[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC & Bartow-Pell Bronx - (2 warbler sp.)

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park - NYC - morning
Friday December 25, 2015
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walk

American Black Duck
Northern Shoveler - few
Bufflehead - Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - young male Turtle Pond
Ruddy Duck - 57 Reservoir
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sparrow Rock, Pinetum, and the Point
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker - Bow Bridge
American Crow - at least 6
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Shakespeare Garden & Strawberry Fields
Hermit Thrush - 4 (Strawberry Fields & Upper Lobe)
Black-and-white Warbler - female Shakespeare Garden
Song Sparrow - Wagner Cove
Fox Sparrow - Oven
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - flock of around 100 on the Point
House Finch
American Goldfinch

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Bartow-Pell & briefly Orchard Beach  - afternoon (highlights)
Friday December 25, 2015
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen

American Black Duck - many Orchard Beach Lagoon 
Bufflehead - 5 Orchard Beach Lagoon
Great Blue Heron - Orchard Beach Lagoon
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Bartow-Pell
Carolina Wren - 2 Bartow-Pell
Gray Catbird - Bartow-Pell
Northern Mockingbird - Bartow-Pell
Cedar Waxwing - around a dozen Bartow-Pell
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Bartow-Pell 
Eastern Towhee - male Bartow-Pell
Fox Sparrow - around a dozen Bartow-Pell


Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Birding Locations: Chautauqua Co. (NYS eBird Hotspots)

[Ben Cacace]

Under the 'Birding Locations' section of the Chautauqua County wiki page
I've filled it with locations from 3 sources which can be found at the
bottom of the section:

1. the online book 'Natural History Atlas to the Chautauqua-Allegheny
Region' (NHACAR) from The Roger Tory Peterson Institute
2. the 'Our Preserves' section of the Chautauqua Waterershed Conservancy
website
3. the 'Centers & Preserves' section of the Buffalo Audubon Society website.

If there's an entry in the 'Natural History Atlas' there will be a link
labeled 'NHACAR' for each location.

An eBird hotspot links exists for all locations labeled 'Hotspot'. The
locations highlighted in gray are newly created eBird shared locations.

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Chautauqua

Let me know if you see any issues.
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Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots


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[nysbirds-l] Ash-Throated Flycather --Montauk

[Karen Rubinstein]

My sister Barbara and I were in Montauk today.  We arrived around 11:00 AM.
There were 2 birders (Noel and his friend)  there who had briefly viewed
the Ash-Throated prior to our arrival and stayed for better views.

At around 2:30 the bird was sighted again, low in the bushes that run
parallel to Edgemere/Flamingo perpendicular to the hedgerow parallel to
Montauk Manor. It disappeared again for about 15 minutes and reappeared a
few times.

Despite being very low in a bushy area, excellent views of the bird were
obtained over the next 20-30 minutes or so.

If you plan on trying for the bird, and do not readily see it, patience and
searching low in bushes may be called for.

Thanks to Noel and his friend for great spotting.

Karen Rubinstein
Springs, NY and New York City

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Flushing Meadow sparrows

[Peter Reisfeld]

Sorry, the link does not allow scrolling to the other videos.  A link to the 
lark + photobomb video is attached:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/23601704459/in/dateposted-public/ 


Happy winter birding, 

Peter

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> Date: December 25, 2015 at 4:07:00 PM EST
> To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu, Ebirds 
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> 
> I chased the celebrity sparrow duo along with Andrew for a while this 
> morning, as they moved with the junco flock, along with pine warblers, brown 
> creeper, and white breasted nuthatch. Listening for the nuthatch can provide 
> a clue to the flock location.  
> 
> I’ve uploaded a few videos, hoping to give big brother lark sparrow some 
> screen time. But in the last one, the clay colored couldn’t help but try to 
> steal the spotlight with a photobombing cameo (watch carefully just past 
> midway). 
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/23969998295/in/dateposted-public/ 
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[nysbirds-l] PABU in Prospect Park

[Rob Bate]

Stayed for Christmas. Same area north slope of Lefrak green roof

Rob Bate 
Brooklyn

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[nysbirds-l] Orange-crowned Warbler at Kissena Park

[Joseph O'Sullivan]

At Kissena Park in Queens, NYC I spotted an Orange-crowned Warbler and a
Hermit Thrush along the dirt path between the velodrome and 164th Street.

There was a lot of bird activity, 15 species in 30 minutes, centered on
some puddles that the birds were using as a waterhole and some sumac trees.

Yesterday I spotted a Cackling Goose and the Lark Sparrow at Flushing
Meadows Park. I didn't see the Clay-colored Sparrow.

I'll post my lists on ebird later today.



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Shawangunk Grasslands

[Karen Fung]

Update: the bird flew off ~ 2:30pm, crossing Bates Lane and heading northeast. 



Karen Fung
NYC
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> On Dec 25, 2015, at 2:10 PM, Karen Fung  wrote:
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> The Gyrfalcon is currently being seen from Bates Lane looking SE. Distant 
> scope views. The Greater White-fronted Goose is also present in the Canada 
> flock. 
> 
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>> On Dec 25, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Anne Swaim  wrote:
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>> Currently viewing. 
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>> Quick pic link here:
>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7TChbSFVD-_VzhCWEtuc1pXQ2s
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Shawangunk Grasslands

[Karen Fung]

The Gyrfalcon is currently being seen from Bates Lane looking SE. Distant scope 
views. The Greater White-fronted Goose is also present in the Canada flock. 



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[nysbirds-l] Cackling Geese @ Flushing Meadow Corona Park Queens co.

[Andrew Baksh]

The two Cackling Geese continue on Flushing Meadow Lake. Currently being 
observed with Coco Huang, Ben Chang and Mike Feder.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[mscheibel49]

My two cents; a large flock of geese taking flight simultaneously could well be 
due to disturbance, human or otherwise & it is hunting season
Merry Christmas,
Mike S

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> On Dec 25, 2015, at 10:58 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese??  We see this 
> with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning to 
> feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields. 
> Interesting stuff nevertheless.  
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren  
>> wrote:
>> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of geese 
>> departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad circular 
>> front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>> 
>> Benjamin 
>>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia  
>>> wrote:
>>> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it makes 
>>> sense. 
>>> 
 On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
 That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields 
 there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in 
 December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are 
 also lots of Snow Geese there.
 
 John Kent
 Selkirk, NY
 
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> All, 
> 
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and 
> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning 
> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen 
> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5 
> radar images that I grabbed which show this. 
> 
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
> 
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? 
> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably 
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long 
> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts 
> on this please share. 
> 
> Merry Christmas to all 
> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

Looks like some confirmation that the bird "ring" on radar this morning is
indeed starlings and late icterids. Thanks Nancy.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Nancy Jane Kern 
wrote:

> I have been too busy this week to get my bird reports in, but the
> Valatie/Stuyvesant area had a dense murmuration of thousands of black birds
> with many European Starlings, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and a
> few Red-winged Blackbirds in the past few days. These birds have been
> feeding on cornfields and soybean fields and perching in woods along these
> fields.
>
> There have been some flocks of a few hundred Canada Geese, but I doubt
> these have been significant on radar.
>
> Nancy Kern
> Austerlitz, Columbia Co., NY
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> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 10:58:59 -0500
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on
> Radar this morning
> From: daven102...@gmail.com
> To: bmvando...@gmail.com
> CC: jwk...@fastmail.fm; cayugabird...@cornell.edu; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>
>
> That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese??  We see
> this with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning
> to feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields.
> Interesting stuff nevertheless.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren  > wrote:
>
> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of
> geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad
> circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>
> Benjamin
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia 
> wrote:
>
> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it
> makes sense.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
>
> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
> lots of Snow Geese there.
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk, NY
>
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
> on this please share.
>
> Merry Christmas to all
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese??  We see this
with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning to
feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields.
Interesting stuff nevertheless.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren 
wrote:

> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of
> geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad
> circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>
> Benjamin
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia 
> wrote:
>
>> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it
>> makes sense.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
>>
>>> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
>>> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
>>> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
>>> lots of Snow Geese there.
>>>
>>> John Kent
>>> Selkirk, NY
>>>
>>> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am
>>> and 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow
>>> morning take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
>>> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
>>> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>>>
>>>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>>>
>>> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
>>> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
>>> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
>>> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
>>> on this please share.
>>>
>>> Merry Christmas to all
>>>
>>> David Nicosia
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[nysbirds-l] Ross's Goose/Ash- throated Flycatcher

[Robert A. Proniewych]

The Ross's Goose was seen this morning around 8:30 at Eastport before
taking off with a large flock of Canada Geese.
The Ash-throated Flycatcher continues at the Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk.
Merry Christmas all.
 Robert Proniewych

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of geese
departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad circular
front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...

Benjamin
On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia 
wrote:

> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it
> makes sense.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
>
>> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
>> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
>> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
>> lots of Snow Geese there.
>>
>> John Kent
>> Selkirk, NY
>>
>> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
>> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
>> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
>> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
>> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>>
>>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>>
>> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
>> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
>> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
>> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
>> on this please share.
>>
>> Merry Christmas to all
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it makes
sense.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:

> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
> lots of Snow Geese there.
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk, NY
>
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
> on this please share.
>
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>
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[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens co. Clay-colored Sparrow ++

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[John Kent]

That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields there 
at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in December 
before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also lots of Snow 
Geese there.

John Kent
Selkirk, NY

> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> All, 
> 
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and 654 
> am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning take 
> off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen originating 
> from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5 radar images that 
> I grabbed which show this. 
> 
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
> 
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? And, 
> if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably 
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long gone.  
> Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts on this 
> please share. 
> 
> Merry Christmas to all 
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

All,

I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
radar images that I grabbed which show this.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610

The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? And,
if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
on this please share.

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[nysbirds-l] Cackling Geese @ Flushing Meadow Corona Park Queens co.

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The two Cackling Geese continue on Flushing Meadow Lake. Currently being 
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[cayugabirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

All,

I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
radar images that I grabbed which show this.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610

The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? And,
if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
on this please share.

Merry Christmas to all

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[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens co. Clay-colored Sparrow ++

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[John Kent]

That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields there 
at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in December 
before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also lots of Snow 
Geese there.

John Kent
Selkirk, NY

> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> All, 
> 
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and 654 
> am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning take 
> off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen originating 
> from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5 radar images that 
> I grabbed which show this. 
> 
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
> 
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? And, 
> if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably 
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long gone.  
> Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts on this 
> please share. 
> 
> Merry Christmas to all 
> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese??  We see this
with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning to
feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields.
Interesting stuff nevertheless.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren 
wrote:

> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of
> geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad
> circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>
> Benjamin
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia 
> wrote:
>
>> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it
>> makes sense.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
>>
>>> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
>>> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
>>> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
>>> lots of Snow Geese there.
>>>
>>> John Kent
>>> Selkirk, NY
>>>
>>> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am
>>> and 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow
>>> morning take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
>>> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
>>> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>>>
>>>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>>>
>>> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
>>> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
>>> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
>>> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
>>> on this please share.
>>>
>>> Merry Christmas to all
>>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it makes
sense.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:

> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
> lots of Snow Geese there.
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk, NY
>
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
> on this please share.
>
> Merry Christmas to all
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[mscheibel49]

My two cents; a large flock of geese taking flight simultaneously could well be 
due to disturbance, human or otherwise & it is hunting season
Merry Christmas,
Mike S

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> On Dec 25, 2015, at 10:58 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese??  We see this 
> with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning to 
> feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields. 
> Interesting stuff nevertheless.  
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren  
>> wrote:
>> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of geese 
>> departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad circular 
>> front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>> 
>> Benjamin 
>>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia  
>>> wrote:
>>> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it makes 
>>> sense. 
>>> 
 On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
 That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields 
 there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in 
 December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are 
 also lots of Snow Geese there.
 
 John Kent
 Selkirk, NY
 
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> All, 
> 
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and 
> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning 
> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen 
> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5 
> radar images that I grabbed which show this. 
> 
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
> 
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects?? 
> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably 
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long 
> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts 
> on this please share. 
> 
> Merry Christmas to all 
> 
> David Nicosia 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[David Nicosia]

Looks like some confirmation that the bird "ring" on radar this morning is
indeed starlings and late icterids. Thanks Nancy.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Nancy Jane Kern 
wrote:

> I have been too busy this week to get my bird reports in, but the
> Valatie/Stuyvesant area had a dense murmuration of thousands of black birds
> with many European Starlings, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and a
> few Red-winged Blackbirds in the past few days. These birds have been
> feeding on cornfields and soybean fields and perching in woods along these
> fields.
>
> There have been some flocks of a few hundred Canada Geese, but I doubt
> these have been significant on radar.
>
> Nancy Kern
> Austerlitz, Columbia Co., NY
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> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 10:58:59 -0500
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on
> Radar this morning
> From: daven102...@gmail.com
> To: bmvando...@gmail.com
> CC: jwk...@fastmail.fm; cayugabird...@cornell.edu; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>
>
> That's a good point Ben. Plus why right at sunrise for geese??  We see
> this with swallows a lot which roost in marshes and take off in the morning
> to feed. Geese roost in the fields? I thought they fed in the fields.
> Interesting stuff nevertheless.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren  > wrote:
>
> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of
> geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad
> circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>
> Benjamin
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia 
> wrote:
>
> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it
> makes sense.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
>
> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
> lots of Snow Geese there.
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk, NY
>
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>
>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>
> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
> on this please share.
>
> Merry Christmas to all
>
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[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Shawangunk Grasslands

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Currently viewing. 

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[nysbirds-l] Ross's Goose/Ash- throated Flycatcher

[Robert A. Proniewych]

The Ross's Goose was seen this morning around 8:30 at Eastport before
taking off with a large flock of Canada Geese.
The Ash-throated Flycatcher continues at the Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk.
Merry Christmas all.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Interesting Bird?? Take Off on Radar this morning

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of geese
departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad circular
front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...

Benjamin
On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia 
wrote:

> thanks. I didn't think of geese. we often see swallows do this but it
> makes sense.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, John Kent  wrote:
>
>> That is geese you're seeing. Large numbers of them roost in farm fields
>> there at this time of year, and I have seen the same thing on radar in
>> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
>> lots of Snow Geese there.
>>
>> John Kent
>> Selkirk, NY
>>
>> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar between 617 am and
>> 654 am Christmas morning a circular pattern on radar like swallow morning
>> take off patterns we see in the late summer. This pattern was seen
>> originating from Valtie, NY... 42.41N and 73.68W (roughly). Below are 5
>> radar images that I grabbed which show this.
>>
>>  https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157662199366610
>>
>> The question is...are these radar echoes even birds or maybe insects??
>> And, if so, what specie of bird (if they are birds)? I would say probably
>> starlings???  They couldn't be tree swallows since they should be long
>> gone.  Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before.  Any thoughts
>> on this please share.
>>
>> Merry Christmas to all
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Shawangunk Grasslands

[Karen Fung]

The Gyrfalcon is currently being seen from Bates Lane looking SE. Distant scope 
views. The Greater White-fronted Goose is also present in the Canada flock. 



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> On Dec 25, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Anne Swaim  wrote:
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> Currently viewing. 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Shawangunk Grasslands

[Karen Fung]

Update: the bird flew off ~ 2:30pm, crossing Bates Lane and heading northeast. 



Karen Fung
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> On Dec 25, 2015, at 2:10 PM, Karen Fung  wrote:
> 
> The Gyrfalcon is currently being seen from Bates Lane looking SE. Distant 
> scope views. The Greater White-fronted Goose is also present in the Canada 
> flock. 
> 
> 
> 
> Karen Fung
> NYC
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 25, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Anne Swaim  wrote:
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[nysbirds-l] Birding Locations: Chautauqua Co. (NYS eBird Hotspots)

[Ben Cacace]

Under the 'Birding Locations' section of the Chautauqua County wiki page
I've filled it with locations from 3 sources which can be found at the
bottom of the section:

1. the online book 'Natural History Atlas to the Chautauqua-Allegheny
Region' (NHACAR) from The Roger Tory Peterson Institute
2. the 'Our Preserves' section of the Chautauqua Waterershed Conservancy
website
3. the 'Centers & Preserves' section of the Buffalo Audubon Society website.

If there's an entry in the 'Natural History Atlas' there will be a link
labeled 'NHACAR' for each location.

An eBird hotspot links exists for all locations labeled 'Hotspot'. The
locations highlighted in gray are newly created eBird shared locations.

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Chautauqua

Let me know if you see any issues.
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC & Bartow-Pell Bronx - (2 warbler sp.)

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park - NYC - morning
Friday December 25, 2015
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walk

American Black Duck
Northern Shoveler - few
Bufflehead - Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - young male Turtle Pond
Ruddy Duck - 57 Reservoir
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sparrow Rock, Pinetum, and the Point
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker - Bow Bridge
American Crow - at least 6
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Shakespeare Garden & Strawberry Fields
Hermit Thrush - 4 (Strawberry Fields & Upper Lobe)
Black-and-white Warbler - female Shakespeare Garden
Song Sparrow - Wagner Cove
Fox Sparrow - Oven
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - flock of around 100 on the Point
House Finch
American Goldfinch

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Bartow-Pell & briefly Orchard Beach  - afternoon (highlights)
Friday December 25, 2015
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen

American Black Duck - many Orchard Beach Lagoon 
Bufflehead - 5 Orchard Beach Lagoon
Great Blue Heron - Orchard Beach Lagoon
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Bartow-Pell
Carolina Wren - 2 Bartow-Pell
Gray Catbird - Bartow-Pell
Northern Mockingbird - Bartow-Pell
Cedar Waxwing - around a dozen Bartow-Pell
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Bartow-Pell 
Eastern Towhee - male Bartow-Pell
Fox Sparrow - around a dozen Bartow-Pell


Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Orange-crowned Warbler at Kissena Park

[Joseph O'Sullivan]

At Kissena Park in Queens, NYC I spotted an Orange-crowned Warbler and a
Hermit Thrush along the dirt path between the velodrome and 164th Street.

There was a lot of bird activity, 15 species in 30 minutes, centered on
some puddles that the birds were using as a waterhole and some sumac trees.

Yesterday I spotted a Cackling Goose and the Lark Sparrow at Flushing
Meadows Park. I didn't see the Clay-colored Sparrow.

I'll post my lists on ebird later today.



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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Flushing Meadow sparrows

[Peter Reisfeld]

Sorry, the link does not allow scrolling to the other videos.  A link to the 
lark + photobomb video is attached:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/23601704459/in/dateposted-public/ 


Happy winter birding, 

Peter

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> I chased the celebrity sparrow duo along with Andrew for a while this 
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> creeper, and white breasted nuthatch. Listening for the nuthatch can provide 
> a clue to the flock location.  
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> I’ve uploaded a few videos, hoping to give big brother lark sparrow some 
> screen time. But in the last one, the clay colored couldn’t help but try to 
> steal the spotlight with a photobombing cameo (watch carefully just past 
> midway). 
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/23969998295/in/dateposted-public/ 
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[nysbirds-l] PABU in Prospect Park

[Rob Bate]

Stayed for Christmas. Same area north slope of Lefrak green roof

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[nysbirds-l] Ash-Throated Flycather --Montauk

[Karen Rubinstein]

My sister Barbara and I were in Montauk today.  We arrived around 11:00 AM.
There were 2 birders (Noel and his friend)  there who had briefly viewed
the Ash-Throated prior to our arrival and stayed for better views.

At around 2:30 the bird was sighted again, low in the bushes that run
parallel to Edgemere/Flamingo perpendicular to the hedgerow parallel to
Montauk Manor. It disappeared again for about 15 minutes and reappeared a
few times.

Despite being very low in a bushy area, excellent views of the bird were
obtained over the next 20-30 minutes or so.

If you plan on trying for the bird, and do not readily see it, patience and
searching low in bushes may be called for.

Thanks to Noel and his friend for great spotting.

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Springs, NY and New York City

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