[nysbirds-l] Black-legged Kittiwake Plumb Beach Brooklyn

[peter paul]

There is currently a BLKI sitting on the beach at the east end of Plumb
Beach. The tide is falling, and a group of us is keeping an eye on it, so
hopefully it’ll stick for a bit.

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[nysbirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Queens Co. - Yes

[peter paul]

The BBWD, while not reported yesterday, continues this morning on the East
Pond at JBWR. The bird is at the south end of the pond, viewable from the
south entrance. It is in the cove on the west side of the pond.

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelicans, Breezy Point, Queens Co.

[peter paul]

And just for fun, to complete the story, 4 Brown Pelicans flew past the
Breezy jetty at 11:50. About 5 minutes later they did some circles and
headed south/southwest somewhat in the direction of Sandy Hook.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ferruginous Hawk sightings?

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Someone reported it on Celery Ave at 10:19 via WhatsApp (the Long Island
group)

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:53, Anne Swaim  wrote:

> Just noting for Thu 1/21 10:50am
> that there are no sightings of Ferruginous Hawk reported
> -- as yet -- on Ulster Rare Birds WhatsApp or on LoHud Birds WhatsApp.
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:50 AM John Collins  wrote:
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>> Has anyone seen the Ferruginous Hawk today?--
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[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Collared Dove - Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn

[peter paul]

Today Rob Jett found a Eurasian Collared Dove at FBF near the
archery range.  The bird has been moving around that general area, and can
be hard to track down, but has been seen multiple times briefly, and was
apparently also seen last week by another observer.

The timing of the arrival of this bird suggests a possible wild vagrant (a
quick eBird check shows recent sightings in Cape May and a few other nearby
locations), though so far there are not any photographs that can be
analyzed for feather wear, etc...  So if anyone encounters this bird and
can take photos or video of it, that media could help determine whether it
represents a vagrant or a release.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Prospect varied thrush YES

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The Varied Thrush continues - we found it in the lower mid wood near center
drive. It just flew to the original location near the pond at the bottom of
the ravine.

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> At least between 12h30 & 15h00. And I believe earlier as well.
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[nysbirds-l] East Pond South End Queens

[peter paul]

A very fast survey (1 hour total) from the south end to the raunt and back 
turned up:

South end:
1 Hudsonian Godwit
7 Stilt Sandpipers
6 Short-billed Dowitchers

Raunt
1 Caspian Tern
1 adult Bald Eagle 

All of the common shorebirds you'd expect save:
0 White-rumped 
0 Western Sandpiper 
0 Pectoral Sandpiper. 

Surely with a bit more time more could be found. 

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[nysbirds-l] RMSP Sea Watch Suffolk Co

[peter paul]

Despite the recent threads about boring sea watches, I decided to make the
drive to Robert Moses Field 2 this evening (if nothing else I figured I
could accomplish some purposeful bird watching).  The wind looked ok, so I
went for it.

It was slow but picked up as it got later into the evening, until the south
wind died down and birds became much more distant, which is when I left.
Highlights were:
2 Cory's Sherwater
1 Sooty Shearwater
4 Wilson's Storm-Petrel
2 Alternate plumaged Black Terns

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pelagic South Shore Report

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On this note - a sea watch from RMSP this morning (6:50-9:25) produced two 
Black Terns, one Wilson’s Storm Petrel, and one distant probable jaeger, but 
nothing else of note. There are currently over 40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in 
the field two parking lot. 

Tripper 

> On Jun 25, 2019, at 09:34, John Gluth  wrote:
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> Now all we need are some consistent southerly winds (preferably S or SE) to 
> bring some of those birds within sight of land for us shorebound birders. 
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[nysbirds-l] Arctic Tern Nickerson Beach Nassau

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A Portlandica Arctic Tern made a brief appearance in front of the eastern tern 
colony at Nickerson beach just now. Two Gull-billed Terns have been around as 
well. Oddly absent are Roseate Terns so far. There have not been many loafing 
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[nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern Plumb Beach Brooklyn

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Just flew from the flats at the east end of Plumb Beach in the direction of 
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[nysbirds-l] Adult Arctic Tern Nickerson Beach - Nassau County

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An adult ARTE was seen off and on this morning in front of the eastern tern 
colony at Nickerson Beach. Also around were a handful of Roseate Terns, at 
least one with a field readable band. We did not see any Black or Gull-billed 
Terns today. 

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[nysbirds-l] Golden-crowned Sparrow

[peter paul]

Did anyone see the sparrow yesterday or today?  The most recent ebird
report is from Sunday January 13th.  Positive or negative reports would be
helpful either way.
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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point - Queens

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I haven't been to Breezy in a while.  No rarities warranting in-the-field
reports, but there were some good birds!

Highlights: A WHIMBREL was flushed at the jetty by some fishermen - it flew
east, turning back and eventually landed on the beach about half way
between the 4x4 trail and the jetty.  There were three RED KNOTS, all quite
dapper juvenile birds.  10 Willets, including both eastern and western
birds.

12 species of shorebird in total, as well as 4 Royal Terns, one near-adult
Lesser Black-backed Gull, and continuing White-winged and Surf Scoter
drakes rounded out the evening.

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point - Marbled Godwit, Black Tern +

[peter paul]

This morning there was a continuing MARBLED GODWIT at Breezy point, usually
about half way between the 4x4 trail and the jetty.  Early in the morning
it was down on the beach, but as more joggers, etc... were showing up, it
tended to stay farther up the beach, near or in the roped off area.  It
always liked to hang out with the oystercatchers.

Near the jetty, there was a juvenile BLACK TERN feeding with the Common
Terns.  After a bit of a wait, the bird finally landed in with the large
Common Tern flock on the beach.

I had 12 shorebird species including two Lesser Yellowlegs in the puddle in
the 4x4 parking lot, and 3 Red Knots, one of which was banded.  A Peregrine
buzzed the lot once mid morning, but didn't return.

There was a single first year Lesser Black-backed Gull on the beach in
front of the opening to the 4x4 trail.

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Shorebirds (and others)

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Yesterday morning, Breezy was host to a couple thousand shorebirds - mostly
Sanderling, but 12 shorebird species in total.  Highlights overall were two
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLs, a continuing male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER close to
the jetty, two RED KNOTS, and good numbers of Ruddy Turnstones and Semipalmated
Plovers (enough to begin to be able to sort through in hopes of, dare I
say, some other kind of plover!).

Nothing rare or too exciting.  But there were enough birds that it felt
like anything could touch down or show up in the mix with enough
attention.

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens - Brown Pelicans +

[peter paul]

It's time for a Breezy Point check in!  Late this afternoon, Breezy had an
east to west (and eventually south) fly-by of 8 BROWN PELICANS.  Also there
was a (presumably) continuing first summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL near
the entrance to the beach from the 4 x 4 path, as well as a similarly aged
friend within the group of GBBGs closer to the jetty.

A BONAPARTE'S GULL made a couple of appearances loafing with Common Terns
near the jetty, along with a few portlandica type Common Terns, and a
couple of recently fledged Common Terns.

Finally, there were many shorebirds around - mostly Sanderlings, but a few
Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers (and of course, Piping
Plovers) as well.

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point, Queens

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In case anyone was missing all that tern talk - never fear, I got you
covered!

Breezy was very busy yesterday in the late afternoon.  There were hundreds
of gulls (mostly Herring and Great Black-backed), and hundreds of terns
(mostly Common, and Least).  But highlights included one ROSEATE TERN and
one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.  The LBBG seems to be the same one that has
been there since late June, and in my experience, has always been in the
same place - directly in front of you, or just to the left as the 4 x 4
path opens out onto the beach.

The terns were mostly feeding on the ocean, making sorting through them
difficult.  There was one group that was usually around 30 birds or so
loafing around the point.  This group did not seem to have much turn
around, as I kept finding the same first summer bird and second summer type
in it.  There was a second group loafing near the base of the jetty, on the
bay side, which seemed to rotate more.

Below are my ebird report, and pictures on Flickr.  I tried to include the
variation in age and appearance of the birds that were there.  There were
at least 6 first summer COTEs, and about as many second summer types.  That
said, I didn't discover the bay side loafers until about an hour before I
was going to leave, and I feel fairly confident that with more scrutiny,
that group could have produced even more interesting birds.  The numbers
were certainly high enough that I would expect some more surprises could
have been there with more examination.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach Arctic Tern and others

[peter paul]

To add another layer to the aging confusion, while also tying into the ROST
banding conversation - here are two banded Roseate Terns I have recently
encountered at Nickerson.  I have now received reports from both of them.
They were both banded as chicks, one on Great Gull Island, one in
Connecticut, and both in 2016.  I think anyone reading this conversation
who encountered them in the field would call them adults by plumage, but by
the terms defined, they are both second summers.

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On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 5:58 AM, Joseph DiCostanzo 
wrote:

> Shai does an excellent job summarizing the complications of the terms. And
> he makes a very important point about using the term “type” since there is
> so much individual variation you cannot always reliably join plumage to
> chronological age. I would disagree with one point however. On Great Gull
> Island we trap numbers of Common Terns that are 20 years old or older. (I
> frequently tell students the bird they are handling might be older than
> they are.) Some seasons we may handle a hundred birds in this age bracket.
> It is highly unusual for them to be visually different from from other
> adults, so I would disagree with Shai’s statement that many Common Terns in
> this age bracket look like TY birds. I should note that we are trapping
> birds on nests with hatched chicks so they are generally in healthy
> breeding condition. It is certainly possible that birds in subprime
> condition may not be in full adult plumage.
>
> Joe DiCostanzo
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> Sent from my iPad
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> > On Jun 18, 2018, at 8:01 PM, Shaibal Mitra 
> wrote:
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > There's an error here.
> >
> > Regardless of what's true of any given bird, note the following
> equivalenciesduring June-July in NYS:
> >
> > Juvenile = HY = hatching-year
> > First-summer = SY = Second calendar year
> > Second-summer = TY = Third calendar year (but caveat: many this age look
> like adults, and some adults look like this, hence "type")
> > Adult = ATY = After Third calendar year.
> >
> > With terns:
> >
> > 1. the first-summer plumage (=SY =second calendar year) is usually
> highly stereotyped; this is the "portlandica" plumage; one year-old birds
> that differ obviously and consistently from breeding adults.
> >
> > 2. the second-summer type plumage (associated with but not identical to
> TY = third calendar year) is highly variable. Part of this arises because
> it comprises some actual TY birds (two years old; but note, many TY birds
> attain definitive adult appearance), and also a percentage of older, fully
> adult birds that are not in prime condition (very old Common Terns >20
> years old often look like this).
> >
> > Below are links to a series of second-summer type Arctic Tern
> individuals, spanning the gamut from very delayed (almost
> portlandica-looking) to nearly adult looking. The Arctic Terns that show up
> on LI are non-breeders, and they range from classic first-summers through
> all manner of second-summer types to almost adult-looking birds. But among
> the latter, they almost always show some defect from full breeding adult
> condition, and these occur all through June and early July. Thus I tend to
> suspect them as mainly seond-summer = TY = Third year = two year-olds.
> >
> > https://flic.kr/p/VVHtaZ
> > https://flic.kr/p/VhQ65U
> > https://flic.kr/p/VT2po6
> > https://flic.kr/p/VCjr6C
> > https://flic.kr/p/VPwvqd
> > https://flic.kr/p/VT2pRk
> > https://flic.kr/p/VCjq6G
> > https://flic.kr/p/VT2rrp
> > https://flic.kr/p/VT2otk
> > https://flic.kr/p/VhQ6fo
> >
> > Best,
> > Shai
> >
> >
> > 
> > From: bounce-122646499-3714...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122646499-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Timothy Healy [
> tp...@cornell.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 7:28 PM
> > To: Steve Walter
> > Cc: NYSBIRDS
> > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach Arctic Tern and others
> >
> > This is where many banders and field biologists often use the
> abbreviations SY and ASY, for second year and after second year. The second
> year, a.k.a. second summer a.k.a. year old, plumages for many species are
> pretty definitive, and quite distinct from adults. In the case of COTE and
> ARTE, birds stay in a plumage that resembles their initial juvenile
> coloration for their second calendar year. The black-billed,
> white-foreheaded birds that are so abundant at the beach this season are
> coming up on a year old. This “imperfect” adult Arctic, with only some
> smudges, flecks, and short streamers to separate it from a classic mature
> bird, is probably at least two years old. I certainly don’t think it was
> born during the last season, which is what I understand makes a second
> summer bird. It may be in its third summer, or maybe it’s older and just a
> little funky. I reported it on eBird as 

Re: [nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach Arctic Tern and others

[peter paul]

As interested as I am in the aging of these birds, I'm just gonna keep
reading the thoughts of others.  But going back to the
how-many-Arctic-Terns-are-we-seeing thread:

Tim,
My Sunday and Friday birds were different.  Look at my pictures from Friday
 and Sunday .
Looking back at Tim's pictures ,
I'm now wondering if on Sunday morning he had my Friday bird (or at least a
similar one), and then we found an entirely new one later after he left.
When comparing, look especially at the upper primaries (quite light on my
Friday bird, dark on my Sunday), bill color, leg color (both much deeper
red on Sunday than on Friday).

Andrew, this would kind of square with what you thought happened as
well...  Maybe the group of us saw both on Sunday morning, but we
documented the second one better...?

Anyway, thanks all for the crash course in everything ARTE.  I feel like
the past few weeks have been all ARTE all the time.

Tripper


On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:01 PM, Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> Tim,
>
> There's an error here.
>
> Regardless of what's true of any given bird, note the following
> equivalenciesduring June-July in NYS:
>
> Juvenile = HY = hatching-year
> First-summer = SY = Second calendar year
> Second-summer = TY = Third calendar year (but caveat: many this age look
> like adults, and some adults look like this, hence "type")
> Adult = ATY = After Third calendar year.
>
> With terns:
>
> 1. the first-summer plumage (=SY =second calendar year) is usually highly
> stereotyped; this is the "portlandica" plumage; one year-old birds that
> differ obviously and consistently from breeding adults.
>
> 2. the second-summer type plumage (associated with but not identical to TY
> = third calendar year) is highly variable. Part of this arises because it
> comprises some actual TY birds (two years old; but note, many TY birds
> attain definitive adult appearance), and also a percentage of older, fully
> adult birds that are not in prime condition (very old Common Terns >20
> years old often look like this).
>
> Below are links to a series of second-summer type Arctic Tern individuals,
> spanning the gamut from very delayed (almost portlandica-looking) to nearly
> adult looking. The Arctic Terns that show up on LI are non-breeders, and
> they range from classic first-summers through all manner of second-summer
> types to almost adult-looking birds. But among the latter, they almost
> always show some defect from full breeding adult condition, and these occur
> all through June and early July. Thus I tend to suspect them as mainly
> seond-summer = TY = Third year = two year-olds.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/VVHtaZ
> https://flic.kr/p/VhQ65U
> https://flic.kr/p/VT2po6
> https://flic.kr/p/VCjr6C
> https://flic.kr/p/VPwvqd
> https://flic.kr/p/VT2pRk
> https://flic.kr/p/VCjq6G
> https://flic.kr/p/VT2rrp
> https://flic.kr/p/VT2otk
> https://flic.kr/p/VhQ6fo
>
> Best,
> Shai
>
>
> 
> From: bounce-122646499-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122646499-3714944@
> list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Timothy Healy [tp...@cornell.edu]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 7:28 PM
> To: Steve Walter
> Cc: NYSBIRDS
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach Arctic Tern and others
>
> This is where many banders and field biologists often use the
> abbreviations SY and ASY, for second year and after second year. The second
> year, a.k.a. second summer a.k.a. year old, plumages for many species are
> pretty definitive, and quite distinct from adults. In the case of COTE and
> ARTE, birds stay in a plumage that resembles their initial juvenile
> coloration for their second calendar year. The black-billed,
> white-foreheaded birds that are so abundant at the beach this season are
> coming up on a year old. This “imperfect” adult Arctic, with only some
> smudges, flecks, and short streamers to separate it from a classic mature
> bird, is probably at least two years old. I certainly don’t think it was
> born during the last season, which is what I understand makes a second
> summer bird. It may be in its third summer, or maybe it’s older and just a
> little funky. I reported it on eBird as ASY, because it is definitely far
> more progressed than the typical yearling birds loafing around the inlets.
>
> Cheers!
> -Tim H
>
> On Jun 18, 2018, at 7:15 PM, Steve Walter  swalte...@verizon.net>> wrote:
>
> Tim,
>
> In normal conversation, I typically use the phrase “two year old” for
> birds that I suspect were born two summers ago. But as the conversation of
> recent days has alluded, there can be adults that for whatever reason, are
> not complete. And adult traits may not develop in sync in younger birds.
> Looking back at the weekend’s posts, I saw that Pat Lindsay made a point
> about her “second summer type” having a black bill. Today’s had a red bill.
> So a two year old? Probably. But definitely? Maybe, maybe not. It lo

[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach - Terns

[peter paul]

Just to add to the Long Island bird reports from today - I went to
Nickerson and spent around 4 and a half hours terning.  Highlights were a
second summer type ARCTIC TERN, four ROSEATE TERNs, and a
much-discussed-as-of-late, black billed, black legged, long winged,
speckled forheaded COMMON TERN (A Notorious C.O.T.E., if you will).
Finally, there were also at least 15 first summer Common Terns, and a few
second summer types.

The black billed COTE and Roseate's were there for the entire duration of
my time at the park - each time that they flushed, they returned to loaf in
front of the colony.  The ARTE stayed for around an hour, and was
eventually flushed by a truck driving down the beach.

A cooperative Tricolored Heron continued at Marine Nature Study Area as
well.

More photos and details:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46569053

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens

[peter paul]

Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens.  The
jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome.  Images of the bird can
be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around
for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it
(though I didn't stay terribly long looking).  Winds were strong from the
SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four
first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my
observation.  Details here:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and

Happy terning,
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach - Possible Common Tern (longipennis) Species - Comments and thoughts welcome

[peter paul]

Hey all,
Just to throw another specimen into the mix, here (
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S30364262) is a bird that Simon Taylor and
I found a couple of summers ago at Nickerson.  We noted many of the
structural, plumage, and molt features that Shai mentions in the 2011
listserv email.

This album has a couple more pictures of the same bird:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/albums/72157687846819856

Happy tern-ing,
Tripper

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Long Island Birding 
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> Hello Shai and everyone,
> Thanks so much for your detailed response Shai.  I changed the listing to
> Common Tern and added one more picture with more of a side view, but
> unfortunately I wasn't able to get a flight shot or any shots with the
> wings spread open.  I am curious if this bird will reach more of the
> classic breeding plumage that I am used to seeing or remain dark and how
> that might affect its ability to breed this year.  I do also think the legs
> are a bit darker than the pictures let on.  There was another interesting
> bird yesterday that was speculated to be an adult common tern showing
> retarded plumage, however it looked quite different than the one in my
> report and resembled more of a second summer tern.  Thank you again for
> shedding some light on this Shai!
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Re: [SINaturaList] Re: [nysbirds-l] Possible Little Egret Photos Posted

[peter paul]

To me, the bill looks too slim and too uniform in color for LBHE (which
would have a thicker bill that tapers more, dark tip with lighter colored
base).  LBHE also tends to hunt and stand with its neck extended, not
curled up like this bird is doing in all of these pictures.  The legs would
also be lighter in LBHE, though leg color is never all that helpful with
waders...

LIEG have longer and thicker legs than SNEG, which this bird seems to be
showing.  I don't know anything about dark lored snowys.  Does anyone else?


Please, anyone correct me if anything I said sounds off.  Were there
impressions in the field that could help with the ID?  Behavior or
structural?

Tripper

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> Thanks for sharing a link to photos. Have any thoughts been given to
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> I realize that link might not work for everyone-
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> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:24 PM Jose Ramirez-Garofalo <
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>> The possible juvenile Little Egret, first noted by Dr. Richard Veit, was
>> observed by Jose and I for quite some time, as mentioned earlier. Photos
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] Possible juvenile Little Egret

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Mew gull Staten Island

[peter paul]

Has anyone seen this bird since this morning?  Updates of any kind would be
very welcome

Thanks,
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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond report 7-14-16

[peter paul]

I also went to the East Pond today, and will add to Andrew's email only
that on the way out, near the south side entrance, I came across a Western
Sandpiper mixed in with a flock of Leasts and Semis.  Thank you to Andrew
for looking at my photo and helping me clinch the ID!
Good Birding,
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>  I spent the morning on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge,
> birding the entire pond.
>
> The overall shorebird numbers continue to remain low. However, peeps are
> increasing led by Least Sandpipers.
>
> A total of 10 species of shorebirds with 1 STILT SANDPIPER being the
> highlight. Nothing of note among the other expected species.
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[nysbirds-l] Western Flycatcher

[peter paul]

At around 3:30pm today, while observing a flock of Pine Siskins along the
path between the point and the oven, where the Red-headed Woodpecker has
been hanging out, I refound the Western Flycatcher.  A number of observers
got on it, and some got photos.  It vocalized a few times, a high pitch,
"tsueet" (as Peterson writes).  Tim Healy got a good recording, which I put
on Flickr and linked to below.  You can hear it at 2 seconds 8 seconds, and
18 seconds in.

Other observations:  It spent most of its time fairly high up, but came low
a couple of times.  It was vocalizing at the time that it was the lowest
down.  It was actively flycatching, but rarely if ever returning to the
perch that it left from.  It was flicking its tail often.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/23189424455/in/dateposted-public/

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