RE: [nysbirds-l] Am. Golden-Plover - Nickerson Beach 9/8 (Nassau Co)

2016-09-08 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi Brendan, I saw two groups of gulls feeding on flying ants in Brooklyn yesterday evening (7 Sep), at Plumb Beach at 7:10 and at Spring Creek Park at 7:20. Laughing and Ring-billed Gulls usually predominate in these events, with Common Terns and Herring Gulls also participating sometimes. The

RE: [nysbirds-l] Am. Golden-Plover - Nickerson Beach 9/8 (Nassau Co)

2016-09-08 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi Brendan, I saw two groups of gulls feeding on flying ants in Brooklyn yesterday evening (7 Sep), at Plumb Beach at 7:10 and at Spring Creek Park at 7:20. Laughing and Ring-billed Gulls usually predominate in these events, with Common Terns and Herring Gulls also participating sometimes. The

[nysbirds-l] Swan River Preserve - East Patchogue

2016-09-08 Thread leormand .
About an hour spent this evening at Swan River Preserve in East Patchogue - most of the time was spent on the east side sitting along the bank of the river observing birds. Also I was happy to see a Great Egret catching a variety of prey inside the pond. great blue heron - actively hunting great

[nysbirds-l] Swan River Preserve - East Patchogue

2016-09-08 Thread leormand .
About an hour spent this evening at Swan River Preserve in East Patchogue - most of the time was spent on the east side sitting along the bank of the river observing birds. Also I was happy to see a Great Egret catching a variety of prey inside the pond. great blue heron - actively hunting great

Re: [nysbirds-l] Am. Golden-Plover - Nickerson Beach 9/8 (Nassau Co)

2016-09-08 Thread Richard Guthrie
Agreed. silly larids in the air are great fun no matter where. Rich On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Brendan Fogarty wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Peter Post's plover continued apparently all day, bathing at an ephemeral > pool just south and west of the main Nickerson lot.

Re: [nysbirds-l] Am. Golden-Plover - Nickerson Beach 9/8 (Nassau Co)

2016-09-08 Thread Richard Guthrie
Agreed. silly larids in the air are great fun no matter where. Rich On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Brendan Fogarty wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Peter Post's plover continued apparently all day, bathing at an ephemeral > pool just south and west of the main Nickerson lot. 2 Royal Terns were >

[nysbirds-l] Am. Golden-Plover - Nickerson Beach 9/8 (Nassau Co)

2016-09-08 Thread Brendan Fogarty
Hi everyone, Peter Post's plover continued apparently all day, bathing at an ephemeral pool just south and west of the main Nickerson lot. 2 Royal Terns were working just offshore and a Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the beachfront. As I was driving out of the lot I had a naked-eye look at a

[nysbirds-l] Am. Golden-Plover - Nickerson Beach 9/8 (Nassau Co)

2016-09-08 Thread Brendan Fogarty
Hi everyone, Peter Post's plover continued apparently all day, bathing at an ephemeral pool just south and west of the main Nickerson lot. 2 Royal Terns were working just offshore and a Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the beachfront. As I was driving out of the lot I had a naked-eye look at a

[nysbirds-l] Caspian Tern- Jamaica Bay (belated report)

2016-09-08 Thread Sean Camillieri
My apologies for sending this out a day late but I had 1 Caspian Tern drop in at the North end at 3:42pm yesterday. It preened for a few minutes then flew West. The few shorebirds that were around were hiding in the reeds due to a HY Peregrine Falcon and a Merlin cruising the pond. The only

[nysbirds-l] Caspian Tern- Jamaica Bay (belated report)

2016-09-08 Thread Sean Camillieri
My apologies for sending this out a day late but I had 1 Caspian Tern drop in at the North end at 3:42pm yesterday. It preened for a few minutes then flew West. The few shorebirds that were around were hiding in the reeds due to a HY Peregrine Falcon and a Merlin cruising the pond. The only

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Sep 2016

2016-09-08 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/08/2016 * NYBU1609.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Great Egret

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Sep 2016

2016-09-08 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/08/2016 * NYBU1609.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Great Egret

[nysbirds-l] America.Golden Plover

2016-09-08 Thread pwpost
Nickerson Beach. By the ephemeral pools. Also two Royal Tern flybys. Peter Post Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] America.Golden Plover

2016-09-08 Thread pwpost
Nickerson Beach. By the ephemeral pools. Also two Royal Tern flybys. Peter Post Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm