[nysbirds-l] eBird-a-thon 2011 - Table Updates (Notes + Maps)
To all, Some updates have been made to the table bringing this one closer in line with a table I was updating last year showing *new arrivals with links to maps* showing locations. These maps are created within the eBird.org website. On the table when you click on "Kingbird 10 Region" or "Kingbird 9 Region" this points the browser to a *notes section* detailing the species seen, date, location and county it was seen in. An arrow pointing up or down to the right of the "Kingbird # Region" label shows the change in the # of species submitted since the previous Friday. Here are the current notes for both regions. After selecting one of the URLs below click on the species name to bring up an eBird.org generated map: *Kingbird Region 10:* • 1-Jan-2011 (submitted around Jan 30th): *TREE SWALLOW* added to the 2011 list. Seen at Cammanns Pond Park in Nassau County. http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB10Region *Kingbird Region 9:* • 30-Jan-2011: *GOLDEN EAGLE* added to the 2011 list. Seen from Thompson Pond Preserve in Dutchess County. • 29-Jan-2011: *WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL* added to the 2011 list. Seen near 11 Linden Lane in Dutchess County. • 28-Jan-2011: *RING-NECKED PHEASANT* added to the 2011 list. Seen at Campfire Lake in Westchester County. http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB09Region Enjoy! -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC http://novahunter.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Dune Road Rail Correction - Hampton Bays, NY
Pardon my error, but the Dune Road rail is a Clapper Rail. Thanks Hugh for the Heads up! I'll check with the experts next time. Good Birding to all. Matt -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Virginia Rail
Hampton Bays, NY >From Ponquogue bridge and west: Sunday afternoon around 3:30 pm the Virginia Rail was very active on Dune Road at the first road-side water on the north side of the road just west of Triton Lane. Pardon the tardiness of this post. Plenty of Harriers, a Kingfisher, medium raft of Goldeneye, but a lot of hunters which twice sent what I was looking at into flight. No signs of the bittern but probably there keeping a low profile. Best Regards, Matt Mastic Beach, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] St. Lawrence & Hamilton County sightings
1/31/11 Leonard Pond Trail (Colton, SE St. Lawrence Co.) A rare blue-sky winter day, calm winds, 1 degree, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Midday, Mary Beth Warburton and I cross country skied the beginning of the Leonard Pond Trail to check on conditions ahead of our field trip on Sunday. The first mile of the trail is not groomed (after this section, the trail is groomed for the next 1.5 miles for snowmobiles) and there was no broken trail. It was fine for Mary Beth and me, but our dogs (3) struggled in the deep snow. The first birds heard (near the road) were Red Crossbills! This is a very reliable location for this species every winter. As we neared the end of the large Red Pine stand, we heard a woodpecker. We had to bushwhack/ski to the location. The acoustics in this large stand of tall trees deep in snow produced conditions that made it difficult to locate the exact tree the woodpecker was on. With 3 dogs running around, and the woodpecker not moving, it had to be a Black-backed or Pileated. It was a male Black-backed Woodpecker, foraging on a Red Pine not the typical tree species that I usually find Black-backs on. As we were watching the woodpecker, another flock of Red Crossbills called nearby! I was so excited that I was ignoring my hands and feet going numb from the cold. We decided to turn around at this location (just over ½ a mile in) due to the cold and our struggling dogs. On our ski out, we heard another Red Crossbill calling. Other species found included Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, and Golden-crowned Kinglet. We drove a short distance to the road-kill dump area at Sevey Corners to check for Bald Eagles. There was a deer carcass, with Common Ravens, a Downy Woodpecker, and Black-capped Chickadees feeding on it. (Mary Beth did find an adult Bald Eagle in Hannawa Falls on her drive to meet me.) Long Lake (northern Hamilton County) The Barred Owl continues to perch right outside our house Ive had beautiful scope views. Unfortunately, only about 30 Evening Grosbeaks showed up today, and they didnt stay long which is very unusual on such a bitter cold day. Im afraid the owl may scare off many of our feeder birds. Although, there were just as many redpolls today, and I had a nice view of a female Hoary Redpoll. She was on a tube feeder with several Common Redpolls. This morning, the redpolls spent a lot of time snow burrowing and tunneling (in the snow on tree branches and on the ground). One of the birds tunneled through the snow on top of a boulder. It popped out where there was a vertical drop and fell about a foot into the snow below! Mary Beth and I kept marveling at how beautiful the Leonard Pond Trail was today with all the trees coated in snow it was gorgeous. Views of the brilliant white High Peaks on my drive were also breathtaking. It was great to see the sun before the next storm moves in tomorrow Joan Collins Long Lake, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Pt. and Vicinity Today (Suffolk Co.)
Sue and I ventured out to Montauk Pt. today on what the National Weather Service promised to be a relatively calm day (winds of 6-9mph). On our way out we passed a group of fifteen Wild Turkeys perched in trees on the south side of Montauk State Parkway. Once at the point (about 7:00AM) we could not help but notice that the winds were more in the 10-20 mph range. We searched in vain for our three target species - King Eider, Red-necked Grebe and Black-legged Kittiwake. Finally, on the bluffs at Camp Hero State Park we found a female KIng Eider fairly close to shore. On our way back from the Point we picked up a 1st year Red-shouldered Hawk in the shrubbery bordering the small frozen pond just west of the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt County Park. We then proceeded to Vicki Bustamante's neighborhood for a chance at the Western Tanager. Shortly after we arrived we saw the bird in the shrubbery at the NW corner of the intersection of Big Reed Path and Deer Way. As more birders arrived the Tanager was staying out of sight, perhaps due to an amazingly tame (or hungry) Merlin that was hanging out in the yard north of the shrubs. The feeders at Vicki's neighbor's home were busy; we observed Fox, White-crowned, Tree, White-throated and Song Sparrows. Finally, the bird seemingly came out of nowhere and perched on a branch giving good views to all (Mary Normandia and husband Sam, Sam Janazzo, Pat Jones, Joe Giunta, and our host Vicki). While the Tanager vigil was in progress Mary Normandia pointed out an immature Bald Eagle flying high over the assembled birders. By the time we arrived at the Lake Montauk jetty the winds had subsided somewhat, and Pat Jones quickly picked out the second winter Iceland Gull that has been a fixture in the area these past few weeks. On the way down East Lake Drive we picked up Brown Thrasher, my third one for the month. Culloden Point proved a bust, but a feeder along the road had at least twenty male Red-winged Blackbirds (migrants perhaps?). We were unable to locate the Northern Shrike (we seem to be in good company in that regard), but were pleased to observe from the boat launch ramp at Lazy Point a gorgeous male Snowy Owl on Hicks Island (Northwest side of Napeague Harbor). The owl was feeding on dark-colored bird that we tentatively identified as a Black Scoter. We proceeded to the terminus of Atlantic Avenue in Amagansett and searched for the possible Eared Grebe with no luck. This location was the only place where we found more than one Red-throated Loon the whole trip (none at the Point!). 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 31, 2011 * NYSY 3101.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 24, 2010 - January 31, 2011 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:January 31 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #241 -Monday January 31, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 24 , 2010 Highlights: --- COMMON LOON TUNDRA SWAN MERLIN SCREECH OWL BARRED OWL TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER LAPLAND LONGSPUR COMMON REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 1/28: 22 species were found on a walk at Howland Island WMA. Highlights were SCREECH OWL, 2 BARRED OWLS, and 3 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Onondaga County BALD EAGLES were in the news again this week with a front page spread in the Sunday edition of the Syracuse Herald American. They are again collecting in numbers at the south end on Onondaga Lake near Carousel Mall. Another place to try is the walking trail starting at the Inner Harbor parking area and walking north toward Bear Street. Eagles are often in the trees along the creek. 1/25: 5 TUNDRA SWANS were in the Seneca River below the dam in Baldwinsville. 1/29: 50 COMMON and 1 HOARY REDPOLL were seen on Shakham Road near the Cortland County border. 19 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on Onondaga Lake at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek in Lakeland. A COMMON LOON continues to be seen in the Inner Harbor off of Kirkpatrick Street. 1/30: A HOARY REDPOLL continues to be seen with a lagre group of COMMON REDPOLLS at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. A single LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen with numbers of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS on Masters Road south of Marcellus. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER continues to be seen and heard at the corner of Rt.31 and Conners Road west of Baldwinsville. Oneida County 1/25: 2 BARRED OWLS were found in the area at the north end of Delta Lake near Rome. One was seen on Town Line Road. 1/26: A MERLIN was seen at the intersection of Sulphur Springs and Doolittle Roads in Saquoit. Cayuga County 1/26: 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 15 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen alon the entry road to Fair Have State Park. Jefferson County The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE continues at Point Peninsula west of Watertown. There were positive sightings made on 1/26 and 1/30. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Orange and Ulster Counties
I had a great day of birding in the above counties today. Highlights were a total of over 300 Horned Larks between Chester and Montgomery. Five Savannah Sparrows at the Orange County Airport with 35 HL and one Snow Bunting and an American Kestrel there as well. At the Shawangunk Grasslands in Ulster County I had three Red-tails and two Rough-legged Hawks (one of each phase). Just outside the grasslands I had two BLACK VULTURES and a Turkey Vulture. The best site was the Wallkill River at Lippincott Road. I had 22 Common Goldeneye, 16 Mallards, 2 Black Duck, 3 Hooded Merganser, 6 Common Merganser, 13 Canada Geese, 39 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Ring-billed Gull and one beautiful adult winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. John Haas -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] NYS Birding Checklists
Corey, Thank you for sharing your compilation. I will be saving a copy. I highly recommend looking at The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State for more information and more references. The book took a very historical theme, and you can find many interesting citations. A quick flip through the Literature Cited found the following important references that are not in your list. A number of more modern references are also missing. DeKay, J. E. (alternatively spelled De Kay or Dekay) 1844. Zoology of New York, or the New York fauna. Part 2: birds. Carroll and Cook, Albany, NY.[ Eaton, E. H. 1953. Birds of New York 1910 to 1930. Kingbird 3:52-55. Mearns, E. A. 1879. A list of the birds of the Hudson Highlands, with annotations. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 11:193-196. Merriam, C. H. 1881. Preliminary list of birds ascertained to occur in the Adirondack region, northeastern New York. Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 6:225-235. Rathbun, F. R. 1879. A revised list of birds of central New York. Daily Advertiser and Weekly Journal Printing House, Auburn, NY. Reed, H. D., and A. H. Wright. 1909. The vertebrates of the Cayuga Lake Basin, N.Y. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 48:370-459. Best, Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 hst...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 From: bounce-7856447-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7856447-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Corey Finger Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:12 AM To: New York Subject: [nysbirds-l] NYS Birding Checklists Thanks to everyone who shared info and knowledge about old checklists from around New York State. There are lots! First, having a reference librarian respond is helpful, as Donna Schulman let me know about a tool to find some lists (I will include her information about that below my signature). Thanks to Andy Guthrie (who also pointed out that many of the older works are available for free online as google books), Joseph Dicostanzo (who provided a ton of info), Jerry Lazarczyk, Harry Maas, Bill Purcell, Brett Ewald, and Sally Svenson for responding with information about checklists from around New York State. Below are all of the checklists about which I was informed. Sorry about the different formats but I largely cut-and-pasted and edited directly from other folks' emails. Please note that the geographical areas I divided the lists into are pretty rough... WESTERN NEW YORK Birds of Western New York by Ernest Short from 1893. He lived in Chili, NY (a suburb of Rochester), and the checklist was printed by A. M. Eddy in Albion, NY. It is a 13 page checklist. A Popular Account of the Bird life of the Finger Lakes Section of New York, with Main Reference to the Summer Season by C. J. Spiker (1935, Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin Volume 6, Number 3) The Birds of Livingston County , New York by K. Fox (1998, Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science, vol. 18, no. 4) Studies of breeding birds in the Allegany State Park by A. A. Saunders (1938, New York State Museum bulletin, no. 318) Birds of the Niagara Frontier Region: An Annotated Checklist by C. S. Beardslee and H. D. Mitchell (1965, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences) CENTRAL NEW YORK Annotated list of the birds of Oneida County, N.Y., and of the west Canada Creek Valley by Egbert Bagg, published in Utica, NY, by the Press of T.J. Griffiths, 1912 The Birds of Central New York Marshes by A. A. Saunders (1926, Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin Volume 3, Number 3) Ornithology of the Oneida Lake Region: with reference to the late spring and summer seasons by D. Stoner (1932, Roosevelt Wild Life Annuals, volume 2, nos. 3 and 4, New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University) ADIRONDACKS / NORTHERN NY Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y., from 1877, by Roosevelt and Minot. Birdlife of the Adirondack Park by B. Beehler (1978, Adirondack Mountain Club) The Summer Birds of the Northern Adirondack Mountains by A. A. Saunders (1929, Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin Volume 5, Number 3) Birds of Essex County, New York by G. Carleton (1999, High Peaks Audubon Society) Birds of Clinton County, Second Edition by C. W. Mitchell and W. E. Krueger (1997, High Peaks Audubon Society) There was a list put together by resident/members of the "Trudeau Bird Club" at the Trudeau tuberculosis sanitarium in Saranac Lake, reprinted from the October 1904 issue of Outdoor Life. It recorded local arrival dates of 163 birds. It is on file as a pamphlet in the Adirondack Room at the Saranac Lake Library: T867b pam. MOUNTAIN REGIONS Notes on Some Birds of the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, New York by K. C. Parkes (1954, Annals of the Carnegie Museum ) CATSKILLS A Review of the Summer Birds of a Part of the Catskill Mountains, with Prefatory Remarks on the Faunal and Floral Feat
[nysbirds-l] NYS Birding Checklists
Thanks to everyone who shared info and knowledge about old checklists from around New York State. There are lots! First, having a reference librarian respond is helpful, as Donna Schulman let me know about a tool to find some lists (I will include her information about that below my signature). Thanks to Andy Guthrie (who also pointed out that many of the older works are available for free online as google books), Joseph Dicostanzo (who provided a ton of info), Jerry Lazarczyk, Harry Maas, Bill Purcell, Brett Ewald, and Sally Svenson for responding with information about checklists from around New York State. Below are all of the checklists about which I was informed. Sorry about the different formats but I largely cut-and-pasted and edited directly from other folks' emails. Please note that the geographical areas I divided the lists into are pretty rough... WESTERN NEW YORK Birds of Western New York by Ernest Short from 1893. He lived in Chili, NY (a suburb of Rochester), and the checklist was printed by A. M. Eddy in Albion, NY. It is a 13 page checklist. A Popular Account of the Bird life of the Finger Lakes Section of New York, with Main Reference to the Summer Season by C. J. Spiker (1935, Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin Volume 6, Number 3) The Birds of Livingston County , New York by K. Fox (1998, Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science, vol. 18, no. 4) Studies of breeding birds in the Allegany State Park by A. A. Saunders (1938, New York State Museum bulletin, no. 318) Birds of the Niagara Frontier Region: An Annotated Checklistby C. S. Beardslee and H. D. Mitchell (1965, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences) CENTRAL NEW YORK Annotated list of the birds of Oneida County, N.Y., and of the west Canada Creek Valley by Egbert Bagg, published in Utica, NY, by the Press of T.J. Griffiths, 1912 The Birds of Central New York Marshes by A. A. Saunders (1926, Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin Volume 3, Number 3) Ornithology of the Oneida Lake Region: with reference to the late spring and summer seasonsby D. Stoner (1932, Roosevelt Wild Life Annuals, volume 2, nos. 3 and 4, New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University) ADIRONDACKS / NORTHERN NY Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y., from 1877, by Roosevelt and Minot. Birdlife of the Adirondack Park by B. Beehler (1978, Adirondack Mountain Club) The Summer Birds of the Northern Adirondack Mountains by A. A. Saunders (1929, Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin Volume 5, Number 3) Birds of Essex County, New York by G. Carleton (1999, High Peaks Audubon Society) Birds of Clinton County, Second Edition by C. W. Mitchell and W. E. Krueger (1997, High Peaks Audubon Society) There was a list put together by resident/members of the "Trudeau Bird Club" at the Trudeau tuberculosis sanitarium in Saranac Lake, reprinted from the October 1904 issue of Outdoor Life. It recorded local arrival dates of 163 birds. It is on file as a pamphlet in the Adirondack Room at the Saranac Lake Library: T867b pam. MOUNTAIN REGIONS Notes on Some Birds of the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, New York by K. C. Parkes (1954, Annals of the Carnegie Museum ) CATSKILLS A Review of the Summer Birds of a Part of the Catskill Mountains, with Prefatory Remarks on the Faunal and Floral Features of the Region by E. P. Bicknell (1882, in Transactions of the Linnaean Society of New York , vol. I) LONG ISLAND A list of the birds of Oyster Bay and vicinity, Long Island, by Rudyerd Boulton and J T Nichols, published in Roslyn, NY by the The Bird Club of Long Island, 1940 The Birds of Great Gull Island, 1966-1972 by D. C. Duffy and C. LaFarge (1973, privately published) The Birds of Long Island - Jacob P. Giraud, 1844 A List of the Birds of Long Island, New York, Dr. William C. Braislin, 1907 CAPITAL REGION The Birds of Albany County by Wilbur Webster Judd, 1907 Birds of Washington Park, Albany , New York by D. Stoner and L. C. Stoner (1952, New York State Museum Bulletin 344) DOWNSTATE Guide to the summer birds of the Bear Mountain and Harriman Park sections of the Palisades Interstate Park by P M Silloway; New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University.; Palisades Interstate Park Commission and published in Syracuse, NY by the State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1920. (Syracuse University publications vol. 9, no. 21; Bulletin of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, no. 11) The Birds of Dutchess County, New York by L. Griscom (1933, Transactions of the Linnaean Society of New York , vol. III) NYC Birds Around New York City , Where and When to Find Themby A. D. Cruickshank (1942, American Museum of Natural History) Birds of the New York City Region by L. Griscom(1923, American Museum of Natural History) Birds of the New York Areaby J. Bull (1964, Harper & Row) The Birds of the New York City Area; A Guide to the Exhibit of Local Bird
