[nysbirds-l] Flyover & Flyby's

2014-09-27 Thread robert adamo
On Sat. 9/27, at ~ 0930, a lone Turkey Vulture flew over the active horseshoe pits at the Saddle Lake Condominiums, Middle Rd., Riverhead - an E. Phoebe was also a spectator to these games for a short while ( ~ 8 "tail-dips" in duration ) ! The "flybys" occurred when I was driving on Middle Rd.,

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC Bird Walks on Friday & Saturday Sept. 26-27

2014-09-27 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC Bird Walks on Friday & Saturday Sept. 26-27 On Friday and Saturday it was evident that some of the later fall migrants had arrived: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Junco, Hermit Thrush, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Brown Creeper. Friday

[nysbirds-l] Orchard Beach-Hunter Island, Bronx

2014-09-27 Thread Jack Rothman
Bronx Brendan and I birded the lagoon, alongside the edge of the Orchard Beach Parking and also on Hunter Island at Orchard Beach this morning. There were a nice variety of birds and several Osprey, perhaps a many as twenty, both in the trees and fishing the lagoon. There is no fee to park

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Bird Report

2014-09-27 Thread Patricia Pollock
9/26/14, Friday Pat Pollock Sorry so late - didn't have computer time. Blue Grosbeak in maintenance field on Friday, south end near aster bushes & poke berries - also seen by Bob Ruvello Blue Grosbeak was on little path east of regular woodchip path to Main. Fld. Then a Black Throated Blue

Re: [nysbirds-l] Mecox Suffolk Co

2014-09-27 Thread Mike
4 Caspian Terns; 1 Royal and 1 Lesser Black backed Gull on the Mecox flats a few minutes ago. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI NY Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Sean Camillieri wrote: > On the walk in from the Playland parking lot on the left side of the road > across from 3 white

[nysbirds-l] Edith Read Ct Warbler

2014-09-27 Thread Sean Camillieri
On the walk in from the Playland parking lot on the left side of the road across from 3 white garbage trucks there was a Connecticut Warbler loosely associating with 2 Savannah Sparrows and a Common Yellowthroat. The bird flew out of the bush and it's white eye ring couldn't have been more

[nysbirds-l] Edith Read Ct Warbler

2014-09-27 Thread Sean Camillieri
On the walk in from the Playland parking lot on the left side of the road across from 3 white garbage trucks there was a Connecticut Warbler loosely associating with 2 Savannah Sparrows and a Common Yellowthroat. The bird flew out of the bush and it's white eye ring couldn't have been more

Re: [nysbirds-l] Mecox Suffolk Co

2014-09-27 Thread Mike
4 Caspian Terns; 1 Royal and 1 Lesser Black backed Gull on the Mecox flats a few minutes ago. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI NY Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Sean Camillieri scamilli...@gmail.com wrote: On the walk in from the Playland parking lot on the left side of the road

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Bird Report

2014-09-27 Thread Patricia Pollock
9/26/14, Friday Pat Pollock Sorry so late - didn't have computer time. Blue Grosbeak in maintenance field on Friday, south end near aster bushes poke berries - also seen by Bob Ruvello Blue Grosbeak was on little path east of regular woodchip path to Main. Fld. Then a Black Throated Blue

[nysbirds-l] Orchard Beach-Hunter Island, Bronx

2014-09-27 Thread Jack Rothman
Bronx Brendan and I birded the lagoon, alongside the edge of the Orchard Beach Parking and also on Hunter Island at Orchard Beach this morning. There were a nice variety of birds and several Osprey, perhaps a many as twenty, both in the trees and fishing the lagoon. There is no fee to park

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC Bird Walks on Friday Saturday Sept. 26-27

2014-09-27 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC Bird Walks on Friday Saturday Sept. 26-27 On Friday and Saturday it was evident that some of the later fall migrants had arrived: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Junco, Hermit Thrush, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Brown Creeper. Friday

[nysbirds-l] Flyover Flyby's

2014-09-27 Thread robert adamo
On Sat. 9/27, at ~ 0930, a lone Turkey Vulture flew over the active horseshoe pits at the Saddle Lake Condominiums, Middle Rd., Riverhead - an E. Phoebe was also a spectator to these games for a short while ( ~ 8 tail-dips in duration ) ! The flybys occurred when I was driving on Middle Rd.,