RE: [nysbirds-l] Sandhill Cranes

2017-03-11 Thread jsparacin
Sandhill cranes migrating. I wonder where they are going? They are over NY and maybe NJ. I hope they like snow. We are expecting a nor’easter here and of course Boston. Has Wosey got her vittles in? I have to get some gas for my snow blower. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Michael

RE: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

2017-03-11 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi Willie and all, Wow--what a neat-looking bird! I can see the logic behind the identification: the combination of dark hood, white wing wedge, absence of white tips to the inner primaries and secondaries, and reddish bill and legs suggesting Black-headed Gull; and size, structure, extra

[nysbirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk, Nassau

2017-03-11 Thread d Futuyma
At about noon, I had two sightings of an adult in Massapequa Preserve, perched and in flight along the west trail, first opposite Jerusalem Avenue, then a short distance to the south. Doug Futuyma Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm

[nysbirds-l] Sandhill Cranes

2017-03-11 Thread Michael Farina
Marine Nature Study Area, Nassau, New York, US Mar 11, 2017 10:15 AM Protocol: Incidental Comments:A 1st (2) Sandhill Cranes heading west towards Oceanside Landfill but my have stopped in Oceanside Park, or any of the school fields between here and there. 1 species Sandhill Crane 2

RE: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

2017-03-11 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I meant to mention one more point: the undersides of the primaries and secondaries on this bird look very uniformly gray, such that the undersides of the secondaries look even less pale than in Ring-billed Gull, let alone Black-headed Gull (which shows strong contrast between different parts of

RE: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

2017-03-11 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi Willie and all, Wow--what a neat-looking bird! I can see the logic behind the identification: the combination of dark hood, white wing wedge, absence of white tips to the inner primaries and secondaries, and reddish bill and legs suggesting Black-headed Gull; and size, structure, extra

RE: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

2017-03-11 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I meant to mention one more point: the undersides of the primaries and secondaries on this bird look very uniformly gray, such that the undersides of the secondaries look even less pale than in Ring-billed Gull, let alone Black-headed Gull (which shows strong contrast between different parts of

[nysbirds-l] Sandhill Cranes

2017-03-11 Thread Michael Farina
Marine Nature Study Area, Nassau, New York, US Mar 11, 2017 10:15 AM Protocol: Incidental Comments:A 1st (2) Sandhill Cranes heading west towards Oceanside Landfill but my have stopped in Oceanside Park, or any of the school fields between here and there. 1 species Sandhill Crane 2

RE: [nysbirds-l] Sandhill Cranes

2017-03-11 Thread jsparacin
Sandhill cranes migrating. I wonder where they are going? They are over NY and maybe NJ. I hope they like snow. We are expecting a nor’easter here and of course Boston. Has Wosey got her vittles in? I have to get some gas for my snow blower. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Michael

[nysbirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk, Nassau

2017-03-11 Thread d Futuyma
At about noon, I had two sightings of an adult in Massapequa Preserve, perched and in flight along the west trail, first opposite Jerusalem Avenue, then a short distance to the south. Doug Futuyma Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm

[nysbirds-l] Tufted duck crown point ny

2017-03-11 Thread Arie Gilbert
. viewed from this location at 1.54pm on 03-11-2017 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.03099245,-73.42627757 Arie Gilbert No. Babylon NY www.powerbirder.blogspot www.qcbirdclub.org -- Sent from "Loretta IV" in the field.  -- NYSbirds-L List Info: