[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 April 2010

2010-04-10 Thread Karen Fung
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * April 9, 2010 * NYNY1004.09 - Birds Mentioned: SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+ Common Murre+ Atlantic Puffin+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Blue-winged Teal Harlequin Duck Red-necked Grebe Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret

[nysbirds-l] Upland sandpiper

2010-04-10 Thread Greg Prelich
The upland sandpiper still remains at RobertMoses State park between lots 4 and 5 as of 11 AM Saturday Greg Prelich -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@corne

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper

2010-04-10 Thread Sy Schiff
Robert Moses SP; 10 Apr The UPLAND SANDPIPER made a very brief appearance on the edge of the North side of the road between the closed west exit of field 5 and the entrance to field 5. It came out and went back into the grassy edge at 2:55-3:00 PM. No luck from 1:30 PM on, so patience is r

[nysbirds-l] NYBG birds incl. Orange-crowned Warbler

2010-04-10 Thread Andrew Block
4/10/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY Time:  10am ti 2:30pm Observers:  Andrew Block 1 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Canada Geese several Mallards 1 ABDU/MALL hybrid 1 Green-winged Teal (very vocal and aggressive towards the mallards) 1 Red-tailed Hawk (eating short-tailed shrew) 2 Rock Pigeons 4

[nysbirds-l] Possible Eared Grebes

2010-04-10 Thread AndyatWH
Today I went to Jamaica Wild Life (Queens, L.I.) and saw several Grebes in the bay south of the Terapin Trail. Several were Horned Grebes but also I saw a grebe with a longer thinner bill and more peaked crown. It was quite different from the Horned Grebes which I am familiar with out Easter

[nysbirds-l] Region 10 Info Needed

2010-04-10 Thread Hugh McGuinness
Hi All, I am doing the Region 10 Winter report for The Kingbird and I need the following information. Please respond to me offline if you can help. 1. Christmas Bird Counts Lower Hudson--Manhattan Totals only Bronx-Westchester--Bronx Totals only Queens--entire count--as I can't find it at th

[nysbirds-l] Staten Island, Sat. 10-Apr-2010 incl. Pectoral Sandpipers

2010-04-10 Thread Ben Cacace
Date: Saturday, 10 April 2010 (8:40a-1:30p, 3:20p-6:45p) Location: Goethal's Bridge Pond, southern S.I., Lemon Creek & Wolfe's Pond Parks Reported by: Ben Cacace Highlights are mainly personal first of season birds. Walking for the day totaled 13.25 miles: *Goethal's Bridge Pond*: Today I finally

Re:[nysbirds-l] Staten Island, Sat. 10-Apr-2010 incl. Pectoral Sandpipers

2010-04-10 Thread Ben Cacace
Date: Saturday, 10 April 2010 (8:40a-1:30p, 3:20p-6:45p) Location: Goethal's Bridge Pond, southern S.I., Lemon Creek & Wolfe's Pond Parks Reported by: Ben Cacace I forgot to double check the list against my field notes. Here are 2 birds that were missing from the category groupings: 'Accidental'