[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn MEW GULL - YES

All, Today at about 2:00pm I saw the adult MEW GULL swimming just offshore from the bike path on the Belt Pkwy. This was about 1/3 mi west of the ballfields previously described by Shane Blodgett. It was foraging with several dozen Ring-billed Gulls, but it disappeared when I went back to the

[nysbirds-l] Staten Island, Sun. 27-Dec-2009 LBB Gull

Date: Sunday, 27 December 2009 (11:50a-5:00p) Location: Great Kills Park, Wolfe's Pond Park Observers: Eve Levine, Ben Cacace Reported by: Ben Cacace Total number of species seen was 34. The highlight was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on the ice on Wolfe's Pond. The gull was seen

[nysbirds-l] Dovekie - Hither Hills SP

At Hither Hills SP, Montauk, dovekie was found today around 4PM - at the water line - by Joan Becker, Richard Becker, Robin Fishman and Eileen Schwinn. The bird appeared "waterlogged" and was taken to The Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons, in Hampton Bays. We were told it was the

[nysbirds-l] Bronxville area birds seen during CBC

12/27/09 - Boy Scout Cabin, Hunts Woods, and Bronx River from Crestwood to Bronxville Time:  7am to 2pm Observer:  Andrew Block 107 White-throated Sparrows 18 Blue Jays 80 Rock Pigeons 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks 171 European Starlings 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers 63 Mourning Doves 31 Northern

[nysbirds-l] Eurasion Wigeon in Setauket & Sunken Meadow SP yesterday

This morning I took a trip to see if I could spot the Eurasion Wigeon in Setauket.  I got there and scoped almost all of the bay without luck.  Many American Wigeon were out and about though.  Then as I was leaving I passed a small cove and in it fed a flock of about forty American Wigeon and 

[nysbirds-l] Guillemot continues

Sean Sime just called me to report that the Black Guillemot continues at Sebonac Inlet in Suffolk County. It flew in at first light then disappeared in the flock. He found it again a little before 9 AM and it is there now (9:20 am). Joe DiCostanzo -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Eurasion Wigeon in Setauket Sunken Meadow SP yesterday

This morning I took a trip to see if I could spot the Eurasion Wigeon in Setauket.  I got there and scoped almost all of the bay without luck.  Many American Wigeon were out and about though.  Then as I was leaving I passed a small cove and in it fed a flock of about forty American Wigeon and 

[nysbirds-l] Dovekie - Hither Hills SP

At Hither Hills SP, Montauk, dovekie was found today around 4PM - at the water line - by Joan Becker, Richard Becker, Robin Fishman and Eileen Schwinn. The bird appeared waterlogged and was taken to The Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons, in Hampton Bays. We were told it was the

[nysbirds-l] Staten Island, Sun. 27-Dec-2009 LBB Gull

Date: Sunday, 27 December 2009 (11:50a-5:00p) Location: Great Kills Park, Wolfe's Pond Park Observers: Eve Levine, Ben Cacace Reported by: Ben Cacace Total number of species seen was 34. The highlight was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on the ice on Wolfe's Pond. The gull was seen

[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn MEW GULL - YES

All, Today at about 2:00pm I saw the adult MEW GULL swimming just offshore from the bike path on the Belt Pkwy. This was about 1/3 mi west of the ballfields previously described by Shane Blodgett. It was foraging with several dozen Ring-billed Gulls, but it disappeared when I went back to the