[nysbirds-l] Central Park & etc. NYC 4/18-20

[Thomas Fiore]

Sat.-Sun.-Monday, 18 - 19 - & 20 April, 2015 (no rarities)

Central Park (& other sites noted), Manhattan, N.Y. City

Monday, partly a rain-out, but before the main rain of the day, a  
modest no. of migrants, esp. warblers, were in small flocks  
particularly around the edges of the Lake (& esp. on the Ramble side),  
with about half as many Pine (12+) as Myrtle/Yellow-rumped (25+),  
along with some Palm, and also as fly-overs in the mist, another 40+++  
of warblers, of which the ones I could hear or make out were all, or  
almost all, Yellow-rumped as well. The larger arrival of that warbler  
species is imminent, and with them are likely to be an assortment of  
other migrants. I'd bet that a fair number of migrants were passing  
all morning and even into the p.m., with perhaps some just stopping in  
to feed & moving on again in the fog & drizzle. A rather soggy male  
Cooper's Hawk at the "oven" will be interesting if it is around many  
more days. There was a glossy breeding-plumaged calling male Rusty  
Blackbird at the Loch in the morning.   At least for a short while  
there was a modest concentration of swallows around (over) Turtle  
Pond, with just the 3 most-regular spp. in CP seen, Tree, N. Rough- 
winged, & Barn, totaling about 50 individuals in all (I looked here  
and along the lake edges again much later in the day, and was unable  
to find these numbers again). At the reservoir, very few swallows when  
I passed by; some ducks continued, such as N. Shovelers, Buffleheads  
and a couple of Ruddys, & at least 1 Wood Duck. The gull numbers which  
seemed good as the really heavy rain was starting were down to very  
few by later in the day. A single Spotted Sandpiper was the only  
shorebird I noted, along the Lake.

I had a look in some of the midtown Manhattan (smaller) parks on  
Sunday, & found a mix of migrants in 2: Madison Square, & Union  
Square, but apart from the long-staying Chuck-will's-widow at Bryant,  
it seemed relatively more quiet (other than a few migrants). I also  
had a look in some other smallish green-spaces farther west, & found  
scattered smatterings of some of the most-common migrants. I didn't  
get to the river to seek out what could be moving on or right by the  
water...

At Central Park on the weekend, the going seemed moderately slow for  
fresh migrants, yet I found a few that were new at least to me for the  
year - an Ovenbird, Saturday a.m. near the Mineral Springs pavilion  
(south of Falconer's Hill), & on Sunday at the Loch (a.k.a. the  
Ravine), a singing Yellow Warbler, (which also was likely the same at  
the Meer, a bit earlier the same morning).   Of other warbler species  
I found, the no's. were not all that great other than perhaps for  
["yellow"] Palm Warbler, & to a lesser extent, Pine Warbler. A good  
no. of E. Towhees have been in the past few days & there seemed a  
fresh influx of sparrows as well as Dark-eyed Junco by the weekend.  
Also new, at least to me, a couple of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks on both  
days at the Great Hill which has somewhat regularly been a good spot  
to find them in the early part of the season, yet I did not come up  
with them at all later either day. Also still present were Louisiana  
Waterthrush, a couple of Black-and-white Warblers, & on Sat. at least,  
a male Common Yellowthroat at The Pool (near W. 103 St.)  I failed to  
find a loon on the reservoir as of Sunday, while I did see 1 Common  
Loon there Sat. a.m.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Glossy Ibis Suffolk

[Peter Priolo]

This days dawn I had a wonderful chance observation of ~12 glossy ibis fly over 
my home. 

Peter Priolo
Ctr Moriches 



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shane Blodgett]

I went back out this afternoon and found 4 adult LBBG at Floyd and 5 adults at 
Plum Beach. With the 2 first winters from this morning (after reviewing my 
photos I'm retracting the 3rd winter) that makes a total of 11 Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls in Brooklyn today. Also approximately 250 HEGU/25 GBBG/9 
RBGU/16 LAGU between the 2 sites.

A brief stop at Coney Island around 5:30 yielded 0 LBBG and less than 50 gulls 
total though 15 of those were GBBG.

Shane

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Derek Rogers  wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> In anticipation of some storm-driven Lesser Black-backed Gulls I drove 
> through the fog at Hecksher State Park this evening and tallied up to 12 
> individuals staged in the Field 7 parking area. 9 of these individuals were 
> adults and the remaining 3 subadults. Also present in larger numbers were 
> Great Black-backed and Herring Gull but a surprising 0 Ring-billed Gull. 
> 
> Best,
> Derek Rogers
> Sayville
> 
> 
>> On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Shaibal Mitra  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I 
>> tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled 
>> in thick.
>> 
>> Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP 
>> (possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first 
>> summer at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island 
>> in western Suffolk County).
>> 
>> Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall 
>> near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls 
>> at the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult 
>> LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this 
>> year they never appeared).
>> 
>> If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that 
>> we can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status 
>> here.
>> 
>> Shai Mitra
>> Bay Shore
>> 
>> From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
>> [bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett 
>> [shaneblodg...@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM
>> To: nys birds
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding
>> 
>> Hit send prematurely
>> 6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter
>> 
>> Shane Blodgett
>> Brooklyn NY
>> 
>> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Derek Rogers]

All,

In anticipation of some storm-driven Lesser Black-backed Gulls I drove through 
the fog at Hecksher State Park this evening and tallied up to 12 individuals 
staged in the Field 7 parking area. 9 of these individuals were adults and the 
remaining 3 subadults. Also present in larger numbers were Great Black-backed 
and Herring Gull but a surprising 0 Ring-billed Gull. 

Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville


> On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Shaibal Mitra  wrote:
> 
> I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I 
> tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled in 
> thick.
> 
> Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP 
> (possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first 
> summer at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island 
> in western Suffolk County).
> 
> Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall 
> near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls at 
> the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult 
> LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this year 
> they never appeared).
> 
> If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that 
> we can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status here.
> 
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
> [bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett 
> [shaneblodg...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM
> To: nys birds
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding
> 
> Hit send prematurely
> 6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter
> 
> Shane Blodgett
> Brooklyn NY
> 
> 
> Register today for “Curtains Up!” the inaugural presentation of the Geraldo 
> Rivera Lecture Series>
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shaibal Mitra]

I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I 
tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled in 
thick.

Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP 
(possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first summer 
at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island in western 
Suffolk County).

Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall 
near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls at 
the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult 
LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this year 
they never appeared).

If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that we 
can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status here.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett 
[shaneblodg...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM
To: nys birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

Hit send prematurely
6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* April 20, 2015*  NYSY  04. 20. 15 Hotline: Syracuse 
Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 13, 2015 - April 20, 2015to report by e-mail: 
brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National 
Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga 
County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & 
Cortlandcompiled: April 20 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga 
Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  #439 Monday April 20, 2015 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 13, 
2014 Highlights:---
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONBLACK VULTUREGOLDEN EAGLESANDHILL CRANEAMERICAN 
AVOCETUPLAND SANDPIPERLITTLE GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLFORSTER’S 
TERNSHORT-EARED OWLWHITE-EYED VIREOBOHEMIAN WAXWINGEVENING GROSBEAK

Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     4/14: A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at the Audubon Center on Rt. 89.     
4/16: At least 20 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the beginning of 
Towpath Road.     4/19: A singing WHITE-EYED VIREO was found at the beginning 
of Towpath Road. Unfortunately it could not be relocated later in the day. 2 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were also seen in the area.

Derby Hill
     Another slow week with only 5,353 hawks counted. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were 
seen on 4/19.

Oswego County
     4/19: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at the Oswego County Airport from 
Howard Road.     4/20: 2 FISH CROWS were seen at the Phoenix dam and lock area. 
They appeared to be carrying nesting material.

Onondaga County
     4/14: A LITTLE GULL was seen in the company of Bonaparte’s Gulls at the 
Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. Unfortunately it quickly departed.     4/20: 
5 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen and well photographed on the southwest shore of 
Onondaga Lake.

Madison County
     4/16: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the Town of Lenox.     4/19: A 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found at Woodman Pond.

Oneida County
     4/17: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Big Bay on Oneida Lake. A GOLDEN EAGLE 
was seen at the Utica Marsh.

Herkimer county
     4/12: Somewhat belated but a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen and well 
photographed near Bronner Road north of Little Falls.     4/17: An EVENING 
GROSBEAK was seen in West Winfield.

Cortland County
     4/19: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a BLACK VULTURE were seen at the Lime 
Hollow Nature Center.

Jefferson County
     4/14: 7 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen just east of Watertown.

New Arrivals
COMMON GALLINULEBANK SWALLOWBROWN THRASHERBLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERGREEN 
HERONLESSER YELLOWLEGSSORA
    
      --  end report


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[nysbirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush, Bryant Park NYC

[Gabriel Willow]

There is a nice Louisiana Waterthrush working the flower beds on the north side 
of the lawn in Bryant Park. It periodically flies up into the trees too.

No sign of the Chuck-will's-widow, although they are masters of camouflage so 
who knows?

Also seen: Brown Thrasher, W-t Sparrow, Song Sparrow.

Good rainy birding,

Gabriel Willow
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[nysbirds-l] C. Ravens & Nest at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Suffolk Co.

[robert adamo]

Sunday morning, through the good graces of Dan Wilson,(ELIAS member and
B.N.L.  employee) after convincing Homeland Security I was not a
 terrorist, we were able to see the pair of C.Ravens, which are nesting at
"The Lab", on a "cat-walk, high up a tall chimney. In a short period of
time, we saw the birds at rest, then fly, following one of them (female ?)
back to the nest. This bird was missing parts of its rectrices (middle of
tail at terminus of wedge), which made Dan wonder if some nesting females
loose these in order to promote nest efficiency ? Also seen were ( 2-3 )
FOS Chipping Sparrows.

Cheers,
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Audubon lecture, Tues. April 21, Central Park Arsenal, 6pm

[Lynne Hertzog]

Lectures are free and open to the public.
The Arsenal, central Park, 5th Ave. at 64th St. 6 pm

*> TUESDAY, APRIL 21 -- Eric Sanderson, Ph.d.*
*> >*
*> > Imagining New York City For Birds and Other Beasts:  An Update from
WCS's Welikia Project*
> >
> > The Welikia Project, formally The Mannahatta Project, is an interactive
map that adds a 400-year-old visual overlay of the former landscape ecology
of New York City and surrounding boroughs. The name Welikia means “my good
home” and was spoken by the Lenape people who used to inhabit the island.
The science of the project uses georeferenced historical data and field
samples collected over several years, which together create a multi-layered
map of the Muir Web or ecological community in question.  Join Eric
Sanderson for *"Imagining New York City For Birds and Other Beasts:  An
Update from WCS's Welikia Project."*  For more on Eric's work, see https
:// welikia.org/
.

Also coming up-

*MONDAY, MAY 11 -- **Dan Alon, Noam Weiss, and Jonathan **Meyrav*

Israel is a truly incredible place for birds and birding. Half a billion
birds pass through Israel twice a year making it the second largest
"flyway" in the world. Over 540 species of birds have been recorded in
Israel, a country the size of New Jersey. From the snow covered peak of Mt
Hermon in the north, through the low-lying Dead Sea Valley and south to the
granite peaks of the Eilat Mountains, Israel boasts an avifauna that is
second only to the tropics. Join distinguished birders from the Society for
the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) Dan Alon, Noam Weiss, and
Jonathan Meyrav as they discuss birding, the miracle of migration, and work
being done to protect and provide for birds in Israel.



*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10*
Conservation Program update with Susan Elbin at the NYC Audubon Annual
Meeting,

 The series has been made
possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

http://www.nycaudubon.org/lectures

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shane Blodgett]

Hit send prematurely
6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter

Shane Blodgett 
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shane Blodgett]

Strong southeast winds and rain usually bring some interesting things to 
Gravesend Bay and Floyd Bennett runways and this morning was no exception.

Gravesend:

~150 Northern Gannet dive feeding with Verrazano as a backdrop-
1st winter Glaucous Gull
female Black Scoter
7 Horned Grebe (getting late)

Floyd:
6 Lesser Black-backed Gull
(
I'm 
~65 Black-bellied Plover
8 Dunlin
1 Red Knot


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[nysbirds-l] Rough-legged Hawk, Point Lookout Nassau co.

[Arie Gilbert]

Re late sightings, we saw a Rough-legged Hawk hunting on Alder island, 
just north of Point Lookout on Loop Parkway yesterday at dusk.


Arie Gilbert
North Babylon, NY

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On 4/19/2015 8:39 PM, Steve Walter wrote:

Picture posted at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . Kind of nice that I
was there when it was found, rather than faced with a road trip upon the
news of the discovery. A nice capper to the routine good birds of the area,
which included the continuing pair of Harlequin Ducks sitting among 7 Purple
Sandpipers on the western jetty in Point Lookout. Still a Common Eider here
and there, including a cooperative female close to shore along the channel
between the Coast Guard station and the fisherman's parking lot.

An additional note I have is that of a Rough-legged Hawk migrating high over
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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* April 20, 2015*  NYSY  04. 20. 15 Hotline: Syracuse 
Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 13, 2015 - April 20, 2015to report by e-mail: 
brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National 
Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga 
County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison  
Cortlandcompiled: April 20 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga 
Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  #439 Monday April 20, 2015 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 13, 
2014 Highlights:---
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONBLACK VULTUREGOLDEN EAGLESANDHILL CRANEAMERICAN 
AVOCETUPLAND SANDPIPERLITTLE GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLFORSTER’S 
TERNSHORT-EARED OWLWHITE-EYED VIREOBOHEMIAN WAXWINGEVENING GROSBEAK

Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     4/14: A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at the Audubon Center on Rt. 89.     
4/16: At least 20 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the beginning of 
Towpath Road.     4/19: A singing WHITE-EYED VIREO was found at the beginning 
of Towpath Road. Unfortunately it could not be relocated later in the day. 2 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were also seen in the area.

Derby Hill
     Another slow week with only 5,353 hawks counted. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were 
seen on 4/19.

Oswego County
     4/19: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at the Oswego County Airport from 
Howard Road.     4/20: 2 FISH CROWS were seen at the Phoenix dam and lock area. 
They appeared to be carrying nesting material.

Onondaga County
     4/14: A LITTLE GULL was seen in the company of Bonaparte’s Gulls at the 
Liverpool Marina on Onondaga Lake. Unfortunately it quickly departed.     4/20: 
5 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen and well photographed on the southwest shore of 
Onondaga Lake.

Madison County
     4/16: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the Town of Lenox.     4/19: A 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found at Woodman Pond.

Oneida County
     4/17: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Big Bay on Oneida Lake. A GOLDEN EAGLE 
was seen at the Utica Marsh.

Herkimer county
     4/12: Somewhat belated but a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen and well 
photographed near Bronner Road north of Little Falls.     4/17: An EVENING 
GROSBEAK was seen in West Winfield.

Cortland County
     4/19: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a BLACK VULTURE were seen at the Lime 
Hollow Nature Center.

Jefferson County
     4/14: 7 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen just east of Watertown.

New Arrivals
COMMON GALLINULEBANK SWALLOWBROWN THRASHERBLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERGREEN 
HERONLESSER YELLOWLEGSSORA
    
      --  end report


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Derek Rogers]

All,

In anticipation of some storm-driven Lesser Black-backed Gulls I drove through 
the fog at Hecksher State Park this evening and tallied up to 12 individuals 
staged in the Field 7 parking area. 9 of these individuals were adults and the 
remaining 3 subadults. Also present in larger numbers were Great Black-backed 
and Herring Gull but a surprising 0 Ring-billed Gull. 

Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville


 On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu wrote:
 
 I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I 
 tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled in 
 thick.
 
 Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP 
 (possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first 
 summer at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island 
 in western Suffolk County).
 
 Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall 
 near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls at 
 the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult 
 LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this year 
 they never appeared).
 
 If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that 
 we can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status here.
 
 Shai Mitra
 Bay Shore
 
 From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 [bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett 
 [shaneblodg...@yahoo.com]
 Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM
 To: nys birds
 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding
 
 Hit send prematurely
 6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter
 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park etc. NYC 4/18-20

[Thomas Fiore]

Sat.-Sun.-Monday, 18 - 19 -  20 April, 2015 (no rarities)

Central Park ( other sites noted), Manhattan, N.Y. City

Monday, partly a rain-out, but before the main rain of the day, a  
modest no. of migrants, esp. warblers, were in small flocks  
particularly around the edges of the Lake ( esp. on the Ramble side),  
with about half as many Pine (12+) as Myrtle/Yellow-rumped (25+),  
along with some Palm, and also as fly-overs in the mist, another 40+++  
of warblers, of which the ones I could hear or make out were all, or  
almost all, Yellow-rumped as well. The larger arrival of that warbler  
species is imminent, and with them are likely to be an assortment of  
other migrants. I'd bet that a fair number of migrants were passing  
all morning and even into the p.m., with perhaps some just stopping in  
to feed  moving on again in the fog  drizzle. A rather soggy male  
Cooper's Hawk at the oven will be interesting if it is around many  
more days. There was a glossy breeding-plumaged calling male Rusty  
Blackbird at the Loch in the morning.   At least for a short while  
there was a modest concentration of swallows around (over) Turtle  
Pond, with just the 3 most-regular spp. in CP seen, Tree, N. Rough- 
winged,  Barn, totaling about 50 individuals in all (I looked here  
and along the lake edges again much later in the day, and was unable  
to find these numbers again). At the reservoir, very few swallows when  
I passed by; some ducks continued, such as N. Shovelers, Buffleheads  
and a couple of Ruddys,  at least 1 Wood Duck. The gull numbers which  
seemed good as the really heavy rain was starting were down to very  
few by later in the day. A single Spotted Sandpiper was the only  
shorebird I noted, along the Lake.

I had a look in some of the midtown Manhattan (smaller) parks on  
Sunday,  found a mix of migrants in 2: Madison Square,  Union  
Square, but apart from the long-staying Chuck-will's-widow at Bryant,  
it seemed relatively more quiet (other than a few migrants). I also  
had a look in some other smallish green-spaces farther west,  found  
scattered smatterings of some of the most-common migrants. I didn't  
get to the river to seek out what could be moving on or right by the  
water...

At Central Park on the weekend, the going seemed moderately slow for  
fresh migrants, yet I found a few that were new at least to me for the  
year - an Ovenbird, Saturday a.m. near the Mineral Springs pavilion  
(south of Falconer's Hill),  on Sunday at the Loch (a.k.a. the  
Ravine), a singing Yellow Warbler, (which also was likely the same at  
the Meer, a bit earlier the same morning).   Of other warbler species  
I found, the no's. were not all that great other than perhaps for  
[yellow] Palm Warbler,  to a lesser extent, Pine Warbler. A good  
no. of E. Towhees have been in the past few days  there seemed a  
fresh influx of sparrows as well as Dark-eyed Junco by the weekend.  
Also new, at least to me, a couple of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks on both  
days at the Great Hill which has somewhat regularly been a good spot  
to find them in the early part of the season, yet I did not come up  
with them at all later either day. Also still present were Louisiana  
Waterthrush, a couple of Black-and-white Warblers,  on Sat. at least,  
a male Common Yellowthroat at The Pool (near W. 103 St.)  I failed to  
find a loon on the reservoir as of Sunday, while I did see 1 Common  
Loon there Sat. a.m.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shane Blodgett]

I went back out this afternoon and found 4 adult LBBG at Floyd and 5 adults at 
Plum Beach. With the 2 first winters from this morning (after reviewing my 
photos I'm retracting the 3rd winter) that makes a total of 11 Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls in Brooklyn today. Also approximately 250 HEGU/25 GBBG/9 
RBGU/16 LAGU between the 2 sites.

A brief stop at Coney Island around 5:30 yielded 0 LBBG and less than 50 gulls 
total though 15 of those were GBBG.

Shane

Sent from my iPhone

 On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 All,
 
 In anticipation of some storm-driven Lesser Black-backed Gulls I drove 
 through the fog at Hecksher State Park this evening and tallied up to 12 
 individuals staged in the Field 7 parking area. 9 of these individuals were 
 adults and the remaining 3 subadults. Also present in larger numbers were 
 Great Black-backed and Herring Gull but a surprising 0 Ring-billed Gull. 
 
 Best,
 Derek Rogers
 Sayville
 
 
 On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu 
 wrote:
 
 I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I 
 tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled 
 in thick.
 
 Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP 
 (possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first 
 summer at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island 
 in western Suffolk County).
 
 Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall 
 near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls 
 at the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult 
 LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this 
 year they never appeared).
 
 If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that 
 we can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status 
 here.
 
 Shai Mitra
 Bay Shore
 
 From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 [bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett 
 [shaneblodg...@yahoo.com]
 Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM
 To: nys birds
 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding
 
 Hit send prematurely
 6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter
 
 Shane Blodgett
 Brooklyn NY
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] Glossy Ibis Suffolk

[Peter Priolo]

This days dawn I had a wonderful chance observation of ~12 glossy ibis fly over 
my home. 

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shaibal Mitra]

I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I 
tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled in 
thick.

Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP 
(possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first summer 
at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island in western 
Suffolk County).

Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall 
near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls at 
the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult 
LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this year 
they never appeared).

If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that we 
can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status here.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett 
[shaneblodg...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM
To: nys birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

Hit send prematurely
6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY


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[nysbirds-l] Rough-legged Hawk, Point Lookout Nassau co.

[Arie Gilbert]

Re late sightings, we saw a Rough-legged Hawk hunting on Alder island, 
just north of Point Lookout on Loop Parkway yesterday at dusk.


Arie Gilbert
North Babylon, NY

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On 4/19/2015 8:39 PM, Steve Walter wrote:

Picture posted at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . Kind of nice that I
was there when it was found, rather than faced with a road trip upon the
news of the discovery. A nice capper to the routine good birds of the area,
which included the continuing pair of Harlequin Ducks sitting among 7 Purple
Sandpipers on the western jetty in Point Lookout. Still a Common Eider here
and there, including a cooperative female close to shore along the channel
between the Coast Guard station and the fisherman's parking lot.

An additional note I have is that of a Rough-legged Hawk migrating high over
Hook Mountain April 18. Quite unusual, but the second of the season there
(in sporadic coverage) -- an interesting epilogue to the winter irruption.

Steve Walter
Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shane Blodgett]

Strong southeast winds and rain usually bring some interesting things to 
Gravesend Bay and Floyd Bennett runways and this morning was no exception.

Gravesend:

~150 Northern Gannet dive feeding with Verrazano as a backdrop-
1st winter Glaucous Gull
female Black Scoter
7 Horned Grebe (getting late)

Floyd:
6 Lesser Black-backed Gull
(
I'm 
~65 Black-bellied Plover
8 Dunlin
1 Red Knot


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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding

[Shane Blodgett]

Hit send prematurely
6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter

Shane Blodgett 
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Audubon lecture, Tues. April 21, Central Park Arsenal, 6pm

[Lynne Hertzog]

Lectures are free and open to the public.
The Arsenal, central Park, 5th Ave. at 64th St. 6 pm

* TUESDAY, APRIL 21 -- Eric Sanderson, Ph.d.*
* *
*  Imagining New York City For Birds and Other Beasts:  An Update from
WCS's Welikia Project*
 
  The Welikia Project, formally The Mannahatta Project, is an interactive
map that adds a 400-year-old visual overlay of the former landscape ecology
of New York City and surrounding boroughs. The name Welikia means “my good
home” and was spoken by the Lenape people who used to inhabit the island.
The science of the project uses georeferenced historical data and field
samples collected over several years, which together create a multi-layered
map of the Muir Web or ecological community in question.  Join Eric
Sanderson for *Imagining New York City For Birds and Other Beasts:  An
Update from WCS's Welikia Project.*  For more on Eric's work, see https
https://welikia.org/:// https://welikia.org/welikia.org/
https://welikia.org/.

Also coming up-

*MONDAY, MAY 11 -- **Dan Alon, Noam Weiss, and Jonathan **Meyrav*

Israel is a truly incredible place for birds and birding. Half a billion
birds pass through Israel twice a year making it the second largest
flyway in the world. Over 540 species of birds have been recorded in
Israel, a country the size of New Jersey. From the snow covered peak of Mt
Hermon in the north, through the low-lying Dead Sea Valley and south to the
granite peaks of the Eilat Mountains, Israel boasts an avifauna that is
second only to the tropics. Join distinguished birders from the Society for
the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) Dan Alon, Noam Weiss, and
Jonathan Meyrav as they discuss birding, the miracle of migration, and work
being done to protect and provide for birds in Israel.



*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10*
Conservation Program update with Susan Elbin at the NYC Audubon Annual
Meeting,

 The series has been made
possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

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[nysbirds-l] C. Ravens Nest at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Suffolk Co.

[robert adamo]

Sunday morning, through the good graces of Dan Wilson,(ELIAS member and
B.N.L.  employee) after convincing Homeland Security I was not a
 terrorist, we were able to see the pair of C.Ravens, which are nesting at
The Lab, on a cat-walk, high up a tall chimney. In a short period of
time, we saw the birds at rest, then fly, following one of them (female ?)
back to the nest. This bird was missing parts of its rectrices (middle of
tail at terminus of wedge), which made Dan wonder if some nesting females
loose these in order to promote nest efficiency ? Also seen were ( 2-3 )
FOS Chipping Sparrows.

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush, Bryant Park NYC

[Gabriel Willow]

There is a nice Louisiana Waterthrush working the flower beds on the north side 
of the lawn in Bryant Park. It periodically flies up into the trees too.

No sign of the Chuck-will's-widow, although they are masters of camouflage so 
who knows?

Also seen: Brown Thrasher, W-t Sparrow, Song Sparrow.

Good rainy birding,

Gabriel Willow
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