Re:[nysbirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Fort Erie - King Erider, REDHEADXSCAUP HYBRID, ducks
sorry - that was a King Eider, not a Common Eider.. Bill In a message dated 1/19/2014 6:11:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, williamwatso...@aol.com writes: January 19 - On the Niagara River between the Peace Bridge and the Ice Boom (start of Lake Erie) there were 2,092 Greater Scaup, 1,824 Bufflehead, 1,166 Common Goldeneye, 8 Am. Black Duck, 3 Mallard, 10 Lesser Scaup, 4 White-winged Scoter, 20 Redhead, 3 Canvasback, 73 Long-tailed Duck, and 2 Common Merganser. North of the Peace Bridge from the three parking lots north of Nickel's Marina, there was greater variety with COMMON EIDER, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 3 White-winged Scoters, 2 Surf Scoters (one an adult male in breeding plumage!) and a REDHEAD X SCAUP HYBRID. January 18 - In Tonawanda, NY, 7 Red-winged Blackbirds, and a White-throated Sparrow. Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda 11 Gadwall, 71! Lesser Scaup, one Am. Widgeon. Strawberry Island (south of Grand Island in the Niagara River) 2 adult Bald Eagles + nest and 17 Great Blue Herons 11 Beautiful Double-crested Cormorants on Huntley Pond, see from River Road in Tonawnada... Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson ___ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Long Island - Suffolk County
Here are some of the birds seen today in Suffolk County with Jared Cole and Brian Whipple : Shinnecock Inlet : 1 first winter male and 3 females King Eiders, West of the jetties in a group of Common Eider and Scoters. 2 first winter Glaucous Gulls together in the harbour 1 first winter Iceland Gull over the jetties Montauk Point : 185 Razorbills flying South in 1.5 hour seawatching this morning and a few in the water close to shore. 1 adult Black-legged Kittiwake Napeague harbor : 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, from the end of shore road. Hook pond : 2 Tundra Swans No sightings of the previously reported Borrow's Goldeneyes at Montauk lake today and of the European Wigeon at Pachogue lake yesterday. Matthieu BENOIT -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Roaming Orange County
This afternoon Bruce Nott and I joined together and did some roaming in the black dirt area near Pine Island and without any target area or birds we had a very pleasant variety. On Indiana Road we had 5 Rough-legged Hawks, 4 Red-tails and three Harriers. On Skinner Lane we ran into a few small flocks of Horned Lark and then a larger group in which we found Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs as well. On Missionland it was a pleasant surprise to spot a SNOWY OWL sitting on top of a telephone pole at Carnation while at DeBuck's Sod Farm we had a screaming adult Peregrine Falcon make a mid-air snatch and then feed atop a telephone pole. A fun afternoon with gifts found only in winter. Good Birding, Ken McDermott -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owl, Harp Seal, and others on Long Island
My wife Nobue and I and my friend Jon Hall went out to Long Island in search of Snowy Owls and the remote hope of seeing a Harp Seal (Jon is #1 or 2 in lifelist totals of world mammals and wanted to see a Harp Seal). Jon had never seen a Snowy before so really wanted to see one and I figured the most likely place other than the CT coast was to head to Jones Beach. We checked out the Coast Guard station but only had gulls, some Brant and some mergs. Next we went to West End 2 and headed out into the dunes and almost right away ran into a few people looking at a Snowy fairly close to the fence on the north side of the trail. Couldn't have asked for a nicer look. Definately the second closest one I've seen. Jon was very pleased. We continued out to the beach and followed it back towards the parking lot hoping for a sighting of the other Snowy that was reported. Only saw a bunch of Long-tailed Ducks close to shore. We then headed out to the Ponquogue Bridge to search for the other Snowy that was reported out there and hope for the remote chance a Harp seal would be there (I had one there about 4 or 5 years ago). Had lot's waterfowl and gulls, some loons, and a few Black-bellied Plovers but no owl. Incredibly though, I couldn't believe my eyes, there was a juvenile Harp Seal on one of the dunes near where I had seen the one before, amazing! Luckily I had my scope in anticipation of needing it for looking at distant seals. So Jon was doubly pleased as was I in finding our two targets. Quite a fine day. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve: Eurasian Wigeon and Hybrid
Hi Everyone, After meeting a fellow birder checking out Massapequa Preserve - I decided to check it out too - I live 2 blocks away but haven't been there in a while. At the pond by Pittsburgh Ave, I saw a Hybrid Eurasian Wigeon, and at the pond by New Hampshire, saw a Eurasian Wigeon with some American Wigeons. I had a perfect photo ready but someone "walking" (no leash) their dogs came by and flushed the wigeons. Best place to check at the smaller "New Hampshire pond" isn't the pond itself which freezes, but rather the stream that flows around it. (usually on the west side by the woods) Last winter, there were 3 beautiful drakes and a hybrid through March but the preserve is still a reliable place if you're looking for Eurasian Wigeons. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls
I observed a Snowy Owl today (1PM) at Orient State Park at the location described by Patrick Haney in his post of Jan 17 copied below. Snowy Owl - Observed late this afternoon on the north side of the road just before you reach the ranger station. The ranger told us two individual birds have been hanging around since before Christmas but they were out on the beach where it was a long walk to get to them. This past week one of the two individuals has moved into the marsh and that is the bird we observed. Patrick Hanly Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- Sent from my iPhone using 100% recycled electrons On Jan 19, 2014, at 6:53 PM, "Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)" wrote: > Can anyone tip me off to the best place to see a Snowy Owl? Also, are there > any at Floyd Bennett or Jones Beach? I am determined to find one this year! > > -- > Yours, >Avery > > "The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our > treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous > example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only > guarantee of morality.” > > --Arthur Shopenhauer > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls
Saw one today at Floyd Bennett near Raptor Point. Best, Bill From: Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds) Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 6:53 PM To: NYSBirds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls Can anyone tip me off to the best place to see a Snowy Owl? Also, are there any at Floyd Bennett or Jones Beach? I am determined to find one this year! -- Yours, Avery "The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.” --Arthur Shopenhauer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls
Can anyone tip me off to the best place to see a Snowy Owl? Also, are there any at Floyd Bennett or Jones Beach? I am determined to find one this year! -- *Yours, * * Avery* "The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.” --Arthur Shopenhauer -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Erie - King Erider,REDHEADXSCAUP HYBRID, ducks
January 19 - On the Niagara River between the Peace Bridge and the Ice Boom (start of Lake Erie) there were 2,092 Greater Scaup, 1,824 Bufflehead, 1,166 Common Goldeneye, 8 Am. Black Duck, 3 Mallard, 10 Lesser Scaup, 4 White-winged Scoter, 20 Redhead, 3 Canvasback, 73 Long-tailed Duck, and 2 Common Merganser. North of the Peace Bridge from the three parking lots north of Nickel's Marina, there was greater variety with COMMON EIDER, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 3 White-winged Scoters, 2 Surf Scoters (one an adult male in breeding plumage!) and a REDHEAD X SCAUP HYBRID. January 18 - In Tonawanda, NY, 7 Red-winged Blackbirds, and a White-throated Sparrow. Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda 11 Gadwall, 71! Lesser Scaup, one Am. Widgeon. Strawberry Island (south of Grand Island in the Niagara River) 2 adult Bald Eagles + nest and 17 Great Blue Herons 11 Beautiful Double-crested Cormorants on Huntley Pond, see from River Road in Tonawnada... Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bartow Pell Mansion
Highlights from my bird walk at the Bartow Pell Mansion located in Pelham Bay Park include BARRED OWL and RED HEADED DUCK. A red headed duck was observed feeding with American Widgeon along the shoreline, in a cove, opposite the Orchard Beach Parking lot. Best observed by taking the trail, in back of the Mansion, down to the water. Barred owl Red headed duck Brown creeper Northern Flicker-3 American Widgeon-many Black duck Red breasted merganser Canada geese Buffleheads Mallard Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden
We had snow, sleet, hail, rain, thunder and the following birds on the Saturday morning bird walk: Golden crowned kinglets-2 Fox sparrow-2 Eastern towhee-1 White throated sparrow-many Song sparrow-2 Dark eyed Junco-many American Robin-24 Cardinal -2 Blue jay-4 White breasted nuthatch-1 Chickadee-2 Tufted titmouse-2 Cooper's hawk-3 Goldfinch-2 Wood duck-2 Hairy woodpecker -2 Downy woodpecker -2 Red bellied woodpecker -3 Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden
We had snow, sleet, hail, rain, thunder and the following birds on the Saturday morning bird walk: Golden crowned kinglets-2 Fox sparrow-2 Eastern towhee-1 White throated sparrow-many Song sparrow-2 Dark eyed Junco-many American Robin-24 Cardinal -2 Blue jay-4 White breasted nuthatch-1 Chickadee-2 Tufted titmouse-2 Cooper's hawk-3 Goldfinch-2 Wood duck-2 Hairy woodpecker -2 Downy woodpecker -2 Red bellied woodpecker -3 Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bartow Pell Mansion
Highlights from my bird walk at the Bartow Pell Mansion located in Pelham Bay Park include BARRED OWL and RED HEADED DUCK. A red headed duck was observed feeding with American Widgeon along the shoreline, in a cove, opposite the Orchard Beach Parking lot. Best observed by taking the trail, in back of the Mansion, down to the water. Barred owl Red headed duck Brown creeper Northern Flicker-3 American Widgeon-many Black duck Red breasted merganser Canada geese Buffleheads Mallard Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Erie - King Erider,REDHEADXSCAUP HYBRID, ducks
January 19 - On the Niagara River between the Peace Bridge and the Ice Boom (start of Lake Erie) there were 2,092 Greater Scaup, 1,824 Bufflehead, 1,166 Common Goldeneye, 8 Am. Black Duck, 3 Mallard, 10 Lesser Scaup, 4 White-winged Scoter, 20 Redhead, 3 Canvasback, 73 Long-tailed Duck, and 2 Common Merganser. North of the Peace Bridge from the three parking lots north of Nickel's Marina, there was greater variety with COMMON EIDER, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 3 White-winged Scoters, 2 Surf Scoters (one an adult male in breeding plumage!) and a REDHEAD X SCAUP HYBRID. January 18 - In Tonawanda, NY, 7 Red-winged Blackbirds, and a White-throated Sparrow. Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda 11 Gadwall, 71! Lesser Scaup, one Am. Widgeon. Strawberry Island (south of Grand Island in the Niagara River) 2 adult Bald Eagles + nest and 17 Great Blue Herons 11 Beautiful Double-crested Cormorants on Huntley Pond, see from River Road in Tonawnada... Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls
Can anyone tip me off to the best place to see a Snowy Owl? Also, are there any at Floyd Bennett or Jones Beach? I am determined to find one this year! -- *Yours, * * Avery* The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.” --Arthur Shopenhauer -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls
Saw one today at Floyd Bennett near Raptor Point. Best, Bill From: Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds) Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 6:53 PM To: NYSBirds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls Can anyone tip me off to the best place to see a Snowy Owl? Also, are there any at Floyd Bennett or Jones Beach? I am determined to find one this year! -- Yours, Avery The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.” --Arthur Shopenhauer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls
I observed a Snowy Owl today (1PM) at Orient State Park at the location described by Patrick Haney in his post of Jan 17 copied below. Snowy Owl - Observed late this afternoon on the north side of the road just before you reach the ranger station. The ranger told us two individual birds have been hanging around since before Christmas but they were out on the beach where it was a long walk to get to them. This past week one of the two individuals has moved into the marsh and that is the bird we observed. Patrick Hanly Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- Sent from my iPhone using 100% recycled electrons On Jan 19, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds) wingedwond...@scottopia.com wrote: Can anyone tip me off to the best place to see a Snowy Owl? Also, are there any at Floyd Bennett or Jones Beach? I am determined to find one this year! -- Yours, Avery The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.” --Arthur Shopenhauer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve: Eurasian Wigeon and Hybrid
Hi Everyone, After meeting a fellow birder checking out Massapequa Preserve - I decided to check it out too - I live 2 blocks away but haven't been there in a while. At the pond by Pittsburgh Ave, I saw a Hybrid Eurasian Wigeon, and at the pond by New Hampshire, saw a Eurasian Wigeon with some American Wigeons. I had a perfect photo ready but someone walking (no leash) their dogs came by and flushed the wigeons. Best place to check at the smaller New Hampshire pond isn't the pond itself which freezes, but rather the stream that flows around it. (usually on the west side by the woods) Last winter, there were 3 beautiful drakes and a hybrid through March but the preserve is still a reliable place if you're looking for Eurasian Wigeons. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owl, Harp Seal, and others on Long Island
My wife Nobue and I and my friend Jon Hall went out to Long Island in search of Snowy Owls and the remote hope of seeing a Harp Seal (Jon is #1 or 2 in lifelist totals of world mammals and wanted to see a Harp Seal). Jon had never seen a Snowy before so really wanted to see one and I figured the most likely place other than the CT coast was to head to Jones Beach. We checked out the Coast Guard station but only had gulls, some Brant and some mergs. Next we went to West End 2 and headed out into the dunes and almost right away ran into a few people looking at a Snowy fairly close to the fence on the north side of the trail. Couldn't have asked for a nicer look. Definately the second closest one I've seen. Jon was very pleased. We continued out to the beach and followed it back towards the parking lot hoping for a sighting of the other Snowy that was reported. Only saw a bunch of Long-tailed Ducks close to shore. We then headed out to the Ponquogue Bridge to search for the other Snowy that was reported out there and hope for the remote chance a Harp seal would be there (I had one there about 4 or 5 years ago). Had lot's waterfowl and gulls, some loons, and a few Black-bellied Plovers but no owl. Incredibly though, I couldn't believe my eyes, there was a juvenile Harp Seal on one of the dunes near where I had seen the one before, amazing! Luckily I had my scope in anticipation of needing it for looking at distant seals. So Jon was doubly pleased as was I in finding our two targets. Quite a fine day. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Roaming Orange County
This afternoon Bruce Nott and I joined together and did some roaming in the black dirt area near Pine Islandand without any target area or birds we had a very pleasant variety. On Indiana Road we had 5 Rough-legged Hawks, 4 Red-tails and three Harriers. On Skinner Lane we ran into a few small flocks of Horned Lark and then a larger group in which we found Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs as well. On Missionland it was a pleasant surprise to spot a SNOWY OWL sitting on top of a telephone pole at Carnation while at DeBuck's Sod Farm we had a screaming adult Peregrine Falcon make a mid-air snatch and then feed atop a telephone pole. A fun afternoon with gifts found only in winter.Good Birding,Ken McDermott -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re:[nysbirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Fort Erie - King Erider, REDHEADXSCAUP HYBRID, ducks
sorry - that was a King Eider, not a Common Eider.. Bill In a message dated 1/19/2014 6:11:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, williamwatso...@aol.com writes: January 19 - On the Niagara River between the Peace Bridge and the Ice Boom (start of Lake Erie) there were 2,092 Greater Scaup, 1,824 Bufflehead, 1,166 Common Goldeneye, 8 Am. Black Duck, 3 Mallard, 10 Lesser Scaup, 4 White-winged Scoter, 20 Redhead, 3 Canvasback, 73 Long-tailed Duck, and 2 Common Merganser. North of the Peace Bridge from the three parking lots north of Nickel's Marina, there was greater variety with COMMON EIDER, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 3 White-winged Scoters, 2 Surf Scoters (one an adult male in breeding plumage!) and a REDHEAD X SCAUP HYBRID. January 18 - In Tonawanda, NY, 7 Red-winged Blackbirds, and a White-throated Sparrow. Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda 11 Gadwall, 71! Lesser Scaup, one Am. Widgeon. Strawberry Island (south of Grand Island in the Niagara River) 2 adult Bald Eagles + nest and 17 Great Blue Herons 11 Beautiful Double-crested Cormorants on Huntley Pond, see from River Road in Tonawnada... Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson ___ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- 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/ --
