[nysbirds-l] Pelican, Whip-poor-wills, etc (Haldimand and Niagara Counties)

2015-05-17 Thread joetf1973
While working on the Buffalo Ornithological Society's annual May Bird Count, I was able to see the American White Pelican reported by Nathan Miller at the Mosaic Ponds in Port Maitland (corner of Rymer Rd and Feeder Canal Rd). Also at the Mosaic Ponds was 1 adult male Northern Harrier. In

[nysbirds-l] Lawrence's Warbler in Kakiat Park

2015-05-17 Thread Carney, Martin
Mike Kravatz and I observed a beautiful, sunlit Lawrence's Warbler today at about 5:10 in Kakiat Park. Spectacular. Happy Birding...Martin Carney -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] RUFF Staten Island YES

2015-05-17 Thread Shane Blodgett
RUFF continues on Staten Island as of 5:30 Sunday. Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

RE: [nysbirds-l] Bar Tailed Godwit at Jamaica Bay?

2015-05-17 Thread Steve Walter
Just bad news. From: bounce-119296954-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119296954-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Lewis Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 4:07 PM To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu; EBirds NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Bar Tailed Godwit at Jamaica Bay? Any news today,

[nysbirds-l] East End Birding: Lawrences Warbler

2015-05-17 Thread Karen Rubinstein
Vicki Bustamante saw a Lawrence's Warbler, today, on the trail near the Andy Warhol estate in Montauk. It was on the Loop Trail singing Blue-Winged Song. She saw it around 12:00 Noon. My sister Barbara and I were birding the Stony Hill trail which was birdy. ;although not so easy to pull out the

[nysbirds-l] Bar Tailed Godwit at Jamaica Bay?

2015-05-17 Thread Robert Lewis
Any news today, Sunday? Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Cerulean W (Manhattan)

2015-05-17 Thread Karen Fung
Found by Tom Perlman. Singing in the N Woods just south of the Block House. We are looking at it now. 4:00p Karen Fung NYC http://BIRDSiVIEWS.com Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Staten Island Ruff continues as of 1:30p.m.

2015-05-17 Thread Mike Shanley
Ruff was still showing as of 130pm seen from the corner of Chelsea and Bloomfield Ave. It gave much more satisfying views today as it fed in and around the large pools created by last nights storms.  -Mike Shanley  -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Blue Grosbeak JBWR

2015-05-17 Thread Christina Wilkinson
I just saw a male Blue Grosbeak on the West Pond firebreak trail about 1/3 way from the parking lot by the Addabbo Bridge. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park

2015-05-17 Thread Joseph Wallace
A quick hour or so at the model-airplane field this morning brought a satisfying number and variety of migrants and nesters. A dozen warbler species included Nashville, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue and Green, Magnolia, Canada, and Blackpoll. Other highlights included nest-building Baltimore

[nysbirds-l] Oakdale Bald Eagles

2015-05-17 Thread Matthew Clements
St John's University west entrance off Montauk Hwy in Oakdale,NY. All the way to end past theatre Pair perched in dead tree across water. I thought I was going to be viewing a pair of Ospreys. Nice look at a pair. Anyone know of whether this is a nesting pair? Matt Clements Sent from my

[nysbirds-l] NO Western Tanager Prospect Park

2015-05-17 Thread Rob Bate
Apologies, there was a social media mix up. The Western Tanager has *not* been seen today in the Vale of Cashmere this morning. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager Prospect Park - Brooklyn

2015-05-17 Thread Rob Bate
Marvin Baptiste reports the female Western Tanager continuing this morning in the Vale of Cashmere as of 9:10 AM. This area is in the north end of the park just north of Nelly's Lawn and east of the East Drive. The bird seems to frequent the muddy areas in the north end of the pool in the Vale.

[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

2015-05-17 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Yesterday afternoon's low tide was exceptionally low, exposing flats at Jamaica Bay that we had never seen before in many years of birding the area. It was partly this unusual circumstance that prompted us to visit the breach at what used to be the West Pond, an area that has not been

[nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park

2015-05-17 Thread Joseph Wallace
A quick hour or so at the model-airplane field this morning brought a satisfying number and variety of migrants and nesters. A dozen warbler species included Nashville, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue and Green, Magnolia, Canada, and Blackpoll. Other highlights included nest-building Baltimore

[nysbirds-l] Blue Grosbeak JBWR

2015-05-17 Thread Christina Wilkinson
I just saw a male Blue Grosbeak on the West Pond firebreak trail about 1/3 way from the parking lot by the Addabbo Bridge. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Pelican, Whip-poor-wills, etc (Haldimand and Niagara Counties)

2015-05-17 Thread joetf1973
While working on the Buffalo Ornithological Society's annual May Bird Count, I was able to see the American White Pelican reported by Nathan Miller at the Mosaic Ponds in Port Maitland (corner of Rymer Rd and Feeder Canal Rd). Also at the Mosaic Ponds was 1 adult male Northern Harrier. In

[nysbirds-l] Bar Tailed Godwit at Jamaica Bay?

2015-05-17 Thread Robert Lewis
Any news today, Sunday? Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] East End Birding: Lawrences Warbler

2015-05-17 Thread Karen Rubinstein
Vicki Bustamante saw a Lawrence's Warbler, today, on the trail near the Andy Warhol estate in Montauk. It was on the Loop Trail singing Blue-Winged Song. She saw it around 12:00 Noon. My sister Barbara and I were birding the Stony Hill trail which was birdy. ;although not so easy to pull out the

RE: [nysbirds-l] Bar Tailed Godwit at Jamaica Bay?

2015-05-17 Thread Steve Walter
Just bad news. From: bounce-119296954-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119296954-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Lewis Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 4:07 PM To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu; EBirds NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Bar Tailed Godwit at Jamaica Bay? Any news today,

[nysbirds-l] RUFF Staten Island YES

2015-05-17 Thread Shane Blodgett
RUFF continues on Staten Island as of 5:30 Sunday. Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

2015-05-17 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Yesterday afternoon's low tide was exceptionally low, exposing flats at Jamaica Bay that we had never seen before in many years of birding the area. It was partly this unusual circumstance that prompted us to visit the breach at what used to be the West Pond, an area that has not been

[nysbirds-l] Staten Island Ruff continues as of 1:30p.m.

2015-05-17 Thread Mike Shanley
Ruff was still showing as of 130pm seen from the corner of Chelsea and Bloomfield Ave. It gave much more satisfying views today as it fed in and around the large pools created by last nights storms.  -Mike Shanley  -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Cerulean W (Manhattan)

2015-05-17 Thread Karen Fung
Found by Tom Perlman. Singing in the N Woods just south of the Block House. We are looking at it now. 4:00p Karen Fung NYC http://BIRDSiVIEWS.com Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager Prospect Park - Brooklyn

2015-05-17 Thread Rob Bate
Marvin Baptiste reports the female Western Tanager continuing this morning in the Vale of Cashmere as of 9:10 AM. This area is in the north end of the park just north of Nelly's Lawn and east of the East Drive. The bird seems to frequent the muddy areas in the north end of the pool in the Vale.

[nysbirds-l] NO Western Tanager Prospect Park

2015-05-17 Thread Rob Bate
Apologies, there was a social media mix up. The Western Tanager has *not* been seen today in the Vale of Cashmere this morning. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Oakdale Bald Eagles

2015-05-17 Thread Matthew Clements
St John's University west entrance off Montauk Hwy in Oakdale,NY. All the way to end past theatre Pair perched in dead tree across water. I thought I was going to be viewing a pair of Ospreys. Nice look at a pair. Anyone know of whether this is a nesting pair? Matt Clements Sent from my