[nysbirds-l] Fwd: A day that wouldn't quit !

[robert adamo]

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From: robert adamo 
Date: Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:11 AM
Subject: A day that wouldn't quit !
To: NY BIRDS 


Since Friday, I have been babysitting 3 of my 4 grandsons in Rockville
Centre, and while mostly house-bound, did manage to see a FOY male Scarlet
Tanager yesterday, which also qualified as a FEOTLRW, aka "first ever out
the living room window" ! I took that, combined with a few early hours at
Hempstead Lake State Park this morning, as equitable recompense !

Arriving at HLSP at ~ 0700, I met Joe Viglietta, who had been at the park
since 0600, and while finding it quiet, had still managed to find a Hooded
Warbler in the area where the stream ends at the north end. Before the rain
became heavier, we had Warbling Vireo and Orchard Oriole, and when Joe
headed out, I headed north to try for the Hoodie, but without success !

Frustrated by the weather, I left the park, stopped for bagels, and was
welcomed with open arms, by my always hungry young lions ! I was relieved
of duty ~ 1600, and with the rain stopped and the sun out, I headed for
Riverhead, by way of the Ocean Parkway.

 A quick ride through Jones Beach West End produced no goodies, and until
stopping at Gilgo, all was quiet. As I started down the e/s row of houses I
thought it was fall migration again, with sparrows everywhere. Although
White-throated were the most numerous, White-crowned {mostly adults) were
many, with some Chipping and late, singles of A.Tree Sparrow & Dark-eyed
Junco. The w/s row of houses did not have as many sparrows, and I could
only come up with White-throated. This side did provide additional
"fall-out" evidence, when 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets were found feeding in a
fairly small pine tree ! I

Arriving at RMSP ~ 1800, a Red Fox was seen crossing the road, and wearing
an ear tag and what looked like a heavy-duty tracking collar. I then
noticed some crows harassing a good sized hawk, and was delighted to get my
FOY Goshawk. Feeling "pumped", and knowing I could still make the start of
"Madame Secretary", I decided to push my luck, and try for Glossy Ibis (for
the 3rd or 4th time) at Captree Island. Well, not only did I get this FOY
specie, but a FOY Least Sandpiper as well !

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] A day that wouldn't quit !

[robert adamo]

Since Friday, I have been babysitting 3 of my 4 grandsons in Rockville
Centre, and while mostly house-bound, did manage to see a FOY male Scarlet
Tanager yesterday, which also qualified as a FEOTLRW, aka "first ever out
the living room window" ! I took that, combined with a few early hours at
Hempstead Lake State Park this morning, as equitable recompense !

Arriving at HLSP at ~ 0700, I met Joe Viglietta, who had been at the park
since 0600, and while finding it quiet, had still managed to find a Hooded
Warbler in the area where the stream ends at the north end. Before the rain
became heavier, we had Warbling Vireo and Orchard Oriole, and when Joe
headed out, I headed north to try for the Hoodie, but without success !

Frustrated by the weather, I left the park, stopped for bagels, and was
welcomed with open arms, by my always hungry lieges ! I was relieved of
duty ~ 1600, and with the rain stopped and the sun out, I headed for
Riverhead, by way of the Ocean Parkway.

 A quick ride through Jones Beach West End produced no goodies, and until
stopping at Gilgo, all was quiet. As I started down the e/s row of houses I
thought it was fall migration again, with sparrows everywhere. Although
White-throated were

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lawrence's Warbler reported in Central Park

[Jared Cole]

Re: Lawrence’s Warbler-


Annie Di Gennaro, John Di Gennaro, and I were birding by the Loch in the
North End of Central Park in New York, NY, at about 3:45PM. I heard a song
that sounded like Blue-winged Warbler, but with only the second part of the
Bee-Buzz song (just the Buzz). We looked for what we thought might be a
Blue-winged for about fifteen minutes without turning one up. Then we
spotted a warbler-sized bird we did not immediately recognize in an oak
tree. The bird’s wings were grayish-blue with two clear white wing bars.
Its underside was entirely yellow except the vent and under tail which were
both white. We noted the bird’s head and face were also yellow, but it had
a black throat patch and black eye mask. There were several birds in the
same tree for close comparisons including Northern Parula, Black-throated
Green Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Due to its
similarities to both Blue-winged and Golden-winged, and given the buzz
vocalization, the idea that it may be a hybrid came to mind. As Annie and
John kept eyes on the bird, I checked a reference I found online (an
article in *Birding* from May/June 2005). We verified the field marks and
decided that we were seeing something worth sharing. We managed to get
about ten birders on the bird. I borrowed a camera from a pair of birders
that were present and took some pictures; they were kind enough to let me
use the camera and then send me the pictures. Here are some images of the
bird seen today: (
http://earthonthewing.blogspot.com/2016/05/lawrences-warbler-in-central-park.html).



After about 15 minutes we lost the bird, but a couple more birders showed
up. We heard the bird only occasionally sing, and with effort, we were able
to track it down, eventually finding it in the same oak tree. The bird was
now higher up, but we still had clear views. Other birders showed up but as
of 5:15PM the light was becoming less favorable at this spot, and we did
not re-find the bird. I am not sure if it was found again after this time.


If anyone goes to try to look for it tomorrow, we had the bird just above
the Loch walking path, where on the one side is an overlook of the “stream”
and on the other side a wood chip path that leads to the wildflower meadow.
While the bird was pretty much directly above the walking path, the best
viewing seemed to be just up the path toward the wildflower meadow. It is
not far from the rustic bridges, if that helps.


Big thanks to the birders that allowed me to take the pictures! Such a fun
day to be birding in Central Park!


Cheers,


Jared Cole

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Karen Fung 
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> *Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark
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> 5/8/16, 4:11 PM
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> Lawrence's Warbler, above Loch, by wood chip trail leading to wildflower
> meadow. #birdcp  via
> @JaredAdamCole 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday May 8, 2016 - incl. 18 warbler sp., American Bittern, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC  
Sunday May 8, 2016
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from 
Turtle Pond from 9am until well past noon with a bit more birding after lunch. 

Warblers were everywhere, but our highlight was the American Bittern Kathleen 
Massey found with the group. We were at the Point looking down at the Oven, 
when Kathleen spotted the bird. We raced over to Willow Rock/Oven to get a 
better look when Bob spotted a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in a patch of irises 
on the west side of the Point. 

The last time we saw an American Bittern in Central Park on one of our walks 
was a bird that settled in at Turtle Pond for eleven days in September 2012. 
The last time we saw American Bittern at the Point was May 18, 2012 (thanks to 
Ardith Bondi). 

Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond & flyovers
American Bittern - Oven (spotted by Kathleen Massey)
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond, Upper Lobe 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - the Point (spotted by Bob - correcting an earlier 
tweet)
Spotted Sandpiper - Turtle Pond
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Azalea Pond
Chuck-will's-widow - female Mugger's Woods (tweeted by Timothy Bush at 12:58pm)
Chimney Swift - flyovers
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Upper Lobe 
Least Flycatcher - probable at Oven
Great Crested Flycatcher - Azalea Pond
White-eyed Vireo - Castle
Yellow-throated Vireo - Castle, east of Evodia Field
Blue-headed Vireo - Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden, Castle, Summer House, Gill 
Overlook, Castle Walk
Warbling Vireo - Upper Lobe 
Red-eyed Vireo - Castle
Tree Swallow - Turtle Pond, 2 Oven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Upper Lobe 
Black-capped Chickadee - Tupelo Field, Balancing Rock
Tufted Titmouse - Summer House
House Wren - E. of Summer House, W. of Gill Overlook, Warbler Rock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Balancing Rock, 2 Summer House, Mugger's Woods, 2 Upper 
Lobe, 2 Maintenance Field
Veery - 2 east of Evodia Field, 2 Warbler Rock, Upper Lobe (Kathleen Massey)
Ovenbird - south of Maintenance Field, Castle Walk
Northern Waterthrush - heard at the Gill, E. of Summer House (Emmet Logan)
Blue-winged Warbler - Castle, Summer House, Upper Lobe 
Black-and-white Warbler - many locations- 2 Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden, 3 
Castle, Tupelo Field, east of Evodia Field, Balancing Rock, E. of Summer House, 
Warbler Rock, Summer House, Upper Lobe 
Nashville Warbler - Castle
Common Yellowthroat - Shakespeare Garden, Gill Overlook (Emmet Logan)
American Redstart - 2 Turtle Pond, 2 Balancing Rock, male Warbler Rock, male 
Summer House, male Castle Walk
Cape May Warbler - male Castle, male Maintenance Field
Northern Parula - 2 Turtle Pond, 4 Shakespeare Garden, Castle, Tupelo Field, 
Balancing Rock, E. of Summer House, Warbler Rock, Summer House, Castle Walk, 
Maintenance Field
Magnolia Warbler - Turtle Pond, Tupelo Field, Warbler Rock, 2 Summer House, 
Upper Lobe 
Bay-breasted Warbler - male Castle
Blackburnian Warbler - male Turtle Pond (Emmet Logan), Castle, male Castle Walk 
(Beth Goffe)
Yellow Warbler - 2 Turtle Pond, Castle Walk, Maintenance Field
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Castle, Tupelo Field, 2E. of Summer House (Mary 
Logan), 2 Summer House
Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Turtle Pond, male Shakespeare Garden, male 
Balancing Rock, male E. of Summer House
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden, Summer House, Castle 
Walk
Prairie Warbler - Turtle Pond
Black-throated Green Warbler - Turtle Pond, at least 2 Shakespeare Garden, 
Tupelo Field, Upper Lobe, 3 Castle Walk
Eastern Towhee - north of Evodia Field, etc. 
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager - male east of Evodia Field
Rose-breaasted Grosbeak - Azalea Pond
Red-winged Blackbird - male Castle Walk
Baltimore Oriole - Castle, 5 Humming Tombstone, Tupelo Field, E. of Summer 
House, 4 Maintenance Field
House Finch - Turtle Pond
American Goldfinch - Oven

Peter Post reported a Black-billed Cuckoo at Strawberry Fields. 

Ryan Zucker reported Wilson's and Canada Warblers at Turtle Pond. Signe Hammer 
also saw a Wilson's Warbler at the east end of Castle Walk (the same bird?). 

It's raining birds, hallelujah,

Deborah Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Suffolk County Barrier Beach Fallout

[Shaibal Mitra]

Echoing Tim Healy's account, Pat Lindsay and I participated in this memorable 
coastal flight a little further to the east, around Fire Island Inlet.

Waking up at 6:00, we noted conditions favorable for a fallout this morning: sw 
wind around 7 mph, with patches of local fog and precipitation. We arrived at 
Robert Moses State Park at 6:45, well before the rain started there at 8:10. 
While driving, the sight of even a few Gray Catbirds flying east to west over 
openings was a sure sign that a major flight had taken place. Whereas Catbirds 
arrived in our region as early as 25 April this year, no real flight had been 
observed before today.

Myrtle Warblers were the most conspicuous component of the morning flight at 
RMSP, but variety was fairly good. Although volume was not huge, there were 
lots of birds moving east to west over the puckerbrush. When the rain hit, the 
Myrtles kept flying for a while, but it became difficult for us to monitor. We 
moved around the inlet, checking sites for gulls, shorebirds, etc., finding 
modest success, until we arrived at Gilgo. There we saw something really 
amazing--a huge flight of Ruby-crowned Kinglets. It was shocking not only for 
its magnitude in relation to date (we counted 79 bouncing east to west in less 
than two hours and once had 20 in view at once, knee-high in leafing-out poison 
ivy), but also because we had seen NOT ONE Ruby-crown at RMSP, during the early 
stages of the flight.

It is actually an axiom of barrier beach flights that the species composition 
should vary radically from hour to hour and from place to nearby place. I well 
remember my first ever springtime flight here, on 30 April 1996, when I banded 
(to me) such shockingly early things as Blue-winged and Blackburnian Warblers 
(among other Neotropicals) at Fire Island Lighthouse. When, after work, I drove 
over to RMSP, I not only met Tony Lauro and Angus Wilson for the first time, 
but also shared their view of 20+ Ovenbirds walking around in a small patch of 
ground near the administration buildings (which I had barely suspected), and 
learned of Long-tailed Jaegers and other sightings unimagined from my banding 
station. We all had had an amazing morning, but the details were very different.

Today, we eventually saw 107 species between RMSP and Gilgo, and enjoyed the 
company of Joan Quinlan (who showed us a Cape May Warbler), Taylor Sturm (who 
showed us an early Eastern Wood-Pewee), and Pete Morris (who showed us a Hooded 
Warbler--and the bird of the day, a four-weeks-late American Tree Sparrow). 
This total doesn't include Hairy Woodpecker, American Crow, Blue Jay, Tufted 
Titmouse, Mute Swan, or several other ubiquitous denizens of the mainland. An 
outstanding feature of today's flight was the mix of early and late spring 
species. It is disorienting to see American Tree Sparrow and Junco along with 
Pewee and Swainson's Thrush.

It is worth emphasizing how unpredictable these flights are (once again, none 
of the radar prognosticators nailed it ahead of time) and how much they vary 
from place to place. We didn't see our first Savannah Sparrow until after noon, 
then later found multiples together at RMSP. We saw just a very few Chipping 
Sparrows at Gilgo during the late morning peak of the flight, but found a dense 
group of 16 there when we returned two hours later. Gilgo was the unquestioned 
sparrow epicenter, for reasons that are not clear.

The most unusual thing we observed today was the number of Ruby-crowned 
Kinglets and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, species that should have peaked weeks ago. 
But the overall volume was only good, not great.

For an example of great, see:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22010106

We'll surely be out there early tomorrow!

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore


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[nysbirds-l] Tagged Great Egret

[matt klein]

Today I photographed a great egret in flight on the north shore of Long Island. 
As I was reviewing the photos I noticed two yellow tags on the wings. It 
appears to be "E13."  Just wondering with whom/what organization I should share 
this information. 

Thanks,

MBK
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[nysbirds-l] Lawrence's Warbler reported in Central Park

[Karen Fung]

Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark)
5/8/16, 4:11 PM
Lawrence's Warbler, above Loch, by wood chip trail leading to wildflower 
meadow. #birdcp via @JaredAdamCole

Pasted this in from Twitter. Not sure how readable it'll appear on the lists. 




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Re: [nysbirds-l] lots of migration, Manhattan NYC 5/8

[Anders Peltomaa]

Here is a photo of the Chuck-wills-widow that was found by someone in the
Ramble area of Central Park today.
I have never seen a Chuck or Whip roost so low before, great views. Today
was a stellar birding day with a wet beginning, but the bird activity made
up for all the early rain.

https://flic.kr/p/GSNRUD

good birding,

Anders Peltomaa
Mannahatta

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:

> Manhattan, New York City...
>
> Mother's Day Sunday, 8 May, 2016
>
> A very big (impressive even for some who've been at this spring migration
> watch for some years) migration took place overnight Sat. into Sunday and
> some flight was still ongoing through the mid-day (& could well keep going
> still for some sorts of migrants) in Manhattan and clearly all around the
> greater region, perhaps a bit less so on the most eastern sections of the
> region (?),
>
> and in Manhattan's Central Park alone, more than 100 species of birds have
> already been found, by a whole lot of observers combining, & with efforts
> in all corners of the park... the borough has the potential of adding at
> least a dozen, perhaps 2 dozen more species to that "century" mark by day's
> end, given the volume & good diversity that is being found.
>
> A putative Chuck-will's-widow is a candidate for "bird-of-the-day" in
> Central - and yes, an American Bittern also in the Ramble area is a very
> good find for this park... as are the at least 2 dozen species of Warblers,
> the at least 5 species of Vireos, the at least 5 species of Catharus
> [genus] Thrushes, the at least 4 species of Wrens, the at least 9 species
> of Sparrows (very late "red" Fox being possibly the least-likely to get at
> this date in May), the 2 spp. of Orioles, 2 spp. of Tanagers, & much, much
> more.
>
> There are really great numbers of many, many species - one example being
> more than 30 Wood Thrush in Central, and that's just from one active
> observer going all thru the park this a.m. (myself); a Wood Thrush singing
> beautifully even out at the Columbus Circle monument is certainly not where
> that species is typical - but today is un-typical (!)
>
> At the western end of W. 55 St. in "Clinton Cove" just west of Manhattan's
> West Side Highway, are still Seaside Sparrows, lingering in a patch-like
> park space & often very near the Hudson river green-way pedestrian & bike
> path lanes; look in the strip on the immediate west side of lanes (and to
> be safe, stay to the west of that strip, off the active biking area). There
> were other migrants there this late-morning, including Chestnut-sided
> Warbler & a modest variety of other passerine species.
>
> At Manhattan's Riverside Drive near W. 102 St. (along the drive in trees
> on the east side, rather than the Riverside Park side) was a lingering
> Summer Tanager, but it was extremely difficult to see, & mostly heard
> giving the typical calls, from densely-leaved trees in that area. Some
> other migrants are also in Riverside Park, esp. from about W. 96th on thru
> the Sanctuary area, at W. 115-120 Streets (& beyond a bit, for those who
> are willing to get into poison ivy & see some people who are "not birding"
> at times, n. of the north-most steps there.)
>
> Most any green-space in the region could potentially have some migrants &
> could even have a really unexpected bird or two.  Plenty more will be
> forth-coming (perhaps after a day or more's rest & checking lots of field
> notes, photos, & etc. etc.)
>
> good birding & if mom's out birding too, she ought to be happy with this
> day,
>
> Tom Fiore
> Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] 100+ species at Jones Beach (Summer Tanager, 15 Warblers, good coastal birds, and more)

[Tim Healy]

I spent over 5 hours at Jones Beach today with Brendan Fogarty, hoping that 
last night's winds would bring new birds. When I first arrived it was still 
rainy, foggy, cold, and seemingly devoid of landbird activity. We had a fairly 
successful stakeout at the boat basin with a good range of shorebirds, the 
highlights being a flyover Whimbrel and a large flock of Red Knots. Least and 
Common Terns are back in small numbers, and cormorants were moving constantly. 
As the rain died down, we witnessed a decent fallout and began to explore the 
area for migrants. It turned out to be a very lively day with good activity 
spread throughout the area. We tallied 15 warblers: Cape May (including a trio 
of males moving together), Blackpoll, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided (heard only), 
Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Prairie, Palm, Parula, Ovenbird, N. 
Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Yellowthroat, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped. The 
Rumps, along with kinglets and gnatcatchers, made up the bulk of the flight. 
Other birds of note included Purple Martins, Bank Swallow, Indigo Buntings, 
Purple Finch, Glossy Ibises, RT Hummingbirds, RB Grosbeaks, late Merlins and 
Sharp-shin, thrushes, orioles, vireos, and a female Scarlet Tanager. We saw a 
possible adult male Summer Tanager fly from the coast guard hedgerow, seemingly 
touching down in trees near the gazebo/sandbar area, but we could not relocate 
it. Brendan snagged a few photos of the bird flying away, which are open for 
scrutiny and comments. The pics can be found in the full checklist can be found 
below. All told, we managed to just barely crack the triple digits for species 
observed. What a morning!

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29488363

Cheers!
-Tim H

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[nysbirds-l] lots of migration, Manhattan NYC 5/8

[Thomas Fiore]

Manhattan, New York City...

Mother's Day Sunday, 8 May, 2016

A very big (impressive even for some who've been at this spring  
migration watch for some years) migration took place overnight Sat.  
into Sunday and some flight was still ongoing through the mid-day (&  
could well keep going still for some sorts of migrants) in Manhattan  
and clearly all around the greater region, perhaps a bit less so on  
the most eastern sections of the region (?),


and in Manhattan's Central Park alone, more than 100 species of birds  
have already been found, by a whole lot of observers combining, & with  
efforts in all corners of the park... the borough has the potential of  
adding at least a dozen, perhaps 2 dozen more species to that  
"century" mark by day's end, given the volume & good diversity that is  
being found.


A putative Chuck-will's-widow is a candidate for "bird-of-the-day" in  
Central - and yes, an American Bittern also in the Ramble area is a  
very good find for this park... as are the at least 2 dozen species of  
Warblers, the at least 5 species of Vireos, the at least 5 species of  
Catharus [genus] Thrushes, the at least 4 species of Wrens, the at  
least 9 species of Sparrows (very late "red" Fox being possibly the  
least-likely to get at this date in May), the 2 spp. of Orioles, 2  
spp. of Tanagers, & much, much more.


There are really great numbers of many, many species - one example  
being more than 30 Wood Thrush in Central, and that's just from one  
active observer going all thru the park this a.m. (myself); a Wood  
Thrush singing beautifully even out at the Columbus Circle monument is  
certainly not where that species is typical - but today is un-typical  
(!)


At the western end of W. 55 St. in "Clinton Cove" just west of  
Manhattan's West Side Highway, are still Seaside Sparrows, lingering  
in a patch-like park space & often very near the Hudson river green- 
way pedestrian & bike path lanes; look in the strip on the immediate  
west side of lanes (and to be safe, stay to the west of that strip,  
off the active biking area). There were other migrants there this late- 
morning, including Chestnut-sided Warbler & a modest variety of other  
passerine species.


At Manhattan's Riverside Drive near W. 102 St. (along the drive in  
trees on the east side, rather than the Riverside Park side) was a  
lingering Summer Tanager, but it was extremely difficult to see, &  
mostly heard giving the typical calls, from densely-leaved trees in  
that area. Some other migrants are also in Riverside Park, esp. from  
about W. 96th on thru the Sanctuary area, at W. 115-120 Streets (&  
beyond a bit, for those who are willing to get into poison ivy & see  
some people who are "not birding" at times, n. of the north-most steps  
there.)


Most any green-space in the region could potentially have some  
migrants & could even have a really unexpected bird or two.  Plenty  
more will be forth-coming (perhaps after a day or more's rest &  
checking lots of field notes, photos, & etc. etc.)


good birding & if mom's out birding too, she ought to be happy with  
this day,


Tom Fiore
Manhattan


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Highlights from croton point this am. Warblers (16 species, many were multiplies)

[Christine McCluskey]

Sorry to have missed it!  But I am enjoying cool acoustic music in a barn, 
while drinking bloody Mary's and eating a platter of VT cheese. Not a bad early 
Sun aft.

Christine

> On May 8, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Larry Trachtenberg  
> wrote:
> 
> WARBLERS:
> Blue winged
> Northern Parula
> Chestnut sided
> Magnolia
> Yellow rumped
> Black + white
> Black throated blue (est. 20)
> Blackburnian
> Black throated green
> CANADA
> Yellow
> HOODED
> Common yellowthroat
> WILSON's
> American redstart
> Ovenbird
> 
> Rose breasted grosbeak (six together on ground)
> Scarlet Tanager(3)
> Baltimore oriole (many)
> Orchard oriole
> OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER 
> Least flycatcher 
> Yellow throated Vireo
> Blue headed Vireo
> Lincoln's sparrow
> White crowned sparrow (6)
> Savannah sparrow
> Indigo Bunting
> Eastern towhee
> 
> Bald eagle
> Osprey
> Broad winged hawk (5)
> Red shouldered hawk
> Red tailed hawk
> Loon (flyovers)
> Common merganser (flyovers)
> 
> 4 greater yellowlegs
> 2 great blue heron
> 
> 80+ blue jay moving through
> Waxwing flock 
> 
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining 
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[nysbirds-l] Lots of warblers at Wave Hill, Bronx

[Gabriel Willow]

Very busy morning on my monthly Wave Hill bird walk (2nd Sunday of every month, 
free).  We had very few participants, presumably due to the rainy weather 
earlier this AM or to Mother's Day plans, but it was their loss as it was a 
wonderful morning of birding, approaching fallout conditions.

We walked for 2 hours, the clouds cleared and the sun briefly came out towards 
the end of the walk, causing a frenzy of activity in the flowering oaks.

A highlight was a soaring Broad-winged Hawk being harassed by grackles.

FOY Eastern Kingbird

Three vireo species:
Red-eyed
Blue-headed
Yellow-throated

Many singing male warblers, 14 spp total:
Ovenbird
Black-and-White Warbler (many)
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler (FOY, several)
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler (females)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (many, both sexes)
Prairie Warbler (2 singing males)
Black-throated Green Warbler (many)
Wilson's Warbler (FOY, male)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (several)

Baltimore Orioles (many)
Orchard Oriole (2 singing makes, 1 female)

I'm sure there are more birds that I missed.  I'm going to go look for more now 
in fact!

Happy Mother's Day Birding,

Gabriel Willow
Wave Hill
Nyc Audubon 




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[nysbirds-l] Highlights from croton point this am. Warblers (16 species, many were multiplies)

[Larry Trachtenberg]

WARBLERS:
Blue winged
Northern Parula
Chestnut sided
Magnolia
Yellow rumped
Black + white
Black throated blue (est. 20)
Blackburnian
Black throated green
CANADA
Yellow
HOODED
Common yellowthroat
WILSON's
American redstart
Ovenbird

Rose breasted grosbeak (six together on ground)
Scarlet Tanager(3)
Baltimore oriole (many)
Orchard oriole
OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER 
Least flycatcher 
Yellow throated Vireo
Blue headed Vireo
Lincoln's sparrow
White crowned sparrow (6)
Savannah sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Eastern towhee

Bald eagle
Osprey
Broad winged hawk (5)
Red shouldered hawk
Red tailed hawk
Loon (flyovers)
Common merganser (flyovers)

4 greater yellowlegs
2 great blue heron

80+ blue jay moving through
Waxwing flock 

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining 

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[nysbirds-l] Golden-winged Warbler Prospect Park

[Joshua Malbin]

There is a Golden-winged Warbler over the Quaker Cemetery gates in Prospect
Park, singing repeatedly. Spotted by Steve Nanz.

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[nysbirds-l] Croton point

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Croton point is hopping olive sided fly, blackburnian (2) Wilsons magnolia 
Parula multiples of   btgw btbw chestnut sided  scarlet t both Orioles just at 
nature center and more 

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 8, 2016, at 9:38 AM, Tim Healy  wrote:
> 
> Still exploring median with Brendan. Warbler and thrush movement continues in 
> wake of rain. Magnolia and Prairie seen and more still coming. Gnatcatchers 
> and other passerines as well. Good waterbirds at basin including Whimbrel 
> flyover, Least and Common Terns, and many knots. Full report later. 
> 
> Cheers!
> -Tim H
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[nysbirds-l] Apparent Light Fallout at Jones

[Tim Healy]

Still exploring median with Brendan. Warbler and thrush movement continues in 
wake of rain. Magnolia and Prairie seen and more still coming. Gnatcatchers and 
other passerines as well. Good waterbirds at basin including Whimbrel flyover, 
Least and Common Terns, and many knots. Full report later. 

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler- Doodletown Rd, Orange Co.

[Sean Camillieri]

1 Kentucky Warbler singing deep in the woods. Had 2 great looks after some
waiting. Currently standing here : 41.297615,-73.997460 looking across the
brook where the bird is. Take the path on the right where the trail splits
for "Historic Sites"  and "Herbert Cemetery" and the bird was around where
the bridge is. I stood on the East side of the brook looking West at the
bird,  giving it plenty of distance. Plenty of birds to see this morning!

Good luck and Happy Mothers Day,

Sean Camillieri

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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager - Williamsville, Erie County.

[Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter]

On Saturday morning, Alan Baczkiewicz found a male WESTERN TANAGER in his
yard on Howard Ave in Williamsville, which is just east of Buffalo. A few
birders made it to his yard to see the bird but it was observed flying off
to the northeast, in the direction of nearby Amherst State Park. About two
hours later, it was refound by Peter Yoerg in the southern part of the park,
where more birders were able to see it. The bird was last reported to the
WNY text alert at 1:30 but may still be around.

 

DIRECTIONS:

Park in the parking lot on Glen Ave on the east side of the creek. Note that
there are no signs that I am aware of indicating the this is the State Park.
There is a nature center, which will confirm that you are in the right
location. Walk northwest across the mowed area to a path that goes into the
woods. Walk north along the creek until you get to the south end of a large
building, known as the tennis building. The bird was seen here, right along
the creek, usually on the east side.

 

We had eight species of warblers in the southern part of the park.

 

Good birding!

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