RE:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: September 05, 2024

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NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, September 05, 2024.



1. N.Y. County, NYC -to Tuesday, 9/3 - Virginia Rail, Pectoral SP, and many
many more migrants 2. Stone Bridge nighthawk watch



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Subject: N.Y. County, NYC -to Tuesday, 9/3 - Virginia Rail, Pectoral SP,
and many many more migrants

From: Tom Fiore 

Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:23:19 +

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New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls, Governors,
and Roosevelt Islands and the adjacent waters and skies above - thru
Tuesday, September 3rd -



Easily the best day so far for diversity of species of birds in the county,
so far this entire season including all of August, and this start of
September, on Tuesday, 9-3.  Many areas - not just well-covered Central
Park in Manhattan - had very good species-diversity, with warblers still
very well-represented, and also a good selection of many more birds having
arrived.  On passage were such species as expected raptors, some vultures
including Black Vulture, the latter as is typical from n. Manhattan, and of
passing hummingbirds - all noted as Ruby-throated!, E. Kingbirds, Cedar
Waxwings in very good numbers, some Bobolinks and small numbers of other
icterids, including Baltimore Orioles, and also some shorebirds, and still
other types of birds. A smatter of sparrows were starting to show very
small increases - with some Savannah, Swamp, and even a few arriving
White-throated Sparrows having joined up with the sparrows already here, or
which had come in August. Among warblers, much sought for this month are
Connecticut Warblers and at least a few were noted, with some reports yet
to be confirmed, perhaps based on photos taken, and-or on textual details
of sightings. Key to seeing this species is usually much patience - and the
quiet approach.



A Virginia Rail was found and photographed at St. Paul's Chapel cemetery
which is just southwest of the s. edge of City Hall Park in lower Manhattan
along Broadway, the chapel and graveyard to the west - late in the day on
Tuesday, 9/3. Obviously, any visitors to such spaces as churchyards or
other outdoor sections of public places of worship should show common
respect to others, and do as told, if spoken to, by any guards or
caretakers. We birders obviously carry optics and may carry cameras, and
simple respect in such spaces is the minimum of acting responsibly, and
thanks to all for doing so. Note that there are some places of worship with
facilities and gardens, etc. which are not open to all of the public under
most circumstances in this county. The above-noted site is open.



A Pectoral Sandpiper was photographed at Inwood Hill Parks mudflats on
Monday, Sept. 2nd, a scarce species especially seen feeding in this county,
that sighting also late in the day but on Labor Day. Multiple other
shorebirds have been seen in the county in recent days, the more-regular
species in multiple locations, and some only as flybys.



A Philadelphia Vireo was studied at a location in the Central Park Ramble
during a Linnaean Society of New York guided -not-for-profit- bird walk
with many observers, on Tuesday. Also seen were Red-eyed, and Warbling
Vireos on that walk for comparisons to the smaller and finer-featured
Philly. The same walk also took in at least 16 migratory warbler species
for the many members and guests observing in the Ramble area. Thanks to all
involved, in leading and organizing for the non-profit group.



A single-observer -so far- sighting of Yellow-breasted Chat in Morningside
Park near 115th St., late in the day on Tuesday, could just-possibly be
even the same individual recently showing in Central Park, as that species
tends to jump around locally after initial discoveries in migration seasons
here, however it also could well be a different and newer bird from the
earlier one at Central Park, which had many observers, with tough viewing
as is typical for the species.



The E. Whip-poor-will of Sept. 2nd at Central Park in Manhattan was not
re-found the following day, however a number of Common Nighthawks were
again seen from a number of locations, primarily by those out later in the
day including on Tuesday, 9/3. Nighthawk season may extend thru the rest of
the month, but sooner is as likely to find success than waiting to late in
September. In N.Y. County, locations alongside the Hudson or East Rivers
may have good sight

[nysbirds-l] Fork-tailed Flycatcher in Dutchess County 9/17

[David Chernack]

Hi all,

This morning while birding with Sean Carroll, I spotted a Fork-tailed
Flycatcher at Greig Farm just outside of Red Hook in Dutchess County. Sean
and I observed and photographed the bird for about 40 minutes until it
disappeared into a patch of goldenrod at around 8:15am. Details are in our
list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118887667

While it hasn't been seen in almost three hours, I suspect it is still
around in the same general vicinity. Its most recent location was in this
field here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/x13kfzmumpUSY4PX8

Interestingly, another Dutchess birder texted me later this morning to
report that she had a Fork-tailed Flycatcher at the same location on
Thursday (9/15), but it was not photographed, and she did not realize her
bird was a Fork-tailed until details of today's sighting emerged. This
means that this bird has potentially been around for three days or more,
and could be a harbinger of its continued stickiness. Her list is here:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S118791533

One last note: Greig Farm is an active orchard, and many folks were
arriving on site to pick fruit as I departed just before 11am. If you go to
chase this bird, be sure to be courteous to the farm operators and
visitors, and park only in designated areas. The owners of Greig Farm have
been exceptionally kind in allowing birders to bird the farm, and we should
all return the favor by being respectful of their land and their
operations.

Good birding!
David Chernack

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[nysbirds-l] STOP

[David Martin]

STOP

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[nysbirds-l] Singing Kentucky Warbler Chenango County NY

[David Nicosia]

All,

I was doing Breeding Bird Atlasing on my block in Beaver Meadow SF northern
Chenango County today and came across a singing Kentucky Warbler, What is
most unusual is that it was amid many northern breeders in a mixed northern
hardwood/spruce forest. At the same time this bird was singing, I had
BLACKBURNIAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACK THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, RED BREASTED
NUTHATCHES and other birds of northern affinities singing.  It was quite a
surprise to hear this "southerner" amid the others. Fortunately, I was able
to get some photos.I did almost a 10 mile loop on my block through
mostly northern hardwood/spruce/pine forests and was happy to see that (at
least in this location) many species seemed very common to abundant. I
tallied 77 singing OVENBIRDS!  I also had 32 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS in
nearly 10 miles.  In any event, it was a great day to be out before the
storms hit.

ebird list is here w/ KEWA photos
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S110986836

Best,
Dave Nicosia

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[nysbirds-l] A Painted Bunting in Central Park (Manhattan) today

[David Barrett]

On the south side of the Central Park Pool, Twitter's @Above96th and I
found and photographed a Painted Bunting female-type this afternoon at the
so-called Bathing Rock as it flew in to take a quick bath. It soon flew off
and was not seen again.

My photo: https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1527419922757959686

@Above96th's photo: https://twitter.com/Above96th/status/1527419628774903845

This location can be reached by entering Central Park at Central Park West
and West 103rd Street and walking two blocks south to the Pool. The Bathing
Rock is a bit west of the Pool's south-side center.

David Barrett
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Arctic Terns! at Cross River Reservoir, Westchester Co.

[David Chernack]

Sean Camillieri reports two Arctic Terns at Cross River Reservoir in
Katonah, Westchester County, at 2:45pm.

Arctic Terns have been making an epic push through New England this morning
with reports of as many as 26 birds coming from Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Anyone in the Hudson Valley should have their eyes peeled on
large bodies of water for more. I spent about an hour on the Hudson River
at Hyde Park (Dutchess Co.) around noon but came up dry.

Good birding!

David Chernack

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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck YES now 8am 4/17

[David Chernack]

The male Mottled Duck is currently present at Ketcham's Creek Wetland. It
flew in at about 7:35am without its mallard mate. On the Mottled now with
Jeanne Cimorelli.

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[nysbirds-l] Cinnamon Teal Livingston County 3/21

[David Chernack]

Livingston County, after producing a Smith's Longspur a few days ago, has
struck again! A CINNAMON TEAL was photographed well by John and Karla
Gordinier at Groveland Flats yesterday, March 21st, at 5pm. View the
checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S105344716

Per the checklist notes, the male Teal was associating with a female
Northern Shoveler. A handful of lists from today (the 22nd) at the same
location seem to indicate that the Cinnamon Teal was not refound, although
it could definitely still be present in the general vicinity.

Good birding everyone!

David Chernack
Westchester County

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird Ulster County. Wednesday

[David Chernack]

To clarify, the bird was photographed (quite beautifully in fact) by Jim
Yates yesterday, Thursday January 13th, at Esopus Meadows. Jim posted his
photos to the "What's this bird?" Facebook page this evening to ascertain
the ID, hence the delayed report. No eBird reports were submitted from
Esopus Meadows today... although I suspect there may be a significant
number submitted tomorrow. Here's hoping that the bird is still around.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 8:22 PM Richard Guthrie 
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> Scenic Hudson’s Esopus Meadows Preserve. Just reported today. With Eastern
> Bluebirds by the portable restrooms.
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[nysbirds-l] Gray Kingbird Great Kills Park YES 11/30

[David Chernack]

Char Cremer and Nicole Pietrunti's Gray Kingbird continues this morning at
Great Kills Park in the fenced-in area just before the Moonbeam Marina
(40.5386826, -74.1301075).

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[nysbirds-l] ASH THROATED FLYCATCHER

[David Gillen]

Just viewed it on the North Side of the median, just West of the paved back 
path from the Coast Guard Station. Viewed for about 10 minutes, flying from the 
ground to the light displays. It then flew across to the South side of the 
median and East of the path.

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[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Thrush Pharsalia Wildlife Management Area Chenango Co. NY

[David Nicosia]

All,

After much searching, I finally found a location that has decent numbers of
SWAINSON'S THRUSH in Chenango County. For many years, it seemed easy to get
this species in New Michigan State Forest Pharsalia NY during summer. This
year I did have one singing bird on the Old CCC Truck Rd well west of the
intersection of North Rd. I had this bird singing one time among three
trips. This state forest in particular used to be a stronghold of this
species for many years outside of the Adirondacks and Catskills. Logging
and the tornado in 2011 seems to have hurt this species in New Michigan SF.

I checked out Pharsalia Wildlife Management Area today and was pleasantly
surprised to hear at least 4 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES singing on CCC Truck trail
near the large bend( 42.623006°N and 75.707625°W). There are a lot of
younger spruces there amid scattered large spruces. I definitely heard 4
singing males and possibly one more farther down. This is the most I have
had in one location up there in many years.  There were a lot of MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS in this general area and other locations nearby. BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLERS were quite common in the deep spruce woods along with mixed spruce
/ northern hardwoods. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS also were very numerous. Each
of these species I confirmed breeding as you could hear begging young all
over.

Here is my list which has two audio recordings of the beautiful song of
SWAINSON'S THRUSH.

https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S91180525

Best,
Dave

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[nysbirds-l] looking for nesting black vultures

[David Barber]

Hello New York birders,

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is expanding its research on black vulture movement 
ecology.  Current literature suggests that black vultures are residents, but 
birds at the northern extent of their range may be migrants.  The prevalence of 
these migratory movements and where these birds migrate remains unknown.  We 
are hoping to attach two satellite units to migratory black vultures this 
summer.   We are looking for nesting black vultures, and/or concentrations of 
black vultures in spring/summer that are not present in winter where we can 
concentrate our trapping.  Black vultures nest in caves and rock outcroppings, 
but also use old or infrequently used buildings.  If you know of a black 
vulture nest site or seasonal concentration of black vultures please email me 
privately (bar...@hawkmountain.org<mailto:bar...@hawkmountain.org>) with the 
location (lat/long if possible.  If a nest, please include the type of nest 
(natural or human made structure) and if the nest is on public or private 
property.  Please be respectful of landowners and do not walk on private 
property without the landowner's consent.

Thanks for your help,

David


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[nysbirds-l] Global Big Day and Massive White-Winged Scoter Flight Broome Co. NY

[David Nicosia]

All,

Had about 7 hours to bird today so I made the most of it and began at one
of our local hotspots - Whitney Point Dam. along Keibal Rd. Jim Hoteling,
one of our fine local birders, made it there early and reported an amazing
250+ WW SCOTERS on the dam. I came up quickly and we found even more up the
reservoir. We had a close estimate of *400 WW SCOTERS* which crushed the
Broome Co previous high count record of 27. I also looked around the Finger
Lakes county's ebird reports and it looks like this could be a record for
upstate NY in the counties away from Lake Ontario/Lake Erie and of course
it pales in comparison to the staggering numbers that have been counted
from Long Island.  This is the most of this species I have ever seen away
from the coast by far. There were also other reports of high numbers of WW
SCOTERS around the Finger Lakes too. I suspect last night's heavy rain
coincided with a big migratory flight of this species and many of these
birds were forced down. Amazingly we carefully checked all the scoters and
only came up with 1 SURF SCOTER. We also had 4 RED-NECKED GREBES which are
rare in Broome Co but regular each year.

Keibal rd in Whitney Point is unique in that it has woodland and field
habitat that comes right up to the lake.  There were quite a few warbler
flocks mostly Yellow-rumped, but we also had several other species   List
for Keibal Rd is here https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S87440451

Upper Lisle County Park was quiet as we hit it midday and it was beginning
to get windy with temperatures around 40F. Upper Lisle Co. Park list is
here https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S87472754

I totaled 103 species in Broome County which was decent. I wish I had more
time.

I hope many of you had an awesome day too!

Good Birding to all!
Best,
Dave Nicosia

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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Martin update?

[David LaMagna]

I think this is deserving of at least daily updates over multiple platforms.

What’s happening so far today?

Looking to head in today but I’d have small children in tow.

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[nysbirds-l] Bird shootings in Delaware County!

[David Nicosia]

Delaware County Sheriff is telling people to stop shooting birds on wires
so as to *not cause power and telecommunication outages!*  But there is NO
mention in the article that this is highly illegal and bad for the birds!
So basically it's OK to shoot a bird not on a wire? Unbelievable. The
NYSDEC police should be notified by the sheriff or the sheriff should
arrest these folks. What the heck is going on?  What can be done?

see article in a Binghamton News Radio Station website...
https://wnbf.com/delaware-sheriff-quit-shooting-birds-on-wires/

Dave Nicosia

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Pelican Update (Westchester)

[David Chernack]

Pardon me, the Pelican was hugging the EASTERN side (Westchester) of the
river. Feeling very directionally challenged today.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 1:54 PM David Chernack  wrote:

> Bird was just resighted by Sandra Wright and myself at the Yonkers Ferry
> Terminal flying south very close to the western side of the river. Last
> seen at 1:43pm.
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>> Irvington Boat Club.  This was 10 minutes ago.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Pelican Update (Westchester)

[David Chernack]

Bird was just resighted by Sandra Wright and myself at the Yonkers Ferry
Terminal flying south very close to the western side of the river. Last
seen at 1:43pm.

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[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose, Randall's Island, New York County

[David Barrett]

I am seeing a Greater White-fronted Goose on the northeast ball fields of
Randall's Island, south of Field 31 with many Canada Geese. This goose was
initially observed by others yesterday and reported publicly today. Here is
a quick photo:

https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark/status/1341107965609320449?s=19

This seems to be the first-ever documented occurrence of this species in
New York County.

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] King Eider still present Keibal Rd Whitney Point Reservoir late this afternoon 11/10/2020

[david nicosia]

All, 

The KING EIDER was farther up the shore on the Whitney Point Reservoir as seen 
from Keibal Rd this afternoon on a gloriously warm sunny day. The bird was 
farther offshore too and frequently diving. The exact location where I had the 
bird today was   42.352361°N and 75.980250°W. The bird was slowly working its 
way south again a little farther offshore. 

I also had a flyover COMMON REDPOLL my first in Broome Co in a few years. The 
bird unfortunately flew right toward the sun so I couldn't get a flight photo. 
I also heard a PINE SISKIN as well. I thought I heard evening grosbeaks too but 
they were so distant I am not 100% sure. 

It was pretty quiet for songbirds. I didn't even get an american goldfinch! But 
there was an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW that was calling and occasionally singing a 
little which was cool near the end of the road. 

My ebird list can be found here...   https://ebird.org/checklist/S76093911

Best, 
Dave Nicosia 

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[nysbirds-l] King Eider Broome Co. Whitney Point Dam Whitney Pt. NY Today Nov 8 2020

[david nicosia]

All, 

>From the beginning of Keibal rd on the west side of Whitney Point Dam Whitney 
>Point, NY, I found a female-type KING EIDER very close to the shore near the 
>beginning of the dirt road. The bird was at times maybe 15 feet away from the 
>shore. This is the first Broome e-bird record, and the first I am aware of for 
>possibly 20 years in the county. The bird was actively diving and staying in 
>the same vicinity for over an hour. The exact location can be found here...

https://goo.gl/maps/9VjwHhT2nqtV3V2s9

See:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S76013128


for photos.

Best,
Dave Nicosia 




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[nysbirds-l] Unusual Weather Pattern - More Vagrants? Cave Swallows??

[David Nicosia]

All,

We are experiencing an incredible stretch of southwest winds that began
Wednesday Nov 4th and is expected to last until Tuesday the 10th. That is 7
days of unseasonably mild southwest flow. I ran some wind trajectories from
southern Texas and other points in the southwest U.S and most of them end
up in southeast Canada in 3 to 5 days. If these winds pick up some stray
birds they would eventually make their way south probably mostly along the
coast.  I wonder if we will see an influx of CAVE SWALLOWS in the northeast
like many Novembers. Looking at ebird there have been only a few CAVE
SWALLOW reports in southern NJ and in PA/MD,  all prior to this warm spell.
Also maybe a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER or two will show up?  The SAGE
THRASHER is unrelated to this pattern since it was spotted on Nov 4th after
that cold spell (and snow that we had upstate!).  Anyway, good luck and
enjoy the gorgeous fall weather! It will be interesting to see what shows
up.

Dave Nicosia

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Re: [nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover declines - wind farms?

[David Nicosia]

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/global-warming/mid-holocene-warm-period

https://phys.org/news/2008-10-ice-arctic-ocean-years.amp?__twitter_impression=true

The Arctic was warmer due to orbital parameters back then, not an enhanced
greenhouse effect, or slightly warmer sun like today. I believe the Earth's
obliquity was larger, meaning more sunlight in summer. Anyway, our species
are still around that nest in the Arctic so they somehow survived this
warmer period up there. Now we will never know if it caused a decline in
species and what species in particular.

Are other shorebird species declining as migrants in NY?  I don't have a
firm grasp on this at all. It is just based on qualitative impressions.
(maybe someone else does?)  I remember easily seeing 50-100+ pectoral
sandpipers at Knox-Marcellus marsh back 5 years or so in the fall. Now it
is hard to get more than 30. Many times it is just a dozen or so of late.
These are just my observations and could be off. I know the pectoral
sandpiper also is a spring migrant through the plains and midwest. Baird's
Sandpiper, another spring migrant through the Plains, always seems like we
get just a few here and there each fall in NY and I don't see much change
there. Buff-breasted sandpipers, another similar migrant, always seems to
be reported here and there and is even more rare.

I also just read a scientific study that suggests American Golden-Plovers
do not avoid wind farms. "Homoya, W., J. W. Moore, P. J. Ruhl, and J. B.
Dunning (2017). Do American Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis dominica) avoid
wind-energy turbines in agricultural fields in Indiana during spring
migration? Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129:863–871."  But there is no
evidence that the turbines are killing birds.  The sighting of the wind
farms is probably the most important aspect for bird conservation. That is
why it is important for local birders and bird organizations to be aware of
placement of said wind farms. I guess my main point is we can't get
complacent about green energy. We can't make the assumption that it will be
"good" for our birds. It has to be sited properly and away from important
habitats for our migrants.

But you still see this stuff
https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2020/04/09/ny-strikes-down-wind-farm-objections/2970483001/

I know there was much outcry from the birding community since this is a
major golden eagle migratory pathway and now there will be wind farms all
around. The state also blew off the local residents in Windsor that don't
want this. Anyway, this could get ugly in the future if we increase our
wind farms by 4 times.

Dave Nicosia








On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 6:01 AM Joseph O'Sullivan 
wrote:

> What paleoclimate study or studies come to the conclusion that the Arctic
> was 2-4c warmer 8000 years ago? I would like to read those reports. Could
> you provide a link?
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 7:59 PM David Nicosia 
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> In Broome Co we have been fortunate to have had a great year for the
>> AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. That is most definitely related to the drawdown of
>> Whitney Point Reservoir which empasses ebird hotspots of Upper Lisle Co.
>> Park, Dorchester Park and Keibel Rd.   But, based on looking at Bull's
>> comment from his 1974 publication and many of you chiming in on how much
>> less common this bird is, what could be causing this decline?   The only
>> thing that has changed significantly for this species , especially in the
>> last 10-15 years, is the proliferation of wind farms in the central Plains
>> and midwest. This is a major migratory pathway for this species especially
>> in the spring and still even in the fall. The rapid and continued rapid
>> deployment of wind farms in fields where these birds forage and rest on
>> their way to the Arctic likely has something to do with the population
>> declines.  The Arctic has not warmed much since 2010 and the fact that the
>> Arctic was 2-4C warmer 8000 years ago vs today based on paleoclimate
>> studies suggests that this is not a major factor at least yet. Winter
>> grounds look similar and I could not find anything published related to a
>> use of a new pesticide or herbicide down there. They also like the wetter
>> areas on their winter grounds that are grazed by cattle which hasn't
>> changed much. So unless the declines are cyclic related to availability of
>> other prey for predators (lemmings etc) the only other thing to consider is
>> the rapid increase in wind farms in a major migratory pathway for this
>> species. I think as birders we have to be careful supporting wind farms.
>> Wind farms and solar farms Which can destroy a lot of field and forest
>> habitat DO have an impact on birds. And energy compani

[nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover declines - wind farms?

[David Nicosia]

All,

In Broome Co we have been fortunate to have had a great year for the
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. That is most definitely related to the drawdown of
Whitney Point Reservoir which empasses ebird hotspots of Upper Lisle Co.
Park, Dorchester Park and Keibel Rd.   But, based on looking at Bull's
comment from his 1974 publication and many of you chiming in on how much
less common this bird is, what could be causing this decline?   The only
thing that has changed significantly for this species , especially in the
last 10-15 years, is the proliferation of wind farms in the central Plains
and midwest. This is a major migratory pathway for this species especially
in the spring and still even in the fall. The rapid and continued rapid
deployment of wind farms in fields where these birds forage and rest on
their way to the Arctic likely has something to do with the population
declines.  The Arctic has not warmed much since 2010 and the fact that the
Arctic was 2-4C warmer 8000 years ago vs today based on paleoclimate
studies suggests that this is not a major factor at least yet. Winter
grounds look similar and I could not find anything published related to a
use of a new pesticide or herbicide down there. They also like the wetter
areas on their winter grounds that are grazed by cattle which hasn't
changed much. So unless the declines are cyclic related to availability of
other prey for predators (lemmings etc) the only other thing to consider is
the rapid increase in wind farms in a major migratory pathway for this
species. I think as birders we have to be careful supporting wind farms.
Wind farms and solar farms Which can destroy a lot of field and forest
habitat DO have an impact on birds. And energy companies don't care about
this stuff, they want to make money. My contention is that wind farms are
what is causing the declines in the golden plovers and other shorebirds
passing through the middle of the country. With projections of a 4 times
increase in wind farms by 2050, this could be a major issue. If our country
goes through with this without a commitment from China, Russia or India to
reduce CO2 emissions it will all be a waste.  So in summary I don't agree
with Audubon's  position on renewable energy. I think it could have major
negative impacts for our birds. A climate that is gradually warming likely
will help birds, not hurt them. Summers without cold rainy periods are good
for nesting. A warmer less stormy arctic is good for arctic
nesting shorebirds. When we had a  very chilly summer with leftover snow in
the Arctic a few years back I remember the nesting season was proclaimed
really bad by researchers up there. So let's be very careful about
supporting renewable energy when it leads to destruction of habitat and
literally death of our birds. I am concerned about the future related to
this.

Dave

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

[david nicosia]

 This comes from the official Canada website that Bonaparte's Gull has "large 
increases" and they come to this conclusion with CBC data!  Based on your 
accounts they are completely wrong, but I thought it was a credible site since 
it was from the Canadian Government. My bad. 
see 
https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/bird-status/oiseau-bird-eng.aspx?sY=2019&sL=e&sM=c&sB=BOGU



On Sunday, October 18, 2020, 10:04:07 AM EDT, Richard Veit 
 wrote:  
 
 I dont think this is correct.  the "increase" in Maine is up from a few 
hundred birds in the entire state to a couple of thousand (on all counts), and 
that was only in one year.  Similarly, most of the "increase" in North Carolina 
is due to a single data point.  Counts of many tens of thousands have been 
recorded on the Great Lakes, on the USA/Canadian border in the Campobello 
Island, in Massachusetts and in North Carolina, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, 
but with a few counts of this magnitude into the 1990s.  There have been no 
records of any concentrations othis magnitude (tens of thousands) anywhere as 
far as we can tell, and I do not see how relatively small increases in Maine 
and North Carolina can account for these birds.  i dont know what the basis of 
a "big increase" in Canada is, but that seems to conflict with the opinions of 
everyone in the USA who was followed these Bonapartes flocks for 20-40 years.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 4:56 PM David Nicosia  wrote:

In Canada, they list Bonaparte's Gulls as having a "large increase".  
In Shai's graph of CBC you can see a definite decline of wintering BOGUs from 
the 70s, 80s and 90s to the 2010s in the RI and LI areas.  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96951581@N02/50482248298/
I ran sea surface temperature departures from normal for the last 10 years and 
you can see that the area centered around Nova Scotia/Maine has warmed 1-2C in 
this time period. To see if maybe the BOGUs are wintering farther north on the 
east coast, I looked at CBC data from Maine and indeed there is a significant 
increase in BOGUs for their CBCs which matches the declines that Shai showed. I 
couldn't get the Nova Scotia data to work for some reason.  I also looked 
farther south and in NC, for instance, there also has been significant 
increases in CBC data for BOGUs too. So the decline at least around LI and 
maybe even around Niagara Fall's probably is related to the warming climate. 
Birds are shifting their wintering ranges farther north.  In the Great Lakes 
area, if the waters remain open farther north some birds just don't make it 
down. The same is for the northeast coast.  In NC, I don't have much of an 
answer other than the sea surface temperatures haven't warmed as much there.  
 




On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:14 AM  wrote:

Willie, that is very interesting. I had a quick look at CBC results - for NJ 
rather than NY, so as to avoid including any "Niagara Falls concentration 
effect," and the recent trend does appear to be a decline (with a few 
‘exception’ years mixed in). In this graph "120" is 2019, and numbers extend 
back to turn of century. I know "birds per party hour" is a rough measure (I 
was a CBC compiler for > 25 years, potential party-hour reporting vagaries 
acknowledged), but the numbers do suggest either a decline in population or a 
shift in wintering behavior.

Sorry, this was a quick take, now back to the ol’ day job…

Rick

P.S.  Hope the attached graph comes through - if now (and you're interested) I 
can send on the side.

-Original Message-
From: bounce-125036389-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:34 AM
To: '& [NYSBIRDS]' 
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

I have enjoyed the recent posts about Bonaparte's Gulls. Some of the highest 
concentrations of Bonaparte's Gulls in the world occur along the Niagara River, 
with estimates of 50,000 to 100,000 on some days. It is a spectacle to witness 
this blizzard of gulls on the Niagara but it seems that numbers have declined, 
particularly in the last ten to 20 years. It is unfortunate that the only 
evidence that I can offer for this are my own subjective observations. Counts 
of gulls on the Niagara have been done sporadically and it is only in recent 
years that organized counts have been conducted on a yearly basis, with three 
counts per season (late fall/winter), by the Canadian Wildlife Service.

Numbers of Bonies, as they are affectionately called here, month to month along 
the Niagara, are highly interesting. Twenty to fifty years ago, numbers would 
begin to build on the Niagara in late July with most of these birds consisting 
of one-year-olds. By mid August, there would be a significant influx of adults, 
only just finished with their breeding activities in Canada. Hundreds of 

Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

[David Nicosia]

In Canada, they list Bonaparte's Gulls as having a "large increase".

In Shai's graph of CBC you can see a definite decline of wintering BOGUs
from the 70s, 80s and 90s to the 2010s in the RI and LI areas.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96951581@N02/50482248298/

I ran sea surface temperature departures from normal for the last 10 years
and you can see that the area centered around Nova Scotia/Maine has warmed
1-2C in this time period. To see if maybe the BOGUs are wintering farther
north on the east coast, I looked at CBC data from Maine and indeed there
is a significant increase in BOGUs for their CBCs which matches the
declines that Shai showed. I couldn't get the Nova Scotia data to work for
some reason.  I also looked farther south and in NC, for instance, there
also has been significant increases in CBC data for BOGUs too. So the
decline at least around LI and maybe even around Niagara Fall's probably is
related to the warming climate. Birds are shifting their wintering ranges
farther north.  In the Great Lakes area, if the waters remain open farther
north some birds just don't make it down. The same is for the northeast
coast.  In NC, I don't have much of an answer other than the sea surface
temperatures haven't warmed as much there.








On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:14 AM  wrote:

> Willie, that is very interesting. I had a quick look at CBC results - for
> NJ rather than NY, so as to avoid including any "Niagara Falls
> concentration effect," and the recent trend does appear to be a decline
> (with a few ‘exception’ years mixed in). In this graph "120" is 2019, and
> numbers extend back to turn of century. I know "birds per party hour" is a
> rough measure (I was a CBC compiler for > 25 years, potential party-hour
> reporting vagaries acknowledged), but the numbers do suggest either a
> decline in population or a shift in wintering behavior.
>
> Sorry, this was a quick take, now back to the ol’ day job…
>
> Rick
>
> P.S.  Hope the attached graph comes through - if now (and you're
> interested) I can send on the side.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-125036389-3714...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-125036389-3714...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:34 AM
> To: '& [NYSBIRDS]' 
> Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls
>
> I have enjoyed the recent posts about Bonaparte's Gulls. Some of the
> highest concentrations of Bonaparte's Gulls in the world occur along the
> Niagara River, with estimates of 50,000 to 100,000 on some days. It is a
> spectacle to witness this blizzard of gulls on the Niagara but it seems
> that numbers have declined, particularly in the last ten to 20 years. It is
> unfortunate that the only evidence that I can offer for this are my own
> subjective observations. Counts of gulls on the Niagara have been done
> sporadically and it is only in recent years that organized counts have been
> conducted on a yearly basis, with three counts per season (late
> fall/winter), by the Canadian Wildlife Service.
>
> Numbers of Bonies, as they are affectionately called here, month to month
> along the Niagara, are highly interesting. Twenty to fifty years ago,
> numbers would begin to build on the Niagara in late July with most of these
> birds consisting of one-year-olds. By mid August, there would be a
> significant influx of adults, only just finished with their breeding
> activities in Canada. Hundreds of individuals could be seen at the source
> of the river (Buffalo/Fort Erie) and below the falls or in the
> Lewiston/Queenston area. At times there would be well over a thousand,
> particularly when there was a good southwesterly blow that would push more
> of them to the eastern end of Lake Erie. These numbers more or less
> continued, perhaps with a slight decrease, into October, although whenever
> there was a southwesterly blow numbers would spike considerably. The big
> numbers would arrive in late October/early November and reach their highest
> levels later in November. Numbers would then slowly decrease into January
> when at some point, ice formation would cause most of them to depart.
> During some milder winters, several hundred would remain through the
> season. In a typical winter, only a handful would remain. Starting in
> February, numbers would slowly start to increase and by late March they
> would be abundant again. Numbers would dwindle during April and they would
> be completely gone by about the third week of May, save for a variable
> number of non-breeding birds. June and July have been the nadir of the
> Bonies occurrence on the Niagara, although there were usually some
> immatures around, particularly on Lake Erie.
>
> To me, the most dramatic change with the Bonies here has been the numbers
> during spring. Whereas their spring numbers used to be very comparable to
> those during late fall, there have been some springs recently where peak
> numbers were barely into the hundreds, as opposed to the mult

Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

[david nicosia]

 I quick check of ebird in Januaries indeed shows many more BOGUs wintering 
into Lower Michigan, Lake Huron and vicinity in milder winters. The colder 
winters they do not stay up there at all. There are all south. That could 
explain some of the lower numbers recents years. 
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 03:12:51 PM EDT, David Nicosia 
 wrote:  
 
 To clarify, I wonder if they are sticking around the upper Great Lakes more in 
the winter since the ice has been much less recently up there. That would 
affect our numbers in NY
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:10 PM David Nicosia  wrote:

I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent milder winters? 
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 PM  wrote:


I’m most pleased at the developing discussion on small gulls and other bird 
population fluctuations (mainly declines ☹).

 

One quick thought – on choice of statistics (which several raised): when 
dealing with crowd sourced data (yeah, that includes CBC, well-tended though it 
is), it’s always apples and oranges to some degree. If the effect is strong 
enough, it will carry through across a number of approaches (as seems to be the 
case here, not insignificantly!). 

 

The best evidence for this discussion would be either (1) a Zeusian, universal, 
longitudinal population census worldwide, or (if Zeus isn’t around), a really 
accurate sampling census, based on sightings by a giant number of random field 
groups, to determine likelihood. Neither such precise dataset is readily at 
hand. So we have to squint at what we have, augmented by rich, expertized field 
observations, which fortunately are in at least adequate supply.

 

As I said at the start of my post, I didn’t have much time this morning and 
grabbed what I could find quickly. Very pleased to see additional info others 
have posted (e.g., from CBCs where the data parameters are known personally, 
and thus trustable, as w/Dick’s), or longitudinal counts from Niagara (a world 
concentration point, with systematic censuses), or even careful notes from 
Gravesend Bay (though movements here can be ephemeral – but hey, it’s still 
information, and I like the place!).

 

Hope folks keep grappling with how to best sort all of this stuff out.  Citizen 
science at its best should actively embrace these issues – even though I 
actually kind of hate the term “citizen science” as it’s sort of condescending 
and ambiguous, but probably that’s just me.

 

Best to the list,

Rick

 

From: Richard Veit  
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 5:07 PM
To: rc...@nyc.rr.com
Cc: Willie D'Anna ; & [NYSBIRDS] 
; Emily Peyton 
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

 

here is a plot of bonaparte's gulls on massachusetts cbcs 1979-2018.  All the 
major coastal aggregation spots i know of (Campobello Is, maine, Newburyport, 
MA, Provincetown and Nantucket, MA, Jones Inlet, NY, Staten Island, NY) have 
dropped from thousands to tens of thousands of birds to handfuls.  We missed it 
on the Staten Island CBC this year and saw hardly any at Nantucket.  I used 
just total birds rather than birds per party hour in the graph because the 
birds are all in one place and are either seen or not seen, regardless of how 
many people or groups on the cbc  (more or less)

 

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:08 AM  wrote:


Willie, that is very interesting. I had a quick look at CBC results - for NJ
rather than NY, so as to avoid including any "Niagara Falls concentration
effect," and the recent trend does appear to be a decline (with a few
‘exception’ years mixed in). In this graph "120" is 2019, and numbers extend
back to turn of century. I know "birds per party hour" is a rough measure (I
was a CBC compiler for > 25 years, potential party-hour reporting vagaries
acknowledged), but the numbers do suggest either a decline in population or
a shift in wintering behavior.

Sorry, this was a quick take, now back to the ol’ day job…

Rick



-Original Message-
From: bounce-125036389-3714...@list.cornell.edu
 On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:34 AM
To: '& [NYSBIRDS]' 
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

I have enjoyed the recent posts about Bonaparte's Gulls. Some of the
highest concentrations of Bonaparte's Gulls in the world occur along the
Niagara River, with estimates of 50,000 to 100,000 on some days. It is a
spectacle to witness this blizzard of gulls on the Niagara but it seems that
numbers have declined, particularly in the last ten to 20 years. It is
unfortunate that the only evidence that I can offer for this are my own
subjective observations. Counts of gulls on the Niagara have been done
sporadically and it is only in recent years that organized counts have been
conducted on a yearly basis, with three counts per season (late
fall/winter), by the Canadian Wildlife Service.

Numbers of Bonies, as they are affectionately called here, month to mon

Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

[David Nicosia]

To clarify, I wonder if they are sticking around the upper Great Lakes more
in the winter since the ice has been much less recently up there. That
would affect our numbers in NY

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:10 PM David Nicosia  wrote:

> I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent milder
> winters?
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 PM  wrote:
>
>> I’m most pleased at the developing discussion on small gulls and other
>> bird population fluctuations (mainly declines ☹).
>>
>>
>>
>> One quick thought – on choice of statistics (which several raised): when
>> dealing with crowd sourced data (yeah, that includes CBC, well-tended
>> though it is), it’s always apples and oranges to some degree. If the effect
>> is strong enough, it will carry through across a number of approaches (as
>> seems to be the case here, not insignificantly!).
>>
>>
>>
>> The best evidence for this discussion would be either (1) a Zeusian,
>> universal, longitudinal population census worldwide, or (if Zeus isn’t
>> around), a really accurate sampling census, based on sightings by a giant
>> number of random field groups, to determine likelihood. Neither such
>> precise dataset is readily at hand. So we have to squint at what we have,
>> augmented by rich, expertized field observations, which fortunately are in
>> at least adequate supply.
>>
>>
>>
>> As I said at the start of my post, I didn’t have much time this morning
>> and grabbed what I could find quickly. Very pleased to see additional info
>> others have posted (e.g., from CBCs where the data parameters are known
>> personally, and thus trustable, as w/Dick’s), or longitudinal counts from
>> Niagara (a world concentration point, with systematic censuses), or even
>> careful notes from Gravesend Bay (though movements here can be ephemeral –
>> but hey, it’s still information, and I like the place!).
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope folks keep grappling with how to best sort all of this stuff out.
>> Citizen science at its best should actively embrace these issues – even
>> though I actually kind of hate the term “citizen science” as it’s sort of
>> condescending and ambiguous, but probably that’s just me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best to the list,
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Richard Veit 
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 14, 2020 5:07 PM
>> *To:* rc...@nyc.rr.com
>> *Cc:* Willie D'Anna ; & [NYSBIRDS] <
>> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu>; Emily Peyton 
>> *Subject:* Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls
>>
>>
>>
>> here is a plot of bonaparte's gulls on massachusetts cbcs 1979-2018.  All
>> the major coastal aggregation spots i know of (Campobello Is, maine,
>> Newburyport, MA, Provincetown and Nantucket, MA, Jones Inlet, NY, Staten
>> Island, NY) have dropped from thousands to tens of thousands of birds to
>> handfuls.  We missed it on the Staten Island CBC this year and saw hardly
>> any at Nantucket.  I used just total birds rather than birds per party hour
>> in the graph because the birds are all in one place and are either seen or
>> not seen, regardless of how many people or groups on the cbc  (more or
>> less)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:08 AM  wrote:
>>
>> Willie, that is very interesting. I had a quick look at CBC results - for
>> NJ
>> rather than NY, so as to avoid including any "Niagara Falls concentration
>> effect," and the recent trend does appear to be a decline (with a few
>> ‘exception’ years mixed in). In this graph "120" is 2019, and numbers
>> extend
>> back to turn of century. I know "birds per party hour" is a rough measure
>> (I
>> was a CBC compiler for > 25 years, potential party-hour reporting vagaries
>> acknowledged), but the numbers do suggest either a decline in population
>> or
>> a shift in wintering behavior.
>>
>> Sorry, this was a quick take, now back to the ol’ day job…
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: bounce-125036389-3714...@list.cornell.edu
>>  On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:34 AM
>> To: '& [NYSBIRDS]' 
>> Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls
>>
>> I have enjoyed the recent posts about Bonaparte's Gulls. Some of the
>> highest concentrations of Bonaparte's Gulls in the world occur along the
>> Niagara River, with estimates of 50,000 to 100,000 on some days. It is a
>> spectacle to witnes

Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

[David Nicosia]

I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent milder winters?

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 PM  wrote:

> I’m most pleased at the developing discussion on small gulls and other
> bird population fluctuations (mainly declines ☹).
>
>
>
> One quick thought – on choice of statistics (which several raised): when
> dealing with crowd sourced data (yeah, that includes CBC, well-tended
> though it is), it’s always apples and oranges to some degree. If the effect
> is strong enough, it will carry through across a number of approaches (as
> seems to be the case here, not insignificantly!).
>
>
>
> The best evidence for this discussion would be either (1) a Zeusian,
> universal, longitudinal population census worldwide, or (if Zeus isn’t
> around), a really accurate sampling census, based on sightings by a giant
> number of random field groups, to determine likelihood. Neither such
> precise dataset is readily at hand. So we have to squint at what we have,
> augmented by rich, expertized field observations, which fortunately are in
> at least adequate supply.
>
>
>
> As I said at the start of my post, I didn’t have much time this morning
> and grabbed what I could find quickly. Very pleased to see additional info
> others have posted (e.g., from CBCs where the data parameters are known
> personally, and thus trustable, as w/Dick’s), or longitudinal counts from
> Niagara (a world concentration point, with systematic censuses), or even
> careful notes from Gravesend Bay (though movements here can be ephemeral –
> but hey, it’s still information, and I like the place!).
>
>
>
> Hope folks keep grappling with how to best sort all of this stuff out.
> Citizen science at its best should actively embrace these issues – even
> though I actually kind of hate the term “citizen science” as it’s sort of
> condescending and ambiguous, but probably that’s just me.
>
>
>
> Best to the list,
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> *From:* Richard Veit 
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 14, 2020 5:07 PM
> *To:* rc...@nyc.rr.com
> *Cc:* Willie D'Anna ; & [NYSBIRDS] <
> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu>; Emily Peyton 
> *Subject:* Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls
>
>
>
> here is a plot of bonaparte's gulls on massachusetts cbcs 1979-2018.  All
> the major coastal aggregation spots i know of (Campobello Is, maine,
> Newburyport, MA, Provincetown and Nantucket, MA, Jones Inlet, NY, Staten
> Island, NY) have dropped from thousands to tens of thousands of birds to
> handfuls.  We missed it on the Staten Island CBC this year and saw hardly
> any at Nantucket.  I used just total birds rather than birds per party hour
> in the graph because the birds are all in one place and are either seen or
> not seen, regardless of how many people or groups on the cbc  (more or
> less)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:08 AM  wrote:
>
> Willie, that is very interesting. I had a quick look at CBC results - for
> NJ
> rather than NY, so as to avoid including any "Niagara Falls concentration
> effect," and the recent trend does appear to be a decline (with a few
> ‘exception’ years mixed in). In this graph "120" is 2019, and numbers
> extend
> back to turn of century. I know "birds per party hour" is a rough measure
> (I
> was a CBC compiler for > 25 years, potential party-hour reporting vagaries
> acknowledged), but the numbers do suggest either a decline in population or
> a shift in wintering behavior.
>
> Sorry, this was a quick take, now back to the ol’ day job…
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-125036389-3714...@list.cornell.edu
>  On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:34 AM
> To: '& [NYSBIRDS]' 
> Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls
>
> I have enjoyed the recent posts about Bonaparte's Gulls. Some of the
> highest concentrations of Bonaparte's Gulls in the world occur along the
> Niagara River, with estimates of 50,000 to 100,000 on some days. It is a
> spectacle to witness this blizzard of gulls on the Niagara but it seems
> that
> numbers have declined, particularly in the last ten to 20 years. It is
> unfortunate that the only evidence that I can offer for this are my own
> subjective observations. Counts of gulls on the Niagara have been done
> sporadically and it is only in recent years that organized counts have been
> conducted on a yearly basis, with three counts per season (late
> fall/winter), by the Canadian Wildlife Service.
>
> Numbers of Bonies, as they are affectionately called here, month to month
> along the Niagara, are highly interesting. Twenty to fifty years ago,
> numbers would begin to build on the Niagara in late July with most of these
> birds consisting of one-year-olds. By mid August, there would be a
> significant influx of adults, only just finished with their breeding
> activities in Canada. Hundreds of individuals could be seen at the source
> of
> the river (Buffalo/Fort Erie) and below the falls or in the
> Lewiston/Queenston area. At times there would be well over a 

Re: RE:[nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover - another NYS migrant to worry about?

[david nicosia]

 Could it be the mass erection of wind farms in the central Plains? Many of 
these shorebirds including AGPL  migrate up through the Plains in the spring. 
With more and more wind farms and higher ones too in the Plains, could the 
mortality of the breeding adults finally be showing up? I can imagine a whole 
flock of shorebirds in a flooded muddy field surrounded by wind farms. A falcon 
or other predator comes by and they fly right into the turbines. Weather 
patterns could also be a big factor too as mentioned. I do hope it is the 
latter. If it is not, many of our shorebirds (and other species) will be 
imperiled by the growth of wind farms.  
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 12:24:45 PM EDT, Larry Trachtenberg 
 wrote:  
 
 I wonder if those who regularly bird the dirt / farm fields of Orange County 
black dirt region can weigh in on frequency/infrequency of sightings of golden 
plovers over the last decade or so.  I use to get there but only sporadically 
and remember one really big day with about 25 birds but that was probably five+ 
years ago.  I also see from various posts some of the fields in the Black Dirt 
region are now less accessible than they once were (or even inaccessible) .

Thanks

L.  Trachtenberg
Ossining


-Original Message-
From: bounce-125041945-26736...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 12:14 PM
To: '& [NYSBIRDS]' 
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover - another NYS migrant to worry 
about?

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Like Angus, I also have noticed fewer reports and smaller numbers of American 
Golden-Plover in Western New York. I live on Lake Ontario in Niagara County 
where most autumns I could see this species without any special effort. That 
is, I'm not one to hunt down a species for my year list, unless I am doing a 
big year, but I still would find them. A few years ago, I noticed that newer 
birders were chasing after reports of this species for their year list and I 
assumed that they simply did not understand their habitat preferences or else 
they could find their own. However, two years ago, I did a big year in Niagara 
County and I had to actively search for Golden-Plover on two dozen occasions 
before I finally found a single bird.
Two weeks later, I had two birds for a grand total of three in the county for 
the year, a year in which I was exceptionally active. Of course, my difficulty 
might simply be attributed to Golden-Plovers having a poor breeding season but 
I never had any adults and I was active through the summer when they would have 
passed through.

The Buffalo Ornithological Society (BOS) maintains a database of noteworthy 
bird sightings in the BOS Region, which includes all of Kingbird Region One 
plus the Niagara peninsula of Ontario. I don't have the skills to generate a 
graph of high yearly counts from this database but from looking it over, it 
seems that high yearly counts have decreased considerably. For example, there 
are fewer triple-digit counts in the Niagara peninsula of Ontario which is the 
best area in the region to find this species. Western NY would occasionally get 
triple-digit counts as well but there have been none since 1997. And even 
double-digit counts are fewer than before 2000.

This year, I managed to see one Golden-Plover in Niagara County, a bird found 
by someone else, and it was on a pier on Lake Ontario, not in a field.
I spent considerable time looking in fields for this species this fall but 
found none.

Willie D'Anna
Wilson, NY


Subject: American Golden-Plover - another NYS migrant to worry about?
From: Angus Wilson 
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:18:10 -0400
X-Message-Number: 6

I am glad to see an informed discussion about the apparent decline in 
Bonaparte's Gulls both in western and coastal New York State. Birding forms 
tend to focus on the positive such as new sightings, influxes, and 
weather-related events, with much less attention given to species that might be 
disappearing before our eyes. The human brain is not very good at accessing the 
absence of something and birding record systems are seemingly not much better 
either.

Aside from Bonaparte's Gull, I have wondered about the status of America 
Golden-Plover in the state. In the past several years I've noted few if any 
reports of larger flocks that would draw birders to sod fields and other grassy 
habitats in the fall, especially in eastern Long Island. In recent years only a 
scattering of Golden-Plovers have been reported in the fall (principally from 
late August to late October), rarely more than two together. Many people may 
have successfully ticked their 'year bird' and not given much more thought to 
it but the reality is that we probably are all ticking the SAME few birds.

Looking at the tallies for some of the hotspots for southbound plovers it was 
not long ago that flocks of 60-100+ were frequent in and around Riverhead 
(Suffolk NY). 2016 seems to have been the last good

[nysbirds-l] Upper Lisle County Park Today 10/11/2020- AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and more

[David Nicosia]

With the continued draw down of the Whitney Point Reservoir, Upper Lisle
Co. Park in Broome County continues to support extensive mudflats and some
of the best birding we have seen here in over 10 years.  Two juvenile
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS continue along with two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
juveniles for neat comparison.  There were also DUNLIN, PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER and SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS. Habitat continues to support the later migratory shorebirds and
mainly juveniles. I also had a flyover LAPLAND LONGSPUR which was quite a
surprise. I heard the distinct "tee eer" whistle calls which had harsher
notes mixed in. Bird was in flight over upper reservoir mudflats. Great
looks in flight. There also loads of AMERICAN PIPITS and flyover PINE
SISKINS. It was a great day for sparrows as well with sparrows almost
everywhere. I had 9 species and probably underestimated numbers. A
highlight was 23 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS feeding in one spot. Warblers are
getting very scarce up here now too as fall progresses.  6 YELLOW-RUMPEDS,
1 PALM and 1 late NORTHERN PARULA was all I could find. I had a few other
unidentified warblers as well.

My ebird list is herehttps://ebird.org/checklist/S74693518

Good birding,
Best,
Dave Nicosia

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[nysbirds-l] Broome Co. Birds last few weeks: Hudsonian Godwit, Glossy/White-Faced Ibis, Forster's Terns, American Golden-Plovers and Franklin's Gull

[David Nicosia]

All,

I haven't posted to this list for a while but it was pretty slow until
recently.  On September 11th, I had a first county record HUDSONIAN GODWIT
at Dorchester Park Whitney Point. The bird didn't stay long and
unfortunately I was the only person to get on it. There were some gulls
near one of the small jetties. I heard a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER coming from
there so I went over and found the Godwit in my binoculars. This location
is behind a shack at Dorchester where they rent kayaks and canoes.
Unfortunately, a worker spooked all the gulls and godwit/plover before I
could get my scope on the godwit. It did get it in flight in my scope with
excellent views. Unfortunately it didn't come back. I checked all around
the reservoir to no avail.

The drought conditions up here have recently led to really low levels on
the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers which made for extensive mudflats and
gravel bars. Aside from some cool shorebirds (nothing unusual) Jon Weeks
found a Glossy/White-Faced Ibis on September 27th. We haven't been able to
ID it to species level yet since it is immature. A challenging ID as you
know. The bird is still present as of today. The location is Cheri A.
Lindsay Park, an ebird hotspot in Binghamton.

Here are some ebird lists that have excellent photos of this Ibis.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S74308189?view=photos

https://ebird.org/checklist/S74236229?view=photos

Then Whitney Point dam was drawn down almost 4 feet exposing the shallow
areas of Upper Lisle County Park leading to extensive mudflats and gravel
bars over the last week. There is a lot
of shallow water and bait fish. This is the best habitat for gulls/terns
and shorebirds that I have seen here in more than 10 years. It is a bit
late for the bulk of shorebird migration but I have told
our local folks that anytime we have storms or a strong front to check this
area out.  On Saturday Oct 3rd we had 4 Forster's Terns up there, which are
pretty rare in Broome.
see https://ebird.org/checklist/S74360552

On Sunday, we had 5 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS fly over and land on the gravel
bars at Upper Lisle. This is a high count for Broome County as far as I
know. The birds were juveniles. I picked them
up by call and got on them in flight. They were calling again on the ground
and were relocated. Fortunately Jay McGowan and his wife were also birding
Upper Lisle and they got some great views
of these awesome birds. Jay and Livia also tallied 92 species Sunday
October 4th which is a record for Upper Lisle, previous record was 87
species.

My checklist is here with fair photos of the AGPL
https://ebird.org/checklist/S74411991

Then today October 7th with a cold front coming through, I get a text from
Jon Weeks one of our local birders here who also found the ibis. He had an
unusual gull that he thought was either
a LAUGHING GULL or FRANKLIN'S GULL. I got up there after work and
relocated the gull which turned out to be a FRANKLIN'S GULL. Another rarity
for Broome County.

see https://ebird.org/checklist/S74539138


So with the FRGU Upper Lisle County Park now has 201 species for 2020, our
best year up here so far too date. The place also is in the top ten for all
ebird hotspots in NY state so far. Hopefully
we will keep this habitat a little longer before they fill-up the
reservoir.

Best,
Dave Nicosia

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous gull at Montauk inlet and pelagic birds, Saturday 8/8/2020

[David Chernack]

Hello birders,

While reviewing my pictures from a visit to Montauk this past Saturday, I
found that I had photographed a first-cycle Glaucous Gull on the eastern
side of the Lake Montauk Inlet. I photographed the gull on the way out to
sea on a whale-watching trip which yielded 12 Great and 11 Cory's
Shearwaters about 5 to 6 miles east from shore. No Wilson's Storm-petrels
or other Shearwater species were observed, but nine whales (two Minke and
the rest Humpback) and a green sea turtle rounded out the trip.

Good birding to all!
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Hyde Park, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous gull at Montauk inlet and pelagic birds, Saturday 8/8/2020

[David Chernack]

Hello birders,

While reviewing my pictures from a visit to Montauk this past Saturday, I
found that I had photographed a first-cycle Glaucous Gull on the eastern
side of the Lake Montauk Inlet. I photographed the gull on the way out to
sea on a whale-watching trip which yielded 12 Great and 11 Cory's
Shearwaters about 5 to 6 miles east from shore. No Wilson's Storm-petrels
or other Shearwater species were observed, but nine whales (two Minke and
the rest Humpback) and a green sea turtle rounded out the trip.

Good birding to all!

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Hyde Park, NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] South Polar Skua at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk County)

[david nicosia]

 Courtesy Tropical Storm Faymore interesting rarities possible on the 
Island next couple days as you can imagine. Good luck.
On Friday, July 10, 2020, 09:54:06 AM EDT, Ken Feustel 
 wrote:  
 
 At 9:35AM a near shore dark morph  South Polar Skua was observed from RMSP 
Field 2. The bird was observed harassing an Osprey (about 2/3 the size of 
Osprey) that was carrying a fish before heading East. Decent numbers of Great 
Shearwaters as well.

Observers: Ken & Sue Feustel, Doug Futuyma

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Mississippi Kite flyover in Central Park (NYC)

[David Barrett]

Robert DeCandido noticed a MISSISSIPPI KITE flying over Tupelo Meadow in
the Central Park Ramble and quickly disappearing off to the east at 9:13
a.m. today. Deborah Allen photographed it and I posted it to Manhattan Bird
Alert (@BirdCentralPark on Twitter):

https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark/status/1267091630256984071?s=19

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[nysbirds-l] Upper Lisle County Park in Broome Co. Sunday March 29th 2020- 54 species!!

[David Nicosia]

All,

In these crazy unprecedented times we are in, there is still one constant -
spring migration; and what a great way to "social distance" yourself. I
birded for around 3 hours by myself at Upper Lisle County Park Whitney
Point area, an ebird hotspot in Broome Co. There were loads of waterfowl
down on the north end of the reservoir and ponds. Jon Weeks first texted
this morning about CANVASBACKs which are gorgeous birds and rather uncommon
in Broome Co. I was already at Upper Lisle when I received this text and
was near Claybanks. I eventually made my way to the point and wow...I
counted 88 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 46 LESSER SCAUP (no greaters!) and 2 pair of
CANVASBACK. There was also one basic plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS in with this
group and a pair of RUDDY DUCK which included a gorgeous male in breeding
plumage. There were a lot of passerines too making for a lot of diversity.
My ebird list
is here: https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S66364168

Best,

Dave Nicosia

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 19 Mar 2020

[David Suggs]

- RBA
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* Buffalo
* 03/19/2020
* NYBU2003.19
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  WESTERN GREBE (March 6)
  Red-necked Grebe
  Great Blue Heron
  Gr. White-fr. Goose
  Snow Goose
  Ross's Goose
  Cackling Goose
  Bald Eagle
  Cooper's Hawk
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Sandhill Crane
  Killdeer
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Wilson's Snipe
  American Woodcock
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Great Horned Owl
  Nor. Saw-whet Owl
  Common Raven
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Brown Creeper
  Marsh Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Eastern Bluebird
  American Pipit
  Pine Warbler
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Field Sparrow

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/19/2020
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

Thursday, March 19, 2020

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by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
Science Museum, call 896-5200.

Highlights of reports received March 5 through
March 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

A very rare WESTERN GREBE was still present
with several RED-THROATED LOONS on the Niagara
River at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on March
6.

Migrant shorebirds - March 15, in the wet
fields of the Chautauqua County Town of
Sheridan, the expected first migrant PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, and two unexpected, early LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, plus three WILSON'S SNIPE, and
multiple KILLDEER. Also in Sheridan,
AMERICAN PIPIT and returning FIELD SPARROWS
overlapping with wintering AMER. TREE SPARROWS.

AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were heard before dawn on
March 12, along Baseline Road on Grand Island.

Early March, at the Batavia Waste Water Plant,
ROSS'S GOOSE, 3 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, 4
CACKLING GEESE, and at least 14 other waterfowl
species.

In the Lake Ontario Plains, including the areas
around the Niagara-Orleans Countyline, a total
of 23 CACKLING GEESE and 2 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE,
plus two COMMON RAVENS. At Yates Town Park,
PINE WARBLER, and on Lake Ontario, several RED-
NECKED GREBES.

>From the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area, two SANDHILL CRANES at Cayuga
Pool and BALD EAGLES on nest at Cayuga Pool and
Ring-neck Marsh. March 12, a likely
overwintering MARSH WREN on Meadville Road.
At the Gypsum Pond in Oakfield, 18 CACKLING GEESE
and three SNOW GEESE.

Other recent reports - NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at the
Farmersville State Forest in Cattaraugus
County. GREAT HORNED OWL calling in the
Iroquois Refuge. RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS returing
and calling on territories in North
Boston and the Tonawanda Wildlife Management
Area. Migrant COOPER'S HAWKS and RED-TAILED
HAWKS over the Town of Tonawanda.

50 GREAT BLUE HERONS at the the Motor Island
heronry on the upper Niagara River. EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS at nest boxes. At Forest Lawn in
Buffalo, BROWN CREEPER, RED-BR. NUTHATCH and
GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET. A reported RED-HEADED
WDPKR. at a feeder near the Buffalo Airport.
And, BONAPARTE'S GULL, ICELAND GULL and L.
BLACK-B. GULL still on the Buffalo waterfront.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 05 Mar 2020

[David Suggs]

- RBA
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* Buffalo
* 03/05/2020
* NYBU2003.05
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  WESTERN GREBE
  Tundra Swan
  Mute Swan
  Gr. White-fr. Goose
  Snow Goose
  Cackling Goose
  Wood Duck
  Northern Pintail
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Canvasback
  White-winged Scoter
  Common Goldeneye
  Bufflehead
  Common Merganser
  Red-br. Merganser
  Bald Eagle
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Killdeer
  Snowy Owl
  Horned Lark
  Lapland Longspur
  Snow Bunting
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Common Grackle
  Brown-headed Cowbird

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/05/2020
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, March 5, 2020

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
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  report.

  Highlights of reports received February 27
  through March 5 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  From the Ontario side of the Niagara River,
  March 4 and 5, a very rare WESTERN GREBE at the
  marina in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

  On the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL continued
  through the week at Buffalo Harbor State Park,
  formerly the Small Boat Harbor. Also an adult
  BALD EAGLE on the ice at the harbor.

  Early spring arrivals included a night-calling
  KILLDEER over Buffalo on March 4. Small numbers
  of COMMON GRACKLES and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS
  added to the more numerous RED-W. BLACKBIRDS
  this week. A pair of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS at a
  feeder in Cheektowaga.

  February 29, at the Lyndonville Pond on Route
  63 in Orleans County, six GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE
  and three CACKLING GEESE among 1600 CANADA
  GEESE, plus two each of NORTHERN PINTAIL,
  COMMON MERGANSER and WOOD DUCK.

  Also in Orleans County, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
  continues at Marshall and Lakeshore Road. In
  the Lake Ontario Plains of Orleans County, SNOW
  BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS, and at Niagara-
  Orleans Countyline north of Route 18, six
  LAPLAND LONGSPURS.

  Waterfowl along the Lake Ontario shore - MUTE
  SWAN, TUNDRA SWAN, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON,
  CANVASBACK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, COMMON
  GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON MERGANSER and
  RED-BR. MERGANSER.

  March 5, in Ransomville in Niagara County,
  a farm field filled with hundreds of TUNDRA
  SWANS. Flyover SNOW GEESE and TUNDRA SWANS
  were noted at widespread locations in the
  region this week. One hundred miles east
  of Western New York, over 100,000 SNOW GEESE
  in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.

  On Wednesday, March 11, at 7 PM, the annual
  Vaughan Lecture will be presented at the
  Buffalo Museum of Science. Dr. Patricia Wright
  of Stony Brook University will speak on the
  extinct Elephant Bird of Madagascar. The
  lecture is open to the public, but visitors
  must pre-register for free admission on the
  museum website sciencebuff.org. Note - BOS
  members are all pre-registered.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 27 Feb 2020

[David Suggs]

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* 02/27/2020
* NYBU2002.27
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  RED-W. BLACKBIRD
  NORTHERN FLICKER
  WINTER WREN
  COMMON RAVEN
  Pied-billed Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Great Blue Heron
  Tundra Swan
  Northern Pintail
  American Wigeon
  Lesser Scaup
  Hooded Merganser
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Purple Sandpiper
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Snowy Owl
  Horned Lark
  Song Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 02/27/2020
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, February 27, 2020

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
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  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
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  message.

  Highlights of February reports from the Niagara
  Frontier Region.

  The month is ending with several reports of
  RED-W. BLACKBIRDS across the region. NORTHERN
  FLICKERS were also noted.

  A WINTER WREN, mid-month, at Amherst State
  Park, and wintering SONG SPARROWS and WHITE-
  THR. SPARROWS.

  An example of the expanding distribution of
  COMMON RAVENS - February 23, a single RAVEN
  along the New York State Thruway in Lancaster.

  On the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL through
  the month at the Small Boat Harbor, and PURPLE
  SANDPIPER on the offshore Donnelly's Pier
  sandspit, viewed from the Erie Basin Marina.

  Gulls on the waterfront included GLAUCOUS GULL,
  ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL. On the upper
  Niagara River, small flocks of BONAPARTE's
  GULLS.

  Along the Niagara in Tonawanda, BALD EAGLES at
  the Strawberry Island nest, 20 GREAT BLUE
  HERONS standing on nest at the Motor Island
  heronry. Waterfowl included TUNDRA SWAN,
  AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER
  SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK, plus
  PIED-BILLED GREBE, numbers of D.-CREST.
  CORMORANTS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON on the crane
  boom dowriver from the Tonawanda power plant .

  And in the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara and
  Orleans Counties, BALD EAGLE, several ROUGH-
  LEGGED HAWKS and numbers of HORNED LARKS.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 30 Jan 2020

[David Suggs]

- RBA
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* Buffalo
* 01/30/2020
* NYBU2001.30
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  SLATY-BACKED GULL
  BLACK-HEADED GULL
  BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
  Red-throated Loon
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  White-winged Scoter
  Purple Sandpiper
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Iceland Gull/Thayer's Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Snowy Owl
  Fish Crow
  American Crow
  Carolina Wren

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 01/30/2020
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, January 30, 2020

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
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  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  January highlights from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  Gulls have been plentiful on the Niagara River
  this season. Highlighted by at least one SLATY-
  BACKED GULL in the area. Most recent reportly
  above Niagara Falls, off the Three Sisters
  Islands during January.

  A BLACK-HEADED GULL and one to two BLACK-LEG.
  KITTIWAKES have been at the lower river
  Whirlpool, and were noted passing Niagara-on-
  the-Lake, Ontario, during the evening fly-out
  of gulls to Lake Ontario. Also, multiple LITTLE
  GULLS on the lower river, included at least 16
  LITTLE GULLS during one evening fly-out, with
  large numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

  L. BLACK-B. GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS and ICELAND
  GULLS, including the THAYER'S GULL form, at the
  falls.

  On the Buffalo waterfront, viewed from the Erie
  Basin Marina, PURPLE SANDPIPERS, depending on
  the water levels, at the Donnely's Pier sandspit.
  And, several SNOWY OWLS on the offshore
  structures off the the marina and the outer harbor.

  At Forest Lawn in Buffalo, two FISH CROWS,
  heard and seen, among the roosts of AMERICAN
  CROWS.

  A recent waterfowl survey at Fort Niagara State
  Park on Lake Ontario, reported 75 RED-THROATED
  LOONS, single HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED
  GREBE, and 1200 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS.

  And, several CAROLINA WRENS in January - at a
  suet feeder in West Seneca, in North Buffalo,
  and at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island.

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[nysbirds-l] NO Purple Gallinule today, Central Park

[David Barrett]

We just tweeted this on Manhattan Bird Alert (@birdcentralpark on Twitter):

Still no re-find of yesterday's PURPLE GALLINULE at Central Park's Turtle
Pond despite many seekers over the last two hours. A NELSON'S SPARROW was
reported on the pond's northeast shore earlier this morning and has also
not been re-found.

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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Purple Gallinule in Central Park and the marathon

[David Barrett]

The Central Park Turtle Pond area is expected to be accessible, though you
likely will have to go under one of the park's east-side bridges to avoid
crossing the park's East Drive, which will host the marathon, and to avoid
the dedicated marathon areas on the west side of the park.

As for the Purple Gallinule, we do not yet have any public report on it
today. Follow @birdcentralpark on Twitter for updates, and I will try to
relay at least one of them here, too.

David Barrett


On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 7:06 AM Robert Lewis rfer...@yahoo.com [ebirdsnyc] <
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> I'd like to drive down and look for the bird today.  But today is the NYC
> Marathon!  Would it be best to wait and come down another day?  Could I get
> parking?   Could I even walk close to the bird?
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> Bob Lewis
> Sleepy Hollow NY
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> On Saturday, November 2, 2019, 4:56:06 PM EDT, ArieGilbert <
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> viewed from this location at 16.54 on 11-2-19
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> HTTP://MAPS.GOOGLE.COM/maps?q=40.77965912,-73.96739027
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[nysbirds-l] Purple Gallinule in Central Park (Manhattan)

[David Barrett]

A PURPLE GALLINULE immature is being seen now on Turtle Pond's northeast
shore.

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[nysbirds-l] Sedge Wren in Pelham Bay Park (Bronx County)

[David Barrett]

Relaying on behalf of the finder Richard Aracil, who reported SEDGE WREN
just before 3 pm in the southern zone of Pelham Bay Park on Bronx Bird
Alert:

https://twitter.com/BirdBronx/status/1180558412817534976

Exact coordinates are:

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[nysbirds-l] Baird's Sandpiper Broome Co. Susquehanna River Gravel Bars Endwell/Vestal NY

[David Nicosia]

All,

I found a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER while walking the gravel bars on the
Susquehanna River between Vestal and Endwell NY this morning. The bird was
at the west most gravel bar visible from the guard rail RIver Rd Endwell,
NY (e-bird hotspot). The exact location is here
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I was on the Murphy's Pits side (another e-bird hotspot). This small area
has been a magnet for many rare shorebirds in Broome Co over the years.
This is the second time we have had BAIRD'S SANDPIPER here (last time I
believe was 3-4 years ago). We also have had WILSON'S and RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, STILT SANDPIPER,(spring and fall) BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, and
WILLET to my recollection. I walked at least a 1/2 mile of gravel bar this
morning and this spot was the only area where there were a good diversity
of shorebirds and of course the Baird's. I wonder why this is such a good
spot? It is easily viewed from the guard rail River Rd Endwell, NY which is
convenient.

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[nysbirds-l] Hurricane Dorian

[David Nicosia]

Dorian likely will pass well southeast of LI Friday night to Saturday.
There will be northerly winds from the surface to at least 30,000 feet AGL
Saturday morning. In the lowest few thousand feet winds will be primarily
north to northeast.  I am not sure what this means for LI exactly, but the
deep northerly winds no doubt will bring a lot of birds from Canada.  I
wonder if some migrants would head south over the ocean and then turn back
and head north or west as they likely will avoid the storm. It could be
interesting along the coast even if we don't see typical hurricane birds.
Wish I was on the island Saturday

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Hurricane Dorian

[david nicosia]

 Dorian likely will pass well southeast of LI Friday night to Saturday. There 
will be northerly winds from the surface to at least 30,000 feet AGL Saturday 
morning. In the lowest few thousand feet winds will be primarily north to 
northeast.  I am not sure what this means for LI exactly, but the deep 
northerly winds no doubt will bring a lot of birds from Canada.  I wonder if 
some migrants would head south over the ocean and then turn back and head north 
or west as they likely will avoid the storm. It could be interesting along the 
coast even if we don't see typical hurricane birds. Wish I was on the island 
Saturday 
Dave Nicosia 
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 07:57:25 PM CDT, Shaibal Mitra 
 wrote:  
 
 The earliest models for Dorian’s track indicated a likelihood that the storm 
would track almost due north and pass to the west of Long Island—or at least 
parts of Long Island. This is the scenario that is likely to produce tropical 
terns and other Gulf Stream birds onshore on Long Island. With many people 
talking about Dorian and buzzing over the potential for storm birds, I’ve 
pulled out maps and bird data for several storms that passed west of or across 
Long Island near this date: David (1979), Fran (1996), Floyd (1999), Ernesto 
(2006), and Irene (2011)—all of these were productive for storm birds.

For better or worse, at this point, it appears that Dorian will almost 
certainly whip out to sea to the south and east of us, as so many tropical 
systems do. Storms of this sort often interrupt the trans-oceanic migrations of 
species that would otherwise pass over us (various shorebirds, jaegers, Black 
Tern, etc.), but they do not bring tropical terns, etc.

(Note: my obvious desire to see storm birds has NO influence on the weather and 
is not responsible for any harm or good wrought by any storm; the storm will do 
what it does, and we may simply wish to be prepared for the ornithological as 
well as other consequences).

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore


1979 Major Hurricane David

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/1979/Major-Hurricane-David

>From Richard L. Ferren, summarizing effects in Rhode Island: “A minimum of 62 
>Sooty Terns, at least five Bridled Terns, and a Brown Noddy passed Point 
>Judith heading northeastward in the very late afternoon hours, with additional 
>Sooties audibly passing the point after dark. Other Sooties were found dead at 
>Napatree Point and seen exhausted inland at Kingston, while eight 
>oystercatchers appeared at Napatree. More Sandwich Terns were seen the next 
>day.  Five Royal,  16 Black,  and one Gull-billed Tern, and three Black 
>Skimmers were also seen. A flock of 68 Red and six Red-necked Phalaropes at 
>Galilee, and a Red-necked Phalarope and seven Black Terns were seen inland at 
>Richmond the day of the storm; eight oystercatchers at Napatree the day after 
>was then a large number. A final total of seven Sandwich Terns was a maximum 
>count for the state at the time.”


1996 Major Hurricane Fran

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/1996/Major-Hurricane-Fran

morning: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S20370719
morning: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S20370663
evening: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S20467354
next day: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S20467579


1999 Major Hurricane Floyd

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/1999/Major-Hurricane-Floyd

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S24442955
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S27002826


2006 Hurricane Ernesto

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2006/Hurricane-Ernesto

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S24420867


2011 Hurricane Irene

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2011/Hurricane-Irene

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S8737686
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S8737724
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S8737900
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown booby

[David Chernack]

I commented on their Instagram post to ask for more details and got this
response:

"It landed right after we struck sail late afternoon (8/3) and stayed right
before we docked, then flew off towards storm king mountain."

No other details however. Also this serves a s a good reminder to keep your
eyes peeled on social media or other non-traditional places for rarities, I
don't think the bird would have been reported otherwise!

David Chernack
Dutchess Co.

On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 10:07 AM Larry Trachtenberg 
wrote:

> Apparently on a sail of the sloop Clearwater out of Cold Spring (Putnam
> county) a BROWN BOOBY landed on the boat. Occurred yesterday (8/3). Unknown
> to me exactly where boat was or time of day.  For those who have the
> Instagram photos posted on Clearwater cite which were sent to me.
> Unmistakeable. Perhaps  check Instagram to see if anymore info. Curious if
> same bird seen around Sandy Hook NJ and then Long Island recently?
>
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining NY
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 4, 2019, at 9:32 AM, John Gluth  wrote:
>
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> The Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits reported by Ken and Sue Fuestel
> yesterday are still present this morning, albeit on a more distant sandbar
> farther north inside Old Inlet. Currently in the same scope view with a
> Caspian Tern. Also several Red Knot.
>
> WARNING: Smith Point Park is closed for a triathalon, requiring one to
> park in the Shirley marina parking lot and wall across the bridge.
>
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[nysbirds-l] Balsam Lake Mountain in Catskills- Blackpoll Warbler and Others Today 7/13/2019

[David Nicosia]

Took an afternoon hike up Balsam Lake Mountain in the western Catskills w/
my wife. I didn't expect too much given the time of day but I was surprised
at the bird song this late. The highlight for me was a singing male
BLACKPOLL WARBLER at the summit which is 3731 Feet above sea level. Once
you get above 3500 feet balsam fir rapidly takes over and by 3600-3700 feet
it is pretty much a forest almost exclusively of balsam fir. The trees are
not that tall likely owing to the harsh climate up there. There were at
least 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSH singing easily heard from the fire tower. I also
had  at least 3 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS in this area, a MAGNOLIA and a few
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS as expected. There was a BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER
singing in the boreal zone. I made it a point to find this bird visually to
rule out a CAPE MAY or BAY-BREASTED WARBLER which would be out of range but
in good habitat.

Some other items of interest: BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS were the most
common warbler on this hike present from the beginning of the blue trail at
Dry Brook Trail head.  I counted 16 singing males and they were wholly in
the deciduous woods of sugar and red maple, black cherry, various species
of birch and beech. There were no conifers over the first 2/3 of the hike
yet this species was the most common warbler. The BLACK-THROATED GREEN was
absent from the boreal forest zone and even in the mixed zone above 3500
feet. I noticed BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS in with the BT Greens but
beginning around 3000 feet  or so and going into the mixed zone but also
absent in the boreal forest zone. RED-EYED VIREOS were abundant in the
deciduous forest zone but rapidly declined as you approached 3500 feet and
were absent above this level.  HERMIT THRUSHES were the most common thrush
in the deciduous forest to the mixed conifer/deciduous zone but also absent
in the boreal forest zone. There was one WOOD THRUSH at the base of the
trail. I also noticed only 1 AMERICAN ROBIN at the beginning of the trail.
DARK-EYED JUNCOs were present from the base of the trail to the summit.
There were no species that live in "edge" habitats or clearings.

There were also very few squirrels or chipmunks. I noticed just 2 chipmunks
and 1 squirrel over 6 miles of hike. There were also virtually no crows or
blue jays either and no cowbirds. This was a large expanse of forest with
little to no edge so species diversity was down but you could see there
were less predators or cowbirds either.  Some of the smaller patches of
woods that I hike in Broome and surrounding counties are literally full of
chipmunks, red and gray squirrels, crows and blue jays. So you can see the
difference between a big patch of forest and fragmented patches of woods.
It is amazing that many of these same species hang on in fragmented
forested areas outside the Catskills and Adirondacks given the presumed
higher amount of predation and more cowbirds!

One other neat thing was a lone CHIMNEY SWIFT flying by the fire tower
which is around 3800 feet above sea level. This bird wasn't staying around
and heading east.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Does the Hermit Thrush still breed on Long Island???

[David Nicosia]

Thanks all. Glad to see they are at least hanging on down there. In the
southern tier they are pretty common and found in different habitat than LI
which is neat. They seem to prefer drier habitats in the uplands, generally
northern hardwood, pine, hemlock but sometimes even oak and pine or just
straight deciduous woods of maple, beech birch, and oak. There is overlap
with wood thrush and veery too. Veeries seem to be the most common with
hermit and wood thrushes next depending on habitat. Wood thrushes the last
few years, at least locally, seem more plentiful. As droves of ash trees
die up here, there is a resurgence of undergrowth which wood thrushes
favor.

 I agree with Shai though, this next iteration of the NY breeding bird
atlas could really be sobering for some species.


On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 11:47 AM Eileen Schwinn 
wrote:

> Having just returned from Hunters Garden in Eastport, both Mike Higgiston
> and I heard our FOY Hermit Thrush.  (We were there between 8-10am). I
> believe Steve Biasetti and Tom Moran heard at least one Hermit Thrush there
> yesterday.
>
> We also heard and saw Steve and Tom’s Arcadian Flycatcher, and had
> excellent views of a Black-billed Cuckoo. Other normal residents were
> there, including Ovenbirds, Scarlet Tanager and Pewee.   All birds were
> seen and heard between the water tower turn off and the open area, along
> the dirt road.
>
> The road in is extremely driveable, at least to the water tower turn off,
> with minor potholes and packed sand/dirt. Ticks, however, are still
> present, even on the sparse grasses of the dirt road.
>
> Rounding out the morning, we saw a Yellow-crowned Night Heron in the marsh
> off the tiny boat basin, West End Ave., East Quogue.
> Eileen Schwinn
> Mike Higgiston
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 28, 2019, at 10:01 AM, TURNER  wrote:
>
> Hi David: As a person who does a fair amount of hiking and birding in the
> LI Pine Barrens, it has been many years since I've heard Hermit Thrush
> singing; this is somewhat surprising given the success conservationists
> have had in preserving tens of thousands of acres of suitable habitat.
>
> John Turner
>
> On June 28, 2019 at 8:56 AM David Nicosia  wrote:
>
> Does the Hermit Thrush still breed in the pine barrens of Long Island?  I
> noticed on the ebird map for June 2019 no HETH reports for LI.
> Curious.
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[nysbirds-l] Does the Hermit Thrush still breed on Long Island???

[David Nicosia]

Does the Hermit Thrush still breed in the pine barrens of Long Island?  I
noticed on the ebird map for June 2019 no HETH reports for LI.  Curious.

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[nysbirds-l] Purposeful Birdwatching

[David Nicosia]

All,

I am enjoying the slower pace since our breeding birds are here for a while
now.  This allows me to get back to my LOOB which I do have!  But when I
have time I like to enjoy our breeding birds and here in upstate NY in the
hills we have many beautiful warblers that nest.  This year I am looking
at  warblers that use conifers habitats especially with the hemlock wooley
adelgid moving into the southern tier and the needle cast fungal diseases
that are plaguing our conifers. This two species most common species in
mixed conifer/deciduous woods and fully coniferous woods here in Broome are
blackburnian and black throated green warblers.

First of all, fortunately, the hemlock wooley adelgid has not done any
noticeable damage but has been detected in Broome. On the other hand, many
of our white pine forests are being decimated by a needle cast fungal
disease. Whole forests are littered with dead pine needles. The new growth
survives but the rest of the needles fall off. From what I have read, the
needlecast only kills the weaker trees and some pines can be defoliated for
up to 10 years and not die. So I am not certain if these trees will succumb
or survive. It looks pretty bad right now in some forests.  Fortunately the
CCC Norway Spruce plantations which are pretty much mature have limited
problems at least in Broome. My observations clearly show that Blackburnian
warblers favor the spruce plantations even though they are not native.
Black Throated Green Warblers favor mixed hemlock, northern hardwood
forests composed of maple, beech, birch and northern red oak. But there are
weird exceptions where blackburnians dominate some mixed hemlock woods here
and there. I also noticed that blackburnian warblers are more likely to be
in mixed woods composed of white pine vs black throated greens which again
are mostly with hemlocks. Black Throated Greens really seem to avoid the
norway spruce plantations.

This seems counter to what I have read which states that blackburnian
warblers favor hemlocks the most. I don't see that around here at least.
They like the spruce plantations far more and white pine. I also have found
blackburnians don't seem to be bothered by woods that are seeing the
needlecast disease to the pine trees. They were quite common in Triangle
State Forest Broome Co where this disease is really bad. Many of the white
pines have almost no needles left except for a touch of new growth. They
look dead. Yet the blackburnians are still common in this tract of the
forest. This goes along with some recent research I read that showed
blackburnians were still present in woods hit hard by the hemlock wooley
adelgid given that the hemlocks were still holding on and not completely
dead.

Anyway, as was stated on this thread, now is the time for real bird
"watching"

Please DISREGARD the previous email on this topic, I accidentally hit the
enter button before I proofread and finished my thoughts.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Purposeful Birdwatching

[David Nicosia]

I am enjoying the slower pace since our breeding birds are here for a while
now.  This allows me to get back to my LOOB which I do have!
But when I have time I like to enjoy our breeding birds and here in upstate
NY in the hills we have many beautiful warblers that nest.
This year I looking at  warblers that use conifers habitats especially with
the hemlock wooley adelgid moving into the southern tier and the needle
cast fungal diseases that are plaguing our conifers. This two species most
common in mixed conifer/deciduous woods and fully confiferous woods here in
Broome are blackburnian and black throated green warblers.

First of all, fortunately, the hemlock wooley adelgid has not done any
noticeable damage but has been detected in Broome. On the other hand, many
of our white pine forests are being decimated by a needle cast fungal
disease. Whole forests are littered with dead pine needles. This new growth
survives but the rest of the needles fall off. From what I have read, the
needlecast only kills the weaker trees and some pines can be defoliated for
up to 10 years and not die. So I am not certain if these trees will succumb
or survive. It looks pretty bad right now in some forests.  Fortunately the
CCC Norway Spruce plantations which are pretty much mature have limited
problems at least in Broome. My observations clearly show that Blackburnian
warblers favor the spruce plantations even though they are not native.
Black Throated Green Warblers favor mixed hemlock, northern hardwood
forests composed of maple, beech, birch and northern red oak. But there are
weird exceptions where blackburnians dominate some mixed hemlock woods here
and there. I also notice that blackburnian warblers are more likely to be
in mixed woods composed of white pine vs black throated greens which again
are mostly with hemlocks. Black Throated Greens really seem to avoid the
norway spruce plantations.

This seems counter to what I have read which states that blackburnian
warblers favor hemlocks the most. I don't see that around here at least.
They like the spruce plantations far more and to a lesser extent white
pine. I




On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 6:08 PM pmaxp  wrote:

> Folks:
>
> Down my way (Gainesville, FL) during the doldrums of June (intense heat
> and humidity), we have the June Challenge. A friendly county-only
> competition to observe the most species. Everyone shares their finds. It is
> both fun and interesting and it gets all who participate out in the field
> visiting our regular hot spots and less frequently visited locations. I
> believe June Challenges occur in counties all over the US, perhaps overseas
> as well.
>
> If anyone is interested for the future, I can send along the official
> rules as used in Florida.
>
> cheers,
>
> Peter
> (temporarily in Orient, NY)
>
> On Jun 26, 2019, at 4:56 PM, Naomi Lloyd  wrote:
>
> This is my time of year for birdwatching rather than birding.
>
> Naomi Lloyd
>
>
> On June 26, 2019, at 3:10 PM, Andrew Baksh  wrote:
>
>
>
> There is something quite serene and enjoyable during those slow periods in
> getting to know your common birds. Robins are still cool birds for me;
> especially those spotted ones ;-)
>
> The reality is, we live in the age of instant gratification. We want our
> birds now! Fast and lined up for us.
>
> 
> "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
>
> On Jun 26, 2019, at 2:26 PM, ArieGilbert 
> wrote:
>
> Re doldrums:  one cannot appreciate a great day of birding without bad
> days. Yin/Yang
>
> Also  its important to have LOOB
>
> ( life outside of birding )
>
> Arie Gilbert
> No. Babylon NY
> www.PowerBirder.Blogspot.com
> www.QCBirdClub.org
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>
>  Original message 
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> Date: 6/26/19 11:11 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Purposeful Birdwatching
>
> Judging from many, many recent conversations with fellow birders, it seems
> that people are having a tough time of it during these June doldrums. From
> independent sources over the past week, I've heard: "crushing
> disappointment;" "why is it so bad?;" "is it going to get better?"
> "something could show up, right?;" "didn't birding used to be good?;" "this
> place used to be good, I think" and more. And this has mostly been in the
> context of ordinary, local birding, not directly related to the more
> ominous big-picture concerns expressed by Chris recently.
>
> My usual response, admittedly sl

Re: [nysbirds-l] Sage Thrasher YES

[david speiser]

The Sage Thrasher continued at least until noon. It moved more toward the North 
Garden on the upper grassy paths parallel to the bike path. The bird can be 
quite confiding but also needs it’s space.
Any grassy path appears to be a possibilityif you can not locate it.

Good luck!

David Speiser
www.lilibirds.com<http://www.lilibirds.com>


On May 18, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Robert Lewis 
mailto:rfer...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Bird continues very cooperative farther north grass path

Sent from my iPhone

On May 18, 2019, at 5:56 AM, David La Magna 
mailto:dlama...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Continues this morning. No need to go much past the bench on that trail.

Sent from my iPhone

On May 17, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Brendan Fogarty 
mailto:bn...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Still here at 4:58. Walk past visitor center and take trail north into garden 
with big brown sign. People are watching the bird within sight (just) of the 
visitor center.

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 4:58 PM Michael Cooper 
mailto:mike5...@icloud.com>> wrote:
Any updates?  People are on
the way

Mike

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> I’m on what I’m 99% sure is a Sage Thrasher at Jamaica Bay’s South Garden. 
> It’s feeding reliably on the path that goes behind the blind and pond. 
> Anthony Collerton has arrived an concurs.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Probable Sage Thrasher YES

[David La Magna]

Continues this morning. No need to go much past the bench on that trail.

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 17, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Brendan Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Still here at 4:58. Walk past visitor center and take trail north into garden 
> with big brown sign. People are watching the bird within sight (just) of the 
> visitor center.
> 
>> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 4:58 PM Michael Cooper  wrote:
>> Any updates?  People are on 
>> the way 
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On May 17, 2019, at 3:27 PM, Corey Finger <1birdsblog...@gmail.com> 
>> > wrote:
>> > 
>> > I’m on what I’m 99% sure is a Sage Thrasher at Jamaica Bay’s South Garden. 
>> > It’s feeding reliably on the path that goes behind the blind and pond. 
>> > Anthony Collerton has arrived an concurs.
>> > 
>> > If you come please approach from the Visitor Center side to avoid pushing 
>> > the bird off the trail.
>> > 
>> > Good Birding,
>> > Corey Finger
>> > 
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 May 2019

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/09/2019
* NYBU1905.09
- Birds mentioned

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  WORM-EATING WARBLER
  YELLOW-THR. WARBLER
  FISH CROW
  GOLDEN EAGLE
  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
  Peregrine Falcon
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Least Flycatcher
  Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
  Cliff Swallow
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  House Wren
  Winter Wren
  Marsh Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Veery
  Swainson's Thrush
  Hermit Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Gray Catbird
  Brown Thrasher
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Golden-wing. Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Pine Warbler
  Prairie Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Indigo Bunting
  Eastern Towhee
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Rusty Blackbird
  Baltimore Oriole
  Purple Finch
  Evening Grosbeak

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 05/09/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, May 9, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports May 2 through May 9 from
  the Niagara Frontier Region.

  No lack of migrants this week. At least 23
  warbler species highlighted by a WORM-EATING
  WARBLER, May 4, in the City of Buffalo, at the
  Lakefront Drive complex next to the Erie Basin
  Marina. And, a YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, on the 8th,
  at Amherst State Park. Other warblers of note -
  GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER at Beaver Island State
  Park and PRAIRIE WARBLER at two locations -
  Lake Erie State Park in Chautauqua County, and
  Forest Lawn in Buffalo. And PALM WARBLERS and
  YELLOW-R. WARBLERS were counted in exceptional
  numbers.

  Reports this week came from the Ellicott Creek
  Bike Trail, Cazenovia Park, Tifft Nature
  Preserve, Forest Lawn, Lake Erie State Park,
  Fort Niagara State Park, Beaver Island State
  Park, Amherst State Park and many backyards.

  In addition to the warblers - reports of
  SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, RUBY-T.
  HUMMINGBIRD, RED-HEADED WDPKR., LEAST
  FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED
  VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, RED-BR.
  NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, MARSH WREN,
  GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, VEERY,
  SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH,
  GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE,
  LINCOLN'S SPARROW, abundant WHITE-THR.
  SPARROWS, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER,
  INDIGO BUNTING, PURPLE FINCH and multiples of
  ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

  Two backyard feeders hosted both ROSE-BR.
  GROSBEAK and EVENING GROSBEAK. EVENING
  GROSBEAKS also on Bear Road in the Town of
  Wales. And ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS feeding on suet
  in Sanborn.

  Highlights in Buffalo - in Allentown, a flyover
  FISH CROW and unexpected three RUSTY BLACKBIRDS,
  At Forest Lawn, a migrant GOLDEN EAGLE with a
  PEREGRINE FALCON, and a closely studied EASTERN
  WHIP-POOR-WILL.

  There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday,
  May 11, at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo.
  Meet at 7:30 AM on the deck at the Visitor
  Center. Visitors are always welcome on BOS
  trips.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 02 May 2019

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/02/2019
* NYBU1903.02
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  AMERICAN AVOCET
  American Bittern
  Green Heron
  Greater Scaup
  Lesser Scaup
  Ruddy Duck
  Broad-winged Hawk
  Sora
  Common Gallinule
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Caspian Tern
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Northern Flicker
  Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
  Bank Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  House Wren
  Marsh Wren
  Veery
  Wood Thrush
  Gray Catbird
  Brown Thrasher
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Eastern Towhee
  Field Sparrow
  Swamp Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Baltimore Oriole

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 05/02/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, May 2, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received April 25 through
  May 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  April 28, on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor, two
  AMERICAN AVOCETS on the Main Street beach at
  Roberts Road.

  The weather has been cold and wet, but
  migration is quickly breaking through the
  region. Sixteen warbler species were reported
  in the past two days.

  May 1, at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a
  rich list of 66 species included seven warbler
  species with a high count of seven NORTHERN
  WATERTHRUSHES. Also at Tifft Nature Preserve,
  AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, SORA, COMMON
  GALLINULE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, CASPIAN TERN,
  YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-
  HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN, VEERY,
  WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER,
  EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW,
  WHITE-THR. SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW.

  Across the road from Tifft, at Gallagher Beach
  on the Outer Harbor, CLIFF SWALLOW and BANK
  SWALLOW, plus BROAD-WINGED HAWK, GREATER SCAUP,
  LESSER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCK.

  Other reports this week - at Amherst State
  Park, five PINE WARBLERS plus BLUE-WINGED
  WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER,
  CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-R.
  WARBLER, and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. North to Fort
  Niagara State Park - OVENBIRD, CAPE MAY
  WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and BL.-THR. BL.
  WARBLER. Also, several reports of backyard
  ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and
  NORTHERN FLICKERS.

  There will be a BOS meeting, this Wednesday,
  May 8, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of
  Science. Dr. Gregg Cunningham of Saint John
  Fisher's College will present research on how
  birds use their sense of smell to forage,
  socialize and navigate. Visitors are always
  welcome at BOS meetings.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Apr 2019

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/25/2019
* NYBU1904.25
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  PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
  EVENING GROSBEAK
  Common Loon
  Green Heron
  Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
  Ruddy Duck
  Osprey
  Caspian Tern
  Common Tern
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Brown Creeper
  Winter Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Brown Thrasher
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Pine Warbler
  Eastern Towhee
  Chipping Sparrow

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 04/25/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, April 25, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received April 18 through
  April 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  April 24 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo,
  the earliest record of PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in
  region. This rare warbler was found on the Beth
  Pond island. Tifft Nature Preserve was also the
  location of an early PROTHONOTARY WARBLER on
  April 26 in the 1980s.

  Also at Tifft Nature Preserve - GREEN HERON, 10
  BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, RUDDY DUCK, YELLOW-B.
  SAPSUCKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO and BL.-GR.
  GNATCATCHER.

  At Forest Lawn in Buffalo, April 22, a BL.-THR.
  GREEN WARB. with BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, WINTER
  WREN and multiple BROWN CREEPERS, GOLDEN-CR.
  KINGLETS and RUBY-CR. KINGLETS. Nearby at
  Delaware Park, CASPIAN TERN, BROWN THRASHER and
  PINE WARBLER. EASTERN TOWHEE and YELLOW-R.
  WARBLER also at several locations.

  During the past week, in the Cattaraugus County
  Town of Ashford, up to eight EVENING GROSBEAKS
  at a feeder on Beech Tree Road.

  Other recent reports - COMMON LOONS - 15 on the
  Niagara River at Beaver Island State Park,
  multiple migrant loons over the Town of
  Tonawanda, and a single COMMON LOON on a
  backyard pond in Clarence. On the upper Niagara
  River, 200 COMMON TERNS at the foot of Hertel
  Avenue, with one OSPREY. And at Beaver Island
  State Park, a flock of 32 CHIPPING SPARROWS.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 19 Apr 2019

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/19/2019
* NYBU1904.19
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  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
  EVENING GROSBEAK
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Great Blue Heron
  Great Egret
  Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
  Red-br. Merganser
  Osprey
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  Merlin
  Peregrine Falcon
  Wild Turkey
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Herring Gull
  Snowy Owl
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Eastern Phoebe
  Common Raven
  Brown Creeper
  Carolina Wren
  Winter Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Hermit Thrush
  Pine Warbler
  Eastern Towhee
  Savannah Sparrow
  Eastern Meadowlark

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 04/19/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Friday, April 19

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received April 11 through
  April 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  The BOS April Count was conducted on April 14.
  Despite a rain-soaked day, the section
  including the upper Niagara River and Lake Erie
  from Tonawanda to Buffalo and Hamburg, tallied
  an impressive 12,000 individuals of 96 species.
  Fifteen waterfowl species included 1200 RED-BR.
  MERGANSERS. Also on the Niagara River - 1200
  BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 114 HERRING GULLS, 700 D.-
  CREST. CORMORANTS, 134 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 61
  GREAT EGRETS, 7 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS and a
  single SNOWY OWL. Landbirds in this populated
  section - PILEATED WOODPECKER, MERLIN,
  PEREGRINE FALCON, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN
  CREEPER, WINTER WREN, CAROLINA WREN, GOLDEN-CR.
  KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, 29 HERMIT THRUSHES,
  EASTERN TOWHEE and PINE WARBLER.

  April 18, at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, at the
  Williams Ballfield in Hamburg, an EASTERN WHIP-
  POOR-WILL was photographed resting on the
  ground.

  In the Southern Tier, April 17, at Hanging Bog
  WMA in Allegany County, 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS,
  territorial BROAD-WINGED HAWK and RED-
  SHOULDERED HAWK, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN and
  PINE WARBLER.

  Other reports - COMMON RAVEN also at the former
  steel plant on Route 5 in Lackawanna. MERLINS
  at three potential breeding locations in
  Buffalo. An OSPREY carrying a fish over the
  Orchard Park Country Club. Flocks of 10 to 20
  WILD TURKEYS at four locations in Orleans
  County in the Lake Ontario Plains. A migrant
  EASTERN MEADOWLARK on the soccer field at
  Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. And a
  SAVANNAH SPARROW at a feeder in Cheektowaga.

  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday.
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 11 Apr 2019

[David Suggs]

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* Buffalo
* 04/11/2019
* NYBU1904.11
- Birds mentioned

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  SWAINSON'S HAWK
  OREGON JUNCO
  Hooded Merganser
  Bald Eagle
  Wilson's Snipe
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Eastern Phoebe
  Purple Martin
  Brown Creeper
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Northern Mockingbird
  Eastern Towhee
  Chipping Sparrow
  Field Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Eastern Meadowlark
  Brown-headed Cowbird
  Purple Finch
  Pine Siskin

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 04/11/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, April 11, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received March 28 through
  April 11 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  The Hamburg Hawkwatch recorded a first for the
  site - a SWAINSON'S HAWK, around noon on April
  8. An exceptionally rare species for the
  region, the SWAINSON'S HAWK was among a small
  flock of TURKEY VULTURES. Broad-winged Hawks
  have not yet been reported at this location.
  The watch is conducted daily at Lakeside
  Cemetery, off Camp Road in Hamburg. Visitors
  are always welcome.

  Doubly rare - not just one, but two OREGON
  JUNCOS in one yard, on April 9 in the Niagara
  County Town of Wilson.

  Other reports from the Lake Ontario Plains of
  Niagara County - WILSON'S SNIPE, YELLOW-B.
  SAPSUCKER, BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET,
  NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING
  SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-CR.
  SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, PURPLE FINCH and
  PINE SISKIN.

  A similar species list from Tifft Nature
  Preserve in Buffalo included HOODED MERGANSER,
  and 7 EASTERN PHOEBES. FOX SPARROWS have also
  been reported in a Hamburg yard and at Beaver
  Island State Park.

  Another sign of spring - PURPLE MARTINS and
  BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at several locations.

  Good viewing for BALD EAGLES  - a nest with
  young in the Iroquois Refuge at Ring-necked
  Marsh. And, a pair of adult BALD EAGLES have
  been regulars at the mouth of Johnson Creek at
  Lake Ontario, feeding on salmon carcasses.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 28 Mar 2019

[David Suggs]

- RBA
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* Buffalo
* 03/28/2019
* NYBU1903.28
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  FISH CROW
  EURASIAN WIGEON
  GREAT EGRET
  Red-throated Loon
  Red-necked Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  Cackling Goose
  Wood Duck
  Green-winged Teal
  Northern Pintail
  Blue-winged Teal
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Redhead
  Ring-necked Duck
  Turkey Vulture
  Bald Eagle
  Northern Harrier
  Cooper's Hawk
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Merlin
  American Coot
  American Woodcock
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Tree Swallow
  Eastern Bluebird
  Rusty Blackbird
  Common Redpoll

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/28/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, March 28, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports received March 21 through
  March 28 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Rare FISH CROWS in the City of Buffalo. March
  23, two FISH CROWS among AMERICAN CROWS at
  Symphony Circle on the city's west side. FISH
  CROWS have begun to establish a rare presence
  on both sides of the Niagara River in recent
  years.

  March 24, EURASIAN WIGEON in the Tonawanda
  Wildlife Management Area, at Klossen Marsh, on
  the southeast side of Meadville Road. RUSTY
  BLACKBIRDS also on Meadville Road, and a single
  CACKLING GOOSE nearby at Cayuga Pool in the
  Iroquois Refuge. TREE SWALLOWS also arrived in
  the refuge areas this week. Waterfowl included
  TUNDRA SWAN, WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, AMERICAN
  WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL,
  GREEN-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK
  and AMERICAN COOT. Also, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in
  the Iroquois Refuge.

  Two GREAT EGRETS returned to the upper Niagara
  River heronry at Motor Island on March 25.

  AMERICAN WOODCOCKS are back and calling around
  Grand Island. One was heard before dawn, near
  the Heron Point Apartments on Grand Island
  Blvd.

  The Hamburg Hawkwatch began daily coverage of
  flights over Lakeside Cemetery this month.
  During the first two weeks - almost 2000 TURKEY
  VULTURES, plus 8 BALD EAGLES, 25 RED-SHOULDERED
  HAWKS, 69 RED-TAILED HAWKS, one ROUGH-LEGGED
  HAWK and 3 MERLINS. As of March 25, no reports
  of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. Visitors are welcome at
  the hawkwatch, off Camp Road in Hamburg.

  Other raptor reports - COOPER'S HAWK with prey
  on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls. NORTHERN
  HARRIER at the BOCES Center in West Seneca.
  MERLIN over Sheridan and Bailey in Amherst.
  And, a gray-phase EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in a nest
  box in Pendleton.

  On Lake Ontario at Point Breeze, RED-NECKED
  GREBE, RED-THROATED LOON and L. BLACK-B. GULL.
  TUNDRA SWANS at several locations, and in
  Carlton, two COMMON REDPOLLS migrating past
  Lakeside Beach State Park.

  There will be a BOS field trip to the Lake
  Ontario Plains, Saturday, March 30. Meet at 8
  AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, north
  of Lockport, at Routes 78 and 104. Bring a
  lunch for a full day trip. And as always,
  visitors are welcome on BOS field trips.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 21 Mar 2019

[David Suggs]

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* Buffalo
* 03/21/2019
* NYBU1903.21
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  GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
  HARLEQUIN DUCK
  BOHEMIAN WAXWING
  EASTERN TOWHEE
  Tundra Swan
  Lesser Scaup
  Turkey Vulture
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Wild Turkey
  Killdeer
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Snowy Owl
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Winter Wren
  American Robin
  Northern Mockingbird
  Cedar Waxwing
  Northern Shrike
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Eastern Meadowlark
  Common Grackle

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/21/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  March 21, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of late winter and early spring
  reports from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  During February, an exceptional count of 21 GR.
  WHITE-FR. GEESE, at Oak Orchard Creek in
  Waterport, in Orleans County. At Niagara Falls,
  three male HARLEQUIN DUCKS wintered above the
  falls off the Three Sisters Islands, and were
  still present on March 7. Up to 140 TUNDRA
  SWANS on Lake Ontario at Point Breeze during
  January. In February, early TUNDRA SWANS in
  Wilson, and a single reported TUNDRA SWAN over
  Lake Erie at Derby.

  February 27, in Chautauqua County, a BOHEMIAN
  WAXWING among 110 CEDAR WAXWINGS on Temple Road
  in Fredonia.

  RED-SHOULDERED HAWK wintered on Lake Road near
  Maple Road in Wilson. Late February, a RED-
  SHOULDERED HAWK returned to a nest site in
  North Boston. February 9, a TURKEY VULTURE,
  either an early migrant or a wandering
  resident, over the Town of Tonawanda. Small
  numbers of SNOWY OWLS along the ice-jammed
  Buffalo waterfront, and a single SNOWY OWL on
  Route 219 at the Milestrip exit.

  On the uper Niagara River, wintering
  BONAPARTE'S GULLS, with unexplained full black
  hoods, off Unity Island, and up to ten BALD
  EAGLES at Strawberry Island.

  Backyard and feeder highlights in late January
  - NORTHERN SHRIKE in a Hamburg yard, and
  EASTERN TOWHEE at a feeder in Blasdell, and
  another towhee at a peanut butter feeder on
  Grand Island.

  Flocks of WILD TURKEYS were widely reported,
  including 11 at the south Grand Island bridges,
  and 72 in a Medina yard.

  Now into March, many early spring migrants.
  EASTERN MEADOWLARK and KILLDEER at the Dunkirk
  Airport. A LESSER SCAUP on Ellicott Creek at
  the UB Campus. Multiple reports of TURKEY
  VULTURES, AMERICAN ROBINS, COMMON GRACKLES and
  RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. And, a singing WINTER WREN
  in Eggertsville.

  Other reports - PILEATED WOODPECKER in the
  Village of Williamsville, and a NORTHERN
  MOCKINGBIRD in the Genesee County Town of
  Alexander.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pacific loon query

[David Chernack]

Currently viewing the Pacific loon from the long pier at the western end of
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park. No red-necked grebe as of yet.

On Thu, Feb 7, 2019, 11:55 AM Carena Pooth  Any sightings of the lion today?
> Thank you.
> Carena Pooth
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2019 at 8:54 AM, > wrote:
>
> To my knowledge, the loon was last seen around 1:30 off Florence Ave. It
> had spent maybe 4 hours going back and forth between a cove to the left and
> a bit beyond the end of the pier just to the left of the viewing spot. It
> showed no inclination to go anywhere beyond, but I’d think the falling tide
> might have forced it to change that pattern a bit. From all appearances so
> far, it seems to prefer to stay reasonably close to structures (piers,
> marinas, docks). So these create blind spots, where it could be hidden for
> extended periods. Hopefully, it’s still in the area and will come out into
> a better viewing spot. But I have not seen any reports yet today. High tide
> is around noon, for whatever effect that might have.
>
>
>
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[nysbirds-l] Last Couple Days in Broome Co. - GRAY CATBIRD, LONG-TAILED DUCK, REDHEADS, WINTER WREN....

[David Nicosia]

Great birds last couple days for Broome Co.

REDHEADS- between 4 and 6 Boland Pond.
GRAY CATBIRD Boland today  w/ Jim Hoteling. Bird was in thickets across
road from parking area eating berries. This is the most unusual and rare
bird for Broome Co. this time of year.
SWAMP SPARROW- one at Boland continues.
WINTER WREN- heard calls yesterday at Boland right behind houses.
LONG-TAILED DUCK- beautiful wintering male yesterday at Harold Moore Park
COMMON GOLDENEYES- harold moore today.
AMERICAN ROBINS- in several locations today, BOLAND, VICTORY STREET and in
JC Oakdale Rd.

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[nysbirds-l] Video of Thick-billed Murre, Brooklyn (New York City)

[David Barrett]

Gus Keri captured some excellent footage of today's THICK-BILLED MURRE
swimming north of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge off the west coast of
Brooklyn. This is only the second-ever eBird record of the species in the
Upper Bay of New York Harbor. View the video here:

https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1086414223377338371

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murre in Brooklyn Now

[David Barrett]

Gus Keri reported the THICK-BILLED MURRE passing Gravesend Bay Middle
Parking Lot at 2:30 p.m., heading toward the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. He
just updated at 3:00 p.m. -- it is passing under the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge into New York Harbor.

David Barrett
@BirdBrklyn on Twitter

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 2:57 PM Ryan Mandelbaum 
wrote:

> Back to the murre for a moment: is it still being seen? would like to know
> before paying for a cab ride out to see it. it’s definitely nice that
> there’s a thick-biled murre that’s accessible to those of us without a car
> :)
>
>
> > On Jan 18, 2019, at 2:53 PM, John Gluth  wrote:
> >
> > I’m seriously considering paying the $95 for a 10-hour codfish trip
> aboard the Laura Lee Express out of Captree. Half the price of a See Life
> trip. Two trips each weekend through the end of March. Much more convenient
> for Suffolk birders than Brooklyn. If memory serves from past cod trips
> (before birding became my passtime of choice), chum (clam chunks) is
> employed. It’s not fish oil, but couldn’t hurt.
> >
> > John Gluth, sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Jan 2019

[David Suggs]

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* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/17/2019
* NYBU1901.17
- Birds mentioned

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  Tundra Swan
  Cackling Goose
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Snowy Owl
  Common Raven
  Winter Wren
  Gray Catbird
  Northern Shrike
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Snow Bunting
  Rusty Blackbird
  Common Redpoll
  Evening Grosbeak


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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 01/17/2019
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, January 17, 2019

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports late December through
  mid-January from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  At least six SNOWY OWLS on the Buffalo
  waterfront, including one SNOWY OWL in downtown
  Buffalo, residing on the ECC Campus building on
  South Division Street.

  On the upper Niagara River, a flock of 500
  BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Unity Island, with
  numerous individuals with full black hoods, and
  two LITTLE GULLS among the BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
  On the river at Grand Island, 225 TUNDRA SWANS.
  At the Grand Island state parks, GRAY CATBIRD
  at Beaver Island, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD at
  Buckhorn Island.

  EVENING GROSBEAKS still in the region. One
  report of three at a feeder in West Valley, and
  several EVENING GROSBEAKS in Orchard Park.

  Late December in Wyoming County - 70 COMMON
  REDPOLLS on Vernal Road in Attica and 12 COMMON
  REDPOLLS on Peaviner Road in Alexander. Flocks
  of up to 110 SNOW BUNTINGS in Bethany.
  Recently, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at two locations
  in Wyoming County, and a flock a eight WHITE-
  CR. SPARROWS on McLernon Road in Bethany.

  In the Lake Ontario Plains, single NORTHERN
  SHRIKES in Porter and Yates. COMMON RAVEN on
  Hess Road in Newfane. And a CACKLING GOOSE on
  Lake Ontario at the short pier in Wilson.

  Other reports - ICELAND GULL at Woodlawn Beach
  in Hamburg. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS at the Bird
  Island Pier and a single PEREGRINE FALCON at
  the Richardson Towers. Red-phase EASTERN
  SCREECH-OWL in Eden. And, WINTER WREN at Tifft
  Nature Preserve.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Wood Thrush at Quogue Wildlife Refuge

[David Chernack]

Bird is here now 2:30pm. Exactly where it was described as being, about
15ft to the left of the trail right across from the hives.

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 12:16 PM Steve Biasetti <
sbiase...@eastendenvironment.org wrote:

> A Wood Thrush has been seen at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge (Suffolk County)
> since this past Saturday. The bird has been found by following the main
> trail from the parking area, heading north with the wildlife pens to the
> right and the ice pond to the left. The Wood Thrush has been observed
> within a hundred yards of the wildlife pens, foraging in leaves on the left
> (west) side of the trail roughly across from the first set of bee hives.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Eastern Long Island Rarities Today

[David Barrett]

Following up -- this eBird report of COMMON MURRE at Shinnecock Inlet today
just hit:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51720520

so it appears that at least one COMMON MURRE there lives on.

David Barrett

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:25 PM Steve Walter  wrote:

> The *Thick-billed Murre* at Shinnecock Inlet was in sight from about 8:00
> to 9:30 this morning and then again briefly just after 1:30. At least one
> *Razorbill* was  in the inlet in the morning, providing closer looks than
> the Murre. To my knowledge, the Common Murre was not seen. 2 or 3 *Red-necked
> Grebes* were reported at the mouth of the inlet and further out. A bit
> odd was a Ruddy Duck with Common Eiders (where the inlet meets the bay).
>
>
>
> The *American White Pelican* was present for a while in Mecox Bay’s
> Hayground Cove, before flying out around 11:20. I t was best viewed when
> someone came out to feed the swans. It was the only big white bird that
> stayed put. Without such intervention, it can easily be hidden by the many
> swans, especially if sleeping with head and bill tucked in.
>
>
>
> With the prospects of better Alcid pictures not looking good as the
> afternoon progressed (none in sight and dimming sun), I decided to do the
> wild goose chase thing. None were visible as I arrived at Doctor’s Path
> (Riverhead). I went over to Northville Turnpike (Rt. 105), where I found a
> small flock (by standards of that area) in the field to the east. The 
> *Barnacle
> Goose* was a quick find. Within a few minutes, flock after flock and
> overall huge numbers of geese began coming in from a southwest direction,
> and landing in the large field on the west side of 105. A few minutes after
> that, small groups from the east side of 105 (and eventually all of them)
> joined the larger group. I was hoping to photograph the Barnacle flying by.
> I photographed one random flock to test the lighting. Never got the
> Barnacle, but looking at the pictures when I got home revealed a *Greater
> White-fronted Goose *(pure dump luck there). Possibly, this is the one I
> saw in the west field and reported to the What’s App a few minutes later.
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>
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>
>
> Steve Walter
>
> Bayside, NY
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Eastern Long Island Rarities Today

[David Barrett]

Relevant to the COMMON MURRE not being seen at Shinnecock Inlet, Joe
Girgente today found and photographed a deceased COMMON MURRE to the west
of the inlet at Triton Beach and reported it on the Queens and Long Island
alerts:

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1085255871377170441

David Barrett
@BirdQueens on Twitter

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:25 PM Steve Walter  wrote:

> The *Thick-billed Murre* at Shinnecock Inlet was in sight from about 8:00
> to 9:30 this morning and then again briefly just after 1:30. At least one
> *Razorbill* was  in the inlet in the morning, providing closer looks than
> the Murre. To my knowledge, the Common Murre was not seen. 2 or 3 *Red-necked
> Grebes* were reported at the mouth of the inlet and further out. A bit
> odd was a Ruddy Duck with Common Eiders (where the inlet meets the bay).
>
>
>
> The *American White Pelican* was present for a while in Mecox Bay’s
> Hayground Cove, before flying out around 11:20. I t was best viewed when
> someone came out to feed the swans. It was the only big white bird that
> stayed put. Without such intervention, it can easily be hidden by the many
> swans, especially if sleeping with head and bill tucked in.
>
>
>
> With the prospects of better Alcid pictures not looking good as the
> afternoon progressed (none in sight and dimming sun), I decided to do the
> wild goose chase thing. None were visible as I arrived at Doctor’s Path
> (Riverhead). I went over to Northville Turnpike (Rt. 105), where I found a
> small flock (by standards of that area) in the field to the east. The 
> *Barnacle
> Goose* was a quick find. Within a few minutes, flock after flock and
> overall huge numbers of geese began coming in from a southwest direction,
> and landing in the large field on the west side of 105. A few minutes after
> that, small groups from the east side of 105 (and eventually all of them)
> joined the larger group. I was hoping to photograph the Barnacle flying by.
> I photographed one random flock to test the lighting. Never got the
> Barnacle, but looking at the pictures when I got home revealed a *Greater
> White-fronted Goose *(pure dump luck there). Possibly, this is the one I
> saw in the west field and reported to the What’s App a few minutes later.
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Walter
>
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[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills - RMSP

[David La Magna]

Anyone looking for a good year end twitch, there were 4 cooperative Red 
Crossbills, 2 male and 2 females, along the boardwalk to the Robert Moses 
Lighthouse (about 3/4 of the way to the lighthouse).

(Yes there are Razorbills on the ocean)

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[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal - Smithtown, Suffolk County

[David La Magna]

For anyone interested a Eurasian Green-winged Teal was discovered during
the Smithtown CBC today at Bill Richards Park in Suffolk County.  It was on
the eastern spur of the only pond on site.

This park may not be Google map-able.  It is a dirt parking lot just east
of the entrance to Blydenburgh County Park on the west bound lane of
454/347 Vets Hwy.  Park and follow the trail to the lake.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 14 Dec 2018

[David Suggs]

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* Buffalo
* 12/14/2018
* NYBU1812.18
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  TUFTED DUCK
  PINE GROSBEAK
  EVENING GROSBEAK
  Tundra Swan
  Harlequin Duck
  Black Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Dunlin
  Little Gull
  Snowy Owl
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Common Raven
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  American Robin
  American Pipit
  Orange-cr. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Song Sparrow
  Snow Bunting

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 12/14/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Friday, December 14, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports from late November
  through December 14 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  November 18, a rare, female, TUFTED DUCK was
  found at the source of the Niagara River at the
  far end of the Bird Island Pier, viewed from
  LaSalle Park in Buffalo. The TUFTED DUCK was
  still present on December 10.

  In addition to the TUFTED DUCK on the Buffalo
  waterfront - three SNOWY OWLS on the offshore
  breakwalls and structures, several LITTLE GULLS
  along Unity Island, and a DUNLIN at the new
  mudflats at the north end of Unity Island.

  November 23, a rarely reported PINE GROSBEAK in
  the Niagara County Village of Wilson. A female
  of the species was feeding in a fruit tree with
  AMERICAN ROBINS at Shore Drive.

  EVENING GROSBEAKS, seemingly absent for a
  generation, have been reported in the Southern
  Tier Counties - 10, and then 20, EVENING
  GROSBEAKS at a feeder in the Cattaraugus County
  Town of Ashford, and eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in
  the Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright.

  November 18 at Rock Point Provincial Park in
  Ontario, a rare November record of AMERICAN
  REDSTART, with ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and several
  YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, plus 10 RUBY-CR. KINGLETS,
  AMERICAN PIPIT, SNOW BUNTING, and a PEREGRINE
  FALCON on Mohawk Island.

  On Foss Road in Orleans County, SNOWY OWL, 100
  AMERICAN ROBINS, 200 SNOW BUNTINGS and two
  BLACK VULTURES feeding with six TURKEY
  VULTURES. BLACK VULTURES continue their
  residences to the west, in the Village of
  Lewiston.

  At Niagara Falls, December 9, two HARLEQUIN
  DUCKS off the Three Sisters Islands on Goat
  Island.

  Other reports - SNOWY OWL on the Point Breeze
  pier at Oak Orchard Creek and Lake Ontario.
  RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and COMMON RAVEN at
  Cassadaga lake in Chautauqua County. A dark-
  phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Orchard Park
  exit of Route 219. Sixteen TUNDRA SWANS on Lake
  LaSalle on the UB north campus, and 110 TUNDRA
  SWANS off Knowlesville Road in the Oak Orchard
  Wildlife Management Area.

  And at feeders - PILEATED WOODPECKER and RED-
  HEADED WDPKR. at Sunset Beach on Lake Ontario,
  and in North Boston, two SONG SPARROWS and five
  woodpecker species including PILEATED
  WOODPECKER.

  Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and happy
  holidays. My thanks to the callers and
  contributors to the report. You may report
  sightings after the tone. Thank you.

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[nysbirds-l] Short-eared Owl, Randall's Island, Manhattan (NYC)

[David Barrett]

At 9:01 a.m. today I accidentally flushed a SHORT-EARED OWL from its nearby
perch on the rocky northeast shore of Randall's Island. It flew around the
bay, harassed by gulls, for a few minutes and then went out of sight.
Within five minutes it returned to perch on a large rock not far from me as
I stood on the shore, and it remained there for awhile in plain view. I
never saw it fly off, but it did go out of view, presumably choosing a more
concealed, lower position on the rocks. Not wanting to risk flushing it
again by searching, I moved on.

The species is ultra-rare for Manhattan, with the only eBird records being
several from morning migratory flight, 2009-2011. An observation from
Central Park, from either 1995 or 1996, is mentioned in this New York Times
article:

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/25/nyregion/central-park-is-a-festival-of-odd-birds-275-species-sighted-in-watchers-heaven.html

I also had a female BLACK SCOTER at the same location, rare for Manhattan
and not reported every year despite being common in the winter in other NYC
boroughs.

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[nysbirds-l] Northern Goshawk, Pelham Bay Park (Bronx County, NYC)

[David Barrett]

Posting on behalf of Robert DeCandido, who reported a juvenile NORTHERN
GOSHAWK

https://twitter.com/BirdBronx/status/1063513979769839616

flying south over the Orchard Beach parking lot of Pelham Bay Park at 1:25
p.m. today. This may be the same bird reported flying around the park and
adjacent Eastchester Bay on November 10.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 15 Nov 2018

[David Suggs]

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* Buffalo
* 11/15/2018
* NYBU1811.15
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  SNOWY OWL
  EVENING GROSBEAK
  Tundra Swan
  Black Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  Merlin
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Great Horned Owl
  N. Rough-w. Swallow
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 11/15/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, November 15, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received November 8
  through November 15 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  One to two SNOWY OWLS continue on the
  waterfront breakwalls at Buffalo Harbor State
  Park. Another SNOWY OWL this week on Lake
  Ontario at the Point Breeze jetty in Orleans
  County. PARASITIC JAEGER also at Point Breeze.

  Back on November 6, three EVENING GROSBEAKS at
  a feeder in the Town of Colden. Small numbers
  of PINE SISKINS and COMMON REDPOLLS also at
  several backyard feeders.

  November 12, in Chautauqua County, a lingering
  EASTERN PHOEBE and a resident RED-HEADED WDPKR.
  at Saint Hyacinth Cemetery, on Route 5 in
  Dunkirk.

  Another resident RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Fort
  Niagara State Park at Lake Ontario.

  From the Niagara River - above Niagara Falls,
  at Goat Island, over 250 N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOWS,
  plus one opportunistic MERLIN. On the upper
  Niagara, TUNDRA SWANS - 135 at Beaver Island
  State Park and 82 off the Robert Moses
  waterfowl viewing area in Niagara Falls. And on
  the lower river at Lewiston, LITTLE GULL among the
  BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In the Village of Lewiston,
  a single BLACK VULTURE with local TURKEY VULTURES.

  And, at Beaver Island State Park on Grand
  Island, a calling pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Nov 2018

[David Suggs]

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* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/08/2018
* NYBU1811.08
- Birds mentioned

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  SNOWY OWL
  PARASITIC JAEGER
  CATTLE EGRET
  SABINE'S GULL
  BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
  LITTLE GULL

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 11/08/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, November 8, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received November 1
  through November 8 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  On the Buffalo waterfront, November 3, a SNOWY
  OWL on the breakwall off Buffalo Harbor State
  Park, formerly the Small Boat Harbor.

  Also on the 3Road, on Lake Erie at Hamburg Town
  Park, an adult, dark phase PARASITIC JAEGER.

  And further south on Lake Erie, a CATTLE EGRET,
  November 12, at Dunkirk Harbor, on the docks
  west of the main pier.

  Catching up on late October gull reports from
  the source of the Niagara River at Buffalo -
  SABINE'S GULL, adult and juvenile BLACK-LEG.
  KITTIWAKE and two LITTLE GULLS.

  There will be a BOS meeting, Wednesday,
  November 14, at the Buffalo Museum of Science,
  at 7 PM. The program will be a travelogue of a
  birding trip to the east African country of
  Uganda. Visitors are always welcome at BOS
  meetings.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday
  evening, November 15. Please call in your
  sightings by noon Thursday. You may report
  sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling
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[nysbirds-l] Unchaseable Varied Thrush, Manhattan, NYC yesterday

[David Barrett]

After some days of strong, favorable westerly winds, at least two western
vagrants were observed in Manhattan yesterday: the HARRIS'S SPARROW in
Central Park (as previously noted here) and a VARIED THRUSH. The latter was
a window-strike victim, found at 57th and Central Park West, and
immediately taken to the Wild Bird Fund on the Upper West Side.

Photo and comments on the find here:

https://twitter.com/wildbirdfund/status/1059116791564263424

If the bird recovers, it is possible that birders might get to see it
during or after its release. Usually these releases take place in Central
Park. Those interested should stay in touch with the Wild Bird Fund, and we
will do the same.

David Barrett
@BirdCentralPark on Twitter
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Re:[nysbirds-l] HARRIS'S SPARROW, Central Park North Meadow, New York City

[David Barrett]

At least several dozen birders got to see the HARRIS'S SPARROW at the south
end of the Central Park North Meadow, just west of the handball courts,
this afternoon.

The finder was Elizabeth Paredes, who quickly passed on the info to her
husband John Anturi (@jhonny_2003 on Twitter), a frequent contributor of
rare bird finds, photos, and videos on Manhattan Bird Alert, who passed the
info along to us.

A big thank you to them for getting us on this bird, an all-time first
documented occurrence for Central Park and all Manhattan! We will have more
photo and video coverage tonight (and tomorrow, if it shows up
again), @BirdCentralPark on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark

David Barrett
Manhattan





On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 3:34 PM David Barrett  wrote:

> More precisely: HARRIS'S SPARROW is north of 97th Street underpass,
> mid-park. West of handball courts -- not tennis courts. See tweet for map:
>
> https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark/status/1059181291260833797?s=19
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 3:14 PM David Barrett 
>> Enter from 96th Street and CPW. It is on west side of Tennis Courts, at
>> south end of the North Meadow.
>>
>> David Barrett
>> @birdcentralpark on Twitter
>>
>

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Re:[nysbirds-l] HARRIS'S SPARROW, Central Park North Meadow, New York City

[David Barrett]

More precisely: HARRIS'S SPARROW is north of 97th Street underpass,
mid-park. West of handball courts -- not tennis courts. See tweet for map:

https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark/status/1059181291260833797?s=19

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 3:14 PM David Barrett  Enter from 96th Street and CPW. It is on west side of Tennis Courts, at
> south end of the North Meadow.
>
> David Barrett
> @birdcentralpark on Twitter
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[nysbirds-l] HARRIS'S SPARROW, Central Park North Meadow, New York City

[David Barrett]

Enter from 96th Street and CPW. It is on west side of Tennis Courts, at
south end of the North Meadow.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Nov 2018

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/01/2018
* NYBU1811.01
- Birds mentioned

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  WESTERN KINGBIRD
  Red-throated Loon
  Common Loon
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Long-tailed Duck
  Killdeer
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Wilson's Snipe
  Short-eared Owl
  Pine Warbler
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Lapland Longspur
  Snow Bunting
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin
  Evening Grosbeak

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 11/01/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, November 1, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received October 25
  through November 1 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  A WESTERN KINGBIRD, first reported October 17,
  was still present on October 25, in a field at
  8765 Genesee Road, between Routes 219 and 240,
  in the southern Erie County Town of Concord.
  Please note this is a narrow road with high
  speed traffic.

  COMMON REDPOLLS along the Lake Ontario shore.
  October 31, eleven or more at Wilson-Tuscaurora
  State Park. Also along the lake shore, a flock
  PINE SISKINS, and single, calling EVENING
  GROSBEAKS.

  Another Lake Ontario highlight, a SHORT-EARED
  OWL flying in off the water at Golden Hill
  State Park in Somerset. On the lake, LONG-
  TAILED DUCKS were the most common waterfowl,
  with numbers of COMMON LOON, RED-THROATED LOON,
  HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE.

  October 26, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR in a wet field
  on the south side of Dunning Road, west of
  South Transit in Lockport. Shorebirds at this
  location were - 43 KILLDEER, WHITE-R.
  SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 15
  WILSON'S SNIPE.

  Feeder and yard reports this week - 16 species
  at a feeder in North Boston. And, in a yard in
  Forestville in Chautauqua County, a juvenile
  PINE WARBLER, 9 SNOW BUNTINGS and 3 AMER. TREE
  SPARROWS.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Oct 2018

[David Suggs]

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* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/25/2018
* NYBU1810.25
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  EURASIAN WIGEON
  GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
  LAPLAND LONGSPUR
  FRANKLIN'S GULL
  Common Loon
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  Snow Goose
  Brant
  Cackling Goose
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Greater Scaup
  Black Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Common Goldeneye
  Bufflehead
  Ruddy Duck
  Greater Yellowlegs
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Little Gull
  Great Horned Owl
  Chimney Swift
  Tree Swallow
  American Pipit
  Northern Shrike
  Rusty Blackbird

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 10/25/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports received October 18
  through October 25 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  October 21, a EURASIAN WIGEON in the Iroquois
  Refuge. Found on a hike along Mohawk Pool, off
  Feeder Road north of Route 77. The wigeon was
  an example of the seldom seen transition
  plumage, with rufous flanks.

  The same date, at the Gypsum Ponds in nearby
  Oakfield, three GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE and more
  than 15 CACKLING GEESE, with RUDDY DUCK, 8
  DUNLIN and 3 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS.

  Also in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding
  areas, small numbers of TREE SWALLOWS and
  GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 20 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on Sour
  Springs Road, and a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS
  calling on Meadville Road.

  Other incoming waterfowl - four BRANT at
  Wilkeson Point on the Buffalo waterfront. Also
  an exotic BLACK SWAN on the waterfront. On the
  upper Niagara River, 10 species among over 1500
  waterfowl at the viewing area on the Robert
  Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls, included
  CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE,
  BUFFLEHEAD, GREATER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCK, plus
  10 HORNED GREBES and a RED-NECKED GREBE. RED-
  NECKED GREBE and COMMON LOON also on the
  Niagara off Grand Island.

  At the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, an
  unexpected LAPLAND LONGSPUR, plus LITTLE GULL,
  SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK
  SCOTER.

  Below Niagara Falls, three LITTLE GULLS.

  October 22 in the Lake Ontario Plains, a
  FRANKLIN'S GULL on the grass at the Somerset
  Waste Water Plant at Lower Lake and Quaker
  Roads. NORTHERN SHRIKE on Lower Lake Road near
  Johnson Creek Road, 19 late CHIMNEY SWIFTS on
  Marshall Road, and AMERICAN PIPITS at several
  locations. And, on Lake Ontario, SNOW GOOSE and
  two TUNDRA SWANS.

  There will be a BOS Field Trip to the Lake
  Ontario Plains on Saturday, October 27. Meet at
  8 AM at the Wrights Corners Tops Market at
  Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a
  lunch for a full day trip. Visitors are
  always welcome on BOS trips.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Oct 2018

[David Suggs]

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* Buffalo
* 10/18/2018
* NYBU1810.18
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  WESTERN KINGBIRD
  CATTLE EGRET
  Horned Grebe
  Snow Goose
  Redhead
  Surf Scoter
  Common Merganser
  Bald Eagle
  Merlin
  Sandhill Crane
  Killdeer
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Sanderling
  Least Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Common Tern
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Eastern Bluebird
  Hermit Thrush
  Orange-cr. Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Chipping Sparrow
  Field Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow
  Song Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Swamp Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 10/18/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, October 18, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports received October 4
  through October 18 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  October 17, in southern Erie County, a rare,
  vagrant, WESTERN KINGBIRD, at 8765 Genesee
  Road, between routes 219 and 240 in the Town of
  Concord. There are less than 20 records of
  WESTERN KINGBIRDS in 50 years of the BOS
  archives.

  In the Iroquois Refuge, a CATTLE EGRET, October
  10, at Cayuga Pool, on Route 77.

  From Chautauqua County, October 4, a lingering
  RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD at a feeder in Forestville.
  Also, three PINE SISKINS at the same location,
  October 7.

  Still in Chautauqua County, at Dunkirk Harbor,
  both DUNLIN and SANDERLING, with REDHEAD,
  COMMON MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE, BONAPARTE'S
  GULL, COMMON TERN and BALD EAGLE.

  On the Niagara River, off Unity Island in
  Buffalo, two LITTLE GULLS with 1000 BONAPARTE'S
  GULLS. Nearby at the Bird Island Pier, 7 SURF
  SCOTERS, KILLDEER, SANDERLING, DUNLIN and LEAST
  SANDPIPER.

  Down the Niagara River at Grand Island, 70
  COMMON TERNS and a HORNED GREBE. On the island,
  at Beaver Island State Park, MERLIN, ORANGE-CR.
  WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and PALM WARBLER,
  and a SNOW GOOSE on the park golf course.

  October 14 at Krull Park in Olcott, eight
  sparrow species, included FOX SPARROW and
  LINCOLN'S SPARROW, with CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD
  SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-
  THR. SPARROW and abundant WHITE-CR. SPARROWS.
  Warblers at Krull Park were ORANGE-CR. WARBLER,
  MOURNING WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON
  YELLOWTHROAT, PALM WARBLER and YELLOW-R.
  WARBLER; plus HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN BLUEBIRD
  and PILEATED WOODPECKER.

  During the first week of October, in the
  Iroquois Refuge marshes, numbers of GREATER
  YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, with PECTORAL
  SANDPIPER and SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Also, six
  SANDHILL CRANES at Kumpf Marsh.

  There will be a BOS field trip to the Batavia
  Waste Water Plant on Sunday, October 21. Meet
  at 9 AM at the plant office, on Industrial
  Blvd., off Route 33 on the west side of
  Batavia. The plant has a history of rare and
  unique species, especially in the fall.
  Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 04 Oct 2018

[David Suggs]

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* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/04/2018
* NYBU1810.04
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  CLAY-COL. SPARROW
  Brant
  Cackling Goose
  Lesser Scaup
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Wilson's Snipe
  Forster's Tern
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Northern Flicker
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Eastern Phoebe
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Winter Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Gray Catbird
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Tennessee Warbler
  Orange-cr. Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Hooded Warbler
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Purple Finch

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 10/04/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, October 4, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports late September through
  early October from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Back on September 24, an unexpected location
  for a rare CLAY-COL. SPARROW, Times Beach
  Nature Preserve on the Buffalo waterfront.

  September 29, a FORSTER'S TERN on Lake Erie at
  Dunkirk Harbor. Also, LESSER SCAUP in the
  harbor.

  In Buffalo, a single BRANT has been residing at
  Black Rock Canal Park on the upper Niagara
  River. And a CACKLING GOOSE, first found at the
  Erie Basin Marina, was relocated at nearby
  LaSalle Park on September 30.

  Shorebirds appear to have tapered down to
  SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER
  YELLOWLEGS and SOLITARY SANDPIPER on the
  Niagara Peninsula of Ontario. In the Iroquois
  Refuge area, at the marsh at Griswold Road and
  Route 77 on September 28, six shorebird species
  - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
  LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST
  SANDPIPER and WILSON'S SNIPE.

  Landbird migrants were on the move October 3.
  Thirty-five species at Golden Hill State Park,
  on Lake Ontario in Niagara County, included
  YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER,
  NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE-HEADED
  VIREO, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-
  CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, GRAY-CHEEKED
  THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, PURPLE
  FINCH, abundant WHITE-THR. SPARROWS, BLACKPOLL
  WARBLER and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.

  Also by Lake Ontario, in a Wilson yard, HOODED
  WARBLER and ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, plus BLACKPOLL
  WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, NASHVILLE
  WARBLER and TENNESSEE WARBLER.

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  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 20 Sep 2018

[David Suggs]

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* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/20/2018
* NYBU13mm.dd
- Birds mentioned

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  NORTHERN WHEATEAR
  WILLET
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Black-bellied Plover
  American Golden-Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Forster's Tern
  Barred Owl
  Pileated Woodpecker

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 09/20/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, September 20, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received September 6
  through September 20 from the Niagara Frontier
  Region.

  September 18, a very rare vagrant, a NORTHERN
  WHEATEAR, on the dikes at the Batavia Waste
  Water Plant. There are only three of four
  records of NORTHERN WHEATEAR during the last 50
  years in the BOS archives. The WHEATEAR is a
  unique trans-Atlantic migrant, with a history
  of landing in the region during the last two
  weeks of September.

  Shorebird migration continues into September.
  On the Buffalo waterfront, September 6 through
  at least the 14th, a WILLET at the seaway slip
  off Outer Harbor Drive. Also in the outer
  harbor area, two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, two
  BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and numbers of SANDERLINGS.

  FORSTER'S TERNS were reported September 13 on
  the Buffalo area waterfront. Two on the beach
  at Hamburg Town Park, and one at LaSalle Park.

  On the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario in
  September, at least 11 shorebird species in the
  fields and sod farms of Wainfleet and
  Dunnville. Species included AMERICAN GOLDEN-
  PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED
  PLOVER, abundant KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
  LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST
  SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S
  SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.

  Other recent reports - two lingering
  HUMMINGBIRDS in North Boston, with
  RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BARRED OWL and PILEATED
  WOODPECKER.

  There will be a BOS field trip this Sunday,
  September 23, to Tifft Nature Preserve in
  Buffalo. Meet at 8 AM at the footbridge beyond
  the visitors center. Visitors are always
  welcome on BOS field trips.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Possible WESTERN KINGBIRD, Alley Pond Park, Queens (NYC)

[David Barrett]

I just heard from Mary Beth Kooper that the location is indeed the Alley
Pond Park Environmental Center, and that the possible WESTERN KINGBIRD was
initially found by Alan Drogin on a Linnaean Society walk earlier this
afternoon. Ms. Kooper also posted another photo of the bird:

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1041033520418828289

David Barrett
@BirdQueens

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 2:12 PM David Barrett  wrote:

> Mary Beth Kooper found this kingbird and reported it on Queens Bird Alert
> (@BirdQueens on Twitter), later with a photo by Gordon Lam:
>
> https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1041023572796485632
>
> Location I am given is the Alley Pond Park Visitors Center, which I
> believe is the same as the Environmental Center, 22806 Northern Blvd,
> Little Neck, NY. Will update when I get more info from the field, but I
> want to get the word out now.
>
> David Barrett
>
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[nysbirds-l] Possible WESTERN KINGBIRD, Alley Pond Park, Queens (NYC)

[David Barrett]

Mary Beth Kooper found this kingbird and reported it on Queens Bird Alert
(@BirdQueens on Twitter), later with a photo by Gordon Lam:

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1041023572796485632

Location I am given is the Alley Pond Park Visitors Center, which I believe
is the same as the Environmental Center, 22806 Northern Blvd, Little Neck,
NY. Will update when I get more info from the field, but I want to get the
word out now.

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park (Manhattan) SORA continues

[David Barrett]

The SORA has been seen occasionally since 2 p.m. today, in the fern garden
just outside the southeast corner of the Bryant Park lawn. It has been seen
by many in the last ten minutes.

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 06 Sep 2018

[David Suggs]

- RBA
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* 09/06/2018
* NYBU1809.06
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  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
  RED KNOT
  BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
  Ring-necked Duck
  Cooper's Hawk
  Sandhill Crane
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Dowitcher species
  American Woodcock
  Black Tern
  Common Nighthawk
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Eastern Kingbird
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 09/06/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, September 6, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  A double report this week to catch up after
  technical issues earlier this summer.
  First, highlights of August and early September
  reports from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Recent shorebird reports from the Niagara
  peninsula of Ontario were highlighted by two
  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPERS, September 5, on Quarry
  Road in Wainfleet. Other shorebird species on
  the peninsula - AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
  SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, abundant KILLDEER, LESSER
  YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST
  SANDPIPER and AMERICAN WOODCOCK.

  On the Buffalo waterfront - AMERICAN GOLDEN-
  PLOVER and RUDDY TURNSTONE at the Erie Basin
  Marina. At the far end of the Bird Island Pier,
  BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on August 31, and a juvenile
  RED KNOT on the 28th and 31st. Also on the
  pier, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE,
  SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST
  SANDPIPER.

  Inland, at Klossen Marsh in the Iroquois
  Refuge, 4 DOWITCHER SPECIES with GREATER
  YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER
  and AMERICAN WOODCOCK, plus two SANDHILL CRANES
  and 30 EASTERN KINGBIRDS.

  Also in the Iroquois Refuge area in
  August, 9 SANDHILL CRANES with two juveniles on
  Fletcher-Chapel Road in Shelby, and a flock of
  80 BOBOLINKS.

  Other late August migrants - eight COMMON
  NIGHTHAWKS over Buffalo. At Beaver Island State
  Park on Grand Island, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER,
  MAGNOLIA WARBLER and YELLOW-R. WARBLER. CAPE
  MAY WARBLER in Amherst in Eggerstville.

  Also in Amherst, COOPER'S HAWKS nested at two
  locations in residential Snyder.

  And in early August, a rare BLACK TERN and
  unexpected RING-NECKED DUCK at Winters Pond in
  Langford, in southern Erie County.

  The first BOS meeting of the season will be on
  Wednesday, September 12, at 7 PM at the Buffalo
  Museum of Science. Members will present photos
  of recent birding experiences. Visitors are
  always welcome at BOS meetings.

- RBA
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  AMERICAN AVOCET
  SEDGE WREN
  Cooper's Hawk
  Merlin
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Upland Sandpiper
  Whimbrel
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Cliff Swallow
  Northern Parula
  La. Waterthrush

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 08/09/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:    Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, August 9, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of July and early August reports
  from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Southbound shorebird migrants provide birding
  subjects while local birds are breeding. July
  27, a flock of 27 AMERICAN AVOCETS were
  photographed over Lake Erie, passing Ottaway
  Park, just north of Barcelona Harbor in
  Chautauqua County.

  At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, and the Bird
  Island Pier in Buffalo, recent shorebirds -
  KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE,
  SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER a

[nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit, Jamaica Bay WR East Pond (NYC)

[David Barrett]

We just relayed a report from finder Marc Passmann, with photo, of a
HUDSONIAN GODWIT on the Jamaica Bay WR East Pond, "east side of pond, just
north of Raunt:"

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/103312278985856

Something for Shorebird Festival-goers to seek tomorrow!

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret continues at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn (NYC)

[David Barrett]

We just reported that Gus Keri has re-found the Green-Wood Cemetery CATTLE
EGRET

https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1031890109552046080

a block northeast of its location yesterday, now near the intersection of
Cypress Avenue and Vernal Avenue. This still is in the south end of
Green-Wood.

Note that access to the cemetery ends each day at 7 p.m.

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[nysbirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow and others Upper Lisle County Park Whitney Point, NY

[David Nicosia]

All,

I was birding Upper Lisle this morning, I came up to the red gate on the
Truck Road and then started walking toward the spruces. I saw a lot of
birds in the weedy marshy area by the pond there, close to where the Glossy
Ibis was found this spring. I started some phishing and on the top of a
weekstalk was a NELSON'S SPARROW. This is unusual in that it is very early
for these species plus it is quite a rare bird for Broome County. The
sparrow was fairly small, but had clear orangish-yellow on the face, malar
stripe and along on the upper chest to the flanks where there was some
streaking. I got great looks at the bird before it flushed into the weeds
with a few song sparrows and others. If you try for this bird, it is very
weedy, and WET. This is the first Broome record in a few years and again
extremely early. I also had a nice mix of migrants on Claybanks trail
including: black-throated green, ovenbird, black and white, tennessee,
bay-breasted, canada warblers, american redstarts, yellow-throated vireo,
several red-eyed vireos, baltimore oriole, rose-breasted grosbeak, least
flycatcher and eastern wood-pewee all in one small area on the trail. The
trees were moving with birds as there was a large flock of cedar waxwings
too. There was also a steady "stream" of bobolinks flying over with their
"ink" "ink" calls.

E-bird list is below
Upper Lisle County Park, Broome, New York, US
Aug 19, 2018 6:32 AM - 9:08 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
56 species (+1 other taxa)

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)  3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  2
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) (Ardea herodias [herodias Group])  3
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1
Barred Owl (Strix varia)  1Bassett
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Dryobates pubescens pubescens/medianus)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Dryobates villosus [villosus Group])  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  4
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  3
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)  1
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)  2
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  3
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  5
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  5
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  12
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  32
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  7
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) (Sitta carolinensis carolinensis)  12
House Wren (Northern) (Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group])  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) (Polioptila caerulea caerulea)  1
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  6
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  4
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  25
Purple Finch (Eastern) (Haemorhous purpureus purpureus)  5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  11
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)  1
Nelson's Sparrow (Interior) (Ammospiza nelsoni nelsoni/altera)  1* very
rare and unusually early.  Sparrow sized bird. Orangish Yellow  pattern on
face above eye, this yellowish pattern went down to upper breast including
malar. Grayish patch on face below eye.  Very distinctive.
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) (Melospiza melodia melodia/atlantica)  3
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  50Stream of bobolinks overhead.
Estimated
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) (Agelaius phoeniceus [phoeniceus Group])
2
Common Grackle (Bronzed) (Quiscalus quiscula versicolor)  3
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  1
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)  2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)  2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  15
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  1
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)  1Wing bars and worn Chestnut
on flanks.
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  8
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  2
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)  1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) (Parulidae sp.)  2
Northern Cardinal (Common) (Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis Group])  12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  5
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  1

Dave Nicosia

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 Aug 2018

[David Suggs]

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* 08/09/2018
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  AMERICAN AVOCET
  SEDGE WREN
  Cooper's Hawk
  Merlin
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Upland Sandpiper
  Whimbrel
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Cliff Swallow
  Northern Parula
  La. Waterthrush

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 08/09/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, August 9, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of July and early August reports
  from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Southbound shorebird migrants provide birding
  subjects while local birds are breeding. July
  27, a flock of 27 AMERICAN AVOCETS were
  photographed over Lake Erie, passing Ottaway
  Park, just north of Barcelona Harbor in
  Chautauqua County.

  At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, and the Bird
  Island Pier in Buffalo, recent shorebirds -
  KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE,
  SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST
  SANDPIPER. The same species plus SEMIPALMATED
  PLOVER along the Lake Ontario in Niagara and
  Orleans Counties, plus four WHIMBREL at Olcott,
  STILT SANDPIPER at Lakeside Beach State Park,
  and two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in a field at
  Johnson Creek and Lower Lake Road in Somerset.

  Single SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS at the Van Buren
  Road pond in Pomfret, and on the Canadian shore
  of Lake Erie at Windmill Point.

  July 18, an UPLAND SANDPIPER at Kumpf Marsh, on
  Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge.

  During early July, a rare SEDGE WREN in Orleans
  County, on the east side of Foss Road, north of
  Route 18. Also in Orleans County, a nesting
  colony of 20 reported CLIFF SWALLOWS at a farm
  pond, and COOPER'S HAWK nesting in a horse
  chestnut tree on Kendrick Road.

  Nesting falcons and hawks during July in
  Buffalo - MERLINS at two locations, yielding
  three and five fledglings, and COOPER'S HAWKS
  with three young.

  And during the last week of June, a week of
  camping in Allegany State Park recorded 77
  species, including 16 warbler species,
  highlighted by three LA. WATERTHRUSHES and four
  NORTHERN PARULAS.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay WR Tricolored Heron and Wilson's Phalarope, Queens County

[David Barrett]

We just reported

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1023955949835505664

that a TRICOLORED HERON, found by Ilenne G, is being seen now from Bench 4
of the Jamaica Bay WR West Pond along with the continuing WILSON'S
PHALAROPE -- both tweeted by Jean Shum, who suggests you will want to bring
a scope.

We relay many reports throughout the day (eight yesterday) from Jamaica
Bay, all Queens, and Long Island, so follow @birdqueens on Twitter or view
our feed on the web

https://twitter.com/birdqueens

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelicans, Suffolk County - South Shore

[David La Magna]

For those who do not use eBird constantly there are a number of Brown Pelicans 
still be observed along the ocean beaches of Suffolk County (and one a few days 
ago in Nassau County at the Jones Beach inlet)

An individual was seen the past few days including today from field 5 of Robert 
Moses State Park.  I may have had the same individual today viewed from the 
ocean side from Sailors Haven looking west.

5 more birds were reported from Moriches Inlet today.

Don’t let the July listserv doldrums fool you there are plenty of good birds 
out there, Brown Pelicans included!

-Dave

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[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue Beach Brown Pelicans

[David Barrett]

Just posted this report to @BirdQueens on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1017122349274095616

Five BROWN PELICANS on a sandbar at Cupsogue Beach this afternoon, found
and reported by Eric Zawatski on eBird. Given that the pelicans were on the
sand and not flying, they might still be around -- I don't know.

One ROSEATE and two ROYAL TERNS also reported, along with Little Blue Heron
and Clapper Rail with chicks.

Just passing this along.

David Barrett
www.bigmanhattanyear.com

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[nysbirds-l] Queens Bird Alert and Jamaica Bay shorebirding

[David Barrett]

The first returning Short-billed Dowitchers, Pectoral Sandpiper (Cupsogue,
today), and both yellowlegs species have already shown up in Brooklyn and
Long Island in the last couple days. A cold front passing through Friday
could bring more migrants.

I encourage everyone interested in Jamaica Bay shorebirding to follow
Queens Bird Alert -- @BirdQueens on Twitter -- and contribute to it. Our
feed is always publicly viewable both from your device's Twitter app and on
the web:

https://twitter.com/birdqueens

Reports of rarities are welcome, but so are posts on whatever you are
observing (perhaps nothing, and if so, that's good to know), current
conditions, or advice -- anything you believe may be helpful to other
Jamaica Bay and Queens birders. Followed users can send such alerts by
tweeting with the hashtag #birdqu. My software will immediately relay your
alert to all @BirdQueens followers. (Want to be followed? Just tweet
@BirdQueens and ask.)

You can direct questions @BirdQueens or at anyone who posts without having
to issue an alert to all.

Twitter also makes it easy to share photos and videos directly from your
device -- no need to upload to a photo-sharing site. Viewers see your media
right away on the app, without having to click any links.

By enabling notifications on the Twitter app for @BirdQueens, you can have
your device notify you as soon as a new alert arrives.

By the way, @BirdQueens has also been covering this year's rare-tern
appearances both in Queens and on Long Island with many intra-day updates.
(Black, Royal, and some Roseate Terns today at Cupsogue.)

If you don't have a Twitter account, you can make one in under five minutes
and of course they are free. For details on setup and use, see my site:

https://bigmanhattanyear.com/queens-bird-alert/

I hope that being able to quickly share information through @BirdQueens and
be in touch with other Queens birders will make your birding more
productive and enjoyable.

David Barrett
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 21 Jun 2018

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/21/2018
* NYBU1806.21
- Birds mentioned

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  SNOWY EGRET
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Bald Eagle
  Cooper's Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  American Kestrel
  Merlin
  Upland Sandpiper
  Black Tern
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Purple Martin
  Pine Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  Prothonotary Warbler
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Grasshopper Sparrow
  Baltimore Oriole

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 06/21/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, June 21, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of June reports from the Niagara
  Frontier Region.

  June 18, a SNOWY EGRET, at the north end of the
  Heritage Boardwalk at Tifft Nature Preserve in
  Buffalo.

  At the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in
  Clarence, at least three UPLAND SANDPIPERS, and
  several GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS.

  Reports from the Iroquois Refuge and
  surrounding areas - a singing PROTHONOTARY
  WARBLER on the Kanyoo Trail, and 4 PROTHONOTARY
  WARBLERS on Meadville Road. CERULEAN WARBLERS
  at the Sour Springs Road bridge and Ring-neck
  Marsh. PINE WARBLER on the Owens Road trail.
  Four ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS on the Onondaga Trail.
  And BLACK TERNS and BALD EAGLES at Cayuga Pool.

  Raptors in the City of Buffalo - one, possibly
  two, nesting families of MERLINS. And a
  COOPER'S HAWK nest with three young. In the
  Southern Tier, AMERICAN KESTRELS fledging from
  a nest box in the Cattaraugus County Town of
  Hinsdale.

  At the Batavia Waste Water Plant - 24 newly
  installed PURPLE MARTIN gourd houses are fully
  occupied, yielding at least 100 nestlings.

  In Orleans County, at Sunset Beach on Lake
  Ontario - nesting RED-TAILED HAWK, PILEATED
  WOODPECKER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE
  ORIOLE. Nearby at the mouth of Johnson Creek,
  BALD EAGLES continue to feed on salmon
  carcasses. And at Point Breeze, 18 D.-CREST.
  CORMORANTS, and a reported, and possibly
  injured, SNOWY OWL on the jetty.

  You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
  you for calling and reporting.

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