I find Tom's notes of flight direction to be pretty intriguing. It's always
fascinating to take part in observing these morning flights, but it can be even
more interesting to see how the flight direction varies over different sites.
This reverse S-to-N flight is obviously most famous along the
Rufous. I'll
post photos later.
Michael McBrien
> On Aug 28, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Michael McBrien wrote:
>
> Just saw this report go up on eBird, figured it best to get out word to a
> wider audience asap.
>
> A Selasphorus hummingbird was found and photographed b
Just saw this report go up on eBird, figured it best to get out word to a wider
audience asap.
A Selasphorus hummingbird was found and photographed by Tim Brew this morning
coming to a hummingbird feeder at the visitor center of Morton NWR on the South
Fork.
Good luck if you go. I'm enroute a
All four Brown Pelicans are back on the bar in Moriches Inlet, as seen from the
bar on the 4 wheel drive road at Cupsogue.
Mike McBrien
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> On Jul 7, 2016, at 2:47 PM, Arie Gilbert wrote:
>
> The 4 pelicans were present on the sand bar until recently when some boaters
> l
My dad and I just found a White-faced Ibis on the Captree Island marsh. The
ibis flock was just flushed when firecrackers went off nearby, but the birds
are regrouping and landing in the marsh.
The WFIB appears to be an immature with almost no white on its face, but the
red facial skin is rath
ago when I left.
Michael McBrien
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> On Dec 29, 2015, at 11:35 PM, wrote:
>
> This afternoon, while searching through brant flocks along the barrier
> beaches, I came across an interested brant in the soccer field to the west of
> the entrance to the Pt. Look
My mom and I found a Ross's Goose in the field behind the Reeves Ave Buffalo
Farm. There is also a Cackling and blue morph Snow Goose present among about
1500 geese.
We are viewing the field from Reeves Ave just west of the farm.
Michael McBrien
East Patchogue, NY & Bristol, RI
Sen
enrod.
Happy New Year!
Michael McBrien
East Patchogue, NY
> On Jan 1, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Nadir Souirgi wrote:
>
> Jacob Drucker and I are currently trying to track down and photo document a
> molting 1st winter female type Tennessee Warbler in the backstop 42 marsh
> area of
In addition to my previous post, the Stilt Sandpiper also continues in a panne
further to the west.
Michael McBrien
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this area.
Heat distortion is bad but major field marks still discernible (ie, non
breeding plumage, red ankles, reddish face, etc ).
Good luck if you try for it.
Michael McBrien
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y, we encountered 5 Vesper Sparrows along Hulse
Landing Road in Calverton.
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single flyby Common Grackle.
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were also present.
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ade darker than all surrounding
Herring Gulls, but noticeably paler than any pure LBBG I've seen. It
was observed briefly in flight, and possessed a dark shadow on the
underside of the flight feathers consistent with dark-mantled gulls.
Good winter birding,
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s the harbor from the Gold Star
Battalion Beach. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was also present
with a large flock of Ring-bills in the southeast corner of the harbor.
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expected - possibly pointing toward a hybrid.
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numbers were also noted on the South Fork today.
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Bellport Bay. In an hour of
scoping, from 10:30 - 11:30am, I recorded 1 Leach's Storm Petrel, 1
Northern Gannet, 2 distant shearwater sp, and many scoters moving
around.
Hopefully more to come later.
Good and safe storm birding,
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thering of approximately 615
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large
number of shorebirds, highlighted by a single White-rumped Sandpiper,
as well as a Glossy Ibis
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This afternoon, before the thundershowers rolled in from the west, my
father and I, along with Jim Cullen and his friend Lee, enjoyed a 1st
Summer Arctic Tern that was present on the Cupsogue flats at low
tide. Two adult Black Terns were also seen.
Good Birding,
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and a Western Willet.
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7:00. The assemblage of gulls in the parking lot
held 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (3 1st Summers, 1 2nd Summer, 2 older
individuals) as well as a 1st Summer Glaucous Gull.
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time and a Sharp-shinned Hawk was noted cruising about the
area. Numerous Indigo Buntings continued around the perimeter of the
lot as well.
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ptree, a single adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was present
in the eastern-most lot as well as 7 Boat-tailed Grackles.
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6 Great Egrets. Approximately 40 Common
Eiders remain inside the inlet as well as a single Great Cormorant.
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found a 1st Winter Glaucous Gull (loafing on the
north dock), a very pale 1st Winter Iceland Gull (among the gulls on
the bay) , and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (2 adults, 1 3rd Winter, 2
1st Winters).
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infrequently and giving brief views during our visit. It
worked back and forth on each side of this phragmite line. In
addition, around 5:15 this evening, the Barnacle Goose was discernible
at the north end of Eastport Pond in the fading light.
Good Birding,
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trellises just off the road, as well as the metal fenceline
further out in the field.
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on the jetty tower.
Good Birding,
Michael McBrien
On Aug 30, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Andrew Baksh wrote:
FYI... In eBirds the bird was reported to have departed @ 8:30 AM
towards Corey Beach where it was not re-found. These were notes
from an entry submitted to eBird by Mike
permit though. It was still on the tower at the end of
the west jetty when we left around 7:15.
Good luck to those who go.
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The Brown Pelican seen at the Patchogue River jetty last night is
still here as of sunrise this morning.
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andwich Tern, a Marbled Godwit, and 2 Whimbrel on
the Maidstone Golf Course.
We ended our day at Mecox Inlet where we missed the Black-capped
Petrel despite much searching, but did see a Bridled Tern and 7
Sandwich Terns.
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ore Common Eiders
and a male White-winged Scoter at Camp Hero.
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short periods.
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