[nysbirds-l] Speaker traveling from afar - George Armistead - Wednesday at Queens County Bird Club

2017-06-20 Thread Nancy Tognan
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, June 21, 2017. Free admission. Refreshments served. Public transit users: Meeting location is

[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills in the Adirondacks!

2017-06-20 Thread Joan Collins
June 20, 2017 We found a Red Crossbill calling and flying around Sabattis Bog today! (Long Lake in Hamilton Co.) June 17, 2017 We found a pair of Red Crossbills on the Madawaska Trail (Santa Clara in Franklin Co.) The male was singing! I took a couple photos of the male and I'll post to my

Re: [nysbirds-l] Death on the Beach

2017-06-20 Thread Michael Schrimpf
Hi all, Just to follow up - the link to the paper by Haman et al. is here (including the abstract). I think the full text is behind a paywall for most, but send me an email if you

[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Tue. 20-Jun-2017

2017-06-20 Thread Ben Cacace
NY County Highlights: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Killdeer (6), Tree Swallow, Fish Crow (16+), American Black Duck, Common Tern (73+) & Laughing Gull (9). *1st hour:* *12 spp.*; *2nd:* *+9*; *3rd:* *+3*; *4th:* *+1* = *25 spp.* [4 hours, 20 minutes ] Full checklist & images:

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Booby is deceased

2017-06-20 Thread Michael Zito
This was previously sent out by Patricia Lindsay for those who missed it: "The deceased Brown Booby from Nickerson Beach, Nassau Co. will become part of the Cornell Lab collection, with all permits in place." Mike Z. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Gabriel Willow

[nysbirds-l] Dickcissels increased?

2017-06-20 Thread Thomas Fiore
It’s a species I thought to bring up, although not just in relation to the several Dickcissel reports of recent weeks from NY state. A current post to the NJ-Birds list (by Mike Britt) also further inspires the subject of this post. It appears, more than entirely anecdotally, although in part

[nysbirds-l] Death on the Beach

2017-06-20 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I spent several hours at Democrat Pt today, carefully checking the entire wrack line, and found 14 dead Great Shearwaters and a dead Leatherback Turtle (the folks in Riverhead have been notified). http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37704445 I also just heard through Derek Rogers that dead

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Booby is deceased

2017-06-20 Thread Paul R Sweet
Please find a way to get this to AMNH. I'm currently in Alaska you can contact Peter Capainolo or Tom Trombone. Contact info on AMNH website. Thanks. I believe this will be our 2nd NY Brown Bobby. Paul Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Booby is deceased

2017-06-20 Thread Gabriel Willow
There were also several deceased Great Shearwaters on the beach at Nickerson. I considered grabbing some for you, but was taking public transit and decided against traveling on the LIRR with a smelly shearwater corpse in a bag. Might raise questions... You should make little self-addressed

[nysbirds-l] Dickcissels increased?

2017-06-20 Thread Thomas Fiore
It’s a species I thought to bring up, although not just in relation to the several Dickcissel reports of recent weeks from NY state. A current post to the NJ-Birds list (by Mike Britt) also further inspires the subject of this post. It appears, more than entirely anecdotally, although in part

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Booby is deceased

2017-06-20 Thread Paul R Sweet
Please find a way to get this to AMNH. I'm currently in Alaska you can contact Peter Capainolo or Tom Trombone. Contact info on AMNH website. Thanks. I believe this will be our 2nd NY Brown Bobby. Paul Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Booby is deceased

2017-06-20 Thread Gabriel Willow
There were also several deceased Great Shearwaters on the beach at Nickerson. I considered grabbing some for you, but was taking public transit and decided against traveling on the LIRR with a smelly shearwater corpse in a bag. Might raise questions... You should make little self-addressed

[nysbirds-l] Death on the Beach

2017-06-20 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I spent several hours at Democrat Pt today, carefully checking the entire wrack line, and found 14 dead Great Shearwaters and a dead Leatherback Turtle (the folks in Riverhead have been notified). http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37704445 I also just heard through Derek Rogers that dead

[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills in the Adirondacks!

2017-06-20 Thread Joan Collins
June 20, 2017 We found a Red Crossbill calling and flying around Sabattis Bog today! (Long Lake in Hamilton Co.) June 17, 2017 We found a pair of Red Crossbills on the Madawaska Trail (Santa Clara in Franklin Co.) The male was singing! I took a couple photos of the male and I'll post to my

[nysbirds-l] Speaker traveling from afar - George Armistead - Wednesday at Queens County Bird Club

2017-06-20 Thread Nancy Tognan
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, June 21, 2017. Free admission. Refreshments served. Public transit users: Meeting location is

[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Tue. 20-Jun-2017

2017-06-20 Thread Ben Cacace
NY County Highlights: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Killdeer (6), Tree Swallow, Fish Crow (16+), American Black Duck, Common Tern (73+) & Laughing Gull (9). *1st hour:* *12 spp.*; *2nd:* *+9*; *3rd:* *+3*; *4th:* *+1* = *25 spp.* [4 hours, 20 minutes ] Full checklist & images:

Re: [nysbirds-l] Death on the Beach

2017-06-20 Thread Michael Schrimpf
Hi all, Just to follow up - the link to the paper by Haman et al. is here (including the abstract). I think the full text is behind a paywall for most, but send me an email if you

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brown Booby is deceased

2017-06-20 Thread Michael Zito
This was previously sent out by Patricia Lindsay for those who missed it: "The deceased Brown Booby from Nickerson Beach, Nassau Co. will become part of the Cornell Lab collection, with all permits in place." Mike Z. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Gabriel Willow wrote: >