A decent flock of WHITE WINGED CROSSBILLS with at least (2) RED CROSSBILLS
highlighted the Saturday morning bird walk.
Twenty-two birders were treated to a high flying flock of CROSSBILLS that kept
growing and growing as more birds kept joining them. On one tree we spotted: WW
CROSSBILL (16),
Nine Redhead ducks were seen at FDR State Park, Yorktown Heights
yesterday morning and, again, late afternoon, picked up during the
Peekskill CBC.
Five males and four females.
They were in with a group of 21 Ring-necked Ducks.
Also present in the same area were 2 Pied-billed Grebe, 8 Bufflehead,
A bit off topic, but a word about the wildlife. While searching for owls in the
City Island Pine Circle, my eyes up in the treetops, I became aware of
something watching me and it was not an owl!
http://www.birdingaroundnyc.com/2/post/2012/12/someone-watching-me.html
Back on topic - In t
Yesterday afternoon I found a Peregrine Falcon about 1/3 of the way up the
big communications tower at the Coast Guard Station in HB at the foot of
the Ponquogue Bridge. This has been a historically popular spot for
Peregrines - especially in cooler months so keep an eye out.
--
- Luke
www.bird
Yesterday while scouting at Edgemere Landfill for the Queens CBC I found a Le
Conte's Sparrow. Due to the sensitive nature of access there I held off
reporting it until now. We did not find it today on count day.
Pictures, directions, and a further explanation of why I held off reporting it
on
Thanks to a raw-bird alert in Dutchess County, my wife and I got to see
our first wild Snowy Owl.
- and a very accommodating owl at that... never even had to leave the
car!
On top of a condo/apartment building in a large complex.
Got the call just before noon... was still there at 1:00, just
Some of the birds observed around Northern New York over the past week (most
recent dates first):
12/16/12 I've been seeing flocks of redpolls all over Northern NY - at
feeders, and feeding in birch trees and fields. Several large flocks have
been observed in the village of Long Lake, and tod
I think it is also worth noting loudly and clearly that a pack of rather large
wild dogs is sometimes seen at the landfill.
On Dec 16, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Corey Finger wrote:
> Yesterday while scouting at Edgemere Landfill for the Queens CBC I found a Le
> Conte's Sparrow. Due to the sensitive na
The 63rd annual Mohonk Lake-Ashokan Reservoir (Ulster County) Audubon
Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was conducted yesterday, Saturday, 15
December. A total of 10,461 individuals of 78 species (plus one
additional count week species) were recorded by ten field parties under
very pleasant weather a
Not a New York State bird story, but I found this pretty interesting. Birders
as far south as Miami are finding hundreds (one report of a thousand)
Razorbills with many right along the shoreline.
http://tropicalaudubon.org/tasboard/messages/83183.html
According Bill Pranty, there were 14 rec
The following Kings CBC 2012 list is the master list of 134 species seen on the
Kings County Xmas count. For brevity the locations for IRR or Rare are not
disclosed. Note "IRR" means Irregular , species seen less 8x the past 10 years
(or seen 4-7 x the last decade) ; Rare is 3 or less the same
The highlights of the Jamaica Bay section of the Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count,
held Saturday, are as follows:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN- This bird flew in from the direction of the Marine
Parkway Bridge and cut over Terrapin Point before disappearing from our view.
Eric Miller and Jeff Ritter saw
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