[nysbirds-l] Hook Mt. & vicinity, Rockland Co. 10/6

Tuesday, 6 October, 2009 - just north of Nyack, Rockland County Rockland County's Hook Mt. produced nice variety in the sky with 11 migrant raptor species (drat, no Swainson's Hawk moving down from Coxsackie, though! ;-), & both vulture species seen moving, especially Turkey Vultures -

[nysbirds-l] Smith's Point, L.I. Birds, Tues. Oct 6th

Hello All, Quite the Yellow Rumped Warbler Explosion this morning.The Flicker passage also picked up from yesterday.A few small flocks of Redwings came through and I had 7 sparrow species including 2 Clay Colored, a Field and 2 White Crowned.There was a lone Junco among this flock.Raptor

[nysbirds-l] Shorebirds, Cackling Geese - Tonawanda WMA

The shorebird habitat northeast of Rt 77 and Griswold Rd (Niagara County) remains excellent. Today, I had about 10 each of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Stilt Sandpipers, 2 Least Sandpipers, and 2 juvenile Long-billed Dowitchers. Note that I and others have gone here and found almost no

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Hawk - New Baltimore, Greene County

Rich Guthrie just called to say he is seeing a Swainson's Hawk near the Thruway exit in New Baltimore, Greene County. The hawk can be seen from the tollbooth area. He also saw this bird on Saturday around the same time of day (6PM). It is a juvenile bird. Christine Guarino New Paltz --

[nysbirds-l] SW Suffolk Am Redstart

I had a strikingly attractive juvie male Am. Redstart at my garden stream at lunchtime today. The crescents on the side were bright orange, but the rest of the plumage was still similar to female. Very pretty. Bob Grover This e-mail message and any

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Hawk in New Baltimore, Greene County

This is a belated note regarding a SWAINSON'S HAWK in New Baltimore, Greene County last Saturday. You can see the story and photos on my blog at: http://blog.timesunion.com/birding Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County gael...@capital.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Hawk - New Baltimore, Greene County

Rich Guthrie just called to say he is seeing a Swainson's Hawk near the Thruway exit in New Baltimore, Greene County. The hawk can be seen from the tollbooth area. He also saw this bird on Saturday around the same time of day (6PM). It is a juvenile bird. Christine Guarino New Paltz --

[nysbirds-l] Shorebirds, Cackling Geese - Tonawanda WMA

The shorebird habitat northeast of Rt 77 and Griswold Rd (Niagara County) remains excellent. Today, I had about 10 each of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Stilt Sandpipers, 2 Least Sandpipers, and 2 juvenile Long-billed Dowitchers. Note that I and others have gone here and found almost no

[nysbirds-l] Smith's Point, L.I. Birds, Tues. Oct 6th

Hello All, Quite the Yellow Rumped Warbler Explosion this morning.The Flicker passage also picked up from yesterday.A few small flocks of Redwings came through and I had 7 sparrow species including 2 Clay Colored, a Field and 2 White Crowned.There was a lone Junco among this flock.Raptor

[nysbirds-l] Hook Mt. vicinity, Rockland Co. 10/6

Tuesday, 6 October, 2009 - just north of Nyack, Rockland County Rockland County's Hook Mt. produced nice variety in the sky with 11 migrant raptor species (drat, no Swainson's Hawk moving down from Coxsackie, though! ;-), both vulture species seen moving, especially Turkey Vultures - with