The Garden's unofficial Christmas Bird Count (11am-2pm) turned up the following
birds on a cloudy Saturday:
Barred Owl-1
Great Horned Owl-2
Red tailed hawk-2
Cooper's Hawk-3
American Crow-4
American Goldfinch-24+
Black capped Chickadee-26+
House Finch-35+
Tufted Titmice-7
European Starling-285
During a bird walk at the Setauket Mill Pond today at 11am, we discovered a
winter-plumage BLACK-HEADED GULL swimming, and foraging around the mudflats of
the inlet north of main pond around low tide. For a brief period he flew around
showing his bright reddish orange legs and feet off.
This
Date: Dec. 8, 2012
Location: East End Long Island
My wife Betsy and I had a Snowy Owl on Hick's Island Napeague visible from
the boat launch at Napeague. Also present was a Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Larry). At nearby Hither Hills State Park was a mixed flock of 30 Red and
White-winged
See the note below.
Larry Federman
Education Coordinator
Audubon New York
Rheinstrom Hill, Buttercup Farm, and RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuaries and
Centers
Subject: Western Tanager has moved on
I thought I should let those of you for whom I have e-mail addresses know
that the last time we
Has anyone noticed anomalies in the new AOU checklist online at
http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/? I would appreciate any light anyone can shed
on what is going on. Changes seem to have been made to the online checklist
for which I have seen no corresponding direction in the published
supplements
The Barnacle Goose continues on the Parade Grounds at Van Cortlandt
Park. On the north end of the field with a huge flock of Canada's.
No Cackling seen in this flock despite several sweeps.
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
--
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec 7, 2012
* NYNY1212.07
- Birds Mentioned:
BARNACLE GOOSE+
PACIFIC LOON+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
VIRGINIA'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-necked Grebe
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec 7, 2012
* NYNY1212.07
- Birds Mentioned:
BARNACLE GOOSE+
PACIFIC LOON+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
VIRGINIA'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-necked Grebe
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
The Barnacle Goose continues on the Parade Grounds at Van Cortlandt
Park. On the north end of the field with a huge flock of Canada's.
No Cackling seen in this flock despite several sweeps.
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
--
Has anyone noticed anomalies in the new AOU checklist online at
http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/? I would appreciate any light anyone can shed
on what is going on. Changes seem to have been made to the online checklist
for which I have seen no corresponding direction in the published
supplements
See the note below.
Larry Federman
Education Coordinator
Audubon New York
Rheinstrom Hill, Buttercup Farm, and RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuaries and
Centers
Subject: Western Tanager has moved on
I thought I should let those of you for whom I have e-mail addresses know
that the last time we
Date: Dec. 8, 2012
Location: East End Long Island
My wife Betsy and I had a Snowy Owl on Hick's Island Napeague visible from
the boat launch at Napeague. Also present was a Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Larry). At nearby Hither Hills State Park was a mixed flock of 30 Red and
White-winged
During a bird walk at the Setauket Mill Pond today at 11am, we discovered a
winter-plumage BLACK-HEADED GULL swimming, and foraging around the mudflats of
the inlet north of main pond around low tide. For a brief period he flew around
showing his bright reddish orange legs and feet off.
This
The Garden's unofficial Christmas Bird Count (11am-2pm) turned up the following
birds on a cloudy Saturday:
Barred Owl-1
Great Horned Owl-2
Red tailed hawk-2
Cooper's Hawk-3
American Crow-4
American Goldfinch-24+
Black capped Chickadee-26+
House Finch-35+
Tufted Titmice-7
European Starling-285
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