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More or less constant flyover activity at Jones Beach today from dawn to almost
noon. Migrant highlights and approximate counts include:
2105 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Rusty Blackbird
105 Brown-headed Cowbird
15 Common Grackle
405 American Robin
4 Eastern Bluebird
180 American Goldfinch
22 Purple Fin
I spent the morning at the above location and wanted to get the word out that I
came across a WESTERN KINGBIRD which eventfully led me to a NORTHERN SHRIKE.
Parking for this location is limited to 7-8 vehicles in a County Parking area
at the end of Anchorage Road in the Village of Belle Terre. T
A shared location for "McAllister County Park, Belle Terre" didn't exist on
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Kingbird and Northern Shrike today. This hotspot will become available in
the system within 12 hours.
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At least 8 wood ducks in Twin Lakes right now, fun to watch. Also some scaup,
coots, and hooded mergansers scattered about.
Mike
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Twin Lakes in Wantagh, NY
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> On Nov 8, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Michael Zito wrote:
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> At least 8 wood ducks in Twin Lakes right now, fun to watch. Also some
> scaup, coots, and hooded mergansers scattered about.
> Mike
> (Snouty)
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Cooler weather and favorable winds resulted in a sustained flight today at
Breezy Point in Queens that lasted well into the morning. Birds were still
moving through Breezy Point as late as 11:00 a.m. albeit in smaller numbers.
The flight was dominated by Red-winged Blackbirds (conservatively aro
I spent from 6:30 to 10:30 AM this morning at the hawkwatch platform at
Fort Tilden. Passerine migration was impressive, with over 42,000
Red-winged Blackbirds and 16,000 Common Grackles going past (generally
counted by tens but larger flocks by 100s or even 1000s). It was
interesting that as the m
After seeing Andrew Baksh’s and Tim Healy’s reports on Breezy Pt./Ft. Tilden
and Jones Beach respectively, I though to add my observations from Robert Moses
State Park. I birded at the park from 7:00AM to 10:00AM. The morning
blackbird/goldfinch flight tapered off after 10:00AM with small interm
Central Park NYC
Sunday November 8, 2015
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk - thanks to Barbara, Andrea, Jeff, &
Peter for the excellent bird spotting
American Black Duck - 2
Turkey Vulture - over Locust Grove
Red-tailed Hawk - 4
Red-headed Woodpecker - hatch-year bird continues at Oven
Re
I thought about going down to the coast this morning, knowing there would be
likely be an impressive show of diurnal passerines migrating. But they're
just passerines and the hawks still beckon - and I don't have to get up
early for them. Not that I didn't get to partake in an impressive passerine
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