[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager 11:25am City Hall Park, NYC

[Andrew Farnsworth]

Good morning all,
FYI - I'm not sure if it's been posted, but the previously reported Western
Tanager is being seen now in the same vicinity as previous reports on the
NE side of city hall park.

Good birding,
Andrew

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[nysbirds-l] NYC- city hall park Western Tanager - yes

[Eileen Mathers]

NYC's Western Tanager is present in the North East side of City Hall Park. 
11/26/16 12:13 pm between the City Hall and Tweed courthouse buildings. 

Eileen Mathers

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

[syschiff]

Jones Beach West End 26 Nov

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to look for the Longspur reported.  Upon 
arriving at the Coast Guard Station parking lot, we were alerted to a NORTHERN 
GOSHAWK.  We walked down the road toward the turnaround, looking into the 
median where the bird was reported. We spotted the raptor in the large 
deciduous tree in the middle. Nice scope views and distance photos from the road

Returning to our cars, we  drove to West End #2.and walked down the swale. A 
large flock of HORNED LARKS was feeding, but no Longspur.

A SNOWY OWL had been reported on the beach yesterday, so we turned towards the 
jetty. No luck by us or others converging on the beach, but we did turn up a 
flock of about 75 SNOW BUNTINGS, Meanwhile some one spotted the owl in the 
opposite direction. We looked, we saw, and called it a successful morning 
birding.

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Staten Island (Richmond Co./NYC) W. Tanager update 11/26

[Thomas Fiore]

Saturday, November 26 -

The bright male Western Tanager has been reported from Staten Island's  
south end - (that's Richmond County, a boro of New York City) in  
specific area where seen the past 2 days, near a [NY-DEP] bridge IN  
the eastern portion of Conference House Park, a NYC public park.  Seen  
before noon period Saturday (today), & a *Location Marker*: 40.498603,  
74.24624 - (as given in a post yesterday via the SI Naturalist group),  
& thanks to Mike Shanley for the latter, & today's - Saturday - update  
on same group, from (via) Seth Wollney, relaying a single-sighting  
(thus far - as reported) by veteran birder Ed Johnson, on-site, as  
have been other SI birders!) - this is all at the south-most area on  
Staten Island.


-  -  -  -  -  -
good birding,
tom fiore -
manhattan



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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager, Manhattan, NYC 11/26 (Saturday)

[Thomas Fiore]

Saturday, 26 November, 2016 -
City Hall Park, lower Manhattan, New York City

Western Tanager continues at above park this Saturday morning -

as do at least some or all of other recent species seen there - the  
tanager seems fond of the trees (may be high in taller trees much of  
time!) in the part of the park that is between the 2 biggest buildings  
withIN the park, & just to the east of that, seen from main east-west  
path IN the park.  Other areas of same park are worth searching thru,  
especially the south sides, where even the tanager visited on Friday,  
at one point.


Saint Paul's Chapel grounds, 1 short city block SW of the south end of  
City Hall Park, and Trinity Church's cemetery grounds, open to public,  
and a few short city blocks south from same, on west side of Broadway,  
are each worth a look for more birds - on any day.


City Hall Park is located south of Chambers Street, lower Manhattan -  
to the east of Broadway - it is also at the foot of the Brooklyn  
Bridge, & a few yards from the main pedestrian path to that bridge.   
The area the Tanager seems to be favoring is between the 2 major  
buildings IN the park, on / near an east-west path, be looking-up and  
listen for the distinctive calls from the tanager. It was present in  
this small park all day Friday, and now the 4th day in a row.'


Thanks to all who give updates on current status of these & other  
uncommon or rare species!


Other interesting birds may be in the general area too! (PS, some  
know, WETA is bird-bander's code for Western Tanager)


good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Lido Ash-throated Flycatcher

[John Kent]

The Ash-throated Flycatcher at Lido West Town Park in Nassau County is 
currently being viewed near the west end of the park, near the pink condo 
building. It is on the north side of the gravel turnaround.

John Kent
Selkirk NY
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[nysbirds-l] Greater white fronted goose

[Larry Trachtenberg]

In pond westchester country club, Harrison (now) with approx 125 Canada goose 
then up on to grass by pond off Park Drive (off Biltmore). Don't know 
accessibility but I drove onto CC property off Park Drive watched for a while 
got out scope and no one bothered me.  Easy find. 

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining 

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[nysbirds-l] City Hall WETA - yes

[Pepaul]

North east section of the park. 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Hawk Watch

[Steve Walter]

Not in the conventional sense. But with all the talk of a Goshawk around the
Jones Beach West End, that seems to be what broke out. A bunch of people
ended up taking up a position overlooking the open area of the median area.
There were certainly a few Accipiter sightings, with several sightings of
Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. There was even talk of a Levant
Sparrowhawk. Okay, that was me goofing around. But was there a Goshawk?
Could be. There seems to be a pretty big one around, with one reported
perched in the open in the early morning. I was forwarded decent but not
perfect pictures by Bobby Rossetti - although I'm not sure who took them -
of a birds said to be a / the Goshawk. Looking at them, I'm seeing Cooper's
Hawk. The first thing that caught my attention is how high up on the belly
the streaking fades to white. From what I can tell, the undertail coverts
are pure white. The streaking is denser than on many Cooper's, but not as
dense as should be on a Goshawk. There are some horizontal bars appearing
along the flanks - a pattern that I see on many Cooper's that I've
photographed before. The bands on the tail look straight, without any white
highlights that I can see. The supercilium appears minimal and not even at
the upper extreme that Cooper's can exhibit. The white spots on the back do
not seem out of line with some Cooper's that I've photographed. 

 

So I'm not saying there isn't a Goshawk around or that people didn't see it
this morning. I just don't think the pictures I was shown are it. But I'll
be looking tomorrow morning - and hoping for a Cave Swallow or that we
finally get a notable finch flight on the NW wind.

 

I'll also slip in that I did some sea watching the last two mornings, at
field 6. Numbers weren't particularly impressive, probably because I didn't
start too early (around 8:15). I firmly believe you shouldn't have to get up
as early for birding as you have to for shopping. But anyway, yesterday's
"count" was led by Gannets, today's by Red-throated Loons (although a fair
number yesterday). The scoter flocks have been Blacks, but a single Surf
moved by today. There were two Forster's Terns today, heading east. 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: Printable Checklists

[Ben Cacace]

There's a very useful feature on the 'Overview' page for hotspots that lets
you produce a printable (.PDF) checklist for an individual hotspot. I have
added links to each hotspot page (380) and for all hotspots on the wiki
(860 of 5,274). This link appears on the 'eBird Links' line for individual
hotspot pages and on the 'Go To' line for multiple hotspot pages. Both are
in the top section of the wiki page.

Save the checklist as a .PDF file to format and print properly. When you
save the printable checklist as a PDF file it will format properly.

One issue with printable checklists is that there's no ability to combine
hotspots into one checklist i.e. the 11 hotspots for Summerhill SF can only
be printed separately. A combined checklist for all Summerhill SF hotspots
is not possible at this point.

For any existing hotspot here are the steps to produce a printable
checklist on eBird.org:

- Signon to eBird.org
- click 'Explore Data' on the menu at top of screen
- click 'Explore Hotspots'
- find hotspot on map or 'Enter hotspot name:' in box at top left of screen
- click 'View Details' in pop up window
- click 'Printable Checklist'
- save as .PDF file to format properly

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Enjoy!
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Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
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RE:[nysbirds-l] Bill Richards park juv. red headed woodpecker

[tomster101]

The immature Red-headed Woodpecker was seen on the south side of the pond about 
half way along the path near two partially uprooted trees. It occasionally made 
its rattle call. This was at the Bill Richards park next to Blydenburgh.

Tom Moran
Shoreham


Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 4 mini ™, an AT 4G LTE smartphone

 Original message From: kevin rogers 
 Date:11/19/2016  5:36 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: NYSBIRDS-L  Cc:  
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Bill Richards memorial park juv. red headed 
woodpecker 
Took a look for the adult red headed woodpecker reported here recently. 
Didn't see it but a kind birder mentioned he'd just seen the rusty blackbirds, 
so headed in the direction he recommended ...followed the east side on the 
pond,down to almost reaching the highway,there was a feral kitten,and then a 
nearby tree filled up with close to a dozen rusty blackbirds! The woodpecker 
awareness was way up all day,and several red bellied and one downy kept things 
interesting. Noticed a woodpecker type bird and sure enough it was a red 
headed, but not the reported adult. This juvenile was quite a character, giving 
good looks, but also frequently flying across the pond, then quickly returning, 
usually with something it's mouthacorns I think. It seemed to be hiding 
things for itself. It carried on like that for a while before finally getting a 
little tired and resting upon a dead tree. Brown creeper, northern Pintail 
pair.and hooded merganser pair were hanging out near the mallards. A kingfisher 
called and showed well the whole time I was out there. This park is the next 
entrance east of blydenburgh park if your heading east, apparently formerly 
known as green gates. a small parking lot gives way to a hiking trail,a right 
turn soon after reveals a lake...if u head right it will head down to the area 
where these birds were seen today. We went the long way around initially, and 
these directions could help avoid that, although you coukdnt go wrong here, 
beautiful place to bird!! Kind regards -Kev
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Nov. 26, 2016 - Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawks

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday Nov. 26, 2016
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob, on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9:30 am

Highlights: Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawks, Fox Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 
& Brown Creepers. Many thanks to Alli Maxfield-Carmichael for the excellent 
bird spotting. 

Canada Goose - 45 Reservoir (before walk), 4 on the Lake
Wood Duck - 2 pairs east side of the Point, later 2 pairs at Upper Lobe (same 
birds?)
American Black Duck - the Pond (after walk)
Mallard - Reservoir & Lake
Bufflehead - 6 males & 3 females Reservoir (before walk)
Hooded Merganser - 2 males Reservoir (before walk), 4 males & 2 females Turtle 
Pond
Ruddy Duck - at least 160 Reservoir (before walk)
Rock Pigeon - around 50
Mourning Dove - not many
American Coot - 11 Reservoir (before walk), 1 at the Pond (after walk)
Ring-billed, Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls  - fewer than 200 total 
Reservoir (before walk), flyovers later
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir (before walk)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Azalea Pond
Cooper's Hawk - 1 or 2 (Locust Grove & near Tanner's Spring/Sparrow Rock)
Red-tailed Hawk - at least 4 - adults, immatures, perched, circling overhead & 
one eating a squirrel
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sparrow Rock
Downy Woodpecker - several
Northern Flicker - Maintenance Field
Blue Jay - many locations
American Crow - several
Black-capped Chickadee - 11 (a few visiting Sweetgums)
Tufted Titmouse - at least 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Maintenance Field
White-breasted Nuthatch - 12
Brown Creeper - 2 or 3 (near Boathouse, Gill Overlook)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Upper Lobe
American Robin - many
Hermit Thrush - 2 (both before walk - Deb & Alli) 
Northern Mockingbird
House Finch - male & female at feeders
Fox Sparrow - 4 (3 Maintenance Field, 1 Upper Lobe)
White-throated Sparrow - too many
Dark-eyed Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - residents
Common Grackle - at least 50

Wolfgang Demisch reported an American Kestrel on the east side today.

We weren't able to relocate the Immature Great Blue Heron seen at Willow Rock 
on Thursday's walk and after lunch on the east side of the Point. 

Deb Allen

P. S. The Western Tanager continues at City Hall Park pretty faithful to the NE 
corner, favoring a tree with lots of sapsucker wells. There are plenty of trees 
there that sapsuckers can use when the sap stops running in the large trees. 
These include a holly and some Leatherleaf Viburnums.

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[nysbirds-l] "Bracing for a possible disappointment...."

[robert adamo]

In spite of my recent "under-whelming" birding fortunes, due to the
hospitality of Margaret & Keith B. of Aquebogue, I was able to see and
photograph the ?rufous/allen's selasphorus sp. hummingbird that, since the
middle of this past October, has been fortifying itself at their
sugar-feeder, as well as at their wild flower plantings and, as had been
reported to them, on flowing tree sap. Unfortunately, none of my photos
captured the spread "tell-tale tail" ! Waiting between the hummingbird's
comings and goings, 12 other (more common) species kept me busy,
highlighted by my first of the season, Brown Creeper !

You can also contact me (off-line) re: the bird.

Cheers,
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[nysbirds-l] Greater white fronted goose

[Larry Trachtenberg]

In pond westchester country club, Harrison (now) with approx 125 Canada goose 
then up on to grass by pond off Park Drive (off Biltmore). Don't know 
accessibility but I drove onto CC property off Park Drive watched for a while 
got out scope and no one bothered me.  Easy find. 

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining 

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[nysbirds-l] City Hall WETA - yes

[Pepaul]

North east section of the park. 

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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager, Manhattan, NYC 11/26 (Saturday)

[Thomas Fiore]

Saturday, 26 November, 2016 -
City Hall Park, lower Manhattan, New York City

Western Tanager continues at above park this Saturday morning -

as do at least some or all of other recent species seen there - the  
tanager seems fond of the trees (may be high in taller trees much of  
time!) in the part of the park that is between the 2 biggest buildings  
withIN the park, & just to the east of that, seen from main east-west  
path IN the park.  Other areas of same park are worth searching thru,  
especially the south sides, where even the tanager visited on Friday,  
at one point.


Saint Paul's Chapel grounds, 1 short city block SW of the south end of  
City Hall Park, and Trinity Church's cemetery grounds, open to public,  
and a few short city blocks south from same, on west side of Broadway,  
are each worth a look for more birds - on any day.


City Hall Park is located south of Chambers Street, lower Manhattan -  
to the east of Broadway - it is also at the foot of the Brooklyn  
Bridge, & a few yards from the main pedestrian path to that bridge.   
The area the Tanager seems to be favoring is between the 2 major  
buildings IN the park, on / near an east-west path, be looking-up and  
listen for the distinctive calls from the tanager. It was present in  
this small park all day Friday, and now the 4th day in a row.'


Thanks to all who give updates on current status of these & other  
uncommon or rare species!


Other interesting birds may be in the general area too! (PS, some  
know, WETA is bird-bander's code for Western Tanager)


good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Lido Ash-throated Flycatcher

[John Kent]

The Ash-throated Flycatcher at Lido West Town Park in Nassau County is 
currently being viewed near the west end of the park, near the pink condo 
building. It is on the north side of the gravel turnaround.

John Kent
Selkirk NY
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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager 11:25am City Hall Park, NYC

[Andrew Farnsworth]

Good morning all,
FYI - I'm not sure if it's been posted, but the previously reported Western
Tanager is being seen now in the same vicinity as previous reports on the
NE side of city hall park.

Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] NYC- city hall park Western Tanager - yes

[Eileen Mathers]

NYC's Western Tanager is present in the North East side of City Hall Park. 
11/26/16 12:13 pm between the City Hall and Tweed courthouse buildings. 

Eileen Mathers

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[nysbirds-l] Staten Island (Richmond Co./NYC) W. Tanager update 11/26

[Thomas Fiore]

Saturday, November 26 -

The bright male Western Tanager has been reported from Staten Island's  
south end - (that's Richmond County, a boro of New York City) in  
specific area where seen the past 2 days, near a [NY-DEP] bridge IN  
the eastern portion of Conference House Park, a NYC public park.  Seen  
before noon period Saturday (today), & a *Location Marker*: 40.498603,  
74.24624 - (as given in a post yesterday via the SI Naturalist group),  
& thanks to Mike Shanley for the latter, & today's - Saturday - update  
on same group, from (via) Seth Wollney, relaying a single-sighting  
(thus far - as reported) by veteran birder Ed Johnson, on-site, as  
have been other SI birders!) - this is all at the south-most area on  
Staten Island.


-  -  -  -  -  -
good birding,
tom fiore -
manhattan



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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

[syschiff]

Jones Beach West End 26 Nov

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to look for the Longspur reported.  Upon 
arriving at the Coast Guard Station parking lot, we were alerted to a NORTHERN 
GOSHAWK.  We walked down the road toward the turnaround, looking into the 
median where the bird was reported. We spotted the raptor in the large 
deciduous tree in the middle. Nice scope views and distance photos from the road

Returning to our cars, we  drove to West End #2.and walked down the swale. A 
large flock of HORNED LARKS was feeding, but no Longspur.

A SNOWY OWL had been reported on the beach yesterday, so we turned towards the 
jetty. No luck by us or others converging on the beach, but we did turn up a 
flock of about 75 SNOW BUNTINGS, Meanwhile some one spotted the owl in the 
opposite direction. We looked, we saw, and called it a successful morning 
birding.

Sy

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Bill Richards park juv. red headed woodpecker

[tomster101]

The immature Red-headed Woodpecker was seen on the south side of the pond about 
half way along the path near two partially uprooted trees. It occasionally made 
its rattle call. This was at the Bill Richards park next to Blydenburgh.

Tom Moran
Shoreham


Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 4 mini ™, an AT 4G LTE smartphone

 Original message From: kevin rogers 
 Date:11/19/2016  5:36 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: NYSBIRDS-L  Cc:  
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Bill Richards memorial park juv. red headed 
woodpecker 
Took a look for the adult red headed woodpecker reported here recently. 
Didn't see it but a kind birder mentioned he'd just seen the rusty blackbirds, 
so headed in the direction he recommended ...followed the east side on the 
pond,down to almost reaching the highway,there was a feral kitten,and then a 
nearby tree filled up with close to a dozen rusty blackbirds! The woodpecker 
awareness was way up all day,and several red bellied and one downy kept things 
interesting. Noticed a woodpecker type bird and sure enough it was a red 
headed, but not the reported adult. This juvenile was quite a character, giving 
good looks, but also frequently flying across the pond, then quickly returning, 
usually with something it's mouthacorns I think. It seemed to be hiding 
things for itself. It carried on like that for a while before finally getting a 
little tired and resting upon a dead tree. Brown creeper, northern Pintail 
pair.and hooded merganser pair were hanging out near the mallards. A kingfisher 
called and showed well the whole time I was out there. This park is the next 
entrance east of blydenburgh park if your heading east, apparently formerly 
known as green gates. a small parking lot gives way to a hiking trail,a right 
turn soon after reveals a lake...if u head right it will head down to the area 
where these birds were seen today. We went the long way around initially, and 
these directions could help avoid that, although you coukdnt go wrong here, 
beautiful place to bird!! Kind regards -Kev
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Hawk Watch

[Steve Walter]

Not in the conventional sense. But with all the talk of a Goshawk around the
Jones Beach West End, that seems to be what broke out. A bunch of people
ended up taking up a position overlooking the open area of the median area.
There were certainly a few Accipiter sightings, with several sightings of
Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. There was even talk of a Levant
Sparrowhawk. Okay, that was me goofing around. But was there a Goshawk?
Could be. There seems to be a pretty big one around, with one reported
perched in the open in the early morning. I was forwarded decent but not
perfect pictures by Bobby Rossetti - although I'm not sure who took them -
of a birds said to be a / the Goshawk. Looking at them, I'm seeing Cooper's
Hawk. The first thing that caught my attention is how high up on the belly
the streaking fades to white. From what I can tell, the undertail coverts
are pure white. The streaking is denser than on many Cooper's, but not as
dense as should be on a Goshawk. There are some horizontal bars appearing
along the flanks - a pattern that I see on many Cooper's that I've
photographed before. The bands on the tail look straight, without any white
highlights that I can see. The supercilium appears minimal and not even at
the upper extreme that Cooper's can exhibit. The white spots on the back do
not seem out of line with some Cooper's that I've photographed. 

 

So I'm not saying there isn't a Goshawk around or that people didn't see it
this morning. I just don't think the pictures I was shown are it. But I'll
be looking tomorrow morning - and hoping for a Cave Swallow or that we
finally get a notable finch flight on the NW wind.

 

I'll also slip in that I did some sea watching the last two mornings, at
field 6. Numbers weren't particularly impressive, probably because I didn't
start too early (around 8:15). I firmly believe you shouldn't have to get up
as early for birding as you have to for shopping. But anyway, yesterday's
"count" was led by Gannets, today's by Red-throated Loons (although a fair
number yesterday). The scoter flocks have been Blacks, but a single Surf
moved by today. There were two Forster's Terns today, heading east. 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: Printable Checklists

[Ben Cacace]

There's a very useful feature on the 'Overview' page for hotspots that lets
you produce a printable (.PDF) checklist for an individual hotspot. I have
added links to each hotspot page (380) and for all hotspots on the wiki
(860 of 5,274). This link appears on the 'eBird Links' line for individual
hotspot pages and on the 'Go To' line for multiple hotspot pages. Both are
in the top section of the wiki page.

Save the checklist as a .PDF file to format and print properly. When you
save the printable checklist as a PDF file it will format properly.

One issue with printable checklists is that there's no ability to combine
hotspots into one checklist i.e. the 11 hotspots for Summerhill SF can only
be printed separately. A combined checklist for all Summerhill SF hotspots
is not possible at this point.

For any existing hotspot here are the steps to produce a printable
checklist on eBird.org:

- Signon to eBird.org
- click 'Explore Data' on the menu at top of screen
- click 'Explore Hotspots'
- find hotspot on map or 'Enter hotspot name:' in box at top left of screen
- click 'View Details' in pop up window
- click 'Printable Checklist'
- save as .PDF file to format properly

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Enjoy!
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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Nov. 26, 2016 - Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawks

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday Nov. 26, 2016
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob, on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9:30 am

Highlights: Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawks, Fox Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 
& Brown Creepers. Many thanks to Alli Maxfield-Carmichael for the excellent 
bird spotting. 

Canada Goose - 45 Reservoir (before walk), 4 on the Lake
Wood Duck - 2 pairs east side of the Point, later 2 pairs at Upper Lobe (same 
birds?)
American Black Duck - the Pond (after walk)
Mallard - Reservoir & Lake
Bufflehead - 6 males & 3 females Reservoir (before walk)
Hooded Merganser - 2 males Reservoir (before walk), 4 males & 2 females Turtle 
Pond
Ruddy Duck - at least 160 Reservoir (before walk)
Rock Pigeon - around 50
Mourning Dove - not many
American Coot - 11 Reservoir (before walk), 1 at the Pond (after walk)
Ring-billed, Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls  - fewer than 200 total 
Reservoir (before walk), flyovers later
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir (before walk)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Azalea Pond
Cooper's Hawk - 1 or 2 (Locust Grove & near Tanner's Spring/Sparrow Rock)
Red-tailed Hawk - at least 4 - adults, immatures, perched, circling overhead & 
one eating a squirrel
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sparrow Rock
Downy Woodpecker - several
Northern Flicker - Maintenance Field
Blue Jay - many locations
American Crow - several
Black-capped Chickadee - 11 (a few visiting Sweetgums)
Tufted Titmouse - at least 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Maintenance Field
White-breasted Nuthatch - 12
Brown Creeper - 2 or 3 (near Boathouse, Gill Overlook)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Upper Lobe
American Robin - many
Hermit Thrush - 2 (both before walk - Deb & Alli) 
Northern Mockingbird
House Finch - male & female at feeders
Fox Sparrow - 4 (3 Maintenance Field, 1 Upper Lobe)
White-throated Sparrow - too many
Dark-eyed Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - residents
Common Grackle - at least 50

Wolfgang Demisch reported an American Kestrel on the east side today.

We weren't able to relocate the Immature Great Blue Heron seen at Willow Rock 
on Thursday's walk and after lunch on the east side of the Point. 

Deb Allen

P. S. The Western Tanager continues at City Hall Park pretty faithful to the NE 
corner, favoring a tree with lots of sapsucker wells. There are plenty of trees 
there that sapsuckers can use when the sap stops running in the large trees. 
These include a holly and some Leatherleaf Viburnums.

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[nysbirds-l] "Bracing for a possible disappointment...."

[robert adamo]

In spite of my recent "under-whelming" birding fortunes, due to the
hospitality of Margaret & Keith B. of Aquebogue, I was able to see and
photograph the ?rufous/allen's selasphorus sp. hummingbird that, since the
middle of this past October, has been fortifying itself at their
sugar-feeder, as well as at their wild flower plantings and, as had been
reported to them, on flowing tree sap. Unfortunately, none of my photos
captured the spread "tell-tale tail" ! Waiting between the hummingbird's
comings and goings, 12 other (more common) species kept me busy,
highlighted by my first of the season, Brown Creeper !

You can also contact me (off-line) re: the bird.

Cheers,
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