Today I led an NYC Audubon tour around Randalls/Wards Island as Alan mentioned.
I always enjoy leading walks out to this under-birded area, with its recently
restored fresh-and-salt- wetlands, lawns, woods, and lovely views. Today
didn't disappoint.
The bright cold day with NW winds brought in
Lenore Swenson's walk in the Central Park North End this morning had 57
total species including 9 warblers and 8 sparrows. A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
was briefly heard (but not seen) just off the path exiting the east side of
the Great Hill at west Park Drive, latitude 106th Street. An ORANGE-CROWNED
Saturday Oct. 13, '12
I was surprised to come in and not see an earlier posting to
NYS, until J.D. did so - there are at least some add'l. pic's -
of a reported Wood Sandpiper in Rhode Island -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/messages?o=1
Hi All,
Since this hasn't made the NY list yet-- a WOOD SANDPIPER was seen all day in
Jamestown Rhode Island today. The following is quoted from the Massachusetts
birding list:
"Carlos Pedro found a very interesting sandpiper in Rhode Island a short time
ago that birders think is a WOOD
There was spectacular activity at Floyd Bennett today with highlights including
an Eastern Meadowlark, American Pipits, Pine Siskins, Vesper Sparrow, an early
Fox Sparrow and eighteen White-crowned Sparrows.
Although little is identifiable in this video it gives an impression of the
scale of
There were 23 people on the Saturday morning bird walk at NYBG and birds
everywhere. Highlights include a PURPLE FINCH and the invasion of red breasted
nuthatches.
Pine warbler - 2
Palm warbler - 3
Yellow rumped warbler - 10+
Black throated blue warbler - 1
Orange crowned kinglet - 10+
Ruby
As the sun was coming up this morning, Heydi Lopes and I were walking into
Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn (aka Dreier-Offerman Park). Birds seemed to be
dropping out of the sky everywhere. The walk through a weedy path between 6
Diamonds Park and Calvert Vaux flushed hundreds of Yellow-rumped
Joe Giunta's Brooklyn Botanical Garden birding class visited Riis Park and Ft.
Tilden on a bright sunny (started out cold) day. The hedge rows around the Riis
Park parking lot were full of moving birds as we arrived. Mostly Yellow-rumped
Warblers, but included other species as we birded. The
Was on Gabriel Willows bird walk of my occasional haunt, Randalls Island. We
had a good fallout, Gabe will post our list. After the group split up, I biked
up to north fields on my own. Around 3pm I was getting a good look at a
Bonapartes Gull at low tide when I turned my head to see three
There is currently an adult male Eurasian Wigeon on Lotus Lake in Sayville. The
bird is transitioning out of eclipse plumage and into breeding. Bright rufous
head, patchy rufous on sides blending into a pale grey wash. Considerable grey
above. Some decent iScope images are available below on my
I saw/photographed what I believe to be a Common Raven which was outside my
house on the powerline. It was not in the company of any other corvids and
appeared quite large (double the size of the Grackles that were in the
yard). I've posted a photo on my blog - feel free to confirm or correct me
On my way to Jefferson Market Garden in the West Village I passed through a
triangle park formed by Greenwich Avenue, 8th Avenue & Horatio Street
called Jackson Square. It's a very small park with Wifi and a 3 tiered
fountain. At my feet a bird flashed by, heading into the shrubbery around
the
I went to Fort Totten in northeastern Queens NYC for the first time
since winter. A lot has changed. In the northeastern section of the
park around the old Fort Totten fortifications the grounds have been
re-landscaped. Now there are fenced off sections where saplings,
shrubs and other plants
Hello,
Recently, I participated in bird walks with well-known Eastern birders.
On these walks, the leaders cited the 'fact' that only female Carolina Wrens
make the 'comb' call. I have never heard this observation before so I began
checking all the references I could find in my home library
Additional Union Square sightings (I did have my binoculars):
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Swainson's Thrush
Black-throated Blue Warbler (male)
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler (several)
Swamp Sparrow (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (1, male)
Song Sparrow (several)
Alice Deutsch
--
NYSbirds-L
Hi All, This morning along the entrance road to the park there were
sightings on the ballfield of American Pipit,[2], Eastern Meadowlark,[3], a
single Dicksissel, Black Throated Blue Warbler, Palm Warbler, several White
Crowned Sparrow and a Fox Sparrow,[seen by Mike Schiebel]. At the
--A quick stroll through Union Square Park, without binoculars and with a lot
of green-market stuff, produced a small flock of Robins, a small flock of
White-Throated Sparrows, a number of Sapsuckers (5+?) chasing each other
around, one or two Hermit Thrushes, at least one Yellow-Rumped
Hi All, This morning along the entrance road to the park there were
sightings on the ballfield of American Pipit,[2], Eastern Meadowlark,[3], a
single Dicksissel, Black Throated Blue Warbler, Palm Warbler, several White
Crowned Sparrow and a Fox Sparrow,[seen by Mike Schiebel]. At the
On my way to Jefferson Market Garden in the West Village I passed through a
triangle park formed by Greenwich Avenue, 8th Avenue Horatio Street
called Jackson Square. It's a very small park with Wifi and a 3 tiered
fountain. At my feet a bird flashed by, heading into the shrubbery around
the
There is currently an adult male Eurasian Wigeon on Lotus Lake in Sayville. The
bird is transitioning out of eclipse plumage and into breeding. Bright rufous
head, patchy rufous on sides blending into a pale grey wash. Considerable grey
above. Some decent iScope images are available below on my
Joe Giunta's Brooklyn Botanical Garden birding class visited Riis Park and Ft.
Tilden on a bright sunny (started out cold) day. The hedge rows around the Riis
Park parking lot were full of moving birds as we arrived. Mostly Yellow-rumped
Warblers, but included other species as we birded. The
As the sun was coming up this morning, Heydi Lopes and I were walking into
Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn (aka Dreier-Offerman Park). Birds seemed to be
dropping out of the sky everywhere. The walk through a weedy path between 6
Diamonds Park and Calvert Vaux flushed hundreds of Yellow-rumped
There were 23 people on the Saturday morning bird walk at NYBG and birds
everywhere. Highlights include a PURPLE FINCH and the invasion of red breasted
nuthatches.
Pine warbler - 2
Palm warbler - 3
Yellow rumped warbler - 10+
Black throated blue warbler - 1
Orange crowned kinglet - 10+
Ruby
There was spectacular activity at Floyd Bennett today with highlights including
an Eastern Meadowlark, American Pipits, Pine Siskins, Vesper Sparrow, an early
Fox Sparrow and eighteen White-crowned Sparrows.
Although little is identifiable in this video it gives an impression of the
scale of
Hi All,
Since this hasn't made the NY list yet-- a WOOD SANDPIPER was seen all day in
Jamestown Rhode Island today. The following is quoted from the Massachusetts
birding list:
Carlos Pedro found a very interesting sandpiper in Rhode Island a short time
ago that birders think is a WOOD
Saturday Oct. 13, '12
I was surprised to come in and not see an earlier posting to
NYS, until J.D. did so - there are at least some add'l. pic's -
of a reported Wood Sandpiper in Rhode Island -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/messages?o=1
Lenore Swenson's walk in the Central Park North End this morning had 57
total species including 9 warblers and 8 sparrows. A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
was briefly heard (but not seen) just off the path exiting the east side of
the Great Hill at west Park Drive, latitude 106th Street. An ORANGE-CROWNED
Today I led an NYC Audubon tour around Randalls/Wards Island as Alan mentioned.
I always enjoy leading walks out to this under-birded area, with its recently
restored fresh-and-salt- wetlands, lawns, woods, and lovely views. Today
didn't disappoint.
The bright cold day with NW winds brought in
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