Hi All,
Scanning the Sound from Orchard Beach produced some good stuff. Highlights
included a Red-necked Grebe, 2 White-winged Scoters, 2 Long-tailed Ducks. Good
number of both loons and Common Goldeneyes, 12 Harbor Seals out on the rocks. A
Common Raven was heard but not seen.
This past
Due to the late start of 2:15 PM in Riverhead, Tom Moran and I decided to ride
the local farm roads in search of larks and longspurs, in addition to looking
for gulls/shorebirds at both Iron Pier Beach, Jamesport, and Mattituck Inlet.
With the fields blanketed with snow, Horned Larks and
Today, between 4:30 and 5:30PM, Clara Montenegro and I stopped at the
Hudson River along Newburgh waterfront to check on gulls. We were not
disappointed. My best guess is around 7500 gulls, that were riding the ice
flows to Cornwall and then flying back to Newburgh to start the ride
Floyd Bennett Field has now re-opened to the public (at least most of it). This
afternoon Heydi Lopes and I were there and spotted a female Eurasian Wigeon
near the old wooden pilings. It was a very distinctive rufous morph individual.
Heydi has photos posted here:
Thanks to Ardith Bondi for posting this for me. As a result a number
of birders come to see the bird. It was present all afternoon and is
extremely tame, coming to bread, within five feet of the observer.
Peter
Peter Post
New York City
pwp...@nyc.rr.com
On Feb 10, 2013, at 2:11 PM,
Today, along Dune Road, Hampton Bays, 1 American Bittern (near LIPA pole 489)
and Northern Harrier. The road is quite passible until east of the Ponquogue
Bridge, where snow and ice puddles are frequent.
During a late afternoon visit to the Quogue Wildlife Refuge, four Common
Redpoll were
Peter Post just asked me to post that there is an Iceland Gull on the
Central Park Lake at the Ramble side of Bow Bridge that is very tame and
comes in to bread.
Ardith Bondi
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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
Grasshopper Sparrow Is still at the same location (see e-mail below).
Incoming traffic at the turn around has the bird moving around a lot,
but it returns to the area.
Other notables from Jones Beach so far include the continuing Lapland
Longspur seen near the Coast Guard station. The bird was
There is currently a Grasshopper Sparrow foraging at the turnaround at Jones
Beach West End.
Good Birding,
Corey Finger
Sent from my iPhone
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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/starr-saphir-bird-watching-guide-in-central-park-dies-at-73.html
February 9, 2013
Starr Saphir, Bird-Watching Guide in Central Park, Dies at 73
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
When Starr Saphir looked up at the star-speckled night sky, she thought
of the
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/starr-saphir-bird-watching-guide-in-central-park-dies-at-73.html
February 9, 2013
Starr Saphir, Bird-Watching Guide in Central Park, Dies at 73
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
When Starr Saphir looked up at the star-speckled night sky, she thought
of the
There is currently a Grasshopper Sparrow foraging at the turnaround at Jones
Beach West End.
Good Birding,
Corey Finger
Sent from my iPhone
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
Grasshopper Sparrow Is still at the same location (see e-mail below).
Incoming traffic at the turn around has the bird moving around a lot,
but it returns to the area.
Other notables from Jones Beach so far include the continuing Lapland
Longspur seen near the Coast Guard station. The bird was
Peter Post just asked me to post that there is an Iceland Gull on the
Central Park Lake at the Ramble side of Bow Bridge that is very tame and
comes in to bread.
Ardith Bondi
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
Today, along Dune Road, Hampton Bays, 1 American Bittern (near LIPA pole 489)
and Northern Harrier. The road is quite passible until east of the Ponquogue
Bridge, where snow and ice puddles are frequent.
During a late afternoon visit to the Quogue Wildlife Refuge, four Common
Redpoll were
Thanks to Ardith Bondi for posting this for me. As a result a number
of birders come to see the bird. It was present all afternoon and is
extremely tame, coming to bread, within five feet of the observer.
Peter
Peter Post
New York City
pwp...@nyc.rr.com
On Feb 10, 2013, at 2:11 PM,
Floyd Bennett Field has now re-opened to the public (at least most of it). This
afternoon Heydi Lopes and I were there and spotted a female Eurasian Wigeon
near the old wooden pilings. It was a very distinctive rufous morph individual.
Heydi has photos posted here:
Today, between 4:30 and 5:30PM, Clara Montenegro and I stopped at the
Hudson River along Newburgh waterfront to check on gulls. We were not
disappointed. My best guess is around 7500 gulls, that were riding the ice
flows to Cornwall and then flying back to Newburgh to start the ride
Due to the late start of 2:15 PM in Riverhead, Tom Moran and I decided to ride
the local farm roads in search of larks and longspurs, in addition to looking
for gulls/shorebirds at both Iron Pier Beach, Jamesport, and Mattituck Inlet.
With the fields blanketed with snow, Horned Larks and
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