[nysbirds-l] June 4/5 Brooklyn Overnight Pelagic Update!!

2017-05-29 Thread Sean Sime 
There are only 1 or 2 spots left aboard the See Life Paulagics overnighter
out of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn!!! This spring has been very interesting,
with two Albatross sightings in the Mid-Atlantic and European Storm Petrel
in NC.
Local fishing boats are reporting large numbers of Bluefish and Striped
Bass inshore and water in the Hudson Canyon is currently in the mid 60's!
There's a lot of life out there!!!

The original post to the State List from Doug Gochfeld is copied below.
Hope to see you aboard!!!

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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It's that time of year again New York birders! Time for some great
overnight ocean birding. The first overnight pelagic of the year will be
leaving from Brooklyn on June 4. We'll steam out into the deep, and hope to
see a slew of pelagic birds that can essentially only be seen in the region
if you are offshore.

This is the best time of year to see South Polar Skua, and we had 6 (!!) on
our last spring overnight, in 2015. We also had Long-tailed Jaeger,
Pomarine Jaeger, multiple Arctic Terns, Audubon's Shearwaters, and Manx
Shearwaters, over 20 Leach's Storm-Petrels, and hundreds each of Sooty and
Cory's Shearwater. It was also a great non-bird trip, with breaching
Basking Shark, Risso's, Common, and Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin, Several
great looks at Mola Mola, Blue Shark, and 25+ Portuguese Man O' War.

In addition to these, it is a fairly good time of year to see Phalaropes,
and there are always good home run possibilities, since this is the time
window when the pelagic trips off Cape Hatteras get the majority of their
rarities (such as Bermuda Petrel, European Storm-Petrel etc.), and the only
New York State record of Yellow-nosed Albatross was from a late May pelagic
trip.

Here are a couple of photo galleries from the 2015 overnight to whet your
appetite:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/albums/72157653910596566

https://www.flickr.com/photos/103866258@N08/sets/72157653758717610


We leave the dock at 8 PM on Sunday June 4, and will return around 6 PM the
following evening.

We do this in order to maximize our time in the deep waters where the more
unusual and pelagic animals are likely to be.

It is now fairly easy to sign up for these trips on the website, at this
link:

http://paulagics.com/trips/register


More info on the pelagic here:

http://paulagics.com/trips/brooklyn-pelagics



Hope to see some of you aboard!
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] June 4/5 Brooklyn Overnight Pelagic Update!!

2017-05-29 Thread Sean Sime 
There are only 1 or 2 spots left aboard the See Life Paulagics overnighter
out of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn!!! This spring has been very interesting,
with two Albatross sightings in the Mid-Atlantic and European Storm Petrel
in NC.
Local fishing boats are reporting large numbers of Bluefish and Striped
Bass inshore and water in the Hudson Canyon is currently in the mid 60's!
There's a lot of life out there!!!

The original post to the State List from Doug Gochfeld is copied below.
Hope to see you aboard!!!

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

*
It's that time of year again New York birders! Time for some great
overnight ocean birding. The first overnight pelagic of the year will be
leaving from Brooklyn on June 4. We'll steam out into the deep, and hope to
see a slew of pelagic birds that can essentially only be seen in the region
if you are offshore.

This is the best time of year to see South Polar Skua, and we had 6 (!!) on
our last spring overnight, in 2015. We also had Long-tailed Jaeger,
Pomarine Jaeger, multiple Arctic Terns, Audubon's Shearwaters, and Manx
Shearwaters, over 20 Leach's Storm-Petrels, and hundreds each of Sooty and
Cory's Shearwater. It was also a great non-bird trip, with breaching
Basking Shark, Risso's, Common, and Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin, Several
great looks at Mola Mola, Blue Shark, and 25+ Portuguese Man O' War.

In addition to these, it is a fairly good time of year to see Phalaropes,
and there are always good home run possibilities, since this is the time
window when the pelagic trips off Cape Hatteras get the majority of their
rarities (such as Bermuda Petrel, European Storm-Petrel etc.), and the only
New York State record of Yellow-nosed Albatross was from a late May pelagic
trip.

Here are a couple of photo galleries from the 2015 overnight to whet your
appetite:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/albums/72157653910596566

https://www.flickr.com/photos/103866258@N08/sets/72157653758717610


We leave the dock at 8 PM on Sunday June 4, and will return around 6 PM the
following evening.

We do this in order to maximize our time in the deep waters where the more
unusual and pelagic animals are likely to be.

It is now fairly easy to sign up for these trips on the website, at this
link:

http://paulagics.com/trips/register


More info on the pelagic here:

http://paulagics.com/trips/brooklyn-pelagics



Hope to see some of you aboard!
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] syracuse RBA

2017-05-29 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - May 29, 2017
*  NYSY  05.29.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 22, 2017 - May 
29, 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 29  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 22, 2017.
Highlights--
WHITE PELICANLEAST BITTERNBRANTWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERWILSON’S 
PHALAROPERED-NECKED PHALAROPECOMMON NIGHTHAWKRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIAN 
FLYCATCHERYELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHEROLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERPHILADELPHIA 
VIREOGRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWCLAY-COLORED 
SPARROWORCHARD ORIOLE




Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     16 species of shorebirds were reported from the complex this week. 
Highlights will be listed below.     5/23: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again 
found on Carncross Road at the buildings. It was reported through the 27th.     
5/24: One or two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the wooded area on Armitage 
Road west of the Seneca River Bridge. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the 
Visitor’s Center. A LEAST BITTERN was reported from VanDyne Spoor Road.     
5/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has returned to Mays Point Road.     5/27: 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and WILSON’S PHALAROPE were both reported on the Wildlife 
Trail. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. A LEAST 
BITTERN was reported from Howland Island at the HQ Pond.     5/28: A LEAST 
BITTERN was reported along the Wildlife Drive.

Derby Hill Bird Observatory--
     An expected low number for this late in the season of 1,631 Raptors were 
counted this week. 2 WHITE PELICANS on 5/23 were the non raptor highlight. 
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen most evenings.      May 31 will be Anna’s last day. 
Get up to say goodbye if you can.

Oswego County
     5/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Sunset Bay. An ACADIAN 
FLYCATCHER was again seen on Gray Road west of Rt. 43 south of Oswego. A 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Sunset Bay Park.     5/26: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 
was seen on the Sithe Energy Trails.     5/27: A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the 
marsh on County Rt. 54 in Pennelville.     5/28: BRANT were still seen 
migrating along Oneida Lake from Constantia.

Onondaga County--
     5/23: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.     5/24: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Whiskey Hollow west 
of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at the Dewitt Landfill along 
the Erie canal.     5/26: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from the west 
shore trail of Onondaga Lake.

Madison County
     5/23: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen at Ditch Bank 
Road north of Chittenango.

Oneida County
     5/23: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of 
Clinton.     5/24: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported from Spring Farm 
Nature Sanctuary. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen along the Erie Canal Trail east 
of Rome.

Herkimer county
     5/24: PHILADELPHIA VIREO. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and OLIVE-SIDED 
FLYCATCHER were reported in the Old Forge area.
         

-end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A.  
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[nysbirds-l] syracuse RBA

2017-05-29 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - May 29, 2017
*  NYSY  05.29.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 22, 2017 - May 
29, 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 29  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 22, 2017.
Highlights--
WHITE PELICANLEAST BITTERNBRANTWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERWILSON’S 
PHALAROPERED-NECKED PHALAROPECOMMON NIGHTHAWKRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIAN 
FLYCATCHERYELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHEROLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERPHILADELPHIA 
VIREOGRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWCLAY-COLORED 
SPARROWORCHARD ORIOLE




Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     16 species of shorebirds were reported from the complex this week. 
Highlights will be listed below.     5/23: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again 
found on Carncross Road at the buildings. It was reported through the 27th.     
5/24: One or two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the wooded area on Armitage 
Road west of the Seneca River Bridge. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the 
Visitor’s Center. A LEAST BITTERN was reported from VanDyne Spoor Road.     
5/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has returned to Mays Point Road.     5/27: 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and WILSON’S PHALAROPE were both reported on the Wildlife 
Trail. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. A LEAST 
BITTERN was reported from Howland Island at the HQ Pond.     5/28: A LEAST 
BITTERN was reported along the Wildlife Drive.

Derby Hill Bird Observatory--
     An expected low number for this late in the season of 1,631 Raptors were 
counted this week. 2 WHITE PELICANS on 5/23 were the non raptor highlight. 
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen most evenings.      May 31 will be Anna’s last day. 
Get up to say goodbye if you can.

Oswego County
     5/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Sunset Bay. An ACADIAN 
FLYCATCHER was again seen on Gray Road west of Rt. 43 south of Oswego. A 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Sunset Bay Park.     5/26: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 
was seen on the Sithe Energy Trails.     5/27: A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the 
marsh on County Rt. 54 in Pennelville.     5/28: BRANT were still seen 
migrating along Oneida Lake from Constantia.

Onondaga County--
     5/23: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.     5/24: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Whiskey Hollow west 
of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at the Dewitt Landfill along 
the Erie canal.     5/26: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from the west 
shore trail of Onondaga Lake.

Madison County
     5/23: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen at Ditch Bank 
Road north of Chittenango.

Oneida County
     5/23: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of 
Clinton.     5/24: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported from Spring Farm 
Nature Sanctuary. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen along the Erie Canal Trail east 
of Rome.

Herkimer county
     5/24: PHILADELPHIA VIREO. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and OLIVE-SIDED 
FLYCATCHER were reported in the Old Forge area.
         

-end report 
    
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[nysbirds-l] Cattle egret Cow Meadow Freeport

2017-05-29 Thread John Mora 
On lawn away from pond in area past picnic area.

Warbling vireos here too.

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[nysbirds-l] Cattle egret Cow Meadow Freeport

2017-05-29 Thread John Mora 
On lawn away from pond in area past picnic area.

Warbling vireos here too.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sun., May 28, 2017 - Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpiper, 11 species of Wood Warblers

2017-05-29 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park, NYC 
Sunday, May 28, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many others

Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, 11 species of Wood Warblers. 

Canada Goose - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir
Mallard - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir (on nest at Upper Lobe - John Day)
Mourning Dove - residents
Chimney Swift - a few
Spotted Sandpiper - Turtle Pond
Herring Gull - flyovers & around 40 birds on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon
Great Black-backed Gull - around 20 on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon
Double-crested Cormorant - Lake & flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe (near Mallard nest) (David Barrett)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers including w over Sparrow Rock with Peregrine Falcon
Belted Kingfisher - Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Downy Woodpecker - residents
Northern Flicker - still a male hanging around Black Locust appropriated by 
squirrel
Peregrine Falcon - swooping at one of the Red-tailed Hawks over Sparrow Rock
Eastern Wood-Pewee - at least 3 (2 Shakespeare Garden - Ally & Louise Burns), 
Warbler Rock, others heard
Empidonax Flycatchers - see note below
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4 (Turtle Pond, Humming Tombstone, near Summer 
House, heard elsewhere)
Eastern Kingbird - (Warbler Rock & nesting at Turtle Pond)
Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field
Red-eyed Vireo - at least 7
Blue Jay - residents
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond & Reservoir
Barn Swallow - Reservoir (see note below)
Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble
White-breasted Nuthatch - adult female Gill Overlook (early morning - Deb)
Veery - Source of the Gill (early morning - Deb)
Swainson's Thrush - one or two at gill Overlook
American Robin - residents
Gray Catbird - residents
Cedar Waxwing - at least 15 (a few eating cherries in Shakespeare Garden)
Northern Waterthrush - nice views at Turtle Pond
Black-and-white Warbler - female Tanner's Spring
Mourning Warbler - male west of Pinetum near West Drive (thanks to John & 
Deborah Antory) - mid-afternoon
Common Yellowthroat - first-spring male singing in Shakespeare Garden
American Redstart - 6
Northern Parula - female Tanner's Spring
Magnolia Warbler - Tanner's Spring (Barbara Green), Upper Lobe
Blackburnian Warbler - male Summer House
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Tanner's Spring
Blackpoll Warbler - Tanner's Spring & the Point, others heard
Wilson's Warbler - the Point
White-throated Sparrow - Upper Lobe
Northern Cardinal - residents
Common Grackle - still nesting in Willow Oak at Turtle Pond
Baltimore Oriole - 4

Empidonax Flycatchers: David Barrett heard an Acadian Flycatcher at Warbler 
Rock and saw a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Humming Tombstone. Another bird at 
Humming Tombstone may have been a Least Flycatcher. 

Pat Dubren reported 4 Barn Swallows collecting mud (nesting material) north of 
the Reservoir Sunday afternoon (5/27). 

John Day reported crows nesting on a building at 64th Street and Central Park 
West. 

Renee Sasaki sent photos of a Marsh Wren at the Loch taken Saturday May 20. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sun., May 28, 2017 - Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpiper, 11 species of Wood Warblers

2017-05-29 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park, NYC 
Sunday, May 28, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many others

Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, 11 species of Wood Warblers. 

Canada Goose - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir
Mallard - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir (on nest at Upper Lobe - John Day)
Mourning Dove - residents
Chimney Swift - a few
Spotted Sandpiper - Turtle Pond
Herring Gull - flyovers & around 40 birds on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon
Great Black-backed Gull - around 20 on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon
Double-crested Cormorant - Lake & flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe (near Mallard nest) (David Barrett)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers including w over Sparrow Rock with Peregrine Falcon
Belted Kingfisher - Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Downy Woodpecker - residents
Northern Flicker - still a male hanging around Black Locust appropriated by 
squirrel
Peregrine Falcon - swooping at one of the Red-tailed Hawks over Sparrow Rock
Eastern Wood-Pewee - at least 3 (2 Shakespeare Garden - Ally & Louise Burns), 
Warbler Rock, others heard
Empidonax Flycatchers - see note below
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4 (Turtle Pond, Humming Tombstone, near Summer 
House, heard elsewhere)
Eastern Kingbird - (Warbler Rock & nesting at Turtle Pond)
Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field
Red-eyed Vireo - at least 7
Blue Jay - residents
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond & Reservoir
Barn Swallow - Reservoir (see note below)
Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble
White-breasted Nuthatch - adult female Gill Overlook (early morning - Deb)
Veery - Source of the Gill (early morning - Deb)
Swainson's Thrush - one or two at gill Overlook
American Robin - residents
Gray Catbird - residents
Cedar Waxwing - at least 15 (a few eating cherries in Shakespeare Garden)
Northern Waterthrush - nice views at Turtle Pond
Black-and-white Warbler - female Tanner's Spring
Mourning Warbler - male west of Pinetum near West Drive (thanks to John & 
Deborah Antory) - mid-afternoon
Common Yellowthroat - first-spring male singing in Shakespeare Garden
American Redstart - 6
Northern Parula - female Tanner's Spring
Magnolia Warbler - Tanner's Spring (Barbara Green), Upper Lobe
Blackburnian Warbler - male Summer House
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Tanner's Spring
Blackpoll Warbler - Tanner's Spring & the Point, others heard
Wilson's Warbler - the Point
White-throated Sparrow - Upper Lobe
Northern Cardinal - residents
Common Grackle - still nesting in Willow Oak at Turtle Pond
Baltimore Oriole - 4

Empidonax Flycatchers: David Barrett heard an Acadian Flycatcher at Warbler 
Rock and saw a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Humming Tombstone. Another bird at 
Humming Tombstone may have been a Least Flycatcher. 

Pat Dubren reported 4 Barn Swallows collecting mud (nesting material) north of 
the Reservoir Sunday afternoon (5/27). 

John Day reported crows nesting on a building at 64th Street and Central Park 
West. 

Renee Sasaki sent photos of a Marsh Wren at the Loch taken Saturday May 20. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilts at West End, Jones Beach State Park (Nassau Co.)

2017-05-29 Thread Ken Feustel 
I spent some time this morning looking at shorebirds on a high tide in the West 
End Marina. While walking back to the gazebo from the eastern spit I saw Stan 
(a West End regular - sorry Stan, forgot your last name) talking to Tom Burke 
and Gail Benson, the distant conversation being followed by a remarkably quick 
movement of the participants toward their vehicles. Tom stopped to tell me that 
Stan had just found two Black-necked Stilts (photos taken) at the WE2 swale. We 
arrived at the swale approx. ten minutes after Stan’s observation - no Stilts. 
Present, however was a young Peregrine Falcon chasing anything with wings. A 
search of the ponds east of WE2 (ponds flooded) and areas between the dunes 
with standing water was fruitless. Any flooded pond or depression could hold 
these birds, so be on the lookout.

On a more positive note, and if anyone besides me has not already seen this 
bird, the Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, where 
he was seen and heard this morning and early this afternoon. My afternoon 
observation consisted of hearing the bird singing the moment I got out of the 
car. The bird was singing from the top of a conifer near the active Osprey nest 
(listen for the racket) on the east side of the main entrance road. The bird 
moved frequently, working his way north along the east side of the road toward 
the toll booth, finally crossing the road to the west side.

Cheers,

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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilts at West End, Jones Beach State Park (Nassau Co.)

2017-05-29 Thread Ken Feustel 
I spent some time this morning looking at shorebirds on a high tide in the West 
End Marina. While walking back to the gazebo from the eastern spit I saw Stan 
(a West End regular - sorry Stan, forgot your last name) talking to Tom Burke 
and Gail Benson, the distant conversation being followed by a remarkably quick 
movement of the participants toward their vehicles. Tom stopped to tell me that 
Stan had just found two Black-necked Stilts (photos taken) at the WE2 swale. We 
arrived at the swale approx. ten minutes after Stan’s observation - no Stilts. 
Present, however was a young Peregrine Falcon chasing anything with wings. A 
search of the ponds east of WE2 (ponds flooded) and areas between the dunes 
with standing water was fruitless. Any flooded pond or depression could hold 
these birds, so be on the lookout.

On a more positive note, and if anyone besides me has not already seen this 
bird, the Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, where 
he was seen and heard this morning and early this afternoon. My afternoon 
observation consisted of hearing the bird singing the moment I got out of the 
car. The bird was singing from the top of a conifer near the active Osprey nest 
(listen for the racket) on the east side of the main entrance road. The bird 
moved frequently, working his way north along the east side of the road toward 
the toll booth, finally crossing the road to the west side.

Cheers,

Ken Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR in Ulster County yesterday

2017-05-29 Thread scottjstoner 
Yesterday morning Denise and I drove down to the Shawangunk Grasslands National 
Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, arriving shortly after 8 in search of the 
Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel previously posted by Tom Williams on Facebook. 
With information from folks in the parking lot we headed for the south blind 
and the large gathering of birders along the trail about 100 years before the 
blind, all enjoying looks at the Henslow's Sparrow. After taking some photos of 
this life bird for Denise,  we continued to the blind and photographed the 
Dickcissel, unfortunately in poor light. A bit later, the Henslow's came much 
closer to the trail,in good light,and we finally got some better looks at the 
Dickcissel as well. There were also numerous grasshopper sparrows and bobolinks 
around, along with other species. Our ebird list is at the link below, and has 
photos of the Henslow's and Dickcissel. This is a great opportunity folks...


The photos are also on my personal Facebook page and our Naturelogues Facebook 
page.- Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner, Albany 


http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37206867




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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR in Ulster County yesterday

2017-05-29 Thread scottjstoner 
Yesterday morning Denise and I drove down to the Shawangunk Grasslands National 
Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, arriving shortly after 8 in search of the 
Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel previously posted by Tom Williams on Facebook. 
With information from folks in the parking lot we headed for the south blind 
and the large gathering of birders along the trail about 100 years before the 
blind, all enjoying looks at the Henslow's Sparrow. After taking some photos of 
this life bird for Denise,  we continued to the blind and photographed the 
Dickcissel, unfortunately in poor light. A bit later, the Henslow's came much 
closer to the trail,in good light,and we finally got some better looks at the 
Dickcissel as well. There were also numerous grasshopper sparrows and bobolinks 
around, along with other species. Our ebird list is at the link below, and has 
photos of the Henslow's and Dickcissel. This is a great opportunity folks...


The photos are also on my personal Facebook page and our Naturelogues Facebook 
page.- Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner, Albany 


http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37206867




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