[nysbirds-l] Blue headed vireo

[Michael Higgiston]

A blue headed vireo was found around 4 PM
This afternoon on Dune Road in Quogue just east of the Quogue Bridge 
Mike Higgiston 
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[nysbirds-l] Swifts in the chimney

[Andrew Block]

I was out in my yard caring for my plants and I heard some faint chittering 
coming from the unused chimney in my house.  I couldn't figure out where it was 
coming from at first but then realized it was in the chimney!  We've always had 
swifts flying around the house but it never occurred to me they were living in 
the chimney.  I'll have to keep an eye out at dusk to see if that is definitely 
what the noise is, but it sure sounds like that's what it is.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 
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[nysbirds-l] Osprey Harassed by drone-Shelter Island

[K C Bailey]

So very sorry everyone to be off-topic, but I need your thoughts. It’s come to 
my attention that an amateur is flying a drone within 10-15 feet of a nesting 
pair of osprey.  Here’s the link to the video:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhcvFXjlb3S/?taken-by=scotts_island_photos 


All your thoughts would be greatly appreciate. Again, thank you for your time.

KC
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Dark-bellied Brant (B.b.bernicla) in Brooklyn

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Doug and all,

I think this bird looks very good for bernicla. The flank pattern (not boldly 
and broadly white), the dark upperparts, and the smoky tone to the gray-brown 
parts of the plumage are all appropriate for bernicla, and the first and last 
of these three characters differ from the condition in the birds that we have 
tentatively identified as Gray-bellied Brant in the East.

Best,
Shai

From: bounce-122468266-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-122468266-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Doug Gochfeld 
[fresha2...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 10:49 AM
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Dark-bellied Brant (B.b.bernicla) in Brooklyn

Yesterday morning (4/12) I birded a couple of spots along the Brooklyn coast 
with Alvaro Jaramillo, Scott Whittle, and Tom Stephenson. In addition to a 
couple of Red-necked Grebes in Gravesend Bay, and a nice mix of newly arrived 
short-distance migrant passerines (including 30 flickers) at Coney Island Creek 
Park, we had an apparent Dark-bellied Brant at the Six Diamonds ballfields 
adjacent to Coney Island Creek.

Dark-bellied Brant is the nominate taxon (Branta bernicla bernicla) which 
breeds in Siberia and winters around the North Sea. There are a handful of 
prior North American sight and specimen records, including a specimen from New 
Jersey.

Photos are in the checklist here:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44494085

Good Birding
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
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[nysbirds-l] Croton train station

[Larry Trachtenberg]

On sand bar now at end of station parking lot is a single Caspian Tern. 

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., April 13, 2018 - Red-throated Loon, Osprey, Blue-headed Vireo & more

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Friday, April 13, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.

Highlights: Louisiana Waterthrush, Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers, Blue-headed 
Vireo, and Brown Thrasher. Also lingering Ruddy Ducks, an Osprey, Peregrine 
Falcon, and a Red-throated Loon (WBF release) at the Meer.

Canada Goose - pair Meer
Mallard - Meer
Ruddy Duck - 12 (11 males) Meer
Mourning Dove
Red-throated Loon - Meer
Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Meer
Great Egret - Meer and 2 westbound flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Meer island
Osprey - Meer
Red-tailed Hawk - pair east side at around 105th Street
Red-bellied Woodpecker - female Loch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - female Great Hill
Downy Woodpecker - 2 pairs
Northern Flicker - 10
American Kestrel - 2 males Great Hill & Green Bench
Peregrine Falcon - Meer
Eastern Phoebe - 5 to 7
Blue-headed Vireo - Great Hill
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper - 5 (3 in the same tree at the Loch)
Winter Wren - singing at Conservatory Garden
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Hermit Thrush - 10
American Robin 
Brown Thrasher - Loch
Cedar Waxwing - 5 Loch
House Finch - heard
American Goldfinch - 5 to 10
Eastern Towhee - 2 males (Loch and south end of North Meadow Ballfields)
Chipping Sparrow - 8 North Meadow Ballfields
Field Sparrow - 2 (Loch, McGowan's Pass/Nutter's Battery)
Song Sparrow - 5 to 10
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow 
Dark-eyed Junco - 6 or 7 Great Hill
Red-winged Blackbird - setting up territories at the Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - 7
Common Grackle
Louisiana Waterthrush - singing at the Loch
Palm Warbler - 5 all "Yellow"(2 Blockhouse, 2 Loch, 1 Great Hill)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Loch
Northern Cardinal - 3 to 5

Deb Allen

P. S. Just how many Yellow-throated Warblers are there in Central Park today? 
Two or three? See reports on @BirdCentralPark. Are there one or two in the 
Bronx (both reported from the same general area between the landfill & monument 
in Pelham Bay Park)? See reports on @BirdBronx.


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[nysbirds-l] Marine nature Study Area, Oceanside

[Sy Schiff]

I stopped by after lunch at low tide.. There was a scattering of GREAT EGRETS 
and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a single SNOWY EGRET in Bedell Creek, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, 
a first FORSTER’S TERN in the channel, a pair of BARN SWALLOWS circling the 
bridge where a pair nested last year and a group of CEDAR WAXWINGS in the trees 
by the office.
Sunny, warm for a change, but with a cool breeze off the water.
Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warblers in New York City today

[David Barrett]

Though overall migrant abundance was lower than expected today, we did
report five Yellow-throated Warblers so far.

@BirdCentralPark on Twitter relayed the first two, from Tony Gazso (with
photo) at the Upper Lobe in Central Park at 7:27 am, a singing male that
had moved on by 7:45, and from Matthew Rymkiewicz, also in Central Park,
between the Pool and the Balancing Rock north of it. It is possible that
the first bird quickly flew north to the second location.

Gus Keri reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn at
10:29 am through @BirdBrklyn on Twitter with photos.

Patrick Horan reported one (with photos) from Pelham Bay Park at 12:55 pm
on @BirdBronx on Twitter. For directions to it, see his posts on

https://twitter.com/BirdBronx

Jeffrey Ward just reported the fifth, also from Pelham Bay Park in the
small pines along the landfill -- again, see the above link.

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] Dark-bellied Brant (B.b.bernicla) in Brooklyn

[Doug Gochfeld]

Yesterday morning (4/12) I birded a couple of spots along the Brooklyn
coast with Alvaro Jaramillo, Scott Whittle, and Tom Stephenson. In addition
to a couple of Red-necked Grebes in Gravesend Bay, and a nice mix of newly
arrived short-distance migrant passerines (including 30 flickers) at Coney
Island Creek Park, we had an apparent Dark-bellied Brant at the Six
Diamonds ballfields adjacent to Coney Island Creek.

Dark-bellied Brant is the nominate taxon (Branta bernicla bernicla) which
breeds in Siberia and winters around the North Sea. There are a handful of
prior North American sight and specimen records, including a specimen from
New Jersey.

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Good Birding
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[nysbirds-l] Common Tern - Towpath Park - Buffalo 4-13-18

[Joseph Fell]

Just a brief stop along the Upper Niagara in Buffalo yielded a Common Tern
among the 250 or so Bonaparte's Gulls.

Joe Fell
Buffalo, NY

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