[nysbirds-l] yes on great gray owl massena

Spent about 5 hours on Monday, Feb 13, searching for the Great Gray Owl that's been seen in the area of Robert Moses State Park in Massena. Finally found it as I was heading out. Had plenty of good looks at it as it was perched in a tree snag along side of the road, at one point flying to

[nysbirds-l] FW: Queens County Bird Club - Wed. Feb 15 - Donna Schulman presents: South Africa Safari

The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362 >Map of location< at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Free admission. Refreshments served. Public transit users: Meeting location

[nysbirds-l] Killdeer - brookhaven town hall

There was a killdeer in the parking lot this morning at brookhaven town hall -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] City Island Surf Scoter

City Island, Bronx Approximately 35 Surf Scoter off the north end of City Island at Belden Point by Johnny’s Reef/Tony’s Pier Restaurants, today at 2:30PM. They are easily seen in the bright sun with a scope. These Scoter have been here since early December. Their numbers were much greater for

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Tuesday Feb. 14, 2017 - Common Loon continues at Reservoir

Central Park NYC - Ramble & Reservoir Tuesday, February 14, 2017 OBS: Robert & Meg White, Deborah Allen Highlights: The first-winter Common Loon first reported by Kevin Topping on the 13th continued on the Reservoir in the SE at around noon today along with the Red-necked Grebe released by the

[nysbirds-l] East End Birding (Suffolk Co.)

We headed out east today to bird the Montauk area. We began the day at dawn at Montauk Pt. where Sue quickly spotted a female King Eider with two Common Eider in front of the restaurant. Birds were scarce at the Point, with many of the eider and scoter well offshore. A dismal Razorbill flight

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: New/Renamed Shared Locations (13-Feb-'17)

Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working on shared location suggestions. New and renamed shared locations (hotspots) have been updated for the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a summary of

[nysbirds-l] Central Park (& Jamaica Bay WR news), NYC 2/14

A bit of what ought to be good news for birds and their observers: the breach that opened the West Pond to salt water, at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens County, NY) has been repaired and is now closed, in other words, the process of restoring that pond to fresh water is now well

[nysbirds-l] yes on great gray owl massena

Spent about 5 hours on Monday, Feb 13, searching for the Great Gray Owl that's been seen in the area of Robert Moses State Park in Massena. Finally found it as I was heading out. Had plenty of good looks at it as it was perched in a tree snag along side of the road, at one point flying to

[nysbirds-l] FW: Queens County Bird Club - Wed. Feb 15 - Donna Schulman presents: South Africa Safari

The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362 >Map of location< at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Free admission. Refreshments served. Public transit users: Meeting location

[nysbirds-l] Killdeer - brookhaven town hall

There was a killdeer in the parking lot this morning at brookhaven town hall -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] City Island Surf Scoter

City Island, Bronx Approximately 35 Surf Scoter off the north end of City Island at Belden Point by Johnny’s Reef/Tony’s Pier Restaurants, today at 2:30PM. They are easily seen in the bright sun with a scope. These Scoter have been here since early December. Their numbers were much greater for

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Tuesday Feb. 14, 2017 - Common Loon continues at Reservoir

Central Park NYC - Ramble & Reservoir Tuesday, February 14, 2017 OBS: Robert & Meg White, Deborah Allen Highlights: The first-winter Common Loon first reported by Kevin Topping on the 13th continued on the Reservoir in the SE at around noon today along with the Red-necked Grebe released by the

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: New/Renamed Shared Locations (13-Feb-'17)

Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working on shared location suggestions. New and renamed shared locations (hotspots) have been updated for the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a summary of

[nysbirds-l] East End Birding (Suffolk Co.)

We headed out east today to bird the Montauk area. We began the day at dawn at Montauk Pt. where Sue quickly spotted a female King Eider with two Common Eider in front of the restaurant. Birds were scarce at the Point, with many of the eider and scoter well offshore. A dismal Razorbill flight

[nysbirds-l] Central Park (& Jamaica Bay WR news), NYC 2/14

A bit of what ought to be good news for birds and their observers: the breach that opened the West Pond to salt water, at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens County, NY) has been repaired and is now closed, in other words, the process of restoring that pond to fresh water is now well