[nysbirds-l] The Leucistic Thing Again

2011-04-27 Thread Steve Walter 
This time, another robin from Alley Pond Park, Queens. This partially 
leucistic individual is very different looking from the one I posted last 
year, but cool looking too. If you're interested, you can view two pictures 
of this bird, along with last year's, at 
http://www.hmana.org/steve/robin.htm . If you're interested to the point of 
seeing this bird live, the location is 73rd Avenue between 223rd and 224th 
Streets, either inside the park (first seen on ballfield) or outside.


I was also going to post a picture of an unusually early Wilson's Warbler, 
but it turned out to be a Yellow Warbler with a branch over its head. You 
have to be careful about these things, you know.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY




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[nysbirds-l] FW: Nature Program Information for posting on ebird

2011-04-27 Thread ROBERT ADAMO 

As acting Program Chair of the Eastern L.I. Audubon Society, and frequent 
"poster" to this list-serve, our newsletter's editor asked if I could post the 
below, due to said publication's production problem with the upcoming issue.
 All are welcome ! Thanks, Bob...P.S. There was a drake Blue-winged Teal, along 
with some mallards, in the Baiting Hollow Pond, Sound Ave, B.H., this morning.
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:59:05 -0400
From: eliasosp...@optonline.net
Subject: Nature Program Information for posting on ebird
To: rada...@msn.com



Nature Program/Meeting
Monday, May 2, beginning at 7:15 pm with a nature chat or short walk around the 
Refuge, lecture starts by 8 pm. 
"Wow! How'd you get that picture?The story behind the photograph"Ever see an 
amazing photograph of a bird or animal in the wild and wonder about the story 
behind it? Wildlife & nature photographer Grace Scalzo will share her work and 
tell us some of the fascinating “back stories” behind her photos, includ- ing 
the equipment and field techniques she uses to locate, approach and document 
her subjects.Grace is an avid nature photographer who lives here on L.I. Except 
during "tax time" (she is a CPA) she spends most of her free time taking 
pictures here or while traveling. A favorite subject in winter is the Snowy 
Owl, who, when seen in good light and habitat, can be breathtaking ...as we 
well know !
Meeting takes place at Quogue Wildlife Refuge, 3 Old Country Rd. Quogue, NY
Sally NewbertEditor, The Osprey2 East Moriches Blvd.East Moriches, NY 11940631 
281 6001
Cell: 631-949-4521
Fax:  631-206+9257


  
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[nysbirds-l] Migrants, incl. White-eyed Vireo- Marshlands Conservancy, Rye

2011-04-27 Thread Tait Johansson 

NYSBirders,

My Bedford Audubon Society birding class and I went to the Marshlands 
Conservancy in Rye this morning and had some nice spring arrivals, although I 
gather from talking to Tom Burke that there was not nearly as much around there 
this morning as there was yesterday-

Among the species we had were:

1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 White-eyed Vireo
1 Winter Wren
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Nashville Warbler
2 Northern Parulas
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
Maybe 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Pine Warbler
2 Black-and-White Warblers
1 American Redstart
1 Ovenbird
1 Scarlet Tanager
2 Orchard Orioles
1 Baltimore Oriole


Good birding,

Tait Johansson
Lewisboro
  
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Pk. reports, NYC, 4/26 (& other NYC rep'ts. incl. Blue Grosbeak in Queens, etc.)

2011-04-27 Thread Ardith Bondi 

One addition - a drake Wood Duck on The Point
Ardith Bondi

On 4/27/11 5:46 AM, Tom Fiore wrote:

Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 - various reports, from N.Y. City locations:

In Queens County NY, there was a photographed young male *Blue Grosbeak*
on Tuesday - the report is on the ebirdsnyc list. That sighting took
place in the Lutheran Cemetery in Middle Village (Queens) and the
observer-photographer was Daryl Cavallaro- as reported for him by Alison
& Karlo Mirth of Queens. It's probably best to be cautious about
entering and birding in any cemetery, and should be obvious to all of us
to be respectful at grave sites, especially so if others are in the area
(and not birding). I would check with any staff first if a location is
at a cemetery and had not visited recently, knowing what policies are in
place for visiting. Some cemeteries in NYC prohibit any photography or
video without permission.
- - -
In Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, N.Y. City, a Blackpoll Warbler was
reported (which is on the early side for the species, but not
unprecedented for a few to be found in late April in the NYC area) along
with the obvious highlights of the *duo of Prothonotaries* there on
Tuesday, 4/26. (A whole lot of other great sightings were also reported
from the many observers in that park.)
- - -
At Clove Lakes Park, northern Staten Island, N.Y. City, a lingering
*Yellow-throated Warbler* as well as a "*Lawrence's*" *Warbler* (a
hybrid) were reported Tuesday 4/26, by C. Barron & A. Purcell, at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2235 - specific
locations within that park are noted. A (second of this spring, there on
S.I.) Cerulean Warbler (singing male) was reported from Staten Island,
N.Y. City on Tuesday, that noted also in the SI NaturaList, at a smaller
park, known as "Allison" Pond Park, that report from Mike Shanley, who
noted a nice diversity but not high numbers there in his walk:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2233

- - - - -
Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

The *Varied Thrush* and *Red-headed Woodpecker* were each seen in their
respective locations in the park - Tuesday's reports of these from (at
least) several other birders/reporters.

Clearly another fabulous late April day of migration here, as reported
on by others (I didn't get into Central Park until around dusk!) and
with excellent variety and numbers of individuals seen - this is
becoming quite a migrant event, not merely in Manhattan, or even all of
N.Y. City, but seems to be encompassing a wide swath of North America at
least as seen from our eastern perspective in the middle/northeast
region. There are really a lot of birds coming in that are being seen in
numbers at dates that are at least ahead of typical "peak" dates, as
well as some very early arrivals of individual (or small numbers of)
birds, of various species, in the "land-bird" category. (that note isn't
meant to imply anything particular regarding my early-ish Empidonax
sighting, which I maintain was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, from
Riverside Park, Manhattan, 4/24)
- - -
Some, possibly not all, of the birds that were noted (publicly and
privately) in Central Park on *Tuesday*, 4/26:

Common Loon
(reservoir)
Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron 
Great Egret 
Snowy Egret 
Green Heron 
Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose 
Mallard 
Northern Shoveler 
Bufflehead 
Ruddy Duck 
Osprey 
Bald Eagle 
Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk 
American Kestrel 
Solitary Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

American Woodcock

Laughing Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Great Black-backed Gull

[nysbirds-l] SW Suffolk

2011-04-27 Thread Grover, Bob 
New arrivals at Southards Park (Babylon Village) early this AM included N. 
Parula and N. Waterthrush.
Bob Grover

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[nysbirds-l] SW Suffolk

2011-04-27 Thread Grover, Bob 
New arrivals at Southards Park (Babylon Village) early this AM included N. 
Parula and N. Waterthrush.
Bob Grover

Robert Grover
Vice President
Director, Environmental and Coastal Sciences
GPI/Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
Engineering and Construction Services
325 West Main Street, Babylon, NY 11702
(d) 631-761-7369
(f) 631-422-3479

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Pk. reports, NYC, 4/26 ( other NYC rep'ts. incl. Blue Grosbeak in Queens, etc.)

2011-04-27 Thread Ardith Bondi 

One addition - a drake Wood Duck on The Point
Ardith Bondi

On 4/27/11 5:46 AM, Tom Fiore wrote:

Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 - various reports, from N.Y. City locations:

In Queens County NY, there was a photographed young male *Blue Grosbeak*
on Tuesday - the report is on the ebirdsnyc list. That sighting took
place in the Lutheran Cemetery in Middle Village (Queens) and the
observer-photographer was Daryl Cavallaro- as reported for him by Alison
 Karlo Mirth of Queens. It's probably best to be cautious about
entering and birding in any cemetery, and should be obvious to all of us
to be respectful at grave sites, especially so if others are in the area
(and not birding). I would check with any staff first if a location is
at a cemetery and had not visited recently, knowing what policies are in
place for visiting. Some cemeteries in NYC prohibit any photography or
video without permission.
- - -
In Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, N.Y. City, a Blackpoll Warbler was
reported (which is on the early side for the species, but not
unprecedented for a few to be found in late April in the NYC area) along
with the obvious highlights of the *duo of Prothonotaries* there on
Tuesday, 4/26. (A whole lot of other great sightings were also reported
from the many observers in that park.)
- - -
At Clove Lakes Park, northern Staten Island, N.Y. City, a lingering
*Yellow-throated Warbler* as well as a *Lawrence's* *Warbler* (a
hybrid) were reported Tuesday 4/26, by C. Barron  A. Purcell, at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2235 - specific
locations within that park are noted. A (second of this spring, there on
S.I.) Cerulean Warbler (singing male) was reported from Staten Island,
N.Y. City on Tuesday, that noted also in the SI NaturaList, at a smaller
park, known as Allison Pond Park, that report from Mike Shanley, who
noted a nice diversity but not high numbers there in his walk:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2233

- - - - -
Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

The *Varied Thrush* and *Red-headed Woodpecker* were each seen in their
respective locations in the park - Tuesday's reports of these from (at
least) several other birders/reporters.

Clearly another fabulous late April day of migration here, as reported
on by others (I didn't get into Central Park until around dusk!) and
with excellent variety and numbers of individuals seen - this is
becoming quite a migrant event, not merely in Manhattan, or even all of
N.Y. City, but seems to be encompassing a wide swath of North America at
least as seen from our eastern perspective in the middle/northeast
region. There are really a lot of birds coming in that are being seen in
numbers at dates that are at least ahead of typical peak dates, as
well as some very early arrivals of individual (or small numbers of)
birds, of various species, in the land-bird category. (that note isn't
meant to imply anything particular regarding my early-ish Empidonax
sighting, which I maintain was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, from
Riverside Park, Manhattan, 4/24)
- - -
Some, possibly not all, of the birds that were noted (publicly and
privately) in Central Park on *Tuesday*, 4/26:

Common Loon
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/3/bird3.html(reservoir)
Double-crested Cormorant
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/0/bird30.html
Great Blue Heron http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird35.html
Great Egret http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird36.html
Snowy Egret http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/7/bird37.html
Green Heron http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/2/bird42.html
Black-crowned Night-Heron
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/3/bird43.html
Canada Goose http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird56.html
Mallard http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird66.html
Northern Shoveler http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/9/bird69.html
Bufflehead http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird85.html
Ruddy Duck http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/2/bird92.html
Osprey http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/3/bird93.html
Bald Eagle http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/7/bird97.html
Sharp-shinned Hawk
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/9/bird99.html
Red-tailed Hawk http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird105.html
American Kestrel http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/8/bird108.html
Solitary Sandpiper
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird145.html
Spotted Sandpiper
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/7/bird147.html
American Woodcock
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/7/bird177.html
Laughing Gull http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird186.html
Ring-billed Gull http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/2/bird192.html
Herring Gull http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/4/bird194.html
Great Black-backed Gull
http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/0/bird200.html
Rock Pigeon

[nysbirds-l] Migrants, incl. White-eyed Vireo- Marshlands Conservancy, Rye

2011-04-27 Thread Tait Johansson 

NYSBirders,

My Bedford Audubon Society birding class and I went to the Marshlands 
Conservancy in Rye this morning and had some nice spring arrivals, although I 
gather from talking to Tom Burke that there was not nearly as much around there 
this morning as there was yesterday-

Among the species we had were:

1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 White-eyed Vireo
1 Winter Wren
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Nashville Warbler
2 Northern Parulas
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
Maybe 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Pine Warbler
2 Black-and-White Warblers
1 American Redstart
1 Ovenbird
1 Scarlet Tanager
2 Orchard Orioles
1 Baltimore Oriole


Good birding,

Tait Johansson
Lewisboro
  
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[nysbirds-l] FW: Nature Program Information for posting on ebird

2011-04-27 Thread ROBERT ADAMO 

As acting Program Chair of the Eastern L.I. Audubon Society, and frequent 
poster to this list-serve, our newsletter's editor asked if I could post the 
below, due to said publication's production problem with the upcoming issue.
 All are welcome ! Thanks, Bob...P.S. There was a drake Blue-winged Teal, along 
with some mallards, in the Baiting Hollow Pond, Sound Ave, B.H., this morning.
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:59:05 -0400
From: eliasosp...@optonline.net
Subject: Nature Program Information for posting on ebird
To: rada...@msn.com



Nature Program/Meeting
Monday, May 2, beginning at 7:15 pm with a nature chat or short walk around the 
Refuge, lecture starts by 8 pm. 
Wow! How'd you get that picture?The story behind the photographEver see an 
amazing photograph of a bird or animal in the wild and wonder about the story 
behind it? Wildlife  nature photographer Grace Scalzo will share her work and 
tell us some of the fascinating “back stories” behind her photos, includ- ing 
the equipment and field techniques she uses to locate, approach and document 
her subjects.Grace is an avid nature photographer who lives here on L.I. Except 
during tax time (she is a CPA) she spends most of her free time taking 
pictures here or while traveling. A favorite subject in winter is the Snowy 
Owl, who, when seen in good light and habitat, can be breathtaking ...as we 
well know !
Meeting takes place at Quogue Wildlife Refuge, 3 Old Country Rd. Quogue, NY
Sally NewbertEditor, The Osprey2 East Moriches Blvd.East Moriches, NY 11940631 
281 6001
Cell: 631-949-4521
Fax:  631-206+9257


  
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[nysbirds-l] The Leucistic Thing Again

2011-04-27 Thread Steve Walter 
This time, another robin from Alley Pond Park, Queens. This partially 
leucistic individual is very different looking from the one I posted last 
year, but cool looking too. If you're interested, you can view two pictures 
of this bird, along with last year's, at 
http://www.hmana.org/steve/robin.htm . If you're interested to the point of 
seeing this bird live, the location is 73rd Avenue between 223rd and 224th 
Streets, either inside the park (first seen on ballfield) or outside.


I was also going to post a picture of an unusually early Wilson's Warbler, 
but it turned out to be a Yellow Warbler with a branch over its head. You 
have to be careful about these things, you know.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY




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