That’s ridiculous. Mastodons don’t congregate in colonies. It’s obviously pseudomonas mendocina.
Peter > On May 26, 2017, at 7:35 AM, Rick <rc...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > Pleistocene Mastodon? > > From: bounce-121561409-3714...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-121561409-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay D > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 5:47 AM > To: & [NYSBIRDS] <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: May 26, 2017 > > "Raven attacking PM colony" > What does "PM" mean? > > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 12:09 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest > <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:nysbird...@list.cornell.edu>> wrote: >> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Friday, May 26, 2017. >> >> 1. Swainson's Warbler yes. Prospect Park >> 2. Raven in Shelter Island >> 3. Re: Henslow's Sparrow >> 4. Swainson's Warbler Prospect Park >> 5. Red necked Phalarope on Staten Island >> 6. Swainson's Warbler persists in Prospect Park Mid Wood area circa 3PM >> Thursday >> 7. Raven attacking PM colony >> 8. Prospect park Swainson's warbler kings >> 9. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017 >> 10. eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists >> 11. Franklin's Gull, shorebirds - Niagara and Orleans Counties >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Swainson's Warbler yes. Prospect Park >> From: Rob Bate <robsb...@gmail.com <mailto:robsb...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 07:24:48 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 1 >> >> Tom Stephenson reports the Swainson's Warbler is still present in the >> Midwood area of Prospect Park. Same area as yesterday. >> >> Rob Bate >> Brooklyn >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Raven in Shelter Island >> From: Orhan Birol <orhanbir...@gmail.com <mailto:orhanbir...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:19:51 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 2 >> >> Not sure reportable any more but there was a Raven soaring and calling over >> my house yesterday evening. >> Orhan Birol >> Shelter Island >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Re: Henslow's Sparrow >> From: Anders Peltomaa <anders.pelto...@gmail.com >> <mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:41:53 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 3 >> >> Brilliant photos of the Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk posted by Felipe >> Pimentel to New York Birders Facebook page. >> The photo album is public so it should be viewable on the web, without >> Facebook account. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/felipe.pimentel1 >> <https://www.facebook.com/felipe.pimentel1> >> >> good birding, >> >> Anders Peltomaa >> Manhattan >> >> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM, syschiff <icte...@optonline.net >> <mailto:icte...@optonline.net>> wrote: >> >> > Henslow's Sparrow update >> > >> > This species was long a resident on the grass lands of the Saratoga >> > Battlefields. The staff found that the birds needed to have the grass >> > burned or cut for the habitat to be maintained and for them to continue to >> > breed in the area. So they cut the grass at the proper time of year all >> > over. And the sparrows disappeared. What subsequent research discovered >> > was, the Henslow's Sparrows breed in second and third year growth. You >> > can't cut the grass every year. You have to rotate your cutting. >> > >> > Attempts to reintroduce this species anywhere has been mostly a total >> > failure. Hence, the sighting of a singing bird in the Shawangunk Grassland >> > is an *extraordinary event.* They are doing every thing right. It's a >> > great place to visit and it's a paradise for birders looking for grassland >> > birds. They have parking, viewing platforms and blinds. >> > >> > The bird song is unique. They sing loudly from a clump top but are can be >> > hard to see. Lets not go playing songs and chasing the bird. Be patient and >> > look. This is a new breeding area and we need them to be successful now and >> > for the future. >> > >> > Sy Schiff >> > >> > -- >> > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* >> > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm >> > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm>> >> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm >> > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm>> >> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm>> >> > *Archives:* >> > The Mail Archive >> > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html>> >> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >> > <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L>> >> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 >> > <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01>> >> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* >> > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>>*!* >> > -- >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Swainson's Warbler Prospect Park >> From: Adrian Burke <aburke...@gmail.com <mailto:aburke...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:09:48 +0000 >> X-Message-Number: 4 >> >> The Swainson's Warbler was seen about 30 minutes ago in same location as >> before, foraging in the patch of woods where a large fallen tree lies right >> next to a woodchip path. It showed briefly up close, but then vanished and >> I haven't seen it again since. Not a lot of people around, except a shady >> guy with a bike who did a lit of staring. >> >> Adrian Burke, Manhattan >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Red necked Phalarope on Staten Island >> From: Anthony Ciancimino <sibirdwatc...@yahoo.com >> <mailto:sibirdwatc...@yahoo.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:20:23 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 5 >> >> Currently have a Red necked Phalarope at the Parallel Pond (pond that >> parallels Sharrott Avenue) at the Cemetery of the Resurrection on the south >> shore of Staten Island. Bird is foraging in the pond amongst emergent >> plants. Unfortunately, The cemetery closes at 4:30 PM >> >> -Anthony Ciancimino >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Swainson's Warbler persists in Prospect Park Mid Wood area circa >> 3PM Thursday >> From: Richard Fleming <richardarthurflem...@gmail.com >> <mailto:richardarthurflem...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:52:20 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 6 >> >> I am grateful to two gentlemen who were walking west on Center Drive for >> steering me in the direction of the Prospect Park Swainson's warbler, which >> persists in Mid Wood as of 3PM despite the unceasing rain. Walking East on >> Center Drive, I took a left on the paved path that starts at the gap in the >> long line of shipping containers. Very soon this crosses a dirt/wood-chip >> path, but I continued on. I then took another right on the second (or is >> the third?) such path, one which has a mighty fallen trunk running along >> the first fifty feet of the path, along the right side. Near an area where >> several paths cross, about 100 feet in along this trail, I had the >> Swainson's twice, with about a half an hour passing in-between. Although >> the gentlemen I had met said they had heard the bird singing "some eight >> times in two hours," I did not hear it sing at all, over about 45 minutes. >> Best of luck if you go, and may you have better weather. --Richard Fleming >> >> -- >> inthefieldrecording.org <http://inthefieldrecording.org/> >> instagram: @amazingbarbershop >> twitter: @walkingtogitmo >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Raven attacking PM colony >> From: Orhan Birol <orhanbir...@gmail.com <mailto:orhanbir...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:53:36 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 7 >> >> Now I know why the Raven was soaring over my house for a while last night. >> It dived into the colony,five minutes ago, I am sure it was unable to grab >> one. The PM's in hot pursuit it flew east. >> Orhan Birol >> Shelter Island >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Prospect park Swainson's warbler kings >> From: prosb...@aol.com <mailto:prosb...@aol.com> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 16:58:51 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 8 >> >> >> From Daisy : Swainson's Warbler just seen here: 40.664290,-73.966332 >> >> This is north Midwood by road fork as of 450 pm >> >> Peter >> Bbc >> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017 >> From: David Suggs <dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org >> <mailto:dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 19:57:41 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 9 >> >> - RBA >> * New York >> * Buffalo >> * 05/25/2017 >> * NYBU1705.25 >> - Birds mentioned >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> Please submit reports to >> dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org >> <mailto:dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org> >> ------------------------------------------- >> >> BLACK-NECKED STILT >> HUDSONIAN GODWIT >> WHIMBREL >> AMER. WHITE PELICAN >> Peregrine Falcon >> Semipalmated Plover >> Killdeer >> Spotted Sandpiper >> Ruddy Turnstone >> Sanderling >> Semipalm. Sandpiper >> Least Sandpiper >> White-r. Sandpiper >> Dunlin >> Short-b. Dowitcher >> Red-headed Wdpkr. >> Gray-cheeked Thrush >> Swainson's Thrush >> Pine Warbler >> Blackpoll Warbler >> Lincoln's Sparrow >> Orchard Oriole >> >> - Transcript >> Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science >> Date: 05/25/2017 >> Number: 716-896-1271 <tel:716-896-1271> >> To Report: Same >> Compiler: David F. Suggs >> Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario >> Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org >> <http://www.buffaloornithologicalsociety.org/> >> >> Thursday, May 25, 2017 >> >> The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided >> by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the >> Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the >> Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound >> key to report sightings before the end of this >> report. >> >> Highlights of reports received May 18 through >> May 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. >> >> The very rare BLACK-NECKED STILT at the >> Iroquois Refuge was refound on May 23 at Kumpf >> Marsh, at Route 77 and Feeder Road. >> >> Also very rare, especially in spring - >> HUDSONIAN GODWIT, May 20, along Youngstown- >> Wilson Road, just west of Fitch Road in the >> Niagara County Town of Wilson. Other shorebirds >> at this location - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, >> KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. >> SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, >> DUNLIN and 2 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. >> >> WHIMBREL are migrating on the north shore of >> Lake Erie. May 23, three WHIMBRELS on the >> lakeshore in Fort Erie, Ontario, with RUDDY >> TURNSTONES and SANDERLINGS. >> >> An unexpected location for SANDERLING - the >> wetland at Ridge Lea and Bailey Avenue in >> Amherst on the 23rd, with continuing >> SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and LEAST SANDPIPERS. >> >> SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS are now being reported at >> the Mosaic Ponds, north of Rock Point Park in >> Ontario, and an AMER. WHITE PELICAN was still >> at the ponds on the 24th. >> >> ORCHARD ORIOLES around the Lake Erie shores - >> Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg at the south end of >> Woodlawn Avenue, and in Ontario at Old Fort >> Erie, Morgan's Point and the Mosaic Ponds. >> >> Warblers were widely reported, with BLACKPOLL >> WARBLERS joining the migrants on the 18th. Of >> note, two PINE WARBLERS near the monument at >> Old Fort Erie. >> >> Also this week - RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Beaver >> Island State Park on Grand Island. In Buffalo, >> a reported PEREGRINE FALCON at the Veteran's >> Hospital, and at Forest Lawn, SWAINSON'S THRUSH >> and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. And, LINCOLN'S >> SPARROWS at several locations. >> >> The Bird Report will be updated Thursday >> evening, June 1. Please call in your sightings >> by noon Thursday. You may report sightings >> after the tone. Thank you for calling and >> reporting. >> >> - End Transcript >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists >> From: Ben Cacace <bcac...@gmail.com <mailto:bcac...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:30:09 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 10 >> >> When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar >> chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or >> deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the >> date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted >> checklists from many months / years ago. >> >> It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the >> 'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't >> added recently it won't appear at the top of the list. >> >> For each county on the wiki click the 'Overview' link on the 'Explore a >> Location' line: >> — http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> >> >> Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few >> months. >> >> *Lewis County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Lewis >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Lewis>> >> Black-bellied Plover (19-May-2017) >> >> *Niagara County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Niagara >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Niagara>> >> Piping Plover (22-May-2017) >> >> *St. Lawrence County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/St >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/St>. Lawrence> >> Forster's Tern (11-May-2017) >> >> *Wayne County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Wayne >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Wayne>> >> Yellow-throated Warbler (23-May-2017) >> >> *Putnam County:* <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Putnam >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Putnam>> >> Golden-winged Warbler (Removed) >> >> -- >> Ben Cacace >> Manhattan, NYC >> Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York >> <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York>> >> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A >> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/ >> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Franklin's Gull, shorebirds - Niagara and Orleans Counties >> From: Willie D'Anna <dannapot...@roadrunner.com >> <mailto:dannapot...@roadrunner.com>> >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 21:04:47 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 11 >> >> After the drenching rain this morning, Joel Strong and I got out to look >> over the fields to see what shorebirds, if any, had dropped in. >> >> >> >> On Youngstown-Wilson Road, just west of Fitch, there were: >> >> 75 Dunlin >> >> 11 Least Sandpipers >> >> 3 White-rumped Sandpipers >> >> 100 Semipalmated Sandpipers >> >> 18 Short-billed Dowitchers >> >> 2 Spotted Sandpipers >> >> >> >> On the Lower Lake Road - Burgess Road join, there were: >> >> 2 American Wigeon >> >> 1 Semipalmated Plover >> >> 56 Dunlin >> >> 1 Least Sandpiper >> >> 1 White-rumped Sandpiper >> >> 46 Semipalmated Sandpipers >> >> 9 Short-billed Dowitchers >> >> 2 dowitcher species (possibly Long-billed) >> >> The highlight here was a FRANKLIN'S GULL with a few hundred Ring-billed and >> Herring Gulls. Unfortunately, it did not stay long, as an immature Bald >> Eagle came over and all the gulls flew off. It was probably a second-cycle >> bird, though possibly an adult that had not yet molted in its hood. Poor >> photos were obtained: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37144462 >> <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37144462> >> >> >> >> On the Orleans County side of Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, there were: >> >> 4 Black-bellied Plovers >> >> 75 Dunlin >> >> 55 Semipalmated Sandpipers >> >> >> >> On Lower Lake Road, just east of Johnson Creek Road, there were: >> >> 10 Black-bellied Plovers >> >> 19 Dunlin >> >> 2 dowitcher species (seen very briefly) >> >> >> >> Good birding! >> >> Willie >> >> ------------------ >> >> Willie D'Anna >> >> Wilson, NY >> >> dannapotterATroadrunner.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> END OF DIGEST >> > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
