Jean Loscalzo just called into Patricia Lindsay to report a Barnacle Goose at
Belmont Lake State Park. Good luck if you go!
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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(= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my mobile device.
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Two unidentified jaegers were harrassing the terns off Smith's Point County
Park, Suffolk Co, this morning. In addition, large flocks of scoters,
numbering in the thousands were streaming by. Most of these were far offshore,
but of the thousand or so within ID distance, nearly all appeared to
I spent the morning birding on the north shore at Caumsett State Park. There
was a good variety of sparrows present (ten species), but not the numbers
recorded earlier in the week. Highlights were four Vesper Sparrows (three on
the fishing access road just south of the brush pile, one at the
Just got a phone call from Rich Guthrie that a female Rufous Hummingbird is
frequenting a feeder in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County. The bird apparently has
been visiting for several weeks now and was captured and banded (and ID
confirmed) today, but is still frequenting the feeders. The
10/24/10 - Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, NY
Time: 9am to 1pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Doug Bloom, Mike Bochnik, Bernie Conway, and BRSS/HRAS
group
hundreds of Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Egret
1 Great Blue Heron
60+ Snow Geese (incl. one Blue Goose)
many Canada Geese
many Brants
100s of golden-crowned kinglets, along with a few scattered ruby-crowned
mixed in feeding in undergrowth. Kinglets became abundant once we reached
an elevation where trees became shorter and canopy started to open up, this
change in habitat takes place just below the first large open viewpoint
To reiterate, a Hatch Year (HY) female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has been coming to
a feeder in Balston Lake, Saratoga County, NY for a few weeks. For the
record, I learned about it just this morning.
The address is # 1010, Rt 50, Balston Lake, NY. There is a long driveway
going to the house which is
Adding to the great influx of Cattle Egrets to NY and Ontario this weekend,
Bob Ensminger discovered this one in a horse pasture on the east side of
Gasport Road, just north of Bunker Hill Road. The bird was still there as
of 4:00.
DIRECTIONS:
From the intersection of NY 78 and NY 93 in
The Prothonotary Warbler continued to be seen by many observers
photographers in Manhattan, N.Y. City, along the front of the N.Y.
Public Library's plantings facing Fifth Avenue between 40 Street and
up towards 42 Street, by mainly closer to the south rather than north
(or more to the 40
I had a Chimney Swift come through yesterday afternoon (Oct 23). It
flew no more than 100 or 150 feet above the treeline and exited due
south of our hawkwatch platform. I'm sure this occurrence is not an
extreme date by any measure, but it seems a tad late. Has anyone
else observed swifts over
There are now 3 Cattle Egrets at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. They were in
the field across from the Aviator Sports Center as of 11:15 Sunday morning.
- Tom Preston
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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today, around 12:30, a Common Raven flew north
over Big John's Pond pursued by a crow or two, then followed by another raven
and a crow or two. I raced out to a more open area near Cross Bay Blvd., where
I briefly relocated the ravens soaring over the west side of
Jean Loscalzo just called into Patricia Lindsay to report a Barnacle Goose at
Belmont Lake State Park. Good luck if you go!
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
(\__/)
(= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my mobile device.
(") _ (")
--
Two unidentified jaegers were harrassing the terns off Smith's Point County
Park, Suffolk Co, this morning. In addition, large flocks of scoters,
numbering in the thousands were streaming by. Most of these were far offshore,
but of the thousand or so within ID distance, nearly all appeared to
I spent the morning birding on the north shore at Caumsett State Park. There
was a good variety of sparrows present (ten species), but not the numbers
recorded earlier in the week. Highlights were four Vesper Sparrows (three on
the fishing access road just south of the brush pile, one at the
Just got a phone call from Rich Guthrie that a female Rufous Hummingbird is
frequenting a feeder in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County. The bird apparently has
been visiting for several weeks now and was captured and banded (and ID
confirmed) today, but is still frequenting the feeders. The
10/24/10 - Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, NY
Time: 9am to 1pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Doug Bloom, Mike Bochnik, Bernie Conway, and BRSS/HRAS
group
hundreds of Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Egret
1 Great Blue Heron
60+ Snow Geese (incl. one Blue Goose)
many Canada Geese
many Brants
100s of golden-crowned kinglets, along with a few scattered ruby-crowned
mixed in feeding in undergrowth. Kinglets became abundant once we reached
an elevation where trees became shorter and canopy started to open up, this
change in habitat takes place just below the first large open viewpoint
To reiterate, a Hatch Year (HY) female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has been coming to
a feeder in Balston Lake, Saratoga County, NY for a few weeks. For the
record, I learned about it just this morning.
The address is # 1010, Rt 50, Balston Lake, NY. There is a long driveway
going to the house which is
Adding to the great influx of Cattle Egrets to NY and Ontario this weekend,
Bob Ensminger discovered this one in a horse pasture on the east side of
Gasport Road, just north of Bunker Hill Road. The bird was still there as
of 4:00.
DIRECTIONS:
>From the intersection of NY 78 and NY 93 in
The Prothonotary Warbler continued to be seen by many observers &
photographers in Manhattan, N.Y. City, along the front of the N.Y.
Public Library's plantings facing Fifth Avenue & between 40 Street and
up towards 42 Street, by mainly closer to the south rather than north
(or more to the
I had a Chimney Swift come through yesterday afternoon (Oct 23). It
flew no more than 100 or 150 feet above the treeline and exited due
south of our hawkwatch platform. I'm sure this occurrence is not an
"extreme" date by any measure, but it seems a tad late. Has anyone
else observed swifts
There are now 3 Cattle Egrets at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. They were in
the field across from the Aviator Sports Center as of 11:15 Sunday morning.
- Tom Preston
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today, around 12:30, a Common Raven flew north
over Big John's Pond pursued by a crow or two, then followed by another raven
and a crow or two. I raced out to a more open area near Cross Bay Blvd., where
I briefly relocated the ravens soaring over the west side of
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