[nysbirds-l] Fire Island report
On an ATV ride between Watch Hill and Point O’Woods this morning counted at least 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Brown Pelicans, at least 6 Royal Terns, impressive numbers of Sanderlings (500+) and single Piping Plover & Ruddy Turnstone. Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941 -- 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] Fire Island report
On an ATV ride between Watch Hill and Point O’Woods this morning counted at least 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Brown Pelicans, at least 6 Royal Terns, impressive numbers of Sanderlings (500+) and single Piping Plover & Ruddy Turnstone. Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941 -- 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] Fire island warblers
I started my water feature today at fire island and was greeted by prairie warbler, yellow, common yellowthroat, pine warbler and a nicely posing northern waterthrush. Other species included brown thrashers, cardinals, towees, song sparrow and many house finches. I will provide updates as the weeks go on. James Vellozzi -- 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] Fire island warblers
I started my water feature today at fire island and was greeted by prairie warbler, yellow, common yellowthroat, pine warbler and a nicely posing northern waterthrush. Other species included brown thrashers, cardinals, towees, song sparrow and many house finches. I will provide updates as the weeks go on. James Vellozzi -- 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] Fire Island
I've been staying at Ocean Beach, Fire Island this week and have kept an eye on the beach in the afternoons throughout this week, with very little activity. About a dozen common terns are still regularly feeding along the beach, with 1-2 Forster's terns occasionally showing up. Also, two osprey, double crested cormorants and the four expected gull species. Migrants here so far are limited to sporadic barn swallows moving along the beach. The only shorebird highlight seen this week was a single westbound whimbrel seen today flying along the beach about 75 yards offshore around 2:30pm. Not even a sanderling along the beach otherwise. One westbound monarch butterfly and one eastbound female-type scoter seen today, maybe headed towards the flock that remained off Davis Park beach. A group of dolphins trailing a fishing vessel about a mile out from the beach on Monday was the only other sighting of note. Thanks, Tim Dunn Babylon NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Fire Island
I've been staying at Ocean Beach, Fire Island this week and have kept an eye on the beach in the afternoons throughout this week, with very little activity. About a dozen common terns are still regularly feeding along the beach, with 1-2 Forster's terns occasionally showing up. Also, two osprey, double crested cormorants and the four expected gull species. Migrants here so far are limited to sporadic barn swallows moving along the beach. The only shorebird highlight seen this week was a single westbound whimbrel seen today flying along the beach about 75 yards offshore around 2:30pm. Not even a sanderling along the beach otherwise. One westbound monarch butterfly and one eastbound female-type scoter seen today, maybe headed towards the flock that remained off Davis Park beach. A group of dolphins trailing a fishing vessel about a mile out from the beach on Monday was the only other sighting of note. Thanks, Tim Dunn Babylon NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Fire Island highlights this weekend
On Friday at Cherry Grove, I observed a single Royal Tern sitting on a small buoy out in the bay, not far from the ferry dock. This morning (Sunday) I found a Lesser Black-backed Gull on the Cherry Grove beach with a small flock of other gulls. Richard ZainEldeen Brooklyn, New York -- 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] Fire Island highlights this weekend
On Friday at Cherry Grove, I observed a single Royal Tern sitting on a small buoy out in the bay, not far from the ferry dock. This morning (Sunday) I found a Lesser Black-backed Gull on the Cherry Grove beach with a small flock of other gulls. Richard ZainEldeen Brooklyn, New York -- 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] Fire Island Hawk Watch
Finally got out to do a bit of birding, thinking today might be a fine day for raptors along the barrier beach. As always, the company was delightful, but the birds were few, at least during the time I spent there ( ~ 0915 to ~ 1415). I did, however, see FOS Peregrine Falcon ( 2 adults on the F.I. water tower) and FOS Dark-eyed Juncos ( 6 near the F.I. light). Cheers, Bob -- 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] Fire Island Hawk Watch
Finally got out to do a bit of birding, thinking today might be a fine day for raptors along the barrier beach. As always, the company was delightful, but the birds were few, at least during the time I spent there ( ~ 0915 to ~ 1415). I did, however, see FOS Peregrine Falcon ( 2 adults on the F.I. water tower) and FOS Dark-eyed Juncos ( 6 near the F.I. light). Cheers, Bob -- 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] Fire Island
Spent weekend in Fire Island birding from The Pines to Watch Hill. Counted over 40 species. 9 Warbler species, the Black-throated Blue being the most abundant. Large flocks of Red-breasted Nuthatches and Yellow-shafted Flickers. No unusual gulls but lots of Royal Terns. Because of the overcast and light southwesterly wind, not much raptor fly-over except for Ospreys, but did get one-each of Peregrine, Merlin, Kestrel, and Northern Harrier (brown). I usually go later in the season when there is more sparrow activity - however highlight was capturing a Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow in its usual spot near the beginning of the Watch Hill Nature Walk in my scope, and then inches away a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow popped into view. Do these recently split species reform? Locals spoke of a Whip-poor-will sunning itself on the deck railing of a house on Spindrift Way. Checked out and it appeared to be an immature grey Common Nighthawk. Missing the white collar and handkerchief, but had a small lightly patterned head, and when it shifted around to preen, we could clearly see scaley instead of white undertail coverts and white bars at the base of the primaries. Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- 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] Fire Island Birds,Long Island
In my E Mail of Feb. 19 I mentioned that I saw a red-necked grebe in the ocean off the beach. Bob Radamo sent me a diplomatic e-mail, and I double checked my pictures. Despite what I thought I saw,yellow longer bill,bigger size, coloration, and the fact that it did not act like a horned grebe ( not constantly diving and moving) it was indeed a Horned Grebe. Sorry for the misinformation. Andy Murphy -- 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] Fire Island Ocean birds
I drove to Smith Point Park( Suffolk County Long Island) today to renew my permit to drive on the beach this year so as to do a little surf fishing and birding ( the Ocean is beautiful along the beach) but they did not have these 2012 permits ready yet, so last year's permits were still good. I drove from Smith Point, East to Moriches Inlet (5 miles?) right along the shore and saw about 15 Black Scoters, 4 Surf Scoters, !2 Long-tail ducks,3 Red-throated Loons, 1 Common Loon,1 Red-necked Grebe,15 Sanderlings, and to my surprise a Male Green-winged Teal about 30 yards off in the ocean,just the other side of the breakers. I took pictures of all of these, some good ,some not so good. I do not yet know how to put them up on site on the internet for general viewing, but if anyone wants a picture, I can E-Mail to you. The Green-winged teal was still there when I drove back west from the Inlet to Smith Point. Andy Murphy -- 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] Fire Island Ocean birds
I drove to Smith Point Park( Suffolk County Long Island) today to renew my permit to drive on the beach this year so as to do a little surf fishing and birding ( the Ocean is beautiful along the beach) but they did not have these 2012 permits ready yet, so last year's permits were still good. I drove from Smith Point, East to Moriches Inlet (5 miles?) right along the shore and saw about 15 Black Scoters, 4 Surf Scoters, !2 Long-tail ducks,3 Red-throated Loons, 1 Common Loon,1 Red-necked Grebe,15 Sanderlings, and to my surprise a Male Green-winged Teal about 30 yards off in the ocean,just the other side of the breakers. I took pictures of all of these, some good ,some not so good. I do not yet know how to put them up on site on the internet for general viewing, but if anyone wants a picture, I can E-Mail to you. The Green-winged teal was still there when I drove back west from the Inlet to Smith Point. Andy Murphy -- 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] Fire Island to Central Park
September 30 , A Long Island / New York City excursion. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the Fire Island Hawkwatch this morning on SE winds, the wrong kind. The only raptors who don't mind this are falcons. And, we saw a few Merlin and Peregrines. Of note a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, but virtually no land birds. At Jones Beach Marina we were met by Sam Jannazzo. The bar had a resting MARBLED GODWIT and a CASPIAN TERN along with the usual hoard of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, DUNLIN, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. There were 4 SURF SCOTERS in the water to the left of the island. Cathy Drake called from Central Park while we were admiring the tern. We drove straight into the city from Jones Beach, immediately found a parking spot, as someone pulled out (on 75th off Fifth Ave--I though this only happens in movie scripts). A police officer directed us to the 72nd street entrance, the only one not sealed off for the concert tonight. (As described in a post to ebirdsnyc, in the Ramble, near the SW corner of Mugger's Woods and just S of the Humming Tombstone) A short walk brought us to the BARRED OWL. This is the first downstate.sighting for all of us. Sy -- 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] Fire Island to Central Park
September 30 , A Long Island / New York City excursion. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the Fire Island Hawkwatch this morning on SE winds, the wrong kind. The only raptors who don't mind this are falcons. And, we saw a few Merlin and Peregrines. Of note a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, but virtually no land birds. At Jones Beach Marina we were met by Sam Jannazzo. The bar had a resting MARBLED GODWIT and a CASPIAN TERN along with the usual hoard of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, DUNLIN, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. There were 4 SURF SCOTERS in the water to the left of the island. Cathy Drake called from Central Park while we were admiring the tern. We drove straight into the city from Jones Beach, immediately found a parking spot, as someone pulled out (on 75th off Fifth Ave--I though this only happens in movie scripts). A police officer directed us to the 72nd street entrance, the only one not sealed off for the concert tonight. (As described in a post to ebirdsnyc, in the Ramble, near the SW corner of Mugger's Woods and just S of the Humming Tombstone) A short walk brought us to the BARRED OWL. This is the first downstate.sighting for all of us. Sy -- 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] Fire Island Inlet/Captree State Park This Morning (Suffolk Co.)
I stopped by Captree State Park at about 8:30 this morning, where the Common Ground Dove appeared for a short period of time in the northeastern corner of the upper (south) parking lot. The bird was still being seen at about 12:00PM in the same location. The Western Kingbird was also observed by other birders this morning, perched in a shrub at the entrance to the upper parking lot. I stopped at Cedar Overlook Beach at about 10:00AM to see how the area was shaping up for the upcoming Captree CBC. There were approximately 350 Bonaparte's Gulls feeding off the bar that stretches west to Cedar Beach. Prolonged scanning produced an immature Black-legged Kittiwake feeding with the Bonaparte's Gulls. An encouraging aspect of this observation was that an estimated seventy percent of the Bonaparte's were immature birds, an age class that seemed to be poorly represented the last few years. Ken Feustel -- 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] Fire Island Birds: Cave Swallows++
Robert Moses SP featured an exciting morning flight again today, with excellent volume and variety of diurnal migrants, but numbers of re-orienting nocturnal migrants (e.g., Myrtle Warblers) were much lower than yesterday's. Highlights included four Cave Swallows (pairs around 8:30 and 9:00), a Baltimore Oriole around 9:15, a Short-eared Owl around 9:30, single Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers around 10:00, as well as 51 Rusty Blackbirds, five Royal Terns, three Common Eiders, and 15 Red-throated Loons. I spoke with Paul Buckley around mid-day, and he related seeing two Cave Swallows along the Hudson River in Riverdale, Bronx County. Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore, NY Think green before you print this email. -- 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] Fire Island Birds: Cave Swallows++
Robert Moses SP featured an exciting morning flight again today, with excellent volume and variety of diurnal migrants, but numbers of re-orienting nocturnal migrants (e.g., Myrtle Warblers) were much lower than yesterday's. Highlights included four Cave Swallows (pairs around 8:30 and 9:00), a Baltimore Oriole around 9:15, a Short-eared Owl around 9:30, single Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers around 10:00, as well as 51 Rusty Blackbirds, five Royal Terns, three Common Eiders, and 15 Red-throated Loons. I spoke with Paul Buckley around mid-day, and he related seeing two Cave Swallows along the Hudson River in Riverdale, Bronx County. Shai Mitra Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore, NY Think green before you print this email. -- 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/ --
