[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve this evening: Grackles and Wilson's Snipe

Hi Everyone, I walked home from the LIRR station by going through the preserve around sunset - the pond parrellel to Doris Place was full with Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds in the reeds. The noise was deafening (mostly from the Grackles). I found another Wilson's Snipe landing in

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 March 2014

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County *Mar. 28, 2014 * NYNY1403.28 - Birds mentioned EURASIAN WIGEON Blue-winged Teal HARLEQUIN DUCK RED-NECKED GREBE Great Egret Snowy Egret Osprey Bald Eagle Piping Plover Pectoral Sandpiper ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull

[nysbirds-l] Shoreham (Suffolk Co) Iceland Gull

At noon today I walked from house down to the LI Sound as I often do. Sitting on the water among the more usual suspects was a single immature Iceland Gull. I'm doing a big year this year with one tiny constraint - I must have walked from the house to see the bird in order for it to count. The

[nysbirds-l] Late report: Jones Beach West End, Oceanside, Muttontown, Cold Spring Harbor, Massapequa Preserve

Hi Everyone, Apologies for the late report - I didn't see anyone else report from these locations yesterday so figured I'd send it out. Jones Beach West End was full of birds yesterday morning: besides the usual suspects I saw a Tree Sparrow, 2 large groups of Tree Swallows (~40) - one group

[nysbirds-l] Broadwinged Hawks

Seen in the back yard for the first time this Spring yesterday. They were rebuilding the nest used for the last several years. Location-Patterson N.Y. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Late report: Jones Beach West End, Oceanside, Muttontown, Cold Spring Harbor, Massapequa Preserve

Hi Everyone, Apologies for the late report - I didn't see anyone else report from these locations yesterday so figured I'd send it out. Jones Beach West End was full of birds yesterday morning: besides the usual suspects I saw a Tree Sparrow, 2 large groups of Tree Swallows (~40) - one group

[nysbirds-l] Broadwinged Hawks

Seen in the back yard for the first time this Spring yesterday. They were rebuilding the nest used for the last several years. Location-Patterson N.Y. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Shoreham (Suffolk Co) Iceland Gull

At noon today I walked from house down to the LI Sound as I often do. Sitting on the water among the more usual suspects was a single immature Iceland Gull. I'm doing a big year this year with one tiny constraint - I must have walked from the house to see the bird in order for it to count. The

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 March 2014

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County *Mar. 28, 2014 * NYNY1403.28 - Birds mentioned EURASIAN WIGEON Blue-winged Teal HARLEQUIN DUCK RED-NECKED GREBE Great Egret Snowy Egret Osprey Bald Eagle Piping Plover Pectoral Sandpiper ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve this evening: Grackles and Wilson's Snipe

Hi Everyone, I walked home from the LIRR station by going through the preserve around sunset - the pond parrellel to Doris Place was full with Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds in the reeds. The noise was deafening (mostly from the Grackles). I found another Wilson's Snipe landing in