[nysbirds-l] Photos of Clay-colored Sparrow and Common Moorhens

I've uploaded digiscoped photos taken today of the Blydenburgh Park (Suffolk Co.) Common Moorhens, and also the Clay-colored Sparrow that's been present for a while now near the volleyball courts at Robert Moses State Park. The latter can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgluth_brb/sets/

[nysbirds-l] Riverhead Sod Fields, Suffolk Co.

A quick survey, of most of the above, came up empty, however, I did pick up a Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Solitary Sandpipers and 2 Least Sandpipers, while managing to miss the normally plentiful Kildeer! All 3 species mentioned were found at a wet area on Penny La. in Northville. I also had my desser

[nysbirds-l] Franklin's Gull - Hamlin Beach (Monroe County); Eared Grebe - Batavia (Genesee County)

The clear highlight of a fairly active morning at Hamlin Beach was a first-winter FRANKLIN'S GULL that flew in from the east, settled on the water in front of the overlook for a few minutes, and then flew in towards the beach and back off to the east. Some mediocre pictures of this bird can be see

[nysbirds-l] Conference House, Mt. Loretto

Date: Sept. 25, 2010 Location: Conference House, Mt. Loretto, Staten Island Reported By: Joe Giunta Our group of birders from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden birding class visited both Conference House and Mt. Loretto in southern Staten Island. The birding was extremely slow with our group seeing

[nysbirds-l] Solitary Sandpipers SoFo ponds

I visited the ponds at the SoFo Museum this morning and found 5 Solitary Sandpipers (3 at the Northern Pond, 2 at the Eastern Pond) along with over a dozen Blue-Winged Teal, 1 Great Blue Heron and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs. A Red-tailed Hawk and Turkey appeared at the back edge (eastern portion) of the

[nysbirds-l] Blydenburgh Common Moorhens: Still there as of 1:30pm

The 2 Common Moorhens were both still present on Stump Pond when I arrived ~12:30 this afternoon and when I left an hour later. The birds were in the general areas described in Vinny Pelegrino's original post and easily visible from the boat dock. I saw almost all of the other waterfowl mentioned b

Re: [nysbirds-l] 2 Common Moorhens- Blydenburgh County Park

Below is the link to the pictures I took of the Moorhens http://picasaweb.google.com/VinnyPelle/BlydenburghCP2CommonMoorhens92510#   Vinny Pellegrino picasaweb.com/vinnypelle East Northport, NY   "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you've imagined." -Henry David

[nysbirds-l] 2 Common Moorhens- Blydenburgh County Park

I am watching 2 Common Moorhens feeding with a huge congregation of waterfowl on Stump Pond in Blydenburgh County Park as i type this. Once at the rowboat dock, look left and just before the island is one with a small assemblage of other ducks. The second bird is on the right with a huge mass

[nysbirds-l] Raven in Plainview, Nassau Co.

Marc and Sharon Brody observed a Raven in their yard in Plainview, Nassau Co., Long Island yesterday afternoon. Marc sent photos; the bird had some large unidentifiable food item in its bill and was being harassed by crows. This location is approximately 8-10 miles east of where Ravens have been pr

[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Tuesday September 28

THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Schodde, former Curator and Director of the Australian National Wildlife Collection Subject: Australasia--The End or the Beginning of M