[nysbirds-l] Results of April 6th Pelagic out of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn
The pelagic aboard the American Princess out of Sheepshead Bay this past Saturday had a decidedly winter feel with steady northwest winds and water temps holding steady at 44 degrees. The avian highlights included an incredible Northern Gannet showing with nearly 1000 individuals behind the boat in all plumages and lighting scenarios- often too close to focus on with anything longer than a 300mm lens. Razorbill, Common Murre, Iceland Gull, Lesser-black Backed Gull, offshore Merlin, and good numbers of loons were encountered. The eBird trip list can be seen at the following link: https://ebird.org/tripreport/219365 Non-avian highlights included a pod of Common Dolphin and two Fin Whales. Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 12hr Offshore Pelagic trip on April 6th: Kings County
Posted with permission of the list owners. There’s an upcoming 12hr pelagic opportunity aboard The American Princess out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn on Saturday, April 6th. This trip will head offshore during a very under-birded time of year. Photo opportunities of Northern Gannets in high breeding plumage and lingering alcids coming into their alternate plumages are all possibilities. Our only April trip (2015) yielded 8 species of gull, 2 species of alcid, double digit migrating Red-necked Grebes among good waterfowl diversity and some passerines to boot. This trip is longer and aims to get further offshore. More information can be found at the following link: https://americanprincesscruises.com/events/12-hr-spring-pelagic-bird-and-marine-wildlife-trip-4-6-2024/ Hope to see you aboard! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] January 14th American Princess Inshore Pelagic results. Kings/Queens/Nassau counties.
The 8hr inshore pelagic aboard the American Princess out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn set sail Saturday with a sold out boat. A party from the New York State Young Birders Club was with us which made the trip even more fun. Participants were almost immediately rewarded with Queens County’s first Pacific Loon located just offshore of Breezy Point. Other highlights included Razorbill, Common Murre, Black-legged Kittiwake, Laughing Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and an incredible Northern gannet show. Cetaceans included Fin Whale, Humpback Whale and Common Dolphin. A preliminary trip report can be viewed at the link below. Additional images will be added as lists are shared in the coming days. https://ebird.org/tripreport/101913 Good Birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- 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] January 14th American Princess Inshore Pelagic results. Kings/Queens/Nassau counties.
The 8hr inshore pelagic aboard the American Princess out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn set sail Saturday with a sold out boat. A party from the New York State Young Birders Club was with us which made the trip even more fun. Participants were almost immediately rewarded with Queens County’s first Pacific Loon located just offshore of Breezy Point. Other highlights included Razorbill, Common Murre, Black-legged Kittiwake, Laughing Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and an incredible Northern gannet show. Cetaceans included Fin Whale, Humpback Whale and Common Dolphin. A preliminary trip report can be viewed at the link below. Additional images will be added as lists are shared in the coming days. https://ebird.org/tripreport/101913 Good Birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- 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] Kings County Townsend's Warbler
Doug Gochfeld asked me to post he has just found a young male Townsend’s Warbler at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. The bird was feeding in deciduous trees on top of the hill. GPS coordinates: (40.6912596, -73.9752244) Good luck if you go, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- 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] Kings County Townsend's Warbler
Doug Gochfeld asked me to post he has just found a young male Townsend’s Warbler at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. The bird was feeding in deciduous trees on top of the hill. GPS coordinates: (40.6912596, -73.9752244) Good luck if you go, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- 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] Bermuda Petrel Trip Report
The overnight pelagic trip out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn aboard the American Princess on October 16th sailed to deep water off the continental shelf, and to resounding success. What would have been a record setting trip on its own with 31 Black-capped Petrels, the day was thrust into “once in a lifetime” status at 8:23am in 7,000ft of water when NYS’s first Bermuda Petrel came in to check out our slick. The bird spent just over 3 minutes in view and was seen by all on board. A true Lazarus species, the Bermuda Petrel was believed extinct until its rediscovery in the 1950’s. Currently there are 157 breeding pairs nesting in Bermuda and an estimated total population of roughly 400-500 individuals. The sighting comes on the heels of New Jersey’s first state record last month and adds to the growing number of records in the mid-Atlantic and New England outside of North Carolina. Much appreciation to all trip organizers, boat captains, crew and participants, past and present, who have worked hard to keep pelagic trips in NYS going strong. It’s been a heavy lift at times. This success belongs to all of you. A trip report with images can be seen at the following link: https://ebird.org/tripreport/80688 Looking forward to seeing you offshore soon! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- 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] Bermuda Petrel Trip Report
The overnight pelagic trip out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn aboard the American Princess on October 16th sailed to deep water off the continental shelf, and to resounding success. What would have been a record setting trip on its own with 31 Black-capped Petrels, the day was thrust into “once in a lifetime” status at 8:23am in 7,000ft of water when NYS’s first Bermuda Petrel came in to check out our slick. The bird spent just over 3 minutes in view and was seen by all on board. A true Lazarus species, the Bermuda Petrel was believed extinct until its rediscovery in the 1950’s. Currently there are 157 breeding pairs nesting in Bermuda and an estimated total population of roughly 400-500 individuals. The sighting comes on the heels of New Jersey’s first state record last month and adds to the growing number of records in the mid-Atlantic and New England outside of North Carolina. Much appreciation to all trip organizers, boat captains, crew and participants, past and present, who have worked hard to keep pelagic trips in NYS going strong. It’s been a heavy lift at times. This success belongs to all of you. A trip report with images can be seen at the following link: https://ebird.org/tripreport/80688 Looking forward to seeing you offshore soon! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- 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] Spaces Available: Overnight pelagic trip out of Sheepshead Bay
Posted with permission of the list-owner. The October 16th/17th deep water overnight pelagic aboard the American Princess still has a few spaces available. The boat departs from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn Sunday evening, returning Monday evening. Details and registration can be found on the American Princess website at the following link: https://americanprincesscruises.com/events/pelagic-trip-10-17-2022/ Two major tropical cyclones have made it well north of us in the past month, displacing many seabirds and there is still warm water in the Hudson Canyon and along the continental shelf edge. It’s a great time to explore for both birds and cetaceans. Good luck if you go, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Spaces Available: Overnight pelagic trip out of Sheepshead Bay
Posted with permission of the list-owner. The October 16th/17th deep water overnight pelagic aboard the American Princess still has a few spaces available. The boat departs from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn Sunday evening, returning Monday evening. Details and registration can be found on the American Princess website at the following link: https://americanprincesscruises.com/events/pelagic-trip-10-17-2022/ Two major tropical cyclones have made it well north of us in the past month, displacing many seabirds and there is still warm water in the Hudson Canyon and along the continental shelf edge. It’s a great time to explore for both birds and cetaceans. Good luck if you go, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Queens Co. Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Tripper Paul just relayed and asked me to post he is currently viewing a Black-bellied Whistling Duck on the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Queens Co. Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Tripper Paul just relayed and asked me to post he is currently viewing a Black-bellied Whistling Duck on the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Mew Gull and King Eider
Doug Gochfeld asked me to post he is currently viewing an adult Mew Gull to the south of the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier at roughly these coordinates. 40.6447790, -74.0292793 He also reports the young male King Eider is present as well, associating with a flock of American Wigeon to the north of the pier at these coordinates. 40.6475964, -74.0242646 Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY (via Costa Rica) Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> -- 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] Kings County Mew Gull and King Eider
Doug Gochfeld asked me to post he is currently viewing an adult Mew Gull to the south of the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier at roughly these coordinates. 40.6447790, -74.0292793 He also reports the young male King Eider is present as well, associating with a flock of American Wigeon to the north of the pier at these coordinates. 40.6475964, -74.0242646 Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY (via Costa Rica) Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] FW: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for New York
When this first started happening (specifically in Tompkins County), I emailed a few people at eBird to see if there was a reason. Here was the response I received; "It's a glitch with the Android version that sometimes loses the location of a list, and defaults to a set of coordinates so that the checklist can still appear in unsubmitted lists and be corrected. But it seems some people aren't noticing and just submitting them without correction, despite all species being flagged." Good birding (and occasional deleting), Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 7:35 AM zach schwartz-weinstein wrote: > Needs Alerts and rare bird alerts go out prior to sighting review, which > is as it should be, since otherwise the birds would be gone before anyone > had received an alert. The recent spate of outlandish reports from > Tompkins County are presumably the result of new users not understanding > how to properly plot checklist locations, but those of us who use eBird > should be glad that the use of the platform is expanding to new areas, > since it will make it easier for us to find birds outside of the US and > expand the amount of data available to researchers for study. So some > patience is warranted. > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 7:30 AM Jane Ross wrote: > >> Or at least find them a better moderator! >> >> Jane F. Ross, PhD >> 1112 Park Ave. New York, NY 10128 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1112+Park+Ave.+New+York,+NY+10128?entry=gmail=g> >> >> mobile: 917-992-6708 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 2, 2020, at 1:22 PM, ArieGilbert >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Wow. Lets all go to Ithaca. >> >> Eburd. For syentifik purpisses only. >> >> >> Original message >> From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu >> Date: 2/2/20 4:56 AM (GMT-05:00) >> To: ariegilb...@optonline.net >> Subject: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for New York >> >> *** Species Summary: >> >> Greater Coucal (1 Tompkins) >> Asian Palm-Swift (1 Tompkins) >> White-breasted Waterhen (1 Tompkins) >> Little Ringed Plover (1 Tompkins) >> Common Sandpiper (1 Tompkins) >> Brown-headed Gull (1 Tompkins) >> Gray Heron (1 Tompkins) >> Indian Pond-Heron (1 Tompkins) >> Common Kingfisher (1 Tompkins) >> White-throated Kingfisher (1 Tompkins) >> Green Bee-eater (1 Tompkins) >> Coppersmith Barbet (1 Tompkins) >> Rose-ringed Parakeet (1 Tompkins) >> Indian Golden Oriole (1 Tompkins) >> White-browed Fantail (1 Tompkins) >> Black Drongo (1 Tompkins) >> Long-tailed Shrike (1 Tompkins) >> Ashy Prinia (1 Tompkins) >> Red-vented Bulbul (1 Tompkins) >> White-eared Bulbul (1 Tompkins) >> Asian Pied Starling (1 Tompkins) >> Chestnut-tailed Starling (1 Tompkins) >> Oriental Magpie-Robin (1 Tompkins) >> Purple-rumped Sunbird (1 Tompkins) >> Western Yellow Wagtail (1 Tompkins) >> >> - >> Thank you for subscribing to the Needs Alert for New York.The >> report below shows observations of species you have not seen in New York, >> based on your eBird observations. View or unsubscribe to this alert at >> https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN10378 >> NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated >> >> Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) (1) >> - Reported Feb 02, 2020 07:03 by Deep Pradhan >> - 40 Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York, US >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40+Stewart+Park,+Ithaca,+New+York,+US?entry=gmail=g> >> (42.46, -76.504), Tompkins, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.46,-76.504=42.46,-76.504 >> - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S64036158 >> - Comments: "Present" >> >> Asian Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) (30) >> - Reported Feb 02, 2020 07:03 by Deep Pradhan >> - 40 Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York, US >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40+Stewart+Park,+Ithaca,+New+York,+US?entry=gmail=g> >> (42.46, -76.504), Tompkins, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.46,-76.504=42.46,-76.504 >> - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S64036158 >> - Comments: "Present" >> >> White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) (3) >> - Reported Feb 02, 2020 07:03 by Deep Pradhan >> - 40 Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York, US >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40+Stewart+Park,+Ithaca,+New+York,+US?entry=gmail=g> >> (42.46, -76.504), Tompkins, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.4
Re: [nysbirds-l] FW: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for New York
When this first started happening (specifically in Tompkins County), I emailed a few people at eBird to see if there was a reason. Here was the response I received; "It's a glitch with the Android version that sometimes loses the location of a list, and defaults to a set of coordinates so that the checklist can still appear in unsubmitted lists and be corrected. But it seems some people aren't noticing and just submitting them without correction, despite all species being flagged." Good birding (and occasional deleting), Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 7:35 AM zach schwartz-weinstein wrote: > Needs Alerts and rare bird alerts go out prior to sighting review, which > is as it should be, since otherwise the birds would be gone before anyone > had received an alert. The recent spate of outlandish reports from > Tompkins County are presumably the result of new users not understanding > how to properly plot checklist locations, but those of us who use eBird > should be glad that the use of the platform is expanding to new areas, > since it will make it easier for us to find birds outside of the US and > expand the amount of data available to researchers for study. So some > patience is warranted. > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 7:30 AM Jane Ross wrote: > >> Or at least find them a better moderator! >> >> Jane F. Ross, PhD >> 1112 Park Ave. New York, NY 10128 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1112+Park+Ave.+New+York,+NY+10128?entry=gmail=g> >> >> mobile: 917-992-6708 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 2, 2020, at 1:22 PM, ArieGilbert >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Wow. Lets all go to Ithaca. >> >> Eburd. For syentifik purpisses only. >> >> >> Original message >> From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu >> Date: 2/2/20 4:56 AM (GMT-05:00) >> To: ariegilb...@optonline.net >> Subject: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for New York >> >> *** Species Summary: >> >> Greater Coucal (1 Tompkins) >> Asian Palm-Swift (1 Tompkins) >> White-breasted Waterhen (1 Tompkins) >> Little Ringed Plover (1 Tompkins) >> Common Sandpiper (1 Tompkins) >> Brown-headed Gull (1 Tompkins) >> Gray Heron (1 Tompkins) >> Indian Pond-Heron (1 Tompkins) >> Common Kingfisher (1 Tompkins) >> White-throated Kingfisher (1 Tompkins) >> Green Bee-eater (1 Tompkins) >> Coppersmith Barbet (1 Tompkins) >> Rose-ringed Parakeet (1 Tompkins) >> Indian Golden Oriole (1 Tompkins) >> White-browed Fantail (1 Tompkins) >> Black Drongo (1 Tompkins) >> Long-tailed Shrike (1 Tompkins) >> Ashy Prinia (1 Tompkins) >> Red-vented Bulbul (1 Tompkins) >> White-eared Bulbul (1 Tompkins) >> Asian Pied Starling (1 Tompkins) >> Chestnut-tailed Starling (1 Tompkins) >> Oriental Magpie-Robin (1 Tompkins) >> Purple-rumped Sunbird (1 Tompkins) >> Western Yellow Wagtail (1 Tompkins) >> >> - >> Thank you for subscribing to the Needs Alert for New York.The >> report below shows observations of species you have not seen in New York, >> based on your eBird observations. View or unsubscribe to this alert at >> https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN10378 >> NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated >> >> Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) (1) >> - Reported Feb 02, 2020 07:03 by Deep Pradhan >> - 40 Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York, US >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40+Stewart+Park,+Ithaca,+New+York,+US?entry=gmail=g> >> (42.46, -76.504), Tompkins, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.46,-76.504=42.46,-76.504 >> - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S64036158 >> - Comments: "Present" >> >> Asian Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) (30) >> - Reported Feb 02, 2020 07:03 by Deep Pradhan >> - 40 Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York, US >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40+Stewart+Park,+Ithaca,+New+York,+US?entry=gmail=g> >> (42.46, -76.504), Tompkins, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.46,-76.504=42.46,-76.504 >> - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S64036158 >> - Comments: "Present" >> >> White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) (3) >> - Reported Feb 02, 2020 07:03 by Deep Pradhan >> - 40 Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York, US >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40+Stewart+Park,+Ithaca,+New+York,+US?entry=gmail=g> >> (42.46, -76.504), Tompkins, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.4
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point, Queens County Razorbills ++
Doug Gochfeld and I visited Breezy Point mid-morning in mild and relatively windless conditions. Visibility was excellent and surface conditions on the bay and ocean were glass-like. The lack of wind allowed for some good ear birding as well and there were plenty of lingering half-hardies. Highlights include: 9 Razorbill 2 Red-necked Grebe 180 Surf Scoter 850 White-winged Scoter 140 Black Scoter 5 Common Eider 1 Bald Eagle (juvenile) 1 Horned Lark 12 Snow Bunting 8 Tree Swallow 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Gray Catbird 7 Field Sparrow The full eBird checklist can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63136927 Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Breezy Point, Queens County Razorbills ++
Doug Gochfeld and I visited Breezy Point mid-morning in mild and relatively windless conditions. Visibility was excellent and surface conditions on the bay and ocean were glass-like. The lack of wind allowed for some good ear birding as well and there were plenty of lingering half-hardies. Highlights include: 9 Razorbill 2 Red-necked Grebe 180 Surf Scoter 850 White-winged Scoter 140 Black Scoter 5 Common Eider 1 Bald Eagle (juvenile) 1 Horned Lark 12 Snow Bunting 8 Tree Swallow 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Gray Catbird 7 Field Sparrow The full eBird checklist can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63136927 Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] January 11th See Life Paulagics Trip
*Posted with permission of the list owner* See Life Paulagics has scheduled its first NY offshore trip for the 2020 season! Yes, 2020!!! The 14hr, January 11th trip will depart from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn aboard the Brooklyn VI at 5am, returning around 7pm. The boat is 100ft long and stable with ample rail space on two decks. It also has a heated cabin and a full galley. Street parking is readily available at this season. We will be actively chumming to keep gull and gannet activity behind the boat throughout the trip while we navigate towards the best areas for viewing alcids (Razorbills, Puffins, Dovekies and Common Murres). While many of our first experiences with alcids in NY are scoping tiny specks while being buffeted on a windy beach, pelagic trips offer the best chance to see the species we encounter through binoculars and often at close range, offering ample photographic opportunities and study. Another benefit of getting offshore in winter is the warmer water temps in the deep often moderate the air temp and even a downright frigid dockside departure can be met with viewing Puffins 75 miles offshore in temps that are quite enjoyable. Target Species: Northern Fulmar, Dovekie, Razorbill, Common Murre, Atlantic Puffin, Glaucous, Iceland, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, Red Phalarope. While we don't always see every species every trip, these are the birds that we expect to encounter with some regularity. There is also a well established history of genuine rarities on east coast winter pelagics. NYS's first and only Western Gull was discovered on a Paulagics trip, multiple records in the mid-atlantic of Yellow-nosed Albatross are from winter months, and it's worth noting that this window offers us our best opportunity for the holy grail bird, the Great Skua Dolphin and whales are also possibilities and we give all see life ample attention. Hope to see you aboard!!! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY More information on cost and sign-ups can be seen here: http://paulagics.com/trips -- 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] January 11th See Life Paulagics Trip
*Posted with permission of the list owner* See Life Paulagics has scheduled its first NY offshore trip for the 2020 season! Yes, 2020!!! The 14hr, January 11th trip will depart from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn aboard the Brooklyn VI at 5am, returning around 7pm. The boat is 100ft long and stable with ample rail space on two decks. It also has a heated cabin and a full galley. Street parking is readily available at this season. We will be actively chumming to keep gull and gannet activity behind the boat throughout the trip while we navigate towards the best areas for viewing alcids (Razorbills, Puffins, Dovekies and Common Murres). While many of our first experiences with alcids in NY are scoping tiny specks while being buffeted on a windy beach, pelagic trips offer the best chance to see the species we encounter through binoculars and often at close range, offering ample photographic opportunities and study. Another benefit of getting offshore in winter is the warmer water temps in the deep often moderate the air temp and even a downright frigid dockside departure can be met with viewing Puffins 75 miles offshore in temps that are quite enjoyable. Target Species: Northern Fulmar, Dovekie, Razorbill, Common Murre, Atlantic Puffin, Glaucous, Iceland, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, Red Phalarope. While we don't always see every species every trip, these are the birds that we expect to encounter with some regularity. There is also a well established history of genuine rarities on east coast winter pelagics. NYS's first and only Western Gull was discovered on a Paulagics trip, multiple records in the mid-atlantic of Yellow-nosed Albatross are from winter months, and it's worth noting that this window offers us our best opportunity for the holy grail bird, the Great Skua Dolphin and whales are also possibilities and we give all see life ample attention. Hope to see you aboard!!! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY More information on cost and sign-ups can be seen here: http://paulagics.com/trips -- 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] Kings County Brown Pelicans
Two young Brown Pelicans just drifted south over Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn heading towards Coney Island Beach. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings County Brown Pelicans
Two young Brown Pelicans just drifted south over Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn heading towards Coney Island Beach. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Interesting Sulid at RMSP yesterday
Yesterday afternoon at 2pm a very interesting sulid passed Field 2 at Robert Moses State Park that showed many characteristics consistent with an adult Masked Booby. Below are my field notes written immediately after the sighting. "“Picked up the bird in scope when it was at roughly “1 o’clock “ and slowly being pushed west by the ENE wind. Immediately stood out as an adult or near adult sulid. It was drifting and making wobbly circles and not actively feeding. It wasn’t giving me a dorsal view of the spread wing, but even in profile the amount of black seemed extensive in the primaries. I could see black feathering at the base of the light colored bill. The head color matched the white of the body. When the bird finally banked I could see the black extended past the primaries and included all the secondaries as well. The only white on the upper wing was the leading edge back to the coverts and from the body to the wrist. The black appeared solid and not blotchy. Overall the bird appeared smaller and less powerful than NOGA” An attempt to race to get ahead of it and seawatch from Long Beach proved fruitless. Although not a chaseable bird, it's worth getting the word out as a reminder that early autumn easterlies can produce along the coast. This year there were (and still are) numbers of Brown Booby and other more "tropical" species in the NE which will likely reorient with each passing cold front and cooling water temps. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Interesting Sulid at RMSP yesterday
Yesterday afternoon at 2pm a very interesting sulid passed Field 2 at Robert Moses State Park that showed many characteristics consistent with an adult Masked Booby. Below are my field notes written immediately after the sighting. "“Picked up the bird in scope when it was at roughly “1 o’clock “ and slowly being pushed west by the ENE wind. Immediately stood out as an adult or near adult sulid. It was drifting and making wobbly circles and not actively feeding. It wasn’t giving me a dorsal view of the spread wing, but even in profile the amount of black seemed extensive in the primaries. I could see black feathering at the base of the light colored bill. The head color matched the white of the body. When the bird finally banked I could see the black extended past the primaries and included all the secondaries as well. The only white on the upper wing was the leading edge back to the coverts and from the body to the wrist. The black appeared solid and not blotchy. Overall the bird appeared smaller and less powerful than NOGA” An attempt to race to get ahead of it and seawatch from Long Beach proved fruitless. Although not a chaseable bird, it's worth getting the word out as a reminder that early autumn easterlies can produce along the coast. This year there were (and still are) numbers of Brown Booby and other more "tropical" species in the NE which will likely reorient with each passing cold front and cooling water temps. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] See Life Paulagics August 17/18 overnight pelagic results
The See Life Paulagics trip on The Voyager targeting deep water off the continental shelf (in NY and NJ waters) sailed in calm conditions August 17th/18th out of Pt. Pleasant NJ. The extended 32 hour trip encountered a broad mix of birds, cetaceans, turtles and other sea life. The trip got off to a great start before we even reached the shelf edge with close flyby's of Audubon's Shearwater and White-faced Storm-Petrel amongst flocks of Wilson's Storm-Petrels. Multiple Fin Whales were seen in this area as well. Once in the deep we started to see Band-rumped and Leach's Storm-Petrels and small numbers of Great and Cory's Shearwaters, with one of the Cory's being of the Scopoli's subspecies. The evening chum slick in NY waters brought extended views of these species while a large pod of Striped Dolphin cavorted near the boat. Spotted Dolphin and Cuvier's Beaked Whales investigated the slick as well. We headed south overnight and set another slick in NJ waters where activity started well before sun up. A White-faced Storm-Petrel came to the slick under the lights of the boat while a few leaders were fishing around 2am. As it became light enough to see it quickly became apparent there were dozens of Wilson's Storm-Petrels in the slick and Band-rumpeds, and to a lesser extent Leach's, were flying in regularly. A close pass of Audubon's Shearwater and Black-capped Petrel coincided with a stunning sunrise. Both Barn and Cliff Swallows were seen 100 and 80 miles from shore, respectively. Another extremely confiding White-faced Storm-Petrel was in view for over 15 minutes as we worked the shelf edge near the Tom's Canyon. A brief query of a few photographers on board revealed a range of photographs of this individual bird between 500 and 1100 per person. The rarest sighting of the trip was was a well documented Band-rumped Storm-Petrel inshore along the 30 fathom line (180ft of water) in NJ. Our understanding of this species' distribution in NY/NJ waters has increased tremendously over the last 5 years. The bedrock of that understanding was that it occurs in deep, blue water at or off the continental shelf edge. Outside of tropic storms, this record appears to be the only photo documented record of the species in inshore waters of NY/NJ in eBird and goes to show how the only way we can add to our understanding is by being out there! We can also help protect these and other species while at home with choices we make. The running trip tally of mylar balloons floating on the surface was 47. These, in addition to other floating debris were in areas where sea turtle and cetacean numbers were highest. A few hourly checklists with notable sightings and photos can be seen here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102580 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102617 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102735 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102768 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102645 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102676 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102811 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102859 Species totals: Wilson's Storm Petrel 1451 Band-rumped Storm Petrel 42 Leach's Storm Petrel 7 White-faced Storm Petrel 4 Black-capped Petrel 1 Great Shearwater 13 Cory's Shearwater 31 Cory's/Scopoli's 1 Audubon's Shearwater 2 Black Tern 5 Common/Arctic Tern 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Laughing Gull 4 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Barn Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow 1 Other sea life: Loggerhead Sea Turtle 9 Inshore Bottlenose Dolphin 12 Common Dolphin 35 Striped Dolphin 80 Spotted Dolphin 9 Risso's Dolphin 3 Fin Whale 5 Cuvier's Beaked Whale 4 Pilot Whale 70 Ocean Sunfish Cow-nosed Rays 30 Marlin 2 Hammerhead Shark Sp. Shark Sp. Mahi Mahi Flying Fish (numerous) Painted Lady Cloudless Sulphur Moth sp. Wandering Glider Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] See Life Paulagics August 17/18 overnight pelagic results
The See Life Paulagics trip on The Voyager targeting deep water off the continental shelf (in NY and NJ waters) sailed in calm conditions August 17th/18th out of Pt. Pleasant NJ. The extended 32 hour trip encountered a broad mix of birds, cetaceans, turtles and other sea life. The trip got off to a great start before we even reached the shelf edge with close flyby's of Audubon's Shearwater and White-faced Storm-Petrel amongst flocks of Wilson's Storm-Petrels. Multiple Fin Whales were seen in this area as well. Once in the deep we started to see Band-rumped and Leach's Storm-Petrels and small numbers of Great and Cory's Shearwaters, with one of the Cory's being of the Scopoli's subspecies. The evening chum slick in NY waters brought extended views of these species while a large pod of Striped Dolphin cavorted near the boat. Spotted Dolphin and Cuvier's Beaked Whales investigated the slick as well. We headed south overnight and set another slick in NJ waters where activity started well before sun up. A White-faced Storm-Petrel came to the slick under the lights of the boat while a few leaders were fishing around 2am. As it became light enough to see it quickly became apparent there were dozens of Wilson's Storm-Petrels in the slick and Band-rumpeds, and to a lesser extent Leach's, were flying in regularly. A close pass of Audubon's Shearwater and Black-capped Petrel coincided with a stunning sunrise. Both Barn and Cliff Swallows were seen 100 and 80 miles from shore, respectively. Another extremely confiding White-faced Storm-Petrel was in view for over 15 minutes as we worked the shelf edge near the Tom's Canyon. A brief query of a few photographers on board revealed a range of photographs of this individual bird between 500 and 1100 per person. The rarest sighting of the trip was was a well documented Band-rumped Storm-Petrel inshore along the 30 fathom line (180ft of water) in NJ. Our understanding of this species' distribution in NY/NJ waters has increased tremendously over the last 5 years. The bedrock of that understanding was that it occurs in deep, blue water at or off the continental shelf edge. Outside of tropic storms, this record appears to be the only photo documented record of the species in inshore waters of NY/NJ in eBird and goes to show how the only way we can add to our understanding is by being out there! We can also help protect these and other species while at home with choices we make. The running trip tally of mylar balloons floating on the surface was 47. These, in addition to other floating debris were in areas where sea turtle and cetacean numbers were highest. A few hourly checklists with notable sightings and photos can be seen here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102580 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102617 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102735 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102768 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102645 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102676 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102811 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59102859 Species totals: Wilson's Storm Petrel 1451 Band-rumped Storm Petrel 42 Leach's Storm Petrel 7 White-faced Storm Petrel 4 Black-capped Petrel 1 Great Shearwater 13 Cory's Shearwater 31 Cory's/Scopoli's 1 Audubon's Shearwater 2 Black Tern 5 Common/Arctic Tern 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Laughing Gull 4 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Barn Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow 1 Other sea life: Loggerhead Sea Turtle 9 Inshore Bottlenose Dolphin 12 Common Dolphin 35 Striped Dolphin 80 Spotted Dolphin 9 Risso's Dolphin 3 Fin Whale 5 Cuvier's Beaked Whale 4 Pilot Whale 70 Ocean Sunfish Cow-nosed Rays 30 Marlin 2 Hammerhead Shark Sp. Shark Sp. Mahi Mahi Flying Fish (numerous) Painted Lady Cloudless Sulphur Moth sp. Wandering Glider Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] 9/27 Long Island highlights+++
Tripper Paul and I spent Thursday covering a variety of habitats on Long Island with much success. Hoping the influx of vagrant flycatchers in the NE would continue we focused on marsh, grassland and dune scrub habitats with an evening seawatch for good measure. While no rare flycatchers were discovered, time spend with regional breeding birds and continuing rarities was rewarding. Highlights and a few eBird checklist links are below. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Captree Island https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748771 Tricolored Heron Seaside Sparoow Saltmarsh Sparrow Calverton https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748770 Grasshopper Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Blue Grosbeak Yellow-billed Cuckoo Orchard Oriole Prairie Warbler Field Sparrow Napeague https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748769 Sandhill Crane Dune Rd. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748766 Roseate Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel Shinnecock https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748772 Common Eider Long-tailed Duck Wilson's Storm-Petrel Quogue https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748774 Whip-poor-will Chuck-will's-widow -- 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] 9/27 Long Island highlights+++
Tripper Paul and I spent Thursday covering a variety of habitats on Long Island with much success. Hoping the influx of vagrant flycatchers in the NE would continue we focused on marsh, grassland and dune scrub habitats with an evening seawatch for good measure. While no rare flycatchers were discovered, time spend with regional breeding birds and continuing rarities was rewarding. Highlights and a few eBird checklist links are below. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Captree Island https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748771 Tricolored Heron Seaside Sparoow Saltmarsh Sparrow Calverton https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748770 Grasshopper Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Blue Grosbeak Yellow-billed Cuckoo Orchard Oriole Prairie Warbler Field Sparrow Napeague https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748769 Sandhill Crane Dune Rd. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748766 Roseate Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel Shinnecock https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748772 Common Eider Long-tailed Duck Wilson's Storm-Petrel Quogue https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57748774 Whip-poor-will Chuck-will's-widow -- 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] Queens County Sage Thrasher: Not Yet
The bird has yet to be seen as of 7:00am this morning. A small number of birders have been on hand since 5:45am checking known spots as well as the trails to the north. Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Queens County Sage Thrasher: Not Yet
The bird has yet to be seen as of 7:00am this morning. A small number of birders have been on hand since 5:45am checking known spots as well as the trails to the north. Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings County-Greenwood Cemetery Kentucky Warbler +
Isaac Grant found a male Kentucky Warbler at the Sylvan Water this morning. The cemetery was very active with a noticeable influx of Scarlet Tanager and Baltimore Oriole among the 68 species seen. Other highlights included; Yellow-throated Vireo Cape May Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Swainson's Thrush Full checklist here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55675786 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County-Greenwood Cemetery Kentucky Warbler +
Isaac Grant found a male Kentucky Warbler at the Sylvan Water this morning. The cemetery was very active with a noticeable influx of Scarlet Tanager and Baltimore Oriole among the 68 species seen. Other highlights included; Yellow-throated Vireo Cape May Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Swainson's Thrush Full checklist here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55675786 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County/Prospect Park highlights-Yellow-throated, Blackburnian and Worm-eating Warblers+
Bookend walks in Prospect Park, Brooklyn this morning/afternoon yielded a total of 74 species including 15 species of warblers and a smattering of new arrivals. Most activity was around Lookout Hill, the Peninsula, the Ravine and the Pools. General highlights below. Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY 12 Wood Duck 3 Ruddy Duck 40 Chimney Swift 2 American Coot 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 6 Laughing Gull 2 Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 American Kestrel 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 5 Warbling Vireo 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Winter Wren 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 4 Purple Finch 2 Ovenbird 1 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush 8 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 3 Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2 Pine Warbler 60 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting -- 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] Kings County/Prospect Park highlights-Yellow-throated, Blackburnian and Worm-eating Warblers+
Bookend walks in Prospect Park, Brooklyn this morning/afternoon yielded a total of 74 species including 15 species of warblers and a smattering of new arrivals. Most activity was around Lookout Hill, the Peninsula, the Ravine and the Pools. General highlights below. Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY 12 Wood Duck 3 Ruddy Duck 40 Chimney Swift 2 American Coot 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 6 Laughing Gull 2 Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 American Kestrel 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 5 Warbling Vireo 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Winter Wren 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 4 Purple Finch 2 Ovenbird 1 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush 8 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 3 Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2 Pine Warbler 60 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting -- 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] Kings County Common Redpoll and spring arrivals
A Common Redpoll continues for a third day in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The bird has been associating with a flock of American Goldfinch and favors the area around the intersection of Dell and Oakwood Avenues. The cemetery closes at 5pm these days so please keep that in mind if making the trip. The birds spend a lot of time on the ground under Sweetgums and the CORE can take some time to find. While following the slow moving finch flock today I came across three American Woodcock, both species of nuthatch, European Goldfinch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Chipping Sparrow and multiple singing Fox Sparrow. At roughly 2:45 an Osprey drifted SSE from the vicinity of Prospect Park. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn,, NY -- 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] Kings County Common Redpoll and spring arrivals
A Common Redpoll continues for a third day in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The bird has been associating with a flock of American Goldfinch and favors the area around the intersection of Dell and Oakwood Avenues. The cemetery closes at 5pm these days so please keep that in mind if making the trip. The birds spend a lot of time on the ground under Sweetgums and the CORE can take some time to find. While following the slow moving finch flock today I came across three American Woodcock, both species of nuthatch, European Goldfinch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Chipping Sparrow and multiple singing Fox Sparrow. At roughly 2:45 an Osprey drifted SSE from the vicinity of Prospect Park. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn,, NY -- 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] Extralimital: Boreal Chickadee in NJ at Merrill Creek Reservoir
Apologies if this is a repeat report, but posts from NJ report a Boreal Chickadee coming to the feeders at the Merrill Creek Reservoir visitor center. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Extralimital: Boreal Chickadee in NJ at Merrill Creek Reservoir
Apologies if this is a repeat report, but posts from NJ report a Boreal Chickadee coming to the feeders at the Merrill Creek Reservoir visitor center. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Pacific Loon continues in Oyster Bay/Nassau Co
The Pacific Loon is currently feeding inside the large boat slips on the west side of the Marina. See previous posts for directions. Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Pacific Loon continues in Oyster Bay/Nassau Co
The Pacific Loon is currently feeding inside the large boat slips on the west side of the Marina. See previous posts for directions. Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] 3 Alcid sp ++ Shinnecock Inlet/Suffolk County
The first 2.5 hours of daylight were extremely productive at Shinnecock Inlet this morning. The amount of birds moving offshore as well as in the bay was incredible. The Razorbill show continues to be strong with hundreds streaming by in groups ranging in size from 5-30 birds(today heading east). Early on one of these groups had at least 1, possibly 3 Dovekie moving with it. The Thick-billed Murre continues near the mouth of the inlet along the western jetty. The female Harlequin was along the western side of the same jetty all morning. Two Black-legged Kittiwakes were offshore just west of the inlet. The Glaucous Gull continues at Triton Lane and the female King Eider was in the bay between the inlet and the Ponquogue Bridge before a young Bald Eagle scattered the ducks. I looked for American Bittern and Sparrows along Dune Road and came up empty on both. Checklist with a few images can be viewed at the following link. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51389870 Good birding, Sean -- 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] 3 Alcid sp ++ Shinnecock Inlet/Suffolk County
The first 2.5 hours of daylight were extremely productive at Shinnecock Inlet this morning. The amount of birds moving offshore as well as in the bay was incredible. The Razorbill show continues to be strong with hundreds streaming by in groups ranging in size from 5-30 birds(today heading east). Early on one of these groups had at least 1, possibly 3 Dovekie moving with it. The Thick-billed Murre continues near the mouth of the inlet along the western jetty. The female Harlequin was along the western side of the same jetty all morning. Two Black-legged Kittiwakes were offshore just west of the inlet. The Glaucous Gull continues at Triton Lane and the female King Eider was in the bay between the inlet and the Ponquogue Bridge before a young Bald Eagle scattered the ducks. I looked for American Bittern and Sparrows along Dune Road and came up empty on both. Checklist with a few images can be viewed at the following link. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51389870 Good birding, Sean -- 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] Golden-crowned Sparrow YES
I just spoke with John Hass who asked me to report to the list the Golden-crowned Sparrow is currently being seen in the previously reported location in Downsville, NY. Please see the post from the original finder of the bird (Lance Verderame) regarding specific locations and access. Please use common sense and refrain from any behavior that could potentially cause ill will within the local community. https://sullivancountybirder.wordpress.com/ Good luck if you go, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Golden-crowned Sparrow YES
I just spoke with John Hass who asked me to report to the list the Golden-crowned Sparrow is currently being seen in the previously reported location in Downsville, NY. Please see the post from the original finder of the bird (Lance Verderame) regarding specific locations and access. Please use common sense and refrain from any behavior that could potentially cause ill will within the local community. https://sullivancountybirder.wordpress.com/ Good luck if you go, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Richmond County Varied Thrush: Not seen
Speaking with other birders on site durning my visit this morning the Varied Thrush seen yesterday on Staten Island was not seen today between 9am and 12:45pm. All told there were between 6-8 birders looking at various times throughout the morning. Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Richmond County Varied Thrush: Not seen
Speaking with other birders on site durning my visit this morning the Varied Thrush seen yesterday on Staten Island was not seen today between 9am and 12:45pm. All told there were between 6-8 birders looking at various times throughout the morning. Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Suffolk Geese continue
The Barnacle, White-fronted and Blue Goose found yesterday by Patricia Lindsay and Shai Mitra continue in the previously reported location. Haven’t located a Cackling yet, but geese have been streaming in since 7:30. Just wanted to get the word out quickly. Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Suffolk Geese continue
The Barnacle, White-fronted and Blue Goose found yesterday by Patricia Lindsay and Shai Mitra continue in the previously reported location. Haven’t located a Cackling yet, but geese have been streaming in since 7:30. Just wanted to get the word out quickly. Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Queens County Storm birding
Tripper Paul, Doug Gochfeld and I spent the morning seawatching from Riis Park Beach in Queens. The wind was 25mph+ from the ENE and even the light rain was stinging. Eventually the wind started to shift more northerly and the avian diversity diminished. The sea was intense and as soon as it was light enough to see clearly it was evident there were large numbers of Double-crested Cormorants and Northern Gannets moving. Gulls picked up quickly and the Jaegers weren't far behind. We didn't have the rain that sites further east had and our visibility was good for the first few hours. Highlights included: 3 Common Eider 1 Harlequin Duck (flying east inside the breakers) 6 Long-tailed Duck All 3 scoter sp 15 Greater Scaup 8 Parasitic Jaeger 3 Black-legged Kittiwake (1 adult, 2 juv.) 14 Bonaparte's Gull 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Caspian Tern 2 Black Tern 110 Forster's Tern 44 Royal Tern 642 Northern Gannet 3 Great Cormorant 2958 Double-crested Cormorant (huge groups moving west) Viewing conditions grew more difficult as the day progressed. The swell size grew considerably and as the tide came in water was coming over the boardwalk and washing up to our feet. An eBird checklist with some images can be viewed at this link: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49493137 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Queens County Storm birding
Tripper Paul, Doug Gochfeld and I spent the morning seawatching from Riis Park Beach in Queens. The wind was 25mph+ from the ENE and even the light rain was stinging. Eventually the wind started to shift more northerly and the avian diversity diminished. The sea was intense and as soon as it was light enough to see clearly it was evident there were large numbers of Double-crested Cormorants and Northern Gannets moving. Gulls picked up quickly and the Jaegers weren't far behind. We didn't have the rain that sites further east had and our visibility was good for the first few hours. Highlights included: 3 Common Eider 1 Harlequin Duck (flying east inside the breakers) 6 Long-tailed Duck All 3 scoter sp 15 Greater Scaup 8 Parasitic Jaeger 3 Black-legged Kittiwake (1 adult, 2 juv.) 14 Bonaparte's Gull 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Caspian Tern 2 Black Tern 110 Forster's Tern 44 Royal Tern 642 Northern Gannet 3 Great Cormorant 2958 Double-crested Cormorant (huge groups moving west) Viewing conditions grew more difficult as the day progressed. The swell size grew considerably and as the tide came in water was coming over the boardwalk and washing up to our feet. An eBird checklist with some images can be viewed at this link: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49493137 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Tundra Swan correction
Close up images of the reported Tundra Swan were posted yesterday afternoon and the bird was a young Mute Swan. Just wanted to get the word out in case birders were planning a rarity circuit of Kings County today. Cheers, Sean -- 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] Tundra Swan correction
Close up images of the reported Tundra Swan were posted yesterday afternoon and the bird was a young Mute Swan. Just wanted to get the word out in case birders were planning a rarity circuit of Kings County today. Cheers, Sean -- 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] Kings County Purple Gallinule
Tripper Paul, Josh Malbin and I were all independently scouring the lake edge in Prospect Park following up on an eBird report of a juvenile Sora with limited details. At roughly 5:40pm in fading light a juvenile Purple Gallinule appeared at the end of the peninsula near the rustic shelter there. It was busy working the shoreline in some thick vegetation eating small snails, much like the last PUGA that showed up in Prospect in October of 2004. I could only stay with it for minutes. Hopefully other birders who arrived were able to get images. I have some poor quality video showing clean white undertail coverts and brownish bird with purple sheen I will try to put into the checklist. Word of caution to those considering driving to Brooklyn tomorrow. There is a half marathon happening in Brooklyn so there will be many road closures around the park and transportation may be difficult. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Purple Gallinule
Tripper Paul, Josh Malbin and I were all independently scouring the lake edge in Prospect Park following up on an eBird report of a juvenile Sora with limited details. At roughly 5:40pm in fading light a juvenile Purple Gallinule appeared at the end of the peninsula near the rustic shelter there. It was busy working the shoreline in some thick vegetation eating small snails, much like the last PUGA that showed up in Prospect in October of 2004. I could only stay with it for minutes. Hopefully other birders who arrived were able to get images. I have some poor quality video showing clean white undertail coverts and brownish bird with purple sheen I will try to put into the checklist. Word of caution to those considering driving to Brooklyn tomorrow. There is a half marathon happening in Brooklyn so there will be many road closures around the park and transportation may be difficult. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Tundra Swan
Passing on a notable NYC sighting of an adult Tundra Swan in Coney Island Creek reported this morning by Paige Brams. Initially found by Gus Keri. Not sure if the bird is still being seen, but Coney Island Creek Park and Drier Offerman would be good places to check as well as Gravesend Bay. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings County Tundra Swan
Passing on a notable NYC sighting of an adult Tundra Swan in Coney Island Creek reported this morning by Paige Brams. Initially found by Gus Keri. Not sure if the bird is still being seen, but Coney Island Creek Park and Drier Offerman would be good places to check as well as Gravesend Bay. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings County dark morph Broad-winged Hawk
Shortly after noon today I set up on Battle Hill in Greenwood Cemetery hoping to witness some raptor migration. The birds were coming through, but the clear conditions and lack of a low cloud deck kept most of the activity high and at scope length. There seemed to be two distinct tracks birds were taking; one from the NE heading SW and one from the south heading north, eventually using the northwest corner of the cemetery for an updraft and then drifting west towards Staten Island. The highlight was an apparent juvenile dark phase Broad-winged Hawk that came through around 1pm taking the latter of the two tracks, in scope view for roughly 3 minutes. A few people have asked for details so here is a summation of the field notes I took after the sighting and prior to consulting any references. "Looked like a juv to me. It came bombing in from the south with two accipiters (it was slightly larger than) then slowly gained altitude west of battle hill before drifting off towards SI. The tail barring was dull and the bands were thin and more numerous than an adult would have. The upper wing seemed warmer near the body, but dark overall. Another birder asked initially if it could be a Raven because it looked all black in his scope. The underwings appeared dark, potentially lighter in the primaries and secondaries but hard to ascertain. Long, uniformly broad wings tapering to a relatively rounded tip. Lots of RTHA around and this one jumped out immediately as a small buteo. Classic BWHA shape on the gliding approach with leading edge curving back and short tail held square." Something I didn't mention in the notes was that the initial approach was from the south the bird was backlit and the ID to species was made by shape and size prior to realizing it was a dark bird. Only when it eventually soared due west of our location was the color apparent. Knowing this fall has had many well documented late BWHA records I wasn't shocked by the species, but was aware at the time of the potential for early Rough-legged Hawk. The small size of this bird and wing shape, along with it's quick wingbeats and flat wings when soaring all support BWHA and not RLHA. I stepped away from the scope twice in attempts to photograph the hawk and failed both times. This should give an idea of the distance in play. That said, the lighting for the last minute plus was sunny and without any real heat shimmer to speak of. I am not aware of how many records of dark morph birds there are in our area, but will be looking into it as well as checking some area hawkwatch data in the NE to see if there have been any dark morph birds coming through this year. If I find anything worth sharing I'll follow up to the list. Other highlights included; Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle (adult) Osprey Merlin American Kestrel Purple Finch Cape May Warbler Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County dark morph Broad-winged Hawk
Shortly after noon today I set up on Battle Hill in Greenwood Cemetery hoping to witness some raptor migration. The birds were coming through, but the clear conditions and lack of a low cloud deck kept most of the activity high and at scope length. There seemed to be two distinct tracks birds were taking; one from the NE heading SW and one from the south heading north, eventually using the northwest corner of the cemetery for an updraft and then drifting west towards Staten Island. The highlight was an apparent juvenile dark phase Broad-winged Hawk that came through around 1pm taking the latter of the two tracks, in scope view for roughly 3 minutes. A few people have asked for details so here is a summation of the field notes I took after the sighting and prior to consulting any references. "Looked like a juv to me. It came bombing in from the south with two accipiters (it was slightly larger than) then slowly gained altitude west of battle hill before drifting off towards SI. The tail barring was dull and the bands were thin and more numerous than an adult would have. The upper wing seemed warmer near the body, but dark overall. Another birder asked initially if it could be a Raven because it looked all black in his scope. The underwings appeared dark, potentially lighter in the primaries and secondaries but hard to ascertain. Long, uniformly broad wings tapering to a relatively rounded tip. Lots of RTHA around and this one jumped out immediately as a small buteo. Classic BWHA shape on the gliding approach with leading edge curving back and short tail held square." Something I didn't mention in the notes was that the initial approach was from the south the bird was backlit and the ID to species was made by shape and size prior to realizing it was a dark bird. Only when it eventually soared due west of our location was the color apparent. Knowing this fall has had many well documented late BWHA records I wasn't shocked by the species, but was aware at the time of the potential for early Rough-legged Hawk. The small size of this bird and wing shape, along with it's quick wingbeats and flat wings when soaring all support BWHA and not RLHA. I stepped away from the scope twice in attempts to photograph the hawk and failed both times. This should give an idea of the distance in play. That said, the lighting for the last minute plus was sunny and without any real heat shimmer to speak of. I am not aware of how many records of dark morph birds there are in our area, but will be looking into it as well as checking some area hawkwatch data in the NE to see if there have been any dark morph birds coming through this year. If I find anything worth sharing I'll follow up to the list. Other highlights included; Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle (adult) Osprey Merlin American Kestrel Purple Finch Cape May Warbler Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Migration highlights
The tail end of morning flight was still evident in Prospect Park at 9:45 this morning with dozens of Blue Jays moving over the long meadow with smaller numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers (YRWA), 2 Purple Finch and an American Pipit. On the ground there were double digits of YRWA and Palm Warblers, but sparrows seemed to have moved in earnest overnight as well. White-throated Sparrows were in all areas of the park. Six Swamp Sparrow, 3 Dark-eyed Junco and singles of Lincoln's and Savannah were located in the area known as the "Sparrow Bowl." Warblers included Cape May, Blackpoll, YRWA, Pine, Palm, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Magnolia and Common Yellowthroat. Moving over to Greenwood Cemetery a number of species were feasting on an insect hatch coming from the bark of an American Elm along Sylvan Water. Numbers of Cape May, Blackpoll and YRWA were at times working the trunk of the tree with up to five Red-breasted Nuthatch. Other highlights included a young Bald Eagle and a Dickcissel both spotted by Josh Malbin. An eBird checklist with some photos of the warbler frenzy can be seen at this link. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48963647 Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Migration highlights
The tail end of morning flight was still evident in Prospect Park at 9:45 this morning with dozens of Blue Jays moving over the long meadow with smaller numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers (YRWA), 2 Purple Finch and an American Pipit. On the ground there were double digits of YRWA and Palm Warblers, but sparrows seemed to have moved in earnest overnight as well. White-throated Sparrows were in all areas of the park. Six Swamp Sparrow, 3 Dark-eyed Junco and singles of Lincoln's and Savannah were located in the area known as the "Sparrow Bowl." Warblers included Cape May, Blackpoll, YRWA, Pine, Palm, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Magnolia and Common Yellowthroat. Moving over to Greenwood Cemetery a number of species were feasting on an insect hatch coming from the bark of an American Elm along Sylvan Water. Numbers of Cape May, Blackpoll and YRWA were at times working the trunk of the tree with up to five Red-breasted Nuthatch. Other highlights included a young Bald Eagle and a Dickcissel both spotted by Josh Malbin. An eBird checklist with some photos of the warbler frenzy can be seen at this link. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48963647 Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Queens County NORTHERN FULMAR ++
Doug Gochfeld and I started a seawatch from Riis Park in Queens at roughly 10:30 this morning. We were met with almost immediate success in the form of a Great Shearwater coursing back and forth to the west of the main building. A few Parasitic Jaegers were moving east, but the highlight of the morning was a high arcing tubenose the appeared to the southwest and over the next 5-7 minutes slowly worked it's way east eventually revealing itself to be a light morph Northern Fulmar. It was interesting to have the Fulmar and GRSH in view at the same time. The Fulmar was executing explosive, high flying arcs with wings slightly bent at the wrists and would often add short bursts of wingbeats even well above the horizon while the GRSH was doing power glides on long straight wings with very little flapping at all. To echo Shai and Pat's reports from further east, there were a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls (and one hybrid) in the parking lot and two juvenile Ring-billed Gulls among the expected species on the beach. A nice flight of scoters was evident as well and Black and Surf were both viewed moving east. The eBird checklist with some documentation photos can be viewed at the following link. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48740229 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Queens County NORTHERN FULMAR ++
Doug Gochfeld and I started a seawatch from Riis Park in Queens at roughly 10:30 this morning. We were met with almost immediate success in the form of a Great Shearwater coursing back and forth to the west of the main building. A few Parasitic Jaegers were moving east, but the highlight of the morning was a high arcing tubenose the appeared to the southwest and over the next 5-7 minutes slowly worked it's way east eventually revealing itself to be a light morph Northern Fulmar. It was interesting to have the Fulmar and GRSH in view at the same time. The Fulmar was executing explosive, high flying arcs with wings slightly bent at the wrists and would often add short bursts of wingbeats even well above the horizon while the GRSH was doing power glides on long straight wings with very little flapping at all. To echo Shai and Pat's reports from further east, there were a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls (and one hybrid) in the parking lot and two juvenile Ring-billed Gulls among the expected species on the beach. A nice flight of scoters was evident as well and Black and Surf were both viewed moving east. The eBird checklist with some documentation photos can be viewed at the following link. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48740229 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Connecticut Warbler
A Connecticut Warbler is currently being viewed on the south side of Prospect Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn at roughly these coordinates: 40.654531, -73.9661940.654531, -73.966197 The bird is a female or first year-type, showing a brownish head and bib. Some poor documentation photos can be seen here. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48344751 Otherwise the park was relatively quiet. An early Winter Wren in the Vale of Cashmere was the only other notable sighting. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Connecticut Warbler
A Connecticut Warbler is currently being viewed on the south side of Prospect Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn at roughly these coordinates: 40.654531, -73.9661940.654531, -73.966197 The bird is a female or first year-type, showing a brownish head and bib. Some poor documentation photos can be seen here. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48344751 Otherwise the park was relatively quiet. An early Winter Wren in the Vale of Cashmere was the only other notable sighting. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Morning Flight
There was a decent morning flight at Coney Island Creek, Brooklyn this morning. Echoing recent reports, Red-breasted Nuthatches (26) are moving in earnest. Surprising, were 5 European Goldfinch making the jump to NJ. Twelve warbler species were highlighted by Cape May, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Prairie Warbler and Northern Parula. An Olive-sided Flycatcher perched briefly in the westernmost trees and the increasingly present Common Ravens were cavorting over the apartment buildings to the SE. The Common Tern flock has built to between 250-300 birds and is quite impressive for NYC. EBird checklist with some documentation photos can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48286107 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Morning Flight
There was a decent morning flight at Coney Island Creek, Brooklyn this morning. Echoing recent reports, Red-breasted Nuthatches (26) are moving in earnest. Surprising, were 5 European Goldfinch making the jump to NJ. Twelve warbler species were highlighted by Cape May, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Prairie Warbler and Northern Parula. An Olive-sided Flycatcher perched briefly in the westernmost trees and the increasingly present Common Ravens were cavorting over the apartment buildings to the SE. The Common Tern flock has built to between 250-300 birds and is quite impressive for NYC. EBird checklist with some documentation photos can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48286107 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Baird's continues
The juvenile Baird's Sandpiper continued through 9:30am this morning at Floyd Bennett Field. It was using the fast shrinking puddle in the Aviator Sports parking lot, but has been known to move to the puddle opposite the community gardens as well. Also present were Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Killdeer and Semipalmated Plovers. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Baird's continues
The juvenile Baird's Sandpiper continued through 9:30am this morning at Floyd Bennett Field. It was using the fast shrinking puddle in the Aviator Sports parking lot, but has been known to move to the puddle opposite the community gardens as well. Also present were Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Killdeer and Semipalmated Plovers. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] See Life Paulagics Overnight Pelagic Results
We’re still on the way back in from a tremendously successful overnight pelagic trip with See Life Paulagics. Full totals with eBird lists and photos will follow, but here are some highlights in brief: TRINDADE PETREL (light morph) BLACK-CAPPED PETREL (15-20 individuals) Bridled Tern (adult) Small numbers of Band-rumped Storm-Petrels and Audubon’s Shearwaters Leach’s Storm-Petrels Red-necked Phalaropes (>20) Many thanks to all the participants and crew! Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] See Life Paulagics Overnight Pelagic Results
We’re still on the way back in from a tremendously successful overnight pelagic trip with See Life Paulagics. Full totals with eBird lists and photos will follow, but here are some highlights in brief: TRINDADE PETREL (light morph) BLACK-CAPPED PETREL (15-20 individuals) Bridled Tern (adult) Small numbers of Band-rumped Storm-Petrels and Audubon’s Shearwaters Leach’s Storm-Petrels Red-necked Phalaropes (>20) Many thanks to all the participants and crew! Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Suffolk Co. Bridled Tern and Shearwater Show
An adult Bridled Tern was discovered today on the north east side of Great Gull Island. This is the third summer in a row it/one has spent part of the late summer here. Unfortunately, the island is a research station and landing is not permitted. Shearwater numbers are down today, but yesterday morning there were hundreds of Shearwaters, mostly Cory’s and Great with less than 5 Sooty and 2 Manx. At minimum 5 Parasitic Jaegers were working the Tern flocks around the island. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Suffolk Co. Bridled Tern and Shearwater Show
An adult Bridled Tern was discovered today on the north east side of Great Gull Island. This is the third summer in a row it/one has spent part of the late summer here. Unfortunately, the island is a research station and landing is not permitted. Shearwater numbers are down today, but yesterday morning there were hundreds of Shearwaters, mostly Cory’s and Great with less than 5 Sooty and 2 Manx. At minimum 5 Parasitic Jaegers were working the Tern flocks around the island. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] RMSP Sea Watch/ Suffolk County
Since dawn there have been 4 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Parasitic Jaeger, 1 Brown Pelican and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. There is also a deceased 5-6ft Long shark on the beach just west of the concession area. Good birding, Sean Sime and Tripper Paul Sent from my iPhone -- 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] RMSP Sea Watch/ Suffolk County
Since dawn there have been 4 Cory’s Shearwater, 1 Parasitic Jaeger, 1 Brown Pelican and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. There is also a deceased 5-6ft Long shark on the beach just west of the concession area. Good birding, Sean Sime and Tripper Paul Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Black Tern at Breezy Point: Queens County
There was a Black Tern in nearly full adult plumage feeding off the jetty at the tip of Breezy Point this afternoon. Also noteworthy was a flock of 114 Semipalmated Sandpipers containing 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and a Dunlin. A low soaring Turkey Vulture was unusual for the location and date, but not surprising given their expansion on LI. Of the modest number of Common Terns on the Gateway side only a single first-year plumaged bird was observed. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Black Tern at Breezy Point: Queens County
There was a Black Tern in nearly full adult plumage feeding off the jetty at the tip of Breezy Point this afternoon. Also noteworthy was a flock of 114 Semipalmated Sandpipers containing 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and a Dunlin. A low soaring Turkey Vulture was unusual for the location and date, but not surprising given their expansion on LI. Of the modest number of Common Terns on the Gateway side only a single first-year plumaged bird was observed. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Storm Birds
A few stops around Brooklyn this morning during the heaviest rain/wind turned up some decent birds. Floyd Bennett Field's runways were heavily flooded and as expected, hundreds of gulls and some shorebirds were roosting. The flocks held 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 23 Black-bellied Plover, 11 Sanderling, 4 American Oystercatchers and a few Killdeer calling from the grasslands. An Eastern Meadowlark was vocal between the rain squalls as well. Stops around Gravesend Bay turned up surprising numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls. 163 at the Middle Lot off the eastbound Belt Parkway and 940 roosting on the southernmost ballfields at Drier Offerman. After about 30 minutes of scoping the flock the sun came out and the birds departed into Gravesend Bay. No rarer small gulls were located during that time. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Storm Birds
A few stops around Brooklyn this morning during the heaviest rain/wind turned up some decent birds. Floyd Bennett Field's runways were heavily flooded and as expected, hundreds of gulls and some shorebirds were roosting. The flocks held 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 23 Black-bellied Plover, 11 Sanderling, 4 American Oystercatchers and a few Killdeer calling from the grasslands. An Eastern Meadowlark was vocal between the rain squalls as well. Stops around Gravesend Bay turned up surprising numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls. 163 at the Middle Lot off the eastbound Belt Parkway and 940 roosting on the southernmost ballfields at Drier Offerman. After about 30 minutes of scoping the flock the sun came out and the birds departed into Gravesend Bay. No rarer small gulls were located during that time. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County arrivals and storm birds
A few stops around Gravesend Bay prior to the front passage and Coney Island Beach during the storm turned up a few new arrivals as well as some lingering species. Coney Island Creek Park Great Egret Snowy Egret Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Black-backed Gull Laughing Gull Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Good numbers of both loons and Horned Grebe are still present in the bay. Coney Island Beach Glossy Ibis Laughing Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull (very clean looking adult) Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter Northern Gannet Osprey Ebird checklists with images can be viewed at the following links; https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44256707 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44256100 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County arrivals and storm birds
A few stops around Gravesend Bay prior to the front passage and Coney Island Beach during the storm turned up a few new arrivals as well as some lingering species. Coney Island Creek Park Great Egret Snowy Egret Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Black-backed Gull Laughing Gull Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Good numbers of both loons and Horned Grebe are still present in the bay. Coney Island Beach Glossy Ibis Laughing Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull (very clean looking adult) Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter Northern Gannet Osprey Ebird checklists with images can be viewed at the following links; https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44256707 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44256100 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Real-time bird alerts for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens
There has been much discussion off-list regarding the Twitter alert systems you have set up and the many unknowns I'm hoping you may be able to shed some light on to the list and therefore I'm replying here. We all agree there can be great benefit to information sharing via social media. Yet there are many who are concerned regarding your practice of posting sensitive species locations, currently daytime roosting owls, but given line #4 in your post, "There are no restricted species" it would imply nesting species as we move into season as well. While many people in Kings County were eager to give the birdbk hashtag a try it quickly seemed to push the limits of our local birding community's ethics in this regard. This post is in no way an attempt to have a discussion regarding what level of intrusion on bird life is appropriate. While most of us follow the ABA Code of Ethics or follow similar guidelines via local organizations or eBird it is easy to understand different people have different opinions on the matter. What I am wondering and I'm hoping you will shed some light on is the apparent harvesting of data outside of the purview of people who are using the hashtag, whether from eBird, local text alerts or what have you. What seems particularly troubling is that multiple people have specifically DM'd you and asked that you do not use their tweets and you continue to retweet them anyway, although apparently stripping their names from your posting. Given the current events, it seems appropriate people should have a full understanding of how their data is being gathered, stored and used. While reasonable people may disagree on what is ethical birding or not I see less room for different interpretations when it comes to ignoring a member of the birding community's direct request to have you not use their data. As one human being to another this seems to be completely lacking in civility. I hope you will take the time to respond to these concerns to the list as they are shared by many people in the NYC birding community. Kind regards, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 7:52 PM, David Barrett <mil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Birds are back! There have been 38 Manhattan alerts already today, > including American Bittern. It's been a big day in the other boroughs, too. > And the season is just getting started. > > These alerts cover both rarities AND non-rarities of interest, such as the > first few arrivals of expected migrants, like the Palm and Louisiana > Warblers we had today. Posts of birding news or general birding conditions > are fine, too. > > To receive these alerts, follow the accounts on Twitter that are of > interest to you. The alerts are always publicly-viewable and searchable, > both on Twitter and on the web. Click on the links to see the stream of > recent alerts: > > Manhattan: @BirdCentralPark, https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark, #birdcp > > Bronx: @BirdBronx, https://twitter.com/BirdBronx, #birdbx > > Brooklyn: @BirdBrklyn, https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn, #birdbk > > Queens: @BirdQueens, https://twitter.com/BirdQueens, #birdqu > > You can set your phone to notify you with sound or vibration as alerts > arrive. > > To issue alerts yourself, first become a followed user by sending a direct > message on Twitter to one of the above accounts. Or email me and I will get > you set up. > > Then to send an alert you just "tweet" using the appropriate hashtag as > above. For example, to send an alert for Queens: > > Piping Plover at Rockaway Beach Edgemere #birdqu > > I have written software that will see your tweet and immediately and > automatically relay it from the main account to all followers. > > If you have never used Twitter before, it's easy. You can make a free > account for yourself in a few minutes on the web or by downloading the > Twitter app on your device. See my site for complete directions on getting > started with Twitter and on using these alerts: > > https://bigmanhattanyear.com/ > > I hope these alerts will make your birding more productive and enjoyable. > Email me with any questions. > > > These alerts are a great adjunct to eBird -- you can post quickly to them > without having to halt your eBird list and go through all the steps of > finalizing and sending your list. > > > Twitter also has some advantages over listservs: > > 1) It allows you to attach map screenshots, photos, and videos *directly* > – no photo site needed. > > 2) It allows followers to immediately view these multimedia files without > opening a browser. > > 3) It's faster to use in the field -- no need to write a topic heading or > provide name/city signature. > > 4) There are no restricted species. > > 5) You'll get "likes!" And you can carry on
Re: [nysbirds-l] Real-time bird alerts for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens
There has been much discussion off-list regarding the Twitter alert systems you have set up and the many unknowns I'm hoping you may be able to shed some light on to the list and therefore I'm replying here. We all agree there can be great benefit to information sharing via social media. Yet there are many who are concerned regarding your practice of posting sensitive species locations, currently daytime roosting owls, but given line #4 in your post, "There are no restricted species" it would imply nesting species as we move into season as well. While many people in Kings County were eager to give the birdbk hashtag a try it quickly seemed to push the limits of our local birding community's ethics in this regard. This post is in no way an attempt to have a discussion regarding what level of intrusion on bird life is appropriate. While most of us follow the ABA Code of Ethics or follow similar guidelines via local organizations or eBird it is easy to understand different people have different opinions on the matter. What I am wondering and I'm hoping you will shed some light on is the apparent harvesting of data outside of the purview of people who are using the hashtag, whether from eBird, local text alerts or what have you. What seems particularly troubling is that multiple people have specifically DM'd you and asked that you do not use their tweets and you continue to retweet them anyway, although apparently stripping their names from your posting. Given the current events, it seems appropriate people should have a full understanding of how their data is being gathered, stored and used. While reasonable people may disagree on what is ethical birding or not I see less room for different interpretations when it comes to ignoring a member of the birding community's direct request to have you not use their data. As one human being to another this seems to be completely lacking in civility. I hope you will take the time to respond to these concerns to the list as they are shared by many people in the NYC birding community. Kind regards, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 7:52 PM, David Barrett wrote: > Birds are back! There have been 38 Manhattan alerts already today, > including American Bittern. It's been a big day in the other boroughs, too. > And the season is just getting started. > > These alerts cover both rarities AND non-rarities of interest, such as the > first few arrivals of expected migrants, like the Palm and Louisiana > Warblers we had today. Posts of birding news or general birding conditions > are fine, too. > > To receive these alerts, follow the accounts on Twitter that are of > interest to you. The alerts are always publicly-viewable and searchable, > both on Twitter and on the web. Click on the links to see the stream of > recent alerts: > > Manhattan: @BirdCentralPark, https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark, #birdcp > > Bronx: @BirdBronx, https://twitter.com/BirdBronx, #birdbx > > Brooklyn: @BirdBrklyn, https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn, #birdbk > > Queens: @BirdQueens, https://twitter.com/BirdQueens, #birdqu > > You can set your phone to notify you with sound or vibration as alerts > arrive. > > To issue alerts yourself, first become a followed user by sending a direct > message on Twitter to one of the above accounts. Or email me and I will get > you set up. > > Then to send an alert you just "tweet" using the appropriate hashtag as > above. For example, to send an alert for Queens: > > Piping Plover at Rockaway Beach Edgemere #birdqu > > I have written software that will see your tweet and immediately and > automatically relay it from the main account to all followers. > > If you have never used Twitter before, it's easy. You can make a free > account for yourself in a few minutes on the web or by downloading the > Twitter app on your device. See my site for complete directions on getting > started with Twitter and on using these alerts: > > https://bigmanhattanyear.com/ > > I hope these alerts will make your birding more productive and enjoyable. > Email me with any questions. > > > These alerts are a great adjunct to eBird -- you can post quickly to them > without having to halt your eBird list and go through all the steps of > finalizing and sending your list. > > > Twitter also has some advantages over listservs: > > 1) It allows you to attach map screenshots, photos, and videos *directly* > – no photo site needed. > > 2) It allows followers to immediately view these multimedia files without > opening a browser. > > 3) It's faster to use in the field -- no need to write a topic heading or > provide name/city signature. > > 4) There are no restricted species. > > 5) You'll get "likes!" And you can carry on discussions publicly
[nysbirds-l] Kings County Lingering Highlights and new arrivals
Shane Blodgett and I met at the middle parking area at Gravesend Bay this morning where he was already viewing a bright, first-winter Iceland Gull roosting with a small group of Ring-billed Gulls on the grass. Shortly after the continuing Black-headed Gull of the same age flew in to join the group. We split up to cover more ground. Shane went to Drier Offerman Park and looking across to the sand spit of Coney Island Creek Park found an adult Black-headed Gull and a second-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. I went to the Coney Island Pier where there were still a couple of Purple Sandpipers, Surf Scoter and and number of sharp looking Long-tailed Ducks, but virtually no gulls on the beach. A stop at Marine Park quickly yielded the Red-necked Grebe found yesterday as well as two newly arrived Great Egrets, Laughing Gull, Killdeer, American Oystercatchers and a few Boat-tailed Grackles. Good birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Lingering Highlights and new arrivals
Shane Blodgett and I met at the middle parking area at Gravesend Bay this morning where he was already viewing a bright, first-winter Iceland Gull roosting with a small group of Ring-billed Gulls on the grass. Shortly after the continuing Black-headed Gull of the same age flew in to join the group. We split up to cover more ground. Shane went to Drier Offerman Park and looking across to the sand spit of Coney Island Creek Park found an adult Black-headed Gull and a second-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. I went to the Coney Island Pier where there were still a couple of Purple Sandpipers, Surf Scoter and and number of sharp looking Long-tailed Ducks, but virtually no gulls on the beach. A stop at Marine Park quickly yielded the Red-necked Grebe found yesterday as well as two newly arrived Great Egrets, Laughing Gull, Killdeer, American Oystercatchers and a few Boat-tailed Grackles. Good birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] No sighting. Additional info for Kings Co. Mew Gull
A number of people have reached out asking for more details regarding the Mew Gull discovered at Floyd Bennett Field yesterday so I am replying here. The bird is an/the adult Mew Gull which appears to be the brachyrhynchus subspecies of western North America. It was first seen at roughly 1:35pm off low tide at the boat launch area. There were less than 25 other gulls there at the time. >From an ID standpoint, many of the characteristics that differentiate Mew Gull from Ring-billed Gull require close study, but one that stands out at distance is the broad white tertial crescent visible when the bird is at rest. In layman's terms this is the area of white at the base of the folded wings above the tail and primaries (photo in attached eBird list show side by side comparison). This block of white is almost always considerably larger than that of any Ring-billed Gull and it also creates a different pattern of gray on the wing. I think of the gray color on the wing of a RBGU as being the shape of, well, a wing, rounded at the shoulder and tapering to a point towards the tip. The large tertial crescent on the Mew Gull reduces the area of gray on the wing and creates a smaller, more parallelogram shaped block of gray. These field marks seem to be talked about the least in identification circles, yet have been what initially prompted me to investigate this gull and the 1/20 Prospect Park bird more closely. I thank Shane Blodgett for pointing them out years ago. Checklist link with a few images : https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43716477 For those who don't bird the area often, Brooklyn has a number of spots where gulls roost and congregate. They certainly shuffle amongst them often. My outing yesterday consisted of the typical loop I take (and depending on traffic and amount of birds is typically a 3 hour tour). All of the exact location data can be found in eBird. I did not check Prospect Lake yesterday, but being the only large body of fresh water around, gulls from all these locations potentially come in to bath. Sightings here tend to be more ephemeral in nature. Bush Terminal Piers Army Terminal Pier (58th Street) Gravesend Bay (middle lot) Gravesend Bay (Caesar's Bay) Floyd Bennett Field (boat launch) Yesterday gull numbers were down overall with the highest numbers at Bush Terminal (125) and the middle lot at Gravesend (350). Good luck if you go, Sean -- 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] No sighting. Additional info for Kings Co. Mew Gull
A number of people have reached out asking for more details regarding the Mew Gull discovered at Floyd Bennett Field yesterday so I am replying here. The bird is an/the adult Mew Gull which appears to be the brachyrhynchus subspecies of western North America. It was first seen at roughly 1:35pm off low tide at the boat launch area. There were less than 25 other gulls there at the time. >From an ID standpoint, many of the characteristics that differentiate Mew Gull from Ring-billed Gull require close study, but one that stands out at distance is the broad white tertial crescent visible when the bird is at rest. In layman's terms this is the area of white at the base of the folded wings above the tail and primaries (photo in attached eBird list show side by side comparison). This block of white is almost always considerably larger than that of any Ring-billed Gull and it also creates a different pattern of gray on the wing. I think of the gray color on the wing of a RBGU as being the shape of, well, a wing, rounded at the shoulder and tapering to a point towards the tip. The large tertial crescent on the Mew Gull reduces the area of gray on the wing and creates a smaller, more parallelogram shaped block of gray. These field marks seem to be talked about the least in identification circles, yet have been what initially prompted me to investigate this gull and the 1/20 Prospect Park bird more closely. I thank Shane Blodgett for pointing them out years ago. Checklist link with a few images : https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43716477 For those who don't bird the area often, Brooklyn has a number of spots where gulls roost and congregate. They certainly shuffle amongst them often. My outing yesterday consisted of the typical loop I take (and depending on traffic and amount of birds is typically a 3 hour tour). All of the exact location data can be found in eBird. I did not check Prospect Lake yesterday, but being the only large body of fresh water around, gulls from all these locations potentially come in to bath. Sightings here tend to be more ephemeral in nature. Bush Terminal Piers Army Terminal Pier (58th Street) Gravesend Bay (middle lot) Gravesend Bay (Caesar's Bay) Floyd Bennett Field (boat launch) Yesterday gull numbers were down overall with the highest numbers at Bush Terminal (125) and the middle lot at Gravesend (350). Good luck if you go, Sean -- 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] Mew Gull/ Kings County
There is currently a Mew Gull at the Floyd Bennett Field boat launch in Brooklyn. Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Mew Gull/ Kings County
There is currently a Mew Gull at the Floyd Bennett Field boat launch in Brooklyn. Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings County Mew Gull now
Shane Blodgett is currently viewing (9:40am) an adult Mew Gull at the middle parking lot off the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn. Good Birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Mew Gull now
Shane Blodgett is currently viewing (9:40am) an adult Mew Gull at the middle parking lot off the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn. Good Birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Mew Gull
There is currently an adult Mew Gull with the Ring-billed Gulls on Prospect Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Sean Sime Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings County Mew Gull
There is currently an adult Mew Gull with the Ring-billed Gulls on Prospect Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Sean Sime Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Kings and Queens Counties: Barrow's Goldeneye, Little Gull
I just spoke with Doug Gochfeld who asked me to post as he is having issues getting a post through to the state list via cell phone. A drake Barrow's Goldeneye was present off the Fisherman's Lot and Raptor Point at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn earlier this afternoon and there is currently a large flight of Bonaparte's Gulls heading west off Riis Park in Queens which just had an adult Little Gull move west with them. Good birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings and Queens Counties: Barrow's Goldeneye, Little Gull
I just spoke with Doug Gochfeld who asked me to post as he is having issues getting a post through to the state list via cell phone. A drake Barrow's Goldeneye was present off the Fisherman's Lot and Raptor Point at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn earlier this afternoon and there is currently a large flight of Bonaparte's Gulls heading west off Riis Park in Queens which just had an adult Little Gull move west with them. Good birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Hendrix Creek and Canarsie Park: Kings County
Doug Gochfeld and I visited both locations in the hopes of discovering any lingering late season insectivores. While flycatchers were nonexistent, our efforts were rewarded with 5 species of warbler, the most notable for the date a Northern Parula on the east side of Hendrix Creek. A quick look in Ebird shows only one Kings County record of a long staying 1999 individual in Prospect Park lingering into the first week of December. November 9th is the next latest date. Other highlights included: (3) Orange-crowned Warblers-both locations Palm Warbler-Hendrix (2) Pine Warbler-Hendrix (2) Yellow-rumped Warbler-Canarsie Marsh Wren-Hendrix Fox Sparrow-Hendrix (11) Ruby-crowned Kinglet-both locations Waterfowl numbers are building at Hendrix with over 90 Green-winged Teal. Coots and Pied-billed Grebes are still hanging in. Only 16 days to go till the CBC!!! Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Hendrix Creek and Canarsie Park: Kings County
Doug Gochfeld and I visited both locations in the hopes of discovering any lingering late season insectivores. While flycatchers were nonexistent, our efforts were rewarded with 5 species of warbler, the most notable for the date a Northern Parula on the east side of Hendrix Creek. A quick look in Ebird shows only one Kings County record of a long staying 1999 individual in Prospect Park lingering into the first week of December. November 9th is the next latest date. Other highlights included: (3) Orange-crowned Warblers-both locations Palm Warbler-Hendrix (2) Pine Warbler-Hendrix (2) Yellow-rumped Warbler-Canarsie Marsh Wren-Hendrix Fox Sparrow-Hendrix (11) Ruby-crowned Kinglet-both locations Waterfowl numbers are building at Hendrix with over 90 Green-winged Teal. Coots and Pied-billed Grebes are still hanging in. Only 16 days to go till the CBC!!! Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Hammond's YES
I just received word from Anders P the Hammond's was just refound near the rocks at the base of the point. This is very close to the Boathouse for a more recognizable landmark. Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Hammond's YES
I just received word from Anders P the Hammond's was just refound near the rocks at the base of the point. This is very close to the Boathouse for a more recognizable landmark. Good luck if you go! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Hammonds Flycatcher
To take Sy's email one step further http://nybirds.org/KB_IssuesArchive/y2002v52n1.pdf Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Sy Schiff <icte...@optonline.net> wrote: > There is an excellent report in the “Kingbird”, Vol. 52 I, p 2-7, March > 2002. Go to the New York State Ornithological association web site and > look under records and resources for Publications, then look under > Kingbird archives. All the Kingbird Issues (except for recent ones) are > available on line. > > > > Doug Futuyma and John Fritz give a description of the Jones Beach bird and > a point by point analysis of each and every other conflicting bird. They > did all the work and culled all the info from literature and experts and > presented their findings. > > You don’t need any books after viewing this and looking at Deborah Allen’s > excellent photos. > > > > Sy Schiff > > > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Hammonds Flycatcher
To take Sy's email one step further http://nybirds.org/KB_IssuesArchive/y2002v52n1.pdf Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Sy Schiff wrote: > There is an excellent report in the “Kingbird”, Vol. 52 I, p 2-7, March > 2002. Go to the New York State Ornithological association web site and > look under records and resources for Publications, then look under > Kingbird archives. All the Kingbird Issues (except for recent ones) are > available on line. > > > > Doug Futuyma and John Fritz give a description of the Jones Beach bird and > a point by point analysis of each and every other conflicting bird. They > did all the work and culled all the info from literature and experts and > presented their findings. > > You don’t need any books after viewing this and looking at Deborah Allen’s > excellent photos. > > > > Sy Schiff > > > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 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/ --
