[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - Sat. March 31, 2018 - Glossy Ibis (2), Red-throated & Common Loon, Osprey (2)

Hunter Island, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Saturday March 31, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Glossy Ibises (FOS), Loons, Ospreys, & Golden-crowned Kinglets. Canada Goose Brant - 9 Mallard American Black Duck Bufflehead - around 80 Red-breasted Merganser - 5 Killdeer

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sun. April 1, 2018 - Ruby-crowned Kinglet (FOS), Osprey, Boat-tailed Grackle

Central Park, NYC Sunday April 1, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-crowned Kinglet (first-of-season), Osprey, & Boat-tailed Grackle. Canada Goose - 11 (6 on the Pond, 5 on the Lake) Wood Duck - male at the Pond Mallard - 29 (16 on the Pond, 3 Conservatory W

[nysbirds-l] Possible Nesting Turkey Vultures

We observed a pair of Turkey Vultures copulating on the roof of our dilapidated horse barn this morning. The two birds then entered the hay loft together via a blown out window. Spring love is in the air. We're pulling together a basket of roadkill to send over for the happy couple. Stay tuned.

Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park birds and a butterfly

Spring "arrivals" from the East End of Long Island include oystercatchers, tree swallows and osprey -- and the bat which appeared last winter in my yard about this time, tentatively identified as a northern long-eared bat by Kevin Jennings of DEC. (and pretty tune by Jon Dee Graham) *Bruce Horw

[nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park birds and a butterfly

Some new arrivals at least for me the past few mornings in a walk up the landfill and out to Teller's Point, included Eastern Phoebe (2), a singing Eastern Towhee (on the wine cellar low road), a seemingly serious uplift too in the numbers of flickers, common grackles, cowbirds and red wing blac

[nysbirds-l] Sandhill Cranes/Mating Hairy Woodpeckers/Red & White-winged Crossbills

Mary Cronk (Tupper Lake) emailed on 3/30/18 to let me know there was a Sandhill Crane back in Tupper Lake - standing in the snow! (She posted the photo in eBird, but I don't see the record yet - likely still listed as a rare bird for the area.) Jack Delehanty and I met looking for it late-afterno

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Apr/'18)

Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their time reviewing shared location suggestions. The wiki page site was developed to access data on eBird.org and in places it includes additional links to b