[nysbirds-l] 2/26- Gyrfalcon photos and ageing, Barrow's Goldeneye etc.

2013-02-26 Thread fresha2411 
The previously reported Gyrfalcon that has been hanging around Gilgo Beach for 
10+ days obliged a small group of birders this morning by flying relatively 
close to shore at one point.
This allowed me to get some photos that should be reasonably helpful in 
clearing up the age of this individual.


5 photos can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/


As Pete Gustas accurately pointed out, the upperparts patterning of this 
individual is indeed adult-like. However, the cere (base of the upper mandible) 
seems to have no hint of yellow, and is blue-gray. The legs are fairly 
yellowish, which is another point for it being an older bird. I'm guessing that 
these discrepancies, on balance, point to this being an older immature 
("subadult," if you like), so maybe a bird in its 2nd winter. I've asked 
authorities with more knowledge than myself regarding the ageing of Gyrfalcons 
about this, so hopefully they'll be able to confirm or deny this fairly 
definitively.


The bird hung out in the Gilgo Beach area for almost the entire day today, (and 
was in view during the majority of the time that I spent there) though at times 
it was extremely distant to the NW, and could be easily missed, or even seen 
and just not seen well enough to identify (the latter seemed to be a problem a 
bunch today, from what I gather). It was fairly active during the first half of 
the day, flying from perch to perch to both the east and west of Gilgo, but 
usually staying within sight of the main parking lot, which offers an excellent 
vantage point for several of the bird's favorite perches, though it isn't very 
close to any of them.


Also directly north of the parking lot, close, was a crowd-pleasing American 
Bittern, easily seen for an extended period of time while the tide was fairly 
high.
The mixed-species Scaup flock that is often gaining and losing different 
individuals through the day is also an interesting study, if you need something 
to do while waiting for the Gyrfalcon to appear, or for the distantlumpFalcon 
to do something interesting.


The previously reported female Barrow's Goldeneye continued in the inlet to the 
south of the western section of Oak Beach, several miles to the East of the 
Gyrfalcon spot.


First thing this morning, there were 4 White-winged Crossbills, and 3 
White-crowned Sparrows at Jones Beach West End, and around mid-day the 6 
Harlequin Ducks were off the easternmost jetty at Point Lookout.


Good Birding,
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon & Red-necked Grebe - Yes

2013-02-26 Thread ROBERT ADAMO 



Hoping  for a closer and longer view of the Gyrfalcon,than I had on this past 
Sunday, I headed down to Gilgo.this morning.. I took it to be a good omen when, 
as I turned on to the Ocean Pkwy from Robert Moses Pkwy, I passed a male 
N,Harrier (aka "The Gray Ghost").as he headed toward Captree SP.
As I approached the w/s of Gilgo's p/lot, and saw Derek Rodgers sprinting to 
his car to get his spotting scope, while everyone else was tracking a fast 
moving object, I knew the gyr was still in the neighborhood ! 
After some time elapsed, the bird settled on one of it's preferred perches, the 
middle osprey platform, in the marsh on the w/s of the dock. This time, the 
Gyrfalcon set down facing us, providing us with very satisfying looks of it's 
best side - the quality of these views being enhanced by the opportunity to use 
Drew Panko's Meade Telescope - yesss ! 
I then continued on to Jones Beach, but found nothing of note.
Heading toward home, I once again tried for the Captree Boat Basin Red-necked 
Grebe, and this time was successful. The bird was seen in the company of 
Red-breasted Mergansers, which grew from 2 to 6 birds. This group spent all of 
time I was there near the e/end of the fishing boats/dock.
Cheers,Bob


 
  
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[nysbirds-l] Cackling, Pink-footed and 10,000 Snow Geese / Orange County

2013-02-26 Thread Curt McDermott 

 Early today, Rob stone with called news of a sighting of approx. 10,000 
Snow Geese, seen by Herb Houghton in the area of Skinners Lane, Pine Island, 
earlier in the morning.  Rob later called to report that he had seen a flock of 
approx. 5,000 Snows flying in the area of Oil City Rd., which he followed until 
they headed into New Jersey.  With these birds and thoughts of a Possible 
Ross's in mind, Dad (Ken McDermott) and I headed out to see what we could find. 
 We began checking the Pine Island hot spots and found ourselves all the way in 
Skinners Lane.  Where the road T's, we turned left toward an area where we had 
5,000+ Snows, years ago.  At that point a small bridge crosses what is the 
headwater of the Wallkill River and takes you onto what was once called the 
"Warren Sod Farm".  Approx. 300 Yds. up this road, we came upon thousands of 
Canada Geese on our right hand side, with Turtle Bay Rd. as a back drop.  After 
scanning for a bit, we came across a Cackling Goose, always nice to see and a 
first of the year for both of us.  Minutes later, we found a Pink-footed 
Goose!!  After 10 minutes or so, about 50 birds lifted off, the Pink-footed 
among them.  We followed the small flock with our Bins until it split into two 
groups in the area of the apex of the arc of Turtle Bay Rd.(This will make 
sense when looking on a map).  One group set down within view and the other 
seemed to continue on but appeared to be coming down as well.  We quickly 
headed to Turtle Bay, where we did locate some Geese, but were unable to 
re-locate the Pink-footed or Cackler.  John Haas joined in on the search but by 
this time (5:15PM), most birds had flown toward the east, presumably to their 
night time digs.  Not sure exactly where all those birds go to be honest.  
several of us will be out in the morning and will report back if the birds are 
re-found.
 
Good Birding,
   Curt McDermott 
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[nysbirds-l] Towndend's Solitaire - RBA

2013-02-26 Thread Joseph Brin 
FYI - There was a positive sighting of the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on 2/24 
at Sampson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake, Seneca County.

Joseph Brin
Syracuse RBA compiler
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Long Island: Nassau/Suffolk Tufted Duck(s) coming full circle?

2013-02-26 Thread Steve Walter 
So yet another Aythya species that's become more common on Long Island than
Canvasback?

 

 

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[mailto:bounce-75434355-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Angus Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:07 PM
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Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Long Island: Nassau/Suffolk Tufted Duck(s) coming
full circle?

 

Based on off-line replies, it appears there are indeed TWO Tufted Ducks in
central Long Island, with simultaneous sightings of the Heckscher Park and
Blydenburgh Park birds yesterday. Differences in plumage details further
support this conclusion. 

 

The question now is whether one or other of these birds accounts for the
Cold Spring Harbor bird. A couple of astute observers felt the bird on St
Johns Pond differed from the Huntington Harbor bird although the viewing
conditions were not ideal for making comparisons of similar aged birds.
Scrutiny of dated photos might shed some light on this. 

 

Clearly this has been an exceptional years for Tufted Ducks in New York
State with multiple males upstate as well. This parallels an influx of
Eurasian Wigeon, with perhaps a record setting number of individuals present
on Long Island this winter, including several females. I can only think
there must be one or two female Tufted Ducks paddling around somewhere as
yet undetected so check those scaup flocks carefully! 

 

My thanks to Deborah Allen, Cory Finger, Doug Gochfeld, Charleen Turner and
Peter Scully for images or information.

 

Angus Wilson

New York City

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Long Island: Nassau/Suffolk Tufted Duck(s) coming full circle?

2013-02-26 Thread Angus Wilson 
Based on off-line replies, it appears there are indeed TWO Tufted Ducks in
central Long Island, with simultaneous sightings of the Heckscher Park and
Blydenburgh Park birds yesterday. Differences in plumage details further
support this conclusion.

The question now is whether one or other of these birds accounts for the
Cold Spring Harbor bird. A couple of astute observers felt the bird on St
Johns Pond differed from the Huntington Harbor bird although the viewing
conditions were not ideal for making comparisons of similar aged birds.
Scrutiny of dated photos might shed some light on this.

Clearly this has been an exceptional years for Tufted Ducks in New York
State with multiple males upstate as well. This parallels an influx of
Eurasian Wigeon, with perhaps a record setting number of individuals
present on Long Island this winter, including several females. I can only
think there must be one or two female Tufted Ducks paddling around
somewhere as yet undetected so check those scaup flocks carefully!

My thanks to Deborah Allen, Cory Finger, Doug Gochfeld, Charleen Turner
and Peter Scully for images or information.

Angus Wilson
New York City

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[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck - Yes

2013-02-26 Thread Pat Palladino 




The Tufted Duck was spotted again this morning at around 7:30 a.m. in the pond 
at Heckscher Park, Huntington, NY (not the same Heckscher Park as on the south 
shore). Real close views were available as it swam with some Ring-necked Ducks 
and a few Lesser Scaup in this small pond near the rock islands.  Pat 
PalladinoHuntington, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Black-headed Gull

2013-02-26 Thread Nadir Souirgi 
 I found a 1st winter to spring? Black-headed Gull on the north end of the 
Central Park Reservoir today. It was mixed in with a dense group of Ring-billed 
Gulls resting on the exposed causeway not ten yards  from the pump house. This 
is possibly the same one found recently by Tom Fiore, but definitely a separate 
bird than the one found by Ken Shama about a month earlier, which was a 
non-breeding adult. I am aware of another one sighted this weekend on the 
Reservoir, but a description of that bird is unknown to me. 
The BHGU from today had dark red legs,a dark red bill that was blackish at the 
tip. It also showed brownish secondary coverts on folded wings. The head was 
not in molt and had ear spots and two blackish bands across the head. I am 
uncertain of the age of this individual and would appreciate any light more 
experienced birders might shed on this for me. 
Gull numbers on the Reservoir were up in general as they had been quite low 
over the past week, though I hadn't checked this weekend. I estimated they were 
at 4 to 5 thousand when I arrived at 12:30. No sign of the Iceland/Kumlien's, 
though I had only about 15 minutes before I had to literally sprint back to 
work in time for my afternoon class.
A note to Central Park regulars: I did not send out an alert on the NYNYBIRD
group because the BHGU flew off or blended in very successfully while I was 
fumbling to try to obtain a digi-binned image with my phone. I not see which 
direction it flew off to nor was I able to relocate it when I finally looked up 
again. The south end of the causeway is a good bet for anyone trying for it 
before the gulls fly out. There were big groups of RBGU's there.

Good Luck,

Nadir Souirgi


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose (YES) New Rochelle 2/26

2013-02-26 Thread Andrew Baksh 
Still here in the same location as described in the e-mail below.  I have
been wondering if this could be the Van Cortlandt bird; hopefully, forensic
analysis of the photos I took today could help me in determining if this is
the VCP bird or an entirely different one.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

On Feb 26, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Steven Martin  wrote:

The Barnacle Goose continues at Sheldrake Lake in New Rochelle. It was seen
on 2/26 at approx. 3pm by Steve Martin and Emma Olsen.
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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose in New Rochelle 2/26

2013-02-26 Thread Steven Martin 
The Barnacle Goose continues at Sheldrake Lake in New Rochelle. It was seen
on 2/26 at approx. 3pm by Steve Martin and Emma Olsen.

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RE: Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

2013-02-26 Thread Jaycox, Jesse (TAC) 
Given Peter Scully's and Tom Salo's posts on golden eagles, I thought I'd share 
a recent article on a golden eagle that "fell from the sky" in Pawling, NY.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130225/NEWS/302250088/Golden-eagle-mend

Jesse Jaycox


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[mailto:bounce-75431405-9323...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Salo
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:05 AM
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Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera that 
photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian Eagles Project 
next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New York. Cameras at baited 
sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, Barred and Great-horned Owl, 
fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, corvids including ravens by the 
score, foxes of both species, raccoons,
3 species of buteo - one of which was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk 
posted earlier. We were also able to document movements by 2 Bald Eagles when 
banded birds showed up at different sites 26 miles apart.

At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to their 
breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new birds this 
late are migrants instead of winter residents.

This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or semi-rural area 
with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a willingness to handle 
road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are available to lend each winter.

Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample photos. 
Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York.

Tom Salo, NYS Coordinator
Appalachian Eagles Project

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[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon (yes) - Gilgo Beach

2013-02-26 Thread Tom Johnson 
Doug Gochfeld reports that the Gyr is perched on an osprey platform 1+ mile
NW of the main lot at Gilgo Beach.
Good luck,
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

2013-02-26 Thread Belinda Boone 
You had me until you got to the road-killed deer part. :-(

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Thomas Salo  wrote:

> I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera that 
> photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian Eagles Project 
> next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New York. Cameras at 
> baited sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, Barred and Great-horned 
> Owl, fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, corvids including ravens by 
> the score, foxes of both species, raccoons, 3 species of buteo - one of which 
> was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk posted earlier. We were also able 
> to document movements by 2 Bald Eagles when banded birds showed up at 
> different sites 26 miles apart.
> 
> At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to 
> their breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new birds 
> this late are migrants instead of winter residents.
> 
> This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or semi-rural 
> area with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a willingness to 
> handle road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are available to lend 
> each winter.
> 
> Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample 
> photos. Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York.
> 
> Tom Salo, NYS Coordinator
> Appalachian Eagles Project
> 
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> West Burlington, NY 13482
> 607-965-8232
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

2013-02-26 Thread Thomas Salo 
I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera 
that photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian 
Eagles Project next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New 
York. Cameras at baited sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, 
Barred and Great-horned Owl, fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, 
corvids including ravens by the score, foxes of both species, raccoons, 
3 species of buteo - one of which was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed 
Hawk posted earlier. We were also able to document movements by 2 Bald 
Eagles when banded birds showed up at different sites 26 miles apart.


At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to 
their breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new 
birds this late are migrants instead of winter residents.


This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or 
semi-rural area with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a 
willingness to handle road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are 
available to lend each winter.


Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample 
photos. Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York.


Tom Salo, NYS Coordinator
Appalachian Eagles Project

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[nysbirds-l] L.I. - Gyrfalcon

2013-02-26 Thread pete gustas 
 
I've noticed this bird was being called a juvenile, it is an adult. After 
looking at photos of the bird, I saw that the barring on the upperside and the 
prominent tail bands are adult plummage. This should allay any fear of a 
Falconer taking the bird, as they are only allowed to take juveniles.

An adult Gyr this far south is very, very odd ! Could this be a Falconers bird ?


Good and responsible birding.

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[nysbirds-l] Bronx: Nesting Common Ravens - Co-Op City

2013-02-26 Thread Richard Aracil 
Hi All,

Since early Feb, I have seen the Raven pair hanging around 120 Elgar Place and 
surrounding areas. On Feb 12, I saw one of the birds carrying a twig up to the 
top of the building they used last year. I have seen them with material 3 more 
times since then up until Feb 17 when I had to leave NY for work. I will not be 
around to check up on them, so if anyone's interested in spending some time 
monitoring, it would be cool to determine the fate of this year's nesting 
attempt. If you go, I would recommend a scope as the birds are over 32 stories 
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[nysbirds-l] Bronx: Nesting Common Ravens - Co-Op City

2013-02-26 Thread Richard Aracil 
Hi All,

Since early Feb, I have seen the Raven pair hanging around 120 Elgar Place and 
surrounding areas. On Feb 12, I saw one of the birds carrying a twig up to the 
top of the building they used last year. I have seen them with material 3 more 
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attempt. If you go, I would recommend a scope as the birds are over 32 stories 
up.

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[nysbirds-l] L.I. - Gyrfalcon

2013-02-26 Thread pete gustas 
 
I've noticed this bird was being called a juvenile, it is an adult. After 
looking at photos of the bird, I saw that the barring on the upperside and the 
prominent tail bands are adult plummage. This should allay any fear of a 
Falconer taking the bird, as they are only allowed to take juveniles.

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City Island, NY
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

2013-02-26 Thread Thomas Salo 
I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera 
that photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian 
Eagles Project next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New 
York. Cameras at baited sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, 
Barred and Great-horned Owl, fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, 
corvids including ravens by the score, foxes of both species, raccoons, 
3 species of buteo - one of which was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed 
Hawk posted earlier. We were also able to document movements by 2 Bald 
Eagles when banded birds showed up at different sites 26 miles apart.


At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to 
their breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new 
birds this late are migrants instead of winter residents.


This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or 
semi-rural area with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a 
willingness to handle road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are 
available to lend each winter.


Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample 
photos. Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York.


Tom Salo, NYS Coordinator
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

2013-02-26 Thread Belinda Boone 
You had me until you got to the road-killed deer part. :-(

Sent from my iPhone

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 I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera that 
 photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian Eagles Project 
 next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New York. Cameras at 
 baited sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, Barred and Great-horned 
 Owl, fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, corvids including ravens by 
 the score, foxes of both species, raccoons, 3 species of buteo - one of which 
 was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk posted earlier. We were also able 
 to document movements by 2 Bald Eagles when banded birds showed up at 
 different sites 26 miles apart.
 
 At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to 
 their breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new birds 
 this late are migrants instead of winter residents.
 
 This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or semi-rural 
 area with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a willingness to 
 handle road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are available to lend 
 each winter.
 
 Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample 
 photos. Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York.
 
 Tom Salo, NYS Coordinator
 Appalachian Eagles Project
 
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[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon (yes) - Gilgo Beach

2013-02-26 Thread Tom Johnson 
Doug Gochfeld reports that the Gyr is perched on an osprey platform 1+ mile
NW of the main lot at Gilgo Beach.
Good luck,
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RE: Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

2013-02-26 Thread Jaycox, Jesse (TAC) 
Given Peter Scully's and Tom Salo's posts on golden eagles, I thought I'd share 
a recent article on a golden eagle that fell from the sky in Pawling, NY.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130225/NEWS/302250088/Golden-eagle-mend

Jesse Jaycox


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[mailto:bounce-75431405-9323...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Salo
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To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling

I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera that 
photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian Eagles Project 
next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New York. Cameras at baited 
sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, Barred and Great-horned Owl, 
fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, corvids including ravens by the 
score, foxes of both species, raccoons,
3 species of buteo - one of which was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk 
posted earlier. We were also able to document movements by 2 Bald Eagles when 
banded birds showed up at different sites 26 miles apart.

At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to their 
breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new birds this 
late are migrants instead of winter residents.

This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or semi-rural area 
with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a willingness to handle 
road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are available to lend each winter.

Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample photos. 
Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York.

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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose in New Rochelle 2/26

2013-02-26 Thread Steven Martin 
The Barnacle Goose continues at Sheldrake Lake in New Rochelle. It was seen
on 2/26 at approx. 3pm by Steve Martin and Emma Olsen.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose (YES) New Rochelle 2/26

2013-02-26 Thread Andrew Baksh 
Still here in the same location as described in the e-mail below.  I have
been wondering if this could be the Van Cortlandt bird; hopefully, forensic
analysis of the photos I took today could help me in determining if this is
the VCP bird or an entirely different one.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

On Feb 26, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Steven Martin hazard8...@gmail.com wrote:

The Barnacle Goose continues at Sheldrake Lake in New Rochelle. It was seen
on 2/26 at approx. 3pm by Steve Martin and Emma Olsen.
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Black-headed Gull

2013-02-26 Thread Nadir Souirgi 
 I found a 1st winter to spring? Black-headed Gull on the north end of the 
Central Park Reservoir today. It was mixed in with a dense group of Ring-billed 
Gulls resting on the exposed causeway not ten yards  from the pump house. This 
is possibly the same one found recently by Tom Fiore, but definitely a separate 
bird than the one found by Ken Shama about a month earlier, which was a 
non-breeding adult. I am aware of another one sighted this weekend on the 
Reservoir, but a description of that bird is unknown to me. 
The BHGU from today had dark red legs,a dark red bill that was blackish at the 
tip. It also showed brownish secondary coverts on folded wings. The head was 
not in molt and had ear spots and two blackish bands across the head. I am 
uncertain of the age of this individual and would appreciate any light more 
experienced birders might shed on this for me. 
Gull numbers on the Reservoir were up in general as they had been quite low 
over the past week, though I hadn't checked this weekend. I estimated they were 
at 4 to 5 thousand when I arrived at 12:30. No sign of the Iceland/Kumlien's, 
though I had only about 15 minutes before I had to literally sprint back to 
work in time for my afternoon class.
A note to Central Park regulars: I did not send out an alert on the NYNYBIRD
group because the BHGU flew off or blended in very successfully while I was 
fumbling to try to obtain a digi-binned image with my phone. I not see which 
direction it flew off to nor was I able to relocate it when I finally looked up 
again. The south end of the causeway is a good bet for anyone trying for it 
before the gulls fly out. There were big groups of RBGU's there.

Good Luck,

Nadir Souirgi


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[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck - Yes

2013-02-26 Thread Pat Palladino 




The Tufted Duck was spotted again this morning at around 7:30 a.m. in the pond 
at Heckscher Park, Huntington, NY (not the same Heckscher Park as on the south 
shore). Real close views were available as it swam with some Ring-necked Ducks 
and a few Lesser Scaup in this small pond near the rock islands.  Pat 
PalladinoHuntington, NY
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Long Island: Nassau/Suffolk Tufted Duck(s) coming full circle?

2013-02-26 Thread Angus Wilson 
Based on off-line replies, it appears there are indeed TWO Tufted Ducks in
central Long Island, with simultaneous sightings of the Heckscher Park and
Blydenburgh Park birds yesterday. Differences in plumage details further
support this conclusion.

The question now is whether one or other of these birds accounts for the
Cold Spring Harbor bird. A couple of astute observers felt the bird on St
Johns Pond differed from the Huntington Harbor bird although the viewing
conditions were not ideal for making comparisons of similar aged birds.
Scrutiny of dated photos might shed some light on this.

Clearly this has been an exceptional years for Tufted Ducks in New York
State with multiple males upstate as well. This parallels an influx of
Eurasian Wigeon, with perhaps a record setting number of individuals
present on Long Island this winter, including several females. I can only
think there must be one or two female Tufted Ducks paddling around
somewhere as yet undetected so check those scaup flocks carefully!

My thanks to Deborah Allen, Cory Finger, Doug Gochfeld, Charleen Turner
and Peter Scully for images or information.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Long Island: Nassau/Suffolk Tufted Duck(s) coming full circle?

2013-02-26 Thread Steve Walter 
So yet another Aythya species that's become more common on Long Island than
Canvasback?

 

 

From: bounce-75434355-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-75434355-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Angus Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:07 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Long Island: Nassau/Suffolk Tufted Duck(s) coming
full circle?

 

Based on off-line replies, it appears there are indeed TWO Tufted Ducks in
central Long Island, with simultaneous sightings of the Heckscher Park and
Blydenburgh Park birds yesterday. Differences in plumage details further
support this conclusion. 

 

The question now is whether one or other of these birds accounts for the
Cold Spring Harbor bird. A couple of astute observers felt the bird on St
Johns Pond differed from the Huntington Harbor bird although the viewing
conditions were not ideal for making comparisons of similar aged birds.
Scrutiny of dated photos might shed some light on this. 

 

Clearly this has been an exceptional years for Tufted Ducks in New York
State with multiple males upstate as well. This parallels an influx of
Eurasian Wigeon, with perhaps a record setting number of individuals present
on Long Island this winter, including several females. I can only think
there must be one or two female Tufted Ducks paddling around somewhere as
yet undetected so check those scaup flocks carefully! 

 

My thanks to Deborah Allen, Cory Finger, Doug Gochfeld, Charleen Turner and
Peter Scully for images or information.

 

Angus Wilson

New York City

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[nysbirds-l] Towndend's Solitaire - RBA

2013-02-26 Thread Joseph Brin 
FYI - There was a positive sighting of the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on 2/24 
at Sampson State Park on the east side of Seneca Lake, Seneca County.

Joseph Brin
Syracuse RBA compiler
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[nysbirds-l] Cackling, Pink-footed and 10,000 Snow Geese / Orange County

2013-02-26 Thread Curt McDermott 

 Early today, Rob stone with called news of a sighting of approx. 10,000 
Snow Geese, seen by Herb Houghton in the area of Skinners Lane, Pine Island, 
earlier in the morning.  Rob later called to report that he had seen a flock of 
approx. 5,000 Snows flying in the area of Oil City Rd., which he followed until 
they headed into New Jersey.  With these birds and thoughts of a Possible 
Ross's in mind, Dad (Ken McDermott) and I headed out to see what we could find. 
 We began checking the Pine Island hot spots and found ourselves all the way in 
Skinners Lane.  Where the road T's, we turned left toward an area where we had 
5,000+ Snows, years ago.  At that point a small bridge crosses what is the 
headwater of the Wallkill River and takes you onto what was once called the 
Warren Sod Farm.  Approx. 300 Yds. up this road, we came upon thousands of 
Canada Geese on our right hand side, with Turtle Bay Rd. as a back drop.  After 
scanning for a bit, we came across a Cackling Goose, always nice to see and a 
first of the year for both of us.  Minutes later, we found a Pink-footed 
Goose!!  After 10 minutes or so, about 50 birds lifted off, the Pink-footed 
among them.  We followed the small flock with our Bins until it split into two 
groups in the area of the apex of the arc of Turtle Bay Rd.(This will make 
sense when looking on a map).  One group set down within view and the other 
seemed to continue on but appeared to be coming down as well.  We quickly 
headed to Turtle Bay, where we did locate some Geese, but were unable to 
re-locate the Pink-footed or Cackler.  John Haas joined in on the search but by 
this time (5:15PM), most birds had flown toward the east, presumably to their 
night time digs.  Not sure exactly where all those birds go to be honest.  
several of us will be out in the morning and will report back if the birds are 
re-found.
 
Good Birding,
   Curt McDermott 
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[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon Red-necked Grebe - Yes

2013-02-26 Thread ROBERT ADAMO 



Hoping  for a closer and longer view of the Gyrfalcon,than I had on this past 
Sunday, I headed down to Gilgo.this morning.. I took it to be a good omen when, 
as I turned on to the Ocean Pkwy from Robert Moses Pkwy, I passed a male 
N,Harrier (aka The Gray Ghost).as he headed toward Captree SP.
As I approached the w/s of Gilgo's p/lot, and saw Derek Rodgers sprinting to 
his car to get his spotting scope, while everyone else was tracking a fast 
moving object, I knew the gyr was still in the neighborhood ! 
After some time elapsed, the bird settled on one of it's preferred perches, the 
middle osprey platform, in the marsh on the w/s of the dock. This time, the 
Gyrfalcon set down facing us, providing us with very satisfying looks of it's 
best side - the quality of these views being enhanced by the opportunity to use 
Drew Panko's Meade Telescope - yesss ! 
I then continued on to Jones Beach, but found nothing of note.
Heading toward home, I once again tried for the Captree Boat Basin Red-necked 
Grebe, and this time was successful. The bird was seen in the company of 
Red-breasted Mergansers, which grew from 2 to 6 birds. This group spent all of 
time I was there near the e/end of the fishing boats/dock.
Cheers,Bob


 
  
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