[nysbirds-l] Today wasn't mean, it was just lean !

2016-04-18 Thread robert adamo
A planned early morning trip into Hempstead Lake State Park had to be postponed and instead, I started at the D.E.C.property in Rocky Point. This was my FOY visit to this normally busy venue, but today proved to be just a bit too early in the season. After ~ 1 & 1/2 hours, my total sightings consis

Re: [nysbirds-l] prospect Park NYC - Monday April 18, 2016

2016-04-18 Thread Jonathan Perez
There is a warbling vireo currently singing in the center of the prospect park lawn in the small hill of trees. It is singing along on the east side of the clump of trees nearer to park slope side. Spring is here! Best, Jonathan Perez Please excuse my brevity. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Monday April 18, 2016

2016-04-18 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC Monday April 18, 2016 OBS: R. DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 8:00am until around noon. A beautiful, but slow day. Northern Shoveler - male on the Lake Double-crested Cormorant - Lake Cooper's Hawk - immature male at the Oven Yellow-bellied

[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warbler at Quogue Wildlife Refuge

2016-04-18 Thread Jim Osterlund
Seen at around 1400 in the tangled cluster of trees just east of the spillway platform, best seen from a short distance down the curvy boardwalk. Not vocalizing at all, making it hard for us to find him. The Refuge is located in East Quogue, Suffolk County. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://ww

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-18 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - April 18, 2016 *  NYSY  04. 18. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 11, 2015 - April 18, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (jus

[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park/Kings County: 4 warblers +

2016-04-18 Thread Sean Sime
Although the overnight winds were not from a favorable direction the diminished wind speed allowed for some new arrivals in the park. Most notable were the increased numbers of Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers. A few Pine Warblers are still around and a bright male Black & White Warbler was feeding