[nysbirds-l] Purple Gallinule, old record, Nassau County

2018-02-12 Thread GQ 
Seeing these reports of Purple Gallinule prompted me to search eBird to see if 
the one I saw MANY years ago was there. It wasn’t, so I added it.

This was a bird that Barbara Spencer (who else?) found on her way to work the 
morning of June 13, 1980 at Scudders Pond in Sea Cliff (Nassau County). It was 
a very easy bird to see right from the road and I was able to find it the next 
day within minutes of my mother driving me to the location.
It was seen by many others, photographed, and documented in the Fall 1980 issue 
of The Kingbird.

Anybody else remember this bird??

Cheers,

Glenn

Glenn Quinn
Hauppauge, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Purple Gallinule, old record, Nassau County

2018-02-12 Thread GQ 
Seeing these reports of Purple Gallinule prompted me to search eBird to see if 
the one I saw MANY years ago was there. It wasn’t, so I added it.

This was a bird that Barbara Spencer (who else?) found on her way to work the 
morning of June 13, 1980 at Scudders Pond in Sea Cliff (Nassau County). It was 
a very easy bird to see right from the road and I was able to find it the next 
day within minutes of my mother driving me to the location.
It was seen by many others, photographed, and documented in the Fall 1980 issue 
of The Kingbird.

Anybody else remember this bird??

Cheers,

Glenn

Glenn Quinn
Hauppauge, NY
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
A Purple Gallinule was picked up a few weeks ago in Lowville, Lewis County, SE 
of Watertown. It responded well to rehab, and reportedly, is being driven to 
Florida for release.


Amazing.


Kevin


From: bounce-122284311-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Doug Gochfeld 

Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 6:56 PM
To: Shaibal Mitra
Cc: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

There's an interesting paper dealing with just this effect here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region
[https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region/links/56953f8008ae3ad8e33d5b10/largepreview.png]

Warmer Summers and Drier Winters Correlate with More 
...
www.researchgate.net
Warmer Summers and Drier Winters Correlate with More Winter Vagrant Purple 
Gallinules ( Porphyrio martinicus ) in the North Atlantic Region



Good Birding and Vagrant Speculating!
-Doug Gochfeld



On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:52 AM Shaibal Mitra 
> wrote:
Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a discrete 
flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those sites in mid 
April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think that southern 
populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance flights to the 
north in mid January?

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

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[bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu]
 on behalf of Paul R Sweet [sw...@amnh.org]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber yielded 
Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen was picked 
up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later

As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January 
Southampton.

Details will be submitted to NYSARC

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
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New York, NY 10024

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
A Purple Gallinule was picked up a few weeks ago in Lowville, Lewis County, SE 
of Watertown. It responded well to rehab, and reportedly, is being driven to 
Florida for release.


Amazing.


Kevin


From: bounce-122284311-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Doug Gochfeld 

Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 6:56 PM
To: Shaibal Mitra
Cc: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

There's an interesting paper dealing with just this effect here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region
[https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region/links/56953f8008ae3ad8e33d5b10/largepreview.png]

Warmer Summers and Drier Winters Correlate with More 
...
www.researchgate.net
Warmer Summers and Drier Winters Correlate with More Winter Vagrant Purple 
Gallinules ( Porphyrio martinicus ) in the North Atlantic Region



Good Birding and Vagrant Speculating!
-Doug Gochfeld



On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:52 AM Shaibal Mitra 
mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>> wrote:
Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a discrete 
flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those sites in mid 
April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think that southern 
populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance flights to the 
north in mid January?

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: 
bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu
 
[bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu]
 on behalf of Paul R Sweet [sw...@amnh.org]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber yielded 
Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen was picked 
up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later

As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January 
Southampton.

Details will be submitted to NYSARC

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Doug Gochfeld 
There's an interesting paper dealing with just this effect here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region

Good Birding and Vagrant Speculating!
-Doug Gochfeld



On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:52 AM Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a
> discrete flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those
> sites in mid April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think
> that southern populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance
> flights to the north in mid January?
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [
> sw...@amnh.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM
> To: NYSBIRDS-L
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)
>
> A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber
> yielded Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen
> was picked up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later
>
> As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January
> Southampton.
>
> Details will be submitted to NYSARC
>
> Paul Sweet
> Collection Manager
> Department of Ornithology
> American Museum of Natural History
> Central Park West at 79th Street
> New York, NY 10024
>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Doug Gochfeld 
There's an interesting paper dealing with just this effect here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region

Good Birding and Vagrant Speculating!
-Doug Gochfeld



On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:52 AM Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a
> discrete flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those
> sites in mid April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think
> that southern populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance
> flights to the north in mid January?
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [
> sw...@amnh.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM
> To: NYSBIRDS-L
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)
>
> A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber
> yielded Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen
> was picked up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later
>
> As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January
> Southampton.
>
> Details will be submitted to NYSARC
>
> Paul Sweet
> Collection Manager
> Department of Ornithology
> American Museum of Natural History
> Central Park West at 79th Street
> New York, NY 10024
>
> Tel: 212 769 5780
> Cell: 718 757 5941
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RE:[nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a discrete 
flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those sites in mid 
April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think that southern 
populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance flights to the 
north in mid January?

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet 
[sw...@amnh.org]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber yielded 
Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen was picked 
up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later

As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January 
Southampton.

Details will be submitted to NYSARC

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a discrete 
flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those sites in mid 
April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think that southern 
populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance flights to the 
north in mid January?

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet 
[sw...@amnh.org]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber yielded 
Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen was picked 
up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later

As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January 
Southampton.

Details will be submitted to NYSARC

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2018-02-12 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - January 29, 2018
*  NYSY  02.12.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 05 2018 - 
February 12, 2018to 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: February 12 AT 3:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 05, 
2018.
Highlights--
SURF SCOTERRED-SHOULDERED HAWKBLACK VULTUREICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLLESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULLSLATY-BACKED GULLMERLINPEREGRINE FALCONSNOWY OWLNORTHERN 
SHRIKEFISH CROWYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERRED CROSSBILL


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
No reports this week

Onondaga County
     2:6: A SLATY-BACKED GULL, previously reported in Oswego, was relocated in 
Baldwinsville on the ice near Meadow Street. It was relocated the next day near 
Mercer Park also in Baldwinsville but has not been reported since.     2/8: 2 
BLACK VULTURES were seen near the OCCRA site off of Rt. 91 in Jamesville. One 
or both have been reported each day since including today. One and sometimes 
two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been reported on the Seneca River in 
Baldwinsville near Mercer Park. They have been reported through the 11th. A 
PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Rt.690 in Syracuse.      2/10: A YELLOW-RUMPED 
WARBLER was seen at Meadow Street in Baldwinsville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen 
on Turner Road south of Baldwinsville. A MERLIN was seen near the Rt. 695 
Camillus Bypass just off of Rt. 690.     2/11: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the 
end of the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk near Destiny Mall in Syracuse. 6 ICELAND 
GULLS and 2 FISH CROWS were seen from Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL 
was see at Drivers Village in North Syracuse.

Oswego County
     2/9: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Oswego Harbor. It was seen up to the 11th.    
  2/11: One ICELAND and one GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at Indian Point on the 
Oswego River north of Fulton. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Lake Ontario from 
Lakeview Road near the Ontario Bible Camp.

Oneida county
     2/8: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Skinner Road west of Westmoreland.

Herkimer County
     2/6: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Rt. 29 In Fairfield.
    

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2018-02-12 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - January 29, 2018
*  NYSY  02.12.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 05 2018 - 
February 12, 2018to 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: February 12 AT 3:00 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 05, 
2018.
Highlights--
SURF SCOTERRED-SHOULDERED HAWKBLACK VULTUREICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLLESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULLSLATY-BACKED GULLMERLINPEREGRINE FALCONSNOWY OWLNORTHERN 
SHRIKEFISH CROWYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERRED CROSSBILL


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
No reports this week

Onondaga County
     2:6: A SLATY-BACKED GULL, previously reported in Oswego, was relocated in 
Baldwinsville on the ice near Meadow Street. It was relocated the next day near 
Mercer Park also in Baldwinsville but has not been reported since.     2/8: 2 
BLACK VULTURES were seen near the OCCRA site off of Rt. 91 in Jamesville. One 
or both have been reported each day since including today. One and sometimes 
two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been reported on the Seneca River in 
Baldwinsville near Mercer Park. They have been reported through the 11th. A 
PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Rt.690 in Syracuse.      2/10: A YELLOW-RUMPED 
WARBLER was seen at Meadow Street in Baldwinsville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen 
on Turner Road south of Baldwinsville. A MERLIN was seen near the Rt. 695 
Camillus Bypass just off of Rt. 690.     2/11: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the 
end of the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk near Destiny Mall in Syracuse. 6 ICELAND 
GULLS and 2 FISH CROWS were seen from Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL 
was see at Drivers Village in North Syracuse.

Oswego County
     2/9: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Oswego Harbor. It was seen up to the 11th.    
  2/11: One ICELAND and one GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at Indian Point on the 
Oswego River north of Fulton. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Lake Ontario from 
Lakeview Road near the Ontario Bible Camp.

Oneida county
     2/8: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Skinner Road west of Westmoreland.

Herkimer County
     2/6: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Rt. 29 In Fairfield.
    

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---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY  13027  USA
  
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[nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Paul R Sweet 
A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber yielded 
Long Island's 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen was picked 
up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later

As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January 
Southampton.

Details will be submitted to NYSARC

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New York, NY 10024

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[nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable)

2018-02-12 Thread Paul R Sweet 
A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber yielded 
Long Island's 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen was picked 
up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later

As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January 
Southampton.

Details will be submitted to NYSARC

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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[nysbirds-l] Black Vulture movement & other sightings, Rockefeller SPP, Westchester County

2018-02-12 Thread Anne Swaim 
We observed an interesting movement of 19 Black Vultures at Rockefeller
State Park Preserve this morning on Saw Mill River Audubon's 2nd Mon bird
walk there.

Twelve drifting together north and 7 others seen around the Swan Lake
area.

There have been good numbers of Black Vultures with the Turkey Vulture
roost just 6 mile N by the Village of Croton-on-Hudson but not as many BLVU
recorded there in last couple of months with the temperature swings.

Noted this ref in Cornell's Birds of North America online resource: "Black
Vultures also engage in short-term, local movements when weather becomes
unfavorable, retiring ahead of adverse conditions and returning when
conditions improve."
https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/blkvul/distribution

Among other observations this morning at RSPP were:
*  a small group of six Snow Geese headed northwest over Swan Lake,
*  Northern Cardinals and Song Sparrows both now singing,
*  and -- always enjoyable -- great looks at three adult Bald Eagles.

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[nysbirds-l] Black Vulture movement & other sightings, Rockefeller SPP, Westchester County

2018-02-12 Thread Anne Swaim 
We observed an interesting movement of 19 Black Vultures at Rockefeller
State Park Preserve this morning on Saw Mill River Audubon's 2nd Mon bird
walk there.

Twelve drifting together north and 7 others seen around the Swan Lake
area.

There have been good numbers of Black Vultures with the Turkey Vulture
roost just 6 mile N by the Village of Croton-on-Hudson but not as many BLVU
recorded there in last couple of months with the temperature swings.

Noted this ref in Cornell's Birds of North America online resource: "Black
Vultures also engage in short-term, local movements when weather becomes
unfavorable, retiring ahead of adverse conditions and returning when
conditions improve."
https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/blkvul/distribution

Among other observations this morning at RSPP were:
*  a small group of six Snow Geese headed northwest over Swan Lake,
*  Northern Cardinals and Song Sparrows both now singing,
*  and -- always enjoyable -- great looks at three adult Bald Eagles.

eBird list here:
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Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon
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[nysbirds-l] Pileated Woodpecker

2018-02-12 Thread Colleen Veltri 
Heard Pileated Woodpecker at the end of Reservoir Rd in Melville Long Island 
Suffolk. Also had Raven. 

May the birds be with you
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[nysbirds-l] Pileated Woodpecker

2018-02-12 Thread Colleen Veltri 
Heard Pileated Woodpecker at the end of Reservoir Rd in Melville Long Island 
Suffolk. Also had Raven. 

May the birds be with you
Colleen and Bobby Veltri

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