[nysbirds-l] Interesting Brooklyn Sighting

Sorry for the late report, but I’ve been without cellphone today. This morning was leading my Sunday “Birding in Peace” tour in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery and I am nearly 100% certain we had a Sandhill Crane. At around 8:30am we were coming around the NE corner of the Sylvan Water, the

[nysbirds-l] Smr Tanager summit rock CP

At 7:35, a male. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -- 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] Red-throated Loon Bronx

There's a late Red-throated Loon close to shore at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park this morning. Dawn Hannay Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

[nysbirds-l] Winding Waters Yellow-breasted Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat found at approximately 9:30 am 5/20/2017 at Winding Waters Trail, Wallkill River NWR, Orange Co., NY. Singing from two large trees near the Fonzin Family Bench, about 1/3 mi from parking area just off Oil City/Stateline Rd (just where the river and trail bend to the left,

[nysbirds-l] Gardiner County Park

Joe Giunta and I(Sy Schiff) birded Gardiner Co. Park, Suffolk Co. this morning. No migrants were found, but the walk to the marsh was a delightful expanse of singing, breeding birds. At the marsh, to our left were 4 SALTMARSH SPARROWS; to our right 3 SEASIDE SPARROWS. Just before the

[nysbirds-l] Hunter Island, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, Red-head Woodpecker, etc

Belated post- from 5/20/17 The Red-headed Woodpecker is still here and awaits a female. He frequently attends to the tree cavity he “appropriated" from a nesting Redbellied. As I mentioned in a previous post, all of the nearby cavities are now cleared because of him. This fellow is tough, I

[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Sun. 21-May-2017

NY County highlights: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper (5), Common Tern (29+), Ruby-throated Hummingbird & Killdeer (4+). 1st hour: 22 spp., 2nd: +5, 3rd: +7, 4th: +7, 5th: +4 Full checklist (45 spp.): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37051234 -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for

[nysbirds-l] Chuck-wills-widow - Quogue

A Chuck-wills-widow was heard this evening at 8:20pm, in a wooded area north of Montauk Hwy, south of Old Country Rd(and the Quogue Wildlife Refuge), and east of Quantuck Bay. The bird called for 6 minutes. Whip-poor-wills were also heard along Steward Ave. and at the Town of Southampton

[nysbirds-l] Smr Tanager summit rock CP

At 7:35, a male. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -- 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] Winding Waters Yellow-breasted Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat found at approximately 9:30 am 5/20/2017 at Winding Waters Trail, Wallkill River NWR, Orange Co., NY. Singing from two large trees near the Fonzin Family Bench, about 1/3 mi from parking area just off Oil City/Stateline Rd (just where the river and trail bend to the left,

[nysbirds-l] Red-throated Loon Bronx

There's a late Red-throated Loon close to shore at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park this morning. Dawn Hannay Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

[nysbirds-l] Gardiner County Park

Joe Giunta and I(Sy Schiff) birded Gardiner Co. Park, Suffolk Co. this morning. No migrants were found, but the walk to the marsh was a delightful expanse of singing, breeding birds. At the marsh, to our left were 4 SALTMARSH SPARROWS; to our right 3 SEASIDE SPARROWS. Just before the

[nysbirds-l] Hunter Island, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, Red-head Woodpecker, etc

Belated post- from 5/20/17 The Red-headed Woodpecker is still here and awaits a female. He frequently attends to the tree cavity he “appropriated" from a nesting Redbellied. As I mentioned in a previous post, all of the nearby cavities are now cleared because of him. This fellow is tough, I

[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Sun. 21-May-2017

NY County highlights: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper (5), Common Tern (29+), Ruby-throated Hummingbird & Killdeer (4+). 1st hour: 22 spp., 2nd: +5, 3rd: +7, 4th: +7, 5th: +4 Full checklist (45 spp.): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37051234 -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for

[nysbirds-l] Chuck-wills-widow - Quogue

A Chuck-wills-widow was heard this evening at 8:20pm, in a wooded area north of Montauk Hwy, south of Old Country Rd(and the Quogue Wildlife Refuge), and east of Quantuck Bay. The bird called for 6 minutes. Whip-poor-wills were also heard along Steward Ave. and at the Town of Southampton

[nysbirds-l] Interesting Brooklyn Sighting

Sorry for the late report, but I’ve been without cellphone today. This morning was leading my Sunday “Birding in Peace” tour in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery and I am nearly 100% certain we had a Sandhill Crane. At around 8:30am we were coming around the NE corner of the Sylvan Water, the