[nysbirds-l] "Common" Mew Gull Present in Brooklyn This Morning
The previously reported "Common" Mew Gull was present this morning in Brooklyn, just southeast of the pedestrian bridge, from 8:00-8:15. A lot of people searched later without luck. Three of us dashed over to Staten Island afterward and saw the Summer Tanager at Clove Lakes Park (and also Red-headed Woodpecker, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Pine Warbler). It occurred to us that it was unlikely that many people have seen Common Gull and Summer Tanager in the same day before, so we decided to up the ante. We shamelessly twitched Tundra Swan at Massapequa, 35 (!) Wood Ducks at Belmont Lake, Black Guillemot at Sebonac Inlet, and Richard Kaskan's Snowy Owl at Shinnecock Inlet (on a tip from Tom Burke), among 63 other species, for what would surely be a unique ebird entry--if we were not preoccupied by two upcoming CBCs this weekend, with ominous weather forecasts Shai Mitra Pat Lindsay Joan Quinlan Bay Shore, NY Think green before you print this email. -- 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] Screech Owl
It was a rather long delay, but my local SCREECH OWL finally decided to answer back to my whistled calls. It was just past midnight, New Year's Eve/Day, when I went out to try to elicit a response from him. No luck then. Just a few minutes ago, I hear the owl out back. I first picked him up on my monitor, and then went out to enjoy his melodious warble in full fidelity. Now that I know that he's alive and well - well enough to challenge that supposed territorial intruder (me), I'll leave him alone and let him feel real good about defending his borders. He now has bragging rights for any of the nice lady owls who care to listen. Judging from the voice I heard, he should have no trouble. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County gael...@capital.net http://blog.timesunion.com/birding -- 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] Mew and other Gulls - Niagara River
It snowed about 70% of the day but the numbers of gulls were so impressive that we just could not quit until it was dark. Betsy and I were delighted to find Jean Iron at the Adam Beck overlook on our second morning trip there. After ogling the 20 or so ICELAND GULLS, about a half-dozen LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and one GLAUCOUS GULL at Beck, we decided to check the roosting rocks before lunch, hoping to find the California Gull that has been seen for weeks. These rocks are about ¼-1/2 mile south of the Adam Beck overlook. The gulls will roost on rocks that are on the NY side of the International boundary at what is known as Devils Hole or rocks on the Ontario side. We generally park at the far north end of the Butterfly Conservatory and walk north about a quarter mile until we see a pair of whitish wooden fence rails this is the optimal spot for viewing because the trees block the view almost everywhere else. When we arrived we could see that there were many gulls on the rocks on the NY side. It did not take Betsy long before she stated that she may have the California Gull. It was not the California Gull, however. It was better because it was an adult MEW GULL! We watched the bird for a long time and even had it flying around below us here feeding and then returning to the rocks. The phone calls began and we thank Ron Pittaway and Chris Newton for posting our sighting so quickly and also Mike Galas for putting it on the Buffalo one-call-now rare bird alert. As I said the number of gulls on the river right now are really impressive, both large and small gulls. We had 1-2 LITTLE GULLS in the narrow section of Lewiston-Queenston downriver from the L-Q Bridge. At the control gates we only looked very briefly and had 2 GLAUCOUS, 1 LESSER BBG, and a few ICELAND GULLS amongst enormous numbers of large gulls. There was a huge raft of BONAPARTES GULLS just above Niagara Falls but we never got a chance to look them over. We ended the day at Adam Beck after missing the MEW GULL at the roosting rocks by minutes (seen by Chris Newton from the NY side). At Beck we had quite a pale adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an adult NELSONS GULL (Herring Glaucous hybrid) plus two additional GLAUCOUS GULLS and a couple of THAYERS GULLS. No definite sighting of the California Gull by us today. Good birding! Willie Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.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] Barrow's Goldeneye at Bayville
It seems the Barrow's Goldeneye has returned to Bayville. I received a report from Bobby Rossetti who said he saw the bird this afternoon near the police booth at the entrance to Centre Island. Seth Ausubel Forest Hills, 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Monk Parakeet nest in Manhattan
On Wed., 12/30/09, in the late afternoon, I was biking along the Hudson River north of the sewage treatment plant and south of the George Washington Bridge when I heard an unusual "caw." Looked up and, in a tree right by an elevated portion of the West Side Highway, saw a sizable stick nest that looked just like the Monk Parakeet nests I've seen in Edgewater, NJ. Returned today and saw two parakeets fly into the nest tree around 3:55 pm (they announced their arrival first). They took perches at about the same level not too far from each other and quietly hung out -- no vocalizations and very little movement -- until cold drove me away at 4:20 pm. The tree is just south of the 155th Street entrance to the bike path, which is officially called the Hudson River Greenway. Rebekah Creshkoff New York City -- 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] Yes - Snowy Owl - Shinnecock
As of 3:15PM Friday, Snowy Owl still visible on Eastern side, Shinnecock Inlet. Visible from highest point on west jetty parking. Owl was perched in dead tree/pole. Eileen Schwinn, Mike Higgiston East Quogue -- 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] Good birds on New Year's Day including some of interest for the South Nassau CBC
I got a good start on my 2010 year list today. At Belmont Lake State Park, there were seven Greater White-fronted Geese. Six of the birds were closely associating; the other one appeared to be going solo. All had orange bills characteristic of the Greenland race. There was also a "Richardson's" Cackling Goose on the Lake. Most of the geese on the lake had departed by 8:00 a.m. when I departed too, though the white-fronted geese remained. The Massapequa Preserve was next, where two Tundra Swans continue on the pond at Pittsburg Av. This pond can also be accessed on the east side of the preserve at Van Buren St. Massapequa Lake, on the north side of Merrick Rd. (route 27A), was mostly frozen. But there were a lot of gulls and some waterfowl there, including a female Common Merganser. At Pt. Lookout there are now six Harlequin Ducks, including four drakes, an immature male, and a female. The numbers of Brant are astounding, and should give the counters some real pleasure tomorrow. There were also very large numbers of Long-tailed Ducks, somewhere around 450-500. Finally, there was an adult "Kumlien's" Iceland Gull in the Jones Beach West End 2 parking lot (first spotted by Bobby Rossetti). Seth Ausubel Forest Hills, 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black Guillemot, Bald Eagle & more
The BLACK GUILLEMOT continued at Sebonac Inlet (Suffolk Co.) this morning from 11 until 12:30 when I left. It spent most of its time along the bulkhead south of the inlet, disappearing behind it for long periods. Along Sebonac Inlet Road north of the big pond along the golf course there was a nice collection of half-hardies in a swampy stand of Eastern Red Cedar. These included 4 CATBIRDS and 5 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. The catbriar thickets along nearby Barker's Island Road held 2 EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, 3 CATBIRDS & 1 BROWN THRASHER. At Scallop Pond Preserve just a bit farther east there were a good number of raptors including Northern Harrier, 5 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, and a first-year BALD EAGLE harassing a Great Black- backed Gull for the remains of a Long-tailed Duck. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinn...@ross.org -- 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] Southwestern Suffolk Co. Ponds This Morning
At Connetquot River State Park this morning the previously reported Tundra Swan continues, unfortunately being harassed by Mute Swans. Also present on the Main Pond were 102 Common Mergansers. Passerines included Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1), Golden-crowned Kinglet (16), Winter Wren (2), Brown Creeper (1), and Rusty Blackbird (1). At Belmont Lake State Park there were very few geese present about 1:15PM, but there were at least ten Wood Duck around the islands at the north end of the pond, and four Common Mergansers. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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] Iceland Gull @ Fort Tilden Queens NY...
I found a 1st Winter Iceland Gull hanging around with Herring Gulls by the
fisherman's parking lot at Fort Tilden.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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[nysbirds-l] Good luck new year!
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[nysbirds-l] Smith's Point/ Burma Road East,Fire Island, New Years Day
Happy New Years to the Community! Sally Swain and I headed east down the sand track at Smith's Point today. Birds conspicuous in their absence were Northern Gannet and any Birds of Prey.We did get 22 Boat-tailed Grackle, 19 Horned Lark, 26 Sanderling, 29 Dunlin, a Belted Kingfisher, 11 Horned Grebe, 8 Common Loon, 14 Redthroated Loon, 38 Longtailed Duck, and 4 Tree Sparrow.Tomorrow's Orient CBC looks to be a real CHILLER. Good January Birding All,Carl Starace -- 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] My first birds of the year 2010.
From an upstate backyard (on the Hudson River about 125 miles north of NYC): The year started out in darkness, just after midnight, with a chatting of a bunch of Canada geese complaining about something out on the river. A large ship had gone by about 10 minutes earlier, so the ice floes were probably still shifting around from the wake making life uncomfortable for the roosting geese. It was a soft full moon midnight. I tried whistling up a Screech Owl. It didn't work. I was also hoping to hear a Great-horned Owl out there. That didn't happen either. Before dawn, I picked up the cawing of crows via my outdoor sound monitor. Whoopie! [sarcasm] The first of the daylight birds included an adult Bald Eagle flying by (they do this each morning - searching for any overnight deliveries on the ice), a Pileated Woodpecker off in the woods across the river (picked up on the monitor), Blue Jays, Cardinal, White-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrows, Carolina Wren, and Black-capped Chickadee at the feeders. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County New York gael...@capital.net http://blog.timesunion.com/birding -- 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] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline -- Correction
The Hudson-Mohawk Birdline distributed yesterday (12/31) had the wrong date. Here is the corrected version. This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending December 30 Report your sightings to birdl...@hmbc.net. Seventy-one species were reported this week. plus partial results (1 section missing) from the Southern Rensselaer CBC. The most interesting reports were: NORTHERN GOSHAWK: SRCBC (2). MERLIN: Coxsackie 12/28. ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/29; SRCBC. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Crescent 12/28 (2). GLAUCOUS GULL: Crescent 12/28; SRCBC. SHORT-EARED OWL: Minden (Montgomery Co.) 12/24 (2). HORNED LARK: SRCBC (Poestenkill) (~500). HERMIT THRUSH: South Glens Falls 12/27. Other highlights: Snow Goose: SRCBC Ruffed Grouse: SRCBC Wild Turkey: SRCBC (107). Common Loon: Lake George 12/24 (2). Bald Eagle: South Glens Falls 12/27; SRCBC. Northern Harrier: Coxsackie 12/28; SRCBC (6). Cooper's Hawk: Troy 12/28; SRCBC (6). Rough-legged Hawk: Duanesburg 12/23. Eastern Screech-Owl: SRCBC. Great Horned Owl: East Greenbush 12/25 (2); Jonesville 12/28; SRCBC. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: SRCBC Northern Flicker: SRCBC (3). Common Raven: Lake George 12/24; SRCBC (2). Carolina Wren: South Glens Falls 12/27; SRCBC (3). Eastern Bluebird: SRCBC (30). Northern Mockingbird: Colonie 12/27; Troy 12/28; SRCBC (2). Cedar Waxwing: SRCBC (44). Savannah Sparrow: SRCBC. Snow Bunting: Duanesburg 12/23 (~50). Purple Finch: SRCBC (2). Common Redpoll: SRCBC (3). Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Mark Claydon (Glenville), Lindsey Duval (South Glens Falls), David Harrison (Crescent), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Priscilla Leonard (Jonesville), George Steele (Duanesburg, Florida, Minden), Chad Witko (Coxsackie, Coxsackie Boat Launch) and Donna Zimmerman (Colonie). -- 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/ --
