[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Jun 2017

2017-06-01 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/01/2017
* NYBU1706.01
- Birds mentioned

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  BROWN PELICAN
  PIPING PLOVER
  FRANKLIN'S GULL
  BLACK-NECKED STILT
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE
  Whimbrel
  Red Knot
  Barred Owl
  Common Nighthawk
  Whip-poor-will
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Veery
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Prothonotary Warbler
  Yellow-br. Chat
  Lincoln's Sparrow

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 06/01/2017
  Number: 716-896-1271
  To Report: Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, June 1, 2017

  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 May 25 through
  June 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  An immature BROWN PELICAN on the upper Niagara
  River off Riverside in Buffalo was the big
  story of the week. Present since at least May
  28, the pelican has been observed from Aqua
  Lane and Black Rock Park, also known as the
  Ontario Street Boat Launch. Unlike the rare but
  annually occurring AMER. WHITE PELICAN, there
  are only four previous records of BROWN PELICAN
  in the past 45 years.

  Back on May 22, an endangered PIPING PLOVER in
  the Niagara County Town of Somerset, in a field
  at Lower Lake and Burgess Roads. On the 25th, a
  FRANKLIN'S GULL at the same location.

  Other shorebird highlights this week - two RED-
  NECKED PHALAROPES with the BLACK-NECKED STILT
  at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. WILSON'S
  PHALAROPE along Youngstown-Wilson Road, west of
  Fitch Road in Niagara County. At the Batavia
  Waste Water Plant, five WHIMBRELS departed from
  the first pond. And five RED KNOTS, briefly
  stopped at the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo.

  Elusive YELLOW-BR. CHAT heard at Wilson-
  Tuscaurora State Park in Niagara County, and
  another YELLOW-BR. CHAT and eight WHIP-POOR-
  WILLS heard after sunset on Wilson Road, at the
  Wainfleet Bog in Ontario.

  The Onondaga Trail at Sour Springs Road in the
  Iroquois Refuge is one the unique habitats in
  the refuge. On the 23rd, several each of BARRED
  OWL, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER and ACADIAN
  FLYCATCHER, plus migrant LINCOLN'S SPARROW and
  numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS.

  Other reports this week - three PROTHONOTARY
  WARBLERS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management
  Area Meadville Road Marshes. YELLOW-B.
  FLYCATCHER at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. RED-
  HEADED WDPKR. at the Seneca Manor in West
  Seneca. And, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S
  THRUSH and VEERY heard during night migration
  over Tonawanda.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday
  evening, June 8. 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 01 Jun 2017

2017-06-01 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/01/2017
* NYBU1706.01
- Birds mentioned

  ---
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  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
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  BROWN PELICAN
  PIPING PLOVER
  FRANKLIN'S GULL
  BLACK-NECKED STILT
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE
  Whimbrel
  Red Knot
  Barred Owl
  Common Nighthawk
  Whip-poor-will
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Veery
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Prothonotary Warbler
  Yellow-br. Chat
  Lincoln's Sparrow

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 06/01/2017
  Number: 716-896-1271
  To Report: Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, June 1, 2017

  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 May 25 through
  June 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  An immature BROWN PELICAN on the upper Niagara
  River off Riverside in Buffalo was the big
  story of the week. Present since at least May
  28, the pelican has been observed from Aqua
  Lane and Black Rock Park, also known as the
  Ontario Street Boat Launch. Unlike the rare but
  annually occurring AMER. WHITE PELICAN, there
  are only four previous records of BROWN PELICAN
  in the past 45 years.

  Back on May 22, an endangered PIPING PLOVER in
  the Niagara County Town of Somerset, in a field
  at Lower Lake and Burgess Roads. On the 25th, a
  FRANKLIN'S GULL at the same location.

  Other shorebird highlights this week - two RED-
  NECKED PHALAROPES with the BLACK-NECKED STILT
  at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. WILSON'S
  PHALAROPE along Youngstown-Wilson Road, west of
  Fitch Road in Niagara County. At the Batavia
  Waste Water Plant, five WHIMBRELS departed from
  the first pond. And five RED KNOTS, briefly
  stopped at the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo.

  Elusive YELLOW-BR. CHAT heard at Wilson-
  Tuscaurora State Park in Niagara County, and
  another YELLOW-BR. CHAT and eight WHIP-POOR-
  WILLS heard after sunset on Wilson Road, at the
  Wainfleet Bog in Ontario.

  The Onondaga Trail at Sour Springs Road in the
  Iroquois Refuge is one the unique habitats in
  the refuge. On the 23rd, several each of BARRED
  OWL, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER and ACADIAN
  FLYCATCHER, plus migrant LINCOLN'S SPARROW and
  numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS.

  Other reports this week - three PROTHONOTARY
  WARBLERS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management
  Area Meadville Road Marshes. YELLOW-B.
  FLYCATCHER at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. RED-
  HEADED WDPKR. at the Seneca Manor in West
  Seneca. And, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S
  THRUSH and VEERY heard during night migration
  over Tonawanda.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday
  evening, June 8. 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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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Black Skimmer reappeared (Westchester)

2017-06-01 Thread Paul E. Hagen 
There were 30+ Black Skimmers resting near Dune Road in Hampton Bays today -   
late in the day at high tide along the bay side just East of Tiana beach.  
Resting with a good mix of the usual shore birds.


Paul H.


On Jun 1, 2017, at 8:52 PM, Sean Camillieri 
> wrote:

After striking out during high tide today around 2:30, the skimmer is now on 
the exposed rocks. No sign of the Caspian Tern or previously reported 
shorebirds. I saw the Red- throated Loon earlier today as well.

Sean Camillieri

On May 31, 2017 17:50, "Gail Benson" 
> wrote:
Nice for Westchester, the Black Skimmer reappeared (and the Caspian Tern, as 
just reported, was present too.  This is at the Croton Point RR station.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Black Skimmer reappeared (Westchester)

2017-06-01 Thread Paul E. Hagen 
There were 30+ Black Skimmers resting near Dune Road in Hampton Bays today -   
late in the day at high tide along the bay side just East of Tiana beach.  
Resting with a good mix of the usual shore birds.


Paul H.


On Jun 1, 2017, at 8:52 PM, Sean Camillieri 
mailto:scamilli...@gmail.com>> wrote:

After striking out during high tide today around 2:30, the skimmer is now on 
the exposed rocks. No sign of the Caspian Tern or previously reported 
shorebirds. I saw the Red- throated Loon earlier today as well.

Sean Camillieri

On May 31, 2017 17:50, "Gail Benson" 
mailto:gbenso...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Nice for Westchester, the Black Skimmer reappeared (and the Caspian Tern, as 
just reported, was present too.  This is at the Croton Point RR station.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Black Skimmer reappeared (Westchester)

2017-06-01 Thread Sean Camillieri 
After striking out during high tide today around 2:30, the skimmer is now
on the exposed rocks. No sign of the Caspian Tern or previously reported
shorebirds. I saw the Red- throated Loon earlier today as well.

Sean Camillieri

On May 31, 2017 17:50, "Gail Benson"  wrote:

> Nice for Westchester, the Black Skimmer reappeared (and the Caspian Tern,
> as just reported, was present too.  This is at the Croton Point RR station.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Black Skimmer reappeared (Westchester)

2017-06-01 Thread Sean Camillieri 
After striking out during high tide today around 2:30, the skimmer is now
on the exposed rocks. No sign of the Caspian Tern or previously reported
shorebirds. I saw the Red- throated Loon earlier today as well.

Sean Camillieri

On May 31, 2017 17:50, "Gail Benson"  wrote:

> Nice for Westchester, the Black Skimmer reappeared (and the Caspian Tern,
> as just reported, was present too.  This is at the Croton Point RR station.
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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Thu. 1-Jun-2017

2017-06-01 Thread Ben Cacace 
NY County Highlights: Semipalmated Sandpiper (2), Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron, Common Tern (69+), Killdeer (5+) & Cooper's Hawk.

*1st hour:* *18 spp.*; *2nd:* *+10*; *3rd:* *+4*; *4th:* *+2* = *34 spp.*

Full checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37317351
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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Thu. 1-Jun-2017

2017-06-01 Thread Ben Cacace 
NY County Highlights: Semipalmated Sandpiper (2), Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron, Common Tern (69+), Killdeer (5+) & Cooper's Hawk.

*1st hour:* *18 spp.*; *2nd:* *+10*; *3rd:* *+4*; *4th:* *+2* = *34 spp.*

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

2017-06-01 Thread Ben Cacace 
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the wiki click the 'Overview' link on the 'Explore a
Location' line:
— http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
months. Red represents species removed from the New York State list.

*Broome County:* 
Western Sandpiper (24-Aug-1998)
Eastern Whip-poor-will (15-May-1997)
Prothonotary Warbler (1-Sep-1998)
Connecticut Warbler (15-Sep-1997)

*Rensselaer County:* 
Short-billed Dowitcher (26-May-2017)
Red-necked Phalarope (26-May-2017)

*Suffolk County:* 
Golden Pheasant (Removed)

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

2017-06-01 Thread Ben Cacace 
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the wiki click the 'Overview' link on the 'Explore a
Location' line:
— http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
months. Red represents species removed from the New York State list.

*Broome County:* 
Western Sandpiper (24-Aug-1998)
Eastern Whip-poor-will (15-May-1997)
Prothonotary Warbler (1-Sep-1998)
Connecticut Warbler (15-Sep-1997)

*Rensselaer County:* 
Short-billed Dowitcher (26-May-2017)
Red-necked Phalarope (26-May-2017)

*Suffolk County:* 
Golden Pheasant (Removed)

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 6/1 (a correction)

2017-06-01 Thread Thomas Fiore 
A correction actually on the postscript in my prior post, regarding a species 
seen in China… repeating an odd mis-speaking done when on the trip, the rarest 
of Emberiza Buntings seen was not “Kozlowski’s” which was an odd take on a 
species not seen this trip, and not related to the Emberizid buntings (Kozlov’s 
Accentor), but rather was (on this trip) the very endangered Jankowski’s 
Bunting - which I was able to locate for the group, on going alongside the 
expert local guide-researcher for this species in far northern China’s region 
of Manchuria.  It is probably the rarest member of the genus, although the 
guide we were with hopes to keep surveying &, with luck, may find some further, 
isolated & modest new populations in that general area.  We eventually saw as 
many as 5 of the species in a patch of scrub habitat that could be walked in a 
few hours, so perhaps saw as much as 10% of the known population.  Hopefully, 
more are discovered, and that habitat given real protection.

Tom Fiore,
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 6/1 (a correction)

2017-06-01 Thread Thomas Fiore 
A correction actually on the postscript in my prior post, regarding a species 
seen in China… repeating an odd mis-speaking done when on the trip, the rarest 
of Emberiza Buntings seen was not “Kozlowski’s” which was an odd take on a 
species not seen this trip, and not related to the Emberizid buntings (Kozlov’s 
Accentor), but rather was (on this trip) the very endangered Jankowski’s 
Bunting - which I was able to locate for the group, on going alongside the 
expert local guide-researcher for this species in far northern China’s region 
of Manchuria.  It is probably the rarest member of the genus, although the 
guide we were with hopes to keep surveying &, with luck, may find some further, 
isolated & modest new populations in that general area.  We eventually saw as 
many as 5 of the species in a patch of scrub habitat that could be walked in a 
few hours, so perhaps saw as much as 10% of the known population.  Hopefully, 
more are discovered, and that habitat given real protection.

Tom Fiore,
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 6/1 (migration)

2017-06-01 Thread Thomas Fiore 
Thursday, 1st of June, 2017 -
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

Fresh migration overnight from Wed. into Thursday, & (not unusually) still a 
fair variety of migrants moving, as well as some breeders on territories.  

Among highlights from Thursday, SUMMER Tanager (adult male, in the north woods; 
also note there was a different SummerT. sighting in the Ramble on Tuesday, 
30th May), both Black-billed & Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird, 6 species of Flycatchers including Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, 
Acadian, Great Crested, & Eastern Wood-Pewee as well as E. Kingbird (plus a 
singing Alder Flycatcher late Wed. at the Pool), 3 Vireo species: 
Yellow-throated, Warbling, Red-eyed; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 4 Thrush species 
(with a putative Bicknell’s, not singing but calling, and seen very well at the 
Loch; plus Gray-cheeked (singing), Wood & Swainson’s Thrushes, at least 12 
Warbler species, including a minimum of 4 singing male Mourning Warblers in 4 
locations, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, E. Towhee & 4 Sparrow spp. (Song, Swamp, 
Chipping, and White-throated), & Purple Finches (at least 2 in the n. woods, 
along with very modest no. of American Goldfinch on the move still), & many 
other more-common or resident / summer-visitor species. Also, as recently 
as 2 days prior (30th May), at least 3 other warbler species were present in 
Central besides the dozen noted below (they were: [late] Yellow-rumped, 
Black-throated Green, and Wilson’s Warblers.

A full list, just modestly annotated -

Double-crested Cormorant (ongoing visitors & fly-overs)
Great Egret (ongoing visitors & fly-overs)
Snowy Egret (regular fly-overs seen from n. end of park)
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (1, male)
Gadwall (several)
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-billed Gull (few)
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo (north woods, also heard calling there)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (north woods, seen well)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (prob. just a late migrant still)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (typical haunt in snag on Great Hill, early a.m.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (multiple)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (minimum of 2 seen & heard)
Acadian Flycatcher (Ramble & n. end, each heard as well as seen)
Alder Flycatcher (Wednesday, at sw corner of The Pool; singing, 6 p.m.)
Great Crested Flycatcher (multiple)
Eastern Kingbird (multiple)
Yellow-throated Vireo (area to be watched, location not disclosed)
Warbling Vireo (multiple)
Red-eyed Vireo (several south from reservoir, & more in north end)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (few, fly-bys)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (few)
Barn Swallow (relatively few)
Black-capped Chickadee (2)
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, female, n. end)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (location not disclosed)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (seen singing, Great Hill)
probable - Bicknell's Thrush (calling & seen well, 6 a.m., Loch area)
Swainson's Thrush (at least 2, in n. woods)
Wood Thrush (few)
American Robin
Gray Catbird (many)
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (locations not disclosed)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (relatively few noticed)
Northern Parula (several, n. end & south)
Yellow Warbler (several)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (several)
Magnolia Warbler (at least several)
Blackburnian Warbler (1 male, n. woods)
Blackpoll Warbler (rather scant numbers)
Black-and-white Warbler (several)
American Redstart (multiple: 15+ park-wide)
Ovenbird (n. end)
Northern Waterthrush (Lake edge, w. side)
Mourning Warbler (minimum of 4 singing males, 3 of them glimpsed; 2 in north 
woods, seeming to be singing only pre-6 a.m.; another just w. of Conservatory 
Garden; also 1 near C.P. West & W. 94th St. - N.B., the chances are there were 
a few more in the park overall & the date is not unusual at all for more than 1 
or 2 of this species; females are likely about in this week, as well.)
Common Yellowthroat (still some, but hardly as many Thursday as were noted on 
Wed., when 20+ were spread all around the park, a majority noted then being 
singing males)
Canada Warbler (Loch & n. woods)
Summer Tanager (as noted above, an adult male, singing a bit, then seemed quiet 
for much of a.m., but calling occ., east of the Blockhouse area & also at times 
south of there)
Eastern Towhee (all locations not disclosed)
Chipping Sparrow (all locations not disclosed)
Song Sparrow (several)
Swamp Sparrow (one, Loch)
White-throated Sparrow (a few continue, and the species has summered in Central 
in many years)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female type, n. woods)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (2 males seen)
Orchard Oriole (location not disclosed)
Baltimore Oriole (common / breeders)
Purple Finch (2 in north end, loosely associating or at least near a

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 6/1 (migration)

2017-06-01 Thread Thomas Fiore 
Thursday, 1st of June, 2017 -
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

Fresh migration overnight from Wed. into Thursday, & (not unusually) still a 
fair variety of migrants moving, as well as some breeders on territories.  

Among highlights from Thursday, SUMMER Tanager (adult male, in the north woods; 
also note there was a different SummerT. sighting in the Ramble on Tuesday, 
30th May), both Black-billed & Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird, 6 species of Flycatchers including Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, 
Acadian, Great Crested, & Eastern Wood-Pewee as well as E. Kingbird (plus a 
singing Alder Flycatcher late Wed. at the Pool), 3 Vireo species: 
Yellow-throated, Warbling, Red-eyed; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 4 Thrush species 
(with a putative Bicknell’s, not singing but calling, and seen very well at the 
Loch; plus Gray-cheeked (singing), Wood & Swainson’s Thrushes, at least 12 
Warbler species, including a minimum of 4 singing male Mourning Warblers in 4 
locations, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, E. Towhee & 4 Sparrow spp. (Song, Swamp, 
Chipping, and White-throated), & Purple Finches (at least 2 in the n. woods, 
along with very modest no. of American Goldfinch on the move still), & many 
other more-common or resident / summer-visitor species. Also, as recently 
as 2 days prior (30th May), at least 3 other warbler species were present in 
Central besides the dozen noted below (they were: [late] Yellow-rumped, 
Black-throated Green, and Wilson’s Warblers.

A full list, just modestly annotated -

Double-crested Cormorant (ongoing visitors & fly-overs)
Great Egret (ongoing visitors & fly-overs)
Snowy Egret (regular fly-overs seen from n. end of park)
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (1, male)
Gadwall (several)
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-billed Gull (few)
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo (north woods, also heard calling there)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (north woods, seen well)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (prob. just a late migrant still)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (typical haunt in snag on Great Hill, early a.m.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (multiple)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (minimum of 2 seen & heard)
Acadian Flycatcher (Ramble & n. end, each heard as well as seen)
Alder Flycatcher (Wednesday, at sw corner of The Pool; singing, 6 p.m.)
Great Crested Flycatcher (multiple)
Eastern Kingbird (multiple)
Yellow-throated Vireo (area to be watched, location not disclosed)
Warbling Vireo (multiple)
Red-eyed Vireo (several south from reservoir, & more in north end)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (few, fly-bys)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (few)
Barn Swallow (relatively few)
Black-capped Chickadee (2)
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, female, n. end)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (location not disclosed)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (seen singing, Great Hill)
probable - Bicknell's Thrush (calling & seen well, 6 a.m., Loch area)
Swainson's Thrush (at least 2, in n. woods)
Wood Thrush (few)
American Robin
Gray Catbird (many)
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (locations not disclosed)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (relatively few noticed)
Northern Parula (several, n. end & south)
Yellow Warbler (several)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (several)
Magnolia Warbler (at least several)
Blackburnian Warbler (1 male, n. woods)
Blackpoll Warbler (rather scant numbers)
Black-and-white Warbler (several)
American Redstart (multiple: 15+ park-wide)
Ovenbird (n. end)
Northern Waterthrush (Lake edge, w. side)
Mourning Warbler (minimum of 4 singing males, 3 of them glimpsed; 2 in north 
woods, seeming to be singing only pre-6 a.m.; another just w. of Conservatory 
Garden; also 1 near C.P. West & W. 94th St. - N.B., the chances are there were 
a few more in the park overall & the date is not unusual at all for more than 1 
or 2 of this species; females are likely about in this week, as well.)
Common Yellowthroat (still some, but hardly as many Thursday as were noted on 
Wed., when 20+ were spread all around the park, a majority noted then being 
singing males)
Canada Warbler (Loch & n. woods)
Summer Tanager (as noted above, an adult male, singing a bit, then seemed quiet 
for much of a.m., but calling occ., east of the Blockhouse area & also at times 
south of there)
Eastern Towhee (all locations not disclosed)
Chipping Sparrow (all locations not disclosed)
Song Sparrow (several)
Swamp Sparrow (one, Loch)
White-throated Sparrow (a few continue, and the species has summered in Central 
in many years)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female type, n. woods)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (2 males seen)
Orchard Oriole (location not disclosed)
Baltimore Oriole (common / breeders)
Purple Finch (2 in north end, loosely associating or at least near a

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thu., June 1, 2017 - 10 Sepcies of Wood Warblers, R-t Hummingbird, Flycatchers

2017-06-01 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park, NYC 
Thursday, June 1, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, and many others


Highlights: 10 Species of Wood Warblers including Mourning Warbler, 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and 8-12 Great Crested 
Flycatchers.

Canada Goose - pair Turtle Pond
Gadwall - male Turtle Pond
Mallard - residents
Mourning Dove - residents
Chimney Swift - 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - female Turtle Pond Dock (nesting???)
Herring Gull - flyover
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Turtle Pond
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Black-crowned Night-Heron - flew in to Turtle Pond
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover (Nell Semel)
Downy Woodpecker - not many pairs (many dead branches cut in oaks by 
tree-trimming crews)
Northern Flicker - 2 pairs (Gill Overlook & Riviera)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Humming Tombstone
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Upper Lobe (David Barrett)
Great Crested Flycatcher - 8 to 12 (at least 5 together in Honey Locust at 
Humming Tombstone, pairs in Ramble)
Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond, nest in Willow Oak almost finished
Warbling Vireo - in Honey Locust at Humming Tombstone
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - residents
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - pair Turtle Pond
Barn Swallow - 6 over Great Lawn
Tufted Titmouse - heard near Evodia Field feeders
American Robin - residents
Gray Catbird - residents
Cedar Waxwing - 11 (1 collecting nesting material n. side Maintenance Field, 4 
Turtle Pond, 6 flyovers)
House Finch - 8 Turtle Pond Dock
Northern Waterthrush - song heard Turtle Pond
Black-and-white Warbler - female Weather Station
Mourning Warbler - male Riviera Hill
Common Yellowthroat - first-spring male singing Shakespeare Garden (seen 
earlier by John Day)
American Redstart - 5 (1 first-spring male, 4 females)
Northern Parula - male Shakespeare Garden (early morning Bob)
Magnolia Warbler - Upper Lobe (Patty Pike)
Yellow Warbler - Turtle Pond Dock
Blackpoll Warbler - female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (early morning Bob)
Canada Warbler - 2 females (Warbler Rock, Castle Walk)
Northern Cardinal - residents
Red-winged Blackbird - male Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - residents
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 males Humming Tombstone
Baltimore Oriole - pair NE Maintenance Field, 2 pairs Turtle Pond

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thu., June 1, 2017 - 10 Sepcies of Wood Warblers, R-t Hummingbird, Flycatchers

2017-06-01 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park, NYC 
Thursday, June 1, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, and many others


Highlights: 10 Species of Wood Warblers including Mourning Warbler, 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and 8-12 Great Crested 
Flycatchers.

Canada Goose - pair Turtle Pond
Gadwall - male Turtle Pond
Mallard - residents
Mourning Dove - residents
Chimney Swift - 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - female Turtle Pond Dock (nesting???)
Herring Gull - flyover
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Turtle Pond
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Black-crowned Night-Heron - flew in to Turtle Pond
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover (Nell Semel)
Downy Woodpecker - not many pairs (many dead branches cut in oaks by 
tree-trimming crews)
Northern Flicker - 2 pairs (Gill Overlook & Riviera)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Humming Tombstone
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Upper Lobe (David Barrett)
Great Crested Flycatcher - 8 to 12 (at least 5 together in Honey Locust at 
Humming Tombstone, pairs in Ramble)
Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond, nest in Willow Oak almost finished
Warbling Vireo - in Honey Locust at Humming Tombstone
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - residents
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - pair Turtle Pond
Barn Swallow - 6 over Great Lawn
Tufted Titmouse - heard near Evodia Field feeders
American Robin - residents
Gray Catbird - residents
Cedar Waxwing - 11 (1 collecting nesting material n. side Maintenance Field, 4 
Turtle Pond, 6 flyovers)
House Finch - 8 Turtle Pond Dock
Northern Waterthrush - song heard Turtle Pond
Black-and-white Warbler - female Weather Station
Mourning Warbler - male Riviera Hill
Common Yellowthroat - first-spring male singing Shakespeare Garden (seen 
earlier by John Day)
American Redstart - 5 (1 first-spring male, 4 females)
Northern Parula - male Shakespeare Garden (early morning Bob)
Magnolia Warbler - Upper Lobe (Patty Pike)
Yellow Warbler - Turtle Pond Dock
Blackpoll Warbler - female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (early morning Bob)
Canada Warbler - 2 females (Warbler Rock, Castle Walk)
Northern Cardinal - residents
Red-winged Blackbird - male Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - residents
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 males Humming Tombstone
Baltimore Oriole - pair NE Maintenance Field, 2 pairs Turtle Pond

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] White rumped sandpiper. Smith pt marina. Suff co.

2017-06-01 Thread Arie Gilbert 


viewed from this location at 1.51pm on 06-01-2017
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[nysbirds-l] White rumped sandpiper. Smith pt marina. Suff co.

2017-06-01 Thread Arie Gilbert 


viewed from this location at 1.51pm on 06-01-2017
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