[nysbirds-l] An eerie sighting
This very fogged-up afternoon at ~ 3:45, after picking up a prescription, I was headed home when a lone Turkey Vulture came drifting out of the mist...making me think of "The Flying Dutchman" ! Cheers, Bob -- 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] Lake Placid
Spent last two mornings birding around Lake Placid and the “boreal belt”. My report is perhaps not as exciting as some of the local birders, but here it goes. Abundant Black-capped Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, American Crows, Blue Jays, and a couple of Hairy Woodpeckers while snow-shoe-ing Paul Smith VIC. Essentially saw these five species everywhere I went. Unfortunately, missed the Red Crossbills seen earlier in the morning. Was swooped by a couple of Gray Jays that have been hanging out by the feeders on the southern Bloomingdale Bog path. At the cross path was an American Tree Sparrow. A Black-backed Woodpecker was seen at the Snowmobile Memorial and Boreal Chickadees on the northern path the day before but no luck when I was there. A Ruffed Grouse strutted by the side of Oregon Plains Road just north of Bigelow Road. Returning on Rte 3 I encountered a dozen Wild Turkeys in a snowy farm field just north of Saranac Lake. Although I only heard Ravens at Paul Smith, I finally had a good look at a pair while snow-shoe-ing around Chubb River Swamp. A flock of mid-size finches flew overhead as I returned to Lake Placid from Chubb River at the corner of Rte 73 but there was too much traffic to hear or stop for them. My last bird was a Northern Shrike on Riverside Drive along the Ausable River just off of Rte 73 across from the ski jumps. Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 21 February 2014
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 21, 2014 * NYNY1402.21 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck EURASIAN WIGEON HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe Black Vulture Bald Eagle ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Purple Sandpiper ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Horned Lark LAPLAND LONGSPUR Snow Bunting Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 21, 2014 at 6 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, SNOWY OWLS, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR. In a fairly normal week for winter bird-wise, it is at least great to see that SNOWY OWLS continue at a good variety of locations, much less concerned over the weather conditions than birders have been. Reports range from Staten Island to Shinnecock, mostly at coastal locations. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along the Meadowbrook Parkway up to Wednesday, and then at Jones Beach West End on Thursday, that same day producing one near Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were back around the Point Lookout ocean jetties along with sixteen PURPLE SANDPIPERS last Saturday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still present Thursday in Arthur Kill as observed from the Tottenville train station on Staten Island, and earlier on Monday the Prospect Park EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again at the Lake. Indicative of freezing conditions up on the Great Lakes, RED-NECKED GREBES have been occurring at various sites in our area, though not in the numbers seen off Brooklyn Tuesday, when twenty were counted off the Brooklyn Army Terminal 58th Street Pier. GLAUCOUS GULLS include one continuing around the inlet at Shinnecock and another on Staten Island at Seguine Pond Tuesday, perhaps the one at Piermont Pier in Rockland County last Saturday. ICELAND GULLS featured one or two continuing at Shinnecock, another at Lemon Creek Pier on Staten Island Sunday, and one Saturday at Long Beach, joined by a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. On Monday, five LAPLAND LONGSPURS were present with HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS at Breezy Point. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, at Kissena Park in Queens, at Turtle Cove in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, and at Croton Point in Westchester. In Central Park three WOOD DUCKS were seen Thursday and two BALTIMORE ORIOLES continue near the Ramble feeders. In the Montauk area, the pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYES was still present yesterday at the south end of Lake Montauk, usually best viewed from South Lake Drive. Up to three ICELAND GULLS continue around the Montauk Harbor inlet, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted yesterday from the restaurant at the Point, another continuing at Napeague, at the end of Lazy Point Road. Also, a BLACK VULTURE continues around Church Lane north of Riverhead. BALD EAGLES remain in good numbers along the Hudson River. At George's Island Park in Montrose Sunday evening about forty Eagles came into or flew by the hillside roost there, and a few RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were among the passerines coming into the marsh roost. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or days except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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] NYSOA Bashakill Birding Weekend March 29-30
If you’re tired of winter, maybe it’s time to plan a spring bird trip. The New York State Ornithological Association is offering an early spring presentation and field trip at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area in Sullivan County the weekend of March 29-30, 2014.As a part of this event, Bashakill authorities Lance Verderame and John Haas of the Sullivan County Audubon Society will give a presentation entitled Birds of the Bashakill. Their program will discuss breeding birds and rarities that have occurred at this wildlife management area, one of the largest wetlands in southeastern New York. Their talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Saturday, March 29th beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Drama Building at Mamakating Town Park, 27-29 Mamakating Road, Bloomingburg. The Sunday morning field trip will begin at 7:00 a.m. and last 2-3 hours, visiting all the available open water areas and other accessible nearby sites that are likely to support interesting birds. We anticipate an abundance of waterfowl. To facilitate our planning, field trip participants must preregister by emailing Kathy Schneider at falll...@nycap.rr.com or calling her at (518) 799-3457. More information about the expertise and experience of the trip leaders, arrangements, lodging, directions, and membership in NYSOA and can be found at the NYSOA website, http://nybirds.org. Kathy Schneider for NYSOA -- 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] Montauk Point & east end LI birds 2-20-14
A group of us went out and found the following highlights yesterday Lesser black-backed Gull: 1 Montauk Point restaurant + 1 Napeague 2 adult + 1 imm Iceland Gull Montauk Jetty 1 male + 1 female Barrows Goldeneye as seen from south lake drive Field and Tree Sparrows along east lake drive at little reeds pond Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com WWW.qcbirdclub.org - Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7113 - Release Date: 02/21/14 -- 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] possible gyrfalcon
This morning around 9:30, an all white bird with black wingtips overflew the farm fields along Northville Turnpike between Doctor's Path and Rte 105 east of Riverhead. It continued north until we lost it in the fog. It was very white and stood out in the white landscape of snow and fog. We did not see a trailing black edge. It did not fly like a northern harrier. Mike Higgiston Eileen Schwinn -- 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] Adirondack Birding (Paul Smiths area)
This past Sunday the 16th I headed up to Paul Smiths for my annual X-country ski trip. On Monday while skiing the east snowmobile trail at Bloomingdale Bog I came upon a flock of 10 Black-capped Chickadees and two Boreal Chickadees about 1.5 miles down the trail. The Boreal Chickadees were calling and perched on the nearby evergreen trees for a good view. The next morning I decided to ski the west side trail at Bloomingdale Bog and observed five Gray Jays at the stump/feeder where people deposit seed. Continuing west I met three local birders who had good view of a Black-backed Woodpecker on the south side of the trail earlier that morning. Skiing on another mile or so a Boreal Chickadee was mixed in with a group of twelve or so Black-capped Chickadees. Finishing my ski at Bloomingdale I decided to try Bigelow Road off of Oregon Plains Road thinking I might come upon a Black-backed Woodpecker. Unsuccessful, I returned to the west trail of Bloomingdale and did a quick ski in as it was late afternoon. After about 1.5 miles in I heard drumming on the south side of the trail. Within a few seconds a Black-backed Woodpecker flew over my head to the north side and looked to be heading east. Heading back home on Thursday morning at 8:00 AM I noticed two birds gritting in the middle of White Pine Road which turned out to be a pair of Red Crossbills. These are probably the same birds that are being seen at the Paul Smith's VIC. According to the VIC staff the pair can be seen and heard in the morning around 8:30 AM near the new sugar house by the employee parking area. Other birds seen while driving in the area included Pileated Woodpecker and Cedar Waxwings (13). Sue Feustel -- 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] Adirondack Birding (Paul Smiths area)
This past Sunday the 16th I headed up to Paul Smiths for my annual X-country ski trip. On Monday while skiing the east snowmobile trail at Bloomingdale Bog I came upon a flock of 10 Black-capped Chickadees and two Boreal Chickadees about 1.5 miles down the trail. The Boreal Chickadees were calling and perched on the nearby evergreen trees for a good view. The next morning I decided to ski the west side trail at Bloomingdale Bog and observed five Gray Jays at the stump/feeder where people deposit seed. Continuing west I met three local birders who had good view of a Black-backed Woodpecker on the south side of the trail earlier that morning. Skiing on another mile or so a Boreal Chickadee was mixed in with a group of twelve or so Black-capped Chickadees. Finishing my ski at Bloomingdale I decided to try Bigelow Road off of Oregon Plains Road thinking I might come upon a Black-backed Woodpecker. Unsuccessful, I returned to the west trail of Bloomingdale and did a quick ski in as it was late afternoon. After about 1.5 miles in I heard drumming on the south side of the trail. Within a few seconds a Black-backed Woodpecker flew over my head to the north side and looked to be heading east. Heading back home on Thursday morning at 8:00 AM I noticed two birds gritting in the middle of White Pine Road which turned out to be a pair of Red Crossbills. These are probably the same birds that are being seen at the Paul Smith's VIC. According to the VIC staff the pair can be seen and heard in the morning around 8:30 AM near the new sugar house by the employee parking area. Other birds seen while driving in the area included Pileated Woodpecker and Cedar Waxwings (13). Sue Feustel -- 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] possible gyrfalcon
This morning around 9:30, an all white bird with black wingtips overflew the farm fields along Northville Turnpike between Doctor's Path and Rte 105 east of Riverhead. It continued north until we lost it in the fog. It was very white and stood out in the white landscape of snow and fog. We did not see a trailing black edge. It did not fly like a northern harrier. Mike Higgiston Eileen Schwinn -- 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] Montauk Point east end LI birds 2-20-14
A group of us went out and found the following highlights yesterday Lesser black-backed Gull: 1 Montauk Point restaurant + 1 Napeague 2 adult + 1 imm Iceland Gull Montauk Jetty 1 male + 1 female Barrows Goldeneye as seen from south lake drive Field and Tree Sparrows along east lake drive at little reeds pond Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com WWW.qcbirdclub.org - Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7113 - Release Date: 02/21/14 -- 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] NYSOA Bashakill Birding Weekend March 29-30
If you’re tired of winter, maybe it’s time to plan a spring bird trip. The New York State Ornithological Association is offering an early spring presentation and field trip at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area in Sullivan County the weekend of March 29-30, 2014.As a part of this event, Bashakill authorities Lance Verderame and John Haas of the Sullivan County Audubon Society will give a presentation entitled Birds of the Bashakill. Their program will discuss breeding birds and rarities that have occurred at this wildlife management area, one of the largest wetlands in southeastern New York. Their talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Saturday, March 29th beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Drama Building at Mamakating Town Park, 27-29 Mamakating Road, Bloomingburg. The Sunday morning field trip will begin at 7:00 a.m. and last 2-3 hours, visiting all the available open water areas and other accessible nearby sites that are likely to support interesting birds. We anticipate an abundance of waterfowl. To facilitate our planning, field trip participants must preregister by emailing Kathy Schneider at falll...@nycap.rr.com or calling her at (518) 799-3457. More information about the expertise and experience of the trip leaders, arrangements, lodging, directions, and membership in NYSOA and can be found at the NYSOA website, http://nybirds.org. Kathy Schneider for NYSOA -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 21 February 2014
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 21, 2014 * NYNY1402.21 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck EURASIAN WIGEON HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe Black Vulture Bald Eagle ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Purple Sandpiper ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Horned Lark LAPLAND LONGSPUR Snow Bunting Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 21, 2014 at 6 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, SNOWY OWLS, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR. In a fairly normal week for winter bird-wise, it is at least great to see that SNOWY OWLS continue at a good variety of locations, much less concerned over the weather conditions than birders have been. Reports range from Staten Island to Shinnecock, mostly at coastal locations. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along the Meadowbrook Parkway up to Wednesday, and then at Jones Beach West End on Thursday, that same day producing one near Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were back around the Point Lookout ocean jetties along with sixteen PURPLE SANDPIPERS last Saturday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still present Thursday in Arthur Kill as observed from the Tottenville train station on Staten Island, and earlier on Monday the Prospect Park EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again at the Lake. Indicative of freezing conditions up on the Great Lakes, RED-NECKED GREBES have been occurring at various sites in our area, though not in the numbers seen off Brooklyn Tuesday, when twenty were counted off the Brooklyn Army Terminal 58th Street Pier. GLAUCOUS GULLS include one continuing around the inlet at Shinnecock and another on Staten Island at Seguine Pond Tuesday, perhaps the one at Piermont Pier in Rockland County last Saturday. ICELAND GULLS featured one or two continuing at Shinnecock, another at Lemon Creek Pier on Staten Island Sunday, and one Saturday at Long Beach, joined by a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. On Monday, five LAPLAND LONGSPURS were present with HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS at Breezy Point. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, at Kissena Park in Queens, at Turtle Cove in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, and at Croton Point in Westchester. In Central Park three WOOD DUCKS were seen Thursday and two BALTIMORE ORIOLES continue near the Ramble feeders. In the Montauk area, the pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYES was still present yesterday at the south end of Lake Montauk, usually best viewed from South Lake Drive. Up to three ICELAND GULLS continue around the Montauk Harbor inlet, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted yesterday from the restaurant at the Point, another continuing at Napeague, at the end of Lazy Point Road. Also, a BLACK VULTURE continues around Church Lane north of Riverhead. BALD EAGLES remain in good numbers along the Hudson River. At George's Island Park in Montrose Sunday evening about forty Eagles came into or flew by the hillside roost there, and a few RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were among the passerines coming into the marsh roost. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or days except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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] Lake Placid
Spent last two mornings birding around Lake Placid and the “boreal belt”. My report is perhaps not as exciting as some of the local birders, but here it goes. Abundant Black-capped Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, American Crows, Blue Jays, and a couple of Hairy Woodpeckers while snow-shoe-ing Paul Smith VIC. Essentially saw these five species everywhere I went. Unfortunately, missed the Red Crossbills seen earlier in the morning. Was swooped by a couple of Gray Jays that have been hanging out by the feeders on the southern Bloomingdale Bog path. At the cross path was an American Tree Sparrow. A Black-backed Woodpecker was seen at the Snowmobile Memorial and Boreal Chickadees on the northern path the day before but no luck when I was there. A Ruffed Grouse strutted by the side of Oregon Plains Road just north of Bigelow Road. Returning on Rte 3 I encountered a dozen Wild Turkeys in a snowy farm field just north of Saranac Lake. Although I only heard Ravens at Paul Smith, I finally had a good look at a pair while snow-shoe-ing around Chubb River Swamp. A flock of mid-size finches flew overhead as I returned to Lake Placid from Chubb River at the corner of Rte 73 but there was too much traffic to hear or stop for them. My last bird was a Northern Shrike on Riverside Drive along the Ausable River just off of Rte 73 across from the ski jumps. Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- 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] An eerie sighting
This very fogged-up afternoon at ~ 3:45, after picking up a prescription, I was headed home when a lone Turkey Vulture came drifting out of the mist...making me think of The Flying Dutchman ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
