[nysbirds-l] Common Tern - Towpath Park - Buffalo 4-13-18

Just a brief stop along the Upper Niagara in Buffalo yielded a Common Tern among the 250 or so Bonaparte's Gulls. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY jfell2...@gmail.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.No

[nysbirds-l] Dark-bellied Brant (B.b.bernicla) in Brooklyn

Yesterday morning (4/12) I birded a couple of spots along the Brooklyn coast with Alvaro Jaramillo, Scott Whittle, and Tom Stephenson. In addition to a couple of Red-necked Grebes in Gravesend Bay, and a nice mix of newly arrived short-distance migrant passerines (including 30 flickers) at Coney Is

[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warblers in New York City today

Though overall migrant abundance was lower than expected today, we did report five Yellow-throated Warblers so far. @BirdCentralPark on Twitter relayed the first two, from Tony Gazso (with photo) at the Upper Lobe in Central Park at 7:27 am, a singing male that had moved on by 7:45, and from Matth

[nysbirds-l] Marine nature Study Area, Oceanside

I stopped by after lunch at low tide.. There was a scattering of GREAT EGRETS and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a single SNOWY EGRET in Bedell Creek, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, a first FORSTER’S TERN in the channel, a pair of BARN SWALLOWS circling the bridge where a pair nested last year and a group of CEDAR WAXW

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., April 13, 2018 - Red-throated Loon, Osprey, Blue-headed Vireo & more

Central Park NYC Friday, April 13, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Louisiana Waterthrush, Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers, Blue-headed Vireo, and Brown Thrasher. Also lingering Ruddy Ducks, an Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, and a Red-throated Loon (WBF release) at the Meer. Canada

[nysbirds-l] Croton train station

On sand bar now at end of station parking lot is a single Caspian Tern. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARC

RE: [nysbirds-l] Dark-bellied Brant (B.b.bernicla) in Brooklyn

Hi Doug and all, I think this bird looks very good for bernicla. The flank pattern (not boldly and broadly white), the dark upperparts, and the smoky tone to the gray-brown parts of the plumage are all appropriate for bernicla, and the first and last of these three characters differ from the co

[nysbirds-l] Osprey Harassed by drone-Shelter Island

So very sorry everyone to be off-topic, but I need your thoughts. It’s come to my attention that an amateur is flying a drone within 10-15 feet of a nesting pair of osprey. Here’s the link to the video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BhcvFXjlb3S/?taken-by=scotts_island_photos

[nysbirds-l] Swifts in the chimney

I was out in my yard caring for my plants and I heard some faint chittering coming from the unused chimney in my house.  I couldn't figure out where it was coming from at first but then realized it was in the chimney!  We've always had swifts flying around the house but it never occurred to me t

[nysbirds-l] Blue headed vireo

A blue headed vireo was found around 4 PM This afternoon on Dune Road in Quogue just east of the Quogue Bridge Mike Higgiston Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastB