[nysbirds-l] NSAS Presents: Golden Eagles of the Catskills - Tuesday May 23 @7pm

[NSAudubon Publicity]

The next North Shore Audubon Society (NSAS) general meeting will be held on
Tuesday, May 23 at 7pm via Zoom. The program, *Golden Eagles of the
Catskills*, will highlight the work of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
and the Eastern Golden Eagle Project to prove the existence of Golden
Eagles in the Catskill Mountain.


Please use the following link to pre-register:  https://bit.ly/3Odszde


Our presenter, *Margaret DiBenedetto*, volunteers with the NYS DEC, is the
Board Chair of The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development and a
Trustee of the Michael Kudish Natural History Preserve. She spent 20 years
working in land management and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from SUCO
Oneonta.

Jonathan Herman
Publicity volunteer, North Shore Audubon Society
PO Box 763, Port Washington, NY 11050
www.northshoreaudubon.org
northshoreaudubon...@gmail.com

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Re: [nysbirds-l] NSAS Presents: Golden Eagles of the Catskills - Tuesday May 23 @7pm

[Josh Ketry]

The link says the meeting is May 12th

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 6:29 AM NSAudubon Publicity <
northshoreaudubon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The next North Shore Audubon Society (NSAS) general meeting will be held
> on Tuesday, May 23 at 7pm via Zoom. The program, *Golden Eagles of the
> Catskills*, will highlight the work of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon
> Society and the Eastern Golden Eagle Project to prove the existence of
> Golden Eagles in the Catskill Mountain.
>
>
> Please use the following link to pre-register:  https://bit.ly/3Odszde
>
>
> Our presenter, *Margaret DiBenedetto*, volunteers with the NYS DEC, is
> the Board Chair of The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development and
> a Trustee of the Michael Kudish Natural History Preserve. She spent 20
> years working in land management and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree
> from SUCO Oneonta.
>
> Jonathan Herman
> Publicity volunteer, North Shore Audubon Society
> PO Box 763, Port Washington, NY 11050
> www.northshoreaudubon.org
> northshoreaudubon...@gmail.com
>
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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan/N.Y. County, NYC - Y-b. Flycatchers, Bicknell's Thrushes, Iceland Gull, Warblers incl. multiple Mourning, etc.

[Tom Fiore]

Manhattan and some sightings from Randall’s Island, all in N.Y. County (within 
N.Y. City)
thru Wednesday, May 17th -

An apparent Iceland Gull was photographed off the West 79th St. boat-basin 
(along the Hudson River) on Tues., 5/16 - this is a slightly-late date for the 
county but such later-spring occurrences are not unprecedented for this 
species. Whether that bird would have been lingering, or could still, is 
unknown.

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher has been arriving in modest numbers with some 
calling, at least, and well-noted as well as some being video-audio recorded by 
keen and careful observers. This ‘completes’ the five expected species in the 
genus Empidonax for first-arrivals and passages thru the county this spring 
while many will still continue to pass thru or linger in coming weeks.

The winds of Wednesday (5/17) brought Broad-winged Hawk into view for a group 
with the A.M.N.H. [American Museum of Natural History] bird-walk for mid-day; 
this has been a fairly nice season for the species with sightings in the county 
a bit more frequent than in some spring seasons.  On an early-a.m. group walk 
with one of our finest walk-leaders and area birders, also on the A.M.N.H. 
series (of not-for-profit, guided) walks, as many as 18 warbler species were 
found in the Ramble area, all of course found using the skills developed over 
(many) decades of observing and learning. A Solitary Sandpiper was also among 
the 55 total species of birds recorded for that early-morning-start group-walk.

Thanks to some audio (recordings) and to multiple observers describing hearing 
it, one of the Bicknell’s Thrushes to be seen in recent days is also again 
confirmed in eBird, etc. with one of these in the north end of Central Park on 
Tues., 5/16. Other individuals noted as Bicknell’s have been found in a variety 
of locations in recent days. (and, again as is usual, plenty of Gray-cheeked 
and/or “gray-cheeked types”, with some being assigned definitively as 
Gray-cheeked thanks to their vocalizations, or simply left as “gray-cheeked 
types, i.e. Bicknell’s/Gray Cheeked types, one or the other as found now on 
their migrations).

Mourning Warblers are continuing to pass thru the region and have been found in 
the county, including (by now) on all three of the main isles [in terms of 
birds found, and birder-efforts] of the county (which are Manhattan island, 
Randall’s Island, and Governors Island), with some singing to reveal their 
skulking presences.  Parks and greenspaces in the multiple have by now had this 
latter warbler, some sites many times over days this May by now.

A Summer Tanager was again seen in the Ramble area of Central Park by a 
group-walk for a non-profit bird conservation org.; it’s very possible this may 
be one of the same Summers that’s been lingering in that area for many, many 
days by now - and not that unusual for that park (as a lingerer in spring 
season) in recent decades, more so in recent years.

The Cliff Swallows continue on at Randall’s Island, where an Alder Flyctacher 
continued to be seen and heard sing, the latter bird for several days in a row 
and with multi observers there. These have had multiple observers and some with 
video-audio, as well as good descriptions.

There were up to 15 warbler species for one large (not-for-profit) group-walk, 
with NYC Audubon’s regular group out in the north end of Central Park on Wed. 
(5/17) morning, with sightings also including Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
(photographed well by a walk participant), and many more migrant, resident or 
visitant species seen as well. Almost all species seen by all of the group, 
including for example Cape May Warbler, with a very few exceptions not for all 
such as Prairie Warbler.

Among late-ish warbler species (for N.Y. County, that is), the Louisiana 
Waterthrushes of recent days have been observed by a number of birders, some 
photo’d or even video’d., esp. from Central Park.  Also reported thru Tues., 
5/16 were Palm Warbler and at least 1 Pine Warbler, which are also fairly 
‘late’ for this county.   Red-breasted Nuthatches continue to pass thru the 
county right into this week, as do some Ruby-crowned Kinglets.  A drake Wood 
Duck was still in Central Park into Wed. 5/17, possibly to stay on into summer, 
as has happened for many many years with just a few, or one individual of that 
species, most-typically with a male ‘woodie'.

Good migrant-diversity has continued here this week, but with numbers of 
individual birds of many species generally dropping-off a bit, as is expected. 
We have yet to see the female Blackpoll Warbler become ubiquitous (a sign of 
the nearing end of big May migrations).  Many more parks and some smaller 
greenspaces in the county, besides those noted above, have continued to see a 
lot of fine migration, and some resident / breeding birds this week, and with 
many dedicated observers - Thanks to all for so many excellent sightings and 
reports.

Good birding to all,

T