[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, Ulster Co. 05/30/2018

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Here is a link to my eBird checklist
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46165624 that contains pictures and a
recording of the Henslow's Sparrow found on Wednesday afternoon, May 30, at
the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR. It was down the Red Loop trail that starts at
the corner of the parking area and goes past the gazebo and platform. As you
go down the trail it crosses a dry channel. The bird was actively calling
and perching up about 50 feet or so past the dry channel, mainly on the
right side of the trail.

 

Joseph DiCostanzo

 

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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, Ulster Co. 05/30/2018

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Here is a link to my eBird checklist
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46165624 that contains pictures and a
recording of the Henslow's Sparrow found on Wednesday afternoon, May 30, at
the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR. It was down the Red Loop trail that starts at
the corner of the parking area and goes past the gazebo and platform. As you
go down the trail it crosses a dry channel. The bird was actively calling
and perching up about 50 feet or so past the dry channel, mainly on the
right side of the trail.

 

Joseph DiCostanzo

 

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www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com  

 


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[nysbirds-l] Chandler S. Robbins: 1918-2017

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Ornithologist and birding legend Chandler S. Robbins died yesterday at the age 
of 98. Birders are probably most familiar with Chandler Robbins as the author 
(with Bertel Bruun and Herbert Zim) of the groundbreaking Birds of North 
America: A Guide to Field Identification, illustrated by Arthur Singer, 
published in 1966 - often called by birders, the "Singer Guide" or the "Golden 
Guide". Chan joined the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a biologist in 1945 
and retired in 2005 from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel 
Maryland, after sixty years with the Service. He organized and for decades ran 
the annual North American Breeding Bird Survey. He was also an active bird 
bander and in 1956 banded a Laysan Albatross on Midway Island in the Pacific 
that has come to be nicknamed "Wisdom". The albatross is now the oldest banded 
wild bird in the world and in 2017 was still nesting on Midway. Since the bird 
was an adult when it was banded, it is at least 66 years old. Chan was awarded 
the Eisenmann Medal by the Linnaean Society of New York in 1987 for "excellence 
in ornithology and encouragement of the amateur". Since Chan was based in 
Maryland for most of his career, many New York birders may not have known him 
personally, but all have been influenced by his life and work, whether they 
knew him or not. Those who had the fortune to meet him know what a great person 
he was. A true legend.

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[nysbirds-l] Chandler S. Robbins: 1918-2017

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Ornithologist and birding legend Chandler S. Robbins died yesterday at the age 
of 98. Birders are probably most familiar with Chandler Robbins as the author 
(with Bertel Bruun and Herbert Zim) of the groundbreaking Birds of North 
America: A Guide to Field Identification, illustrated by Arthur Singer, 
published in 1966 - often called by birders, the "Singer Guide" or the "Golden 
Guide". Chan joined the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a biologist in 1945 
and retired in 2005 from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel 
Maryland, after sixty years with the Service. He organized and for decades ran 
the annual North American Breeding Bird Survey. He was also an active bird 
bander and in 1956 banded a Laysan Albatross on Midway Island in the Pacific 
that has come to be nicknamed "Wisdom". The albatross is now the oldest banded 
wild bird in the world and in 2017 was still nesting on Midway. Since the bird 
was an adult when it was banded, it is at least 66 years old. Chan was awarded 
the Eisenmann Medal by the Linnaean Society of New York in 1987 for "excellence 
in ornithology and encouragement of the amateur". Since Chan was based in 
Maryland for most of his career, many New York birders may not have known him 
personally, but all have been influenced by his life and work, whether they 
knew him or not. Those who had the fortune to meet him know what a great person 
he was. A true legend.

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC - Grasshopper Sparrow

[Joe DiCostanzo]

This a belated report of a Grasshopper Sparrow found on the north edge of the 
soccer fields at the north end of Inwood Hill Park by Ricki Ravitts and Danny 
Karlson on Saturday, April 23.

I have posted two of Ricki's pictures on my blog at 
http://inwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2016/04/april-23-inwood-hill-park-grasshopper.html

I have looked for the bird since Saturday with no luck.

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC - Grasshopper Sparrow

[Joe DiCostanzo]

This a belated report of a Grasshopper Sparrow found on the north edge of the 
soccer fields at the north end of Inwood Hill Park by Ricki Ravitts and Danny 
Karlson on Saturday, April 23.

I have posted two of Ricki's pictures on my blog at 
http://inwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2016/04/april-23-inwood-hill-park-grasshopper.html

I have looked for the bird since Saturday with no luck.

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadows Park - sparrows and geese continue

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I was out at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens County today chasing
some of the lingering rarities previously reported there. Both the
previously reported Lark Sparrow and Clay-colored Sparrow were still present
with junco flocks, though they were with different groups of juncos. The two
Cackling Geese were also feeding on the ground with the large flock of
Canada Geese; nearby was a lone Snow Goose. Also seen was a Pine Warbler and
two adult Bald Eagles soaring overhead.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadows Park - sparrows and geese continue

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I was out at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens County today chasing
some of the lingering rarities previously reported there. Both the
previously reported Lark Sparrow and Clay-colored Sparrow were still present
with junco flocks, though they were with different groups of juncos. The two
Cackling Geese were also feeding on the ground with the large flock of
Canada Geese; nearby was a lone Snow Goose. Also seen was a Pine Warbler and
two adult Bald Eagles soaring overhead.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] More Cave Swallows (Jamaica Bay & Fort Tilden)

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I led a Linnaean Society trip to Jamaica Bay today. It was a gorgeous,
though breezy day. Easily the highlight were two Cave Swallows flying around
the Broad Channel subway station in mid-day. The group was finishing lunch
at the refuge when one person who had headed down to the subway to go home
(Elijah ?) called to say he was watching a couple of Cave Swallows at the
station while waiting for the train. The whole group dashed down to the
station and everyone was able to see the birds. Other highlights at the
refuge were 100+ Snow Geese, 3 Redhead (2 males, 1 female), 2 Ring-necked
Ducks (subadult males) and the usual waterfowl all on the East Pond; a
female Wood Duck at Big John's Pond, a bright Wilson's Warbler by the
beginning of the boardwalk to Big John's Pond, a somewhat late Snowy Egret
on the East Pond, 3 American Oystercatchers on the mudflats northeast of the
subway station and Dunlin and Black-bellied Plover still around. 

 

After leaving Broad Channel, Dale Dancis, Ann Shaw and I headed south the
Riis Park and Fort Tilden. Just after we crossed the south channel bridge
and headed west on Beach Channel Drive, Don Riepe called with a report of a
White Pelican flying south over the West Pond at the Refuge - I have no
further details. We kept scanning the skies, but never saw it.

 

By the fisherman's parking lot in Fort Tilden (just east of the Silver Gull
Club) we had 2 more Cave Swallows. Later at Riis Park we had a group of 8
Snow Buntings go over.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] More Cave Swallows (Jamaica Bay & Fort Tilden)

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I led a Linnaean Society trip to Jamaica Bay today. It was a gorgeous,
though breezy day. Easily the highlight were two Cave Swallows flying around
the Broad Channel subway station in mid-day. The group was finishing lunch
at the refuge when one person who had headed down to the subway to go home
(Elijah ?) called to say he was watching a couple of Cave Swallows at the
station while waiting for the train. The whole group dashed down to the
station and everyone was able to see the birds. Other highlights at the
refuge were 100+ Snow Geese, 3 Redhead (2 males, 1 female), 2 Ring-necked
Ducks (subadult males) and the usual waterfowl all on the East Pond; a
female Wood Duck at Big John's Pond, a bright Wilson's Warbler by the
beginning of the boardwalk to Big John's Pond, a somewhat late Snowy Egret
on the East Pond, 3 American Oystercatchers on the mudflats northeast of the
subway station and Dunlin and Black-bellied Plover still around. 

 

After leaving Broad Channel, Dale Dancis, Ann Shaw and I headed south the
Riis Park and Fort Tilden. Just after we crossed the south channel bridge
and headed west on Beach Channel Drive, Don Riepe called with a report of a
White Pelican flying south over the West Pond at the Refuge - I have no
further details. We kept scanning the skies, but never saw it.

 

By the fisherman's parking lot in Fort Tilden (just east of the Silver Gull
Club) we had 2 more Cave Swallows. Later at Riis Park we had a group of 8
Snow Buntings go over.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org <http://www.greatgullisland.org/> 

www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

 


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[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler at Valley Stream Park

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Sean Sime just called me and asked that I post that the Yellow-throated
Warbler continues today at Valley Stream Park on Long Island. Sean says it
is in the same place Ken Feustel reported it the other day. From Ken's post:
"Valley Stream State Park feeding next to the culvert that carries the
stream south under Hendrickson Avenue."

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler at Valley Stream Park

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Sean Sime just called me and asked that I post that the Yellow-throated
Warbler continues today at Valley Stream Park on Long Island. Sean says it
is in the same place Ken Feustel reported it the other day. From Ken's post:
Valley Stream State Park feeding next to the culvert that carries the
stream south under Hendrickson Avenue.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

[Joe DiCostanzo]

As Gabriel Willow and Tom Fiore have already pointed out, given the proximity 
of the New York Botanical Garden to the Bronx Zoo where a female Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak was reported on December 28 and February 17, this is far more likely 
to be that same individual than an early arrival from the species’ Neotropical 
wintering area. Though extremely rare in winter locally, the species is not 
unprecedented at that season. I found an immature male Rose-breasted in the 
southern part of the Botanical Garden, across the road from the Bronx Zoo on 
the CBC 32 years ago on December 26, 1982. In the species account in Bull’s 
Birds of New York State (1998), Bob McKinney reports : “… there are many CBC 
reports and many other records of individuals persisting for several weeks or 
longer with food available at feeders.” In his earlier Birds of New York State 
(1974), John Bull says the species has been recorded during the winter months, 
but that he wondered about the possibility of confusion with Black-headed 
Grosbeak. However, he does cite two mid-winter undoubted occurrences: 1) a bird 
at a feeder in Dunkirk, December 1965 to late January 1966, seen by many, and 
2) a male filmed at a feeder in Poughkeepsie December 25, 1966 to January 12, 
1967. In some neighboring states, Dick Veit and Wayne Peterson in Birds of 
Massachusetts (1993) record a handful of winter records and a few early March 
records [also likely to be over-wintering birds]; and Joan Walsh, et al. in 
Birds of New Jersey (1999) after reporting four CBC records state: “There are 
also a few mid-winter reports, mainly of birds appearing at feeders.”

 

While the above records show that the species has overwintered in the Northeast 
on rare occasions, it is truly remarkable that this individual apparently 
managed the feat in the at times brutally cold and snowy winter we have just 
gone through!

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 <http://www.greatgullisland.org/> www.greatgullisland.org

 <http://www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com> www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

 

From: bounce-118934956-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118934956-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sharron Crocker
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 6:37 PM
To: Birds - nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

 




I've been told that this is an early sighting.  New York Botanical Garden, 
Bronx, NY, Thursday 3/12/15 around 2:00 at the swamp (Mitsubishi Wetlands) ...

Sharron Crocker

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

[Joe DiCostanzo]

As Gabriel Willow and Tom Fiore have already pointed out, given the proximity 
of the New York Botanical Garden to the Bronx Zoo where a female Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak was reported on December 28 and February 17, this is far more likely 
to be that same individual than an early arrival from the species’ Neotropical 
wintering area. Though extremely rare in winter locally, the species is not 
unprecedented at that season. I found an immature male Rose-breasted in the 
southern part of the Botanical Garden, across the road from the Bronx Zoo on 
the CBC 32 years ago on December 26, 1982. In the species account in Bull’s 
Birds of New York State (1998), Bob McKinney reports : “… there are many CBC 
reports and many other records of individuals persisting for several weeks or 
longer with food available at feeders.” In his earlier Birds of New York State 
(1974), John Bull says the species has been recorded during the winter months, 
but that he wondered about the possibility of confusion with Black-headed 
Grosbeak. However, he does cite two mid-winter undoubted occurrences: 1) a bird 
at a feeder in Dunkirk, December 1965 to late January 1966, seen by many, and 
2) a male filmed at a feeder in Poughkeepsie December 25, 1966 to January 12, 
1967. In some neighboring states, Dick Veit and Wayne Peterson in Birds of 
Massachusetts (1993) record a handful of winter records and a few early March 
records [also likely to be over-wintering birds]; and Joan Walsh, et al. in 
Birds of New Jersey (1999) after reporting four CBC records state: “There are 
also a few mid-winter reports, mainly of birds appearing at feeders.”

 

While the above records show that the species has overwintered in the Northeast 
on rare occasions, it is truly remarkable that this individual apparently 
managed the feat in the at times brutally cold and snowy winter we have just 
gone through!

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 http://www.greatgullisland.org/ www.greatgullisland.org

 http://www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

 

From: bounce-118934956-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118934956-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sharron Crocker
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 6:37 PM
To: Birds - nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

 




I've been told that this is an early sighting.  New York Botanical Garden, 
Bronx, NY, Thursday 3/12/15 around 2:00 at the swamp (Mitsubishi Wetlands) ...

Sharron Crocker

NYC

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, NYC - NO

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I stayed at the Dyckman St pier on the Hudson River until a little after noon. 
There was no sign of the Thayer’s Gull. James Knox was still there when I left.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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From: bounce-118632296-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118632296-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Anders Peltomaa
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:01 AM
To: Phil Jeffries
Cc: NYSBirds
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, 
NYC - NO

 

The Thayer's Gull has not been seen so far this morning. Joe DiConstanzo, James 
Knox, Dawn Hannay and myself has been on the pier for varying amounts of time 
since shortly after 8am. I had to leave at 10:30 for work, but the others 
continued the vigil.

If you go, dress warm and bring food to toss. The gulls like popcorn.

Anders Peltomaa 
Manhattan

‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' – 
Martin Luther King, Jr

On Dec 15, 2014 2:59 PM, "Joe DiCostanzo"  wrote:

Yesterday on the Inwood Hill park part of the Lower Hudson CBC, Alan Messer 
found and photographed an immature gull on the pier at the end of Dyckman 
Street on the Hudson River in upper Manhattan. The bird intrigued Alan and 
after consulting some references last night he sent me some photos wondering 
about it being a Thayer’s Gull. I have circulated them to a few people and the 
consensus is that it looks good for a Thayer’s. I have Alan's the pictures up 
on my Inwood Birder blog (www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com)for people to look at. 
Alan saw it yesterday morning around 9:45 am.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, NYC - NO

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I stayed at the Dyckman St pier on the Hudson River until a little after noon. 
There was no sign of the Thayer’s Gull. James Knox was still there when I left.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 http://www.greatgullisland.org/ www.greatgullisland.org

 http://www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

 

From: bounce-118632296-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118632296-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Anders Peltomaa
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:01 AM
To: Phil Jeffries
Cc: NYSBirds
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, 
NYC - NO

 

The Thayer's Gull has not been seen so far this morning. Joe DiConstanzo, James 
Knox, Dawn Hannay and myself has been on the pier for varying amounts of time 
since shortly after 8am. I had to leave at 10:30 for work, but the others 
continued the vigil.

If you go, dress warm and bring food to toss. The gulls like popcorn.

Anders Peltomaa 
Manhattan

‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' – 
Martin Luther King, Jr

On Dec 15, 2014 2:59 PM, Joe DiCostanzo jdic...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Yesterday on the Inwood Hill park part of the Lower Hudson CBC, Alan Messer 
found and photographed an immature gull on the pier at the end of Dyckman 
Street on the Hudson River in upper Manhattan. The bird intrigued Alan and 
after consulting some references last night he sent me some photos wondering 
about it being a Thayer’s Gull. I have circulated them to a few people and the 
consensus is that it looks good for a Thayer’s. I have Alan's the pictures up 
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[nysbirds-l] Possible Thayer's Gull at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, NYC

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Yesterday on the Inwood Hill park part of the Lower Hudson CBC, Alan Messer 
found and photographed an immature gull on the pier at the end of Dyckman 
Street on the Hudson River in upper Manhattan. The bird intrigued Alan and 
after consulting some references last night he sent me some photos wondering 
about it being a Thayer’s Gull. I have circulated them to a few people and the 
consensus is that it looks good for a Thayer’s. I have Alan's the pictures up 
on my Inwood Birder blog (www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com)for people to look at. 
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[nysbirds-l] Possible Thayer's Gull at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, NYC

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Yesterday on the Inwood Hill park part of the Lower Hudson CBC, Alan Messer 
found and photographed an immature gull on the pier at the end of Dyckman 
Street on the Hudson River in upper Manhattan. The bird intrigued Alan and 
after consulting some references last night he sent me some photos wondering 
about it being a Thayer’s Gull. I have circulated them to a few people and the 
consensus is that it looks good for a Thayer’s. I have Alan's the pictures up 
on my Inwood Birder blog (www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com)for people to look at. 
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[nysbirds-l] New Empidonax identification tip

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Just got the current issue of the Journal of Field Ornithology (vol. 85, no.
4, December 2014). I figure this is not a journal that most birders check
for ID articles so I thought I would draw attention to an article in it:
"Simple technique for distinguishing Yellow-bellied Flycatchers from
Cordilleran and Pacific-slope flycatchers by M. J. Baumann, S. C. Galen, N.
D. Pederson and C. C. Witt. Pp. 391-396. Anyone interested should read the
article for all the details, many of which involve measurements that can
only be done in the hand, but there is one character that can be used to
distinguish Yellow-bellied Flycatcher from "Western Flycatcher" (the complex
composed of Cordilleran and Pacific-slope flys.). It involves the space on
the folded wing between the lower wing bar and the start of the pale fringes
on the secondaries. This space is much larger in the Yellow-bellied than in
the "Western". I pulled out a few field guides from my bookshelf to see if
it was distinguishable in published illustrations. I found it was apparent
in the photos in Kenn Kaufman's Birds of North America (at least in the
first edition that I have). It was also obvious in Dave Sibley's paintings
of these species in his Second Edition of the Sibley Guide to Birds (I
didn't check the first edition). The authors of the Journal of Field
Ornithology article tested their technique on 113 museum specimens that had
been identified based on locality. They found their technique correctly
place 112 of the specimens. One specimen labeled as a Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher that had been collected in Illinois was identified as a "Western
Flycatcher" by their technique. Amazingly, when the mtDNA of this specimen
was examined, the specimen proved to be a "Western Flycatcher", the first
for the complex for Illinois!

 

Distinguishing a Yellow-bellied Fly from a "Western Fly" has not come up yet
in New York, but hey, you never know.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Hybrid sparrow - more photos

[Joe DiCostanzo]

On October 10 I reported a White-throated Sparrow x Dark-eyed Junco hybrid
in Central Park, NYC. The other day I received an email from Laura Goggin
that she had seen what had to be the same individual in the same area on
October 14. She got some very nice photos of the bird that are on her Flickr
stream at:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/14959105284/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/14959103104/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/15556137416/

 

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[nysbirds-l] Hybrid sparrow - more photos

[Joe DiCostanzo]

On October 10 I reported a White-throated Sparrow x Dark-eyed Junco hybrid
in Central Park, NYC. The other day I received an email from Laura Goggin
that she had seen what had to be the same individual in the same area on
October 14. She got some very nice photos of the bird that are on her Flickr
stream at:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/14959105284/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/14959103104/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/15556137416/

 

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[nysbirds-l] Junco x White-throated Sparrow hybird, Central Park, New York City

[Joe DiCostanzo]

This morning while leading the Friday morning AMNH bird walk in Central
Park, I found an apparent hybrid Junco x White-throated Sparrow in the
Ramble. The bird was on the paved path by the northeast corner of the
"Swampy Pin Oak" fenced in area east of the Rustic Shelter. Photos of this
interesting form can be seen on my blog
<http://www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com/> .

 

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[nysbirds-l] Junco x White-throated Sparrow hybird, Central Park, New York City

[Joe DiCostanzo]

This morning while leading the Friday morning AMNH bird walk in Central
Park, I found an apparent hybrid Junco x White-throated Sparrow in the
Ramble. The bird was on the paved path by the northeast corner of the
Swampy Pin Oak fenced in area east of the Rustic Shelter. Photos of this
interesting form can be seen on my blog
http://www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com/ .

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Northern Wheatear still at Plumb Beach

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Dale Dancis just called me to say that Jen Kepler, Lenore Swenson, Anne
Lazurus and she have the Northern Wheatear about 70 feet south of the
"graffiti boat" at Plumb Beach, along the beach edge in some goldenrod.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Northern Wheatear still at Plumb Beach

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Dale Dancis just called me to say that Jen Kepler, Lenore Swenson, Anne
Lazurus and she have the Northern Wheatear about 70 feet south of the
graffiti boat at Plumb Beach, along the beach edge in some goldenrod.

 

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[nysbirds-l] White-rumped Sandpiper at Inwood Hill Park, NYC

[Joe DiCostanzo]

This afternoon I found a White-rumped Sandpiper with a Semiplamated Plover
and nine Semiplamated Sandpipers at Muscota Marsh, Inwood Hill Park, NYC.
This may be the first record for the species for New York County. Some
photos are on my Inwood Birder blog (link below) and on my Flickr stream:
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[nysbirds-l] White-rumped Sandpiper at Inwood Hill Park, NYC

[Joe DiCostanzo]

This afternoon I found a White-rumped Sandpiper with a Semiplamated Plover
and nine Semiplamated Sandpipers at Muscota Marsh, Inwood Hill Park, NYC.
This may be the first record for the species for New York County. Some
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, New York Co., May 10

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A great day's birding in Inwood Hill Park, highlighted of course, by Nadir
Souirgi's Grasshopper Sparrow first thing this morning. The sparrow was
still on the soccer field at the north end of the park in the late afternoon
when I went back into the park and found Anders and Danny looking at it.
James Knox and I spent four hours in the park this morning and then I ran
into James and Nadir when I went back in this afternoon. We got caught in
one of the afternoon thunderstorms, and though it was not as active as this
morning there were still lots of birds around. My personal total for the day
was 78 species, including 21 warblers. Highlights below.

 

Bald Eagle - adult flying over this morning as I was leaving at 11:00 am

Greater Yellowlegs - 2, north mudflats this morning

Common Nighthawk - 1, flying north this evening

Eastern Phoebe - 1 (getting late for this species)

Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 to 5 birds

Least Flycatcher - 1

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1

Wood Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Veery

Black-and-white Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler - 2

Nashville Warbler - 2

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler - at least 2

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male this morning on the ridge

Blackpoll Warbler - 2

Prairie Warbler - 2

Palm Warbler - 1

Ovenbird - good numbers, but nowhere like Central Park two days ago

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Canada Warbler - 1

American Redstart

Orchard Oriole - at least 4

Scarlet Tanager - more than half a dozen

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2

Indigo Bunting - male

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow - 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 1

Swamp Sparrow

 

Anders also had an Olive-sided Flycatcher and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos raising
the list to 80 for the day.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, New York Co., May 10

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A great day's birding in Inwood Hill Park, highlighted of course, by Nadir
Souirgi's Grasshopper Sparrow first thing this morning. The sparrow was
still on the soccer field at the north end of the park in the late afternoon
when I went back into the park and found Anders and Danny looking at it.
James Knox and I spent four hours in the park this morning and then I ran
into James and Nadir when I went back in this afternoon. We got caught in
one of the afternoon thunderstorms, and though it was not as active as this
morning there were still lots of birds around. My personal total for the day
was 78 species, including 21 warblers. Highlights below.

 

Bald Eagle - adult flying over this morning as I was leaving at 11:00 am

Greater Yellowlegs - 2, north mudflats this morning

Common Nighthawk - 1, flying north this evening

Eastern Phoebe - 1 (getting late for this species)

Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 to 5 birds

Least Flycatcher - 1

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1

Wood Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Veery

Black-and-white Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler - 2

Nashville Warbler - 2

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler - at least 2

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male this morning on the ridge

Blackpoll Warbler - 2

Prairie Warbler - 2

Palm Warbler - 1

Ovenbird - good numbers, but nowhere like Central Park two days ago

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Canada Warbler - 1

American Redstart

Orchard Oriole - at least 4

Scarlet Tanager - more than half a dozen

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2

Indigo Bunting - male

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow - 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 1

Swamp Sparrow

 

Anders also had an Olive-sided Flycatcher and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos raising
the list to 80 for the day.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan - Apr 11

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Went for a walk through Inwood Hill Park this morning. Weather was gray, but
finally pleasant temperatures. Definitely the birdiest it has been so far
this spring. Found 42 species and probably could have found a couple more if
I had been able to stay out longer. Highlights included: 

 

Peregrine Falcon - in a tree up the Clove eating a freshly caught pigeon

Belted Kingfisher - male, first of season here for me

Eastern Phoebe - several

Brown Creeper - two

Winter Wren - one, first of year

Hermit thrush

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - one

Yellow-rumped Warbler - two

Pine Warbler - three, my first of year here

Palm Warbler - ten 

 

A more complete list will be on my Inwood Birder blog (link below)

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan - Apr 11

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Went for a walk through Inwood Hill Park this morning. Weather was gray, but
finally pleasant temperatures. Definitely the birdiest it has been so far
this spring. Found 42 species and probably could have found a couple more if
I had been able to stay out longer. Highlights included: 

 

Peregrine Falcon - in a tree up the Clove eating a freshly caught pigeon

Belted Kingfisher - male, first of season here for me

Eastern Phoebe - several

Brown Creeper - two

Winter Wren - one, first of year

Hermit thrush

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - one

Yellow-rumped Warbler - two

Pine Warbler - three, my first of year here

Palm Warbler - ten 

 

A more complete list will be on my Inwood Birder blog (link below)

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org http://www.greatgullisland.org/ 

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RE: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I encountered Tom Fiore at Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon and as he said
things were fairly quiet, however, after leaving Tom at the south end of the
marsh I headed for Vault Hill in search of some early butterflies he had
found there. On the south side of the hill, just a little below the "vault",
I encountered a single male Eastern Bluebird. On the top of the hill I found
one Mourning Cloak about where Tom had encountered one earlier. 

In the morning, I had birded Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan and
found it also very quiet.

Joe DiCostanzo
www.greatgullisland.org
www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

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[mailto:bounce-113532009-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:22 PM
To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat.  
afternoon (3/22) found little of great note & almost none of the species I
noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds again by the
marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake, which is now ice-free,
had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the Parade Ground, no geese or other
birds of note... a windy day, & perhaps a night prior with some onward
movement. A late p.m. look at Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan)
revealed little of note.

spring hopes eternal.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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RE: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I encountered Tom Fiore at Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon and as he said
things were fairly quiet, however, after leaving Tom at the south end of the
marsh I headed for Vault Hill in search of some early butterflies he had
found there. On the south side of the hill, just a little below the vault,
I encountered a single male Eastern Bluebird. On the top of the hill I found
one Mourning Cloak about where Tom had encountered one earlier. 

In the morning, I had birded Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan and
found it also very quiet.

Joe DiCostanzo
www.greatgullisland.org
www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

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[mailto:bounce-113532009-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:22 PM
To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat.  
afternoon (3/22) found little of great note  almost none of the species I
noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds again by the
marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake, which is now ice-free,
had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the Parade Ground, no geese or other
birds of note... a windy day,  perhaps a night prior with some onward
movement. A late p.m. look at Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan)
revealed little of note.

spring hopes eternal.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, W-w Scoter still here; March 8, 2014

[Joe DiCostanzo]

The male White-winged Scoter is still present on the ship canal at the north
end of Inwood Hill Park (8:45 am). It is in the area just east of the Henry
Hudson Bridge where it has been for the last few days. Also present were 13
Canvasbacks, including the leucistic male present since March 6, three
female greater Scaup and two female Red-breasted Mergansers. 

 

Also seen on my brief run out to check for the scoter was a single Common
Grackle, the first of the year here. Though the species now winters in
numbers in Central Park, it remains the first harbinger of spring here in
"upstate" (aka northern Manhattan).

 

I may get some additional photos on my blog (www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com)
later today.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, W-w Scoter still here; March 8, 2014

[Joe DiCostanzo]

The male White-winged Scoter is still present on the ship canal at the north
end of Inwood Hill Park (8:45 am). It is in the area just east of the Henry
Hudson Bridge where it has been for the last few days. Also present were 13
Canvasbacks, including the leucistic male present since March 6, three
female greater Scaup and two female Red-breasted Mergansers. 

 

Also seen on my brief run out to check for the scoter was a single Common
Grackle, the first of the year here. Though the species now winters in
numbers in Central Park, it remains the first harbinger of spring here in
upstate (aka northern Manhattan).

 

I may get some additional photos on my blog (www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com)
later today.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org http://www.greatgullisland.org/ 

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RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Joe DiCostanzo]

To further elaborate on Angus' post of yesterday, the "warm, brown" color of
these birds is a much better fit for female Boat-tails than Rusty
Blackbirds. Winter Rustys tend  towards gray, rather than brown and even in
fall birds which have a lot of brown to them, the brown color is on the
feather edges giving them a scalloped look rather than the uniform coloring
of the birds in your photos. Additionally, most Rustys should show a fairly
prominent yellow eye rather than the dark eyes on most of these birds. Also
fall/winter Rustys would generally show some sort of supercilium, which
appears to be totally lacking in your birds. I also agree with Angus that
the birds which best show their bills in profile have a bill that looks much
more grackle like than the shorter bill of a Rusty. I can understand the
difficulty some are having with the tail length, but first, remember, female
Boat-tails have shorter tails than males and second, immatures, which many
of these birds may be, tend to have shorter tails than adults.  Finally, as
Angus also points out the location/habitat for these birds is exactly where
you would expect to find a flock of Boat-tailed Grackle on Long Island in
winter and is all wrong for Rusty Blackbird and the number of birds you
report might well be unprecedented for Long Island in midwinter. 

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 <http://www.greatgullisland.org> www.greatgullisland.org

 

From: bounce-112709789-3714...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112709789-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Robert Michael
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:15 AM
To: Voisine, Matthew NAN02; Robert Taylor; nysbirds-l
Cc: Taylor, Robert Michael
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook
Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

 

Hi Matthew,

 

I have to admit I'm not an expert an Icterids - I'm mostly a duck kinda guy.
I've been getting differences of opinion between Boat Tailed Grackles and
Rusty Blackbirds.  The first day most people were saying Rusty Blackbirds,
now most people are saying Boat Tailed Grackles.

 

I've seen Boat Tailed Grackles before and seeing these bunch of blackbirds I
thought they seemed different.  I can post more pics when I get home later.
Do you have an idea what they are?  At this point, I'm going by what more
experienced birders are telling me (and I appreciate the help)

 

Thanks,

Rob in Massapequa

(currently working in NYC)

 

http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/2014/02/jones-beach-west-end-meadowbro
ok-parkway.html

 

From: bounce-112709705-60311...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112709705-60311...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Voisine,
Matthew NAN02
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:04 AM
To: Robert Taylor; nysbirds-l
Cc: Voisine, Matthew NAN02
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook
Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

 

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

How could they be Boat-tailed? The tails are way too short.

 

Matthew Voisine

Biologist

USACE- NY District

26 Federal Plaza

Room 2151

NY, NY 10278

917.790.8718 voice

702.271.0496 mobile

212.264.0961 fax

matthew.vois...@usace.army.mil

 

 

-Original Message-
From: bounce-112701081-8614...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112701081-8614...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robert
Taylor
Sent: Monday, 24 February, 2014 0:25
To: nysbirds-l
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway
Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty)

 

Hi Everyone,

 

 

Thanks for everyone's help with the blackbird ID from yesterday - most are
saying they were Boat Tailed Grackles and not Rusty Blackbirds. 

 

Speaking of blackbirds, at Jones Beach West End and by Meadowbrook Parkway I
saw Red Wing Blackbirds and Boat Tailed Grackles.

 

 

At the Coast Guard Marina I saw the same waterfowl as Saturday - a female
bufflehead and 2 Horned Grebes as well as 2 Common Loons and Brant.  There
were more birds on the median today: Killdeer, Juncos, Mockingbirds.

 

 

I met a very pleasant couple looking for a light phase/ghost Northern
Harrier, but we found a typical one over the dunes.  A crowd was gathered
observing a Snowy Owl.

 

 

Along the Meadowbrook, I saw the previously reported Rough Legged Hawk and
also 3 Red Tailed Hawks.

 

 

Good birding,

 

Rob in Massapequa

 

 

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 <http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/>
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RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Joe DiCostanzo]

To further elaborate on Angus' post of yesterday, the warm, brown color of
these birds is a much better fit for female Boat-tails than Rusty
Blackbirds. Winter Rustys tend  towards gray, rather than brown and even in
fall birds which have a lot of brown to them, the brown color is on the
feather edges giving them a scalloped look rather than the uniform coloring
of the birds in your photos. Additionally, most Rustys should show a fairly
prominent yellow eye rather than the dark eyes on most of these birds. Also
fall/winter Rustys would generally show some sort of supercilium, which
appears to be totally lacking in your birds. I also agree with Angus that
the birds which best show their bills in profile have a bill that looks much
more grackle like than the shorter bill of a Rusty. I can understand the
difficulty some are having with the tail length, but first, remember, female
Boat-tails have shorter tails than males and second, immatures, which many
of these birds may be, tend to have shorter tails than adults.  Finally, as
Angus also points out the location/habitat for these birds is exactly where
you would expect to find a flock of Boat-tailed Grackle on Long Island in
winter and is all wrong for Rusty Blackbird and the number of birds you
report might well be unprecedented for Long Island in midwinter. 

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 http://www.greatgullisland.org www.greatgullisland.org

 

From: bounce-112709789-3714...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112709789-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Robert Michael
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:15 AM
To: Voisine, Matthew NAN02; Robert Taylor; nysbirds-l
Cc: Taylor, Robert Michael
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook
Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

 

Hi Matthew,

 

I have to admit I'm not an expert an Icterids - I'm mostly a duck kinda guy.
I've been getting differences of opinion between Boat Tailed Grackles and
Rusty Blackbirds.  The first day most people were saying Rusty Blackbirds,
now most people are saying Boat Tailed Grackles.

 

I've seen Boat Tailed Grackles before and seeing these bunch of blackbirds I
thought they seemed different.  I can post more pics when I get home later.
Do you have an idea what they are?  At this point, I'm going by what more
experienced birders are telling me (and I appreciate the help)

 

Thanks,

Rob in Massapequa

(currently working in NYC)

 

http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/2014/02/jones-beach-west-end-meadowbro
ok-parkway.html

 

From: bounce-112709705-60311...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112709705-60311...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Voisine,
Matthew NAN02
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:04 AM
To: Robert Taylor; nysbirds-l
Cc: Voisine, Matthew NAN02
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook
Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

 

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

How could they be Boat-tailed? The tails are way too short.

 

Matthew Voisine

Biologist

USACE- NY District

26 Federal Plaza

Room 2151

NY, NY 10278

917.790.8718 voice

702.271.0496 mobile

212.264.0961 fax

matthew.vois...@usace.army.mil

 

 

-Original Message-
From: bounce-112701081-8614...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112701081-8614...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robert
Taylor
Sent: Monday, 24 February, 2014 0:25
To: nysbirds-l
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway
Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty)

 

Hi Everyone,

 

 

Thanks for everyone's help with the blackbird ID from yesterday - most are
saying they were Boat Tailed Grackles and not Rusty Blackbirds. 

 

Speaking of blackbirds, at Jones Beach West End and by Meadowbrook Parkway I
saw Red Wing Blackbirds and Boat Tailed Grackles.

 

 

At the Coast Guard Marina I saw the same waterfowl as Saturday - a female
bufflehead and 2 Horned Grebes as well as 2 Common Loons and Brant.  There
were more birds on the median today: Killdeer, Juncos, Mockingbirds.

 

 

I met a very pleasant couple looking for a light phase/ghost Northern
Harrier, but we found a typical one over the dunes.  A crowd was gathered
observing a Snowy Owl.

 

 

Along the Meadowbrook, I saw the previously reported Rough Legged Hawk and
also 3 Red Tailed Hawks.

 

 

Good birding,

 

Rob in Massapequa

 

 

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 http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/
http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/

 

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[nysbirds-l] Common Gull in Brooklyn (YES)

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Sean Sime asked me to repost his message with a new title that the Common
Gull is there.

 

"The common gull is currently being seen on the break wall 150ft north of
pier!

 

Sean Sime"

 

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[nysbirds-l] Black Guillemot in Sea Cliff

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Sean Sime just called me to say he saw the Black Guillemot in Sea Cliff at
7:30 am at the same spot Corey Finger reported it yesterday. Conditions were
difficult because of the early morning fog. The bird flew in from the Sound
and landed inside the jetty where it fed before disappearing into a fog
bank.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Black Guillemot in Sea Cliff

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Sean Sime just called me to say he saw the Black Guillemot in Sea Cliff at
7:30 am at the same spot Corey Finger reported it yesterday. Conditions were
difficult because of the early morning fog. The bird flew in from the Sound
and landed inside the jetty where it fed before disappearing into a fog
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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Inwood Hill Park, upper Manhattan, Nov 8, including funny goose

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I went for a quick walk this morning around the various ball fields at the
north end of Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan this morning to see if
the small, dark goose was still around. There were no geese on the soccer
fields, but I finally found the Canada Goose flock on the northeast corner
of the baseball fields that are parallel to Seaman Avenue, north of Isham.
The small, dark goose was there. All the times I have seen the bird over the
last few days, it has been with the Canada Goose flock, but it doesn't
associate closely with the rest of them. I have always found it on the edge
of the flock, usually by itself. I have not seen any interaction between it
and the regular Canadas, either hostilely or otherwise.

 

Also seen on the short walk was a sub-adult Bald Eagle flying south over the
ridge and a late Lincoln's Sparrow with the Song Sparrows and juncos on the
edge of the fenced-in weedy area on the north side of the soccer fields in
from 218th Street. A Belted Kingfisher was heard calling over the bay

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Inwood Hill Park, upper Manhattan, Nov 8, including funny goose

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I went for a quick walk this morning around the various ball fields at the
north end of Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan this morning to see if
the small, dark goose was still around. There were no geese on the soccer
fields, but I finally found the Canada Goose flock on the northeast corner
of the baseball fields that are parallel to Seaman Avenue, north of Isham.
The small, dark goose was there. All the times I have seen the bird over the
last few days, it has been with the Canada Goose flock, but it doesn't
associate closely with the rest of them. I have always found it on the edge
of the flock, usually by itself. I have not seen any interaction between it
and the regular Canadas, either hostilely or otherwise.

 

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ridge and a late Lincoln's Sparrow with the Song Sparrows and juncos on the
edge of the fenced-in weedy area on the north side of the soccer fields in
from 218th Street. A Belted Kingfisher was heard calling over the bay

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Weird Goose at Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan.

[Joe DiCostanzo]

After posting last night about finding the "Cackling Goose" that had been
reported at Inwood Hill Park in the morning, I received emails from Nathan
O'Reilly and Lynne Hertzog that they had seen what they assumed was the bird
in question, but they did not think it was a Cackling Goose. Both were kind
enough to send me photos. The bird in their photos is unquestionably the
bird I saw yesterday afternoon. After looking at the photos, I have to say I
agree there is doubt about it being a Cackling Goose. The bill definitely
looks too large for Cackling Goose and the bill is certainly much larger
than on the bird I saw last winter in the park. Plumage-wise it seems a good
match for "Dusky" Canada Goose (subspecies occidentalis), however, according
to the references I have checked occidentalis is a large bird, about the
same size as the common Atlantic form of Canada Goose. This bird is clearly
much smaller. Body size seems to me to be in the Cackling Goose range, but
there is that large bill. In the end, I am not comfortable pinning a name on
it, though Canada Goose is certainly the most likely thing considering range
and the large bill.

 

I want to thank Nathan and Lynne for sharing their photos with me.

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Late report on Inwood Hill Park Cackling Goose

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Sorry for the late post, but in the afternoon I saw the Cackling Goose at
Inwood Hill Park, in upper Manhattan that James Knox found this morning. The
goose flock was no longer on the baseball fields along Seaman Avenue. The
birds were then on the lawns at the north end of the park in from the corner
of 218th Street and Indian Road. The bird was on the edge of the Canada
goose flock feeding on the lawn. I went into my apartment to get my camera
and when I came out the birds were all gone. One of my neighbors told me
that some woman had allowed her child to chase all the geese and the geese
had gone over to the adjacent mudflats. I was able to refind the Cackling on
the mudflats away from most of the Canada Geese. 

 

I expected this bird to be the same individual that was in Inwood last
winter, but I am not at all sure it is. It is a very dark, almost "dirty"
looking bird. It appears to match the subspecies minima in the field guides.
Obviously, last year's individual would have done gone through a molt since
then, but it was not as dark as this bird.

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, Nov 3, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A cool, breezy (ne winds) morning/early afternoon in Inwood Hill Park in
northern Manhattan today. It started out mostly cloudy, became threatening
with even a few spits of mist before turning into a beautiful day. The woods
seemed relatively quiet, but perhaps that is because I spent so much time (a
couple of hours) at the overlook on the ridge that looks out at the
Palisades. For a good portion of the time two other birders watched the
skies with me (James Knox and Danny ? - sorry Danny, I don't remember your
last name). We had a great time with raptors and other migrants going over.
I recorded 46 species and I know the others had a few additional species I
did not have. Highlights included:

 

Snow Goose (flock of about 70 flying south high overhead)

Brant (one or two small flocks overhead headed south)

Canada Goose (locals and a few migrant flocks overhead)

Long-tailed Duck (flock of about 15 flying south low over the Hudson -
mostly males; the first I have ever seen here)

Common Loon (1, overhead going south, spotted by James)

Double-crested Cormorant (individuals over the Hudson and in Spuyten Duyvil)

Great Blue Heron (1, on mudflats at north end of the park)

Turkey Vulture (25+; late-morning into early-afternoon; generally the birds
were not flying down the Hudson, nut rather were coming from the ne, passing
over us and then crossing the Hudson towards the Palisades)

Bald Eagle (12+; mostly various aged immatures, but at least two adults;
some were following a similar path to the TV's, but many were going south
over the Hudson)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (1, from the overlook this morning)

Cooper's Hawk (1, seen over Spuyten Duyvil from my apartment around 4 pm)

Red-shouldered Hawk (6 - 8; following same pattern as the TV's in the
late-morning)

Red-tailed Hawk (hard to give a number since the local birds were also up
and about, but some were certainly migrants)

(James told me he had a Merlin and a Peregrine from the soccer fields at the
north end before joining us on the ridge. This would make a total of 7
hawks, plus the Turkey Vultures for the day)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker (heard one or two; did not seem to be any movement)

Eastern Phoebe (1)

Blue-head Vireo (2, on the ridge)

American Crow (10 - 14, moving north along the ridge)

House Wren (1, getting late for this species)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (1)

Hermit Thrush (3-4)

Cedar Waxwing (flock of about 40 over ridge)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (everywhere)

Chipping Sparrow (2-4, soccer fields)

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco (many all over park, including an apparent flight of them
going over - mostly northward)

mixed flocks of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds going south

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Inwood Hill Park, northern Manhattan, Nov 3, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A cool, breezy (ne winds) morning/early afternoon in Inwood Hill Park in
northern Manhattan today. It started out mostly cloudy, became threatening
with even a few spits of mist before turning into a beautiful day. The woods
seemed relatively quiet, but perhaps that is because I spent so much time (a
couple of hours) at the overlook on the ridge that looks out at the
Palisades. For a good portion of the time two other birders watched the
skies with me (James Knox and Danny ? - sorry Danny, I don't remember your
last name). We had a great time with raptors and other migrants going over.
I recorded 46 species and I know the others had a few additional species I
did not have. Highlights included:

 

Snow Goose (flock of about 70 flying south high overhead)

Brant (one or two small flocks overhead headed south)

Canada Goose (locals and a few migrant flocks overhead)

Long-tailed Duck (flock of about 15 flying south low over the Hudson -
mostly males; the first I have ever seen here)

Common Loon (1, overhead going south, spotted by James)

Double-crested Cormorant (individuals over the Hudson and in Spuyten Duyvil)

Great Blue Heron (1, on mudflats at north end of the park)

Turkey Vulture (25+; late-morning into early-afternoon; generally the birds
were not flying down the Hudson, nut rather were coming from the ne, passing
over us and then crossing the Hudson towards the Palisades)

Bald Eagle (12+; mostly various aged immatures, but at least two adults;
some were following a similar path to the TV's, but many were going south
over the Hudson)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (1, from the overlook this morning)

Cooper's Hawk (1, seen over Spuyten Duyvil from my apartment around 4 pm)

Red-shouldered Hawk (6 - 8; following same pattern as the TV's in the
late-morning)

Red-tailed Hawk (hard to give a number since the local birds were also up
and about, but some were certainly migrants)

(James told me he had a Merlin and a Peregrine from the soccer fields at the
north end before joining us on the ridge. This would make a total of 7
hawks, plus the Turkey Vultures for the day)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker (heard one or two; did not seem to be any movement)

Eastern Phoebe (1)

Blue-head Vireo (2, on the ridge)

American Crow (10 - 14, moving north along the ridge)

House Wren (1, getting late for this species)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (1)

Hermit Thrush (3-4)

Cedar Waxwing (flock of about 40 over ridge)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (everywhere)

Chipping Sparrow (2-4, soccer fields)

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco (many all over park, including an apparent flight of them
going over - mostly northward)

mixed flocks of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds going south

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Inwood Hill Park, NY Co.,Oct 20, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A beautiful fall morning in Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan. Given the
cool temps and the nw winds I was hoping for more of a hawk flight than was
apparent. There were good numbers of kinglets and Yellow-rumps around, but
fewer sparrows than yesterday. Highlights included:

 

Double-crested Cormorant (2)

Great Egret (1)

Bald Eagle (2nd year bird soaring south over the ridge)

Red-tailed Hawk (adult, probably one of the locals)

American Kestrel (1)

Hairy Woodpecker (resident here)

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo (on the ridge)

both kinglets

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

Yellow-rumped Warbler (at least 40; everywhere)

Savannah Sparrow (northern soccer fields)

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow (5)

White-throated Sparrow

 

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[nysbirds-l] [PMX:##] [PMX:##] Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan, Oct 19, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I went around Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan this morning for a
couple of hours. It was clear and cool early with developing clouds. There
were a good number of birds around. I found nearly 40 species, though
nothing unusual. Highlights included:

 

Great Egret (1)

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo (on Ridge)

House Wren (starting to get a little late)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (good numbers, especially around the Overlook Meadow)

Hermit Thrush (thrushes can be hard to find in this park because of the
heavy underbrush, but I saw 6 - 8 of this species this morning)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (all over the park)

Palm Warbler (3-5 birds)

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow (both on the Ridge and in the weedy areas around the soccer
fields at the north end)

Field Sparrow (1, soccer field weedy area)

Savannah Sparrow (1, soccer field weedy area; in recent weeks there have
usually been good numbers here)

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco (soccer fields)

Red-winged Blackbird (1 adult male, the species has mostly left the park by
now)

American Goldfinch (flyover)

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, no. Manhattan, Sunday, September 15, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I spent a few hours in Inwood Hill Park this morning. It was much quieter
than yesterday, but there were still some birds around. My first warbler of
the morning was a Bay-breasted Warbler in the trees along the nw corner of
the soccer fields at the north end of the park. Going up onto the ridge
there was a fair amount of activity directly under the Henry Hudson Bridge
with Eastern Wood-Pewees, Red-eyed Vireos, and Black-and-white Warblers
predominating, with the occasional Magnolia around. I did not see the Bald
Eagle reported just to the south at Fort Tryon Park, but Ospreys were still
in evidence, some even perched in the park carrying fish. Single Ovenbird
and Northern Waterthrush brought my two day warbler count to 16 species for
the park over the weekend.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, no. Manhattan, Sunday, September 15, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I spent a few hours in Inwood Hill Park this morning. It was much quieter
than yesterday, but there were still some birds around. My first warbler of
the morning was a Bay-breasted Warbler in the trees along the nw corner of
the soccer fields at the north end of the park. Going up onto the ridge
there was a fair amount of activity directly under the Henry Hudson Bridge
with Eastern Wood-Pewees, Red-eyed Vireos, and Black-and-white Warblers
predominating, with the occasional Magnolia around. I did not see the Bald
Eagle reported just to the south at Fort Tryon Park, but Ospreys were still
in evidence, some even perched in the park carrying fish. Single Ovenbird
and Northern Waterthrush brought my two day warbler count to 16 species for
the park over the weekend.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, Saturday, September 14, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

It was an absolutely beautiful fall day in Inwood Hill Park in northern
Manhattan today and the birds did not disappoint. I went into the park twice
during the day: from about 9 am to 11:30 am and again in the afternoon from
about 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Total species was about 50 including 13 warblers.
Highlights included:

 

Osprey (from the lookout over the Hudson in the morning)

Red-tailed Hawk (probably one of the resident birds)

Broad-winged Hawk (one kettle as I was leaving the park in the afternoon,
spotted by Nadir Souirgi who counted 31 birds)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (1; with the above kettle of Broad-wings)

Chimney Swift (good numbers over the lookout all day)

Red-headed Woodpecker (1 flyover at 218th and Indian Road as I was leaving
the park)

Hairy Woodpecker (resident in the park)

Eastern Wood-Pewee (at least 4 - 6 individuals; some calling in the morning)

Blue-headed Vireo (2 - 3)

Red-eyed Vireo

Carolina Wren (residents)

House Wren (1)

Cedar Waxwing (small flocks going over)

[most of the warblers were along the ridge in the morning; there were fewer
in the afternoon when most were found at the far north end of the ridge]

Blue-winged Warbler (1)

Northern Parula (2 - 4)

Yellow Warbler (1)

Chestnut -sided Warbler (6 - 8)

Magnolia Warbler (10+)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (6 - 8)

Black-throated Green Warbler (4 - 6)

Black-and-white Warbler (6 - 8)

American Redstart (everywhere; commonest warbler of the day)

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler (male on the west side of the Clove, north of Indian Caves in
the morning)

Wilson's Warbler (1 in pine grove in center of ridge)

Canada Warbler (2)

Scarlet Tanager (2 - 3)

American Goldfinch (flyovers)

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, Saturday, September 14, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

It was an absolutely beautiful fall day in Inwood Hill Park in northern
Manhattan today and the birds did not disappoint. I went into the park twice
during the day: from about 9 am to 11:30 am and again in the afternoon from
about 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Total species was about 50 including 13 warblers.
Highlights included:

 

Osprey (from the lookout over the Hudson in the morning)

Red-tailed Hawk (probably one of the resident birds)

Broad-winged Hawk (one kettle as I was leaving the park in the afternoon,
spotted by Nadir Souirgi who counted 31 birds)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (1; with the above kettle of Broad-wings)

Chimney Swift (good numbers over the lookout all day)

Red-headed Woodpecker (1 flyover at 218th and Indian Road as I was leaving
the park)

Hairy Woodpecker (resident in the park)

Eastern Wood-Pewee (at least 4 - 6 individuals; some calling in the morning)

Blue-headed Vireo (2 - 3)

Red-eyed Vireo

Carolina Wren (residents)

House Wren (1)

Cedar Waxwing (small flocks going over)

[most of the warblers were along the ridge in the morning; there were fewer
in the afternoon when most were found at the far north end of the ridge]

Blue-winged Warbler (1)

Northern Parula (2 - 4)

Yellow Warbler (1)

Chestnut -sided Warbler (6 - 8)

Magnolia Warbler (10+)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (6 - 8)

Black-throated Green Warbler (4 - 6)

Black-and-white Warbler (6 - 8)

American Redstart (everywhere; commonest warbler of the day)

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler (male on the west side of the Clove, north of Indian Caves in
the morning)

Wilson's Warbler (1 in pine grove in center of ridge)

Canada Warbler (2)

Scarlet Tanager (2 - 3)

American Goldfinch (flyovers)

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC, May 20

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Went into Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan on this foggy, damp morning.
Had about 50 species in about 2 hours (7:15 - 9:15 am). 

Highlights included:

 

Great Egret (2 in bay at north end)

Killdeer (one calling on north end soccer fields)

Eastern Kingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee (calling on ridge)

Rough-winged and Barn swallows (over bays at north end)

Wood Thrush (singing)

Veery

About a dozen warblers inc. Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Green,
Blackpoll, Ovenbird, No. Waterthrush, and Wilson's (singing)

Scarlet Tanager (singing)

Indigo Bunting (males and females)

 

Bird song seemed to be picking up as the fog lifted when I had to leave
around 9 am.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC, May 20

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Went into Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan on this foggy, damp morning.
Had about 50 species in about 2 hours (7:15 - 9:15 am). 

Highlights included:

 

Great Egret (2 in bay at north end)

Killdeer (one calling on north end soccer fields)

Eastern Kingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee (calling on ridge)

Rough-winged and Barn swallows (over bays at north end)

Wood Thrush (singing)

Veery

About a dozen warblers inc. Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Green,
Blackpoll, Ovenbird, No. Waterthrush, and Wilson's (singing)

Scarlet Tanager (singing)

Indigo Bunting (males and females)

 

Bird song seemed to be picking up as the fog lifted when I had to leave
around 9 am.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC, Sunday 04/28

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I also had no luck with the Yellow-throated Warbler this morning.

 

The only things of note I had to add to Nadir's and Gerard's reports  were
Red-breasted Nuthatch on the ridge  and Eastern Kingbird on the ridge and at
the north end of the soccer fields and both Baltimore and Orchard Orioles
singing around the bay at the north end of the soccer fields.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC, Sunday 04/28

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I also had no luck with the Yellow-throated Warbler this morning.

 

The only things of note I had to add to Nadir's and Gerard's reports  were
Red-breasted Nuthatch on the ridge  and Eastern Kingbird on the ridge and at
the north end of the soccer fields and both Baltimore and Orchard Orioles
singing around the bay at the north end of the soccer fields.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Eastern Towhee, NOT Spotted Towhee in Central Park, NYC

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Those of you who subscribe to eBird Alerts may have gotten one this morning
about a Spotted Towhee reported by me in Central Park yesterday. My
apologies. This was a data entry error on my part. The bird was meant to be
the expected, and common, Eastern Towhee.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Eastern Towhee, NOT Spotted Towhee in Central Park, NYC

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Those of you who subscribe to eBird Alerts may have gotten one this morning
about a Spotted Towhee reported by me in Central Park yesterday. My
apologies. This was a data entry error on my part. The bird was meant to be
the expected, and common, Eastern Towhee.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, New York City, Wed., April 10, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A lovely, warm morning for my American Museum of Natural History bird walk 
group. We had a total of 41 species. Highlights included: 

Wood Duck (pair on Upper Lobe) 
Gadwall (male on Lake) 
Bufflehead (male on Lake) 
single Great Blue Heron and Great Egret (both flyovers) 
Barred Owl (in usual spot, but no sign of Saw-whet) 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (maybe half a dozen) 
Eastern Phoebe 
Brown Creeper 
both Kinglets 
Hermit Thrush 
Brown Thrasher (by weather station) P
ine Warbler (about six nw of Shakespeare Garden, including some extremely 
bright yellow males) 
Palm Warbler (various places) 
Eastern Towhee (by weather station and Tanner's Spring - singing) 
Chpping Sparrow (west of Great Lawn and at Sparrow Rock) 
Field Sparrow (west of Great Lawn) 
Rusty Blackbird (Upper Lobe) 

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, New York City, Wed., April 10, 2013

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A lovely, warm morning for my American Museum of Natural History bird walk 
group. We had a total of 41 species. Highlights included: 

Wood Duck (pair on Upper Lobe) 
Gadwall (male on Lake) 
Bufflehead (male on Lake) 
single Great Blue Heron and Great Egret (both flyovers) 
Barred Owl (in usual spot, but no sign of Saw-whet) 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (maybe half a dozen) 
Eastern Phoebe 
Brown Creeper 
both Kinglets 
Hermit Thrush 
Brown Thrasher (by weather station) P
ine Warbler (about six nw of Shakespeare Garden, including some extremely 
bright yellow males) 
Palm Warbler (various places) 
Eastern Towhee (by weather station and Tanner's Spring - singing) 
Chpping Sparrow (west of Great Lawn and at Sparrow Rock) 
Field Sparrow (west of Great Lawn) 
Rusty Blackbird (Upper Lobe) 

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[nysbirds-l] Warning: be careful.

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Everyone,

 

I received a message from the NYS list this morning that was basically just
a link to a website. This is probably a virus so I would advise anyone else
who received it to not click on it and to delete it. If anyone knows the
Cindy involved who sent it you might want to contact her since she is
probably unaware of the message even being sent out under her email address.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Warning: be careful.

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Everyone,

 

I received a message from the NYS list this morning that was basically just
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who received it to not click on it and to delete it. If anyone knows the
Cindy involved who sent it you might want to contact her since she is
probably unaware of the message even being sent out under her email address.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] Start of fall migration

[Joe DiCostanzo]

The old saying says one swallow does not make a summer, but in this case two 
swallows I think indicates the start of fall migration. Out on Great Gull 
Island, I have watched every morning for the last few weeks for about an hour 
or so after sun-up. That was usually enough to tally the island's ten nesting 
species: Spotted Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Common Tern, Barn Swallow, Carolina 
Wren, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird and 
Common Grackle; plus the area regulars Double-crested Cormorant, American 
Oystercatcher, Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull.

This morning there were also two Tree Swallows and one Bank Swallow headed west 
over the sland, plus an American Robin in our tiny pine grove.

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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, May 23, 2012

[Joe DiCostanzo]

My last Wdnesday morning AMNH Central Park walk for the spring got lucky with a 
nice fallout of birds. Showers at sunup were replace by muggy, but clearing 
weather by 7 am when the walk started. There were good numbers of birds all 
around the Ramble, though because of the heavy foliage and the high proportion 
of female birds, the birding was sometimes challenging. Highlights included: 
 
Eastern Wood-Pewee (several calling around the Ramble) 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (by Upper Lobe) 
unidentified Empidonax flycatcher (by Upper Lobe) 
Great Crested Flycatcher 
Warbling Vireo (usual birds on territory) 
Red-eyed Vireo (everywhere) 
Veery (all around Ramble) 
Swainson's Thrush (scttered around Ramble) 
Wood Thrush 
Cedar Waxwing (small flocks feeding and flying around) 
Northern Parula (fewer than in recent weeks) 
Yellow Warbler (also fewer than in recent weeks) 
Chesnut-sided Warbler (several singing males) 
Magnolia Warbler (males and female all over) 
Black-throated Blue Warbler (a few singing males, plus females) 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (seen by Danny Lynch and John Walsh) 
Black-throated Green Warbler (scattered individuals) 
Blackpoll Warbler (all over) 
Black-and-white Warbler (seen by Danny Lynch and John Walsh) 
American Redstart (all over) 
Ovenbird (near Azalea Pond) 
Mourning Warbler (male by north end of Upper Lobe - thanks to John Walsh and 
Danny Lynch for the heads-up) 
Common Yellowthroat (all over) 
Wilson's Warbler (east side of bridge over Upper Lobe) 
Canada Warbler (males and females seem to be well distributed) 
Scarlet Tanager (two females by Balcony Bridge) 
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, May 23, 2012

[Joe DiCostanzo]

My last Wdnesday morning AMNH Central Park walk for the spring got lucky with a 
nice fallout of birds. Showers at sunup were replace by muggy, but clearing 
weather by 7 am when the walk started. There were good numbers of birds all 
around the Ramble, though because of the heavy foliage and the high proportion 
of female birds, the birding was sometimes challenging. Highlights included: 
 
Eastern Wood-Pewee (several calling around the Ramble) 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (by Upper Lobe) 
unidentified Empidonax flycatcher (by Upper Lobe) 
Great Crested Flycatcher 
Warbling Vireo (usual birds on territory) 
Red-eyed Vireo (everywhere) 
Veery (all around Ramble) 
Swainson's Thrush (scttered around Ramble) 
Wood Thrush 
Cedar Waxwing (small flocks feeding and flying around) 
Northern Parula (fewer than in recent weeks) 
Yellow Warbler (also fewer than in recent weeks) 
Chesnut-sided Warbler (several singing males) 
Magnolia Warbler (males and female all over) 
Black-throated Blue Warbler (a few singing males, plus females) 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (seen by Danny Lynch and John Walsh) 
Black-throated Green Warbler (scattered individuals) 
Blackpoll Warbler (all over) 
Black-and-white Warbler (seen by Danny Lynch and John Walsh) 
American Redstart (all over) 
Ovenbird (near Azalea Pond) 
Mourning Warbler (male by north end of Upper Lobe - thanks to John Walsh and 
Danny Lynch for the heads-up) 
Common Yellowthroat (all over) 
Wilson's Warbler (east side of bridge over Upper Lobe) 
Canada Warbler (males and females seem to be well distributed) 
Scarlet Tanager (two females by Balcony Bridge) 
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, May 2, 2012

[Joe DiCostanzo]

As a number of people have already posted, it was a good morning despite the 
threatening weather. The rain mostly held off until after 9 am so my 7 - 9 am 
AMNH bird walk group only had to deal with the poor lighting. The group was 
rewarded for our relatively short run through the Ramble. Highlights included: 
 
Great Crested Flycatcher (vicinity of Upper Lobe) 
Yellow-throated Vireo (as above) 
Bue-headed Vireo (6+) 
House Wren (singing birds) 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Hermit Thrush 
Wood Thrush 
Gray Catbird (many in now) 
Blue-winged Warbler (singing birds by Upper Lobe and Azalea and a male between 
the Tupelo Meadow and the Maintenance Meadow) 
Northern Parula 
Yellow Warbler 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Magnolia Warbler 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (all over) 
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Black-and-white Warbler (many) 
Worm-eating Warbler (northeast of Upper Lobe) 
Ovenbird 
Common Yellowthroat 
Scarlet Tanager (2 males north of Azalea Pond) 
Chipping Sparrow 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (pair east of Tupelo Meadow) 
Baltimore Oriole 
 
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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, May 2, 2012

[Joe DiCostanzo]

As a number of people have already posted, it was a good morning despite the 
threatening weather. The rain mostly held off until after 9 am so my 7 - 9 am 
AMNH bird walk group only had to deal with the poor lighting. The group was 
rewarded for our relatively short run through the Ramble. Highlights included: 
 
Great Crested Flycatcher (vicinity of Upper Lobe) 
Yellow-throated Vireo (as above) 
Bue-headed Vireo (6+) 
House Wren (singing birds) 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Hermit Thrush 
Wood Thrush 
Gray Catbird (many in now) 
Blue-winged Warbler (singing birds by Upper Lobe and Azalea and a male between 
the Tupelo Meadow and the Maintenance Meadow) 
Northern Parula 
Yellow Warbler 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Magnolia Warbler 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (all over) 
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Black-and-white Warbler (many) 
Worm-eating Warbler (northeast of Upper Lobe) 
Ovenbird 
Common Yellowthroat 
Scarlet Tanager (2 males north of Azalea Pond) 
Chipping Sparrow 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (pair east of Tupelo Meadow) 
Baltimore Oriole 
 
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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, Thursday, 4/26/12

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I was in the Ramble from 7 am to 11:30 am leading two AMNH groups. The weather 
was cool and overcast most of the time. Highlights for the two 
walks were: 
 
Great Egret(Upper Lobe) 
Black-crowned Night-Heron (the Lake) 
Blue-headed Vireo (west of Azalea Pond) 
Warbling Vireo (singing, Hernshead) 
Barn Swallow (5, the Lake and Turtle Pond) 
House Wren (singing in a number of places) 
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Upper Lobe) 
Ruby-crowneed Kinglet (1-5) 
Yellow Warbler (heard at east end of Turtle Pond) 
Black-throated Blue Warbler (west side of Tupelo Meadow) 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (everywhere) 
Palm Warbler (scattered individuals) 
Black-and-white Warbler (scattered individuals) 
Northern Waterthrush (Upper Lobe) 
Eastern Towhee (calling birds all over Ramble) 
Chipping Sparrow (Maintenance Meadow) 
Swamp Sparrow (Azalea Pond) 
Brown-headed Cowbird (various places) 
 
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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, Thursday, 4/26/12

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I was in the Ramble from 7 am to 11:30 am leading two AMNH groups. The weather 
was cool and overcast most of the time. Highlights for the two 
walks were: 
 
Great Egret(Upper Lobe) 
Black-crowned Night-Heron (the Lake) 
Blue-headed Vireo (west of Azalea Pond) 
Warbling Vireo (singing, Hernshead) 
Barn Swallow (5, the Lake and Turtle Pond) 
House Wren (singing in a number of places) 
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Upper Lobe) 
Ruby-crowneed Kinglet (1-5) 
Yellow Warbler (heard at east end of Turtle Pond) 
Black-throated Blue Warbler (west side of Tupelo Meadow) 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (everywhere) 
Palm Warbler (scattered individuals) 
Black-and-white Warbler (scattered individuals) 
Northern Waterthrush (Upper Lobe) 
Eastern Towhee (calling birds all over Ramble) 
Chipping Sparrow (Maintenance Meadow) 
Swamp Sparrow (Azalea Pond) 
Brown-headed Cowbird (various places) 
 
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[nysbirds-l] New York City, Central Park, Wednesday, 4/25/12

[Joe DiCostanzo]

My Wednesday AMNH Central Park bird group had a cool, but mostly sunny morning 
in the Ramble from 7 - 9 am. Not a lot of activity, but highlights included:

Great Egret (flyover)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (shore of the Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk (Belvedere Castle)
Chimney Swift (4-5 over Belvedere Castle)
Great Crested Flycatcher (north of Oven)
Blue-headed Vireo (east of the rock arch by the Upper Lobe)
House Wren (singing bird south of Tupelo Meadow)
Gray Catbird (Belvedere Castle)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (all over; not as many as last week)
Palm Warbler
Northern Waterthrush (Turtle Pond)
Eastern Towhee (several, males and females)
Swamp Sparrow (Turtle Pond)
House Finch (feeders)
American Goldfinch (scattered singing birds)


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[nysbirds-l] Dickcissel at Inwood Hill Park, Rufous Hummingbird at AMNH

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I don't think anyone has posted an update on these two lingerers from last 
year, but despite the drop in temperature, the Dickcissel at Inwood Hill Park 
in northern Manhattan and the Rufous Hummingbird at The Rose Center of the 
American Museum of Natural History were both still present this afternoon.

The Dickcissel is just north of the west end of Dyckman Street at the south 
west end of Inwood Hill Park, near the ball fields. going in from Dyckman St. 
it was not as far as the basebal "dugout", but was at the first set of rock 
outcroppings.

The Rufous Hummingbird continues on West 81st Street at the main entrance to 
the Rose Center, just off Central Park West.

Happy New Year.

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Dickcissel at Inwood Hill Park, Rufous Hummingbird at AMNH

[Joe DiCostanzo]

I don't think anyone has posted an update on these two lingerers from last 
year, but despite the drop in temperature, the Dickcissel at Inwood Hill Park 
in northern Manhattan and the Rufous Hummingbird at The Rose Center of the 
American Museum of Natural History were both still present this afternoon.

The Dickcissel is just north of the west end of Dyckman Street at the south 
west end of Inwood Hill Park, near the ball fields. going in from Dyckman St. 
it was not as far as the basebal dugout, but was at the first set of rock 
outcroppings.

The Rufous Hummingbird continues on West 81st Street at the main entrance to 
the Rose Center, just off Central Park West.

Happy New Year.

Joe DiCostanzo

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