Seventeen participants showed up for today's Buffalo Ornithological Society
field trip to Dunkirk Harbor in Chautauqua Co. to enjoy the fair weather and
38 species of birds.
Upon arrival to the Central Avenue pier, the "regular" trio of LITTLE GULLS
(adult and two 1st-cycles) gave great looks as
A first winter Glaucous Gull (I'm not a good enough birder to use fancy words
like "cycle") was present for a little while today on what is shown on Google
Maps as Orowoc Lake. That map places it east of Bay Shore and west of Islip
(Suffolk County). It's on the north side of 27A and easy to
There seem to be good numbers of *COMMON REDPOLLS* in coastal areas today
(Sun 20 Feb). I noted birds at four locations this afternoon including at
least 119 birds at Hither Hill State Park near Montauk. This was reduced to
'at least 118' when one was snatched by a persistent M*ERLIN*. Actually I
This morning, while standing at the edge of Prospect Lake at around
9am, Heydi Lopes and I had a flyover Common Redpoll. About an hour
later we observed a single bird feeding on the ground near Breeze
Hill. This winter someone has been putting mixed bird seed on the
walkway that leads from
Date: Feb. 20, 2011
The drake Barrow's Goldeneye continues at Long Beach, Noyac. Scope
necessary.
Joe Giunta
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The last few days we have noticed a buildup of numbers of Lesser Scaup at some
of their favorite freshwater ponds, lakes and rivers. A stop at Connetquot
River State Park (CRSP) this morning yielded only about seventy Lesser Scaup.
After leaving CRSP we went to the southern portion of the river
Just had two Common Redpolls at my feeding station. This is only the second
time in 39 years we've had them, go figure.
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist
37 Tanglewylde Avenue
Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131
Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax:
Just had two Common Redpolls at my feeding station. This is only the second
time in 39 years we've had them, go figure.
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist
37 Tanglewylde Avenue
Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131
Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax:
The last few days we have noticed a buildup of numbers of Lesser Scaup at some
of their favorite freshwater ponds, lakes and rivers. A stop at Connetquot
River State Park (CRSP) this morning yielded only about seventy Lesser Scaup.
After leaving CRSP we went to the southern portion of the river
Date: Feb. 20, 2011
The drake Barrow's Goldeneye continues at Long Beach, Noyac. Scope
necessary.
Joe Giunta
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
ARCHIVES:
1)
This morning, while standing at the edge of Prospect Lake at around
9am, Heydi Lopes and I had a flyover Common Redpoll. About an hour
later we observed a single bird feeding on the ground near Breeze
Hill. This winter someone has been putting mixed bird seed on the
walkway that leads from
There seem to be good numbers of *COMMON REDPOLLS* in coastal areas today
(Sun 20 Feb). I noted birds at four locations this afternoon including at
least 119 birds at Hither Hill State Park near Montauk. This was reduced to
'at least 118' when one was snatched by a persistent M*ERLIN*. Actually I
A first winter Glaucous Gull (I'm not a good enough birder to use fancy words
like cycle) was present for a little while today on what is shown on Google
Maps as Orowoc Lake. That map places it east of Bay Shore and west of Islip
(Suffolk County). It's on the north side of 27A and easy to find,
Seventeen participants showed up for today's Buffalo Ornithological Society
field trip to Dunkirk Harbor in Chautauqua Co. to enjoy the fair weather and
38 species of birds.
Upon arrival to the Central Avenue pier, the regular trio of LITTLE GULLS
(adult and two 1st-cycles) gave great looks as
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