Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach RE-FOUND 11-23...(YES)

2011-11-23 Thread Andrew Baksh 
After getting wet and dried out twice, I was finally rewarded as the
*Ash-throated
Flycatcher* put in a brief appearance around 2:45 p.m. *(in the same area
as mentioned by Ken Feustel)* before flying over some bayberry bushes and
dropping out of sight in the dunes.  Michael McBrien and his mom showed up
shortly after and I stuck around to assist in re-finding the bird.  We put
in almost two hours before rain and fading light put an end to our quest.
During that time we did not see the bird.

Other notable birds at Jones West End, included a *Ring-necked Pheasant*, 2
*Long-billed Dowitchers* on the grass next to the rest rooms at the Coast
Guard Station and the continuing 2 *Marbled Godwits* at the spit.


Good Birding

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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> If I understand Ken correctly;
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RE: [nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Belated Weekend Recap

2011-11-23 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter 
I can add only a few sightings to Shai's summary, birds found while we were
on our own.  These are a juvenile ICELAND GULL and a juvenile LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL at the end of East Lake Road at the Montauk Lake inlet
early on Sunday morning, and a BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE, which flew across Cross
Bay Blvd a little before the main Jamaica Bay parking area early on Saturday
morning.  Angus Wilson introduced us to Larry, the long-lived LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL - at Lazy Point, I think.  That was on Sunday afternoon.

 

The wind made it challenging at times but all in all, we considered it a
successful and very enjoyable trip, thanks in no small part to the birders
who showed us around (Shai, Pat, Angus, and Tom Burke).

 

Good birding!

Willie

 

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Mitra
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:46 AM
To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)
Subject: [nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Belated Weekend Recap

 

Reading Doug Futuyma's recent report from eastern Long Island reminded me
that I should have posted something regarding several interesting birds from
last weekend. 

 

Perhaps most notable was LI's first Snowy Owl of the season, found by
Patricia Lindsay and me at Hicks Island, Napeague on Sunday. This bird
appeared very large and darkly marked, probably a juv female:

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011#567721
2244390371650

 

We called Angus Wilson, Willie, D'Anna, Betsy Potter, and Dave Gagne, with
whom we had been birding earlier in the day, and the bird cooperated for
them and for others through the day (Rich Fried say it fly off around dusk).

 

Earlier on Sunday, highlights at Montauk Pt included:

 

2 Red-necked Grebes

3 Black-legged Kittiwakes

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

20+ Razorbills

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (found by Starr Saphir and company)

 

The pink-billed Greater White-fronted Goose was present at Deep Hollow, as
was an orange-billed bird at Further Lane, East Hampton; additional
Red-necked Grebes were seen at Culloden Pt (1) and Fort Pond Bay (2-3), and
we saw 3 more Razorbills at Culloden.

 

The family of 5 Whistling Swans at Hook Pond flew out to the west as soon as
Pat and I arrived, around 2:40. We feared they had moved over to nearby
Georgica Pond, where they would be difficult for the others in our caravan
to see, but they had simply moved over to the small lobe of Hook Pond that
is visible from the road, immediately north of Main Beach.

 

On Saturday, Dave Gagne picked out the continuing Eared Grebe at Jamaica
Bay. The rest of us had scanned the bay south of the West Pond briefly but
moved on quickly to get out of the fierce sw wind. Showing true hawk-watcher
fortitude, Dave hung in for a few more minutes and found the grebe in the
same area it has been frequenting.

 

Later on Saturday morning, our group visited Jones Beach. There, we joined
Tom Burke and Gail Benson, who basically led us by the hand to see the 2
continuing Marbled Godwits (very distant across the inlet, owing to the low
tide), an Orange-crowned Warbler, and Lapland Longspur in a big flock of
Snow Buntings at field 2.

 

A quick check of Capri Pond in West Islip yielded 6 Redheads.

 

We found 2 more Redheads at Patchogue Lake, but were utterly unable to find
the previously reported Eurasian Wigeon there. In the course of our
searching (and mindful of a comment from Doug Futuyma that he had seen an
exceptional tally of Ring-necked Ducks earlier at Eastport Pond) I carefully
counted the Ring-necks at Patchogue Lake, which came out at 414!

 

At this point, Willie asked whether this pond was a traditional spot for
Eurasian Wigeon, to which I answered, "Not really; nearby West Lake is
usually the more reliable spot." Pat and I departed at this point, only to
be hauled back by a call from Willie et al.: they had found a/the drake
Eurasian Wigeon at West Lake!

 

All told it was a challenging, often slow, but generally productive weekend,
enlivened by excellent company.

 

Shai Mitra

Bay Shore

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County

2011-11-23 Thread vanhaas 
Last nights storm and today's wind brought many birds to Sullivan County.  This 
afternoon I  birded all the hot spots in the county.  Yankee Lake, Swan Lake, 
Kiamesha Lake and a few others.  Red-throated Loon is rare in the county and 
these were my first in several years. Fortunately, Scott and Paula Baldinger 
and Arlene Borko were able to come and see the one on Yankee Lake. Here are the 
highlights:

Yankee Lake:
RED-THROATED LOON 1
Common Loon 2
Common Merganser 80
Common Goldeneye 10
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Hooded Merganser 2

Kiamesha Lake:
RED-THROATED LOON 2
Common Loon 1
Ruddy Duck 10
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2
BONAPARTE'S GULL 1
Herring Gull 15
Horned Grebe 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Bufflehead 1

Swan Lake:
Common Loon 2
Common Merganser 225
Ring-necked Duck 6
Black Duck 14
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Bufflehead 3

Additionally, several Common Loons and Hooded Mergansers were seen at smaller 
sites.  John Haas

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[nysbirds-l] Ross Goose - No

2011-11-23 Thread Joe T 
Could not find the Ross Goose at Floyd Bennett Field today from 2-3pm.  Ran 
into another birder who said he hadn't seen it either.

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[nysbirds-l] Target Birds

2011-11-23 Thread Sy Schiff 
Joe Giunta and I (SY Schiff) reviewed a list of target birds to get Joe over 
300 NYS Birds for 2011. Success and then some!!!  So, we started in Brooklyn, 
finding the ROSS'S GOOSE at Floyd Bennett Field.

Arriving at Jones Beach West End, we searched and found the ASH-THROATED 
FLYCATCHER as previously reported. Thanks Shai (at the spot) and Andrew.(for 
the phone call).

At West Lake in Patchogue, we found the EURASIAN WIGEON at the far north end 
(thanks to directions from Shai).

And it only rained when we were driving, never when we left the car to look.  
Three for three (Yeah).

 Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach Update (Nassau Co.)

2011-11-23 Thread ken feustel 
With the assistance of other birders we observed the Ash-throated Flycatcher 
about 11:00AM today in the same location it was found yesterday - along the 
shrub line on the south side of the fisherman's access road where the view of 
Jones Inlet to the north is first encountered. The bird again disappeared at 
about 11:30AM and had not been relocated when we left about 12:30PM. A few bad 
pictures of the bird can be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

Ken & Sue Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] BT Gray Location, slight correction

2011-11-23 Thread Peter Scully 
The directions in my last email were basically correct, but just so there is no 
confusion, the Warbler was across the lawn WEST (northwest?) of the feeders, 
and directly across from the building with the sign "Ramble Shed" on it.  I 
stuck a pinpoint on the linked map.


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205421602171928712383.0004b26bd3de3db626b74=0=40.778378,-73.967436=0.001249,0.002122

Cheers,
Peter

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From: Peter Scully 
Subject: Fwd: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 8:50 AM



 Original Message 
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park
From: Peter Scully 
To: Andrew Farnsworth 
CC: 

Heading home now. Bird continues across from shed in enclosed weedy patch just 
north and across lawn from feeders. Good luck!
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Fwd: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Peter Scully 


 Original Message 
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park
From: Peter Scully 
To: Andrew Farnsworth 
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Heading home now. Bird continues across from shed in enclosed weedy patch just 
north and across lawn from feeders. Good luck!
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Jim Osterlund 
With most able assistance from Phil Jeffrey, the correct position;

40.778372,-73.967907 - Google Maps

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Phil Jeffrey 
The Rambles Shed is the building at the north end of what we call the
Maintenance Field (confirmed by Jack Meyer):

40.778372,-73.967907

Your LatLong was pointing at the structure in the parking lot of the
Boathouse, further to the south.

Phil Jeffrey

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Jim Osterlund  wrote:
> Embarrassed to say I don't know Central Park well enough.  The only
> qualifying object I can pick up in satellite view is marked;  can someone
> comment?
> 40.775713,-73.968099 - Google Maps

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Jim Osterlund 
Embarrassed to say I don't know Central Park well enough.  The only  
qualifying object I can pick up in satellite view is marked;  can  
someone comment?

40.775713,-73.968099 - Google Maps


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[nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Peter Scully 
Right now near ramble shed.
Sent from my phone.

Jim Osterlund  wrote:

>If I understand Ken correctly;
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach RE-FOUND 11-23...

2011-11-23 Thread Jim Osterlund 
If I understand Ken correctly;

40.590435,-73.560376 - Google Maps


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach RE-FOUND 11-23...

2011-11-23 Thread Andrew Baksh 
Steve Schellenger just called to report that he has re-found the
Ash-throated Flycatcher found yesterday by Ken Feustel.  It is in the same
location as Ken described in his post from yesterday.  I have included
Ken's e-mail in this thread so that the information is easy to find.  Good
luck if you go.


Good Birding!

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com


On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM, ken feustel  wrote:

> At approx. 11:00AM this morning I discovered an *Ash-throated Flycatcher*on 
> the Fisherman's access road. Specifically, at the point where the access
> road opens up to reveal Jones Inlet on the right. The bird was feeding low
> along the shrub line on the south side of the road, hawking insects and
> eating the fruits of Bayberry, and being harassed by a Mockingbird (anybody
> up for opening a season on Mockingbirds?). Typical of the fall Ash-throated
> Flycatchers I have observed in the past the bird never perched higher than
> five feet off the ground. The overall shape of the bird was a small-billed,
> long tailed, slim *Myiarchus. *The head showed a crest, and the throat
> was whitish and the upper breast was a whitish gray. The lower belly and
> undertail coverts were yellow, the yellow being more intense than most fall
> Ash-throated's I have seen, which may have been a function of the overcast
> day, which tends to enhance color (just as a bright sun washes color out).
> The entire undertail was reddish brown and the terminal portion of the
> undertail was a darker reddish brown than the rest of the tail. The
> whitish-gray upperparts eliminated Great Crested and the small bill
> eliminated both Great-crested and Brown-crested Flycatchers (*M. crinitus
> and M. tyrannulus*), while the entirely  reddish underparts on the
> tail rule out Dusky-capped Flycatcher (*M. tuberculifer). *At one point
> the bird did pose for me at distance of  less than twenty feet, but
> unfortunately, my camera chose this moment to malfunction (the battery was
> not seated properly, hence no power). Attempts to relocate the bird were
> unsuccessful,one birder missed seeing the bird by five minutes. Wednesday
> weather looks pretty miserable -perhaps the bird will stick around.
>
> Also in the general area was an *Orange-crowned Warbler *and Ruby-crowned
> Kinglet. The two *Marbled Godwits* continue, feeding on the mud flats on
> the south side of Meadow Island.
>
> As Shane Blodgett indicated in an earlier post, there was a major seabird
> movement this morning along the south shore that included Red-throated
> Loon, Scoter and Gannet. I joined Shai Mitra earlier in the morning at Fire
> Island Field 5 to witness the spectacle. Suffice to say that RTL numbers
> were in the thousands as were total Scoter numbers. One would think that
> with all these birds present something interesting would appear. However,
> other than six flyby *Razorbills *that were seen shortly after Shai left,
> nothing notable appeared.
>
> Ken Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Belated Weekend Recap

2011-11-23 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
Reading Doug Futuyma's recent report from eastern Long Island reminded me that 
I should have posted something regarding several interesting birds from last 
weekend.

Perhaps most notable was LI's first Snowy Owl of the season, found by Patricia 
Lindsay and me at Hicks Island, Napeague on Sunday. This bird appeared very 
large and darkly marked, probably a juv female:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011#5677212244390371650

We called Angus Wilson, Willie, D'Anna, Betsy Potter, and Dave Gagne, with whom 
we had been birding earlier in the day, and the bird cooperated for them and 
for others through the day (Rich Fried say it fly off around dusk).

Earlier on Sunday, highlights at Montauk Pt included:

2 Red-necked Grebes
3 Black-legged Kittiwakes
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
20+ Razorbills
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (found by Starr Saphir and company)

The pink-billed Greater White-fronted Goose was present at Deep Hollow, as was 
an orange-billed bird at Further Lane, East Hampton; additional Red-necked 
Grebes were seen at Culloden Pt (1) and Fort Pond Bay (2-3), and we saw 3 more 
Razorbills at Culloden.

The family of 5 Whistling Swans at Hook Pond flew out to the west as soon as 
Pat and I arrived, around 2:40. We feared they had moved over to nearby 
Georgica Pond, where they would be difficult for the others in our caravan to 
see, but they had simply moved over to the small lobe of Hook Pond that is 
visible from the road, immediately north of Main Beach.

On Saturday, Dave Gagne picked out the continuing Eared Grebe at Jamaica Bay. 
The rest of us had scanned the bay south of the West Pond briefly but moved on 
quickly to get out of the fierce sw wind. Showing true hawk-watcher fortitude, 
Dave hung in for a few more minutes and found the grebe in the same area it has 
been frequenting.

Later on Saturday morning, our group visited Jones Beach. There, we joined Tom 
Burke and Gail Benson, who basically led us by the hand to see the 2 continuing 
Marbled Godwits (very distant across the inlet, owing to the low tide), an 
Orange-crowned Warbler, and Lapland Longspur in a big flock of Snow Buntings at 
field 2.

A quick check of Capri Pond in West Islip yielded 6 Redheads.

We found 2 more Redheads at Patchogue Lake, but were utterly unable to find the 
previously reported Eurasian Wigeon there. In the course of our searching (and 
mindful of a comment from Doug Futuyma that he had seen an exceptional tally of 
Ring-necked Ducks earlier at Eastport Pond) I carefully counted the Ring-necks 
at Patchogue Lake, which came out at 414!

At this point, Willie asked whether this pond was a traditional spot for 
Eurasian Wigeon, to which I answered, "Not really; nearby West Lake is usually 
the more reliable spot." Pat and I departed at this point, only to be hauled 
back by a call from Willie et al.: they had found a/the drake Eurasian Wigeon 
at West Lake!

All told it was a challenging, often slow, but generally productive weekend, 
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[nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Belated Weekend Recap

2011-11-23 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
Reading Doug Futuyma's recent report from eastern Long Island reminded me that 
I should have posted something regarding several interesting birds from last 
weekend.

Perhaps most notable was LI's first Snowy Owl of the season, found by Patricia 
Lindsay and me at Hicks Island, Napeague on Sunday. This bird appeared very 
large and darkly marked, probably a juv female:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011#5677212244390371650

We called Angus Wilson, Willie, D'Anna, Betsy Potter, and Dave Gagne, with whom 
we had been birding earlier in the day, and the bird cooperated for them and 
for others through the day (Rich Fried say it fly off around dusk).

Earlier on Sunday, highlights at Montauk Pt included:

2 Red-necked Grebes
3 Black-legged Kittiwakes
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
20+ Razorbills
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (found by Starr Saphir and company)

The pink-billed Greater White-fronted Goose was present at Deep Hollow, as was 
an orange-billed bird at Further Lane, East Hampton; additional Red-necked 
Grebes were seen at Culloden Pt (1) and Fort Pond Bay (2-3), and we saw 3 more 
Razorbills at Culloden.

The family of 5 Whistling Swans at Hook Pond flew out to the west as soon as 
Pat and I arrived, around 2:40. We feared they had moved over to nearby 
Georgica Pond, where they would be difficult for the others in our caravan to 
see, but they had simply moved over to the small lobe of Hook Pond that is 
visible from the road, immediately north of Main Beach.

On Saturday, Dave Gagne picked out the continuing Eared Grebe at Jamaica Bay. 
The rest of us had scanned the bay south of the West Pond briefly but moved on 
quickly to get out of the fierce sw wind. Showing true hawk-watcher fortitude, 
Dave hung in for a few more minutes and found the grebe in the same area it has 
been frequenting.

Later on Saturday morning, our group visited Jones Beach. There, we joined Tom 
Burke and Gail Benson, who basically led us by the hand to see the 2 continuing 
Marbled Godwits (very distant across the inlet, owing to the low tide), an 
Orange-crowned Warbler, and Lapland Longspur in a big flock of Snow Buntings at 
field 2.

A quick check of Capri Pond in West Islip yielded 6 Redheads.

We found 2 more Redheads at Patchogue Lake, but were utterly unable to find the 
previously reported Eurasian Wigeon there. In the course of our searching (and 
mindful of a comment from Doug Futuyma that he had seen an exceptional tally of 
Ring-necked Ducks earlier at Eastport Pond) I carefully counted the Ring-necks 
at Patchogue Lake, which came out at 414!

At this point, Willie asked whether this pond was a traditional spot for 
Eurasian Wigeon, to which I answered, Not really; nearby West Lake is usually 
the more reliable spot. Pat and I departed at this point, only to be hauled 
back by a call from Willie et al.: they had found a/the drake Eurasian Wigeon 
at West Lake!

All told it was a challenging, often slow, but generally productive weekend, 
enlivened by excellent company.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach RE-FOUND 11-23...

2011-11-23 Thread Andrew Baksh 
Steve Schellenger just called to report that he has re-found the
Ash-throated Flycatcher found yesterday by Ken Feustel.  It is in the same
location as Ken described in his post from yesterday.  I have included
Ken's e-mail in this thread so that the information is easy to find.  Good
luck if you go.


Good Birding!

Andrew Baksh
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM, ken feustel feus...@optonline.net wrote:

 At approx. 11:00AM this morning I discovered an *Ash-throated Flycatcher*on 
 the Fisherman's access road. Specifically, at the point where the access
 road opens up to reveal Jones Inlet on the right. The bird was feeding low
 along the shrub line on the south side of the road, hawking insects and
 eating the fruits of Bayberry, and being harassed by a Mockingbird (anybody
 up for opening a season on Mockingbirds?). Typical of the fall Ash-throated
 Flycatchers I have observed in the past the bird never perched higher than
 five feet off the ground. The overall shape of the bird was a small-billed,
 long tailed, slim *Myiarchus. *The head showed a crest, and the throat
 was whitish and the upper breast was a whitish gray. The lower belly and
 undertail coverts were yellow, the yellow being more intense than most fall
 Ash-throated's I have seen, which may have been a function of the overcast
 day, which tends to enhance color (just as a bright sun washes color out).
 The entire undertail was reddish brown and the terminal portion of the
 undertail was a darker reddish brown than the rest of the tail. The
 whitish-gray upperparts eliminated Great Crested and the small bill
 eliminated both Great-crested and Brown-crested Flycatchers (*M. crinitus
 and M. tyrannulus*), while the entirely  reddish underparts on the
 tail rule out Dusky-capped Flycatcher (*M. tuberculifer). *At one point
 the bird did pose for me at distance of  less than twenty feet, but
 unfortunately, my camera chose this moment to malfunction (the battery was
 not seated properly, hence no power). Attempts to relocate the bird were
 unsuccessful,one birder missed seeing the bird by five minutes. Wednesday
 weather looks pretty miserable -perhaps the bird will stick around.

 Also in the general area was an *Orange-crowned Warbler *and Ruby-crowned
 Kinglet. The two *Marbled Godwits* continue, feeding on the mud flats on
 the south side of Meadow Island.

 As Shane Blodgett indicated in an earlier post, there was a major seabird
 movement this morning along the south shore that included Red-throated
 Loon, Scoter and Gannet. I joined Shai Mitra earlier in the morning at Fire
 Island Field 5 to witness the spectacle. Suffice to say that RTL numbers
 were in the thousands as were total Scoter numbers. One would think that
 with all these birds present something interesting would appear. However,
 other than six flyby *Razorbills *that were seen shortly after Shai left,
 nothing notable appeared.

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[nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Peter Scully 
Right now near ramble shed.
Sent from my phone.

Jim Osterlund james...@optonline.net wrote:

If I understand Ken correctly;

40.590435,-73.560376 - Google Maps


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Jim Osterlund 
Embarrassed to say I don't know Central Park well enough.  The only  
qualifying object I can pick up in satellite view is marked;  can  
someone comment?

40.775713,-73.968099 - Google Maps


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Phil Jeffrey 
The Rambles Shed is the building at the north end of what we call the
Maintenance Field (confirmed by Jack Meyer):

40.778372,-73.967907

Your LatLong was pointing at the structure in the parking lot of the
Boathouse, further to the south.

Phil Jeffrey

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 Embarrassed to say I don't know Central Park well enough.  The only
 qualifying object I can pick up in satellite view is marked;  can someone
 comment?
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Jim Osterlund 
With most able assistance from Phil Jeffrey, the correct position;

40.778372,-73.967907 - Google Maps

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Fwd: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park

2011-11-23 Thread Peter Scully 


 Original Message 
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park
From: Peter Scully peterandrewscull...@yahoo.com
To: Andrew Farnsworth andrew.farnswo...@gmail.com
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Heading home now. Bird continues across from shed in enclosed weedy patch just 
north and across lawn from feeders. Good luck!
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[nysbirds-l] BT Gray Location, slight correction

2011-11-23 Thread Peter Scully 
The directions in my last email were basically correct, but just so there is no 
confusion, the Warbler was across the lawn WEST (northwest?) of the feeders, 
and directly across from the building with the sign Ramble Shed on it.  I 
stuck a pinpoint on the linked map.


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205421602171928712383.0004b26bd3de3db626b74msa=0ll=40.778378,-73.967436spn=0.001249,0.002122

Cheers,
Peter

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Subject: Fwd: Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler- central park
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 8:50 AM



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Heading home now. Bird continues across from shed in enclosed weedy patch just 
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[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach Update (Nassau Co.)

2011-11-23 Thread ken feustel 
With the assistance of other birders we observed the Ash-throated Flycatcher 
about 11:00AM today in the same location it was found yesterday - along the 
shrub line on the south side of the fisherman's access road where the view of 
Jones Inlet to the north is first encountered. The bird again disappeared at 
about 11:30AM and had not been relocated when we left about 12:30PM. A few bad 
pictures of the bird can be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

Ken  Sue Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] Target Birds

2011-11-23 Thread Sy Schiff 
Joe Giunta and I (SY Schiff) reviewed a list of target birds to get Joe over 
300 NYS Birds for 2011. Success and then some!!!  So, we started in Brooklyn, 
finding the ROSS'S GOOSE at Floyd Bennett Field.

Arriving at Jones Beach West End, we searched and found the ASH-THROATED 
FLYCATCHER as previously reported. Thanks Shai (at the spot) and Andrew.(for 
the phone call).

At West Lake in Patchogue, we found the EURASIAN WIGEON at the far north end 
(thanks to directions from Shai).

And it only rained when we were driving, never when we left the car to look.  
Three for three (Yeah).

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[nysbirds-l] Ross Goose - No

2011-11-23 Thread Joe T 
Could not find the Ross Goose at Floyd Bennett Field today from 2-3pm.  Ran 
into another birder who said he hadn't seen it either.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Belated Weekend Recap

2011-11-23 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter 
I can add only a few sightings to Shai's summary, birds found while we were
on our own.  These are a juvenile ICELAND GULL and a juvenile LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL at the end of East Lake Road at the Montauk Lake inlet
early on Sunday morning, and a BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE, which flew across Cross
Bay Blvd a little before the main Jamaica Bay parking area early on Saturday
morning.  Angus Wilson introduced us to Larry, the long-lived LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL - at Lazy Point, I think.  That was on Sunday afternoon.

 

The wind made it challenging at times but all in all, we considered it a
successful and very enjoyable trip, thanks in no small part to the birders
who showed us around (Shai, Pat, Angus, and Tom Burke).

 

Good birding!

Willie

 

From: bounce-38298443-15084...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-38298443-15084...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal
Mitra
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:46 AM
To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)
Subject: [nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Belated Weekend Recap

 

Reading Doug Futuyma's recent report from eastern Long Island reminded me
that I should have posted something regarding several interesting birds from
last weekend. 

 

Perhaps most notable was LI's first Snowy Owl of the season, found by
Patricia Lindsay and me at Hicks Island, Napeague on Sunday. This bird
appeared very large and darkly marked, probably a juv female:

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011#567721
2244390371650

 

We called Angus Wilson, Willie, D'Anna, Betsy Potter, and Dave Gagne, with
whom we had been birding earlier in the day, and the bird cooperated for
them and for others through the day (Rich Fried say it fly off around dusk).

 

Earlier on Sunday, highlights at Montauk Pt included:

 

2 Red-necked Grebes

3 Black-legged Kittiwakes

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

20+ Razorbills

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (found by Starr Saphir and company)

 

The pink-billed Greater White-fronted Goose was present at Deep Hollow, as
was an orange-billed bird at Further Lane, East Hampton; additional
Red-necked Grebes were seen at Culloden Pt (1) and Fort Pond Bay (2-3), and
we saw 3 more Razorbills at Culloden.

 

The family of 5 Whistling Swans at Hook Pond flew out to the west as soon as
Pat and I arrived, around 2:40. We feared they had moved over to nearby
Georgica Pond, where they would be difficult for the others in our caravan
to see, but they had simply moved over to the small lobe of Hook Pond that
is visible from the road, immediately north of Main Beach.

 

On Saturday, Dave Gagne picked out the continuing Eared Grebe at Jamaica
Bay. The rest of us had scanned the bay south of the West Pond briefly but
moved on quickly to get out of the fierce sw wind. Showing true hawk-watcher
fortitude, Dave hung in for a few more minutes and found the grebe in the
same area it has been frequenting.

 

Later on Saturday morning, our group visited Jones Beach. There, we joined
Tom Burke and Gail Benson, who basically led us by the hand to see the 2
continuing Marbled Godwits (very distant across the inlet, owing to the low
tide), an Orange-crowned Warbler, and Lapland Longspur in a big flock of
Snow Buntings at field 2.

 

A quick check of Capri Pond in West Islip yielded 6 Redheads.

 

We found 2 more Redheads at Patchogue Lake, but were utterly unable to find
the previously reported Eurasian Wigeon there. In the course of our
searching (and mindful of a comment from Doug Futuyma that he had seen an
exceptional tally of Ring-necked Ducks earlier at Eastport Pond) I carefully
counted the Ring-necks at Patchogue Lake, which came out at 414!

 

At this point, Willie asked whether this pond was a traditional spot for
Eurasian Wigeon, to which I answered, Not really; nearby West Lake is
usually the more reliable spot. Pat and I departed at this point, only to
be hauled back by a call from Willie et al.: they had found a/the drake
Eurasian Wigeon at West Lake!

 

All told it was a challenging, often slow, but generally productive weekend,
enlivened by excellent company.

 

Shai Mitra

Bay Shore

 

 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at West End/Jones Beach RE-FOUND 11-23...(YES)

2011-11-23 Thread Andrew Baksh 
After getting wet and dried out twice, I was finally rewarded as the
*Ash-throated
Flycatcher* put in a brief appearance around 2:45 p.m. *(in the same area
as mentioned by Ken Feustel)* before flying over some bayberry bushes and
dropping out of sight in the dunes.  Michael McBrien and his mom showed up
shortly after and I stuck around to assist in re-finding the bird.  We put
in almost two hours before rain and fading light put an end to our quest.
During that time we did not see the bird.

Other notable birds at Jones West End, included a *Ring-necked Pheasant*, 2
*Long-billed Dowitchers* on the grass next to the rest rooms at the Coast
Guard Station and the continuing 2 *Marbled Godwits* at the spit.


Good Birding

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Queens, NY
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Jim Osterlund james...@optonline.netwrote:

 If I understand Ken correctly;

 40.590435,-73.560376 - Google 
 Mapshttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.590435,-73.560376ll=40.590358,-73.560269spn=0.003406,0.006968num=1t=hvpsrc=6z=18

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