[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret Pehlam Bay Park

There was a nice breeding plumage cattle Egret on the grass about 6pm today by the circle and then the grassy median island at orchard beach.it flushed when it spotted me and landed about 80 ft away.then took off again when a pedestrian walking toward it flushed it again.Me and Richard Aracil

[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret Pehlam Bay Park

There was a nice breeding plumage cattle Egret on the grass about 6pm today by the circle and then the grassy median island at orchard beach.it flushed when it spotted me and landed about 80 ft away.then took off again when a pedestrian walking toward it flushed it again.Me and Richard Aracil

Re: [nysbirds-l] Four-letter Codes for Birds

Hi Mike Cooper at al., Re the three-digit numbers, the ABA didn't create them - it proposed to use the numbers in the AOU (now AOS) check list, which could be one-digit (e.g. Western Grebe, AOU #1), two-digit, or three-digit numbers (e.g. Java Sparrow, AOU #813). They could all be made three-digit

Re: [nysbirds-l] Four-letter Codes for Birds

Hi Mike Cooper at al., Re the three-digit numbers, the ABA didn't create them - it proposed to use the numbers in the AOU (now AOS) check list, which could be one-digit (e.g. Western Grebe, AOU #1), two-digit, or three-digit numbers (e.g. Java Sparrow, AOU #813). They could all be made three-digit

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Sat., 4/24 - Kentucky & 14 add'l. Warbler spp., & more migrants

Manhattan, N.Y. City - A male Yellow-throated Warbler seen by many on Friday 4/23 at Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan was not re-found there on Saturday, although certainly possible that it is still in the area. ... A male Kentucky Warbler continued at Central Park on Saturday 4/24, with

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Sat., 4/24 - Kentucky & 14 add'l. Warbler spp., & more migrants

Manhattan, N.Y. City - A male Yellow-throated Warbler seen by many on Friday 4/23 at Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan was not re-found there on Saturday, although certainly possible that it is still in the area. ... A male Kentucky Warbler continued at Central Park on Saturday 4/24, with

[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park 4/24 Short-eared Owl and Blue Grosbeak

Hi All, Late in the afternoon on 4/24, Patrick Horan and I photographed a Short-eared Owl as it headed north over the Pelham Landfill. There was also an adult male Blue Grosbeak. The birds were seen from the gravel road along the southwest side of the landfill. The Grosbeak was in view very

[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park 4/24 Short-eared Owl and Blue Grosbeak

Hi All, Late in the afternoon on 4/24, Patrick Horan and I photographed a Short-eared Owl as it headed north over the Pelham Landfill. There was also an adult male Blue Grosbeak. The birds were seen from the gravel road along the southwest side of the landfill. The Grosbeak was in view very