[nysbirds-l] Queens County Bird Club - Upcoming Meeting - Wed. 10/21 - Rick Cech presents "The History of Natural History: A Participant's Perspective"

[Nancy Tognan]

The *Queens County Bird Club Inc.* will be meeting at the Alley Pond
Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362
 >Map of location<  

 

at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, October 21, 2015.  Free admission.  Refreshments
served.

Public transportation users:  Meeting location is one mile from Bayside LIRR
station; you can either walk, take Q12 bus, or use car service located at
station.

Rick Cech presents "The History of Natural History:  A Participant's
Perspective"

Older than science.  more powerful than medieval scholasticism. able to leap
deep rifts between knowledge and experience in a single bound!  

 

 It's natural history, a durable folk tradition dating back to the early
Renaissance, whose guiding principles have descended through the ages by
word of mouth, providing continued enjoyment and edification. Much of our
detailed knowledge of modern biological science can trace its roots to
curious meanderings in the field, both now and long ago. Rick Cech will
discuss our membership in this noble pursuit, which must rank as one of
humanity's more unlikely-and yet most splendid-masterworks.

 

About Rick Cech:  

 An active field naturalist since childhood, also now a natural history
author and photographer, Rick Cech is an affiliate curator at the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History in Entomology. He is the principal author
and photographer of Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide
(Princeton, 2005), and wrote "A Distributional Checklist of the Butterflies
and Skippers of the New York City Area." Rick co-authored the National
Audubon Society Regional Guide to Florida. His recent works include editing
and photography for the iApp "Audubon Butterflies - A Field Guide to North
American Butterflies," and development of the FoldingGuides regional
butterfly series. 

 

 A life-long field observer, explorer and trip leader, Rick brings
innovative perspectives to the study and appreciation of natural history. He
played a formative role in originating the Sibley Guide series, as well as
the National Audubon Society Interactive CD-ROM Guide to North American
Birds. Rick's photography is widely published, in articles and books
(including more than 950 in both Butterflies of the East Coast and Audubon
Butterflies) as well as in photo exhibits and displays. He has led nature
trips since the early 1980s, and makes regular presentations to natural
history and botanical organizations across the country.

 

 

 

Nancy Tognan 

nancy.tog...@gmail.com   
Vice President: *Queens County Bird Club Inc*. 

 


See http://www.qcbirdclub.org/ for more information on trips, speakers, and
other events! 
See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about
many local birding hotspots

* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}.  *

 


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC Sunday October 18, 2015

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC
Sunday October 18, 2015
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walk

Wood Duck - male at Turtle Pond
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - several
Northern Flicker - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
House Wren - 2
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Upper Lobe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 16
Hermit Thrush - 12
Wood Thrush - Upper Lobe
Gray Catbird - several
Common Yellowthroat - Turtle Pond
Northern Parula - 3 Turtle Pond & Oven
Magnolia Warbler - Summer House Meadow
Pine Warbler - first-fall female Pinetum, also Shakespeare Garden
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12, more at Pinetum
Eastern Towhee - 4
Chipping Sparrow - around 10
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow - 29
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco - at least 2
Baltimore Oriole - 2

Signe Hammer reported eleven Gadwall at the south end of the Reservoir.

Karen Evans reported Black-throated Green Warbler and Nashville Warbler.

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC Saturday October 17, 2015 - 8 species of warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC
Saturday October 17, 2015
OBS: Robert DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walk & D. Allen later on

Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 30
Northern Flicker - 2
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 50
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing - 15-20
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart - 2
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Deb Allen for Bob DeCandido

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[nysbirds-l] Birding around Queens today

[Corey Finger]

I spent most of the day, from dawn until late afternoon, birding a variety
of spots in Queens. Highlights included:

Wilson's Snipe - fly-by at Fort Tilden
American Pipit - flyover at Fort Tilden
Baltimore Oriole - Jacob Riis Park
Magnolia Warbler - Jacob Riis Park
White-crowned Sparrow - Fort Tilden, Kissena Park
Marsh Wren - Big Egg Marsh
Saltmarsh Sparrow - Big Egg Marsh
Nelson's Sparrow - Big Egg Marsh
Eurasian Wigeon - Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Pectoral Sandpiper - Ditto
Little Blue Heron - Ditto
8 Snowy Egrets - Ditto
Lincoln's Sparrow - Kissena Park
2(!) Grasshopper Sparrows - Kissena Park (one had no tail and I got pics of
both)

The south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay is still walkable and it was
very odd to see juncos foraging where you normally see Least Sandpipers.

It was a very birdy day, with large numbers of a host of common birds, like
Tree Swallow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow, Brant, White-throated
Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Flicker, Swamp Sparrow, and others. Ended
the day with 95 species and if I had realized how many I had I would have
kept going and went for 100...

Good Birding,
Corey Finger

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[nysbirds-l] Sands Point Preserve fall out this morning

[glennq]

There was a nice fallout of October migrants this morning at the Sands Point 
Preserve (Nassau County). 

Yellow-rumped Warblers (why can’t they go back to Myrtle?; easier to type, see 
PS note below), Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Golden–crowned Kinglet (1 for every 4 
Rubys) covered the ground around the pond. The kinglets seemed oblivious to my 
presence. Closer inspection around the pond yielded a Blackpoll, Tennessee, and 
Common Yellowthroat.
Moving around the preserve, I found many Eastern Phoebe, Palm Warbler (most 
yellow), and a very very drab Pine Warbler that I got to study up close for a 
while. I also found one male Black-throated Blue and the last bird of the day 
before I left was close views of an Orange-Crowned Warbler in the shrubbery 
directly behind Hempstead House.
Other notables were a Gray-cheeked Thrush amongst many Hermits seen today, 3 
White-crowned Sparrows, a few Brown Creepers, and 4 gorgeous Wood Ducks on the 
pond. Hawks were 2 Sharp-shinned. 2 Red-tails, and a distant Peregrine out over 
Long Island Sound. White-throated Sparrow are in full force with close to 150 
seen today, along with about 40 Dark-eyed Juncos. Very few American Robins (why 
is that?) and I struck out on Winter Wren which really annoyed me.

Moving over to private land west of the preserve didn’t merit the walk into the 
cold wind. There were about 750 Brant on the beach and smaller skeins of 50-100 
were coming in all day east to west. I also saw a few flocks of genuine Canada 
Geese flying over including one small flock of 8 that were impossibly high in 
the sky. I tried my hardest to pull a calling Dickcissel out of the dune 
shrubbery but I just couldn’t see it, so I’m not reporting it. (I found one in 
the same exact location on Sept 14). A Savannah Sparrow was also skulking in 
there. A lone Black-bellied Plover on the beach. Some Laughing Gulls out over 
an otherwise empty sound and the salt marsh was empty save a few more Palm 
Warblers.

Cheers!!

Glenn Quinn
Hauppauge, NY

PS You have no idea how hard it is to type up a report like this when you’ve 
three Flying Dogs in you, at 8 point 3 per cent alcohol each.

Cheers again!

Let’s go Mets!




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[nysbirds-l] White Ibis flew away

[Isaac Grant]

While standing at my car and about to leave Michael Shanley and I saw the White 
Ibis fly past us and we lost it  flying off in the distance to the south  east. 

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer
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[nysbirds-l] White Ibis still on Staten Island

[Isaac Grant]

First a warning. The area where this bird is I am pretty sure is not supposed 
to be accessed. Not sure who owns this land and access to this area has changed 
over the years.  Should you decide to try for it you need to drive to the end 
of River Road. Park and turn right and walk down railroad tracks for about half 
a mile. Eventually you will get to an open pond on your left that has a fence 
going through it. Bird is here and going in and out of reeds. Good luck. 

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Chat and Sparrows

[Jonathan]

Woodpecker continues in tree by roll both and police station 


Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 18, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Jim Schlickenrieder 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The Adult Red-headed Woodpecker is at the Police Station now, 11:25 am
> 
> 
> Tim Healy  wrote:
> 
> 
> Chat continues at the hedgerow, showing well. Also Clay-colored and Lincoln's 
> Sparrow. Good activity, many expert eyes here already, have not yet proceeded 
> to median. 
> 
> Cheers! 
> -Tim H 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Chat and Sparrows

[Jim Schlickenrieder]

Hi, 

The Adult Red-headed Woodpecker is at the Police Station now, 11:25 am

Tim Healy  wrote:

Chat continues at the hedgerow, showing well. Also Clay-colored and Lincoln's 
Sparrow. Good activity, many expert eyes here already, have not yet proceeded 
to median. 

Cheers!
-Tim H
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] White Ibis - River Rd railroad tracks

[Isaac Grant]

Forwarding this. 

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "sibirdwatc...@yahoo.com [SINaturaList]" 
> Date: October 18, 2015 at 10:14:57 AM EDT
> To: 
> Subject: [SINaturaList] White Ibis - River Rd railroad tracks
> Reply-To: sinatural...@yahoogroups.com
> 
> There is currently a White Ibis in the freshwater pond along the railroad 
> tracks at River Rd, toward the end. (The pond with the fence in it). It was 
> foraging amongst dense clusters of phragmitaes, so patience is needed. 
> 
> The bird was originally found by Catherine Barron about an hour ago.. 
> 
> -Anthony C
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Sora and Vesper Sparrow: Yes

[Karen Fung]

Malcolm Morris called to report that both birds continue in the north end of 
the park as of ~9:15am. The Sora (an adult) is still in the Loch between the 
two rustic bridges. The Vesper Sparrow continues in the north ballfield, on the 
rock outcrop that is closest to the tunnel exit (the tunnel goes under the 
103rd St transverse and leads to the south end of the Loch). 



Karen Fung
NYC
http://BIRDSiVIEWS.com

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Chat and Sparrows

[Tim Healy]

Chat continues at the hedgerow, showing well. Also Clay-colored and Lincoln's 
Sparrow. Good activity, many expert eyes here already, have not yet proceeded 
to median. 

Cheers!
-Tim H
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