[nysbirds-l] unID nightjar near Maintenance bathrooms

[Ardith Bondi]

Anne Lazarus just called and asked me to post that they are looking at a 
nightjar high up in the tree to the right facing Maintenance Bathrooms 
in Central Park. She said it is in about the 1:30 position in the tree, 
and she thinks it's a Common Nighthawk, but can't see the markings for sure.


Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park - midsection - Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (09/09/09)

[Ardith Bondi]

This morning, Alice Deutsch and I birded Strawberry Fields and the 
Ramble. Thanks to Sam Stuart, who helped find some great birds in 
Strawberry Fields.


Ardith Bondi

Green Heron (Lower Lobe, in a molt)
Canada Goose (Lake)
Mallard (molting)
Red-tailed Hawk (dark adult female in the Ramble - probably Lola)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (a couple in SF, and two perched at The Oven)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Empid.
Great Crested Flycatcher (Maintenance)
Warbling Vireo (SF)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren (Winterdale Arch)
House Wren
Veery (several)
Swainson's Thrush (a few)
Wood Thrush (Ramble)
American Robin (lots of young ones)
Gray Catbird (lots)
European Starling

Tennessee Warbler (SF)
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler (SF)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler (SF)
Prairie Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler (above Azalea Pond)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird (SF, Tanner)
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
House Sparrow








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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Wednesday, October 14, 2009

[Ardith Bondi]

Observers: Alice Deutsch, Eve Levine (joined for much of the time), 
Ardith Bondi

Reported by Ardith Bondi

The busy spots were the trees at the eastern edge of the Pinetum, west 
of the field, and Seneca Village and Sparrow Ridge for sparrow variety. 
The Swamp Sparrows were at the eastern edge of Turtle Pond, seen from 
the rocks.


Double-crested Cormorant (Reservoir)
Wood Duck (reported seen from the Oven)
Gadwall (flock still on Turtle Pond)
Mallard
Ruddy Duck (Reservoir)
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (many)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe (ubiquitous, saw 5 in one binocular field in Tupelo meadow)
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren (several in different places)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (ubiquitous)
Hermit Thrush (ubiquitous)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, Sunday, November 8, 2009, incl about 200 Common Eiders

[Ardith Bondi]

Barbara Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) went to the Coast Guard Station 
(CGS), West End 2 (out to the jetty) and a brief stop at the Theodore 
Roosevelt Nature Center (TRNC). The most noteworthy finding was a huge 
raft of Common Eiders that spread on both sides of the jetty. We did not 
see any terns at all.


Ardith Bondi


Red-throated Loon (10)
Common Loon (2)
Northern Gannet (offshore)
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Brant
American Black Duck
Common Eider (200+)
Surf Scoter (one flew by at the jetty)
Long-tailed Duck (CGS)
Red-breasted Merganser (2, CGS)
Northern Harrier (TRNC)
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher (still large numbers at the CGS)
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone (CGS and on the jetty)
Sanderling
Dunlin
Laughing Gull (a couple at the CGS)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
American Crow
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler (quite a few)
Savannah Sparrow (TRNC)
Song Sparrow
Snow Bunting (2 flocks of about 20, each)



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[nysbirds-l] Timber Point Dovekie - YES

[Ardith Bondi]

Still paddling around like a little wind- up toy...

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[nysbirds-l] one more picture of the Timber Point Dovekie- has a pretty good look at the foot

[Ardith Bondi]

http://ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#0

Taken on Friday, January 29, 2010

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[nysbirds-l] Croton and Peekskill area - Thursday, Feb 4, 2010

[Ardith Bondi]

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010

Barbara Saunders and I went to the Croton railroad station, Croton Pt. 
Park and the Peekskill area.


Seen from the train station parking lot ca. 8 am were 2 immature Bald 
Eagles trying to steal a fish from a Great Black Backed Gull 
(unsuccessfully), and two adults and an immature Bald Eagle in the trees 
across the inlet. In addition, on return later in the day, there were 2 
American Tree Sparrows.


In the water were a pair of Redhead, Common Merganser, Mallard, American 
Black Duck, Bufflehead, at least 2 male Pintail,  pair of Mute Swan, 
Canada Goose (many), one Ruddy Duck and Gadwall.


At Croton Point Park, there were 3 immature Bald Eagles in the trees 
along the water, seen from the road through the Camp Ground.
Also seen in the park at various places (including the feeders at the 
visitor's center), Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, American 
Tree Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrow, Song Sparrow, 
Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied 
Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, 
Carolina Wren (heard), European Starling and House Finch.


We spent a while up the hill where the Red-headed Woodpecker has been 
reported and did not find it.


A common bird for the day was American Crow. A bit north of Peekskill 
was an American Robin, Song Sparrow, Common Mergansers, Bufflehead and a 
pair of Common Raven soaring together. Also in the Peekskill area, we 
saw two young Bald Eagles flying, and one adult and one juvenile sitting 
very far out on the floating ice in the direction of the Bear Mountain 
Bridge. At Verplanck were 12 Great Cormorant perched on a tall 
navigation structure in the river.


Ardith Bondi


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[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur and Horned Larks @ Jones Beach

[Ardith Bondi]

Coast Guard Station in the same place as previously reported, between  
the restrooms and the gazebo. Barbara Saunders and I only saw two  
Lapland Longspurs this morning. The wind has really picked up!


From Ardith Bondi
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur and Horned Larks @ Jones Beach - PS

[Ardith Bondi]

Before we left, we found a third Lapland Longspur.  AB

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>Subject: [nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur and Horned Larks @ Jones Beach
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>Coast Guard Station in the same place as previously reported, between  
>the restrooms and the gazebo. Barbara Saunders and I only saw two  
>Lapland Longspurs this morning. The wind has really picked up!
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Solitary Sandpiper in the Loch

[Ardith Bondi]

Since I didn't see that anyone else posted it, among lots of other birds 
in the north end (similar species to those already reported for Central 
Park), Barbara Saunders and I (and several other passing birders) saw a 
Solitary Sandpiper in the Loch, on the near side of the first bridge 
that you come to on the left after passing under the arch coming from 
The Pool. We first saw the bird at around 9:15AM, and it was still there 
just after 1PM.


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[nysbirds-l] [Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Hour-long David Sibley interview on line]

[Ardith Bondi]

 Original Message 
Subject:[ebirdsnyc] Hour-long David Sibley interview on line
Date:   Thu, 20 May 2010 19:47:36 -0400
From:   Ken Gale 
To: eBirdsnyc 
References:  <4ba664be.2010...@riseup.net>
<4bb9f891.8090...@riseup.net>






Hi, folks,
I don't think I have to tell you folks who David Sibley is.

On March 9th, I interviewed David Sibley for about an hour on
Eco-Logic, the environmental show I do on WBAI-FM here in NYC. I don't
know how long the online archive will stay available. This direct link
should still work:
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/100309_110001tue11amtonoon.MP3

If not, go to http://www.archive.wbai.org, go to the bottom of the page
and click on "All Shows" then scroll to March 9, 11 AM and you should be
able to listen to it, even if you have a dial-up modem.

I am not on Birdchat or any other list, so I'd appreciate it if someone
could forward it anywhere you think people would be interested. We
talked about the craft of doing field guides, art, writing, the
connection between birding and environmentalism, celebrity and what he's
been doing lately.

Thank you.

Happy bird-day,
Ken

Ken Gale
Host/producer
Eco-Logic, WBAI 99.5FM, NYC
http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/eco-logic.html (environmental radio show)
http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/ecoglold.html (list of past shows,
podcasts & temporary archives and links to hear them)
http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/ra3.html (list of some permanently
archived shows and links to hear them)

WBAI is a 50,000 watt station in the Pacifica network broadcast from the
Empire State Building so our signal gets to New Haven, Trenton, Putnam
County and the Poconoes and on the internet even further, of course.

When the air and water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not,
become one


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[nysbirds-l] Central park, Friday, May 21, 2010

[Ardith Bondi]

I entered the park at 90th St and Central Park West around 8:40AM and 
walked south under the trees on the path between the running path and 
the Bridal Path. Birds were singing and flitting through those trees in 
impressive numbers. Not very far down, at about the level of 88th 
Street, I spotted, in a tree, a stunning male Mourning Warbler. He was 
moving pretty quickly, and I couldn't stay with him for very long, 
although I got superb looks at him. I continued wandering leisurely 
south, through the Pinetum, to Turtle Pond, and up to the Castle via 
Shakespeare Garden, where I heard a Swainson's Thrush singing 
repeatedly. I have rarely heard them sing in Central Park. From there, I 
headed to the Ramble, where I spent some time birding with Alice and 
Naomi Deutsch. On my way back to 90th Street, around 1PM, on the same 
path where I started, there were still quite a few warblers and vireos.


Birds I saw included:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret (The Point)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Oven)
Gadwall (2m, Reservoir)
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (Ramble)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (heard several)
Empidonax Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo (heard)
Red-eyed Vireo (many seen and heard)
Blue Jay
Swainson's Thrush (multiple, with at least one singing away in 
Shakespeare Garden)

American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler (many)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler (several)
Blackpoll Warbler (multiple)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush (several)
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler (multiple)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow




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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Friday, July 2, 2010

[Ardith Bondi]

Observers:
Alice Deutsch, Ardith Bondi
Reported by: Ardith Bondi



Canada Goose
moulting Mallards
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker (at least one pair nesting)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird (Turtle Pond)
Warbling Vireo (Western edge of The Lake - feeding young, and The Oven)
Blue Jay (several feeding young)
American Crow
Barn Swallow (Tupelo and Turtle Pond)
American Robin (still on nests and also feeding fledglings)
Gray Catbird
European Starling (some feeding young)
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula (Strawberry Fields, seen from drive)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle (some feeding young)
Baltimore Oriole (several prs feeding young)
House Finch (The Point)
House Sparrow



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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Friday, July 9, 2010

[Ardith Bondi]

Observers: Alice Deutsch and Ardith Bondi
Reported by: Ardith Bondi

Location: Strawberry Fields, Hernshead, Turtle Pond, The Ramble

Birding was pretty quiet. Still lots of adults feeding youngsters.

Great Egret (2, Turtle Pond)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (3 - Upper Lobe, Turtle Pond, Azalea Pond)
Canada Goose
Mallard (molting)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove (quite a few young ones)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo (singing in SF)
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow (Great Lawn and Turtle Pond)
House Wren (reported to us as seen and heard at Azalea Pond by Dan 
Weaver - we never found it)


American Robin (lots and lots with young)
Gray Catbird (quite a few young ones, as well)
European Starling (some young)
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (some young)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle (some young)
House Sparrow (some young)

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010

[Ardith Bondi]

Maintenance, Ramble, Tupelo, Upper Lobe, Tanner Spring, Sparrow Ridge areas

Alice Deutsch, Sally Weiner, Keelin Miller, Irene Warschauer, Ardith 
Bondi and others met along the way.


Reported by Ardith Bondi


Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (several in different places)
Blue-headed Vireo (Oven)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee (multiple)
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren (multiple)
Marsh Wren (Oven, see by all except Ardith)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin (many)
Gray Catbird (ubiquitous)
Northern Mockingbird (Cedar Hill)
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula (several)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (Oven)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Sparrow


















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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End & Pt. Lookout

[Ardith Bondi]

As an addendum, Barb Saunders and I found a Lapland Longspur in the 
"rock pile" yesterday.


Ardith Bondi

On 10/18/10 4:49 PM, Sy Schiff wrote:

  Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat
Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station
had a nice concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the
turnaround produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted
Nuthatch, both Kinglets and Goldfinch) other than a number of raptors
overhead.
Sam left and we went over to Pt. Lookout and the "rock pile". This is
the the shrubby area behind the stone dumping area north of the main
Lido Beach town parking lot. Here we saw the same sparrows (today was a
good sparrow day), but no uncommon ones. We added Hermit Thrush, Palm
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch, a bright male, plus a few
House Finches
Joe and I walked out to the beach. At the west jetty there was a male
Common Eider, our FOS. Two White-rumped Sandpipers and a Sanderling were
feeding where the jetty meets the shore. A Surf Scoter was in the inlet.
A continual stream of medium sized terns flew by in the ocean and inlet.
All we could identify were Forster's Terns and we assumed the rest were
also.
A good bright sunny day. Sy


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Friday, October 22, 2010

[Ardith Bondi]

Alice Deutsch and I (Ardith Bondi) birded Central Park from the southern 
end of the Reservoir south this morning. Of note were the inordinate 
numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers. I saw this at Jones Beach last 
weekend, and I just spoke with someone who lives in Sea Cliff, LI, who 
had the same experience there this morning.


Another phenomenon of note was at 8:10 AM, a flock of 7 Turkey Vultures 
flew tidily together overhead moving north.



Turkey Vulture (7 flying by, not too high, either)
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (1 m on Lake)
Gadwall (Turtle Pond)
Mallard (lots)
Northern Shoveler  (a few on the Reservoir)
Ruddy Duck (significant flocks starting on the Reservoir)
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (several)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird (only 2)
European Starling
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1 f at the Point)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (ubiquitous!!)
Palm Warbler (Pinetum)
Eastern Towhee (Tanner)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow (Tupelo)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (Tupelo)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Purple Finch (1 f with all the Am. Robins by Sparrow Ridge)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow


As a side note, on the way south, we stopped at the Central Park Zoo to 
see the 4 King Penguins that they added to the Penguin House this year. 
They have also added a couple of American Oystercatchers, a 
Black-crowned Night Heron and a young Great Black-backed Gull to the 
penguin enclosure. The Tufted Puffins have gained some impressive 
Spectacled Eiders as well as some pretty Harlequin Ducks. Interesting 
combinations - certainly colorful.


Ardith Bondi








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[nysbirds-l] more Prothonotary photos

[Ardith Bondi]

I spent about 45 minutes with the Prothonotary Warbler at the library 
this morning. This bird is feisty, and seems to be thriving. From 
watching it and piecing together the info people have discovered, it has 
found a routine that works. It is pretty amusing to watch the bird take 
bread handouts together with a group of House Sparrows.


Here are a few more fun shots to add to the collection:

http://ardithbondi.com/page80.html

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experience

[Ardith Bondi]

Both times I viewed and then photographed the bird, the only ones 
feeding it were neither birders nor bird - photographers.


This bird seems to be managing fine in his unexpected habitat, and who's 
to say that human intervention in his case wouldn't do more harm than 
good. Just trying to capture it could injure it. The licensed rehabbers 
just make sure a bird can fend for itself and release it in a park.


Just like some bleeding heart human who decided the turkey that was 
doing fine in Central Park was cold and needed to be captured, why do we 
always think that human intervention is by definition better. The only 
thing I would worry about is if some hawk gets him, and that could 
happen anywhere.


If the bird isn't happy where it is, presumably it will fly off.  What 
would be interesting is to see what finally motivates it to go, if at 
all (cold weather, leaves dropping from the trees?). The Scott's Oriole 
got fed by humans all winter in and around Union Square Park and didn't 
leave until April. If this bird becomes injured, that will be a 
different story, and by all means, it should be held and fed the usual 
meal worms until it's better.


Now, if you want to drive it to a swamp somewhere in the south, maybe 
around April sometime, and perhaps introduce it to another PRWA - maybe 
do a little matchmaking while you're at it, that might be doing it a favor.


Ardith Bondi



On 10/25/10 5:25 PM, david speiser wrote:

The bird is staying around(possibly 3-4 weeks) because people are
feeding it. This bird is not acting like a wild bird anymore, more like
a house sparrow.
The two days I went, random non-birders were feeding it, bologna , bread
etc... They think its a canary.
Whether a birder or photographer feeds the PRWA that's a different
matter. Ultimately, the long term prognosis for this bird probably is
not good unless a rehabber picks it up, feeds it properly and releases
it away from one of the busiest spots in NYC.

David Speiser
www.lilibirds.com



 > From: phil.jeff...@gmail.com
 > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:14:20 -0400
 > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experience
 > To: dri...@yahoo.com
 > CC: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
 >
 > Everyone is *not* doing it, and in instances like this I think it
 > could be helpful to figure out who the photographer is.
 >
 > Phil Jeffrey
 >
 > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:32 PM, drilbu  wrote:
 > > I just returned from viewing the Warbler at the NYPL.
 > > I was very annoyed to witness a photographer feeding the bird pieces of
 > > bread to tease it out from behind the bushes. When I confronted the
 > > photographer, he said to me, everyone is doing it.
 > >
 > > Whether everyone was doing it or not, it is wrong and in no way
justifies
 > > his action.
 > > I think as people who love and respect wildlife we should speak out
when we
 > > see endangering migratory
 > > birds by feeding them.
 > >
 > > Shari Zirlin
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experience

[Ardith Bondi]

Suet is a good idea, but also, meal worms are what the rehabbers give 
the warblers, and they like them.


They can usually be purchased at pet stores as pet food.

Ardith Bondi

On 10/26/10 7:44 AM, Phil Jeffrey wrote:

I think most of us here know that this Prothonotary will probably die
of exposure and malnutrition.  This is a fate that is the destiny of
most of the very late fall vagrants - those Ash-throated Flycatchers
aren't going to turn around and make it back to the desert southwest -
and in some rare cases actually documented (that dead Western Tanager
in NJ that was found a few winters back).

Like the Scott's Oriole, this bird is being an opportunistic
scavenger.  The lay public aren't going to know any better so will
treat it like a sparrow.  Any birder or photographer who thinks that
bread forms any part of normal Prothonotary diet is a total idiot.
Any photographer that is using bread to lure the Prothonotary out is a
self-centered moron.  Go and pick up the bread.  Block the
photographer's shot. Tell them to go to a pet store and get some suet.
  Above all, don't play nice, because a photographer that acts like
that is thinking only of themselves.  Try and educate them if you
want, but I advocate more immediate negative feedback.

I personally doubt this bird has much chance, but if it is going to
have any, it's going to have to get a better diet.

Phil Jeffrey

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[nysbirds-l] Today's NY Times story on the New York Public Library Prothonotary

[Ardith Bondi]

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/library-warbler-barron/?hp

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[nysbirds-l] Common Ground Dove - YES

[Ardith Bondi]

Since no one else reported it today - Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) 
found it this afternoon (Wednesday, Nov. 10) at 3:15 foraging in the 
grass at the edge of the north side of the south parking lot at Captree 
State Park.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park Varied Thrush

[Ardith Bondi]

I stood around the Maintenance restroom area for more than two hours 
yesterday (I just returned from Antarctica, so I guess the weather 
seemed routine) and did not see the Varied Thrush. Nor had any of the 
other birders who came by and had been looking for it. There was a 
Cooper's Hawk hanging around that wizzed by me when I first got there at 
10:35, and returned regularly. By the time I left, the hawk had been 
posing comfortably at eye level for its portrait in the Maintenance 
Meadow for at least 20 minutes. There were, however, other birds which 
came into the area east of the restrooms when the hawk wasn't around, 
including two Eastern Towhees, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, 
Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 
loads of Blue Jays and White-throated Sparrows.


As Jack Meyer suggested to me, I also checked across the transverse, but 
didn't find the thrush there, either.  This, of course, doesn't mean 
it's gone, just that we didn't see it.


Ardith Bondi

On 12/14/10 8:15 PM, jacob drucker wrote:

Hi All,

For any interested in chasing the varied thrush, keep in mind that it is
does not seem to be in its "favorite patch" as regularly as before.
Several checks of the spot yesterday and the day before by myself and
others did not turn up the bird in the Maintenance Meadow vicinity.

Best,
Jacob Drucker

 > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:19:02 -0500
 > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park Varied Thrush
 > From: pwp...@nyc.rr.com
 > To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu
 >
 >
 > The Central Park Varied Thrush was still present this afternoon at its
 > favorite location - by the east side of the men's rest room just north of
 > the maintenance field.
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Varied Thrush continues today, 12/17/2010

[Ardith Bondi]

First in Maintenance Meadow flying from one side to the other and 
finally to his usual spot east of the Maintenance bathrooms. I saw him 
with absent intervals from 2 to 3:40 PM.


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Sunday, January 2, 2011 including 1 Pine Siskin at Evodia feeders

[Ardith Bondi]

Observers: Alice Deutsch, Sally Weiner, Susan Schulz, Keelin Miller,
Lenore Swenson and Ardith Bondi

reported by: Ardith Bondi

Birds Observed from the lower portion of The Reservoir south:

Canada Goose
Wood Duck (2 males, The Pond)
Gadwall (Reservoir)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Red-tailed Hawk (Pinetum)
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Red-headed Woodpecker (usual location, Locust trees below the southeast
corner of Sheep Meadow - busy stashing acorns)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow (at least 10)
Black-capped Chickadee (ubiquitous)
Tufted Titmouse (ubiquitous)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (at least 3)
White-breasted Nuthatch (quite a few scattered throughout the areas we
birded)
Brown Creeper (Evodia feeders)
Carolina Wren (at least 2 in the feeder vicinity)
Winter Wren (Shakespeare Garden)
American Robin
European Starling
Fox Sparrow (feeders)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle (a couple of flocks)
House Finch (feeders)
PINE SISKIN (1 at the feeders)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach WE 1/20/2011

[Ardith Bondi]

Alice Deutsch and I (Ardith Bondi) found not very many birds, but 
highlights included 5  Horned Larks in the WE2 parking lot and 1 near 
the CGS. 4 American Pipits in the median and a couple of Yellow-rumped 
Warblers. A passing Peregrine falcon and beautiful Grey Ghost Northern 
Harrier by the CGS. Also seen, Common Loon, Long-tailed Duck, 
Red-breasted Merganser, a couple of Brant, one injured and a couple of 
Song Sparrows.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] It's urgent, please respond

[Ardith Bondi]

This is totally a scam - just delete it!

Ardith Bondi

On 2/18/11 2:40 PM, richjack...@aol.com wrote:

This probably is a scam. It happened to a friend of mine last year but
luckily no one fell for it.
The best thing to do is try phoning John to see if he is at home.

Richard ZainEldeen
Brooklyn, NY

-Original Message-
From: John Gavrity
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 1:44 pm
Subject: [nysbirds-l] It's urgent, please respond

It�s me,  I really don't mean to inconvenience you right now, I made a
little trip to Netherlands and I misplaced my luggage that contains my
passport and credit cards, I know this may sound odd, but it all
happened very fast. I need to get a new passport and a ticket, but I'm
short of funds to pay for my ticket, and other miscellaneous expense.
Please, can you lend me some funds to get a ticket? I'll be willing to
pay back as soon as I get home.

Please respond as soon as you get this message, so I can forward you my
details to send the funds to me, OR you can drop a message via the
hotel's desk phone if you can. The numbers are, 01131 2 0622 8607.

I await your response
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[nysbirds-l] Common Redpolls at Jones Beach

[Ardith Bondi]

Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) found about a dozen Common Redpolls 
foraging in the median across from the entrance to the Coast Guard 
Station. They were accompanied by several Red-breasted Nuthatches. 
Otherwise, a scarcity of birds. Someone reported having seen American 
Pipit, but we did not. There were a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, lots of 
Starlings and Red-winged Blackbirds, and a couple of Song Sparrows.


We stopped at Field 10 where there were several Ruddy Turnstones picking 
at whatever was growing on the dock pilings. In the water, were a few 
Red-breasted Mergansers, a smattering of Brant and Canada Geese. One 
Common Loon was feeding not too far out from the dock.


We did pass quite a few American Crows, but even the gulls were mostly MIA.

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[nysbirds-l] Captree State Park, Ocean Parkway Beaches, Jones Beach CG Station and WE2.

[Ardith Bondi]

Yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011), Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) 
saw 18 American Oystercatchers on the low islands along the bay side 
starting at Captree and through Field 10. There weren't any seen from 
the Coast Guard Station or at WE2.


From Captree, 4 Boat-tailed Grackles were seen.

In the area of the CGS and WE2 we saw a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, 5 
Tree Swallows, 12 Tree Sparrows, 1 Horned Lark, and 1 Killdeer that 
rested for a long time (over an hour) in the "swale". Late in the day, 
with only a smattering of gulls or ducks along the beach, a couple of 
flocks of Sanderlings came by, amounting to about 60 birds.


Ardith Bondi

the list included:

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Scaup species
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher (18)
Sanderling (60)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow (5)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow (12)
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird (multiple, singing)
Boat-tailed Grackle (4, Captree)
House Sparrow











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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach area Sunday, April 3, 2011

[Ardith Bondi]

Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) started at Nickerson Beach (Nick) 
this morning, where we found 4 pairs of Oystercatchers, one actively 
mating and at least 2 pairs of Piping Plovers with one extra alone (at 
least when we saw it).


When we reached the jetty at West End 2 (WE2), there was another mating 
pair of Oystercatchers and, along the beach, another pair of Piping 
Plovers.


Birds seen today:

Common Loon (WE2 jetty)
Horned Grebe (Nick)
Northern Gannet (offshore, both places)
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Brant (still many around)
Mute Swan (pond seen from Meadowbrook Parkway on the way up from the beach)
Common Eider (1 female by WE2 jetty)
Black Scoter (8, WE2)
Red-breasted Merganser (widespread)
Osprey (near Point Lookout exit from Meadowbrook)
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon (eating prey on Jones Beach water tower)
Piping Plover (Nick & WE2)
American Oystercatcher (Nick & WE2)
Dunlin (1 individual near WE2 jetty)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker (WE)
American Crow
Horned Lark (1 bird, Nick)
Tree Swallow (WE)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird (Nick & Jones Beach)
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow (median near Coast Guard Station)
Song Sparrow (WE, Coast Guard Station)
Red-winged Blackbird (mixed flocks of blackbirds at WE median)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
one seal sp. seen from the WE2 jetty










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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Pk. reports, NYC, 4/26 (& other NYC rep'ts. incl. Blue Grosbeak in Queens, etc.)

[Ardith Bondi]

One addition - a drake Wood Duck on The Point
Ardith Bondi

On 4/27/11 5:46 AM, Tom Fiore wrote:

Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 - various reports, from N.Y. City locations:

In Queens County NY, there was a photographed young male *Blue Grosbeak*
on Tuesday - the report is on the ebirdsnyc list. That sighting took
place in the Lutheran Cemetery in Middle Village (Queens) and the
observer-photographer was Daryl Cavallaro- as reported for him by Alison
& Karlo Mirth of Queens. It's probably best to be cautious about
entering and birding in any cemetery, and should be obvious to all of us
to be respectful at grave sites, especially so if others are in the area
(and not birding). I would check with any staff first if a location is
at a cemetery and had not visited recently, knowing what policies are in
place for visiting. Some cemeteries in NYC prohibit any photography or
video without permission.
- - -
In Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, N.Y. City, a Blackpoll Warbler was
reported (which is on the early side for the species, but not
unprecedented for a few to be found in late April in the NYC area) along
with the obvious highlights of the *duo of Prothonotaries* there on
Tuesday, 4/26. (A whole lot of other great sightings were also reported
from the many observers in that park.)
- - -
At Clove Lakes Park, northern Staten Island, N.Y. City, a lingering
*Yellow-throated Warbler* as well as a "*Lawrence's*" *Warbler* (a
hybrid) were reported Tuesday 4/26, by C. Barron & A. Purcell, at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2235 - specific
locations within that park are noted. A (second of this spring, there on
S.I.) Cerulean Warbler (singing male) was reported from Staten Island,
N.Y. City on Tuesday, that noted also in the SI NaturaList, at a smaller
park, known as "Allison" Pond Park, that report from Mike Shanley, who
noted a nice diversity but not high numbers there in his walk:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2233

- - - - -
Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

The *Varied Thrush* and *Red-headed Woodpecker* were each seen in their
respective locations in the park - Tuesday's reports of these from (at
least) several other birders/reporters.

Clearly another fabulous late April day of migration here, as reported
on by others (I didn't get into Central Park until around dusk!) and
with excellent variety and numbers of individuals seen - this is
becoming quite a migrant event, not merely in Manhattan, or even all of
N.Y. City, but seems to be encompassing a wide swath of North America at
least as seen from our eastern perspective in the middle/northeast
region. There are really a lot of birds coming in that are being seen in
numbers at dates that are at least ahead of typical "peak" dates, as
well as some very early arrivals of individual (or small numbers of)
birds, of various species, in the "land-bird" category. (that note isn't
meant to imply anything particular regarding my early-ish Empidonax
sighting, which I maintain was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, from
Riverside Park, Manhattan, 4/24)
- - -
Some, possibly not all, of the birds that were noted (publicly and
privately) in Central Park on *Tuesday*, 4/26:

Common Loon
<http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/3/bird3.html>(reservoir)
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Canada Goose <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird56.html>
Mallard <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird66.html>
Northern Shoveler <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/9/bird69.html>
Bufflehead <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird85.html>
Ruddy Duck <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/2/bird92.html>
Osprey <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/3/bird93.html>
Bald Eagle <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/7/bird97.html>
Sharp-shinned Hawk
<http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/9/bird99.html>
Red-tailed Hawk <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird105.html>
American Kestrel <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/8/bird108.html>
Solitary Sandpiper
<http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/5/bird145.html>
Spotted Sandpiper
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American Woodcock
<http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/7/bird177.html>
Laughing Gull <http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/1/birds/6/bird186.html>
Ring-billed Gull <http://www.nycbi

[nysbirds-l] Gull-billed Tern at Nickerson Beach June 9, 2011

[Ardith Bondi]

Today, Alice Deutsch and I (Ardith Bondi) went to Nickerson Beach. Aside 
from the usual suspects, when I was looking over my photographs, I 
discovered that I had photographed a Gull-billed Tern.

http://www.ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#0
http://www.ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#1

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [JerseyBirds] Hooded crow

[Ardith Bondi]

For anyone who is interested, I am forwarding this post from the 
Jerseybirds list. The location is on Long Beach Island below Barnegat Light.


Ardith Bondi

 Original Message 
Subject: [JerseyBirds] Hooded crow
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:18:46 -0400
From: Judson 
Reply-To: Judson 
To: jerseybi...@princeton.edu

I missed the bird this am, but our friends at the same area saw whAt 
they described as a silver backed crow with other crows around their 
garbage.  They also said it sounded different than the other crows.  The 
location is in the area of the border of North Beach and Harvey Cedars 
on lbi


JudsoNham liN

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Re: [nysbirds-l] no Gray-hooded Gull- yes it was there

[Ardith Bondi]

I watched the bird for several hours, and it was still in the same area around 
4PM when I left. Was still mostly on top of the men's room as described in 
other posts. Would fly off for food or when all the gulls went together for a 
brief swim in the ocean. Otherwise was right there. 

Ardith Bondi

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On Jul 31, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Elizabeth Poole  wrote:

> Hot summer Sunday afternoon from 2:30 - 3:00 PM - no luck. Half a million (or 
> more) noisy people on the beach, the boardwalk and in Astroland on the north 
> side of the boardwalk. No gulls at all on the ground. Not more than 20 gulls 
> of any kind in the air or perched on the roof of the bath house at the end of 
> Stillwell Avenue. Walked the Boardwalk from Stillwell Avenue west to West 8th 
> Street. Possible view of the bird as a fly-by near Stillwell (not seen in 
> binoculars). 
> 
> Suggestion: go very early or very late, before or after human disturbance. 
> This is probably the busiest, noisiest area on the Coney Island strip.
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Mike 
> To: NYSBIRDS-L 
> Sent: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 2:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Gray-hooded Gull photos
> 
> For onyone who hasn't had their fill of Gray-hooded Gull photos yet, I've 
> posted a set at
>  
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/35575873@N02/sets/72157627324292860/
>  
> Some of these show wing molt and wing and tail feather molt, and a couple 
> show the bird with iconic landmarks in the background.
>  
> Mike Cooper
> Ridge, LI, NY
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[nysbirds-l] and, just in case you haven't had your fill of Gray-hooded Gull pictures...

[Ardith Bondi]

http://www.ardithbondi.com/slideshow89.html#0

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[nysbirds-l] Subway Bird

[Ardith Bondi]

Just in case anyone wants to avoid the Belt Parkway, the Gray-hooded Gull is 
only 2 blocks from the Coney Island subway station (D, F, N & Q- that I can 
think of at the moment). I took the D yesterday, and it was a nice A/C'd way to 
get there. Just try to avoid rush hour:)

Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [JerseyBirds] Hooded Crow on LBI

[Ardith Bondi]

Thought this might interest some.

Ardith Bondi
 Original Message 
Subject: [JerseyBirds] Hooded Crow on LBI
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 12:29:37 -0400
From: Kelly Stang 
Reply-To: Kelly Stang 
To: jerseybi...@princeton.edu

I have seen what I believe is the hooded crow in Beach Haven, LBI. I saw it
the evening of August 2 and the morning of August 3 at the end of Leeward
Ave, Beach Haven. It has been sitting on the roof of several houses 
right near

the beach. I took a number of pictures but have no way of getting them
posted on line right now (no card reader for the laptop).

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [JerseyBirds] Hooded Crow on LBI

[Ardith Bondi]

FYI

 Original Message 
Subject: [JerseyBirds] Hooded Crow on LBI
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 20:15:16 -0400
From: Kelly Stang 
Reply-To: Kelly Stang 
To: jerseybi...@princeton.edu

It is still at the ocean end of Leeward Ave in Beach Haven. I saw it this
morning and then saw it most of later this afternoon and tonight. Third 
day in
a row it has been here. I have taken a number of pictures and will post 
them

this weekend.  It seems to hang out on the roof tops in the late afternoon
and evening and disappears right around sun down.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Marbled Godwits, Jones Beach sand Bar

[Ardith Bondi]

Although we didn't keep track of numbers, Carole Berglie and I (Ardith 
Bondi), arriving at about 1PM, saw quite a few of the smaller shorebirds 
on the Jones Beach CGS sandbar, despite swimmers and boaters. They 
included Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers and Sanderlings. 
We also saw Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers (at least 2), 
Ruddy Turnstones and at least one Willet. Down the fishermans' trail 
past the Coast Guard station, aside from some rather vocal juvenile 
Common Terns and some Ruddy Turnstones, we spotted a Spotted Sandpiper.


Does anyone else think there is an inordinately large number of 
Semi-palmated Plovers and Semi-palmated Sandpipers this year? Over the 
past two weeks, I have seen very large numbers of them. In the Nickerson 
Beach Parking lot and on the lawn there there were probably 1000. A few 
days later, they virtually carpeted the beach at Long Beach Island, NJ 
early in the morning before the beachgoers took over, and today, there 
were still quite a few at the Coast Guard Station sandbar.


Ardith Bondi

On 8/17/11 8:36 PM, Sy Schiff wrote:

Jones Beach West End 17 Aug
Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine
Falcon promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly
scattered and flew off. None of the larger shorebirds moved. About 9:00,
one of the half dozen or so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the
large group of remaining AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET. It had been
sleeping, bill tucked in, and obscured by the mass of birds. As I
scoped, it picked up its head, showed its bill and stretched its wings
showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty under wing coverts. It
promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into the mass of birds.
As previously reported, the swale is a lake. I went over to see if the
missing shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast
Guard Station, scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT.
Sy Schiff
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[nysbirds-l] skua resting on the beach in Sea Cliff

[Ardith Bondi]

A friend who lives overlooking Sea Cliff Beach called to say she is 
looking at a skua that landed on the beach and it's just resting there. 
Coordinates I just got from Google Maps 40.850526, -73.651507. She 
thinks it's probably a South Polar.


Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] more Petrels on the Hudson

[Ardith Bondi]

Peter Post just called to tell me he had a Sooty Tern from the Pier at 
West 70th St., and Jacob Drucker told him he had 2 Leach's Storm 
Petrels, 3 Wilson's SP's and 2 Sooty Terns at 116th St. on the Hudson.


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[nysbirds-l] More Sooties & Wilson's SP on the Hudson

[Ardith Bondi]

@ 2PM from the 70th ST Pier

also Peregrine Falcon & E. Kingbird, earlier

Seen by Peter Post, Dale Dancis,Matthew Rykmkiewicz, Anya Auerbach & me. 

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[nysbirds-l] White-tailed Tropicbird on Hudson River

[Ardith Bondi]

Full adult!! @70th St!!

Observers: Peter Post, Dale Dancis and I. 


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[nysbirds-l] another White-tailed Tropicbird

[Ardith Bondi]

Immature

followed from 180th St. to 145th St. 

by Nadir Souirgi & James Knox

They also report having seen a Whimbrel yesterday over soccer field at Inwood 
Hill Park. 

Reported by

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[nysbirds-l] another hurricane bird on the Hudson

[Ardith Bondi]

Royal Tern seen from 70th St Pier

Lots of observers. 

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[nysbirds-l] Sea Cliff South Polar Skua photos

[Ardith Bondi]

This is regarding my post about this bird much earlier today.

Carole Berglie managed to get down to the Sea Cliff Beach (North Shore 
of Long Island) within 3 feet of the South Polar Skua to take some 
photos. I have posted them to my website. 
http://www.ardithbondi.com/page91.html


Carole later told me that the Skua stayed on the beach for about 2 
hours, mostly preening. When a child approached it too closely, it 
responded aggressively with its wings raised (but didn't leave then) 
showing the white crescents nicely.


It would be interesting to know if the bird is seen again, or whether it 
finally just flew back out to the ocean.


From the looks of the photo of the bird seen in the WE2 parking lot, 
that bird looked much more droopy than how Carole described this one.



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Fw: Bird by the USS Intrepid on 8/31

[Ardith Bondi]

If you scroll down that page and open one of the other links 
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/img1862lowerres.jpg/

the image opens - Great Kiskadee at the Intrepid!

Ardith Bondi

On 9/6/11 5:09 PM, Andrew Block wrote:

Just got this from John Votta in NJ who wanted to me to send it to the
NY listserv. I couldn't see any photo but maybe someone else can. If
it's true then it would be an awesome bird.
Andrew
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Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036


- Forwarded Message -
*From:* JOHN VOTTA 
*To:* ablock22...@yahoo.com
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 6, 2011 4:23 PM
*Subject:* Bird by the USS Intrepid on 8/31

Hi Andrew,

First off I got your email from the NY Listserv and seeing you are a
Wildlife Biologist, I thought I would let someone on the NY serv know
about this. I am a member on the NJ Listserv and I frequent a bird ID
website and someone from the UK was asking about this ID from 8/31. I
know it is a week later but as you can see these pics were just posted
today. I am forwarding you the link to the forum. Again these are not my
PICs and I did not see the G. Kiskadee at all but he states it was right
near the Intrepid. I know it is a great bird for NYC so I needed to let
someone know. Maybe a freeloader on a cruise ship or an Irene
displacement???

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/256501.aspx

John


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[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrows @ Jones Beach Coast Guard Sta

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Jones Beach CGS 3 Lark Sparrows behind hedgerow present for the last 1/2 hr. 

Peter Post &

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, December 11, 2011 incl photo of Baltimore Oriole

[Ardith Bondi]

Birds I saw in a not very thorough search between the 86th Street 
transverse and the Maintenance and Evodia feeders.


Ardith Bondi

Here is a photo of the Baltimore Oriole under discussion:

http://www.ardithbondi.com/page95.html

Other birds include:

Mallard (Turtle Pond)
Northern Shoveler (Turtle Pond) also, earlier, a small flock of 7 or 8 
flew by going north towards the Reservoir

Bufflehead (Turtle Pond)
Red-tailed Hawk (2, one juv being seriously taunted by a squirrel - boy, 
these squirrels are daredevils - although this little fellow finally 
hunkered down on a branch with his head tucked under and his tail 
flapped over his head - never saw this posture before!)

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (northeast Pinetum)
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow (Turtle Pond)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole (female at feeders)
House Finch
House Sparrow




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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park Dec. 17, 2011

[Ardith Bondi]

In one spot, between 11:32 and 11:52 this morning, I saw (and 
photographed) Lincoln's Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Yellow-breasted Chat and 
Ovenbird in Bryant Park. The spot, as described previously by Ben 
Cacace, is near the back stairs of what appears to be an employees' 
entrance at the northeast end of the skating rink area. It is just south 
of the little manicured planted area which is south of the north 
restrooms and east of the last shop along the path. The Lincoln's 
Sparrow often hangs out in that planted area, as well - that's where I 
first spotted it. Hope you're not dizzy yet trying to visualize it:)


I ran into Peter Post and Gunnel Rydstrom, who subsequently saw the four 
birds, also within about 20 minutes.


We all walked over to the little park between 45th and 46th Streets, 
between 5th and 6th Aves., where we saw another Gray Catbird. The Wood 
Thrush that had been there seems to have left.


Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill?? Has anyone seen it today in Cold Spring Harbor (Saturday, July 31)????

[Ardith Bondi]

Thanks. 

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Bryant Park - YB Chat 12/17/11

[Ardith Bondi]

Ellen sent this email to me, but subsequently asked me to post it to the 
list. I still wonder if there remain two Chats and two Ovenbirds. A 
challenge to anyone who wants to try to figure that out:)


Ardith Bondi

 Original Message 
Subject:Bryant Park - YB Chat 12/17/11
Date:   Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:07:25 -0500
From:   lnmp 
To: 



Hi,
I also saw the Yellow-Breasted Chat in Bryant Park on Saturday. I would
love to see your photos if you can provide a link.
I live in the Albany area, where I'm on the Board of the Hudson-Mohawk
Bird Club. I was planning to be in NYC on Saturday, so I checked Birding
on the Net to see if there had been any interesting bird sightings
recently. When I saw the posts on the NY Birding List about the chat, I
knew I HAD to look for it, as it would be a lifebird for me.
By the time my husband and I reached Bryant Park Saturday afternoon, the
place was mobbed with people, especially around the ice skating rink and
vendor booths. We knew we had only an hour or so before it would start
getting dark, so we had to be quick. The posts from the last several
weeks (not including yours, which I didn't see until that night) gave us
clues about where to look.
In the southeast side of Bryant Park, next to an employee-only storage
area, we found an Ovenbird right on the ground, in plain sight. That's
the first time I've seen in Ovenbird in NYC - wow! We also saw quite a
few White-Throated Sparrows.
Discouraged by the number of people on the north side of the park, the
chat's "preferred location" according to one post, we raced over to the
Fifth Avenue side in front of the library, splitting up and checking
just about every shrub. My husband the non-birder (!) finally spotted
the chat... and after he found ME, I was able to get a good look at it.
It was perched in a shrub below the library terrace (i.e., facing Fifth
Avenue), towards the northern end... Very cool to see.
I think someone may have taken photos of us, but otherwise, probably
noticed this crazed birder in front of the library - we didn't see
anyone else with binoculars around there!
-Ellen Pemrick

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Birds of Bryant Park

[Ardith Bondi]

Posted by request.

NB- Several of us saw the Common Yellowthroat on Sunday.

Ardith

 Original Message 
Subject:Birds of Bryant Park
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:43:34 -0500
From:   Alan Drogin 
To: ard...@earthlink.net



Hi Ardith,

My office moved back across from Bryant Park last weekd so I've been
able to keep a close watch on the bird situation there this winter. At
least one of the Chats (looks like a 1-year) and the Lincoln Sparrow are
still around - both were together in the garden display just south of
the bathroom - near the Arepa hut. As were one ovenbird (two have been
spotted). We also saw two hermit thrushes this last Monday Two Catbirds
and a Common Yellowthroat were seen last week but no signs this week. My
work/birding colleague Sangeetha took some great photos from this
Monday. You can post.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sangeethashanmugam/

Happy Holidays,
Alan Drogin

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park birds' survival strategy

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I took this photo last Saturday:)
http://ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#5

Ardith

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Dickcissel - yes

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Still by ballfields - on right fence, looking north. Was coming with 
House Sparrows to some birdseed left under the benches at the third 
ballfield.


Ardith Bondi
(seen with Peter Post and Jeffrey Kimball)

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bad behavior

[Ardith Bondi]

Brilliant, Isaac. Thank you.

Ardith Bondi

bird photographer

On 2/6/12 7:31 PM, Isaac Grant wrote:

Here is my two cents based off of over 30 years of birding in this
state.  I find this entire discussion absurd and think that everyone has
pretty much missed the real point. I have no clue why people get so up
in arms about flushing owls. Let me preface this by saying that some of
the people that I am about to criticize are people that I bird with
frequently, people that I have known for over 20 years, people that have
been to my home and my wedding. I find it all extremely contradictory
and hypocritical .

The same people that are finger pointing and bad mouthing and video
taping and planning secret groups because a few people get too close to
a bird, have no problem walking through the east pond and fulshing
hundreds if not thousands of migratory shorebirds that are desparately
trying to refuel for their huge migration south. Is is possible to walk
the east pond without flushing loads of birds? Does any one care if they
flush a flock of peeps, dowitchers or yellow legs or even give at a
second thought while they are searching for a Godwit or Stint? They have
no probelm walking through a field in the fall and flushing hordes of
birds in the hopes that a Clay Colored or Lark Sparrow be found amongst
the hordes of Savannah Sparrows and Song Sparrows and more common
species. Can anyone see a sparrow in NY without flushing it first? These
same people have no problem pshing in any number of song birds during
migration. Doesn't that disturb these birds more than an occasional
flush by a photographer or flash? The examples are endless. What birder
has not flushed flock after flock of Dunlin and Sanderling while walking
on the beach at Breezy and Jones Beach looking for one of those Snowy
Owls? What birder has not crashed through median strip at Jones Beach
looking for Crossbills or Sawwhets and not flushed Yellowrumps and
Juncos, etc. What birder has not walked the trail out to Breezy and not
flushed numerous Yellowrupms and Cardinals and blackbirds. What birder
has not walked near a pond and not had every duck swim to the other side
of it? What birder has not flushed loads of Ring-billed and Herring
Gulls on the beach while trying to find a Glaucous or Iceland Gull? What
birder has not walked through central park and not flushed a Hermit
thrush or Ovenbird? I have never gone to Point Lookout and seen the
Harlequin Ducks without them continuously swimming away from me. Maybe
they just don't like me but I think that they are obviously wary of
people and do their best to keep their distance.

The obvious answer to all of my questions is that it is impossible to be
a birder and to not continuously disturb birds. Do any of us really
think that everytime we walk on a beach or thrugh the woods or in a
field that we are not disturbing the birds that are trying to see? I am
not in any way condoning someone who is purposely flushing an owl or
approaching unnecessarily close. But we need to keep in perspective what
it is that all of us (certainly including myself) are doing every time
we enter the field? I do not think that you can randolmly decide what
birds are OK to disturb and which ones are not. That seems to be an
absurd thing to do. All of us, photgraphers and birders alike need to be
aware of our impact on our surroundings and stop pointing the fingers at
others.

And now for what may get me lynched. I think that birders cause
significantly more disturbance than photographers do. Do we all really
think that when 30 people are lined up (even at a reasonable distance)
from a Snowy Owl that you are not "on its mind", that it is not
extremely aware of your presence? Do you think that it feels comfortable
hunting while a crowd is present? I don't. At least most photographers
will make a reasonable effort to slowly approach these birds so that
they can actually not make it fly. That is how you get a good picture
isn't it? These birds are comming to public places and are surrounded by
dogs and loads of people. When they are bothered enough, they will fly.
Is that really a huge deal if a Snowy Owl flies a few hundred yards down
the beach? I really do not think so and I have no clue why so many
people think that. These birds did just fly hundereds of miles south
didn't they? I would argue that the continued presence of a crowd of
birders in a field or a swamp or the beach has a much greater negative
impact on the birds than people may think. I have seen at least 20 Snowy
Owls and I have never seen one actively hunting. Why is that? Probably
because I was there and wether or not I approached it too closely still
did not mean that I was not disturbing the bird. These birds are
choosing to or have been forced to winter in what is unfortunately a
public area. The Breezy owls will have to deal with dogs, people and
loads of 4x4's on the beach. They will do their best to stay away from
the people and when they feel

[nysbirds-l] Black Vultures

[Ardith Bondi]

2 circling overhead just now in Pawling, NY. 
Ardith Bondi

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, 4/5/12 -addendum

[Ardith Bondi]

On my way in at about 10 AM, there was a small mixed flock of sparrows 
on the grass west of the Reservoir at around 89th Street. It included at 
least 2 FIELD Sparrows, a few Junkos, Chipping and Song Sparrows. As I 
walked further south on the west side to the area around Sparrow Rocks, 
I encountered what was probably one large spread flock of primarily 
Chipping Sparrows and Junkos. A flock of those species, was still 
feeding in the area south and east of Tanner Spring in the late 
afternoon, around 5.


I also encountered a nice male Yellow-rumped Warbler at the Reservoir 
and an Eastern Towhee in the Ramble. The other birds I saw were already 
reported by more than one person.


Ardith Bondi

On 4/5/12 9:45 PM, Tom Fiore wrote:

Thursday, 5 April, 2012
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

I have little to add to Jacob Drucker's report of sightings, except a
few notes on migration movement: it was somewhat surprising to see how
many (in overall numbers of) migrants moved on immediately after such a
big influx here 1 day before. I estimated that as many as 75 - 90
percent of all the migrant birds had cleared out overnight on Wed. night
/ Thursday pre-dawn. Given that the majority had only just come in on
Tues. night, that was a bit of a surprise. Nevertheless as Jacob's
reports indicate there were still plenty of birds to be looked at and
listened to and I & another long-time NYC birder had a very good morning
in the north end of the park, with excellent close views of many
species. We also thank Jacob, for making sure a couple of Purple Finch
were seen at the Loch, before they moved on.

A Vesper Sparrow & a Wilson's Snipe (of the day before) were looked for
by a number of folks with no success on Thursday. A Common Loon in
breeding plumage was seen by a number of birders on the CP Reservoir at
various times Thursday, apparently staying more to the north or east
sides, although typical loon visits here includes movements throughout
the reservoir. Numbers of some species such as Ruby-crowned Kinglet and
Winter Wren and probably a few other migrant spp. did appear to still be
at good levels.

Good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan

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*From: *Jacob Drucker
*Date: *April 5, 2012 7:45:43 PM EDT
*Subject: **[nysbirds-l] Central Park, 4/5/12*

Hi All,

Central Park was still quite productive today, as I personally tallied
61 species in the park today, and a few other species were reported by
others. (i.e. american woodcock). Highlights from today included
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, PURPLE FINCH, numerous PINE, PALM and YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, multiple LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, BARN SWALLOW, FIELD and
SAVANNAH SPARROW, SNOWY EGRET and COMMON LOON. WINTER WRENS also put on
a nice show throughout the park, singing in several places. I birded
both the Ramble area and the North End, but did not get to the southern
part of the park. Below are the links to my ebird checklists from my two
separate outings.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10363673
<http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10363673>
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10360176
<http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10360176>

Notable for uptown Manhattan, I had 9 BRANT at about 64th St. and
Riverside Park along the Hudson.

Good Birding,
Jacob Drucker
Amherst, MA/ Manhattan, NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Owls - addendum

[Ardith Bondi]

Yesterday, there were lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers (I saw only males), 
a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Northern Parula (my FOS for this species) 
in the area of the owls.


Ardith Bondi

On 4/15/12 4:00 PM, Jack Rothman wrote:

Twenty people observed four Great Horned Owls on today's owl walk with City 
Island Birds.
There were two adults and two owlets, all clearly visible.
Other highlights included spectacular views of  several American Kestrel and 
Northern Harriers. On the way to see the owls, we also found the following:
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Crested Flycatcher.
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
American Black Duck
Brant
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

Jack Rothman
Pelham Bay Park
Bronx, NY
April 15, 2012
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park North end around Pool, through Loch and area just north of the Pool

[Ardith Bondi]

Alice Deutsch, Marie Winn and I joined Regina Alvarez' Central Park 
Conservancy botanical walk which began around 100th Street by The Pool.


Our bird observations included:

Double-crested Cormorant flyover
Great Egret flyover
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
House Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (flock of a dozen or so feeding on the bushes with berries 
near the Pool)

Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler (in the shrubbery between the westernmost walk and 
Central Park West between 100th and 103rd Sts. about opposite the Bald 
Cypress tree) singing - which is how we found it.

Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
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After one known bird disappeared around 9 AM yesterday, at 3PM, two 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble area, Sunday, June 10, 2012

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Observers: Alice Deutsch, Sally Weiner, Susan Schulz, Keelin Miller, 
Kathleen Howley and Ardith Bondi


Reported by: Ardith Bondi

Double-crested Cormorant (multiple)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (4)
Canada Goose
Mallard
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher (2 together)
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
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Red-breasted Nuthatch (landed right in front of us, and we all followed 
it for a few minutes)

American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
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Re: [nysbirds-l] bands on female kite?

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I don't either.

Ardith Bondi

On 6/12/12 7:31 AM, Spsdmd wrote:

looking at my photos of the 2 miss. kites in sterling forest, i don't
see any bands.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] bands on female kite?

[Ardith Bondi]

It would be more conclusive if someone could get good photos of the 
bands on the bird.


Ardith

On 6/12/12 8:58 AM, Nadine Scarpa wrote:

Is it at all possible that there are two pairs of kites?  Someone saw
bands on one female, and there are clearly no bands on either the male
or the female of this pair in the photograph.
Perhaps another pair is nesting somewhere nearby?

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I don't either.

Ardith Bondi


On 6/12/12 7:31 AM, Spsdmd wrote:

looking at my photos of the 2 miss. kites in sterling forest, i
don't
see any bands.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] bands on female kite?

[Ardith Bondi]

I noticed the appearance in that post of the left bird's legs, as well. 
I believe it is a photographic artifact, given the light conditions and 
the apparent crop and lightening of the image.


This is the only photo I've posted of the birds, and their legs look 
pretty normal to me. http://www.ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#20


Ardith

On 6/12/12 10:28 AM, Angus Wilson wrote:

I agree with Ardith and others that the onus now is on finding photos
that definitively show a band - after all, these must already be some of
the most photographed Mississippi Kites in history! Usually it's the
other way around, birds are reported as being unbanded until someone
looks more closely at pictures and sees different.

Although I am not advocating this as an explanation here, it is worth
remembering that nesting Mississippi Kites will tolerate a 'helper',
usually a subadult. Multiple observers stated that the pair that nested
in Root (Montgomery Co) were joined at times by a third bird. Apparently
this cooperative behavior is especially common at the northern edges of
the range were conditions may not be optimal.

NYSARC has received a couple of reports on the kites but I would have
expected (hoped for) a few more considering the hundreds of people
who've been to see them so far. The next stage in documentation will be
to obtain evidence of egg laying, chicks etc.

One last thing, looking at the picture sent by Steve Sachs (BTW a no-no
on this list), I was struck by how thin the legs look on the left hand
bird (female?) compared to the right hand bird. Is this due to the angle
or a genuine difference?

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working western edge of western most parking lot near golf course with flock of 
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Thanks to the birder who told us where to look. Near volleyball courts on east 
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[nysbirds-l] update on Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area

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This afternoon, I asked Mike Farina about the status of Oceanside Marine 
Nature Study Area. Below, is his reply.


Ardith Bondi


When I asked if I could post his note, he added:

You can also follow progress and updates at our Facebook page 
http://www.facebook.com/MNSA1970



Hello Ardith,

MNSA will be closed until farther notice.  Sandy hit our entire 
department very badly and we are far from the priority list.  I will 
post when we will be rescheduling, accepting new appointments and open 
to the public..


At the MNSA many of our display cases and benches have been destroyed. 
Our building was flooded, and debris clogging the trails.
We just got power back on this passed Tue to our office.  The 
neighborhood is a mess too, with all furniture and housing debris from 
residents making the streets narrow.


Thank you for your cooperation and look forward to serving the community 
once again.


Michael Farina, CWB®
Conservation Biologist
Marine Nature Study Area
Dept. Conservation & Waterways
Town of Hempstead
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[nysbirds-l] Short- billed Dowitchers over Hecksher SP

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Around 4 pm, as we were photographing Red and White-winged Crossbills at 
Hecksher SP, 3 Short-billed Dowitchers flew over our heads calling repeatedly. 
I was with Peter Post, Karen Fung and Matthew Rymkiewicz.

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[nysbirds-l] first posted on [SINaturaList] Fw: Gateway reopens Great Kills Park, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

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- Original Message -
*From:* Markis, Charles 
*To:* undisclosed-recipients: 
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:19 PM
*Subject:* Gateway reopens Great Kills Park, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Dear Subscribers, Friends, and Colleagues,

As you know Gateway has been closed since the evacuation notice was
given on Sunday, Oct. 28. But just after the storm an amazing team of
personnel assembled from NPS sites across the country has been working
on the recovery and rehabilitation of the park properties with the
primary goal of establishing the safety of all park employees and
visitors. After safety issues are addressed the operations have turned
to reopening areas of the park which can be used by visitors.

If you come to visit any of these areas you will see areas that have
been damaged by Sandy. Please exercise caution when walking or hiking
and be aware of debris and downed tree branches that have been set aside
for pick up.

We are pleased to announce that Great Kills and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge will be open to the public beginning Friday, Nov. 23 for seasonal
hours and days of operation. Go here to see the press announcement:

http://www.nps.gov/gate/parknews/gkp-jbwr.htm which as of 2pm has not
been released. Check this link after 4pm for more details.

Thank you for your interest in Gateway;
have a wonderful Thanksgiving,
and practice safety in all your activities.

Charles Markis,
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[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Horned Larks near the geese

[Ardith Bondi]

Since everyone so far has only mentioned the geese, I'll include that 
while I was standing on the Parade Ground watching the geese, 11 Horn 
Larks flew over and began foraging in the grass about 40 feet from me.


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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose at Van Cortlandt park

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As of this morning (12/3), the Barnacle Goose was still there, and at
least 4 Canadas had yellow neck bands (didn't get the numbers). The
Horned Larks stopped by, as well.

Ardith Bondi

On 12/3/12 2:39 PM, Anders Peltomaa wrote:



Hi Ethan and all,
The Canada Goose with yellow neck collar is the same goose that was in
Inwood Hill Park when some of us saw the Barnacle Goose there (
November 11
to 15). I saw and photographed both birds on the twelfth and sent in a
report.

Here's part of the text in the automated confirmation email:

Marker_info: Neck collar: RY87 Black on Yellow
Species: Canada Goose
How obtained: Sight record: identified by color band, marked plumage or
marker other than standard, numbered metal band.
Status of Bird/Band: Alive - Unknown/Left On Bird
Remarks: Canada Goose with plastic yellow neck collar seen in a flock of
about 60 Canada Goose in which also one Barnacle Goose was present.
Seen in
Inwood Hill Park on upper Manhattan.
Date of recovery: Nov 12, 2012

I have not heard back from them about where the CANG was banded.

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan
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Barnacle Goose was still at the VCP Parade Grounds at 4:30pm yesterday,
staying somewhat removed from (to the north of) the main group of about
1,000 Canada Geese. Also of note was one Canada Goose with a yellow neck
band, code RY87. Didn't get a good enough look at it to see if it had any
leg or other metal bands. I entered a report of it on the USGS website (
reportband.gov) and perhaps a match will reveal something as to the
origins
of this flock (and maybe even the Barnacle Goose). Will post update if
the
data matches.

Ethan Goodman
NY, NY

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[nysbirds-l] RFI Van Cordlandt Park Barnacle Goose

[Ardith Bondi]

I received an email from some Ohio birders who would like to drive in 
this Saturday to see the Van Cortlandt Park Barnacle Goose if it is 
still there. If you see it, could you please post it to this list, and I 
will forward them the info.


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[nysbirds-l] hybrid goose on the Central Park Reservoir

[Ardith Bondi]

I first posted this to another list on Monday, but I thought some people 
on this list might want to weigh in on it.



I started to photograph this goose
because of the head pattern, and it climbed onto the wall near the North
Pump House of the Central Park Reservoir to preen. It had yellow-orange 
legs, which further caught my attention, and is not banded. It is

mostly Canada, and the closest I can think of from looking at guide
books would be a mix with, possibly, an escaped Bar Headed. I don't 
think it's a leucistic bird, because the color is too even. The legs and 
body don't look like a hybrid with greylag-type (domestic) geese, 
either, and the color legs is wrong for Snow Goose.


http://ardithbondi.com/page100.html

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Re: status of MNSA post-Sandy? - I know some of you are interested

[Ardith Bondi]

From Ardith Bondi
NYC

 Original Message 
Subject:Re: status of MNSA post-Sandy?
Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:48:36 -0500
From:   Michael Farina 
To: 



**Temporary Open for Limited Use**

We will not be scheduling any programs until our educational abilities
are restored.Visitors will have access to the trails and restrooms.

Michael Farina, CWB®
Conservation Biologist
Marine Nature Study Area
Dept. Conservation & Waterways
Town of Hempstead
http://mnsa.info <http://mnsa.info/>
http://www.michaelfarina.com <http://www.michaelfarina.com/>
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[nysbirds-l] Starr Saphir - NYT obituary

[Ardith Bondi]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/starr-saphir-bird-watching-guide-in-central-park-dies-at-73.html




February 9, 2013
Starr Saphir, Bird-Watching Guide in Central Park, Dies at 73
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
When Starr Saphir looked up at the star-speckled night sky, she thought 
of the multitude of moths, mosquitoes and other insects being pursued by 
swooping nighthawks.


She shared this observation with the thousands of people who followed 
her through Central Park on the tours she led four times a week for 
nearly four decades, starting at 7:30 a.m. and continuing until she 
thought there were no more species to see that day. A tour might not end 
until dusk.


Along the way, people might see wonders like the olive-sided flycatcher, 
the ruby-crowned kinglet and the black-throated blue warbler. It was not 
uncommon to see 35 species of birds, and not unusual to see 50. But the 
most compelling attraction was often Ms. Saphir herself, in her 
trademark blue scarf, binoculars in hand, translating chirps into the 
names of species and even specific behaviors.


She was renowned among birders, as bird-watchers prefer to be called, 
for both her eyes and ears, spying birds in distant treetops and 
detecting them in the brush through the slightest rustle or the tiniest 
tweet. Last year, a national audience came to know her through an HBO 
documentary about the birders of Central Park.


Ms. Saphir (pronounced sapphire) was still leading birders until several 
months ago, despite having metastatic breast cancer, cataracts, a bad 
back, a limp and arthritis. She died of complications of the cancer on 
Tuesday at a hospice in the Bronx, her daughter Shawna Leigh said. She 
was 73.


Ms. Saphir identified her first bird 67 years ago and began leading the 
tours in the 1970s. She became an institution among birders because of 
her avian acuity and eagerness to share observations and knowledge. But 
she was the first to acknowledge that the star of the show was not her, 
despite the nickname Starr, which she acquired as a girl and kept from 
an earlier career as an actress. (Her given name was Muriel.) The real 
star, she said, was Central Park.


Major flyways converge over the city, making the 843 acres of the park 
an oasis for migrating birds eager for a green place to rest and feed. 
More than 280 bird species have been identified in the park. Birders 
mention it along with places like the Everglades and Yosemite National 
Park as a birding mecca.


The 200 or so hard-core birders of Central Park share information in a 
big notebook kept in the park’s Boathouse. Unlike fishermen who 
zealously guard a fishing hole’s location, birders can increase their 
lifetime sightings — a holy grail for many — by sharing. It is the 
number of watchful eyes, as much as the number of birds, that have 
accounted for the impressive list of species recorded in the park.


Ms. Saphir, who left 80 notebooks of her daily sightings, identified 259 
species in the park.


Those who took her tours were rewarded by her solicitude: if someone 
glimpsed a particular warbler, she would spend hours finding it, or 
another, for the others. She kept her guide’s fee low — most recently $8 
— because she wanted more people to appreciate birds, particularly as 
their populations decrease.


Her expertise came from experience and research. “The reason she was so 
good was because she worked very hard at it,” said Jeffrey Kimble, who 
produced and directed the 2012 HBO documentary “Birders: The Central 
Park Effect.”


In the film, Ms. Saphir, one of the main characters, explained her 
motivation. “Looking at birds really takes away sadness in a lot of us,” 
she said, alluding to her illness. “Looking at birds takes you out of 
yourself into the real world.”


Muriel Theodora Saphir was born on July 21, 1939, on Long Island. She 
grew up in Brooklyn. She traced her enthusiasm for birds to the time her 
grandfather’s car broke down, when she was 6. While waiting for help, 
she spotted an intriguing bird and later studied copies of old Audubon 
prints to identify it. It was a black-and-white warbler. She began 
birding in Prospect Park.


Ms. Saphir graduated from American University with a theater degree. Her 
marriage to Michael Henisse ended in divorce. She was legally separated 
from her second husband, Stephen Gussman.


She acted in Off Broadway and traveling theatrical productions.

In 1975, when no one showed up to conduct a guided walk in Central Park, 
she volunteered to take over.


“I found out I could teach,” she said in an interview with The Wall 
Street Journal last year. “I had never known that, and I found out what 
a joy that was.”


Ms. Saphir, who is also survived by another daughter, Lara Willis, 
counted 2,582 different species of birds in her lifetime. Her favorite 
was the cerulean warbler, and she asked that people contribute to the 
protection of its habitat in Colombia instead of sending flowers to her 
funeral.

[nysbirds-l] Iceland Gull on Central Park Lake

[Ardith Bondi]

Peter Post just asked me to post that there is an Iceland Gull on the 
Central Park Lake at the Ramble side of Bow Bridge that is very tame and 
comes in to bread.


Ardith Bondi

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[nysbirds-l] Pelicans!

[Ardith Bondi]

Just had 2 Brown Pelicans flying northeast over the parking lot at Nickerson 
Beach. 

Ardith Bondi and Peter Post

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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Stint still at Cupsogue

[Ardith Bondi]

Arie Gilbert and Ardith Bondi

Ardith

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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Stint still at Cupsogue

[Ardith Bondi]

Not sure about that. Don't come running. 

Ardith

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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Stint still at Cupsogue - No

[Ardith Bondi]

Ardith

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> From: Ardith Bondi 
> Date: July 18, 2013 11:44:56 AM EDT
> To: New York Birds 
> Subject: Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Stint still at Cupsogue
> 
> Not sure about that. Don't come running. 
> 
> Ardith
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> Date: July 18, 2013 11:40:04 AM EDT
>> To: New York Birds 
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Stint still at Cupsogue
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[nysbirds-l] American Redstart at Jamaica Bay

[Ardith Bondi]

This seems early, so I thought I'd mention it. I saw an American 
Redstart this morning at John's Pond. Also there were a Northern 
Waterthrush and a big flock of Glossy Ibis. A ranger pointed out that 
the Ibis have been favoring that location since "Sandy".


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[nysbirds-l] photos of yesterday's Marbled Godwits at Cupsogue

[Ardith Bondi]

http://ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#0

and two more to the right


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Red-necked Phalarope - Hudson River Park, West Village, Manhattan (Yes)

[Ardith Bondi]

By kayaks. 

Ardith

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> From: Ardith Bondi 
> Date: August 18, 2013 4:49:10 PM EDT
> To: Anders Peltomaa 
> Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Red-necked Phalarope - Hudson River Park, West 
> Village, Manhattan (Yes)
> 
> Is just below pier 40.My camera isnt working. 
> 
> Ardith
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 18, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Anders Peltomaa  
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all again,
>> I've been getting questions about the location of the RNPH. It is off the
>> Hudson River Greenway, by Canal and Watts Street, which is just south of
>> Holland Tunnel.
>> 
>> good birding,
>> 
>> Anders
>> On Aug 18, 2013 3:17 PM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > The Red-necked Phalarope is continuing. Now feeding directly off of Hudson
>> > River Park, just South of Holland tunnel. It is swimming among the pilings
>> > of derelict Pier 32.
>> >
>> > great county bird,
>> >
>> > Anders Peltomaa
>> > Manhattan
>> > On Aug 18, 2013 2:39 PM, "Phil Jeffrey"  wrote:
>> >
>> > **
>> >
>> >
>> > Reported earlier on NYSBirds.
>> >
>> >
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>> > From: Keith Michael
>> > Date: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 12:50 PM
>> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Phalarope - Hudson River Park, West
>> > Village, Manhattan
>> > To: "NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu" 
>> >
>> > A Red-necked Phalarope, discovered by Walter H. Laufer, was seen feeding
>> > Sunday morning 9:00-11:30 am (at least) in the Hudson River beside the
>> > river wall of Hudson River Park in the West Village of Manhattan between
>> > Piers 40 and 35 (Morton Street to West 10th Street). Photos at
>> >
>> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithmichaelnyc/9539959848/
>> >
>> > Maybe it will hang around for the day. Good luck if you try for it.
>> >
>> > Keith Michael
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Red-necked Phalarope - Hudson River Park, West Village, Manhattan - No

[Ardith Bondi]

Doug Futuyma asked me to post the following-

"I searched for it without success between Pier 25 and Pier 45 this 
morning, around 7 a.m."


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[nysbirds-l] molting Gadwall photo

[Ardith Bondi]

For anyone who hasn't had a good view of an extensive summer wing molt 
in a Gadwall, I happened to capture this in Central Park on the 
Reservoir last week. I have known about this, but haven't had a duck 
flap nicely right in front of my camera showing all the pin feathers. 
Talk about a "sitting duck"
http://ardithbondi.com/slideshow55.html#1 or 
http://ardithbondi.com/pictures/slide4303.jpg


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[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Piping Plovers

[Ardith Bondi]

I passed two juvenile Piping Plovers running around the dunes as I was 
leaving Nickerson Beach around 10 this morning. I believe it's a couple 
of weeks late for them to still be here. According to NYC Bird Report, 
the latest date they were reported at Breezy Point was August 15.


Ardith Bondi
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] The New York Botanical Garden

[Ardith Bondi]

Several additions that I saw there yesterday along with most of the 
others that Debbie reported.


Winter Wren
Common Yellowthroat - m and f
Red-breasted Nuthatch - lots of them
The Kingfisher (a female) was still flying around

Ardith Bondi

On 10/26/13 9:33 PM, editcon...@aol.com wrote:

Very birdy day at NYBG! Lots of sparrows but none of them were target
birds. Song sparrows were more than abundant with 50+ spotted throughout
the garden.
One field sparrow at Twin Lakes along with 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and a
BROWN CREEPER were the highlights of the day.

Rusty blackbirds-4
Red winged blackbird-1
House finch-5
Brown creeper-1
Field sparrow-1
Fox-1
Chipping-2
Swamp-5
Song- 50+
House-3
White throated-8
Raven-2
American goldfinch-1
Red tailed hawk-2
Cooper's hawk-1
Mockingbird-1
Yellow rumped warbler-1
American robin-27
Bluejay-2
Cardinal-1
Tufted titmouse-4
White breasted nuthatch-1
Eastern towhee-1
Hermit thrush-16
Belted kingfisher-1
Great blue heron-1
Wood duck-6
Mallard-6
Eastern Phoebe-1
Mourning dove-4
Golden crowned kinglet-1
Ruby crowned kinglet-3
Downy woodpecker -4
Red bellied woodpecker -2
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Northern flicker-1
Chickadee-1

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] [JERSEYBI] Snowy Owl Spotted Perched On Bermuda Roof

[Ardith Bondi]

This was posted on JerseyBirds. Shows how far the Snowy Owls are moving. 
We're not the only ones seeing them.


Ardith Bondi
NYC


http://bernews.com/2013/11/snowy-owl-spotted-on-bermuda-roof/

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[nysbirds-l] are Snowy Owls really primarily diurnal hunters??

[Ardith Bondi]

A number of guides I have read indicate that Snowy Owls are primarily 
diurnal hunters.


My experience watching Snowy Owls in the New York/New Jersey area over 
the years has been that they prefer to mostly snooze during the day and 
stretch, preen and fly out at dusk, not dissimilarly to many other owls. 
I understand that they will hunt more during the day if really hungry. 
But, is it possible that they developed a reputation for being diurnal 
hunters because they live in the arctic and have to hunt during long 
summer hours of daylight. And, given the option, they will do what most 
other owls are known to do?


Ardith Bondi
NYC


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Re: [nysbirds-l] are Snowy Owls really primarily diurnal hunters??

[Ardith Bondi]

From my observations, Sibley makes sense, but other guides, eg National 
Geographic and "expert" descriptions on the web, say they are largely 
diurnal. iBird punts and just says they have the ability to hunt during 
the day.


Ardith

On 12/3/13 12:14 PM, Tim Dunn wrote:

Ardith and all,

I can't claim any special knowledge here, but David Sibley mentions the 
following in his description of snowy owl in his North American Birds field 
guide:

"More active at night, hunting small rodents and birds. Individuals seen far to the 
south of normal range are often starved and stressed for food, and thus active in 
daylight. Healthy birds are mainly nocturnal, like other owls."

Thanks,
Tim Dunn
Babylon NY
Sent from my iPhone


On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:

A number of guides I have read indicate that Snowy Owls are primarily diurnal 
hunters.

My experience watching Snowy Owls in the New York/New Jersey area over the 
years has been that they prefer to mostly snooze during the day and stretch, 
preen and fly out at dusk, not dissimilarly to many other owls. I understand 
that they will hunt more during the day if really hungry. But, is it possible 
that they developed a reputation for being diurnal hunters because they live in 
the arctic and have to hunt during long summer hours of daylight. And, given 
the option, they will do what most other owls are known to do?

Ardith Bondi
NYC


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Re: [nysbirds-l] are Snowy Owls really primarily diurnal hunters??

[Ardith Bondi]

Thanks for that, Andy! I note that Peter Martin said he observed that 
bird hunting at sunset.


Ardith

On 12/4/13 10:15 AM, Andy Mason wrote:

Yes, this was in the Sept. 1996 edition, written by Peter Martin regarding
an observation at Jones Inlet in 1992.  The article discusses other
observations of Snowy Owl feeding habits in this area.

BTW, I accessed this easily using NYSOA's searchable online archive of The
Kingbird, http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch.htm, a great tool for research
such as this.

A direct link to the 1996 article is
http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y1996v46n3/y1996v46n3p202-203martin.pdf.

Andy Mason

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[mailto:bounce-111097551-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Grover, Bob
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 6:53 AM
To: Ardith Bondi; Tim Dunn
Cc: NYSBIRDS; JerseyBirds
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] are Snowy Owls really primarily diurnal hunters??

Wasn't there a paper in the Kingbird some years ago that described a Snowy
Owl at Jones Beach that would sit in the dunes and periodically fly out over
the ocean, in daylight, out of site, only to return a few minutes later with
a Bonaparte's Gull?
Bob Grover






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[mailto:bounce-111096723-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ardith Bondi
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:50 PM
To: Tim Dunn
Cc: NYSBIRDS; JerseyBirds
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] are Snowy Owls really primarily diurnal hunters??

  From my observations, Sibley makes sense, but other guides, eg National
Geographic and "expert" descriptions on the web, say they are largely
diurnal. iBird punts and just says they have the ability to hunt during the
day.

Ardith

On 12/3/13 12:14 PM, Tim Dunn wrote:

Ardith and all,

I can't claim any special knowledge here, but David Sibley mentions the

following in his description of snowy owl in his North American Birds field
guide:


"More active at night, hunting small rodents and birds. Individuals seen

far to the south of normal range are often starved and stressed for food,
and thus active in daylight. Healthy birds are mainly nocturnal, like other
owls."


Thanks,
Tim Dunn
Babylon NY
Sent from my iPhone


On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:

A number of guides I have read indicate that Snowy Owls are primarily

diurnal hunters.


My experience watching Snowy Owls in the New York/New Jersey area over

the years has been that they prefer to mostly snooze during the day and
stretch, preen and fly out at dusk, not dissimilarly to many other owls. I
understand that they will hunt more during the day if really hungry. But, is
it possible that they developed a reputation for being diurnal hunters
because they live in the arctic and have to hunt during long summer hours of
daylight. And, given the option, they will do what most other owls are known
to do?


Ardith Bondi
NYC


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Re: [nysbirds-l] are Snowy Owls really primarily diurnal hunters??

[Ardith Bondi]

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this edifying discussion 
about Snowy Owl hunting hours. It would be nice if the guide books would 
give the broader picture. But, barring that, at least we have some 
perspective. And, the posting of the old publications about Snowys was 
an added bonus.


Ardith Bondi



On 12/4/13 8:49 PM, Angus Wilson wrote:

As others have said already, being a high-arctic breeder Snowy Owls
really have no choice but to hunt in daylight because there is little or
no night during the summer. This, I would guess, is what the textbooks
are referring to. The opposite will be true during the winter for the
many birds that stay north, when the night is long. Also the owls will
have the prey to themselves when strictly diurnal competitors such as
Rough-legged Hawk and Golden Eagle are roosting. So to persist in the
far north the species must be quite flexible relative to other owls and
this would come in handy when birds irrupt southward.

Speaking from a coastal perspective, I've never seen a wintering Snowy
actively hunting during the day time. They certainly move around,
occasionally spar with others when present, dodge attacks from
Short-eared Owls or hawks and are generally vigilant but don't seem to
be hunting per se. I've routinely seen them become much more active at
dusk, presumably in preparation for a night of hunting. It would be
interesting to hear if this rest up during the day and hunt by night
holds true for birds wintering on farmland where they target different
prey from those on the coast.

Many will remember the Snowy Owl that frequented Piermont Pier (Rockland
Co.) in Februrary 2007. This bird dined on Ruddy Ducks snatched from the
sheltered bay, bringing them back to a perch where the pile of discarded
heads and feet attracted a most splendid adult Ivory Gull. My
recollection was that the owl fed mostly at night but maybe someone can
confirm or refute this. A priori, it would seem a lot easier for the owl
to swoop down on roosting ducks (and as we've heard roosting gulls)
under the cover of darkness when it has the visual advantage. Phil
Jeffrey has posted pictures (albeit gory ones) of the polishing off a
stiff tail.

http://philjeffrey.net/piermont2.html

Bottom line, individual Snowy Owls can probably adapt their
feeding/roosting cycles to fit the available prey. I imagine they also
hunt less and roost more if food is easy to acquire during optimal
periods. With so many owls around this year, it would interesting to
learn from field observers what the current birds (largely immatures by
the fact that most are very heavily barred) are feeding on and when they
do so. One more reason to view from a distance and let them to do their
thing.

Angus Wilson
New York City
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: snowy owl question

[Ardith Bondi]

James O'brien requested that I post his response to my query.

Ardith


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Subject:snowy owl question
Date:   Tue, 3 Dec 2013 22:45:19 -0500
From:   James O'Brien 
To: ard...@earthlink.net 



I saw your post on njbirds and had some info that you might find
helpful.  Basically my theory is that when the snowys are hunting birds
they hunt in the day and when they are hunting rodents they hunt at
night.  My evidence is that when I have observed snowys at jones beach
and breezy point, the birds rest during the day with little activity.
There are no foxes at these locations and the snowys are able to hunt
their favorite prey which are mammals like meadow voles and white footed
mice.  But at places like Sandy Hook, Island State Park and Montauk
there are foxes which diminish the rodent population.  What I saw today
at Island State Park cemented my theory...there were 3 snowys hunting
the beaches from the dunes during the day.  I found numerous bird kills
and having a pellet, believe me I searched, would be the final proof
that they hunt birds as a secondary option and when they hunt them its
during the day.
http://yojimbot.blogspot.com/2013/12/from-tropics-to-tundra.html

Regards,

James



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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Re: [JERSEYBI] My Take on Snowy Owl

[Ardith Bondi]

I think this discussion is worthy of posting for NYSBirders as well.

Ardith Bondi


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Subject: Re: [JERSEYBI] My Take on Snowy Owl
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 12:58:46 -0500
From: Steve Mattan 
Reply-To: Steve Mattan 
To: jerse...@lists.princeton.edu

With respect to this comment by Phil Jeffery (full email below):

"It's also the case that a lot of these Snowy's are in bad shape, and being
pushed around costs energy which has impact on mortality."

This may be of interest (from an email thread not unlike this one on 
PABIRDS):



From: Scott Weidensaul 
Date: December 8, 2013 at 7:44:40 AM EST
To: pabi...@list.audubon.org
Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Snowy Owls and caution
Reply-To: Scott Weidensaul 

 While John's comments come from the very best place - concern for the birds - 
I'm afraid he's repeating a very common and widespread myth about snowy owls, 
one that even many scientists and top birders believe: that they're struggling 
to survive down here.

 In fact, the research shows the opposite - that starvation is a fairly rare 
fate for most of the snowy owls that come south. Norman Smith in Massachusetts, 
for example, has satellite tagged 20 snowies for his 30-year study. Fifteen 
returned to the Arctic, and of the four that died, three were shot and one was 
hit by a plane. None starved. In the 1980s, Paul Kerlinger and his colleagues 
published a series of papers on snowy owls in the Great Plains, including a 
review of mortality. Again, they found that trauma was the leading cause, few 
starved, and more than half they studied actually carried moderate to heavy fat 
deposits.

 How did this myth get started? The fact is, a few snowies do starve when they 
come south, usually young, inexperienced birds. These sick and dying birds are 
the ones that people find, and the ones that get taken to rehab. The healthy 
ones move one and migrate back. And that happens within any cohort of migratory 
birds - yet few people express this kind of worry about disturbing, say, 
rough-legged hawks.

 What's more, it's not food shortages in the Arctic that spur these major 
flights - that's another myth. It appears that, as with major saw-whet owl 
flights, the cause is linked to *high* rodent populations during the breeding 
season, as well as a number of other factors like snow cover in the Arctic. 
Most of these flights are comprised of fat, healthy juveniles born this summer. 
This is the reverse of true irruptive species like great gray owls, where the 
major flights (like that into Minnesota a few years ago) are comprised mostly 
of adults forced south by poor food supplies.  In those cases, starvation 
mortality is very high…but they're not snowy owls.

 I'm not arguing we all go out and relentlessly harass and chase snowy owls all 
over the landscape; John's cautions are well-placed. But it's important to be 
realistic about these birds, and recognize that they're not all teetering on 
the edge of starvation.

 Almost nothing is known about the winter ecology of snowy owls, which is why I 
and several colleagues are going to be conducting a major, multi-state study 
this winter employing next-generation GSM tags, which provide an unprecedented 
level of detail on the movements and behavior of these birds. More to come on 
that in the weeks ahead.

 Scott Weidensaul
 Schuylkill Haven, PA



Steve Mattan
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On Dec 8, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Phil Jeffrey  wrote:

Unless you've completely ignored the diurnal thread, the Owls are expected
to be largely roosting during the day and hunting at night, so you're
pushing on a bird that basically wants to stay put.  It's also the case
that that Snowy and other owls, are particularly aware of raptor presence
as potential predators and attempt to remain unobtrusive as a means of
protection.  It doesn't want to fly around the salt marsh advertising it's
presence to whatever Harrier/Eagle/Red-tailed Hawk or Peregrine happens to
be around.

It's also the case that a lot of these Snowy's are in bad shape, and being
pushed around costs energy which has impact on mortality.  You should take
a look at
http://bashakillbirder.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/snowy-owl-going-to-rehab/about
the Snowy that was basically picked up from the side of the road and
taken to rehab.  That behaved a LOT like the Snowy yesterday at Brig, which
was abnormally tame.  I really doubt that you were in a position to judge
the condition of the roadside owl.

Birds in zoos, and for that matter wild birds in parks, take their cues
from how the surround birds react.  You can find very tame birds in zoos
because they've ceased regarding humans as potential predators.  You can
find moderately tame waterfowl in city parks that are wild birds that
become accustomed to human approach.  Neither of those situations apply to
that owl at Brig.

Phil Jeffrey
Ewing




On Sun, Dec 8, 

[nysbirds-l] Petition to spare Snowies reached 3000 signatures and made the NY Times

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/nyregion/snowy-owls-to-be-trapped-instead-of-shot-at-new-york-area-airports.html?_r=0

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[nysbirds-l] NYTimes.com: Tracking the Snowy Owl Migration in Real Time - NYTimes.com

[Ardith Bondi]

If you, like I, would not have seen this article unless a NYT reporter 
sent you a link, I thought I'd post it for those of you who might have 
missed it.


Ardith Bondi

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/tracking-the-snowy-owl-migration-in-real-time/?_r=0

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[nysbirds-l] Hawk ID?

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Any opinions as to the ID of this hawk?

I photographed it yesterday at Croton Point Park and think it's probably 
a juvenile Red-shouldered, but I'd appreciate others' input.



http://ardithbondi.com/pictures/slide4533.jpg

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[nysbirds-l] Hawk ID question/discussion

[Ardith Bondi]

Related to the hawk image I posted yesterday from Croton, NY on 
Saturday; while most people agreed that it was a juvenile Red-shouldered 
Hawk, a couple of people thought it was a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk.



Here is the link to the image again: 
http://ardithbondi.com/pictures/slide4533.jpg


Does anyone want to comment further on that?

All the comments so far are very much appreciated.

Thanks,

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