[nysbirds-l] BITH in Prospect Park

This morning I received a call from Shane Blodgett, who was birding in Prospect Park. He was looking at a possible Bicknell's Thrush in the Lullwater, a short distance from the Boathouse. He described a gray- cheeked-type thrush with a chestnut tail. The bird was responding to his iPhone's p

[nysbirds-l] Blue Grosbeak at RMSP Field 2 (Suffolk Co.)

At 1:30PM this afternoon there was an immature male Blue Grosbeak in front (north) of the Robert Moses State Park Field 2 concession. The bird was easily disturbed and moved around the parking area quite a bit, but was last seen along the north border of the parking lot west of the main entranc

[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County

I was only out a few hours in the pouring rain today, but there were some good birds found in the county. Lance Verderame found six White-winged Scoters on Kiamesha Lake, Ken McDermott found a Black Tern on the Bashakill this morning, and I found a Common Tern on the Bash around noon while look

[nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Blue Grosbeak, Roseate Tens, LBB Gulls

Ken Feustel found a young male Blue Grosbeak at Robert Moses SP, near the western tip of Fire Island, this afternoon. It feeds on the circular grassy plantings in the center of Field 2, it is very skittish and frequently flies up to the northern margin of the parking lot, west of center, when di

[nysbirds-l] 5/12- Breezy Point: Glaucous, Roseate Terns etc. Also Belated Jaeger.

I birded Breezy Point (Queens County) today between 10:00 AM-12:30 PM. Highlights were as follows: GLAUCOUS GULL- A small 1st cycle bird, and definitely a different individual than the one I saw across the inlet at Plum Beach a month ago. Inlet Side. Roseate Tern- 3 (Ocean side) Lesser Black-bac

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - May 12, 2010

It was a very damp, dark morning in the Ramble in Central Park for my American Museum of Natural History group this morning. We were rewarded with a few nice birds. Highlights were a number of warblers including Wilson's Warbler and a singing male Cape May Warbler on the Point. (Thanks to Roge

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/11 (Blue Grosbeak, Mourning & 20+ add'l. Warblers, etc.)

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Monday evening (10 May, after 7 p.m.), a Kentucky Warbler was reported from the Ramble with a group of observers, however there was no mention of whether the bird sang, nor if or why it would be a different one from a "female" that might have been seen in