[nysbirds-l] Dusk Walk at Croton Point Park

2017-06-21 Thread Anne Swaim 
Saw Mill River Audubon's Summer Solstice walk tonight atop the Croton Point
Park landfill grasslands (7:30-9:15pm) not only offered scope viewing of
three moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn but interesting observations
of three grassland birds singing at dusk:

* Grasshopper Sparrows (5)
four different birds were seen & heard singing, another seen chasing one of
the singers between 7:30-8:30pm.  Also interesting to hear their extended
chittering song at dusk (~9:00pm)
* Eastern Meadowlarks (2)
pair seen flying by ~8:15pm & one heard singing at dusk
* Bobolinks (8)
at least two females & six males seen, males singing between 7:45-8:45pm

A morning check of the landfill grasslands ~7:30am twice this week had only
Bobolinks singing. But both Grasshopper Sparrows & Eastern Meadowlarks were
easily heard tonight.

Also from visit this morning: five Purple Martins were continuing to visit
and sing from the perches of the new martin nesting structure across from
the park office. Two were observed going in the gourds, one carrying plant
material.

Additional note:  Croton Point Park officially closes at dusk and park
staff does make rounds to move visitors out at that point. This walk had
special permission to stay a bit later.  Best bet if visiting late in the
day is to park in the ballfield parking on the left of the entrance road,
before the park entrance booth, and walk up the landfill from there. (This
same lot is typically full of worker vehicles between ~7:00am and ~4:00pm
due to an ongoing Metro North construction project.)
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[nysbirds-l] Dusk Walk at Croton Point Park

2017-06-21 Thread Anne Swaim 
Saw Mill River Audubon's Summer Solstice walk tonight atop the Croton Point
Park landfill grasslands (7:30-9:15pm) not only offered scope viewing of
three moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn but interesting observations
of three grassland birds singing at dusk:

* Grasshopper Sparrows (5)
four different birds were seen & heard singing, another seen chasing one of
the singers between 7:30-8:30pm.  Also interesting to hear their extended
chittering song at dusk (~9:00pm)
* Eastern Meadowlarks (2)
pair seen flying by ~8:15pm & one heard singing at dusk
* Bobolinks (8)
at least two females & six males seen, males singing between 7:45-8:45pm

A morning check of the landfill grasslands ~7:30am twice this week had only
Bobolinks singing. But both Grasshopper Sparrows & Eastern Meadowlarks were
easily heard tonight.

Also from visit this morning: five Purple Martins were continuing to visit
and sing from the perches of the new martin nesting structure across from
the park office. Two were observed going in the gourds, one carrying plant
material.

Additional note:  Croton Point Park officially closes at dusk and park
staff does make rounds to move visitors out at that point. This walk had
special permission to stay a bit later.  Best bet if visiting late in the
day is to park in the ballfield parking on the left of the entrance road,
before the park entrance booth, and walk up the landfill from there. (This
same lot is typically full of worker vehicles between ~7:00am and ~4:00pm
due to an ongoing Metro North construction project.)
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[nysbirds-l] greater shearwaters on the Napeague (East Hampton) beach

2017-06-21 Thread Bruce Horwith 
Today was the first time I've been to the beach since the reports started
about the shearwater deaths. Walking west from the White Sands hotel in
Napeague (East Hampton) I found 6 dead birds within a 1 mile stretch. This
area seems to concentrate ocean debris so 6 dead birds in 1 mile should not
be extrapolated to the 180 plus that would have been expected for East
Hampton's 30 some miles of ocean beach, but still, it's depressing to think
about how widespread this event may have been.

*Bruce Horwith*
*16 Salt Marsh Path*
*East Hampton, NY 11937*
*(631) 599-0040*

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[nysbirds-l] greater shearwaters on the Napeague (East Hampton) beach

2017-06-21 Thread Bruce Horwith 
Today was the first time I've been to the beach since the reports started
about the shearwater deaths. Walking west from the White Sands hotel in
Napeague (East Hampton) I found 6 dead birds within a 1 mile stretch. This
area seems to concentrate ocean debris so 6 dead birds in 1 mile should not
be extrapolated to the 180 plus that would have been expected for East
Hampton's 30 some miles of ocean beach, but still, it's depressing to think
about how widespread this event may have been.

*Bruce Horwith*
*16 Salt Marsh Path*
*East Hampton, NY 11937*
*(631) 599-0040*

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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Wed. 21-Jun-2017

2017-06-21 Thread Ben Cacace 
*NY County Highlights:* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Killdeer (9), American
Kestrel, Fish Crow (22+), Common Raven, Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2) &
Tree Swallow (3).

A female American Kestrel caught a sparrow in midair near Fort Jay and the
pair of Red-tailed Hawks were spotted together. One is an adult and the
other is a first summer hawk with at least one short red feather showing
over the brown banded tail. Image (and close-up) of the RT pair included in
the checklist.

*1st hour:* *16 spp.*; *2nd:* *+8*; *3rd:* *+6*; *4th:* *+3* = *33 spp.* [4
hours, 23 minutes]

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*Summer frequency ranking:*
1. Common Raven
2. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
3. Killdeer
4. Tree Swallow
5. Fish Crow
6. American Kestrel
7. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
8. American Black Duck
9. Common Tern
10. American Crow
11. Laughing Gull
12. Northern Flicker
13. Northern Mockingbird
14. Red-tailed Hawk
15. Song Sparrow
16. Cedar Waxwing
17. Barn Swallow
18. Ring-billed Gull
19. Chimney Swift
20. Red-winged Blackbird
21. Black-crowned Night-Heron
22. Great Black-backed Gull
23. Herring Gull
24. Canada Goose
25. Double-crested Cormorant
26. Northern Cardinal
27. Mallard
28. Common Grackle
29. Mourning Dove
30. Rock Pigeon
31. European Starling
32. American Robin
33. House Sparrow
-- 
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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Wed. 21-Jun-2017

2017-06-21 Thread Ben Cacace 
*NY County Highlights:* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Killdeer (9), American
Kestrel, Fish Crow (22+), Common Raven, Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2) &
Tree Swallow (3).

A female American Kestrel caught a sparrow in midair near Fort Jay and the
pair of Red-tailed Hawks were spotted together. One is an adult and the
other is a first summer hawk with at least one short red feather showing
over the brown banded tail. Image (and close-up) of the RT pair included in
the checklist.

*1st hour:* *16 spp.*; *2nd:* *+8*; *3rd:* *+6*; *4th:* *+3* = *33 spp.* [4
hours, 23 minutes]

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*Summer frequency ranking:*
1. Common Raven
2. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
3. Killdeer
4. Tree Swallow
5. Fish Crow
6. American Kestrel
7. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
8. American Black Duck
9. Common Tern
10. American Crow
11. Laughing Gull
12. Northern Flicker
13. Northern Mockingbird
14. Red-tailed Hawk
15. Song Sparrow
16. Cedar Waxwing
17. Barn Swallow
18. Ring-billed Gull
19. Chimney Swift
20. Red-winged Blackbird
21. Black-crowned Night-Heron
22. Great Black-backed Gull
23. Herring Gull
24. Canada Goose
25. Double-crested Cormorant
26. Northern Cardinal
27. Mallard
28. Common Grackle
29. Mourning Dove
30. Rock Pigeon
31. European Starling
32. American Robin
33. House Sparrow
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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] White winged dove jam Bay relocated!

2017-06-21 Thread Arie Gilbert 

.
In south garden just past pin oak grove
Walk  300ft past bench
viewed from this location at 6.07pm on 06-21-2017
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40.61735169,-73.82588979
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[nysbirds-l] White winged dove jam Bay relocated!

2017-06-21 Thread Arie Gilbert 

.
In south garden just past pin oak grove
Walk  300ft past bench
viewed from this location at 6.07pm on 06-21-2017
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.61735169,-73.82588979
40.61735169,-73.82588979
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park - breeding & summer birds

2017-06-21 Thread Thomas Fiore 
On Dickcissels, there’ve been some sightings in e. Canada, including very near 
Buffalo, NY.  Any location in NY state might potentially see these, the more so 
in likely / good habitat patches.

-  -  - 
Start of Summer, 21st June 2017 (Wed.)
Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

The list below indicates the less-than-forty species of birds which somewhat 
regularly or annually breed in Central Park.  Putting that number (of expected 
breeders) in perspective, it is fewer than the number of species that can be 
expected, in this era, in most of the cold-weather months of the year, in this 
same park, with a possible exception of the month of February, & even that 
month sometimes providing a greater number, according in part to any particular 
winter’s weather.

This list does not intend to include all of the many species which will begin 
to appear in the month of July, & swell exponentially by mid-late August, as 
migration is again in full swing. Those species, in Central Park, are 
especially made up of various warblers, but also will include shorebirds, 
swallows, & a variety of other passerine & non-passerine birds.  It also does 
not take into account all of the many possible/potential summer 
visitors-wanderers-strays-nonbreeders that might turn up, but are generally 
rare or at least not expected in the summer - or at all, for really rare 
vagrants.

For this month, so far, I have put in roughly 120 hours this month, in Central 
Park, including birding on foot totaling up to or more than 60 miles within the 
park proper.  Most areas of the park were visited a number of times, some 
daily. The least-visited area (& least-birded, at any time, by all birders) was 
the SW corner of the park, which contains no water features, and seems less 
likely to have a great variety of nesting species. That does not mean that no 
nesting species are to be found there.  By far, the majority of time seeking 
nesting birds was in the Ramble & areas close to the Ramble, and the northern 
parts of the park, but with daily visits to the reservoir & vicinity as well.  
On almost every day, my birding began by 5 a.m. when of course most birds are 
the most-active and vocal. There were also some longer days, as well as a few 
early-evening visits.  In some cases, it may have been far more difficult to 
detect some species, by after even 7 a.m., without considerable additional 
effort - Wood Thrush is a rather obvious example of such species.

Double-crested Cormorant (a regular summer visitor / & flyovers)
Great Egret (regular summer visitor / & flyovers)
Snowy Egret (rare summer visitor / regular flyovers seen from n. end of park)
Green Heron (breeding, at least 2 active nests in park this spring)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (regular summer visitor / & flyovers)s
Canada Goose (several pairs bred this spring; additionally more than a dozen 
non-breeding/summering)
Wood Duck (drake, after visiting reservoir recently, has been back on The Pond 
- a regular site for at least one)
Gadwall (a few lingering earlier in June - a much more frequent summer visitor 
than once was in Central Park)
Mallard (numerous & some breeding, as is common in Central)
Osprey (several were still visiting the park well into June this spring; not 
breeding on Manhattan island)
Red-tailed Hawk (common sight; multiple pairs nesting on adjacent buildings in 
the vicinity of Central Park)
American Kestrel (common enough in & near the park, with nesting pairs in 
multiple locations near Central)
Peregrine Falcon (seen regularly from the park, a few nesting pairs in multiple 
locations very near Central)
Laughing Gull (occasionally visting the reservoir in June; this species can be 
found on occasion in summer)
Ring-billed Gull (rare as June progresses, can sometimes be found in 
mid-summer, more likely towards fall)
[American] Herring Gull (common flyover & visitor at Central, all year)
Great Black-backed Gull (common flyover & visitor to Central Park, always most 
evident at the reservoir)
['feral'] Rock Pigeon (abundant urban bird)
Mourning Dove (common in Central Park, multiple nesters as well as visitors)
Monk Parakeet (rare but occasional this spring, may be nesting “somewhere” in 
Manhattan as they do nest in all 4 other boroughs of NYC)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (a few sightings well into June, this species does breed 
in NYC parks, but is uncommon & typically not well-detected)
Chimney Swift (uncommon as June progresses, fairly high numbers this mid-spring 
into early June dispersed or moved on; probably nesting in very scant numbers 
near Central Park)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (a very rare breeder in Manhattan, not known if 
nesting in the borough this year)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (fairly common year-round resident, breeds in Central 
Park)
Downy Woodpecker (not rare resident in Central Park, multiple nests)
Hairy Woodpecker (at least one continues in Central Park, this species is a 
rather rare breeder in Manhattan)
Yellow-shafted Flicker

[nysbirds-l] Central Park - breeding & summer birds

2017-06-21 Thread Thomas Fiore 
On Dickcissels, there’ve been some sightings in e. Canada, including very near 
Buffalo, NY.  Any location in NY state might potentially see these, the more so 
in likely / good habitat patches.

-  -  - 
Start of Summer, 21st June 2017 (Wed.)
Central Park, Manhattan, New York City

The list below indicates the less-than-forty species of birds which somewhat 
regularly or annually breed in Central Park.  Putting that number (of expected 
breeders) in perspective, it is fewer than the number of species that can be 
expected, in this era, in most of the cold-weather months of the year, in this 
same park, with a possible exception of the month of February, & even that 
month sometimes providing a greater number, according in part to any particular 
winter’s weather.

This list does not intend to include all of the many species which will begin 
to appear in the month of July, & swell exponentially by mid-late August, as 
migration is again in full swing. Those species, in Central Park, are 
especially made up of various warblers, but also will include shorebirds, 
swallows, & a variety of other passerine & non-passerine birds.  It also does 
not take into account all of the many possible/potential summer 
visitors-wanderers-strays-nonbreeders that might turn up, but are generally 
rare or at least not expected in the summer - or at all, for really rare 
vagrants.

For this month, so far, I have put in roughly 120 hours this month, in Central 
Park, including birding on foot totaling up to or more than 60 miles within the 
park proper.  Most areas of the park were visited a number of times, some 
daily. The least-visited area (& least-birded, at any time, by all birders) was 
the SW corner of the park, which contains no water features, and seems less 
likely to have a great variety of nesting species. That does not mean that no 
nesting species are to be found there.  By far, the majority of time seeking 
nesting birds was in the Ramble & areas close to the Ramble, and the northern 
parts of the park, but with daily visits to the reservoir & vicinity as well.  
On almost every day, my birding began by 5 a.m. when of course most birds are 
the most-active and vocal. There were also some longer days, as well as a few 
early-evening visits.  In some cases, it may have been far more difficult to 
detect some species, by after even 7 a.m., without considerable additional 
effort - Wood Thrush is a rather obvious example of such species.

Double-crested Cormorant (a regular summer visitor / & flyovers)
Great Egret (regular summer visitor / & flyovers)
Snowy Egret (rare summer visitor / regular flyovers seen from n. end of park)
Green Heron (breeding, at least 2 active nests in park this spring)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (regular summer visitor / & flyovers)s
Canada Goose (several pairs bred this spring; additionally more than a dozen 
non-breeding/summering)
Wood Duck (drake, after visiting reservoir recently, has been back on The Pond 
- a regular site for at least one)
Gadwall (a few lingering earlier in June - a much more frequent summer visitor 
than once was in Central Park)
Mallard (numerous & some breeding, as is common in Central)
Osprey (several were still visiting the park well into June this spring; not 
breeding on Manhattan island)
Red-tailed Hawk (common sight; multiple pairs nesting on adjacent buildings in 
the vicinity of Central Park)
American Kestrel (common enough in & near the park, with nesting pairs in 
multiple locations near Central)
Peregrine Falcon (seen regularly from the park, a few nesting pairs in multiple 
locations very near Central)
Laughing Gull (occasionally visting the reservoir in June; this species can be 
found on occasion in summer)
Ring-billed Gull (rare as June progresses, can sometimes be found in 
mid-summer, more likely towards fall)
[American] Herring Gull (common flyover & visitor at Central, all year)
Great Black-backed Gull (common flyover & visitor to Central Park, always most 
evident at the reservoir)
['feral'] Rock Pigeon (abundant urban bird)
Mourning Dove (common in Central Park, multiple nesters as well as visitors)
Monk Parakeet (rare but occasional this spring, may be nesting “somewhere” in 
Manhattan as they do nest in all 4 other boroughs of NYC)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (a few sightings well into June, this species does breed 
in NYC parks, but is uncommon & typically not well-detected)
Chimney Swift (uncommon as June progresses, fairly high numbers this mid-spring 
into early June dispersed or moved on; probably nesting in very scant numbers 
near Central Park)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (a very rare breeder in Manhattan, not known if 
nesting in the borough this year)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (fairly common year-round resident, breeds in Central 
Park)
Downy Woodpecker (not rare resident in Central Park, multiple nests)
Hairy Woodpecker (at least one continues in Central Park, this species is a 
rather rare breeder in Manhattan)
Yellow-shafted Flicker

[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach, Long Island

2017-06-21 Thread Goldstein, Gina 
Dawn Hannay and I saw surf scoters at Nickerson today: one fairly close to 
shore and 8 farther out. Also an American Pipit found by Rob Bate and Rich 
Fried.

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[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach, Long Island

2017-06-21 Thread Goldstein, Gina 
Dawn Hannay and I saw surf scoters at Nickerson today: one fairly close to 
shore and 8 farther out. Also an American Pipit found by Rob Bate and Rich 
Fried.

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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt - Iroquois NWR

2017-06-21 Thread Willie D'Anna 
The BLACK-NECKED STILT continues at Kumph Marsh, Iroquois NWR. The bird is
extremely difficult to see because of all the vegetation. Betsy and I walked
Feeder Road for the entire length of Kumph Marsh and did not see it. Then,
on the way back, Betsy spotted it where the vegetation was slightly lower.
The bird walked left and almost disappeared behind the vegetation before
making a short flight and completely disappearing for the remainder of our
time there. Another person looked after we left and did not see it. So, long
story short, you will need some persistence and/or a bit of luck to see this
bird.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt - Iroquois NWR

2017-06-21 Thread Willie D'Anna 
The BLACK-NECKED STILT continues at Kumph Marsh, Iroquois NWR. The bird is
extremely difficult to see because of all the vegetation. Betsy and I walked
Feeder Road for the entire length of Kumph Marsh and did not see it. Then,
on the way back, Betsy spotted it where the vegetation was slightly lower.
The bird walked left and almost disappeared behind the vegetation before
making a short flight and completely disappearing for the remainder of our
time there. Another person looked after we left and did not see it. So, long
story short, you will need some persistence and/or a bit of luck to see this
bird.

 

Good birding!

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[nysbirds-l] NASsau County Acadian flycatcher

2017-06-21 Thread Stephane Perreault 
This AM an Acadian Flycatcher was heard singing at Hempstead Lake SP. it could 
heard both at 6:30am and 10:30am. 

At the South end of the park, about 200 yards SSW of Parking lot #3.  Could be 
heard from the paved path singing on the Southern edge of the Creek. 

I was singing its very short song every 1-2 minutes.

I Could not see the bird, despite the fact that it was moving around.  Typical 
for Acadian flycatcher not to be easily seen.

Good luck if try to listen for it,

Stephane.

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[nysbirds-l] NASsau County Acadian flycatcher

2017-06-21 Thread Stephane Perreault 
This AM an Acadian Flycatcher was heard singing at Hempstead Lake SP. it could 
heard both at 6:30am and 10:30am. 

At the South end of the park, about 200 yards SSW of Parking lot #3.  Could be 
heard from the paved path singing on the Southern edge of the Creek. 

I was singing its very short song every 1-2 minutes.

I Could not see the bird, despite the fact that it was moving around.  Typical 
for Acadian flycatcher not to be easily seen.

Good luck if try to listen for it,

Stephane.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove Jamaica Bay

2017-06-21 Thread Andrew Baksh 
Continues and seems to favor the 3 paths near the south garden. Observed 
feeding on the ground of the middle path and seen from the upper path. 

Last seen in a tree near the lower path that goes through the south garden. 
Observations were with Menachem and his mom, Pat Palladino and Robert 
Proniewych 

Cheers,




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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
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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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> On Jun 21, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Rob Bate  wrote:
> 
> Sorry. It was south garden!
> 
> Seen in north garden just off gravel path that goes out to the old breach. 
> 
> Rob Bate & Rich Fried
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Re: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove Jamaica Bay

2017-06-21 Thread Andrew Baksh 
Continues and seems to favor the 3 paths near the south garden. Observed 
feeding on the ground of the middle path and seen from the upper path. 

Last seen in a tree near the lower path that goes through the south garden. 
Observations were with Menachem and his mom, Pat Palladino and Robert 
Proniewych 

Cheers,




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

> (__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

> On Jun 21, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Rob Bate  wrote:
> 
> Sorry. It was south garden!
> 
> Seen in north garden just off gravel path that goes out to the old breach. 
> 
> Rob Bate & Rich Fried
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RE:[nysbirds-l] Dicksissel

2017-06-21 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
There has been an interesting discussion on NJ Listserv of a seemingly eruptive 
year of dickcissels in NJ and PA – and there have been several sightings posted 
here from NY.  (I was fortunate to see the singing male dickcissel as well as 
the singing and I understand continuing Henslow’s sparrow at Shawangunk NWR 
several weeks back).
So far no dickcissel at croton point and I have also heard no reports of 
grasshopper sparrow there in weeks, but the side paths on the landfill have 
wisely been marked as no access, and most folks seem to be abiding.   If you 
visit CPP, dress for and afterwards check for ticks.  They suck.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining


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RE:[nysbirds-l] Dicksissel

2017-06-21 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
There has been an interesting discussion on NJ Listserv of a seemingly eruptive 
year of dickcissels in NJ and PA – and there have been several sightings posted 
here from NY.  (I was fortunate to see the singing male dickcissel as well as 
the singing and I understand continuing Henslow’s sparrow at Shawangunk NWR 
several weeks back).
So far no dickcissel at croton point and I have also heard no reports of 
grasshopper sparrow there in weeks, but the side paths on the landfill have 
wisely been marked as no access, and most folks seem to be abiding.   If you 
visit CPP, dress for and afterwards check for ticks.  They suck.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining


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Re:[nysbirds-l] Death on the Beach

2017-06-21 Thread J GLUTH 
A search of eBird data (Explore Data -- Species Maps -- filters: Great 
Shearwater - May and June - Current Year - Massachusetts) produced 
results that indicate a corresponding lack of Great (and Cory's) 
shearwaters from Cape Cod and coastal New England waters (Block Island 
to Maine) as a whole: https://tinyurl.com/y8j4fqg7


Compare the low number of map pins, checklists and number of shearwaters 
reported this year, to the same period in 2016: 
https://tinyurl.com/y9ga2eyb


2015: https://tinyurl.com/y9fbmjqp

and 2014: https://tinyurl.com/yacldwsb

I have monitored the MA listserv - http://birding.aba.org/maillist/MASS 
- on a fairly regular basis during the Spring and Fall migration periods 
over the past several years. In 2016 the anecdotal evidence from posts 
to that list (as well as the eBird data linked to above) indicate that, 
while 2016 was an exceptional year in terms of the high numbers of 
shearwaters, 2017 is shaping up to be at the opposite extreme. This year 
the combination of factors in the Atlantic (whatever they may be) that 
has wrecked Great Shearwaters in NY waters, also appears to have stymied 
their progress to their "wintering" grounds farther north as well.




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Re:[nysbirds-l] Death on the Beach

2017-06-21 Thread J GLUTH 
A search of eBird data (Explore Data -- Species Maps -- filters: Great 
Shearwater - May and June - Current Year - Massachusetts) produced 
results that indicate a corresponding lack of Great (and Cory's) 
shearwaters from Cape Cod and coastal New England waters (Block Island 
to Maine) as a whole: https://tinyurl.com/y8j4fqg7


Compare the low number of map pins, checklists and number of shearwaters 
reported this year, to the same period in 2016: 
https://tinyurl.com/y9ga2eyb


2015: https://tinyurl.com/y9fbmjqp

and 2014: https://tinyurl.com/yacldwsb

I have monitored the MA listserv - http://birding.aba.org/maillist/MASS 
- on a fairly regular basis during the Spring and Fall migration periods 
over the past several years. In 2016 the anecdotal evidence from posts 
to that list (as well as the eBird data linked to above) indicate that, 
while 2016 was an exceptional year in terms of the high numbers of 
shearwaters, 2017 is shaping up to be at the opposite extreme. This year 
the combination of factors in the Atlantic (whatever they may be) that 
has wrecked Great Shearwaters in NY waters, also appears to have stymied 
their progress to their "wintering" grounds farther north as well.




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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove Jamaica Bay

2017-06-21 Thread Rob Bate 
Sorry. It was south garden!

Seen in north garden just off gravel path that goes out to the old breach. 

Rob Bate & Rich Fried

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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Dove Jamaica Bay

2017-06-21 Thread Rob Bate 
Sorry. It was south garden!

Seen in north garden just off gravel path that goes out to the old breach. 

Rob Bate & Rich Fried

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[nysbirds-l] White wing Dove Jamaica Bay

2017-06-21 Thread Rob Bate 
Seen in north garden just off gravel path that goes out to the old breach. 

Rob Bate & Rich Fried

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[nysbirds-l] White wing Dove Jamaica Bay

2017-06-21 Thread Rob Bate 
Seen in north garden just off gravel path that goes out to the old breach. 

Rob Bate & Rich Fried

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