Re:[nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

Fred, thank you very much for your very good feedback. YES, we are already coordinating with the NY and CT Audubon IBA Important Bird Areas to come up with our list, which will include all their coastal areas. http://LISLocations.blogspot.com Note that our

[nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

Dear Birders: The state governments of NY and CT are now developing a list (and maps) of important environmental locations in Long Island Sound, including good areas for birds, fish and other life forms. This list may be useful in the future if possible competing uses of these waters might arise,

Re: [nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

Dear Tom, I hope the list and its participants are aware of the Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program, which was developed in NYS by Audubon New York and National Audubon over a decade ago for just these purposes. There should be a rich repository of data available to support the consideration of

Re: [nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

This is a better link: http://ny.audubon.org/conservation/long-island-important-bird-areas --Fred-- On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Fred Baumgarten wrote: > Dear Tom, > > I hope the list and its participants are aware of the Important Bird Areas > (IBA) Program, which

[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, w. Bronx Co., NYC 12/29

Thursday, 29 December, 2016 - Van Cortlandt Park, western Bronx (N.Y. City) A Pink-footed Goose was again found today (in the rain) on the Parade Grounds field adjacent to Broadway (which is north of about West 246 Street) - this species and the many Canada Geese often moving about on

[nysbirds-l] BHGU continues @ Cammann's Pond (Nassau County, Merrick, NY)

An adult Black-headed Gull continues today in water logged conditions at Cammann's Pond in Merrick. If I am right, today's observation means this bird is within the range of "count week" for the Southern Nassau CBC. Cheers, "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of

[nysbirds-l] Montauk birding: Dovekie, Thick-billed Murre, King Eider, kittiwake

All, Shawn Billerman and I had an awesome seawatch from Montauk Point this morning, highlighted by a nice RAZORBILL flight which included three DOVEKIES and two THICK-BILLED MURRES. A male KING EIDER flew in and landed near the biggest scoter and eider flocks, and we finally got on an adult

[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, w. Bronx Co., NYC 12/29

Thursday, 29 December, 2016 - Van Cortlandt Park, western Bronx (N.Y. City) A Pink-footed Goose was again found today (in the rain) on the Parade Grounds field adjacent to Broadway (which is north of about West 246 Street) - this species and the many Canada Geese often moving about on

[nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

Dear Birders: The state governments of NY and CT are now developing a list (and maps) of important environmental locations in Long Island Sound, including good areas for birds, fish and other life forms. This list may be useful in the future if possible competing uses of these waters might arise,

Re: [nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

Dear Tom, I hope the list and its participants are aware of the Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program, which was developed in NYS by Audubon New York and National Audubon over a decade ago for just these purposes. There should be a rich repository of data available to support the consideration of

Re: [nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

This is a better link: http://ny.audubon.org/conservation/long-island-important-bird-areas --Fred-- On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Fred Baumgarten wrote: > Dear Tom, > > I hope the list and its participants are aware of the Important Bird Areas > (IBA) Program, which was developed in NYS by

Re:[nysbirds-l] VOTE to support your favorite bird locations in Long Island Sound

Fred, thank you very much for your very good feedback. YES, we are already coordinating with the NY and CT Audubon IBA Important Bird Areas to come up with our list, which will include all their coastal areas. http://LISLocations.blogspot.com Note that our

[nysbirds-l] BHGU continues @ Cammann's Pond (Nassau County, Merrick, NY)

An adult Black-headed Gull continues today in water logged conditions at Cammann's Pond in Merrick. If I am right, today's observation means this bird is within the range of "count week" for the Southern Nassau CBC. Cheers, "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of

[nysbirds-l] Montauk birding: Dovekie, Thick-billed Murre, King Eider, kittiwake

All, Shawn Billerman and I had an awesome seawatch from Montauk Point this morning, highlighted by a nice RAZORBILL flight which included three DOVEKIES and two THICK-BILLED MURRES. A male KING EIDER flew in and landed near the biggest scoter and eider flocks, and we finally got on an adult