RE: [nysbirds-l] Wilson's Plover--Not seen so far today

2016-05-12 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
Several observers searched for but could not find the previously reported 
Wilson's Plover. Others are continuing to look.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Wilson's Plover - Robert Moses SP - 5/11(Suffolk Co.)

Secondhand report. Photographed at Democrat Point today. All that is known is 
on the following eBird checklist.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29565899

Brendan


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Wednesday May 11, 2016 - 15 warblers, Bobolink

2016-05-12 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC 
Wednesday May 11, 2016
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Turtle Pond at 9am

Highlights: Broad-winged Hawk, Common Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, and Peregrine 
Falcon together over Tupelo Field. And, of course the male Bobolink at Oven & 
Captain's Bench area.

Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink - male Oven/Captain's Bench
Baltimore Oriole

Omitting the common birds. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Bobolinks croton point

2016-05-12 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
The bobolinks (M + F) are back on the landfill at croton point park, also had 
one singing up by airplane field this morning; do not think anyone has had 
grasshopper sparrow yet. The larger migrant songbirds were prevalent this am at 
the Point. RB Grosbeak, scarlet tanager (odd variant plumage), both Orioles, 
great crested flycatcher; also a few warblers: Nashville, Parula, BTGW, 
magnolia, yellow rumped, redstart, and yellow (resident). 

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining 

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> Mike Zito and I found 2 males and 1 female along the northern edge of the 
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[nysbirds-l] WHITE-WINGED DOVE - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2016-05-12 Thread Taylor Sturm 
Posting on Brendan Fogarty's behalf:

Brendan just had a White-winged Dove fly in to the same area in which he was 
viewing a Bay-breasted Warbler amongst other warblers; on the fisherman's road 
near the coast guard station at Jones Beach SP.  From what I understand he is 
trying to relocate the bird at the moment.

Good birding. 

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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove at Jones Beach

2016-05-12 Thread Tim Healy 
Brendan Fogarty reports from the field finding a White-winged Dove along the 
fisherman's road near the Jones Beach coast guard station. He is attempting to 
relocate it now and got pictures in flight. Also seen were Bay-breasted, 
Black-throated Green Warblers and Parula.

Cheers!
-Tim H

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bobolinks Stilwell Park (Nassau)

2016-05-12 Thread Michael Zito 
Black-billed cuckoo heard vocalizing, caught a fleeting glimpse of it before a 
robin scared it away.

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove NO - Jones Beach (incl. photos from earlier)

2016-05-12 Thread Brendan Fogarty 
Hi everyone,
As of 11 AM, extensive searching had not produced the dove since the original 
flyby at 8:45. It seemed to land near the beginning of the fisherman's road, 
but shrubs blocked my view of its final descent. The spot I imagined was: 
40.589385, -73.557984
Shorebirds and warblers around the Coast Guard Area were unremarkable save for 
a Bay-breasted Warbler, singing very infrequently in shrubs just west of the 
Coast Guard Station property itself. A Willow Flycatcher was at the turnaround. 
Numbers were very low otherwise.
At Hempstead Lake SP this morning, a Black-billed Cuckoo continues, today heard 
between the field 3 lot and MacDonald Pond to the east.
Photos of the dove: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29586444
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[nysbirds-l] Bicknells Thrush at North Mt Loretto Woods on Staten Island.

2016-05-12 Thread Isaac Grant 
Park at entrance off of Amboy Road. Walk up main path and soon there will be a 
path on left. Maybe 100 feet in is a wooden bridge. Bird was first heard 
singing a full song a couple times and then seen there. It flew towards main 
path and landed in brush bordering the main path just before a culvert spills 
out into a tiny puddle. I left the bird there. 

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Senior Loan Officer
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[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve

2016-05-12 Thread Robert Taylor 
Was by the sw corner of Massapequa Lake this morning and saw a Blackburnian
Warbler. (9:30). Went back, this time by Pittsburgh Ave pond after a short
trip to Jones Beach and saw the typical birds for this spot: Osprey, lots
of Baltimore Orioles and Yellow Warblers, Black and White Warbler, Northern
Parula, Warbling Vireo, Red Eye Vireo.  Heard but did not see a Black
Billed Cuckoo.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Wed., 5/11

2016-05-12 Thread Thomas Fiore 

Wednesday, 11 May, 2016 -

Some acts witnessed by multiple birding observers regarding a Bobolink  
& a variety of other migrants in Central Park may have come as close  
as, or over the line (as understood by any & all reasonable birders &  
other persons) on what is an illegal activity, and if any such  
behavior should continue, federal authorities with enforcement powers  
will be contacted regarding this. The meaning of an illegal activity  
is: breaking the law whether local, county, state, or federal. Please  
act in a respectful manner to wildlife, and any persons witnessing  
what may be illegal activity should make an attempt to video-record  
such activity, & to potentially share with officials with enforcement  
powers. No wildlife, nor its peaceful observers, ought be harmed,  
harassed, nor in any way made to feel unnecessarily uncomfortable, and  
certainly not threatened, in the peaceful and law-abiding act of  
enjoying the spring, or any bird-watching season.  Thanks for  
understanding, and being for the birds best interests.


Many other migrant birds continue to be seen in Central Park (& other  
city parks & green-spaces) while the sheer numbers of the prior  
several days starting especially last Sunday have been a bit lower.


Tom Fiore,
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 12 May 2016

2016-05-12 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/12/2016
* NYBU1605.12
- Birds mentioned

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  WESTERN TANAGER
  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Least Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Wilson's Snipe
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
  Eastern Kingbird
  Marsh Wren
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Veery
  Swainson's Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Brown Thrasher
  Yellow-thr. Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Golden-wing. Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Indigo Bunting
  Vesper Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Bobolink
  Rusty Blackbird
  Baltimore Oriole
  Purple Finch
  Pine Siskin

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 05/12/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
  Distribution: Birdeast-l, NYSBirds-l, Ontbirds-l, Geneseebirds-l

  Thursday, May 16, 2016

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press
  the pound key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of the many reports received May 5 through May 12
  from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  May 7, an exceptionally rare WESTERN TANAGER in the Village
  of Williamsville in Amherst. First discovered at backyard
  feeder in the village, and re-found later in the day by the
  tennis club building at nearby Amherst State Park. There are
  less than five records of WESTERN TANAGER in the BOS
  archives.

  An obscure find at Forest Lawn in Buffalo - a roosting
  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL on May 6.

  Migration time is now, and the changing weather in the next
  few days may bring more migrants closer to the ground.

  Twenty-three warbler species were reported this week.
  Highlighted by one or two GOLDEN-WING. WARBLERS at Forest
  Lawn. Other warblers ranged from the early migrant PINE
  WARBLER to the late migrant BLACKPOLL WARBLER.

  Along with the warblers - RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, GR. CR.
  FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-THR. VIREO,
  PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, MARSH WREN, BL.-GR.
  GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
  WOOD THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THR.
  SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR.
  GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, BOBOLINK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and
  PURPLE FINCH.

  Also, single RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Forest Lawn and in the
  Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. VESPER SPARROW in the
  vineyards in Sheridan. And small numbers of PINE SISKINS a
  three locations.

  Shorebirds add even more migrants as May progresses. May 10,
  in Sheridan, SHORT-B. DOWITCHER plus SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
  SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPER.
  Other shorebirds - RUDDY TURNSTONE on the Lake Erie shore in
  Ontario, DUNLIN and WILSON'S SNIPE in Batavia, GREATER
  YELLOWLEGS at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, and LEAST
  SANDPIPERS on Ridge Lea Road in Amherst.

  And, a GREAT HORNED OWL this week, mobbed by crows on
  Koster Row in Snyder.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 19.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Doodletown Road 5/12

2016-05-12 Thread Peter Reisfeld 
I made my annual pilgrimage to Doodletown Road today in the pleasant company of 
Bob and Collen Veltri.  We saw good numbers of ceruleans, including females on 
nest.  Hoodeds were everywhere, often singing alternate songs, one of which was 
a spitting image of a yellow throated warbler. When we finally saw the bird who 
was singing, it was the first time in my life I was disappointed to see a 
hooded warbler.  

Our main target , however, was the Kentucky. We were encouraged when we ran 
into Tom Burke and Gail Benson at the intersection of Doodletown and Pleasant 
Valley road who had just seen the bird further up Doodletown.  The bird had 
been seen just past the bridge as well as further up the hill, but we struck 
out at both sites.  We returned after birding Pleasant Valley to reports that 
the bird was again singing just past the bridge. We hurried up the road only to 
run into a road block.  There was a group of hikers that decided to do their 
business right where the bird was singing, and their mates asked us to wait to 
respect their privacy. It seemed like forever, but the bird was still singing 
when we were finally allowed entry.  That’s when one of the hikers blew her 
whistle to alert all their members they were leaving.  With my hearing aids 
turned all the way up, it almost pierced my ear drums. Needless to say, after 
that the bird was gone. 

We licked our wounds and headed further up the hill to the alternate location.  
But before long we were rewarded with ground level views, as the Kentucky was 
attracted by a termite hatch in a fallen log.

Here’s a link to videos of the Kentucky, a male and female cerulean on nest, 
and a female cerulean building her nest. 

https://flic.kr/s/aHskA1GEim

Just another reminder for those thinking of coming up on Sunday, that  Rt 9 
will be closed on May 15 until 1PM for to a bicycle race. 

Happy spring birding!

Peter

https://flic.kr/s/aHskA1GEim
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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous Gull at Great Kills Park on Staten Island

2016-05-12 Thread Isaac Grant 
Worn young bird resting on mud flats at 7:40. 

Isaac Grant
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[nysbirds-l] Bobolinks Stilwell Park (Nassau)

2016-05-12 Thread d Futuyma 
Mike Zito and I found 2 males and 1 female along the northern edge of the large 
field on Stilwell Woods Park (Syosset), where a larger flock was seen yesterday.
Doug Futuyma

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[nysbirds-l] Bobolinks Stilwell Park (Nassau)

2016-05-12 Thread d Futuyma 
Mike Zito and I found 2 males and 1 female along the northern edge of the large 
field on Stilwell Woods Park (Syosset), where a larger flock was seen yesterday.
Doug Futuyma

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[nysbirds-l] Bobolinks croton point

2016-05-12 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
The bobolinks (M + F) are back on the landfill at croton point park, also had 
one singing up by airplane field this morning; do not think anyone has had 
grasshopper sparrow yet. The larger migrant songbirds were prevalent this am at 
the Point. RB Grosbeak, scarlet tanager (odd variant plumage), both Orioles, 
great crested flycatcher; also a few warblers: Nashville, Parula, BTGW, 
magnolia, yellow rumped, redstart, and yellow (resident). 

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining 

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> On May 12, 2016, at 8:18 AM, d Futuyma  wrote:
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> yesterday.
> Doug Futuyma
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Wilson's Plover--Not seen so far today

2016-05-12 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
Several observers searched for but could not find the previously reported 
Wilson's Plover. Others are continuing to look.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-120476415-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-120476415-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Brendan Fogarty 
[birde...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:35 PM
To: NYSBirds listserve
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Wilson's Plover - Robert Moses SP - 5/11(Suffolk Co.)

Secondhand report. Photographed at Democrat Point today. All that is known is 
on the following eBird checklist.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29565899

Brendan


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[nysbirds-l] WHITE-WINGED DOVE - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2016-05-12 Thread Taylor Sturm 
Posting on Brendan Fogarty's behalf:

Brendan just had a White-winged Dove fly in to the same area in which he was 
viewing a Bay-breasted Warbler amongst other warblers; on the fisherman's road 
near the coast guard station at Jones Beach SP.  From what I understand he is 
trying to relocate the bird at the moment.

Good birding. 

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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove at Jones Beach

2016-05-12 Thread Tim Healy 
Brendan Fogarty reports from the field finding a White-winged Dove along the 
fisherman's road near the Jones Beach coast guard station. He is attempting to 
relocate it now and got pictures in flight. Also seen were Bay-breasted, 
Black-throated Green Warblers and Parula.

Cheers!
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bobolinks Stilwell Park (Nassau)

2016-05-12 Thread Michael Zito 
Black-billed cuckoo heard vocalizing, caught a fleeting glimpse of it before a 
robin scared it away.

Mike Z.

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> On May 12, 2016, at 8:17 AM, d Futuyma  wrote:
> 
> Mike Zito and I found 2 males and 1 female along the northern edge of the 
> large field on Stilwell Woods Park (Syosset), where a larger flock was seen 
> yesterday.
> Doug Futuyma
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Wednesday May 11, 2016 - 15 warblers, Bobolink

2016-05-12 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC 
Wednesday May 11, 2016
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Turtle Pond at 9am

Highlights: Broad-winged Hawk, Common Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, and Peregrine 
Falcon together over Tupelo Field. And, of course the male Bobolink at Oven & 
Captain's Bench area.

Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink - male Oven/Captain's Bench
Baltimore Oriole

Omitting the common birds. 

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Wed., 5/11

2016-05-12 Thread Thomas Fiore 

Wednesday, 11 May, 2016 -

Some acts witnessed by multiple birding observers regarding a Bobolink  
& a variety of other migrants in Central Park may have come as close  
as, or over the line (as understood by any & all reasonable birders &  
other persons) on what is an illegal activity, and if any such  
behavior should continue, federal authorities with enforcement powers  
will be contacted regarding this. The meaning of an illegal activity  
is: breaking the law whether local, county, state, or federal. Please  
act in a respectful manner to wildlife, and any persons witnessing  
what may be illegal activity should make an attempt to video-record  
such activity, & to potentially share with officials with enforcement  
powers. No wildlife, nor its peaceful observers, ought be harmed,  
harassed, nor in any way made to feel unnecessarily uncomfortable, and  
certainly not threatened, in the peaceful and law-abiding act of  
enjoying the spring, or any bird-watching season.  Thanks for  
understanding, and being for the birds best interests.


Many other migrant birds continue to be seen in Central Park (& other  
city parks & green-spaces) while the sheer numbers of the prior  
several days starting especially last Sunday have been a bit lower.


Tom Fiore,
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Bicknells Thrush at North Mt Loretto Woods on Staten Island.

2016-05-12 Thread Isaac Grant 
Park at entrance off of Amboy Road. Walk up main path and soon there will be a 
path on left. Maybe 100 feet in is a wooden bridge. Bird was first heard 
singing a full song a couple times and then seen there. It flew towards main 
path and landed in brush bordering the main path just before a culvert spills 
out into a tiny puddle. I left the bird there. 

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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove NO - Jones Beach (incl. photos from earlier)

2016-05-12 Thread Brendan Fogarty 
Hi everyone,
As of 11 AM, extensive searching had not produced the dove since the original 
flyby at 8:45. It seemed to land near the beginning of the fisherman's road, 
but shrubs blocked my view of its final descent. The spot I imagined was: 
40.589385, -73.557984
Shorebirds and warblers around the Coast Guard Area were unremarkable save for 
a Bay-breasted Warbler, singing very infrequently in shrubs just west of the 
Coast Guard Station property itself. A Willow Flycatcher was at the turnaround. 
Numbers were very low otherwise.
At Hempstead Lake SP this morning, a Black-billed Cuckoo continues, today heard 
between the field 3 lot and MacDonald Pond to the east.
Photos of the dove: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29586444
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[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve

2016-05-12 Thread Robert Taylor 
Was by the sw corner of Massapequa Lake this morning and saw a Blackburnian
Warbler. (9:30). Went back, this time by Pittsburgh Ave pond after a short
trip to Jones Beach and saw the typical birds for this spot: Osprey, lots
of Baltimore Orioles and Yellow Warblers, Black and White Warbler, Northern
Parula, Warbling Vireo, Red Eye Vireo.  Heard but did not see a Black
Billed Cuckoo.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Doodletown Road 5/12

2016-05-12 Thread Peter Reisfeld 
I made my annual pilgrimage to Doodletown Road today in the pleasant company of 
Bob and Collen Veltri.  We saw good numbers of ceruleans, including females on 
nest.  Hoodeds were everywhere, often singing alternate songs, one of which was 
a spitting image of a yellow throated warbler. When we finally saw the bird who 
was singing, it was the first time in my life I was disappointed to see a 
hooded warbler.  

Our main target , however, was the Kentucky. We were encouraged when we ran 
into Tom Burke and Gail Benson at the intersection of Doodletown and Pleasant 
Valley road who had just seen the bird further up Doodletown.  The bird had 
been seen just past the bridge as well as further up the hill, but we struck 
out at both sites.  We returned after birding Pleasant Valley to reports that 
the bird was again singing just past the bridge. We hurried up the road only to 
run into a road block.  There was a group of hikers that decided to do their 
business right where the bird was singing, and their mates asked us to wait to 
respect their privacy. It seemed like forever, but the bird was still singing 
when we were finally allowed entry.  That’s when one of the hikers blew her 
whistle to alert all their members they were leaving.  With my hearing aids 
turned all the way up, it almost pierced my ear drums. Needless to say, after 
that the bird was gone. 

We licked our wounds and headed further up the hill to the alternate location.  
But before long we were rewarded with ground level views, as the Kentucky was 
attracted by a termite hatch in a fallen log.

Here’s a link to videos of the Kentucky, a male and female cerulean on nest, 
and a female cerulean building her nest. 

https://flic.kr/s/aHskA1GEim

Just another reminder for those thinking of coming up on Sunday, that  Rt 9 
will be closed on May 15 until 1PM for to a bicycle race. 

Happy spring birding!

Peter

https://flic.kr/s/aHskA1GEim
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 12 May 2016

2016-05-12 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/12/2016
* NYBU1605.12
- Birds mentioned

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  WESTERN TANAGER
  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Least Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Wilson's Snipe
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
  Eastern Kingbird
  Marsh Wren
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Veery
  Swainson's Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Brown Thrasher
  Yellow-thr. Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Golden-wing. Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Indigo Bunting
  Vesper Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Bobolink
  Rusty Blackbird
  Baltimore Oriole
  Purple Finch
  Pine Siskin

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 05/12/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
  Distribution: Birdeast-l, NYSBirds-l, Ontbirds-l, Geneseebirds-l

  Thursday, May 16, 2016

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press
  the pound key to report sightings before the end of this
  message.

  Highlights of the many reports received May 5 through May 12
  from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  May 7, an exceptionally rare WESTERN TANAGER in the Village
  of Williamsville in Amherst. First discovered at backyard
  feeder in the village, and re-found later in the day by the
  tennis club building at nearby Amherst State Park. There are
  less than five records of WESTERN TANAGER in the BOS
  archives.

  An obscure find at Forest Lawn in Buffalo - a roosting
  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL on May 6.

  Migration time is now, and the changing weather in the next
  few days may bring more migrants closer to the ground.

  Twenty-three warbler species were reported this week.
  Highlighted by one or two GOLDEN-WING. WARBLERS at Forest
  Lawn. Other warblers ranged from the early migrant PINE
  WARBLER to the late migrant BLACKPOLL WARBLER.

  Along with the warblers - RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, GR. CR.
  FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-THR. VIREO,
  PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, MARSH WREN, BL.-GR.
  GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
  WOOD THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THR.
  SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR.
  GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, BOBOLINK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and
  PURPLE FINCH.

  Also, single RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Forest Lawn and in the
  Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. VESPER SPARROW in the
  vineyards in Sheridan. And small numbers of PINE SISKINS a
  three locations.

  Shorebirds add even more migrants as May progresses. May 10,
  in Sheridan, SHORT-B. DOWITCHER plus SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
  SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPER.
  Other shorebirds - RUDDY TURNSTONE on the Lake Erie shore in
  Ontario, DUNLIN and WILSON'S SNIPE in Batavia, GREATER
  YELLOWLEGS at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, and LEAST
  SANDPIPERS on Ridge Lea Road in Amherst.

  And, a GREAT HORNED OWL this week, mobbed by crows on
  Koster Row in Snyder.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 19.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous Gull at Great Kills Park on Staten Island

2016-05-12 Thread Isaac Grant 
Worn young bird resting on mud flats at 7:40. 

Isaac Grant
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