[nysbirds-l] Blydenburgh County Park--Blackburnian and Canada Warblers

2013-05-15 Thread John Gluth
I spent over 7.5 hours (7:35-3:20) birding Blydenburgh County Park (Suffolk) today, hoping the southwest winds overnight and spotty showers during the day would deliver a nice dose of migrants, as good as or better than the modest influx that occurred 5/10 & 5/11. Well, it was hardly a bonanza

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead SP & Nickerson Beach

2013-05-15 Thread syschiff
An orange, olive, yellow and some red SUMMER TANAGER showed up in Hempstead Lake SP this morning. A rather odd bizarre looking bird. I've never seen one in this transitional plumage before. Otherwise, the migration here is still slow. At Nickerson Beach, PIPING PLOVER and AMERICAN

Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] North Woods are jumping!

2013-05-15 Thread nidhin cyril
Had a great show of migrants near the wood chip pile near the Block house in North Woods at Central park which included warblers like Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada, chest-nut sided and Wilson's. Might have heard a Cape May but not sure about it. Also saw a single Female Rose-breasted

[nysbirds-l] Clove lakes park - 22 warbler species

2013-05-15 Thread Isaac Grant
Highlights were: Kentucky Warbler below martlings bridge near the last red bridge before forest avenue. Bird was between the path and the houses about 30 feet from red bridge. Hooded Warbler - female just below martlings avenue. On steep slope before the paved path. Cape May Warbler - 4 Wilson's

[nysbirds-l] Ferncliff, Dutchess Cty: Cape May, Bay Breasted, Worm Eating, Tennessee +

2013-05-15 Thread Ryan MacLean
Despite rainy conditions, warblers were abundant this morning at Ferncliff Forest in Rhinebeck NY. The highlight was a beautiful male CAPE MAY WARBLER perched conveniently next to a WORM-EATING WARBLER on the East Tower Trail slightly downhill from the firetower. The rain was pretty heavy at

RE: [nysbirds-l] Hooded W. at Oakland Lake and other stuff

2013-05-15 Thread Shaibal Mitra
This note is actually about "other stuff" again--specifically spring movements of Barn and other swallows on Long Island. Since Steve Walter and I last digressed to this topic a few weeks ago, I've noticed very few reports concerning visible migration of landbirds, two exceptions being reports

[nysbirds-l] North Woods are jumping!

2013-05-15 Thread Nadir Souirgi
A nice influx of migrants arrived last night into the North Woods of Central Park. In the 45 or so minutes I had to bird before work, 17 species of warbler including Cape May, Blackburnian, and Wilson's were seen/heard. Good numbers of other expected migrants like Scarlett Tanager,

[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Cape May Warblers and Mourning Warbler

2013-05-15 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, This morning a minor convention of Cape May Warblers was to be seen at the lower Lobe (Wagner Cove) and at the Point a male Mourning Warbler (found by Al Levantin) put on quite a show. good birding, Anders Peltomaa -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Cape May Warblers and Mourning Warbler

2013-05-15 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, This morning a minor convention of Cape May Warblers was to be seen at the lower Lobe (Wagner Cove) and at the Point a male Mourning Warbler (found by Al Levantin) put on quite a show. good birding, Anders Peltomaa -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] North Woods are jumping!

2013-05-15 Thread Nadir Souirgi
A nice influx of migrants arrived last night into the North Woods of Central Park. In the 45 or so minutes I had to bird before work, 17 species of warbler including Cape May, Blackburnian, and Wilson's were seen/heard. Good numbers of other expected migrants like Scarlett Tanager,

RE: [nysbirds-l] Hooded W. at Oakland Lake and other stuff

2013-05-15 Thread Shaibal Mitra
This note is actually about other stuff again--specifically spring movements of Barn and other swallows on Long Island. Since Steve Walter and I last digressed to this topic a few weeks ago, I've noticed very few reports concerning visible migration of landbirds, two exceptions being reports

[nysbirds-l] Ferncliff, Dutchess Cty: Cape May, Bay Breasted, Worm Eating, Tennessee +

2013-05-15 Thread Ryan MacLean
Despite rainy conditions, warblers were abundant this morning at Ferncliff Forest in Rhinebeck NY. The highlight was a beautiful male CAPE MAY WARBLER perched conveniently next to a WORM-EATING WARBLER on the East Tower Trail slightly downhill from the firetower. The rain was pretty heavy at

[nysbirds-l] Clove lakes park - 22 warbler species

2013-05-15 Thread Isaac Grant
Highlights were: Kentucky Warbler below martlings bridge near the last red bridge before forest avenue. Bird was between the path and the houses about 30 feet from red bridge. Hooded Warbler - female just below martlings avenue. On steep slope before the paved path. Cape May Warbler - 4 Wilson's

Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] North Woods are jumping!

2013-05-15 Thread nidhin cyril
Had a great show of migrants near the wood chip pile near the Block house in North Woods at Central park which included warblers like Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada, chest-nut sided and Wilson's. Might have heard a Cape May but not sure about it. Also saw a single Female Rose-breasted

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead SP Nickerson Beach

2013-05-15 Thread syschiff
An orange, olive, yellow and some red SUMMER TANAGER showed up in Hempstead Lake SP this morning. A rather odd bizarre looking bird. I've never seen one in this transitional plumage before. Otherwise, the migration here is still slow. At Nickerson Beach, PIPING PLOVER and AMERICAN

[nysbirds-l] Blydenburgh County Park--Blackburnian and Canada Warblers

2013-05-15 Thread John Gluth
I spent over 7.5 hours (7:35-3:20) birding Blydenburgh County Park (Suffolk) today, hoping the southwest winds overnight and spotty showers during the day would deliver a nice dose of migrants, as good as or better than the modest influx that occurred 5/10 5/11. Well, it was hardly a bonanza