Great news. Lynn Bergmeyer, Greece NY
On Feb 13, 2018 5:57 PM, "Gerald Smith" <gosh...@gisco.net> wrote: > Actually Jefferson County is well birder by North Country Standards > Compared to Lewis or St Lawrence areas outside of the Blue Line Jefferson > has a fair number of Active birders Perch River was the first place in the > State where Trumpeter Swans became established Expanding from the > reintroduction project in Ontario they were nesting there by the mid 1990s > thus have been well established here for two decades good birding > > Gerry Smith gosh...@gisco.net > > Birds rise above it all > > On Feb 13, 2018, at 17:43, Lynn Bergmeyer <lynnbergme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On the way back from a NYSOA field trip in Long Lake, Robert Buckert > (young birder) and I stopped by what appears to be an under birded county- > Jefferson, except for a few individuals. We saw a number of species, > probably the most exciting for me were Trumpeter Swans at Perch River. I > believe these might be residents but nonetheless fun to watch > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 12:10 AM & [NYSBIRDS] digest < > nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > >> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Tuesday, February 13, 2018. >> >> 1. Pileated Woodpecker >> 2. Black Vulture movement & other sightings, Rockefeller SPP, Westchester >> County >> 3. Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> 4. Syracuse RBA >> 5. RE: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> 6. Re: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> 7. Re: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> 8. Purple Gallinule, old record, Nassau County >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Pileated Woodpecker >> From: Colleen Veltri <cfinneg...@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:43:42 -0500 >> X-Message-Number: 1 >> >> Heard Pileated Woodpecker at the end of Reservoir Rd in Melville Long >> Island Suffolk. Also had Raven. >> >> May the birds be with you >> Colleen and Bobby Veltri >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Black Vulture movement & other sightings, Rockefeller SPP, >> Westchester County >> From: Anne Swaim <annesw...@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:06:47 -0500 >> X-Message-Number: 2 >> >> We observed an interesting movement of 19 Black Vultures at Rockefeller >> State Park Preserve this morning on Saw Mill River Audubon's 2nd Mon bird >> walk there. >> >> Twelve drifting together north and 7 others seen around the Swan Lake >> area. >> >> There have been good numbers of Black Vultures with the Turkey Vulture >> roost just 6 mile N by the Village of Croton-on-Hudson but not as many >> BLVU >> recorded there in last couple of months with the temperature swings. >> >> Noted this ref in Cornell's Birds of North America online resource: "Black >> Vultures also engage in short-term, local movements when weather becomes >> unfavorable, retiring ahead of adverse conditions and returning when >> conditions improve." >> https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/blkvul/distribution >> >> Among other observations this morning at RSPP were: >> * a small group of six Snow Geese headed northwest over Swan Lake, >> * Northern Cardinals and Song Sparrows both now singing, >> * and -- always enjoyable -- great looks at three adult Bald Eagles. >> >> eBird list here: >> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/email?subID=S42702484 >> >> Anne Swaim >> Saw Mill River Audubon >> www.sawmillriveraudubon.org >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> From: Paul R Sweet <sw...@amnh.org> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:27:00 +0000 >> X-Message-Number: 3 >> >> A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber >> yielded Long Island's 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen >> was picked up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later >> >> As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January >> Southampton. >> >> Details will be submitted to NYSARC >> >> Paul Sweet >> Collection Manager >> Department of Ornithology >> American Museum of Natural History >> Central Park West at 79th Street >> New York, NY 10024 >> >> Tel: 212 769 5780 <(212)%20769-5780> >> Cell: 718 757 5941 <(718)%20757-5941> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Syracuse RBA >> From: Joseph Brin <brinjos...@yahoo.com> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:58:03 +0000 (UTC) >> X-Message-Number: 4 >> >> * New York* Syracuse >> - January 29, 2018 >> * NYSY 02.12.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 05 >> 2018 - February 12, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT >> yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife >> Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga >> County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & >> Cortlandcompiled: February 12 AT 3:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph >> BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This >> is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 05, 2018. >> Highlights-------------- >> SURF SCOTERRED-SHOULDERED HAWKBLACK VULTUREICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS >> GULLLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLSLATY-BACKED GULLMERLINPEREGRINE FALCONSNOWY >> OWLNORTHERN SHRIKEFISH CROWYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERRED CROSSBILL >> >> >> Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex >> (MWC)---------------- >> No reports this week >> >> Onondaga County------------ >> 2:6: A SLATY-BACKED GULL, previously reported in Oswego, was >> relocated in Baldwinsville on the ice near Meadow Street. It was relocated >> the next day near Mercer Park also in Baldwinsville but has not been >> reported since. 2/8: 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen near the OCCRA site off >> of Rt. 91 in Jamesville. One or both have been reported each day since >> including today. One and sometimes two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been >> reported on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville near Mercer Park. They have >> been reported through the 11th. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Rt.690 in >> Syracuse. 2/10: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at Meadow Street in >> Baldwinsville. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Turner Road south of >> Baldwinsville. A MERLIN was seen near the Rt. 695 Camillus Bypass just off >> of Rt. 690. 2/11: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the end of the Onondaga >> Creek Creek Walk near Destiny Mall in Syracuse. 6 ICELAND GULLS and 2 FISH >> CROWS were seen from Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. A SNOWY OWL was see at >> Drivers Village in North Syracuse. >> >> Oswego County------------ >> 2/9: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Oswego Harbor. It was seen up to the >> 11th. 2/11: One ICELAND and one GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at Indian >> Point on the Oswego River north of Fulton. An ICELAND GULL was seen on Lake >> Ontario from Lakeview Road near the Ontario Bible Camp. >> >> Oneida county------------ >> 2/8: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Skinner Road west of Westmoreland. >> >> Herkimer County------------ >> 2/6: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Rt. 29 In Fairfield. >> >> >> ---end transcript >> ---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 USA >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: RE: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:51:28 +0000 >> X-Message-Number: 5 >> >> Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a >> discrete flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those >> sites in mid April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think >> that southern populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance >> flights to the north in mid January? >> >> Shai Mitra >> Bay Shore >> ________________________________________ >> From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ >> bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [ >> sw...@amnh.org] >> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM >> To: NYSBIRDS-L >> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> >> A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber >> yielded Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen >> was picked up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later >> >> As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January >> Southampton. >> >> Details will be submitted to NYSARC >> >> Paul Sweet >> Collection Manager >> Department of Ornithology >> American Museum of Natural History >> Central Park West at 79th Street >> New York, NY 10024 >> >> Tel: 212 769 5780 <(212)%20769-5780> >> Cell: 718 757 5941 <(718)%20757-5941> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >! >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Re: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> From: Doug Gochfeld <fresha2...@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:56:21 +0000 >> X-Message-Number: 6 >> >> There's an interesting paper dealing with just this effect here: >> >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_ >> Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_ >> Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_ >> North_Atlantic_Region >> >> Good Birding and Vagrant Speculating! >> -Doug Gochfeld >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:52 AM Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu >> > >> wrote: >> >> > Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a >> > discrete flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting >> those >> > sites in mid April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to >> think >> > that southern populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long >> distance >> > flights to the north in mid January? >> > >> > Shai Mitra >> > Bay Shore >> > ________________________________________ >> > From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ >> > bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [ >> > sw...@amnh.org] >> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM >> > To: NYSBIRDS-L >> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not >> chaseable) >> > >> > A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber >> > yielded Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new >> specimen >> > was picked up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later >> > >> > As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January >> > Southampton. >> > >> > Details will be submitted to NYSARC >> > >> > Paul Sweet >> > Collection Manager >> > Department of Ornithology >> > American Museum of Natural History >> > Central Park West at 79th Street >> > New York, NY 10024 >> > >> > Tel: 212 769 5780 <(212)%20769-5780> >> > Cell: 718 757 5941 <(718)%20757-5941> >> > >> > -- >> > 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/ >> > >> > -- >> > >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Re: Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu> >> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:25:12 +0000 >> X-Message-Number: 7 >> >> A Purple Gallinule was picked up a few weeks ago in Lowville, Lewis >> County, SE of Watertown. It responded well to rehab, and reportedly, is >> being driven to Florida for release. >> >> >> Amazing. >> >> >> Kevin >> >> ________________________________ >> From: bounce-122284311-3714...@list.cornell.edu < >> bounce-122284311-3714...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Doug Gochfeld < >> fresha2...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 6:56 PM >> To: Shaibal Mitra >> Cc: NYSBIRDS-L >> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not >> chaseable) >> >> There's an interesting paper dealing with just this effect here: >> >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_ >> Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_ >> Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_ >> North_Atlantic_Region >> [https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_ >> Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_ >> Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_ >> North_Atlantic_Region/links/56953f8008ae3ad8e33d5b10/largepreview.png]< >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_Warmer_Summers_and_ >> Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_Winter_Vagrant_Purple_ >> Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_Atlantic_Region> >> >> Warmer Summers and Drier Winters Correlate with More ...< >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289706654_ >> Warmer_Summers_and_Drier_Winters_Correlate_with_More_ >> Winter_Vagrant_Purple_Gallinules_Porphyrio_martinicus_in_the_North_ >> Atlantic_Region> >> www.researchgate.net >> Warmer Summers and Drier Winters Correlate with More Winter Vagrant >> Purple Gallinules ( Porphyrio martinicus ) in the North Atlantic Region >> >> >> >> Good Birding and Vagrant Speculating! >> -Doug Gochfeld >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:52 AM Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu >> <mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>> wrote: >> Wow, this is really amazing. The tight date range really looks like a >> discrete flight of some sort. If these were Summer Tanagers hitting those >> sites in mid April, we'd call it a slingshot. Is there any reason to think >> that southern populations of Purple Gallinule are undertaking long distance >> flights to the north in mid January? >> >> Shai Mitra >> Bay Shore >> ________________________________________ >> From: bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce >> -122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu> [bounce-122283698-11143133@ >> list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-122283698-11143...@list.cornell.edu>] on >> behalf of Paul R Sweet [sw...@amnh.org<mailto:sw...@amnh.org>] >> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:27 PM >> To: NYSBIRDS-L >> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Another Long Island Purple Gallinule (not chaseable) >> >> A routine trip to collect salvaged birds from a Long Island rehabber >> yielded Long Island’s 3rd Purple Gallinule of the winter. This new specimen >> was picked up on 14 January in Rockville Centre and died 2 days later >> >> As a reminder the other birds were 13 January Manorville, 16 January >> Southampton. >> >> Details will be submitted to NYSARC >> >> Paul Sweet >> Collection Manager >> Department of Ornithology >> American Museum of Natural History >> Central Park West at 79th Street >> New York, NY 10024 >> >> Tel: 212 769 5780 <(212)%20769-5780> >> Cell: 718 757 5941 <(718)%20757-5941> >> >> -- >> 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: >> 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/ >> >! >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Purple Gallinule, old record, Nassau County >> From: GQ <gle...@verizon.net> >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:14:43 -0500 >> X-Message-Number: 8 >> >> Seeing these reports of Purple Gallinule prompted me to search eBird to >> see if the one I saw MANY years ago was there. It wasn’t, so I added it. >> >> This was a bird that Barbara Spencer (who else?) found on her way to work >> the morning of June 13, 1980 at Scudders Pond in Sea Cliff (Nassau County). >> It was a very easy bird to see right from the road and I was able to find >> it the next day within minutes of my mother driving me to the location. >> It was seen by many others, photographed, and documented in the Fall 1980 >> issue of The Kingbird. >> >> Anybody else remember this bird?? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Glenn >> >> Glenn Quinn >> Hauppauge, NY >> >> >> --- >> >> END OF DIGEST >> >> -- > Lynn Bergmeyer > -- > *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/ --
