[nysbirds-l] Bird Feeder Survey

Dear NYSbirds-L members, My name is Makayla Boyd and I sent out an email a few weeks ago requesting responses to an online survey pertaining to bird feeder hygiene (see following paragraphs).  We have not yet received enough responses to the survey to use it in our research project.  I am just

[nysbirds-l] MNSA, Oceanside and Baldwin Park

20 March Stopped by MNSA, Oceanside after the fog began to lift. A calling CLAPPER RAIL came out into a ditch and gave us a show. Baldwin Park has several lighted Baseball fields. One light bank by the soccer parking lot has an OSPREY nest on top with resident tenant on it and a second light

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pd Park

Spent a few hours strolling through the park looking for the great horned owls with out luck. Did see fos pine warbler singing, e.phoebe, and about a half dozen rusty blackbirds at turtle pd. Also sharpie and red tail along with many robins and juncos and other normal species. -- NYSbirds-L

[nysbirds-l] Orinoco Geese at Harbor Island Park

Just sending out a report for Doug Bloom who called me this morning to let me know he had what appeared to be two Orinoco Geese with Canadas at Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck.  They were scared away eventually by a dog walker.  They sure traveled a long way:-)  They were not there in the late

[nysbirds-l] Rusty Blackbirds - Sayville, NY, Suffolk

I took a quick stroll around the north end of the Brown's River at around 6:00 PM. I was delighted and surprised to find 5 Rusty Blackbirds. Equal to the excitement of seeing the Rusty's was the fact that 3 of the 5 birds were singing. This is the first time that I have heard Rusty Blackbirds belt