Sean Sime and I searched without success late this morning, and Sean is still on site.
I heard third hand through Pat of a possible re-sighting earlier this morning, in the same area as Phil's last night and of Pat's yesterday morning, but I don't have any details about how well this last bird was seen. For those considering trying for this bird, I would caution that there is a prodigious amount of fruiting tupelo in the area, attracting hordes of Robins, Waxwings, Starlings, and other birds. Although this enhances the likelihood that the Black-headed Grosbeak might have remained in the area, it also means that it would be natural to expect Rose-breasts to be present also. Sean had a Red-headed Woodpecker and a Bay-breasted Warbler before I joined him, while I had two Red-headed Woodpeckers at Robert Moses SP, on the beach, earlier in the morning (in addition to large flocks, some >100, of Pine Siskins, many Purple Finches, more than a dozen Rusty Blackbirds, etc.). Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-118156826-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-118156826-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of pjlind...@optonline.net [pjlind...@optonline.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 10:08 AM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - Heckscher SP, East Islip, Suffolk Co. Seen around 8:35 AM from along the bike/exercise trail in the southwest corner of the parking lot at Field 1. The call, lower and less squeaky than Rose-breasted, reminiscent of a short Downy Woodpecker note, got my attention and I made a concerted effort to locate it. I had decent views of the bird for several minutes high in a tree, showing fine streaking on the sides of the buffy upper breast, and noted the dark upper mandible though I did not remember the significance of this field mark at the time. The bird flew across the bike trail towards the north and I lost sight of it behind the treetops; I did not see the underwings. Very late for work, I had to abandon the area. Shai Mitra is searching now. I apologize for not posting sooner--a busy morning at work delayed me. Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- ________________________________ Celebrate Italian Heritage with a Special Broadway Benefit Concert by the World’s Longest Running Phantom in support of the CSI Italian Studies program><http://csitoday.com/events/franc-dambrosios-broadway-the-phantom-unmasked/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
