[nysbirds-l] Northern Shrike at Floyd Bennett Field

2012-03-02 Thread Martin Carney
I saw the Northern Shrike today at approximately 4:10 p.m. at Floyd Bennett Field. The bird was located approximately 300 yards south of the Model Airplane stand, across the runway from the stand, in a tall tree in the brush area. Happy birding, Martin Carney Bronx, NY -- NYSbirds-L List In

[nysbirds-l] Coxsackie Flats, the Greene County

2012-03-02 Thread LARRY FEDERMAN
March 2nd: 1 Bald Eagle, adult 7 Northern Harriers 3 Red-tailed Hawks 2 Short-eared Owls 9 Tree Sparrows approx 325 Red-winged Blackbirds! 5 Common Grackles Larry Federman Education Coordinator Audubon New York Rheinstrom Hill, Buttercup Farm, RamsHorn-Livingston Audubon Centers and Sanctuaries

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 March 2012

2012-03-02 Thread Karen Fung
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * March 2, 2012 * NYNY1203.02 - Birds Mentioned: RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Greater White-fronted Goose Wood Duck GREEN-WINGED TEAL (EURASIAN FORM) BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Ameri

[nysbirds-l] Eastern Long Island Oystercatchers, Friday, March 2nd

2012-03-02 Thread Carl Starace
Hello ,Larry Miglione, Dick Belanger and I birded Shinnecock Inlet and shorelines east and west of same. We found two Great Egrets and 2 Great Cormorants in the eastern section. Many Red Throated Loons,[no Grebes], 32 Dunlin and the continuing large flock of C. Eider at the Inlet and 4 FOS

RE: [nysbirds-l] Ring-billed Gull band report

2012-03-02 Thread Steve Walter
This prompted me to report a couple of band sightings that I was tardy with. Since there seems to be some interest in this, here is the info. One bird, photographed by me at Bay Park (Nassau co.) Feb. 12, is part of the same study and banded at the Quebec site given below, an adult female band

[nysbirds-l] NY Hurricane Irene archives?

2012-03-02 Thread eyeflight16
I am writing up a little report for myself about Hurricane Irene, and I was wondering if anybody could tell me where I might find access to the archives of this list before 2012 so I can see the reports of the hurricane birds that week. I went on to the Surfbirds archives, but I could not seem t

[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owl and other over-wintering birds at Montauk

2012-03-02 Thread Anthony Collerton
Did a fair amount a sea-watching at the basic Montauk spots today (Ditch Plains, Camp Hero, Montauk Point, Culloden Point) hoping for late alcids or other seabird migration. Lots of scoters, Common Eider, loons, and Horned Grebes (29) but few Gannets and not a single alcid of any species. Not muc

[nysbirds-l] Eastern Bluebird at Jones Beach Coast Guard Station

2012-03-02 Thread Bob Anderson
An Eastern Bluebird was seen at 10:00, this morning, on the westbound loop of the parkway at Jones Beach West End. It was working its way east along the parkway near the turnoff for the entrance to the Jones Beach Coast Guard

[nysbirds-l] Rufous Hummingbird at AMNH and miscellaneous

2012-03-02 Thread Joseph DiCostanzo
The Rufous Hummingbird continues at the Rose Center, American Museum of Natural History on West 81st Street, just off Central Park West. Yesterday (March 1) Sean Sime and I saw it on the east side of the main entrance, just after 1:00 pm. It is now two weeks short of three months since the bird was