[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA *New York - Syracuse - May 21, 2018 - NYSY 05.21.18 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: May 15 - May 21 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex compiled: May 21AT 6:30 p.m. EDT compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on May 15, 2018 Highlights: RED-THROATED LOON AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN LEAST BITTERN SNOWY EGRET BRANT ROSS’S GOOSE BLACK VULTURE GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN GOSHAWK AMERICAN AVOCET WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE UPLAND SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER LITTLE GULL FORSTER’S TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW WESTERN MEADOWLARK ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) Shorebird season is here with 17 species reported this week. The highloght was the AMERICAN AVOCET seen from 5/17 to 5/19 at Benning Marsh. The WESTERN MEADOWLARK continues at Armitage road just west of Rt.89. The ROSS’S FOOSE has moved to Benning Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was last reported on 5/17 in the main pool. 5/15: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported at the Morgan Road Marshes. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has again been found at Carncross road and was reported through 5/20. 5/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is again being seen on Mays Point Road. 5/17: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at East Road. A SNOWY EGRET was found at Norht Spring Pool and was seen through 5/20. PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area of Armitage Road. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Tschache Pool. 5/18: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Tschache Pool. 5/19: STILT SANDPIPER(S) were seen at Tschache Pool and along the Wildlife Drive. 5/20: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was reported from Marten’s Tract. Derby Hill Bird Observatory It was a slow week at Derby as the Hawk Watch starts to count down. Only 989 raptors were counted this week. Other highlights were a BLACK VULTURE on 5/17 and a GOLDEN EAGLE and 44 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on 5/20. Oswego County 5/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were seen at Sunset Bay park. 5/17: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Roosevelt Road north of Constantia.A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found on McClaud Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 5/19: A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. A LEAST BITTERN was heard on Depot Road in West Monroe. 110 BRANT were seen in flight from 3 Mile Bay on Oneida Lake. 5/20: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 5/21: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found at the Rt. 6 wetlands north of Rt. 3. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has returned to Gray Road west of Rt. 48 and south of Oswego. Onondaga County 5/16: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Green Lakes State Park. 5/17: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at a private residence in Fairmont. 5/18: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on #2 Road south of Manlius. A LEAST BITTERN and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were found at the Dewitt Marsh and Landfill. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at the Kirkville Pools in Kirkville. 5/19: A SNOWY EGRET was again seen at Onondaga Lake, this time at the Liverpool Marina. It has been seen through 5/21. 5/20: 2 WHIMBREL were seen on the rocky spit at Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Green Lakes State Park. 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Cayuga County 5/16: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen at West Barrier Park at Fair Haven 5/17: A LITTLE GULL was found at West Barrier Park in Fair Haven. Madison County 5/15: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Poolville south of Hamilton. 5/20: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were spotted on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango. Oneida County 5/18: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland. Herkimer county 5/16: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the McKoons Road Pond north of Richfield Springs. --end transcript Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.c
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Mon., May 21, 2018 - R-t Hummingbird, Olive-sided & Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, 17 Species of Warblers
Central Park NYC Monday, May 21, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (7), Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied & other Flycatchers, 17 Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - pair Great Lawn Mallard - 3 (flyover 2 males chasing female) Mourning Dove - 4 or 5 Chimney Sift - 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 7 (males & females) feeding on flowers of Black Locust Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Green Heron - north end of Upper Lobe (Bets Radley) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 adults Upper Lobe Osprey - flyover seen twice, first over Swedish Cottage (Xander Vitarelli) Red-tailed Hawk - flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - male Summer House Olive-sided Flycatcher - Ramble Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Swedish Cottage & Ramble) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Summer House Great Crested Flycatcher - Ramble Eastern Kingbird - 2 Turtle Pond Blue-headed Vireo - Strawberry Fields Warbling Vireo - 3 pairs including a pair at Warbler Rock Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - eating termites at Warbler Rock & at other places in the Ramble Barn Swallow - 2 over the Lake House Wren - Shakespeare Garden Swainson's Thrush - 5 American Robin - eating termites, FOY Fledging in Strawberry Fields Gray Catbird - 10 pairs various locations House Finch - 3 or 4 Strawberry Fields American Goldfinch - SW Great Lawn Baltimore Oriole 3 pairs (Ramble, Strawberry Fields, Maintenance Field (nest)) Red-winged Blackbird - 3 ( first spring male feeding on termites at Warbler Rock, adult males Turtle Pond & Lake) Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 females (Strawberry Fields, Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden) Common Grackle - 3 at the Oven Ovenbird - 4 Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe (Jessica Newman) Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Tennessee Warbler - singing male at Ladies' Pavilion Common Yellowthroat - 7 including 2 males American Redstart - 15 including 2 adult males Cape May Warbler - 6 (4 of these in Shakespeare Garden) Northern Parula - 20 (4 males) Magnolia Warbler - 15 (6 male, 9 female) Bay-beasted Warbler - 4 (1 male, 3 female) Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males Strawberry Fields Yellow Warbler - 6 (2 male, 4 female) Chestnut-sided Warbler - female Shakespeare Garden Blackpoll Warbler - 7 (2 male, 5 female) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (1 male, 3 female) Canada Warbler - male east of Warbler Rock (Riviera Hill) Wilson's Warbler - 2 males - (Warbler Rock & the Point) Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male & female) Strawberry Fields Northern Cardinal - residents Indigo Bunting - male Strawberry Fields -- Wolfgang Demisch @netudiant tweeted a late-in-the-season Prothonotary Warbler at the top of the Azalea Pond at 4:19 PM, a bird subsequently seen by others at locations nearby. See @BirdCentralPark for NY County bird alerts. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @birdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Brant Migration
I saw a big flock going up the Hudson at Croton Point around 5:15. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY On Monday, May 21, 2018, 6:24:47 PM EDT, Will Raup wrote: Hundreds are currently passing Albany. Right on time. Will RaupGlenmont, NY Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Corey Finger <1birdsblog...@gmail.com> Date: 5/21/18 6:21 PM (GMT-05:00) To: New York Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brant Migration Upstate birders hoping for Brant on their year list should keep an eye to the skies tomorrow: I’ve had over 1,000 heading north and northeast high over my apartment in Forest Hills, Queens, in the last half-hour. Good Birding, Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Brant Migration
Hundreds are currently passing Albany. Right on time. Will Raup Glenmont, NY Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Corey Finger <1birdsblog...@gmail.com> Date: 5/21/18 6:21 PM (GMT-05:00) To: New York Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brant Migration Upstate birders hoping for Brant on their year list should keep an eye to the skies tomorrow: I’ve had over 1,000 heading north and northeast high over my apartment in Forest Hills, Queens, in the last half-hour. Good Birding, Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brant Migration
Upstate birders hoping for Brant on their year list should keep an eye to the skies tomorrow: I’ve had over 1,000 heading north and northeast high over my apartment in Forest Hills, Queens, in the last half-hour. Good Birding, Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Madison Square Park
An absurdly timed exploration of Madison Sq. Park (about 11:30AM-12:30PM) revealed that last week's lawn hordes had moved on. Only some careful searching turned up a lone Swainson's Thrush, 9 Yellowthroats (6 male), and 8 Ovenbirds. Most distinctive was a Wood Thrush singing throughout on the park's northern edge. If this is the same individual that was singing there last week, it's showing all the determination of a Shake Shack line-stander. --Joe Wallace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park: Thrushes, Swamp Sparrow
A 10:15-11:15 exploration of the park revealed one briefly glimpsed (presumably) Gray-Cheeked Thrush (in the SW corner); at least three Swainson's Thrushes in the plantings on the park's edges; two or three Swamp Sparrows; six Yellowthroats (all but one male); about as many Ovenbirds; a plethora of paired-off Catbirds; and a Baltimore Oriole singing in a plane tree overhead. One interesting non-avian sighting: a small orange dragonfly (perhaps Eastern Amberwing, *Perithemis tenera?*) hovering over the planters at the park's mid-Sixth Avenue entrance. --Joe Wallace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond
Today on the Jamaica Bay West Pond: There was American Golden Plover, Black Bellied Plover, semipalmated Plover,Yellow Crowned Night Heron and many least Terns among other shorebirds. Please excuse my brevity. Sent from my iPhone > On May 20, 2018, at 11:58 AM, Ben Cacace wrote: > > A marker was created for 'Central Park--Spector Playground and vicinity'. The > hotspot was created last night and is available to work with < 'Overview' > sorted by First Seen >. > If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here are > the steps: > > — Sign into eBird.org > — Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel > — At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one > page > — You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location, Country, > State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists > — Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by > clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line > — Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons > — Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected > — Click the icon that best fits your location > — ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along > with the # of checklists you'll be merging > — Click on the 'Merge' button > — Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query > > All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot > with this process. > -- > Ben Cacace > Manhattan, NYC > Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots > Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Reminder! Brooklyn Bird Club Evening Presentation Tomorrow 7PM
*Tuesday May 22nd @7PM* *BBC Evening Presentation:* *Climate, human effects, and the collapse of Caribbean bat biodiversity* *BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CENTRAL BRANCH AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA* Presenter: Angelo Soto-Centeno, professor of Evolutionary Biology at Rutgers University – Newark and most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the American Museum of Natural History. Angelo was born in Puerto Rico, and since early childhood he experienced island biodiversity first hand. His fascination with animals that can fly led him on a path to study bats, a group of one the most misunderstood mammals worldwide. Today, he travels the Caribbean islands searching and documenting living and fossil species of bats to understand the causes that led to changes in the biodiversity of these imperiled mammals. http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/climate-human-effects- and-the-collapse-of-caribbean-bat-biodiversity/ Dennis Hrehowsik President Brooklyn Bird Club -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Radar phenomenon again
The phenomenon I mentioned before is happening now. The massive amount of birds landed in NJ after midnight is spilling over the NY water and reaching the south shores of Brooklyn and Queens as we speak. https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php Looking forward to good birding day as usual whenever I see this phenomenon. Gus Sent using Zoho Mail -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
