[nysbirds-l] Point Lookout (Nassau) Iceland Gull, Harlequin Ducks
This afternoon, an immature Iceland Gull was on the easternmost jetty to the west of the inlet at Point Lookout. Perhaps taking shelter from the fierce wind, two pairs of Harlequin Ducks were in the inlet, just north of the isolated house near the mouth of the inlet. Scans for grassland birds at Nickerson Beach and West End were not rewarded. Doug Futuyma Stony Brook, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Dune Road Birds (Suffolk Co.)
Dune Road and Shinnecock Inlet continue to produce good birds. Highlights of a mornings birding (mostly from the car due to the wind) includes Black-legged Kittiwake (2) off of the Shinnecock Inlet east jetty, two first winter Iceland Gulls in and around the inlet, the continuing first winter Glaucous Gull in the parking lot, at least one female King Eider in the inlet, and a Red-necked Grebe in the Oakland’s Restaurant boat basin. A Clapper Rail was on the salt marsh east of Dolphin Lane. A few photos are on my flickr site. Ken Feustel http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden
Highlights from the Saturday morning bird walk include; RUSTY BLACKBIRDS-6. Also observed: Fox sparrow-1 Hermit Thrush-1 White-breasted nuthatch-3 Tufted Titmouse-1 American Goldfinch-1 Wild Turkeys-2 Hairy woodpecker1 Downy woodpecker-1 Red-bellied woodpecker-1 Yellow-bellied sapsucker-1 White throated sparrows-many House sparrow Song sparrow-1 Dark eyed Junco-many American Robin-many Cardinal -6 Blue jay-4 Chickadee Cooper's hawk-1 Red-tailed hawk - 2 Mourning doves - 2 Good Birding, Joanne Coco -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] COMMON GULL flew off -not there now
At 3:52 bird flushed when large truck exited Owl's Head water treatment plant. Gulls dispersed in many directions and we could not find in next 15 minutes. So first 2 days it has been found at approximately the same time at the same place. High was 2:16 today, 3:25 tomorrow. Good luck if you go, Shane Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull in Brooklyn (YES)
Sean Sime asked me to repost his message with a new title that the Common Gull is there. "The common gull is currently being seen on the break wall 150ft north of pier! Sean Sime" Joe DiCostanzo www.greatgullisland.org -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Common Gull update (Still NO)...
The common gull is currently being seen on the break wall 150ft north of pier!
Sean sime
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 25, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Andrew Baksh wrote:
> Heydi Lopes and I have checked several known Ring-billed Gull roosting areas
> along the Belt to no avail.
>
> While so far we have not connected with the Coon Gull, we have seen
> Canvasback Ducks at Coney Island Creek Park.
>
> In addition, following ski tracks left by Peter Dorosh, we were able to track
> down 2 Lesser Black-blacked Gulls found and reported earlier by Peter via a
> tweet.
>
> The birds were loafing on ice in Coney Island Creek behind the Home Depot.
>
> Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
>
>> (\__/)
>> (= '.'=)
>>(") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
>
> Andrew Baksh
> www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
>
> On Jan 25, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Andrew Baksh wrote:
>
>> Figured I would post an update for anyone contemplating a trip. No sign of
>> the Common Gull as of yet.
>>
>> A few of us continue to brave the frigid conditions made more so by the
>> winds. Hopefully someone will have good news to report shortly.
>>
>> B.
>>
>> Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
>>
>>> (\__/)
>>> (= '.'=)
>>> (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
>>
>> Andrew Baksh
>> www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Shane Blodgett wrote:
>>
>>> This afternoon in Brooklyn, after dropping my daughter off at the train, I
>>> made a couple of stops on the way back home to check for birds, planning
>>> not to leave the warmth of the car. There was an adult male European Wigeon
>>> off the 58th Street pier in Brooklyn and 330 RBGU roosting on the pier. A
>>> few minutes glassing the gulls circling over the Owl's Head WWTP revealed
>>> nothing of interest, but as I turned onto Shore Road to head home I saw
>>> there were a good number of RBGU roosting on Veteran's Memorial pier. I
>>> only had my binoculars and not enough warm clothing but decided to park and
>>> walk out on the pier far enough to make sure the BHGU that had frequented
>>> this area over the past few years was not roosting among them. This is what
>>> I found instead:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w
>>>
>>> I actually had to go home and retrieve my camera (and some warmer clothes)
>>> to get these shots, and luckily the bird was still there. I say lucky
>>> because shortly thereafter the whole flock upped with some birds heading
>>> south and some north and some settling on the water. I lost the Common Gull
>>> and then did not relocate it in the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a
>>> little after high tide and in total the bird was on or in the area for ~30
>>> minutes before I lost track of it. I initially sdaw the bird around 2:00.
>>>
>>> I was initially drawn to the dark eye, smallish yellow-green bill with
>>> smudgy black subterminal markings, a more rounded head giving it a gentler
>>> expression than the nearby Ring-bills. A prominent tertial crescent and
>>> decidedly larger mirror in P10 all seemed good. The mantle color seemed
>>> concolorous with the surrounding RBGU and the legs appeared more yellow
>>> than I expected, but some research online and in my gull reference books at
>>> home seem to indicate a high degree of variability in Larus Canus, as there
>>> is in most of the larger gull taxa.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I was not able to get any spread wing or flight shots but I
>>> did note that there was a sizable mirror on P9 and moons somewhere on
>>> P6-8/9, though I'm not exactly sure of their placement.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Shane Blodgett
>>> Brooklyn NY
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[nysbirds-l] Common Gull update (Still NO)...
Heydi Lopes and I have checked several known Ring-billed Gull roosting
areas along the Belt to no avail.
While so far we have not connected with the Coon Gull, we have seen
Canvasback Ducks at Coney Island Creek Park.
In addition, following ski tracks left by Peter Dorosh, we were able to
track down 2 Lesser Black-blacked Gulls found and reported earlier by Peter
via a tweet.
The birds were loafing on ice in Coney Island Creek behind the Home Depot.
Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
(\__/)
(= '.'=)
(") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
On Jan 25, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Andrew Baksh wrote:
Figured I would post an update for anyone contemplating a trip. No sign of
the Common Gull as of yet.
A few of us continue to brave the frigid conditions made more so by the
winds. Hopefully someone will have good news to report shortly.
B.
Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
(\__/)
(= '.'=)
(") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Shane Blodgett wrote:
This afternoon in Brooklyn, after dropping my daughter off at the train, I
made a couple of stops on the way back home to check for birds, planning
not to leave the warmth of the car. There was an adult male European Wigeon
off the 58th Street pier in Brooklyn and 330 RBGU roosting on the pier. A
few minutes glassing the gulls circling over the Owl's Head WWTP revealed
nothing of interest, but as I turned onto Shore Road to head home I saw
there were a good number of RBGU roosting on Veteran's Memorial pier. I
only had my binoculars and not enough warm clothing but decided to park and
walk out on the pier far enough to make sure the BHGU that had frequented
this area over the past few years was not roosting among them. This is what
I found instead:
*http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w *
I actually had to go home and retrieve my camera (and some warmer clothes)
to get these shots, and luckily the bird was still there. I say lucky
because shortly thereafter the whole flock upped with some birds heading
south and some north and some settling on the water. I lost the Common Gull
and then did not relocate it in the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a
little after high tide and in total the bird was on or in the area for ~30
minutes before I lost track of it. I initially sdaw the bird around 2:00.
I was initially drawn to the dark eye, smallish yellow-green bill with
smudgy black subterminal markings, a more rounded head giving it a gentler
expression than the nearby Ring-bills. A prominent tertial crescent and
decidedly larger mirror in P10 all seemed good. The mantle color seemed
concolorous with the surrounding RBGU and the legs appeared more yellow
than I expected, but some research online and in my gull reference books at
home seem to indicate a high degree of variability in Larus Canus, as there
is in most of the larger gull taxa.
Unfortunately I was not able to get any spread wing or flight shots but I
did note that there was a sizable mirror on P9 and moons somewhere on
P6-8/9, though I'm not exactly sure of their placement.
Regards,
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY
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[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Widgeon
One male Eurasian Widgeon seen at Santapoque Creek in West Babylon, on the island right off Montauk Highway. Also a couple of American Widgeon and about 20 Green-winged Teal, with other expected species. The bay is frozen over so no ducks were present off Venetian Shores. Thanks, Tim Dunn Babylon NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose at Randall's island, NYC
Hi all, Anya Auerbach found a barnacle goose this morning at Randall's island, which was still present as of about 12:15pm in the channel along the NE shoreline of the island between field 44 and the ny post building. Good luck if you go. Best, Andrew -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Accidental Snowy Owl
I thought my blog about our finding one of the first few snowy owls to show up in the Adirondacks might amuse: http://johnthaxtonsbirdsofplay.com/blog.html John Thaxton Keene, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] King Eider - Long Beach (Suffolk Co.)
Sharon and Marc Brody and I are currently looking at a first year male King Eider from the pavilion at Long Beach in Smithtown. The bird is moving right with a group of White-winged Scoters. Brent Bomkamp Northport, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Geese, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Suffolk)
There are 4 Greater White-fronted Geese roosting in the stream at the south end of Cold Spring Harbor, just north of 25A and the fish hatchery. There's not much open water available so all of the geese are stacked within this section. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Accidental Snowy Owl
I thought my blog about our finding one of the first few snowy owls to show up in the Adirondacks might amuse: http://johnthaxtonsbirdsofplay.com/blog.html John Thaxton Keene, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Eurasian wigeon - Pelham bay
One male now in the large Scaup group between Hunter and Tween islands in Pelham bay park. 2 Redheads also. Matthieu Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Common Gull Brooklyn (NO as of yet)...
Figured I would post an update for anyone contemplating a trip. No sign of
the Common Gull as of yet.
A few of us continue to brave the frigid conditions made more so by the
winds. Hopefully someone will have good news to report shortly.
B.
Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
(\__/)
(= '.'=)
(") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Shane Blodgett wrote:
This afternoon in Brooklyn, after dropping my daughter off at the train, I
made a couple of stops on the way back home to check for birds, planning
not to leave the warmth of the car. There was an adult male European Wigeon
off the 58th Street pier in Brooklyn and 330 RBGU roosting on the pier. A
few minutes glassing the gulls circling over the Owl's Head WWTP revealed
nothing of interest, but as I turned onto Shore Road to head home I saw
there were a good number of RBGU roosting on Veteran's Memorial pier. I
only had my binoculars and not enough warm clothing but decided to park and
walk out on the pier far enough to make sure the BHGU that had frequented
this area over the past few years was not roosting among them. This is what
I found instead:
*http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w *
I actually had to go home and retrieve my camera (and some warmer clothes)
to get these shots, and luckily the bird was still there. I say lucky
because shortly thereafter the whole flock upped with some birds heading
south and some north and some settling on the water. I lost the Common Gull
and then did not relocate it in the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a
little after high tide and in total the bird was on or in the area for ~30
minutes before I lost track of it. I initially sdaw the bird around 2:00.
I was initially drawn to the dark eye, smallish yellow-green bill with
smudgy black subterminal markings, a more rounded head giving it a gentler
expression than the nearby Ring-bills. A prominent tertial crescent and
decidedly larger mirror in P10 all seemed good. The mantle color seemed
concolorous with the surrounding RBGU and the legs appeared more yellow
than I expected, but some research online and in my gull reference books at
home seem to indicate a high degree of variability in Larus Canus, as there
is in most of the larger gull taxa.
Unfortunately I was not able to get any spread wing or flight shots but I
did note that there was a sizable mirror on P9 and moons somewhere on
P6-8/9, though I'm not exactly sure of their placement.
Regards,
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA Corrections
These are corrections for the report posted January 24, 2014: The Northern
Shrike was in Southampton {not East Hampton}. The location of the Mew Gull
{Veterans Memorial Pier} is just north of the Verrazano Bridge, Owl's Head
Park.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA Corrections
These are corrections for the report posted January 24, 2014: The Northern
Shrike was in Southampton {not East Hampton}. The location of the Mew Gull
{Veterans Memorial Pier} is just north of the Verrazano Bridge, Owl's Head
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Common Gull Brooklyn (NO as of yet)...
Figured I would post an update for anyone contemplating a trip. No sign of the Common Gull as of yet. A few of us continue to brave the frigid conditions made more so by the winds. Hopefully someone will have good news to report shortly. B. Don't start none, won't be none ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (\__/) (= '.'=) () _ () Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Shane Blodgett shaneblodg...@yahoo.com wrote: This afternoon in Brooklyn, after dropping my daughter off at the train, I made a couple of stops on the way back home to check for birds, planning not to leave the warmth of the car. There was an adult male European Wigeon off the 58th Street pier in Brooklyn and 330 RBGU roosting on the pier. A few minutes glassing the gulls circling over the Owl's Head WWTP revealed nothing of interest, but as I turned onto Shore Road to head home I saw there were a good number of RBGU roosting on Veteran's Memorial pier. I only had my binoculars and not enough warm clothing but decided to park and walk out on the pier far enough to make sure the BHGU that had frequented this area over the past few years was not roosting among them. This is what I found instead: *http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w* I actually had to go home and retrieve my camera (and some warmer clothes) to get these shots, and luckily the bird was still there. I say lucky because shortly thereafter the whole flock upped with some birds heading south and some north and some settling on the water. I lost the Common Gull and then did not relocate it in the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a little after high tide and in total the bird was on or in the area for ~30 minutes before I lost track of it. I initially sdaw the bird around 2:00. I was initially drawn to the dark eye, smallish yellow-green bill with smudgy black subterminal markings, a more rounded head giving it a gentler expression than the nearby Ring-bills. A prominent tertial crescent and decidedly larger mirror in P10 all seemed good. The mantle color seemed concolorous with the surrounding RBGU and the legs appeared more yellow than I expected, but some research online and in my gull reference books at home seem to indicate a high degree of variability in Larus Canus, as there is in most of the larger gull taxa. Unfortunately I was not able to get any spread wing or flight shots but I did note that there was a sizable mirror on P9 and moons somewhere on P6-8/9, though I'm not exactly sure of their placement. Regards, Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY -- *NYSbirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html *Please submit your observations to **eBird*http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ *!* -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Geese, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Suffolk)
There are 4 Greater White-fronted Geese roosting in the stream at the south end of Cold Spring Harbor, just north of 25A and the fish hatchery. There's not much open water available so all of the geese are stacked within this section. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] King Eider - Long Beach (Suffolk Co.)
Sharon and Marc Brody and I are currently looking at a first year male King Eider from the pavilion at Long Beach in Smithtown. The bird is moving right with a group of White-winged Scoters. Brent Bomkamp Northport, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Accidental Snowy Owl
I thought my blog about our finding one of the first few snowy owls to show up in the Adirondacks might amuse: http://johnthaxtonsbirdsofplay.com/blog.html John Thaxton Keene, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull update (Still NO)...
Heydi Lopes and I have checked several known Ring-billed Gull roosting areas along the Belt to no avail. While so far we have not connected with the Coon Gull, we have seen Canvasback Ducks at Coney Island Creek Park. In addition, following ski tracks left by Peter Dorosh, we were able to track down 2 Lesser Black-blacked Gulls found and reported earlier by Peter via a tweet. The birds were loafing on ice in Coney Island Creek behind the Home Depot. Don't start none, won't be none ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (\__/) (= '.'=) () _ () Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Jan 25, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com wrote: Figured I would post an update for anyone contemplating a trip. No sign of the Common Gull as of yet. A few of us continue to brave the frigid conditions made more so by the winds. Hopefully someone will have good news to report shortly. B. Don't start none, won't be none ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (\__/) (= '.'=) () _ () Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Shane Blodgett shaneblodg...@yahoo.com wrote: This afternoon in Brooklyn, after dropping my daughter off at the train, I made a couple of stops on the way back home to check for birds, planning not to leave the warmth of the car. There was an adult male European Wigeon off the 58th Street pier in Brooklyn and 330 RBGU roosting on the pier. A few minutes glassing the gulls circling over the Owl's Head WWTP revealed nothing of interest, but as I turned onto Shore Road to head home I saw there were a good number of RBGU roosting on Veteran's Memorial pier. I only had my binoculars and not enough warm clothing but decided to park and walk out on the pier far enough to make sure the BHGU that had frequented this area over the past few years was not roosting among them. This is what I found instead: *http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w* I actually had to go home and retrieve my camera (and some warmer clothes) to get these shots, and luckily the bird was still there. I say lucky because shortly thereafter the whole flock upped with some birds heading south and some north and some settling on the water. I lost the Common Gull and then did not relocate it in the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a little after high tide and in total the bird was on or in the area for ~30 minutes before I lost track of it. I initially sdaw the bird around 2:00. I was initially drawn to the dark eye, smallish yellow-green bill with smudgy black subterminal markings, a more rounded head giving it a gentler expression than the nearby Ring-bills. A prominent tertial crescent and decidedly larger mirror in P10 all seemed good. The mantle color seemed concolorous with the surrounding RBGU and the legs appeared more yellow than I expected, but some research online and in my gull reference books at home seem to indicate a high degree of variability in Larus Canus, as there is in most of the larger gull taxa. Unfortunately I was not able to get any spread wing or flight shots but I did note that there was a sizable mirror on P9 and moons somewhere on P6-8/9, though I'm not exactly sure of their placement. Regards, Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY -- *NYSbirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html *Please submit your observations to **eBird*http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ *!* -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] COMMON GULL flew off -not there now
At 3:52 bird flushed when large truck exited Owl's Head water treatment plant. Gulls dispersed in many directions and we could not find in next 15 minutes. So first 2 days it has been found at approximately the same time at the same place. High was 2:16 today, 3:25 tomorrow. Good luck if you go, Shane Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden
Highlights from the Saturday morning bird walk include; RUSTY BLACKBIRDS-6. Also observed: Fox sparrow-1 Hermit Thrush-1 White-breasted nuthatch-3 Tufted Titmouse-1 American Goldfinch-1 Wild Turkeys-2 Hairy woodpecker1 Downy woodpecker-1 Red-bellied woodpecker-1 Yellow-bellied sapsucker-1 White throated sparrows-many House sparrow Song sparrow-1 Dark eyed Junco-many American Robin-many Cardinal -6 Blue jay-4 Chickadee Cooper's hawk-1 Red-tailed hawk - 2 Mourning doves - 2 Good Birding, Joanne Coco -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Dune Road Birds (Suffolk Co.)
Dune Road and Shinnecock Inlet continue to produce good birds. Highlights of a mornings birding (mostly from the car due to the wind) includes Black-legged Kittiwake (2) off of the Shinnecock Inlet east jetty, two first winter Iceland Gulls in and around the inlet, the continuing first winter Glaucous Gull in the parking lot, at least one female King Eider in the inlet, and a Red-necked Grebe in the Oakland’s Restaurant boat basin. A Clapper Rail was on the salt marsh east of Dolphin Lane. A few photos are on my flickr site. Ken Feustel http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Point Lookout (Nassau) Iceland Gull, Harlequin Ducks
This afternoon, an immature Iceland Gull was on the easternmost jetty to the west of the inlet at Point Lookout. Perhaps taking shelter from the fierce wind, two pairs of Harlequin Ducks were in the inlet, just north of the isolated house near the mouth of the inlet. Scans for grassland birds at Nickerson Beach and West End were not rewarded. Doug Futuyma Stony Brook, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
