[nysbirds-l] Both eiders, 2 out of 3 scoters, a pair of mergansers, and 1 species of shore bird.
On Thursday afternoon, between ~ 4 to 5:30 PM, I birded Dune Rd in Quogue, starting at the Post La. Bridge and ending at Shinnicock Inlet, Hampton Bays. Early into the drive, 3 Greater Yellowlegs were found resting/preening in shallow water on the n/s of the road. Nothing notable was seen until arriving at the inlet, where ~ 2/3 of its length held a skein of ducks, consisting of ~ 100 C.Eiders, ~ 100 Black Scoters, and a lone pair of Red-breasted Mergansers. The same round numbers of COEI and BLSC were also seen in Shinnicock Bay, just north of, and west of, the inlet. It was in these last locations where an immature male King Eider, and 6 Surf Scoters were seen. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Both eiders, 2 out of 3 scoters, a pair of mergansers, and 1 species of shore bird.
On Thursday afternoon, between ~ 4 to 5:30 PM, I birded Dune Rd in Quogue, starting at the Post La. Bridge and ending at Shinnicock Inlet, Hampton Bays. Early into the drive, 3 Greater Yellowlegs were found resting/preening in shallow water on the n/s of the road. Nothing notable was seen until arriving at the inlet, where ~ 2/3 of its length held a skein of ducks, consisting of ~ 100 C.Eiders, ~ 100 Black Scoters, and a lone pair of Red-breasted Mergansers. The same round numbers of COEI and BLSC were also seen in Shinnicock Bay, just north of, and west of, the inlet. It was in these last locations where an immature male King Eider, and 6 Surf Scoters were seen. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
On this beautiful day: Canvasback swimming along with a raft of Greater Scaup in the Orchard Beach Lagoon A raft of perhaps 80 Surf Scoter, very close in to the beach, near the jetty by the nature center. Off Hunter Island: Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Greater Scaup, Gadwall, Brant, Horned Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, American Black Duck, Mallard, Canada Goose, Mute Swan. The Barred Owl remains, as he has since November. If you go, wear boots, it’s “mud-luscious.*” Jack Rothman *apologies to e.e cummings -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
On this beautiful day: Canvasback swimming along with a raft of Greater Scaup in the Orchard Beach Lagoon A raft of perhaps 80 Surf Scoter, very close in to the beach, near the jetty by the nature center. Off Hunter Island: Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Greater Scaup, Gadwall, Brant, Horned Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, American Black Duck, Mallard, Canada Goose, Mute Swan. The Barred Owl remains, as he has since November. If you go, wear boots, it’s “mud-luscious.*” Jack Rothman *apologies to e.e cummings -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NORTHEAST HAWK WATCH HAWK MIGRATION CONFERENCE, SATURDAY, MARCH 30
The NorthEast Hawk Watch (NEHW) will holds it 11th quadrennial regional hawk migration conference on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA. The all-day conference features nine presentations by some of the nation’s premier authorities on hawks. · Dr. Laurie Goodrich on Broad-winged Hawk Migration Ecology and Conservation · Dr. Rob Bierregard on Osprey journeys and the new technology used to track them · Dr. Cheryl Dykstra on urban raptors: their behavioral ecology in cities · Chris Martin on dispersal, migration, and overwinter site fidelity of female Peregrines in New Hampshire · Eric Masterson on following Broad-winged Hawk migration via bicycle · Dr. David Oleyar presentation on the latest Raptor Population Index · Chris DeSorbo on the conflicting influences of mercury contamination and the restoration of anadromous fish on Maine’s Bald Eagle population · Larry Fischer on the life history of Saw-whet Owls from four seasons of banding returns · Trudy Battaly and Drew Panko on the importance of your migration counts and what they tell us Registration for the conference is now open. For complete information, including directions to the conference, speakers’ abstracts, and registration forms, visit https://battaly.com/nehw/conference Registration is $45 FOR NEHW members; $50 for nonmembers. ($55 covers conference registration and a year’s membership in the NEHW, including a 36-40 pp annual report on hawk migration in the northeast.) An optional luncheon sandwich buffet (including vegetarian selections) is $15. Register in advance; first forty registrants receive a free one-page hawk calendar. Anyone interested in birds (not “just hawks”) should find this a very informative, fun conference. Looking forward to seeing you at the conference,Trudy Battalyhttp://www.battaly.com/nehw -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] NORTHEAST HAWK WATCH HAWK MIGRATION CONFERENCE, SATURDAY, MARCH 30
The NorthEast Hawk Watch (NEHW) will holds it 11th quadrennial regional hawk migration conference on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA. The all-day conference features nine presentations by some of the nation’s premier authorities on hawks. · Dr. Laurie Goodrich on Broad-winged Hawk Migration Ecology and Conservation · Dr. Rob Bierregard on Osprey journeys and the new technology used to track them · Dr. Cheryl Dykstra on urban raptors: their behavioral ecology in cities · Chris Martin on dispersal, migration, and overwinter site fidelity of female Peregrines in New Hampshire · Eric Masterson on following Broad-winged Hawk migration via bicycle · Dr. David Oleyar presentation on the latest Raptor Population Index · Chris DeSorbo on the conflicting influences of mercury contamination and the restoration of anadromous fish on Maine’s Bald Eagle population · Larry Fischer on the life history of Saw-whet Owls from four seasons of banding returns · Trudy Battaly and Drew Panko on the importance of your migration counts and what they tell us Registration for the conference is now open. For complete information, including directions to the conference, speakers’ abstracts, and registration forms, visit https://battaly.com/nehw/conference Registration is $45 FOR NEHW members; $50 for nonmembers. ($55 covers conference registration and a year’s membership in the NEHW, including a 36-40 pp annual report on hawk migration in the northeast.) An optional luncheon sandwich buffet (including vegetarian selections) is $15. Register in advance; first forty registrants receive a free one-page hawk calendar. Anyone interested in birds (not “just hawks”) should find this a very informative, fun conference. Looking forward to seeing you at the conference,Trudy Battalyhttp://www.battaly.com/nehw -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! --
