[nysbirds-l] North Nassau CBC Results
This year's North Nassau CBC took place on Saturday December 21. We’d like to thank all of the dedicated birders who participated in the event. Participants who attended the compilation dinner at the Garvies Point Museum were rewarded by delicious and free food provided the Oyster Bay-Huntington Audubon Society. Special thanks to Veronica Natale-Victoria and Nassau County Parks Commissioner Eileen Krieb for making the facility available for the dinner. The coverage was excellent, and the results truly reflect the current bird diversity and abundance in Northern Nassau County. CBC day turned out to be a beautiful winter day, below the freezing point, but with little wind. The species count stands at 104 species, which is right at the last 10-year average for the North Nassau circle. Here’s our account of some noteworthy species from the 2019 North Nassau CBC: Regional Rarities: A Eurasian Wigeon (first reported last Wednesday) at Cold Spring Harbor in the afternoon, after some of the ice gave way (14th count for this species) A Cackling goose on a private property in Westbury (7th count) Uncommon to rare winter birds for Northern Nassau: A Lesser Black-backed gull at Pryibil Beach (13th count) 2 Eastern phoebe, including one at Shu Swamp 2 Palm warbler, including one at Planting Fields Arboretum 6 Eastern meadowlark at Caumsett State Park 2 Red-Shouldered hawk, including a flyover at Pryibil Beach A flock of 6 Pine warbler at Whitney Pond Park A Northern Saw-whet Owl The cold temperatures of the previous days froze most ponds and small bays in the circle. This possibly impacted the count results, because several diving waterfowl species that prefer freshwater ponds were missed (Ring-necked duck, Redhead, Common merganser, Pied-billed grebe, and American coot). American kestrel, Bonaparte’s gull, and Canvasback were also missed, but not surprisingly given their population decrease and sporadic occurrence in the North Nassau CBC in the last decade. Tufted titmouse continued their drastic winter decline in our circle, a count of 38 being the lowest numbers recorded since the 1960’s. Titmouse had first appeared in our circle in 1959, and had thereafter increased in numbers to a peak of 316 individuals counted in 1995. However, other passerines and woodpeckers, were found in unprecedented numbers. This included all-time high counts of Red-bellied woodpecker (256), Hairy woodpecker (64), Carolina wren (204), White-throated sparrow (1790), and Chipping sparrow (68, shattering the previous high of 11 in 2011). Other high counts included Rusty blackbird (77, seen in 5 sectors), Sapsucker (29), and American robin (1536). Once again, our most abundant species was Canada goose, with a count of 12,955, accounting for 41% of all the birds counted. This was our 2nd highest total for this species (14,677 in 2013). Best wishes for the Holidays, and we hope to see you next year for the 2020 North Nassau CBC. Stephane Perreault, Jennifer Wilson-Pines, Brendan Fogarty, & Glenn Quin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] North Nassau CBC Results
This year's North Nassau CBC took place on Saturday December 21. We’d like to thank all of the dedicated birders who participated in the event. Participants who attended the compilation dinner at the Garvies Point Museum were rewarded by delicious and free food provided the Oyster Bay-Huntington Audubon Society. Special thanks to Veronica Natale-Victoria and Nassau County Parks Commissioner Eileen Krieb for making the facility available for the dinner. The coverage was excellent, and the results truly reflect the current bird diversity and abundance in Northern Nassau County. CBC day turned out to be a beautiful winter day, below the freezing point, but with little wind. The species count stands at 104 species, which is right at the last 10-year average for the North Nassau circle. Here’s our account of some noteworthy species from the 2019 North Nassau CBC: Regional Rarities: A Eurasian Wigeon (first reported last Wednesday) at Cold Spring Harbor in the afternoon, after some of the ice gave way (14th count for this species) A Cackling goose on a private property in Westbury (7th count) Uncommon to rare winter birds for Northern Nassau: A Lesser Black-backed gull at Pryibil Beach (13th count) 2 Eastern phoebe, including one at Shu Swamp 2 Palm warbler, including one at Planting Fields Arboretum 6 Eastern meadowlark at Caumsett State Park 2 Red-Shouldered hawk, including a flyover at Pryibil Beach A flock of 6 Pine warbler at Whitney Pond Park A Northern Saw-whet Owl The cold temperatures of the previous days froze most ponds and small bays in the circle. This possibly impacted the count results, because several diving waterfowl species that prefer freshwater ponds were missed (Ring-necked duck, Redhead, Common merganser, Pied-billed grebe, and American coot). American kestrel, Bonaparte’s gull, and Canvasback were also missed, but not surprisingly given their population decrease and sporadic occurrence in the North Nassau CBC in the last decade. Tufted titmouse continued their drastic winter decline in our circle, a count of 38 being the lowest numbers recorded since the 1960’s. Titmouse had first appeared in our circle in 1959, and had thereafter increased in numbers to a peak of 316 individuals counted in 1995. However, other passerines and woodpeckers, were found in unprecedented numbers. This included all-time high counts of Red-bellied woodpecker (256), Hairy woodpecker (64), Carolina wren (204), White-throated sparrow (1790), and Chipping sparrow (68, shattering the previous high of 11 in 2011). Other high counts included Rusty blackbird (77, seen in 5 sectors), Sapsucker (29), and American robin (1536). Once again, our most abundant species was Canada goose, with a count of 12,955, accounting for 41% of all the birds counted. This was our 2nd highest total for this species (14,677 in 2013). Best wishes for the Holidays, and we hope to see you next year for the 2020 North Nassau CBC. Stephane Perreault, Jennifer Wilson-Pines, Brendan Fogarty, & Glenn Quin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Wednesday May 2 recap for Hempstead Lake State Park, Nassau Co
Hempstead Lake State Park Migration Recap from yesterday Wednesday May 2, 2018 Rare birds: 1. The Prothonotary warbler continued at Shoddack pond. 2. The Yellow-throated warbler was not seen on Wednesday (as far as I know) for the first time since it was found on April 27 Warbler species total (all birders): 19 Uncommon species: Worm-eating warbler and Louisiana waterthrush Relative migrant abundance from my 7-hour survey of a large portion of the Hempstead Lake State Park: Myrtle warbler count: 134 (accounting for 80% of all exclusively migrating warbler species; and 76% of all exclusively migrating passerine species) Black-and-white Warbler, 12 Northern Parula, 5 Blue-headed vireo, 3 Ruby-crowned kinglet, 2 Ovenbird, 2 Northern Waterthrush, 2 Magnolia Warbler, 2 Palm Warbler, 2 Black-throated Green Warbler, 2 Hermit thrush, 1 Worm-eating Warbler, 1 Prothonotary Warbler , 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 Prairie Warbler, 1 Indigo bunting, 1 (Yellow warbler and American redstart breed at HLSP, counts not shown) Happy birding, Stephane -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Wednesday May 2 recap for Hempstead Lake State Park, Nassau Co
Hempstead Lake State Park Migration Recap from yesterday Wednesday May 2, 2018 Rare birds: 1. The Prothonotary warbler continued at Shoddack pond. 2. The Yellow-throated warbler was not seen on Wednesday (as far as I know) for the first time since it was found on April 27 Warbler species total (all birders): 19 Uncommon species: Worm-eating warbler and Louisiana waterthrush Relative migrant abundance from my 7-hour survey of a large portion of the Hempstead Lake State Park: Myrtle warbler count: 134 (accounting for 80% of all exclusively migrating warbler species; and 76% of all exclusively migrating passerine species) Black-and-white Warbler, 12 Northern Parula, 5 Blue-headed vireo, 3 Ruby-crowned kinglet, 2 Ovenbird, 2 Northern Waterthrush, 2 Magnolia Warbler, 2 Palm Warbler, 2 Black-throated Green Warbler, 2 Hermit thrush, 1 Worm-eating Warbler, 1 Prothonotary Warbler , 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 Prairie Warbler, 1 Indigo bunting, 1 (Yellow warbler and American redstart breed at HLSP, counts not shown) Happy birding, Stephane -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Queens County Grasshopper sparrow - Alley Pond Park
Grasshopper sparrow at Alley Pond Park (April 29) at 9:30am, in Northern Queens County. Seen at the Northern edge of the football field closest to Douglaston parkway parking lot. It flew up from the mowed grass and perched in a small tree next to the two green team benches. It was a hanging out with chipping sparrow, at the trailing end of a flock of about 30 chipping sparrow. The flock was moving East towards the Baseball field and parking lot. I Could not find the bird again. Stephane -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Queens County Grasshopper sparrow - Alley Pond Park
Grasshopper sparrow at Alley Pond Park (April 29) at 9:30am, in Northern Queens County. Seen at the Northern edge of the football field closest to Douglaston parkway parking lot. It flew up from the mowed grass and perched in a small tree next to the two green team benches. It was a hanging out with chipping sparrow, at the trailing end of a flock of about 30 chipping sparrow. The flock was moving East towards the Baseball field and parking lot. I Could not find the bird again. Stephane -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nassau County -Common Gallinule
I saw a bird at 11am at Mill Pond in Bellemore that was Most likely the common Gallinule that Joe Landesberg found last week. The bird was not visible when I left. Mid size gray waterbird, feeding on a patch of vegetation on the surface of water. The body was wide. The neck was long and slender. The bill was thick conical, and had a down curved look to it, not duck-like. Wish I had better lighting, because I could not pick up color or pattern on the plumage because of the direct sunlight (other than a first overall gray look). The bird was eating at the surface of the water. It dove once in a 5 minute period, and resurfaced about 10 feet away, a few seconds later. Observed in middle of pond, but it was not there when I got to the pond. Not seen when I stopped by yesterday either. There was a 7am eBird report of this bird today, at this location. This bird might be coming in out of the thick pond vegetation. Good luck, Stephane Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nassau County -Common Gallinule
I saw a bird at 11am at Mill Pond in Bellemore that was Most likely the common Gallinule that Joe Landesberg found last week. The bird was not visible when I left. Mid size gray waterbird, feeding on a patch of vegetation on the surface of water. The body was wide. The neck was long and slender. The bill was thick conical, and had a down curved look to it, not duck-like. Wish I had better lighting, because I could not pick up color or pattern on the plumage because of the direct sunlight (other than a first overall gray look). The bird was eating at the surface of the water. It dove once in a 5 minute period, and resurfaced about 10 feet away, a few seconds later. Observed in middle of pond, but it was not there when I got to the pond. Not seen when I stopped by yesterday either. There was a 7am eBird report of this bird today, at this location. This bird might be coming in out of the thick pond vegetation. Good luck, Stephane Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NASsau County Acadian flycatcher
This AM an Acadian Flycatcher was heard singing at Hempstead Lake SP. it could heard both at 6:30am and 10:30am. At the South end of the park, about 200 yards SSW of Parking lot #3. Could be heard from the paved path singing on the Southern edge of the Creek. I was singing its very short song every 1-2 minutes. I Could not see the bird, despite the fact that it was moving around. Typical for Acadian flycatcher not to be easily seen. Good luck if try to listen for it, Stephane. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NASsau County Acadian flycatcher
This AM an Acadian Flycatcher was heard singing at Hempstead Lake SP. it could heard both at 6:30am and 10:30am. At the South end of the park, about 200 yards SSW of Parking lot #3. Could be heard from the paved path singing on the Southern edge of the Creek. I was singing its very short song every 1-2 minutes. I Could not see the bird, despite the fact that it was moving around. Typical for Acadian flycatcher not to be easily seen. Good luck if try to listen for it, Stephane. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bohemian waxwing - Nassau County
There was a single Bohemian waxwing yesterday (Sunday 9 am) at the Sands Point Preserve, in Northern Nassau County. ?The bird was mixed with 18 cedar waxwing in a tree that is otherwise in a brushy area. ?The trail from which it was observed is the one that is parallel to the bluff on the Eastern side the preserve. ?The bird was observed approximately 150 yards NE of the Kettle pond. It was identified as a Bohemian by the completely rufous undertail coverts. ?Only once I saw this feature could I confirm its slightly larger size and redder face then the neighboring cedar waxwing. ? The small flock of cedar waxwing was observed during both of my last two visits to the preserve (then 20 and 15 birds), but there was no Bohemian waxing on those days (December 20 and January 11). Other areas to look for wintering cedar waxwing at Sands Point Preserved is the brushy area between the Kettle pond and the beach; and the trees near the bee hives (adjacent to the Museum parking lot).? There is $10 fee per car for entrance to the preserve. ?Good luck if you go. Stephane? -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bohemian waxwing - Nassau County
There was a single Bohemian waxwing yesterday (Sunday 9 am) at the Sands Point Preserve, in Northern Nassau County. ?The bird was mixed with 18 cedar waxwing in a tree that is otherwise in a brushy area. ?The trail from which it was observed is the one that is parallel to the bluff on the Eastern side the preserve. ?The bird was observed approximately 150 yards NE of the Kettle pond. It was identified as a Bohemian by the completely rufous undertail coverts. ?Only once I saw this feature could I confirm its slightly larger size and redder face then the neighboring cedar waxwing. ? The small flock of cedar waxwing was observed during both of my last two visits to the preserve (then 20 and 15 birds), but there was no Bohemian waxing on those days (December 20 and January 11). Other areas to look for wintering cedar waxwing at Sands Point Preserved is the brushy area between the Kettle pond and the beach; and the trees near the bee hives (adjacent to the Museum parking lot).? There is $10 fee per car for entrance to the preserve. ?Good luck if you go. Stephane? -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
