[nysbirds-l] Raptors & Cackling Goose
Spent ~ 2 hours (12 - 2 PM) checking some spots between the Buffalo Farm, Riverhead, and Mattituck Inlet. Highlights were: 1) 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks 2) 3 Turkey Vultures 3) 1 Red-tailed Hawk *All of the above seen from Sound Ave, Jamesport 4) At least 1 Cackling Goose, in a flock of ~ 200 Canadas, just s/o the Northville Tanks, seen from Sound Shore Rd., Northville. Cheers, Bob -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 14 February 2014
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 14, 2014 * NYNY1402.14 - Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ GYRFALCON+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) EURASIAN WIGEON HARLEQUIN DUCK BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe American Bittern Rough-legged Hawk ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Snowy Owl RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE Horned Lark American Pipit VESPER SPARROW Saltmarsh Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (western subspecies "Gambel's" form) LAPLAND LONGSPUR Snow Bunting Baltimore Oriole - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 14th 2014 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, GYRFALCON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, VESPER SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Last Sunday morning the Riverhead PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted asleep on Merritt's Pond with hundreds of Canada Geese. This pond, a likely consistent overnight roost for the PINK-FOOTED as well as the Canadas and a few Snow Geese, is unfortunately totally surrounded by local residences so viewing the pond is quite tricky consisting generally of views from the street through the residents yards. Even then it is unlikely much of the pond will be visible and it would be very important to not create any traffic issues or disturbance for the residents. Perhaps better to wait until the geese disburse again in the fields north of Riverhead. Another report of the GYRFALCON comes from Gilgo last Sunday seen sitting on an Osprey platform north of Ocean Parkway. A Peregrine seen later on the same platform provided a good comparative analysis. The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE wintering off Sands Point in Nassau County was spotted Sunday afternoon from the Sands Point Preserve a park with an entrance fee that provides the only public access to view that area. The GOLDENEYE was seen with two dozen Common Goldeneyes near a point a little west of the preserve and a RED-NECKED GREBE was also among the collection of birds offshore. Five HARLEQUIN DUCKS were present Sunday off jetties at the eastern end of the Long Beach boardwalk near Neptune Avenue. These perhaps the same five relocating from Point Lookout due to the dredging disturbance there. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON was a surprise find on Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn today and another was seen again recently at Massapequa Preserve. The two RED-NECKED GREBES on the pond recently at Connetquot River State Park were joined by a EURASIAN WIGEON Wednesday. Other RED-NECKED GREBES also continue in NYC waters. The NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again at Jones Beach West End last Saturday. Out at Shinnecock a GLAUCOUS and 2 ICELAND GULLS were around the inlet last Saturday and birds along Dune Road included SNOWY OWL, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK near Dolphin Lane and an AMERICAN BITTERN west of Dockers' restaurant. While on Sunday two SALTMARSH SPARROWS were at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes. The icy conditions along Dune Road making it generally more difficult to find marsh sparrows there. Decent finds at the Buffalo Farm north of Riverhead at Roanoke Avenue and Reeves Avenue which have not included the Yellow-headed Blackbird have featured an adult Gambel's type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW plus a presumed immature among the several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS there, VESPER SPARROW last Sunday and LAPLAND LONGSPUR Tuesday and Wednesday as well as some AMERICAN PIPITS, SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS. Another LAPLAND was reported from Hulse Landing Road last Saturday. ICELAND GULLS have included one on the Central Park reservoir to today, in Brooklyn Sunday at Seagate at Veteran's Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge Brooklyn and at Iron Pier in Northville and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Coney Island Creek again last weekend. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted Sunday at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and at Croton Point during the productive Eaglefest. Two BALTIMORE ORIOLES continue at the Central Park feeders in the Ramble. To phone in reports on Long Island,
[nysbirds-l] PROSPECT PARK LAKE EURASIAN WIGEON (Kings)
Friday, February 14, 2014 EURASIAN WIGEON Prospect Lake During my quick GBBC ,after work, i trudged down to the lakeshore along the Peninsula Meadow. Noting a different duck that had me quite intrigued, i got closer ,by ladder 18.It turns out,resting on the ice edge,being a drake EURASIAN WIGEON very near the shore.. Peter D BBC -- 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] Iceland Gull Central Park
On the reservoir now. Also Common Merganser Peter Post 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] Red Crossbills, Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jay, & more
2/13/14 Minerva (western Essex Co.) I traveled to Glens Falls yesterday via Route 28N through Newcomb-Minerva so I could stop to see Red Crossbills again. I found them in two locations and took photos at one location (on my Facebook page below). Once again, there was a male calling, singing, and flying around. I also found a pair of Red Crossbills quietly vocalizing together as they foraged in trees, and then gritted in the road. I also managed another recording for Matt Young of a calling male. 2/12/14 Newcomb-Minerva & Long Lake (western Essex Co. and Hamilton Co.) I had planned to travel to Vermont to see Snowy Owls on Wednesday, but I ended up with a late start, and then I got completely distracted by finding lots of Boreal Chickadees and Red Crossbills in the Newcomb-Minerva areas! So I spent the afternoon in boreal habitat instead! Here are some of the species found: Bald Eagle - I stopped at the Long Lake road-killed deer drop. I flushed 6 Common Ravens and the eagle flew up from down the hill vocalizing loudly. My presence was affecting the dynamics going on, so I quickly left. There appeared to be a fresh deer carcass at this location. (I took the mileage - it is 2.6 miles past the Route 30-Route 28 intersection in Long Lake along Route 28N toward Newcomb.) Gray Jay - at least one vocalizing loudly. I had to ignore the Gray Jay because I was in the middle of photographing Boreal Chickadees, which is a rare opportunity! This is the second time in the past week couple weeks that I have found a Gray Jay in the Minerva area - this is not a species I often find in this area. Common Raven - 6 Boreal Chickadee - 13! (flocks of at least 6, at least 5, at least one, and at least 1) I photographed birds in the flock of 6 that I found along Route 28N (photos on my Facebook page below). The flock of at least 5 was found on the Blue Ridge Road. I was in the twisty part of the Blue Ridge Road (for those of you who know this treacherous road!) and I had another opportunity to photograph Boreal Chickadees, but it would have been somewhat suicidal with all the logging trucks roaring by. (There is no shoulder to pull off on.) The other two locations had distant Boreal Chickadees vocalizing (one location where I found Red Crossbills) and I am sure there was more than just one at each spot! Red Crossbill - several at two different locations. I stopped along Route 28N in one spot to listen for Black-backed Woodpeckers and found Red Crossbills calling right over my head! Unfortunately, they were probably 80 feet up and I couldn't see them. I did record them for Matt Young. He said the calls I recorded are alarm calls and harder to "type" - I am glad he sent that info, because I found it difficult to try and type these birds against all the type recordings that Matt has sent me! There were at least 4 crossbills at this stop. At another stop, I heard the very quiet call notes of a male Red Crossbill. It quietly called and then began to sing (photos on my Facebook page below). Later on, it flew around - no sign of a female with it and I suspect nesting is underway. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian -- 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] Red Crossbills, Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jay, more
2/13/14 Minerva (western Essex Co.) I traveled to Glens Falls yesterday via Route 28N through Newcomb-Minerva so I could stop to see Red Crossbills again. I found them in two locations and took photos at one location (on my Facebook page below). Once again, there was a male calling, singing, and flying around. I also found a pair of Red Crossbills quietly vocalizing together as they foraged in trees, and then gritted in the road. I also managed another recording for Matt Young of a calling male. 2/12/14 Newcomb-Minerva Long Lake (western Essex Co. and Hamilton Co.) I had planned to travel to Vermont to see Snowy Owls on Wednesday, but I ended up with a late start, and then I got completely distracted by finding lots of Boreal Chickadees and Red Crossbills in the Newcomb-Minerva areas! So I spent the afternoon in boreal habitat instead! Here are some of the species found: Bald Eagle - I stopped at the Long Lake road-killed deer drop. I flushed 6 Common Ravens and the eagle flew up from down the hill vocalizing loudly. My presence was affecting the dynamics going on, so I quickly left. There appeared to be a fresh deer carcass at this location. (I took the mileage - it is 2.6 miles past the Route 30-Route 28 intersection in Long Lake along Route 28N toward Newcomb.) Gray Jay - at least one vocalizing loudly. I had to ignore the Gray Jay because I was in the middle of photographing Boreal Chickadees, which is a rare opportunity! This is the second time in the past week couple weeks that I have found a Gray Jay in the Minerva area - this is not a species I often find in this area. Common Raven - 6 Boreal Chickadee - 13! (flocks of at least 6, at least 5, at least one, and at least 1) I photographed birds in the flock of 6 that I found along Route 28N (photos on my Facebook page below). The flock of at least 5 was found on the Blue Ridge Road. I was in the twisty part of the Blue Ridge Road (for those of you who know this treacherous road!) and I had another opportunity to photograph Boreal Chickadees, but it would have been somewhat suicidal with all the logging trucks roaring by. (There is no shoulder to pull off on.) The other two locations had distant Boreal Chickadees vocalizing (one location where I found Red Crossbills) and I am sure there was more than just one at each spot! Red Crossbill - several at two different locations. I stopped along Route 28N in one spot to listen for Black-backed Woodpeckers and found Red Crossbills calling right over my head! Unfortunately, they were probably 80 feet up and I couldn't see them. I did record them for Matt Young. He said the calls I recorded are alarm calls and harder to type - I am glad he sent that info, because I found it difficult to try and type these birds against all the type recordings that Matt has sent me! There were at least 4 crossbills at this stop. At another stop, I heard the very quiet call notes of a male Red Crossbill. It quietly called and then began to sing (photos on my Facebook page below). Later on, it flew around - no sign of a female with it and I suspect nesting is underway. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian -- 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] Iceland Gull Central Park
On the reservoir now. Also Common Merganser Peter Post 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] PROSPECT PARK LAKE EURASIAN WIGEON (Kings)
Friday, February 14, 2014 EURASIAN WIGEON Prospect Lake During my quick GBBC ,after work, i trudged down to the lakeshore along the Peninsula Meadow. Noting a different duck that had me quite intrigued, i got closer ,by ladder 18.It turns out,resting on the ice edge,being a drake EURASIAN WIGEON very near the shore.. Peter D BBC -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 14 February 2014
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 14, 2014 * NYNY1402.14 - Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ GYRFALCON+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) EURASIAN WIGEON HARLEQUIN DUCK BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe American Bittern Rough-legged Hawk ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Snowy Owl RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN SHRIKE Horned Lark American Pipit VESPER SPARROW Saltmarsh Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (western subspecies Gambel's form) LAPLAND LONGSPUR Snow Bunting Baltimore Oriole - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 14th 2014 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, GYRFALCON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, VESPER SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Last Sunday morning the Riverhead PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted asleep on Merritt's Pond with hundreds of Canada Geese. This pond, a likely consistent overnight roost for the PINK-FOOTED as well as the Canadas and a few Snow Geese, is unfortunately totally surrounded by local residences so viewing the pond is quite tricky consisting generally of views from the street through the residents yards. Even then it is unlikely much of the pond will be visible and it would be very important to not create any traffic issues or disturbance for the residents. Perhaps better to wait until the geese disburse again in the fields north of Riverhead. Another report of the GYRFALCON comes from Gilgo last Sunday seen sitting on an Osprey platform north of Ocean Parkway. A Peregrine seen later on the same platform provided a good comparative analysis. The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE wintering off Sands Point in Nassau County was spotted Sunday afternoon from the Sands Point Preserve a park with an entrance fee that provides the only public access to view that area. The GOLDENEYE was seen with two dozen Common Goldeneyes near a point a little west of the preserve and a RED-NECKED GREBE was also among the collection of birds offshore. Five HARLEQUIN DUCKS were present Sunday off jetties at the eastern end of the Long Beach boardwalk near Neptune Avenue. These perhaps the same five relocating from Point Lookout due to the dredging disturbance there. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON was a surprise find on Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn today and another was seen again recently at Massapequa Preserve. The two RED-NECKED GREBES on the pond recently at Connetquot River State Park were joined by a EURASIAN WIGEON Wednesday. Other RED-NECKED GREBES also continue in NYC waters. The NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again at Jones Beach West End last Saturday. Out at Shinnecock a GLAUCOUS and 2 ICELAND GULLS were around the inlet last Saturday and birds along Dune Road included SNOWY OWL, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK near Dolphin Lane and an AMERICAN BITTERN west of Dockers' restaurant. While on Sunday two SALTMARSH SPARROWS were at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes. The icy conditions along Dune Road making it generally more difficult to find marsh sparrows there. Decent finds at the Buffalo Farm north of Riverhead at Roanoke Avenue and Reeves Avenue which have not included the Yellow-headed Blackbird have featured an adult Gambel's type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW plus a presumed immature among the several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS there, VESPER SPARROW last Sunday and LAPLAND LONGSPUR Tuesday and Wednesday as well as some AMERICAN PIPITS, SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS. Another LAPLAND was reported from Hulse Landing Road last Saturday. ICELAND GULLS have included one on the Central Park reservoir to today, in Brooklyn Sunday at Seagate at Veteran's Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge Brooklyn and at Iron Pier in Northville and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Coney Island Creek again last weekend. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted Sunday at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and at Croton Point during the productive Eaglefest. Two BALTIMORE ORIOLES continue at the Central Park feeders in the Ramble. To phone in reports on Long Island,
[nysbirds-l] Raptors Cackling Goose
Spent ~ 2 hours (12 - 2 PM) checking some spots between the Buffalo Farm, Riverhead, and Mattituck Inlet. Highlights were: 1) 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks 2) 3 Turkey Vultures 3) 1 Red-tailed Hawk *All of the above seen from Sound Ave, Jamesport 4) At least 1 Cackling Goose, in a flock of ~ 200 Canadas, just s/o the Northville Tanks, seen from Sound Shore Rd., Northville. Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
