[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Prospect Park Purple Gallinule continues
But not at the Rustic Shelter on the Peninsula. Unfortunately it flushed across the water to Duck Island. Hopefully it’s around the edges. Trying from the 420 gazebo on the south shore of the lake might be worthwhile. Mike Yuan Brooklyn, NY -- 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] PUGA Prospect Park
Juvenile Purple Gallinule continues behind the war memorial next to the skating rinks. Now is deep in pickerel weeds at shoreline. Look for the birders. Q train is down for the weekend shuttle running to Prospect Park stop. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is at South side of Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk.
I was requested to post this. Lots of luck. Sy Sent from Mail for Windows 10 -- 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] Manhattan, N.Y. City 10/16-17-18 (Blue Grosbeak, O.-c. Warbler & many other migrants)
Manhattan, N.Y. City - (many sightings from Central Park) Tues., Oct. 16 - A lot of fresh migration had taken place, with a cold front & gusty NW winds arriving Mon. night. A Blue Grosbeak was seen by many observers at Strawberry Fields, in Central Park. Many [Atlantic] Brant were seen in migration, moving south on, particularly, the w. wide / Hudson river-side of Manhattan, with counts going into triple-digits. (Many also were seen migrating from locations elsewhere, including just north of N.Y. City.) Various raptors including Bald Eagle were noted on the move, as were Turkey Vulture in good numbers. A fly-by Sandhill Crane was reported from Inwood Hill Park (A few have been on the move, in the tri-state region). The BLUE Grosbeak was seen by many observers, including by the bird-walk groups of several non-profit org’s. including the AMNH group (American Museum of Natural History), & the Linnaean NY group (Linnaean Society of New York), this sighting in Strawberry Fields section of Central Park. This bird was photo-documented by B. Raik, on the AMNH Tues. group bird-walk. Also seen and well-described were 2 Wood Thrush (getting late), at the same location, along with a lot of other migrants. - - - Wed., Oct. 17 - An Orange-crowned Warbler was found at the eastern side of the Great Hill, & was later seen by me, 4 p.m. at the widest path that leads to the high point of the West Drive, & in an all-too-regular Central Park experience, as I was about to get a quick grab-photo, an off-leash dog came (a little Chihuahua of all the…) and flushed off the warbler, after which I spent an hour not seeing it there again; it appeared to have simply jumped up, low in a nearby tree - but that was that; I stayed on the Great Hill a good while longer anyhow, with other migrants that were willing to be photo’d (& despite the usual afternoon human activities). Many migrants were found in the n. end also by the group bird-walk with NYC Audubon: Bay-breasted Warbler and Cape May Warbler were amongst these. The Orange-crowned was well photo’d by others. In the Ramble region, a rather late Prairie Warbler was seen by the AMNH Wed. group bird walk leader and observers. (A few others of that species have been seen in multiple NY counties in this past week.) Through all of the park, at least 14 warbler species were noted, and some species were seen in the multiple including Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, Cape May, Palm, & Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers. Species such as Scarlet Tanager, Swainson’s Thrush, & Lincoln’s & White-crowned Sparrows were still to be found. I had visited a few lower & mid Manhattan parks on Wed. morning; although some parks in lower Manhattan seemed to have fewer migrants than on the weekend, there was still some variety; at Union Square Park, I found 7 species of warblers, all in elms on the west side & including one fairly bright female Cape May, plus 3 Black-and-white Warblers all seen at one time much lower, even on the closed-off lawn, plus Blackpoll, N. Parula, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthoat, & Yellow-rumped (Myrtle), as well as both Nuthatch species, both Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Y.-B. Sapsucker, & numerous White-throated Sparrows; a longer stay might have even produced more species there! Other parks I’d visited in lower & mid Manhattan were slightly less productive. Thursday, Oct. 18 - This day featured a very strong morning flight as well as diurnal flight, one that appeared to be persistent thru the entire day to some extent. At times, "ribbons in the sky" of migrants could be seen, both relatively low & also extremely high and from multiple vantage points thru mid & upper Manhattan thru the morning, and again late in the day at least on the west edge of Manhattan. And, pretty clearly there was a decent overnight flight, with some new arrivals in passerines & other small songbirds, and some departures as well. Among larger birds, among those seen in the diurnal flight were - Loon species (high; unidentified to sp., but probably Common - 1) Double-crested Cormorant (many hundreds, including late in day) Great Blue Heron (4 before 9 a.m., two, & then 2 more singly) Turkey Vulture (at least several dozen, early & also late in day) Vulture species (some at great distance, but prob. also as above) Canada Goose (many hundreds on the move, including at dusk) [Atlantic] Brant (some flocks of up to 40-50, esp. in late morning) Wood Duck (4, seen headed south at 7:30 a.m. from Central Pk.) American Black Duck (flock of 22, southbound, early a.m.)l Northern Shoveler (150+ in several flocks, 7-8 a.m.. southbound) Bufflehead (several small flocks, 7:30 - 9 a.m., southeast direction of flight) Duck species (small-ish flocks in flight, high, many appearing to be Scaup, or at least, Aythya sp.) Osprey (several, including one very low, a.m.) Bald Eagle (several, including adults & under-5-yr.-old, & thru the day) Sharp-shi
[nysbirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Montauk, Suffolk Co.
Joe Giunta reports the bird is at Deep Hollow on the south side of Montauk Highway. 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] Central Park NYC - Fri. Oct. 19, 2018 - Merlin, Cape May, Black-throated Blue & 6 other Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Friday October 19, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Merlin, American Kestrel, Eight Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 12 Harlem Meer Wood Duck - male SE corner of Meer (Elizabeth Millard-Whitman) Northern Shoveler - 13 Meer Gadwall - 2 males Reservoir Mallard - 15 Meer, others on Reservoir Bufflehead - pair SE Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 3 males SE Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 3 Meer, also on Reservoir Mourning Dove - 6 (5 at the Green Bench) Chimney Swift - 35-40 (a few over north end, flocks over the Dene heading south) Ring-billed Gull - flyovers & at Reservoir Herring Gull - flyovers & at Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - low numbers at Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers Conservatory Garden, Green Bench & the Dene Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 migrants overhead & local birds Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 25 North End, a few others at the Dene Downy Woodpecker - 2 males (Lily Ponds & the Dene) Northern Flicker - 3 plus 7 flyovers before 8am American Kestrel - North Meadow ball fields (early) Merlin - male on migration flying east over North Meadow ball fields 7:08am Eastern Phoebe - 8-10 Blue-headed Vireo - 9 Blue Jay - a few southbound birds overhead Black-capped Chickadee - 6-8 Tufted Titmouse - 25-30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 or 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5-7 Brown Creeper - 4 House Wren - west end of Loch Winter Wren - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 40-50 Hermit Thrush - a dozen American Robin - 30 Gray Catbird - several Northern Mockingbird - Meer & the Dene Cedar Waxwing - 4 hatch-year birds Fort Clinton Purple Finch - 7 Green Bench House Finch - 2 males at the Dene American Goldfinch - 8 Grassy Knoll (early), others at the Dene Eastern Towhee - 6 (males & females) Chipping Sparrow - 15 (Green Bench & Crab Apple Knoll at Great Hill) Field Sparrow - the Dene Song Sparrow - 20 Swamp sparrow - 3 (2 Wildflower Meadow, 1 the Dene) White-throated Sparrow - many White-crowned Sparrow - 2 hatch-year birds (Meer & the Dene) Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Harlem Meer including one singing male Common Grackle - flyovers Black-and-white Warbler - Conservatory Garden Cape May Warbler - 2 Siberian Elms NW Great HIll Northern Parula - Conservatory Garden Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & the Dene (thanks Pat Dubren)) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Palm Warbler - 4 (3 North Meadow ball fields, 1 Compost Area) Pine Warbler - Green Bench Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15 Northern Cardinal - 5 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Tundra Swan correction
Close up images of the reported Tundra Swan were posted yesterday afternoon and the bird was a young Mute Swan. Just wanted to get the word out in case birders were planning a rarity circuit of Kings County today. Cheers, Sean -- 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] S cissor-tail Flycatcher, Suffolk Co.
Showing well in previously described location. A scope is recommended for optimal views. 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] Central Park, NYC 10/20 - E. Meadowlark
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 - An Eastern Meadowlark is among many migrants found in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), that in the central part of Central’s Great Lawn. Thanks & tip of hat to J. Suzuki. Many other birds seen to be reported at a later time/date. Among those, 10 sparrow species - Vesper among them (at the s. side of Meer), plus E. Towhee & Slate-colored Junco, for high diversity in that group. good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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 - Sat., Oct. 20, 2018 - Baltimore Oriole & 7 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday October 20, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Baltimore Oriole & 7 Species of Wood Warblers including Ovenbird & Black-and-white Warbler. Wood Duck - 2 south side Turtle Pond (thanks to Wolfgang Demisch) Northern Shoveler - 5 Turtle Pond Mallard - 15 Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 8 in Ramble Chimney Swift - 5 singles Ring-billed Gull - around 5 flyovers Herring Gull - around 5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond (Cole) Cooper's Hawk - 3 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - around 10 Downy Woodpecker - Ramble Northern Flicker - 8 Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 20 with a noisy group at Turtle Pond American Crow - 5 Black-capped Chickadee - 6 Tufted Titmouse - 25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Winter Wren - 3 in Ramble Golden-crowned Kinglet - 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Swainson's Thrush - 2 (Bow Bridge & Ramble) Hermit Thrush - 10 American Robin - 15 Gray Catbird - 7 Brown Thrasher - 2 or 3 Castle Walk (e. of Castle) Cedar Waxwing - flock of 11 Sparrow Rock Purple Finch - 5 between Pinetum & Sparrow Rock American Goldfinch - 7 Maintenance Field (7:10am) Eastern Towhee - 7 Chipping Sparrow - 12 (10 Sparrow Rock, 2 in the Ramble (early)) Field Sparrow - north of Sparrow Rock Song Sparrow - 10 White-throated Sparrow - hundreds White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year north of Sparrow Rock Dark-eyed Junco - 5 Sparrow Rock Baltimore Oriole - Pinetum in Siberian Elm with sapsuckers Common Grackle - 75 north-bound flyovers Ovenbird - path up from the Boathouse Black-and-white Warbler - Boathouse Cape May Warbler - Pinetum in Siberian Elm Magnolia Warbler - near the top of the Oven (Chez Armando) Blackpoll Warbler - Ramble Palm Warbler - 3 (2 Great Lawn, 1 north of sparrow Rock) Yellow-rumped Warbler - around 10 Pinetum Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- 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/ --
FW: [nysbirds-l] Scissor-tail Flycatcher, Montauk, Suffolk Co.
It appears this email may not have gone through. Apologies if it is duplicated. Begin forwarded message Subject: FW: [nysbirds-l] Scissor-tail Flycatcher, Montauk, Suffolk Co. Date: 10/20/18 10:05:51 PM From: "Shaibal Mitra" To: "Patricia Lindsay (pjlind...@optonline.net)" From: Shaibal Mitra Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:24 PM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Scissor-tail Flycatcher, Montauk, Suffolk Co. The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher remained in the fields south of Montauk Highway for several hours, where it was admired by several shifts of birders. It was generally quite cooperative, feeding actively and perching on the fencelines, but occasionally it would retreat into the trees along the east side of the hollow for five or ten minutes, where it was generally not possible to see (eagle-eyed Pat was able to discern it in this context a couple of times, on different perches). It was still behaving this way when Pat and I returned from the point at 3:30. About fifteen minutes later, however, it moved north to the trees at the northeast corner of the field, paused briefly, then flew high and north across the road. Those of us who were present were able to re-find it across the road, perching on a snag in the south pasture of the Dude Ranch, but it remained there only briefly. Before 4:00, it flew high and out of sight over the hill to the north, perhaps landing in one of the more northerly pastures of the Dude Ranch. We scanned what we could see from the County Park overlooking Deep Hollow, but the northern portion of that property is being used for pasturing horses, so we couldn't walk north far enough to look into the more remote pastures. There was a lot of bird activity in Montauk, from passerine migrants to seabirds. Several hundred Cory's Shearwaters were feeding off the point and in the Sound north and west to at least the Lake Montauk Inlet, and we saw four Parasitic Jaegers. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-123017248-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-123017248-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Patricia Lindsay [pjlind...@optonline.net] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 12:46 PM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Montauk, Suffolk Co. Showing well in previously described location. A scope is recommended for optimal views. Sent from my iPhone From: bounce-123017076-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-123017076-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Patricia Lindsay [pjlind...@optonline.net] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 10:59 AM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Montauk, Suffolk Co. Joe Giunta reports the bird is at Deep Hollow on the south side of Montauk Highway. 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/ --
