[nysbirds-l] Midtown Birding

[Alan Drogin]

After being briefly closed with minimal tree damage after Hurricane Sandy, the 
ice skating rink and concession booths of Bryant Park are in full swing . 
Despite the large crowd of shoppers, the birds are sticking around for the 
plentiful supply of food scraps and their own "private" dining area where the 
benches are cordoned off on one side by the rink and the high railing on the 
other.  Besides the large numbers of House and White-throated Sparrows, two 
Swampies were hiding near the bird bath in the northeast corner.  Hermit 
Thrushes and Catbirds were on every side last week but appear to be declining 
in number now.  Two Sapsuckers were on the Lindens in front of the library.  I 
didn't have my binoculars at the time, but over the past two days I've seen two 
raptors circling and landing on top of the Bank of America. No big surprises 
like last winter yet, but I did get one minor surprise today - a female 
Brown-headed Cowbird at the northwest corner of the rink - a first for me in 
Bryant Park.

Happy Birding,
Alan Drogin
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[nysbirds-l] Vultures on Long Island

[AndyatWH]

Today as we were looking for the Pacific Loon ( no luck) Bob Anderson(?)  
and I saw and photographed a flock of 17 Turkey Vultures perched in the  
trees, south of the bridge over the creek off East Moriches Blvd., 1/2  mile 
West of Seatuck Ave,  off Montauk,in Eastport, Long Island.
 
To see Turkey Vultures  at all on Long Island  used to be  rare.
 
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[nysbirds-l] Pacific Loon: Moriches: YES

[Peter Polshek]

The previously reported Pacific Loon continues in the bay off the shore of East 
Moriches. Late this afternoon we, Tom Moran and I, observed the bird actively 
feeding  along the bay's north shore. Best viewing was from the end of 
Evergreen Ave, but if we could have teleported to the end of Watchogue Ave or 
Maple Ave, we would have had superior views. All the loons in this section of 
the bay were active and were typically visible only a few seconds at a time. 
Towards the end of the day the birds stayed visible much longer. Be patient if 
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[nysbirds-l] KIngs CountyChristmas Count December 15th

[prosbird]

Kings County (Brooklyn)  Christmas Count takes place December 15th. If you are 
interested in participating, please refer to the Brooklyn Bird Club details 
below from the trips page. www.brooklynbirdclub.org 



Saturday, December 15th, 113th Christmas Bird Census
http://conservation.audubon.org/programs/christmas-bird-count 
Teams Coordinator: Heidi Steiner-Nanz (718) 369-2116 (call early eve before 8 
pm) or email heidi.stei...@verizon.net
Compiler: Rick Cech, Assisted by Paul Keim
Comments: Coordinator assigns trip leaders and participants, assimilating teams 
and establishing starting points with team leaders. Please call as early as 
possible for participation in this great event. The count dinner should be held 
at the Prospect Park Audubon Center. Help and assistance is needed for dinner 
setup, email Peter at prosb...@aol.com to offer help and get details.


Peter
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[nysbirds-l] CBC Season is Just 2 Weeks Away!

[Carena Pooth]

Hello CBC Coordinators! 
 
Thank you to those who have already sent me the information about their
count. We maintain the calendar on the NYSOA website to help you recruit
participants and to provide a quick reference for anyone trying to find out
where and when the counts are being held.
 
If you haven't sent me your info yet, please reply to this email with the
following information. Alternatively, you can fill out the form on the NYSOA
website at any time - go to  
http://www.nybirds.org/ProjCBC.htm
 
Name of CBC circle 
4-letter ID of CBC circle
CBC date  
Contact Name  
Contact email  
Contact phone number  
 
Thanks in advance for your help!  
 
Carena Pooth
New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA)
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[nysbirds-l] Paul Gillen

[Orhan Birol]

Paul Gillen and I had a special relationship.

He was the one who made me an avid birder from 1986-2002; until I lost all
of the 380+ NY List due to the corruption of my Thayer's Birder's List and
gave up.
I met him first time at the Schinnecock Inlet scoping the inlet and ocean,
as I had droven there to check the ocean conditions to see if I could take
my boat out.
I used to post all the birds I had seen in my yard in a diary, but had no
clue people used to search birds outside their yards. My first question to
him was about the
female Red-bellied Woodpecker ,a woodpecker I had never seen in my yard in
East Quogue since I bought the house in 1976, until then. When it was
cleared that the Red-bellied Woodpecker was not a rear bird, just one which
extended it's range north gradually and people birded outside their yards
too, I got hooked.

Paul was the one who advised me to buy the Swarovski scope I still have and
he was the one who showed me my first Red-throated Loon, Boat Tailed
Grackle and Horned Lark.
I did also see the Blacked-tailed Godwit he discovered and IDENTIFIED.

He will be greatly missed,

Orhan Birol
Shelter Island.

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[nysbirds-l] Smith Point County Park, etc.

[Peter Post]

Ardith Bondi and I spent the morning at Smith Point County Park.  
Except for a flock 125 Boat-tailed Grackles (in the parking lot) and  
numbers of loons and gannets offshore there were very few birds of  
note. No winter finches and only one White-throated Sparrow.


One male EURASIAN WIGEON continues on Mill pond in Sayville.

At 7:00 am there was a BARRED OWL perched on a Lamp Pole near exit 18  
(Queens Co.) on the LIE. This appears to be a good years for this  
species with up to three individuals in one day in Central Park.


Peter

Peter Post
New York City
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[nysbirds-l] Sad News

[Hugh McGuinness]

Yesterday I learned that Paul Gillen of Southold, Long Island, died last
week. Many of you will remember Paul as the fellow who found the
Black-tailed Godwit in Eastport many years ago. Before that Paul was one of
the the first birders in the modern era to find a bona fide Franklin's
Gull, a first-year bird that spent several weeks cadging handouts in the
parking lot of the Riverhead McDonald's. For many of us, that was the first
Franklin's Gull we had seen in New York. Paul was a regular contributor
throughout the years that I compiled East End Birds. Even as his abilities
diminished in recent years, he remained active in the field and was often
the first to report the rare waterfowl of Lake Marratooka. I, for one, am
very saddened to learn of his demise even though I did not know him well.

-- 
Hugh McGuinness
Washington, D.C.

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[nysbirds-l] Shinnecock Inlet, Friday, Nov. 30th

[Carl Starace]

 Hi,   Twas a Loonfull morning. Between 9 and 10 am I had a
westward's movement of 200 plus Common and 60 plus Redthroated Loons. Four
big Tugboats came through the inlet pulling all sorts of dredging gear. The
Dunlin flock continues atop the east jetty with an additional 1 possibly 2
Ruddy Turnstones spotted by Aaron Virgin. Lots of Northern
Gannets about.  Eleven Blackbellied Plover landed on the beach to the
west just as I was leaving. The island on Ponqugue Bridge's far side had
ten resting GB Herons.   Good Birding All,   Carl Starace

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park CBC December 16th

[david speiser]

It's CBC season again. The Central park CBC will be held on Sunday, December 
16th.
 Please meet at 8amat the South Pump Station of the Reservoir

(85th Street & 5th Avenue). All counting groups will be

escorted by Urban Park Rangers.

12:30pm: Data tally and refreshments at the Arsenal

Gallery (3rd floor of the Arsenal at 64th Street & 5th

Avenue).

Dress warmly and don’t forget your binoculars!  Please RSVP by Friday December 
14th by calling 212-360-1324 or e-mail r...@parks.nyc.gov. For more 
information, contact NYC Audubon at 212-691-

7483 or email christmasbirdco...@nycaudubon.org.
 
Good birding,David Speiser
New York City Audubon

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RE:[nysbirds-l] [HMBirds] Western Tanager - Athens, Greene County +++

[Will Raup]

Thanks for Corey Finger for pointing out that I once again screwed up the phone 
number for Western Tanager in Athens...

518-444-8011 is the correct number.



Will Raup

Albany, NY


  
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond: Virginia's Warbler, WW Crossbills

[Peter Scully]

The VIRGINIA'S WARBLER continues at Alley Pond and seems to cover a fair amount 
of ground.  Bob Anderson found the bird in a mixed flock at 11:30 along the 
path leading north from the baseball field towards the pond, after seeing it 
near the Nutmeg Meadow earlier in the morning.  After a brief glimpse at 11:30 
the bird disappeared, but turned up behind the adventure course high-wire 
apparatus at 1:30, moving with a small group of Golden-crowned Kinglets.   
After about twenty minutes, the bird flew over the ball field in the general 
direction of the Nutmeg Meadow.

Six WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were eating grit from the base of a storm-toppled 
tree north of the ball fields.

Four RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were in the pond north of the fields. 

Cheers,

Peter
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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager - Athens, Greene County +++

[Will Raup]

At 8:45 this morning, I arrived at the house with the Western Tanager in 
Athens, Greene County.  There I met Anthony Collerton and the two of us were 
invited inside to view the bird from the home owners dining room.  The bird fed 
on the feeder near constantly the entire time I was there.  

The home owners were spectacular and very gracious, however keep in mind that 
they do live in a "gated community", there is very little parking and not all 
of their neighbors may be as welcoming.  Again the homeowners (Peter and Hope) 
asked that visitors please call before coming (518-844-8011).  The feeders the 
bird is frequenting is not visible from the street.

As the bird was feeding frequently photos were not hard to obtain, I've posted 
one photo here:  http://flic.kr/p/dxynPE

After I left, I hit Vosburgh's/4 Mile Point which was dead quiet (save for Deer 
Hunters), the Coxsackie Boat Launch, which had nothing but a few Ring-billed 
Gulls.  The Coast Guard was doing something on the river, likely keeping things 
quiet.

I next hit the Greene County IDA Grasslands by the Serta Factory off 9w.  It 
too was very quiet, with American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, 
American Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk and a Hairy 
Woodpecker.

Just as I was leaving a group of COMMON REDPOLLS landed in the weeds right near 
the cul-du-sac, and I could hear many more going over head.  About a dozen or 
so birds foraged very close to me, with one bird in particular getting to about 
2 feet from me for some more photos.


http://flic.kr/p/dxynSy

http://flic.kr/p/dxyo1C

>From there I did a sweep of the local water areas, the Coxsackie Reservoir 
>held the most variety with about 500 Canada Geese, 200 Ruddy Ducks, 75 Common 
>Mergansers, 12 Hooded Mergansers, 4 American Black Ducks and a few Mallards.

Stanton Pond in Albany County was 90% frozen, but still held a handful of 
Canada Geese, American Black Duck, Gadwall and American Wigeon.  The fields 
going into the Holt Preserve in Coeymans held about 500 American Crows and 40 
Wild Turkey.

>From there I still had more time, until it was time to pick up my wife... so I 
>rode around the back roads of New Baltimore, Greene County not finding more 
>than about 1 billion Dark-eyed Juncos (conservative estimate).  

However, I did find this nice adult Red-shouldered Hawk, a difficult bird to 
find in Region 8 and even more so in late fall/winter.

http://flic.kr/p/dxynWJ

For those visiting the Western Tanager, please post your sightings positive or 
negative - Thank you!

Good Birding!

Will Raup

Albany, NY

  
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[nysbirds-l] CP Rufous Hummer: No -- 11/30

[Karen Fung]

All,

I passed by the Central Park Conservatory Gardens today, and the
flower beds in the North Garden are completely empty. Not sure when
the flowers were dug up and discarded, though I know this is done
every year in the late fall.

The South Garden still has a few purple salvia plants that have some
bloom left in them, but not much else.

No hummer in sight.


Karen Fung
NYC
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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose Yes

[Craig Provost]

BaGo still at Van Cortlandt Park, initially about at 251st Street area, but 
flew a little Sourh with CaGo flock, still on Parade Ground, North of house In 
which GW slept. Met nice birders, and local news staff for Riverdale Press, who 
were writing an article about all of us visiting the Park for that bird!

On Nov 30, 2012, at 9:44, "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes"  
wrote:

> Good morning fellow birders!
> 
> I apologize for the delay in blocking the spam messages that were unknowingly 
> being distributed by a NYSbirds-L subscriber, as I was airport hopping all 
> day yesterday. This has since been corrected for, by placing the suspect 
> subscribed email address into an "always needs approval" status - meaning I 
> will receive notifications from the subscriber, should any attempt be made to 
> post messages to the eList.
> 
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> strongly encourage users to consider ramping up the security settings in your 
> browsers to prevent tracking cookies or similar "attacks" from occurring. 
> Simple Google searching can yield many "how to" results, that instruct on how 
> best to clean and secure your browsers and computers.
> 
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> antivirus software. One free program that comes highly recommended is called 
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> which includes an important boot-time scan capability – this scans your 
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> and anti-spyware programs running on the same computer isn't always a good 
> thing – they don't always play nice together. The Avast! Free Antivirus is 
> available for Windows, Mac and Linux users.
> 
> Please do your part to help prevent the spread of computer malware and 
> viruses.
> 
> Thanks and good birding!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H
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[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon - Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove

[Seth Ausubel]

A drake Eurasian Wigeon is present on Dosoris Pond in Glen Cove, Nassau County. 
The pond is accessible from Pryibil Beach.

Seth Ausubel
Forest Hills, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Pacific loon

[Dale Dancis]

Loon continues good scope views MOriches island road good luck if you go Dale 
Dancis and Diana Teta

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Spamming and Computer Health

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good morning fellow birders!

I apologize for the delay in blocking the spam messages that were unknowingly 
being distributed by a NYSbirds-L subscriber, as I was airport hopping all day 
yesterday. This has since been corrected for, by placing the suspect subscribed 
email address into an "always needs approval" status - meaning I will receive 
notifications from the subscriber, should any attempt be made to post messages 
to the eList.

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running Windows operating system. Browsers (i.e., Internet Explorer, Firefox, 
etc.) whose settings have not been modified to remain vigilant against 
intrusions are most susceptible to these kinds of spyware spam attacks. I 
strongly encourage users to consider ramping up the security settings in your 
browsers to prevent tracking cookies or similar "attacks" from occurring. 
Simple Google searching can yield many "how to" results, that instruct on how 
best to clean and secure your browsers and computers.

Also, consider switching to a more robust and reliable anti-spyware and 
antivirus software. One free program that comes highly recommended is called 
Avast! Free Antivirus (link: http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download) 
which includes an important boot-time scan capability – this scans your system 
before any viruses can launch. Be aware that having multiple antivirus and 
anti-spyware programs running on the same computer isn't always a good thing – 
they don't always play nice together. The Avast! Free Antivirus is available 
for Windows, Mac and Linux users.

Please do your part to help prevent the spread of computer malware and viruses.

Thanks and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Athens (Yes)

[Anthony Collerton]

Continues.  

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[nysbirds-l] Pacific Loon at East Moriches yesterday (Yes)

[Anthony Collerton]

Had good scope views around 3pm yesterday from Maple Av.  Seen later from 
Moriches Island Av. 

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