[nysbirds-l] FW: (Metro Birding Briefs) gray-hooded gull update.

2011-08-02 Thread Lloyd Spitalnik
Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik Photography www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com From: btb...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:btb...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lloyd Spitalnik Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:57 PM To: btb...@yahoogroups.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) gray-hooded gull update.

[nysbirds-l] Stillwell Woods

2011-08-02 Thread Stella Miller
A few days ago there was a post about the back field at Stillwell Woods Preserve.  Huntington Oyster Bay Audubon had requested that the county refrain from mowing the field until sometime in the late fall in order to preserve the habitat for birds, butterflies and other insects.  We are meeting

[nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach and Cupsogue this afternoon, Aug. 2nd

2011-08-02 Thread Carl Starace
Late afternoon low tide birds at Pikes Beach out front of the viewing stand- 1 Marbled Godwit, 40 Royal Terns.Down the road at Cupsogue mudflats Dick Belanger and I had 9 Royal Terns, 3 Black Terns, and a Clapper Rail. We also found good numbers of Short billed Dowitchers, Ruddy Turnstones,

Re: [nysbirds-l] Reflections from Coney Island, Kings Co. on 7/30/11

2011-08-02 Thread Arie Gilbert
A long time ago I coined the term: "eyegasm" fwiw. Arie Gilbert No. Babylon, NY On 8/2/2011 4:22 PM, Ken Thompson wrote: I saw the Gray-hooded Gull this am at 7:30. There were birders from Pennsylvania, Maryland and California there as well. One fellow was so excited I thought about Bob

Re: [nysbirds-l] Reflections from Coney Island, Kings Co. on 7/30/11

2011-08-02 Thread Ken Thompson
I saw the Gray-hooded Gull this am at 7:30. There were birders from Pennsylvania, Maryland and California there as well. One fellow was so excited I thought about Bob Adamo, earlier in the week, relaying the term birdasm, further though led me to think that "ornigasm" might be a better term. On

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay WR Godwit-Yes

2011-08-02 Thread Sy Schiff
Jamaica Bay WR 2 Aug. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) met Ken Thomson and Steve D'Amato in the parking lot. They had just returned from a successful Gull sighting at Coney Island. We walked down the Big Johns Pond Trail to the edge of the East Pond where Ken picked out a sleeping bird on the

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay- Hudsonian Godwit and water conditions East Pond

2011-08-02 Thread JGIUNTA746
The Hudsonian Godwit was present today, Aug.2. The bird was seen, scope view, from the end of the path that passes by Big Johns Pond. The bird was mixed in with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and many ducks. The view was not easy and many thanks goes to Ken Thompson who stayed with the

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Gray-hooded/headed Gull YES (8/2)

2011-08-02 Thread Karen Fung
-- Forwarded message -- From: Phil Jeffrey Date: Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Gray-hooded/headed Gull yes To: eBirdsNYC ** In front of restrooms at or around W12th about halfway from boardwalk to shore. Sitting down at 0940. --- Phil Jeffrey __._,_.___

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Gray-hooded/headed Gull YES (8/2)

2011-08-02 Thread Karen Fung
-- Forwarded message -- From: Phil Jeffrey phil.jeff...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Gray-hooded/headed Gull yes To: eBirdsNYC ebirds...@yahoogroups.com ** In front of restrooms at or around W12th about halfway from boardwalk to shore.

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay- Hudsonian Godwit and water conditions East Pond

2011-08-02 Thread JGIUNTA746
The Hudsonian Godwit was present today, Aug.2. The bird was seen, scope view, from the end of the path that passes by Big Johns Pond. The bird was mixed in with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and many ducks. The view was not easy and many thanks goes to Ken Thompson who stayed with the

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay WR Godwit-Yes

2011-08-02 Thread Sy Schiff
Jamaica Bay WR 2 Aug. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) met Ken Thomson and Steve D'Amato in the parking lot. They had just returned from a successful Gull sighting at Coney Island. We walked down the Big Johns Pond Trail to the edge of the East Pond where Ken picked out a sleeping bird on the

Re: [nysbirds-l] Reflections from Coney Island, Kings Co. on 7/30/11

2011-08-02 Thread Ken Thompson
I saw the Gray-hooded Gull this am at 7:30. There were birders from Pennsylvania, Maryland and California there as well. One fellow was so excited I thought about Bob Adamo, earlier in the week, relaying the term birdasm, further though led me to think that ornigasm might be a better term. On

Re: [nysbirds-l] Reflections from Coney Island, Kings Co. on 7/30/11

2011-08-02 Thread Arie Gilbert
A long time ago I coined the term: eyegasm fwiw. Arie Gilbert No. Babylon, NY On 8/2/2011 4:22 PM, Ken Thompson wrote: I saw the Gray-hooded Gull this am at 7:30. There were birders from Pennsylvania, Maryland and California there as well. One fellow was so excited I thought about Bob Adamo,

[nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach and Cupsogue this afternoon, Aug. 2nd

2011-08-02 Thread Carl Starace
Late afternoon low tide birds at Pikes Beach out front of the viewing stand- 1 Marbled Godwit, 40 Royal Terns.Down the road at Cupsogue mudflats Dick Belanger and I had 9 Royal Terns, 3 Black Terns, and a Clapper Rail. We also found good numbers of Short billed Dowitchers, Ruddy Turnstones,

[nysbirds-l] Stillwell Woods

2011-08-02 Thread Stella Miller
A few days ago there was a post about the back field at Stillwell Woods Preserve.  Huntington Oyster Bay Audubon had requested that the county refrain from mowing the field until sometime in the late fall in order to preserve the habitat for birds, butterflies and other insects.  We are meeting

[nysbirds-l] FW: (Metro Birding Briefs) gray-hooded gull update.

2011-08-02 Thread Lloyd Spitalnik
Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik Photography www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com From: btb...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:btb...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lloyd Spitalnik Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:57 PM To: btb...@yahoogroups.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) gray-hooded gull update.