Re: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
I think most would if they know their actions could put birds and baby
birds in jeopardy. We can carry this discussion further off-line if
you'd like.
-- Original Message --
From: gusk...@zoho.com
To: jose.ramirez.garof...@rutgers.edu
Cc: redk...@optonline.net; NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2022 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
The question is: will people obey the signs?
On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 16:27:49 -0400 Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
wrote ---
> Unfortunately, not likely, We have tried this on Staten Island.
> Get Outlook for iOS
> From: redk...@optonline.net
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2022 4:22:05 PM
> To: Gus Keri ; Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
> Cc: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb
Beach Gus: Thank you for sharing some good news! Do you think that signs
and
> roping could be put on top to prevent humans from compressing the
> nesting chambers?
>
>
> -- Original Message --
> From: gusk...@zoho.com
> To: jose.ramirez.garof...@rutgers.edu
> Cc: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2022 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb
Beach
>
> Great news!
> After I saw the photo of the nestling taken by another birder 3
days
> ago (I am sorry for not mentioning his/her name. I don't know if
he/she
> wants the publicity), I had to go and check on the fate of this
nestling
> and the nest.
>
> The moment I arrived, I noticed that the nest that was half
occluded
> yesterday is wide open today. It made me happy to see that the
swallow
> re-opened it. Looking inside, I could see the chick is alive and
well.
>
> Few minutes later, an adult came and fed the chick and I recorded
the
> feeding act on video. You can see it here:
>
>
https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBirdBrklyn%2Fstatus%2F1548720277110005762&data=05%7C01%7Cjose.ramirez.garofalo%40rutgers.edu%7C29a42e35f16f450a9df908da683206b8%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637936861918479676%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zLp34JGJdJAXzsLv1Ia4smEFqZULgsnqybbERmabTZ0%3D&reserved=0
>
> To the best of my knowledge, this is the first ever Bank Swallow
> offspring that was born in Brooklyn. If this is inaccurate, please,
let
> me know.
>
> The fact that this nest is wide open proved to me again that no
bird
> will ever abandon its chicks permanently. They might abandon them
for a
> short period of time when there is a danger around, but they always
come
> back to care for them after the danger goes away. At least this is
my
> experience with all the nests I have followed over the years.
>
> This Swallow couldn't let its chick be buried alive.
>
> As for the other nests, they are still occluded. Two of them
totally
> occluded and the third is half occluded. My thinking that there are
no
> living chicks inside. The swallows probably abandoned their eggs,
and
> they might try laying eggs in another burrow, like Jose suggested.
>
> Good birding to all
> Gus Keri
>
>
>
> On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:30:59 -0400 Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
> wrote ---
>>
>> Gus,
>>
>> Unfortunately, that is a common occurrence with Bank Swallow
> colonies on the coast. There is really no way to adequately protect
the
> nests unless the land management agency fences off the top of the
> dune/bluff. Disturbance to the front of the colony site can also a
> problem at a site like Plumb—though less-so than actual nest
collapse.
> Since they aren’t protected (not even as a Species of Special
Concern
> despite their widespread declines in NYS/the northeast), it isn’t
likely
> that targeted measures will be undertaken for the swallows there.
>>
>> The good news is that they are adept at re-nesting, and will
> sometimes nest in drainpipes like Northern Rough-winged Swallows.
We are
> pretty late in the season for them, but it isn’t out of the
question.
>>
>> Cheers-
>> José
>>
>> --
>> José R. Ramírez-Garofalo
>> Pronouns: He/Him/His
>> PhD Student
>> Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
>> Rutgers University
>> 14 College Farm Road,
>> New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
>>
>>
>> From: Gus Keri
>> Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 12:52 PM
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
>> To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert
>>
>>
>> Updates on these nests:
>> Today, the third nest wa
Re: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
Gus: Thank you for sharing some good news! Do you think that signs and
roping could be put on top to prevent humans from compressing the
nesting chambers?
-- Original Message --
From: gusk...@zoho.com
To: jose.ramirez.garof...@rutgers.edu
Cc: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2022 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
Great news!
After I saw the photo of the nestling taken by another birder 3 days
ago (I am sorry for not mentioning his/her name. I don't know if he/she
wants the publicity), I had to go and check on the fate of this nestling
and the nest.
The moment I arrived, I noticed that the nest that was half occluded
yesterday is wide open today. It made me happy to see that the swallow
re-opened it. Looking inside, I could see the chick is alive and well.
Few minutes later, an adult came and fed the chick and I recorded the
feeding act on video. You can see it here:
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1548720277110005762
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first ever Bank Swallow
offspring that was born in Brooklyn. If this is inaccurate, please, let
me know.
The fact that this nest is wide open proved to me again that no bird
will ever abandon its chicks permanently. They might abandon them for a
short period of time when there is a danger around, but they always come
back to care for them after the danger goes away. At least this is my
experience with all the nests I have followed over the years.
This Swallow couldn't let its chick be buried alive.
As for the other nests, they are still occluded. Two of them totally
occluded and the third is half occluded. My thinking that there are no
living chicks inside. The swallows probably abandoned their eggs, and
they might try laying eggs in another burrow, like Jose suggested.
Good birding to all
Gus Keri
On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:30:59 -0400 Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
wrote ---
>
> Gus,
>
> Unfortunately, that is a common occurrence with Bank Swallow
colonies on the coast. There is really no way to adequately protect the
nests unless the land management agency fences off the top of the
dune/bluff. Disturbance to the front of the colony site can also a
problem at a site like Plumb—though less-so than actual nest collapse.
Since they aren’t protected (not even as a Species of Special Concern
despite their widespread declines in NYS/the northeast), it isn’t likely
that targeted measures will be undertaken for the swallows there.
>
> The good news is that they are adept at re-nesting, and will
sometimes nest in drainpipes like Northern Rough-winged Swallows. We are
pretty late in the season for them, but it isn’t out of the question.
>
> Cheers-
> José
>
> --
> José R. Ramírez-Garofalo
> Pronouns: He/Him/His
> PhD Student
> Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
> Rutgers University
> 14 College Farm Road,
> New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
>
>
> From: Gus Keri
> Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 12:52 PM
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
> To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert
>
>
> Updates on these nests:
> Today, the third nest was totally occluded and the fourth one is
half-occluded, and I anticipate it to be gone by the end of the day.
> The reason: people are camping on the top of the cliff exactly
above the nesting wall.
> It is very sad that the first ever Bank Swallow nesting in Brooklyn
will not be successful this year and we won't have any new generation of
this species here.
> Gus Keri.
>
> Forwarded message
> From: Gus Keri
> To: "Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding
alert"
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:35:40 -0400
> Subject: Bank Swallow nests at Plumb Beach
> Forwarded message
>
> > As some of you know there are few nest holes in Plumb beach for
Bank Swallow this season and this happened here for the first time ever,
as far as I know.
> > For the last couple of weeks, there were total 4 holes in a
small sandy wall that span some 10-15 feet high and 15-20 feet wide. I
only saw the swallows go into three of these holes.
> > Today, I saw only two open holes while the other two were
completely occluded with sand.
> >
> > I remember at the beginning that two or three other holes closed
completely with sand, but this was before they started nesting.
> > At that time, I thought they make few nests and then choose one
or two of them to be used.
> >
> > But this time the issue is different. I have seen a swallow go
into one of the two closed nests few times which made the possibility of
nesting bird inside very high. And this made me think; what if there was
a female sitting on the eggs when the hole collapse! Can she make her
way out? Are these h
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Sounds more like the work of a Northern Shrike.shrikes routinely impale their prey to store it before coming back to eat it. - Original Message - From: bloob...@optimum.net Date: Monday, December 26, 2016 2:35 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Dead Chickadee impaled on a branch To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu > > > > > > > Hello,I am sorry if this is a little off topic. We have bird > feeders in our yard next to some privet bushes. We found a dead > chickadee impaled on one of the branches. We have a coopers hawk > stalking our feeders, would the hawk do that?Thanks for your > help.Tammie CareyDutchess County > > Sent from my LG Mobile > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 2905] I Have Never Seen This Before !!
Hi Rick: Grey squirrels, red squirrels, both species of flying squirrels (often come to feeding stations to feed on suet), and chipmunks covet protein and are known to eat bird eggs and nestlings. Indeed, they are an under appreciated source of mortality for songbirds, especially chipmunks. If would like stickers from WindowAlert which you can put on your sliding glass door to make it more visible to birds let me know. They reflect UV light and I have put them up at Brookhaven Town Hall to good success. I have a packet which contains four stickers I'd be happy to send to you. Happy Holidays. John - Original Message - From: Rick & Linda Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 12:05 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 2905] I Have Never Seen This Before !! To: NYS BIRDS > I always thought G Squirrels were vegetarians. Here are pictures > of a squirrel on my deck eating a DE Junco. I could not believe > my eyes but there it is. > > I was working on my laptop this morning and heard a thump on the > sliding glass door. Evidently it was a DE Junco that hit the > glass. I finished what I was doing and went to see if the bird > needed to be put in a box and kept warm until it recovered. > When I got to the door I saw the squirrel already had the birds > head off and was eating the rest. > > I have never seen this before, has anyone else? > > I frequently throw out leftover wet cat food, fat and other > table scraps that the Bluejays and Blackbirds enjoy but the > squirrels always turn their noses up at that food. > > She ate the whole bird and I spotted her later with only > feathers stuck to her head and leg. > > This is a first for me and I don’t know if I like the idea of a > carnivorous squirrel. > > > > IMG_9673 > > > > IMG_9672 > > > > IMG_9671 > > > > IMG_9670 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "North Fork Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, send an email to north-fork- > birds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > birds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>.For > more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/optout . > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks @ Meville Park
Visiting the stone bridge at Melville Park proved quite productive Friday night as a team effort by Byron Young, Patrice Domeischel, and I produced 60+ nighthawks feeding actively over the two ponds in the span of an hour and a half. Their behavior was interesting. For the first 45 minutes or so the birds stayed high, hawking for insects several hundred feet above the ground. Toward dusk, however, they descended to the point they were below the tree-line, only 5-20 feet above the water surface. For the first time ever I saw a nighthawk drink on the wing as it skimmed the pond's surface. Byron and I agreed we could discern a definite influx of birds coming in from the north, from Conscience Bay, and to a lesser extent from the east. Given this, watching for nighthawks from the Old Field Lighthouse might prove especially productive, if permission could be granted to park along the road. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks at Melville Park
Went back to the stone bridge at Frank Melville Park in Setauket this evening for the third night out of the last four to look for nighthawks. Spent a little more than an hour there and saw 31 nighthawks overhead, although that may represent a slight overcount since the trees along the western edge of the pond blocked the ability to see movement clearly and birds I thought were new, undetected birds may have been birds that swung back around. Like the report for Caumsett that Dave Klauber provided, the nighthawks at Melville were very high, some barely distinguishable although I was using 12X binoculars.. a very different experience from the other night when the birds were skimming over the pond surface. Arie Gilbert and his friend Bob (don't remember last name) arrived toward the end of the watching period and saw a dozen or so of the birds... Another wonderful night enjoying goatsuckers. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Nighthawks late yesterday afternoon
Tipped off by a phone message from Carl Safina, who had seen Common Nighthawks foraging over the Seatuket Mill Pond a little earlier in the day, I headed down around 5:00 o'clock to see for myself. For the next 1 1/2 hours I watched anywhere from 4-13 nighthawks feeding over the two ponds, with most concentrating over the Mill Pond. There was a huge hatch of small aerial insects and the nighthawks were feeding incessantly, along with varying sized flocks of tree swallows ranging from several swallows to a hundred or more. What was nice about the event was that the birds were routinely skimming low over the water and since I was positioned on the stone bridge was able to look down on them and see their full coloration much better than the typical view of a nighthawk - a dark silhouette against the sky. One time a nighthawk came so close to the water surface it forced a gadwall to dive under the water. A little later one of the nighthawks flew toward me and proceeded to land on the bridge landing and resting on a stone top of a bridge abutment about 20 feet away. It stayed there for a minute before being frightened off by a couple walking over the bridge. As dusk descended the nighthawks left except for one that stayed with it. As I walked to the car a Great Horned Owl called several times from the wooded portion of the Frank Melville Preserve, a nice way to cap off a most enjoyable experience. Thanks Carl! John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Nighthawks
As we enter the time of year that Common Nighthawks pass through NY on their migration south I find myself looking skyward more and was rewarded last night with two nighthawks feeding over my house in Setauket. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 May 2016
Doesn't the fact the Chucks-will's-widow was flushed a "few times before
disappearing"
suggest it was being unduly disturbed and perhaps even harassed?
John Turner
- Original Message -
From: Ben Cacace
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016 11:18 am
Subject: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 May 2016
To: NYSBIRDS-L
> - RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * May. 20, 2016
> * NYNY1605.20
>
> - Birds mentioned
> Bicknell's Thrush +
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
>
> Least Bittern
> Stilt Sandpiper
> White-rumped Sandpiper
> Wilson's Phalarope
> Chuck-will's-widow
> Eastern Whip-poor-will
> Red-headed Woodpecker
> Olive-sided Flycatcher
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> Acadian Flycatcher
> Alder Flycatcher
> Philadelphia Vireo
> Gray-cheeked Thrush
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Louisiana Waterthrush
> Golden-winged Warbler
> Prothonotary Warbler
> Tennessee Warbler
> Mourning Warbler
> Kentucky Warbler
> Hooded Warbler
> Cape May Warbler
> Cerulean Warbler
> Bay-breasted Warbler
> Blackburnian Warbler
> Palm Warbler
> Yellow-throated Warbler
> Wilson's Warbler
> Summer Tanager
> Blue Grosbeak
>
> - Transcript
>
> If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
> electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
> http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
>
> You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
> nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}org.
>
> If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and
> photos or
> sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
>
> Gary Chapin - Secretary
> NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
> 125 Pine Springs Drive
> Ticonderoga, NY 12883
>
> Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
> Number: (212) 979-3070
>
> To report sightings call:
> Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
> Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
>
> Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
> Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
>
> Transcriber: Ben Cacace
>
> BEGIN TAPE
>
> Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May
> 20th 2016
> at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
> CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, LEAST BITTERN, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
> PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
> MOURNING WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BICKNELL'S THRUSH and RED-HEADED
> WOODPECKER.
>
> A good week with very good variety but no exceptional rarities.
> Among the
> non-passerines probably the most excitement surrounded the LEAST
> BITTERNthat remained in decent view perched in a tree last
> Sunday in Prospect Park
> Brooklyn and last Sunday a male WILSON'S PHALAROPE, the less
> colorful sex
> in Phalaropes, was spotted in the Captree marsh west of the
> Robert Moses
> Causeway. Also present there among the fairly large assemblage of
> shorebirds were 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS
> were seen
> there again Tuesday. Last Saturday at Jones Beach West End a
> CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW was flushed a few times before disappearing and
> interestingly an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was found singing there Monday
> evening. Finishing the non-passerines last Sunday single RED-HEADED
> WOODPECKERS were seen at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and on
> the north
> fork at the Ruth Aleva Preserve in East Marion and 2 continue at
> Willowbrook Park on Staten Island.
>
> Last Saturday single SUMMER TANAGERS were found at Jones Beach
> West End at
> Marcy Woods south of Belmont Lake State Park and at Long Gardens
> in Stony
> Brook and in the days following at Kissena Park in Queens Sunday
> and then
> on Wednesday in Central Park and at the Rye Nature Center in
> Westchester.The Marcy Woods bird was still there today. A BLUE
> GROSBEAK was spotted at
> Connetquot River State Park last Sunday but could not later be
> relocated.
> A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found at the Bronx Zoo last Saturday
> and another
> appeared at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Sunday and Monday
> and today
> one was reported appearing briefly at the Forest Park waterhole.
> A female
> GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn
> last Saturday
> and a female CERULEAN WARBLER was spotted in Central Park
> yesterday. A
> MOURNING WARBLER in Forest Park last Saturday and Sunday was
> followed by
> others in Central Park from Sunday on, at Green-wood Cemetery
> Sunday, at
> Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday and at Southards Pond Park
> in Babylon
> yesterday. KENTUCKY WARBLERS appeared suddenly on Thursday with
> 2 in
> Prospect Park and another in Central Park and one was at Valley
> Stream Park
> today. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue in Connetquot River
> State Park and
> at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Otherwise among the 33 species
> of warblers
> in the region have been some WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, HOODED,
> CAPE MAY,
> BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN and WILSON'S as well as the more
> common speci
[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper Continues
As of 5:30 p.m. today the shorebird named in honor of the famous American naturalist William Bartram was at the west-east turnaround a little east of Oak Beach on Ocean Parkway. I watched it, nerve-wrackingly, bathing in a puddle at the edge of the road as cars whizzed by before walking across the turnaround road.. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Dickcissel & Montauk Gulls
On a wide ranging day of birding yesterday I visited Southard Town Park for the Dickcissel which obliged by sitting on the fencing around the tennis courts. I then headed to Montauk and along the east jetty to Montauk Harbor had both the Glaucous and Iceland gull. Also had remarkably close-up views of two grey seals in the harbor, adjacent to the inlet, rubbing and biting each other (courtship or mating behavior?). At the Point I could not relocate the King eider seen the week before but I have no doubt it was among the very large Common eider - scoter flocks. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Sterling Forest, Ironwood Drive powerline
Perhaps the local Audubon Chapter or some other constituency could contact the power company and explore the possibility of refraining from disturbing/destroying essential habitat during the spring nesting season. From our experience on Long Island the power company, in a couple of cases, has been amenable to postponing vegetation management and control efforts during the nesting season, once they understood the potential impacts and realized they could undertake the management actions during a significant fraction of the year, outside the nesting season window. John Turner - Original Message - From: Dawn Hannay Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:25 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Sterling Forest, Ironwood Drive powerline To: "NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu" > Together with Adele Gotlib, I spent the day walking the power > line cut and > the Sterling Valley trail at Sterling Forest today. We were > disturbed to > see that crews with chainsaws were hard at work along the north > right-of-way, usually the more productive direction for Golden-winged > Warblers. I understand that the right-of-way needs to be > maintained, but > the timing seems less than ideal for the warblers. > Since the noise was disruptive, we walked south, and saw only one > Blue-winged and 2 Golden-winged Warblers. We did see Prairie, Indigo > Bunting, Field and Chipping Sparrows, Great-crested Flycatcher and > Yellow-throated Vireos, and a pair of Broad-winged Hawks along > the power > line. > We then turned southwest to follow the Sterling Valley trail to > the lake. > The birding was tough and bugs abundant, but we saw Worm-eating, > Cerulean,Black-and-white, Ovenbird, Black-throated Green and > Yellow Warblers, and an > abundance of Scarlet Tanagers. Wood Ducks were on the pond, and > there was a > pair of Kingbirds at the lake. > I won't list all the birds here, but we concluded with an Eagle flying > over. Bald is the expected species. but the bird was completely > silhouettedand any markings were obscured. It definitely had no > white at all on the > head and tail, but it was impossible to see the mottling, if > any, on the > body. > Still, an exciting conclusion to a good day! > Dawn Hannay > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Possible Yellow legged Gull at Plumb Beach 20150324
Does anyone have an idea as to the cause for the different coloration in the legs. Could it be diet related? John Turner - Original Message - From: Shaibal Mitra Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:08 pm Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Possible Yellow legged Gull at Plumb Beach 20150324 To: NYSBIRDS-L > Both of our common large gull species, Herring and Great Black- > backed, occasionally deviate from their usual dull pink legs to > more or less yellow legs. Some examples of this phenomenon can > be seen starting here: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LaridaeIIHerringGreatBlackBackedGulls#5376517305977522738 > > From: "js...@nyu.edu [ebirdsnyc]" > > nore...@yahoogroups.com>>Date: March 24, 2015 at 4:02:50 PM EDT > To: > > Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Possible Yellow legged Gull at Plumb Beach > 20150324Reply-To: js...@nyu.edu > > > > Today at 10:30 AM an isolated possible Yellow legged Gull at > Plumb Beach. Near a group of 12 Oystercatchers and 40 Brant, > > I am not an expert, any feedback is welcome. I have additional > images if needed. > > Thank you. > > Juan Salas > > > > Yellow legged Gull Plumb Beach > 20150324 > > > [image] > > > Yellow legged Gull Plumb Beach 20150324 > Explore > js472's photos on Flickr. js472 has uploaded 78 photos to Flickr. > > > View on www.flickr.com > > Preview by Yahoo > > > > Yellow legged Gull Plumb Beach b > 20150324 > > > [image] > > > Yellow legged Gull Plumb Beach b 20150324 > Explore js472's photos on Flickr. js472 has uploaded 78 photos to Flickr. > > > View on www.flickr.com > > Preview by Yahoo > > > > > > __._,_.___ > > Posted by: js...@nyu.edu > > Reply via web > post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in > this topic (1) > ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC area > Visit Your > Group > > * New > Members 2 > > [Yahoo! > Groups] > • > Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > . > > > __,_._,___ > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and > LeaveArchives: > The Mail Archive> l...@cornell.edu/maillist.html>Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to > eBird!-- > > > Connect with CSI on Social Media> > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Comments and photos re: Cassin's Kingbird at Floyd Bennett Field
Deborah: Thanks for putting together this information. It is informative, interesting, and fun to conjecture about where these birds spent their previous cold weather seasons.. John Turner - Original Message - From: Deborah Allen Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 4:36 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Comments and photos re: Cassin's Kingbird at Floyd Bennett Field To: NYSBIRDS-L > On Saturday, December 27th, Bob DeCandido and I paid a visit to > the Cassin's Kingbird at Floyd Bennett Field, obtaining several > photos, among them: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17935335 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17935268 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17935269 > > An examination of the photos reveals that the bird is an adult > male. > > Pyle discusses Cassin's Kingbird in his "Identification Guide to > North American Birds: Part 1" with illustrations of the wing > formula (Figure 171), the shape of the outermost primary (p10) > by sex and age (Figure 173), and a comparison of the shape of P6 > in adult male and female Cassin's Kingbirds (Figure 174). > > Here's a close-up of the outer primaries of the Floyd Bennett > Field Cassin's Kingbird: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17941419 > > Here we can see that not only is the outermost primary less > deeply notched than that of the similar Western Kingbird (Figure > 176 in Pyle), but P6 is narrower than that of an adult female > Cassin's Kingbird (Figure 174). > > The Slater Museum of Natural History Wing & Tail Image > Collection is also useful in this regard. > > Here's the dorsal surface of an adult male Cassin's Kingbird > from the Slater collection (specimen 78061a): > > http://digitalcollections.pugetsound.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/slaterwing/id/13198/rec/1 > > And the dorsal surface of a male Western Kingbird [not an adult] > from the Slater collection (specimen 17298a) for comparison. P10 > is an adult feathers and has a very long and narrow sickle shape: > > http://digitalcollections.pugetsound.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/slaterwing/id/12466/rec/1 > > We tend to think that birds found outside their normal range are > young birds, but both the Cassin's Kingbird and Couch's Kingbird > are adult males. One wonders where they spent the previous fall > and winter. > > Deborah Allen > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Footprints in the Field
Erich: Could the footprints you took photos of be turkey tracks? They look like that to me and since cattle egret are quite uncommon on Long Island this time of year while turkey are very common I suspect that is what you found. John Turner - Original Message - From: Erich Glanz Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 7:02 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Footprints in the Field To: "nysbirds-l@cornell.edu" > On a Veterans' Day visit to Calverton National Cemetery today, > we observed footprints of probable cattle egrets on the soil > covering several recent interments. They were next to deer > footprints. See below. > > Barbara and Erich Glanz > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Cupsogue to Shinnecock Inlet/EPCAL
the heck with the bird report. where did you have lunch? - Original Message - From: Jim Clinton Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:30 am Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cupsogue to Shinnecock Inlet/EPCAL To: nysbirds-L > Bob Adamo and I met at Cupsogue to do some birding. I got there > a few hours earlier than Bob so I did a sea watch before heading > out to the flats. Many fishing boats but not much besides gulls > and terns. I was surprise with the number of Great Black-back > Gulls in the mix. > > Highlights > 1 maybe 2 Cory's Shearwaters > 2 Black Terns > > I then headed out to the flats. Many Sea-side Sp. and a few > Sharp-tailed Sp. The Sharp-tails that I did see were Saltmarsh. > The flats were empty of birds except for Willets, > Oystercatchers, and a group of terns. > > Highlights > Piping Plover ocean side > 2 Roseate Terns > 2 Foster's Tern > > I was able to get back to the parking lot before Bob started out > to the flats. Saving Bob a long walk for little return. > The drought continued along Dune Rd. > > Hightlights > 1 Greater Yellowlegs > 1 Willow Flycatcher > > Shinnecock Inlet Highlights > 1 Red-throated Loon > 3 Black Scoter (1 male 2 female) > 1 Common Eider > > After a great lunch of steamers and Ceviche we headed out to > EPCAL. I never had Ceviche before but love trying new things. > It was quite good. > > Highlights > Many Grasshopper Sp on territory > Savannah Sp > Meadowlark > Indigo Bunting > > Jim Clinton Jr and Bob Adamo > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Doodletown
Spent a wonderful day at Doodletown. While I did not see or hear the Kentucky Warbler and missed seeing a timber rattlesnake by about 3 minutes, I saw four separate Hooded Warblers with two of them providing wonderful, close-up views while singing, and several singing male and female Cerulean Warblers. I had three highlights: 1. Watching a black rat snake, known to be a talented climber, move up the side of the 200 year old oak tree for which there is an interpretive sign alongside the trail. It was amazing to watch it work its way upward on the bark without the use of any limbs. I'm not sure how it did it but it looped its body against bark projections as it moved upward. After a few minutes it turned sideways and came back down and partially slithered into the base of a japanese barberry bush. I approached it and it began to make a rattling noise, presumably with its tail in the dead leaves. This made me pause for a minute wondering if it was the rat snake (which is known to do this) or a timber rattlesnake. It tunred out to be the rat snake as I watched the tail vibrate when it did it again. 2. On the way to the Herbert Cemetery a bird flying in the woods to the north of the trail caught my attention. It turned out to be a Yellow-billed Cuckoo and I was able to watch it land at the nest and feed two young that were eagerly begging. The other adult bird (I assumed the female) was next to the nest. I stayed there for nearly half an hour to watch the activity repeated two other times. From the view of the chicks I guessed they were 5-6 days old. While difficult to describe a birder might be able to see the nest if you stand on the trail facing north looking over a large barberry bush that is about 15 feet west of the large witch hazel growing along the trail leading to the cemetery. If you see a clump of downward pointing brown leaves in the lower canopy about 25 feet away look slightly to the left of the clump and about another 25 feet. The nest is on a slightly arched horizontal branch. 3. Heading back down on the main trail I was able to watch for about half-a-minute a female Cerulean Warbler bathing in a tiny, I mean tiny, puddle of water in a little rivulet that flows under the main trail. If you walk to the interpretive sign that denotes the "Gray Family" homestead walk up the trail about another 20 to 25 feet or so and you will see a rusted pipe culvert sticking out on your left. This culvert accommodates the water in the rivulet. She was bathing about three feet from the end of the culvert. I had first seen the male Ceulean fly out of the spot so I wouldn't be surprised if he uses it to bathe in as well. All in all a great day. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond & Oakland Lake
This morning I birded Alley Pond followed by Oakland Lake. Good number of passerines but low diversity. Many black-and-white and yellow-rumped warblers, a northern waterthrush (along the edge of the pond -where else!), a few ovenbirds and black-throated blue warblers, one veery and wood thrush, and a male rose-breasted grosbeak,in the woods above the pond giving its "sneaker-on-a-basketball-court" call. Oakland Lake was quiet with a few Baltimore Orioles, Warbling Vireo, and a few black-and-white warblers. A sight that I had which I would appreciate feedback on is an immature Common Grackle that was associating with two adult grackles on the north side of Oakland Lake. It matched perfectly the illustration in Sibley's Guide - overall dark brown plumage with a dark eye. It stayed with the two adult birds for the several minutes I watched it before all three flew to the east. I couldn't relocate them. May 8th seems very early for a fully grown immature bird and Sibley indicates in brackets June through September as being the expected period for seeing birds in this immature plumage stage. Any ideas to explain this? John Turner Alula Birding & Natural History Tours -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Forest Park & Hempstead Lake State Park
I spent the day birding at Forest Park and Hempstead Lake State Park and they didn't disappoint. Due to a commitment I couldn't make it to Forest Park until about 11 am but a walk to the waterhole, which is considerably larger than I have ever seen it, was immediately productive. In short order I saw a Northern waterthrush, several Black-and white warbler (both sexes), Common yellowthroat, Blue-winged warbler, several Palm warblers, a Magnolia warbler, Black-throated Green and Blue warblers, many Yellow-rumped warblers, a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, a Scarlet Tanager, a White-eyed and Blue-headed Vireo, two Swamp Sparrows, and several Baltimore Orioles. A short walk south toward the tracks produced a few Blue-gray gnatcatchers, a Gray-cheeked thrush, a Veery, four Ovenbirds, and a prolonged killer view of a Nashville warbler, in addition to several more Parulas and Black-and-whites. As like yesterday most of the birds were low, feeding in the understory and subcanopy. It was interesting to watch them as most seemed to be feeding on tiny midge or gnat-like insects and not small caterpillars. On my way out saw three more Ovenbirds near the perimeter road. Hempstead Lake SP was quieter with the highlight being a very accommodating Cerulean warbler in the wooded section adjacent to the "dog-run" field which I assume is the same bird seen yesterday. Also saw several Parulas, Black-and-whites, male and female redstarts, and a Black-throated Green warbler. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Tanglewood Preserve
I had hoped to bird Hempstead Lake State Park this morning but arrived to a sign indicating the parking filed was full (despite the fact no one was in it!!!). So I headed around the corner to Nassau County's small Tanglewood Preserve, a decision that turned out to be a good one as it proved pretty productive, providing killer, close-up views of several warbler species as they actively fed in the underbrush and sub-canopy. Species seen include Chestnut-sided, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, three Parula, all of which were feeding low along the stream, several Black-and-whites, numerous Yellow-rumped, a male and female Yellow warbler, and one Northern waterthrush. Vireos included one blue-headed and numerous warbling vireos, one of which got into quite an antagonistic battle with a pair of black-capped chickadees. Other species included numerous Baltimore orioles and one Orchard oriole, an Eastern kingbird, three swallow species coursing over the pond (Barn, Tree, and Northern rough-winged), what I assume was a mated pair of blue-gray gnatcatchers, numerous Robins, Cardinals, Common grackles, and Blue jays, one Ruby-crowned kinglet, Downy and Red-bellied woodpeckers, a flyover Osprey, Belted kingfisher, and a Green heron. All in all a fun and productive morning of birding. Now if only preserve staff would start to whack back the English Ivy that's taking over the Preserve and heading up into the tree canopy in places... John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve
A walk along the Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Trail in the Massapequa Preserve this morning, between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway, produced little in the way of birds. Half-a dozen Yellow-rumped warblers were the sole representatives of that group. Also had a few Blue-gray gnatcatchers, Black-capped chickadees, a Tufted titmouse and one Northern flicker (female). Had three species of swallows coursing back and forth over Mary's Lake - Barn, Tree, and Northern Rough-winged. Did see two classic harbingers of Spring: several mourning cloaks and a Spring azure blue butterfly which were most welcome sights. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: [nysbirds-l] Press release (UNCLASSIFIED)
Hi everyone: While the state legislation proposed to stop these kind of shooting events is important, laudable and should be strongly supported by the NY conservation community, it if was to be signed into law by Governor Cuomoto tomorrow, individual hunters could still go out each and every day for seven months (Sept 1-March 31 as the chart detaling the NYSDEC regs. provided by Lynne Hertzog illustrates) and shoot as many crows as they desire. Thus, if we want to provide crows with complete protection we need to have state legislation introduced to have American and Fish Crows classified as songbirds and to close the hunting season for them or some other alternate approach.. John Turner - Original Message - From: Larry Federman Date: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:49 am Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: [nysbirds-l] Press release (UNCLASSIFIED) To: "Voisine, Matthew NAN02" , Will Raup , Stella Miller , NYSBIRDS-L Cc: "Voisine, Matthew NAN02" > Thanks, Matthew, > It's moot at this point since the Press Release was changed, but > the shoot > is just outside the NYC watershed. > > Larry Federman > President, Northern Catskills Audubon > > > -Original Message- > From: Voisine, Matthew NAN02 > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:18 PM > To: Will Raup ; Stella Miller ; NYSBIRDS-L > Cc: Voisine, Matthew NAN02 > Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: [nysbirds-l] Press release (UNCLASSIFIED) > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > I picked up on that also but wasn't going to say anything. > However it is a > huge "typo". > > However, if the hunt is happening on lands that are owned by > NYC, i.e. the > reservoirs? The statement is appropriate. > > > Matthew Voisine > Biologist > USACE- NY District > 26 Federal Plaza > Room 2151 > NY, NY 10278 > 917.790.8718 voice > 702.271.0496 mobile > 212.264.0961 fax > matthew.vois...@usace.army.mil > > > -Original Message- > From: bounce-113422972-8614...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-113422972-8614...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of > Will Raup > Sent: Thursday, 20 March, 2014 14:11 > To: Stella Miller; NYSBIRDS-L > Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: [nysbirds-l] Press release > > Sadly the fact the Senator used the term "New York City DEC", > means it will > be ignored. It should be edited immediately to say New York > State DEC, > otherwise this will be dismissed by upstate residents who will > just view > this as another "City" politician who has no idea what is going > on north of > New York City. > > The statement may seem minor, but many will stop reading after > that > particular sentence. And you can bet the opposition will use > that to their > advantage. > > Will Raup > Albany, NY > > > > > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 07:11:02 -0700 > From: stella.mille...@yahoo.com > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Press release > To: NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu > > > Attached is the press release regarding the legislation. > > > Thanks, > > > Stella > > > > > "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything > cold, as holding > whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to > science to spread > the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or > people, it > is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas > Lovejoy-- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird > ! > -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird > ! > -- > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.
Re: [nysbirds-l] Crow Shoot scheduled in Greene County
I totally agree with Rich. It was a posthaste attempt to justify the unjustifyable. To proceed in trying to stop this we need to determine if the ability to shoot crows is rooted in NY En Con Law or if it stems from federal law... John Turner - Original Message - From: Richard Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:58 pm Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Crow Shoot scheduled in Greene County To: Stella Miller Cc: Rick & Linda Kedenburg , Larry Federman , Jonathan Perez , Lynne Hertzog , Cesar Castillo , NYSBIRDS-L , Jim Osterlund > My guess is that nobody will consume any American Crow, Fish > Crow, or Raven unless one or two do so to "justify" the killing > now that it's been put out there. Nobody should believe that was > their original intention. It was just to shoot to wound or kill - > plain and simple. I've seen crippled crows impaired on trees or > flopping on ice to lure more into range. This is not > subsistence hunting - it's wonton killing. > > Rich > > Sent from my wireless tin can > > > On Mar 18, 2014, at 11:21, Stella Miller > wrote: > > > > Is he really confirming that they will be eating these birds? > Sounds as though he is putting it out there that they CAN be > eaten, not necessarily that they will be sitting down to a feast > of Crow Pot Pie. > > > > Stella > > > > > > > > > > "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything > cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. > It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice > is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an > impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy > > From: Rick & Linda Kedenburg > > To: Larry Federman > > Cc: Jonathan Perez ; Richard > ; Lynne Hertzog > ; Cesar Castillo ; > NYSBIRDS-L ; Jim Osterlund > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:07 AM > > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Crow Shoot scheduled in Greene County > > > > Dear Larry and others, > > I wrote to the club yesterday and received the following > answer. (See Below) Judging from the way it's worded I don't > think they care what any of us think. It's preposterous that > they are "gathering" the crows to eat. > > > > Approaching our government representatives is a good way to go > but perhaps some press coverage of this event my make them think > twice. I don't know any journalists in that area that would take > up the story. Anyone else have any contacts along these lines. > > > > Best Rick > > > > From: r...@hvc.rr.com > > Subject: Re: Crow Shoot > > Date: March 17, 2014 10:56:54 PM EDT > > To: rickkedenb...@optonline.net > > Rick, > > Thank you for your input. Your opinion of our event is > expected. We applaud your respect for nature and the crow. The > crow is meaningful. We believe in utilizing the animal for all > its worth. It sounds as if you do not realize that crow can and > has been consumed for centuries. I'm sure as anecdotal evidence > you would recall "4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie". > > You may gather and eat different things, however that does not > negatively define us as sportsmen. > > RVW Gun Club > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Mar 17, 2014, at 6:40 PM, Rick Kedenburg > wrote: > > > > Dear RVW Club. > > As a youth I was a duck and deer hunter on eastern LI. I know > you have every right to conduct this shoot. It is perfectly > legal for this to happen under the rules of the NYS-DEC. > > > > However I am still outraged by this. Crows are one of the most > intelligent creatures we share the Earth with. They have been > documented to fashion and use tools. They are highly social and > live in family groups. My fascination with them led me to love > and appreciate nature long ago. > > > > I hope you can understand that this will not be good for the > reputation of your club or for any responsible hunters. > > > > Rick Kedenburg > > rickkedenb...@optonline.net > > > >> On Mar 18, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Larry Federman wrote: > >> > >> Yes, this is a State issue. Our State Senator is Cecilia > Tkaczyk and our Assembly member is Pete Lopez. Our US > congressman is Chris Gibson. I will be reaching out to all of > their offices. > >> > >> But, as we all know, ‘legally’ the club has a right to do this. > >> > >> And their Facebook page is still up - > https://www.facebook.com/events/258725434301388/>> > >> Larry Federman > >> President, Northern Catskills Audubon > > > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > > > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.h
Re: [nysbirds-l] Crow Shoot scheduled in Greene County
Richard- I couldn't agree more. This is sickening and should not be something that the NYS DEC should allow to occurmaybe Rip Van Winkle can just go back to sleep. John Turner - Original Message - From: Richard Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:53 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Crow Shoot scheduled in Greene County To: NYSBIRDS-L > The Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club, Palenville, NY, has > scheduled a "Crow Down" for March 30 - 31. Their object is as > they say: "Wanted Dead or Alive - Crows". > > Their poster can be seen by checking their Facebook page. > > Unfortunately this "sport" is allowed by NYS Department of > Environmental Conservation. > > I think it's time for change. > > Rich Guthrie > > > > Sent from my wireless tin can > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe
By 3:30 it had moved north into the eastern lobe of the reservoir in the Massapequa Preserve about 50 yards south of the bikepath bridge. Great looks provided from the shoreline adjacent to Brady Park. A few ring-necked ducks anf hooded mergansers on the water. Also had a FOS osprey making a FOS dive on a fish that will not live to see the Spring. John Turner - Original Message - From: "Robert A. Proniewych" Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:52 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe To: "NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu" > A Red-necked Grebe was observed by myself and Ed Becher at Massapequa > preserve on the lake/reservoir near the train tracks. > Bob Proniewych > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Birding in Britain
If you thought birding was competitive in the "States"take a look in Great Britain: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-britain-bird-watching-gone-wild/2013/12/14/87d5766a-61a3-11e3-a7b4-4a75ebc432ab_story.html?hpid=z1 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Totten
On an Alula Birding & Natural History Tours trip earlier today to Fort Totten we had a pretty birdy day in the forest and scrub areas around the ruins of the fort. Highlights included two rose-breasted grosbeaks, eight scarlet tanagers, and killer views of a single philadelphia vireo and nashville warbler. Redstarts were the most numerous warbler..also had parula, black & white, and magnolia. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bird Surveys for marsh islands in south Oyster Bay
Pat Aitkin, a friend of mine and fellow birder, is working on the development of a Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan for southern Oyster Bay, on behalf of NPV, a consulting firm. To put together the most up-to-date and accurate document possible she is looking for information regarding bird populations on the marsh islands in the South Shore Estuary Reserve, in Town of Oyster Bay waters. Bird information is vital if the Plan is to make recommendations to safeguard vital bird habitat in this area. She wrote: "The more specific the information that can be provided, the better, although all observations would be appreciated. If changes have been noticed in the size, or the overall habitat conditions of the islands, that information would be appreciated as well. Please try to limit these observations to islands within the boundaries of the Town of Oyster Bay". If you have information that you would like to share and that could be of use please feel free to contact Pat at her work e-mail address. Thanks! John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Monk Parakeets on Broadway in Massapequa
And there is a Monk Parakeet nest on the w/s/o Broadway in Massapequa between N. Queens and N. Kings Avenue... - Original Message - From: Jelly_Admn Date: Friday, May 17, 2013 1:09 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Colorful Parakeet ackson Hghts Escapee To: NYS > This must be an escapee but on 74th ave between 39th and 37th in > front of Petal Bros. market in the tree is a colorful green > body/yellow mid/red orange head parakeet i believe. gonna try to > link some phone cam pics. > > > https://plus.google.com/photos/100259046475473255913/albums/5526948562837165441/5878993377212730370?banner=pwa&sort=5&pid=5878993377212730370&oid=100259046475473255913 > > > https://plus.google.com/photos/100259046475473255913/albums/5526948562837165441/5878993332038096242?banner=pwa&sort=5&pid=5878993332038096242&oid=100259046475473255913 > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Ruffs at Timber Point marshland
As of 5:15 p.m. both ruffs were visible in the large pool to the left of the channel that runs straight out from the dock affording great views through the scope.. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Oakland Lake Park - Queens
Enjoyed a nice mid-morning bird walk around Oakland Lake Park. The lake edge, especially the southern side, was pretty active with a variety of early Spring migrants. Had quite a few individuals of both Kinglets, one Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, half a dozen Palm Warblers, same for Yellow-rumped, and two Pine Warblers. I watched as one of the Pine Warblers spent several minutes eating a cheez-it cracker! (I admonished the bird for its slovenly diet habits but it paid no mind). Also watched a pair of Black-capped Chickadees excavating a nesting cavity at the end of a broken off branch in a willow along the water's edge. Over by the blooming bloodroot (what a wonderful spring ephemeral!) a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was climbing a hickory. Nearby I could see a raccoon sleeping in a very large open cavity in an oak tree. There were reports of a Louisiana Waterthrush frequenting the southern lake edge earlier in the morning but I didn't see it. All-in-all a very pleasant way to spend a morning. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon @ Massapequa Preserve
The Eurasian Wigeon first reported by Ken & Sue Fuestel continues on the first pond north of Clark Blvd in the Massapequa Preserve. It was situated in the northeastern corner of the pond along with a small group of dabbling ducks including Gadwall, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and a pair of Shovelers. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 1st Annual Long Island Natural History Conference
While a little bit off topic I wanted to let everyone know about the upcoming 1st Annual Long Island Natural History Conference that will take place at Brookhaven National Lab on Friday, November 16th with field trips on Saturday. It will be a very informative Conference, with a variety of interesting topics and dynamic speakers all focusing on our region. There will be a highly informative presentation on Long Island bird migration by Shai Mitra. The other conference topics are: 1) the Biodiversity of Plum Island by Matt Schlesinger, 2) an overview of seal populations on LI by Rob DiGiovanni, 3) a program on Long Island Butterflies by Rich Cech, 4) the natural history of alewives by Byron Young, 5) the story of Jeremy Feinberg's work to describe a new frog species right here in the NY metropolitan area, 6) the natural resources of Brookhaven National Laboratory by Tim Green, 7) an overview of efforts to monitor Horseshoe Crabs by Matt Sclafani, 8) the Diamondback Terrapins of Jamaica Bay by Dr. Russell Burke, 9) the natural history of Jamaica Bay by Don Riepe, 10) the return of the River Otter to LI by Mike Bottini, 11) and a lecture on the status of Atlantic White Cedars on Long Island by John Turner. Key Note speaker Peter Alden will be presenting on "Changes to our Flora and Fauna". Peter brings a wealth of experience in world wide birding and natural history tours as well as a deep knowledge of biodiversity issues in eastern North America. I encourage you to visit the below link and pre-register for the $20.00 fee. The walk in rate is $25.00- cash and check will be accepted, no credit cards http://longislandnature.org/ There will be a wine and cheese reception to follow from 5:00pm - 6:30pm. Hope to see you there! John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Caumsett State Park
Had a pleasant afternoon birding Caumsett State Park. Had four kestrel hunting simultaneously in the field west of the main building complex. In the main parking lot a merlin buzzed a flock of starlings but wasn't serious since it had already made a fresh kill; the prey looked like a phoebe but I wasn't positive. Much activity in the fields and woodlands flanking both sides of Fisherman's Road; several thrush species, several ruby-crowned kinglets, many flickers, phoebes and yellow-rumped warblers, a few palms and blackpolls, and a single parula. The highlight was a flock of about 4-0-45 pipits in the field that is located on the east side of the road about halfway to the beach. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Application ID: 3-5152-00233/00002 - Article 11, Incidental take of Endangered and Threatened Species - Galeville Park & Shawangunk NWR
Dear Mr. Murray: I would like to take this opportunity to express my strong opposition to the issuance of a permit, pursuant to the above-referenced application, by the Department of Environmental Conservation so the Town of Shawangunk may move forward to construct a large, regional recreational facility at Galeville Park, a town-owned parcel situated adjacent to the nationally significant Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge. As the application references, the construction of this facility will result in the destruction of approximately 10 acres of grassland habitat critical for a variety of rare and declining bird species including short-eared owls, northern harriers, potentially henslow's sparrows, upland sandpipers, and a host of other grassland dependent bird species. The owl is a state endangered species while the other three are state threatened. These habitat impacts are proposed to be mitigated by several measures detailed in the notice, as laid out below: The Town will convert and maintain approximately 10 acres of the Galeville Park property as designated grassland habitat area; Construction activities for the development of the park will be prohibited during nesting and overwintering periods; Lighting of the four athletic fields will be prohibited; Dogs will be prohibited; The Town has served as the facilitator for the acquisition of an adjacent 31 acre parcel of land by the USFWS for the creation of an off-site grassland habitat area; The Town will conduct environmental education or interpretive outreach programs and will develop enhanced wildlife observation areas; The Town will construct an interpretative walking trail system at Galeville Park with linkage to the adjoining refuge. I do not believe these mitigation measures sufficiently offset the environmental impacts caused by the proposed project - the outright destruction of habitat adjacent to one of the most significant grassland areas in the northeastern United States. Perhaps this is partially due to the fact that given the information presented in the ENB notice it is impossible to judge the full extent of the mitigating effect of the proposed measures. For example, one of the mitigating measures is the "facilitation by the town of the acquisition of an adjacent 31 acre property in which a grassland habitat will be created". Without knowing the proximity of this property to the refuge, and the details of the proposed grassland creation there is no way to judge its merits and thus the extent to which it truly qualifies as a mitigating measure. The same is true with the proposed creation of 10 acres of "newly designated grassland habitat area" by the town to replace the grassland acreage lost due to the construction of the recreational facility. Ecological restoration dictates that in almost all situations a better and more prudent approach is to preserve and maintain an existing natural community type rather than to allow for it to be destroyed and attempt to re-create it nearby. A local article indicates that the proposed football field will be equipped with lights. If the other four fields are to remain unlit I strongly urge that this field remain unlit as well. How will some of the other proposed mitigation measures be enforced? For example, will there be some way to ensure enforcement of the dog ban? Generally, mitigation measures which rely on public compliance or cooperation typically have less value than measures which don't. I don't understand how the last proposed measure - construction of an interpretive walking trail with linkage to the refuge - serves to mitigate the environmental damage to the grassland habitat. Furthermore, I was extremely surprised to read that the SEQR determination for this action was a Type 1, Negative Declaration. Given its adjacency to the refuge, pursuant to Part 617 NYCRR, the Type 1 threshold (the threshold which presumes a Positive Declaration) would be lowered to an action affecting a mere 2.5 acres of land, one fourth the amount of grassland proposed to be destroyed by one element of the proposed action and about one twentieth the size of the overall action. Given this, and the exceptional value of the habitat for demonstrably rare birds, it is inconceivable that the lead agency for this action would issue a Negative Declaration. One of the benefits of a Positive Declaration, resulting in the preparation of an EIS, would have been a requirement to discuss reasonable alternatives to the proposed project, including alternative layouts, scope, and most importantly sites. It is highly unfortunate that the full value of SEQR will be unavailable to assess this project. In conclusion, as an individual who has visited the refuge many times both individually and with groups on bird tours through my company, I oppose the project as proposed and urge the Department to deny the issuance of the requested endangered an
[nysbirds-l] Looking for Grasspipers
Having a case of "grasspiper fever" I hit three sod farm areas after work today to look for some of the grasspiper species that had been previously reported. First stop was the large sod farm on the e/s/o Randall Road, n/s/o Cooper Street just south of Route 25A in Shoreham. 22 killdeer were the only shorebird representatives. From there I traveled to the sod farm on the e/s/o CR 51 adjacent to Pine Meadows County Preserve. Had 56 killdeer, 11 semipalmated plovers and 3 black-bellied plovers. Last stop was the sod farm off of Eastport Manor Road and had several more killdeer, 7 black-bellied plover, and a lone pectoral sandpiper in the shadow of the light blue metal storage barn.Saw quite a few barn swallows flying over all three farms making me wonder if there recently was some large hatch of aerial insects that in the larval stage feed on grass. I tried but couldn't discern any winged insects. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Heckscher State Park
Following John Gluth's postings I shot out to Heckscher State Park again arriving about 6:30 p.m. Apparently the whimbrels had taken off a few minutes before I got there and I could not find them along the grassy median of the loop road. Eight killdeer took their place. In the parking field seven pools had half a dozen lesser yellowlegs and a few semipalmated sandpipers. The highlight however was a single stilt sandpiper feeding in the shallow pools with the yellowlegs.. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Heckscher State Park
Spent a couple of hours at Heckscher State Park in the early evening and had the very accommodating whimbrel in the grass median adjacent to parking field #7, that had been previously reported. Watched it for about 1/2 an hour as it probed in the soil regularly catching earthworms which it quickly and deftly swallowed. Never saw whimbrels feed on earthworms before.. Also had several least and semipalmated sandpipers in the shallow pools at the eastern edge of the parking field along with two greater yellowlegs and a lone pectoral. The density of dragonflies seen driving around the loop road was remarkable. The only species I could definitely identify were countless green darners. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Ponquogue shorebirds
Had a delightful morning birding Dune Road ending at the Road K overlook just west of the Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays. Here there were dozens of short-billed dowitchers, semipalmated plovers, semipalmated sandpipers, and willets. But the stars were two whimbrels which flew in past me coming from the east, vocalizing as they flew, and as I watched them land I realized they came within 20 feet of a lone marbled godwit feeding amidst some willets. They fed near each other along a small salt marsh island west of the large island that itself is immediately west of the bridge. Earlier at the small Suffolk County Park overlook a little east of Cupsogue Mike Cooper and I enjoyed half a dozen or so royal terns loafing on the small sandy island straight out from the wooden observation platform. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Horned Grebe in Flanders Continues
As of 2:00 p.m. today the Horned Grebe in alternate plumage continues in the bay at the end of Peconic Trail in Flanders, NY. Also had great views of a female Belted Kingfisher and a Green Heron.. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-wills @ Edgewood
On a bit of a belated note, on an evening walk around the NYSDEC Edgewood Preserve yesterday I had four whip-poor-wills calling, three from the northwestern part of the Preserve, another near where the former power plant was located. Had numerous pine warblers calling, some of which were calling near dusk Does anyone know of any reliable populations of possible or presumed breeding whip-poor-wills west of the Edgewood location on Long Island? John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler @ Rocky Point Natural Resources Management Area
The hiking trail is in the northwestern part of the property, not the northeastern part! - Original Message - From: redk...@optonline.net Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:45 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler @ Rocky Point Natural Resources Management Area To: NYSBIRDS-L > The Kentucky Warbler was actively singing this morning at is > usual spot in the northeastern part of the RPNRMA. Dan Heglund, > Bob May, Byron Young and I heard the bird calling repeatedly and > we watched as it actively flitted around chasing other birds > including American Redstarts and Black-and-white warblers. I did > have a brief five second view of the bird as it called but for > the most part it remained out of sight as it called. > > I then went on a hike in the heat along the blue, red, and > yellow marked hiking trail in the northeastern part of the Rocky > Point property. I saw a Wood Pewee, Scarlet Tanager, quite a few > Pine Warblers, American Redstarts (seems to be a common nesting > bird here), Red-eyed Vireo, Black-capped Chickadee, and Tufted > Titmouse. However, the delightful surprise of the day for me was > staring eyeball-to-eyeball with a roosting Southern Flying > Squirrel that was in a head high cavity in a broken over > Sassafras tree. Its the first flying squirrel I've seen in more > than a decade... > > John Turner > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler @ Rocky Point Natural Resources Management Area
The Kentucky Warbler was actively singing this morning at is usual spot in the northeastern part of the RPNRMA. Dan Heglund, Bob May, Byron Young and I heard the bird calling repeatedly and we watched as it actively flitted around chasing other birds including American Redstarts and Black-and-white warblers. I did have a brief five second view of the bird as it called but for the most part it remained out of sight as it called. I then went on a hike in the heat along the blue, red, and yellow marked hiking trail in the northeastern part of the Rocky Point property. I saw a Wood Pewee, Scarlet Tanager, quite a few Pine Warblers, American Redstarts (seems to be a common nesting bird here), Red-eyed Vireo, Black-capped Chickadee, and Tufted Titmouse. However, the delightful surprise of the day for me was staring eyeball-to-eyeball with a roosting Southern Flying Squirrel that was in a head high cavity in a broken over Sassafras tree. Its the first flying squirrel I've seen in more than a decade... John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Band on female Mississippi Kite @ Sterling Forest?
While viewing the pair of Mississippi Kites from the adjacent parking lot earlier today, frequenting "their" white pine tree near the SFSP Visitors Center, a few observers including myself, thought we saw two colored bands on the female bird's right leg (we knew it was the female due to her position during several copulations with the male). The top band appeared very light colored, probably white, while the lower one appeared to be light orange in color. We did not see a metal band. We did not check the male bird as time was running short and the scope had been packed away. To be fair there was not unanimity among the observers regarding this finding. Some weren't sure what they were seeing while a few others thought the bird had no bands. Has anyone else seen or reported the presence of bands on either of the kites? I may have missed it but I haven't read (or at least don't remember!) any reports that commented on the presence of bands. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-wills in the Dwarf Pine Plains of Wsthampton
On a "Goatsuckers Galore" trip to the Westhampton Dwarf Pine Plains, sponsored by ALULA Birding and Natural History Tours on 6/5/2012, we heard four (or perhaps five) different Whip-poor-wills calling from various locations in the southwest quadrant of the Dwarf Pine Plains. Disappointingly, we did not hear any Chuck-will's-widows. It was a night with a full moon but unfortunately the strongly overcast sky blocked out the moon's light; we probably would have had a stronger response were it not for the extensive cloud cover. During the daylight hours we saw the usual birds common in the DPP including Chipping and Field Sparrows, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, N. Mockingbird, and Prairie Warbler. In the short-grass area around the model airplane field in the southeast quadrant we saw a lone Vesper Sparrow. This area and the adjacent Gabreski Airport appears to be a "stronghold" for this species which is an uncommon and local breeder on Long Island. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] East Patchogue Peacock
NBC TV? - Original Message - From: Jessica Weeks Date: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:08 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] East Patchogue Peacock To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu > So apparently, a neighbor of mine has a peacock on their roof. > I have not > seen it yet, but any suggestions on who to call? I was going to try > Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons and Save the Animals Rescue > Foundation first. > > -Jessica > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Zachary - Key West
My brother sent me the following account. Please forgive me for posting a florida account to the NY listserve but I thought members of the listserve would be interested in any account that talks about seeing 20,000 black-throated blue warblers or 3,000 ovenbirds in one place at one time...please scroll down. John Turner From: anhing...@comcast.net Subject: [SWFLBirdline] Fw: [FlaBirding] Re: Key West Fallout Date: May 1, 2012 10:51:52 AM EDT To: swflbirdl...@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: anhing...@comcast.net Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: "Murray Gardler" Sender: flabird...@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 10:41:56 -0400 To: Flabirding; FL BIRDS; BRDBRAINS Subject: [FlaBirding] Re: Key West Fallout Murray Gardler Brooksville, FL - Original Message - From: Morgan Tingley To: mangrovefi...@tampabay.rr.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:02 PM Subject: re: Key West Fallout Hi Murray, I was birding this morning at Fort Zachary in Key West and also experienced the fall-out. I don't subscribe to FLBIRDS, so you can re-post this for me. We ran into Carl Gooodrich who was very helpful at locating and helping us find a life Swainson's Warbler amid the thousands of birds. It was truly an impressive array of migrants. We arrived at Fort Zach at 10:30 am and stayed until 12 noon when the rain picked up again (and remains strong). In total, we estimated around 30K-50K migrants (warblers, almost entirely) had been dumped into the park. Carl estimated 75,000. It's very difficult to say. This was based on counting birds per minute flitting past. Black-throated Blues were the most abundant (~20K estimated). At one point I had around 100 sitting on a dirt path in front of me, and they were constantly moving through, along with redstarts (~5000), ovenbirds (~3000), Black-and-whites (~3000), yellowthroats (~2000), catbirds (~2000), and amazingly (to me), yellow-billed cuckoos (easily 500, maybe over 1000). Grassy areas had western palms (~3000). Other warblers were around in smaller numbers: Cape May (10 seen), B-t-green (1), Parula (5), Hooded (1), Worm-eating (2), Nor Waterthrush (3), Blackpoll (80), and, aforementioned, 1 Swainson's. No orioles or tanagers or grosbeaks that we saw, and only a few indigo buntings (down from several days ago). Carl also alerted us to two Chuck-wills-widows that were competing with an osprey, tricolored herons and about 50 cuckoos for roosting space in a tiny grove of trees by the bathhouse. It was truly impressive. Morgan Tingley New York, NY mtingley [at] gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Pond
I birded Alley Pond Park from 10 a.m. -3 p.m. today in the on-and-off drizzle and witnessed an impressive level of activity and diversity of songbirds. The most interesting behavior I saw was a blue jay chasing a Sharp-shinned hawk around. I heard the hawk vocalizing, making a noise I've never heard before. Not the high-pitched kik-kik-kik call but deeper and hoarser; definitely not like or typical of a bird-of-prey call I've ever heard. I saw the hawk land several times in the tree tops and each time a blue jay soon followed driving the hawk off and then pursuing it. I never saw more than one jay. This went on for two to three minutes in the woods east of Turtle Pond. Curious if anyone else will see this in the next day or two. Birds seen included: Sharp-shinned Hawk Eastern Kingbird Great-Crested Flycatcher Blue Jay Tufted Titmouse Gray Catbird Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker Red-bellied Woodpecker Carolina Wren House Wren Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler (many) Palm Warbler Black-and-White Warbler (many) Blue-winged Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird (several) Prairie Warbler Yellow Warbler (several) Common Yellowthroat (several) American Redstart Warbling Vireo (several) Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male and female) Wood Thrush Veery American Robin Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher Rusty Blackbird (1-along the edge of Turtle Pond) Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle European Starling House Sparrow Eastern Towhee (several) Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow (many, with quite a few vocalizing) Baltimore Oriole John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary at Quogue Wildlife Refuge
Way to go Bruce!! How you been? John T. - Original Message - From: Bruce Horwith Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:45 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary at Quogue Wildlife Refuge To: nysbirds-l > Dune Rd west of Ponquogue Bridge was disappointing this morning (no > buntings). Lots of willet and a savannah sparrow. But then we checked > Quogue Wildlife Refuge -- best bird was a prothonotary, but also had > several black and white warblers, pine warblers, yellow-rumps, a > blue-headed vireo, a hermit thrush, 3 northern orioles. Lots of > towhees and > a few catbirds. > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow SP & Gilgo Beach
As the day began to clear I decided to go to Sunken Meadow SP to check on the status of the annual Spring alewife run and to see what was moving about regarding birds. I began by the spillway in the eastern end of the State Park and had great close-up views of both Snowy and American egrets (easily able to see the small green breeding patch in front of the eye the larger egret gains this time of year). Two Greater Yellowlegs flew toward me from the cove, landing on the muddy shore a little north of the spillway. A lone female Hooded Merganser preened in the cove. A Green Heron was perched in the top of a sumac growing on the bank of the pond from which the spillway water flows. Several Yellow Warblers called from around the pond (it appears they've established linear territories around the edge of the pond). I walked up into the wooded picnic area and saw an amazing number of Yellow-rumped Warblers singing and actively foraging. There had to be several dozen birds flitting about in the oaks in the half an hour I watched, a few involved in some pretty intense chasing throughout the canopy. Also had four Black-and-White Warblers (two male, two female). While reflecting very low diversity, I haven't seen this much overall warbler activity in one area in many years. An Ovenbird called from the woodland adjacent to the picnic area. A singing Warbling Vireo was easily observed adjacent to the bridge that crosses the pond and four Black-crowned Night-Herons were perched on branches overhanging the water of the pond. >From Sunken Meadow I drove to Gilgo Beach to look for the Blue Grosbeaks and >Indigo Buntings reported there. Saw one of the grosbeaks next to the >maintenance building and three buntings feeding in the grass adjacent to the >basketball court. Also saw another road-killed bunting on the Ocean Parkway. >At Gilgo there were 42 Forster's Terns calling actively and flying around >landing on the dock and pilings with a lot of courtship displays and was >surprised to see several terns copulate. A small flock of basic plumage >Black-bellied Plovers flew by as I was watching the terns. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Miller's Pond - Smithtown
While conducting some field research earlier today I passed by Miller's Pond, situated off of Maple Avenue in Smithtown. The pond contained the largest group of ring-necked ducks I have ever seen together in one place - 406 birds male and female birds in total. As might be expected this time of year, they appeard to be paired up. Also watched two common mergansers regularly diving amidst the flock of ring-necked ducks. Two fish crows were calling back and forth from trees edging the parking lot, one of which was making a hard-to-describe groanlike or moanlike vocalization I have never heard fish crows make before. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owl & Mountain Bluebird
As of about 11:30 a.m. the Snowy Owl was sitting on the sand next to a log on the soutern side of Warner Island, the larger sandy island east of the Ponquogue Bridge. The best vantage point is at the end of Road I which is between the bridge and the inlet. Wonderful to run into Dianne Taggart and Amy Halstead while looking at the owl! Also noteworthy was a flock of about 110 Common Eiders in the bay near the inlet. As others have also reported, around 1:30 p.m. I saw the Mountain Bluebird foraging from the snow fence e/o the intersection of Hulse Landing Road and Route 25A. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Great Horned Owl in Massapequa Preserve
For exercise and to listen to the night sounds I occasionally go for a night walk in the Massapequa Preserve by walking the bike path. Tonight, for the first time in the 27 years I've lived next to the Preserve, I heard a Great Horned Owl calling. I first heard it while walking past the U.S.G.S. gauging station located next to the path. I sat on the bench overlooking the pond where I first reported the least bittern and could easily hear the owl calling from the swamp south-southwest of "bittern pond". It called 23 more times before I got up to continue my walk. This occurrence might be noteworthy given the dearth of GHO records from southern Nassau County John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Least Bitterns in Massapequa Preserve
Birded with Dave Klauber for about an hour this evening (6:15 to 7:15 p.m.) and we saw the male least bittern several times and had four (4!) juvenile birds in view on the e/s/o the pond, in the area the juveniles have been observed for the past week or so. The male was especially accommodating landing at the edge of the cattails, about fifteen feet north of the gray drainage dome, perching there for a minute before heading into the marsh, presumably to hunt for food. This was the fifth time I have visited the site and still have not seen the female bittern. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Least Bittern Massapequa
Well that would confirm breeding wouldn't it!! Outstanding. That suggests the second bird I saw the first night was indeed a female!! Good work David! John Turner - Original Message - From: david speiser Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:54 am Subject: [nysbirds-l] Least Bittern Massapequa To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu > Harry Maas and I observed a young Least Bittern being fed by a > parent Least Biitern. > The birds were seen from about 730-830 when they disappeared > into the outage. > The birds are in the same location as mentioned in previous > posts best watched from the south end of the pond. Look north > about 200 feet and scan. The birds were far so I might post a > picture later of the young one if it's in focus. > Good Birding, > David Speiser > NY NY > > Good Birding, > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Least Bittern in Massapequa Preserve continues
A forty five minute visit to the pond in the Massapequa Preserve tonight proved fruitful with a male least bittern twice flying from the southeastern portion of the pond to the northeastern portion of the pond and back. While I'm not sure what the reasons are for this behavior, it is the same flight seen two nights ago when I first discovered him as well as last night when I saw him do the same thing. He seems to prefer the phragmites stand that is about eight feet south of the willow tree along the shore edge in the southeastern part of the pond as well as the small open area in the northeastern section of the pond, near where a storm water pipe once flowed into the creek, preferentially alternating between the two spots. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Least Bittern(s)? in Massapequa Preserve
On an after dinner walk this evening in the Massapequa Preserve I observed a least bittern in the pond north of the USGS Gauging Station (the 2nd pond north of Clark Boulevard). I was sitting on the bench that overlooks this small pond for a few minutes when a male least bittern flew out of the phragmites on the e/s/o the pond (about halfway up the pond) and flew north landing in the phragmites at the north end of the pond, in full view. I watched it for about five minutes; at first it clung to a phrag stem but then moved down and to the right ending up out of sight, in the northeastern corner of the pond, screened behind a closer growth of phragmites. I did not see it in that spot again. I sat for 45 minutes and as it was beginning to get dark I got up to leave when another (or the same?) least bittern flew across the pond from the western side of the pond to the eastern side, about halfway up the pond (landing at about the same spot the first bird left from). With the fading light I couldn't make out if it was a male or female. Given the fact I never saw the first bird fly from the northeastern corner to the western side of the pond I think, but am not positive, it was a second least bittern. I intend to scope out the pond tomorrow evening in an effort to determine if there is a single bird or a pair Also had a beautiful view of five barn swallows perched on a single phragmites stem arching over the water John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bird Hike in the Dwarf Pine Plains
On a bird trip last evening to the LI Dwarf Pine Plains, entitled "Goatsuckers Galore", sponsored by Alula Birding and Natural History Tours, we heard six whip-poor-wills but no chuck-will's widows. They were all calling from the southwest quadrant of the DPP west of County Route 31 and south of Sunrise Highway, accessed by a broken-up gravel road that intersects with CR 31. The patchy cloud cover, extensive enough to prevent the moon from regularly shining, probably dampened the goatsuckers' from singing. Besides the whips, another highlight was the presence of a pair of vesper sparrows (presumed breeders?) feeding and flitting around in the short grass that surrounds the model airplane runway located on the e/s/o County Route 31. Vesper sparrows have become an uncommon breeding bird on Long Island so it was nice to be able to watch the birds in some detail. We were able to enjoy some close and unobstructed views of these "bay-winged buntings" when they landed on the runway. Also had a horned lark sitting on the runway. John Turner President Alula Birding & Natural History Tours www.alulatrips. com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler
Hi Rick and Linda: The photos of the window killed Kentucky Warbler are very sad indeed. Given this, you would probably be interested to know that a number of groups (local LI Audubon chapters, Audubon NY, NYC Audubon, and American Bird Conservancy) are working with NY state legislators to develop and pass meaningful legislation to address the very significant issue of window/building bird mortality. A bill has been introduced; the Assembly bill is A. 6342 (Assemblyman Steve Englebright) and the Senate bill is S. 4204 (Senator Mark Grisanti) They are easily accessible on the Assembly or Senate websites. Any information you might have "on workers cleaning up the buildings before office workers get there" would be of great interest. I've been told that too and it would be helpful to know more about that. Please send it offline... Best, John Turner - Original Message - From: Rick & Linda Kedenburg Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:48 am Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler To: NYS BIRDS > Cutchogue April 27th. Some of us North Fork birders got to see a > Kentucky in hand. Sadly it had crashed into the Fish Store window > during the night. The Kentucky is truly a beautiful bird. > Yes it was a sad thing to see but not more so than what happens > each > morning at such places as the glass towers of Uniondale LI. This > time of year they have workers at dawn cleaning up the bodies of > dead > birds before the office workers show up. > It's too cringing to say that birders should go there to look for > rarities, however, for scientific reasons maybe the birding > community > should be keeping records of these type of events and actual > species > numbers at selected sites for extrapolation. > Rick "The process of fine adjustment and of endless experimentation > > over long periods of time is called evolution, the result of > changes > too sudden for nature to provide for is called extinction." Roger > Caras > Subject: kentucky wabler > > April 27, 2011; found dead this am , must have hit a window on > north > side of seafood > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park
A half-day bird trip by Alula Birding & Natural History Tours this morning to Alley Pond Park produced some highlights with decent songbird diversity but low overall numbers. Warbler highlights included hooded and blackburnian warbler but also parula, black-and-white warbler, chestnut-sided, american redstart, yellow, both black-throated green and blue warblers, and yellow-rumped warbler. Other songbirds included a few wood thrush and one veery, several male and female scarlet tanagers, several warbling vireos, several baltimore orioles, and a pair of rusty blackbirds. We ran into Mike Cooper at the beginning of the trip who reported he had seen a yellow-throated vireo and a rose-breasted grosbeak; birds that Alula participants did not see (but it was nice to make acquaintances with Mike again!). One young owl remains on the nest. We also saw one of the parents perched about 50 yards away northeast of the nest tree. It was a delightful half-day of birding. John Turner Alula Birding & Natural History Tours -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park
I spent a few hours birding Alley Pond Park this afternoon and had quite a few yellow-rumped warblers, two yellow warblers, a black and white warbler, two male parulas together (within four feet of the ground and within two feet of each other just west of the green metal storage bins where they store the adventure equipment), a few ovenbirds calling, one gnatcatcher, several towhees, chipping sparrows calling from several flowering cherries, and an amazing ruckus involving four woodpecker species (red-bellied, flicker, hairy, and downy) over, I assume, a nesting cavity although I could not find it. The male downy was quickly vanquished by a red-bellied, and flew off to the backside of a black cherry where it perched for several minutes. The other three species each involved pairs of birds, presumably mated pairs. They chased each other, flying around frantically, all the while vocalizing regularly for what I would guess was 5-7 minutes before the pair of red-bellied were the winners (although I'm not sure what they won!). Quite a show. The wood anemone are in full bloom. What a wonderful spring ephemeral wildflower. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Connetquot River SPP
I spent a pleasant day hiking around the southern half of Conntquot River State Park Preserve. It was fairly quiet birdwise. Birds seen and heard included several towhees tweeting from the scrub oak along the LI Greenbelt Trail, chipping sparrows trilling near the main parking lot, a pair of kestrels that I assume are a mated pair perching in some dead pine snags in the open grassy area southwest of Bunce's Bridge, eastern bluebirds utilizing the nest boxes north of the parking lot, and numerous pine warblers trilling in the more pitch pine dominated sections of the preserve. The highlight was wonderful, prolonged views of a yellow-throated warbler foraging in the trees over the river just south of the fish hatchery along the red trail. It was accompanied by a lone blue-grey gnatcatcher, whose wheezy song first attracted my attention. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Calverton
On my way to a meeting in Riverhead this afternoon I swung by the Calverton grasslands. Driving down the western runway I noticed a light morph rough-legged hawk perched in the top of a pitch pine. After a few minutes it lifted off and flew north and began kiting which the species is known to do. It then broke further north and landed about 50 feet from the fence separating the property from Route 25. I drove out to head to the meeting and was mildly surprised when the bird flew low over the road heading into the grassland area on the north side of Route 25. Interestingly, as it passed over the fence it flew past two perched, but unperturbed, bluebirds sitting on it about 20 feet away. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Pt Lookout birding
I failed to mention in my previous post that while looking for the harlequin ducks along the Point Lookout jetty 11 vocalizing American oystercatchers flew by, heading west toward the groin field. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Point Lookout
Spent an hour in the late afternoon birding Jones Inlet from the Pt. Lookout side. Had the five harlequin ducks (three adult male, 2 adult female). They lifted off, did a long circled flight around the Inlet and headed out to the ocean heading west. However, I could not relocate them after a short walk to the groin field on the ocean. Also saw two common eider hens and one great cormorant but was surprised by the lack of any loons or grebes. Mill Pond Park had the regular cast of waterfowl characters as did Camman's Pond which provided great views of five black-crowned night-heron visibly perched in the treed island in the pond. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Iceland Gull and Common Eider
While waiting earlier today for my son 's ferry to pull into port at Orient Point I casually birded around the ferry slip area. The regularly reported Iceland Gull was exceptionally accommodating landing within 20 feet of me. It's right leg and foot are damaged as it limped badly, although I could not see any type of trauma. On the beach immediately west of the slip, a drake common eider frequented the shallow water close to shore. I was surprised how close it came to the shore, allowing me to see, naked eye, the distinctive and pretty green patch on the back and side of the neck. It then drifted further out in the water, mixing with a small flock of red-breasted mergansers. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Shinnecock Inlet
I and my son Travis, home on a Thanksgiving Break from college, decided to see what was happening around Shinnecock Inlet on this windy day. Both in the inlet and to the west were Hundreds of Common Eiders, both juveniles and adults were found in the inlet and to the west. I scanned carefully in search of their royal cousin but didn't find any King Eiders mixed in. Surprisingly, not a single scoter species was seen, although we had a few Long-tailed Ducks. Several dozen few Gannets were hitting the surface out among the farthest buoy off the inlet. Numerous Great Cormorants, both adult and immature, were around the inlet. Also had a lone adult male Common Eider beneath the Ponquogue Bridge. We then drove along Dune Road and about a mile west of the bridge watched an interesting interaction between a short-eared owl and two juvenile Northern Harriers, as the hawks appeared in tandem to harass the owl for 5-10 seconds. The harriers broke west and continued hunting while the owl flew about 50 yards to the east, cartwheeled and abruptly plunged to the ground, presumably on prey. We waited to see if it would rise but it didn't suggesting it made a successful kill. Heading inland we saw four Hooded Mergansers (two males, two females) on Quantuck Bay. We ended the day at the Calverton Grasslands and had one male Kestrel on the western runway. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Harlequin Duck
I took off from work to take care of some business on Long Island's east end and decided to see what activity might be occurring at the seal haulout site on the north side of Montauk State Park. While scanning for seals I was surprised to see a lone, mature male harlequin duck near the rocks at the haulout site. I watched it for more than 1/2 an hour before a boat with three photographers ( taking shots of the seals) scared it. It then flew east toward Montauk Point, out of view. It is the earliest I have ever seen a Harelquin Duck on Long Island. Also saw several dozen adult gannets flying past, all heading in an eastbound direction, two white-winged scoters and several red-breasted mergansers. For pinniped fans there were 7 grey seals and one harbor seal at the site. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Arshamomaque Preserve
Needing to drop my son off at the Orient Point Ferry for his trip back to college, we took advantage of the beautiful weather to bird the Arshamomaque Preserve, located just west of Greenport, on LI's North Fork. Yellow-rumped warblers were common everywhere. At the intersection of the main trail and the trail to the observation tower, in front of the large stand of winterberry, we hit an active patch of foraging migrants which commanded our attention for half an hour. Species seen included a parula and black-throated blue warbler (females in both cases), an eastern towhee, a downy woodpecker, a lone brown creeper living up to its name, affording great close up views, and numerous golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets. If we didn't have a ferry to catch we probably would have seen more. It was also nice to see several specimens of swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), growing along the tower trail; swamp white oak is an uncommon oak species on Long Island. It was a wonderful day at one of the Island's wonderful, but lesser known preserves. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Dwarf Pine Plains and David Sarnoff Preserve
On a Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society sponsored Young Naturalist Field Trip to the Dwarf Pine Plains and the NYSDEC's David Sarnoff Preserve, to see the autumnal mating flight of buck moths, co-led by Stella Miller and I, we saw common yellowthroat and yellow-rumped warblers, dark-eyed juncos, and several first-year chipping sparrows, in the DPP (southeast quadrant) along with three male buck moths. In the D. Sarnoff Preserve we saw several red-breasted nuthatches, associating with black-capped chickadees, several ruby-crowned kinglets, and a lone blue-headed vireo. We also saw two male buck moth flybys. Along Route 104 across from the Preserve access point we found a female buck moth fluttering on the road shoulder. To get her out of harm's way we put her on a scrub oak, the larval host plant of buck moth. Let's hope she lays an egg mass to perpetuate the species before she perishes. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Butterflies at Jones Beach
Please forgive my indulgence in discussing primarily butterflies, but birding along the boardwalk at Jones Beach SP for two hours late afternoon was very, very quiet (n. mockingbirds, various gulls, one palm warbler). The monarch butterfly migration however, was the most phenomenal I have ever witnessed!! During this time I counted 1,924 monarchs and this was after a few hundred more had already passed, which had piqued my interest, resulting in an attempt to quantify the event. I would guess between 15-20 butterflies passed by each minute and during the entire time no fewer than 3-4 butterflies were always in view at the same time. Twice I counted a dozen flying westward together. I also saw several examples of pairs of monarchs interacting, spiraling together as they made their way west. I imagine this remarkable push was the result of the fair weather today following several days of inclimate weather that prevented migration. The pent-up urge to migrate was released! I wonder if other birders at coastal sites had a similar experience.. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Buff ,Breasted Sandpipers in Manorville, Long Island, Sept. 1st
While a little off the point, I wanted to let "grasspiper" enthusiasts know that the sod farm where the buff breasted sandpipers are being seen has been preserved by Suffolk County through their purchase of development rights program. This means the owner can keep farming the property to grow sod or other crops, but he can never develop it. A tiny bit of good news on the shorebird habitat preservation front. John Turner - Original Message - From: Jim Osterlund Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:51 pm Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Buff ,Breasted Sandpipers in Manorville, Long Island, Sept. 1st To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu > That complex of intersecting roads is hard to describe, but a > view of > a map clarifies; > > 40.836963,-72.746417 - Google Maps > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Nighthawks
While enjoying the Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip tonight three Common Nighthawks appeared for a couple of minutes in the bottom of the third inning, flying around the bright outfield lights, hawking for insects. They soon left and one returned for a minute or two in the top of the sixth inning hawking around the left field lights. For those interested in baseball the Long Island Ducks beat the York Revolution 13-7. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] request from Italian Magazine for photos of JBWR
and this has what to do with birds? - Original Message - From: Susan Herbst Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:52 pm Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] request from Italian Magazine for photos of JBWR To: Dennis Donohue Cc: prosb...@aol.com, ebirds...@yahoogroups.com, NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu > I absolutely agree with Dennis - - with a few additional comments. > Rizzoli Publishing is a huge publisher in Italy and around the > world. > That said, They should be asked questions regarding rights, > contracts, payments and ownership of said photos. There should > absolutely be a contract that states that usage is for one time > only > in Europe/NAmerica or where ever. There are standard payment > scales > and contracts for these things. The price goes up in relation to > how > many continents, lenght of use, how many publications or uses > (posters? website?etc) > If you have any questions about your rights as a photographer or > an > artist you should ask an attorney that is familiar with these > sorts > of contracts and international transactions. You can check > Volunteer > Lawyers for the Arts http://www.vlany.org/ > I'm sure that much like the graphics industry there is probably > a > handbook of guidelines for this sort of thing. > > Many references in a google search - they are connected to the > Rizzoli Book store > http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=rizzoli+publishing > +italy&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 > > Best > s > > On Feb 16, 2010, at 8:00 PM, Dennis Donohue wrote: > > > Everyone, > > > > As a bird, wildlife and stock photographer I would never send > an > > image to a magazine in the US or anywhere in the world unless > I had > > first discussed copyright, terms and received payment. It > looks > > like this magazine is fishing for free images (a common > practice) > > praying on the “WOW my picture is in a magazine in Italy” If > you > > need an ego bump go for it, I wouldn’t. There are plenty of > fine > > images of JBWR they can purchase from stock agencies around > the world. > > > > Dennis > > > > From: bounce-5313188-7958...@list.cornell.edu > > [mailto:bounce-5313188-7958...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf > > ofprosb...@aol.com > > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:18 PM > > To: ebirds...@yahoogroups.com; NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu > > Subject: [nysbirds-l] request from Italian Magazine for photos > of JBWR > > > > I received this request through the Brooklyn Bird Club website > from > > Italy for photographs of Jamaica Bay Refuge. Please read the > > following text and if you can comply, reply offline .Thanks > > > > The email address is laura.bo...@rizzolipublishing.it > > > > Peter > > BBC > > > > PS.. I looked up the magazine name and found this website .Its > a > > travel guide. > > > > http://www.viaggi24.ilsole24ore.com/mensile/default.htm > > > > > > From: Laura Botta > > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:26 +0100 > > To: > > Subject: very urgent from italian magazine > > > > Dear Miss/Mister , > > let me introduce myself. I'm laura Botta from the editorial > staff > > of I Viaggi del Sole, an italian monthly magazine attached to > the > > most important financial newspaper in Italy ( IL SOLE 24 > ore). Our > > magazine is a luxury lifestyle, based on travel. > > Each issue is monographic . The next number we are working on > is > > NEW YORK . > > Could you please send us a pictures about JAMAICA BAY WILDLIFE > > > REFUGE in high resolution, colour, 300dpi? I thank you in > advance > > for your kindness and I look forward for your answer and help > as > > soon as you can. > > Best regards, > > Laura Botta > > Photo Edithor I VIAGGI DEL SOLE > > > > Mobile: 0039 334 3508354 > > > > > > Laura Botta > > Rizzoli Publishing Italia > > Via Mecenate 91 20138 Milano > > tel 02 50956850 > > fax 02 5095 6879 > > > > > > iviaggidelsole > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- End of Forwarded Message > > Susan Herbst > graphic design/illustration/photography > 516-633-7730 > susie...@optonline.net > www.susieart60.etsy.com > www.facebook.com/MermaidSuesStudio > > > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hallockville Farm - Hallock State Park Bird Walk
On Saturday 9/13 I led a fall migration bird walk at the Hallockville Farm ending up at the new Hallock State Park (working title). The highlight of the walk were the thousands of immature and adult tree swallows, joined by a few bank and barn swallows, hawking over the fields at the farm and the adjoining fields. We commented on their agility and how remarkable their coordination and vision must be, because despite the high numbers of birds flitting to and fro low over the goldenrod fields, there were no collisions or close calls. I think there would have been a very different result if these were human beings driving around in cars!! We also had two immature turkey vultures in the field, perhaps one of the birds that Bob Adamo reported. The woods were remarkably quiet. No warblers, thrushes, or vireos. Just a few robins, more catbirds, a lone towhee, house wren, a carolina wren, a few chickadees and titmice, a r.b. woodpecker, a pair of downy woodpeckers. Three d.c. cormorants were "periscoping" in the pond. While at the high bluff overlooking LI Sound and the Northville Terminal Facility a lone osprey was taking advantage of the bluff's deflecting current as it glided past us. A lone basic-plumage turnstone flew along the beach below us. The highlight in the woods section of the walk was a beautiful, vibrantly colored male box turtle. The NYS Office of Parks and Recreation is in the process of developing a management plan for Long Island's newest state park which is tentatively being called Hallock State Park. Plans call for an access road and an educational center. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks at Heckscher SP
I spent several hours at Heckscher State Park tonight hoping for nighthawks. Had three birds just as I was getting ready to leave. Three killdeer were in the parking lot and had four migrating osprey. The full moon was a treat as was the planet jupiter with two visible moons. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Overton Preserve, Coram
Hi All: Once we preserve two small properties totaling about 12 acres we will have preserved all of the Overton Preserve. Suffolk County and the Town of Brookhaven (whom I work for and run the land acquisition program) have worked in great partnership here. This 560+ acre area provides important breeding habitat for a variety of birds and the n/w area - reverting sheep pasture - is reliable for watching the courtship flights of woodcock. John Turner - Original Message - From: Susan Herbst Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009 10:06 am Subject: [nysbirds-l] Overton Preserve, Coram To: South Shore Audubon , EBIRDS , NYS Birds , li birding > Slightly off topic, but I imagine of interest: > > From the Long Island Press > http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/07/31/suffolk-to-preserve-164- > acres-in-coram/ > > > Though the site is somewhat outdated, here's an overview of the > Overton preserve property > http://middlecountryrdproject.org/Overtonpreserve.html > > Susan Herbst > graphic design/illustration/photography > 516-633-7730 > susie...@optonline.net > > > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > > Temporary archive: > http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
