Juvenile ravens form winter groups, Heinrich conducted a fascinating field study to find out why. I won't spoil the suspense for those who haven't read it. Better than a Ludlum novel, highly recommended
Rick Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Lynn Bergmeyer <lynnbergme...@gmail.com> Date:12/02/2017 7:27 AM (GMT-05:00) To: "& [NYSBIRDS]" <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> Cc: Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017 What exactly does "winter nonbreeder group" mean? On Dec 2, 2017 12:08 AM, "& [NYSBIRDS] digest" <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, December 02, 2017. > > 1. The Egret > 2. =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?= > 3. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbmTigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw== > ?= > 4. =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[ebirdsnyc]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?= > 5. Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29 > 6. =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?= > 7. Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > 8. Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 9. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 10. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 11. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 12. NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17) > 13. Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > 14. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 15. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017 > 16. NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend > 17. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 18. NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017 > 19. Ramble Map with Named Locations > 20. Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations > 21. Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations > 22. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: The Egret > From: Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:20 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > > I'd like to share a passage from a wonderful novel I recently read, "The > Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, which takes its place alongside Tim Obrien's > "The Things They Carried", Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead", and > Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" -- this time the setting is > the Iraq war. The protagonist is by a stream near his Richmond, VA home -- > it's an magical experience most birders have had or at least can envision > with a large wader but just can't express nearly as well: > > "My feet were in the water, and the river ran docilely by and I was hardly > a speck on the landscape and I was glad. An egret flew just over my > shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a > body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in > control. But the tips of its wings skimmed along the water just the same. > The egret didn't seem to mind what I believed, and it tilted some and > disappeared into the glare of the gone sun and it was full of grace." > > I see that Brett Bonkamp's brilliant bit of Hammond's flycatcher satire > has been censored from the archives. Thus, it seems that when posting > especially as the Holidays approach and an insane 2017 comes to a close -- > and while I enjoy a good put down as much as the next person -- perhaps we > should all give a listen once again to John Prine's "People Putting People > Down". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0VmRR8FHU Or better yet, spend > some time admiring his amazing canon listening to Sam Stone, (apropos the > war novels, I guess), Hello in There, Souvenirs, Paradise, Angel from > Montgomery or Lake Marie. > > Good flycatchers to all. > > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?= > From: Anders Peltomaa <anders.pelto...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:05:55 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar > > It's Continuing. 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Start weekend planning upstaters... > >> > >> Anders Peltomaa > > > > __._,_.___ > > Posted by: nathan o'reilly <natro...@hotmail.com> > > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • > Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (5) > > > > Have you tried the highest rated email app? > > With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email > app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your > inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email > again with 1000GB of free cloud storage. > > > > ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC area > > VISIT YOUR GROUP New Members 2 > > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > . > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29 > From: Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:19:02 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > A late ones still hanging in there at Breezy and with various the CBCs > closing in, it will be interesting to see what else might be uncovered > given the recent weather. > > NORTHERN PARULA (1) - could it be the same bird I had on 10-8? > > Orange-crowned Warbler (2) - seems to be a good year for them. > > WHITE-EYED VIREO (1) > > Cheers, > -------- > "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the > ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own > abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass > > ïL�¡Swift as the wind > �֡¡Quiet as the forest > ���¡Conquer like the fire > ɽ�¡Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu The Art of War > > > (__/) > > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?= > From: Robert Lewis <rfer...@yahoo.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:25:24 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 6 > > > Great news! I expect to be there by about 1:30 today. I hope to see lots > of other birders! > Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY > > > On Friday, December 1, 2017, 10:58:17 AM EST, Michael Zito < > michaelz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Azalea pond right now. > mike z > Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:37 AM, nathan o'reilly natro...@hotmail.com > [ebirdsnyc] <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > > Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the > upstaters early tomorrow morning! > > Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa anders.pelto...@gmail.com > [ebirdsnyc] <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > > > 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar > > It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters... > > Anders Peltomaa > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > From: Eileen Schwinn <beach...@optonline.net> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:34:12 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > The Suffolk County Farm, Yaphank, Prothonotary Warbler is currently being > seen, feeding, in the area between the machine storage area and the > concrete building, located just south of the pig sty. > Eileen Schwinn > Mike Higgiston > > Sent from my iPhone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:42:42 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Rick <rc...@nyc.rr.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:53:28 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 9 > > On larger raven flocks (probably juvenile "gangs") See Bernd Heinrich's > excellent "Ravens in Winter" (1989). > > Rick > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > Date:12/01/2017 2:42 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > Cc: > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > Co., LI > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 20:19:23 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 10 > > Undoubtedly a winter non-breeder group. I remember less than a decade ago > my first encounter in the state with such a group in eastern Cortland > County. I realized that there were now enough ravens breeding in New York > that the juveniles could find each other. Looks like that might be true in > your area now. > > Kevin McGowan > Ithaca > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-122096022-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-122096022- > 3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra > Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM > To: NYSBIRDS-L <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > Co., LI > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Andrew Block <ablock22...@yahoo.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 20:25:01 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 11 > > Nice sighting. It is very rare for around here to see so many in a flock, > but out West they are frequently seen in medium sized flocks sometimes much > larger usually at a feeding site such as a dead large mammal. I have > personally seen a flock of 80-100 in Unity, Maine, back in the mid 80's > flying over the Unity College campus. It blew my mind when I realized they > were ravens. It's so great to have them around here. > Andrew Andrew v. F. Block > Consulting Naturalist > 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 > Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 > Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 > www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums > > From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > Co., LI > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17) > From: Ben Cacace <bcac...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:44:31 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 12 > > Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running > smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their > time reviewing shared location suggestions. > > The wiki page site was developed to access data on eBird.org and in places > it includes additional links to birding resources at the county and > location levels. If you have any suggestions for additional links please > send them to me off list. > > All County pages currently have links for the Illustrated Checklists and > links to both Images and Audio from the Macaulay Library.If useful let me > know and I'll add these to the location level pages. > > *Species totals* have been updated for all county pages. This includes the > total number of species with an equivalent color code highlighting the > county name based on colors used on eBird maps. The alphabetical list of > counties on the main page has been updated with total spp. #. > > *Hotspot pages*: All location pages have been updated on the wiki. These > include 821 pages representing a total of 1,686 out of 5,948 hotspots > (28.4%). Updates involve *# of species and color codings* based on species > # along with updated 2017 periods on the bar chart tables displaying the: > > • Current Month: Dec./2017 > • Prior Month: Nov./2017 > • the current two month period Nov.-Dec./2017 > • along with the current year: 2017. -- 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/ --
