[nysbirds-l] Common Redpolls/White-winged Crossbills/Finch movements, etc.
11/6/12 Southeastern St. Lawrence Co. (Piercefield and Massawepie Mire) Clear, cold (18 to 32 degrees), calm winds David Buckley and I hiked about 5.5 miles round trip at Massawepie Mire today. On the drive from David's home in Piercefield, we found a flock of ~10 Common Redpolls feeding on (abundant) birch catkins along Main St. in Piercefield. The birds were feeding non-stop and did not appear to take any notice of us. A Red-winged Blackbird flew over at this location. Here are some of the species found at Massawepie: Hooded Merganser - on Massawepie Lake Ruffed Grouse Common Loon - Massawepie Lake Black-backed Woodpecker - female Gray Jay - 3 heard Boreal Chickadee - 4 observed Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 White-winged Crossbill - heard throughout the hike, with several observed flying over us (one large flock heard) American Goldfinch Waterfowl in Hamilton Co. (town of Long Lake) on the drive home: 12 Amer. Black Ducks on the Round Lake outlet, 3 Bufflehead, 6 Hooded Mergansers, and 2 Common Loons on Little Tupper Lake, Ring-necked Duck and 3 Hooded Mergansers on Minnow Pond, and 3 Hooded Mergansers on Shaw Pond. A male Northern Cardinal was foraging along the road near the Lake Eaton campsite entrance in Long Lake (not a very common sight in Long Lake - geographic center of the Adirondack Park). 11/4/12 Lake Champlain locations in Essex Co., overcast, cold, moderate winds (very cold along the lake!) Sean O'Brien, Ted Mack, Linda LaPan, and I drove to the Lake Champlain valley on Sunday. Brian McAllister and 4 Paul Smith's College students were in another car, and Joe and Pat Demko were in a third car. We spent most of the time birding together. Areas we visited included Westport, Essex, Whallon's Bay, and Noblewood. We tallied 53 species which included hearing a first-of-the-season Common Redpoll flock. Here are a few of the species found: Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Common Loon Horned Grebe Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Greater Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Bohemian Waxwing - ~35 to 40 on Newman Rd. in Lake Placid Yellow-rumped Warbler Snow Bunting - 5 on the beach at Noblewood Red-winged Blackbird White-winged Crossbill - 5 heard and observed flying over us Common Redpoll American Goldfinch Finch movements: Joe Demko (from NJ) mentioned that White-winged Crossbills were being observed as far south as Cape May in New Jersey. I have received several email messages from birders downstate (for me, "downstate" is defined as the Southern Adirondacks to NYC!) - from southern NY, NYC, and Long Island, with reports of Evening Grosbeaks and White-winged Crossbills. In the past week in Long Lake, Pine Siskin numbers have sharply dropped, Evening Grosbeaks disappeared from feeders, and American Goldfinches moved in! Purple Finches left some time ago (they normally leave the mountains in winter). White-winged Crossbills are still widespread. My last summer sighting of White-winged Crossbill was August 8 (after their winter nesting, I continued to find them well into the summer). Then there was a gap of 2.5 months of no sightings before they became widespread on Oct. 23. I have heard/observed them on every outing since Oct. 23. Finch movements this fall are quite interesting. Hopefully, Common Redpolls will find our feeders soon. Joan Collins Long Lake, 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Orange Co. sightings
At a home feeder west of Orange Lake, Orange Co., a female COMMON(!) REDPOLL, discovered on Sunday continues as the lone one of her species. She is in company with 12 Pine Siskins, 4 Purple Finch, 6 House Finch, several Amer. Goldfinches and other "usual suspects". On Winding Hills Park lake on Sunday afternoon, outside Montgomery, 2 Ruddy Ducks were joined by 7 Lesser Scaup and 2 Ring-necked Ducks. Ken McDermott -- 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] Union Square Park
Union Square Park located at 14th street in Manhattan. 9-9:30am Winter Wren-going into a flat ground sewer on the west side of the park. Hermit thrush +20 Tufted titmouse-1 Red tailed hawk, immature-1- making an unsuccessful dive at a squirrel. White throated sparrow- many Song Sparrow-1 Lincoln's sparrow-1 Dark eyed Junco-6 House sparrows-many American Robin-5 Ruby crowned kinglet-1 Brown Creeper-1 Hairy Woodpecker-1 Mourning Dove-1 European Starling-7 Good birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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] Alley Pond Park Virginia's Warbler update
Just some more detail on Eric Miller's sighting of the Virginia's Warbler yesterday. At about 3:15 yesterday afternoon, Eric and I heard three soft chip notes low in the understory near a tangle of downed tree limbs at the spot Steve Walter describes below. The chip notes sounded promising and we began to search the area. Eric saw the bird a minute or so later when it turned over a leaf on the forest floor. He got a good look of its upper body from approximately 25 feet away. As he related to me later, the bird has a gray back and a whitish breast with yellow spot on the upper breast. The most notable field mark is a bold eye ring. Unfortunately, I did not see the bird. My view may have been blocked by the understory plants and the bird was not moving. When Eric let down his bins to better describe where I should look, the bird disappeared. This morning, as of 9:30 when I left the park, the bird had not been re-found despite the efforts of a number of good birders. As Steve said in his post, this is a very difficult bird to find. Hopefully, it will present itself again, this time long enough for a photo to be obtained. Jeff Ritter Little Neck, Queens From: bounce-70618723-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-70618723-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 6:58 PM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Eric Miller (aka the boy who cried wolf) called late today to say that he re-found the Alley Pond Park Virginia's Warbler (aka needle in a haystack). I quickly went to join him and Jeff Ritter, only to get the predictable result. This is a tough bird. Today's sighting was a few hundred yards away. Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left. Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It's worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the park), as they did attract a Parula later on. Steve Walter __ This e-mail transmission contains confidential information that is the property of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any retention, disclosure, reproduction or distribution of the contents of this e-mail transmission, or the taking of any action in reliance thereon or pursuant thereto, is strictly prohibited. No warranty is given by NYSIF that this e-mail is free of viruses, interception or interference. NYSIF disclaims liability for any unauthorized opinion, representation, statement, offer or contract made by the sender on behalf of NYSIF. NYSIF's delegation of authorities, setting out who may make representations or contract on behalf of NYSIF, is available by contacting NYSIF at mail...@nysif.com. Jurisdiction for all actions arising out of dealings with NYSIF shall lie only in a court of competent jurisdiction of the State of New York -- 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] Common Redpolls - Setauket (Suffolk Co)
Had a pair of COMMON REDPOLLS on an early morning walk around Flax Pond this morning. On Sunday morning I had three flyover WW CROSBILLS at the same location. -Peter -- 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] Lincoln's Sprrow, Central Park/Tupelo meadow 11/6
ebird seems to think this is notable, so: I saw what I make as a Lincoln's Sparrow in the Tupelo meadow about 9:45a,. Bird was about the size of a Song Sparrow (one landed next to it and it flew off across the path north of the meadow), but with fine streaking all over the breast and no central spot. Also a Winter Wren just north of Maintenance, two Pine Siskins around the Evodia feeders, and the usual suspects. A group of birders at Belvedere about 10am said the White-Winged Crossbills had been present a little earlier in the pines at the east end of the Shakespeare Garden (overlooked by Belvedere), but I was unable to stay and await their return. Work really eats into my birding time. Good birding, Ed Gaillard Manhattan -- 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] Lincoln's Sprrow, Central Park/Tupelo meadow 11/6
ebird seems to think this is notable, so: I saw what I make as a Lincoln's Sparrow in the Tupelo meadow about 9:45a,. Bird was about the size of a Song Sparrow (one landed next to it and it flew off across the path north of the meadow), but with fine streaking all over the breast and no central spot. Also a Winter Wren just north of Maintenance, two Pine Siskins around the Evodia feeders, and the usual suspects. A group of birders at Belvedere about 10am said the White-Winged Crossbills had been present a little earlier in the pines at the east end of the Shakespeare Garden (overlooked by Belvedere), but I was unable to stay and await their return. Work really eats into my birding time. Good birding, Ed Gaillard Manhattan -- 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] Common Redpolls - Setauket (Suffolk Co)
Had a pair of COMMON REDPOLLS on an early morning walk around Flax Pond this morning. On Sunday morning I had three flyover WW CROSBILLS at the same location. -Peter -- 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] Alley Pond Park Virginia's Warbler update
Just some more detail on Eric Miller's sighting of the Virginia's Warbler yesterday. At about 3:15 yesterday afternoon, Eric and I heard three soft chip notes low in the understory near a tangle of downed tree limbs at the spot Steve Walter describes below. The chip notes sounded promising and we began to search the area. Eric saw the bird a minute or so later when it turned over a leaf on the forest floor. He got a good look of its upper body from approximately 25 feet away. As he related to me later, the bird has a gray back and a whitish breast with yellow spot on the upper breast. The most notable field mark is a bold eye ring. Unfortunately, I did not see the bird. My view may have been blocked by the understory plants and the bird was not moving. When Eric let down his bins to better describe where I should look, the bird disappeared. This morning, as of 9:30 when I left the park, the bird had not been re-found despite the efforts of a number of good birders. As Steve said in his post, this is a very difficult bird to find. Hopefully, it will present itself again, this time long enough for a photo to be obtained. Jeff Ritter Little Neck, Queens From: bounce-70618723-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-70618723-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 6:58 PM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Eric Miller (aka the boy who cried wolf) called late today to say that he re-found the Alley Pond Park Virginia's Warbler (aka needle in a haystack). I quickly went to join him and Jeff Ritter, only to get the predictable result. This is a tough bird. Today's sighting was a few hundred yards away. Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left. Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It's worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the park), as they did attract a Parula later on. Steve Walter __ This e-mail transmission contains confidential information that is the property of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any retention, disclosure, reproduction or distribution of the contents of this e-mail transmission, or the taking of any action in reliance thereon or pursuant thereto, is strictly prohibited. No warranty is given by NYSIF that this e-mail is free of viruses, interception or interference. NYSIF disclaims liability for any unauthorized opinion, representation, statement, offer or contract made by the sender on behalf of NYSIF. NYSIF's delegation of authorities, setting out who may make representations or contract on behalf of NYSIF, is available by contacting NYSIF at mail...@nysif.com. Jurisdiction for all actions arising out of dealings with NYSIF shall lie only in a court of competent jurisdiction of the State of New York -- 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] Union Square Park
Union Square Park located at 14th street in Manhattan. 9-9:30am Winter Wren-going into a flat ground sewer on the west side of the park. Hermit thrush +20 Tufted titmouse-1 Red tailed hawk, immature-1- making an unsuccessful dive at a squirrel. White throated sparrow- many Song Sparrow-1 Lincoln's sparrow-1 Dark eyed Junco-6 House sparrows-many American Robin-5 Ruby crowned kinglet-1 Brown Creeper-1 Hairy Woodpecker-1 Mourning Dove-1 European Starling-7 Good birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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] Orange Co. sightings
At a home feeder west of Orange Lake, Orange Co., a female COMMON(!) REDPOLL, discovered on Sunday continues as the lone one of her species. She is in company with 12 Pine Siskins, 4 Purple Finch, 6 House Finch, several Amer. Goldfinches and other "usual suspects".On Winding Hills Park lake on Sunday afternoon, outside Montgomery, 2 Ruddy Ducks were joined by 7 Lesser Scaup and 2 Ring-necked Ducks.Ken McDermott -- 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] Common Redpolls/White-winged Crossbills/Finch movements, etc.
11/6/12 Southeastern St. Lawrence Co. (Piercefield and Massawepie Mire) Clear, cold (18 to 32 degrees), calm winds David Buckley and I hiked about 5.5 miles round trip at Massawepie Mire today. On the drive from David's home in Piercefield, we found a flock of ~10 Common Redpolls feeding on (abundant) birch catkins along Main St. in Piercefield. The birds were feeding non-stop and did not appear to take any notice of us. A Red-winged Blackbird flew over at this location. Here are some of the species found at Massawepie: Hooded Merganser - on Massawepie Lake Ruffed Grouse Common Loon - Massawepie Lake Black-backed Woodpecker - female Gray Jay - 3 heard Boreal Chickadee - 4 observed Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 White-winged Crossbill - heard throughout the hike, with several observed flying over us (one large flock heard) American Goldfinch Waterfowl in Hamilton Co. (town of Long Lake) on the drive home: 12 Amer. Black Ducks on the Round Lake outlet, 3 Bufflehead, 6 Hooded Mergansers, and 2 Common Loons on Little Tupper Lake, Ring-necked Duck and 3 Hooded Mergansers on Minnow Pond, and 3 Hooded Mergansers on Shaw Pond. A male Northern Cardinal was foraging along the road near the Lake Eaton campsite entrance in Long Lake (not a very common sight in Long Lake - geographic center of the Adirondack Park). 11/4/12 Lake Champlain locations in Essex Co., overcast, cold, moderate winds (very cold along the lake!) Sean O'Brien, Ted Mack, Linda LaPan, and I drove to the Lake Champlain valley on Sunday. Brian McAllister and 4 Paul Smith's College students were in another car, and Joe and Pat Demko were in a third car. We spent most of the time birding together. Areas we visited included Westport, Essex, Whallon's Bay, and Noblewood. We tallied 53 species which included hearing a first-of-the-season Common Redpoll flock. Here are a few of the species found: Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Common Loon Horned Grebe Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Greater Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Bohemian Waxwing - ~35 to 40 on Newman Rd. in Lake Placid Yellow-rumped Warbler Snow Bunting - 5 on the beach at Noblewood Red-winged Blackbird White-winged Crossbill - 5 heard and observed flying over us Common Redpoll American Goldfinch Finch movements: Joe Demko (from NJ) mentioned that White-winged Crossbills were being observed as far south as Cape May in New Jersey. I have received several email messages from birders downstate (for me, downstate is defined as the Southern Adirondacks to NYC!) - from southern NY, NYC, and Long Island, with reports of Evening Grosbeaks and White-winged Crossbills. In the past week in Long Lake, Pine Siskin numbers have sharply dropped, Evening Grosbeaks disappeared from feeders, and American Goldfinches moved in! Purple Finches left some time ago (they normally leave the mountains in winter). White-winged Crossbills are still widespread. My last summer sighting of White-winged Crossbill was August 8 (after their winter nesting, I continued to find them well into the summer). Then there was a gap of 2.5 months of no sightings before they became widespread on Oct. 23. I have heard/observed them on every outing since Oct. 23. Finch movements this fall are quite interesting. Hopefully, Common Redpolls will find our feeders soon. Joan Collins Long Lake, 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/ --
