[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 2/27 (& Oswego NY Clark's Grebe update)

2017-02-27 Thread Thomas Fiore
Seen by multiple observers (not I) today, Monday 2/27, was the state- record Clark's Grebe (pending acceptance by NYSARC, of course!) at Oswego, NY's harbor area, near the "maritime museum" at times in the morning - and: "In channel near red buoy #4", from at least 4 observers later in the d

[nysbirds-l] Great Gray Owl - near Fort Covington, Franklin Co. 2/27

2017-02-27 Thread Tom Johnson
NYSbirders, Doug Gochfeld, Melissa Roach, and I are watching a Great Gray Owl east of Fort Covington, Franklin County in a backyard on the south side of Burns-Holden Rd. at these GPS coordinates: 44.99233, -74.46760. We didn't have any luck with owls earlier in the afternoon at Robert Moses SP near

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2017-02-27 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - February 27 2017 *  NYSY  02.27.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 20, 2017 - February 27 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Central Park 59th St Pond (2/26, 27)

2017-02-27 Thread Ardith Bondi
Yesterday, Feb. 26, after searching around the Pond, I finally found the Northern Pintail male that's been at the Pond for the winter. He was sleeping in the dark part of the Pond and had not come in earlier with the other ducks for tourists feeding them like he used to. A (the) Great Blue Hero

[nysbirds-l] eBirders: County & State Listing made EASY

2017-02-27 Thread Carena Pooth
Hello Listers! OK, so the NYSOA County & State Listing deadline is just 2 days away. A friend of mine pointed out that some time ago I wrote a simple tutorial on how to use eBird to easily grab your state and county totals for the NYSOA County & State Listing project/competition. Why didn't I t

Re:[nysbirds-l] [CT Birds] Tundra Swans near Westchester Airport

2017-02-27 Thread Andrew Block
They are in NY if the map is correct, not CT.  As I mentioned to Drew when he found them they are probably semi captive since they are hanging out in an atypical site.  Many businesses place swans including tundras, whoopers and trumpeters on their ponds for display.  The University of MA Amhers

Re: [nysbirds-l] Swans near Westchester Airport - correction

2017-02-27 Thread Gail Benson
The two swans appear to be Trumpeter Swans without flight feathers (pinioned). So we expect they will be there for awhile. Tom Burke & Gail Benson On Feb 27, 2017 9:39 AM, "Carole Griffiths" wrote: Still there across from 113 King -- *From:* bounce-121278831-14379..

Re: [nysbirds-l] Tundra Swans near Westchester Airport

2017-02-27 Thread Carole Griffiths
Still there across from 113 King From: bounce-121278831-14379...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Steven Martin Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 6:46:26 AM To: NYSBirdlist Subject: [nysbirds-l] Tundra Swans near Westchester Airport Two adult Tundra Swans seen at ap

[nysbirds-l] Tundra Swans near Westchester Airport

2017-02-27 Thread Steven Martin
Two adult Tundra Swans seen at approx. 0640 from road in pond across the street from King St. office complex. Location at Google link or coordinates below: https://goo.gl/maps/4kgbJpdxgFG2 41.0919327, -73.7214767 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http