Re: [nysbirds-l] 3 whimbrel at breezy

[Simon Taylor]

3 whimbrels continue at Breezy Point. Seen at 2pm on the beach

> On May 25, 2016, at 7:31 AM, Isaac Grant  wrote:
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> Sorry for the typo. There are 3 and not 2. 
> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] 3 whimbrel at breezy

[Simon Taylor]

3 whimbrels continue at Breezy Point. Seen at 2pm on the beach

> On May 25, 2016, at 7:31 AM, Isaac Grant  wrote:
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> Sorry for the typo. There are 3 and not 2. 
> 
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[nysbirds-l] 1 correction: Central Park, NYC 5/25

[Thomas Fiore]

Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 -

Near the end of a lengthy list of species found this Wed. morning in  
Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) is one NOT seen - evening  
grosbeak, which is not exactly expected now - & generally rare at any  
season in NYC.  (this was a cut-&-paste error, with apologies to  
anyone else (in addition to several sharp-eyed readers) who wondered  
if that would not be a rather highlighted species... yes, it most  
certainly would at any time of year in NYC.)
...
in another month of May, quite long ago, there were however 3 grosbeak  
species (in differing genera) seen at same day in Central, very  
unlikely to happen again any day (or year, or decade) soon here.  And  
yes, one of the 3 was (way back then) eve., while the others were:  
blue & the usual & typical May-migrant rose-breasted.

good day for a birding lunch or eve. walk,

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[nysbirds-l] 1 correction: Central Park, NYC 5/25

[Thomas Fiore]

Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 -

Near the end of a lengthy list of species found this Wed. morning in  
Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) is one NOT seen - evening  
grosbeak, which is not exactly expected now - & generally rare at any  
season in NYC.  (this was a cut-&-paste error, with apologies to  
anyone else (in addition to several sharp-eyed readers) who wondered  
if that would not be a rather highlighted species... yes, it most  
certainly would at any time of year in NYC.)
...
in another month of May, quite long ago, there were however 3 grosbeak  
species (in differing genera) seen at same day in Central, very  
unlikely to happen again any day (or year, or decade) soon here.  And  
yes, one of the 3 was (way back then) eve., while the others were:  
blue & the usual & typical May-migrant rose-breasted.

good day for a birding lunch or eve. walk,

Tom Fiore
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

Didn't spend a lot of time but there are plenty of blackpolls, magnolia, and 
American redstarts around.  Also there are many red-eyed vireos and I saw a 
single willow flycatcher. 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

Didn't spend a lot of time but there are plenty of blackpolls, magnolia, and 
American redstarts around.  Also there are many red-eyed vireos and I saw a 
single willow flycatcher. 

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[nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach

[Joel Horman]

On Monday, just past high tide, there were between 500-1000 shorebirds 
crowded on the sliver of sand, and we remained behind the dune so as not 
to disturb them. There was a mix of predominately Sanderlings and 
Semi-palmated Sandpipers, with Dunlin, Turnstones, a few Willets and 
about a dozen Red Knots. Also Common and Least Terns. Several 
Black-bellied Plovers. One Laughing Gull.


Peggy & Joel Horman

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[nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach

[Joel Horman]

On Monday, just past high tide, there were between 500-1000 shorebirds 
crowded on the sliver of sand, and we remained behind the dune so as not 
to disturb them. There was a mix of predominately Sanderlings and 
Semi-palmated Sandpipers, with Dunlin, Turnstones, a few Willets and 
about a dozen Red Knots. Also Common and Least Terns. Several 
Black-bellied Plovers. One Laughing Gull.


Peggy & Joel Horman

Ridge


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[nysbirds-l] Bicknell's Thrush/Philadelphia Vireos/Black-backed Woodpeckers/Boreal Chickadees & more

[Joan Collins]

After many early arrival records were set in early spring, migration slowed
(nearly to a halt) in late April and early May.  Arrivals in the Adirondacks
since late April have been the latest I’ve ever observed.

 

After very few Black Bear observations during the spring-summer-fall of
2015, 2016 is making up for it!  We’ve had the largest Black Bear we’ve ever
had visiting our home.  It discovered the cracked corn put out for Wild
Turkeys (& many other birds).  There have been Black Bear sightings all over
Long Lake and I also observed one in Newcomb.  Along the Round Lake Trail
where I bushwhack to feed Gray Jays, it appears a Black Bear has been
sleeping – 6 scats and round circles of grass crushed down.  “Bruno”
continues to visit our house every few days looking for more corn.  I
stopped feeding birds later than usual since I still had over 100 Pine
Siskins looking for food.  For the last few days of feeding, I took the
feeders in at night after Bruno arrived.  The last feeder was out with just
a few seeds in the bottom (it was basically empty) Monday night and the
feeder was gone on Tuesday morning.  It was my heaviest feeder and it is
mind boggling that Bruno could carry off such a heavy feeder in his mouth.
My husband has scoured the woods and there is no sign of it.  (Photos of
Bruno are on my Facebook page below.)

 

I never considered Wild Turkeys to be intelligent creatures, but I’ve
changed my mind!  We have a male turkey that we call the “stalker”.  It
climbs our back porch steps and stares at us through a glass door –
sometimes for ½ hour!  It does this even when the screen is in front of the
door – so it isn’t looking at a reflection.  It also discovered that it
could stand on a rock wall in our backyard and gobble non-stop while staring
at the back door – which results in me putting cracked corn out to shut it
up!  It watches me bring out the corn and doesn’t run away.  It has been a
bizarre experience!  The numbers of Wild Turkeys appear to be way up
everyone I go in the Adirondacks.

 

Three Common Ravens fledged from a nest (in a White Pine) in Long Lake on
Monday-Tuesday this week (nest found by Eric Damour).  It was comical to see
3 fully grown raven young standing in a nest waiting to be fed!  I continue
to feed 3 different pairs of Gray Jays, and they haven’t shown their young
yet – should be any day!  I observed another Common Raven nest on 5/19 on
private property in the Raquette Lake area (town of Long Lake) – it too had
3 young in the nest.

 

Betsy Folwell (Blue Mountain Lake) reported Wood Duck chicks running around
her deck on 4/29/16!  The earlier ice-out each year is making it possible
for waterfowl to nest much earlier.

 

On May 7, a Red Squirrel killed a Pine Siskin in front of me and consumed it
on our wood pile (I put one photo on Facebook).  Yesterday (5/24), I found a
headless Pine Siskin body in our backyard.  It will be a difficult nesting
year for many species with so many Red Squirrels around.

 

Snowshoe Hare numbers are also up and I am finding multiple hares
everywhere!

 

May sightings and arrival dates (* first of the season):

 

My first Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain (Essex Co.) was on Monday, May 23,
2016 with a wonderful young birder (22 years old) and his father from
Arkansas.  The young man had terrific eyes and ears, and he is heading into
an ornithology graduate program in the fall – it was great to be out with
him!  As with many talented young birders, his father was extremely
supportive and patient with us all day!  We found 60 species by visiting
Whiteface Mountain, roadside birding, and a trip on Blue Mountain Road (in
Santa Clara in the Madawaska area – Franklin Co.).  They birded the area for
3 days prior to our trip, so our tour was more targeted (BITH, BBWO, BOCH,
CAWA & some others).  Here are some of the species found:

 

American Black Duck – family group with 11 young

Ruffed Grouse – several including one dust-bathing

Wild Turkey

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

*Chimney Swift (first of the season for me)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Black-backed Woodpecker – 2 in different locations (foraging & calling
female; and male at its nest site on eggs)

Northern Flicker

Merlin

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – several on Whiteface

Least Flycatcher

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Boreal Chickadee – nice views of 2 different birds on Whiteface!

Brown Creeper

Winter Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – many on Whiteface

Eastern Bluebird

Bicknell’s Thrush – the young man was a dedicated eBird reporter and counted
29 in 4 hours! We had nice views of 2.  There was some singing early in the
morning and lots of calling on this beautiful day.

Swainson’s Thrush

Wood Thrush

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Black-and-white Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

American Redstart

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

[nysbirds-l] Bicknell's Thrush/Philadelphia Vireos/Black-backed Woodpeckers/Boreal Chickadees & more

[Joan Collins]

After many early arrival records were set in early spring, migration slowed
(nearly to a halt) in late April and early May.  Arrivals in the Adirondacks
since late April have been the latest I’ve ever observed.

 

After very few Black Bear observations during the spring-summer-fall of
2015, 2016 is making up for it!  We’ve had the largest Black Bear we’ve ever
had visiting our home.  It discovered the cracked corn put out for Wild
Turkeys (& many other birds).  There have been Black Bear sightings all over
Long Lake and I also observed one in Newcomb.  Along the Round Lake Trail
where I bushwhack to feed Gray Jays, it appears a Black Bear has been
sleeping – 6 scats and round circles of grass crushed down.  “Bruno”
continues to visit our house every few days looking for more corn.  I
stopped feeding birds later than usual since I still had over 100 Pine
Siskins looking for food.  For the last few days of feeding, I took the
feeders in at night after Bruno arrived.  The last feeder was out with just
a few seeds in the bottom (it was basically empty) Monday night and the
feeder was gone on Tuesday morning.  It was my heaviest feeder and it is
mind boggling that Bruno could carry off such a heavy feeder in his mouth.
My husband has scoured the woods and there is no sign of it.  (Photos of
Bruno are on my Facebook page below.)

 

I never considered Wild Turkeys to be intelligent creatures, but I’ve
changed my mind!  We have a male turkey that we call the “stalker”.  It
climbs our back porch steps and stares at us through a glass door –
sometimes for ½ hour!  It does this even when the screen is in front of the
door – so it isn’t looking at a reflection.  It also discovered that it
could stand on a rock wall in our backyard and gobble non-stop while staring
at the back door – which results in me putting cracked corn out to shut it
up!  It watches me bring out the corn and doesn’t run away.  It has been a
bizarre experience!  The numbers of Wild Turkeys appear to be way up
everyone I go in the Adirondacks.

 

Three Common Ravens fledged from a nest (in a White Pine) in Long Lake on
Monday-Tuesday this week (nest found by Eric Damour).  It was comical to see
3 fully grown raven young standing in a nest waiting to be fed!  I continue
to feed 3 different pairs of Gray Jays, and they haven’t shown their young
yet – should be any day!  I observed another Common Raven nest on 5/19 on
private property in the Raquette Lake area (town of Long Lake) – it too had
3 young in the nest.

 

Betsy Folwell (Blue Mountain Lake) reported Wood Duck chicks running around
her deck on 4/29/16!  The earlier ice-out each year is making it possible
for waterfowl to nest much earlier.

 

On May 7, a Red Squirrel killed a Pine Siskin in front of me and consumed it
on our wood pile (I put one photo on Facebook).  Yesterday (5/24), I found a
headless Pine Siskin body in our backyard.  It will be a difficult nesting
year for many species with so many Red Squirrels around.

 

Snowshoe Hare numbers are also up and I am finding multiple hares
everywhere!

 

May sightings and arrival dates (* first of the season):

 

My first Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain (Essex Co.) was on Monday, May 23,
2016 with a wonderful young birder (22 years old) and his father from
Arkansas.  The young man had terrific eyes and ears, and he is heading into
an ornithology graduate program in the fall – it was great to be out with
him!  As with many talented young birders, his father was extremely
supportive and patient with us all day!  We found 60 species by visiting
Whiteface Mountain, roadside birding, and a trip on Blue Mountain Road (in
Santa Clara in the Madawaska area – Franklin Co.).  They birded the area for
3 days prior to our trip, so our tour was more targeted (BITH, BBWO, BOCH,
CAWA & some others).  Here are some of the species found:

 

American Black Duck – family group with 11 young

Ruffed Grouse – several including one dust-bathing

Wild Turkey

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

*Chimney Swift (first of the season for me)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Black-backed Woodpecker – 2 in different locations (foraging & calling
female; and male at its nest site on eggs)

Northern Flicker

Merlin

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – several on Whiteface

Least Flycatcher

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Boreal Chickadee – nice views of 2 different birds on Whiteface!

Brown Creeper

Winter Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – many on Whiteface

Eastern Bluebird

Bicknell’s Thrush – the young man was a dedicated eBird reporter and counted
29 in 4 hours! We had nice views of 2.  There was some singing early in the
morning and lots of calling on this beautiful day.

Swainson’s Thrush

Wood Thrush

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Black-and-white Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

American Redstart

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

[nysbirds-l] Y.b. Chat++, Central Park, NYC 5/25; & prior days

[Thomas Fiore]

southeast-NY birders, take a lunch-birding break or after-work break  
if you can...
..
Wednesday, 25 May, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT found by Chris Cooper at Strawberry Fields in  
the early morning was still present there about 2 hrs. later.  This  
almost certainly tops the list of a minimum of 22 additional Warbler  
species still moving thru &/or lingering in the park this 25th of May,  
with a very strong push of migrants of many kinds having been on the  
move last night into this a.m. Among the other warblers, & how  
relatively numerous some still are, is suggested from the 4 &1/4 hrs.  
I took walking & fast-walking (where bird activity was limited) from  
106th to 60th Sts. & from C.P. West to Fifth Ave. & back again, the  
most time being put in at the Ramble areas, the reservoir-bridle path  
section, esp. the n.w. parts, & the n. end of the park, esp. the far  
NW "corner" of.  A Philadelphia Vireo was still at an area of the NW- 
most part of the Ramble where seen on other days the past week. It was  
singing & moving a bit, west of the Belvedere Castle. (n.b., there are  
multiple Red-eyed Vireos throughout the park, including singing at the  
same area).  Other species of note this morning (so far!!) have  
included some Empidonax flycatchers of various kinds & Olive-sided  
Flycatchers in a couple of places, including the Ramble.

It's reasonable to think that more species of all kinds of (at least)  
land-bird migrants may turn up this day in late May. The below are  
merely what I was able to observe, & there have been far more of some  
species seen in various locations by other active birders.

Yellow-breasted Chat (Strawberry Fields, & thanks to Chris Cooper!)
Tennessee Warbler (non-singing, n. woods)
Northern Parula (at least 5 heard, a few add'l. seen)
Yellow Warbler (multiple males & females, seen & h.)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (modest no's. of fem. & male)
Magnolia Warbler (good double-digit no's. of each sex)
Cape May Warbler (female, NW reservoir-bridle path - N.B. - males are  
still being seen by other birders)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (more females than male - but males still  
being seen in no's.)
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (scarce but still around)
Black-throated Green Warbler (at least 2, each sex)
Blackburnian Warbler (female, n. woods - N.B. - multiple males are  
being seen elesewhere)
Prairie Warbler (female, Great Hill, west edge, 9:15 a.m.)
Bay-breasted Warbler (females, N. End n. of Blockhouse - N.B. - males  
are still being seen elsewhere)
Blackpoll Warbler (multiple in many locations, both sexes)
Black-and-white Warbler (I noticed just 2, one of each sex)
American Redstart (prob. most numerous warbler of day = 100 +++)
Worm-eating Warbler ("late" but not unprecedently, Ramble, SE sector)
Ovenbird (not a whole lot & many, not all were silent, presumed females)
Northern Waterthrush (singing at "oven", & seen in a few other  
locations)
Mourning Warbler (Strawberry Fields, also definitively at Loch- 
W'flower Meadow - NB - also being seen elsewhere, by others!!)
Common Yellowthroat (prob. 2nd-most numerous warbler species this day;  
many females & 1st-year males, adult males also!)
Wilson's Warbler (at least several, some quite high - 15-20 ft. while  
foraging - Ramble, n. woods, etc.)
Canada Warbler (multiple but not all that many, both sexes)

Other migrant & "visiting" species present today Wed. 5/25:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret (the usual n. end fly-overs)
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk (including the adult sitting in center of Sheep Meadow  
lawn, as a CP mower-machine driver had to circle around it)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper (reservoir)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (reservoir)
Great Black-backed Gull (reservoir)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (at least one, n. woods, n. of Blockhouse)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (several, Ramble & n. woods areas)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (still in extremely minimal numbers, we will see if  
more show in Central)
Empidonax [genus] Flycatchers (more than several, including Acadian  
Flycatcher heard in the Ramble, n. section, but mostly not heard, or  
not studied well this a.m., however some that were 'likely' included  
Least and "Willow-Alder types".)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird (nest areas & etc.)
Warbling Vireo (many, nest areas etc.)
Philadelphia Vireo (west of the Castle, seen singing & moving about a  
bit)
Red-eyed Vireo (many, a fresh "push" of these, again in all areas of  
the park this day)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (esp. at reservoir)
Barn Swallow (over Sheep Meadow, N. Meadow, Meer, & esp. reservoir)
Black-capped Chickadee (several on several territories)
Tufted 

[nysbirds-l] Y.b. Chat++, Central Park, NYC 5/25; & prior days

[Thomas Fiore]

southeast-NY birders, take a lunch-birding break or after-work break  
if you can...
..
Wednesday, 25 May, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT found by Chris Cooper at Strawberry Fields in  
the early morning was still present there about 2 hrs. later.  This  
almost certainly tops the list of a minimum of 22 additional Warbler  
species still moving thru &/or lingering in the park this 25th of May,  
with a very strong push of migrants of many kinds having been on the  
move last night into this a.m. Among the other warblers, & how  
relatively numerous some still are, is suggested from the 4 &1/4 hrs.  
I took walking & fast-walking (where bird activity was limited) from  
106th to 60th Sts. & from C.P. West to Fifth Ave. & back again, the  
most time being put in at the Ramble areas, the reservoir-bridle path  
section, esp. the n.w. parts, & the n. end of the park, esp. the far  
NW "corner" of.  A Philadelphia Vireo was still at an area of the NW- 
most part of the Ramble where seen on other days the past week. It was  
singing & moving a bit, west of the Belvedere Castle. (n.b., there are  
multiple Red-eyed Vireos throughout the park, including singing at the  
same area).  Other species of note this morning (so far!!) have  
included some Empidonax flycatchers of various kinds & Olive-sided  
Flycatchers in a couple of places, including the Ramble.

It's reasonable to think that more species of all kinds of (at least)  
land-bird migrants may turn up this day in late May. The below are  
merely what I was able to observe, & there have been far more of some  
species seen in various locations by other active birders.

Yellow-breasted Chat (Strawberry Fields, & thanks to Chris Cooper!)
Tennessee Warbler (non-singing, n. woods)
Northern Parula (at least 5 heard, a few add'l. seen)
Yellow Warbler (multiple males & females, seen & h.)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (modest no's. of fem. & male)
Magnolia Warbler (good double-digit no's. of each sex)
Cape May Warbler (female, NW reservoir-bridle path - N.B. - males are  
still being seen by other birders)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (more females than male - but males still  
being seen in no's.)
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (scarce but still around)
Black-throated Green Warbler (at least 2, each sex)
Blackburnian Warbler (female, n. woods - N.B. - multiple males are  
being seen elesewhere)
Prairie Warbler (female, Great Hill, west edge, 9:15 a.m.)
Bay-breasted Warbler (females, N. End n. of Blockhouse - N.B. - males  
are still being seen elsewhere)
Blackpoll Warbler (multiple in many locations, both sexes)
Black-and-white Warbler (I noticed just 2, one of each sex)
American Redstart (prob. most numerous warbler of day = 100 +++)
Worm-eating Warbler ("late" but not unprecedently, Ramble, SE sector)
Ovenbird (not a whole lot & many, not all were silent, presumed females)
Northern Waterthrush (singing at "oven", & seen in a few other  
locations)
Mourning Warbler (Strawberry Fields, also definitively at Loch- 
W'flower Meadow - NB - also being seen elsewhere, by others!!)
Common Yellowthroat (prob. 2nd-most numerous warbler species this day;  
many females & 1st-year males, adult males also!)
Wilson's Warbler (at least several, some quite high - 15-20 ft. while  
foraging - Ramble, n. woods, etc.)
Canada Warbler (multiple but not all that many, both sexes)

Other migrant & "visiting" species present today Wed. 5/25:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret (the usual n. end fly-overs)
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk (including the adult sitting in center of Sheep Meadow  
lawn, as a CP mower-machine driver had to circle around it)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper (reservoir)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (reservoir)
Great Black-backed Gull (reservoir)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (at least one, n. woods, n. of Blockhouse)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (several, Ramble & n. woods areas)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (still in extremely minimal numbers, we will see if  
more show in Central)
Empidonax [genus] Flycatchers (more than several, including Acadian  
Flycatcher heard in the Ramble, n. section, but mostly not heard, or  
not studied well this a.m., however some that were 'likely' included  
Least and "Willow-Alder types".)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird (nest areas & etc.)
Warbling Vireo (many, nest areas etc.)
Philadelphia Vireo (west of the Castle, seen singing & moving about a  
bit)
Red-eyed Vireo (many, a fresh "push" of these, again in all areas of  
the park this day)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (esp. at reservoir)
Barn Swallow (over Sheep Meadow, N. Meadow, Meer, & esp. reservoir)
Black-capped Chickadee (several on several territories)
Tufted 

[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Marshlands Conservancy Rye

[Gail Benson]

A Whimbrel is on the mudflats in Milton Harbor with a few Greater
Yellowlegs, Black-bellief Plovers and peeps. Tom Burke & Gail Benson

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[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Marshlands Conservancy Rye

[Gail Benson]

A Whimbrel is on the mudflats in Milton Harbor with a few Greater
Yellowlegs, Black-bellief Plovers and peeps. Tom Burke & Gail Benson

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[nysbirds-l] Trinity Church - Philadelphia Vireo

[Ben Cacace]

Bird was seen on east side of cemetery north of the church in the southern
Locust on the field with six trees.

No wingbars, short bill and short tail, eye stripe, light supercilium, dark
grayish crown and upperparts with *light* yellow wash restricted to upper
breast and undertail coverts.

Also present is a male Scarlet Tanager.
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[nysbirds-l] Trinity Church - Philadelphia Vireo

[Ben Cacace]

Bird was seen on east side of cemetery north of the church in the southern
Locust on the field with six trees.

No wingbars, short bill and short tail, eye stripe, light supercilium, dark
grayish crown and upperparts with *light* yellow wash restricted to upper
breast and undertail coverts.

Also present is a male Scarlet Tanager.
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[nysbirds-l] Blackpolls: Massapequa

[Robert Taylor]

Heard and saw lots of Blackpolls in my neighborhood this morning.  I'm 2
blocks west of the preserve.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Blackpolls: Massapequa

[Robert Taylor]

Heard and saw lots of Blackpolls in my neighborhood this morning.  I'm 2
blocks west of the preserve.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] 3 whimbrel at breezy

[Isaac Grant]

Sorry for the typo. There are 3 and not 2. 

Isaac Grant
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[nysbirds-l] 3 whimbrel at breezy

[Isaac Grant]

Sorry for the typo. There are 3 and not 2. 

Isaac Grant
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[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at breezy Point

[Isaac Grant]

2 on beach closer to silver gull. 

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[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at breezy Point

[Isaac Grant]

2 on beach closer to silver gull. 

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