[nysbirds-l] North Shore Audubon Society meeting - this Tuesday, March 22. Shai Mitra presents "Avian Vagrancy on Long Island"

The North Shore Audubon Society will hold its monthly program on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, from 7pm to 9pm, at the Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset NY 11030. All are invited, free of charge. Public transportation users: This location is a half-mile walk from the Manhasset

[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx Co., 3/20

Sunday, 20 March, 2016 - vernal equinox - At Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y.C.), at the north end of the lake proper, were 22 Rusty Blackbirds, most in near-alternate (breeding) plumage, and some singing as well as calling a bit. They were very shy, & did not associate with the other

[nysbirds-l] Weekend Roundup...

Those of you who know the area near the handballs courts at Riis Park in Queens might be dismayed to know that NPS is out there tinkering in the area. I don't have a handle yet (working on it) on what they are doing but yesterday,I was dismayed to see a small section of the dunes which had a nic

[nysbirds-l] Recent arrivals Fort Tilden/Breezy

Echoing finds from elsewhere a short walk from Tilden out about a quarter of the way to the breezy jetty yielded 21 American Oystercatchers 1 Piping Plover 1 Laughing Gull Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.Northeas

[nysbirds-l] JBWE Coast Guard Station birds

Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station shorebirds include 8 Piping Plovers and about 20 American Oystercatchers. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationL

Re:[nysbirds-l] Gannet swarm in Raritan Bay

You can watch a very short video of the gannets here: https://vimeo.com/159684550 Rob On Mar 20, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Rob Jett wrote: > Yesterday at around noon Heydi Lopes and I were at Dead Horse Bay in > Brooklyn. From Dead Horse Point looking west Heydi shouted to me when she > spotted the

[nysbirds-l] Gannet migration, Jones Beach

Gannets are moving en masse northeastward past Jones Beach West End. I counted 400 within approximately 5 minutes, between 9:58 and 10:03. All adults. Perhaps some are coming from the reported aggregation in Raritan Bay. Doug Futuyma Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.Nort

RE:[nysbirds-l] Gannet swarm in Raritan Bay

Yesterday at around noon Heydi Lopes and I were at Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn. From Dead Horse Point looking west Heydi shouted to me when she spotted the same phenomenon. A huge flock of gannets were diving, sometimes en masse, in the bay just offshore between Manhattan Beach and Coney Island.