[nysbirds-l] Big Atlas Weekend is this week!

2023-06-20 Thread Matthew Medler 
The third annual Big Atlas Weekend is this week, running from 6:00 pm on
Friday evening, June 23 through 11:59 pm on Sunday night, June 25. This fun
event is a great way to contribute to NY Breeding Bird Atlas III and also
join a community of birders participating in current breeding bird atlases
from Newfoundland and Labrador to Puerto Rico.


Participating is easy—just go atlasing during the Big Atlas Weekend time
window and submit your checklist(s) through the NY Breeding Bird Atlas
portal in eBird. And just for participating, you'll receive a $20 coupon
for any Cornell Lab Bird Academy course!


There is also a chance to win a totally free Bird Academy course by
completing one or more of these challenges:

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   Submit a nocturnal checklist (submitted between 20 minutes after sunset
   and 40 minutes before sunrise)
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   Submit a breeding code for a new species in a block or upgrade a species
   in a block
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   Submit a checklist with breeding codes from an incomplete block
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   Share Atlas-related photos tagged on Facebook (@nybba3), Instagram
   (@nybbaiii), or Twitter (@nybbaiii).

To get things started, there will be a fun Big Atlas Weekend kickoff event
on Wednesday, June 21 from 6-8 pm (ET). This event will feature a bird
trivia contest and will include Atlas participants from New York, Maryland
and DC, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ontario, and Puerto Rico!


If you're new to Atlasing, or just enjoy birding with others, NYS birders
have organized a variety of social Big Atlas Weekend birding events across
the state. For full details about Big Atlas Weekend, visit the New York
Breeding Bird Atlas III website:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/news/big-atlas-weekend-2023


Good birding,
Matt Medler

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[nysbirds-l] grosbeak location in Rockland county?

2023-06-20 Thread Andrew Block 
Anyone know where you enter at the dump for the Blue Grosbeaks that are 
supposably there just east of the thruway in Rockland County?  I was told 
there's a trail next to a dump and some power lines.  Not sure since they 
weren't posted here and getting this from second hand report.
Andrew
Andrew BlockConsulting Naturalist
Yonkers, New York www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
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[nysbirds-l] Reminder: Don't miss tomorrow evening's Queens County Bird Club/NY Zoom Presentation by Shai Mitra "Finding and Identifying Shorebirds, Terns, and other Coastal Birds on Long Island" on J

2023-06-20 Thread marciaaabrah...@aol.com 
 Don't miss tomorrow evening's Zoom presentation by Shai Mitra "Finding and 
Identifying Shorebirds, Terns, and other Coastal Birds on Long Island".
When: June 21, 2023, 7:30PM Eastern Time (USA and Canada)
The month of June has an undeserved reputation as a slow time for non-breeding 
species, but it occupies the middle of an exceptionally dynamic period of bird 
occurrence on Long Island. Because of its geographic position and its diversity 
of habitats Long Island routinely hosts many species of interesting and 
unfamiliar coastal species during the early summer. This talk will focus on how 
to find and identify shorebirds, terns, and pelagic birds from land, and on 
techniques whereby birders can deepen their appreciation of all birds and 
sharpen their insights into avian ecology by looking for seasonal movements at 
unexpected times and in unexpected places.

Shai Mitra has studied birds in the northeastern United States and around the 
world for more than 40 years. He received a BA in Biology from Cornell 
University in 1989 and a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of 
Chicago in 1996. From 1996-2000 he operated a major bird-banding station at the 
Fire Island Lighthouse, on the South Shore of Long Island. Currently, he is an 
Assistant Professor of Biology at the College of Staten Island, with research 
interests in the areas of avian ecology, evolution, and conservation. Shai is 
Editor of The Kingbird, the quarterly publication of the New York State 
Ornithological Association; co-compiler of bird records for the New York City 
and Long Island region; Chair of the Rhode Island Avian Records Committee; and 
co-compiler of the Southern Nassau County and Napatree, Rhode Island, Christmas 
Bird Counts.
Click on the link below to register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcO6orTstHNZ0bfZ0di4glth1EAw26jDt

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information 
about joining the meeting.
Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird 
Clubhttp://www.qcbirdclub.org
Email:  marciaaabrah...@aol.com 



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