[nysbirds-l] Sentinels up to 43 today !
This afternoon, for the 3rd day in a row, I traveled Dune Road, from Shinnicock Inlet to the Post Lane Bridge. Great Blue Herons were up, from 1 to 2, but the species of the trip was Boat-tailed Grackle. First seen as they were preening, the small flock of 9 was made up by both males & females, with at least 2 of the males vocalizingmay I always get a kick out of seeing a "FOS" bird ! I imagine there are multiple reasons for an increase of 24 birds in the RWBL count ? Cheers, Bob -- 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] Don't miss the next Queens County Bird Club (NY) Zoom Presentation tomorrow night 7:30 PM EST (USA and Canada) featuring Pelagic and Gull Expert "Michael Brothers"
Don't miss the next Queens County Bird Club (NY) Zoom Presentation tomorrow night featuring Pelagic and Gull Expert "Michael Brothers" When: Mar 16, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (USA and Canada) Michael Brothers is one of our country's leading gull experts. Retired as Director of the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet in Florida, Michael has been leading pelagic birding expeditions off Florida and Georgia for nearly 20 years and natural history tours throughout Florida, the Galapagos Islands, Kenya, and the Amazon. He is a member of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee and is the Florida regional editor of the journal North American Birds. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-6oqj0pE9LJLsl19ewJYHtjXr1apVMR After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Marcia AbrahamsPrograms CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubwww.qcbirdclub.orgPhone: 917-608-8832Email: marciaaabrah...@aol.com -- 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] Re: [nysbirds-l] Smith’s Longspur - Livingston County NY…
Thanks Angus, I try my best to keep an eye out across the various media
platforms to share here.
In 2018, I wrote a blog post
(https://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-listserv-is-dead-long-live-listserv.html?m=1
) highlighting the problem we are seeing with reporting across platforms.
Since then, even more reporting tools are being utilized (see GroupMe).
It’s near impossible to rein this horse in since it’s out the barn and to be
clear, I am not against using any of the notification tools. I myself use many.
The least we all could do is continue to try and cross post as best as we could
in a timely manner.
Cheers,
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mind.” ~ Bob Marley
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manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran
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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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> On Mar 15, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Angus Wilson wrote:
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>
> Thanks, Andrew!
>
> Alas, I find myself increasingly dependent on a handful of responsible
> citizens such as yourself who regularly cross-post. Case in point, I was
> blissfully unaware of this noteworthy find (already a couple of days old) and
> suspect the same is true for many hundreds of birders across the state. With
> the explosion of different social media platforms, we took one step forward
> and two steps back. Keeping up with things only seems to be getting harder
> and think it's high time the birders of New York State came up with a simple,
> equitable solution to timely rare bird news sharing.
>
> The eBird alerts are great but lack prioritization and can be a little
> overwhelming at times. Likewise, there are too many area-specific Twitter
> feeds and who knows what else for anyone to keep track of.
>
> Some people are clearly better plugged in than others and it would useful to
> hear about the strategies they use to monitor the airwaves.
>
> For now, cross-posting to this STATEWIDE listserve (NYSBIRDS-L) is always
> worthwhile.
>
> Angus Wilson
> New York City
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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Smith’s Longspur - Livingston County NY…
Thanks, Andrew! Alas, I find myself increasingly dependent on a handful of responsible citizens such as yourself who regularly cross-post. Case in point, I was blissfully unaware of this noteworthy find (already a couple of days old) and suspect the same is true for many hundreds of birders across the state. With the explosion of different social media platforms, we took one step forward and two steps back. Keeping up with things only seems to be getting harder and think it's high time the birders of New York State came up with a simple, equitable solution to timely rare bird news sharing. The eBird alerts are great but lack prioritization and can be a little overwhelming at times. Likewise, there are too many area-specific Twitter feeds and who knows what else for anyone to keep track of. Some people are clearly better plugged in than others and it would useful to hear about the strategies they use to monitor the airwaves. For now, cross-posting to this STATEWIDE listserve (NYSBIRDS-L) is always worthwhile. Angus Wilson New York City -- 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] Montezuma updates
Good morning all, I’ve been away from Montezuma since last Friday, so I haven’t been able to keep up personally with where the Snow Geese and other waterfowl have been hanging out over the weekend. I did a quick drive around to some of the hot spots, and I’ll detail my observations below: -“Route 31 Muck”: this is where all the action has been the last week! REMINDER: This is private land. The little pull off areas are on private land. Please be respectful if you visit, and stay in the pull off area, do not go walking out into the fields even if there is a “road”. I’ve seen people doing this to get better pictures, but it isn’t necessary as the birds have been pretty cooperative. Also, this is considered trespassing. Also, please do not stop on Route 31/walk along the road, especially where there are guard rails! This is a 55mph zone, and tractor trailers and other large vehicles travel this route, and will not be able to stop or swerve if there are cars along the side of the road (or even IN the road stopped). There was an estimated 600,000+ Snow Geese on these flooded fields last week. Sunday 3/6 weather brought them in in droves. It was very mild and there was a strong SW wind that they took advantage of. As we know, this past weekend’s weather was quite the opposite (I ❤ NY). I drove through the flats this morning around 9 am, and there were much fewer geese, and most were on the western edge of the fields. It was still a sizeable group of thousands, but maybe not even 10,000. I don’t know yet if the bulk of the birds have already passed through, and are continuing north, or if they were just all split up in maybe down on Cayuga Lake, or in various ag fields. I would expect we’ll figure that out in the next day or so if they do or do not return in the masses to the muck flats. There were also Tundras, Canadas, and a some ducks here and there. A Tundra Bean-Goose was sighted here last week amongst all the Snow Geese. This is considered a mega rarity, as their native range is in Europe and Asia The other thing that is happening, is that many of the marshes are opening up and the ice is melting. So some of these birds may be spread out amongst wetlands rather than consolidated to just the muck flats. -Knox Marsellus Marsh on East Road: The marsh is about half covered with ice, and I didn’t see any significant here, but I didn’t spend a lot of time either. -Montezuma NWR: The wildlife drive and visitor center are not open (no restrooms either) until April 1. You are still allowed to visit the visitor center and bird from there, as the pool in front can be good birding. The entrance is off of Route 5/20 in Seneca Falls. -Van Dyne Spoor Rd, Savannah: I haven’t been down here yet, because the roads have been a mess. If you have a more rugged vehicle, you could attempt driving down. It does turn into a seasonal road, and with all the snow and freezing/thawing, I don’t know what condition it is in. Probably pretty muddy and many potholes. The wetlands along the end of the road though could be good birding and there could be Sandhill Cranes and other waterfowl hiding down there. -Morgan Road, Savannah: This is a dead end, and ends at the DEC field office. Feel free to park here. You are able to walk out on the berms on state land, so feel free to do that. There are no public facilities here, FYI. This had some good birding on Friday! We saw about 10 Bald Eagles of varying ages hanging out along the river. The marshes there are probably thawing out, and when they do there will be ducks, swans, etc coming to use them. Sandhill Cranes continue to be seen along Morgan Road. A particular spot I look for cranes is a short walk. Park in the parking area, and you’ll see the barns. Between the huge red barn and the pond, there is an access road. Don’t drive it, but walk down there and you’ll see a little “parking” area/circle. This is a good vantage point, and I’ve been seeing cranes tucked back into an agriculture field from here. It’s hard to explain, but if you walk out to this spot (it’s like 1/8 mi if not less) take a look and listen, and you may find them. But also the cranes are being seeing in the ag fields along the road itself before you get to the end. -Montezuma Audubon Center: We are open Tues-Sat, 10 am – 4 pm. See the address in my signature below. Feel free to stop in and pick up a map for $1 and we can point you in the right direction. We are seeing cranes here as well, although it is hit or miss. Other birds of interest: Killdeer have returned! I hear them calling and courting. Song Sparrows are singing, as well as Black-capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Northern Cardinals, etc. I personally am waiting to hear Eastern Meadowlarks and Spring Peepers- THEN it will feel like truly spring for me! The honking geese, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Common Grackles are definitely the kick-off, and they’ve been around for weeks now. Unfortunately I
[nysbirds-l] Smith’s Longspur - Livingston County NY…
With so many e-mails from list serve subscribers going to my junk inbox, it’s
hard to keep track of what gets posted here. However, it appears this report
has not yet been shared here??
David Chernack reports that a Smith’s Longspur was found and documented in
Livingston County NY. See the following link to an eBird checklist
https://ebird.org/checklist/S104770168?fbclid=IwAR0VAunZxW9gHH7uI0pWtFJUVibyOcpi0rUdvTUrkPLEvophBXKf8x13Ey8
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our
mind.” ~ Bob Marley
“Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but
manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
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www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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