Chat, Tanager and Wilson's all seen on Sunday. On Dec 9, 2017 2:58 PM, "Shaibal Mitra" <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:
> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning. > > I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently > at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles > away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with > uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing: > > https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432 > > The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of > juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative > (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing: > > https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv > > The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner > in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single > bird molting over a two week period. > > Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area > show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos > (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not > show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's > bird, or with the Crocheron bird. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ > bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [ > swalte...@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM > To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens > > Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know > whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The > location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental > Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is > Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park). > The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also > called Golden Pond). > > From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street > (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until > the end of 221st , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th > Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here > is ample. > > Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley – > especially as we’re heading toward CBC time. > > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > -- > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
