[nysbirds-l] Brown Booby, Nassau Co., Long Island

Having just seen some pictures (kindly forwarded by Dianne Taggart), I can concur with Bob Adamo and others regarding the identification. The booby has wonderful vivid yellow feet and uniform chocolate brown plumage, lacking the fine spotting of a similarly-aged Northern Gannet. It also has a blue

[nysbirds-l] NY-Presbyterian Hosp., Sat. 2-Oct-2010, Peregrine Falcon

Date: Saturday, 2 October 2010 (8:00a-8:15a) Location: East River Promenade - south of 68th St. Reported by: Ben Cacace The Peregrine Falcon nest box on the east face of New York-Presbyterian Hospital on 68th St. off York Ave. appears not to be maintained by the NYC DEP. Today I was pleased to

[nysbirds-l] Very Probable Imm. Brown Booby, found yesterday, and released today at Jones Beach Fishing Pier, Nassau Co.

The reason for this post is to alert everyone to be on the lookout for the above. Photos of the bird were sent to me by Bob Horvath & Cathy St. Pierre (Wildlife Rehabilitators) to see if I concurred with their tentative ID as a BRBO- which I did. The bird's yellow feet/legs are seen quite

[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, Sat. 2-Oct-2010 incl. 3 warbler & 5 sparrow spp

Date: Saturday, 2 October 2010 (8:55a-11:55a) Location: Bryant Park - between 40th & 42nd St. off 6th Ave. Reported by: Ben Cacace Eighteen species matches a personal park best. Though 2 species did go unidentified. A thrush that wasn't Swainson's, Veery or Wood Thrush plus a distant warbler on

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Bonanza including Hooded Warbler

All, Birded Central Park with Sam Stuart today, and as he mentioned in his account it was truly a blockbuster day. For me the highlight was certainly the beautiful adult male Hooded Warbler, a picture of which can be found at the link below:

[nysbirds-l] Butterflies at Jones Beach

Please forgive my indulgence in discussing primarily butterflies, but birding along the boardwalk at Jones Beach SP for two hours late afternoon was very, very quiet (n. mockingbirds, various gulls, one palm warbler). The monarch butterfly migration however, was the most phenomenal I have ever

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

I stopped at JB coast guard station around 11:30 and saw a juvenile Summer Tanager near the gazebo (east of parking lot). Interesting, considering Summer Tanager posting at Fort Tilden/Riis Park There was a clay-colored sparrow (with two eyes) in the hedgerow (fence side) mixed with

[nysbirds-l] Central Park - 80 species including Blue Grosbeak & possible Golden Eagle

All, Birding the park today with Rhys Marsh was consistently good and we found new species in many places. We began at Strawberry field and finished up in the North Woods, finding new species at every stop. Highlights included a young Blue Grosbeak on the Great Hill, a Black-billed Cuckoo at the

[nysbirds-l] Fw: Snow Geese

- Forwarded Message From: Joseph Brin To: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, October 2, 2010 6:25:56 PM Subject: Snow Geese As reported by others before, there are three SNOW GEESE at Mercer Park on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. Apparently they have been there since

[nysbirds-l] Raven at Jones Beach

Is there anywhere still worth reporting Common Raven from? Maybe the outer beach is the final frontier. There was one at Jones Beach this morning. Seen from the nature center parking lot (West End 1), it landed in the one obvious dead tree to the east. After displacing an Osprey in the tree,

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Blue Grosbeak, Cape May Warbler and other migrants

At Montauk Point (Suffolk Co.) this morning, Hugh McGuinness and I seawatched for a short time with a distant jaeger being the only notable. Overhead migration seemed limited (not too surprising considering the rain and N-NNE winds during the night) but we did pick up a few interesting passerine

Re: [nysbirds-l] Smith's Point County Park, Suffolk County

There seemed to be a decent flight along the beach this morning at Smith's Point Park, near Shirley/ Mastic. Lots of Yellow-rumps, Golden-crowned Kinglets, over a dozen White-crowned Sparrows, Field, Swamp, Chipping, Sanannah, 2 Indigo Buntings a Dickcissel and an Orange-crowned Warbler. A

[nysbirds-l] Blue Grosbeak, Summer Tanager at Riis and Tilden

Had a decent morning at Riis and Tilden and the community garden at Floyd Bennett Field higlighted by the following: Molting male Summer Tanager in the brushy field behind the ballfields at Tilden Fly over Dickcissel from the community garden at Tilden Blue Grosbeak (a female type) along the

[nysbirds-l] Waterfowl and Warblers - Buffalo and Niagara Falls

I checked Lake Erie from LaSalle Park in Buffalo today and had some interesting sightings. Divers included 7 AMERICAN COOTS, 2 REDHEADS, 4 GREATER SCAUP, and 52 SURF SCOTERS. Others were 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1 CASPIAN TERN, and 7 AMERICAN PIPITS. At Goat Island above Niagara Falls, there were

[nysbirds-l] Heckscher State Park: Short-eared Owl, Bobolinks, White-crowned Sparrows

The migrant flight at Heckscher State Park (Suffolk Co.) this morning (7-11) was only fair, with Robins making up the bulk of the birds passing overhead between 7:00 and 8:00. Later, Tree Swallows took over as the most numerous species. Other passerines detected by call and/or seen after they

[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret continues, Robt Moses SP Suffolk County

The Cattle Egret found by Bobby Rosetti yesterday afternoon was present again along the northern edge of the Robert Moses field 5 parking lot, between the toll booths and the exit. It was not present for the first few hours this morning, then was found around 9 AM. While walking along the

[nysbirds-l] Heckscher State Park: Short-eared Owl, Bobolinks, White-crowned Sparrows

The migrant flight at Heckscher State Park (Suffolk Co.) this morning (7-11) was only fair, with Robins making up the bulk of the birds passing overhead between 7:00 and 8:00. Later, Tree Swallows took over as the most numerous species. Other passerines detected by call and/or seen after they

[nysbirds-l] Waterfowl and Warblers - Buffalo and Niagara Falls

I checked Lake Erie from LaSalle Park in Buffalo today and had some interesting sightings. Divers included 7 AMERICAN COOTS, 2 REDHEADS, 4 GREATER SCAUP, and 52 SURF SCOTERS. Others were 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1 CASPIAN TERN, and 7 AMERICAN PIPITS. At Goat Island above Niagara Falls, there were

[nysbirds-l] Blue Grosbeak, Summer Tanager at Riis and Tilden

Had a decent morning at Riis and Tilden and the community garden at Floyd Bennett Field higlighted by the following: Molting male Summer Tanager in the brushy field behind the ballfields at Tilden Fly over Dickcissel from the community garden at Tilden Blue Grosbeak (a female type) along the

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Blue Grosbeak, Cape May Warbler and other migrants

At Montauk Point (Suffolk Co.) this morning, Hugh McGuinness and I seawatched for a short time with a distant jaeger being the only notable. Overhead migration seemed limited (not too surprising considering the rain and N-NNE winds during the night) but we did pick up a few interesting passerine

[nysbirds-l] Central Park - 80 species including Blue Grosbeak possible Golden Eagle

All, Birding the park today with Rhys Marsh was consistently good and we found new species in many places. We began at Strawberry field and finished up in the North Woods, finding new species at every stop. Highlights included a young Blue Grosbeak on the Great Hill, a Black-billed Cuckoo at the

[nysbirds-l] Butterflies at Jones Beach

Please forgive my indulgence in discussing primarily butterflies, but birding along the boardwalk at Jones Beach SP for two hours late afternoon was very, very quiet (n. mockingbirds, various gulls, one palm warbler). The monarch butterfly migration however, was the most phenomenal I have ever

[nysbirds-l] NY-Presbyterian Hosp., Sat. 2-Oct-2010, Peregrine Falcon

Date: Saturday, 2 October 2010 (8:00a-8:15a) Location: East River Promenade - south of 68th St. Reported by: Ben Cacace The Peregrine Falcon nest box on the east face of New York-Presbyterian Hospital on 68th St. off York Ave. appears not to be maintained by the NYC DEP. Today I was pleased to

[nysbirds-l] Brown Booby, Nassau Co., Long Island

Having just seen some pictures (kindly forwarded by Dianne Taggart), I can concur with Bob Adamo and others regarding the identification. The booby has wonderful vivid yellow feet and uniform chocolate brown plumage, lacking the fine spotting of a similarly-aged Northern Gannet. It also has a blue