[nysbirds-l] Patroling Dune Rd, Quogue to Hampton Bays.

Spent a few, fairly quiet hours on Dune Rd. Sunday afternoon. Was rewarded for my intrepidness with the sighting of a hunting, female N.Harrier, and 2 separate sightings of Killdeers, the first of a pair, followed by a singleton. Cheers, Bob...no Ospreys though ! -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - 3/12 & 3/13 - W. Tanager, Glaucous Gull, & more - incl. Am. Pipits at Central Park, etc.

Very far west (thus extra-limital by a lot) but quite notable, a potential state-first* and as a mid-March find too, is a Cave Swallow photographed in *Oregon* on 3/13, with a set of photos now archived on the Macaulay Library - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/424880871

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * March 14, 2022 * NYSY  03. 14. 22   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 07, 2022 to March 14, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[nysbirds-l] Sentinels of Spring

Once again, I did a few hours of birding this afternoon on Dune Rd., between Quogue and Hampton Bays, although I reversed the direction I usually start at from the west (Quogue) beginning today from the east (Shinnicock Inlet). Along the way there were 18 Red-winged Blackbirds* (some singing) on

[nysbirds-l] Another omission...sorry !

In my earlier post this evening, entitled "Sentinels of Spring", I, once again, left out a timely item I meant to include. For the 2nd afternoon in a row, at approximately the same time, in the same section of marsh, along the same road, I had the same species and gender of the following bird...I

[nysbirds-l] Patroling Dune Rd, Quogue to Hampton Bays.

Spent a few, fairly quiet hours on Dune Rd. Sunday afternoon. Was rewarded for my intrepidness with the sighting of a hunting, female N.Harrier, and 2 separate sightings of Killdeers, the first of a pair, followed by a singleton. Cheers, Bob...no Ospreys though ! -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - 3/12 & 3/13 - W. Tanager, Glaucous Gull, & more - incl. Am. Pipits at Central Park, etc.

Very far west (thus extra-limital by a lot) but quite notable, a potential state-first* and as a mid-March find too, is a Cave Swallow photographed in *Oregon* on 3/13, with a set of photos now archived on the Macaulay Library - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/424880871

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * March 14, 2022 * NYSY  03. 14. 22   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 07, 2022 to March 14, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[nysbirds-l] Sentinels of Spring

Once again, I did a few hours of birding this afternoon on Dune Rd., between Quogue and Hampton Bays, although I reversed the direction I usually start at from the west (Quogue) beginning today from the east (Shinnicock Inlet). Along the way there were 18 Red-winged Blackbirds* (some singing) on

[nysbirds-l] Another omission...sorry !

In my earlier post this evening, entitled "Sentinels of Spring", I, once again, left out a timely item I meant to include. For the 2nd afternoon in a row, at approximately the same time, in the same section of marsh, along the same road, I had the same species and gender of the following bird...I