[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 7 March 2014

2014-03-07 Thread Ben Cacace
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 7, 2014 * NYNY1403.07 - Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ BARNACLE GOOSE+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS'S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE TUNDRA SWAN Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan grebe follow-up

2014-03-07 Thread Thomas Fiore
Returning to the area along the Hudson river off the w. side of Manhattan, scanning from near Riverbank park all the way to the GW bridge - including a close look along all the shore & some distance out on the river, NO further sighting of the earlier Red-necked Grebe. (perhaps

[nysbirds-l] Leucistic Canvasback and White-winged Scoter at Inwood Hill Park

2014-03-07 Thread gjm2044
The leucistic Canvasback and White-winged Scoter reported by Joe DiCostanzo were still at Inwood Hill Park this afternoon (1:30 - 2:30), Here's a link to some photos (the light was dull and the birds were at a distance): http://gerrymcgee.smugmug.com/Nature/2014-Birds/35946323_5pbL3h

[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe, Manhattan, NYC 3/7

2014-03-07 Thread Thomas Fiore
Friday, 7 March, 2014 - Manhattan, N.Y. City On an afternoon cycle around the northern portions of Manhattan's waterfront, I came upon a Red-necked Grebe (in basic / winter plumage) very close to the shore at about the "latitude" of West 168 Street, off the upper part of [what I assume is

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach & Pt. Lookout

2014-03-07 Thread syschiff
Jones Beach and Pt' Lookout 7 March Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded a barren landscape, cold, overcast, with east winds. There were virtually no birds except for a small flock of AMERICAN ROBINS that flew by. However, from the SW corner of west end #2 and looking SW, the NORTHERN SHRIKE

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve: Common Mergansers

2014-03-07 Thread Taylor, Robert Michael
Hi Everyone, This morning I missed my LIRR train by one minute so rather than stand on the platform I decided to walk into the preserve for a little while. At the pond by Brady Park, I saw 15+ drake Common Mergansers and at least 5 females. I'm sure there were more females but I didn't have

[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Add'l Hotspots - Inwood Hill Park (Manhattan)

2014-03-07 Thread Ben Cacace
Based on the recent reports from Inwood Hill Park the following two shared locations (hotspots) have been created: Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh Spuyten Duyvil Creek runs from the Hudson River to the Harlem River and includes the inlet at the north end of

[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Add'l Hotspots - Inwood Hill Park (Manhattan)

2014-03-07 Thread Ben Cacace
Based on the recent reports from Inwood Hill Park the following two shared locations (hotspots) have been created: Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh Spuyten Duyvil Creek runs from the Hudson River to the Harlem River and includes the inlet at the north end of

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve: Common Mergansers

2014-03-07 Thread Taylor, Robert Michael
Hi Everyone, This morning I missed my LIRR train by one minute so rather than stand on the platform I decided to walk into the preserve for a little while. At the pond by Brady Park, I saw 15+ drake Common Mergansers and at least 5 females. I'm sure there were more females but I didn't have

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Pt. Lookout

2014-03-07 Thread syschiff
Jones Beach and Pt' Lookout 7 March Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded a barren landscape, cold, overcast, with east winds. There were virtually no birds except for a small flock of AMERICAN ROBINS that flew by. However, from the SW corner of west end #2 and looking SW, the NORTHERN SHRIKE

[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe, Manhattan, NYC 3/7

2014-03-07 Thread Thomas Fiore
Friday, 7 March, 2014 - Manhattan, N.Y. City On an afternoon cycle around the northern portions of Manhattan's waterfront, I came upon a Red-necked Grebe (in basic / winter plumage) very close to the shore at about the latitude of West 168 Street, off the upper part of [what I assume is

[nysbirds-l] Leucistic Canvasback and White-winged Scoter at Inwood Hill Park

2014-03-07 Thread gjm2044
The leucistic Canvasback and White-winged Scoter reported by Joe DiCostanzo were still at Inwood Hill Park this afternoon (1:30 - 2:30), Here's a link to some photos (the light was dull and the birds were at a distance): http://gerrymcgee.smugmug.com/Nature/2014-Birds/35946323_5pbL3h

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 7 March 2014

2014-03-07 Thread Ben Cacace
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 7, 2014 * NYNY1403.07 - Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ BARNACLE GOOSE+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS'S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE TUNDRA SWAN Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon