Ack! Looks like I missed it by 15 minutes! See below.
Willie
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[mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of tanager57
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 7:48 PM
To: GenesseeBirds
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Black-Bellied Whistling Duck - YES!
Today I birded several of our current hot spots in the county. The
Black-bellied Plover continues, now in it's fourth day. The two Pectoral
Sandpipers continue as well, all at Morningside Park. Three Lesser Yellowlegs
were a good find as well. Most of the birds, which seemed to peak yesterd
Hi all,
This afternoon, Mary Beth Billerman and I took a trip down to West End to
see what shorebirds we could turn up. It was approaching high tide, and
between the tide and the people on the island, there were no shorebirds
evident on the small island by the Coast Guard Station. We then went t
I looked from 7:50 to 8:50 this morning and from 10:30 to 1:15 without any
sightings or hearings of the BBWD. Three others also looked at times during
the same period and did not have it. If it is there, this is one very
frustrating bird. I have to wonder if the use of recordings may have
someth
> I observed two Mississippi Kites soaring and hunting over Mapletown Road at
> various times between 8:45 am and 11:00 am this morning. Shortly after
> arriving, I observed one of the adults carrying food for young, flying fairly
> low over the road and dropping out of site over the trees. One
This morning ~7:45 AM there was a juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper in the
swale south of the Building at the West End 2 Parking Lot, in Jones Beach State
Park, Nassau County.
I viewed it twice, although when I tried to re-locate it later with Ken and Sue
Feustel we came up empty. Hopefully it
Rich--
Great job--it was so tantalizing yet frustrating to 'know' those
birds were nesting, but not have proof!
Andy Mason
At 11:00 PM 8/20/2010, you wrote:
>Not surprising, and after much anticipation, I was able to confirm
>the successful nesting of the Mississippi Kites in the Town of Root,
Rich,
Congratulations and thank you for sharing the exciting news. As you point
out, this is the first time Mississippi Kite will have been documented
successfully nesting in New York State, and one of only a handful of
examples in the northeast. The presence of three adult/subadults is
particular