[nysbirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Tonawanda WMA (Genesee County)

Betsy and I looked from 7:50 to 9:35 a.m. this morning but did not see the BBWD. To give an idea of how difficult this duck can be to see, this now makes 7 and ¾ hours that I have looked for the bird and I have only seen it once for two or three minutes – and that was after sunset! I thought we

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 16, 2010 * NYSY 1608.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 09, 2009 - August 16, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach, L.I., August16th

Hi All, As of 11 am today at least 5 of yesterday's 6 Marbled Godwits were in view at Pikes Beach. Good August Birding, Carl Starace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel

I spent my morning birding around the Cayuga/Wayne County line near Lake Ontario, with a migrant WHIMBREL being the highlight for the day. I was birding along the West Bay Beach in Fair Haven in Cayuga County, just on the western side of Little Sodus Bay, when I heard a series of 7-10 short,

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: (NY) Loggerhead Shrike on PRIVATE property, 8/16 (Binghamton area)

Monday, 16 August 2010 NOTE the PRIVATE PROPERTY restrictions posted below: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html#1281976719 http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html#1281975821 This is from the publicly-accessible website available to well, everyone with internet access (& not from

[nysbirds-l] Long-tailed Jaeger, Niagara County

August 16 - Jim Pawlicki and David Wheeler just called to report they saw a intermediate juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger at Fort Niagara State Park between 9:50 and 9:55 PM. The bird was observed from the lawn near the big Parking lot at Fort Niagara. It was over Lake Ontario. Also: 120

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 16, 2010 * NYSY 1608.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 09, 2009 - August 16, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[nysbirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Tonawanda WMA (Genesee County)

Betsy and I looked from 7:50 to 9:35 a.m. this morning but did not see the BBWD. To give an idea of how difficult this duck can be to see, this now makes 7 and ¾ hours that I have looked for the bird and I have only seen it once for two or three minutes – and that was after sunset! I thought we