[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose at Belmont Lake and other mid-Island additions

At mostly frozen Belmont Lake at first light this morning, the Barnacle Goose was at the back of a flock of about 500 Canada Geese. The lake also held small flocks of American Coots, Ring-necked Ducks, Ruddy Ducks, Gadwall and Mallards and a pair of Hooded Mergansers. When I left at 8:15am most

[nysbirds-l] Delaware Co. eagle trip

Twenty participants spotted 30+ Bald Eagles and one Golden Eagle on today's Delaware-Otsego Audubon Soc. field trip to the Delaware Co. rivers and reservoirs. Maximum at one location was nine Balds soaring over the Cannonsville Dam above Deposit. A variety of waterfowl was also sighted,

[nysbirds-l] Montauk & Vicinity-1/15

Seth Ausubel, Stella Miller, Benjamin Van Doren, and I birded from Montauk Point to areas west in Suffolk County today. The scoter numbers off the point are quite remarkable. A rough estimate yielded a count of approximately 40,000 birds, of which around 3/4 were Surf Scoter, and about 1/8 each

[nysbirds-l] Connetquot River State Park Birds (Suffolk Co.)

Sue and I did a walk on snowshoes this morning up the east side of the Connetquot River to the fish hatchery and down the west side of the river. Although the woods were fairly quiet we observed a single Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, five Wood Duck, and most surprising of all, an Eastern Phoebe at

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Shrike update and Common Redpolls

At about 2:40 PM, an immature NORTHERN SHRIKE, presumably the one found earlier by Benjamin Van Doren, was hunting sparrows along Napeague Meadow Road (Suffolk Co.). This is the straight stretch between the main bend and the railroad crossing. The shrike was working along the line of trees

[nysbirds-l] New York Botanical Garden

Wonderful birding day at NYBG! Great horned owls -2 Saw whet owl-1 Cooper's hawk Red tailed hawks-3 American Crows-4 Cardinals-6 Blue Jays-11 Mockingbird-1 Tufted titmouse-15 Chickadees-many Fox sparrow Song sparrow White throated sparrow-many Red breasted nuthatch White breasted nuthatch

[nysbirds-l] Common Redpolls at Bayard Cutting Arboretum (Suffolk Co.)

While covering my area for the NYSOA January Waterfowl count this morning, I encountered 4 COMMON REDPOLLS feeding among 10-12 American Goldfinches at Bayard Cutting Arboretum. The flock was feeding on the "cones" in alders down near the Connetquot River, at the far end of the lawn downhill from

[nysbirds-l] Lazy Point, Napeague: Northern Shrike

Hi all, At about 1 PM this afternoon, there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE perched on top of a telephone pole toward the end of Lazy Point in Napeague. Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Evening Grosbeak in Dutchess

this is a belated report for those interested parties out there. this past wednesday, the day of the snowstorm (jan.12), a flock of evening grosbeaks stopped in my yard. i heard the birds calling from inside the house, as i was at my computer which sits near a window. unfortunately, the birds

[nysbirds-l] Evening Grosbeak in Dutchess

this is a belated report for thoseinterested parties out there. this past wednesday, the day of the snowstorm (jan.12), a flock of evening grosbeaks stopped inmy yard. i heard the birds calling from inside the house, as i was at my computer which sits near a window. unfortunately, the birds

[nysbirds-l] Common Redpolls at Bayard Cutting Arboretum (Suffolk Co.)

While covering my area for the NYSOA January Waterfowl count this morning, I encountered 4 COMMON REDPOLLS feeding among 10-12 American Goldfinches at Bayard Cutting Arboretum. The flock was feeding on the cones in alders down near the Connetquot River, at the far end of the lawn downhill from the

[nysbirds-l] New York Botanical Garden

Wonderful birding day at NYBG! Great horned owls -2 Saw whet owl-1 Cooper's hawk Red tailed hawks-3 American Crows-4 Cardinals-6 Blue Jays-11 Mockingbird-1 Tufted titmouse-15 Chickadees-many Fox sparrow Song sparrow White throated sparrow-many Red breasted nuthatch White breasted nuthatch

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Shrike update and Common Redpolls

At about 2:40 PM, an immature NORTHERN SHRIKE, presumably the one found earlier by Benjamin Van Doren, was hunting sparrows along Napeague Meadow Road (Suffolk Co.). This is the straight stretch between the main bend and the railroad crossing. The shrike was working along the line of trees

[nysbirds-l] Connetquot River State Park Birds (Suffolk Co.)

Sue and I did a walk on snowshoes this morning up the east side of the Connetquot River to the fish hatchery and down the west side of the river. Although the woods were fairly quiet we observed a single Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, five Wood Duck, and most surprising of all, an Eastern Phoebe at

[nysbirds-l] Montauk Vicinity-1/15

Seth Ausubel, Stella Miller, Benjamin Van Doren, and I birded from Montauk Point to areas west in Suffolk County today. The scoter numbers off the point are quite remarkable. A rough estimate yielded a count of approximately 40,000 birds, of which around 3/4 were Surf Scoter, and about 1/8 each

[nysbirds-l] Delaware Co. eagle trip

Twenty participants spotted 30+ Bald Eagles and one Golden Eagle on today's Delaware-Otsego Audubon Soc. field trip to the Delaware Co. rivers and reservoirs. Maximum at one location was nine Balds soaring over the Cannonsville Dam above Deposit. A variety of waterfowl was also sighted,

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose at Belmont Lake and other mid-Island additions

At mostly frozen Belmont Lake at first light this morning, the Barnacle Goose was at the back of a flock of about 500 Canada Geese. The lake also held small flocks of American Coots, Ring-necked Ducks, Ruddy Ducks, Gadwall and Mallards and a pair of Hooded Mergansers. When I left at 8:15am most