Hello All, Early flyers seen by Dick Belanger, Sally Swain and
myself were 3 Brown Creeper, a Veery, Eastern Meadowlark, a few Pine
Siskins," Grey Ghost",Harrier, 50 Brant and a flock of 40 American Pipits
that landed and fed in the traffic circle for a good 20 minutes. We then
spent 2
Peter Polshek and I went birding with my ornithology students today from
Georgica Pond to Mecox Bay (eastern Suffolk Co.) for about 2.5 hrs. We did
not see anything particularly rare but did find 2 Horned Grebes and 7 ROYAL
TERNS @ Mecox. In addition, we counted 4260 Double-crested Cormorants
A quick look at Montauk Inlet this evening revealed an immature BROWN
PELICAN sitting at the tip of the western jetty at Montauk Inlet; presumably
the same individual that has been present since the end of August. It often
sits at the very end of either jetties, where it can be difficult to see.
While birding in Prospect Park, Brooklyn late this afternoon, I encountered
huge flocks of sparrows throughout the park. Most were Chipping Sparrows; I
probably saw 300 or more. I kept hoping to find a Clay-colored among them, but
no dice.
However, over by the weed-covered gravel piles on
The last two days have been productive at Hamlin Beach. Today the highlight
was an adult, basic-plumaged PACIFIC LOON that flew in from the east and
landed just west of the overlook at Area #4 a little after 10 a.m. For
about five minutes it swam in towards shore, then dove, at which point I
Kissena Corridor Park and Gardens 23 October
Joe Giunta & I (Sy Schiff) spent 2 hours on a lovely Fall afternoon. Not much
diversity, but lots of birds. The most common bird, in groups everywhere, was
CHIPPING SORROW with an estimated 200+, closely followed by YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS. Nothing
We also struck out on both Captree rarities during a late afternoon visit today.
We decided to take a quick look around RMSP and were rewarded with close and
extended looks of an immature Red-headed Woodpecker inspecting the wooden
entrance sign to Field 3.
It flew off to the west after very
Hi All,
Lila and Rich Fried and I made a few stops this morning, the first of which was
Plumb Beach, where highlights included 8 Nelson's Sparrows, 1 Clay-colored
Sparrow, and a flyover flock of about 35 American Pipit, headed towards Fort
Tilden.
At Jones Beach West End, we were treated
I was lucky enough to be driving near Captree when the Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher yesterday (10/22) was reported and I got a couple photos. Prior
to that I had been at Jones Beach West End where I photographed plenty of
Yellow-rumped warblers and watched a Sharp-shinned Hawk chase a Northern
I stopped at Lewiston Landing yesterday afternoon (Saturday 10/22, 3:00 pm)
and saw the following:
3 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Blue Heron
80+ Turkey Vultures
300+ Bonaparte's Gulls
100+ Ring-billed Gulls
3 Herring Gulls
1 Blue Jay
3 House Sparrows
I was concentrating on the vultures,
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Mike Bryant
917 691 0614
On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:35 AM, "swalte...@verizon.net"
wrote:
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>
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>
> -Original
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Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
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From: Felipe Pimentel
To: NYS Birds
Cc: eBirdsNYC NYC
Sent: Sun, Oct 23, 2011 14:24:34 GMT+00:00
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Has the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher been seen today
I would like to know if the
As far as I know, it has not been seen today.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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From: Felipe Pimentel
Sender: ebirds...@yahoogroups.com
I would like to know if the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has been seen today
(Sunday, 10-23-11)?
Thanks for any update,
FP
On Oct 22, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Karen Fung wrote:
>
>
> The bird was not that close, so these are heavily cropped.
>
> Good luck to those who try for it tomorrow,
> Karen
I would like to know if the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has been seen today
(Sunday, 10-23-11)?
Thanks for any update,
FP
On Oct 22, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Karen Fung wrote:
The bird was not that close, so these are heavily cropped.
Good luck to those who try for it tomorrow,
Karen
As far as I know, it has not been seen today.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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() _ ()
-Original Message-
From: Felipe Pimentel fpimen...@verizon.net
Sender:
I'm hearing no, third hand.
Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
-Original message-
From: Felipe Pimentel fpimen...@verizon.net
To: NYS Birds nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
Cc: eBirdsNYC NYC ebirds...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, Oct 23, 2011 14:24:34 GMT+00:00
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Has the
Sent from my IPhone, please excuse anything insane filled in by the auto
correct feature...
Mike Bryant
917 691 0614
On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:35 AM, swalte...@verizon.net swalte...@verizon.net
wrote:
I'm hearing no, third hand.
Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
I stopped at Lewiston Landing yesterday afternoon (Saturday 10/22, 3:00 pm)
and saw the following:
3 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Blue Heron
80+ Turkey Vultures
300+ Bonaparte's Gulls
100+ Ring-billed Gulls
3 Herring Gulls
1 Blue Jay
3 House Sparrows
I was concentrating on the vultures,
I was lucky enough to be driving near Captree when the Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher yesterday (10/22) was reported and I got a couple photos. Prior
to that I had been at Jones Beach West End where I photographed plenty of
Yellow-rumped warblers and watched a Sharp-shinned Hawk chase a Northern
Hi All,
Lila and Rich Fried and I made a few stops this morning, the first of which was
Plumb Beach, where highlights included 8 Nelson's Sparrows, 1 Clay-colored
Sparrow, and a flyover flock of about 35 American Pipit, headed towards Fort
Tilden.
At Jones Beach West End, we were treated
We also struck out on both Captree rarities during a late afternoon visit today.
We decided to take a quick look around RMSP and were rewarded with close and
extended looks of an immature Red-headed Woodpecker inspecting the wooden
entrance sign to Field 3.
It flew off to the west after very
Kissena Corridor Park and Gardens 23 October
Joe Giunta I (Sy Schiff) spent 2 hours on a lovely Fall afternoon. Not much
diversity, but lots of birds. The most common bird, in groups everywhere, was
CHIPPING SORROW with an estimated 200+, closely followed by YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS. Nothing
The last two days have been productive at Hamlin Beach. Today the highlight
was an adult, basic-plumaged PACIFIC LOON that flew in from the east and
landed just west of the overlook at Area #4 a little after 10 a.m. For
about five minutes it swam in towards shore, then dove, at which point I
While birding in Prospect Park, Brooklyn late this afternoon, I encountered
huge flocks of sparrows throughout the park. Most were Chipping Sparrows; I
probably saw 300 or more. I kept hoping to find a Clay-colored among them, but
no dice.
However, over by the weed-covered gravel piles on
A quick look at Montauk Inlet this evening revealed an immature BROWN
PELICAN sitting at the tip of the western jetty at Montauk Inlet; presumably
the same individual that has been present since the end of August. It often
sits at the very end of either jetties, where it can be difficult to see.
Peter Polshek and I went birding with my ornithology students today from
Georgica Pond to Mecox Bay (eastern Suffolk Co.) for about 2.5 hrs. We did
not see anything particularly rare but did find 2 Horned Grebes and 7 ROYAL
TERNS @ Mecox. In addition, we counted 4260 Double-crested Cormorants
Hello All, Early flyers seen by Dick Belanger, Sally Swain and
myself were 3 Brown Creeper, a Veery, Eastern Meadowlark, a few Pine
Siskins, Grey Ghost,Harrier, 50 Brant and a flock of 40 American Pipits
that landed and fed in the traffic circle for a good 20 minutes. We then
spent 2
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