Today (12/13), after about an hour and a half of searching, and just before the
rain started getting heavy, the SUMMER TANAGER finally made an appearance at
its usual location in Clove Lakes Park. I put a photo at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsmzth/4183623490/ .
- Tom Smith
At about 3 PM today I located the falcon on the last (westernmost) power line
pole in the open field. This is the line running south of the Lewin Farms
building on Sound Avenue. After a few minutes the bird made a dive at
something on the ground, perched briefly on another pole, then headed
For those going to look at the falcon reported today in Calverton, I
would like to expand on Angus' directions: The bird spent all of its
perching time on the high tension poles that run through the
agricultural fields along Hulse Landing Road north of Rt 25A. The bird
ranged from Hulse
Sad story from Indiana: last known breeding female Whooping Crane of
the eastern migratory population has been killed:
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/last-successful-breeding-whooping-crane-shot-and-killed
Story in Terre Haute IN Tribune-Star news:
Around noon today, Tony Lauro found a large pale falcon hunting over the
fields between Sound Avenue, Hulse Landing Road and Route 25A in Calverton
near Riverhead (Suffolk Co.). Hugh McGuinness and I beat our way through the
Sunday traffic and ever worsening rain to find Tony and a small crowd of
A two hour hike this morning around Sunken Meadow State Park in Suffolk County
revealed a few first of the season birds. Feeding in Field Two was a flock of
about 100 or so Canda Geese. Amongst this flock was not a Pink-footed or
Cackling Goose, but 2 adult Snow Geese. A quick scan on the LI
With the Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) only a week away I spent some time doing a
little scouting this morning in the Captree CBC count circle. At Belmont Lake
State Park a single Cackling Goose was observed among approximately a thousand
Canada Geese. The CG was towards the small end of the size
As discussed in recent posts by Tom Fiore, Angus Wilson, and others, early
December can be an exciting time for finding unusual birds in the Northeast,
and the upcoming CBC season is sure to feature many exciting discoveries.
The question of where our early winter avian novelties come from is
In Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City an American Redstart was seen on
Tues.-Wed., December 8 & 9, 2009. This is obviously an exceptionally
late date for the species, however there are some later records
including a small number seen on NY CBC's. There is also at least one
equally late
In Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City an American Redstart was seen on
Tues.-Wed., December 8 9, 2009. This is obviously an exceptionally
late date for the species, however there are some later records
including a small number seen on NY CBC's. There is also at least one
equally late
As discussed in recent posts by Tom Fiore, Angus Wilson, and others, early
December can be an exciting time for finding unusual birds in the Northeast,
and the upcoming CBC season is sure to feature many exciting discoveries.
The question of where our early winter avian novelties come from is
With the Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) only a week away I spent some time doing a
little scouting this morning in the Captree CBC count circle. At Belmont Lake
State Park a single Cackling Goose was observed among approximately a thousand
Canada Geese. The CG was towards the small end of the size
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