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[nysbirds-l] Wodd Duck in "love" with a Mallard female duck

2010-02-09 Thread Felipe Pimentel

A Wood Duck has been seen trying to court a Mallard female duck at Central 
Park. It has been spotted in different places in the park  (the Resevoir and 
some of the ponds). This week it seems to be located at The Pond (Central Park 
south and 59th Street).  Monday, I spent about one hour at the Pond observing 
how this male Wood Duck defended its “territory” while keeping the Mallard 
female duck close to him. During the time I spent observing the Wood Duck’s 
behavior it never left the female Mallard alone. I am not an expert on duck 
behavior, but I got the impression that the female Mallard was not "rejecting" 
the Wood Duck.

This is a picture of both ducks in their strange romance.

http://www.pbase.com/image/121808418
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[nysbirds-l] Shu Swamp

2010-02-09 Thread Sy Schiff

9 Feb. Shu Swamp, Mill Neck

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) looking for  a change of birding venue, journeyed 
up to the north shore.  Not many bird but did find 2 each of Carolina and 
Winter Wrens and a foraging flock of 10 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] golden eagle

2010-02-09 Thread spsdmd

its been a golden week for me so far. after seeing and photographing an adult 
golden eagle on rt 6 in harriman st. park on sunday, i had an immature golden 
flying high over rt 9w in tomkins cove as i was hoping to photograph some bald 
eagles before i had to be at work this morning. its circled overhead for a 
minute, then headed north and disappeared. i did get some photos that i will 
have up on my website later tonight. www.stevesachsphotography.com 



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RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

2010-02-09 Thread Shaibal Mitra

Hi everyone,

I would lean toward local movements, rather than northbound migration, as the 
mechanism behind most of the observations mentioned in this thread. Among 
freshwater ducks, facultative dispersal is often conspicuous throughout the 
winter on Long Island, where unfrozen salt water is almost always just a short 
flight away from the ponds preferred by the various species. On the weekend 
before last, Tom Burke and we were only slightly surprised to find that most of 
250 scaup out on Great South Bay were Lessers, rather than Greaters, which are 
usually the numerous species on the open salt bays. Nearby were many excellent 
Lesser Scaup ponds, which had recently re-frozen. Similarly, last weekend, Dick 
Veit and we were not very surprised that a lone scaup on the Atlantic Ocean 
near Shinnecock Inlet was a Lesser. When their preferred ponds freeze, even 
Common Mergansers will resort to the ocean at times 
(http://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/Various2009#5420408466155755842).

Regarding vultures, I've seen winter roosts in southern New England still 
cohering as late as late March. The big spring vulture flights on Lake Ontario 
occur in early April, and even in Veracruz, Mexico, the peak flights occur in 
late March. As Steve notes, snow cover could be a factor influencing local 
movements for these species, as it clearly is for many raptors.

These things are on my mind because we are just about to do our Presidents Day 
Count out on Block Island, where we have been bracketing the CBC with similar 
effort in November and February since 1996--with the goal of disentangling 
dispersal, migration, and mortality as mechanisms underlying changes in bird 
abundance. A quick search through these data for species occurring in larger 
numbers in Feb than Dec reveals a hint of hard weather dispersal (slight 
upticks for a few freshwater ducks, raptors, and marginal winter species, such 
as Greater Yellowlegs. Only Red-winged Blackbird and Common Grackle are obvious 
northbound migrants (although a few scarcer species, notably Wood Duck, might 
also belong here rather than in the previous category). But the most obvious 
examples of species that consistently increase in abundance between Dec and Feb 
are Common Goldeneye, Oldsquaw, Horned and Red-necked Grebes, Great Cormorant, 
Common Murre, and Black Guillemot. Most of these species are scarce to absent 
in Nov, pick up a little bit in Dec, then increase markedly by Feb (Oldsquaw 
and Great Cormorant are the exceptions, being common in Nov, holding steady in 
Dec, then surging in Feb).

If you are a fan of the CBCs, it might be fun to spend a day next weekend 
covering your favorite territory the way you did in Dec.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore, NY

From: bounce-5236294-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-5236294-11143...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter 
[swalte...@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:51 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

"Is this a migrant, already?" is my question of the day, too. My subject was a 
Common Merganser on Oakland Lake, Queens, where the species only occurs as a 
spring migrant. But things could be shuffling around because of ice (Oakland 
Lake itself is two-thirds iced up (interestingly, a lone Lesser Scaup appeared 
there last week)) or snow. I've noted Rough-legged Hawks and other raptors 
coming our way in past years (around late January) after significant snowfalls 
to the north. It would be a strange twist if the vultures appearing to be 
headed north are evacuating the big snowfall that fell to our south.

Steve Walter
Bayside, NY

- Original Message -
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Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:13 AM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

Yesterday (Sunday, 2/7) just after 1:00 PM a Black Vulture coasted northwest 
over Prospect Park lake flying extremely high, and almost exclusively soaring. 
I know Turkey Vultures start migrating in February, but it is still pretty 
early in the month, and Black Vultures aren't yet common in the area (they're 
still downright rare in Brooklyn, even in peak migration) so it came as quite a 
surprise to me. It certainly looked like it was exhibiting migratory behavior.

There were also ~1600 Ring-billed Gulls (counted and examined closely), 
including wing-tags A318 (a repeat) and A288 (a new one for me).

Good Birding
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.


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Re:[nysbirds-l] Eagle expedition

2010-02-09 Thread Betsy Wiesendanger

Another spot that I have found more reliable for both adult and immature
bald eagles is George¹s Island Park, slightly north of Croton Point off
Route 9A. Last week there were two adults and four immatures perched in
close proximity. Also, last year, I spotted a Golden Eagle therebe on the
lookout for those.
Betsy Wiesendanger
Cortlandt Manor, NY

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Eagle expedition

2010-02-09 Thread Betsy Wiesendanger

Another spot that I have found more reliable for both adult and immature
bald eagles is George¹s Island Park, slightly north of Croton Point off
Route 9A. Last week there were two adults and four immatures perched in
close proximity. Also, last year, I spotted a Golden Eagle therebe on the
lookout for those.
Betsy Wiesendanger
Cortlandt Manor, NY

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

2010-02-09 Thread Shaibal Mitra

Hi everyone,

I would lean toward local movements, rather than northbound migration, as the 
mechanism behind most of the observations mentioned in this thread. Among 
freshwater ducks, facultative dispersal is often conspicuous throughout the 
winter on Long Island, where unfrozen salt water is almost always just a short 
flight away from the ponds preferred by the various species. On the weekend 
before last, Tom Burke and we were only slightly surprised to find that most of 
250 scaup out on Great South Bay were Lessers, rather than Greaters, which are 
usually the numerous species on the open salt bays. Nearby were many excellent 
Lesser Scaup ponds, which had recently re-frozen. Similarly, last weekend, Dick 
Veit and we were not very surprised that a lone scaup on the Atlantic Ocean 
near Shinnecock Inlet was a Lesser. When their preferred ponds freeze, even 
Common Mergansers will resort to the ocean at times 
(http://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/Various2009#5420408466155755842).

Regarding vultures, I've seen winter roosts in southern New England still 
cohering as late as late March. The big spring vulture flights on Lake Ontario 
occur in early April, and even in Veracruz, Mexico, the peak flights occur in 
late March. As Steve notes, snow cover could be a factor influencing local 
movements for these species, as it clearly is for many raptors.

These things are on my mind because we are just about to do our Presidents Day 
Count out on Block Island, where we have been bracketing the CBC with similar 
effort in November and February since 1996--with the goal of disentangling 
dispersal, migration, and mortality as mechanisms underlying changes in bird 
abundance. A quick search through these data for species occurring in larger 
numbers in Feb than Dec reveals a hint of hard weather dispersal (slight 
upticks for a few freshwater ducks, raptors, and marginal winter species, such 
as Greater Yellowlegs. Only Red-winged Blackbird and Common Grackle are obvious 
northbound migrants (although a few scarcer species, notably Wood Duck, might 
also belong here rather than in the previous category). But the most obvious 
examples of species that consistently increase in abundance between Dec and Feb 
are Common Goldeneye, Oldsquaw, Horned and Red-necked Grebes, Great Cormorant, 
Common Murre, and Black Guillemot. Most of these species are scarce to absent 
in Nov, pick up a little bit in Dec, then increase markedly by Feb (Oldsquaw 
and Great Cormorant are the exceptions, being common in Nov, holding steady in 
Dec, then surging in Feb).

If you are a fan of the CBCs, it might be fun to spend a day next weekend 
covering your favorite territory the way you did in Dec.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore, NY

From: bounce-5236294-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-5236294-11143...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter 
[swalte...@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:51 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

Is this a migrant, already? is my question of the day, too. My subject was a 
Common Merganser on Oakland Lake, Queens, where the species only occurs as a 
spring migrant. But things could be shuffling around because of ice (Oakland 
Lake itself is two-thirds iced up (interestingly, a lone Lesser Scaup appeared 
there last week)) or snow. I've noted Rough-legged Hawks and other raptors 
coming our way in past years (around late January) after significant snowfalls 
to the north. It would be a strange twist if the vultures appearing to be 
headed north are evacuating the big snowfall that fell to our south.

Steve Walter
Bayside, NY

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From: fresha2...@aol.commailto:fresha2...@aol.com
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edumailto:NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:13 AM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

Yesterday (Sunday, 2/7) just after 1:00 PM a Black Vulture coasted northwest 
over Prospect Park lake flying extremely high, and almost exclusively soaring. 
I know Turkey Vultures start migrating in February, but it is still pretty 
early in the month, and Black Vultures aren't yet common in the area (they're 
still downright rare in Brooklyn, even in peak migration) so it came as quite a 
surprise to me. It certainly looked like it was exhibiting migratory behavior.

There were also ~1600 Ring-billed Gulls (counted and examined closely), 
including wing-tags A318 (a repeat) and A288 (a new one for me).

Good Birding
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.


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[nysbirds-l] golden eagle

2010-02-09 Thread spsdmd

its been a golden week for me so far. after seeing and photographing an adult 
golden eagle on rt 6 in harriman st. park on sunday, i had an immature golden 
flying high over rt 9w in tomkins cove as i was hoping to photograph some bald 
eagles before i had to be at work this morning. its circled overhead for a 
minute, then headed north and disappeared. i did get some photos that i will 
have up on my website later tonight. www.stevesachsphotography.com 



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[nysbirds-l] Shu Swamp

2010-02-09 Thread Sy Schiff

9 Feb. Shu Swamp, Mill Neck

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) looking for  a change of birding venue, journeyed 
up to the north shore.  Not many bird but did find 2 each of Carolina and 
Winter Wrens and a foraging flock of 10 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Wodd Duck in love with a Mallard female duck

2010-02-09 Thread Felipe Pimentel

A Wood Duck has been seen trying to court a Mallard female duck at Central 
Park. It has been spotted in different places in the park  (the Resevoir and 
some of the ponds). This week it seems to be located at The Pond (Central Park 
south and 59th Street).  Monday, I spent about one hour at the Pond observing 
how this male Wood Duck defended its “territory” while keeping the Mallard 
female duck close to him. During the time I spent observing the Wood Duck’s 
behavior it never left the female Mallard alone. I am not an expert on duck 
behavior, but I got the impression that the female Mallard was not rejecting 
the Wood Duck.

This is a picture of both ducks in their strange romance.

http://www.pbase.com/image/121808418
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[nysbirds-l] Wodd Duck in "love" with a Mallard female duck

[nysbirds-l] Shu Swamp

[nysbirds-l] golden eagle

RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

Re:[nysbirds-l] Eagle expedition

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

[nysbirds-l] golden eagle

[nysbirds-l] Shu Swamp

[nysbirds-l] Wodd Duck in love with a Mallard female duck

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