[nysbirds-l] Sparrows! Lecture. Rick Wright. Tuesday 2/26

2018-02-26 Thread Lynne Hertzog 
 SPARROWS AND PEOPLE AND SPARROW PEOPLE*By Rick Wright*

*Tuesday, February 27, 7pm,  *
*Reidy Hall at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, located on Lexington
Avenue between 79th and 80th streets in Manhattan (Google Map
)*

Prolific author Rick Wright will share his expertise and read passages from
his forthcoming book, the Peterson Reference Guide to North American
Sparrows.

Rick has quite a varied and interesting background - a native of southeast
Nebraska, studied French, German, philosophy, and life sciences at the
University of Nebraska, where he worked in the bird collections of the
State Museum and served as teaching assistant to Paul Johnsgard. After a
detour to Harvard Law School, Rick took the M.A. and Ph.D. in German at
Princeton University. His years as an academic included appointments as
assistant professor of German at the University of Illinois, reader/scholar
at Princeton University’s Index of Christian Art, and associate professor
of medieval studies at Fordham University. Among his scholarly publications
are two books on the Latin and German animal literature of the late Middle
Ages. He is also the author of the American Birding Association’s field
guides to birds of New Jersey and of Arizona. *Rick is also a guide for
VENT birding tours, offering wonderful "Birds & Art" tours in various
European countries.*  A prolific contributor to the birding literature and
a sought-after lecturer, Rick lives with his wife, Alison Beringer, and
their chocolate lab, Gellert, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Lectures are free and open to the public. This series has been made
possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

Hope to see you there!
Lynne Hertzog
New York City

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[nysbirds-l] Sparrows! Lecture. Rick Wright. Tuesday 2/26

2018-02-26 Thread Lynne Hertzog 
 SPARROWS AND PEOPLE AND SPARROW PEOPLE*By Rick Wright*

*Tuesday, February 27, 7pm,  *
*Reidy Hall at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, located on Lexington
Avenue between 79th and 80th streets in Manhattan (Google Map
)*

Prolific author Rick Wright will share his expertise and read passages from
his forthcoming book, the Peterson Reference Guide to North American
Sparrows.

Rick has quite a varied and interesting background - a native of southeast
Nebraska, studied French, German, philosophy, and life sciences at the
University of Nebraska, where he worked in the bird collections of the
State Museum and served as teaching assistant to Paul Johnsgard. After a
detour to Harvard Law School, Rick took the M.A. and Ph.D. in German at
Princeton University. His years as an academic included appointments as
assistant professor of German at the University of Illinois, reader/scholar
at Princeton University’s Index of Christian Art, and associate professor
of medieval studies at Fordham University. Among his scholarly publications
are two books on the Latin and German animal literature of the late Middle
Ages. He is also the author of the American Birding Association’s field
guides to birds of New Jersey and of Arizona. *Rick is also a guide for
VENT birding tours, offering wonderful "Birds & Art" tours in various
European countries.*  A prolific contributor to the birding literature and
a sought-after lecturer, Rick lives with his wife, Alison Beringer, and
their chocolate lab, Gellert, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Lectures are free and open to the public. This series has been made
possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

Hope to see you there!
Lynne Hertzog
New York City

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[nysbirds-l] Iceland Gull, Central Park

2018-02-26 Thread Peter Post 

A full adult on the reservoir.

Peter Post

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[nysbirds-l] Iceland Gull, Central Park

2018-02-26 Thread Peter Post 

A full adult on the reservoir.

Peter Post

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2018-02-26 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - February 26, 2018
*  NYSY  02.26.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 19 2018 - 
February 26, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate 
NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: February 26 AT 12:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 19, 
2018.
Highlights--
ROSS’S GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEEURASIAN WIGEONSURF SCOTERBLACK 
VULTUREICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLSNOWY OWLSHORT-EARED OWLSAW-WHET OWLNORTHERN 
SHRIKE


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     2/20: A ROSS’S GOOSE was found among many Snow Geese at the Mucklands on 
Rt.31 at the potato building. It was relocated the next day also.      2/21: A 
EURASIAN WIGEON and 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at the Mucklands.     2/24: A 
great day at Carncross Road. Large numbers of NORTHERN PINTAIL and AMERICAN 
WIGION and early sightings of NORTHERN SHOVELER and WOOD DUCK. Rarities were 11 
GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE, an EURASIAN WIGEON and ROSS’S GOOSE. Later in the 
evening 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen hunting.      2/25: A ROSS’S GOOSE was 
seen from East Road.An EURASIAN WIGEON and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen 
at Carncross Road.

Onondaga County
     2/23: 3 ICELAND GULLS and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the end of the 
Creek Walk near Destiny in Syracuse.     2/25: A BLACK VULTURE was again seen 
at the OCCRA sight in Jamesville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Watervale Road 
near Pompey. A SNOWY OWL continues near the State Fair entrance in one of the 
parking lots. A SAW-WHET OWL has been seen and heard on Mirage Lane in Clay.

Oswego County
     2/21: A SNOWY OWL continues at Oswego Harbor.     2/22: A SURF SCOTER 
continues in Oswego Harbor.     2/23: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Co. Rt. 54 
north of Phoenix.

Madison County
     2/20: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on Eden Hollow Road near Erieville.
     

---end transcript
---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY  13027  USA
  
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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2018-02-26 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - February 26, 2018
*  NYSY  02.26.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 19 2018 - 
February 26, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate 
NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: February 26 AT 12:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 19, 
2018.
Highlights--
ROSS’S GOOSEGREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEEURASIAN WIGEONSURF SCOTERBLACK 
VULTUREICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLSNOWY OWLSHORT-EARED OWLSAW-WHET OWLNORTHERN 
SHRIKE


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     2/20: A ROSS’S GOOSE was found among many Snow Geese at the Mucklands on 
Rt.31 at the potato building. It was relocated the next day also.      2/21: A 
EURASIAN WIGEON and 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at the Mucklands.     2/24: A 
great day at Carncross Road. Large numbers of NORTHERN PINTAIL and AMERICAN 
WIGION and early sightings of NORTHERN SHOVELER and WOOD DUCK. Rarities were 11 
GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE, an EURASIAN WIGEON and ROSS’S GOOSE. Later in the 
evening 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen hunting.      2/25: A ROSS’S GOOSE was 
seen from East Road.An EURASIAN WIGEON and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen 
at Carncross Road.

Onondaga County
     2/23: 3 ICELAND GULLS and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the end of the 
Creek Walk near Destiny in Syracuse.     2/25: A BLACK VULTURE was again seen 
at the OCCRA sight in Jamesville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Watervale Road 
near Pompey. A SNOWY OWL continues near the State Fair entrance in one of the 
parking lots. A SAW-WHET OWL has been seen and heard on Mirage Lane in Clay.

Oswego County
     2/21: A SNOWY OWL continues at Oswego Harbor.     2/22: A SURF SCOTER 
continues in Oswego Harbor.     2/23: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Co. Rt. 54 
north of Phoenix.

Madison County
     2/20: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on Eden Hollow Road near Erieville.
     

---end transcript
---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY  13027  USA
  
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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe and Tundra Swan

2018-02-26 Thread Sy Schiff 
Joe Giunta and I(Sy Schiff) went to Alley Pond Park to the pond with the 
RED-NECKED GREBE. We parked on a side street, walked across to the pond and 
found the bird. There are also REDHEADS, LESSER SCAUP and a PIED-BILLED GRBE 
there.
>From there we went to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. On the West Pond, 24 TUNDRA 
>SWANS were sleeping.  Occasionally one would pick up its head for an ID. 
>Great!  Snow Geese were everywhere, even mixed in with the swans. A scope is 
>needed in both places.
Sy
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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe and Tundra Swan

2018-02-26 Thread Sy Schiff 
Joe Giunta and I(Sy Schiff) went to Alley Pond Park to the pond with the 
RED-NECKED GREBE. We parked on a side street, walked across to the pond and 
found the bird. There are also REDHEADS, LESSER SCAUP and a PIED-BILLED GRBE 
there.
>From there we went to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. On the West Pond, 24 TUNDRA 
>SWANS were sleeping.  Occasionally one would pick up its head for an ID. 
>Great!  Snow Geese were everywhere, even mixed in with the swans. A scope is 
>needed in both places.
Sy
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[nysbirds-l] Swan River Preserve, Patchogue Snipes

2018-02-26 Thread Matthew Clements 
Greetings, 
In case the locals are not “sniped out” by now, there are currently 3 Wilson’s 
Snipes sleeping at the north end of the island.  All in a 5’ radius of each 
other. Green Wing Teals continue as well.  Good Day!

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[nysbirds-l] Swan River Preserve, Patchogue Snipes

2018-02-26 Thread Matthew Clements 
Greetings, 
In case the locals are not “sniped out” by now, there are currently 3 Wilson’s 
Snipes sleeping at the north end of the island.  All in a 5’ radius of each 
other. Green Wing Teals continue as well.  Good Day!

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[nysbirds-l] Tundra Swan movement detected in the Bronx

2018-02-26 Thread Todd Olson 
A flyover flock of 6 Tundra Swan seen this morning high over Bronx Zoo.  W
bound flight.  I credit this listserv for inspiring me to look up in hopes
of this occurrence.  eBird checklist here:
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[nysbirds-l] Tundra Swan movement detected in the Bronx

2018-02-26 Thread Todd Olson 
A flyover flock of 6 Tundra Swan seen this morning high over Bronx Zoo.  W
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of this occurrence.  eBird checklist here:
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