1. I certainly hope the Raven didn’t get mixed up with Pseudomonas mendocina, sounds gruesome.
2. Just cause you never saw a colony of mastodons doesn’t mean there weren’t any. :) (Ok, ‘nuff on this.) From: bounce-121563669-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121563669-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Reisfeld Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:27 PM To: Rick <rc...@nyc.rr.com> Cc: Jay D <naturephotograp...@gmail.com>; & [NYSBIRDS] <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: May 26, 2017 That’s ridiculous. Mastodons don’t congregate in colonies. It’s obviously pseudomonas mendocina. Peter On May 26, 2017, at 7:35 AM, Rick <rc...@nyc.rr.com <mailto:rc...@nyc.rr.com> > wrote: Pleistocene Mastodon? From: bounce-121561409-3714...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:bounce-121561409-3714...@list.cornell.edu> [mailto:bounce-121561409-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay D Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 5:47 AM To: & [NYSBIRDS] <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: May 26, 2017 "Raven attacking PM colony" What does "PM" mean? On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 12:09 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest < <mailto:nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Friday, May 26, 2017. 1. Swainson's Warbler yes. Prospect Park 2. Raven in Shelter Island 3. Re: Henslow's Sparrow 4. Swainson's Warbler Prospect Park 5. Red necked Phalarope on Staten Island 6. Swainson's Warbler persists in Prospect Park Mid Wood area circa 3PM Thursday 7. Raven attacking PM colony 8. Prospect park Swainson's warbler kings 9. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017 10. eBird.org <http://ebird.org> : Recent Additions to County Checklists 11. Franklin's Gull, shorebirds - Niagara and Orleans Counties ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Swainson's Warbler yes. Prospect Park From: Rob Bate < <mailto:robsb...@gmail.com> robsb...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 07:24:48 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1 Tom Stephenson reports the Swainson's Warbler is still present in the Midwood area of Prospect Park. Same area as yesterday. Rob Bate Brooklyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Raven in Shelter Island From: Orhan Birol < <mailto:orhanbir...@gmail.com> orhanbir...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:19:51 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2 Not sure reportable any more but there was a Raven soaring and calling over my house yesterday evening. Orhan Birol Shelter Island ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Henslow's Sparrow From: Anders Peltomaa < <mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com> anders.pelto...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:41:53 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3 Brilliant photos of the Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk posted by Felipe Pimentel to New York Birders Facebook page. The photo album is public so it should be viewable on the web, without Facebook account. <https://www.facebook.com/felipe.pimentel1> https://www.facebook.com/felipe.pimentel1 good birding, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM, syschiff < <mailto:icte...@optonline.net> icte...@optonline.net> wrote: > Henslow's Sparrow update > > This species was long a resident on the grass lands of the Saratoga > Battlefields. The staff found that the birds needed to have the grass > burned or cut for the habitat to be maintained and for them to continue to > breed in the area. So they cut the grass at the proper time of year all > over. And the sparrows disappeared. What subsequent research discovered > was, the Henslow's Sparrows breed in second and third year growth. You > can't cut the grass every year. You have to rotate your cutting. > > Attempts to reintroduce this species anywhere has been mostly a total > failure. Hence, the sighting of a singing bird in the Shawangunk Grassland > is an *extraordinary event.* They are doing every thing right. It's a > great place to visit and it's a paradise for birders looking for grassland > birds. They have parking, viewing platforms and blinds. > > The bird song is unique. They sing loudly from a clump top but are can be > hard to see. Lets not go playing songs and chasing the bird. Be patient and > look. This is a new breeding area and we need them to be successful now and > for the future. > > Sy Schiff > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics < <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information < <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > < <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > < <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds < <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA < <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > < <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Swainson's Warbler Prospect Park From: Adrian Burke < <mailto:aburke...@gmail.com> aburke...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:09:48 +0000 X-Message-Number: 4 The Swainson's Warbler was seen about 30 minutes ago in same location as before, foraging in the patch of woods where a large fallen tree lies right next to a woodchip path. It showed briefly up close, but then vanished and I haven't seen it again since. Not a lot of people around, except a shady guy with a bike who did a lit of staring. Adrian Burke, Manhattan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Red necked Phalarope on Staten Island From: Anthony Ciancimino < <mailto:sibirdwatc...@yahoo.com> sibirdwatc...@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:20:23 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5 Currently have a Red necked Phalarope at the Parallel Pond (pond that parallels Sharrott Avenue) at the Cemetery of the Resurrection on the south shore of Staten Island. Bird is foraging in the pond amongst emergent plants. Unfortunately, The cemetery closes at 4:30 PM -Anthony Ciancimino Sent from my iPhone ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Swainson's Warbler persists in Prospect Park Mid Wood area circa 3PM Thursday From: Richard Fleming < <mailto:richardarthurflem...@gmail.com> richardarthurflem...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:52:20 -0400 X-Message-Number: 6 I am grateful to two gentlemen who were walking west on Center Drive for steering me in the direction of the Prospect Park Swainson's warbler, which persists in Mid Wood as of 3PM despite the unceasing rain. Walking East on Center Drive, I took a left on the paved path that starts at the gap in the long line of shipping containers. Very soon this crosses a dirt/wood-chip path, but I continued on. I then took another right on the second (or is the third?) such path, one which has a mighty fallen trunk running along the first fifty feet of the path, along the right side. Near an area where several paths cross, about 100 feet in along this trail, I had the Swainson's twice, with about a half an hour passing in-between. Although the gentlemen I had met said they had heard the bird singing "some eight times in two hours," I did not hear it sing at all, over about 45 minutes. Best of luck if you go, and may you have better weather. --Richard Fleming -- <http://inthefieldrecording.org/> inthefieldrecording.org instagram: @amazingbarbershop twitter: @walkingtogitmo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Raven attacking PM colony From: Orhan Birol < <mailto:orhanbir...@gmail.com> orhanbir...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:53:36 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7 Now I know why the Raven was soaring over my house for a while last night. It dived into the colony,five minutes ago, I am sure it was unable to grab one. The PM's in hot pursuit it flew east. Orhan Birol Shelter Island ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Prospect park Swainson's warbler kings From: <mailto:prosb...@aol.com> prosb...@aol.com Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:58:51 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8 >From Daisy : Swainson's Warbler just seen here: 40.664290,-73.966332 This is north Midwood by road fork as of 450 pm Peter Bbc Sent from AOL Mobile Mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017 From: David Suggs < <mailto:dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org> dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 19:57:41 -0400 X-Message-Number: 9 - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/25/2017 * NYBU1705.25 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to <mailto:dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org> dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- BLACK-NECKED STILT HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHIMBREL AMER. WHITE PELICAN Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher Red-headed Wdpkr. Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/25/2017 Number: <tel:716-896-1271> 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: <http://www.buffaloornithologicalsociety.org/> www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 25, 2017 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Highlights of reports received May 18 through May 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The very rare BLACK-NECKED STILT at the Iroquois Refuge was refound on May 23 at Kumpf Marsh, at Route 77 and Feeder Road. Also very rare, especially in spring - HUDSONIAN GODWIT, May 20, along Youngstown- Wilson Road, just west of Fitch Road in the Niagara County Town of Wilson. Other shorebirds at this location - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and 2 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. WHIMBREL are migrating on the north shore of Lake Erie. May 23, three WHIMBRELS on the lakeshore in Fort Erie, Ontario, with RUDDY TURNSTONES and SANDERLINGS. An unexpected location for SANDERLING - the wetland at Ridge Lea and Bailey Avenue in Amherst on the 23rd, with continuing SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and LEAST SANDPIPERS. SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS are now being reported at the Mosaic Ponds, north of Rock Point Park in Ontario, and an AMER. WHITE PELICAN was still at the ponds on the 24th. ORCHARD ORIOLES around the Lake Erie shores - Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg at the south end of Woodlawn Avenue, and in Ontario at Old Fort Erie, Morgan's Point and the Mosaic Ponds. Warblers were widely reported, with BLACKPOLL WARBLERS joining the migrants on the 18th. Of note, two PINE WARBLERS near the monument at Old Fort Erie. Also this week - RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. In Buffalo, a reported PEREGRINE FALCON at the Veteran's Hospital, and at Forest Lawn, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. And, LINCOLN'S SPARROWS at several locations. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 1. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: eBird.org <http://ebird.org> : Recent Additions to County Checklists From: Ben Cacace < <mailto:bcac...@gmail.com> bcac...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:30:09 -0400 X-Message-Number: 10 When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted checklists from many months / years ago. It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the 'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't added recently it won't appear at the top of the list. For each county on the wiki click the 'Overview' link on the 'Explore a Location' line: — <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few months. *Lewis County:* < <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Lewis> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Lewis> Black-bellied Plover (19-May-2017) *Niagara County:* < <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Niagara> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Niagara> Piping Plover (22-May-2017) *St. Lawrence County:* < <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/St> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/St. Lawrence> Forster's Tern (11-May-2017) *Wayne County:* < <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Wayne> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Wayne> Yellow-throated Warbler (23-May-2017) *Putnam County:* < <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Putnam> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Putnam> Golden-winged Warbler (Removed) -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots < <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A < <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Franklin's Gull, shorebirds - Niagara and Orleans Counties From: Willie D'Anna < <mailto:dannapot...@roadrunner.com> dannapot...@roadrunner.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 21:04:47 -0400 X-Message-Number: 11 After the drenching rain this morning, Joel Strong and I got out to look over the fields to see what shorebirds, if any, had dropped in. On Youngstown-Wilson Road, just west of Fitch, there were: 75 Dunlin 11 Least Sandpipers 3 White-rumped Sandpipers 100 Semipalmated Sandpipers 18 Short-billed Dowitchers 2 Spotted Sandpipers On the Lower Lake Road - Burgess Road join, there were: 2 American Wigeon 1 Semipalmated Plover 56 Dunlin 1 Least Sandpiper 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 46 Semipalmated Sandpipers 9 Short-billed Dowitchers 2 dowitcher species (possibly Long-billed) The highlight here was a FRANKLIN'S GULL with a few hundred Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. Unfortunately, it did not stay long, as an immature Bald Eagle came over and all the gulls flew off. It was probably a second-cycle bird, though possibly an adult that had not yet molted in its hood. Poor photos were obtained: <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37144462> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37144462 On the Orleans County side of Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, there were: 4 Black-bellied Plovers 75 Dunlin 55 Semipalmated Sandpipers On Lower Lake Road, just east of Johnson Creek Road, there were: 10 Black-bellied Plovers 19 Dunlin 2 dowitcher species (seen very briefly) Good birding! 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