[nysbirds-l] Blydenburgh County Park--Blackburnian and Canada Warblers

[John Gluth]

I spent over 7.5 hours (7:35-3:20) birding Blydenburgh County Park (Suffolk) 
today, hoping the southwest winds overnight and spotty showers during the day 
would deliver a nice dose of migrants, as good as or better than the modest 
influx that occurred 5/10 & 5/11. Well, it was hardly a bonanza but I managed 
to squeeze 59 total species out of the park, 14 of them warblers, including 
single BLACKBURNIAN and CANADA. I got brief looks at what was probably a male 
Cape May as well, but in the glimpses I got before the bird flew out of sight 
it was partially obscured by leaves (high in the same oak as the Blackburnian), 
and silhouetted against the gray sky. I saw fine dark streaks on yellow 
underparts and what seemed to be a blackish crown, but the light was so poor 
that I couldn't in good conscience rule out Yellow Warbler 100%. Most locally 
nesting migrants were present in reasonably good (Great Crested Flycatcher, 
Ovenbird, Baltimore Oriole) to abundant numbers (Red-eyed Vireo, Gray Catbird, 
Yellow Warbler) numbers. Surprisingly, the only brown thrush detected was Wood. 
  
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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead SP & Nickerson Beach

[syschiff]

An orange, olive, yellow and some red SUMMER TANAGER showed up in Hempstead 
Lake SP this morning.  A rather odd bizarre looking bird. I've never seen one 
in this transitional plumage before. Otherwise, the migration here is still 
slow.

At Nickerson Beach, PIPING PLOVER and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER nests are circled 
by cages and roped off areas,  No Skimmers yet.  However, about 300+ COMMON 
TERNS are getting ready to set up housekeeping. No nesting yet since there were 
no dive bombing birds, a hazard a bit later in the season.

Sy Schiff

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] North Woods are jumping!

[nidhin cyril]

Had a great show of migrants near the wood chip pile near the Block house
in North Woods at Central park which included warblers like Bay-breasted,
Blackburnian, Canada, chest-nut sided and Wilson's. Might have heard a Cape
May but not sure about it. Also saw a single Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
and 2 male Scarlet Tanager  with one female.

On May 14 Tuesday, there was a good show of Male hooded Warbler and
Wilson's near the exit of the strawberry field towards Hernsmead. Also had
the Cape May at the weeping elm near Wagnor's cove.

Great days of birding :)


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Nadir Souirgi  wrote:

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> A nice influx of migrants arrived last night into the North Woods of
> Central Park. In the 45 or so minutes I had to bird before work, 17 species
> of warbler including Cape May, Blackburnian, and Wilson's were seen/heard.
> Good numbers of other expected migrants like Scarlett Tanager,
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Red-eyed Vireo and an apparently late, according
> to eBird, Red-breasted Nuthatch.
>
> Happy birding,
>
> Nadir Souirgi
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[nysbirds-l] Clove lakes park - 22 warbler species

[Isaac Grant]

Highlights were:
Kentucky Warbler below martlings bridge near the last red bridge before forest 
avenue. Bird was between the path and the houses about 30 feet from red bridge.
Hooded Warbler - female just below martlings avenue. On steep slope before the 
paved path.
Cape May Warbler - 4
Wilson's warbler - more then 10
Bay-breasted Warbler -2
Tennessee Warbler - 2
Canada Warbler - 2

Rest of the list was 
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler 
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Waterthrush 
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart

Also loads of thrushes
Numbers of least flycatchers
Eastern pewee
Lincoln's Sparrow

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer
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[nysbirds-l] Ferncliff, Dutchess Cty: Cape May, Bay Breasted, Worm Eating, Tennessee +

[Ryan MacLean]

Despite rainy conditions, warblers were abundant this morning at Ferncliff 
Forest in Rhinebeck NY. The highlight was a beautiful male CAPE MAY WARBLER 
perched conveniently next to a WORM-EATING WARBLER on the East Tower Trail 
slightly downhill from the firetower. The rain was pretty heavy at the time so 
they didn't seem to wanna move around much (much to our benefit). A male 
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was in with a large flock of warbs at the highest 
elevation point on the Circle Trail, along with atleast 2 singing TENNESSEE 
WARBLERS, several BLACKBURNIANS, PARULAS, BTB-Gs and hundreds of YRs. Other 
highlights included SWAINSONS THRUSH, YELLOW THROATED VIREO, GREAT CRESTED 
FLYCATCHER and 2 calling BARRED OWLS heard deep in the woods. Judging by how 
the weather is shaping up in these next couple of days, we could see even 
bigger warbler flights at Ferncliff so if you're in the Hudson Valley/Dutchess 
County area this is the place to be in the morning. Almost every year around 
this time a Mourning Warbler shows up in the brushy thickets on the Bridal Path 
so keep your eyes/ears out in that area if you go (stay on the path or ticks 
will eat you alive). Take your time wherever you are in the preserve cos you 
can literally stop anywhere and chances are you'll be surrounded by warblers 
within minutes, even if it means getting soaked. Sometimes its worth it.

Ryan MacLean
Red Hook NY

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Hooded W. at Oakland Lake and other stuff

[Shaibal Mitra]

This note is actually about "other stuff" again--specifically spring movements 
of Barn and other swallows on Long Island. Since Steve Walter and I last 
digressed to this topic a few weeks ago, I've noticed very few reports 
concerning visible migration of landbirds, two exceptions being reports from 
Michael McBrien and Angus Wilson of small numbers of Barn Swallows moving west 
to east at Patchogue and Amagansett.

On this past Sunday, 12 May, Patricia Lindsay and I observed a moderately paced 
but apparently long-sustained Barn Swallow flight. The tempo and mode of the 
flight was similar at Mecox Bay in the morning (when the morning was still gray 
and greasy) and at Shinnecock Inlet in the afternoon (after the front had 
cleared and the westerly wind had whipped up): in both cases, birds were moving 
determinedly from east to west, as seems to be the case for most moderate to 
large spring movements on the outer coast of Long Island. It seems very likely 
that Barn Swallows were moving at a rate of about one bird per two minutes over 
a period of more than eight hours.

We only stayed at Mecox for 20 minutes (ending 8:00 am) during which we tallied 
8 migrating Barn Swallows. Their behavior was quite striking, and any lingering 
doubts that they might have been local residents cycling around in some fashion 
were further allayed by the presence among them of a Cliff Swallow moving 
westward in just the same fashion. (Some readers of this list will recall the 
Cliff Swallow that Rich Guthrie called out on the beach at Mecox on 29 May 
2004, because it was arguably the fourth most memorable bird there during a 
very memorable Memorial Day weekend--and because a lot of people were standing 
with him on the beach, contemplating the aftermath of Ken and Sue Fuestel's 
Bar-tailed Godwit. Sadly, my notes do not record for certain which way that 
swallow was moving (though I think it was east to west), nor how many Barn 
Swallows we saw.

Pat and I were at Shinnecock Inlet 1:35-3:50 on Sunday, during which we counted 
61 Barn Swallows crossing the Inlet and continuing westward, again with one 
Cliff Swallow among them. (We undoubtedly missed many because  we witnessed a 
shipwreck and spent a lot of time speaking with the Coast Guard and the police.)

I offer these observations because there is obviously still a lot for us to 
learn about even our most common species. For instance, are Barn Swallow 
movements on the barrier beach possibly different from those on the "mainland" 
shores of LI's bays (as at Patchogue), or on the easternmost "mainland" of the 
island (as at Amagansett)?

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore




From: Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:36 AM
To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Hooded W. at Oakland Lake and other stuff

>In my experience, visible spring migration of Barn Swallows along the central 
>ocean coast of Long Island (Jones Inlet to Shinnecock Inlet) is almost 
>invariably from east to west (the only exceptions seem to involve rare 
>occasions when very small numbers of birds are observed bucking easterly 
>headwinds during poor weather).
Shai Mitra


From: bounce-83899896-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-83899896-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter 
[swalte...@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:47 PM
To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Hooded W. at Oakland Lake and other stuff

> Of interest was a modest westward movement of Barn Swallows, perhaps a cold 
> triggered reverse migration (as has been observed before).



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Monthly
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[nysbirds-l] North Woods are jumping!

[Nadir Souirgi]

A nice influx of migrants arrived last night into the North Woods of Central 
Park. In the 45 or so minutes I had to bird before work, 17 species of warbler 
including Cape May, Blackburnian, and Wilson's were seen/heard. Good numbers of 
other expected migrants like Scarlett Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and 
Red-eyed Vireo and an apparently late, according to eBird, Red-breasted 
Nuthatch.

Happy birding,

Nadir Souirgi
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Cape May Warblers and Mourning Warbler

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
This morning a minor convention of Cape May Warblers was to be seen at the
lower Lobe (Wagner Cove) and at the Point a male Mourning Warbler (found by
Al Levantin) put on quite a show.

good birding,

Anders Peltomaa

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