[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday July 30, 2016

2016-07-31 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC - Ramble Sunday July 30, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9am. Heavy rain at times made for difficult viewing conditions on today's bird walk. No sign of yesterday's Blue-winged Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo or

[nysbirds-l] NYS Hotspots: Update to Westchester County wikipage

2016-07-31 Thread Ben Cacace
In keeping with creating wikipages for the Top 10 locations for the top 15 counties I just reviewed the Top 10 hotspots for Westchester County and found that 2 locations have pushed aside previous Top 10 sites. New wikipages were developed for '*Rye Nature Center*' and '*Teatown Lake

[nysbirds-l] Croton point park Funding Will Help Restore Croton Point Park Meadow | WAMC

2016-07-31 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
After seeing photos of beautiful perched up meadowlark from the landfill this morning I walked the landfill from 345-445 breeze was up a bit so quite pleasant and great birds (but no meadowlark) -- 4 osprey, 2 red tail, 1 bald eagle (young bird), 1 kestrel, 2 grasshopper sparrow one teed up,

[nysbirds-l] Orchard Oriole in NYBG

2016-07-31 Thread Alan Drogin
Went Friday after work to check out the corpse plant blooming in NY Botanical Garden and then went for a little evening bird watching. Lots of goldfinches, robins, and starlings - but also three very active Eastern Kingbirds and a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole. But the highlight of the

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday July 30, 2016

2016-07-31 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC - Ramble Sunday July 30, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9am. Heavy rain at times made for difficult viewing conditions on today's bird walk. No sign of yesterday's Blue-winged Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo or

[nysbirds-l] Croton point park Funding Will Help Restore Croton Point Park Meadow | WAMC

2016-07-31 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
After seeing photos of beautiful perched up meadowlark from the landfill this morning I walked the landfill from 345-445 breeze was up a bit so quite pleasant and great birds (but no meadowlark) -- 4 osprey, 2 red tail, 1 bald eagle (young bird), 1 kestrel, 2 grasshopper sparrow one teed up,

[nysbirds-l] Orchard Oriole in NYBG

2016-07-31 Thread Alan Drogin
Went Friday after work to check out the corpse plant blooming in NY Botanical Garden and then went for a little evening bird watching. Lots of goldfinches, robins, and starlings - but also three very active Eastern Kingbirds and a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole. But the highlight of the

[nysbirds-l] NYS Hotspots: Update to Westchester County wikipage

2016-07-31 Thread Ben Cacace
In keeping with creating wikipages for the Top 10 locations for the top 15 counties I just reviewed the Top 10 hotspots for Westchester County and found that 2 locations have pushed aside previous Top 10 sites. New wikipages were developed for '*Rye Nature Center*' and '*Teatown Lake