[nysbirds-l] Lark Bunting sighting

[Kristin Gornell]

I am new to this but spend a lot of time as an amateur bird watcher. Yesterday 
what we believe to be a lark bunting perched on my plant hanger for a few 
minutes, flew away and then came back for a few more minutes. As he was only 
about 5 feet away outside my window we had some time to study him and feel he 
is a lark bunting.

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Kristin Gornell
Levittown, NY
516 236-4664

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* May 20, 2013
*  NYSY  05. 20. 13
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

May 13, 2013 - May 20, 2013
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland
compiled:May 20 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#355 -Monday May 20, 2013
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
May 13, 2013
 
Highlights:
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GLOSSY IBIS
BLACK SCOTER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
ORCHARD ORIOLE
EVENING GROSBEAK



Migrants this week


CANADA WARBLER
BLACKPOLL
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
MARSH WREN
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
ALDER FLYCATCHER
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER



Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


     5/17: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was found at Benning Marsh. The following 
shorebirds were seen at various places from the Visitor’s Center to the end of 
the Wildlife Drive.
DUNLIN
LEAST SANDPIPER
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
SNIPE
KILLDEER
     5/18: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to Armitage Road just across the 
river. 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPES were seen at Benning Marsh. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER 
was seen in the mud at the end of the main pool.
     5/19: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen in the main pool. A GLOSSY IBIS 
was seen flying over the Wildlife Drive area.


Derby Hill


     The flight continues to slow at Derby. Only 1,476 raptors were counted 
this week with BROAD-WINGS and TURKEY VULTURES making up the bulk of the birds. 
Other highlights were PRAIRIE WARBLER, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and 9 EVENING 
GROSBEAKS on 5/15, 22 BRANT on 5/16 and 2 SANDHILLCRANES plus 5 COMMON 
NIGHTHAWKS on 5/19.


Madison County


     5/14: The feeders at Linda Salter’s home on Carpenter Road near Sheds 
continue to have EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE SISKINS. They continued throught 
the week.


Oswego County


     5/14: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were found at 
Sunset Bay Park.
     5/16: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at the Mosquito Station off of 
Lower Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. BRANT, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 
BLACK SCOTER were reporte among the ten species if migrants seen flying at 
Phillips Point on the north shore of Oneida Lake.
     5/17:A PRAIRIE WARBLER  was seen on Gilbert Mills Road just east of Rt. 
264.
     5/19: A rare SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen on Rt.30 in Willianston 
near the Cranberry farm. Unfortunately it was never relocated.


Onondaga County


     5/15: 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS were seen at the end of Potter Road at Three 
Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
     5/16: Among the 10 species of birds seen near the lake in Skaneateles were 
8 SNOW GEESE.
     


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Region 5
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[nysbirds-l] Arctic Terns, Suffolk, Long Island

[Shaibal Mitra]

Two adult-like Arctic Terns were seen this afternoon on the flats north of 
Cupsogue County Park, Suffolk County, Long Island. One bird remained for about 
40 minutes before departing for the ocean. A second bird was detected about 20 
minutes later and was distinguishable from the first by virtue of its more 
petite and less dusky-tipped bill. The configuration of the flats and channels 
around Moriches Inlet was evidently altered by Sandy and the winter storm 
cycle, so use care and good judgment in exploring this area.

Some photos of these challenging birds can be seen near the end of this album:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2013

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



Washington 
Monthly
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park afternoon Report 5/20/2013

[Cesar Castillo]

Forest Park Queens NY. 
Activity around the shrinking waterhole picked up by 3, Eric Miller got me on a 
Mourning warbler which is haning out in the patch of undergrowth between the 
waterhole and forest park drive.  
Also Bobby Veltri got a group of 4 of us on a Yellow-billed cuckoo by the pine 
groves on Forest Drive.

Other highlights of the walk Bobby and Colleen included 1 female Cape may, two 
bay-breasted, blackburnian, and great-crested flycatcher, and total of 20 
warblers for the park for the day.
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[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker- Hempstead Lake State Park

[Menachem Goldstein]

Thanks to hearing a report from Ed while birding at Jones Beach, I quickly made 
my way over to Hempstead Lake State Park where I was treated to a nice male 
Red-headed Woodpecker.  It was seen just south of the tennis courts 
predominately on low tree trunks in the yard of the lone house and also just on 
the other side of the yard's fence.

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[nysbirds-l] Mississippi Kite- Amagansett

[JGIUNTA746]

While preparing to give a bird identification walk for Peconic Land Trust  
interns I had a Mississippi Kite adult fly over me on Town Lane, Amagansett 
,  heading west. The time was 2pm.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, Cedarhurst

[Robert Lewis]

That's a great series of photos and videos, thanks!

At almost exactly the five minute point on the first video, there is a warbler 
hopping in the leaf litter.  Is that a Swainson's Warbler?  Otherwise I'm 
stumped as to its identity.  Maybe someday I'll see one at Forest Park.  ;-)

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY



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From: Cindy 
Subject: [nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, 
Cedarhurst
To: "NYS Birds" , "ebirds...@yahoogroups.com" 

Date: Monday, May 20, 2013, 9:55 AM

Hi all, 
I know this is outside our territory but a friend shared this page with me and 
I thought it was too good to keep to myself. Last month, there was a huge 
fallout of birds following a cold front on the coast of Texas. People put out 
mealworms, seed and oranges for the exhausted birds at one location and filmed 
and photographed them. The photos are amazing - it is a visual feast
 of migrants - a Hooded Warbler on someone's shoe 15 male Indigo Buntings 
in a little group on the ground (joined by several females and three Painted 
Buntings)  Cerulean Warblers... half a dozen Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks all 
together... Orioles by the bucketful... too many other birds to describe
There are two videos, be sure to click on HD for the scond one (and make it 
full screen!). At the very bottom of the page is a link to a list of birds seen 
with more photo-documentation. On that page is a description of the events of 
that day, and the days following, plus links to other photographers' pages. Rob
 Becker's photographs are stupendous... the birds are unbelievably close. 
Prepare to be amazed!
http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home/2013-fallout---cameron-county

Enjoy!
Cindy WodinskyCedarhurst, LI

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[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills - Blydenburgh County Park (Suffolk Co.)

[Peter Scully]

I had two calling RED CROSSBILLS at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown 
(Suffolk) this afternoon.  They were feeding in a couple of pines north of the 
boat rental building along a trail that runs from the campground to stump pond. 
 Attempted recordings came out poorly, we'll see if Matt can do anything with 
them.    
 
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC, May 20

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Went into Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan on this foggy, damp morning.
Had about 50 species in about 2 hours (7:15 - 9:15 am). 

Highlights included:

 

Great Egret (2 in bay at north end)

Killdeer (one calling on north end soccer fields)

Eastern Kingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee (calling on ridge)

Rough-winged and Barn swallows (over bays at north end)

Wood Thrush (singing)

Veery

About a dozen warblers inc. Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Green,
Blackpoll, Ovenbird, No. Waterthrush, and Wilson's (singing)

Scarlet Tanager (singing)

Indigo Bunting (males and females)

 

Bird song seemed to be picking up as the fog lifted when I had to leave
around 9 am.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org

 


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[nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, Cedarhurst

[Cindy]

Hi all, 

I know this is outside our territory but a friend shared this page with me and 
I thought it was too good to keep to myself. 
Last month, there was a huge fallout of birds following a cold front on the 
coast of Texas. People put out mealworms, seed and oranges for the exhausted 
birds at one location and filmed and photographed them. The photos are amazing 
- it is a visual feast of migrants - a Hooded Warbler on someone's shoe 15 
male Indigo Buntings in a little group on the ground (joined by several females 
and three Painted Buntings)  Cerulean Warblers... half a dozen 
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks all together... Orioles by the bucketful... too many 
other birds to describe

There are two videos, be sure to click on HD for the scond one (and make it 
full screen!). At the very bottom of the page is a link to a list of birds seen 
with more photo-documentation. On that page is a description of the events of 
that day, and the days following, plus links to other photographers' pages. Rob 
Becker's photographs are stupendous... the birds are unbelievably close. 
Prepare to be amazed!

http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home/2013-fallout---cameron-county


Enjoy!

Cindy Wodinsky
Cedarhurst, LI

p.s. Oh, and I did want to say that the Yellow-Crowned Night Herons have 
returned to Linwood Ave. in Cedarhurst. Any nests that survived Sandy are 
already occupied, with other birds building new nests. The nest-building is 
quite a laborious process. I was witness to one pair's laying down of the first 
twig. The female waits at the chosen spot while the male goes scavanging for an 
appropriate twig which he breaks off from a branch (often with difficulty). He 
takes the twig back to his mate who takes it from him and lays it down just 
so adjusting as necessary (sometimes the twig falls to the ground and 
they have to start all over). This is followed by mutual preening, displaying 
and a long rest before the male goes off in search of the next twig.
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[nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, Cedarhurst

[Cindy]

Hi all, 

I know this is outside our territory but a friend shared this page with me and 
I thought it was too good to keep to myself. 
Last month, there was a huge fallout of birds following a cold front on the 
coast of Texas. People put out mealworms, seed and oranges for the exhausted 
birds at one location and filmed and photographed them. The photos are amazing 
- it is a visual feast of migrants - a Hooded Warbler on someone's shoe 15 
male Indigo Buntings in a little group on the ground (joined by several females 
and three Painted Buntings)  Cerulean Warblers... half a dozen 
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks all together... Orioles by the bucketful... too many 
other birds to describe

There are two videos, be sure to click on HD for the scond one (and make it 
full screen!). At the very bottom of the page is a link to a list of birds seen 
with more photo-documentation. On that page is a description of the events of 
that day, and the days following, plus links to other photographers' pages. Rob 
Becker's photographs are stupendous... the birds are unbelievably close. 
Prepare to be amazed!

http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home/2013-fallout---cameron-county


Enjoy!

Cindy Wodinsky
Cedarhurst, LI

p.s. Oh, and I did want to say that the Yellow-Crowned Night Herons have 
returned to Linwood Ave. in Cedarhurst. Any nests that survived Sandy are 
already occupied, with other birds building new nests. The nest-building is 
quite a laborious process. I was witness to one pair's laying down of the first 
twig. The female waits at the chosen spot while the male goes scavanging for an 
appropriate twig which he breaks off from a branch (often with difficulty). He 
takes the twig back to his mate who takes it from him and lays it down just 
so adjusting as necessary (sometimes the twig falls to the ground and 
they have to start all over). This is followed by mutual preening, displaying 
and a long rest before the male goes off in search of the next twig.
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, NYC, May 20

[Joe DiCostanzo]

Went into Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan on this foggy, damp morning.
Had about 50 species in about 2 hours (7:15 - 9:15 am). 

Highlights included:

 

Great Egret (2 in bay at north end)

Killdeer (one calling on north end soccer fields)

Eastern Kingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee (calling on ridge)

Rough-winged and Barn swallows (over bays at north end)

Wood Thrush (singing)

Veery

About a dozen warblers inc. Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Green,
Blackpoll, Ovenbird, No. Waterthrush, and Wilson's (singing)

Scarlet Tanager (singing)

Indigo Bunting (males and females)

 

Bird song seemed to be picking up as the fog lifted when I had to leave
around 9 am.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org

 


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Re: [nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, Cedarhurst

[Robert Lewis]

That's a great series of photos and videos, thanks!

At almost exactly the five minute point on the first video, there is a warbler 
hopping in the leaf litter.  Is that a Swainson's Warbler?  Otherwise I'm 
stumped as to its identity.  Maybe someday I'll see one at Forest Park.  ;-)

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY



--- On Mon, 5/20/13, Cindy catbird...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Cindy catbird...@yahoo.com
Subject: [nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, 
Cedarhurst
To: NYS Birds nysbirds-l@cornell.edu, ebirds...@yahoogroups.com 
ebirds...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, May 20, 2013, 9:55 AM

Hi all, 
I know this is outside our territory but a friend shared this page with me and 
I thought it was too good to keep to myself. Last month, there was a huge 
fallout of birds following a cold front on the coast of Texas. People put out 
mealworms, seed and oranges for the exhausted birds at one location and filmed 
and photographed them. The photos are amazing - it is a visual feast
 of migrants - a Hooded Warbler on someone's shoe 15 male Indigo Buntings 
in a little group on the ground (joined by several females and three Painted 
Buntings)  Cerulean Warblers... half a dozen Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks all 
together... Orioles by the bucketful... too many other birds to describe
There are two videos, be sure to click on HD for the scond one (and make it 
full screen!). At the very bottom of the page is a link to a list of birds seen 
with more photo-documentation. On that page is a description of the events of 
that day, and the days following, plus links to other photographers' pages. Rob
 Becker's photographs are stupendous... the birds are unbelievably close. 
Prepare to be amazed!
http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home/2013-fallout---cameron-county

Enjoy!
Cindy WodinskyCedarhurst, LI

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[nysbirds-l] Mississippi Kite- Amagansett

[JGIUNTA746]

While preparing to give a bird identification walk for Peconic Land Trust  
interns I had a Mississippi Kite adult fly over me on Town Lane, Amagansett 
,  heading west. The time was 2pm.
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[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker- Hempstead Lake State Park

[Menachem Goldstein]

Thanks to hearing a report from Ed while birding at Jones Beach, I quickly made 
my way over to Hempstead Lake State Park where I was treated to a nice male 
Red-headed Woodpecker.  It was seen just south of the tennis courts 
predominately on low tree trunks in the yard of the lone house and also just on 
the other side of the yard's fence.

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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park afternoon Report 5/20/2013

[Cesar Castillo]

Forest Park Queens NY. 
Activity around the shrinking waterhole picked up by 3, Eric Miller got me on a 
Mourning warbler which is haning out in the patch of undergrowth between the 
waterhole and forest park drive.  
Also Bobby Veltri got a group of 4 of us on a Yellow-billed cuckoo by the pine 
groves on Forest Drive.

Other highlights of the walk Bobby and Colleen included 1 female Cape may, two 
bay-breasted, blackburnian, and great-crested flycatcher, and total of 20 
warblers for the park for the day.
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[nysbirds-l] Arctic Terns, Suffolk, Long Island

[Shaibal Mitra]

Two adult-like Arctic Terns were seen this afternoon on the flats north of 
Cupsogue County Park, Suffolk County, Long Island. One bird remained for about 
40 minutes before departing for the ocean. A second bird was detected about 20 
minutes later and was distinguishable from the first by virtue of its more 
petite and less dusky-tipped bill. The configuration of the flats and channels 
around Moriches Inlet was evidently altered by Sandy and the winter storm 
cycle, so use care and good judgment in exploring this area.

Some photos of these challenging birds can be seen near the end of this album:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2013

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



Washington 
Monthlyhttp://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2012/features/americas_bestbangforthebuck_co039461.php
 magazine ranks the College of Staten Island as one of America's 
Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* May 20, 2013
*  NYSY  05. 20. 13
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

May 13, 2013 - May 20, 2013
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison  Cortland
compiled:May 20 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#355 -Monday May 20, 2013
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
May 13, 2013
 
Highlights:
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GLOSSY IBIS
BLACK SCOTER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
ORCHARD ORIOLE
EVENING GROSBEAK



Migrants this week


CANADA WARBLER
BLACKPOLL
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
MARSH WREN
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
ALDER FLYCATCHER
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER



Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


     5/17: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was found at Benning Marsh. The following 
shorebirds were seen at various places from the Visitor’s Center to the end of 
the Wildlife Drive.
DUNLIN
LEAST SANDPIPER
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
SNIPE
KILLDEER
     5/18: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to Armitage Road just across the 
river. 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPES were seen at Benning Marsh. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER 
was seen in the mud at the end of the main pool.
     5/19: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen in the main pool. A GLOSSY IBIS 
was seen flying over the Wildlife Drive area.


Derby Hill


     The flight continues to slow at Derby. Only 1,476 raptors were counted 
this week with BROAD-WINGS and TURKEY VULTURES making up the bulk of the birds. 
Other highlights were PRAIRIE WARBLER, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and 9 EVENING 
GROSBEAKS on 5/15, 22 BRANT on 5/16 and 2 SANDHILLCRANES plus 5 COMMON 
NIGHTHAWKS on 5/19.


Madison County


     5/14: The feeders at Linda Salter’s home on Carpenter Road near Sheds 
continue to have EVENING GROSBEAKS and PINE SISKINS. They continued throught 
the week.


Oswego County


     5/14: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were found at 
Sunset Bay Park.
     5/16: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at the Mosquito Station off of 
Lower Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. BRANT, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 
BLACK SCOTER were reporte among the ten species if migrants seen flying at 
Phillips Point on the north shore of Oneida Lake.
     5/17:A PRAIRIE WARBLER  was seen on Gilbert Mills Road just east of Rt. 
264.
     5/19: A rare SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen on Rt.30 in Willianston 
near the Cranberry farm. Unfortunately it was never relocated.


Onondaga County


     5/15: 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS were seen at the end of Potter Road at Three 
Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.
     5/16: Among the 10 species of birds seen near the lake in Skaneateles were 
8 SNOW GEESE.
     


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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A.
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[nysbirds-l] Lark Bunting sighting

[Kristin Gornell]

I am new to this but spend a lot of time as an amateur bird watcher. Yesterday 
what we believe to be a lark bunting perched on my plant hanger for a few 
minutes, flew away and then came back for a few more minutes. As he was only 
about 5 feet away outside my window we had some time to study him and feel he 
is a lark bunting.

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Kristin Gornell
Levittown, NY
516 236-4664

Sent from my iPad

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