[nysbirds-l] A quiet day's outing

Getting a late start again, I arrived at Robert Moses SP's Field #2 at ~ 1100, where I was greeted by 6 ground-feeding Golden-crowned Kinglets, the first of ~ 50 scattered from there to P/F #5. Had a flock of ~ 30 Pine Siskin's near the Hawk watch platform, as well as my FOS White-crowned Sparr

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Fair Haven No Cave Swallows as of 1:30

Begin forwarded message: From: Ken & Rose Burdick mailto:kenburd...@ieee.org>> Date: October 25, 2012 9:36:18 PM EDT To: OneidaBirds mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com>> Subject: Re: [OneidaBirds] Fair Haven No Cave Swallows as of 1:30 Hi, Looking back at the wind patterns from the last day

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Awesome day - Cave Swallows, Mississippi Kites

Message from Kurt Fox, below. Hamlin Beach State Park (just NW of Rochester, NY) 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES 159 CAVE SWALLOWS Details below. Sincerely, Chris T-H Begin forwarded message: From: Kurt Fox mailto:kfbir...@gmail.com>> Date: October 25, 2012 8:53:21 PM EDT To: mailto:geneseebird...@genese

[nysbirds-l] Active day at the Massapequa Preserve

I spent the day at the Massapequa Preserve walking up the paved walking/biking path and down the Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt hiking trail. There were lots of land birds and waterfowl, including some late migrants. In particular there were five species of warblers in a park that usually doesn't have a

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Oct 2012

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/25/2012 * NYBU1210.25 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- [BOS field trip, Saturday, October 27, to the Lake Ontario P

[nysbirds-l] Amazing Waterfowl movement in Sullivan County

Today we experienced the single highest count ever of Brant passing through the county.  A total of 1,184 Brant were tallied through the day.  Almost all skeins were photographed as the birds passed low through the Bashakill.  For further details of many waterfowl moving see my blog  at  http:/

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose - Yes

I just got off the phone with Sean Sime, who is at the edge of Prospect Lake looking at the Barnacle Goose. The bird is within a flock of 19 Canada Geese near Three Sisters Island. Good birding, Rob http://citybirder.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSb

[nysbirds-l] Vesper sparrow Alley pk yes

As noted by Steve Walter  Sent from "Loretta" -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornel

[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe,Shrike,White-fronted&Cackling Geese, Black Swan, Am.Tree Sparrow

October 25 - At Batavia Waste Water Treatment Plant (Genesee County) there were: 333 Ruddy Ducks 18 Northern Shovelers 19 Common Mergansers 26 Gadwall 2 Lesser Scaup 3 Pied-billed Grebes 1 Horned Grebe 1 Long-tailed Duck 2 EARED GREBE 4 Northern Pintails 14 American Black Ducks 1 Ring-ne

[nysbirds-l] Vesper Sparrow - Alley Pond Park

I just found a VESPER SPARROW in a section of Alley Pond Park (Queens) that I don't normally check (but I had a few minutes to fill). Being that it's a weekday in October, the ball fields near 73rd Avenue and 224 St. are quiet, allowing some birds to hang around. 2 Eastern Bluebirds were also here.

[nysbirds-l] HOFI with blue color band

My little Brooklyn garden is VERY active right now with a large roving flock of WTSP, PISI, HOFI, in addition to the residents...foraging on weeds that have gone to seed (sometimes being lazy pays off!) Most activity I've seen all fall. But mostly, I wanted to mention that there was one mal

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Vesper Sparrows-Yes

Jones Beach West End 25 Oct Joe Giunta, Sam Jam Jannazzo, Pat Jones and I (Sy Schiff) birded the west side snow fence along the West End #2 parking lot, then along the south side fence entering the swale area in front of the concession stand. We then moved left (East) across the field toward th

[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallows - Hamlin Beach (Monroe County)

There has been a good flight of Cave Swallows at Hamlin Beach (Monroe County) today - through about 10:15 there were a total of 96, all going west. Initially they were passing by in small groups (2-3 birds) but there were several groups of around 15-20 birds. Other birds passing by included 7 Eve

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose-yes

Peter Dorosh just reported that the Barnacle Goose is back on Prospect Lake this morning. Good birding, Rob http://citybirder.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NY