[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 Apr 2018

2018-04-26 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/26/2018
* NYBU1804.26
- Birds mentioned

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  SNOWY OWL
  COMMON LOON
  Red-throated Loon
  Horned Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Turkey Vulture
  Osprey
  Sharp-sh. Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk
  Northern Goshawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Golden Eagle
  American Kestrel
  Virginia Rail
  Common Gallinule
  Sandhill Crane
  Barred Owl
  Chimney Swift
  Eastern Phoebe
  Tree Swallow
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Hermit Thrush
  Brown Thrasher
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Vesper Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 04/26/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, April 26, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports received April 19 through
  April 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  The SNOWY OWL spectacular on the Buffalo
  waterfront looks to have peaked on April 20,
  when at least 47 SNOWY OWLS were counted in a
  two mile stretch of the harbor breakwalls and
  drift ice. Other evening counts this week were
  37, 28 and 17.

  COMMON LOON and HORNED GREBE fallouts continued
  earlier this week. At Bond Lake Park in
  Lewiston, 30 COMMON LOONS and one each of RED-
  THROATED LOON and HORNED GREBE. Multiple COMMON
  LOONS at the Reinstein Preserve in Cheektowaga.
  Seven COMMON LOONS with a HORNED GREBE on the
  pond south of the Williamsville North High
  School. Six COMMON LOONS on one of the ponds at
  Beaver Island State Park. Two COMMON LOONS on a
  Swann Road pond in Porter, and on Mirror Lake
  at Forest Lawn in Buffalo, three HORNED GREBES.

  A hawkflight over Fort Niagara State Park on
  April 22 was highlighted by GOLDEN EAGLE and
  NORTHERN GOSHAWK, with numbers of TURKEY
  VULTURES, SHARP-SH. HAWKS, COOPER'S HAWKS, RED-
  TAILED HAWKS, and OSPREYS, plus 3 SANDHILL
  CRANES.

  From Cattaraugus County in the Southern Tier -
  AMERICAN KESTRELS on eggs, BROAD-WINGED HAWK at
  Golden Hill State Forest, and a note that TREE
  SWALLOWS were late to arrive this spring.

  Other reports - a pair of BARRED OWLS at the
  Reinstein Preserve. At Tifft Nature Preserve, 5
  VIRGINIA RAILS, COMMON GALLINULE and PINE
  WARBLER. VIRGINIA RAIL also on Sour Springs
  Road in the Iroquois Refuge. 75 COMMON TERNS
  and a CASPIAN TERN on the Buffalo waterfront.
  30 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS on Lake Ontario at
  Point Breeze. VESPER SPARROW at Beaver Island
  State Park. And multiple reports of CHIMNEY
  SWIFT, EASTERN PHOEBE, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT
  THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and
  FOX SPARROW.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday
  evening, May 3. Please call in your sightings
  by noon Thursday. You may report sightings
  after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 Apr 2018

2018-04-26 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/26/2018
* NYBU1804.26
- Birds mentioned

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  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
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  SNOWY OWL
  COMMON LOON
  Red-throated Loon
  Horned Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Turkey Vulture
  Osprey
  Sharp-sh. Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk
  Northern Goshawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Golden Eagle
  American Kestrel
  Virginia Rail
  Common Gallinule
  Sandhill Crane
  Barred Owl
  Chimney Swift
  Eastern Phoebe
  Tree Swallow
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Hermit Thrush
  Brown Thrasher
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Vesper Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 04/26/2018
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, April 26, 2018

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided
  by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the
  Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
  Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound
  key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of reports received April 19 through
  April 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  The SNOWY OWL spectacular on the Buffalo
  waterfront looks to have peaked on April 20,
  when at least 47 SNOWY OWLS were counted in a
  two mile stretch of the harbor breakwalls and
  drift ice. Other evening counts this week were
  37, 28 and 17.

  COMMON LOON and HORNED GREBE fallouts continued
  earlier this week. At Bond Lake Park in
  Lewiston, 30 COMMON LOONS and one each of RED-
  THROATED LOON and HORNED GREBE. Multiple COMMON
  LOONS at the Reinstein Preserve in Cheektowaga.
  Seven COMMON LOONS with a HORNED GREBE on the
  pond south of the Williamsville North High
  School. Six COMMON LOONS on one of the ponds at
  Beaver Island State Park. Two COMMON LOONS on a
  Swann Road pond in Porter, and on Mirror Lake
  at Forest Lawn in Buffalo, three HORNED GREBES.

  A hawkflight over Fort Niagara State Park on
  April 22 was highlighted by GOLDEN EAGLE and
  NORTHERN GOSHAWK, with numbers of TURKEY
  VULTURES, SHARP-SH. HAWKS, COOPER'S HAWKS, RED-
  TAILED HAWKS, and OSPREYS, plus 3 SANDHILL
  CRANES.

  From Cattaraugus County in the Southern Tier -
  AMERICAN KESTRELS on eggs, BROAD-WINGED HAWK at
  Golden Hill State Forest, and a note that TREE
  SWALLOWS were late to arrive this spring.

  Other reports - a pair of BARRED OWLS at the
  Reinstein Preserve. At Tifft Nature Preserve, 5
  VIRGINIA RAILS, COMMON GALLINULE and PINE
  WARBLER. VIRGINIA RAIL also on Sour Springs
  Road in the Iroquois Refuge. 75 COMMON TERNS
  and a CASPIAN TERN on the Buffalo waterfront.
  30 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS on Lake Ontario at
  Point Breeze. VESPER SPARROW at Beaver Island
  State Park. And multiple reports of CHIMNEY
  SWIFT, EASTERN PHOEBE, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT
  THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and
  FOX SPARROW.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday
  evening, May 3. Please call in your sightings
  by noon Thursday. You may report sightings
  after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

2018-04-26 Thread Ben Cacace 
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
• http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 7 days

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
weeks.

*Allegany County: *
• Caspian Tern (19-Apr-2018)

*Broome County: *
• Upland Sandpiper (19-Apr-2018)

*Delaware County: *
• Common Tern (18-Apr-2018)

*Seneca County: *
• Western Meadowlark (18-Apr-2018)

*Ulster County: *
• Little Gull (19-Apr-2018)

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

2018-04-26 Thread Ben Cacace 
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
• http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 7 days

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
weeks.

*Allegany County: *
• Caspian Tern (19-Apr-2018)

*Broome County: *
• Upland Sandpiper (19-Apr-2018)

*Delaware County: *
• Common Tern (18-Apr-2018)

*Seneca County: *
• Western Meadowlark (18-Apr-2018)

*Ulster County: *
• Little Gull (19-Apr-2018)

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thurs., April 26, 2018 - Summer Tanager Black-and-white Warbler, Y-c Night-Heron, R-t Loon

2018-04-26 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC 
Thursday, April 26, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. 

A slow day, but still some good birds around: Summer Tanager, Black-and-white, 
Yellow-rumped & Palm Warblers, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Wood Duck, 
Red-throated Loon, Indigo Bunting, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 
Field Sparrow, Peregrine Falcon. 

Canada Goose - Turtle Pond & Reservoir
Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond
Mallard - not many, but males chasing females (Reservoir, Turtle Pond)
Bufflehead - 4 Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 6 Reservoir 
Mourning Dove - a dozen at feeders, pair Shakespeare Garden
American Coot - Reservoir
Herring Gull - 20 Reservoir
Great black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir
Red-throated Loon - SW Reservoir (continuing)
Double-crested Cormorant - a dozen (Reservoir, Turtle Pond, & flyovers)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - adult seen at Riviera, then moved to Point/Oven 
(FOS)*
Red-tailed Hawk - adult over Upper Lobe/Oak Bridge
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 pairs (2 Ramble, 1 Oven, 1 Locust Grove)
Downy Woodpecker - several locations
Northern  Flicker - pair at/near Warbler Rock
Peregrine Falcon - second-year (juvenile) female over Pinetum
Blue-headed Vireo - Riviera
Blue Jay - pairing up in small, noisy groups
Barn Swallow - 2 Reservoir
Tufted Titmouse - north side of Bow Bridge
House Wren - singing Shakespeare Garden
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Oven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 (4 of these on the north side of Bow Bridge)
American Robin - nesting
House Finch - 8 feeders
American Goldfinch - a dozen (feeders & Pinetum)
Eastern Towhee - 4 (3 male & 1 female - a pair at feeders)
Chipping Sparrow - 2 (Summit Rock - early a.m.)
Field Sparrow - bathing in a puddle at Maintenance Field
Song Sparrow - Turtle Pond
White-throated Sparrow - 15
Dark-eyed Junco - 4 Pinetum
Red-winged Blackbird - 6 males
Brown-headed Cowbird - female Swampy Pin Oak
Common Grackle - 8-10 (Oven & Turtle Pond)
Black-and-white Warbler - adult male (Riviera, moved to Oven)
Palm Warbler - 2 (the Point & Turtle Pond)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15
Summer Tanager - female SW Reservoir (continuing)
Northern Cardinal - residents
Indigo Bunting - male lawn north of Met Museum (continuing)

*The first-of-season Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was tweeted by Matthew 
Rymkiewicz at 6:26 this morning. See @BirdCentralPark for more NY County bird 
alerts. 

Congratulations to Peter Post for his Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Central 
Park Reservoir. Gull numbers are highest there at mid-day, making that the best 
time to check for rarities. 

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thurs., April 26, 2018 - Summer Tanager Black-and-white Warbler, Y-c Night-Heron, R-t Loon

2018-04-26 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC 
Thursday, April 26, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. 

A slow day, but still some good birds around: Summer Tanager, Black-and-white, 
Yellow-rumped & Palm Warblers, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Wood Duck, 
Red-throated Loon, Indigo Bunting, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 
Field Sparrow, Peregrine Falcon. 

Canada Goose - Turtle Pond & Reservoir
Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond
Mallard - not many, but males chasing females (Reservoir, Turtle Pond)
Bufflehead - 4 Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 6 Reservoir 
Mourning Dove - a dozen at feeders, pair Shakespeare Garden
American Coot - Reservoir
Herring Gull - 20 Reservoir
Great black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir
Red-throated Loon - SW Reservoir (continuing)
Double-crested Cormorant - a dozen (Reservoir, Turtle Pond, & flyovers)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - adult seen at Riviera, then moved to Point/Oven 
(FOS)*
Red-tailed Hawk - adult over Upper Lobe/Oak Bridge
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 pairs (2 Ramble, 1 Oven, 1 Locust Grove)
Downy Woodpecker - several locations
Northern  Flicker - pair at/near Warbler Rock
Peregrine Falcon - second-year (juvenile) female over Pinetum
Blue-headed Vireo - Riviera
Blue Jay - pairing up in small, noisy groups
Barn Swallow - 2 Reservoir
Tufted Titmouse - north side of Bow Bridge
House Wren - singing Shakespeare Garden
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Oven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 (4 of these on the north side of Bow Bridge)
American Robin - nesting
House Finch - 8 feeders
American Goldfinch - a dozen (feeders & Pinetum)
Eastern Towhee - 4 (3 male & 1 female - a pair at feeders)
Chipping Sparrow - 2 (Summit Rock - early a.m.)
Field Sparrow - bathing in a puddle at Maintenance Field
Song Sparrow - Turtle Pond
White-throated Sparrow - 15
Dark-eyed Junco - 4 Pinetum
Red-winged Blackbird - 6 males
Brown-headed Cowbird - female Swampy Pin Oak
Common Grackle - 8-10 (Oven & Turtle Pond)
Black-and-white Warbler - adult male (Riviera, moved to Oven)
Palm Warbler - 2 (the Point & Turtle Pond)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15
Summer Tanager - female SW Reservoir (continuing)
Northern Cardinal - residents
Indigo Bunting - male lawn north of Met Museum (continuing)

*The first-of-season Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was tweeted by Matthew 
Rymkiewicz at 6:26 this morning. See @BirdCentralPark for more NY County bird 
alerts. 

Congratulations to Peter Post for his Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Central 
Park Reservoir. Gull numbers are highest there at mid-day, making that the best 
time to check for rarities. 

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull Central Park

2018-04-26 Thread Peter Post 
Adult on reservoir. Visible from SW corner. 

Peter Post

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[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull Central Park

2018-04-26 Thread Peter Post 
Adult on reservoir. Visible from SW corner. 

Peter Post

Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC

2018-04-26 Thread Deborah Allen 
I've looked at the photo and just wonder if anyone has considered Mississippi Kite for this bird. Deb-Original Message-
From: David Barrett 
Sent: Apr 26, 2018 11:48 AM
To: "NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu" 
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC

This morning at 10:55 Gus Keri briefly saw and photographed what appeared to be a raptor with a long, forked-tail over Canarsie Beach Park in Brooklyn. View and photo were heavily backlit, into the sun, so coloration could not be perceived:https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/989519637820952584Swallow-tailed Kite is one possibility and the photo may suggest some other ones. The bird was flying east toward Jamaica Bay. David Barrettwww.bigmanhattanyear.com


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC

2018-04-26 Thread Deborah Allen 
I've looked at the photo and just wonder if anyone has considered Mississippi Kite for this bird. Deb-Original Message-
From: David Barrett 
Sent: Apr 26, 2018 11:48 AM
To: "NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu" 
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC

This morning at 10:55 Gus Keri briefly saw and photographed what appeared to be a raptor with a long, forked-tail over Canarsie Beach Park in Brooklyn. View and photo were heavily backlit, into the sun, so coloration could not be perceived:https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/989519637820952584Swallow-tailed Kite is one possibility and the photo may suggest some other ones. The bird was flying east toward Jamaica Bay. David Barrettwww.bigmanhattanyear.com


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[nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC

2018-04-26 Thread David Barrett 
This morning at 10:55 Gus Keri briefly saw and photographed what appeared
to be a raptor with a long, forked-tail over Canarsie Beach Park in
Brooklyn. View and photo were heavily backlit, into the sun, so coloration
could not be perceived:

https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/989519637820952584

Swallow-tailed Kite is one possibility and the photo may suggest some other
ones. The bird was flying east toward Jamaica Bay.

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC

2018-04-26 Thread David Barrett 
This morning at 10:55 Gus Keri briefly saw and photographed what appeared
to be a raptor with a long, forked-tail over Canarsie Beach Park in
Brooklyn. View and photo were heavily backlit, into the sun, so coloration
could not be perceived:

https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/989519637820952584

Swallow-tailed Kite is one possibility and the photo may suggest some other
ones. The bird was flying east toward Jamaica Bay.

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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] City Nature Challenge - iNaturalist Competition – NYC vs 60 other cities April 27-30

2018-04-26 Thread Cindy Hwang 
Bummer! Looks like fun. We'll be down in MD for my niece's birthday.

On Apr 25, 2018 2:30 PM, "Nancy Tognan"  wrote:

> *City Nature Challenge - iNaturalist Competition – NYC vs 60 other cities
> April 27-30*
> The City University of NY (CUNY) Macaulay Honors College is organizing the
> NYC arm of the City Nature Challenge. Over 60 cities throughout the world
> are competing. See http://citynaturechallenge.org  and
> https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-
> challenge-2018-new-york-city.
>
> Challenge: Have as many people as possible make iNaturalist posts of
> wildlife sightings in New York City between April 27-30, 2018. There are
> four ways that NYC can “win” this competition: most total observations,
> most verifiable observations, most species, and most people involved.
>
> Please note that I am not an organizer of this competition nor am I
> affiliated with CUNY. I am attempting to assist the effort by asking
> birders to each report a few sightings in order to boost our city's results.
>
> If you have never used iNaturalist but you are thinking about it, now
> might be a good time to try it. Even if you don’t want to use it all the
> time, you might find it helpful once in a while for recording the exact
> location of something you might want to re-locate. If you have a
> smartphone, you can download the app “iNaturalist”; if not, use the website
> www.inaturalist.org
>
> To use iNaturalist, you need both an exact time and location of whatever
> wildlife you have found - a plant, animal, fungus, slime mold, or other
> evidence (scat, fur, tracks, shells, carcasses). If you can take a picture
> or audio recording, you should do so, because without it, the observation
> cannot be verified to become “research grade”.  Unverifiable observations
> will count for 3 of the competition categories, so it is still useful to
> make them.
>
>
>- If you use the app, it will automatically record the date/time, your
>latitude/longitude, along with whatever photo you take with your cell
>phone. Suggestion: If you take a long zoom picture with a non-cell-phone
>camera, take a cell phone picture of the displayed photo in the back of
>your camera.
>- If you use the website:
>   - You may enter a sighting with a photo from any camera without
>   using the app. You would need to enter a time and location manually.
>   - Or if you used the app and posted no photo or a bad photo, you
>   can update your sighting with a better photo.
>- However you make the entry, you need to make some guess as to the
>species, family, or other grouping of the organism (“monarch butterfly”,
>“insect”, etc.)
>
> You can read more about this at https://www.inaturalist.
> org/pages/getting+started
>
> Nancy Tognan
> VP, Queens County Bird Club
> nancy.tog...@gmail.com
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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] City Nature Challenge - iNaturalist Competition – NYC vs 60 other cities April 27-30

2018-04-26 Thread Cindy Hwang 
Bummer! Looks like fun. We'll be down in MD for my niece's birthday.

On Apr 25, 2018 2:30 PM, "Nancy Tognan"  wrote:

> *City Nature Challenge - iNaturalist Competition – NYC vs 60 other cities
> April 27-30*
> The City University of NY (CUNY) Macaulay Honors College is organizing the
> NYC arm of the City Nature Challenge. Over 60 cities throughout the world
> are competing. See http://citynaturechallenge.org  and
> https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-
> challenge-2018-new-york-city.
>
> Challenge: Have as many people as possible make iNaturalist posts of
> wildlife sightings in New York City between April 27-30, 2018. There are
> four ways that NYC can “win” this competition: most total observations,
> most verifiable observations, most species, and most people involved.
>
> Please note that I am not an organizer of this competition nor am I
> affiliated with CUNY. I am attempting to assist the effort by asking
> birders to each report a few sightings in order to boost our city's results.
>
> If you have never used iNaturalist but you are thinking about it, now
> might be a good time to try it. Even if you don’t want to use it all the
> time, you might find it helpful once in a while for recording the exact
> location of something you might want to re-locate. If you have a
> smartphone, you can download the app “iNaturalist”; if not, use the website
> www.inaturalist.org
>
> To use iNaturalist, you need both an exact time and location of whatever
> wildlife you have found - a plant, animal, fungus, slime mold, or other
> evidence (scat, fur, tracks, shells, carcasses). If you can take a picture
> or audio recording, you should do so, because without it, the observation
> cannot be verified to become “research grade”.  Unverifiable observations
> will count for 3 of the competition categories, so it is still useful to
> make them.
>
>
>- If you use the app, it will automatically record the date/time, your
>latitude/longitude, along with whatever photo you take with your cell
>phone. Suggestion: If you take a long zoom picture with a non-cell-phone
>camera, take a cell phone picture of the displayed photo in the back of
>your camera.
>- If you use the website:
>   - You may enter a sighting with a photo from any camera without
>   using the app. You would need to enter a time and location manually.
>   - Or if you used the app and posted no photo or a bad photo, you
>   can update your sighting with a better photo.
>- However you make the entry, you need to make some guess as to the
>species, family, or other grouping of the organism (“monarch butterfly”,
>“insect”, etc.)
>
> You can read more about this at https://www.inaturalist.
> org/pages/getting+started
>
> Nancy Tognan
> VP, Queens County Bird Club
> nancy.tog...@gmail.com
> --
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[nysbirds-l] Boreal Owl-NO

2018-04-26 Thread Greg Lawrence 
Hi all,

NO Boreal Owl today despite many searching diligently at Owl Woods today. The 
hunt continues...will post an update if the bird is, in fact, found.

Greg

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[nysbirds-l] Boreal Owl-NO

2018-04-26 Thread Greg Lawrence 
Hi all,

NO Boreal Owl today despite many searching diligently at Owl Woods today. The 
hunt continues...will post an update if the bird is, in fact, found.

Greg

Sent from my iPhone

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