Yesterday morning, en-route to our daughter's home in RVC, to help with
preparations for a party to celebrate our #4 grandson (Brady Connors)
making his First Holy Communion, an immature Bald Eagle flew over Sunrise
Highway in Wantagh.,,a nice way to start the day !
Cheers,
Bob
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 2, 2014
* NYNY1405.02
- Birds mentioned
WILSON'S PLOVER+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
MANX SHEARWATER
American Bittern
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary
Fri., 2 May, 2014:
and outrageously omitted from the list of Warbler species seen by many
today, in more than one area of Central Park:
Hooded Warbler (singing males)... so make that as many as 26 warbler
species seen, this day (combined observers!)
it's been a long -& fruitful- birding day.
Friday, 2 May, 2014 - (mostly) Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
yes, it really is May. There is again excellent movement by migrants
NOW over much of the mid-Atlantic U.S.A., some coastal areas may well
benefit further on tonight's steering winds.
At first light in the northwest corner
hi all
Thanks to Doug Gochfeld for getting the word out on the Prospect Park flyover
Stilt this morning. It was the highlight of an amazing day! I got a pretty weak
photo of the bird and tried to put it up on my flickr site. I'm now having
problems accessing flickr and will have to leave it for
I made several stops this morning from Calverton to Cupsogue and saw a shadow
of the bigger flight to the west. FOS Grasshopper Sparrow, Rose-br Grosbeak,
prairie, ovenbird, yellow, parula, in the Calverton area and a little
surprisingly, 2 Chimney Swifts flying west at Cupsugue. Also at
Went by Powells Cove Park in College Point Queens today
22 Black and White Warblers they were everywhere!
1 Palm Warbler
2 Yellow Warblers
1 Baltimore Oriole
1 Great Egret
2 Northern Waterthrush
Now if they could only clean this park up, its a trash dump
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My friend Larry Pugliares saw and photographed a Cattle Egret at Mt Loretto off
Hylan Blvd on Staten Island late this afternoon.
Rich Fried
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A quick walk through the interior (on the service road behind the maintenance
yard) of Heckscher State Park from ~1-215 was similar to Luke Ormand's
experience at Carman's River in that it produced little of note.
Lone Yellow Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher and Ovenbird highlighted the walk.
I was able to do some brief birding today at Clark Botanic Garden, only a
few minutes from my house. Present there was a bright male PINE WARBLER,
more than one actually, singing plenty and quite loudly. Also there were
1-2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. And of course the usual suspects, NORTHERN
CARDINAL,
There was some discussion earlier this morning on another board about the
two text-based (SMS) systems for Manhattan birding, the NYNYBIRD alerts and
Twitter-based #birdcp.
You can learn about the former at nynybird.wordpress.com. It is ONLY for
rare bird alerts.
Jeff Bowen and I introduced the
Date: May 2,2014
The NYC Audubon Wednesday morning birding group moved it walk from the
rainy Wed, to the beautiful Friday. We were all lucky that we did. Central Park
was very birdie with birds found at almost every location.
Our group saw 60 species. The highlights were:
Warblers (17
I just received a NJ RBA email about a Swainsons's Hawk being seen 20 west of
NYC at the Montclair, NJ hawk watch.
No word on direction of flight or individual characteristics (age, relative
darkness of bird) but, as always, keep your eyes and the skies.
Dave Jordet
> From: Sam Galick
>
Splendid morning at Stillwell Woods. Notables included fantastic views of a
hooded warbler, countless yellow
warblers, quite a few blue winged warblers, a wood thrush, catbirds, common
yellow throats, 4 of the most unbelievably
cooperative ovenbirds that I have ever had the pleasure of
I had a Clay-colored Sparrow at Forest Lawn Cemetery earlier this afternoon.
The bird was seen briefly near Mirror Lake. There is a large weeping willow
across the road from the Birge Memorial - on the lake side of the road (the
Birge Memorial is the round structure of columns near the NE
Best Bird seen today at 1:00 PM was a Male Cerulean Warbler among a small flock
of abundant Yellow-rumped Wablers on the Blue Trail at the end of the 4
Bridges. Yellow-rumped Wablers and Black and White Wablers the most numerous
Wabler species. Also seen in lesser numbers were
This morning's activity deserves a proper write up. I began birding the tulip
tree trail which is an asphalt trail connecting Oakland lake to Alley Pond Park
forest. It was nice to hear woodthrush and blue-winged warbler. American
Redstarts were around also. I moved on to Alley Pond Park
I spent some time from 10-12 at a property along the Carmans River. Very quiet
- a belted kingfisher was rattling and towhees abounded but that was really it.
Did have one thrush though on the ground.
- Luke Ormand
> On May 2, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Douglas Futuyma wrote:
>
> Migrants out east
Migrants out east are sparser than in the city, but in two hours this
morning, I encountered 11 species of warblers, including several Northern
Parula, 1 or 2 Black-throated Green, 1 Prairie, Yellow (quite a few
apparently on territory), Ovenbird (at least 5 singing), 1 Northern
Waterthrush, 1
I decided to try my luck again and look for migrants and CLAPPER RAILS. As
usual, there were 10 CLAPPER RAILS displaying on the trails offering great
views. They flew away when I approached them. I also found 2 FORSTER’S TERNS
and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Watch out for the CANADA GOOSE at the end
On May 2, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Peter Post wrote:
At the point. Seen and photographed by others a couple of minutes ago.
Peter Post
_
and that's warbler species 2-dozenth on the day so far in Central
Park...
when it rains it pours...
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At the point. Seen and photographed by others a couple of minutes ago.
Peter Post
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I spent a good bit of time birding the North End of Central Park this
morning. There was a nice push of migrants last night including a whopping
27 Hermit Thrush, which is quite good for May. Hermit Thrush were
ubiquitous in the north end, often two or three nearby at any given time.
A few Wood
Thank you for pointing that out, auto correct on the phone is very annoying.
Alley pond it is.
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Having to attend an all day conference on Pine Street (downtown) ugh -- I spent
45 minutes in battery park this am --- essentially a construction site at
present -- only birds of note: 2 wood thrush, 1 b+w warbler, 1 e. Towhee, many
white throated sparrows and low on the right by castle
Friday, 2 May, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Central Park is hosting a great variety of migrants this morning; at
least some have been (for most part) just fly-bys and fly-overs, but
lots of expected and hoped-for species are being seen, with 1,000+
eyes on them...
The singing
OK i exaggerate, but not by much. First 30 mins by tulip tree trail totaled
blue winged warbler wood thrush and American red start. Then by three school
yard entrance to Ashley pond proper there tons more, yellow-rumped, ovenbirds,
hooded, blsvkburnian, common yellow, both
Keir Randall just called to say he just had a Black-necked Stilt fly north over
him at the Maryland Monument in Prospect Park.
Keep your eyes up!
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
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Keir Randall just called to say he just had a Black-necked Stilt fly north over
him at the Maryland Monument in Prospect Park.
Keep your eyes up!
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
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OK i exaggerate, but not by much. First 30 mins by tulip tree trail totaled
blue winged warbler wood thrush and American red start. Then by three school
yard entrance to Ashley pond proper there tons more, yellow-rumped, ovenbirds,
hooded, blsvkburnian, common yellow, both
Friday, 2 May, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Central Park is hosting a great variety of migrants this morning; at
least some have been (for most part) just fly-bys and fly-overs, but
lots of expected and hoped-for species are being seen, with 1,000+
eyes on them...
The singing
Having to attend an all day conference on Pine Street (downtown) ugh -- I spent
45 minutes in battery park this am --- essentially a construction site at
present -- only birds of note: 2 wood thrush, 1 b+w warbler, 1 e. Towhee, many
white throated sparrows and low on the right by castle
Thank you for pointing that out, auto correct on the phone is very annoying.
Alley pond it is.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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I spent a good bit of time birding the North End of Central Park this
morning. There was a nice push of migrants last night including a whopping
27 Hermit Thrush, which is quite good for May. Hermit Thrush were
ubiquitous in the north end, often two or three nearby at any given time.
A few Wood
On May 2, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Peter Post wrote:
At the point. Seen and photographed by others a couple of minutes ago.
Peter Post
_
and that's warbler species 2-dozenth on the day so far in Central
Park...
when it rains it pours...
T Fiore.
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I decided to try my luck again and look for migrants and CLAPPER RAILS. As
usual, there were 10 CLAPPER RAILS displaying on the trails offering great
views. They flew away when I approached them. I also found 2 FORSTER’S TERNS
and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Watch out for the CANADA GOOSE at the end
Migrants out east are sparser than in the city, but in two hours this
morning, I encountered 11 species of warblers, including several Northern
Parula, 1 or 2 Black-throated Green, 1 Prairie, Yellow (quite a few
apparently on territory), Ovenbird (at least 5 singing), 1 Northern
Waterthrush, 1
I spent some time from 10-12 at a property along the Carmans River. Very quiet
- a belted kingfisher was rattling and towhees abounded but that was really it.
Did have one thrush though on the ground.
- Luke Ormand
On May 2, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Douglas Futuyma dfutu...@gmail.com wrote:
This morning's activity deserves a proper write up. I began birding the tulip
tree trail which is an asphalt trail connecting Oakland lake to Alley Pond Park
forest. It was nice to hear woodthrush and blue-winged warbler. American
Redstarts were around also. I moved on to Alley Pond Park
Best Bird seen today at 1:00 PM was a Male Cerulean Warbler among a small flock
of abundant Yellow-rumped Wablers on the Blue Trail at the end of the 4
Bridges. Yellow-rumped Wablers and Black and White Wablers the most numerous
Wabler species. Also seen in lesser numbers were
I had a Clay-colored Sparrow at Forest Lawn Cemetery earlier this afternoon.
The bird was seen briefly near Mirror Lake. There is a large weeping willow
across the road from the Birge Memorial - on the lake side of the road (the
Birge Memorial is the round structure of columns near the NE
Splendid morning at Stillwell Woods. Notables included fantastic views of a
hooded warbler, countless yellow
warblers, quite a few blue winged warblers, a wood thrush, catbirds, common
yellow throats, 4 of the most unbelievably
cooperative ovenbirds that I have ever had the pleasure of
I just received a NJ RBA email about a Swainsons's Hawk being seen 20 west of
NYC at the Montclair, NJ hawk watch.
No word on direction of flight or individual characteristics (age, relative
darkness of bird) but, as always, keep your eyes and the skies.
Dave Jordet
From: Sam Galick
Date: May 2,2014
The NYC Audubon Wednesday morning birding group moved it walk from the
rainy Wed, to the beautiful Friday. We were all lucky that we did. Central Park
was very birdie with birds found at almost every location.
Our group saw 60 species. The highlights were:
Warblers (17
I was able to do some brief birding today at Clark Botanic Garden, only a
few minutes from my house. Present there was a bright male PINE WARBLER,
more than one actually, singing plenty and quite loudly. Also there were
1-2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. And of course the usual suspects, NORTHERN
CARDINAL,
A quick walk through the interior (on the service road behind the maintenance
yard) of Heckscher State Park from ~1-215 was similar to Luke Ormand's
experience at Carman's River in that it produced little of note.
Lone Yellow Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher and Ovenbird highlighted the walk.
My friend Larry Pugliares saw and photographed a Cattle Egret at Mt Loretto off
Hylan Blvd on Staten Island late this afternoon.
Rich Fried
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Went by Powells Cove Park in College Point Queens today
22 Black and White Warblers they were everywhere!
1 Palm Warbler
2 Yellow Warblers
1 Baltimore Oriole
1 Great Egret
2 Northern Waterthrush
Now if they could only clean this park up, its a trash dump
Jason Linch
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I made several stops this morning from Calverton to Cupsogue and saw a shadow
of the bigger flight to the west. FOS Grasshopper Sparrow, Rose-br Grosbeak,
prairie, ovenbird, yellow, parula, in the Calverton area and a little
surprisingly, 2 Chimney Swifts flying west at Cupsugue. Also at
hi all
Thanks to Doug Gochfeld for getting the word out on the Prospect Park flyover
Stilt this morning. It was the highlight of an amazing day! I got a pretty weak
photo of the bird and tried to put it up on my flickr site. I'm now having
problems accessing flickr and will have to leave it for
Friday, 2 May, 2014 - (mostly) Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
yes, it really is May. There is again excellent movement by migrants
NOW over much of the mid-Atlantic U.S.A., some coastal areas may well
benefit further on tonight's steering winds.
At first light in the northwest corner
Fri., 2 May, 2014:
and outrageously omitted from the list of Warbler species seen by many
today, in more than one area of Central Park:
Hooded Warbler (singing males)... so make that as many as 26 warbler
species seen, this day (combined observers!)
it's been a long - fruitful- birding day.
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 2, 2014
* NYNY1405.02
- Birds mentioned
WILSON'S PLOVER+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
MANX SHEARWATER
American Bittern
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary
Yesterday morning, en-route to our daughter's home in RVC, to help with
preparations for a party to celebrate our #4 grandson (Brady Connors)
making his First Holy Communion, an immature Bald Eagle flew over Sunrise
Highway in Wantagh.,,a nice way to start the day !
Cheers,
Bob
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