Ken & Sue Feustel and Doug Futuyma found a likely Pacific Loon in partial
breeding plumage at Nickerson Beach this morning, and Pat and I were able to
re-find it and observe a definitive combination of features: size and structure
in direct comparison to Red-throated Loon, and combination of gra
Central Park NYC
Monday, May 28, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido,PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Black-throated Green and
Chestnut-sided Warblers, & Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Mallard - 4 Lake
Mourning Dove - a few at feeders and in the Ramble
Chimney Swi
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists
On 26 May at Hempstead Lake SP, a large very high overflying raptor caused a
bit of a stir. It was overcast, the bird was high flying, visible marks not
apparent. No consensus from the birders who saw the bird, although a
Mississippi Kite was noted as a possible suspect. That was my first impre
It's interesting the number of Mississippi Kites being reported in the last two
days in NY, RI, and CT. Yesterday two were in CT, two in RI, and one on LI
reported all within an hour of each other and then the one now on LI.
Hopefully they are going to be nesting. It's a good sign that two of
I just had a Mississippi Kite circling low over the treetops near Schodack Pond
at Hempstead Lake SP. It was a second year individual with a banded tail. I
lost the bird as it kept looping once some kingbirds flew up to harass it, it
was low enough that it became obscured by the foliage. I’m cur