[nysbirds-l] Pike's Beach--3 Marbled Godwits
There were 3 MARBLED GODWITS, a Western Willet, and 15 Royal Terns among Double-crested Cormorants, Sanderlings, and gulls (Laughing, Ring-billed and Herring) on the sliver of sandbar above water at high tide this afternoon (2:30-2:45) at Pike's Beach overlook. I'd stopped in for a quick look after striking out on finding any Nelson's Sparrows on the Cupsogue County Park marsh. That was my third fruitless attempt of the day, having failed earlier at both Wertheim NWR (marsh west of Carmen's River) and Pine Neck Sanctuary in E. Quogue. I saw ammodramus sparrows at all 3 locations (~12 total), but the few seen well enough to identify were all Saltmarsh or Seaside. I flushed an American Bittern on the Cupsogue marsh. -- 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] Eastern Long Island Saturday
Started the day yesterday (9/28) at Montauk Point where we had two juvenile Parasitic Jaegers put in appearances. Two small flocks of White-winged Scoters were also on hand. Later we searched Camp Hero for the previously reported Red-headed Woodpecker but came up empty. Nothing of note at the horse farm , and later struck out at Smith County Park in Shirley where we looked for the previously reported Caspian Terns. Still a gorgeous day to be out birding the east end! -Mike Shanley Staten Island Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Oceanside Preserve
Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside 29 Sept. Please note. Today is the last Sunday the facility is open till Spring. What was noteworthy this morning were adult and immature LITTLE BLUE and a TRICOLORED Heron. Some sparrows around the pond included a Swamp, the usual Song and a number of Savannah Sparrows. There were also several COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. Beautiful day, Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] a sad loss: Nicholas Wagerik, naturalist
Nicholas Wagerik, known to all who knew him as "Nick", passed away earlier this month in New York City. Nick became known to hundreds and hundreds of the regulars as well as visitors to Central Park, in New York City, yet he also was known in a much wider circle, as a superb naturalist and teacher/mentor to so many who wanted to learn more in a wide array of subjects in natural history. Nick was a birder and had found a great many rarities over the years, beginning in his younger days in the 1960's, and to the more recent years was perhaps the most trusted of birders in Central Park when a difficult identification presented itself. That knowledge, skill, patience and intelligence increasingly manifested in a deep & abiding love and serious interest in invertebrate life: insects in particular and perhaps beginning with interest in lepidoptera (moths and butterflies), then odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), and in more recent years branching out to study of many "things with wings". These interests were backed by painstaking study and reading of the literature, and made known to so many others through Nick's generosity of spirit, sharing widely what he had learned with such effort and intensity. For some, who got to know him in that way, the experience was very nearly life-changing, or at a minimum, career-altering. He had the respect of many who were and are the experts in their respective fields in natural history study; he could speak with the authority of deep learning and experience on many subjects. It was also ~ all-importantly to many who got to know him ~ a simple joy to spend a few hours or more in the company of someone so dedicated and immersed in what he simply loved to do. His interests were all "amateur" (in the highest sense of that word, the root of which simply means, "to love") and his "day" job -actually an evening job- was at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, where he was among the most senior of employees, with four decades there. It was during the days off, or before starting at the opera in the evenings, as well as during the generous summer break that that institution permits, that Nick got to "go out and play" as he would sometimes phrase it. In his younger days, he ventured out away from N.Y. City and would find flora (he was also a suberb and deeply learned botanist) and fauna of sorts that often was new to the locality, sometimes new to the county, perhaps even to the state where he found himself. A day in the field with Nick was almost always a treasure-trove of discovery, with far more observation & interpretation of "things in nature" than many very talented naturalists normally are involved with. Where he went exploring, new delights and new understanding most often went too. It is sad to know that he left us, much too soon and early, yet so many have great memories and experiences as well as some furthering of both knowledge and enthusiasm in study of nature: he left on us an indelible imprint. In recent years, his favorite areas within Central Park were well-known, being the Turtle Pond & the Shakespeare Garden, although he also wandered through many other areas, and in years past, was amenable to visiting parks and preserves all around the city and the greater NYC metropolitan area. He also was such an avid reader that he would regularly have one of whatever books had recently been published in the field of nature study, so that it was not unusual that he might make mention of, say, the diversity of mammals to be found in China, or what odonates could be seen in some Central American locality, or what flora was possible to find on some particular remote ocean island. In all of these and many more areas, he could speak about such as though he might have been there and studied in person, yet he had not - the readings he did took him around the world - and as much or more than most, he was able to speak on these subjects with an authority that impressed even those who had been, had studied and also knew a great deal on such subjects. He was in some ways, a throwback to an idea of a classical nature scholar, and he had only very recently begun to make use of this pervasive media and medium (i.e., the internet) for learning and communications. Family, friends and acquaintances from all over will dearly miss him. There is a family remembrance to take place today, in the part of the city where he grew up in Staten Island. At some time in the future, perhaps in spring of the year, there will be a larger gathering in celebration and remembrance of this kind, truly generous, and much- loved man. His influence on a number of generations of students of nature is unfathomable - and ongoing. A little more on Nick, in what many who
[nysbirds-l] a sad loss: Nicholas Wagerik, naturalist
Nicholas Wagerik, known to all who knew him as Nick, passed away earlier this month in New York City. Nick became known to hundreds and hundreds of the regulars as well as visitors to Central Park, in New York City, yet he also was known in a much wider circle, as a superb naturalist and teacher/mentor to so many who wanted to learn more in a wide array of subjects in natural history. Nick was a birder and had found a great many rarities over the years, beginning in his younger days in the 1960's, and to the more recent years was perhaps the most trusted of birders in Central Park when a difficult identification presented itself. That knowledge, skill, patience and intelligence increasingly manifested in a deep abiding love and serious interest in invertebrate life: insects in particular and perhaps beginning with interest in lepidoptera (moths and butterflies), then odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), and in more recent years branching out to study of many things with wings. These interests were backed by painstaking study and reading of the literature, and made known to so many others through Nick's generosity of spirit, sharing widely what he had learned with such effort and intensity. For some, who got to know him in that way, the experience was very nearly life-changing, or at a minimum, career-altering. He had the respect of many who were and are the experts in their respective fields in natural history study; he could speak with the authority of deep learning and experience on many subjects. It was also ~ all-importantly to many who got to know him ~ a simple joy to spend a few hours or more in the company of someone so dedicated and immersed in what he simply loved to do. His interests were all amateur (in the highest sense of that word, the root of which simply means, to love) and his day job -actually an evening job- was at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, where he was among the most senior of employees, with four decades there. It was during the days off, or before starting at the opera in the evenings, as well as during the generous summer break that that institution permits, that Nick got to go out and play as he would sometimes phrase it. In his younger days, he ventured out away from N.Y. City and would find flora (he was also a suberb and deeply learned botanist) and fauna of sorts that often was new to the locality, sometimes new to the county, perhaps even to the state where he found himself. A day in the field with Nick was almost always a treasure-trove of discovery, with far more observation interpretation of things in nature than many very talented naturalists normally are involved with. Where he went exploring, new delights and new understanding most often went too. It is sad to know that he left us, much too soon and early, yet so many have great memories and experiences as well as some furthering of both knowledge and enthusiasm in study of nature: he left on us an indelible imprint. In recent years, his favorite areas within Central Park were well-known, being the Turtle Pond the Shakespeare Garden, although he also wandered through many other areas, and in years past, was amenable to visiting parks and preserves all around the city and the greater NYC metropolitan area. He also was such an avid reader that he would regularly have one of whatever books had recently been published in the field of nature study, so that it was not unusual that he might make mention of, say, the diversity of mammals to be found in China, or what odonates could be seen in some Central American locality, or what flora was possible to find on some particular remote ocean island. In all of these and many more areas, he could speak about such as though he might have been there and studied in person, yet he had not - the readings he did took him around the world - and as much or more than most, he was able to speak on these subjects with an authority that impressed even those who had been, had studied and also knew a great deal on such subjects. He was in some ways, a throwback to an idea of a classical nature scholar, and he had only very recently begun to make use of this pervasive media and medium (i.e., the internet) for learning and communications. Family, friends and acquaintances from all over will dearly miss him. There is a family remembrance to take place today, in the part of the city where he grew up in Staten Island. At some time in the future, perhaps in spring of the year, there will be a larger gathering in celebration and remembrance of this kind, truly generous, and much- loved man. His influence on a number of generations of students of nature is unfathomable - and ongoing. A little more on Nick, in what many who knew him will
[nysbirds-l] Oceanside Preserve
Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside 29 Sept. Please note. Today is the last Sunday the facility is open till Spring. What was noteworthy this morning were adult and immature LITTLE BLUE and a TRICOLORED Heron. Some sparrows around the pond included a Swamp, the usual Song and a number of Savannah Sparrows. There were also several COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. Beautiful day, Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Eastern Long Island Saturday
Started the day yesterday (9/28) at Montauk Point where we had two juvenile Parasitic Jaegers put in appearances. Two small flocks of White-winged Scoters were also on hand. Later we searched Camp Hero for the previously reported Red-headed Woodpecker but came up empty. Nothing of note at the horse farm , and later struck out at Smith County Park in Shirley where we looked for the previously reported Caspian Terns. Still a gorgeous day to be out birding the east end! -Mike Shanley Staten Island Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Pike's Beach--3 Marbled Godwits
There were 3 MARBLED GODWITS, a Western Willet, and 15 Royal Terns among Double-crested Cormorants, Sanderlings, and gulls (Laughing, Ring-billed and Herring) on the sliver of sandbar above water at high tide this afternoon (2:30-2:45) at Pike's Beach overlook. I'd stopped in for a quick look after striking out on finding any Nelson's Sparrows on the Cupsogue County Park marsh. That was my third fruitless attempt of the day, having failed earlier at both Wertheim NWR (marsh west of Carmen's River) and Pine Neck Sanctuary in E. Quogue. I saw ammodramus sparrows at all 3 locations (~12 total), but the few seen well enough to identify were all Saltmarsh or Seaside. I flushed an American Bittern on the Cupsogue marsh. -- 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/ --
