[nysbirds-l] Suffolk Co., LI Highlights: White-eyed Vireo, Iceland Gull, etc

Today, I birded various locations in central Suffolk, mainly in search of early spring migrants. The highlight of the day was an early White-eyed Vireo at Quogue Wildlife Refuge. I first found the bird near the trailhead, just past the animal enclosures. The vireo was loosely associating

[nysbirds-l] Midtown Birding

Two weeks ago the new lawn was laid down in Bryant Park and the daffodils were in full bloom. By the time the lilacs and tulips joined in the cold weather returned and caused everything to droop like a bed of rag dolls. Could the Catbird in the northwest corner been the same one that survived

[nysbirds-l] Horned Gebe Breeding Plummage

March 31, Tom Moran Shoreham Beach: Horned Grebe, molting to breeding plumage, Common Loon, 3 Northern Gannets flying west to east in LI sound Tom Moran tomster...@optonliline.net Shoreham, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBir

[nysbirds-l] Niagra Falls-23 Great Egrets,2 Harlequin Ducks, young Bald Eagles

March 31 - Looking from Goat Island at Niagara Fall at the small islands above the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls at the former Black-crown Night-Heron Colony there were: 23 Great Egrets - five were sitting on nests (probably too early for incubation since one stood up to copulate) possible ju

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Spring Migrant

Despite the dreary weather, a few hours in Alley Pond Park in Queens this afternoon produced a nice variety of birds. The hot spot was the area around Turtle, Decadon and Lilly Pad Ponds. Most of the following were observed in that area of the park: Pine Warbler (numerous) Eastern Phoebe (n

[nysbirds-l] Shawangunk Grasslands NWR

Yesterday, I birded this refuge for the first time and it was well worth the visit, even though I was too late to pick up some of the wintering birds such as short-eared owl that commonly occur there. Best birds were: 10-20 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS 1 EASTERN PHOEBE 1 BLACK VULTURE among 10-20 TVs a pai

[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County Waterfowl

I had a fabulous morning of birding this morning in northern Sullivan County. Last nights weather event produced a significant fallout of waterfowl in the county. Even small bodies of water seemed to hold at least a few birds. My list of sightings is as follows: Kiamesha Lake: 1 - Pied-billed

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

This a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 28 March 2012. In order to be included in the weekly summary, reports should be emailed to birdl...@hmbc.net or posted on HMBirds before 8 PM Wednesday. Seventy-four species were reported this

[nysbirds-l] LOWA @ APEC Queens...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a Louisiana Waterthrush that he found yesterday at Alley Pond Environmental Center in Douglaston Queens. The area (pond), is west of the visitor's center and the Windmill. Also here was a singing Rusty Blackbird. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queen

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay birding by train

I take the A train across Jamaica Bay twice a day now on my way to an from work. This past week, I noticed an influx of dozens of egrets, and have also seen both species of Night Heron. I've also seen at least one Lesser Black-Backed Gull and an Iceland Gull. These birds seem to congregate on

Re:[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose (Westchester County)...

Some additional information on the location. The Goose was hanging around at the Northern end of Tibbetts Brook Park, right near the area that has a bunch of kiddie pools and a water slide. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (= '.'=) sent fr

[nysbirds-l] Birding in Sufolk County

With respect to my E Mail sent last night, it should be noted that the Crescent Duck Farm is private property. While I ( and others) have been visiting there several years with no problems,and the workers are quite social to me, I never asked or formally received permission to go birding

[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose (Westchester County)...

Alex Pirko and I hiked a few miles from Van Cortlandt Park Bronx, into Westchester in search of a Greater White-fronted that Alex had seen yesterday. We found the bird at Tibbets Park(near the lake), where it provided excellent views. We think this is our Van Cortlandt Park bird that just move

[nysbirds-l] Smith Point C.P. Outer Beach - Suffolk

Tough viewing conditions and an overall slow morning but Mike Scheibel and I were excited to see a fos BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. The rather dull lighting conditions really made this bird "pop." A real beauty. It was rapidly moving about the bayberry searching for insects. An immature BALD EAGLE

[nysbirds-l] Yellow-breasted Chat

The Hempstead Lake Yellow-breasted Chat continues on this raw drizzly morning. Around 10:15am. I found the chat feeding on bittersweet berries behind the bench on the west side of the lake where all previous sightings have been. The chat gave great views for 10 minutes before moving into the t