[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker RMSP, LI

[Shaibal Mitra]

Joan Quinlan found a Red-headed Woodpecker at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk, Co., 
LI, around mid-day today. The bird was perching on signs near parking field 2.

Shai Mitra,
Bay Shore



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Owls - addendum

[Ardith Bondi]

Yesterday, there were lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers (I saw only males), 
a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Northern Parula (my FOS for this species) 
in the area of the owls.


Ardith Bondi

On 4/15/12 4:00 PM, Jack Rothman wrote:

Twenty people observed four Great Horned Owls on today's owl walk with City 
Island Birds.
There were two adults and two owlets, all clearly visible.
Other highlights included spectacular views of  several American Kestrel and 
Northern Harriers. On the way to see the owls, we also found the following:
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Crested Flycatcher.
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
American Black Duck
Brant
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

Jack Rothman
Pelham Bay Park
Bronx, NY
April 15, 2012
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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Owls

[Jack Rothman]

Twenty people observed four Great Horned Owls on today's owl walk with City 
Island Birds. 
There were two adults and two owlets, all clearly visible. 
Other highlights included spectacular views of  several American Kestrel and 
Northern Harriers. On the way to see the owls, we also found the following: 
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Crested Flycatcher. 
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
American Black Duck
Brant
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

Jack Rothman
Pelham Bay Park
Bronx, NY
April 15, 2012
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[nysbirds-l] Sunday morning birds: Heckscher State Park/Timberpoint C.C.

[John Gluth]

I birded Heckscher S.P. (mostly NE quadrant) and adjacent Timberpoint
Country Club this morning from 7:45-11:30. Highlights included:

13 Laughing Gulls on the golf course (FOY for me)
5 species of woodpecker (including 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers);
8 species of sparrow--E. Towhee, Tree (1), Chipping, Field (1),
Savannah (1), Song, Swamp (3), & White-throated--but no Juncos
5 Brown Thrashers
1 HOUSE WREN
1 WHITE-EYED VIREO (heard only, loop trail east of maintenance yard)
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Brown Creeper
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
2 E. Phoebe
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk (on and near nest)
1 Common Loon (flyover)

Warblers were relatively scarce, with only 1 Palm, ~3 Pines, &
~10 Yellow-rumps.

53 species total




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[nysbirds-l] Y.-thr. Warblers, yes/no: NYC 4/15

[Tom Fiore]

Sunday, 15 April, 2012 -
Central Park & Riverside Park,
(both in) Manhattan, N.Y. City

In Central Park, a singing Yellow-throated Warbler was found at the NW  
edge of the Ramble, just north of the NW end of the lake, near about  
W. 79 St. (in trees on the south of the West 81 St. Transverse that  
runs below ground level), at ~ 6:30 a.m. - presumably the same bird  
seen very near there on Saturday. The Yellow-throated sang several  
times very intermittently in the space of 15 minutes or so and was  
quite high in oaks, associating with Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers  
and a smaller no. of Palm Warblers, & a few other species such as Ruby- 
crowned Kinglets. It seems possible that bird may move with that flock  
and could stay near there, or easily drift to another area, perhaps by  
Delacorte Theatre, Turtle Pond, or farther on.

At the north end of Central, a bit later and thru about 8:30 a.m., the  
impression was of far fewer birds than the day before, although there  
were still decent numbers of the more-common & expected migrants, as  
well as hints of a bit of fresh arrival, as with a singing Yellow  
Warbler at the edge of the Meer's s. side trees. The numbers of  
sparrows and their kin (juncos and E. Towhees) were again quite high,  
with a little more of some such as Savannah. I also noted the  
partially-leucistic White-throated Sparrow in Strawberry Fields on a  
quick foray thru there at sunrise hour.  One nice & interesting sight  
was at the CP reservoir, where I witnessed at least one dozen Great  
Egrets, and one Snowy Egret, plus a few Black-crowned Night-Herons at  
first light, all on the dike or edges of the reservoir, the most of  
their tribe I've ever seen at that specific location within the park,  
that is within the reservoir itself and clearly finding at least some  
sustenance in there. I did not see any other notables - there were  
still a few of the various duckage that's been, such as Bufflehead,  
Gadwall, Ruddy, and Northern Shoveler, plus a single Pied-billed  
Grebe, but I missed any coots, or mergansers, if such were still  
around today.

At Riverside Park's sanctuary area, near 116-120+ Streets off  
Riverside Park on Manhattan's far west side, the yellow-throated  
warbler of yesterday had not been re-found as of about 10:30 a.m.,  
despite a good many birders working that area, and despite some of the  
same-looking flocks of Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers in that area  
again, along with an appearance by a Louisiana Waterthrush at the  
nearby "drip" & skulking off into the woods. Most of the warblers and  
their companions of the flocks were again quite high in the oaks,  
although with enough sun & warmth, the idea of the "drip" is that  
birds will come down to that level to bathe and/or drink - as happens  
on warm sunny days with migrants. (Monday could potentially be  
productive there, if it becomes as warm as predicted, and assuming  
some migrants are about to be seen.)   A nice report came from Karen  
Fung (who also put in time searching this a.m. for that warbler), as  
she saw a singing White-crowned Sparrow, in Riverside Park near W. 108  
St., which is "interestingly" near where one of that species attempted  
to, or did, overwinter.

Good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Common Raven at Southard's

[Tim Dunn]

There was one Common Raven flying south over the woods abutting Southard's Pond 
in Babylon this morning. The bird vocalized several times. 

A couple of Parulas were heard, along with the usual Song Sparrows and Carolina 
Wrens. No sign of any Yellow Warblers here yet, though several usually nest 
here. A female Hairy Woodpecker was seen, along with some very territorial 
Red-Bellies. 

Thanks,
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Babylon, NY 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14 & WATER

[Joan E. Collins]

Hi Tom/All,

 

It is great to read about the migrants on their way through NYC!  Wanda &
Mike Moccio and I found Palm Warblers singing on territory in Massawepie
Mire on Friday, April 13.  (I posted the past four day's observations to
Northern NY Birds.)  I was at Massawepie on Wednesday, April 11 and did not
find any Palm Warblers.  The earliest arrival date I've been able to
document was April 12, 2010.  As usual, it is always the first warbler
species I find in the Adirondacks.  There have been two reports of Pine
Warblers - one in the Champlain Valley on 4/7 and one in the St. Lawrence
Valley on 4/9.

 

Tom mentioned the lack of water, which is problem for the birds this spring.
Even my non-birding husband has noticed that all the birds are hanging out
in the ditches along the roadways trying to find water from remnant snow
banks.  I noticed the hoards of Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches we
still have at our feeders are also focusing their time where the last of the
snow banks along our driveway just melted.  This morning I cleaned out an
old ceramic bird bath and filled it with water - it instantly became Grand
Central Station to our feeder birds.  There isn't enough room for all the
birds, so my husband is going to take one of our old snow-disk sleds and
fill it with water to help.  I am sure the situation is even worse
downstate.  In the Adirondacks, we've had some rain, snow, and hail over the
past week, which has helped fill some of the nearly empty vernal pools and
puddles.

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY

 

From: bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Fiore
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 11:00 PM
To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14

 

Saturday 14 April, 2012  -  

Riverside Park, Inwood Hill Park, Central Park: Manhattan, N.Y. City

 

The day began (at first light) with a very strong flow of 'new' migrants,
including some apparent onward morning flight of various passerines as seen
from the northern end of Central Park, and still at least somewhat evident a
1/2-hour after sunrise.  Many more Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers were
moving than in any previous day this spring, and accompanying them were a
more modest number of additional warbler species with Palm Warbler an easy
second in their overall numbers.  A very good sparrow flight also took place
with Chipping Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow predominant, also including
a strong contingent of Dark-eyed Junco.  Continuing in good numbers were
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, aided by fresh reinforcements.

 

Now, what a lot of birders also will be interested in are some of the "new"
arrivals and the uncommon spp. amongst those:  there were at least (to my
knowledge) 3 YELLOW-THROATED Warblers in Manhattan today - the first,
previously reported here & elsewhere, was noted from the n. end of Riverside
Park and was found by Tom Perlman - with whom I birded for a bit in Central
Park's north end along with other birders. That bird (the Riverside Pk.
Yellow-throated) was seen, after Tom & others spread the word, by no fewer
than 40+ birders in the mid-day period and was pretty cooperative for many
who showed up then. It did not seem to be vocal but stayed in one pin oak
tree, along with multiple nearby Yellow-rumped, Palm, and some Pine
Warblers, and other high-up migrants.  The location was just very slightly
north (a few yards) of the paved park path within Riverside Park to the
north of the north entry to the small sanctuary area, and the path that
leads from 120 Street / Riverside Drive down into the park and (below) to
the tennis courts & small brick building housing the tennis "house" &
restrooms.  This also happens to be just north & up-slope of the "drip" in
Riverside, which is on and is starting to be active now (a few warblers &
other migrants visiting it this day). 

 

Another Yellow-throated Warbler was in far northern Manhattan in Inwood
Park, near the "Clove" path, or the central wooded path which leads from the
lagoon area up to the highest ground - this bird was singing and was very
high in the oak trees, well-known to any regulars of that park as an
extremely high canopy & thus potentially a very tough bird - however there
is a path that allows a bit of a view out into canopy from just above the
"clove" and with the warbler singing on & off it was possible to re-find it,
if only sporadically, in the hours between 3 & 5 p.m. - there were a variety
of other warbler spp. and other expected migrants in Inwood Park as well in
the afternoon & it seemed likely that the morning hours there may have been
quite productive. I did not see any other birders at that hour, however, but
there are a small group of devoted Inwood Hill area birders.  

 

Also, a number of birders were able to see a Yellow-throated Warbler in
Central Park's Ramble area, at the NW portion of that area, known as the
"Upper Lobe" of the lake, not far in from 

RE: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14 WATER

[Joan E. Collins]

Hi Tom/All,

 

It is great to read about the migrants on their way through NYC!  Wanda 
Mike Moccio and I found Palm Warblers singing on territory in Massawepie
Mire on Friday, April 13.  (I posted the past four day's observations to
Northern NY Birds.)  I was at Massawepie on Wednesday, April 11 and did not
find any Palm Warblers.  The earliest arrival date I've been able to
document was April 12, 2010.  As usual, it is always the first warbler
species I find in the Adirondacks.  There have been two reports of Pine
Warblers - one in the Champlain Valley on 4/7 and one in the St. Lawrence
Valley on 4/9.

 

Tom mentioned the lack of water, which is problem for the birds this spring.
Even my non-birding husband has noticed that all the birds are hanging out
in the ditches along the roadways trying to find water from remnant snow
banks.  I noticed the hoards of Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches we
still have at our feeders are also focusing their time where the last of the
snow banks along our driveway just melted.  This morning I cleaned out an
old ceramic bird bath and filled it with water - it instantly became Grand
Central Station to our feeder birds.  There isn't enough room for all the
birds, so my husband is going to take one of our old snow-disk sleds and
fill it with water to help.  I am sure the situation is even worse
downstate.  In the Adirondacks, we've had some rain, snow, and hail over the
past week, which has helped fill some of the nearly empty vernal pools and
puddles.

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY

 

From: bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Fiore
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 11:00 PM
To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14

 

Saturday 14 April, 2012  -  

Riverside Park, Inwood Hill Park, Central Park: Manhattan, N.Y. City

 

The day began (at first light) with a very strong flow of 'new' migrants,
including some apparent onward morning flight of various passerines as seen
from the northern end of Central Park, and still at least somewhat evident a
1/2-hour after sunrise.  Many more Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers were
moving than in any previous day this spring, and accompanying them were a
more modest number of additional warbler species with Palm Warbler an easy
second in their overall numbers.  A very good sparrow flight also took place
with Chipping Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow predominant, also including
a strong contingent of Dark-eyed Junco.  Continuing in good numbers were
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, aided by fresh reinforcements.

 

Now, what a lot of birders also will be interested in are some of the new
arrivals and the uncommon spp. amongst those:  there were at least (to my
knowledge) 3 YELLOW-THROATED Warblers in Manhattan today - the first,
previously reported here  elsewhere, was noted from the n. end of Riverside
Park and was found by Tom Perlman - with whom I birded for a bit in Central
Park's north end along with other birders. That bird (the Riverside Pk.
Yellow-throated) was seen, after Tom  others spread the word, by no fewer
than 40+ birders in the mid-day period and was pretty cooperative for many
who showed up then. It did not seem to be vocal but stayed in one pin oak
tree, along with multiple nearby Yellow-rumped, Palm, and some Pine
Warblers, and other high-up migrants.  The location was just very slightly
north (a few yards) of the paved park path within Riverside Park to the
north of the north entry to the small sanctuary area, and the path that
leads from 120 Street / Riverside Drive down into the park and (below) to
the tennis courts  small brick building housing the tennis house 
restrooms.  This also happens to be just north  up-slope of the drip in
Riverside, which is on and is starting to be active now (a few warblers 
other migrants visiting it this day). 

 

Another Yellow-throated Warbler was in far northern Manhattan in Inwood
Park, near the Clove path, or the central wooded path which leads from the
lagoon area up to the highest ground - this bird was singing and was very
high in the oak trees, well-known to any regulars of that park as an
extremely high canopy  thus potentially a very tough bird - however there
is a path that allows a bit of a view out into canopy from just above the
clove and with the warbler singing on  off it was possible to re-find it,
if only sporadically, in the hours between 3  5 p.m. - there were a variety
of other warbler spp. and other expected migrants in Inwood Park as well in
the afternoon  it seemed likely that the morning hours there may have been
quite productive. I did not see any other birders at that hour, however, but
there are a small group of devoted Inwood Hill area birders.  

 

Also, a number of birders were able to see a Yellow-throated Warbler in
Central Park's Ramble area, at the NW portion of that area, known as the
Upper Lobe of the lake, not far in from the W. 77 Street park 

[nysbirds-l] Common Raven at Southard's

[Tim Dunn]

There was one Common Raven flying south over the woods abutting Southard's Pond 
in Babylon this morning. The bird vocalized several times. 

A couple of Parulas were heard, along with the usual Song Sparrows and Carolina 
Wrens. No sign of any Yellow Warblers here yet, though several usually nest 
here. A female Hairy Woodpecker was seen, along with some very territorial 
Red-Bellies. 

Thanks,
Tim Dunn
Babylon, NY 
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[nysbirds-l] Y.-thr. Warblers, yes/no: NYC 4/15

[Tom Fiore]

Sunday, 15 April, 2012 -
Central Park  Riverside Park,
(both in) Manhattan, N.Y. City

In Central Park, a singing Yellow-throated Warbler was found at the NW  
edge of the Ramble, just north of the NW end of the lake, near about  
W. 79 St. (in trees on the south of the West 81 St. Transverse that  
runs below ground level), at ~ 6:30 a.m. - presumably the same bird  
seen very near there on Saturday. The Yellow-throated sang several  
times very intermittently in the space of 15 minutes or so and was  
quite high in oaks, associating with Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers  
and a smaller no. of Palm Warblers,  a few other species such as Ruby- 
crowned Kinglets. It seems possible that bird may move with that flock  
and could stay near there, or easily drift to another area, perhaps by  
Delacorte Theatre, Turtle Pond, or farther on.

At the north end of Central, a bit later and thru about 8:30 a.m., the  
impression was of far fewer birds than the day before, although there  
were still decent numbers of the more-common  expected migrants, as  
well as hints of a bit of fresh arrival, as with a singing Yellow  
Warbler at the edge of the Meer's s. side trees. The numbers of  
sparrows and their kin (juncos and E. Towhees) were again quite high,  
with a little more of some such as Savannah. I also noted the  
partially-leucistic White-throated Sparrow in Strawberry Fields on a  
quick foray thru there at sunrise hour.  One nice  interesting sight  
was at the CP reservoir, where I witnessed at least one dozen Great  
Egrets, and one Snowy Egret, plus a few Black-crowned Night-Herons at  
first light, all on the dike or edges of the reservoir, the most of  
their tribe I've ever seen at that specific location within the park,  
that is within the reservoir itself and clearly finding at least some  
sustenance in there. I did not see any other notables - there were  
still a few of the various duckage that's been, such as Bufflehead,  
Gadwall, Ruddy, and Northern Shoveler, plus a single Pied-billed  
Grebe, but I missed any coots, or mergansers, if such were still  
around today.

At Riverside Park's sanctuary area, near 116-120+ Streets off  
Riverside Park on Manhattan's far west side, the yellow-throated  
warbler of yesterday had not been re-found as of about 10:30 a.m.,  
despite a good many birders working that area, and despite some of the  
same-looking flocks of Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers in that area  
again, along with an appearance by a Louisiana Waterthrush at the  
nearby drip  skulking off into the woods. Most of the warblers and  
their companions of the flocks were again quite high in the oaks,  
although with enough sun  warmth, the idea of the drip is that  
birds will come down to that level to bathe and/or drink - as happens  
on warm sunny days with migrants. (Monday could potentially be  
productive there, if it becomes as warm as predicted, and assuming  
some migrants are about to be seen.)   A nice report came from Karen  
Fung (who also put in time searching this a.m. for that warbler), as  
she saw a singing White-crowned Sparrow, in Riverside Park near W. 108  
St., which is interestingly near where one of that species attempted  
to, or did, overwinter.

Good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Sunday morning birds: Heckscher State Park/Timberpoint C.C.

[John Gluth]

I birded Heckscher S.P. (mostly NE quadrant) and adjacent Timberpoint
Country Club this morning from 7:45-11:30. Highlights included:

13 Laughing Gulls on the golf course (FOY for me)
5 species of woodpecker (including 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers);
8 species of sparrow--E. Towhee, Tree (1), Chipping, Field (1),
Savannah (1), Song, Swamp (3),  White-throated--but no Juncos
5 Brown Thrashers
1 HOUSE WREN
1 WHITE-EYED VIREO (heard only, loop trail east of maintenance yard)
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Brown Creeper
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
2 E. Phoebe
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk (on and near nest)
1 Common Loon (flyover)

Warblers were relatively scarce, with only 1 Palm, ~3 Pines, 
~10 Yellow-rumps.

53 species total




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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Owls

[Jack Rothman]

Twenty people observed four Great Horned Owls on today's owl walk with City 
Island Birds. 
There were two adults and two owlets, all clearly visible. 
Other highlights included spectacular views of  several American Kestrel and 
Northern Harriers. On the way to see the owls, we also found the following: 
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Crested Flycatcher. 
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
American Black Duck
Brant
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

Jack Rothman
Pelham Bay Park
Bronx, NY
April 15, 2012
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Owls - addendum

[Ardith Bondi]

Yesterday, there were lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers (I saw only males), 
a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Northern Parula (my FOS for this species) 
in the area of the owls.


Ardith Bondi

On 4/15/12 4:00 PM, Jack Rothman wrote:

Twenty people observed four Great Horned Owls on today's owl walk with City 
Island Birds.
There were two adults and two owlets, all clearly visible.
Other highlights included spectacular views of  several American Kestrel and 
Northern Harriers. On the way to see the owls, we also found the following:
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Crested Flycatcher.
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
American Black Duck
Brant
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

Jack Rothman
Pelham Bay Park
Bronx, NY
April 15, 2012
www.cityislandbirds.com




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[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker RMSP, LI

[Shaibal Mitra]

Joan Quinlan found a Red-headed Woodpecker at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk, Co., 
LI, around mid-day today. The bird was perching on signs near parking field 2.

Shai Mitra,
Bay Shore



Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in 
effect.http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree
Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012.

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