[nysbirds-l] Correction #2 on my post of 8/1711 re: Cedar Beach Park Whimbrels

2011-08-22 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
With thanks to John Sep for picking up my error. I entered 7/14 as the date of his first '11 sighting of Whimbrel at C.B.PK- it should have been listed as 7/10. Thanks also Shai, for your informative post to this listserve, re: Whimbrels in migration on, over and off the shores o

[nysbirds-l] Screech Owls, Heckscher State Park

2011-08-22 Thread John Gluth
Working an earlier than usual shift at work got me home with just enough daylight left to run over to Heckscher State Park (Suffolk Co.) to try for migrating Nighthawks. But if any were on the move this evening, none passed through the swath of sky I watched, only a few bats. But I did not get shut

[nysbirds-l] Quogue Wildlife Refuge

2011-08-22 Thread Luke Ormand
Quogue Wildlife Refuge was abuzz with birds this evening. A large flock of Cedar Waxwings were actively hawking insects around the bridge at North Pond. Also seen was a YOY American Redstart and an Eastern Wood Pewee. Near the butterfly garden was a Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on nectar, a

[nysbirds-l] Extralimital: Brown Booby in Dennis, Mass

2011-08-22 Thread Jim Osterlund
Parking lot at Corporation Beach; 41.751416,-70.188357 - Google Maps -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archi

[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: FW: color marked gulls from Sable Island, NS

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
The following is a message that I am passing on from a gull researcher in Canada, who is requesting the help of observant birders. If you have specific questions about his gull research or want more information, please contact Rob Ronconi at his contact email (rronc...@yahoo.com). Dear gull ent

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-08-22 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse *  August 22, 2011 *  NYSY 22:08.11   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 15, 2010 - August 22, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC