[nysbirds-l] Maine: Gray Kingbird 10/31; poss. Martin sighting, Rockland Co.

2010-10-31 Thread Tom Fiore 
Coming soon after a sighting from Savannah N.Y., this Maine Gray  
Kingbird is of interest:
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/browse_thread/thread/4524cb204d7da84a#
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Today, Sunday Oct. 31, while counting raptors at Hook Mt. in Rockland  
County (with views of the Hudson River and south to Nyack, the nearest  
town), I noticed a bird in flight that only very briefly appeared just  
east of the summit where the Hook Mt. hawk-watch is conducted - the  
bird appeared to be a Martin species. I have very recently (only a few  
weeks ago) had the opportunity to study several S. American species as  
well as wintering Purple Martins and this bird did not look quite like  
any of those, which included Gray-breasted and Brown-chested. I would  
only speculate that this bird could have been of a 'Caribbean' form or  
species, but unfortunately the bird did not reappear up around the  
summit of the mountain. The observation came in mid-afternnoon. There  
were no other martin or swallows seen. For those curious the area  
where I studied 3 martin spp. not long ago was Amazonian Brazil. The  
raptors were flying nicely today and it was also a fairly good day for  
waterbird migration, over the river.

1 Short-eared Owl was observed earlier, near the Piermont marsh also  
along the Hudson in Rockland Co. - that seen around sunrise.
-   -   -
"at the Public Library: Little Yellow Bird" (NY Times - Prothonotary  
piece)
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/library-warbler-barron/?hp


Good birding,

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[nysbirds-l] Photos--Captree COMMON GROUND DOVE, Jones Beach N. Shrike

2010-10-31 Thread John Gluth 
Four photos I took today of the Captree State Park COMMON GROUND DOVE can be
viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/2g9x4jj
A photo of the Jones Beach Northern Shrike can be viewed here:
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[nysbirds-l] Smith Point L.I., CLAY COLORED SPARROW +

2010-10-31 Thread Carl Starace 
Hello All , Quite the slow day after back to back outstanding ones. Got
my FOS Clay Colored Sparrow early on, near the entrance to the ballfields in
amongst the still numerous Junco's .Up on the deck at the Ranger Station
Mike Cooper and I were equally surprised to meet the grandson of John
Sprague of Sprague's Pipit fame. Late in the day I checked Violet Cove
Marina across the bay in Mastic Beach and found 7 Royal Terns atop the
pilings. Tomorrow morning looks promising. Good November Birding, Carl
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[nysbirds-l] Today's NY Times story on the New York Public Library Prothonotary

2010-10-31 Thread Ardith Bondi 

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/library-warbler-barron/?hp

Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork Birding- Suffolk County

2010-10-31 Thread JGIUNTA746 
Date: Oct. 31, 2010
Place: South Fork, Suffolk County
Reported By: Joe Giunta
 
My wife Betsy and I saw some good birds today. We started off by seeing the 
 Black-headed Gull at Mecox. We used the Dune Road approach which was 
perfect. We  then drove about one mile to the Mecox Dairy farm where we saw 5 
Cattle Egrets.  Next we headed towards Montauk where we saw another Cattle 
Egret in the fields  of Deep Hollow Ranch. We finished the day with a Northern 
Shrike found on the  grounds of Third House.

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[nysbirds-l] California and Thayer's Gulls - Niagara Falls

2010-10-31 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter 
Today, Betsy and I tried for the adult CALIFORNIA GULL that was found
Saturday at Goat Island by Jim Pawlicki.  We went straight to the Three
Sisters Islands and found the gull from the bridge between the last two
islands.  This was somewhere around 2:30.  We had a nice study for several
minutes until all the gulls flew up in a panic, no doubt flushed by an
unseen raptor.  It was a couple of minutes later when Andy Guthrie showed up
- ouch!  Fortunately, Andy persisted and finally saw the bird around 5:00.
He also found an adult THAYER'S GULL at the same location, though looking
from Goat Island.  We were able to get photos of both of these birds.

We also had an adult LITTLE GULL at the Whirlpool.  Numbers of Bonaparte's
Gulls seemed to be less than a thousand from Fort Niagara to above the
falls.

Good birding!
Willie

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[nysbirds-l] Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls

2010-10-31 Thread Patrick Santinello 
The first year Black-Headed Gull and Adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull were
both on the sand flats at Mecox this morning.

Good birding.
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[nysbirds-l] Common Ground-Dove at Captree

2010-10-31 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
The Common Ground-Dove was still present past 4:00 pm, along the northern edge 
of the eastern-most parking lot at Captree SP, Suffolk Co., LI.

On at least four occasions, the bird flew out of sight into the vegetation to 
the north, but it always reappeared in its favorite swath of grass, near the 
northwest corner of the lot.

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Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County

2010-10-31 Thread vanhaas 
Good birding continues in the county.  The GREAT CORMORANT continues at the 
Bashakill.  I know a few people missed it during the day this weekend, it has 
been hanging out in a resaca/oxbow in the channel out from the observation 
tower on the "Birch Trail".  If you don't want to take the hike, the bird shows 
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from the main boat launch.  It performed for a number of people again this 
afternoon.  In other areas, shorebirds continue at Swan Lake with a possible 
record number of Wilson's Snipe(32) present today.  The hawk watch was very 
productive today as well with two GOLDEN EAGLES among the passing waves of 
Red-tailed Hawks.  Duck numbers continue to increase with all the expected 
species represented.  Good Birding! John Haas

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[nysbirds-l] common Ground-dove

2010-10-31 Thread David Klauber 

The Common-Ground-Dove found by Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra is giving excellent 
views along the north end of the eastern-most parking lot at Captree State park 
in Suffolk County, through at least 3 PM when I left. This will be a state 
record if accepted. Nice find guys. 
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[nysbirds-l] FW: (Metro Birding Briefs) common ground dove

2010-10-31 Thread Lloyd Spitalnik 
 

 

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Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra have found a Common Ground Dove at Captree State
Park. It was at the north edge of the eastern most parking lot. They've lost
sight of it at the moment but believe it's still there. Good luck if you go.

Lloyd

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Northern Shrike still present

2010-10-31 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
John Gluth just called to report the Northern Shrike is still present at Jones 
Beach West End, Nassau County, LI.

The bird is still frequenting the area just east of the boardwalk at the Nature 
Center, on the ocean side of the parkway.

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Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] N. Shrike reported Jones Beach SP, 10/30

2010-10-31 Thread Tom Fiore 
Not sure the original Northern Shrike report for Jones Beach State  
Park (Nassau County) reached this list - it was first noted for  
Saturday 30 October on the ebirdsnyc list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/message/8261
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(pretty nice for Matthew R.- Protho. to a shrike in 3 days)

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[nysbirds-l] N. Shrike reported Jones Beach SP, 10/30

2010-10-31 Thread Tom Fiore 
Not sure the original Northern Shrike report for Jones Beach State  
Park (Nassau County) reached this list - it was first noted for  
Saturday 30 October on the ebirdsnyc list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/message/8261
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(pretty nice for Matthew R.- Protho. to a shrike in 3 days)

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[nysbirds-l] FW: (Metro Birding Briefs) common ground dove

2010-10-31 Thread Lloyd Spitalnik 
 

 

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Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra have found a Common Ground Dove at Captree State
Park. It was at the north edge of the eastern most parking lot. They've lost
sight of it at the moment but believe it's still there. Good luck if you go.

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[nysbirds-l] common Ground-dove

2010-10-31 Thread David Klauber 

The Common-Ground-Dove found by Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra is giving excellent 
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[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County

2010-10-31 Thread vanhaas 
Good birding continues in the county.  The GREAT CORMORANT continues at the 
Bashakill.  I know a few people missed it during the day this weekend, it has 
been hanging out in a resaca/oxbow in the channel out from the observation 
tower on the Birch Trail.  If you don't want to take the hike, the bird shows 
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[nysbirds-l] Common Ground-Dove at Captree

2010-10-31 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
The Common Ground-Dove was still present past 4:00 pm, along the northern edge 
of the eastern-most parking lot at Captree SP, Suffolk Co., LI.

On at least four occasions, the bird flew out of sight into the vegetation to 
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[nysbirds-l] Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls

2010-10-31 Thread Patrick Santinello 
The first year Black-Headed Gull and Adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull were
both on the sand flats at Mecox this morning.

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork Birding- Suffolk County

2010-10-31 Thread JGIUNTA746 
Date: Oct. 31, 2010
Place: South Fork, Suffolk County
Reported By: Joe Giunta
 
My wife Betsy and I saw some good birds today. We started off by seeing the 
 Black-headed Gull at Mecox. We used the Dune Road approach which was 
perfect. We  then drove about one mile to the Mecox Dairy farm where we saw 5 
Cattle Egrets.  Next we headed towards Montauk where we saw another Cattle 
Egret in the fields  of Deep Hollow Ranch. We finished the day with a Northern 
Shrike found on the  grounds of Third House.

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[nysbirds-l] Today's NY Times story on the New York Public Library Prothonotary

2010-10-31 Thread Ardith Bondi 

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/library-warbler-barron/?hp

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[nysbirds-l] Maine: Gray Kingbird 10/31; poss. Martin sighting, Rockland Co.

2010-10-31 Thread Tom Fiore 
Coming soon after a sighting from Savannah N.Y., this Maine Gray  
Kingbird is of interest:
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/browse_thread/thread/4524cb204d7da84a#
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Today, Sunday Oct. 31, while counting raptors at Hook Mt. in Rockland  
County (with views of the Hudson River and south to Nyack, the nearest  
town), I noticed a bird in flight that only very briefly appeared just  
east of the summit where the Hook Mt. hawk-watch is conducted - the  
bird appeared to be a Martin species. I have very recently (only a few  
weeks ago) had the opportunity to study several S. American species as  
well as wintering Purple Martins and this bird did not look quite like  
any of those, which included Gray-breasted and Brown-chested. I would  
only speculate that this bird could have been of a 'Caribbean' form or  
species, but unfortunately the bird did not reappear up around the  
summit of the mountain. The observation came in mid-afternnoon. There  
were no other martin or swallows seen. For those curious the area  
where I studied 3 martin spp. not long ago was Amazonian Brazil. The  
raptors were flying nicely today and it was also a fairly good day for  
waterbird migration, over the river.

1 Short-eared Owl was observed earlier, near the Piermont marsh also  
along the Hudson in Rockland Co. - that seen around sunrise.
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at the Public Library: Little Yellow Bird (NY Times - Prothonotary  
piece)
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/library-warbler-barron/?hp


Good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan



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