[nysbirds-l] Central Park Virginia Rail.

2013-09-10 Thread Nadir Souirgi
There was a *Virginia Rail* in the Loch in Central Parks North End this evening. At about 5:15pm, It emerged from the dense stand of Jewel Weed behind the fenced in area on the north side of the creek. This area is bracketed by two dirt paths that lead to the edge of the water. Below is a link to

[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks at kissena park

2013-09-10 Thread Cesar Castillo
Currently seeing 7 flying over the corridor section of the park Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Massawepie - Bobcat!, Black-billed Cuckoo, & more

2013-09-10 Thread Joan Collins
Some of the sightings over the past week from Hamilton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence Counties: 9/9/13 Massawepie Mire (southeastern St. Lawrence Co.) David Buckley and I had a lovely hike at Massawepie Mire yesterday - calm winds, perfect temperatures, mostly clear skies. I was

[nysbirds-l] Erroneous Sandy post

2013-09-10 Thread Warren Shane Blodgett
Apologies for the accidental post of an e-mail I had started to draft after Sandy but had never completed or sent. While recomposing another draft this afternoon (a work e-mail so much less interesting) I unknowingly must have hit the send button for post-Sandy mail. Regards, Shane Sent from

[nysbirds-l] Post-storm birding Brooklyn inc. probable tropicbird

2013-09-10 Thread Shane Blodgett
I spent most of the day scoping Gravesend Bay from 3 different vantage points. Highlights included: 1 Tropicbird sp. 1 Cory's Shearwater 2 Wilson's Storm Petrel 3 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Red Phalarope 6 Parasitic Jaeger 2 Royal Tern Full list here: d

[nysbirds-l] GMP Open House at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.

2013-09-10 Thread Andrew Baksh
Reminder, that tonight is the first of two open houses *(the 2nd will be at Sandy Hook) *where we the users of Gateway National Recreation Area have a chance to interact and discuss the recent GMP (General Management Program) recently released by GNRA for public review. * * *Tuesday, September 10,

[nysbirds-l] Riverhead sod fields birds LI, NY

2013-09-10 Thread AndyatWH
Today at about 10 AM, I went over to the fields first to Sound/ Osborne,while there were only a few birds, I did see the Bairds with several Killdeer, which flew off to the west as I watched. No Golden plovers. Then I went to sod field East of Roanoke Vinyard, orignally saw nothing, but

[nysbirds-l] Blue grosbeak at kissena corridor park queens

2013-09-10 Thread Cesar Castillo
Seen and heard on path parallel to both memorial Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Riverhead sod fields birds LI, NY

2013-09-10 Thread AndyatWH
Today at about 10 AM, I went over to the fields first to Sound/ Osborne,while there were only a few birds, I did see the Bairds with several Killdeer, which flew off to the west as I watched. No Golden plovers. Then I went to sod field East of Roanoke Vinyard, orignally saw nothing, but

[nysbirds-l] GMP Open House at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.

2013-09-10 Thread Andrew Baksh
Reminder, that tonight is the first of two open houses *(the 2nd will be at Sandy Hook) *where we the users of Gateway National Recreation Area have a chance to interact and discuss the recent GMP (General Management Program) recently released by GNRA for public review. * * *Tuesday, September 10,

[nysbirds-l] Post-storm birding Brooklyn inc. probable tropicbird

2013-09-10 Thread Shane Blodgett
I spent most of the day scoping Gravesend Bay from 3 different vantage points. Highlights included: 1 Tropicbird sp. 1 Cory's Shearwater 2 Wilson's Storm Petrel 3 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Red Phalarope 6 Parasitic Jaeger 2 Royal Tern Full list here: d

[nysbirds-l] Erroneous Sandy post

2013-09-10 Thread Warren Shane Blodgett
Apologies for the accidental post of an e-mail I had started to draft after Sandy but had never completed or sent. While recomposing another draft this afternoon (a work e-mail so much less interesting) I unknowingly must have hit the send button for post-Sandy mail. Regards, Shane Sent from

[nysbirds-l] Massawepie - Bobcat!, Black-billed Cuckoo, more

2013-09-10 Thread Joan Collins
Some of the sightings over the past week from Hamilton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence Counties: 9/9/13 Massawepie Mire (southeastern St. Lawrence Co.) David Buckley and I had a lovely hike at Massawepie Mire yesterday - calm winds, perfect temperatures, mostly clear skies. I was

[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks at kissena park

2013-09-10 Thread Cesar Castillo
Currently seeing 7 flying over the corridor section of the park Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Virginia Rail.

2013-09-10 Thread Nadir Souirgi
There was a *Virginia Rail* in the Loch in Central Parks North End this evening. At about 5:15pm, It emerged from the dense stand of Jewel Weed behind the fenced in area on the north side of the creek. This area is bracketed by two dirt paths that lead to the edge of the water. Below is a link to