[nysbirds-l] Eastport Pond, Suffolk Co.

2012-02-09 Thread ROBERT ADAMO

Hoping for a Barnacle Goose re-dux, the only birds of interest I found were 2 
C.Snipe, in the mud s/o Montauk Highway.
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[nysbirds-l] Erie and Niagara Counties 2/9/12

2012-02-09 Thread Joetf1973
 
While on the road today I had a few nice sightings:
 
Buckhorn Island SP 1:35 pm
 
2 American Black Ducks
16 Mallards
100+ Canvasbacks
80+ Redhead
9 Scaup sp.
5 Bufflehead
75+ Boneparte's Gulls
7 Ring-billed Gulls
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadees
11 Cedar Waxwings
2 Northern Cardinals
 
Also noted was one very dead, very flat Screech Owl on East-West Park  Rd.
 
In Niagara Falls at the Trott Building & Oakwood Cemetery 3:10 pm
 
1 Merlin
 
Rte 31 Town of Lewiston near Tuscarora Rd
 
1 Merlin
 
Eastern Niagara County 5:00 pm didn't yield much:
 
1 American Kestrel
1 Horned Lark
4 Eastern Bluebirds
 
Joe Fell
Buffalo, NY

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 Feb 2012

2012-02-09 Thread dfsuggs


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 SNOW GOOSE
 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
 SNOWY OWL
 FISH CROW
 Red-throated Loon
 Horned Grebe
 Red-necked Grebe
 Trumpeter Swan
 Cackling Goose
 Northern Pintail
 Northern Shoveler
 American Wigeon
 Ring-necked Duck
 Lesser Scaup
 Long-tailed Duck
 Black Scoter
 White-winged Scoter
 Hooded Merganser
 Bald Eagle
 Rough-legged Hawk
 Herring Gull
 Great Horned Owl
 Long-eared Owl
 Short-eared Owl
 American Robin
 Northern Shrike
 Common Redpoll

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 Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
 Date: 02/09/2012
 Number:   716-896-1271
 To Report:Same
 Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
 Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
 Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

 Thursday, February 9, 2012

 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your  Buffalo Museum 
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological  Society. To contact the 
Science Museum, call 896-5200.


 Highlights of reports received February 2 through February 9  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include SNOW GEESE,  BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, 
SNOWY OWL and FISH CROW.


 In the Lake Ontario Plains, February 5, an occurrence of  SNOW GEESE 
in numbers never recorded in the BOS region.  Multiple observers 
counted 5000 to over 10,000 SNOW GEESE on  Lake Ontario and in the 
fields of the Towns of Somerset and  Yates. Previous maximum count for 
the region was 1400 SNOW  GEESE.


 Among the SNOW GEESE, a single CACKLING GOOSE and small  numbers of 
blue-phase SNOW GEESE.


 Also in the Lake Ontario Plains, one or two SHORT-EARED OWLS  on 
Lower Lake Road east of Marshall Road in Yates, several  NORTHERN 
SHRIKES and flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS. In Krull  Park in Olcott, GREAT 
HORNED OWL, LONG-EARED OWL and COMMON  REDPOLLS. On Lake Ontario, 
RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE,  RED-NECKED GREBE, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and  BLACK SCOTER.  At the eastern line of the BOS 
region, a  BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek at  
Point Breeze.


 A SNOWY OWL continues in the Lake Ontario Plains on Marshall  Road in 
Yates. Another SNOWY OWL east of the region on the  Lake Ontario 
Parkway at Kendall Road. One or two SNOWY OWLS  still on the Buffalo 
waterfront -  reported on the Short  Breakwall seen from Fort Erie, 
Ontario, and on the Outer  Harbor Breakwall at the Bell Slip on 
Fuhrmann Blvd.


 February 2, five or more FISH CROWS studied again at Bowen  and Jesse 
Roads in Fort Erie, Ontario.


 Other recent reports - at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, at  least 
nine waterfowl species included AMERICAN WIGEON,  NORTHERN SHOVELER, 
NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP and HOODED  MERGANSER, plus 250 HERRING 
GULLS. On the Black Rock Canal  at LaSalle Park in Buffalo, 6 
RING-NECKED DUCKS. In the  Iroquois Refuge at Kumpf Marsh, two 
TRUMPETER SWANS. ROUGH-
 LEGGED HAWK on Shelby-Barre Townline Road. For the third  year, a 
NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Grand Island airstrip on Alt  Blvd. And, three 
BALD EAGLES at the Cattaraugus County  gravel pits in the Town of 
Dayton.


 The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February  16. 
Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may  report 
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and  reporting.


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[nysbirds-l] 2 Pileated WP's, pair. Saratoga Springs, NY

2012-02-09 Thread Dan
On a pine snag on Kaydeross Park Road, a pair of Pileated woodpeckers , sharing 
an excavation... feeding.

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2012-02-09 Thread ProsBird
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County

2012-02-09 Thread Don
Excellent photos.  It does seem a conundrum.  I do note that in the large
Sibley Guide (p.29), he says in regard to the Western and Clark's Grebes, 
Intermediate birds, seen regularly, especially during winter, are
unidentifiable.  Some may be hybrids". 

Don Timmons
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From: Tom Johnson
Date: 2/9/2012 1:41:38 PM
To: cayugabirds;  nysbirds
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga
County
 
Hi again,
After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at
Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday,
several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually
a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe.  This pale
bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been hanging
out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County.  Honestly, I
don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe or proven
hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a hybrid should
be seriously considered.  It seems clear to me that the bird isn't a pure
Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps more importantly,
the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom.  However, the bird in
question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face) with a slightly
brighter bill than the "obvious", full-black-capped/ -faced, dull-billed
Western present.  
I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here:  flickr.com/bonxie88
I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up
the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio
recording of both birds.  Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it
sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any
vocalizations out of the pale grebe.
Thanks - and good luck!
Tom

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[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County

2012-02-09 Thread Tom Johnson
Hi again,
After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at
Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday,
several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually
a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe.  This
pale bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been
hanging out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County.
Honestly, I don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe
or proven hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a
hybrid should be seriously considered.  It seems clear to me that the bird
isn't a pure Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps
more importantly, the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom.
However, the bird in question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face)
with a slightly brighter bill than the "obvious", full-black-capped/
-faced, dull-billed Western present.
I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here:  flickr.com/bonxie88
I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up
the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio
recording of both birds.  Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it
sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any
vocalizations out of the pale grebe.
Thanks - and good luck!
Tom

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[nysbirds-l] Black Vultures

2012-02-09 Thread Ardith Bondi

2 circling overhead just now in Pawling, NY. 
Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] Black Vultures

2012-02-09 Thread Ardith Bondi

2 circling overhead just now in Pawling, NY. 
Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County

2012-02-09 Thread Tom Johnson
Hi again,
After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at
Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday,
several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually
a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe.  This
pale bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been
hanging out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County.
Honestly, I don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe
or proven hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a
hybrid should be seriously considered.  It seems clear to me that the bird
isn't a pure Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps
more importantly, the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom.
However, the bird in question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face)
with a slightly brighter bill than the obvious, full-black-capped/
-faced, dull-billed Western present.
I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here:  flickr.com/bonxie88
I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up
the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio
recording of both birds.  Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it
sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any
vocalizations out of the pale grebe.
Thanks - and good luck!
Tom

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County

2012-02-09 Thread Don
Excellent photos.  It does seem a conundrum.  I do note that in the large
Sibley Guide (p.29), he says in regard to the Western and Clark's Grebes, 
Intermediate birds, seen regularly, especially during winter, are
unidentifiable.  Some may be hybrids. 

Don Timmons
Newfield
 
 
 
 
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From: Tom Johnson
Date: 2/9/2012 1:41:38 PM
To: cayugabirds;  nysbirds
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe  paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga
County
 
Hi again,
After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at
Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday,
several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually
a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe.  This pale
bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been hanging
out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County.  Honestly, I
don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe or proven
hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a hybrid should
be seriously considered.  It seems clear to me that the bird isn't a pure
Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps more importantly,
the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom.  However, the bird in
question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face) with a slightly
brighter bill than the obvious, full-black-capped/ -faced, dull-billed
Western present.  
I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here:  flickr.com/bonxie88
I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up
the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio
recording of both birds.  Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it
sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any
vocalizations out of the pale grebe.
Thanks - and good luck!
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[nysbirds-l] protect birds at wind farms, from the American Bird Conservancy

2012-02-09 Thread ProsBird
A worthy cause and a growing problem, especially when it comes to raptor  
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[nysbirds-l] 2 Pileated WP's, pair. Saratoga Springs, NY

2012-02-09 Thread Dan
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 Feb 2012

2012-02-09 Thread dfsuggs


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 SNOW GOOSE
 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
 SNOWY OWL
 FISH CROW
 Red-throated Loon
 Horned Grebe
 Red-necked Grebe
 Trumpeter Swan
 Cackling Goose
 Northern Pintail
 Northern Shoveler
 American Wigeon
 Ring-necked Duck
 Lesser Scaup
 Long-tailed Duck
 Black Scoter
 White-winged Scoter
 Hooded Merganser
 Bald Eagle
 Rough-legged Hawk
 Herring Gull
 Great Horned Owl
 Long-eared Owl
 Short-eared Owl
 American Robin
 Northern Shrike
 Common Redpoll

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 Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
 Date: 02/09/2012
 Number:   716-896-1271
 To Report:Same
 Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
 Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
 Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

 Thursday, February 9, 2012

 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your  Buffalo Museum 
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological  Society. To contact the 
Science Museum, call 896-5200.


 Highlights of reports received February 2 through February 9  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include SNOW GEESE,  BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, 
SNOWY OWL and FISH CROW.


 In the Lake Ontario Plains, February 5, an occurrence of  SNOW GEESE 
in numbers never recorded in the BOS region.  Multiple observers 
counted 5000 to over 10,000 SNOW GEESE on  Lake Ontario and in the 
fields of the Towns of Somerset and  Yates. Previous maximum count for 
the region was 1400 SNOW  GEESE.


 Among the SNOW GEESE, a single CACKLING GOOSE and small  numbers of 
blue-phase SNOW GEESE.


 Also in the Lake Ontario Plains, one or two SHORT-EARED OWLS  on 
Lower Lake Road east of Marshall Road in Yates, several  NORTHERN 
SHRIKES and flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS. In Krull  Park in Olcott, GREAT 
HORNED OWL, LONG-EARED OWL and COMMON  REDPOLLS. On Lake Ontario, 
RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE,  RED-NECKED GREBE, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and  BLACK SCOTER.  At the eastern line of the BOS 
region, a  BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek at  
Point Breeze.


 A SNOWY OWL continues in the Lake Ontario Plains on Marshall  Road in 
Yates. Another SNOWY OWL east of the region on the  Lake Ontario 
Parkway at Kendall Road. One or two SNOWY OWLS  still on the Buffalo 
waterfront -  reported on the Short  Breakwall seen from Fort Erie, 
Ontario, and on the Outer  Harbor Breakwall at the Bell Slip on 
Fuhrmann Blvd.


 February 2, five or more FISH CROWS studied again at Bowen  and Jesse 
Roads in Fort Erie, Ontario.


 Other recent reports - at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, at  least 
nine waterfowl species included AMERICAN WIGEON,  NORTHERN SHOVELER, 
NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP and HOODED  MERGANSER, plus 250 HERRING 
GULLS. On the Black Rock Canal  at LaSalle Park in Buffalo, 6 
RING-NECKED DUCKS. In the  Iroquois Refuge at Kumpf Marsh, two 
TRUMPETER SWANS. ROUGH-
 LEGGED HAWK on Shelby-Barre Townline Road. For the third  year, a 
NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Grand Island airstrip on Alt  Blvd. And, three 
BALD EAGLES at the Cattaraugus County  gravel pits in the Town of 
Dayton.


 The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February  16. 
Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may  report 
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and  reporting.


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[nysbirds-l] Erie and Niagara Counties 2/9/12

2012-02-09 Thread Joetf1973
 
While on the road today I had a few nice sightings:
 
Buckhorn Island SP 1:35 pm
 
2 American Black Ducks
16 Mallards
100+ Canvasbacks
80+ Redhead
9 Scaup sp.
5 Bufflehead
75+ Boneparte's Gulls
7 Ring-billed Gulls
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadees
11 Cedar Waxwings
2 Northern Cardinals
 
Also noted was one very dead, very flat Screech Owl on East-West Park  Rd.
 
In Niagara Falls at the Trott Building  Oakwood Cemetery 3:10 pm
 
1 Merlin
 
Rte 31 Town of Lewiston near Tuscarora Rd
 
1 Merlin
 
Eastern Niagara County 5:00 pm didn't yield much:
 
1 American Kestrel
1 Horned Lark
4 Eastern Bluebirds
 
Joe Fell
Buffalo, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Eastport Pond, Suffolk Co.

2012-02-09 Thread ROBERT ADAMO

Hoping for a Barnacle Goose re-dux, the only birds of interest I found were 2 
C.Snipe, in the mud s/o Montauk Highway.
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