All,
The unanimous consensus from several observers is that the warbler is indeed
a Swainson's. I'm sure I've never seen a video of one before; perhaps others
have.
BTW at 6:00 minutes into the video is a nice clip of a warbler we see more
often in the greater NY City area, but seldom do
Where are you located? Has it come back. Was it a mature male?
Great sighting, thanks!
Thanks!!!
From: Kristin Gornell
To: "NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu"
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:45 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Lark Bunting sighting
I am new to this but spend
Hi all,
An American Golden-Plover was in the baseball field directly adjacent to
the parking lot at Big Egg Marsh (Broad Channel American Park) ~8:20 this
morning.
Michael Lester
Bayside
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I stepped outside the house at 6:00 this morning and almost immediately
heard a CONNECTICUT WARBLER singing! With a great amount of effort, we were
eventually able to get brief poor looks at the bird - about three hours
later! The bird hid itself on the ground among all the vegetation and was
nea
Hello all,
Fancy I give this a try being new to this region. Haven’t got a go at the
surroundings until I
settled for a bit, but I am chuffed as nuts with Riverhead. We have the
starlings too! I thought for a while I’d be here for a
donkeys years without those buggers. They really bring a s
Had the female hummer back finally at the feeder. Also have a light headed
female oriole back, so now they're three coming. Springs here!
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
Phone: 914-963-3
Corn Crake? Seriously? Look again and check for a similar species found here.
Corn Crake is generally not found here.
-Original Message-
From: Mackie Burkholz
To: NYSbirds-L
Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 8:03 pm
Subject: [nysbirds-l] A little corn crake help
Hello all,
Fancy I gi
I thoroughly enjoyed the original post, trying to decipher the British
colloquialisms! Apparently Mackie is looking for a rail, our equivalent to a
corn crake however, the corn crake prefers grassland habitats, while our
North American rails are found in marshes.
Mackie, I suggest doing a qu