We took a trip to the Setauket Mill Pond this afternoon but unfortunately did
not find the Black-headed Gull on the pond with the Ring-billed Gulls.
A trip to the Old Field Lighthouse yielded a first winter BONAPARTE'S GULL
flying around not too far offshore. We didn't see the Red-necked
Twenty-six people joined the bird walk at NYBG today. Highlights include 6
Field Sparrows, 2 Great Horned Owls, 1 House Finch, 3 Red winged Blackbirds and:
Swamp sparrow
Song sparrow
White throated sparrows
Mourning Doves 60+
American Goldfinch 25+
Cardinals
Mockingbirds 2
Blue Jays
Chickadee
A Red-Necked Grebe was feeding close to shore this morning in Gardiner's Bay
in East Hampton.
The grebe was near a weir in the bay at the beach close to Fresh Pond in
Amagansett.
Karen Rubinstein
NYC and Springs
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Despite the continued lack of swallows, Dave Tetlow & I had an enjoyable
day at Hamlin Beach with a number of highlights. There was a good movement
of RED-THROATED LOONS for most of the morning - our final tally was 1,012
for the day, with about 60% of these were during the first couple of hours
quick afternoon drive was quite productive (3:00 - 3:30)
HOOK POND East Hampton (near the Main Beach parking lot) :
family of 4 Tundra swans (hopefully correctly identified and not Trumpeters),
10 Hooded Mergansers,
1 pied billed grebe
1 Great Blue heron
FURTHER LANE FIELDS:
250+ Canada
Date: Saturday, 19 November 2011 (7:30a-9:15a)
Location: Bryant Park - between 40th & 42nd St. off 6th Ave.
Reported by: Ben Cacace
Weather for 19-Nov for Central Park (6:51a-9:51a) < http://bit.ly/u1PJ3d >:
- Conditions: Clear
- Temperature: 39.9 to 44.1 F
- Wind direction: Variable - SW - SSW
-
Kevin McGann and I went to Middletown to see if the Pink-footed Goose was still
around. We checked all of the spots Curt mentioned plus the ponds across from
the Psychiatric Center on Route 17M with no success. Most of the geese we did
find were on the pond visible from the foot trail off 6 &
This morning I came across a SAY'S PHOEBE at the Coxsackie Grasslands, off
Rt 9-W in The Greene County. [about 1 mile south of Twy Exit 21-B]
The bird was actively feeding and flying about with a southerly directional
tendency before I left the vicinity to avoid chasing it as it was very
Had a few hours this morning to check a couple of the Montauk sights:
Lazy Point, Napeague: RED KNOT (1) in the shorebird roost, LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL (1), Northern Gannet (1), Northern Harrier, but no white
lumps on distant dunes.
Fort Pond Bay: RED-NECKED GREBE (1) - thank you Angus
Fort
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 18, 2011
* NYNY.18
- Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Snow Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Common Eider
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
BROWN PELICAN
Cattle Egret
Bald
This morning I came across a SAY'S PHOEBE at the Coxsackie Grasslands, off
Rt 9-W in The Greene County. [about 1 mile south of Twy Exit 21-B]
The bird was actively feeding and flying about with a southerly directional
tendency before I left the vicinity to avoid chasing it as it was very
Kevin McGann and I went to Middletown to see if the Pink-footed Goose was still
around. We checked all of the spots Curt mentioned plus the ponds across from
the Psychiatric Center on Route 17M with no success. Most of the geese we did
find were on the pond visible from the foot trail off 6
Date: Saturday, 19 November 2011 (7:30a-9:15a)
Location: Bryant Park - between 40th 42nd St. off 6th Ave.
Reported by: Ben Cacace
Weather for 19-Nov for Central Park (6:51a-9:51a) http://bit.ly/u1PJ3d :
- Conditions: Clear
- Temperature: 39.9 to 44.1 F
- Wind direction: Variable - SW - SSW
-
quick afternoon drive was quite productive (3:00 - 3:30)
HOOK POND East Hampton (near the Main Beach parking lot) :
family of 4 Tundra swans (hopefully correctly identified and not Trumpeters),
10 Hooded Mergansers,
1 pied billed grebe
1 Great Blue heron
FURTHER LANE FIELDS:
250+ Canada
Despite the continued lack of swallows, Dave Tetlow I had an enjoyable
day at Hamlin Beach with a number of highlights. There was a good movement
of RED-THROATED LOONS for most of the morning - our final tally was 1,012
for the day, with about 60% of these were during the first couple of hours
A Red-Necked Grebe was feeding close to shore this morning in Gardiner's Bay
in East Hampton.
The grebe was near a weir in the bay at the beach close to Fresh Pond in
Amagansett.
Karen Rubinstein
NYC and Springs
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
Twenty-six people joined the bird walk at NYBG today. Highlights include 6
Field Sparrows, 2 Great Horned Owls, 1 House Finch, 3 Red winged Blackbirds and:
Swamp sparrow
Song sparrow
White throated sparrows
Mourning Doves 60+
American Goldfinch 25+
Cardinals
Mockingbirds 2
Blue Jays
Chickadee
We took a trip to the Setauket Mill Pond this afternoon but unfortunately did
not find the Black-headed Gull on the pond with the Ring-billed Gulls.
A trip to the Old Field Lighthouse yielded a first winter BONAPARTE'S GULL
flying around not too far offshore. We didn't see the Red-necked
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