[nysbirds-l] To get, to give, to get back, all in a matter of hours: how sweet it is !
Derek Rogers' A.M. post re: the dredging/ gull interaction near Shinnicock Inlet got at least 2 birders (Bobby Rosetti & I) to spring into action and head for the south-shore...albeit, my "spring" being much later than Bobby's ! Although he was headed out when I finally arrived, he shared what he had seen, down to the locations of the 5 white-winged gulls (1 Glaucous & 4 Iceland) that he had observed. I found the Glaucous Gull first, and as I was photographing it, Richard Haimes, of West Islip arrived at the scene, and started taking pictures, as well. Richard is a fairly new birder, and while he had seen this specie before, the 2 Iceland Gulls we found shortly afterwards, were new birds for him ! When he asked about other good birding spots along Dune Rd., I invited him to join me heading west toward the Westhampton Bridge - what a lucky break...for me ! A little past the Ponquogue Bridge we came upon 5-6 Boat-tailed Grackles (my FOS) out in the marsh, and at a spot roughly 1/4 the way from the bridge to Tiana Beach, Richard came roaring up to me with his window down, yelling "Snowy" ! Yes, I had missed it, and to my chagrin, found, not a "grayish" bird, but a very bright, white, adult instead ! Ah, at times, we all have to eat "humble pie" ! Before splitting up at the first W.H. bridge, we had added a N. Harrier, having her lunch out in the marsh, as well as a Black Crowned Night-Heron feeding quite close to the road. As Richard was headed back to the inlet to try and get better pictures of the Iceland Gulls, I was heading for home, and some unfinished chores. While en-route, and since it was along the way, I decided to check out a Turkey Vulture report which was told to me this past Monday, under atypical circumstances. On Monday afternoons a neighbor & myself volunteer at a 'soup-kitchen" in Riverhead. After picking up food donations from King Kullen, another volunteer and I were returning to the church, when I noticed 8 T.V's. in flight. When I called this to her attention, she told me her sister has them roosting on her property, wondering if these were the same birds? We then made a quick detour, but found none there at that time. Well, today they were there, at least 12 strong, but there could have been more...dense trees. Before giving out the location, I'm going to ask the homeowner how she wants to handle it. Cheers, Bob -- 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] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 27 Feb 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/27/2014 * NYBU1402.27 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- KING EIDER HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Ruddy Duck Rough-legged Hawk Glaucous Gull Red-w. Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/27/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, February 27, 2014 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Highlights of reports received February 20 through February 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region include KING EIDERS and HARLEQUIN DUCK. On Lake Ontario, February 22 and 23, an adult male KING EIDER outside the west pier at Point Breeze in Orleans County. Also, one or two first winter male KING EIDERS at the piers and to the east along Lakeshore Drive. Female and first winter male KING EIDERS are rare to uncommon in the region - adult males are exceptional. February 26, the west pier was clogged with ice and the eiders were not relocated. Other recent reports at Point Breeze included numerous WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 3 SURF SCOTERS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and an elusive BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. In Buffalo, February 20, another winter rarity - a male HARLEQUIN DUCK on the Niagara River at the Peace Bridge, viewed from the West Side Rowing Club. A first winter male KING EIDER continues across the river in Fort Erie, Ontario, downriver from Nichols Marina. Other waterfowl concentrated in the Peace Bridge area - SURF SCOTER, 118 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 RUDDY DUCKS and numbers of CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. Plus, an apparent hybrid RING-NECKED DUCK x SCAUP above the International Railroad Bridge, off Squaw Island in Buffalo. February 23, further downriver at the Mid-river Marina in Tonawanda, 4 RED-NECKED GREBES with 18 LESSER SCAUP. The highest count of GLAUCOUS GULLS in recent years - up to 22 this week, between Strawberry and Motor Islands and off Beaver Island State Park. Also 97 GREAT BLUE HERONS at Motor Island. Other reports this week - RED-W. BLACKBIRD in the Town of Newfane. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - both light and dark morphs at the Forestell Flats in the Iroquois Refuge and the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 6. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- 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] Birds South West Nassau County
Date: Feb. 27, 2014 I started the day off birding with the South Shore Audubon Thursday birding group in Hempstead Lake SP. We saw an American Woodcock and three Bald Eagles. Also present were a number of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles. After our walk some of us went to Tacapausha Preserve,in the Seaford/Massapequa area, and following the crows we found a Great Horned Owl. This preserve also had a good number of singing Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles. Later I went to Jones Beach where I saw Tree Swallows in field West End 2, Killdeer in the median between fields 1 and 2 and finally American Oystercatchers, seen from field 10. Also present at Jones Beach were Common Loons, Horned Grebes, Horned Larks, Peregrine Falcon and Marsh Hawks. A very nice day to be birding, Joe Giunta -- 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. Delaware county
Just returned from arlenes ridge outside walton ny where a northern shrike has showed on our property for the 7th year in a row.also bald eagles feeding on a deer carcass on east brook rddan heglund Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -- 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...delaware county
Just returned from arlenes ridge outside of walton ny where a northern shrike finally showed up the 7th year in a row we have had at least one...also bald eagles feeding on a deer carcas off east brook rd daily.dan heglund Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -- 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] Dredging @ Shinnecock Inlet (Suffolk)
Just a quick heads up to alert folks that there's some "beach nourishment" taking place just a few hundred yards west of Shinnecock Inlet. There's quite a bit of material being pumped onto the beach and a fair number of gulls are congregating off the dredge pipes. Not much of note other than continuing Iceland and Glaucous Gull but I had limited time to detail. No small gulls noted either. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/ --
