Tried Hunters Garden,heard Great Crested Flycatcher FOY,saw Phoebe at water
hole, warblers sparse, black-and-white,ovenbird, pine and red-eyed
vireo,Baltimore orioles,towhees,cowbird,chipping sparrows.
Heard a Yellow-billed cuckoo and was pleased to track him down and get a
very good look
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 13, 2011
* NYNY1105.13
- Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Least Tern
GULL-BILLED TERN
Roseate Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive
Earlier today on a Home Depot "run", I made a quick stop at the same Riverhead
re- charge basin for the 4th straight day, and found both #'s of shorebirds,
and water level down. At 7:15 PM, I returned, and found the # of birds had
risen some. They consisted of: 1 Killdeer, unchanged from yester
In my previous post I neglected to add that virtually all of the birds
seen in Riverside Park (May 13) Friday afternoon were seen by Jeff
Nulle, and I visited as well for less time than Jeff. A number of
other observers also stopped by for varying lengths of time. The last
warbler seen ba
Good evening,
WHile walking around at Cedarmere (the WC Bryant Estate) in Roslyn,
NY I saw an odd bird (for me). Generally Oriole like but definitely
yellowish with a black chin.
I sketched it and made some notes and came home & looked it up.
What I saw and sketched looked exactly like the imma
Hi,
I'm planning on birding Ward Pound Ridge for the first time this
weekend. If anyone has any suggestions or helpful hints, specifically
for worm eating warbler or louisiana waterthrush, I'd be appreciative
if I was contacted off list. I noticed on their checklist that both
are common within t
At around 4:10 this morning, I heard the vocalization of a YELLOW RAIL at Peter
Scott Swamp in the town of Schroeppel, Oswego County. The vocalization was
faint, but distinct; tic-tic, tic-tic-tic; tic-tic, tic-tic-tic, continuous
in the 2-3 pattern.
When I first heard it, I quickly di
