[nysbirds-l] Winter Crow Roost distances
claudia, One might consider that the huge winter crow roost along the railroad tracks and waterfront in Newburgh also includes, or shifts somewhat at times, because I have noted hugh mass gatherings of crows at Powellton Golf Club along Balmville Road and Interstate 84 and also on Grand Street, just north of the Newburgh Free Library. I live in Fishkill, just east of US 9, and I have noted during the winter, flocks of crows headed westward to Newburgh (about 8 miles) and I have been as far east as the Taconic Parkway and Interstate 84 and noted crows flying westward (about 18 miles). However, on one late afternoon visit to the Shawangunk NWR, several winters ago, I noted several flocks of crows heading in a southeasterly direction, presumably heading toward Newburgh. That distance is about 25 miles. Ed Spaeth -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] add one Ovenbird (Central Park, NYC - 12/17)
Late word as to the Ovenbird lingering in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) seen again in the same area where it's been reported a number of times, near (inside) the East 79 Street park entrance at Fifth Avenue - this from Anne Shanahan, via Eve Levine. More birds for the count - & in fact the birds seen today are within the 7-day count period for this Sunday's CBC. Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] signature to last post, Central Park NYC - 12/17
the missing signature --> seen and reported by --> Tom Fiore, Manhattan. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - 12/17
Thursday, 17 December, 2009 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City No standout species or numbers from my observations, at various hours this windy & brisk day. Certainly should be some additional species/numbers to be seen during Sunday's lower Hudson CBC. I did not get into the zoo grounds today, productive in some years & also did not make any serious attempt to find owls. Passes thru areas which recently had a couple of warblers stayed "negative". (Species & variety found are all fairly typical for here in mid-Dec.) Full list for the day, about 5 hrs. total: Double-crested Cormorant (the Lake) Pied-billed Grebe (reservoir) Canada Goose (multiple, in the park) Mute Swan (2, the Meer) Wood Duck (drake, lake) Gadwall (30+ including 20+ on res.) American Black Duck (8+) Mallard (+ a few hybrid Am.Black-Mallard) Northern Shoveler (20+ on the lake, etc.) Bufflehead (multiple on reservoir) Hooded Merganser (Lake & reservoir) Ruddy Duck (mainly reservoir; & Meer) Cooper's Hawk (juv.-plumaged, N. end) Red-tailed Hawk (several sightings) American Kestrel (near W. 72nd St.) Ring-billed Gull (most seen on reservoir) Herring Gull (mainly reservoir) Great Black-backed Gull (mainly reservoir) Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove (multiple) Red-bellied Woodpecker (multiple) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (scattered few) Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker (above Loch) Northern [Yellow-shafted] Flicker (very few) Blue Jay (multiple) American Crow (few) Black-capped Chickadee (few) Tufted Titmouse (multiple) White-breasted Nuthatch (8+) Brown Creeper (2) Carolina Wren (N. Woods) Winter Wren (Loch, NE end) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Loch) Hermit Thrush (3; 2 together west of the Pond) American Robin (300+, esp. Gr. Lawn & south) Northern Mockingbird (several) European Starling Cedar Waxwing (30+ trees around Gr. Lawn circle) Eastern Towhee (female near the "oven" in Ramble) Fox Sparrow (few: N. Woods, Loch, Ramble, S. end) Song Sparrow (multiple) Swamp Sparrow (Reservoir shore veg., by NW side) White-throated Sparrow (most numerous wintering native bird) Dark-eyed Junco (30+, scattered through many areas of park) Northern Cardinal (multiple) Red-winged Blackbird (1 noted, N. end) Common Grackle (relatively few noted) House Finch (multiple locations American Goldfinch (multiple in trees, many/various locations) House Sparrow -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 17 Dec 2009
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/17/2009 * NYBU0912.17 - Birds mentioned - Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David - AMERICAN AVOCET SNOWY OWL KING EIDER ROSS'S GOOSE BLACK-HEADED GULL BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE CALIFORNIA GULL Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Little Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-b. Gull Northern Shrike - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/17/2009 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, December 17, 2009 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports from the past two weeks, December 3 through December 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, SNOWY OWL, KING EIDER, ROSS'S GOOSE, BLACK- HEADED GULL, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE and CALIFORNIA GULL. December 12, on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor, an AMERICAN AVOCET at the west end of the harbor by the Conservation Club. The AVOCET was still present on December 14. One year ago, the region's first December record of AMERICAN AVOCET occurred at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. Other reports from Dunkirk Harbor included at least 15 waterfowl species, plus COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, 215 D.- CREST. CORMORANTS, a very high count of 357 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS, 2 BALD EAGLES and PEREGRINE FALCON. The evening of December 14 at the Buffalo-Niagara Airport, a probable SNOWY OWL swooped over the incoming traffic lane. December 5, an immature male KING EIDER on Lake Erie, off Sturgeon Point Marina in the Town of Evans. And, a ROSS'S GOOSE on the upper Niagara River at Schweigler Road in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The 5th was an excellent day for gulls on the lower Niagara River. 12 gull species between the power plants and Niagara Falls were highlighted by BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE above the falls, BLACK-HEADED GULL at the Whirlpool and the Falls, CALIFORNIA GULL at the power plants, a record total of 19 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, and a top three count of 20 ICELAND GULLS. Plus, LITTLE GULL, THAYER'S GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. December 13, a Buffalo Audubon field trip on the New York side of the upper Niagara River from the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo to Goat Island in Niagara Falls, reported 15 waterfowl species, LITTLE GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL, and a BALD EAGLE on Navy Island. A recent report of gulls away from the Niagara River - on Cuba Lake in Allegany County, the first county record of ICELAND GULL and the third county record of L. BLACK-B. GULL, among thousands of RING-BILLED GULLS, hundreds of HERRING GULLS and 125 HOODED MERGANSERS. Other recent reports - RED-THROATED LOON in the Niagara River Whirlpool and at the mouth of Silver Creek in Chautauqua County. Unexpected WILD TURKEY tracks in the snow on Shirley Avenue in Buffalo. In Cattaraugus County, 2 BALD EAGLES at Wolf Run in Allegany State Park and 2 COMMON RAVENS in the Town of Hinsdale. And, NORTHERN SHRIKE at the entrance to Evangola State Park in Evans, and at the Dunkirk Airport in Chautauqua County. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 20. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] querie
Group, I found this to be a pretty interesting question. Although I am no expert on crows (or any other bird for that matter), locally we have several roosts. One exists in Middletown, one in Newburgh and one in Poughkeepsie. Whether it is by coincidence or design, there are about 20 mi. between the Middletown roost and Newburgh roost as well as about 20 between Newburgh and Poughkeepsie. I wonder if the answer is, half that distance or 10 mi. I wonder if population density also plays a roll. Comments? Good Birding, Curt McDermott From: beec...@verizon.net To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] querie Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:45:22 -0500 I am interested in finding out if anyone knows, off hand, what the farthest distance (approx.) a crow will fly to its nightly roost? We have a huge roost on the railroad tracks in Newburgh and would like to have an idea as to the distance in miles the farthest crow will travel to sleep here every night. Claudia Perretti Newburgh, NY _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Manorville Tundra Swans
The 4 Tundra Swans mentioned by Carl Starace yesterday were present at the same location today at 1400. It appears to be a small family; two adults and two juveniles. 40.857152,-72.816111 - Google Maps -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bohemian Waxwings correction; Trumpeter Swan
Just a quick update and a correction for the Bohemian Waxwings in Carlton, Orleans Co. I talked with Jerry Lazarczyk today (Thurs., 12/17) and he notified me that the correct address of the house where the Waxwings and Starlings have been frequenting is 1250 Waterport Rd. (Rt. 279) which is about a 1/3 mile south of Rt. 18 between Rt. 18 and Kendrick Rd. in the town of Carlton. I apologize for any mix-ups. He and a few others thus far today (as of about noon) have not seen the Bohemian Waxwings amongst reduced numbers of Cedar Waxwings and Starlings as compared to yesterday. Additionally, he and Bill Watson found a TRUMPETER SWAN on the south shore of Oak Orchard Creek just east of the Rt. 279 bridge over the creek and viewable from Waterport-Carlton Rd. Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Neck-banded Canada Geese
Jason, I look forward to hearing the results you get from the BBL. There are a number of Canada Goose banding projects that impact our area. Some are very exotic (e.g. birds captured in Greenland and stop-over sites like eastern Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon in the Gulf of St. Lawerence) and others are more pedestrian but nonetheless interesting (e.g. monitoring dispersal of local nesters from the Greater New York City area). On Long Island one can encounter birds from many of these projects, sometimes in the most urban of spots. For example, in a Queens park I once read the band on a Canada Goose that came from Nebraska. The fact that you saw so many marked birds together suggests to me that they come from a local project but who knows. A fair number of the Greater Snow Geese that winter or migrate through coastal New York also carry collars and well worth recording. This is a very long-running project and they have great data on the annual migration of birds between Chesapeake Bay area and their main colony on Bylot Island in the Canadian High Arctic. The Bird Banding Lab has a easy on-line form for submitting details. It is important to very carefully note the colors of the collar, colors of the letters/numbers and of course accurate read the number! Sometimes the design is less than optimal making it difficult to be use of some of the letters (is than S or a 5?) http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/recwobnd.cfm -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Neck-banded Canada Geese
My wife and I saw 250+ Canada Geese this morning, at least 22 of which had plastic pink-ish neck bands. I returned with scope and recorded a handful of the codes such as H9R9, H4Y2, and so forth. I submitted a brief report to the BBL with questions about the birds and the project, but I'm wondering if anybody here knows more about this. FYI - I am very new to NY. My wife and I moved to Long Island last week from Utah. We're looking forward to meeting some of you on the CBCs! Regards, Jason Pietrzak Bayville, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
