[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* December 16, 2013
*  NYSY  12. 16. 13
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

December 09, 2013 - December 16, 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:December 16 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#373 Monday December 16, 2013
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
December 09, 2013
 
Highlights:
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RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SNOWY OWL
SHORT-EARED OWL
HERMIT THRUSH
GRAY CATBIRD
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER




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


     No reports this week.


Onondaga County
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     12/10:  A SNOWY OWL was spotted at Hancock Airport. Three more were seen 
the next day.
     12/13: 2 ICELAND and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor.
     12/14: Highlights of the Syracuse CBC included HERMIT THRUSH, ICELAND 
GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON. Out 
of the circle a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and a GRAY CATBIRD were seen on Sunview 
Drive in Elbridge.


Madison County


     12/11: 4 ICELAND, 1 GLAUCOUS and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found at 
the Madison County Landfill.
     12/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Eatonbrook Road in the Town of Nelson.
     12/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Peterboro Road south of Canastota.


Oneida County


     12/13: 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS were found at the intersection of Miller Road 
and Rt. 31. 4 were relocated the next day at the same location.


Oswego county


      12/16: 66 species were found on the Oswego Christmas Count. Highlights 
were RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, SNOWY OWL and 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

   


    

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Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A.
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[nysbirds-l] Wilson-Lake Plains CBC (12/14) - Area 1 and Lakewatching

[Brett Ewald]

I covered Area 1on the Wilson-Lake Plains CBC  in Niagara County on Saturday, 
as well as watching Lake Ontario for a couple hours in the morning with Willie 
D'Anna near his place. Area 1 includes Wilson-Tuscarora State Park and Wilson 
Harbor. It snowed the whole day, which limited the visibility and species 
count, but a decent variety was tallied, nonetheless. Highlights included 
Glaucous Gull and Carolina Wren. 

AREA 1

Canada Goose - 139
Mallard - 52
American Black Duck - 3
Common Goldeneye - 56
Bufflehead - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 78
Ring-billed Gull - 55
Herring Gull - 80
Great Black-backed Gull - 31
Glaucous Gull - 1 3rd winter
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 6
Black-capped Chickadee - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 12
European Starling - 91
Cedar Waxwing - 9
Northern Cardinal - 13
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 20
Dark-eyed Junco - 5
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 2

Total Individuals:  677


LAKEWATCH w/Willie D'Anna

Canada Goose - 1
Mallard - 3
Greater Scaup - 7
White-winged Scoter - 159
Surf Scoter - 1
Common Goldeneye - 83
Long-tailed Duck - 104
Bufflehead - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 315
Common Merganser - 108
Common Loon - 1
Red-throated Loon - 6
Horned Grebe - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 40
Herring Gull - 75
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Bonaparte's Gull - 17
Rock Pigeon - 1
Song Sparrow - 1

Total Individuals: 934

Brett
Lyndonville, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Queens County Christmas Bird Count

[Corey Finger]

The Queens County Christmas Bird Count was held yesterday, Sunday, 15 December. 
A total of 44 birders covered our circle for the day. We had pretty good 
weather for the count, with temperatures ranging from just below the freezing 
mark to just over 40 and no precipitation at all.

We totaled 118 species, which ties our "modern" record and is just 6 short of 
our all time best. (We'll have 119 if NYSARC accepts the Common Linnet which is 
still hanging in there at Kissena Corridor Park but what are the chances of 
that?) We also have, so far, a single count-week bird.

Highlights included King Eider, Nashville Warbler, Palm Warbler, 2 Glaucous 
Gulls, Marsh Wren, Common Raven and 5 Snowy Owls. Misses didn't include many 
terribly obvious birds, with Red-breasted Nuthatch probably being the worst. We 
also missed snipe, Common Eider (though we got it for count week), American 
Bittern, all of the winter finches excepting goldfinch, and Eurasian Wigeon, 
though none of those birds are a huge surprise as a miss.

Mostly we got all of the expected birds though some we only got by the skin of 
our teeth.  White-winged Scoter, Merlin, Razorbill, Short-eared Owl, Fish Crow, 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, Cedar Waxwing, and Orange-crowned Warbler 
were all found as individuals and the Fish Crow was only identified as such 
because it looked small and responded to a Fish Crow tape with its own 
"caa-ing."

We had ten species in quadruple digits. They were: Snow Goose, 2276; Brant, 
2314; Canada Goose, 3597; Mallard, 1188; Greater Scaup, 6302; Ring-billed Gull, 
4251; Herring Gull, 1441; Rock Pigeon, 1616; European Starling, 2081; and 
Common Grackle, 2821.

Our Black-capped Chickadee count was 30 and Tufted Titmouse was 22. The former 
was pretty much only found in areas where they breed so it looks like we did 
not have a migratory influx. The latter is slightly less than the average for 
recent years.

Because this is my first year compiling I don't have all of the data from 
previous years organized in such a way that I can quickly figure out what 
species for which we had high counts. Hopefully, I'll have that information at 
my fingertips next time - I just have to spend more time on spreadsheets when 
I'd rather be out birding.

Many thanks to all who participated, especially Mary Normandia who stepped in 
as a sector leader at the last second and Jean Loscalzo who coordinated a large 
group of birders in the Forest Park sector.

Here's hoping we get 50 participants and 120 species next year!

Good (Christmas Bird Count) Birding,
Corey Finger
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[nysbirds-l] Galeville

[Ken McDermott]

   Hi Folks, Stopped by the Shawangunk Grasslands(I really prefer what we always called it "GALEVILLE") late this afternoon and was pleased to easily find 6 Short-eared Owls, three Rough-legged Hawks, 2 Red-tails, one Grey Ghost(male Harrier) and big numbers of Canada Geese in the air to the east.  Later I found the  Geese crowding the Wallkill River along Lippincott Road outside the Village of Wallkill.  Special "THANKS" again to Ralph Tabor, "The Mayor of Galeville", for plowing so that all could get in and enjoy that refuge. Best wishes and GOOD BIRDING, Ken McDermott

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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan Varied Thrush

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
The Varied Thrush that was first found yesterday was again seen by a small
group of birders today in the afternoon. Thanks to Sandra Paci for finding
it and to Dale Dancis and Andrew Baksh for getting the word out.

I arrived at the location a little past 1pm today. At first I got a little
lost among all the buildings, which all looked the same to me. However the
Varied Thrush re-appeared where Sandra had first found it and showed it
self off and on for a good while.

Using my smartphone I took a couple of screenshots of the exact location
and with my camera I got a few shots of it. Here is a link to these images,
both the location and bird.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/landp/sets/72157638740409676/

good city birding,

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Stuyvesant Varied Thrush Photos...

[Andrew Baksh]

I have uploaded the photos sent to me by Pearl Broder of the Varied Thrush
found yesterday at Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan NYC.

Nice work by Louise, Pearl and Ann on the find, documenting and getting the
word out on a very neat looking bird.  Photos can be accessed here.
http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2013/12/varied-thrush-at-stuyvesant-manhattan.html

Cheers!

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Anders Peltomaa
wrote:

> Varied Thrush being seen right now. It is in an plant area by the Oval in
> Stuyvesant Town, NYC. The nearest building is called Stuyvesant Oval #11.
>
> 40.732521, -73.978338
>
> The bird appears to be an adult male. It is gorgeous.
>
> good city birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Mannahatta
>  On Dec 16, 2013 12:07 PM, "Andrew Baksh"  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> According to Sandra Paci, the StuyTown NYC Varied thrush was relocated *(this
>> was about 57 minutes ago)* when I check the time it was posted. The
>> message states, enter between 19th and 20th streets and 1st ave. walk
>> through courtyard about a block east. Bird is alone up high in some bare
>> trees.
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>> Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Black Guillemot Shinnecock Inlet

[Joe Jannsen]

The guillemot continues at Shinnecock Inlet.  Bird was in the inlet along the 
eastern jetty, then flew across the inlet, settling amongst the scoters just to 
the west of the western jetty.

Good luck if you go.

Joe



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[nysbirds-l] Mohonk Lake/Ashokan Reservoir CBC Results

[Steve M. Chorvas]

The 64th annual Mohonk Lake-Ashokan Reservoir (Ulster County) Christmas 
Bird Count (CBC) was conducted this past Saturday, 14 December 2013, 
under very challenging winter weather conditions.  Despite an 
abbreviated count day for some territories, and an overall lack of 
access to some secondary roads, 31 participants in nine field parties 
managed to survey a significant portion of all sectors, recording a very 
respectable 72 species and 14,033 individuals (plus two additional count 
week species, pending additions to the count week period).



Our first major snowstorm of the season materialized overnight and 
continued to produce light snowfall throughout the count day. 
Temperatures remained below freezing, ranging from an early morning low 
of 8° (F) to a high of 18° (F) by mid-day on the Lomontville Flats in 
Hurley.  Winds were thankfully calm over most of the count terrain, but 
visibility was less than ideal under dark foreboding skies with a 
persistent snowfall.  Night skies were solid overcast, precluding any 
moonlight.



Snow continued to accumulate throughout the day, amounting to an average 
of four to six inches of ground cover by day's end.  Major bodies of 
water and fast moving creeks and streams were predominantly open, with 
smaller ponds and stagnant marshes completely frozen or partially open, 
providing some small areas of liquid water.



Considering the challenging weather conditions and abbreviated count 
routines for some sectors, species diversity (72) was very good, above 
our ten-year average of 70 species/year, and only the sixth time in 64 
years that we have exceeded 70 species in this count circle.  Total 
individuals (14,033) were also exceptional, representing our most 
prolific count since our record-setting 16,092 in 2008, and just 129 
species shy of our second highest count of 14,162 in 2007.   It should 
be noted however, our tally was greatly influenced this year by large 
flocks of Canada Geese moving throughout the count day, accounting for 
nearly 5,000 individuals and 35% of our total number.



No new species were added to the historical count composite this year, 
but we did not lack for highlights.  Best birds of the day were a 
Dickcissel visiting bird feeders in New Paltz (our fourth overall 
record, and first since 1966), and a juvenile Iceland Gull associating 
with a few hundred Herring Gulls at the Mohonk Preserve composting site 
in New Paltz (third overall record, first since 1995).



Two American Pipits foraging on compost mounds off Fording Place in 
Hurley represent our sixth historical record; two Red-headed 
Woodpeckers, apparently wintering on territory in the Weston Road marsh 
on the Esopus/New Paltz town line, were our ninth record for this count; 
two separate White-crowned Sparrows represent our ninth historical 
record; and a lingering Gray Catbird along the Hurley Avenue section of 
the rail trail in Kingston is our 12th count record for this half-hardy 
species.



Fourteen Ring-necked Ducks tied our previous high count from 1974, and 
represents only our 8th historical record.  New high counts were 
recorded for Snow Goose (870, more than double last year's high count of 
425), Red-bellied Woodpecker (77, eclipsing 75 in 2011), Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker (16, eclipsing 14 in 2011), Hermit Thrush (12, far exceeding 
our previous high count of 4 in 2009), and Dark-eyed Junco (1,722, 
significantly eclipsing 1,558 recorded in 2009).



One Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 645 American Robins, 312 Cedar Waxwings, 7 
Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Field Sparrows, 1 Savannah Sparrow, and 17 
Swamp Sparrows are also noteworthy for this count.



Irruptive winter finches were essentially absent, with only one count 
week Purple Finch noted.  Blackbirds were very modestly represented in 
single-digit numbers of Red-wings, grackles, and cowbirds.  Waterfowl 
diversity was average and typical for this count, with the exception of 
the aforementioned Ring-necked Ducks and large numbers of Snow and 
Canada Geese on the move.  Perhaps our most surprising negative was the 
total lack of Turkey and Black Vultures in historical winter roost 
areas, though the inclement weather may have very well factored in 
keeping these soaring birds down and out of sight.  Only one Wild Turkey 
was encountered, one Belted Kingfisher was active, and four Great Blue 
Herons were recorded.



Thanks to the following participants for conducting their assigned 
routes under adverse conditions, and also to those who attempted to make 
it out into the field but were not able to do so: David Arner, Christina 
Baal, Allan Bowdery, Lynn Bowdery, Mira Bowin, Joe Bridges, Bea Conover, 
Matt Corsaro, Mark DeDea, Lin Fagan, Deb Ferguson, Tom Grady, Christine 
Guarino, Annie Mardiney, Jim Marks, Frank Murphy, Jeff Nerp, David 
Nyzio, Jessica Prockup, Doug Robinson, George Rodenhausen, Susan Rogers, 
Peter Schoenberger, Halley Schwab, Donna Seymour, Steve Stanne, Nava 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Sty Varied Thrush relocated...

[Anders Peltomaa]

Varied Thrush being seen right now. It is in an plant area by the Oval in
Stuyvesant Town, NYC. The nearest building is called Stuyvesant Oval #11.

40.732521, -73.978338

The bird appears to be an adult male. It is gorgeous.

good city birding,

Anders Peltomaa
Mannahatta
 On Dec 16, 2013 12:07 PM, "Andrew Baksh"  wrote:

>
>
> According to Sandra Paci, the StuyTown NYC Varied thrush was relocated *(this
> was about 57 minutes ago)* when I check the time it was posted. The
> message states, enter between 19th and 20th streets and 1st ave. walk
> through courtyard about a block east. Bird is alone up high in some bare
> trees.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew Baksh
> Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach

[syschiff]

16 Dec.

Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) spent this morning at Jones Beach . 
Across the inlet, there were 20 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS; on this side DUNLIN 
and SANDERLING; in the water, both LOONS, BUFFLEHEAD, LONG-TAILED DUCK and 
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. BONAPARTE'S GULLS were feeding in the boat basin and 
close in along the marina board walk. Small birds were mostly lacking in the 
median.

Moving over to the beach, we scoped 2 SNOWY OWLS, one east and one west of 
where we came onto the beach. A GREAT BLUE HERON flew east hugging the 
shoreline. That was a surprise. Returning via the swale, we encountered a flock 
of HORNED LARKS with a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR. A large flock (125+) of SNOW 
BUNTINGS swirled over the parking lot as we were leaving, briefly landing. 

In spite of the freezing temperature and brisk wind, this was Winter birding at 
its best.

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[nysbirds-l] Queens King Eider-NO

[Mike]

The King Eider seen previously From 59th St beach in The Rockaways Queens Co. 
has not bee refound today as of 1220. A few of us are still looking.

-Mike Shanley



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[nysbirds-l] Sty Varied Thrush relocated...

[Andrew Baksh]

According to Sandra Paci, the StuyTown NYC Varied thrush was relocated *(this
was about 57 minutes ago)* when I check the time it was posted. The message
states, enter between 19th and 20th streets and 1st ave. walk through
courtyard about a block east. Bird is alone up high in some bare trees.

Thanks

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Humor Break

[Rob Jett]

Now for something completely different:

Did the writers for this popular TV show tap into media reports of Snowy Owl 
shootings for this very short gag on last night's episode?

http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2013/12/something-completely-different.html

Check it out quickly before I'm "requested" to remove it from my blog  ;-)

Enjoy and Gooding birding,

R

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Michael C Bochnik]

Actually the count period is always 3 days prior and 3 days after the count 
date.

As per the National Audubon CBC website

"Count week is defined as from 3 days before to 3 days after your official 
count day. If your official count day is December 14, then your Count Week 
extends from Dec 11 to Dec 17 (and can therefore extend outside of the official 
count period of Dec 14-Jan 5)."

Michael



-Original Message-
From: Larry Trachtenberg 
To: Shaibal Mitra ; Birdingonthe.net 

Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 10:00 am
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results



I understand that the first official day of the CBC Count Period was Saturday 
December 14 and the last day is Sunday January 5, 2014.  Thus, for counts on 
Saturday 12/14, the count week period is 12/14-12/20 and for 12/15 the count 
week is also 12/14 -12/20 (not 12/12-12/18) hence the Gyr e.g. would not be in 
the Count week period because you do not extend back prior to the first day of 
the entire count period. For counts next weekend, the count week is three days 
before and three days after (because all dates are within the 12/14-1/5 
period).  Similarly for counts on Jan 5 – I understand you cannot extend the 
“count week” beyond Jan. 5 (the last official date). Hence the Count week would 
be 12/30-1/5 not 1/2-1/8. 
 
If I made any sense can someone confirm whether this is accurate as it comes 
from the patriarch of the Peekskill (northern Westchester) and Putnam County 
count circles. 
 
L. Trachtenberg
Ossining, NY 
 
 
 

From: bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

 

The preliminary species total was 118. 

 

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar 
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.


From: bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results


Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.
 
A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows
 
Other highlights included:
 
1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)
 
Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:
 
Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)
 
Other obvious low counts included:
 
125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers
 
Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



 


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RE:[nysbirds-l] Count Week for CBC's

[Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter]

According to the following link on the Audubon web site, count week includes
the three days before and three days after the count day, no matter what the
date of the count is:

http://birds.audubon.org/faq/what-does-count-week-meanhow-it-used-do-i-recor
d-numbers-observed-birds-i-ve-seen-count-week-do-

 

Good bird counting!

Willie

 

From: bounce-46086-15084...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-46086-15084...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Trachtenberg
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:59 AM
To: Shaibal Mitra; Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

 

I understand that the first official day of the CBC Count Period was
Saturday December 14 and the last day is Sunday January 5, 2014.  Thus, for
counts on Saturday 12/14, the count week period is 12/14-12/20 and for 12/15
the count week is also 12/14 -12/20 (not 12/12-12/18) hence the Gyr e.g.
would not be in the Count week period because you do not extend back prior
to the first day of the entire count period. For counts next weekend, the
count week is three days before and three days after (because all dates are
within the 12/14-1/5 period).  Similarly for counts on Jan 5 - I understand
you cannot extend the "count week" beyond Jan. 5 (the last official date).
Hence the Count week would be 12/30-1/5 not 1/2-1/8. 

 

If I made any sense can someone confirm whether this is accurate as it comes
from the patriarch of the Peekskill (northern Westchester) and Putnam County
count circles. 

 

L. Trachtenberg

Ossining, NY 

 

 

 

From: bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal
Mitra
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

 

The preliminary species total was 118. 

 

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.

  _  

From: bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu
[bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013.
This Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire
Island Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew
directly over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at
Captree around 6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the
count.

 

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:

13 Wood Ducks

162 White-winged Scoters

321 Red-throated Loons

12 Razorbills

75 Horned Larks

22 Brown Creepers

188 Carolina Wrens

19 Winter Wrens

48 Field Sparrows

42 Fox Sparrows

44 Swamp Sparrows

 

Other highlights included:

 

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)

5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)

2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)

2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)

2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)

2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)

2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)

1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)

1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)

1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)

1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)

1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)

2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)

1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)

1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)

1 Palm Warbler (Fire)

1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)

1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0

2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not

4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

 

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in
parentheses indicating the number of years each was recorded during the
previous ten:

 

Wild Turkey (7)

Great Cormorant (10)

American Kestrel (7)

Virginia Rail (6)

Marsh Wren (7)

American Pipit (8)

Chipping Sparrow (8)

White-crowned Sparrow (6)

 

Other obvious low counts included:

 

125 Red-breasted Mergansers

6 Sharp-shinned Hawks

76 Myrtle Warblers

 

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay

Bay Shore, NY

 

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Larry Trachtenberg]

I understand that the first official day of the CBC Count Period was Saturday 
December 14 and the last day is Sunday January 5, 2014.  Thus, for counts on 
Saturday 12/14, the count week period is 12/14-12/20 and for 12/15 the count 
week is also 12/14 -12/20 (not 12/12-12/18) hence the Gyr e.g. would not be in 
the Count week period because you do not extend back prior to the first day of 
the entire count period. For counts next weekend, the count week is three days 
before and three days after (because all dates are within the 12/14-1/5 
period).  Similarly for counts on Jan 5 - I understand you cannot extend the 
"count week" beyond Jan. 5 (the last official date). Hence the Count week would 
be 12/30-1/5 not 1/2-1/8.

If I made any sense can someone confirm whether this is accurate as it comes 
from the patriarch of the Peekskill (northern Westchester) and Putnam County 
count circles.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining, NY



From: bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

The preliminary species total was 118.

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar 
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.

From: 
bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu
 [bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results
Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows

Other highlights included:

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:

Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)

Other obvious low counts included:

125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



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[nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC, next Sunday, December 22

[Michael C Bochnik]

The Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count will be held next Sunday, December 
22, 2013.
 
The count has recorded 227 species and averages 117 species a year. Last year 
we tied the high of 126 species and had 100 participants for the first time.
 
If you would like to join us on the count; visit the count’s web page at 
http://www.hras.org/bwcbc.html then click on the participation link.
 
The count has an 89-year history and was started by the famed Bronx County Bird 
Club in 1924.The Bronx-Westchester count is organized into 6 regional 
areas; East Bronx, West Bronx (from the Bronx River to the west), Yonkers, 
Hudson Valley (Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley area), Rye (Rye and Harrison), 
and Scarsdale (which covers Scarsdale through Mt. Vernon over to New Rochelle 
and north to Mamaroneck). 
 
The count’s web site also has all the numbers for the past 89 years, with over 
20 years of reports broken up into area. Forms, check lists, summaries and 
other historical data can also be found.
 
Hope to see you on the count.
 
Michael Bochnik

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The preliminary species total was 118.

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar 
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.

From: bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows

Other highlights included:

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:

Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)

Other obvious low counts included:

125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



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[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows

Other highlights included:

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:

Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)

Other obvious low counts included:

125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



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[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows

Other highlights included:

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:

Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)

Other obvious low counts included:

125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers

Shai Mitra  Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



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RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The preliminary species total was 118.

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar 
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.

From: bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows

Other highlights included:

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:

Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)

Other obvious low counts included:

125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers

Shai Mitra  Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



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[nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC, next Sunday, December 22

[Michael C Bochnik]

The Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count will be held next Sunday, December 
22, 2013.
 
The count has recorded 227 species and averages 117 species a year. Last year 
we tied the high of 126 species and had 100 participants for the first time.
 
If you would like to join us on the count; visit the count’s web page at 
http://www.hras.org/bwcbc.html then click on the participation link.
 
The count has an 89-year history and was started by the famed Bronx County Bird 
Club in 1924.The Bronx-Westchester count is organized into 6 regional 
areas; East Bronx, West Bronx (from the Bronx River to the west), Yonkers, 
Hudson Valley (Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley area), Rye (Rye and Harrison), 
and Scarsdale (which covers Scarsdale through Mt. Vernon over to New Rochelle 
and north to Mamaroneck). 
 
The count’s web site also has all the numbers for the past 89 years, with over 
20 years of reports broken up into area. Forms, check lists, summaries and 
other historical data can also be found.
 
Hope to see you on the count.
 
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RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Larry Trachtenberg]

I understand that the first official day of the CBC Count Period was Saturday 
December 14 and the last day is Sunday January 5, 2014.  Thus, for counts on 
Saturday 12/14, the count week period is 12/14-12/20 and for 12/15 the count 
week is also 12/14 -12/20 (not 12/12-12/18) hence the Gyr e.g. would not be in 
the Count week period because you do not extend back prior to the first day of 
the entire count period. For counts next weekend, the count week is three days 
before and three days after (because all dates are within the 12/14-1/5 
period).  Similarly for counts on Jan 5 - I understand you cannot extend the 
count week beyond Jan. 5 (the last official date). Hence the Count week would 
be 12/30-1/5 not 1/2-1/8.

If I made any sense can someone confirm whether this is accurate as it comes 
from the patriarch of the Peekskill (northern Westchester) and Putnam County 
count circles.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining, NY



From: bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

The preliminary species total was 118.

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar 
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.

From: 
bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu
 [bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results
Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows

Other highlights included:

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:

Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)

Other obvious low counts included:

125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers

Shai Mitra  Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



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RE:[nysbirds-l] Count Week for CBC's

[Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter]

According to the following link on the Audubon web site, count week includes
the three days before and three days after the count day, no matter what the
date of the count is:

http://birds.audubon.org/faq/what-does-count-week-meanhow-it-used-do-i-recor
d-numbers-observed-birds-i-ve-seen-count-week-do-

 

Good bird counting!

Willie

 

From: bounce-46086-15084...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-46086-15084...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Trachtenberg
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:59 AM
To: Shaibal Mitra; Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

 

I understand that the first official day of the CBC Count Period was
Saturday December 14 and the last day is Sunday January 5, 2014.  Thus, for
counts on Saturday 12/14, the count week period is 12/14-12/20 and for 12/15
the count week is also 12/14 -12/20 (not 12/12-12/18) hence the Gyr e.g.
would not be in the Count week period because you do not extend back prior
to the first day of the entire count period. For counts next weekend, the
count week is three days before and three days after (because all dates are
within the 12/14-1/5 period).  Similarly for counts on Jan 5 - I understand
you cannot extend the count week beyond Jan. 5 (the last official date).
Hence the Count week would be 12/30-1/5 not 1/2-1/8. 

 

If I made any sense can someone confirm whether this is accurate as it comes
from the patriarch of the Peekskill (northern Westchester) and Putnam County
count circles. 

 

L. Trachtenberg

Ossining, NY 

 

 

 

From: bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal
Mitra
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

 

The preliminary species total was 118. 

 

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.

  _  

From: bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu
[bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013.
This Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire
Island Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew
directly over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at
Captree around 6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the
count.

 

A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:

13 Wood Ducks

162 White-winged Scoters

321 Red-throated Loons

12 Razorbills

75 Horned Larks

22 Brown Creepers

188 Carolina Wrens

19 Winter Wrens

48 Field Sparrows

42 Fox Sparrows

44 Swamp Sparrows

 

Other highlights included:

 

1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)

5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)

2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)

2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)

2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)

2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)

2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)

1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)

1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)

1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)

1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)

1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)

2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)

1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)

1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)

1 Palm Warbler (Fire)

1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)

1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0

2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not

4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)

 

Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in
parentheses indicating the number of years each was recorded during the
previous ten:

 

Wild Turkey (7)

Great Cormorant (10)

American Kestrel (7)

Virginia Rail (6)

Marsh Wren (7)

American Pipit (8)

Chipping Sparrow (8)

White-crowned Sparrow (6)

 

Other obvious low counts included:

 

125 Red-breasted Mergansers

6 Sharp-shinned Hawks

76 Myrtle Warblers

 

Shai Mitra  Patricia Lindsay

Bay Shore, NY

 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

[Michael C Bochnik]

Actually the count period is always 3 days prior and 3 days after the count 
date.

As per the National Audubon CBC website

Count week is defined as from 3 days before to 3 days after your official 
count day. If your official count day is December 14, then your Count Week 
extends from Dec 11 to Dec 17 (and can therefore extend outside of the official 
count period of Dec 14-Jan 5).

Michael



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From: Larry Trachtenberg trachtenb...@amsllp.com
To: Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu; Birdingonthe.net 
NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 10:00 am
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results



I understand that the first official day of the CBC Count Period was Saturday 
December 14 and the last day is Sunday January 5, 2014.  Thus, for counts on 
Saturday 12/14, the count week period is 12/14-12/20 and for 12/15 the count 
week is also 12/14 -12/20 (not 12/12-12/18) hence the Gyr e.g. would not be in 
the Count week period because you do not extend back prior to the first day of 
the entire count period. For counts next weekend, the count week is three days 
before and three days after (because all dates are within the 12/14-1/5 
period).  Similarly for counts on Jan 5 – I understand you cannot extend the 
“count week” beyond Jan. 5 (the last official date). Hence the Count week would 
be 12/30-1/5 not 1/2-1/8. 
 
If I made any sense can someone confirm whether this is accurate as it comes 
from the patriarch of the Peekskill (northern Westchester) and Putnam County 
count circles. 
 
L. Trachtenberg
Ossining, NY 
 
 
 

From: bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-46013-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results

 

The preliminary species total was 118. 

 

Notable count-week birds included the previously reported Gyrfalcon at Cedar 
Beach and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Babylon Villange.


From: bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-45988-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Captree CBC, Preliminary Results


Forty participants conducted the Captree CBC yesterday, 15 December 2013. This 
Count circle is on the south shore of Long Island, around the Fire Island 
Inlet. One of the first birds of the day was a Snowy Owl that flew directly 
over members of the barrier beach parties as we assembled at Captree around 
6:45--the first of an astounding tally of 14 Snowies on the count.
 
A couple of additional good counts that were immediately obvious:
13 Wood Ducks
162 White-winged Scoters
321 Red-throated Loons
12 Razorbills
75 Horned Larks
22 Brown Creepers
188 Carolina Wrens
19 Winter Wrens
48 Field Sparrows
42 Fox Sparrows
44 Swamp Sparrows
 
Other highlights included:
 
1 Snow Goose (Connetquot)
5 Eurasian Wigeon (East)
2 Canvasbacks (Gardiner)
2 Common Mergansers (Belmont)
2 Red-necked Grebes (Jones)
2 Great Egrets (Seatuck)
2 Black-crowned Night-Herons (Gardiner)
1 Northern Goshawk (Fire)
1 Rough-legged Hawk (Jones)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (East)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Heckscher)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fire)
2 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Fire)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Seatuck)
1 Lapland Longspur (Heckscher)
1 Magnolia Warbler (Heckscher)
1 Palm Warbler (Fire)
1 Vesper Sparrow (Heckscher)
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Jones0
2,500 Common Grackles (North); we miss this species more often than not
4 Boat-tailed Grackles (Jones)
 
Our worst misses included the following species, with the number in parentheses 
indicating the number of years each was recorded during the previous ten:
 
Wild Turkey (7)
Great Cormorant (10)
American Kestrel (7)
Virginia Rail (6)
Marsh Wren (7)
American Pipit (8)
Chipping Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (6)
 
Other obvious low counts included:
 
125 Red-breasted Mergansers
6 Sharp-shinned Hawks
76 Myrtle Warblers
 
Shai Mitra  Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore, NY



 


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[nysbirds-l] Humor Break

[Rob Jett]

Now for something completely different:

Did the writers for this popular TV show tap into media reports of Snowy Owl 
shootings for this very short gag on last night's episode?

http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2013/12/something-completely-different.html

Check it out quickly before I'm requested to remove it from my blog  ;-)

Enjoy and Gooding birding,

R

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[nysbirds-l] Sty Varied Thrush relocated...

[Andrew Baksh]

According to Sandra Paci, the StuyTown NYC Varied thrush was relocated *(this
was about 57 minutes ago)* when I check the time it was posted. The message
states, enter between 19th and 20th streets and 1st ave. walk through
courtyard about a block east. Bird is alone up high in some bare trees.

Thanks

Andrew Baksh
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[nysbirds-l] Queens King Eider-NO

[Mike]

The King Eider seen previously From 59th St beach in The Rockaways Queens Co. 
has not bee refound today as of 1220. A few of us are still looking.

-Mike Shanley



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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach

[syschiff]

16 Dec.

Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) spent this morning at Jones Beach . 
Across the inlet, there were 20 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS; on this side DUNLIN 
and SANDERLING; in the water, both LOONS, BUFFLEHEAD, LONG-TAILED DUCK and 
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. BONAPARTE'S GULLS were feeding in the boat basin and 
close in along the marina board walk. Small birds were mostly lacking in the 
median.

Moving over to the beach, we scoped 2 SNOWY OWLS, one east and one west of 
where we came onto the beach. A GREAT BLUE HERON flew east hugging the 
shoreline. That was a surprise. Returning via the swale, we encountered a flock 
of HORNED LARKS with a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR. A large flock (125+) of SNOW 
BUNTINGS swirled over the parking lot as we were leaving, briefly landing. 

In spite of the freezing temperature and brisk wind, this was Winter birding at 
its best.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Sty Varied Thrush relocated...

[Anders Peltomaa]

Varied Thrush being seen right now. It is in an plant area by the Oval in
Stuyvesant Town, NYC. The nearest building is called Stuyvesant Oval #11.

40.732521, -73.978338

The bird appears to be an adult male. It is gorgeous.

good city birding,

Anders Peltomaa
Mannahatta
 On Dec 16, 2013 12:07 PM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com wrote:



 According to Sandra Paci, the StuyTown NYC Varied thrush was relocated *(this
 was about 57 minutes ago)* when I check the time it was posted. The
 message states, enter between 19th and 20th streets and 1st ave. walk
 through courtyard about a block east. Bird is alone up high in some bare
 trees.

 Thanks

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 Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Mohonk Lake/Ashokan Reservoir CBC Results

[Steve M. Chorvas]

The 64th annual Mohonk Lake-Ashokan Reservoir (Ulster County) Christmas 
Bird Count (CBC) was conducted this past Saturday, 14 December 2013, 
under very challenging winter weather conditions.  Despite an 
abbreviated count day for some territories, and an overall lack of 
access to some secondary roads, 31 participants in nine field parties 
managed to survey a significant portion of all sectors, recording a very 
respectable 72 species and 14,033 individuals (plus two additional count 
week species, pending additions to the count week period).



Our first major snowstorm of the season materialized overnight and 
continued to produce light snowfall throughout the count day. 
Temperatures remained below freezing, ranging from an early morning low 
of 8° (F) to a high of 18° (F) by mid-day on the Lomontville Flats in 
Hurley.  Winds were thankfully calm over most of the count terrain, but 
visibility was less than ideal under dark foreboding skies with a 
persistent snowfall.  Night skies were solid overcast, precluding any 
moonlight.



Snow continued to accumulate throughout the day, amounting to an average 
of four to six inches of ground cover by day's end.  Major bodies of 
water and fast moving creeks and streams were predominantly open, with 
smaller ponds and stagnant marshes completely frozen or partially open, 
providing some small areas of liquid water.



Considering the challenging weather conditions and abbreviated count 
routines for some sectors, species diversity (72) was very good, above 
our ten-year average of 70 species/year, and only the sixth time in 64 
years that we have exceeded 70 species in this count circle.  Total 
individuals (14,033) were also exceptional, representing our most 
prolific count since our record-setting 16,092 in 2008, and just 129 
species shy of our second highest count of 14,162 in 2007.   It should 
be noted however, our tally was greatly influenced this year by large 
flocks of Canada Geese moving throughout the count day, accounting for 
nearly 5,000 individuals and 35% of our total number.



No new species were added to the historical count composite this year, 
but we did not lack for highlights.  Best birds of the day were a 
Dickcissel visiting bird feeders in New Paltz (our fourth overall 
record, and first since 1966), and a juvenile Iceland Gull associating 
with a few hundred Herring Gulls at the Mohonk Preserve composting site 
in New Paltz (third overall record, first since 1995).



Two American Pipits foraging on compost mounds off Fording Place in 
Hurley represent our sixth historical record; two Red-headed 
Woodpeckers, apparently wintering on territory in the Weston Road marsh 
on the Esopus/New Paltz town line, were our ninth record for this count; 
two separate White-crowned Sparrows represent our ninth historical 
record; and a lingering Gray Catbird along the Hurley Avenue section of 
the rail trail in Kingston is our 12th count record for this half-hardy 
species.



Fourteen Ring-necked Ducks tied our previous high count from 1974, and 
represents only our 8th historical record.  New high counts were 
recorded for Snow Goose (870, more than double last year's high count of 
425), Red-bellied Woodpecker (77, eclipsing 75 in 2011), Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker (16, eclipsing 14 in 2011), Hermit Thrush (12, far exceeding 
our previous high count of 4 in 2009), and Dark-eyed Junco (1,722, 
significantly eclipsing 1,558 recorded in 2009).



One Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 645 American Robins, 312 Cedar Waxwings, 7 
Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Field Sparrows, 1 Savannah Sparrow, and 17 
Swamp Sparrows are also noteworthy for this count.



Irruptive winter finches were essentially absent, with only one count 
week Purple Finch noted.  Blackbirds were very modestly represented in 
single-digit numbers of Red-wings, grackles, and cowbirds.  Waterfowl 
diversity was average and typical for this count, with the exception of 
the aforementioned Ring-necked Ducks and large numbers of Snow and 
Canada Geese on the move.  Perhaps our most surprising negative was the 
total lack of Turkey and Black Vultures in historical winter roost 
areas, though the inclement weather may have very well factored in 
keeping these soaring birds down and out of sight.  Only one Wild Turkey 
was encountered, one Belted Kingfisher was active, and four Great Blue 
Herons were recorded.



Thanks to the following participants for conducting their assigned 
routes under adverse conditions, and also to those who attempted to make 
it out into the field but were not able to do so: David Arner, Christina 
Baal, Allan Bowdery, Lynn Bowdery, Mira Bowin, Joe Bridges, Bea Conover, 
Matt Corsaro, Mark DeDea, Lin Fagan, Deb Ferguson, Tom Grady, Christine 
Guarino, Annie Mardiney, Jim Marks, Frank Murphy, Jeff Nerp, David 
Nyzio, Jessica Prockup, Doug Robinson, George Rodenhausen, Susan Rogers, 
Peter Schoenberger, Halley Schwab, Donna Seymour, Steve Stanne, Nava 
Tabak, John Thompson, 

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eastern jetty, then flew across the inlet, settling amongst the scoters just to 
the west of the western jetty.

Good luck if you go.

Joe



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[nysbirds-l] Stuyvesant Varied Thrush Photos...

[Andrew Baksh]

I have uploaded the photos sent to me by Pearl Broder of the Varied Thrush
found yesterday at Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan NYC.

Nice work by Louise, Pearl and Ann on the find, documenting and getting the
word out on a very neat looking bird.  Photos can be accessed here.
http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2013/12/varied-thrush-at-stuyvesant-manhattan.html

Cheers!

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Anders Peltomaa
anders.pelto...@gmail.comwrote:

 Varied Thrush being seen right now. It is in an plant area by the Oval in
 Stuyvesant Town, NYC. The nearest building is called Stuyvesant Oval #11.

 40.732521, -73.978338

 The bird appears to be an adult male. It is gorgeous.

 good city birding,

 Anders Peltomaa
 Mannahatta
  On Dec 16, 2013 12:07 PM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com wrote:



 According to Sandra Paci, the StuyTown NYC Varied thrush was relocated *(this
 was about 57 minutes ago)* when I check the time it was posted. The
 message states, enter between 19th and 20th streets and 1st ave. walk
 through courtyard about a block east. Bird is alone up high in some bare
 trees.

 Thanks

 Andrew Baksh
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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan Varied Thrush

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
The Varied Thrush that was first found yesterday was again seen by a small
group of birders today in the afternoon. Thanks to Sandra Paci for finding
it and to Dale Dancis and Andrew Baksh for getting the word out.

I arrived at the location a little past 1pm today. At first I got a little
lost among all the buildings, which all looked the same to me. However the
Varied Thrush re-appeared where Sandra had first found it and showed it
self off and on for a good while.

Using my smartphone I took a couple of screenshots of the exact location
and with my camera I got a few shots of it. Here is a link to these images,
both the location and bird.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/landp/sets/72157638740409676/

good city birding,

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Galeville

[Ken McDermott]

Hi Folks,Stopped by the Shawangunk Grasslands(I really prefer what we always called it "GALEVILLE") late this afternoon and was pleased to easily find 6 Short-eared Owls, three Rough-legged Hawks, 2 Red-tails, one Grey Ghost(male Harrier)and big numbers of Canada Geese in the air to the east. Later I found the Geesecrowding the Wallkill River along Lippincott Roadoutside the Village of Wallkill. Special "THANKS"againto Ralph Tabor, "The Mayor of Galeville", for plowing so that all could get in and enjoy that refuge.Best wishes and GOOD BIRDING,Ken McDermott

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[nysbirds-l] Queens County Christmas Bird Count

[Corey Finger]

The Queens County Christmas Bird Count was held yesterday, Sunday, 15 December. 
A total of 44 birders covered our circle for the day. We had pretty good 
weather for the count, with temperatures ranging from just below the freezing 
mark to just over 40 and no precipitation at all.

We totaled 118 species, which ties our modern record and is just 6 short of 
our all time best. (We'll have 119 if NYSARC accepts the Common Linnet which is 
still hanging in there at Kissena Corridor Park but what are the chances of 
that?) We also have, so far, a single count-week bird.

Highlights included King Eider, Nashville Warbler, Palm Warbler, 2 Glaucous 
Gulls, Marsh Wren, Common Raven and 5 Snowy Owls. Misses didn't include many 
terribly obvious birds, with Red-breasted Nuthatch probably being the worst. We 
also missed snipe, Common Eider (though we got it for count week), American 
Bittern, all of the winter finches excepting goldfinch, and Eurasian Wigeon, 
though none of those birds are a huge surprise as a miss.

Mostly we got all of the expected birds though some we only got by the skin of 
our teeth.  White-winged Scoter, Merlin, Razorbill, Short-eared Owl, Fish Crow, 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, Cedar Waxwing, and Orange-crowned Warbler 
were all found as individuals and the Fish Crow was only identified as such 
because it looked small and responded to a Fish Crow tape with its own 
caa-ing.

We had ten species in quadruple digits. They were: Snow Goose, 2276; Brant, 
2314; Canada Goose, 3597; Mallard, 1188; Greater Scaup, 6302; Ring-billed Gull, 
4251; Herring Gull, 1441; Rock Pigeon, 1616; European Starling, 2081; and 
Common Grackle, 2821.

Our Black-capped Chickadee count was 30 and Tufted Titmouse was 22. The former 
was pretty much only found in areas where they breed so it looks like we did 
not have a migratory influx. The latter is slightly less than the average for 
recent years.

Because this is my first year compiling I don't have all of the data from 
previous years organized in such a way that I can quickly figure out what 
species for which we had high counts. Hopefully, I'll have that information at 
my fingertips next time - I just have to spend more time on spreadsheets when 
I'd rather be out birding.

Many thanks to all who participated, especially Mary Normandia who stepped in 
as a sector leader at the last second and Jean Loscalzo who coordinated a large 
group of birders in the Forest Park sector.

Here's hoping we get 50 participants and 120 species next year!

Good (Christmas Bird Count) Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Wilson-Lake Plains CBC (12/14) - Area 1 and Lakewatching

[Brett Ewald]

I covered Area 1on the Wilson-Lake Plains CBC  in Niagara County on Saturday, 
as well as watching Lake Ontario for a couple hours in the morning with Willie 
D'Anna near his place. Area 1 includes Wilson-Tuscarora State Park and Wilson 
Harbor. It snowed the whole day, which limited the visibility and species 
count, but a decent variety was tallied, nonetheless. Highlights included 
Glaucous Gull and Carolina Wren. 

AREA 1

Canada Goose - 139
Mallard - 52
American Black Duck - 3
Common Goldeneye - 56
Bufflehead - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 78
Ring-billed Gull - 55
Herring Gull - 80
Great Black-backed Gull - 31
Glaucous Gull - 1 3rd winter
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 6
Black-capped Chickadee - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 12
European Starling - 91
Cedar Waxwing - 9
Northern Cardinal - 13
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 20
Dark-eyed Junco - 5
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 2

Total Individuals:  677


LAKEWATCH w/Willie D'Anna

Canada Goose - 1
Mallard - 3
Greater Scaup - 7
White-winged Scoter - 159
Surf Scoter - 1
Common Goldeneye - 83
Long-tailed Duck - 104
Bufflehead - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 315
Common Merganser - 108
Common Loon - 1
Red-throated Loon - 6
Horned Grebe - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 40
Herring Gull - 75
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Bonaparte's Gull - 17
Rock Pigeon - 1
Song Sparrow - 1

Total Individuals: 934

Brett
Lyndonville, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* December 16, 2013
*  NYSY  12. 16. 13
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

December 09, 2013 - December 16, 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:December 16 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#373 Monday December 16, 2013
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
December 09, 2013
 
Highlights:
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RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SNOWY OWL
SHORT-EARED OWL
HERMIT THRUSH
GRAY CATBIRD
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER




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


     No reports this week.


Onondaga County
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     12/10:  A SNOWY OWL was spotted at Hancock Airport. Three more were seen 
the next day.
     12/13: 2 ICELAND and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Inner Harbor.
     12/14: Highlights of the Syracuse CBC included HERMIT THRUSH, ICELAND 
GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON. Out 
of the circle a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and a GRAY CATBIRD were seen on Sunview 
Drive in Elbridge.


Madison County


     12/11: 4 ICELAND, 1 GLAUCOUS and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found at 
the Madison County Landfill.
     12/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Eatonbrook Road in the Town of Nelson.
     12/15: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Peterboro Road south of Canastota.


Oneida County


     12/13: 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS were found at the intersection of Miller Road 
and Rt. 31. 4 were relocated the next day at the same location.


Oswego county


      12/16: 66 species were found on the Oswego Christmas Count. Highlights 
were RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, SNOWY OWL and 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

   


    

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