Re: [nysbirds-l] Vultures and Ravens
Interesting that you saw a Turkey Vulture today. I thought I saw one this afternoon (4ish) soaring over West SHore Rd near Pall Corp. (that would be just on the other side of the harbor). I was driving and it was rather impractical to grab the binocs. But I'm sure that it was not a crow/raven or hawk. Also - I am positive I've seen raven from a distance in that area (NCMA). And I know I've heard calls that were NOT crow. Have to get over and see that exhibit. And those grounds are a terrific place to take a walk. Best Sue On Jul 2, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Sy Schiff wrote: > Nassau Co Museum of Art 2 July. > > As I got out of my car in the parking lot, a TURKEY VULTURE flew > over followed by a calling COMMON RAVEN. The raven made a brief > appearance and the vulture moved on. > > (The present exhibit consists of Sea and Landscapes--well worth > seeing if your interested in that subject matter as I am since I > like to paint landscapes). > > Sy Schiff Susan Herbst graphic design/illustration/photography 516-633-7730 susie...@optonline.net www.susieart60.etsy.com www.facebook.com/MermaidSuesStudio -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Friday, July 2, 2010
Observers: Alice Deutsch, Ardith Bondi Reported by: Ardith Bondi Canada Goose moulting Mallards Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker (at least one pair nesting) Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Kingbird (Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo (Western edge of The Lake - feeding young, and The Oven) Blue Jay (several feeding young) American Crow Barn Swallow (Tupelo and Turtle Pond) American Robin (still on nests and also feeding fledglings) Gray Catbird European Starling (some feeding young) Cedar Waxwing Northern Parula (Strawberry Fields, seen from drive) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle (some feeding young) Baltimore Oriole (several prs feeding young) House Finch (The Point) House Sparrow -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 July 2010
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * July 2, 2010 * NYNY1007.02 - Birds Mentioned: MISSISSIPPI KITE+ (Montgomery County, NY) (+ Details requested by NYSARC) CORY'S SHEARWATER GREATER SHEARWATER Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher GULL-BILLED TERN Royal Tern Black Skimmer Alder Flycatcher Blackpoll Warbler White-throated Sparrow If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 2nd, at 5:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are CORY'S SHEARWATER, GREATER SHEARWATER, GULL-BILLED TERNS, and returning shorebirds. Except perhaps for those traveling north to the town of Root in Montgomery County to see the pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES, this past week was relatively lackluster from a birding point of view. A slight break in the lack of pelagics seen recently off the south shore of Long Island was provided Monday, when a brief watch off Robert Moses State Park parking field 2 reported one each of GREATER and CORY'S SHEARWATERS. But otherwise, birds have remained well off shore, and these northwest winds have probably not helped the situation. There is already evidence of some returning southbound shorebirds such as on the flats at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, where visits during the week have noted a few BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, RED KNOT, RUDDY TURNSTONES, SANDERLING, DUNLIN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, along with a breeding plumaged LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER reported there on Tuesday and the regular breeders. Some of these individuals never made it farther north, but they will be joined soon by other southbound migrants. ROYAL TERN was also present on the Cupsogue flats on Tuesday. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the water level on the East Pond remains high. The refuge personnel are attending to the outlet valve to get the water down to an appropriate level for shorebirds. Arrivals present last Sunday on the West Pond included three LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a LEAST SANDPIPER, and 18 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were counted at the bay yesterday, with 14 of these on the East Pond on only a sliver of shoreline at the Raunt. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were present Sunday along south end of the West Pond, with another seen feeding along the edge of the East Pond, and some BLACK SKIMMERS are also appearing around the south end of the West Pond. If you visit Jamaica Bay, remind those at the front desk as to how important it is to get the East Pond lowered. During this period of possible floaters and other vagrants, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was noted singing in Riverside Park in northern Manhattan Saturday and Sunday. And even more inexplicable, a male BLACKPOLL WARBLER was still present and singing in Bryant Park in central Manhattan through Thursday. A good find was an ALDER FLYCATCHER singing at the Calverton Ponds Preserve off Old River Road in Calverton on Sunday. Remember when visiting sensitive nesting areas to keep any disturbance to an absolute minimum, especially when unusual species are present, as this is a very crucial time in their life cycle. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. Have a Happy 4th! This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, Thu. 1-Jul-2010 incl. Blackpoll Warbler
Date: Thursday, 1 July 2010 (lunch hour) Location: Bryant Park, Manhattan Reported by: Ben Cacace The singing BLACKPOLL WARBLER continues on the north side of the park feeding above the east/west path. The bird was also heard on Wednesday the 30th of June. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Vultures and Ravens
Nassau Co Museum of Art 2 July. As I got out of my car in the parking lot, a TURKEY VULTURE flew over followed by a calling COMMON RAVEN. The raven made a brief appearance and the vulture moved on. (The present exhibit consists of Sea and Landscapes--well worth seeing if your interested in that subject matter as I am since I like to paint landscapes). Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Vultures and Ravens
Nassau Co Museum of Art 2 July. As I got out of my car in the parking lot, a TURKEY VULTURE flew over followed by a calling COMMON RAVEN. The raven made a brief appearance and the vulture moved on. (The present exhibit consists of Sea and Landscapes--well worth seeing if your interested in that subject matter as I am since I like to paint landscapes). Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, Thu. 1-Jul-2010 incl. Blackpoll Warbler
Date: Thursday, 1 July 2010 (lunch hour) Location: Bryant Park, Manhattan Reported by: Ben Cacace The singing BLACKPOLL WARBLER continues on the north side of the park feeding above the east/west path. The bird was also heard on Wednesday the 30th of June. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 July 2010
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * July 2, 2010 * NYNY1007.02 - Birds Mentioned: MISSISSIPPI KITE+ (Montgomery County, NY) (+ Details requested by NYSARC) CORY'S SHEARWATER GREATER SHEARWATER Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher GULL-BILLED TERN Royal Tern Black Skimmer Alder Flycatcher Blackpoll Warbler White-throated Sparrow If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 2nd, at 5:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are CORY'S SHEARWATER, GREATER SHEARWATER, GULL-BILLED TERNS, and returning shorebirds. Except perhaps for those traveling north to the town of Root in Montgomery County to see the pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES, this past week was relatively lackluster from a birding point of view. A slight break in the lack of pelagics seen recently off the south shore of Long Island was provided Monday, when a brief watch off Robert Moses State Park parking field 2 reported one each of GREATER and CORY'S SHEARWATERS. But otherwise, birds have remained well off shore, and these northwest winds have probably not helped the situation. There is already evidence of some returning southbound shorebirds such as on the flats at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, where visits during the week have noted a few BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, RED KNOT, RUDDY TURNSTONES, SANDERLING, DUNLIN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, along with a breeding plumaged LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER reported there on Tuesday and the regular breeders. Some of these individuals never made it farther north, but they will be joined soon by other southbound migrants. ROYAL TERN was also present on the Cupsogue flats on Tuesday. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the water level on the East Pond remains high. The refuge personnel are attending to the outlet valve to get the water down to an appropriate level for shorebirds. Arrivals present last Sunday on the West Pond included three LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a LEAST SANDPIPER, and 18 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were counted at the bay yesterday, with 14 of these on the East Pond on only a sliver of shoreline at the Raunt. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were present Sunday along south end of the West Pond, with another seen feeding along the edge of the East Pond, and some BLACK SKIMMERS are also appearing around the south end of the West Pond. If you visit Jamaica Bay, remind those at the front desk as to how important it is to get the East Pond lowered. During this period of possible floaters and other vagrants, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was noted singing in Riverside Park in northern Manhattan Saturday and Sunday. And even more inexplicable, a male BLACKPOLL WARBLER was still present and singing in Bryant Park in central Manhattan through Thursday. A good find was an ALDER FLYCATCHER singing at the Calverton Ponds Preserve off Old River Road in Calverton on Sunday. Remember when visiting sensitive nesting areas to keep any disturbance to an absolute minimum, especially when unusual species are present, as this is a very crucial time in their life cycle. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. Have a Happy 4th! This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Friday, July 2, 2010
Observers: Alice Deutsch, Ardith Bondi Reported by: Ardith Bondi Canada Goose moulting Mallards Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker (at least one pair nesting) Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Kingbird (Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo (Western edge of The Lake - feeding young, and The Oven) Blue Jay (several feeding young) American Crow Barn Swallow (Tupelo and Turtle Pond) American Robin (still on nests and also feeding fledglings) Gray Catbird European Starling (some feeding young) Cedar Waxwing Northern Parula (Strawberry Fields, seen from drive) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle (some feeding young) Baltimore Oriole (several prs feeding young) House Finch (The Point) House Sparrow -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Vultures and Ravens
Interesting that you saw a Turkey Vulture today. I thought I saw one this afternoon (4ish) soaring over West SHore Rd near Pall Corp. (that would be just on the other side of the harbor). I was driving and it was rather impractical to grab the binocs. But I'm sure that it was not a crow/raven or hawk. Also - I am positive I've seen raven from a distance in that area (NCMA). And I know I've heard calls that were NOT crow. Have to get over and see that exhibit. And those grounds are a terrific place to take a walk. Best Sue On Jul 2, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Sy Schiff wrote: Nassau Co Museum of Art 2 July. As I got out of my car in the parking lot, a TURKEY VULTURE flew over followed by a calling COMMON RAVEN. The raven made a brief appearance and the vulture moved on. (The present exhibit consists of Sea and Landscapes--well worth seeing if your interested in that subject matter as I am since I like to paint landscapes). Sy Schiff Susan Herbst graphic design/illustration/photography 516-633-7730 susie...@optonline.net www.susieart60.etsy.com www.facebook.com/MermaidSuesStudio -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
