[nysbirds-l] Area Sightings by NYSOA Conference Participants

[Donna Schulman]

Here are some of the sightings reported at the New York Birders/NYSOA
Conference on Saturday, November 2nd. Apologies for the late report, it was
a very full day. The sightings are from the board posted at the conference;
trip leaders and birders will hopefully add details.

Newsday had an article about the conference in its Saturday edition, based
on the reporter's experience participating in our field trip to Sunken
Meadow State Park:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/smartphone-in-hand-bird-watchers-on-li-seek-out-rare-sightings-1.6366940/
We were happy that the event served as a platform for publicizing the
fun
birders have in the field, as well as some of the ways in which technology
has influenced the way we bird.

SIGHTINGS REPORTED ON NYSOA CONFERENCE BOARD:

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station field trip; Clay Taylor, leader:
American Golden Plover (spotted by Lisa Scheppke)

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station individual sightings:
Surf Scoter - 4 -  Eamon Freiburger
Lapland Longspur, Vesper Sparrow - Tom Burke & Gail Benson

Sunken Meadow SP field trip, Mary Normandia leader:
Purple Finch

Hempstead Plains field trip, Steve Schellenger leader:
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
American Pipit - 2
Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler (sighted by Shai Mitra)
Palm Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Vesper Sparrow - 1
(note that Hempstead Plains is usually closed to the public)

Alley Pond Park field trip, Ian Resnick leader:
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 'confusing' fall warbler that may have been a Blackpoll or a Bay-breasted
Warbler
(we did determine that these were two different warblers, though they were
seen in the same location)
Brown Creeper
1,000-plus flock of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds

Kissena Park field trip (Kissena Park and Kissena Corridor), Eric Miller
leader:
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Cormorant (flyover)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Amer. Kestrel
Merlin
Brown Creeper
Blue-headed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Linnet

Massapequa Preserve - Lloyd Spitalnik
Eurasian Wigeon


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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[editcon...@aol.com]

There were 37 birders on the Saturday morning bird walk as NYBG celebrates 
Forest Weekend - this weekend and next. One of our target birds, a VESPER 
SPARROW, was observed by Greg Prelich before the walk began. 
Other highlights include late Black throated blue, and Blue headed Vireo. 

VESPER SPARROW-1
Blue headed vireo-1
Field -2
Chipping-2
White throated-6
White crowned-1
Song-5
Swamp-2
Dark eyed Junco-7
American Goldfinch-5
Brown Creeper-1
House Finch-1
Black throated blue-1
Yellow rumped-1
Rusty blackbird-3
Cedar waxwings- 35+
(Mature and immature)
Cardinal-2
Bluejay-8
Tufted titmouse-2
Red bellied woodpecker -4
Yellow bellied sapsucker -1
Hairy woodpecker -1
Hermit thrush-7
Swainson's thrush-1
Eastern Phoebe-6
Red tailed hawk-2
Ruby crowned kinglet-2
Golden crowned kinglet-1
Wood duck-3
Mallard-6
Black duck-1
Great blue heron-1
Belted Kingfisher-1
American Robin-12
Catbird-1
Winter wren-1
Mockingbird-2

Good Birding,
Debbie Becker
BirdingAroundNYC.com



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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL - Birds

[Jim Clinton]

I had a Blue-grey Gnatcatcher and a Lincoln Sparrow at the West end of the pond 
along Grumman Blvd.  The Blue-grey Gnatcatcher was with a small mix flock of 
birds right along the west end of the pond.  There were also two Ruby-crowned 
Kinglets in the flock.  The Lincoln Sparrow was across the tracks in some small 
bushes just before the tall pines of the wood edge.  Both birds seen at about 
12:00.
Jim Clinton Jr

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[nysbirds-l] Bronx Birding Report...

[Andrew Baksh]

Birding in the Bronx today was quite satisfying with some quality birds in
the > 60 species seen.  The highlights are as follows:

*VESPER SPARROWS* (2) - one at Soundview Park and the other at the Turtle
Cove Golf Driving Range at Pelham Bay.  The latter seen just inside the
fence near the corner to the entrance of the wood chip trail.

*GREAT HORNED OWL* - seen at Soundview Park.

MONK PARAKEETS (2) - seen at Soundview Park.

*RED-HEADED WOODPECKER* (2 adults) - continuing birds seen with Mike Russo
at Turtle Cove at Pelham Bay.

*RAVENS (2)* - calling birds seen flying by at Turtle Cove Pelham Bay.
 Observed with Mike Russo.

*BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER*  (male) - both Mike Russo and I saw this bird
independently at Turtle Cove in Pelham Bay.  I was able to some decent
photos.

BLUE-HEADED VIREO - Seen in the Pelham Bay Park Meadows.

Cheers!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

"Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones

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[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve - Cedar Waxwings, Eurasian Wigeon

[Robert Taylor]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post (thanks to Andrew Baksh for posting for me in the
past)- I live in Massapequa and normally bird at the preserve and Jones
Beach West end.  I post pics on my blog
http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com.  I was at Massapequa Preserve from
9:30am-10:30am today - beautiful fall day  - highlights were a flock of 20+
cedar waxwings by the Pittsburgh Avenue entrance feeding on berries.  On
the nearby lake/ pond, saw 2 Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Green Winged
Teal, and Gadwall.  Also saw small flocks of robins, a kinglet, cardinal,
song sparrows singing and heard goldfinches overhead.  I'll post my pics
during the weekend.  I couldn't get a close shot of the Eurasian Wigeons
since they were on the far side of the pond.  I'm confident they'll stick
around if you want to try looking for them.  For the past few years, there
has been 3 Eurasian Wigeons + one hybrid during the winter - hopefully
they'll all be back soon.

Good birding,
Rob Taylor
Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Jefferson County birds

[Mickey Scilingo]

I spent the day on Friday birding in Jefferson County, mostly along the Lake 
Ontario shoreline, without much success.  Seems that the strong southwest winds 
were a bit too strong for most of the smaller land birds to be out.  I worked 
the lakeshore south to north along Rt 3, starting at Montario Point Rd, and 
then headed over to Point Peninsula before ending my day at dusk at Perch Lake.

Montario Point Rd - 

There were 3 AMERICAN WIGEON and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES on South Colwell Pond.  I 
stopped at the end of the road and watched over the lake for about 20-25 
minutes.  The waves on the lake were fairly high, so looking for any waterfowl 
on the water was difficult.  Several ducks flew back and forth past me, but the 
numbers were limited to just 7 COMMON MERGANSERS, 12 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a 
single COMMON LOON.

South Sandy Creek fishing area - 

The creek here was running strong and overflowed its banks at the fishing dock. 
 I found 2 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, several AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and a CARDINAL as I 
walked along the trail.  I eventually reached a point where the creek waters 
inundated the trail, so I turned around.  On the way back to my car I heard a 
single AMERICAN PIPIT fly overhead.

Lakeview Marsh WMA - 

I stopped at several of the access points and parking areas for this area along 
Rt 3 and came away with 9 birds total.  One was a juvenile BALD EAGLE who was 
up floating in the winds slowly flying south along the lakeshore.  The others 
were a RED-TAILED HAWK being harassed by an AMERICAN CROW, 1 BLUE JAY, 1 
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, my first AMERICAN TREE SPARROW of the season, 2 
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET.  

Rt 3 and Rt 193 – there were 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on the wire at this 
intersection.

Stony Creek Boat Launch – 1 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and a brief look at a TURKEY 
VULTURE in the air before it dropped below the tree line to my east.

Henderson Boat Launch - 

2 MUTE SWANS, 4 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, and 2 COMMON MERGANSER males were 
the only birds I found here.

Rt 180 – 1 AMERICAN KESTREL on the wires.

Point Peninsula - 

I drove all the way around Point Peninsula, starting at Long Point Rd to the 
park, then down South Shore Rd and around the bottom of the point and then 
making a left onto Beach Rd before heading out.  I found small groups of 
waterfowl scattered along the whole shoreline of the peninsula, with the 
following totals:

AMERICAN BLACK DUCK – 7
MALLARD – 20
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 5
BUFFLEHEAD – 45
COMMON GOLDENEYE – 4
COMMON MERGANSER – 25

BONAPARTE’S GULL – 14
RING-BILLED GULL – 6
HERRING GULL – 3
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1


My heart skipped a beat when I spotted some swallows feeding low over the water 
in the channel of Toad Hole Cove on the southwestern side of the Point.  But 
after scoping the birds from in front of house # 21249 on South Shore Rd, I was 
able to see that all of the swallows were TREE SWALLOWS.  About 100 of them.


On the way off the Peninsula, I saw 2 SNOW BUNTINGS in the area of the new boat 
launch on Rt 57.

Final stop was Perch Lake.  In the waning light, I spotted a condensing flock 
of waterfowl drifting to the center of the lake to roost for the night.  
Species found in this flock:

AMERICAN WIGEON
RING-NECKED DUCK
GREATER SCAUP
LESSER SCAUP
BUFFLEHEAD
RUDDY DUCK

Also on Perch Lake were several scattered flocks of CANADA GEESE and 2 sleeping 
swans, which I presume are the resident TRUMPETER SWANS.




Mickey Scilingo
Constantia
Oswego County, NY
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 1 November 2013

[Karen Fung]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 01, 2013
* NYNY1311.01

- Birds Mentioned:
YELLOW RAIL+
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Northern Pintail
Common Eider
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Nelson's Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
Rusty Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch


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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos
or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

~ Transcript ~

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Karen Fung

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings.  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November
1st, at 7:00pm.  The highlights of today's tape are BREWER'S
BLACKBIRD, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, DICKCISSEL,
LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, and a pelagic trip announcement.

A nice find last Monday was an adult male BREWER'S BLACKBIRD,
photographed on a small field at Caumsett State Park on Lloyd's Neck
in northern Suffolk County.  Unfortunately there were no followup
sightings to our knowledge.

As intriguing was a report from a fishing boat Tuesday, three miles
south of Fire Island.  Among several passerines flying back to shore
was a rail-like bird with white in the secondaries, thought to perhaps
have been a YELLOW RAIL, though immature SORA would also be a
possibility.

Waterfowl have recently been increasing in both numbers and variety,
with the season's first GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE appearing on
Marratooka Lake off New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck, on Long Island's
North Fork last Sunday.

This fall's third EURASIAN WIGEON was noted last Saturday, this at a
traditional location on the pond at Massapequa Preserve, just east of
the eastern end of Pittsburgh Avenue.

A COMMON EIDER was still off Floyd Bennett field Saturday.

We should note at this point that a See Life Paulagics pelagic trip,
scheduled for Saturday, November 23rd, out of Freeport Long Island,
still needs additional participants to sign up in order to hold the
boat, which is the Captain Lou VII, a good pelagic vessel.  The boat
will leave at 6:00 am, heading towards Hudson Canyon, and the cost is
$185 per person.  If you want to go, please sign up now.  For
reservations, call (215) 234-6805, or visit their website at
http://www.paulagics.com

Land birds, other than the BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, have been as expected
this week.  The nice run of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS has slowed down,
but one or two do continue  at Pelham Bay Park in the Turtle Cove
area.

A decent number of VESPER SPARROWS have been present recently.  One at
Jones Beach West End last Saturday increased to two by Tuesday.  Two
more were at Muttontown Preserve by the horse corral Saturday, but the
bonanza involved the six seen on the Parade Grounds at Van Cortlandt
Park in the Bronx Saturday.  Two VESPERS were also at Riis Park Sunday
and Monday, with another at Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, and two more
were at Pelham Bay Park Thursday where NELSON'S SPARROWS also
continue, as they do presumably in many salt marshes in the area.
Other more unusual sparrows featured a LARK SPARROW at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center at Marine Park in Brooklyn Saturday and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS reported at Riis Park Sunday and Central Park Tuesday.
Single DICKCISSELS noted last Saturday were one at Robert Moses State
Park lingering near the maintenance buildings and one at Hook Pond in
East Hampton.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted at Coney Island Beach in
Brooklyn Thursday, and others should be continuing along the South
Shore of Long Island.

A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was among the few shorebirds on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday.

Birds in Jones Inlet off Jones Beach West End last Saturday included
one FORSTER'S TERN and over 30 ROYAL TERNS, and 330+ AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS.  Among the Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin roosting
on the wharf at high tide at the water works docks at Point Lookout
Saturday 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 1 November 2013

[Karen Fung]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 01, 2013
* NYNY1311.01

- Birds Mentioned:
YELLOW RAIL+
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Northern Pintail
Common Eider
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Nelson's Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
Rusty Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch


If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysa...@nybirds.org .

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos
or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

~ Transcript ~

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Karen Fung

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings.  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November
1st, at 7:00pm.  The highlights of today's tape are BREWER'S
BLACKBIRD, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, DICKCISSEL,
LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, and a pelagic trip announcement.

A nice find last Monday was an adult male BREWER'S BLACKBIRD,
photographed on a small field at Caumsett State Park on Lloyd's Neck
in northern Suffolk County.  Unfortunately there were no followup
sightings to our knowledge.

As intriguing was a report from a fishing boat Tuesday, three miles
south of Fire Island.  Among several passerines flying back to shore
was a rail-like bird with white in the secondaries, thought to perhaps
have been a YELLOW RAIL, though immature SORA would also be a
possibility.

Waterfowl have recently been increasing in both numbers and variety,
with the season's first GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE appearing on
Marratooka Lake off New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck, on Long Island's
North Fork last Sunday.

This fall's third EURASIAN WIGEON was noted last Saturday, this at a
traditional location on the pond at Massapequa Preserve, just east of
the eastern end of Pittsburgh Avenue.

A COMMON EIDER was still off Floyd Bennett field Saturday.

We should note at this point that a See Life Paulagics pelagic trip,
scheduled for Saturday, November 23rd, out of Freeport Long Island,
still needs additional participants to sign up in order to hold the
boat, which is the Captain Lou VII, a good pelagic vessel.  The boat
will leave at 6:00 am, heading towards Hudson Canyon, and the cost is
$185 per person.  If you want to go, please sign up now.  For
reservations, call (215) 234-6805, or visit their website at
http://www.paulagics.com

Land birds, other than the BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, have been as expected
this week.  The nice run of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS has slowed down,
but one or two do continue  at Pelham Bay Park in the Turtle Cove
area.

A decent number of VESPER SPARROWS have been present recently.  One at
Jones Beach West End last Saturday increased to two by Tuesday.  Two
more were at Muttontown Preserve by the horse corral Saturday, but the
bonanza involved the six seen on the Parade Grounds at Van Cortlandt
Park in the Bronx Saturday.  Two VESPERS were also at Riis Park Sunday
and Monday, with another at Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, and two more
were at Pelham Bay Park Thursday where NELSON'S SPARROWS also
continue, as they do presumably in many salt marshes in the area.
Other more unusual sparrows featured a LARK SPARROW at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center at Marine Park in Brooklyn Saturday and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS reported at Riis Park Sunday and Central Park Tuesday.
Single DICKCISSELS noted last Saturday were one at Robert Moses State
Park lingering near the maintenance buildings and one at Hook Pond in
East Hampton.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted at Coney Island Beach in
Brooklyn Thursday, and others should be continuing along the South
Shore of Long Island.

A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was among the few shorebirds on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday.

Birds in Jones Inlet off Jones Beach West End last Saturday included
one FORSTER'S TERN and over 30 ROYAL TERNS, and 330+ AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS.  Among the Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin roosting
on the wharf at high tide at the water works docks at Point Lookout
Saturday 

[nysbirds-l] Jefferson County birds

[Mickey Scilingo]

I spent the day on Friday birding in Jefferson County, mostly along the Lake 
Ontario shoreline, without much success.  Seems that the strong southwest winds 
were a bit too strong for most of the smaller land birds to be out.  I worked 
the lakeshore south to north along Rt 3, starting at Montario Point Rd, and 
then headed over to Point Peninsula before ending my day at dusk at Perch Lake.

Montario Point Rd - 

There were 3 AMERICAN WIGEON and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES on South Colwell Pond.  I 
stopped at the end of the road and watched over the lake for about 20-25 
minutes.  The waves on the lake were fairly high, so looking for any waterfowl 
on the water was difficult.  Several ducks flew back and forth past me, but the 
numbers were limited to just 7 COMMON MERGANSERS, 12 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a 
single COMMON LOON.

South Sandy Creek fishing area - 

The creek here was running strong and overflowed its banks at the fishing dock. 
 I found 2 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, several AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and a CARDINAL as I 
walked along the trail.  I eventually reached a point where the creek waters 
inundated the trail, so I turned around.  On the way back to my car I heard a 
single AMERICAN PIPIT fly overhead.

Lakeview Marsh WMA - 

I stopped at several of the access points and parking areas for this area along 
Rt 3 and came away with 9 birds total.  One was a juvenile BALD EAGLE who was 
up floating in the winds slowly flying south along the lakeshore.  The others 
were a RED-TAILED HAWK being harassed by an AMERICAN CROW, 1 BLUE JAY, 1 
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, my first AMERICAN TREE SPARROW of the season, 2 
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET.  

Rt 3 and Rt 193 – there were 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on the wire at this 
intersection.

Stony Creek Boat Launch – 1 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and a brief look at a TURKEY 
VULTURE in the air before it dropped below the tree line to my east.

Henderson Boat Launch - 

2 MUTE SWANS, 4 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, and 2 COMMON MERGANSER males were 
the only birds I found here.

Rt 180 – 1 AMERICAN KESTREL on the wires.

Point Peninsula - 

I drove all the way around Point Peninsula, starting at Long Point Rd to the 
park, then down South Shore Rd and around the bottom of the point and then 
making a left onto Beach Rd before heading out.  I found small groups of 
waterfowl scattered along the whole shoreline of the peninsula, with the 
following totals:

AMERICAN BLACK DUCK – 7
MALLARD – 20
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 5
BUFFLEHEAD – 45
COMMON GOLDENEYE – 4
COMMON MERGANSER – 25

BONAPARTE’S GULL – 14
RING-BILLED GULL – 6
HERRING GULL – 3
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1


My heart skipped a beat when I spotted some swallows feeding low over the water 
in the channel of Toad Hole Cove on the southwestern side of the Point.  But 
after scoping the birds from in front of house # 21249 on South Shore Rd, I was 
able to see that all of the swallows were TREE SWALLOWS.  About 100 of them.


On the way off the Peninsula, I saw 2 SNOW BUNTINGS in the area of the new boat 
launch on Rt 57.

Final stop was Perch Lake.  In the waning light, I spotted a condensing flock 
of waterfowl drifting to the center of the lake to roost for the night.  
Species found in this flock:

AMERICAN WIGEON
RING-NECKED DUCK
GREATER SCAUP
LESSER SCAUP
BUFFLEHEAD
RUDDY DUCK

Also on Perch Lake were several scattered flocks of CANADA GEESE and 2 sleeping 
swans, which I presume are the resident TRUMPETER SWANS.




Mickey Scilingo
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Oswego County, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve - Cedar Waxwings, Eurasian Wigeon

[Robert Taylor]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post (thanks to Andrew Baksh for posting for me in the
past)- I live in Massapequa and normally bird at the preserve and Jones
Beach West end.  I post pics on my blog
http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com.  I was at Massapequa Preserve from
9:30am-10:30am today - beautiful fall day  - highlights were a flock of 20+
cedar waxwings by the Pittsburgh Avenue entrance feeding on berries.  On
the nearby lake/ pond, saw 2 Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Green Winged
Teal, and Gadwall.  Also saw small flocks of robins, a kinglet, cardinal,
song sparrows singing and heard goldfinches overhead.  I'll post my pics
during the weekend.  I couldn't get a close shot of the Eurasian Wigeons
since they were on the far side of the pond.  I'm confident they'll stick
around if you want to try looking for them.  For the past few years, there
has been 3 Eurasian Wigeons + one hybrid during the winter - hopefully
they'll all be back soon.

Good birding,
Rob Taylor
Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Bronx Birding Report...

[Andrew Baksh]

Birding in the Bronx today was quite satisfying with some quality birds in
the  60 species seen.  The highlights are as follows:

*VESPER SPARROWS* (2) - one at Soundview Park and the other at the Turtle
Cove Golf Driving Range at Pelham Bay.  The latter seen just inside the
fence near the corner to the entrance of the wood chip trail.

*GREAT HORNED OWL* - seen at Soundview Park.

MONK PARAKEETS (2) - seen at Soundview Park.

*RED-HEADED WOODPECKER* (2 adults) - continuing birds seen with Mike Russo
at Turtle Cove at Pelham Bay.

*RAVENS (2)* - calling birds seen flying by at Turtle Cove Pelham Bay.
 Observed with Mike Russo.

*BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER*  (male) - both Mike Russo and I saw this bird
independently at Turtle Cove in Pelham Bay.  I was able to some decent
photos.

BLUE-HEADED VIREO - Seen in the Pelham Bay Park Meadows.

Cheers!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

Don't start none, won't be none ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones

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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL - Birds

[Jim Clinton]

I had a Blue-grey Gnatcatcher and a Lincoln Sparrow at the West end of the pond 
along Grumman Blvd.  The Blue-grey Gnatcatcher was with a small mix flock of 
birds right along the west end of the pond.  There were also two Ruby-crowned 
Kinglets in the flock.  The Lincoln Sparrow was across the tracks in some small 
bushes just before the tall pines of the wood edge.  Both birds seen at about 
12:00.
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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[editcon...@aol.com]

There were 37 birders on the Saturday morning bird walk as NYBG celebrates 
Forest Weekend - this weekend and next. One of our target birds, a VESPER 
SPARROW, was observed by Greg Prelich before the walk began. 
Other highlights include late Black throated blue, and Blue headed Vireo. 

VESPER SPARROW-1
Blue headed vireo-1
Field -2
Chipping-2
White throated-6
White crowned-1
Song-5
Swamp-2
Dark eyed Junco-7
American Goldfinch-5
Brown Creeper-1
House Finch-1
Black throated blue-1
Yellow rumped-1
Rusty blackbird-3
Cedar waxwings- 35+
(Mature and immature)
Cardinal-2
Bluejay-8
Tufted titmouse-2
Red bellied woodpecker -4
Yellow bellied sapsucker -1
Hairy woodpecker -1
Hermit thrush-7
Swainson's thrush-1
Eastern Phoebe-6
Red tailed hawk-2
Ruby crowned kinglet-2
Golden crowned kinglet-1
Wood duck-3
Mallard-6
Black duck-1
Great blue heron-1
Belted Kingfisher-1
American Robin-12
Catbird-1
Winter wren-1
Mockingbird-2

Good Birding,
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BirdingAroundNYC.com



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[nysbirds-l] Area Sightings by NYSOA Conference Participants

[Donna Schulman]

Here are some of the sightings reported at the New York Birders/NYSOA
Conference on Saturday, November 2nd. Apologies for the late report, it was
a very full day. The sightings are from the board posted at the conference;
trip leaders and birders will hopefully add details.

Newsday had an article about the conference in its Saturday edition, based
on the reporter's experience participating in our field trip to Sunken
Meadow State Park:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/smartphone-in-hand-bird-watchers-on-li-seek-out-rare-sightings-1.6366940/
We were happy that the event served as a platform for publicizing the
fun
birders have in the field, as well as some of the ways in which technology
has influenced the way we bird.

SIGHTINGS REPORTED ON NYSOA CONFERENCE BOARD:

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station field trip; Clay Taylor, leader:
American Golden Plover (spotted by Lisa Scheppke)

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station individual sightings:
Surf Scoter - 4 -  Eamon Freiburger
Lapland Longspur, Vesper Sparrow - Tom Burke  Gail Benson

Sunken Meadow SP field trip, Mary Normandia leader:
Purple Finch

Hempstead Plains field trip, Steve Schellenger leader:
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
American Pipit - 2
Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler (sighted by Shai Mitra)
Palm Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Vesper Sparrow - 1
(note that Hempstead Plains is usually closed to the public)

Alley Pond Park field trip, Ian Resnick leader:
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 'confusing' fall warbler that may have been a Blackpoll or a Bay-breasted
Warbler
(we did determine that these were two different warblers, though they were
seen in the same location)
Brown Creeper
1,000-plus flock of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds

Kissena Park field trip (Kissena Park and Kissena Corridor), Eric Miller
leader:
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Cormorant (flyover)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Amer. Kestrel
Merlin
Brown Creeper
Blue-headed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Linnet

Massapequa Preserve - Lloyd Spitalnik
Eurasian Wigeon


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