RE: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis Heckscher SP Suffolk Co.

2019-05-13 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I believe the White-faced Ibis present at Heckscher today was a fourth 
individual, distinct from the two birds present here on 1 May:

https://flic.kr/p/2emuZme
https://flic.kr/p/258UbgT

--and also from the brighter bird present at adjacent Timber Point on 15 Apr:

https://flic.kr/p/TpeSQd

Today's bird showed bright red facial skin and a broad white border, most like 
the bird of 15 Apr, but unlike that bird it was notably large, tawny-colored, 
and showed wholly bright pinkish legs (all three of the birds present earlier 
this season showed color mostly around the ankles):

https://flic.kr/p/25hf8eH

When I eventually took a careful count of the ibides, I found exactly 107 
Glossy and 1 White-faced.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-123574019-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-123574019-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:25 AM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibises Heckscher SP Suffolk Co.

The two White-faced Ibises continued in the flooded picnic area when I left 
around 10:00.

Both are interesting-looking and not quite typical. One individual, the one Pat 
found yesterday I think, has very limited white facial feathering and 
not-very-bright (but definitely pink-red, especially in good light) facial skin 
and eye. The second individual, found by Pat this morning, is more 
typical-looking in these respects. Both show decidedly pink-red ankles and gray 
bills--appropriate for White-faced Ibis.

Interestingly, the duller-faced bird is very large and very tawny-colored on 
the neck and body--classic White-faced--whereas the brighter-faced bird looks 
much more like a Glossy Ibis in terms of structure and body plumage. My best 
assessment is that both are within the range of expected variation for 
relatively dull adult White-faced Ibises.

Photos here:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmD9a76j

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-123573507-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-123573507-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Patricia Lindsay 
[pjlind...@optonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:47 AM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibises Heckscher SP Suffolk Co.

Last evening I photographed (poorly, as is my usual wont) a White-faced
Ibis in non breeding plumage--no white borders around the pink eye and
facial skin, and legs pink only around the "knees", feeding with 17
Glossy Ibis in the flooded picnic area of Field 6.

This morning I checked again; there were at least 30 ibis feeding
actively in the puddles, and I immediately picked out a White-faced,
this one showing moderately distinct white borders on the face, and
brighter pink legs than yesterday's bird. I had to race off to work but
alerted Shai Mitra to be looking out for a second bird when he arrived
shortly after. Shai did indeed find what is certainly yesterday's bird
in addition to the better marked individual.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore


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RE: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis Heckscher SP Suffolk Co.

2019-05-13 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I believe the White-faced Ibis present at Heckscher today was a fourth 
individual, distinct from the two birds present here on 1 May:

https://flic.kr/p/2emuZme
https://flic.kr/p/258UbgT

--and also from the brighter bird present at adjacent Timber Point on 15 Apr:

https://flic.kr/p/TpeSQd

Today's bird showed bright red facial skin and a broad white border, most like 
the bird of 15 Apr, but unlike that bird it was notably large, tawny-colored, 
and showed wholly bright pinkish legs (all three of the birds present earlier 
this season showed color mostly around the ankles):

https://flic.kr/p/25hf8eH

When I eventually took a careful count of the ibides, I found exactly 107 
Glossy and 1 White-faced.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-123574019-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-123574019-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:25 AM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibises Heckscher SP Suffolk Co.

The two White-faced Ibises continued in the flooded picnic area when I left 
around 10:00.

Both are interesting-looking and not quite typical. One individual, the one Pat 
found yesterday I think, has very limited white facial feathering and 
not-very-bright (but definitely pink-red, especially in good light) facial skin 
and eye. The second individual, found by Pat this morning, is more 
typical-looking in these respects. Both show decidedly pink-red ankles and gray 
bills--appropriate for White-faced Ibis.

Interestingly, the duller-faced bird is very large and very tawny-colored on 
the neck and body--classic White-faced--whereas the brighter-faced bird looks 
much more like a Glossy Ibis in terms of structure and body plumage. My best 
assessment is that both are within the range of expected variation for 
relatively dull adult White-faced Ibises.

Photos here:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmD9a76j

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-123573507-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-123573507-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Patricia Lindsay 
[pjlind...@optonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:47 AM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibises Heckscher SP Suffolk Co.

Last evening I photographed (poorly, as is my usual wont) a White-faced
Ibis in non breeding plumage--no white borders around the pink eye and
facial skin, and legs pink only around the "knees", feeding with 17
Glossy Ibis in the flooded picnic area of Field 6.

This morning I checked again; there were at least 30 ibis feeding
actively in the puddles, and I immediately picked out a White-faced,
this one showing moderately distinct white borders on the face, and
brighter pink legs than yesterday's bird. I had to race off to work but
alerted Shai Mitra to be looking out for a second bird when he arrived
shortly after. Shai did indeed find what is certainly yesterday's bird
in addition to the better marked individual.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2019-05-13 Thread Joseph Brin

RBA




*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - May 06, 2019
   - NYSY 05. 06. 19

Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: April 29 - May 06,  2019

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 06 AT 2:00 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 April 29, 
2019




Highlights:




RED-THROATED LOON

RED-NECKED GREBE

LEAST BITTERN

SNOWY EGRET

BLACK SCOTER

GOLDEN EAGLE

SANDHILL CRANE

PIPING PLOVER

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER

STILT SANDPIPER

UPLAND SANDPIPER

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER

WILSON’S PHALAROPE

LITTLE GULL

BLACK TERN

FORSTER’S TERN

WHIP-POOR-WILL

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

SWAINSON’S THRUSH

CERULEAN WARBLER

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

FOX SPARROW

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

ORCHARD ORIOLE

EVENING GROSBEAK













Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)

   




     5/6: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area of Armitage Road. 
They have been seen entering nest boxes with nesting material.

     5/11: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was see along the Wildlife Drive.  A SNOWY 
EGERT was seen also along the Wildlife Drive. It was relocated on the 13th. 2 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen from Towpath Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were 
seen at Carncross Road. 6 Shorebird species including 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS 
were seen at Carncross Road.

     5/12: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen at Mays Point Pond. 12 were seen at North 
Spring Pond. 8 Warbler species including CERULEAN were seen at VanDyne Spoor 
Road. 5 BLACK TERNS were also seen.

     5/13: A STILT SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife Drive. A WILSON’S 
PHALAROPE was found at the Visitor’s Center.







Cauyga County






     5/8: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Farden Road near Rair Haven

     5/11: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the camping area at Fair Haven 
State Park. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at West Barrier Bar Park.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     Derby had a big day on 5/6 with 13,489 Hawks counted. 12,276 were 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The rest of the week was rather dismal for Hawk counting 
with only three days with birds counted and a total of only 1,392 hawks 
recorded. Other highlights were 5 GOLDEN EAGLES, SANDHILL CRANE, RED-HEADED 
WOODPECKER, EVENING GROSBEAK and WHIP-POOR-WILL.







Oswego County






     5/7: A LITTLE GULL was seen at the Phillips Point Lake watch on Oneida 
Lake. Also seen were a BLACK SCOTER and 13 RED-NECKED GREBES. 7 EVENING 
GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Constantia. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at a 
traditional spot on Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake.

     5/8: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW has returned to a traditional spot at Carley 
Mills south of Parrish.

     5/10: A late FOX SPARROW was see at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. Also 
seen there were a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, a SWAINSON’S THRUSH and 14 species of 
Warbler.

     5/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lake Street in Pulaski. A 
CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake.

     5/13: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Lake Road near Sunset Bay Park on 
Lake Ontario.







Onondaga county






     5/6: 5 BLACK-TERNS were seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. A 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was see at Cedar Bay in Fayetteville.

     5/7: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen aat the Gerber Topsoil Farm south 
of Bridgeport.

     5/10: A possible PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard on Bridge Street in East 
Syracuse.

     5/11: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at Dewitt Marsh on Fisher Road. A 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Citation Way in Pompey. An ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLER was seen at St. Mary”s Cemetery in Syracuse. 







Madison County






     5/11: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen and photographed on Woodman Pond north of 
Hamilton. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota.







Oneida county






     5/9: A late FOX SPARROW was seen on Brown Tract Road near Forestport.

     5/10: 15 species of Warblers and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were found at Spring 
Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton.







Herkimer county






     EVENING GROSBEAKS are still hanging on at a residence on Military Road 
north of Dolgeville.

     5/8: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen near Butler Lake north of Hinckley. 
Another, or possibly the same one was see in the same location of 5/12.




        







  End Transcript












Joseph Brin

Region 5

Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA




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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2019-05-13 Thread Joseph Brin

RBA




*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - May 06, 2019
   - NYSY 05. 06. 19

Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: April 29 - May 06,  2019

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 06 AT 2:00 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 April 29, 
2019




Highlights:




RED-THROATED LOON

RED-NECKED GREBE

LEAST BITTERN

SNOWY EGRET

BLACK SCOTER

GOLDEN EAGLE

SANDHILL CRANE

PIPING PLOVER

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER

STILT SANDPIPER

UPLAND SANDPIPER

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER

WILSON’S PHALAROPE

LITTLE GULL

BLACK TERN

FORSTER’S TERN

WHIP-POOR-WILL

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

SWAINSON’S THRUSH

CERULEAN WARBLER

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

FOX SPARROW

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

ORCHARD ORIOLE

EVENING GROSBEAK













Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)

   




     5/6: PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the forested area of Armitage Road. 
They have been seen entering nest boxes with nesting material.

     5/11: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was see along the Wildlife Drive.  A SNOWY 
EGERT was seen also along the Wildlife Drive. It was relocated on the 13th. 2 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen from Towpath Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were 
seen at Carncross Road. 6 Shorebird species including 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS 
were seen at Carncross Road.

     5/12: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen at Mays Point Pond. 12 were seen at North 
Spring Pond. 8 Warbler species including CERULEAN were seen at VanDyne Spoor 
Road. 5 BLACK TERNS were also seen.

     5/13: A STILT SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife Drive. A WILSON’S 
PHALAROPE was found at the Visitor’s Center.







Cauyga County






     5/8: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Farden Road near Rair Haven

     5/11: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the camping area at Fair Haven 
State Park. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at West Barrier Bar Park.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     Derby had a big day on 5/6 with 13,489 Hawks counted. 12,276 were 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The rest of the week was rather dismal for Hawk counting 
with only three days with birds counted and a total of only 1,392 hawks 
recorded. Other highlights were 5 GOLDEN EAGLES, SANDHILL CRANE, RED-HEADED 
WOODPECKER, EVENING GROSBEAK and WHIP-POOR-WILL.







Oswego County






     5/7: A LITTLE GULL was seen at the Phillips Point Lake watch on Oneida 
Lake. Also seen were a BLACK SCOTER and 13 RED-NECKED GREBES. 7 EVENING 
GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder in Constantia. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at a 
traditional spot on Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake.

     5/8: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW has returned to a traditional spot at Carley 
Mills south of Parrish.

     5/10: A late FOX SPARROW was see at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. Also 
seen there were a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, a SWAINSON’S THRUSH and 14 species of 
Warbler.

     5/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lake Street in Pulaski. A 
CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake.

     5/13: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Lake Road near Sunset Bay Park on 
Lake Ontario.







Onondaga county






     5/6: 5 BLACK-TERNS were seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. A 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was see at Cedar Bay in Fayetteville.

     5/7: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen aat the Gerber Topsoil Farm south 
of Bridgeport.

     5/10: A possible PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard on Bridge Street in East 
Syracuse.

     5/11: A LEAST BITTERN was heard at Dewitt Marsh on Fisher Road. A 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Citation Way in Pompey. An ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLER was seen at St. Mary”s Cemetery in Syracuse. 







Madison County






     5/11: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen and photographed on Woodman Pond north of 
Hamilton. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota.







Oneida county






     5/9: A late FOX SPARROW was seen on Brown Tract Road near Forestport.

     5/10: 15 species of Warblers and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were found at Spring 
Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton.







Herkimer county






     EVENING GROSBEAKS are still hanging on at a residence on Military Road 
north of Dolgeville.

     5/8: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen near Butler Lake north of Hinckley. 
Another, or possibly the same one was see in the same location of 5/12.




        







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[nysbirds-l] Reminder BBC Presentation Tomorrow Night! Tessa Boase

2019-05-13 Thread Dennis Hrehowsik
*Note: This event meets in Classroom C at the Prospect Park Zoo. Please see
below for details.*


*Tomorrow! Tuesday May 14 7PM*

TESSA BOASE PRESENTS: MRS PANKHURST’S PURPLE FEATHER: FASHION, FURY AND
FEMINISM – WOMEN’S FIGHT FOR CHANGE

For half a century, from the 1870s to the 1920s, women on both sides of the
Atlantic were gripped by a fashion craze that decreed all hats should be
laden with feathers. Not just feathers, but wings, bird and whole bodies of
birds – often several birds at a time. Species the world over were slowly
brought to the brink of extinction, and all for the sake of millinery.
Campaigning on behalf of the birds was a small band of angry woman with a
splendidly simple goal. They were going to stamp out the fashion for
feathers in hats.

The ‘feather fight’, as it became known, was bitter, vicious and
un-sisterly. Wearers of the ‘bird hat’ were attacked as narcissists and
slaughterers. Edwardian fashion victims hit back, calling their female
critics ‘plumage cranks’ and ‘feather faddists’. Why shouldn’t emancipated
women wear what they wanted? Leading the battle in Britain was a fearsome
woman who has not been remembered by history, and yet for 50 years was the
driving force behind the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB),
today Britain’s biggest conservation charity. Her name was Etta Lemon.
Where she lead in1889, the Audubon Society would follow.

When social historian Tessa Boase told the RSPB she wanted to write their
early story, they refused to let her revisit their archives. To a former
investigative journalist and Oxford English graduate, this was a challenge
she could not resist . . . Join her to hear the intriguing untold story of
women, birds, hats – and votes. After the talk, Tessa will be signing
copies of her book, Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather: Fashion, Fury and
Feminism – Women’s Fight for Change.

Note: This event will meet in Classroom C at the Prospect Park Zoo.


http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/tessa-boase-presents-mrs-pankhursts-purple-feather-fashion-fury-and-feminism-womens-fight-for-change/


Dennis Hrehowsik

President Brooklyn Bird Club
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] Reminder BBC Presentation Tomorrow Night! Tessa Boase

2019-05-13 Thread Dennis Hrehowsik
*Note: This event meets in Classroom C at the Prospect Park Zoo. Please see
below for details.*


*Tomorrow! Tuesday May 14 7PM*

TESSA BOASE PRESENTS: MRS PANKHURST’S PURPLE FEATHER: FASHION, FURY AND
FEMINISM – WOMEN’S FIGHT FOR CHANGE

For half a century, from the 1870s to the 1920s, women on both sides of the
Atlantic were gripped by a fashion craze that decreed all hats should be
laden with feathers. Not just feathers, but wings, bird and whole bodies of
birds – often several birds at a time. Species the world over were slowly
brought to the brink of extinction, and all for the sake of millinery.
Campaigning on behalf of the birds was a small band of angry woman with a
splendidly simple goal. They were going to stamp out the fashion for
feathers in hats.

The ‘feather fight’, as it became known, was bitter, vicious and
un-sisterly. Wearers of the ‘bird hat’ were attacked as narcissists and
slaughterers. Edwardian fashion victims hit back, calling their female
critics ‘plumage cranks’ and ‘feather faddists’. Why shouldn’t emancipated
women wear what they wanted? Leading the battle in Britain was a fearsome
woman who has not been remembered by history, and yet for 50 years was the
driving force behind the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB),
today Britain’s biggest conservation charity. Her name was Etta Lemon.
Where she lead in1889, the Audubon Society would follow.

When social historian Tessa Boase told the RSPB she wanted to write their
early story, they refused to let her revisit their archives. To a former
investigative journalist and Oxford English graduate, this was a challenge
she could not resist . . . Join her to hear the intriguing untold story of
women, birds, hats – and votes. After the talk, Tessa will be signing
copies of her book, Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather: Fashion, Fury and
Feminism – Women’s Fight for Change.

Note: This event will meet in Classroom C at the Prospect Park Zoo.


http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/tessa-boase-presents-mrs-pankhursts-purple-feather-fashion-fury-and-feminism-womens-fight-for-change/


Dennis Hrehowsik

President Brooklyn Bird Club
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis Heckscher SP, Suffolk Co.

2019-05-13 Thread Patricia Lindsay
 Shai Mitra just called to report a very brightly marked White-faced 
Ibis in the flooded picnic area of Field 6 at Heckscher Park, East 
Islip, feeding with over 60 Glossy Ibis there.  Earlier today, Patrice 
Domeischel alerted me that there were 108 Glossies there, with what she 
believed was one White-faced but could not re-find it.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis Heckscher SP, Suffolk Co.

2019-05-13 Thread Patricia Lindsay
 Shai Mitra just called to report a very brightly marked White-faced 
Ibis in the flooded picnic area of Field 6 at Heckscher Park, East 
Islip, feeding with over 60 Glossy Ibis there.  Earlier today, Patrice 
Domeischel alerted me that there were 108 Glossies there, with what she 
believed was one White-faced but could not re-find it.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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