Re: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow.

[Juan Salas]

Shai, thank you for the photos. Variations within this species really run
along a wide spectrum.
The breast of the bird on photo P1030904 is almost like a Nelson's
Sparrow's. And yet there is no structural visible differences between the
LI birds photographed. We can safely say that the Seaside Sparrow (complex)
is not a ring species.

Juan Salas,
Brooklyn, NY

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> Hi Juan and all,
>
> Check out these two photos of an exceptionally fresh and bright Seaside
> Sparrow from Moriches Inlet, Suffolk, LI, last Saturday. Our local seaside
> Sparrows vary a lot in terms of the degree of buffy color on the face and
> breast and in terms of the distinctness of their streaking, but this
> individual stood out. It strongly recalls the Gulf Coast subspecies
> fisheri, right down to the white dorsal markings, but I suspect it is just
> a variant of our local population. In terms of size, structure and other
> plumage features I don't see any reason to invoke hybridization.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/UBjdht
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
>
>
> 
> From: bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-121479414-3714944@
> list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Juan Salas [juansalasprieto1...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 5:21 PM
> To: NYSBIRDS_L; ebirds NYC
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow
> and Saltmarsh Sparrow.
>
> I apologize for the cross-posting.
> I have photographed a Seaside Sparrow this morning at the Salt Marsh
> Nature Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn that seems to have some features
> that match Saltmarsh Sparrow. I have read that these two species hybridize
> regularly.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/23604521@N00/34194070461/in/
> datetaken-public/
> What would be your opinion about this bird?
> Thank you,
> Juan Salas
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow.

[Juan Salas]

Shai, thank you for the photos. Variations within this species really run
along a wide spectrum.
The breast of the bird on photo P1030904 is almost like a Nelson's
Sparrow's. And yet there is no structural visible differences between the
LI birds photographed. We can safely say that the Seaside Sparrow (complex)
is not a ring species.

Juan Salas,
Brooklyn, NY

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> Hi Juan and all,
>
> Check out these two photos of an exceptionally fresh and bright Seaside
> Sparrow from Moriches Inlet, Suffolk, LI, last Saturday. Our local seaside
> Sparrows vary a lot in terms of the degree of buffy color on the face and
> breast and in terms of the distinctness of their streaking, but this
> individual stood out. It strongly recalls the Gulf Coast subspecies
> fisheri, right down to the white dorsal markings, but I suspect it is just
> a variant of our local population. In terms of size, structure and other
> plumage features I don't see any reason to invoke hybridization.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/UBjdht
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
>
>
> 
> From: bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-121479414-3714944@
> list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Juan Salas [juansalasprieto1...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 5:21 PM
> To: NYSBIRDS_L; ebirds NYC
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow
> and Saltmarsh Sparrow.
>
> I apologize for the cross-posting.
> I have photographed a Seaside Sparrow this morning at the Salt Marsh
> Nature Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn that seems to have some features
> that match Saltmarsh Sparrow. I have read that these two species hybridize
> regularly.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/23604521@N00/34194070461/in/
> datetaken-public/
> What would be your opinion about this bird?
> Thank you,
> Juan Salas
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Re: [nysbirds-l] mystery bird question

[Paul R Sweet]

Gray Catfishbird?

Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 
Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941

On May 8, 2017, at 6:20 PM, Andrew Block 
> wrote:

I was wondering if anyone had an idea about what bird that my father might have 
seen at the Duck Pond in Bronxville today.  It was grayish with about a 3 foot 
wingspan and came down and grabbed a fish out of the Bronx River like an eagle 
would do.  It grabbed the fish with its talons, not its beak, and did not dive 
like an Osprey does.  My father knows what Ospreys look like and knows birds 
pretty well and couldn't figure out what it was.  Kingfishers are grayish, but 
not nearly that large and obviously don't catch their prey that way.  He was 
walking the trail around the river and was heading into the sun but was wearing 
sunglasses so wasn't blinded by the sun.  I'm puzzled to what it might be.

Andrew

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Re: [nysbirds-l] mystery bird question

[Paul R Sweet]

Gray Catfishbird?

Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 
Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941

On May 8, 2017, at 6:20 PM, Andrew Block 
mailto:ablock22...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

I was wondering if anyone had an idea about what bird that my father might have 
seen at the Duck Pond in Bronxville today.  It was grayish with about a 3 foot 
wingspan and came down and grabbed a fish out of the Bronx River like an eagle 
would do.  It grabbed the fish with its talons, not its beak, and did not dive 
like an Osprey does.  My father knows what Ospreys look like and knows birds 
pretty well and couldn't figure out what it was.  Kingfishers are grayish, but 
not nearly that large and obviously don't catch their prey that way.  He was 
walking the trail around the river and was heading into the sun but was wearing 
sunglasses so wasn't blinded by the sun.  I'm puzzled to what it might be.

Andrew

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[nysbirds-l] mystery bird question

[Andrew Block]

I was wondering if anyone had an idea about what bird that my father might have 
seen at the Duck Pond in Bronxville today.  It was grayish with about a 3 foot 
wingspan and came down and grabbed a fish out of the Bronx River like an eagle 
would do.  It grabbed the fish with its talons, not its beak, and did not dive 
like an Osprey does.  My father knows what Ospreys look like and knows birds 
pretty well and couldn't figure out what it was.  Kingfishers are grayish, but 
not nearly that large and obviously don't catch their prey that way.  He was 
walking the trail around the river and was heading into the sun but was wearing 
sunglasses so wasn't blinded by the sun.  I'm puzzled to what it might be.
Andrew  Andrew v. F. Block
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20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
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[nysbirds-l] mystery bird question

[Andrew Block]

I was wondering if anyone had an idea about what bird that my father might have 
seen at the Duck Pond in Bronxville today.  It was grayish with about a 3 foot 
wingspan and came down and grabbed a fish out of the Bronx River like an eagle 
would do.  It grabbed the fish with its talons, not its beak, and did not dive 
like an Osprey does.  My father knows what Ospreys look like and knows birds 
pretty well and couldn't figure out what it was.  Kingfishers are grayish, but 
not nearly that large and obviously don't catch their prey that way.  He was 
walking the trail around the river and was heading into the sun but was wearing 
sunglasses so wasn't blinded by the sun.  I'm puzzled to what it might be.
Andrew  Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow.

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Juan and all,

Check out these two photos of an exceptionally fresh and bright Seaside Sparrow 
from Moriches Inlet, Suffolk, LI, last Saturday. Our local seaside Sparrows 
vary a lot in terms of the degree of buffy color on the face and breast and in 
terms of the distinctness of their streaking, but this individual stood out. It 
strongly recalls the Gulf Coast subspecies fisheri, right down to the white 
dorsal markings, but I suspect it is just a variant of our local population. In 
terms of size, structure and other plumage features I don't see any reason to 
invoke hybridization.

https://flic.kr/p/UBjdht

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



From: bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Juan Salas 
[juansalasprieto1...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 5:21 PM
To: NYSBIRDS_L; ebirds NYC
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and 
Saltmarsh Sparrow.

I apologize for the cross-posting.
I have photographed a Seaside Sparrow this morning at the Salt Marsh Nature 
Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn that seems to have some features that match 
Saltmarsh Sparrow. I have read that these two species hybridize regularly.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23604521@N00/34194070461/in/datetaken-public/
What would be your opinion about this bird?
Thank you,
Juan Salas
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow.

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Juan and all,

Check out these two photos of an exceptionally fresh and bright Seaside Sparrow 
from Moriches Inlet, Suffolk, LI, last Saturday. Our local seaside Sparrows 
vary a lot in terms of the degree of buffy color on the face and breast and in 
terms of the distinctness of their streaking, but this individual stood out. It 
strongly recalls the Gulf Coast subspecies fisheri, right down to the white 
dorsal markings, but I suspect it is just a variant of our local population. In 
terms of size, structure and other plumage features I don't see any reason to 
invoke hybridization.

https://flic.kr/p/UBjdht

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



From: bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Juan Salas 
[juansalasprieto1...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 5:21 PM
To: NYSBIRDS_L; ebirds NYC
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and 
Saltmarsh Sparrow.

I apologize for the cross-posting.
I have photographed a Seaside Sparrow this morning at the Salt Marsh Nature 
Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn that seems to have some features that match 
Saltmarsh Sparrow. I have read that these two species hybridize regularly.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23604521@N00/34194070461/in/datetaken-public/
What would be your opinion about this bird?
Thank you,
Juan Salas
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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

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*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - May 08 2017
*  NYSY  05.08.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 01, 2017 - May 
08, 2017to 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: May 08  AT 5 p.m. (EDT)compiler: 
Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  Greetings: This 
is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 01, 2017.
Highlights--EURASIAN WIGEONSURF SCOTERGOLDEN EAGLENORTHERN 
GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANERUDDY TURNSTONELONG-BILLED DOWITCHERUPLAND SANDPIPERLITTLE 
GULLBLACK TERNRED-HEADED WOODPECKERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWLAPLAND LONGSPURORCHARD 
ORIOLE


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     11 species of Shorebirds were recorded at the complex this week. Highlight 
was a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.     5/3: The above said LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was 
seen along the Wildlife Drive.     5/6: RUDDY TURNSTONE, LITTLE GULL and 
EURASIAN WIGEON were all seen in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca 
River.     5/7: A late LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in the Mucklands.

Derby Hill
     It was a slow week at Derby due mostly to adverse wind conditions. Only 
1,425 raptors were counted this week. Highlights were an ORCHARD ORIOLE on 5/1, 
a SANDHILL CRANE on 5/3 and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK and a GOLDEN EAGLE on 5/4.

Oswego County
     5/2: A late SURF SCOTER was seen from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. An 
ICELAND GULL was found in Oswego Harbor.     5/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was 
seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. It was seen through 5/7.     5/7: An 
UPLAND SANDPIPER was again seen at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road.   
  5/8: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen from Phillips Point.

Onondaga County
     5/2: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the landfill at Cedar Bay Park in 
Fayetteville.     5/4: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at the Gerber topsoil Farm on 
Oxbow Road in Kirkville     5/5: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Van Buren in 
Baldwinsville.

Madison County
     5/3: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango.

Migrants reported this week.-
BRANTCERULEAN WARBLERBAY-BREASTED WARBLERCAPE MAY WARBLERGRASSHOPPER 
SPARROWTENNESSEE WARBLERMOURNING WARBLER
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*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - May 08 2017
*  NYSY  05.08.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 01, 2017 - May 
08, 2017to 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: May 08  AT 5 p.m. (EDT)compiler: 
Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  Greetings: This 
is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 01, 2017.
Highlights--EURASIAN WIGEONSURF SCOTERGOLDEN EAGLENORTHERN 
GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANERUDDY TURNSTONELONG-BILLED DOWITCHERUPLAND SANDPIPERLITTLE 
GULLBLACK TERNRED-HEADED WOODPECKERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWLAPLAND LONGSPURORCHARD 
ORIOLE


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     11 species of Shorebirds were recorded at the complex this week. Highlight 
was a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.     5/3: The above said LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was 
seen along the Wildlife Drive.     5/6: RUDDY TURNSTONE, LITTLE GULL and 
EURASIAN WIGEON were all seen in the Mucklands along Rt. 31 west of the Seneca 
River.     5/7: A late LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in the Mucklands.

Derby Hill
     It was a slow week at Derby due mostly to adverse wind conditions. Only 
1,425 raptors were counted this week. Highlights were an ORCHARD ORIOLE on 5/1, 
a SANDHILL CRANE on 5/3 and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK and a GOLDEN EAGLE on 5/4.

Oswego County
     5/2: A late SURF SCOTER was seen from Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. An 
ICELAND GULL was found in Oswego Harbor.     5/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was 
seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. It was seen through 5/7.     5/7: An 
UPLAND SANDPIPER was again seen at the Oswego County Airfield on Howard Road.   
  5/8: 3 BLACK TERNS were seen from Phillips Point.

Onondaga County
     5/2: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the landfill at Cedar Bay Park in 
Fayetteville.     5/4: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at the Gerber topsoil Farm on 
Oxbow Road in Kirkville     5/5: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Van Buren in 
Baldwinsville.

Madison County
     5/3: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Chittenango.

Migrants reported this week.-
BRANTCERULEAN WARBLERBAY-BREASTED WARBLERCAPE MAY WARBLERGRASSHOPPER 
SPARROWTENNESSEE WARBLERMOURNING WARBLER
                      -end report 
    
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Mon. May 8, 2017 - 15 species of Wood Warblers, incl. late Palm Warbler

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Monday, May 8, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob., on bird walk starting from Strawberry Fields 
at 8am and 9am.  

Highlights: A slow day, but 15 species of Wood Warblers, including a late Palm 
Warbler, as well as Rose-breasted Grosbeaks & Indigo Buntings. 

Canada Goose
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - 15 to 20 over Summit Rock
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - Upper Lobe & Turtle Pond
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Red-tailed Hawk - pair bringing nesting material to San Remo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird - Shakespeare Garden (Mayra Cruz)
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Strawberry Fields & Summit Rock)
Warbling Vireo - 5 (including a low & close bird at the Point)
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow - 2 flyovers
Barn Swallow - Turtle Pond
Tufted Titmouse - heard
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Strawberry Fields
White-breasted Nuthatch - Strawberry Fields
House Wren - 3 (pair Strawberry Fields, 1 Shakespeare Garden)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - male - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - south side Turtle Pond
Wood Thrush - several singing in Ramble & Strawberry Fields
American Robin - many
Gray Catbird - many
House Finch - a few
American Goldfinch - female Maintenance Field
Ovenbird - heard
Worm-eating Warbler - west of and at Captain's Bench
Northern Waterthrush - 3 (David Barrett)
Black-and-white Warbler - 10 - males & females (60/40)
Common Yellowthroat - 5 (4 males, 1 female)
American Redstart - 5 (males and first-spring males)
Northern Parula - several
Magnolia Warbler - several males
Yellow Warbler - 3 males (Mayra & Noa Cruz)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - west of Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 males (Strawberry Fields and Castle)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 males
Palm Warbler - "Yellow" between Castle & Delacorte Theater (late, but not a 
record date)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20
Prairie Warbler - 2 south Maint. Field & south side Turtle Pond (Carine 
Mitchell)
Eastern Towhee - male & female south side Maintenance Field, female elsewhere
Chipping Sparrow - 2 Strawberry Fields
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males Strawberry Fields
Indigo Bunting - 3  - female Maintenance Field, male & female Strawberry Fields 
(David Barrett)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird - heard 
Baltimore Oriole - many (males & young males)

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Mon. May 8, 2017 - 15 species of Wood Warblers, incl. late Palm Warbler

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Monday, May 8, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob., on bird walk starting from Strawberry Fields 
at 8am and 9am.  

Highlights: A slow day, but 15 species of Wood Warblers, including a late Palm 
Warbler, as well as Rose-breasted Grosbeaks & Indigo Buntings. 

Canada Goose
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - 15 to 20 over Summit Rock
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - Upper Lobe & Turtle Pond
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Red-tailed Hawk - pair bringing nesting material to San Remo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird - Shakespeare Garden (Mayra Cruz)
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Strawberry Fields & Summit Rock)
Warbling Vireo - 5 (including a low & close bird at the Point)
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow - 2 flyovers
Barn Swallow - Turtle Pond
Tufted Titmouse - heard
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Strawberry Fields
White-breasted Nuthatch - Strawberry Fields
House Wren - 3 (pair Strawberry Fields, 1 Shakespeare Garden)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - male - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - south side Turtle Pond
Wood Thrush - several singing in Ramble & Strawberry Fields
American Robin - many
Gray Catbird - many
House Finch - a few
American Goldfinch - female Maintenance Field
Ovenbird - heard
Worm-eating Warbler - west of and at Captain's Bench
Northern Waterthrush - 3 (David Barrett)
Black-and-white Warbler - 10 - males & females (60/40)
Common Yellowthroat - 5 (4 males, 1 female)
American Redstart - 5 (males and first-spring males)
Northern Parula - several
Magnolia Warbler - several males
Yellow Warbler - 3 males (Mayra & Noa Cruz)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - west of Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 males (Strawberry Fields and Castle)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 males
Palm Warbler - "Yellow" between Castle & Delacorte Theater (late, but not a 
record date)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20
Prairie Warbler - 2 south Maint. Field & south side Turtle Pond (Carine 
Mitchell)
Eastern Towhee - male & female south side Maintenance Field, female elsewhere
Chipping Sparrow - 2 Strawberry Fields
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males Strawberry Fields
Indigo Bunting - 3  - female Maintenance Field, male & female Strawberry Fields 
(David Barrett)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird - heard 
Baltimore Oriole - many (males & young males)

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park Summer Tanager continues

[Seth Ausubel]

Near intersection of park road and Metropolitan Av. Same bird as yesterday, 
mostly red with greenish-yellow belly. 

Seth Ausubel

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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park Summer Tanager continues

[Seth Ausubel]

Near intersection of park road and Metropolitan Av. Same bird as yesterday, 
mostly red with greenish-yellow belly. 

Seth Ausubel

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[nysbirds-l] Three Comments on Common Birds

[Shaibal Mitra]

As a break from rare and uncommon birds, here are some observations of Brant, 
Ring-billed Gull, and Blue Jay.

There is currently a huge staging of Brant in southwestern LI--far in excess of 
the admittedly vast numbers present here during the winter. I estimated 9,000 
in a single scan of the bays north of Lido Preserve in Nassau County on 1 May. 
Yesterday, Patricia Lindsay and I made our first trip around the newly restored 
West Pond at Jamaica Bay, Queens, and were simply amazed at the number of Brant 
covering all the visible portions of the bay south and west of the West Pond. 
It is extremely difficult to estimate numbers of birds over a large area when 
the local density varies, but we worked at it pretty hard. Pat made a serious 
argument for 100,000, and I convinced myself that the number could not be less 
than 30,000 but could easily be two to three times that number. We settled on 
50,000. I took some photos and video of the birds visible through breaks in the 
vegetation along the west side of the pond, one of which is linked here:

https://flic.kr/p/Tj61K5

Lesser Black-backed Gulls are swelling in numbers on Long Island, to the extent 
that they greatly outnumber Ring-billed Gull along the coast at present. In 
five reasonably conscientious efforts from the LI barrier beach over the past 
few days, I recorded at total of 17 LBBGs (4, 2, 0, 5, 6) vs. 4 RBGU (0, 0, 0, 
2, 2). And then Pete Morris texted last night that there were 12 LBBGs in a 
nearly pure flock at Robert Moses SP, which I arrived in time to see. Now that 
the overall abundance of common larids has dropped so much from winter levels, 
I think it's a prime time to look for wandering immatures of  locally rare 
species.

I saw a Blue Jay at Jones Beach on 4 May, my first on the barrier beach since 
23 Oct 2015.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
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[nysbirds-l] Three Comments on Common Birds

[Shaibal Mitra]

As a break from rare and uncommon birds, here are some observations of Brant, 
Ring-billed Gull, and Blue Jay.

There is currently a huge staging of Brant in southwestern LI--far in excess of 
the admittedly vast numbers present here during the winter. I estimated 9,000 
in a single scan of the bays north of Lido Preserve in Nassau County on 1 May. 
Yesterday, Patricia Lindsay and I made our first trip around the newly restored 
West Pond at Jamaica Bay, Queens, and were simply amazed at the number of Brant 
covering all the visible portions of the bay south and west of the West Pond. 
It is extremely difficult to estimate numbers of birds over a large area when 
the local density varies, but we worked at it pretty hard. Pat made a serious 
argument for 100,000, and I convinced myself that the number could not be less 
than 30,000 but could easily be two to three times that number. We settled on 
50,000. I took some photos and video of the birds visible through breaks in the 
vegetation along the west side of the pond, one of which is linked here:

https://flic.kr/p/Tj61K5

Lesser Black-backed Gulls are swelling in numbers on Long Island, to the extent 
that they greatly outnumber Ring-billed Gull along the coast at present. In 
five reasonably conscientious efforts from the LI barrier beach over the past 
few days, I recorded at total of 17 LBBGs (4, 2, 0, 5, 6) vs. 4 RBGU (0, 0, 0, 
2, 2). And then Pete Morris texted last night that there were 12 LBBGs in a 
nearly pure flock at Robert Moses SP, which I arrived in time to see. Now that 
the overall abundance of common larids has dropped so much from winter levels, 
I think it's a prime time to look for wandering immatures of  locally rare 
species.

I saw a Blue Jay at Jones Beach on 4 May, my first on the barrier beach since 
23 Oct 2015.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
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[cayugabirds-l] Franklins Gull Still Present Whitney Point Mon 5/8/17

[David Nicosia]

Bird was relocated this morning 5/8/17 in  the same field
across from Arby's / Dunkin Donuts from Rte 11 in Whitney
Point, NY

Dave Nicosia

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[cayugabirds-l] Franklins Gull Still Present Whitney Point Mon 5/8/17

[David Nicosia]

Bird was relocated this morning 5/8/17 in  the same field
across from Arby's / Dunkin Donuts from Rte 11 in Whitney
Point, NY

Dave Nicosia

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