[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 3/27-30 (& some otherwhere rarities)

2010-03-30 Thread Tom Fiore
Not in NYC but in the northeast, a number of rare &/or extra-early birds were being reported, including a Sage Thrasher at Salisbury & Wilson's Plover on Nantucket, Massachusetts, along with NY state reports of Varied Thrush (via Hudson-Mohawk Birds list), a Townsend's Solitaire that no

[nysbirds-l] "When the rained stopped "

2010-03-30 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
When it happened, I threw the dice, jumped in the car, and headed down to Shinnicock Inlet... for who knows what! My usual route of the Quogue Bridge to Dune Rd., and then east to Hampton Bays was out of the question today, unless you had one of those "Duck" vehicles, which Dennis Puleston

RE: [nysbirds-l] Gr. White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck - Niagara County

2010-03-30 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
From: bounce-5500686-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5500686-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:24 PM To: Geneseebirds; NYSBirds; dfsu...@localnet.com Subject: [nysbirds-l] Gr. White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck -

[nysbirds-l] Gr. White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck - Niagara County

2010-03-30 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter
There are some nice puddles in a field along the west side of Dickersonville Rd, ½ mile south of Youngstown-Wilson Road, in the Town of Porter. Today, there were a few hundred CANADA GEESE there (there have been almost no large groups of geese in Porter or Wilson this spring) plus one adult

[nysbirds-l] Bahamas Piping Plover Re-sighted in CT

2010-03-30 Thread Peter Doherty
on January 23rd. This bird was marked on Jan. 23, 2010 at Pelican Point, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. The third re-sight was in Harwich, MA on 3/27. See: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100330/NEWS/3300307/-1/NEWS01 There are more out there and others about to begin

[nysbirds-l] Bahamas Piping Plover Re-sighted in CT

2010-03-30 Thread Peter Doherty
was marked on Jan. 23, 2010 at Pelican Point, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. The third re-sight was in Harwich, MA on 3/27. See: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100330/NEWS/3300307/-1/NEWS01 There are more out there and others about to begin their migration, as some marked

[nysbirds-l] Farmingdale Hawk

2010-03-30 Thread Frederick Hamilton
Hello All, Im asking for some ones help on this as I do not have the staff or time to send someone out there. I need confirmation of a suspected nesting pair of Red Tailed hawks in the Ells Worth Allen Park/Ballfields in Farmigdale NY. The nest is located in the athletic lights above the

[nysbirds-l] Farmingdale Hawk

2010-03-30 Thread Frederick Hamilton
Hello All, Im asking for some ones help on this as I do not have the staff or time to send someone out there. I need confirmation of a suspected nesting pair of Red Tailed hawks in the Ells Worth Allen Park/Ballfields in Farmigdale NY. The nest is located in the athletic lights above the

[nysbirds-l] Bahamas Piping Plover Re-sighted in CT

2010-03-30 Thread Peter Doherty
was marked on Jan. 23, 2010 at Pelican Point, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. The third re-sight was in Harwich, MA on 3/27. See: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100330/NEWS/3300307/-1/NEWS01 There are more out there and others about to begin their migration, as some marked

[nysbirds-l] Bahamas Piping Plover Re-sighted in CT

2010-03-30 Thread Peter Doherty
on January 23rd. This bird was marked on Jan. 23, 2010 at Pelican Point, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. The third re-sight was in Harwich, MA on 3/27. See: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100330/NEWS/3300307/-1/NEWS01 There are more out there and others about to begin

RE: [nysbirds-l] Gr. White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck - Niagara County

2010-03-30 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
From: bounce-5500686-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5500686-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:24 PM To: Geneseebirds; NYSBirds; dfsu...@localnet.com Subject: [nysbirds-l] Gr. White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck -

[nysbirds-l] When the rained stopped

2010-03-30 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
When it happened, I threw the dice, jumped in the car, and headed down to Shinnicock Inlet... for who knows what! My usual route of the Quogue Bridge to Dune Rd., and then east to Hampton Bays was out of the question today, unless you had one of those Duck vehicles, which Dennis Puleston helped

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 3/27-30 ( some otherwhere rarities)

2010-03-30 Thread Tom Fiore
Not in NYC but in the northeast, a number of rare /or extra-early birds were being reported, including a Sage Thrasher at Salisbury Wilson's Plover on Nantucket, Massachusetts, along with NY state reports of Varied Thrush (via Hudson-Mohawk Birds list), a Townsend's Solitaire that no one