[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 20, 2010 * NYSY 2009.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 13, 2009 - September 20, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Comp

[nysbirds-l] 692+ Broadwinged Hawks, Manhattan

Not 5 minutes after leaving school at 2:45 today, I looked up. I was pleasantly stunned to see a kettle of about 250 Broad-winged Hawks kettling above 67st and Broadway! A follow-up hawkwatch was performed from Belvedere Castle in Central Park, where I noted the following: Turkey vulture 1 Sh

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End and SoFo Sunday

Yesterday I visited the West End of Jones Beach between 6:30 and 7. I saw a good number of black skimmers on the sand bar near the coast guard station and a few merlins flying around. The highlight was a buff-breasted sandpiper in the median of the exit at the ocean parking lot. After leaving Jo

[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird Fire Island Hawkwatch

Bob Kurtz just called to report a Western Kingbird at the Fire Island Hawkwatch, at the eastern end of Robert Moses SP. The bird in't visible at the moment, but he thinks it is still in the area. Shai Mitra Bay Shore Think green before you print this email. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www