RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-26 Thread Steve Walter
It sounds as though the Painted Bunting is intermittent in its showings. You
might have to wait a while or you could walk right up and see it  (either
way, so far a better deal than the Virginia's Warbler). My first visit of
the day fell into the latter category. Thank you Corey, for making it
possible for me to get out of my warm bed no earlier than I had to, then
moseying on over at the right time. To you I dedicate my photographic
offering at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ .

 

I've also put up pictures of the Point Lookout Cave Swallows on the recent
work page (along with other photo highlights of an interesting few days).
You can see examples of the huddling behavior that Bob Adamo mentioned. I
can recall a Snowy Egret on a CBC long ago, but few instances of birds
looking cold, as appears to be the case here. Often on cloudy days, I
desperately hope for the sun to pop out for photo purposes. This time, I
wanted it more for the birds. While a great photo opportunity having sitting
Cave Swallows, it's a bittersweet feeling knowing the birds shouldn't be
here. I couldn't help but recall my last non flight pictures of Cave Swallow
- the ill-fated individual at Jones Beach two years ago, ironically also on
Nov. 25. Hopefully, these guys fared better and took advantage of the
sunshine today to get the heck out of here.

 

Steve Walter  

 

From: bounce-72452716-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72452716-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:42 AM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 

 

Steve

From: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
"12". 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame
on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

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To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was to

Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Jim Osterlund

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"Go to Creedmore Psychiatric Center, where most of us birders belong  
anyway, and head uphill!".



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Jelly_Admn
Ok,Thanks Arie for the detailed map.  This map is very accurate except for the 
getting to the upper winchester lot. I tested it with my addy and it brought me 
to the grand central on-ramp(try it) Basically the entrance road for the lot is 
under the grand central parkway and thus causing confusion. If you are coming 
from Union TPK you need to be on Winchester Blvd. If you are coming from the 
other direction from the LIE the same road is Douglaston PKY. The same road has 
2 names depending which direction you are coming from. Once you get on this 
road the lot entrance is across the street from the sanitation dept. It runs 
along the Grand Central above you. There are signs saying Alley Pond Park 
Adventure Park. Thanks Arie for the map and details but the directions are off 
and will really throw people off.

hope this helps a bit
Jason



 From: Arie Gilbert 
To: Robert Lewis ; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu 
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County
 

Bob et al,

A live map is here:  http://tinyurl.com/mrvzab     for alley pond

which I have updated with the location of the Punting. 

Right Clicking on a road in any google map will allow directions to
or from. or on an icon etc.

Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon, NY 

 www.Powerbirder.blogspot.com
 www.qcbirdclub.org





On 11/26/2012 9:57 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:


>Thanks for posting! 
>
>
>Can you explain how to get to the Upper Winchester parking lot?  It is not 
>obvious from Google maps.
>
>
>Bob Lewis
>Sleepy Hollow NY
>
>
>
>--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter wrote:
>
>
>>From: Steve Walter 
>>Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond
  Park Queens County...
>>To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>>Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM
>>
>>
>> 
>>The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was 
>>feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it 
>>ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly 
>>direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 
>> 
>>Steve
>>From:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
>>[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
>>Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
>>To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>>Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
>> 
>>I updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 
>> 
>>N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia’s Warbler 
>>sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th 
>>Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a 
>>dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as “12”. 
>> 
>>PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more 
>>information. 
>> 
>>P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking 
>>to PB, but it’s not that far from the Virginia’s area, if you go through 
>>there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the “9” does indeed 
>>continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of 
>>the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to this 
>>parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It’s 
>>not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, 
>>but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a 
>>Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union Turnpike).
>> 
>>Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let’s not trick it into 
>>thinking others of its kind are around. Let’s not fool birders into thinking 
>>that it’s calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a “shame on 
>>me” thing if I thought that. I’ve been around a lot of Painted Buntings in 
>>fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don’t sing. And I’m inclined 
>>to call this one an immature female from the pictures I’ve seen so far. If I 
>>can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last year, hints 
>>of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings come to feeders, 
>>putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At least this form of 
>>trickery benefits the bird.
>> 
>> 
>>Steve Walter
>>Bayside, NY 
>> 
>>From:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
>>[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 
>>fresha2...@aol.com
>>

Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Arie Gilbert

  
  
Bob et al,

A live map is here:  http://tinyurl.com/mrvzab     for alley pond

which I have updated with the location of the Punting. 

Right Clicking on a road in any google map will allow directions to
or from. or on an icon etc.

Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon, NY 

 www.Powerbirder.blogspot.com
 www.qcbirdclub.org




On 11/26/2012 9:57 AM, Robert Lewis
  wrote:


  

  

  Thanks
for posting!
  
  
  Can you
explain how to get to the Upper Winchester
  parking lot?  It is not obvious from Google maps.
  
  
  Bob
Lewis
  Sleepy
Hollow NY
  
  
  
  --- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter
   wrote:

  From: Steve Walter 
  Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond
  Park Queens County...
  To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
  Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM
  
  


  
The
evergreens I mentioned yesterday are
hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was feeding on
the ground below these hemlocks until about
9:15, when it made it ways up to the top of
the hemlocks and then flew off in a
west-southwesterly direction across the
soccer field. Where it landed could not be
determined. 
  
Steve

  
From:
bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu]
On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012
8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted
Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens
County...
  

  
I
updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
  
  
N =
the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of
the recent Virginia’s Warbler sightings have
been (although apparently none the last two
days). The 76th Avenue lot
provides the closest parking. Also worth
noting is that there is a dirt trail that
goes through the woods to near the overlook
marked as “12”. 
  
PB =
the Painted Bunting area. See the map and
info provided below for more information. 
  
P =
the so called Upper Winchester parking lot.
This is the closest parking to PB, but it’s
not that far from the Virginia’s area, if
you go through there first. The paved trail
that I show ending at the “9” does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the
woods and come down at the edge of the ball
fields and PB, or you can cut across the
ball fields. Access to this parking lot is
from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border
of the park. It’s not well depicted on the
map , as it is underneath the Grand Central
Parkway, but there is a roadway from
Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a
Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if
coming from Union Turnpike).
  
Please
folks, some good etiquette with this bird.
Let’s not trick it into thinking others of

RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Robert Lewis

Thanks for posting!
Can you explain how to get to the Upper Winchester parking lot?  It is not 
obvious from Google maps.
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY

--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter  wrote:

From: Steve Walter 
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was 
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it 
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly 
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined.   
SteveFrom: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...  I 
updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg   N 
= the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia’s Warbler 
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th 
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a 
dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as “12”.   
PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more 
information.   P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the 
closest parking to PB, but it’s not that far from the Virginia’s area, if you 
go through there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the “9” does 
indeed continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge 
of the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to 
this parking lot is from
 Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It’s not well depicted on 
the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, but there is a roadway 
from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a 
left turn if coming from Union Turnpike).  Please folks, some good etiquette 
with this bird. Let’s not trick it into thinking others of its kind are around. 
Let’s not fool birders into thinking that it’s calling nearby or singing. The 
latter might actually be a “shame on me” thing if I thought that. I’ve been 
around a lot of Painted Buntings in fall and winter and best as I can remember, 
they don’t sing. And I’m inclined to call this one an immature female from the 
pictures I’ve seen so far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed 
at this time last year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As 
Painted Buntings come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of
 discussion. At least this form of trickery benefits the bird.    Steve 
WalterBayside, NY   From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...  
The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about 
constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the 
west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent).  
 The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter 
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this 
map:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-73.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16Approximate
 Coordinates:40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.  Good luck if you go-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.      
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 On Behalf Of Andrew BakshSent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PMTo: 
nysbirds-lCc: Nyc ebirdsSubject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park 
Queens County...  Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at 
Alley Pond Parknear the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.  The bird is being seen 
along the asphalt path going north into the woods.The path is between the 
baseball field and the soccer field.  First spotted by Eric who called me as I 
was on my way to Alley.  We bothobtained photographic documentation.  Sent from 
somewhere in the field using my mobile device!  Andrew 
Bakshwww.birdingdude.blogspot.com  --  NYSbirds-L List
 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-26 Thread Steve Walter
The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 

 

Steve

From: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
"12". 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame
on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this
map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594
<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-7
3.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16>
&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-73.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16

Approximate Coordinates:

40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.

 

Good luck if you go

-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 
 
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From: bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu
<mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu?> ] On Behalf Of Andrew
Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.
 
The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.
 
First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.
 
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
 
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Walter
I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
"12". 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame
on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this
map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594
<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-7
3.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16>
&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-73.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16

Approximate Coordinates:

40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.

 

Good luck if you go

-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 
 
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.
 
The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.
 
First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.
 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread fresha2411
The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about 
constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the 
west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent).


The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter 
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-73.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16
Approximate Coordinates:
40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.


Good luck if you go
-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.


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From: Steve Walter 
To: 'nysbirds-l' 
Sent: Sun, Nov 25, 2012 4:16 pm
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...


(Unless there was a late development) the Painted Bunting was last seen just
before 3:00, when it flew into shady underbrush at the edge of a stand of
evergreens or hollies. I'll update my Alley Park map tonight to show the
location.

Steve Walter


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Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.

The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.

First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.

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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Walter
(Unless there was a late development) the Painted Bunting was last seen just
before 3:00, when it flew into shady underbrush at the edge of a stand of
evergreens or hollies. I'll update my Alley Park map tonight to show the
location.

Steve Walter


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[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.

The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.

First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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