[nysbirds-l] Rockefeller State Park Preserve Friday 3/30
This am I birded with Randy Schutz, Peter Haskell and Neville Wright. It was a lovely morning with some interesting highlights.. There included a close up female pileated, a hairy, FOS blue grey gnatcatcher, black vulture in addition to turkey, Tree and rough winged swallows, field sparrow. More common but of interest were eastern bluebirds, brown headed cowbirds, eastern phoebes, Carolina wren, brown thrasher (heard) among the usual others. No kinglets or warblers although we saw both kinglets, pine and palm warblers near Garret Mtn on Tuesday. Sharon Berlan /NYC Sent from my iPad -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Birding in Sufolk County Long Island
I thought it might be helpful if I gave a report on birds sightings for those who plan to go over the weekend as follows: With regard to the Turkey Vultures, I have seen several in the last week. They are not so rare as they were. I went to the Crescent Duck Farm off Riverhead bypass Hubbards road to Abequogue (?) saw 3 green wing teal, 2 shovelers, 4 lesser yellow legs, 1 osprey, 1 lesser scaup, several mallard, and a wilson snipe.( The snipe was kind enough to let me take some nice pictures). The duck farm does smell,so avoid it if sensitive. I went to the Quogue Wildlife preserve,and saw Wood Ducks in the creek south of the bridge in back of the museum. (They were also seen on the north ice pond the day before.) Saw a very friendly Snow Goose next to the cages of wild birds (he let me get within 6 ft. to take pictures) but when I checked with Mike Nelson, (the curator),he told me the snow goose was injured, cared for, and now left there since he can not fly properly, and wanders around with the canada geese. He also told me of the great horned owl that is nesting on an osprey nest across the street in an area called fairy dell, but the fairy dell walk is under repair so you can not go in as it is fenced and locked. However one can see it from the road at the bridge. I saw it there about 400 yards away facing away, so to get a better look I parked on meeting house road on the other side of the creek, walked through the woods to the creek, about 200 yards away and got a nice picture of full face. However, when I went back to my car parked along side of the road, I placed my scope on the ground outside of the car ( I think), as I packed my gear, then got in and drove off. Later, about an hour, I looked for it and found the scope missing. I went back and searched every where I had been but could not find it. I left word at Quogue Wildlife in case an honest soul would report it, but no luck so far (It was a Kowa in case you find it) I have been praying for St. Anthony to find it or get me a new one. I will let you know how I make out. Andy Murphy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 March 2012
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * March 30, 2012 * NYNY1203.30 - Birds Mentioned: Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Glossy Ibis Osprey Piping Plover Greater Yellowlegs Purple Sandpiper Iceland Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Yellow-breasted Chat Dickcissel Rusty Blackbird If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (during the day except Sunday) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 30th at 8:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are an influx of early spring migrants. Ahhh, another short tape as we wait for spring migration to pick up steam. Most winter rarities have departed, and it will be interesting to see if true neotropical migrants start showing up on an earlier than usual schedule. In Central Park, a good selection of early migrants has been present lately. These have included OSPREY, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, HERMIT THRUSH, WINTER WREN, BROWN CREEPER, some GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and fewer RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, decent numbers of PINE WARBLERS and a few PALM WARBLERS, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported again at the north end as recently as Wednesday. Prospect Park produced a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at the Lullwater Thursday, as well as many of the previously mentioned species. A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was noted at Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn Wednesday, but more surprising was a DICKCISSEL photographed at a private residence in Queens at their feeders last Sunday. Among the waterfowl besides good numbers of WOOD DUCKS, some BLUE-WINGED TEAL are also showing up, including two at Sunken Meadow State Park on Monday and one in Brooklyn Wednesday. Joining some GREAT EGRETS and SNOWY EGRETS and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS was a LITTLE BLUE HERON at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday, while farther east on Long Island, 16 GLOSSY IBIS plus GREATER YELLOWLEGS were at the Wertheim Estate in Shirley today. At Hempstead Lake State Park, usually a good early migration site, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still around McDonald Pond today, and good numbers of PINE WARBLERS were also noted. PIPING PLOVERS can be found now along the ocean beaches, including at Jones Beach West End, where a flock of PURPLE SANDPIPERS continues around the Jones Inlet jetties. An ICELAND GULL was still at Iron Pier Beach at the end of Pier Avenue in Northville on Tuesday. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or during the day except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] "Slow down and smell the T.V.'s": School can be enlightening and beneficial !
This morning at 0655, I drove past St. Isadore's R.C. Elementary School in Riverhead. The crossing guard was not yet at his post, therefore, I was probably going to fast for a school zone - hence, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. At about 0740, on my return home, as I approached the same school zone, the school guard's presence was quite evident, causing me to get down to the posted 20 MPH ! While waving to, and "crawling" past, the guard, behind him I saw 3 large, black "masses" on top of the school's wide chimney. When 1 of the "masses" raised it's head, I was dumbfounded...it was red ! Jumping out of the car with binocs and camera at the ready, I proceeded to get a few shots before they lifted off in a S/E direction. Although I didn't see any smoke or heat vapors, I wondered if the birds' choice of the chimney for resting/roosting was because of the heat of it's flue products, or just due to it's being bathed in sunlight. The school's location is about a 1/2 mile west of where I had the T.V. sightings on 3/26 & 3/28. On 3/29 I received an email from Patrick Santinello, in which he described seeing Turkey Vultures flying over the Merritt's Pond vicinity in Riverhead all through this past winter. This is exactly the same location of 2 of the 3 sightings I had on 3/26 & 3/28. It sure makes one wonder if the east end of Suffolk Co. will be the chosen area for the second record of breeding by this species on L.I. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] PALM WARBLER/Other FOS Birds Today in Eastern Suffolk County
Hello All,Did a little birding this cool, bright morning with John McNeil. We visited Rocky Point DEC Property along 25A and came up with our FOS PALM WARBLER. Also present were a number of singing Pine Warblers, Field Sparrows,[3], Eastern Bluebirds,[3], and many Yellow Rumped Warblers. Next we headed back down to the southshore to the Wertheim Estate Refuge in Shirley, our target bird Yellowlegs. Out on that marsh we found a single FOS Greater Yellowlegs standing next to a FOS Snowy Egret, 7 Great Egrets and a nice flock of 16 GLOSSY IBIS,[a FOS for John]. Good March Birding, Carl Starace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP: Chat plus Pine Warblers
Hempstead Lake SP. 30 March Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) spent a pleasant, but still cool morning finding few migratory birds. However, 2 EASTERN PHOEBE were seen along with ten (10) PINE WARBLERS, in groups of 2, 6 and 2. Most were very bright and singing loudly, a number at the same time. A single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER joined the larger group. The lingering YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT feeding on bittersweet berries by the west side of McDonald Pond offered a scant inadequate sighting before dropping down and disappearing. We waited silently, walked into the path at the SW corner, waited and looked some more. Gradually we detected movement in the dense vegetation, A bird slowly moved about while completely hidden. Frustrating. Then, it flew up into the center of a a small tree 15 ft. away and posed for us.. WOW! The bright yellow under parts were dazzling in the morning sun. Other birds included an OSPREY over McDonald Pond and 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Calverton Ponds Preserve - Suffolk
Some good birds in a brief amount of time at Calverton Ponds Preserve this morning. Sandy Pond quickly yielded singing WINTER WREN and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. I proceeded to the Block Pond loop where there is a small, elevated sand clearing on the NW side that is good for scoping the pond. Across the way, foraging tight along the west shoreline were 5 WOOD DUCK. I observed them for several minutes in hopes to see some activity in a recently installed nest box. As it turns out, a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS seemed to have taken up residence. To my surprise, a hen BLUE-WINGED TEAL appeared from out the dense huckleberry. There were 7 mallard on site but the hen teal preferred to associate with the wood duck. The teal stuck tight to the shoreline and periodically disappeared within the dense shoreline vegetation. Other notables: Turkey Vulture Osprey Hermit Thrush Tree Swallow Pine Warbler Eastern Phoebe Hairy Woodpecker The Spring Azures led me throughout my walk. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler - Buffalo, NY
The Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The bird was singing and offering excellent views in section 16. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Turkey Vultures +
Had a turkey vulture over Stony Brook University at mid-afternoon two days in a row this week. Eileen Keenan -Original Message- From: ROBERT ADAMO To: NY BIRDS Sent: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 3:05 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Turkey Vultures + On Monday evening (3/26) ~ 6:35 P.M., I had a lone T.V. flying low over downtown Riverhead, and again when we crossied paths, about 5 minutes later, a bit farther north. Thinking at the time it was late in the day for such a sighting, coupled with the prevailing reasoning that the T.V's seen during the day on eastern L.I. are probably "day trippers" from Connecticut (and as such, would have started their "return trip"earlier) I put it down as a probable migrant. On Wednesday morning at ~ 0840, I had the same species (individual ?) flying low at the latter of the 2 locations above. The time, day and location of this occurrence made me wonder if this sighting was that of an individual that had spent at least a few days & nights feeding & roosting here in the Riverhead area. Today I received an email from Tom Lambertson, a local birder, who lives in Flanders, and works at Brookhaven National Laboratory. All 3 Osprey nests that he monitors (2 near home and 1 at work) were late getting occupied this year, with dates of 3/26, 3/27 and 3/28, respectively. These quite late, considering they are normally on territory by St. Patrick's Day, or the day afterward. For the last couple of days, between 6 and 7 PM, he has also seen 10 - 12 T.V's flying ( south & east) of the intersection of Routes 105 and 24 (Flanders Rd.), Flanders. In addition, Tom mentioned seeing his FOS Eastern Kingbird at B.N.L., on 3/28. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Calverton Ponds Preserve - Suffolk
Some good birds in a brief amount of time at Calverton Ponds Preserve this morning. Sandy Pond quickly yielded singing WINTER WREN and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. I proceeded to the Block Pond loop where there is a small, elevated sand clearing on the NW side that is good for scoping the pond. Across the way, foraging tight along the west shoreline were 5 WOOD DUCK. I observed them for several minutes in hopes to see some activity in a recently installed nest box. As it turns out, a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS seemed to have taken up residence. To my surprise, a hen BLUE-WINGED TEAL appeared from out the dense huckleberry. There were 7 mallard on site but the hen teal preferred to associate with the wood duck. The teal stuck tight to the shoreline and periodically disappeared within the dense shoreline vegetation. Other notables: Turkey Vulture Osprey Hermit Thrush Tree Swallow Pine Warbler Eastern Phoebe Hairy Woodpecker The Spring Azures led me throughout my walk. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP: Chat plus Pine Warblers
Hempstead Lake SP. 30 March Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) spent a pleasant, but still cool morning finding few migratory birds. However, 2 EASTERN PHOEBE were seen along with ten (10) PINE WARBLERS, in groups of 2, 6 and 2. Most were very bright and singing loudly, a number at the same time. A single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER joined the larger group. The lingering YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT feeding on bittersweet berries by the west side of McDonald Pond offered a scant inadequate sighting before dropping down and disappearing. We waited silently, walked into the path at the SW corner, waited and looked some more. Gradually we detected movement in the dense vegetation, A bird slowly moved about while completely hidden. Frustrating. Then, it flew up into the center of a a small tree 15 ft. away and posed for us.. WOW! The bright yellow under parts were dazzling in the morning sun. Other birds included an OSPREY over McDonald Pond and 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] PALM WARBLER/Other FOS Birds Today in Eastern Suffolk County
Hello All,Did a little birding this cool, bright morning with John McNeil. We visited Rocky Point DEC Property along 25A and came up with our FOS PALM WARBLER. Also present were a number of singing Pine Warblers, Field Sparrows,[3], Eastern Bluebirds,[3], and many Yellow Rumped Warblers. Next we headed back down to the southshore to the Wertheim Estate Refuge in Shirley, our target bird Yellowlegs. Out on that marsh we found a single FOS Greater Yellowlegs standing next to a FOS Snowy Egret, 7 Great Egrets and a nice flock of 16 GLOSSY IBIS,[a FOS for John]. Good March Birding, Carl Starace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 March 2012
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * March 30, 2012 * NYNY1203.30 - Birds Mentioned: Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Glossy Ibis Osprey Piping Plover Greater Yellowlegs Purple Sandpiper Iceland Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Yellow-breasted Chat Dickcissel Rusty Blackbird If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (during the day except Sunday) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 30th at 8:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are an influx of early spring migrants. Ahhh, another short tape as we wait for spring migration to pick up steam. Most winter rarities have departed, and it will be interesting to see if true neotropical migrants start showing up on an earlier than usual schedule. In Central Park, a good selection of early migrants has been present lately. These have included OSPREY, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, HERMIT THRUSH, WINTER WREN, BROWN CREEPER, some GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and fewer RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, decent numbers of PINE WARBLERS and a few PALM WARBLERS, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported again at the north end as recently as Wednesday. Prospect Park produced a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at the Lullwater Thursday, as well as many of the previously mentioned species. A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was noted at Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn Wednesday, but more surprising was a DICKCISSEL photographed at a private residence in Queens at their feeders last Sunday. Among the waterfowl besides good numbers of WOOD DUCKS, some BLUE-WINGED TEAL are also showing up, including two at Sunken Meadow State Park on Monday and one in Brooklyn Wednesday. Joining some GREAT EGRETS and SNOWY EGRETS and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS was a LITTLE BLUE HERON at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday, while farther east on Long Island, 16 GLOSSY IBIS plus GREATER YELLOWLEGS were at the Wertheim Estate in Shirley today. At Hempstead Lake State Park, usually a good early migration site, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still around McDonald Pond today, and good numbers of PINE WARBLERS were also noted. PIPING PLOVERS can be found now along the ocean beaches, including at Jones Beach West End, where a flock of PURPLE SANDPIPERS continues around the Jones Inlet jetties. An ICELAND GULL was still at Iron Pier Beach at the end of Pier Avenue in Northville on Tuesday. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or during the day except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Rockefeller State Park Preserve Friday 3/30
This am I birded with Randy Schutz, Peter Haskell and Neville Wright. It was a lovely morning with some interesting highlights.. There included a close up female pileated, a hairy, FOS blue grey gnatcatcher, black vulture in addition to turkey, Tree and rough winged swallows, field sparrow. More common but of interest were eastern bluebirds, brown headed cowbirds, eastern phoebes, Carolina wren, brown thrasher (heard) among the usual others. No kinglets or warblers although we saw both kinglets, pine and palm warblers near Garret Mtn on Tuesday. Sharon Berlan /NYC Sent from my iPad -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
