Wed., Oct. 14th -
A Nelson’s Sparrow was found at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan by Joe
DiCostanzo & seen by multiple others, many of them also loyal regular birders
in that park & more-generally northern Manhattan; this bird was still present
thru the day there, & also nicely
Briefly checking the beach for ducks I came upon a drake white-winged
scoter.slightly off the south jetty,it has since moved toward city island.Sent
from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
Like Angus, I also have noticed fewer reports and smaller numbers of
American Golden-Plover in Western New York. I live on Lake Ontario in
Niagara County where most autumns I could see this species without any
special effort. That is, I'm not one to hunt down a species for my year
list, unless I
I wonder if those who regularly bird the dirt / farm fields of Orange County
black dirt region can weigh in on frequency/infrequency of sightings of golden
plovers over the last decade or so. I use to get there but only sporadically
and remember one really big day with about 25 birds but that
To clarify, I wonder if they are sticking around the upper Great Lakes more
in the winter since the ice has been much less recently up there. That
would affect our numbers in NY
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:10 PM David Nicosia wrote:
> I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent
Could it be the mass erection of wind farms in the central Plains? Many of
these shorebirds including AGPL migrate up through the Plains in the spring.
With more and more wind farms and higher ones too in the Plains, could the
mortality of the breeding adults finally be showing up? I can
I quick check of ebird in Januaries indeed shows many more BOGUs wintering
into Lower Michigan, Lake Huron and vicinity in milder winters. The colder
winters they do not stay up there at all. There are all south. That could
explain some of the lower numbers recents years.
On Thursday,
I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent milder winters?
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 PM wrote:
> I’m most pleased at the developing discussion on small gulls and other
> bird population fluctuations (mainly declines ☹).
>
>
>
> One quick thought – on choice of statistics
Well yes, that’s why I used NJ (where there are no Great Lakes) versus NY
(where Niagara is) for pop change chart. Undoubtedly warming is a top candidate
to explain distributional changes, but it leaves some other issues unaddressed
– such as (1) are aggregate populations stable or falling? (2)
Wed., Oct. 14th -
A Nelson’s Sparrow was found at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan by Joe
DiCostanzo & seen by multiple others, many of them also loyal regular birders
in that park & more-generally northern Manhattan; this bird was still present
thru the day there, & also nicely
Briefly checking the beach for ducks I came upon a drake white-winged
scoter.slightly off the south jetty,it has since moved toward city island.Sent
from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
Like Angus, I also have noticed fewer reports and smaller numbers of
American Golden-Plover in Western New York. I live on Lake Ontario in
Niagara County where most autumns I could see this species without any
special effort. That is, I'm not one to hunt down a species for my year
list, unless I
I wonder if those who regularly bird the dirt / farm fields of Orange County
black dirt region can weigh in on frequency/infrequency of sightings of golden
plovers over the last decade or so. I use to get there but only sporadically
and remember one really big day with about 25 birds but that
Could it be the mass erection of wind farms in the central Plains? Many of
these shorebirds including AGPL migrate up through the Plains in the spring.
With more and more wind farms and higher ones too in the Plains, could the
mortality of the breeding adults finally be showing up? I can
I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent milder winters?
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 PM wrote:
> I’m most pleased at the developing discussion on small gulls and other
> bird population fluctuations (mainly declines ☹).
>
>
>
> One quick thought – on choice of statistics
To clarify, I wonder if they are sticking around the upper Great Lakes more
in the winter since the ice has been much less recently up there. That
would affect our numbers in NY
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:10 PM David Nicosia wrote:
> I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent
I quick check of ebird in Januaries indeed shows many more BOGUs wintering
into Lower Michigan, Lake Huron and vicinity in milder winters. The colder
winters they do not stay up there at all. There are all south. That could
explain some of the lower numbers recents years.
On Thursday,
Well yes, that’s why I used NJ (where there are no Great Lakes) versus NY
(where Niagara is) for pop change chart. Undoubtedly warming is a top candidate
to explain distributional changes, but it leaves some other issues unaddressed
– such as (1) are aggregate populations stable or falling? (2)
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