[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Plover & Golden Plover - No, but 2 consolation prizes instead !

[robert adamo]

On Tuesday, between 2:30 and ~ 6:00 PM, I looked for the previously
reported species, from Cupsogue Co. Pk. to Shinnicock Inlet, without
success. I was rewarded for my efforts by finding FOS Boat-tailed
Grackles (2) in the marsh along Dune Rd, w/o the Ponquogue Bridge. At the
inlet I picked up an immature Iceland Gull, which looked like one of the
individuals that favored this location during this past winter. There was
also a raff of scooters  just inside the mouth of the inlet, but due to the
high winds and rough wave action, I was unable to get a real accurate count
(estimated ~ 230 birds)and the only specie I was sure of, was Surf Scooter,
of which there were many.

Cheers,
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Zone-tailed Hawk in Mass. (& Manx Shearw., L.I. Sound/CT waters)

[Thomas Fiore]

all somewhat extra-limital birds, except the shearwater - and the  
Champlain ducks may
be seen with a 10,000x scope from NY - or at least the Euro-Asian  
sensibility of them...

-
The photo is not too shabby - of a bird most go a little beyond New  
England to observe -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/114915809@N03/14046079813/
from the link below that John Gluth already posted here. More on the  
bird's only sighting
from April 25th at Chappaquiddick (Massacusetts) by Adam & dad Rand  
Burnett are at:
http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=859546   (it's been a few days  
as well...)


Oh, & another Manx Shearwater made it as far west into LI Sound as  
Stamford Conn. -

http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=860126

The Newfoundland (Atlantic Canada) tally for European Golden-Plovers  
had reached to
28 individuals, reported via Bruce Mactavish's NFLD. birding blog.   
Black-tailed Godwits

up there still at 4 (four) individuals.

Garganey drake in Vermont - today also drake & hen Tufted Ducks, at  
Lake Champlain.

April can be quite interesting.

tom fiore -
manhattan
-
On Apr 29, 2014, at 3:42 PM, J GLUTH wrote:
Sorry about the last link I posted not working. Here's the correct  
one.

http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=686704=MASS=Massachusetts


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/29

[Gabriel Willow]

Thanks as always for the detailed report Tom (and for the shout-out you gave me 
yesterday!).

I'll add a couple of sightings from my NYC Audubon walk this evening: we had 
two Field Sparrows in that patch of fragrant sumac between Cherry Hill & the 
Lower Lobe (by where the weeping willow used to stand).  Over the lake we had 
the two lingering Northern Rough-winged Swallows with a pair of Barn & one Tree 
Swallow.  

While we were watching them, a Black-crowned Night-Heron flew in and roosted 
nearby in a willow.

Warbler-wise, all we had were Palm, Yellow-rumped (many), B, and we heard but 
couldn't spot a singing N. Parula.  We also had a number of Blue-gray 
Gnatcatchers (which apparently are nesting again in Prospect Park, so that 
would be worth keeping an eye out for in CP as well).

It was an awfully chilly, damp, and windy evening though, and I got the sense 
that many birds, like the birders, were laying low.

Cheers,

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon 

> On Apr 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:
> 
> Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
> 
> A few additions to the spring arrivals - Veery & Wood Thrush, each of which 
> sang at times as did a few Hermit Thrush, sotto voce... & a bit more vocal, 
> in infrequent hearings and a few bright sightings, Great Crested Flycatcher & 
> Scarlet Tanager; also present in a few places were E. Phoebes, & at least 1 
> E. Kingbird. There were some birds in a lot of odd little areas that birders 
> don't get to all that often, except in passing... the warbler discovered 
> Monday is some proof that anything might be found anywhere, not just those 
> well-trodden and best-known locations, in a trodden place as 
> a-million-visitors-a-week Central Park is.
> 
> A Yellow-throated Warbler remained in the area south of 72 Street, more 
> specifically it was for some time in the mid-day & afternoon in trees at the 
> s. & s.w. edges of Sheep Meadow, that is north of a path that parallels the 
> W. 66 Street transverse road. It was singing even in rather dismal & chill 
> weather, and so were some of the other songbirds including the above, as well 
> as the more numerous Hermit Thrushes. Warblers besides the rarer one noted 
> included at least a dozen species, with Ovenbird, both Waterthrush spp., N. 
> Parula, Prairie, and others previously-noted found. It seemed some of the 
> waterfowl present recently may have moved on. A quick look at the reservoir & 
> lake did not reveal any uncommon species, but it's well worth looking at 
> almost any water body or shoreline with some of the sightings that have made 
> news in the region (as well as eyes to the skies...)!
> 
> good - "where the Zone-tailed Hawk flies by the Ptarmigan" [northeastern] - 
> birding...
> 
> Tom Fiore,
> Manhattan
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/29

[Thomas Fiore]

Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A few additions to the spring arrivals - Veery & Wood Thrush, each of  
which sang at times as did a few Hermit Thrush, sotto voce... & a bit  
more vocal, in infrequent hearings and a few bright sightings, Great  
Crested Flycatcher & Scarlet Tanager; also present in a few places  
were E. Phoebes, & at least 1 E. Kingbird. There were some birds in a  
lot of odd little areas that birders don't get to all that often,  
except in passing... the warbler discovered Monday is some proof that  
anything might be found anywhere, not just those well-trodden and best- 
known locations, in a trodden place as a-million-visitors-a-week  
Central Park is.


A Yellow-throated Warbler remained in the area south of 72 Street,  
more specifically it was for some time in the mid-day & afternoon in  
trees at the s. & s.w. edges of Sheep Meadow, that is north of a path  
that parallels the W. 66 Street transverse road. It was singing even  
in rather dismal & chill weather, and so were some of the other  
songbirds including the above, as well as the more numerous Hermit  
Thrushes. Warblers besides the rarer one noted included at least a  
dozen species, with Ovenbird, both Waterthrush spp., N. Parula,  
Prairie, and others previously-noted found. It seemed some of the  
waterfowl present recently may have moved on. A quick look at the  
reservoir & lake did not reveal any uncommon species, but it's well  
worth looking at almost any water body or shoreline with some of the  
sightings that have made news in the region (as well as eyes to the  
skies...)!


good - "where the Zone-tailed Hawk flies by the  
Ptarmigan" [northeastern] - birding...


Tom Fiore,
Manhattan



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Re:[nysbirds-l] More thoughts on Wilson's Plover/Golden Plover

[J GLUTH]

More intrigue. The yellow-toned face and breast Justin said his 
girlfriend recalled could describe a basic-plumaged or pre-alternate 
molt European Golden Plover, at least according to the comparative 
images of that species and basic American Golden which I've been looking 
at online today. American lacks yellow/gold tones in those areas.


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[nysbirds-l] Manx Shearwater + Riis Park, Queens

[Sean Sime]

Doug Gochfeld and Shane Blodgett are sea watching at Riis Park and report a
Parasitic Jeager flying west as well as an accommodating Manx Shearwater
which up until a minute ago was coursing back and forth providing good
scope views.
Also of note was a Red-necked Grebe.

Good Birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] More thoughts on Wilson's Plover/Golden Plover

[Justin LeClaire]

Hey again,

I went back to Cupsogue a little after 1pm with my girlfriend, Stephanie,
and could not relocate the Wilson's Plover. Previously, it was interacting
with three Piping Plovers in the area that I previously described, as well
as roosted occasionally with a small group of Sanderling and Dunlin that
were attempting to stay low and out of the wind. None of these birds were
in the area, save for one Piping Plover. We have noticed at mid and low
tide that many shorebirds congregate out on the extensive flood shoals in
the bay just north of the park, and many were there when we arrived that
second time. We scoped the shoals for quite some time and could not find
the Wilson's Plover, though we did come across as many as 7 Piping Plovers
at one time.

As for the Golden-Plover:  I did not actually observe the bird, but rather
it was Stephanie and our field team leader who saw and identified it. Steph
is sure it was one of the Golden-Plovers, as it had a shorter bill,
golden-tinted back, and did not show black axillaries like the
Black-bellied Plovers that it was with, however she nor I had considered
the fact that it could have been a European at the time. For what it's
worth, she says now that she does remember it having a somewhat
yellowish-seeming face and breast, but she's nowhere near certain of which
species it actually was and did not obtain a photo. We did not observe
any *Pluvialis
*plovers on the mainland at Cupsogue today while conducting a very thorough
sweep of the park for Piping Plovers. There were around a dozen
Black-bellied Plovers out on the exposed flood shoals with the other
shorebirds, however.

Good luck with finding either bird if you go!

Justin LeClaire
Shirley

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Re:[nysbirds-l] EXTRALIMITAL: Zone-tailed Hawk in Massachusetts

[J GLUTH]

Sorry about the last link I posted not working. Here's the correct one.

http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=686704=MASS=Massachusetts

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[nysbirds-l] EXTRALIMITAL: Zone-tailed Hawk in Masachusetts

[J GLUTH]

Almost makes Wilson's Plover seem pedestrian...
http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=686704=MASS=Massachusetts

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[nysbirds-l] Hawk migration,

[Peter Colen]

http://www.petercolenphotography.com/Sandy-Hook-04-27-14-A-few-from/i-V9vmHGf


This is not New York State, but these birds were heading towards NY. Mimi
Hue and I drove to different spots in New Jersey.


The most productive area was Sandy Hook where the hawk migration was taking
place. This is a hawk-watching point.

We saw at least 50 Sharpies, many falcons, Turkey Vultures, Osprey and
either 1 or 2 bald eagles, also Coopers Hawks.


The sharpies were crashing into underbrush trying to get at very small
birds. We were too far away to see what those little birds were, but they
came flying out every so often.


Mimi first saw a Piping Plover that turned into a mating sequence.


We saw a group of Turkey Vultures and I noticed that one was a Bald Eagle
juvenile, seemingly just flying with them. It looked like it was playing
with one in a non-agressive way.


Cheers, Peter Colen
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Re:[nysbirds-l] WILSON'S PLOVER, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Westhampton Beach

[J GLUTH]

The Wilson's Plover is a great find. But I'm even more intrigued by the 
American Golden Plovers also mentioned as an aside. American Golden 
Plover is an uncommon migrant in spring on Long Island, and it seems 
fairly early as well. As there have been ~20 EUROPEAN Golden Plovers 
reported up in Newfoundland within the past week I think anyone chasing 
the Wilson's should also make a concerted effort to to find, carefully 
study, and photograph any pluvialis plovers found.

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[nysbirds-l] WILSON'S PLOVER, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Westhampton Beach

[Justin LeClaire]

Hello all!

I'm working on Fire Island this spring/summer as a Piping Plover field 
technician and at 1130 today, found a male WILSON'S PLOVER at Cupsogue beach 
county park. An iPhone-scoped shot can be seen here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/14042030866/

Directions- from the giant parking lot, walk or drive west down the dirt road 
(truck recommended if driving) to the metal gate halfway down the park. Walk a 
little past the gate until the grassy dunes dissipate to sand and are much 
shorter, take a right here at the roped path to the bay side. The bird was 
right in the vicinity of this path in the bay-beach area. 

Additionally, we had at least one American Golden-Plover (possibly two) here 
two days ago in the park. 

PLEASE be careful to not disturb the Piping Plovers in the vicinity, and 
remember to stay in designated walking areas!

Justin LeClaire
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[nysbirds-l] Protagonist warbler

[Norm Klein]

To those who are searching for the protagonist warbler, I recommend you go to 
spellcheck for a description.

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[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary warbler

[Norm Klein]

So sorry for the misspelliing.  I apologize to all

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[nysbirds-l] Little blue heron

[towhee]

 Little blue her on at Fuchs Pond.  No protagonists warbler.T-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Yellow-throated Warbler continues

[Anders Peltomaa]

Forwarding a text alert from Morgan Tingley.

Yellow Thr Warbler cont. S. of Sheep's Meadow along 67th Tranverse - M.
Tingley

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside

[Grover, Bob]

There were single Seaside and Saltmarsh Sparrows at Gardiner County Park, in 
Bayshore, yesterday morning, along with a couple of Brown Thrashers.
Bob Grover


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Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside 27 April

A FOS SEASIDE SPARROW was singing by the pond path, but failed to show itself.

Other recently arriving summer birds seen today included GLOSSY IBIS, WILLET, 2 
loudly calling and then posing CLAPPER RAILS , LAUGHING GULL and FORSTER'S TERN.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside

[Grover, Bob]

There were single Seaside and Saltmarsh Sparrows at Gardiner County Park, in 
Bayshore, yesterday morning, along with a couple of Brown Thrashers.
Bob Grover


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Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside 27 April

A FOS SEASIDE SPARROW was singing by the pond path, but failed to show itself.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Yellow-throated Warbler continues

[Anders Peltomaa]

Forwarding a text alert from Morgan Tingley.

Yellow Thr Warbler cont. S. of Sheep's Meadow along 67th Tranverse - M.
Tingley

Anders Peltomaa
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[nysbirds-l] Little blue heron

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Little blue her on at Fuchs Pond. No protagonists warbler.T-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network.

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[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary warbler

[Norm Klein]

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[nysbirds-l] Protagonist warbler

[Norm Klein]

To those who are searching for the protagonist warbler, I recommend you go to 
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[nysbirds-l] WILSON'S PLOVER, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Westhampton Beach

[Justin LeClaire]

Hello all!

I'm working on Fire Island this spring/summer as a Piping Plover field 
technician and at 1130 today, found a male WILSON'S PLOVER at Cupsogue beach 
county park. An iPhone-scoped shot can be seen here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/14042030866/

Directions- from the giant parking lot, walk or drive west down the dirt road 
(truck recommended if driving) to the metal gate halfway down the park. Walk a 
little past the gate until the grassy dunes dissipate to sand and are much 
shorter, take a right here at the roped path to the bay side. The bird was 
right in the vicinity of this path in the bay-beach area. 

Additionally, we had at least one American Golden-Plover (possibly two) here 
two days ago in the park. 

PLEASE be careful to not disturb the Piping Plovers in the vicinity, and 
remember to stay in designated walking areas!

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Re:[nysbirds-l] WILSON'S PLOVER, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Westhampton Beach

[J GLUTH]

The Wilson's Plover is a great find. But I'm even more intrigued by the 
American Golden Plovers also mentioned as an aside. American Golden 
Plover is an uncommon migrant in spring on Long Island, and it seems 
fairly early as well. As there have been ~20 EUROPEAN Golden Plovers 
reported up in Newfoundland within the past week I think anyone chasing 
the Wilson's should also make a concerted effort to to find, carefully 
study, and photograph any pluvialis plovers found.

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[nysbirds-l] Hawk migration,

[Peter Colen]

http://www.petercolenphotography.com/Sandy-Hook-04-27-14-A-few-from/i-V9vmHGf


This is not New York State, but these birds were heading towards NY. Mimi
Hue and I drove to different spots in New Jersey.


The most productive area was Sandy Hook where the hawk migration was taking
place. This is a hawk-watching point.

We saw at least 50 Sharpies, many falcons, Turkey Vultures, Osprey and
either 1 or 2 bald eagles, also Coopers Hawks.


The sharpies were crashing into underbrush trying to get at very small
birds. We were too far away to see what those little birds were, but they
came flying out every so often.


Mimi first saw a Piping Plover that turned into a mating sequence.


We saw a group of Turkey Vultures and I noticed that one was a Bald Eagle
juvenile, seemingly just flying with them. It looked like it was playing
with one in a non-agressive way.


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[nysbirds-l] EXTRALIMITAL: Zone-tailed Hawk in Masachusetts

[J GLUTH]

Almost makes Wilson's Plover seem pedestrian...
http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=686704MLID=MASSMLNM=Massachusetts

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Re:[nysbirds-l] EXTRALIMITAL: Zone-tailed Hawk in Massachusetts

[J GLUTH]

Sorry about the last link I posted not working. Here's the correct one.

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[nysbirds-l] More thoughts on Wilson's Plover/Golden Plover

[Justin LeClaire]

Hey again,

I went back to Cupsogue a little after 1pm with my girlfriend, Stephanie,
and could not relocate the Wilson's Plover. Previously, it was interacting
with three Piping Plovers in the area that I previously described, as well
as roosted occasionally with a small group of Sanderling and Dunlin that
were attempting to stay low and out of the wind. None of these birds were
in the area, save for one Piping Plover. We have noticed at mid and low
tide that many shorebirds congregate out on the extensive flood shoals in
the bay just north of the park, and many were there when we arrived that
second time. We scoped the shoals for quite some time and could not find
the Wilson's Plover, though we did come across as many as 7 Piping Plovers
at one time.

As for the Golden-Plover:  I did not actually observe the bird, but rather
it was Stephanie and our field team leader who saw and identified it. Steph
is sure it was one of the Golden-Plovers, as it had a shorter bill,
golden-tinted back, and did not show black axillaries like the
Black-bellied Plovers that it was with, however she nor I had considered
the fact that it could have been a European at the time. For what it's
worth, she says now that she does remember it having a somewhat
yellowish-seeming face and breast, but she's nowhere near certain of which
species it actually was and did not obtain a photo. We did not observe
any *Pluvialis
*plovers on the mainland at Cupsogue today while conducting a very thorough
sweep of the park for Piping Plovers. There were around a dozen
Black-bellied Plovers out on the exposed flood shoals with the other
shorebirds, however.

Good luck with finding either bird if you go!

Justin LeClaire
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[nysbirds-l] Manx Shearwater + Riis Park, Queens

[Sean Sime]

Doug Gochfeld and Shane Blodgett are sea watching at Riis Park and report a
Parasitic Jeager flying west as well as an accommodating Manx Shearwater
which up until a minute ago was coursing back and forth providing good
scope views.
Also of note was a Red-necked Grebe.

Good Birding,

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Re:[nysbirds-l] More thoughts on Wilson's Plover/Golden Plover

[J GLUTH]

More intrigue. The yellow-toned face and breast Justin said his 
girlfriend recalled could describe a basic-plumaged or pre-alternate 
molt European Golden Plover, at least according to the comparative 
images of that species and basic American Golden which I've been looking 
at online today. American lacks yellow/gold tones in those areas.


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/29

[Thomas Fiore]

Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A few additions to the spring arrivals - Veery  Wood Thrush, each of  
which sang at times as did a few Hermit Thrush, sotto voce...  a bit  
more vocal, in infrequent hearings and a few bright sightings, Great  
Crested Flycatcher  Scarlet Tanager; also present in a few places  
were E. Phoebes,  at least 1 E. Kingbird. There were some birds in a  
lot of odd little areas that birders don't get to all that often,  
except in passing... the warbler discovered Monday is some proof that  
anything might be found anywhere, not just those well-trodden and best- 
known locations, in a trodden place as a-million-visitors-a-week  
Central Park is.


A Yellow-throated Warbler remained in the area south of 72 Street,  
more specifically it was for some time in the mid-day  afternoon in  
trees at the s.  s.w. edges of Sheep Meadow, that is north of a path  
that parallels the W. 66 Street transverse road. It was singing even  
in rather dismal  chill weather, and so were some of the other  
songbirds including the above, as well as the more numerous Hermit  
Thrushes. Warblers besides the rarer one noted included at least a  
dozen species, with Ovenbird, both Waterthrush spp., N. Parula,  
Prairie, and others previously-noted found. It seemed some of the  
waterfowl present recently may have moved on. A quick look at the  
reservoir  lake did not reveal any uncommon species, but it's well  
worth looking at almost any water body or shoreline with some of the  
sightings that have made news in the region (as well as eyes to the  
skies...)!


good - where the Zone-tailed Hawk flies by the  
Ptarmigan [northeastern] - birding...


Tom Fiore,
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/29

[Gabriel Willow]

Thanks as always for the detailed report Tom (and for the shout-out you gave me 
yesterday!).

I'll add a couple of sightings from my NYC Audubon walk this evening: we had 
two Field Sparrows in that patch of fragrant sumac between Cherry Hill  the 
Lower Lobe (by where the weeping willow used to stand).  Over the lake we had 
the two lingering Northern Rough-winged Swallows with a pair of Barn  one Tree 
Swallow.  

While we were watching them, a Black-crowned Night-Heron flew in and roosted 
nearby in a willow.

Warbler-wise, all we had were Palm, Yellow-rumped (many), BW, and we heard but 
couldn't spot a singing N. Parula.  We also had a number of Blue-gray 
Gnatcatchers (which apparently are nesting again in Prospect Park, so that 
would be worth keeping an eye out for in CP as well).

It was an awfully chilly, damp, and windy evening though, and I got the sense 
that many birds, like the birders, were laying low.

Cheers,

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon 

 On Apr 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Thomas Fiore tom...@earthlink.net wrote:
 
 Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
 
 A few additions to the spring arrivals - Veery  Wood Thrush, each of which 
 sang at times as did a few Hermit Thrush, sotto voce...  a bit more vocal, 
 in infrequent hearings and a few bright sightings, Great Crested Flycatcher  
 Scarlet Tanager; also present in a few places were E. Phoebes,  at least 1 
 E. Kingbird. There were some birds in a lot of odd little areas that birders 
 don't get to all that often, except in passing... the warbler discovered 
 Monday is some proof that anything might be found anywhere, not just those 
 well-trodden and best-known locations, in a trodden place as 
 a-million-visitors-a-week Central Park is.
 
 A Yellow-throated Warbler remained in the area south of 72 Street, more 
 specifically it was for some time in the mid-day  afternoon in trees at the 
 s.  s.w. edges of Sheep Meadow, that is north of a path that parallels the 
 W. 66 Street transverse road. It was singing even in rather dismal  chill 
 weather, and so were some of the other songbirds including the above, as well 
 as the more numerous Hermit Thrushes. Warblers besides the rarer one noted 
 included at least a dozen species, with Ovenbird, both Waterthrush spp., N. 
 Parula, Prairie, and others previously-noted found. It seemed some of the 
 waterfowl present recently may have moved on. A quick look at the reservoir  
 lake did not reveal any uncommon species, but it's well worth looking at 
 almost any water body or shoreline with some of the sightings that have made 
 news in the region (as well as eyes to the skies...)!
 
 good - where the Zone-tailed Hawk flies by the Ptarmigan [northeastern] - 
 birding...
 
 Tom Fiore,
 Manhattan
 
 
 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Zone-tailed Hawk in Mass. ( Manx Shearw., L.I. Sound/CT waters)

[Thomas Fiore]

all somewhat extra-limital birds, except the shearwater - and the  
Champlain ducks may
be seen with a 10,000x scope from NY - or at least the Euro-Asian  
sensibility of them...

-
The photo is not too shabby - of a bird most go a little beyond New  
England to observe -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/114915809@N03/14046079813/
from the link below that John Gluth already posted here. More on the  
bird's only sighting
from April 25th at Chappaquiddick (Massacusetts) by Adam  dad Rand  
Burnett are at:
http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=859546   (it's been a few days  
as well...)


Oh,  another Manx Shearwater made it as far west into LI Sound as  
Stamford Conn. -

http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=860126

The Newfoundland (Atlantic Canada) tally for European Golden-Plovers  
had reached to
28 individuals, reported via Bruce Mactavish's NFLD. birding blog.   
Black-tailed Godwits

up there still at 4 (four) individuals.

Garganey drake in Vermont - today also drake  hen Tufted Ducks, at  
Lake Champlain.

April can be quite interesting.

tom fiore -
manhattan
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Sorry about the last link I posted not working. Here's the correct  
one.

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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Plover Golden Plover - No, but 2 consolation prizes instead !

[robert adamo]

On Tuesday, between 2:30 and ~ 6:00 PM, I looked for the previously
reported species, from Cupsogue Co. Pk. to Shinnicock Inlet, without
success. I was rewarded for my efforts by finding FOS Boat-tailed
Grackles (2) in the marsh along Dune Rd, w/o the Ponquogue Bridge. At the
inlet I picked up an immature Iceland Gull, which looked like one of the
individuals that favored this location during this past winter. There was
also a raff of scooters  just inside the mouth of the inlet, but due to the
high winds and rough wave action, I was unable to get a real accurate count
(estimated ~ 230 birds)and the only specie I was sure of, was Surf Scooter,
of which there were many.

Cheers,
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