[nysbirds-l] Today wasn't mean, it was just lean !

2016-04-18 Thread robert adamo 
A planned early morning trip into Hempstead Lake State Park had to be
postponed and instead, I started at the D.E.C.property in Rocky Point. This
was my FOY visit to this normally busy venue, but today proved to be just a
bit too early in the season. After ~ 1 & 1/2 hours, my total sightings
consisted of 4 Black-capped Chickadees, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3
Mourning Cloak Butterflies and a single, FOY Bumble Bee !

Heading back east, I first routed myself through "downtown" Wading River
and found 2 pairs of Wood Ducks (one in each pond). The lighting was such,
that I could have obtained good photos, if they only came out in the
open...very frustrating ! Next came EPCAL (the Calverton Grasslands) where
there was a very much appreciated up-swing in bird species: 1 female
Kestrel; 1 singing E.Meadowlark near the long runway and a pair of
E.Bluebirds, plus 2 Tree Swallows, near the Swan Lake Blvd. entrance on the
s/s of the property.

Cheers,
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[nysbirds-l] Today wasn't mean, it was just lean !

2016-04-18 Thread robert adamo 
A planned early morning trip into Hempstead Lake State Park had to be
postponed and instead, I started at the D.E.C.property in Rocky Point. This
was my FOY visit to this normally busy venue, but today proved to be just a
bit too early in the season. After ~ 1 & 1/2 hours, my total sightings
consisted of 4 Black-capped Chickadees, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3
Mourning Cloak Butterflies and a single, FOY Bumble Bee !

Heading back east, I first routed myself through "downtown" Wading River
and found 2 pairs of Wood Ducks (one in each pond). The lighting was such,
that I could have obtained good photos, if they only came out in the
open...very frustrating ! Next came EPCAL (the Calverton Grasslands) where
there was a very much appreciated up-swing in bird species: 1 female
Kestrel; 1 singing E.Meadowlark near the long runway and a pair of
E.Bluebirds, plus 2 Tree Swallows, near the Swan Lake Blvd. entrance on the
s/s of the property.

Cheers,
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Re: [nysbirds-l] prospect Park NYC - Monday April 18, 2016

2016-04-18 Thread Jonathan Perez 
There is a warbling vireo currently singing in the center of the prospect park 
lawn in the small hill of trees.

It is singing along on the east side of the clump of trees nearer to park slope 
side.

Spring is here!


Best,

Jonathan Perez 

Please excuse my brevity. Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Deborah Allen  wrote:
> 
> Central Park NYC  
> Monday April 18, 2016
> OBS: R. DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 
> 8:00am until around noon.
> 
> A beautiful, but slow day.  
> 
> Northern Shoveler - male on the Lake
> Double-crested Cormorant - Lake
> Cooper's Hawk - immature male at the Oven
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - fewer
> Northern Flicker - fewer 
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - fewer only 3 or 4
> Hermit Thrush - fewer, 5 total
> Palm Warbler - Locust Grove & Summer House
> Pine Warbler - male Strawberry fields, female south side of Turtle Pond
> Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (Humming Tombstone & south side of Turtle Pond)
> Eastern Towhee - 5
> Chipping Sparrow - 4 Locust Grove
> Song Sparrow - 3 (Strawberry Fields & Maintenance Field)
> White-throated Sparrow - fewer
> 
> Deb Allen
> 
> Doug Kurz found a Louisiana Waterthrush on the Point (not seen in the 
> afternoon) and an Ovenbird at the big puddle at the Swampy Pin Oak.
> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] prospect Park NYC - Monday April 18, 2016

2016-04-18 Thread Jonathan Perez 
There is a warbling vireo currently singing in the center of the prospect park 
lawn in the small hill of trees.

It is singing along on the east side of the clump of trees nearer to park slope 
side.

Spring is here!


Best,

Jonathan Perez 

Please excuse my brevity. Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Deborah Allen  wrote:
> 
> Central Park NYC  
> Monday April 18, 2016
> OBS: R. DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 
> 8:00am until around noon.
> 
> A beautiful, but slow day.  
> 
> Northern Shoveler - male on the Lake
> Double-crested Cormorant - Lake
> Cooper's Hawk - immature male at the Oven
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - fewer
> Northern Flicker - fewer 
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - fewer only 3 or 4
> Hermit Thrush - fewer, 5 total
> Palm Warbler - Locust Grove & Summer House
> Pine Warbler - male Strawberry fields, female south side of Turtle Pond
> Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (Humming Tombstone & south side of Turtle Pond)
> Eastern Towhee - 5
> Chipping Sparrow - 4 Locust Grove
> Song Sparrow - 3 (Strawberry Fields & Maintenance Field)
> White-throated Sparrow - fewer
> 
> Deb Allen
> 
> Doug Kurz found a Louisiana Waterthrush on the Point (not seen in the 
> afternoon) and an Ovenbird at the big puddle at the Swampy Pin Oak.
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Monday April 18, 2016

2016-04-18 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC  
Monday April 18, 2016
OBS: R. DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 
8:00am until around noon.

A beautiful, but slow day.  

Northern Shoveler - male on the Lake
Double-crested Cormorant - Lake
Cooper's Hawk - immature male at the Oven
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - fewer
Northern Flicker - fewer 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - fewer only 3 or 4
Hermit Thrush - fewer, 5 total
Palm Warbler - Locust Grove & Summer House
Pine Warbler - male Strawberry fields, female south side of Turtle Pond
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (Humming Tombstone & south side of Turtle Pond)
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 4 Locust Grove
Song Sparrow - 3 (Strawberry Fields & Maintenance Field)
White-throated Sparrow - fewer

Deb Allen

Doug Kurz found a Louisiana Waterthrush on the Point (not seen in the 
afternoon) and an Ovenbird at the big puddle at the Swampy Pin Oak.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Monday April 18, 2016

2016-04-18 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC  
Monday April 18, 2016
OBS: R. DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 
8:00am until around noon.

A beautiful, but slow day.  

Northern Shoveler - male on the Lake
Double-crested Cormorant - Lake
Cooper's Hawk - immature male at the Oven
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - fewer
Northern Flicker - fewer 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - fewer only 3 or 4
Hermit Thrush - fewer, 5 total
Palm Warbler - Locust Grove & Summer House
Pine Warbler - male Strawberry fields, female south side of Turtle Pond
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (Humming Tombstone & south side of Turtle Pond)
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 4 Locust Grove
Song Sparrow - 3 (Strawberry Fields & Maintenance Field)
White-throated Sparrow - fewer

Deb Allen

Doug Kurz found a Louisiana Waterthrush on the Point (not seen in the 
afternoon) and an Ovenbird at the big puddle at the Swampy Pin Oak.

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[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warbler at Quogue Wildlife Refuge

2016-04-18 Thread Jim Osterlund 
Seen at around 1400 in the tangled cluster of trees just east of the spillway 
platform, best seen from a short distance down the curvy boardwalk.  Not 
vocalizing at all, making it hard for us to find him.  The Refuge is located in 
East Quogue, Suffolk County.

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[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warbler at Quogue Wildlife Refuge

2016-04-18 Thread Jim Osterlund 
Seen at around 1400 in the tangled cluster of trees just east of the spillway 
platform, best seen from a short distance down the curvy boardwalk.  Not 
vocalizing at all, making it hard for us to find him.  The Refuge is located in 
East Quogue, Suffolk County.

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-18 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - April 18, 2016
*  NYSY  04. 18. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 11, 2015 - 
April 18, 2016to 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 18  AT 1:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 11, 2015.
Highlights--
RED-THROATED LOONEURASIAN WIGEONUPLAND SANDPIPERICELAND GULLSHORT-EARED OWL
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     4/13: An ICELAND GULL was spotted along the Wildlife Drive.     4/16: an 
EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from the platform at Tschache Pool. A SHORT-EARED OWL 
wa seen along the Wildlife Trail

Derby Hill
     A slow week at Derby with no day with over 1,000 birds. The first 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were seen on 4/15. In all 4,019 raptors were counted.

Oswego County
     4/17: The first of the season UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Oswego 
County airfield. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Oneida Lake just north of 
Rogues Roost Golf course.

Onondaga county
     4/18: A pair of TRUMPETER SWANS continues to be seen at the big marsh at 
Three Rivers WMA and may possibly breed there.

Herkimer county
    4/13: A FISH CROW was seen and heard at Young Lake along Rt. 20 east of 
Richfield Springs.

Migrants reported this week.--
UPLAND SANDPIPERSORACASPIAN TERNLOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHCLIFF SWALLOWMARSH 
WRENAMERICAN BITTERNLEAST FLYCATCHER
          
    .--end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A. 

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-18 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - April 18, 2016
*  NYSY  04. 18. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 11, 2015 - 
April 18, 2016to 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 18  AT 1:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 11, 2015.
Highlights--
RED-THROATED LOONEURASIAN WIGEONUPLAND SANDPIPERICELAND GULLSHORT-EARED OWL
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     4/13: An ICELAND GULL was spotted along the Wildlife Drive.     4/16: an 
EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from the platform at Tschache Pool. A SHORT-EARED OWL 
wa seen along the Wildlife Trail

Derby Hill
     A slow week at Derby with no day with over 1,000 birds. The first 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were seen on 4/15. In all 4,019 raptors were counted.

Oswego County
     4/17: The first of the season UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Oswego 
County airfield. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Oneida Lake just north of 
Rogues Roost Golf course.

Onondaga county
     4/18: A pair of TRUMPETER SWANS continues to be seen at the big marsh at 
Three Rivers WMA and may possibly breed there.

Herkimer county
    4/13: A FISH CROW was seen and heard at Young Lake along Rt. 20 east of 
Richfield Springs.

Migrants reported this week.--
UPLAND SANDPIPERSORACASPIAN TERNLOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHCLIFF SWALLOWMARSH 
WRENAMERICAN BITTERNLEAST FLYCATCHER
          
    .--end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A. 

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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park/Kings County: 4 warblers +

2016-04-18 Thread Sean Sime 
Although the overnight winds were not from a favorable direction the
diminished wind speed allowed for some new arrivals in the park. Most
notable were the increased numbers of Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers. A
few Pine Warblers are still around and a bright male Black & White Warbler
was feeding low along a peninsula path.

Other new arrivals included House Wren on Lookout Hill, Swamp Sparrow on
peninsula "thumb" and a singing Purple Finch between lamppost 249 and the
perimeter road.

Good birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park/Kings County: 4 warblers +

2016-04-18 Thread Sean Sime 
Although the overnight winds were not from a favorable direction the
diminished wind speed allowed for some new arrivals in the park. Most
notable were the increased numbers of Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers. A
few Pine Warblers are still around and a bright male Black & White Warbler
was feeding low along a peninsula path.

Other new arrivals included House Wren on Lookout Hill, Swamp Sparrow on
peninsula "thumb" and a singing Purple Finch between lamppost 249 and the
perimeter road.

Good birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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