[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 8/18

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Thursday, 18 August, 2016

After 6+ weeks of modestly-good to mediocre (or near-nonexistent)  
general land-bird migrations, according to varying weather & other  
factors, the night of August 17th into Thursday, 8/18 was by far the  
strongest (land-bird) migration event so far in this half of the year  
almost everywhere in the northeast, & certainly evident by what was  
seen in little old Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City.  (also it can  
be added that birders in other boroughs who were able to seek out land- 
birds found good variety, and in sum the 20-species-mark for warblers  
was exceeded in N.Y. City, on this day alone.  In addition (and not at  
all surprisingly) at least 3 species of Empidonax Flycatcher were  
noted in all of the boroughs, and well could have been all 5 of the  
eastern-breeding spp. of them in this large push of individuals.  
(Indeed if any Least Fly. were found, that would make 5 of five.)

Thanks to the many polite-quiet-patient & devoted birders who gave  
many sightings & descriptions of finding so many mid-August migrants  
in Central Park on this first big day of migratory movement. It will  
just grow with the next good movements of coming days & weeks. The  
season is also ripe for Common Nighthawk migrations and indeed some  
are now moving through the wider region, & very likely some through  
Manhattan as well, now.

Some species were found in numbers and the variety of species was far  
higher than on any previous days & nights, this summer in this  
location.  The below are just some (a sampler of sorts) of the variety  
found in the park entire (110 St. & the north end, to the Ramble, &  
even at the Pond area in the park's southeast quadrant) by a number of  
observers at varying times, from first light thru later in the day.  A  
minimum of 18 warbler species were recorded, & this while impressive  
is not unprecedented at all, nor especially surprising after the  
middle of August, and particularly on such a strong widespread  
movement as was over the prior night - and of course with a good  
effort by multiple birders as was the case.  Also, as hinted at by M.  
Britt and his Bronx Co. Broad-winged Hawk sighting, these & other  
raptor species are moving - some dedicated watch sites southwest of NY  
state have already tallied 50+ of that species, & many sites are  
reporting multiples this week - and nothing unusual in that.

Central Park on Thursday 8/18/2016 -

Blue-winged Warbler (multiple, including a few possible hybrid forms  
of "Brewster's" type)
Northern Parula (several)
Yellow Warbler (multiple)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (at least several)
Magnolia Warbler (2 sightings)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (adult male, & female-looking, 2 locations)
Blackburnian Warbler (several in several locations)
Prairie Warbler (several in several locations)
Black-and-white Warbler (multiple)
American Redstart (near-common, in many, many locations)
Worm-eating Warbler (at least one in Ramble, near the Azalea Pond)
Ovenbird (multiple)
Northern Waterthrush (multiple, many locations)
Louisiana Waterthrush (at least 1 in Loch area - & also reported  
elsewhere)
Mourning Warbler (1st-yr. male, north end, possibly 2 individuals or  
one moving from Great Hill across to north woods)
Common Yellowthroat (multiple)
Hooded Warbler (male, north end, locations varied & there were at  
least 2 of this species found in the general 'n.' area)
Canada Warbler (multiple)

Other migrants included -

Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler (possibly first-of-season)
Osprey
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper (found by s. reservoir edge, unsure if lingering at  
all, early a.m.)
Black-billed Cuckoo (n. end)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher (seen in Ramble, where the first-of-"fall" was  
found 2 weeks prior; multiple sightings since, in n. end & Ramble  
locations)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (these may be local nesters still)
Willow Flycatcher (Ramble - heard & seen)
Acadian Flycatcher (n. woods - heard & seen)
Empidonx [genus] Flycatcher (at least several locations)
Great Crested Flycatcher (probably f. local nesters still)
Eastern Kingbird (multiples, some on the move in a.m.)
Warbling Vireo (most are likely local nest families)
Red-eyed Vireo (probably still local)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Pinetum; this species has been in Central Park  
in each month of summer so far, beginning in late June)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (may be local, may not)
Wood Thrush (likely very local)
Scarlet Tanager (at least several, these may represent fairly local  
birds, or may not)
Eastern Towhee (location undisclosed!)
Chipping Sparrow (nested in Central Park)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (could be "local")
White-throated Sparrow (almost certainly were summering locally  
including the few that often do in Central)
Orchard Oriole (female-like, one in Ramble area, may be a local, or  
possibly 

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 8/18

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Thursday, 18 August, 2016

After 6+ weeks of modestly-good to mediocre (or near-nonexistent)  
general land-bird migrations, according to varying weather & other  
factors, the night of August 17th into Thursday, 8/18 was by far the  
strongest (land-bird) migration event so far in this half of the year  
almost everywhere in the northeast, & certainly evident by what was  
seen in little old Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City.  (also it can  
be added that birders in other boroughs who were able to seek out land- 
birds found good variety, and in sum the 20-species-mark for warblers  
was exceeded in N.Y. City, on this day alone.  In addition (and not at  
all surprisingly) at least 3 species of Empidonax Flycatcher were  
noted in all of the boroughs, and well could have been all 5 of the  
eastern-breeding spp. of them in this large push of individuals.  
(Indeed if any Least Fly. were found, that would make 5 of five.)

Thanks to the many polite-quiet-patient & devoted birders who gave  
many sightings & descriptions of finding so many mid-August migrants  
in Central Park on this first big day of migratory movement. It will  
just grow with the next good movements of coming days & weeks. The  
season is also ripe for Common Nighthawk migrations and indeed some  
are now moving through the wider region, & very likely some through  
Manhattan as well, now.

Some species were found in numbers and the variety of species was far  
higher than on any previous days & nights, this summer in this  
location.  The below are just some (a sampler of sorts) of the variety  
found in the park entire (110 St. & the north end, to the Ramble, &  
even at the Pond area in the park's southeast quadrant) by a number of  
observers at varying times, from first light thru later in the day.  A  
minimum of 18 warbler species were recorded, & this while impressive  
is not unprecedented at all, nor especially surprising after the  
middle of August, and particularly on such a strong widespread  
movement as was over the prior night - and of course with a good  
effort by multiple birders as was the case.  Also, as hinted at by M.  
Britt and his Bronx Co. Broad-winged Hawk sighting, these & other  
raptor species are moving - some dedicated watch sites southwest of NY  
state have already tallied 50+ of that species, & many sites are  
reporting multiples this week - and nothing unusual in that.

Central Park on Thursday 8/18/2016 -

Blue-winged Warbler (multiple, including a few possible hybrid forms  
of "Brewster's" type)
Northern Parula (several)
Yellow Warbler (multiple)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (at least several)
Magnolia Warbler (2 sightings)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (adult male, & female-looking, 2 locations)
Blackburnian Warbler (several in several locations)
Prairie Warbler (several in several locations)
Black-and-white Warbler (multiple)
American Redstart (near-common, in many, many locations)
Worm-eating Warbler (at least one in Ramble, near the Azalea Pond)
Ovenbird (multiple)
Northern Waterthrush (multiple, many locations)
Louisiana Waterthrush (at least 1 in Loch area - & also reported  
elsewhere)
Mourning Warbler (1st-yr. male, north end, possibly 2 individuals or  
one moving from Great Hill across to north woods)
Common Yellowthroat (multiple)
Hooded Warbler (male, north end, locations varied & there were at  
least 2 of this species found in the general 'n.' area)
Canada Warbler (multiple)

Other migrants included -

Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler (possibly first-of-season)
Osprey
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper (found by s. reservoir edge, unsure if lingering at  
all, early a.m.)
Black-billed Cuckoo (n. end)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher (seen in Ramble, where the first-of-"fall" was  
found 2 weeks prior; multiple sightings since, in n. end & Ramble  
locations)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (these may be local nesters still)
Willow Flycatcher (Ramble - heard & seen)
Acadian Flycatcher (n. woods - heard & seen)
Empidonx [genus] Flycatcher (at least several locations)
Great Crested Flycatcher (probably f. local nesters still)
Eastern Kingbird (multiples, some on the move in a.m.)
Warbling Vireo (most are likely local nest families)
Red-eyed Vireo (probably still local)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Pinetum; this species has been in Central Park  
in each month of summer so far, beginning in late June)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (may be local, may not)
Wood Thrush (likely very local)
Scarlet Tanager (at least several, these may represent fairly local  
birds, or may not)
Eastern Towhee (location undisclosed!)
Chipping Sparrow (nested in Central Park)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (could be "local")
White-throated Sparrow (almost certainly were summering locally  
including the few that often do in Central)
Orchard Oriole (female-like, one in Ramble area, may be a local, or  
possibly 

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach rails (Nassau)

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hi everyone,

Dave Klauber and I failed to spot or hear the Sora at the ponds his evening, 
but we had a brief but definitive look at a sprinting juvenile Virginia Rail, 
all the way in the southeast corner of the little easternmost pond there. 
Shorebird diversity was nice, half a dozen White-rumpeds, a Pec, and a juvenile 
Stilt.

Best,
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach rails (Nassau)

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hi everyone,

Dave Klauber and I failed to spot or hear the Sora at the ponds his evening, 
but we had a brief but definitive look at a sprinting juvenile Virginia Rail, 
all the way in the southeast corner of the little easternmost pond there. 
Shorebird diversity was nice, half a dozen White-rumpeds, a Pec, and a juvenile 
Stilt.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Aug 2016

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/18/2016
* NYBU1608.18
- Birds mentioned

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  PIPING PLOVER
  MARBLED GODWIT
  COMMON EIDER
  Amer. White Pelican
  Wood Duck
  Ring-necked Duck
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Great Horned Owl
  Common Nighthawk
  Brown Thrasher
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Cape May Warbler
  American Redstart
  Canada Warbler
  Bobolink

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 08/18/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org


  Thursday, August 18, 2016

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press
  the pound key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received during August from the
  Niagara Frontier Region.

  August 15 and 16, a juvenile PIPING PLOVER with leg bands,
  at Woodlawn Beach Park, on the Lake Erie shore in Hamburg.
  Also, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST
  SANDPIPER at Woodlawn.

  August 14, a MARBLED GODWIT at the Millgrove ponds on the
  Alden-Lancaster Townline. The godwit was in the north pond,
  viewed from Billo Road, north of Genesee Street.

  From Dunkirk Harbor this week, at the Main Street beach,
  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 3 SANDERLINGS and several SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPERS. Also a RING-NECKED DUCK continues in the harbor.

  And in Amherst, at the small wetland at North Bailey and
  Ridge Lea Roads, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS.

  A very unusual summer record for the region - August 4 and
  5, a female COMMON EIDER on the Buffalo waterfront, at the
  Donnley's Pier sandspit, viewed from the Erie Basin Marina
  tower.

  Back on August 9, an early CAPE MAY WARBLER in a Wilson yard
  at Lake Ontario in Niagara County.

  This week in the Wyoming County Town of Attica, CANADA
  WARBLER with RED-EYED VIREO, AMERICAN REDSTART, BROWN
  THRASHER and GREAT HORNED OWL at the Gouinlocks Preserve on
  Sage Road. On Glor Road in Attica, 30 BOBOLINKS in a corn
  field, and 54 WOOD DUCKS on a nearby pond.

  On Lake Ontario off Orleans County, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN
  continues to be reported between Point Breeze and Johnson
  Creek.

  And, first report received this summer - August 15, a single
  COMMON NIGHTHAWK over the Town of Tonawanda.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 25.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Aug 2016

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/18/2016
* NYBU1608.18
- Birds mentioned

  ---
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  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
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  PIPING PLOVER
  MARBLED GODWIT
  COMMON EIDER
  Amer. White Pelican
  Wood Duck
  Ring-necked Duck
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Great Horned Owl
  Common Nighthawk
  Brown Thrasher
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Cape May Warbler
  American Redstart
  Canada Warbler
  Bobolink

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 08/18/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org


  Thursday, August 18, 2016

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press
  the pound key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  Highlights of reports received during August from the
  Niagara Frontier Region.

  August 15 and 16, a juvenile PIPING PLOVER with leg bands,
  at Woodlawn Beach Park, on the Lake Erie shore in Hamburg.
  Also, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST
  SANDPIPER at Woodlawn.

  August 14, a MARBLED GODWIT at the Millgrove ponds on the
  Alden-Lancaster Townline. The godwit was in the north pond,
  viewed from Billo Road, north of Genesee Street.

  From Dunkirk Harbor this week, at the Main Street beach,
  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 3 SANDERLINGS and several SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPERS. Also a RING-NECKED DUCK continues in the harbor.

  And in Amherst, at the small wetland at North Bailey and
  Ridge Lea Roads, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS.

  A very unusual summer record for the region - August 4 and
  5, a female COMMON EIDER on the Buffalo waterfront, at the
  Donnley's Pier sandspit, viewed from the Erie Basin Marina
  tower.

  Back on August 9, an early CAPE MAY WARBLER in a Wilson yard
  at Lake Ontario in Niagara County.

  This week in the Wyoming County Town of Attica, CANADA
  WARBLER with RED-EYED VIREO, AMERICAN REDSTART, BROWN
  THRASHER and GREAT HORNED OWL at the Gouinlocks Preserve on
  Sage Road. On Glor Road in Attica, 30 BOBOLINKS in a corn
  field, and 54 WOOD DUCKS on a nearby pond.

  On Lake Ontario off Orleans County, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN
  continues to be reported between Point Breeze and Johnson
  Creek.

  And, first report received this summer - August 15, a single
  COMMON NIGHTHAWK over the Town of Tonawanda.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 25.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Bronx Broadwing

[Michael Britt]

At 12:42PM, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK with a full crop flew out of Van Cortlandt
Park and headed east across I-87. A stopover I suspect. Locals would know
better...

Mike Britt
Bayonne, NJ

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[nysbirds-l] Bronx Broadwing

[Michael Britt]

At 12:42PM, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK with a full crop flew out of Van Cortlandt
Park and headed east across I-87. A stopover I suspect. Locals would know
better...

Mike Britt
Bayonne, NJ

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[nysbirds-l] West End, Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

Sue and I spent a few hours this morning birding West End, concentrating on 
shorebirds. Between the sandbar in the boat basin and the ponds between the 
Nature Center and WE2 we recorded seventeen species of shorebirds with nothing 
special to report. We did observe our first juvenile Stilt Sandpiper on the 
ponds and there were multiple Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpipers present. The 
highlight was a cooperative Sora feeding along the south side of the channel 
that connects the small eastern-most pond and the large, central pond. The bird 
was visible for over an hour, frequently retreating to the Phragmites if 
disturbed. We have always wondered why reports of this species from the ponds 
were so few when the habitat seemed ideal. This was our first observation of 
this species on the ponds and our first record for West End. A pleasant 
surprise was the lack of mosquitoes. However, the small dark biting flies were 
out in force - bring the bug juice.

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[nysbirds-l] West End, Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

Sue and I spent a few hours this morning birding West End, concentrating on 
shorebirds. Between the sandbar in the boat basin and the ponds between the 
Nature Center and WE2 we recorded seventeen species of shorebirds with nothing 
special to report. We did observe our first juvenile Stilt Sandpiper on the 
ponds and there were multiple Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpipers present. The 
highlight was a cooperative Sora feeding along the south side of the channel 
that connects the small eastern-most pond and the large, central pond. The bird 
was visible for over an hour, frequently retreating to the Phragmites if 
disturbed. We have always wondered why reports of this species from the ponds 
were so few when the habitat seemed ideal. This was our first observation of 
this species on the ponds and our first record for West End. A pleasant 
surprise was the lack of mosquitoes. However, the small dark biting flies were 
out in force - bring the bug juice.

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[nysbirds-l] East Pond Report 8-17

[Andrew Baksh]

A belated report from the East Pond.

Yesterday, I did a schlep from the south to the north end of the east pond. My 
hike began on a pleasant note, running into the legendary Arthur Morris who was 
doing his photography thing.

There were a good number of peeps scattered all along the shores of the pond. 
In total, 13 species of shorebirds including the MARBLED GODWITS found by Dave 
Klauber and Bobby Rosetti.

Other shorebird highlights included several STILT SANDPIPERS, PECTORAL 
SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.

Many juvenile shorebirds are present now, dominated by LEAST SANDPIPERS.

1 flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper green flag 4MK with a NANOTAG. A significant 
sighting since it was a bird banded the night before with New York City Audubon.

Non shorebird highlights included the arrival of several Northern Shovelers and 
1 immature Peregrine Falcon photographed in the midst of taking out a 
Short-billed Dowitcher.

The water level on the pond, is looking very good at the moment and the peeps 
are benefitting from the additional exposed flats. Besides food, it provides 
them with space from visiting birders/photographers. The space provides a 
comfort zone, enough that the birds will feed if you don't charge up the pond 
or walk out towards them.

Good East Pond Birding!

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

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> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

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[nysbirds-l] East Pond Report 8-17

[Andrew Baksh]

A belated report from the East Pond.

Yesterday, I did a schlep from the south to the north end of the east pond. My 
hike began on a pleasant note, running into the legendary Arthur Morris who was 
doing his photography thing.

There were a good number of peeps scattered all along the shores of the pond. 
In total, 13 species of shorebirds including the MARBLED GODWITS found by Dave 
Klauber and Bobby Rosetti.

Other shorebird highlights included several STILT SANDPIPERS, PECTORAL 
SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.

Many juvenile shorebirds are present now, dominated by LEAST SANDPIPERS.

1 flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper green flag 4MK with a NANOTAG. A significant 
sighting since it was a bird banded the night before with New York City Audubon.

Non shorebird highlights included the arrival of several Northern Shovelers and 
1 immature Peregrine Falcon photographed in the midst of taking out a 
Short-billed Dowitcher.

The water level on the pond, is looking very good at the moment and the peeps 
are benefitting from the additional exposed flats. Besides food, it provides 
them with space from visiting birders/photographers. The space provides a 
comfort zone, enough that the birds will feed if you don't charge up the pond 
or walk out towards them.

Good East Pond Birding!

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

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Andrew Baksh
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Feura Bush Sandhill Crane

[charleenturner]

Hey Peter,

I was so very disappointed to read Dave La Grange’s message and watch Dave his 
video of him pursuing the Sandhill Crane.  It was so obvious that as he 
approached the crane, that the crane was walking away from him and even sounded 
just before it took off.  He writes:  “...trying to chase him down to our pond 
so others could view from the road…” indicates to me that he is a person who is 
ignorant of the sensitivities and ethics that govern responsible birdwatching 
and bird photography/videography.  

This is really a teachable moment for this man.  It appears that his intentions 
seem without ill-intent.  However, in a kind way, he needs to be told (gently) 
that he is harassing this bird.  

Kind Regards.

Charleen Turner, MA
(NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator)




> On Aug 17, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Peter Feinberg  wrote:
> 
> I received the following message from the landowner where the Sandhill Crane 
> has been camping out:
> 
> "I thought I would pass along a little video considering I can usually get 
> within 18 to 20 feet from the bird. He's been here about three weeks . I've 
> walked up to him  roughly 6 times, 3 of which trying to chase him down to our 
> pond so others could view from the road. He usually makes a tight circle and 
> lands 50 yards away.  I hope everybody can enjoy this sincerely Dave La 
> Grange"
> 
> The video can be viewed on youtube, https://youtu.be/YRQO99pToVc 
> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Feura Bush Sandhill Crane

[charleenturner]

Hey Peter,

I was so very disappointed to read Dave La Grange’s message and watch Dave his 
video of him pursuing the Sandhill Crane.  It was so obvious that as he 
approached the crane, that the crane was walking away from him and even sounded 
just before it took off.  He writes:  “...trying to chase him down to our pond 
so others could view from the road…” indicates to me that he is a person who is 
ignorant of the sensitivities and ethics that govern responsible birdwatching 
and bird photography/videography.  

This is really a teachable moment for this man.  It appears that his intentions 
seem without ill-intent.  However, in a kind way, he needs to be told (gently) 
that he is harassing this bird.  

Kind Regards.

Charleen Turner, MA
(NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator)




> On Aug 17, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Peter Feinberg  wrote:
> 
> I received the following message from the landowner where the Sandhill Crane 
> has been camping out:
> 
> "I thought I would pass along a little video considering I can usually get 
> within 18 to 20 feet from the bird. He's been here about three weeks . I've 
> walked up to him  roughly 6 times, 3 of which trying to chase him down to our 
> pond so others could view from the road. He usually makes a tight circle and 
> lands 50 yards away.  I hope everybody can enjoy this sincerely Dave La 
> Grange"
> 
> The video can be viewed on youtube, https://youtu.be/YRQO99pToVc 
> 
> 
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> Peter Feinberg
> 97 Brockley Dr., Delmar, New York 12054
> Phone:518.439.4692
> Mobile:   518.577.0763
> peter.feinb...@gmail.com    
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