[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park 5/24
This evening's NYC Audubon Bryant Park bird walk (5/24 from 5-6 PM) was quite productive in spite of the intermittent rain. In the park proper, we had a Gray-cheeked Thrush, Gray Catbirds, several Ovenbirds (at least a half-dozen), Common Yellowthroats, a couple of female Blackpoll Warblers, American Redstarts (female-plumaged as well), and a little flitting warbler with a yellow throat that may have been a parula but I thought was a Nashville. This was in the London planes behind the Library, in the NE corner of the park. I hope someone gets a better look at that warbler than I did. There were also a lot of Common Yellowthroats in the treetops acting like proper warblers, confusing matters. In front of the Library, in the Northern stand of honey locusts, we had an excellent mixed warbler flock, including: Northern Parula (1 ♀)Black-throated Blue Warbler (2, ♀&♂) the male was hopping on the ground with sparrows!Yellow Warbler (1 ♀)Magnolia Warbler (1 ♂)American Redstart (1 ♀)Common Yellowthroat (several, ♀&♂)Wilson's Warbler (1 ♀)Ovenbird (1) With the rain and clouds, it quickly got too dark to see colors well, but I suspect there were some other species there as well. Definitely worth investigating in the morning! Good birding, Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon -- 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
Hempstead Lake State Park 24 May I was with the South Shore Audubon today.. Overcast and, surprisingly, no migrants. We did see a TURKEY VULTURE several times during the morning. In contrast to the one seen here in late March, this one seems to be hanging out. Interesting. Sy Schiff -- 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] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 24 May 2012
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/24/2012 * NYBU1205.24 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- WHIMBREL BRANT WILSON'S PHALAROPE WHITE-R. SANDPIPER WHITE-W. CROSSBILL Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Least Bittern Trumpter Swan Northern Pintail Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Ruddy Duck Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Glaucous Gull Black Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. Barn Swallow Brown Creeper Cape May Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Northern Waterthrush Grasshopper Sparrow Orchard Oriole Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/24/2012 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 24, 2012 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received May 17 through May 24 from the Niagara Frontier Region include WHIMBREL, BRANT, and a Big Day report. May 17, on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario, 2 WHIMBRELS at Morgans Point in Wainfleet. Also on the lakeshore, at Windmill Point in Fort Erie, 4 BRANT at the small island west of Windmill Point Road. A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLE continue at this location. In Fort Erie, At Kraft Road, 4 RED-HEADED WDPKRS., And shorebirds on the Fort Erie beaches included 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 8 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and 18 LEAST SANDPIPERS. May 17 and 18, a 24 hour Big Day of birding covering the Batavia Waste Water Plant, Iroquois Refuge, Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, the Lake Ontario Plains, lower Niagara River and Niagara Falls, reported 164 species including 23 warbler species. Highlights of the Big Day - at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, HORNED GREBE, LESSER SCAUP and BLACK TERN. In the Iroquois Refuge at Swallow Hollow Trail, BROWN CREEPER, CERULEAN WARBLER and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and at Windmill Marsh, a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS and a RED-HEADED WDPKR. In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER along the dike west of Meadville Road, and to the east, in the recently drained Cinnamon Marsh, abundant shorebirds included over 500 LEAST SANDPIPERS plus 10 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. Waterfowl highlights in the two areas were NORTHERN PINTAIL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK and RUDDY DUCK. In the Lake Ontario Plains, RED-THROATED LOON and a flyover PINE SISKIN at Barker Park. In Somerset, ORCHARD ORIOLE at Hartland and Lower Lake Road, and at Johnson Creek and Townline Roads, WILSON'S PHALAROPE and WHITE-R. SANDPIPER. Unexpected find at Greenwood Cemetery in Wilson - 4 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS plus 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS. BROAD-WINGED HAWKS at two locations. On the lower Niagara River, 4 COMMON GOLDENEYES, and concluding the Big Day at the Three Sisters Island at Niagara Falls, a GLAUCOUS GULL. Other reports this week - LEAST BITTERNS heard in the Iroquois Refuge included one at Kumpf Marsh and 2 or 3 at Ring- neck Marsh by Sour Springs Road. In Buffalo, MERLIN on Woodbridge Avenue and ten warbler species still at Forest Lawn, including widely reported BLACKPOLL WARBLERS. On Grand Island, 50 BARN SWALLOWS nesting under the docks at the Big Six Marina on Whitehaven Road. Five GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS heard in the Town of Royalton on Pearson Road between Carmen and Drum Roads. And, ORCHARD ORIOLE in the Southern Tier, in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 31. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - 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] Yellow-throated Warbler Continues at Connetquot River S. P. (Suffolk Co.)
During a breeding bird survey at CRSP I again encountered the previously reported Yellow-throated Warbler singing on both sides of the road to the fish hatchery. This bird has now been present in the same location since early May.The bird ranged from the entrance road toll booth north to the gray barn building. The bird moved frequently and was actively singing, but no evidence of breeding was observed. Otherwise, the birding was slow. No Acadian Flycatchers were noted, and only three Wood Pewees were recorded in a five mile walk. No migrant warblers were heard or seen. Ken Feustel -- 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] CRESLI 2012 Great South Channel whale and pelagic bird trips -
2012 Great South Channel trip - August 12-14, 2012. Same price as last year. Reservations are required and can be made as of at http://www.cresli.org/cresli/reservations/offshore_res.html. The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island is a non-profit research and education organization. Our mission is: "To promote and foster understanding and stewardship of coastal ecosystems through research and education ." Part of our work is to observe and document the whale and sea bird populations of NY and New England and to take people to see these animals in the wild. Since 2002 we have been offering incredible and successful multi-day offshore pelagic bird and whale observation trips. Our trips have been 100% successful and we have encountered thousands of pelagic birds over the years . We've also encountered fin, minke, sei, and right whales; common, white-sided, dolphins, pilot whales We are planning one trip to the Great South Chanel in August 12-14, 2012 (51 hours). The vessel is the 140' Viking Starship that can sleep up to 65 passengers in navy style bunks. Excellent food will be available at reasonable prices. Passengers may bring their own food as well. The trips will be led by a seasoned marine mammal biologist and professor. Volunteers from CRESLI will assist in photo-identification spotting and data collection. (1)Our August trip will leave at 6:30 PM on August 12, 2012 and head to Martha's Vineyard (MV) to pick up (and drop off) passengers. We expect to arrive at Oak Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard at approximately 12:30 AM on 8/13; we leave MV at 1:00 AM and proceed to the GSC. We should reach the whale grounds around day break, spend the next 24 hours amongst the whales and birds of the GSC. The following morning, we will have the option of either remaining on the whale grounds, or returning early to Martha's Vineyard for land-based birding, hiking, or other activities. The vessel will ultimately depart Martha's Vineyard at 4:30 PM on 8/14 and return to Montauk at 10:30 PM on 8/14/12. 1. Cost = $275 for CRESLI members; $300 for non-members 2. Children 6 - 12 are half price 3. Under 6 are free We at CRESLI hope that you will join us on our trips. Remember that members do get discounted fares. Go to http://www.cresli.org/cresli/GSC_offshore.html for info and reservation links. Reservations can be made at http://www.cresli.org/cresli/reservations/offshore_res.html Expectations: Cetaceans: Humpback, Fin, Minke, Right; Sei, Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph. D. kopel...@optonline.net ( e-mails scanned for viruses before sending) "When the last individual of a race of living thing breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again" .. William Beebee P Be kind to the environment - unless you need to, please don't print this e-mail . and Pilot whales; Common, Bottlenose, Atlantic White Sided and Risso's Dolphins; Leatherback, Green and Loggerhead Turtles; Basking, Great White, Hammerhead, and Blue Sharks; Bluefin, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna; White Marlin; Ocean Sunfish; Portuguese Man-of-War; and other marine life. . Birds: Cory's, Greater, Sooty, Manx, and Audubon's Shearwaters; Wilson's and Leach's Storm-Petrels; Northern Fulmar; Northern Gannet; Red-necked and Red Phalaropes; Pomarine, and Parasitic Jaegers; South Polar Skua; Greater Black-backed, Herring, Bonaparte's Gulls. -- 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] Black Tern @ Cupsogue, Moriches
Single black tern seen with with many commons, and thousands of shorebirds on flats north or parking lot @Cupsogue CP, 1:30 pm 5/23. Mike Scheibel Brookhaven -- 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/ --
