Re:[nysbirds-l] (Metro Birding Briefs) Northern Shrike
It apparently needs to be pointed out to anyone searching for the Northern Shrike that the grasslands at Floyd Bennett Field are a protected area. Visitors are forbidden to walk across them. You can read about the Grassland Restoration and Management Project here: http://www.nycaudubon.org/projects/gramp/ There are several signs posted throughout the area stating such. The reason that I am posting this note is because today I observed a photographer walking back and forth across Field C looking for the shrike. When the shrike is present it is easily viewed from the adjacent pavement. This inconsiderate individual also risked chasing the bird away so that the other people present who were searching from a safe distance would have had little chance of finding it. The guy drives a dark Honda, license number CBK-6926. If you know this man, please advise him that it would be in everyone's best interest if, in the future, he behaved more responsibly. I also posted a video of him at this link: http://youtu.be/k2Ga1Pa1c9I Good (and responsible) birding, Rob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Turkey Vulture above Queens
Had an unmistakable Turkey Vulture fly above my house today on the Ridgewood- Bushwick border around 1:30pm today. Christina Wilkinson Ridgewood, Queens -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 19, 2011 * NYSY 12.19.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 12, 2010 - December 19, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:December 19 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #284 -Monday December 19, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 12 , 2011 Highlights: --- TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE KING EIDER GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE PURPLE SANDPIPER POMERINE JAEGER GLAUCOUS GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE GRAY CATBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 12/16: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the south side of Rt.31 at the mucklands. Also seen here were two groups of about eight SANDHILL CRANES. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 12/18: The SNOWY OWL was relocated on the south side of the mucklands. The same (probably) bird was seen at Tschache Pool. 12/19: The Snowy Owl was not seen but 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the south side of the mucklands Oswego County 12/12: Twenty SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying at Derby Hill. 12/13 A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen on the rocky shore of Lake Ontario on County Rt. 89 near Rudy”s Restaurant in Oswego. 12/14: Over 200 TUNDRA SWANS were seen in ThreeMile Bay on Oneida Lake. 12/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Toad Harbor Road near Oneida Lake. 12/16: At Derby Hill the following were seen. BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE, CACKLING GOOSE, juvenile POMERINE JAEGER, GLAUCOUS GULL, and KING EIDER. Onondaga County 12/13: 4 PINE SISKINS were seen from the boardwalk at Labrador Hollow. 12/14: 3 GRAY CATBIRDS were seen on the feeder canal on Andrews Road in Dewit. The NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was refound on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. It was seen again on 12/19. 12/16: Highlights of the Syracuse CBC were GRAY CATBIRD and CACKLING GOOSE. Oneida County 12/17: Highlights of the Clinton CBC were PEREGRINE FALCON, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY CATBIRD, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bryant Park - YB Chat 12/17/11
Ellen sent this email to me, but subsequently asked me to post it to the list. I still wonder if there remain two Chats and two Ovenbirds. A challenge to anyone who wants to try to figure that out:) Ardith Bondi Original Message Subject:Bryant Park - YB Chat 12/17/11 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:07:25 -0500 From: lnmp To: Hi, I also saw the Yellow-Breasted Chat in Bryant Park on Saturday. I would love to see your photos if you can provide a link. I live in the Albany area, where I'm on the Board of the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club. I was planning to be in NYC on Saturday, so I checked Birding on the Net to see if there had been any interesting bird sightings recently. When I saw the posts on the NY Birding List about the chat, I knew I HAD to look for it, as it would be a lifebird for me. By the time my husband and I reached Bryant Park Saturday afternoon, the place was mobbed with people, especially around the ice skating rink and vendor booths. We knew we had only an hour or so before it would start getting dark, so we had to be quick. The posts from the last several weeks (not including yours, which I didn't see until that night) gave us clues about where to look. In the southeast side of Bryant Park, next to an employee-only storage area, we found an Ovenbird right on the ground, in plain sight. That's the first time I've seen in Ovenbird in NYC - wow! We also saw quite a few White-Throated Sparrows. Discouraged by the number of people on the north side of the park, the chat's "preferred location" according to one post, we raced over to the Fifth Avenue side in front of the library, splitting up and checking just about every shrub. My husband the non-birder (!) finally spotted the chat... and after he found ME, I was able to get a good look at it. It was perched in a shrub below the library terrace (i.e., facing Fifth Avenue), towards the northern end... Very cool to see. I think someone may have taken photos of us, but otherwise, probably noticed this crazed birder in front of the library - we didn't see anyone else with binoculars around there! -Ellen Pemrick -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Subject: Night-time squawking
Although “squawking” is an ambiguous term subject to a whole multitude of interpretations, I’ll suggest that you consider a Long-eared Owl as a possible source of the sounds you heard. Besides simple “hoots”, they can also make several sounds that come across as being quite bizarre in the night. Listen to the last part of this sound-byte from the Cornell Lab site: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-eared_Owl/sounds - Bob Grosek Subject: Night-time squawking From: Michele Emerick Brown Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:01:53 + For the past few months we have occasionally heard what I think can best be described as insistent squawking by our back door during the evening. I think it sounds like a bird. It seems to be coming from a large lilac bush near our back door. Since it's always dark when it happens I haven't been able to see it. It "squawks" for a minute or so and then stops. It doesn't repeat. Any ideas? Could it be an animal? Michele -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Rufous Hummer, NYC 12/19 (& note of Townsend's Solitaire in northern New Jersey)
Monday, 19 December, 2011 - As much for the report itself as well as a reminder that a lot of birds of this special interest may be found at this time, and for this species just have been in a neighboring state very near a NY state border, is the N.J. sighting of a Townsend's Solitaire (along the Appalachian trail in northern New Jersey...) See: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1112=JerseyBi=0===17744 https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1112=NJBIRDS=0===1848 (same message, NJ RBA "special") & .. - - - - - - - - - - Manhattan, New York City The Rufous Hummingbird continues at the entry to the "Rose Center" planetarium and American Museum of Natural History off West 81 Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West - inside the small park (immediately south of West 81 St.) and particularly in the flower plantings next to entry area as noted. The flowers are not going to continue to offer the bird nectar all winter and in much colder weather it will also be far less likely to find enough inverterbrate prey as food (as all hummingbirds consume in addition to nectar), thus it should be looked for in coming days - yet these hummingbirds are far more hardy than some people realize and this species in particular does breed into southern Alaska (and has occurred north of it's known breeding areas) as well as in high-elevation areas. I've seen rufous (as well as a few other western-breeding hummingbird species) at elevations well over 10,000 feet, more than a few times in the west, in very cold morning (and overnight) temperatures. Still the one at AMNH would be "wise" to move south sooner rather than later... which it can be well presumed it is capable of and may well do at a time of its own choosing. (The AMNH Rufous Hummingbird is generally 'last' seen, during our early-sunset days, around 4:20 to 4:30 p.m.) It can appear as early as sunrise or even befoe There were a number of interesting sightings around Manhattan on the day of the CBC (which takes in a part of adjacent New Jersey, as the full title of the count is "Lower Hudson", and thus it adds species not seen, and some rather unlikely, for the modern-day Manhattan birder to observe! In coming days perhaps a complete tally can be offered, but as of now, I suspect the species tally just for Manhattan has reached up to about 80 species of "countable" birds so far, with the chance of a few more if count period species can still be discovered, through Wed. 12/21. Interesting to see how many (many!) warblers, in numbers & modest variety were found on CBC's so far conducted in points north of NYC, including New England states and e. Canada, as well as individual reports still coming along. There are also a number of flycatchers (of more than one species) around, including the long-staying Cassin's Kingbird in Massachusetts and various other normally-neotropical- wintering birds in the north half of North America. Just to clarify slightly a note in Ben Cacace's report from today (for Sunday sightings, 12/18) there have been at least several sightings of Swamp Sparrow in Manhattan in this month, but not all may have been publicly reported and it is possible that none have been included in the CBC count week period so far. Among these are sightings in northern Manhattan, as well as in Central Park. Ben C. wrote " SWAMP SPARROW sighting is the only one on Manhattan for the month of Dec/ 2011 " - which it can be assumed is to be taken in context of just one particular reporting mechanism, but not literally "the only one on Manhattan..." etc., as it reads in the post to this (and another) list. (Swamp Sparrow is rather uncommon but not extremely rare in winter in NYC, see various other CBC's in the area.) Among the Manhattan locations of Swamp Sparrow was Swindler Cove off the east end of Dyckman Street, but not seen for the CBC day as of Sun. evening, when I and two others were there... Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC: Clinton Cove Park, Sun. 19-Dec incl. Swamp Sp., AK
Clinton Cove Park, New York, US-NY Dec 18, 2011 1:47 PM - 2:47 PM 1.2 mile(s) 11 species (+1 other taxa) This park is on the Hudson River off Pier 96 north of 54th St. in Manhattan. The SWAMP SPARROW sighting is the only one on Manhattan for the month of Dec/2011 so may be helpful for the CBC. Here's an eBird.org map showing Swamp Sparrow sightings for the Manhattan area for Dec/2011: http://bit.ly/s8OHqT Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - 30 *Gadwall* (Anas strepera) - 2, Pair in and around the piliings. *American Kestrel* (Falco sparverius) - 1, Adult M in a tree at the south end of the park. This is where the main sparrow activity was at. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - 75 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) - 8 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - 1 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) - 6 *crow sp.* (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) - 4, Exceptionally silent. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - 1, Very vocal in the highway underpass at the north end of the park. *Swamp Sparrow* (Melospiza georgiana) - 2, In the south end of the park where the only sparrow activity was seen. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) - 6, Same place as the Swamps. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 6, Same place as the Swamps. Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 12/18: Phalarope NO, Rufous Hummer YES (last chance?)
You win some, you lose some. I rarely chase birds, but these two seemed too close to ignore, so I biked down to Redhook in the early morning cold yesterday, and hunted up and down the shore behind the Fairway, and over along Erie Basin, but saw no sign of the Red Phalarope that had thoughtfully appeared for the Brooklyn CBC the day before. I did however see about a dozen Bufflehead, two American Widgeon, five Gadwall, four Greater Scaup, and assorted Mallards and Black Ducks and various permutations of the two. Later yesterday afternoon, I popped up to the Museum of Natural History and promptly encountered the Rufous Hummingbird by the North Entrance (@ Rose Planetarium). It must be grateful for the late-blooming Mahonia plants that are in the small ornamental gardens there. It was quite cold yesterday, and the hummer was puffed up to almost spherical proportions and perching while feeding, presumably to save energy. What was not helping it save energy were two well-meaning but possibly misguided wildlife rehabilitators, who were chasing it around and attempting to capture it with a small fish-tank dip net and a net of the sort one would use to land a bass. They also had a small cardboard box into which they were hoping to pop the hummer once captured. I was skeptical of their credentials given their distinctly non-professional equipment, but they had official-looking business cards and rehab IDs. They said they were going to feed the hummingbird and then put it on a plane to send it down south, where it would stand a better chance of surviving the winter. I have to agree, with their metabolic requirements, it could be hard for a hummingbird to survive a northern winter. I have my doubts as to whether they were able to catch this agile little bird with their fish-nets (they were still trying when I wandered off to look at the origami christmas tree in the museum), but if so, I may have been one of the last people to see the bird before it's packed off southward. And if it's nowhere to be seen today, now you know why. Interesting birding, Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 12/18: Phalarope NO, Rufous Hummer YES (last chance?)
You win some, you lose some. I rarely chase birds, but these two seemed too close to ignore, so I biked down to Redhook in the early morning cold yesterday, and hunted up and down the shore behind the Fairway, and over along Erie Basin, but saw no sign of the Red Phalarope that had thoughtfully appeared for the Brooklyn CBC the day before. I did however see about a dozen Bufflehead, two American Widgeon, five Gadwall, four Greater Scaup, and assorted Mallards and Black Ducks and various permutations of the two. Later yesterday afternoon, I popped up to the Museum of Natural History and promptly encountered the Rufous Hummingbird by the North Entrance (@ Rose Planetarium). It must be grateful for the late-blooming Mahonia plants that are in the small ornamental gardens there. It was quite cold yesterday, and the hummer was puffed up to almost spherical proportions and perching while feeding, presumably to save energy. What was not helping it save energy were two well-meaning but possibly misguided wildlife rehabilitators, who were chasing it around and attempting to capture it with a small fish-tank dip net and a net of the sort one would use to land a bass. They also had a small cardboard box into which they were hoping to pop the hummer once captured. I was skeptical of their credentials given their distinctly non-professional equipment, but they had official-looking business cards and rehab IDs. They said they were going to feed the hummingbird and then put it on a plane to send it down south, where it would stand a better chance of surviving the winter. I have to agree, with their metabolic requirements, it could be hard for a hummingbird to survive a northern winter. I have my doubts as to whether they were able to catch this agile little bird with their fish-nets (they were still trying when I wandered off to look at the origami christmas tree in the museum), but if so, I may have been one of the last people to see the bird before it's packed off southward. And if it's nowhere to be seen today, now you know why. Interesting birding, Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC: Clinton Cove Park, Sun. 19-Dec incl. Swamp Sp., AK
Clinton Cove Park, New York, US-NY Dec 18, 2011 1:47 PM - 2:47 PM 1.2 mile(s) 11 species (+1 other taxa) This park is on the Hudson River off Pier 96 north of 54th St. in Manhattan. The SWAMP SPARROW sighting is the only one on Manhattan for the month of Dec/2011 so may be helpful for the CBC. Here's an eBird.org map showing Swamp Sparrow sightings for the Manhattan area for Dec/2011: http://bit.ly/s8OHqT Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - 30 *Gadwall* (Anas strepera) - 2, Pair in and around the piliings. *American Kestrel* (Falco sparverius) - 1, Adult M in a tree at the south end of the park. This is where the main sparrow activity was at. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - 75 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) - 8 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - 1 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) - 6 *crow sp.* (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) - 4, Exceptionally silent. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - 1, Very vocal in the highway underpass at the north end of the park. *Swamp Sparrow* (Melospiza georgiana) - 2, In the south end of the park where the only sparrow activity was seen. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) - 6, Same place as the Swamps. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 6, Same place as the Swamps. Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Subject: Night-time squawking
Although “squawking” is an ambiguous term subject to a whole multitude of interpretations, I’ll suggest that you consider a Long-eared Owl as a possible source of the sounds you heard. Besides simple “hoots”, they can also make several sounds that come across as being quite bizarre in the night. Listen to the last part of this sound-byte from the Cornell Lab site: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-eared_Owl/sounds - Bob Grosek Subject: Night-time squawking From: Michele Emerick Brown mb72 AT cornell.edu Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:01:53 + For the past few months we have occasionally heard what I think can best be described as insistent squawking by our back door during the evening. I think it sounds like a bird. It seems to be coming from a large lilac bush near our back door. Since it's always dark when it happens I haven't been able to see it. It squawks for a minute or so and then stops. It doesn't repeat. Any ideas? Could it be an animal? Michele -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bryant Park - YB Chat 12/17/11
Ellen sent this email to me, but subsequently asked me to post it to the list. I still wonder if there remain two Chats and two Ovenbirds. A challenge to anyone who wants to try to figure that out:) Ardith Bondi Original Message Subject:Bryant Park - YB Chat 12/17/11 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:07:25 -0500 From: lnmp l...@nycap.rr.com To: ard...@earthlink.net Hi, I also saw the Yellow-Breasted Chat in Bryant Park on Saturday. I would love to see your photos if you can provide a link. I live in the Albany area, where I'm on the Board of the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club. I was planning to be in NYC on Saturday, so I checked Birding on the Net to see if there had been any interesting bird sightings recently. When I saw the posts on the NY Birding List about the chat, I knew I HAD to look for it, as it would be a lifebird for me. By the time my husband and I reached Bryant Park Saturday afternoon, the place was mobbed with people, especially around the ice skating rink and vendor booths. We knew we had only an hour or so before it would start getting dark, so we had to be quick. The posts from the last several weeks (not including yours, which I didn't see until that night) gave us clues about where to look. In the southeast side of Bryant Park, next to an employee-only storage area, we found an Ovenbird right on the ground, in plain sight. That's the first time I've seen in Ovenbird in NYC - wow! We also saw quite a few White-Throated Sparrows. Discouraged by the number of people on the north side of the park, the chat's preferred location according to one post, we raced over to the Fifth Avenue side in front of the library, splitting up and checking just about every shrub. My husband the non-birder (!) finally spotted the chat... and after he found ME, I was able to get a good look at it. It was perched in a shrub below the library terrace (i.e., facing Fifth Avenue), towards the northern end... Very cool to see. I think someone may have taken photos of us, but otherwise, probably noticed this crazed birder in front of the library - we didn't see anyone else with binoculars around there! -Ellen Pemrick -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * December 19, 2011 * NYSY 12.19.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 12, 2010 - December 19, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:December 19 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #284 -Monday December 19, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of December 12 , 2011 Highlights: --- TUNDRA SWAN CACKLING GOOSE KING EIDER GOLDEN EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE PURPLE SANDPIPER POMERINE JAEGER GLAUCOUS GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE SNOWY OWL SAW-WHET OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE GRAY CATBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 12/16: A SNOWY OWL was seen on the south side of Rt.31 at the mucklands. Also seen here were two groups of about eight SANDHILL CRANES. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. 12/18: The SNOWY OWL was relocated on the south side of the mucklands. The same (probably) bird was seen at Tschache Pool. 12/19: The Snowy Owl was not seen but 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the south side of the mucklands Oswego County 12/12: Twenty SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying at Derby Hill. 12/13 A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen on the rocky shore of Lake Ontario on County Rt. 89 near Rudy”s Restaurant in Oswego. 12/14: Over 200 TUNDRA SWANS were seen in ThreeMile Bay on Oneida Lake. 12/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Toad Harbor Road near Oneida Lake. 12/16: At Derby Hill the following were seen. BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE, CACKLING GOOSE, juvenile POMERINE JAEGER, GLAUCOUS GULL, and KING EIDER. Onondaga County 12/13: 4 PINE SISKINS were seen from the boardwalk at Labrador Hollow. 12/14: 3 GRAY CATBIRDS were seen on the feeder canal on Andrews Road in Dewit. The NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was refound on the Bog Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. It was seen again on 12/19. 12/16: Highlights of the Syracuse CBC were GRAY CATBIRD and CACKLING GOOSE. Oneida County 12/17: Highlights of the Clinton CBC were PEREGRINE FALCON, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY CATBIRD, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Turkey Vulture above Queens
Had an unmistakable Turkey Vulture fly above my house today on the Ridgewood- Bushwick border around 1:30pm today. Christina Wilkinson Ridgewood, Queens -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] (Metro Birding Briefs) Northern Shrike
It apparently needs to be pointed out to anyone searching for the Northern Shrike that the grasslands at Floyd Bennett Field are a protected area. Visitors are forbidden to walk across them. You can read about the Grassland Restoration and Management Project here: http://www.nycaudubon.org/projects/gramp/ There are several signs posted throughout the area stating such. The reason that I am posting this note is because today I observed a photographer walking back and forth across Field C looking for the shrike. When the shrike is present it is easily viewed from the adjacent pavement. This inconsiderate individual also risked chasing the bird away so that the other people present who were searching from a safe distance would have had little chance of finding it. The guy drives a dark Honda, license number CBK-6926. If you know this man, please advise him that it would be in everyone's best interest if, in the future, he behaved more responsibly. I also posted a video of him at this link: http://youtu.be/k2Ga1Pa1c9I Good (and responsible) birding, Rob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
