I came across an enormous flock of SNOW BUNTINGS on River Road (Co. Rt 61)
just north of the Village of Coxsackie, Greene County. Getting a number on
the size of this swarm was difficult because they were so flighty. But I'd
put a conservative estimate at around 600. They just kept flowing onto the
*Huntington - TUFTED DUCK* (see post earlier from the field),
At Heckscher State Park LI, Tom Burke, Gail Benson and I caught up with the
continuing *LAPLAND LONGSPUR *that was in the same area where it was
initially reported on the 31st, (field 6). Thanks to Michael McBrien and
his mom who had t
Did some new years birding with Jean Loscalzo at Heckscher stpk.
Highlights include
Snow Goose, Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur at field 6
Am. Tree Sparrow, Red + WW Crossbills at fields 7 & 8
of note were numerous rb nuthatches.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:40.701619,-73.169313
Arie G
While looking for the SLATY-BACKED GULL that we co-found on Sunday, Betsy
and I discovered a different adult SLATY-BACKED GULL. We had excellent
views of it in flight as it fed about 200 yards from us. This bird differed
from Sunday's bird by totally lacking black on the bill and also by lacking
More on the Pochard report from Vermont & near NYS
Rich Guthrie
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From: Vermont Birds [mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Kyle
Kittelberger
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 4:09 PM
To: vtb...@list.uvm.edu
Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Fwd: Common Pochard at Champlain
This should be of interest to NY birders:
The following report is in response to a photo of a "Redhead" taken on the
Vermont side of the Champlain Bridge in Vermont. The lake is narrow at this
location and the bird might be seen in either Vermont or New York:
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I just got this email
We have 1 Common Redpoll at our feeders today.
Tammie Carey
Wappinger Falls, NY
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Refound by Gail Benson at the Knutsen West Marina and is now back near
the police docks. Best seen from the Harbor Club parking lot.
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
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On Jan 1, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Michael Yuan wrote:
> Emerged fro
Emerged from the police docks at 7:11am, then flew east and settled in the
water 200 yards north of marina. Seen with Bob Washburn.
Michael Yuan
Brooklyn, NY
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