[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-will at Edgewood Preserve (Suffolk Co.)

[John Gluth]

This evening I went to Edgewood DEC preserve in Deer Park hoping to find
displaying Woodcocks. My usual woodcock location had let me down on four
previous visits this spring and I thought Edgewood had appropriate enough
habitat that some birds might be there. Well, 8 o'clock came and went
without a single "peent" heard. But as I dejectedly made my way back
to my car I was surprised to hear the unmistakable calls of a single
WHIP-POOR-WILL coming from the Pitch Pine woods a couple hundred yards away.
It only called for around a minute, stopping before I was able to reach the
spot the calls seemed to come from. I wasn't surprised that a Whip-poor-will
was present because I'd heard a few there late last May, but the date sure
seemed early, at least from my limited experience with the species. But
according to Bull's there are at least 2 Long Island records from earlier
in April (2nd and 8th). I was going to wait until late May to try for the
species at Edgewood, but now I may not wait that long.

Several hours spent birding earlier in the day (8:30-2:15) at several other
locations in southwest Suffolk including Southard's Pond/Belmont Lake
Greenbelt, Cedar Beach, Gardiner County Park and Heckscher State Park,
was relatively fruitless regarding new migrant arrivals. The best find
Was one LAUGHING GULL, a still mostly basic-plumaged adult, found in the
McDonald's parking lot adjacent to Orowoc Lake in Islip.



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[nysbirds-l] Queens Great-horned Owl & Suffolk Swallows/Martin

[ROBERT ADAMO]

Returning home from Allentown, Pa., I first routed myself through Alley Pond 
Park, Queens Co., where I saw the Great-horned Owl, thanks to Joan Quinlan. 
Next stop was at the Calverton  Grasslands, Suffolk Co.. At the above pond, 
which is located along Grumman Blvd., just inside the fence and a "skosh" w/o 
the south entrance to "EPCAL", feeding time was in full swing! Among the 30+ 
Tree Swallows, I had my FOS Purple Martin & Rough-winged Swallow. Through the 
years, in both spring & summer, this location has produced some nice swallow 
sightings- but today's show had to be the most "comfortable"! And for that, I 
wish to thank whoever is responsibile for the picnic table being so 
strategically situated, in a clearing on the n/s of the pond..."birding by the 
seat of your pants", if you will, is a lot easier than standing in the same 
spot for 45 minutes, or so! Cheers, Bob   
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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  April 19, 2010
*  NYSY 1904.10
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
April 12, 2009 - April 19, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland
compiled:April 19 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#201 -Monday April 19, 2010
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 05 , 
2009
 
Highlights:
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RED-THROATED LOON
EARED GREBE
ANHINGA
RED-NECKED GREBE
EARED GREBE
LEAST BITTERN
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
TRUMPETER SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
GOLDEN EAGLE
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDN PLOVER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
LITTLE GULL
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
LAPLAND LONGSPUR


Migrants this week:
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4/12 - LEAST BITTERN
4/12 - BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
4/13 - LITTLE GULL
4/14 - BANK SWALLOW
4/16 - YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
4/16 - RED-THROATED LOON
4/17 - SOLITARY SANDPIPER


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


 4/10:  3 GREAT EGRETS and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen at Tschache Pool.
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Seneca Spillway.
 4/11:  An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen and a LEAST BITTERN was heard at 
Railroad Road. 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. They 
and another were seen up to 4/17.
 4/17: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was found at Railroad Road. 13 LAPLAND LONGSPURS 
were seen in the Mucklands along Rt.31.
4/18: An EARED GREBE was reported from VanDyne Spoor Road.


Derby Hill


 It was another slow week at Derby Hill. Only 1,709 raptors for the week. 
The bright spot was 4/16 which had 854 raptors with a season high 438 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.Also seen that day were a RED-THROATED LOON and a SANDHILL 
CRANE.


Oswego County


 The daily Lake Watch at Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) continues to be 
productive. The highlight was an adult LITTLE GULL on 4/13. Also seen were good 
numbers of SURF SCOTERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and RED-NECKED GREBES.
 

Madison County


 4/16: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near Erieville.
 

Onondaga county


 4/12: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the shore of Skaenateles 
Lake near the village.
 4/13: An astounding 450+ BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen on Skaneateles Lake.
 4/15: 4 TRUMPETER SWANS spent the day on the big pond near the Bald Eagle 
nest at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
 4/18: The regions first LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was heard on Gulf Road in 
the Town of Pompey.
 4/18: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Skaneateles Lake near the 
village.
 4/19: An ANHINGA was seen soaring above Onondaga Lake at Willow Bay Park 
near Liverpool. The bird flew out of sight westward and could not be relocated.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Broadwing, etc. flight on Sun.

[susan joseph]

I live in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County and I saw my FOS Broad-wings
today. They were a pair. One hawk was eating something.  The other one
sat about a foot away in the same tree. I watched for about ten
minutes.

Susan Joseph

On Monday, April 19, 2010, Tait Johansson  wrote:
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> Audubon Society's HQ in Lewisboro.  Over the course of about three hours 
> during an optics show given by Jerry Connolly of the Audubon Shop in Madison, 
> CT, we counted 98 Broad-winged Hawks, 2 Red-tails, 1 Osprey, an adult Bald 
> Eagle, 1 Sharpshin, and one kestrel- the largest spring raptor flight I've 
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[nysbirds-l] ANHINGA over Onondaga Lake

[Mickey Scilingo]

I spotted an ANHINGA soaring over Onondaga Lake today around noon.

I had just returned to my car to leave after scanning the lake from the Willow 
Bay area on the north end of the lake.  I placed my scope in the trunk and had 
just closed my door after sitting down in the driver's seat when I spotted a 
black bird rising above the treetops.  It had a long thin neck and tail, and 
the tail ended in a spatulate bulb. The bird would flap...flap...flap...then 
soar and circle around and then flap...flap...flap...and soar again.  Each time 
it circled around I got a flash of white from each of its wings, and I believe 
I also saw a flash of white at the end of its tail.  The bird seemed like it 
had just risen from the lake and was quickly gaining altitude.

Then I did something you should never do when you are looking at a "good" bird 
- I took my eyes off it.  Ever so briefly.  But it was enough for me to not be 
able to find it again against the blue sky.  I foolishly tried to pop my trunk 
and retrieve my scope and camera to get a better look at it, and maybe even 
snap a quick photo or two, but ended up losing the bird altogether.

I searched the sky frantically trying to relocate the Anhinga, but it was in 
vain.  I did find a few birds in the sky - a Turkey Vulture, an Osprey, a 
distant buteo - but the Anhinga was no where to be found.  I went back to the 
lake to scan the surface again, just in case it returned, but I could not find 
it.  Not that I really expected to.  My impression was that the bird was on its 
way out and possibly headed in a westerly direction.

There were several Double-crested Cormorants flying up and down the lake all 
morning long while I was there.  When I spotted the Anhinga, it was easily 
distinguishable from the cormorants.  Both the neck and the tail appeared 
longer and thinner than the cormorant's - and the bird as a whole appeared to 
be much sleeker and thinner overall than its chunkier counterpart.

Also on the lake were 2 COMMON LOONS in breeding plumage and 7 BUFFLEHEAD (4 m, 
3 f) in the Willow Bay area.

At the marina in Liverpool there were 7 CASPIAN TERNS hanging with the 
RING-BILLED GULLS on the rocks, 2 FISH CROWS around the docks,and group of 
about 10 or so HOODED MERGANSERS just to the north of the marina.




Mickey Scilingo
North Syracuse
Onondaga County, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Iceland Gull

[Sy Schiff]

Jones Beach West End Swale 19 Apr

A very white Iceland Gull (presumed 1st Summer) was in the water with Herring 
and Black-backed Gulls this morning.

Also there were several Piping Plovers along the beach at the far edge of the 
water

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Razorbills, snipe, Caspian Tern etc

[Angus Wilson]

Waterfowl, including loons and number of *RAZORBILLS* were still moving
eastward yesterday morning, despite the NW wind. Hugh McGuinness joined me
during a 1-hr count from Amagansett (9:05-10:05 am) and we logged the
following:

Northern Gannet - 112
Common Loon - 43
Red-throated Loon - 94
loon sp. - 32
Atlantic Brant - 21
'dark-winged scoter' sp. - 95
Black Scoter - 27
Surf Scoter - 42
White-winged Scoter - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 3
Common Eider - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 491++
Great Cormorant - 1
Laughing Gull - 3
*RAZORBILL* - 48

Elsewhere, a harrier flushed a flock of *18 WILSON'S SNIPE* from the marshy
edge of Wainscott Pond (scoped from roadside). The sand flats at Georgica
Bay, Mecox Inlet and Sagg Mains were somwhat uninspiring, however, we did
find a *NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW* (local FoS) hawking insects over a
side branch of Mecox Bay near Horsemill Lane, a lingering pair of *COMMON
MERGANSER* north of Bridge Lane on Sag Pond and a *SNOWY EGRET* at Sagg
Mains.

Inexplicably, we discovered a relatively fresh *BEAVER* pelt lying on the
ground at the end of Horsemill Lane. Naturally, we'd be interested to know
where this came from!

I revisited these spots in the late afternoon, finding a *CASPIAN TERN *and
one adult *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* on the flats at Mecox and two *WILSON'S
SNIPE* flew over the cow pasture at the Mecox Dairy headed towards the bay.
An *AMERICAN KESTREL* was on the South Fork Country Club Golf Course off Old
Stone Hwy in Amagansett. At Shinnecock Inlet, crooning *BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES
* are conspicuous in the marshes and dunes either side of the Ponquogue
Bridge. Several pairs of Great Egrets are already sitting on nests on the
island to the east of the bridge and a few Snowy Egrets were scattered
around the bay. Two imm. *GREAT CORMORANTS* were roosting on a buoy in the
bay, where several hundred *COMMON EIDER* continue.

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New York City & The Springs, NY, USA
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[nysbirds-l] Broadwing, etc. flight on Sun.

[Tait Johansson]

   Yesterday (4/18), there was a pretty good raptor flight over the Bedford 
Audubon Society's HQ in Lewisboro.  Over the course of about three hours during 
an optics show given by Jerry Connolly of the Audubon Shop in Madison, CT, we 
counted 98 Broad-winged Hawks, 2 Red-tails, 1 Osprey, an adult Bald Eagle, 1 
Sharpshin, and one kestrel- the largest spring raptor flight I've seen at this 
location.  

   Just about all the birds were quite high and headed roughly northeast.  



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[nysbirds-l] 4/19 Brooklyn- Glaucous Gull, Orange-crowned Warbler etc.

[fresha2411]

 I started off today at Plum Beach, where the Low Tide coincided with daybreak, 
which is usually the best circumstance to find shorebirds due to the lack of 
disturbance. Unfortunately there were 0 shorebirds on the outer flats, although 
the 3 "Eastern" Willets on the interior marsh were new arrivals. A lone Greater 
Yellowlegs was the only other shorebird of note in the marsh. Also calling from 
the marsh was my FOS Clapper Rail. 
The highlight however, came on my way back to the Parking Lot, when I noticed 
an immature (either 1st-Spring or 2nd Spring, can't quite tell, I have some 
photos for anyone interested in attempting to age it) GLAUCOUS GULL on the 
flats. I only observed it for about 9 minutes before it flew off to the east, 
and I last saw it circling around the Queens side of the Gil Hodges (Marine 
Parkway) Bridge.
Still lingering in the inlet were 2 Great Cormorants (1 adult, 1 immature) 
perched on the cylindrical concrete structure out towards Breezy Point. 
Migrants coming in off the water were scant: 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 
and 3 Tree Swallows.

I stopped in briefly at Floyd Bennett Field where there were 7-8 American 
Kestrels working the fields.

I continued on to Prospect Park where the highlights (from 9:15 AM on) were as 
follows:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER- Nethermead Arches/Staircase (Apparently a different 
individual than the one seen recently and overwintering in the Lullwater. This 
was an extremely drab bird, rather than what the other one was described as.)
Louisiana Waterthrush- Both sides of the Lullwater near the Terrace Bridge
Broad-winged Hawk- fighting the north wind rather successfully as it flew over 
the Lake relatively low.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Chipping Sparrow- At least 38, probably more. I couldn't pull any Vespers out 
of them, although there was a single Savannah Sparrow.

 Hermit Thrush- 11
American Coot- 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow- 2 Lake
Barn Swallow- 4 Lake
Blue-headed Vireo- 1
Dark-eyed Junco- 1


Good Birding
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.



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[nysbirds-l] Central Park 4/19 - 5 warbler spp.

[Scott Haber]

The highlight of a brief morning stroll (6:30-8:00) through the Ramble was a
Northern Waterthrush, singing away in the Oven, and when I saw it, nearly 40
feet up in an oak above Willow Rock...one of the few years in which I've
seen Northern Waterthrush before Louisiana.  Other notables included:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - many
Hermit Thrush - 10+
Pine Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 1 (Shakespeare Garden)
Eastern Towhee - 3 singing males

Best,
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