RE: [nysbirds-l] John Bulls list of spring ariival dates

Below is a list of typical spring arrival dates mostly lifted from Birds of the New York Area by Bull(1964)- one of my favorite books. A few things here may be slightly outdated, but overall it's still surprisingly accurate. Late Feb (Feb 21-28)- Canada Goose, Red-wing, Common Grackle

Re: [nysbirds-l] FOS American Oystercatcher Shinnecock

Today a FOS American Oystercatcher was east of the Ponquogue Bridge near Shinnecock, Suffolk Co. Although they overwinter regularly around Jones Inlet, I haven't seen one at this location since the fall. In Riverhead, a Red-necked Grebe was just west of the Roadhouse Pizza joint along the

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 3/14

Saturday, 14 March, 2015 Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) In a drizzly lull in rain, a walk from one end of Central Park to the other (60th-110th Sts.) provided views of a few lingering or newly- arrived birds: a pair (hen & drake) of Red-breasted Mergansers at the C.P. reservoir, on the

[nysbirds-l] Additional observations of the overwintering Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bronx NY

I feel compelled to chime in with some additional information that vouches for the overwintering survival of a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the contiguous Bronx Park (Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden). As noted earlier, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen at the Bronx Zoo on the

[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

A very rainy day at the Saturday morning bird walk produced all the usual birds and a female ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK eating sunflower seeds someone had thrown down. Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Overwintering Bronx Rose-breasted Grosbeak

As noted earlier, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen at the Bronx Zoo for the 2014 Bronx/Westchester CBC. I was among that birding party covering the zoo. On February 17th another sighting of RBGR posted to eBird with a documentary record shot. eBird checklist S21945422 . On February

RE: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

For the past several years I've focused my spring season reports in North American Birds on the curious spike in our Region of records of vagrants and half-hardies during March. This generally under-appreciated pattern is not only very well-documented but also, I argue, potentially a very

Re: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Sorry - meant to add this to the thread. NYBG has been frozen, as much of the NYC area. Our crabapples and any other fruit/seed producing trees have been stripped bare with some strands left. If the grosbeak over wintered at the zoo there would have been more available food. In the last two

Re: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

To further support the over-wintering hypothesis, we would predict that if this were a migrant, there would currently be a spate of records along the Gulf Coast. Checking e-bird, there are exactly two March 2015 records for the species, with none in the Caribbean. Hugh On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at

[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull Brooklyn continues

For those of you not on Facebook or eBird, the long staying Mew Gull (MEGU) along Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn is still around. Although I personally have not seen it since Feb. 17-despite many attempts-local Brooklyn birder Daniel Frazier has seen and photographed it at least 2x since then,

Re: [nysbirds-l] FOS American Oystercatcher Shinnecock

Today a FOS American Oystercatcher was east of the Ponquogue Bridge near Shinnecock, Suffolk Co. Although they overwinter regularly around Jones Inlet, I haven't seen one at this location since the fall. In Riverhead, a Red-necked Grebe was just west of the Roadhouse Pizza joint along the

RE: [nysbirds-l] John Bulls list of spring ariival dates

Below is a list of typical spring arrival dates mostly lifted from Birds of the New York Area by Bull(1964)- one of my favorite books. A few things here may be slightly outdated, but overall it's still surprisingly accurate. Late Feb (Feb 21-28)- Canada Goose, Red-wing, Common Grackle

[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull Brooklyn continues

For those of you not on Facebook or eBird, the long staying Mew Gull (MEGU) along Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn is still around. Although I personally have not seen it since Feb. 17-despite many attempts-local Brooklyn birder Daniel Frazier has seen and photographed it at least 2x since then,

[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

A very rainy day at the Saturday morning bird walk produced all the usual birds and a female ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK eating sunflower seeds someone had thrown down. Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

Re: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

To further support the over-wintering hypothesis, we would predict that if this were a migrant, there would currently be a spate of records along the Gulf Coast. Checking e-bird, there are exactly two March 2015 records for the species, with none in the Caribbean. Hugh On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at

RE: [nysbirds-l] Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

For the past several years I've focused my spring season reports in North American Birds on the curious spike in our Region of records of vagrants and half-hardies during March. This generally under-appreciated pattern is not only very well-documented but also, I argue, potentially a very

[nysbirds-l] Additional observations of the overwintering Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bronx NY

I feel compelled to chime in with some additional information that vouches for the overwintering survival of a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the contiguous Bronx Park (Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden). As noted earlier, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen at the Bronx Zoo on the