probably a few other local areas that have grackle flocks. Some
years, they pull out with the onset of severe winter weather, but they've
stuck it out so far. My guess is that you saw overwintering birds that were
by chance flying northward. My experience with grackles that were definitely
on the move in January were flocks heading south along the outer beach one
late January years ago. 

 

I might add that January movements are not restricted to grackles. Some
hawks may move southward in response to harsh conditions. It's usually when
Rough-legged Hawks reach Long Island. So maybe, Ken, you could arrange to
send some of those Orange County Rough-legs this way?  

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 

From: bounce-112030996-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112030996-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ken
McDermott
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 7:49 PM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu; tom.bu...@mcgladrey.com
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Snowy continues and when does winter become boring!

 

 This afternoon, having been told that the Snowy Owl was still being seen at
the old Warren Sod Farm(I have NO idea in the world what it is now called)
off Lower Road in the black dirt area of Orange County, I took a quick trip
out there to enjoy the bird again and also to wallow in the ability to have
seen Snowy Owls on nine days during this winter season and 7 times in Orange
County!

 

While enjoying the Owl with Carol Linguanti, her husband and his Aunt as
well as Lee Hunter & Debbie Powell we all witnessed three HUGE flights of
mixed Icterids all headed in a direct northerly direction. The totals I
would estimate at 4-5000 birds. It seemed extremely early and not so wise a
choice considering the upcoming forecasts.  Have others been seeing this?
It is way too early according to my records but it was happening.

 

After leaving the owl, who then was atop the silver silo right on the edge
of Lower Road, Co. Rte 12, I went east to look for the Canada Geese that
were pouring in chevrons in that direction and I caught up to them on Onion
Road.  Scanning I found no other types of Geese but I DID find a beautiful
PEREGRINE FALCON, large enough that it was almost without question of female
and it was feeding on a recent kill.

 

It sure is winter but it is far from boring!

 

GOOD BIRDING,

 

Ken McDermott

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[nysbirds-l] Snowy continues and when does winter become boring!

[Ken McDermott]

 This afternoon, having been told that the Snowy Owl was still being seen at the old Warren Sod Farm(I have NO idea in the world what it is now called) off Lower Road in the black dirt area of Orange County, I took a quick trip out there to enjoy the bird again and also to wallow in the ability to have seen Snowy Owls on nine days during this winter season and 7 times in Orange County! While enjoying the Owl with Carol Linguanti, her husband and his Aunt as well as Lee Hunter & Debbie Powell we all witnessed three HUGE flights of mixed Icterids all headed in a direct northerly direction. The totals I would estimate at 4-5000 birds. It seemed extremely early and not so wise a choice considering the upcoming forecasts.  Have others been seeing this?  It is way too early according to my records but it was happening. After leaving the owl, who then was atop the silver silo right on the edge of Lower Road, Co. Rte 12, I went east to look for the Canada Geese that were pouring in chevrons in that direction and I caught up to them on Onion Road.  Scanning I found no other types of Geese but I DID find a beautiful PEREGRINE FALCON, large enough that it was almost without question of female and it was feeding on a recent kill. It sure is winter but it is far from boring! GOOD BIRDING, Ken McDermott

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* January 20, 2014
*  NYSY  01. 20. 14
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

January 13, 2013 - January 20, 2014
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:January 13 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#378 Monday January 14, 2014
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
January 13, 2014
 
Highlights:
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RED-NECKED GREBE
WOOD DUCK
KING EIDER
GOLDEN EAGLE
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
SNOWY OWL
SAW-WHET OWL
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


No reports this week.


Onondaga County


     1/13: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse near 
Carousel  Center. A female WOOD DUCK continues to be seen with Mallards in 
Skaneateles near the Creekside Bookstore.
     1/15: 4 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
were seen from the end of the Creecwalk on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center.
     1/16: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Lamson Road near Prine Road in the 
Town of Lysander.
     1/17: 3 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Vincent Corners Road south of Rt. 80 
east of Tully.
     1/19: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen in flight on Bockes Road near Borodino 
south of Skaneateles. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Ten Mile Point on 
Skaneateles Lake.
     1/20: A SAW-WHET OWL continues to be seen on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake 
Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.


Oswego County


     A female KING EIDER was again seen in Oswego, this time near the 
International Marina Pier.


Jefferson County


     1/13: 34 YELLOW0RUMPED WARBLERS were seen in red ceders at Stony Point. 3 
ICELAND GULLS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all seen at 
a farm on State Route 193.


Cayuga County


     1/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the breakwall at Fair Haven State Park. 
Another, perhaps the same bird, was seen on 1/18.

     

     
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[nysbirds-l] Croton point park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

This afternoon at croton point park the landfill had a Merlin and roosting 
elsewhere in the park were great horned at rest and eastern screech up and down 
in its hole. Still good numbers of eagles around on ice in both bays and a few 
soaring; numbers should increase w freeze this week.  Very little waterfowl and 
otherwise very quiet generally but w 2 owl species and a falcon a great hour 
and a half walk. 

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining

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[nysbirds-l] Eastern Bluebirds - Muttontown

[Steve Williams]

We had 4 Eastern Bluebirds at Muttontown Presserver today.  Not much else
spotted besides a Flicker and a few Golden Crown Kinglets.
 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Roaming Orange County

[Felipe Pimentel]

Today, I went to Mission land Road looking for the Snowy Owl but it was not 
there. On the hand, we had two Snowy Owls in the same area. One was perching 
near the entrance to Warren Sod Farm (Route 12, Orange County) the other was in 
the area of Skinner Lane (Pine Island). In addition to the owls we saw several 
species of Haws (Northern Harrier , Red Tailed and Rough-legged Hawk).

FP

On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Ken McDermott wrote:

>  This afternoon Bruce Nott and I joined together and did some roaming in the 
> black dirt area near Pine Island and without any target area or birds we had 
> a very pleasant variety.  On Indiana Road we had 5 Rough-legged Hawks, 4 
> Red-tails and three Harriers.   On Skinner Lane we ran into a few small 
> flocks of Horned Lark and then a larger group in which we found Snow Buntings 
> and Lapland Longspurs as well.  On Missionland it was a pleasant surprise to 
> spot a SNOWY OWL sitting on top of a telephone pole at Carnation while at 
> DeBuck's Sod Farm we had a screaming adult Peregrine Falcon make a mid-air 
> snatch and then feed atop a telephone pole.  A fun afternoon with gifts found 
> only in winter.
>  
> Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] No. Shrike - Southampton, LI

[Eileen Schwinn]

Northern shrike - in the trees, east of the cement wall, at the corner of Old 
Town Rd and Gin Lane.  Just south of Old Town Pond.
The bird was first seen near the south east end of the pond.  
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston 

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[nysbirds-l] Point Lookout update

[David Klauber]

There is major dredging underway at Point Lookout and there is no access to the 
beach area by the jetties. The beach entrance in the southeast corner of the 
town parking area is roped off, and the beach has been extended with pumped 
sand all the way to the end of the eastern two jetties. I didn't see that many 
gulls. Some may remember that dredging in the nineties produced 12 or 13 
species of gulls, including Ross'. Only 1 Bonaparte's Gull was around while I 
was there. 
>From the small accessible area in the southeast corner, at the end of Mineola 
>Avenue, I had 1 drake Harlequin flying west. Otherwise the usual birds - 
>Common Eider, both loons, Horned grebes.
  
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[nysbirds-l] common raven-Nassau coliseum

[lstocker]

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[nysbirds-l] North Shore Nassau Ducks: 11 Pintails, Eurasian Wigeon, ~100 Canvasbacks, White Wing & Surf Scoters

[Robert Taylor]

Hi Everyone,

Just got back from birding Nassau's North Shore - weather sucks, but good
birding - highlights:

Oyster Bay Mill Pond (9:30 am) 11 Drake Pintails with one Eurasian Wigeon

Oyster Bay Sanctuary/ Oak Neck Creek (10:45am): at least 100 Canvasbacks
(lots of other various ducks)

Bayville (Soundside Beach Park) (10:00 am) White Wing and Surf Scoters -
close to shore, only a handful of Goldeneye

Also noteworthy, Cold Spring Harbor had impressive numbers of waterfowl at
the mouth of the harbor: lots of American Wigeon, Gadwall, Canada Geese,
Mute Swans, Brant, Buffleheads, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, and 5 Great
Blue Herons.

St John's Pond, although now ice free, was practically empty except for a
few Great Blue Herons, 2 Hooded Mergansers, and a Kingfisher.  Hopefully
will pick up later.

Shouldn't complain, but couldn't find a single Redhead.

Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] North Shore Nassau Ducks: 11 Pintails, Eurasian Wigeon, ~100 Canvasbacks, White Wing Surf Scoters

[Robert Taylor]

Hi Everyone,

Just got back from birding Nassau's North Shore - weather sucks, but good
birding - highlights:

Oyster Bay Mill Pond (9:30 am) 11 Drake Pintails with one Eurasian Wigeon

Oyster Bay Sanctuary/ Oak Neck Creek (10:45am): at least 100 Canvasbacks
(lots of other various ducks)

Bayville (Soundside Beach Park) (10:00 am) White Wing and Surf Scoters -
close to shore, only a handful of Goldeneye

Also noteworthy, Cold Spring Harbor had impressive numbers of waterfowl at
the mouth of the harbor: lots of American Wigeon, Gadwall, Canada Geese,
Mute Swans, Brant, Buffleheads, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, and 5 Great
Blue Herons.

St John's Pond, although now ice free, was practically empty except for a
few Great Blue Herons, 2 Hooded Mergansers, and a Kingfisher.  Hopefully
will pick up later.

Shouldn't complain, but couldn't find a single Redhead.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa
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[nysbirds-l] Point Lookout update

[David Klauber]

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town parking area is roped off, and the beach has been extended with pumped 
sand all the way to the end of the eastern two jetties. I didn't see that many 
gulls. Some may remember that dredging in the nineties produced 12 or 13 
species of gulls, including Ross'. Only 1 Bonaparte's Gull was around while I 
was there. 
From the small accessible area in the southeast corner, at the end of Mineola 
Avenue, I had 1 drake Harlequin flying west. Otherwise the usual birds - 
Common Eider, both loons, Horned grebes.
  
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[nysbirds-l] No. Shrike - Southampton, LI

[Eileen Schwinn]

Northern shrike - in the trees, east of the cement wall, at the corner of Old 
Town Rd and Gin Lane.  Just south of Old Town Pond.
The bird was first seen near the south east end of the pond.  
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Roaming Orange County

[Felipe Pimentel]

Today, I went to Mission land Road looking for the Snowy Owl but it was not 
there. On the hand, we had two Snowy Owls in the same area. One was perching 
near the entrance to Warren Sod Farm (Route 12, Orange County) the other was in 
the area of Skinner Lane (Pine Island). In addition to the owls we saw several 
species of Haws (Northern Harrier , Red Tailed and Rough-legged Hawk).

FP

On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Ken McDermott wrote:

  This afternoon Bruce Nott and I joined together and did some roaming in the 
 black dirt area near Pine Island and without any target area or birds we had 
 a very pleasant variety.  On Indiana Road we had 5 Rough-legged Hawks, 4 
 Red-tails and three Harriers.   On Skinner Lane we ran into a few small 
 flocks of Horned Lark and then a larger group in which we found Snow Buntings 
 and Lapland Longspurs as well.  On Missionland it was a pleasant surprise to 
 spot a SNOWY OWL sitting on top of a telephone pole at Carnation while at 
 DeBuck's Sod Farm we had a screaming adult Peregrine Falcon make a mid-air 
 snatch and then feed atop a telephone pole.  A fun afternoon with gifts found 
 only in winter.
  
 Good Birding,
  
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[nysbirds-l] Eastern Bluebirds - Muttontown

[Steve Williams]

We had 4 Eastern Bluebirds at Muttontown Presserver today.  Not much else
spotted besides a Flicker and a few Golden Crown Kinglets.
 
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[nysbirds-l] Croton point park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

This afternoon at croton point park the landfill had a Merlin and roosting 
elsewhere in the park were great horned at rest and eastern screech up and down 
in its hole. Still good numbers of eagles around on ice in both bays and a few 
soaring; numbers should increase w freeze this week.  Very little waterfowl and 
otherwise very quiet generally but w 2 owl species and a falcon a great hour 
and a half walk. 

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* January 20, 2014
*  NYSY  01. 20. 14
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

January 13, 2013 - January 20, 2014
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:January 13 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#378 Monday January 14, 2014
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
January 13, 2014
 
Highlights:
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RED-NECKED GREBE
WOOD DUCK
KING EIDER
GOLDEN EAGLE
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
SNOWY OWL
SAW-WHET OWL
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


No reports this week.


Onondaga County


     1/13: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse near 
Carousel  Center. A female WOOD DUCK continues to be seen with Mallards in 
Skaneateles near the Creekside Bookstore.
     1/15: 4 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
were seen from the end of the Creecwalk on Onondaga Creek near Carousel Center.
     1/16: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Lamson Road near Prine Road in the 
Town of Lysander.
     1/17: 3 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Vincent Corners Road south of Rt. 80 
east of Tully.
     1/19: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen in flight on Bockes Road near Borodino 
south of Skaneateles. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Ten Mile Point on 
Skaneateles Lake.
     1/20: A SAW-WHET OWL continues to be seen on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake 
Nature Center west of Baldwinsville.


Oswego County


     A female KING EIDER was again seen in Oswego, this time near the 
International Marina Pier.


Jefferson County


     1/13: 34 YELLOW0RUMPED WARBLERS were seen in red ceders at Stony Point. 3 
ICELAND GULLS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were all seen at 
a farm on State Route 193.


Cayuga County


     1/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the breakwall at Fair Haven State Park. 
Another, perhaps the same bird, was seen on 1/18.

     

     
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[nysbirds-l] Snowy continues and when does winter become boring!

[Ken McDermott]

This afternoon, having been told that the Snowy Owl was still being seen at the old Warren Sod Farm(I have NO idea in the world what it is now called) off Lower Road in the black dirt area of Orange County, I took a quick trip out there to enjoy the bird again and also to wallow in the ability to have seen Snowy Owls on nine days during this winter season and 7 times in Orange County!While enjoying the Owl with Carol Linguanti, her husband and his Aunt as well as Lee Hunter  Debbie Powell we all witnessedthree HUGE flights of mixed Icterids all headed in a direct northerly direction.The totals I would estimate at 4-5000 birds.It seemed extremely early and not so wise a choice considering the upcoming forecasts. Have others been seeing this? It is way too early according to my records but it was happening.After leaving the owl, who then was atop the silver silo right on the edge of Lower Road, Co. Rte 12, I went east to lookfor the Canada Geese that were pouring in chevrons in that direction and I caught up to them on Onion Road. Scanning I found no other types of Geese but I DID find a beautiful PEREGRINE FALCON, large enough that it was almost without question of female and it was feeding on a recent kill.It sure is winter but it is far from boring!GOOD BIRDING,Ken McDermott

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Snowy continues and when does winter become boring!

[Steve Walter]

Ken,

 

Here in Queens, which of course is a bit milder, there are overwintering
Red-winged and Rusty Blackbirds and Common Grackles (as is the case in many
winters). The latter roam around in a flock of a couple thousand strong.
There are probably a few other local areas that have grackle flocks. Some
years, they pull out with the onset of severe winter weather, but they've
stuck it out so far. My guess is that you saw overwintering birds that were
by chance flying northward. My experience with grackles that were definitely
on the move in January were flocks heading south along the outer beach one
late January years ago. 

 

I might add that January movements are not restricted to grackles. Some
hawks may move southward in response to harsh conditions. It's usually when
Rough-legged Hawks reach Long Island. So maybe, Ken, you could arrange to
send some of those Orange County Rough-legs this way?  

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 

From: bounce-112030996-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112030996-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ken
McDermott
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 7:49 PM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu; tom.bu...@mcgladrey.com
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Snowy continues and when does winter become boring!

 

 This afternoon, having been told that the Snowy Owl was still being seen at
the old Warren Sod Farm(I have NO idea in the world what it is now called)
off Lower Road in the black dirt area of Orange County, I took a quick trip
out there to enjoy the bird again and also to wallow in the ability to have
seen Snowy Owls on nine days during this winter season and 7 times in Orange
County!

 

While enjoying the Owl with Carol Linguanti, her husband and his Aunt as
well as Lee Hunter  Debbie Powell we all witnessed three HUGE flights of
mixed Icterids all headed in a direct northerly direction. The totals I
would estimate at 4-5000 birds. It seemed extremely early and not so wise a
choice considering the upcoming forecasts.  Have others been seeing this?
It is way too early according to my records but it was happening.

 

After leaving the owl, who then was atop the silver silo right on the edge
of Lower Road, Co. Rte 12, I went east to look for the Canada Geese that
were pouring in chevrons in that direction and I caught up to them on Onion
Road.  Scanning I found no other types of Geese but I DID find a beautiful
PEREGRINE FALCON, large enough that it was almost without question of female
and it was feeding on a recent kill.

 

It sure is winter but it is far from boring!

 

GOOD BIRDING,

 

Ken McDermott

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[nysbirds-l] Smiths Point

[leormand .]

This afternoon my wife and I found a Snowy Owl @ Smith's point.  No other
birds of note - though there was a large collection of gulls on the small
sandbars/islands @ the new old inlet.  Gullheads would probably turn
something up.

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[nysbirds-l] Monday's East End sightings

[MICHAEL HIGGISTON]

Hook Pond..2 tundra swans  3 common mergansers

Further Lane3 greater white fronted geese

Lazy pointlesser black backed gull

Montauk Point.4 razorbills, all 3 scoters

Southampton:  Corner of Old Town Road  Gin Lane...northern 
shrike

Cooper's Neck Pond..6  redhead 

east side of Shinnecock Inletflying snowy owl with dinner in 
claws


Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston

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[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker in Pelham Bay Park

[Carney, Martin]

I spotted one Red-headed Woodpecker from the wood chip path on the right
(east) side of the Turtle Cove driving range about 200 yards (thanks yard
markers) from the clubhouse area at approximately 4 p.m. todayMartin
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[nysbirds-l] Glaucus and Iceland at Shinnecock yes, Long Island

[Cesar Castillo]

This morning I decided to try my luck at Belmont Lake State Park, looking for 
either Cackling or Barnacle goose.  After searching very hard through the geese 
I could not produce either species.  Best duck though were two Common 
Mergansers.  I did see my first of year Golden-crowned Kinglet.

Then I headed to Shinnecock inlet thanks to Mr. Baksh's positive results from 
yesterday (thanks!).  I saw the Glaucus Gull right away and it put on a show 
for the visiting Pittsburgh bird club members who saw it right away as well.  
After searching the western jetty we saw an Iceland Gull. A thankyou to Mr. 
Chris Walters for helping me with the ID.  They let me tag along for a while 
searching Dune Road for bittern, non there  Then we headed off to Riverhead in 
search for Pink footed goose and Yellow-headed Black Bird, also a no on both 
counts.

I headed off to Hook Pond and was able to find the two Tundra swans and at Lazy 
point the Lesser Black Backed was an easy find.  

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[nysbirds-l] 9 Snow Geese at Merritt's Pond, Riverhead

[robert adamo]

A quick stop (20 minutes) today found ~ 1/4 of the usual amount of
Canadas, along with 4 adult Snow Geese (1 blue morph) and 5 juveniles, made
up of at least 1 blue.

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[nysbirds-l] VCP white crown

[Alan Drogin]

Mature white crowned sparrow in marsh behind mansion at Van Cortlandt Park.  
Also Muscota salt marsh at Inwood is now open to the public - a nice compliment 
to Swindlers Cove.

Alan Drogin

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