[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay west side: Gull Billed Tern

2016-05-26 Thread Robert Taylor
Went to the west side of Jamaica Bay with Mike Zito- over the marsh saw a
Gull Billed Tern, Little Blue Heron.  By the breach saw dozens of Laughing
Gulls feeding on freshly laid horseshoe crab eggs.  In the South Garden saw
a Black Throated Green Warbler, House Wrens, Green Eyed Vireos, Pewee,
Willow Flycatcher and calling Yellow Billed Cuckoo.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday May 26, 2016

2016-05-26 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC 
Thursday May 26, 2016
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle 
Pond at 9am. 

Some birds seen by Bob at the Reservoir before the walk are included in the 
list. 

Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond
Gadwall - male Reservoir
Mallard - female with 14 ducklings Turtle Pond, female with one duckling Upper 
Lobe
Double-crested Cormorant - at least 30 Reservoir, flyovers in the Ramble
Great Egret - 5 landing briefly and taking off Reservoir
Black-crowned Night-Heron - flovers Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - over west side
Spotted Sandpiper - Reservoir, Upper Lobe
Herring Gull - flyover
Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir
Black-billed Cuckoo - Turtle Pond Dock (Bruno Boni)
Chimney Swift - around 10 gathering nesting material Belvedere Castle
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern-wood-Pewee - 3 total - heard at Reservoir, seen Humming Tombstone & in 
the Ramble
Empidonax Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond
Red-eyed Vireo - 50+ (everywhere)
Blue Jay - multiple locations
Barn Swallows - 4 flying under the Turtle Pond Dock
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Gill Overlook
Swainson's Thrush - 2 Ramble
Gray-cheeked Thrush - Shakespeare Garden (before walk - Bob with Rikki Ravitz), 
Upper Lobe (Mayra Cruz)
Gray Catbird - many
Cedar Waxwings - feeding on shadbush berries at Weather Station, Dock on Turtle 
Pond, Warbler Rock, etc. 
Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe (Tom Socci)
Mourning Warbler - male Upper Lobe, male Swampy Pin Oak
Common Yellowthroat - males & females
American Redstart - total 20 (adult males, females, immature males)
Northern Parula - less than 5 all female - Belvedere Castle, etc. 
Magnolia Warbler - less than 10 (adult males, females, and immatures)
Blackburnian Warbler - female Upper Lobe
Yellow Warbler - 3 adult males, 7 females
Blackpoll Warbler - around 25 (adult males & females)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Upper Lobe
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 females (SW Reservoir & Shakespeare Garden)
Canada Warbler - a few - adult male at the Upper Lobe, the Point (Peter Haskel)
Wilson's Warbler - female Mugger's Woods (Noa Cruz), Shakespeare Garden (Noa 
Cruz)
Red-winged Blackbird - male Upper Lobe
Brown-headed Cowbird - chez Armando
Common Grackle - common  - Turtle Pond, etc. 
Baltimore Oriole - pairs throughout the Ramble

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[nysbirds-l] * not a sighting * Lenscap found at Doodletown

2016-05-26 Thread Arie Gilbert

I found a lenscap for a camera lens at Doodletown this past weekend.

if its yours, let me know and i can return it to you

Arie Gilbert

North Babylon, NY

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 May 2016

2016-05-26 Thread David Suggs
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/26/2016
* NYBU1605.26
- Birds mentioned

  ---
  Please submit reports to
  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
  ---

  MISSISSIPPI KITE
  PAINTED BUNTING
  AMER. WHITE PELICAN
  Bald Eagle
  Merlin
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Whimbrel
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  La. Waterthrush
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Bobolink
  Orchard Oriole

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 05/26/2016
  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, OntarioBirds-l, GeneseeBirds-l

  Thursday, May 26, 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
  report.

  Highlights of reports received May 19 through May 26 from
  the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Two exceptional rarities this week.

  May 19, a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the Mud Lake Conservation Area,
  north of Port Colbourne, Ontario. A first summer, sub-adult,
  still present on the 20th and 21st, has been soaring and
  roosting in the lake area. There are only three records of
  MISSISSIPPI KITE in the BOS archives.

  In the Southern tier, a species with only four records - a
  PAINTED BUNTING, in the Cattaraugus County Town of Allegany.
  A male bird, seen the 22nd through the 24th.

  May 26, the second AMER. WHITE PELICAN in two weeks - a
  single pelican on Lake Ontario at Sunset Beach in Orleans
  County.

  Nine shorebird species this week on the Lake Erie shore in
  Ontario. Highlighted by three WHIMBRELS at Windmill Point,
  plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER,
  SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER,
  LEAST SANDPIPER, and abundant DUNLINS.

  Shorebirds also in the Town of Amherst - five SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPERS on Ridge Lea Road off North Bailey Avenue.

  From Chautauqua County, 11 warbler species at Boutwell Hill
  State Forest in the Town of Cherry Creek. Including LA.
  WATERTHRUSH and CERULEAN WARBLER, plus OVENBIRD, BLUE-WINGED
  WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED
  WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, YELLOW
  WARBLER and CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER. Also, over 35 BOBOLINKS at
  Boutwell Hill.

  Other reports this week - an unexpected, singing PINE
  WARBLER, and a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES at Old Fort Erie in
  Ontario. MERLIN in North Buffalo. And, BALD EAGLE over
  Cazenovia Park in South Buffalo.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 2.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

- End Transcript

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

2016-05-26 Thread Michael Zito
Walked the fisherman's road with Rob Taylor by the Coast Guard Station, 
highlights included:

Summer Tanager (spotted by Rob)
Eastern Wood Pee-Wee
Willow Flycatcher (multiple)
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (female)
Red-eyed Vireo (multiple)

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Red headed woodpecker Connetquot park Oakdale

2016-05-26 Thread Peter Reisfeld
There is a gorgeous redheaded woodpecker frequenting the feeders south of the 
paddock between the blue barn and the main houses at Connetquot. Here is a link 
to a video

https://flic.kr/p/HxcCcP

Happy late spring birding

Peter

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[nysbirds-l] Red headed woodpecker Connetquot park Oakdale

2016-05-26 Thread Peter Reisfeld
There is a gorgeous redheaded woodpecker frequenting the feeders south of the 
paddock between the blue barn and the main houses at Connetquot. Here is a link 
to a video

https://flic.kr/p/HxcCcP

Happy late spring birding

Peter

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

2016-05-26 Thread Michael Zito
Walked the fisherman's road with Rob Taylor by the Coast Guard Station, 
highlights included:

Summer Tanager (spotted by Rob)
Eastern Wood Pee-Wee
Willow Flycatcher (multiple)
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (female)
Red-eyed Vireo (multiple)

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay west side: Gull Billed Tern

2016-05-26 Thread Robert Taylor
Went to the west side of Jamaica Bay with Mike Zito- over the marsh saw a
Gull Billed Tern, Little Blue Heron.  By the breach saw dozens of Laughing
Gulls feeding on freshly laid horseshoe crab eggs.  In the South Garden saw
a Black Throated Green Warbler, House Wrens, Green Eyed Vireos, Pewee,
Willow Flycatcher and calling Yellow Billed Cuckoo.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday May 26, 2016

2016-05-26 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC 
Thursday May 26, 2016
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle 
Pond at 9am. 

Some birds seen by Bob at the Reservoir before the walk are included in the 
list. 

Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond
Gadwall - male Reservoir
Mallard - female with 14 ducklings Turtle Pond, female with one duckling Upper 
Lobe
Double-crested Cormorant - at least 30 Reservoir, flyovers in the Ramble
Great Egret - 5 landing briefly and taking off Reservoir
Black-crowned Night-Heron - flovers Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - over west side
Spotted Sandpiper - Reservoir, Upper Lobe
Herring Gull - flyover
Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir
Black-billed Cuckoo - Turtle Pond Dock (Bruno Boni)
Chimney Swift - around 10 gathering nesting material Belvedere Castle
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern-wood-Pewee - 3 total - heard at Reservoir, seen Humming Tombstone & in 
the Ramble
Empidonax Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond
Red-eyed Vireo - 50+ (everywhere)
Blue Jay - multiple locations
Barn Swallows - 4 flying under the Turtle Pond Dock
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Gill Overlook
Swainson's Thrush - 2 Ramble
Gray-cheeked Thrush - Shakespeare Garden (before walk - Bob with Rikki Ravitz), 
Upper Lobe (Mayra Cruz)
Gray Catbird - many
Cedar Waxwings - feeding on shadbush berries at Weather Station, Dock on Turtle 
Pond, Warbler Rock, etc. 
Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe (Tom Socci)
Mourning Warbler - male Upper Lobe, male Swampy Pin Oak
Common Yellowthroat - males & females
American Redstart - total 20 (adult males, females, immature males)
Northern Parula - less than 5 all female - Belvedere Castle, etc. 
Magnolia Warbler - less than 10 (adult males, females, and immatures)
Blackburnian Warbler - female Upper Lobe
Yellow Warbler - 3 adult males, 7 females
Blackpoll Warbler - around 25 (adult males & females)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Upper Lobe
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 females (SW Reservoir & Shakespeare Garden)
Canada Warbler - a few - adult male at the Upper Lobe, the Point (Peter Haskel)
Wilson's Warbler - female Mugger's Woods (Noa Cruz), Shakespeare Garden (Noa 
Cruz)
Red-winged Blackbird - male Upper Lobe
Brown-headed Cowbird - chez Armando
Common Grackle - common  - Turtle Pond, etc. 
Baltimore Oriole - pairs throughout the Ramble

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] * not a sighting * Lenscap found at Doodletown

2016-05-26 Thread Arie Gilbert

I found a lenscap for a camera lens at Doodletown this past weekend.

if its yours, let me know and i can return it to you

Arie Gilbert

North Babylon, NY

WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 May 2016

2016-05-26 Thread David Suggs
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/26/2016
* NYBU1605.26
- Birds mentioned

  ---
  Please submit reports to
  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
  ---

  MISSISSIPPI KITE
  PAINTED BUNTING
  AMER. WHITE PELICAN
  Bald Eagle
  Merlin
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Whimbrel
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  La. Waterthrush
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Bobolink
  Orchard Oriole

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 05/26/2016
  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, OntarioBirds-l, GeneseeBirds-l

  Thursday, May 26, 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
  report.

  Highlights of reports received May 19 through May 26 from
  the Niagara Frontier Region.

  Two exceptional rarities this week.

  May 19, a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the Mud Lake Conservation Area,
  north of Port Colbourne, Ontario. A first summer, sub-adult,
  still present on the 20th and 21st, has been soaring and
  roosting in the lake area. There are only three records of
  MISSISSIPPI KITE in the BOS archives.

  In the Southern tier, a species with only four records - a
  PAINTED BUNTING, in the Cattaraugus County Town of Allegany.
  A male bird, seen the 22nd through the 24th.

  May 26, the second AMER. WHITE PELICAN in two weeks - a
  single pelican on Lake Ontario at Sunset Beach in Orleans
  County.

  Nine shorebird species this week on the Lake Erie shore in
  Ontario. Highlighted by three WHIMBRELS at Windmill Point,
  plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER,
  SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER,
  LEAST SANDPIPER, and abundant DUNLINS.

  Shorebirds also in the Town of Amherst - five SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPERS on Ridge Lea Road off North Bailey Avenue.

  From Chautauqua County, 11 warbler species at Boutwell Hill
  State Forest in the Town of Cherry Creek. Including LA.
  WATERTHRUSH and CERULEAN WARBLER, plus OVENBIRD, BLUE-WINGED
  WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED
  WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, YELLOW
  WARBLER and CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER. Also, over 35 BOBOLINKS at
  Boutwell Hill.

  Other reports this week - an unexpected, singing PINE
  WARBLER, and a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES at Old Fort Erie in
  Ontario. MERLIN in North Buffalo. And, BALD EAGLE over
  Cazenovia Park in South Buffalo.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 2.
  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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