Re: [nysbirds-l] Blue Jay migration

2020-09-21 Thread Anne Lazarus
Thank you for this fascinating post. I was mesmerized by these Blue Jays. A few of us who live in Stuyvesant Town have been birding the complex. We are working on protecting vulnerable birds from glass collisions here. The management is supportive, and we have hopes. I saw my only Blackburnian

[nysbirds-l] Blue Jay migration

2020-09-21 Thread Mickey Scilingo
These last two days, Sunday and Monday, have been very good for migrants in my yard.   The main stars have been the Blue Jays, but they've had an excellent supporting cast both days.  Sunday morning I was outside for just over 2 hours (7:07 to 9:18) and had 39 species, highlighted by 10 differen

[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler redux, Central Park (+ Manhattan), N.Y.C., 9/21

2020-09-21 Thread Thomas Fiore
Central Park, N.Y. City (& also Manhattan & Randall’s Island, all in New York County) - Yet another Connecticut Warbler for Central Park & N.Y. County, this one lingering, but tough to see, near the Wildflower Meadow, in the park’s n. end, first discovered on Sunday, 9/20 & still present Mon.,

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Mon. Sept. 21, 2020: 17 Wood Warbler Species, Philadelphia Vireo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

2020-09-21 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC Monday September 21, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 17 Wood Warbler Species including Cape May and Bay-breasted Warblers, Philadelphia Vireo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Lincoln's Sparrow, Northern Pintail. Canada Goose - 15 Lake Mute Swan - 2 flyovers Norther

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2020-09-21 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * September 21, 2020 *  NYSY  09. 21. 20   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 15, 2020 to September 21, 2020 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Mon

[nysbirds-l] Extralimital Wood Sandpiper Richard DeKorte Park NJ

2020-09-21 Thread Shane Blodgett
Wood Sandpiper continues in SW corner of main pool (the one with a boardwalk through it) as of 9:05 a.m. Has been there since ~7:30 a.m. with 50 + Greater Yellowlegs And was sleeping when I left . Yesterday it left on a rising tide at around 1:30 so could potentially stay until 2:30ish today. S

[nysbirds-l] YHNB 9/21 yes

2020-09-21 Thread Queensgirl30
Flushing Meadows Park, Meadow Lake, south of boathouse. Donna Schulman Forest Hills Sent from my birding device -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfig

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, 9/17-18-19-20 - Summer Tan., Blue Grosbeak, Lark Sparrow, 30 spp. of Warblers, etc.

2020-09-21 Thread Thomas Fiore
A WOOD Sandpiper was New Jersey’s first (if accepted by that state’s avian records committee), found on Sept. 20th by Milton Collins & (later) with many-many-dozens of others observing well before day’s end; see the New Jersey rare bird alerts and so forth for details, photos & commentary etc.-