[nysbirds-l] Liberty Loop Trail, Wallkill River NWR
I spent the day today at Wallkill River NWR and started early at the Liberty Loop Trail. I hadn't been there at this time of year in a long time, probably not since I was doing inventories there in the early 2000's. I was pleased to see how many cool birds were now breeding there that I didn't find in the early 2000's. I had several Least Bitterns, at least 3 families of Pied-billed Grebes, several American Coots including one family, and at least three pairs of Common Gallinules including one family with 7 or 8 chicks. Also some regular breeders with families: two or three Wood Duck females with their many ducklings and a Mute Swan pair with five cygnets. There were also several Green Herons in the area which I assume were nesting too. Very cool to see these rare and not so rare breeders with families at the refuge. They really have done a wonderful job there. I just hope the grassland birds that were nesting at LLT moved to other grasslands in the refuge since it's mostly wetland now. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums -- 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] Liberty Loop Trail, Wallkill River NWR
I spent the day today at Wallkill River NWR and started early at the Liberty Loop Trail. I hadn't been there at this time of year in a long time, probably not since I was doing inventories there in the early 2000's. I was pleased to see how many cool birds were now breeding there that I didn't find in the early 2000's. I had several Least Bitterns, at least 3 families of Pied-billed Grebes, several American Coots including one family, and at least three pairs of Common Gallinules including one family with 7 or 8 chicks. Also some regular breeders with families: two or three Wood Duck females with their many ducklings and a Mute Swan pair with five cygnets. There were also several Green Herons in the area which I assume were nesting too. Very cool to see these rare and not so rare breeders with families at the refuge. They really have done a wonderful job there. I just hope the grassland birds that were nesting at LLT moved to other grasslands in the refuge since it's mostly wetland now. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums -- 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] N. Rough-winged Swallow nest
When I was at the TDBank on Central Ave. in Yonkers yesterday I was surprised to see a N. Rough-winged Swallow flying low around the parking lot and then go in and out of one of the drains on the wall of the back part of the property. Pretty cool. Confirmed breeding:-) Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums -- 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] N. Rough-winged Swallow nest
When I was at the TDBank on Central Ave. in Yonkers yesterday I was surprised to see a N. Rough-winged Swallow flying low around the parking lot and then go in and out of one of the drains on the wall of the back part of the property. Pretty cool. Confirmed breeding:-) Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums -- 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] Kestrels in Brooklyn
My wife and I have been observing American Kestrels outside our Brooklyn apartment since January. The male showed up first, the female soon afterwards. They seemed paired up by late February, when I happened to see one shoot into a cornice down the block (not, unfortunately, visible from our apartment). I understand that a part of their pair-bonding is scouting nest sites. Well, that's the one they chose, above a bodega. Today, apropos for Father's Day, I glimpsed the first evidence of the payoff for all their hard work: a young male, still inside the cornice. We certainly hope there's more, and that the (nerve-wracking for us) fledgling proceeds apace. This has been the most sustained nature observation I've ever experienced and it has been amazing, and gory: have watched more than a few songbird feet being gulped down kestrel throats. There are pictures galore on my blog Backyard and Beyond, https://matthewwills.com. If you want to skip straight to all the #BrooklynKestrels it's https://matthewwills.com/tag/kestrels/ Keep your eyes on those old TV antennas,Matthew -- 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] Central Park NYC - Sun. June 17, 2018 - Black-billed Cuckoo, N. Parula, & Nesting Birds
Central Park NYC Sunday, June 17, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Black-billed Cuckoo, Northern Parula & Nesting Birds: Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Kingbird, Baltimore Orioles, Gray Catbird. Canada Goose - 5 at the Pond Wood Duck - male in eclipse plumage at the Pond Mallard - 30 at the Pond, others at Turtle Pond & Oak Bridge Mourning Dove - residents Black-billed Cuckoo - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock & later at Swampy Pin Oak Chimney Swift - 3 or 4 getting drinks at Turtle Pond & a few flyovers Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Great Egret - the Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 at the Pond Red-bellied woodpecker - Oven & near Azalea Pond Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - pair Gill Overlook Great Crested Flycatcher - Mugger's Woods Eastern Kingbird - female at Turtle Pond nest Warbling Vireo - 4 (Boathouse, Turtle Pond, Oak Bridge (P. Haskel), Swampy Pin Oak) Blue Jay - residents American Robin - residents nesting Gray Catbird - adult carrying mulberry wing-waving display at the Point (nest) Cedar Waxwing - pair at nest Shakespeare Garden (male has orange-tipped tail), 5 Maintenance Field, etc. House Finch - 2 or 3 in Mulberry near Gapstow Bridge Song Sparrow - singing Gapstow Bridge Baltimore Oriole - pair at nest Delacorte (S. Critelli), pair at nest Maint. Fld. Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Turtle Pond Common Grackle - residents Northern Parula - singing west of Gapstow Bridge (reported there 6/12/18 by J. Suzuki) Northern Cardinal - residents -- Carine Mitchell reported a singing Wood Thrush or two in Riverside Park. Sol Shamilzadeh reports that both juvenile Red-tailed Hawks from the 5th Ave. nest fledged this week and are doing well, perching on a building and in a pine nearby. Jean Shum reported on June 16th on twitter* that all three of the orphaned Red-tailed Hawks at the Grant's Tomb nest have now been rescued by Bobby Horvath of WINORR (Wildlife in Need of Rescue & Rehabilitation) & the Urban Park Rangers. American Kestrels are fledgling now too. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC *See Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett for additional reports. -- 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] Central Park NYC - Sun. June 17, 2018 - Black-billed Cuckoo, N. Parula, & Nesting Birds
Central Park NYC Sunday, June 17, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Black-billed Cuckoo, Northern Parula & Nesting Birds: Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Kingbird, Baltimore Orioles, Gray Catbird. Canada Goose - 5 at the Pond Wood Duck - male in eclipse plumage at the Pond Mallard - 30 at the Pond, others at Turtle Pond & Oak Bridge Mourning Dove - residents Black-billed Cuckoo - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock & later at Swampy Pin Oak Chimney Swift - 3 or 4 getting drinks at Turtle Pond & a few flyovers Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Great Egret - the Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 at the Pond Red-bellied woodpecker - Oven & near Azalea Pond Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - pair Gill Overlook Great Crested Flycatcher - Mugger's Woods Eastern Kingbird - female at Turtle Pond nest Warbling Vireo - 4 (Boathouse, Turtle Pond, Oak Bridge (P. Haskel), Swampy Pin Oak) Blue Jay - residents American Robin - residents nesting Gray Catbird - adult carrying mulberry wing-waving display at the Point (nest) Cedar Waxwing - pair at nest Shakespeare Garden (male has orange-tipped tail), 5 Maintenance Field, etc. House Finch - 2 or 3 in Mulberry near Gapstow Bridge Song Sparrow - singing Gapstow Bridge Baltimore Oriole - pair at nest Delacorte (S. Critelli), pair at nest Maint. Fld. Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Turtle Pond Common Grackle - residents Northern Parula - singing west of Gapstow Bridge (reported there 6/12/18 by J. Suzuki) Northern Cardinal - residents -- Carine Mitchell reported a singing Wood Thrush or two in Riverside Park. Sol Shamilzadeh reports that both juvenile Red-tailed Hawks from the 5th Ave. nest fledged this week and are doing well, perching on a building and in a pine nearby. Jean Shum reported on June 16th on twitter* that all three of the orphaned Red-tailed Hawks at the Grant's Tomb nest have now been rescued by Bobby Horvath of WINORR (Wildlife in Need of Rescue & Rehabilitation) & the Urban Park Rangers. American Kestrels are fledgling now too. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC *See Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett for additional reports. -- 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] CATTLE EGRET - Timberpoint golf course (Suffolk Co.)
Currently on right side of road near a cart path on far side of pond. John Gluth Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 8:36 AM, John Gluth wrote: > > Along road to east marina. > > John Gluth > 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/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] CATTLE EGRET - Timberpoint golf course (Suffolk Co.)
Currently on right side of road near a cart path on far side of pond. John Gluth Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 8:36 AM, John Gluth wrote: > > Along road to east marina. > > John Gluth > 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] CATTLE EGRET - Timberpoint golf course (Suffolk Co.)
Along road to east marina. John Gluth 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] CATTLE EGRET - Timberpoint golf course (Suffolk Co.)
Along road to east marina. John Gluth 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] Arctic Tern, Nickerson Beach, Nassau
Just arrived at Nickerson and immediately found an adult Arctic Tern in front of the eastern colony. Will post if I see anything else of note, but wanted to get the word out early so people could get here before collecting starts. Roseates present as well. Cheers! -Tim H -- 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] Arctic Tern, Nickerson Beach, Nassau
Just arrived at Nickerson and immediately found an adult Arctic Tern in front of the eastern colony. Will post if I see anything else of note, but wanted to get the word out early so people could get here before collecting starts. Roseates present as well. Cheers! -Tim H -- 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/ --
