This afternoon (4:00-4:30), on my way home from Jones Beach (thanks Shai and
Pat for the Iceland Gull and Semi plovers), I drove down Captree Island Road
to see if there were any new arrivals out on the marsh. Present were both
yellowleg species (1 of each), a lone Willet, a flyover flock of ~20 Le
Had a first time backyard scarlet tanager Sunday afternoon in East Quogue.
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The Gull-billed Tern at Jones Beach West End found by Joan Quinlan was also
independently discovered by John Gluth and was present on the bar east of the
Coast Guard station when Pat and I came by around 2:30. John and we also
enjoyed great looks at an SY Iceland Gull in the Field 2 parking lot
I drove to Hempstead Lake State Park (HLSP) this morning by way of the barrier
beach, which was fogged in with very few birds to boot. At HLSP there were
Yellow-rumped, Black & White, Parula, Black-throated Green, Palm, Prairie, and
Yellow Warblers. Sparrows included Swamp, Chipping and the regu
I spotted a Prothonotary Warbler this morning from Terrace Bridge in
Prospect Park looking south over the lower Lullwater. The bird landed in a
tree right below me and then flew down close to the water and moved around
the marshy edge of the Lull. I ran around and below in an attempt to follow
th
Easter Sunday, 24 April, 2011 -
The lingering YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was again seen in Clove Lakes
Park, northern Staten Island (N.Y. City) this morning, as reported to
the SI NaturaList.
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Prospect Park (Brooklyn, N.Y. City) has a Prothonotary Warbler report
& will certainly have m
John Turner's find was present today at around 1100, pretty much where
he described; Connetquot State Park, Oakdale, Suffolk County; seen
along the park's red trail, just south of the trout hatchery, foraging
high in the trees that line the river. I would add as a refinement
that the sit
Our spring migration day tour at Braddock Bay near Rochester on 4/23
was a huge success. Covering the East Spit, Owl Trail, and Hawkwatch,
we turned up 61 species with many highlights. The raptor flight was
very impressive with many close looks (thanks to Luke Tiller for
doing an excellent