[nysbirds-l] Mearns Bird Club(Orange) Annual "Break 100" Results
From Friday, May 16th at 4:00PM to Saturday, May 17th at 4:00PM, the Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club of Orange County, held its annual “Break 100”. Beginning on a very wet Friday afternoon, 19 participants braved the weather which gave way to favorable skies and birding on Saturday. The count area includes all of Orange County, The Bashakill, Doodletown, Iona Island, Blue Chip Farm and the Shawangunk Grasslands. The total number of species seen was 155, including 29 Species of Warbler. The goal of this 24 hour period of time is merely to enjoy a day of birding with friends and to surpass 100 species of birds identified. All participants enjoyed the event, with team tallies ranging from 89 to 139 birds. Despite the weather, team totals were about average as compared to years past. One new species for the event was observed, when Steve Schuyler spied a Ruddy Turnstone on the Mud Flats at Cornwall Bay, on the Hudson River. This represents only the third time the species has been seen in Orange County, with the other two sightings being fall birds found in the Black Dirt area. Species of note were as follows: Brant- (Flying North, high above Orange County Airport) White-winged Scoter-(Port Jervis Reservoir) Merlin- (Camel Farm- Pine Island, County Rt. 12) Dunlin – (Camel Farm) Olive-sided Flycatcher -(Doodletown) Alder Flycatcher – (Deli Fields- Bashakill) Kentucky Warbler – (Doodletown) Ruddy Turnstone – (Hudson River- Cornwall Bay Mud Flats) Good Birding, Curt McDermott Mearnsbirdclub yahoo group members can view a detailed list of all species seen and group results, in the "Files" section of the website, as posted by Dr. Ajit Antony. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Mearns Bird Club(Orange) Annual Break 100 Results
From Friday, May 16th at 4:00PM to Saturday, May 17th at 4:00PM, the Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club of Orange County, held its annual “Break 100”. Beginning on a very wet Friday afternoon, 19 participants braved the weather which gave way to favorable skies and birding on Saturday. The count area includes all of Orange County, The Bashakill, Doodletown, Iona Island, Blue Chip Farm and the Shawangunk Grasslands. The total number of species seen was 155, including 29 Species of Warbler. The goal of this 24 hour period of time is merely to enjoy a day of birding with friends and to surpass 100 species of birds identified. All participants enjoyed the event, with team tallies ranging from 89 to 139 birds. Despite the weather, team totals were about average as compared to years past. One new species for the event was observed, when Steve Schuyler spied a Ruddy Turnstone on the Mud Flats at Cornwall Bay, on the Hudson River. This represents only the third time the species has been seen in Orange County, with the other two sightings being fall birds found in the Black Dirt area. Species of note were as follows: Brant- (Flying North, high above Orange County Airport) White-winged Scoter-(Port Jervis Reservoir) Merlin- (Camel Farm- Pine Island, County Rt. 12) Dunlin – (Camel Farm) Olive-sided Flycatcher -(Doodletown) Alder Flycatcher – (Deli Fields- Bashakill) Kentucky Warbler – (Doodletown) Ruddy Turnstone – (Hudson River- Cornwall Bay Mud Flats) Good Birding, Curt McDermott Mearnsbirdclub yahoo group members can view a detailed list of all species seen and group results, in the Files section of the website, as posted by Dr. Ajit Antony. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
