[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

*  New York*  Syracuse - July 18, 2016 *  NYSY  07. 18. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 11, 2016 - July 18, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just

[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue 7-17

Yesterday, I birded both tide cycles at Cupsogue, LI getting in my first fall shorebird survey. There was a decent amount of shorebirds to look at consisting mostly of what was reported by Steve Walter on the 16th. Highlights included:* WESTERN SANDPIPER* (presumably continuing bird),

[nysbirds-l] Captree Island, SW Suffolk,

Yesterday I birded Captree Island (Babylon side). No rarities to report, but lots of birds. It looked very much like a fall scene, with the large aggregation of waders. This included about 125 egrets, of which ¼ were Snowy and the rest Great, one of which was swallowing a large eel. There

[nysbirds-l] King Eider Caumsett State Park Suffolk County

This morning a little after 9 the immature male King Eider swam in near shore from a distant location in the sound. Other have looked unsuccessfully for the bird on previous days around 7-8 with no luck, when the tide was high. On those days it seemed to come in late morning on a low tide.

[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue 7-17

Yesterday, I birded both tide cycles at Cupsogue, LI getting in my first fall shorebird survey. There was a decent amount of shorebirds to look at consisting mostly of what was reported by Steve Walter on the 16th. Highlights included:* WESTERN SANDPIPER* (presumably continuing bird),

[nysbirds-l] Captree Island, SW Suffolk,

Yesterday I birded Captree Island (Babylon side). No rarities to report, but lots of birds. It looked very much like a fall scene, with the large aggregation of waders. This included about 125 egrets, of which ¼ were Snowy and the rest Great, one of which was swallowing a large eel. There

[nysbirds-l] King Eider Caumsett State Park Suffolk County

This morning a little after 9 the immature male King Eider swam in near shore from a distant location in the sound. Other have looked unsuccessfully for the bird on previous days around 7-8 with no luck, when the tide was high. On those days it seemed to come in late morning on a low tide.

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

*  New York*  Syracuse - July 18, 2016 *  NYSY  07. 18. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 11, 2016 - July 18, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just