A mated pair of Black-bellied whistling ducks were seen in the man-made pond in the west side of Nickerson Beach Parking lot. Seems like they're out of their jurisdiction :)
Rob Longiaru Town of Hempstead Dept of Conservation & Waterways > On Jul 21, 2015, at 12:09 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest > <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > > NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Monday, July 20, 2015. > > 1. At times, things are not what they seem to be...at least to some of us ! > 2. Syracuse RBA > 3. Cupsogue Report and Jamaica Bay water level update > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: At times, things are not what they seem to be...at least to some of > us ! > From: robert adamo <radamo4...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:17:18 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > I want to thank both Paul Sweet and Shai Mitra for the quick course in Bird > Anatomy, in response to my post of 7/18, when I incorrectly referred to the > birds knee, rather than it's ankle...a mistake, I don't think I'll make > again ! I also have the feeling, that by getting the correct terminology > out there, Paul & Shai will be helping other birders than just myself, who > use the list-serve. > > Cheers, > Bob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Syracuse RBA > From: Joseph Brin <brinjos...@yahoo.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:38:36 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 2 > > RBA * New York* Syracuse* July 20 2015* NYSY 07. 20. 15 Hotline: Syracuse > Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 20, 2015 - July 20, 2015to report by e-mail: > brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma > National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside > Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison > & Cortlandcompiled: July 20 AT 2:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga > Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #451 Monday July 20, 2015 > Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 13, > 2014 Highlights:----------- > BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONGREATER YELLOWLEGSLESSER > YELLOWLEGSSANDERLINGSOLITARY SANDPIPERPECTORAL SANDPIPERSEMI-PALMATED > SANDPIPERLEAST SANDPIPERWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERSTILT SANDPIPERSHORT-BILLED > DOWITCHERBLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER > > > Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex > (MWC)------------ > 7/14: 9 species of Shorebirds including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and > SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at Knox-Marsellus Maarsh. 7/18: 12 > species of Shorebirds including 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 11 SHORT-BILLED > DOWITCHERS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. A LEAST BITTERN was seen there > also. SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SANDERLING were noted at > Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are still being seen at Mays > Point Road in the dead trees. 7/19: 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen > on the Wildlife Drive. A LEAST BITTERN was seen at VanDyne Spoot Road in the > Marsh. > > Onondaga County------------ > 7/14: An adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along the creek walk > on Onondaga Creek at Spenser Street in Syracuse. 7/18: GREATER > YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen in the ball > field on Van Rensselear Street in Syracuse. > > Madison County------------ > 7/14: GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the sod farm on Lakeport Road. > SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER were seen on > Ditchbank Road. > > Herkimer County------------ > 7/19: A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen and photographed in the > northern part of the county east of Croghan near Woods Road. > -- end report > > > Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Cupsogue Report and Jamaica Bay water level update > From: Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:44:53 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > On Sunday, I birded both the rising and falling tides at the Cupsogue flats > on Long Island. There were not a lot of birds, especially in the peep > variety but the diversity of shorebirds has increased. I ended up with 17 > species of shorebirds (I counted both Willet subspecies as separate > entries). > > 3rd time this season, I have stumbled on a Whimbrel which I always hear > first before seeing. Red Knots were new for the season with 2 and 3 > Sanderlings were also new on the flats within the last few weeks. The two > basic plumage Dunlins continued. A couple of Royal Terns also made brief > appearances during high and falling tide. No other terns of note were > observed but I spent a considerable amount of time just studying and > observing Common and Forster's Terns. The shorebird species are listed > below: > > American Oystercatcher > Black-bellied Plover > Semipalmated Plover > Piping Plover > Spotted Sandpiper > Greater Yellowlegs > Lesser Yellowlegs > Willet (Eastern) > Willet (Western) > Whimbrel > Ruddy Turnstone > Red Knot > Sanderling > Dunlin > Least Sandpiper > Semipalmated Sandpiper > Short-billed Dowitcher > > On Saturday, I stopped in at Jamaica Bay to see how much water the rain had > dumped on the East Pond. Sadly, the situation continues to be a race > against time and mother nature, which it should not have come to. My > shorebird count, all seen from Big John's overlook were: 2 Short-billed > Dowitchers, 5 Least Sandpipers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Semipalmated > Sandpiper and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs. > > A far cry from the previous years where I would be reporting more species > variety and thousands of Short-billed Dowitchers. Keeping my fingers > crossed that this dry spell will help with water evaporation and see the > level down a bit faster. > > Best, > > > > -- > 風 Swift as the wind > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* > <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- 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/ --
