[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 8 April 2022
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 8, 2022 * NYNY2204.08 - Birds Mentioned MOTTLED DUCK+ ZONE-TAILED HAWK+ WESTERN TANAGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Mallard KING EIDER Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte’s Gull LITTLE GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL CASPIAN TERN American Bittern Little Blue Heron TRICOLORED HERON Green Heron Glossy Ibis Purple Martin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Wren Purple Finch Vesper Sparrow Baltimore Oriole PROTHONOTARY WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 8, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are ZONE-TAILED HAWK, a good candidate for MOTTLED DUCK, LITTLE GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, CASPIAN TERN, TRICOLORED HERON, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and more. A potentially very productive week for New York State: Last Saturday morning birders at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn were very surprised once realizing that a raptor soaring overhead was a ZONE-TAILED HAWK; decent photos were taken, nicely showing key field marks, before the bird headed off in a westerly direction, escaping further detection. Then on Tuesday, a duck seen at Ketchum's Creek Freshwater Wetland in Amityville gave the observer impressions of a MOTTLED DUCK, but the bird remained very elusive until this morning. Today this drake, usually in company with a female MALLARD, was closely studied and photographed and exhibited field marks very consistent with a MOTTLED DUCK, though hybrids can be an issue. The bird today was found along the watercourse just west of Lake Drive, favoring an area along the tree and phragmites lined bank across the river just north of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. Parking along the roads is available, but please respect the rights of the local homeowners. Also, as both ZONE-TAILED HAWK and MOTTLED DUCK are potential first New York records, pending acceptance by NYSARC, hopefully observers of both species will submit reports directly to NYSARC, so they can be reviewed through the Accelerated Review process now in place. A flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS gathering off Conference House Park on southern Staten Island today also contained an adult LITTLE GULL. The female WESTERN TANAGER wintering at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan has not been seen since Tuesday. The drake KING EIDER was still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday, and lingering GULLS included the GLAUCOUS still just north of the Verrazano Bridge Sunday, single ICELAND GULLS at Fort Tilden Monday and Plumb Beach through today, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS. A CASPIAN TERN was up the Hudson River off Verplank today. Three AMERICAN BITTERNS were spotted Tuesday, including one in Prospect Park, and a TRICOLORED HERON appeared along Dune Road the same day, when a LITTLE BLUE HERON also visited Conference House Park. Other non-passerines this week have featured SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREEN HERON and GLOSSY IBIS. A YELLOW THROATED WARBLER has continued around the Ramble in Central Park all week, this species also returning by Wednesday to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and a PROTHONATARY WARBLER was reported today at Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. A VESPER SPARROW was on Central Park's Great Lawn Saturday, and other passerines have included PURPLE MARTIN, HOUSE WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PURPLE FINCH and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 8 April 2022
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 8, 2022 * NYNY2204.08 - Birds Mentioned MOTTLED DUCK+ ZONE-TAILED HAWK+ WESTERN TANAGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Mallard KING EIDER Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte’s Gull LITTLE GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL CASPIAN TERN American Bittern Little Blue Heron TRICOLORED HERON Green Heron Glossy Ibis Purple Martin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Wren Purple Finch Vesper Sparrow Baltimore Oriole PROTHONOTARY WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 8, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are ZONE-TAILED HAWK, a good candidate for MOTTLED DUCK, LITTLE GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, CASPIAN TERN, TRICOLORED HERON, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and more. A potentially very productive week for New York State: Last Saturday morning birders at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn were very surprised once realizing that a raptor soaring overhead was a ZONE-TAILED HAWK; decent photos were taken, nicely showing key field marks, before the bird headed off in a westerly direction, escaping further detection. Then on Tuesday, a duck seen at Ketchum's Creek Freshwater Wetland in Amityville gave the observer impressions of a MOTTLED DUCK, but the bird remained very elusive until this morning. Today this drake, usually in company with a female MALLARD, was closely studied and photographed and exhibited field marks very consistent with a MOTTLED DUCK, though hybrids can be an issue. The bird today was found along the watercourse just west of Lake Drive, favoring an area along the tree and phragmites lined bank across the river just north of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. Parking along the roads is available, but please respect the rights of the local homeowners. Also, as both ZONE-TAILED HAWK and MOTTLED DUCK are potential first New York records, pending acceptance by NYSARC, hopefully observers of both species will submit reports directly to NYSARC, so they can be reviewed through the Accelerated Review process now in place. A flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS gathering off Conference House Park on southern Staten Island today also contained an adult LITTLE GULL. The female WESTERN TANAGER wintering at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan has not been seen since Tuesday. The drake KING EIDER was still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday, and lingering GULLS included the GLAUCOUS still just north of the Verrazano Bridge Sunday, single ICELAND GULLS at Fort Tilden Monday and Plumb Beach through today, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS. A CASPIAN TERN was up the Hudson River off Verplank today. Three AMERICAN BITTERNS were spotted Tuesday, including one in Prospect Park, and a TRICOLORED HERON appeared along Dune Road the same day, when a LITTLE BLUE HERON also visited Conference House Park. Other non-passerines this week have featured SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREEN HERON and GLOSSY IBIS. A YELLOW THROATED WARBLER has continued around the Ramble in Central Park all week, this species also returning by Wednesday to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and a PROTHONATARY WARBLER was reported today at Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. A VESPER SPARROW was on Central Park's Great Lawn Saturday, and other passerines have included PURPLE MARTIN, HOUSE WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PURPLE FINCH and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County
The Mottled Duck and its mate were observed by multiple viewers this afternoon about 4pm, images here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S106570110 Jennifer Wilson Pines On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 10:45 AM Shaibal Mitra wrote: > Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's > Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This > is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black > Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders > among Big Brown Ducks. > > Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, > but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it > has been visible off and on throughout the morning. > > The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, > showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine > streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear > border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no > signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. > > Photos are available here: > > https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ > > This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential > neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- Jennifer Wilson-Pines -- 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] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County
The Mottled Duck and its mate were observed by multiple viewers this afternoon about 4pm, images here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S106570110 Jennifer Wilson Pines On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 10:45 AM Shaibal Mitra wrote: > Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's > Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This > is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black > Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders > among Big Brown Ducks. > > Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, > but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it > has been visible off and on throughout the morning. > > The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, > showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine > streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear > border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no > signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. > > Photos are available here: > > https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ > > This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential > neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- Jennifer Wilson-Pines -- 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] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County
Ernst has posted the following suggestions regarding parking to the WhatsApp groups: "Being that tomorrow is Saturday there will for sure be a lot of people chasing the Mottled Duck. It's a sensitive site with limited street side parking in a residential neighborhood. A lot of residents will be home tomorrow. Please be respectful of them. The police and public safety drove by a few times today so neighbors have probably already started calling. The bird has most often be viewed from the area where I posted the pin earlier. The view from there is through phrags, so birders have tended to get a bit bunched up there, standing in the road. Cars can speed down that road, so please be careful. It would be best if no one parks close to that pin, especially not directly across from the best viewing spots where everyone will congregate. It will become a tight squeeze for cars driving through. Parking a few blocks away on side streets could help. There is a parking lot behind a closed bank at 400 Montauk Highway where you can park without any hassle and it's only about a 4 block walk to the pin location. Across the street from the bank is a Stop n Shop with a lot of parking. Be really wary of traffic if you're crossing away from the traffic light. Thanks! The MODU and the female MALL it's paired with were often out of view for long periods of time throughout the day, but when they came out into the open, they were quite accommodating to viewers and relatively close." From: bounce-126467769-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-126467769-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra [shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu] Sent: Friday, April 8, 2022 10:45 AM To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Subject: [nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders among Big Brown Ducks. Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it has been visible off and on throughout the morning. The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. Photos are available here: https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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/ --
RE:[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County
Ernst has posted the following suggestions regarding parking to the WhatsApp groups: "Being that tomorrow is Saturday there will for sure be a lot of people chasing the Mottled Duck. It's a sensitive site with limited street side parking in a residential neighborhood. A lot of residents will be home tomorrow. Please be respectful of them. The police and public safety drove by a few times today so neighbors have probably already started calling. The bird has most often be viewed from the area where I posted the pin earlier. The view from there is through phrags, so birders have tended to get a bit bunched up there, standing in the road. Cars can speed down that road, so please be careful. It would be best if no one parks close to that pin, especially not directly across from the best viewing spots where everyone will congregate. It will become a tight squeeze for cars driving through. Parking a few blocks away on side streets could help. There is a parking lot behind a closed bank at 400 Montauk Highway where you can park without any hassle and it's only about a 4 block walk to the pin location. Across the street from the bank is a Stop n Shop with a lot of parking. Be really wary of traffic if you're crossing away from the traffic light. Thanks! The MODU and the female MALL it's paired with were often out of view for long periods of time throughout the day, but when they came out into the open, they were quite accommodating to viewers and relatively close." From: bounce-126467769-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-126467769-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra [shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu] Sent: Friday, April 8, 2022 10:45 AM To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Subject: [nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders among Big Brown Ducks. Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it has been visible off and on throughout the morning. The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. Photos are available here: https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 8, 2022: Red-tailed Hawk nest, American Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Field Sparrow, Palm and Pine Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday April 8, 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Red-tailed Hawk nest, American Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Field Sparrow, Palm and Pine Warblers. Canada Goose - 14 (including pair nesting at Reservoir) Northern Shoveler - 78 (13 Harlem Meer, 65 Reservoir) Gadwall - 5 (4 at the Pool, male at the Reservoir) Mallard - around a dozen Bufflehead - 6 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 9 Harlem Meer Mourning Dove - 4 or 5 at the North End, more than 20 in the Ramble American Coot - 2 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 2 Harlem Meer Herring Gull - 23 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - flyover North End, 8 others elsewhere in park Great Egret - flyover at the Pool (Kate Wollin) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 4 perched together island in Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - adult on nest Cardinal Cooke 5th Ave. across from Conservatory Garden (Scott Brevda) Great Horned Owl - continuing, perched up high behind branches Red-bellied Woodpecker - near Conservatory Garden Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 (Scott Brevda & Dan Stevenson) Downy Woodpecker - 5 Northern Flicker - 7 American Kestrel - 1 male flyover at the Pool Eastern Phoebe - 11 Blue Jay - 10-12 Crow species - silent flyover at the Pool Barn Swallow - 1 flying and perched at the north end of the Reservoir (just me) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Green Bench (Dan Stevenson & Scott Brevda), more in the Ramble later Cedar Waxwing - around a dozen in two flocks at the Pool Brown Creeper - 1 Blockhouse (Scott Brevda) Hermit Thrush - 2 (Great Hill and North Woods) American Robin - at least 30 House Finch - 5 at Evodia Field feeders after lunch American Goldfinch - 3 at Evodia Field feeders after lunch Field Sparrow - 2 (1 Wildflower Meadow, 1 Plant Nursery) Dark-eyed Junco - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 7 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery Red-winged Blackbird - 7 (6 males, 1 female) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" east end of the Pool (Caren Jahre) Pine Warbler - 2 males (one singing) east end of the Pool (Sabina Schumacher) Northern Cardinal - several pairs -- Kathy Drake let me know about the Yellow-throated Warbler, which appeared today at the Maintenance Field. -- Deb Allen -- 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. April 8, 2022: Red-tailed Hawk nest, American Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Field Sparrow, Palm and Pine Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday April 8, 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Red-tailed Hawk nest, American Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Field Sparrow, Palm and Pine Warblers. Canada Goose - 14 (including pair nesting at Reservoir) Northern Shoveler - 78 (13 Harlem Meer, 65 Reservoir) Gadwall - 5 (4 at the Pool, male at the Reservoir) Mallard - around a dozen Bufflehead - 6 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 9 Harlem Meer Mourning Dove - 4 or 5 at the North End, more than 20 in the Ramble American Coot - 2 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 2 Harlem Meer Herring Gull - 23 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - flyover North End, 8 others elsewhere in park Great Egret - flyover at the Pool (Kate Wollin) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 4 perched together island in Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - adult on nest Cardinal Cooke 5th Ave. across from Conservatory Garden (Scott Brevda) Great Horned Owl - continuing, perched up high behind branches Red-bellied Woodpecker - near Conservatory Garden Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 (Scott Brevda & Dan Stevenson) Downy Woodpecker - 5 Northern Flicker - 7 American Kestrel - 1 male flyover at the Pool Eastern Phoebe - 11 Blue Jay - 10-12 Crow species - silent flyover at the Pool Barn Swallow - 1 flying and perched at the north end of the Reservoir (just me) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Green Bench (Dan Stevenson & Scott Brevda), more in the Ramble later Cedar Waxwing - around a dozen in two flocks at the Pool Brown Creeper - 1 Blockhouse (Scott Brevda) Hermit Thrush - 2 (Great Hill and North Woods) American Robin - at least 30 House Finch - 5 at Evodia Field feeders after lunch American Goldfinch - 3 at Evodia Field feeders after lunch Field Sparrow - 2 (1 Wildflower Meadow, 1 Plant Nursery) Dark-eyed Junco - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 7 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery Red-winged Blackbird - 7 (6 males, 1 female) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" east end of the Pool (Caren Jahre) Pine Warbler - 2 males (one singing) east end of the Pool (Sabina Schumacher) Northern Cardinal - several pairs -- Kathy Drake let me know about the Yellow-throated Warbler, which appeared today at the Maintenance Field. -- Deb Allen -- 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] Mottled duck yes
The previously posted Amityville mottled duck was still there as of around 2:15pm today. It flew south but lost it so not sure where it landed. Seemed to be chasing black ducks around. Andrew Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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] Mottled duck yes
The previously posted Amityville mottled duck was still there as of around 2:15pm today. It flew south but lost it so not sure where it landed. Seemed to be chasing black ducks around. Andrew Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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 - Friday, 4/8 - Yellow-throated Warbler & 4 more warbler spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - The Yellow-throated Warbler originally discovered by Paul Sweet [A.M.N.H.] has continued on in the park, and has increasingly favored some areas of the Ramble, with forays along the small stream formally known as “The Gill” & also, for part of Friday a.m. (4/8), near & at the northeast corner of the Ramble. On some recent days, sightings (& reports) of this rarity were infrequent. (The species also has arrived to some potential-breeding areas in southeast NY, including finds of at least one singing male east of N.Y. City). This Central Park/Manhattan individual can still be challenging to locate, even with fair weather. It likes many higher branches, sometimes in rather tall trees... Other warblers in the park also continue to include Louisiana Waterthrushes, Palm, Pine, and [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warblers all in the multiple. The latter 3 species also are being found in scattered locations around the county, in v. modest numbers. Thanks in part to a bit of sparrow-diversity now, there were at least 67 species found in or over Central Park for Friday, April 8th. . . . . . At Greeley Square Park in mid-Manhattan, a Lincoln’s Sparrow has continued into Friday April 8, and is highly-likely to have wintered locally. [Incidentally, several of us, and including birders who are reliable ‘regulars’ of Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan, think that the Lady-WETA (W. Tanager) of that east-side park may have moved on (flown off, to other parts), earlier in this week. Any new reports (if there are) ought hopefully to include any photos-videos, or descriptions of what was viewed as part of the report[s]. We have 'last-seen' reports from Monday & very early on Tues., 4/4 & 4/5, for now.] This comes after a couple of stake-out-type watches at the Carl Schurz feeder-array area, from Thurs. & Fri. More reporting on all of the county, to come later. Good birding to all, 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 - Friday, 4/8 - Yellow-throated Warbler & 4 more warbler spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - The Yellow-throated Warbler originally discovered by Paul Sweet [A.M.N.H.] has continued on in the park, and has increasingly favored some areas of the Ramble, with forays along the small stream formally known as “The Gill” & also, for part of Friday a.m. (4/8), near & at the northeast corner of the Ramble. On some recent days, sightings (& reports) of this rarity were infrequent. (The species also has arrived to some potential-breeding areas in southeast NY, including finds of at least one singing male east of N.Y. City). This Central Park/Manhattan individual can still be challenging to locate, even with fair weather. It likes many higher branches, sometimes in rather tall trees... Other warblers in the park also continue to include Louisiana Waterthrushes, Palm, Pine, and [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warblers all in the multiple. The latter 3 species also are being found in scattered locations around the county, in v. modest numbers. Thanks in part to a bit of sparrow-diversity now, there were at least 67 species found in or over Central Park for Friday, April 8th. . . . . . At Greeley Square Park in mid-Manhattan, a Lincoln’s Sparrow has continued into Friday April 8, and is highly-likely to have wintered locally. [Incidentally, several of us, and including birders who are reliable ‘regulars’ of Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan, think that the Lady-WETA (W. Tanager) of that east-side park may have moved on (flown off, to other parts), earlier in this week. Any new reports (if there are) ought hopefully to include any photos-videos, or descriptions of what was viewed as part of the report[s]. We have 'last-seen' reports from Monday & very early on Tues., 4/4 & 4/5, for now.] This comes after a couple of stake-out-type watches at the Carl Schurz feeder-array area, from Thurs. & Fri. More reporting on all of the county, to come later. Good birding to all, 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] Mottled Duck in Amityville LI…
Please see note from Ernest M. The finder.
“Mottled Duck at Ketchams in Amityville!! First confirmed for the NY state. I
found it late afternoon on Tuesday but didn’t know what it was. Sent Shai some
photos after I did some research and suspected MODU and he thought it had
potential. We looked all day Wed and yesterday, but it was a no-show. It’s now
been confirmed this morning! It’s been near the culvert at the north end of the
pond between Pearl Pl and Kenmore Ave. Mostly hidden this morning. It’s kind of
a delicate area - in a residential neighborhood, with mostly limited views
through phrags. There’s parking in front of peoples homes, but also parking
behind a closed bank on Montauk Hwy. Perhaps best to park there and walk
around.”
More information will follow I am sure. Just want to get the word out since
cross posting is not everyone’s thing.
“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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> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck in Amityville LI…
Please see note from Ernest M. The finder.
“Mottled Duck at Ketchams in Amityville!! First confirmed for the NY state. I
found it late afternoon on Tuesday but didn’t know what it was. Sent Shai some
photos after I did some research and suspected MODU and he thought it had
potential. We looked all day Wed and yesterday, but it was a no-show. It’s now
been confirmed this morning! It’s been near the culvert at the north end of the
pond between Pearl Pl and Kenmore Ave. Mostly hidden this morning. It’s kind of
a delicate area - in a residential neighborhood, with mostly limited views
through phrags. There’s parking in front of peoples homes, but also parking
behind a closed bank on Montauk Hwy. Perhaps best to park there and walk
around.”
More information will follow I am sure. Just want to get the word out since
cross posting is not everyone’s thing.
“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
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County
Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders among Big Brown Ducks. Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it has been visible off and on throughout the morning. The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. Photos are available here: https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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] Mottled Duck Ketcham's Creek, Southwest Suffolk County
Ernst Mutchnick found what he suspected as a Mottled Duck at Ketcham's Creek, southwest Suffolk County, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 April. This is a tricky identification, given hybridization between Mallards and Black Ducks, and between Mallards and Mottled Ducks, among the varied contenders among Big Brown Ducks. Efforts to re-find it throughout the day on Wed and Thu were unsuccessful, but this male bird was present (with a female Mallard) this morning, and it has been visible off and on throughout the morning. The bird appears quite typical of the nominate, Florida subspecies, showing the characteristic black gape mark, a pale face with very fine streaking on the upper cheek and a clear throat; a very narrow white rear border to the speculum (and no visible white at the front edge), and no signs of whiteness or curliness in the tail feathers. Photos are available here: https://flic.kr/p/2nd8cNZ This is a sensitive site with limited streetside parking in a residential neighborhood. Please be careful and courteous. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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] Little Gull Staten Island
Salutations,
I am not sure if this was cross posted as yet.
Anthony Ciancimino reports that earlier this AM, Professor Veit found an Adult
Little Gull that is currently in the channel between the point at Conference
House Park & Perth Amboy, NJ. Foraging with a large number of Bonaparte’s Gulls.
There were a couple of Little Gulls documented as well in DE yesterday so keep
your eyes on those Bonaparte’s Gulls flock.
Cheers,
“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
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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[nysbirds-l] Little Gull Staten Island
Salutations,
I am not sure if this was cross posted as yet.
Anthony Ciancimino reports that earlier this AM, Professor Veit found an Adult
Little Gull that is currently in the channel between the point at Conference
House Park & Perth Amboy, NJ. Foraging with a large number of Bonaparte’s Gulls.
There were a couple of Little Gulls documented as well in DE yesterday so keep
your eyes on those Bonaparte’s Gulls flock.
Cheers,
“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
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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