[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses Sea Watch

2012-05-30 Thread icterus
Sea watch at Robert Moses SP field #2 30 May Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at 8:15 AM and stayed till 9:00 stopping by Zachs Bay on the way home (no Black-necked Stilt that had been reported yesterday). The watch was slow this morning with the most abundant birds mid sized terns too fa

RE:[nysbirds-l] Sooty Shearwater Mortality

2012-05-30 Thread Paul R Sweet
After my post yesterday I received a report of two more dead Sooty Shearwaters at Jones Beach From: bounce-60672258-11471...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-60672258-11471...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Paul R Sweet Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:19 PM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [nys

[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet Birds (Suffolk Co.)

2012-05-30 Thread ken feustel
Early this morning we stopped at Jones Beach Golf Course and Zach's Bay, where the previously reported Black-necked Stilt was a no-show. We then headed out east to Mecox Inlet arriving at 9:00AM. After a little scanning, we came upon the two Wilson's Phalaropes careening around the sand flats. A

[nysbirds-l] sightings

2012-05-30 Thread mikehigg
Tuesday night around 9:30, a whip-poor-will was calling south of Stewart Ave, west of Gabreski Airport in Westhampton.Earlier Tuesday night, the chuck wills widow was not heard in Quogue.The yellow throated warbler was seen at the entrance to the fish hatchery (across from the comfort stations)

[nysbirds-l] Info about the Mississipi Kites

2012-05-30 Thread Felipe Pimentel
I just read this posting in NJ birding at Birdingonthe.Net. It seems that the area where the Kites are building their nest will have some restrictions regarding access and birders interested in going there to see the birds should be aware of the situation. Felipe > > Subject: Re: Extralimit

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Birds.

2012-05-30 Thread Anthony Collerton
Like many others, I combed Jones/Gilgo beach this morning searching unsuccessfully for Black-necked Stilt and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Needing a change of scenery (and a break from the no-see-ums), I ran out to Cupsogue and was rewarded with a FOS Royal Tern, and a single adult ARCTIC TERN (phot

[nysbirds-l] Mississippi Kite, Sterling Forest, Orange County

2012-05-30 Thread bochnikm
Mississippi Kite, Sterling Forest, Orange County I finally headed up to Sterling Forest after work to lookfor the Mississippi Kites. I arrived at 5:15 PM to a couple of birders but nokites. At 5:49 one soared in from the north and circled overhead for about 10minutes before coming down and land