[nysbirds-l] Correction Chat and Oriole

2012-08-25 Thread Joseph O'Sullivan
The chat and the oriole were seen at the far western end of the pond, not the eastern. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Chat and orchard oriole at Oakland Lake, Queens, NYC

2012-08-25 Thread Joseph O'Sullivan
Today I spotted a male yellow-breasted chat and a female orchard oriole at the far eastern end of Oakland Lake at Alley Pond Park. The park goers don't frequent this area because of the muddy and wet trail, but the water and mud is usually only about an inch deep. I had an extended look at the

[nysbirds-l] JBWR 8/25 - Avocet, Whimbrel, Baird's

2012-08-25 Thread Steve Walter
Another AMERICAN AVOCET found its way to Jamaica Bay today, with reports of it on both ponds. From what I gather, it spent most of its time right around the North Island of the East Pond. Shortly before 9:30, I observed a WHIMBREL flying eastward over the West Pond. I notified Tom Burke, who was

[nysbirds-l] Buff=breasted Sandpiper-Eastport

2012-08-25 Thread Michael Scheibel
At shortly before noon a single Buff-breasted was located while birding with Mickey & Keith Cashman in the field just south and adjacent to the model plane area east of Riverhead-Manorville Road; the bird was with scores of Killdeer, aand a few Semi-palmated Plovers. Searching the nearby sod

[nysbirds-l] Buff=breasted Sandpiper-Eastport

2012-08-25 Thread Michael Scheibel
At shortly before noon a single Buff-breasted was located while birding with Mickey Keith Cashman in the field just south and adjacent to the model plane area east of Riverhead-Manorville Road; the bird was with scores of Killdeer, aand a few Semi-palmated Plovers. Searching the nearby sod