[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn March 22nd

2014-03-22 Thread keir randall



An enthusiastic band of Brooklyn Bird Club members hit a few sites in Kings 
County today. 
In addition to the expected species we saw a drake Eurasian Wigeon at Coney 
Island Creek. At the same spot Dennis Hrehowsik found what we presume to be a 
partially leucistic Ring-billed Gull. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22689183@N00/13338779785/


cheers
Keir RandallBrooklyn









  
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RE: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

2014-03-22 Thread Joe DiCostanzo
I encountered Tom Fiore at Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon and as he said
things were fairly quiet, however, after leaving Tom at the south end of the
marsh I headed for Vault Hill in search of some early butterflies he had
found there. On the south side of the hill, just a little below the "vault",
I encountered a single male Eastern Bluebird. On the top of the hill I found
one Mourning Cloak about where Tom had encountered one earlier. 

In the morning, I had birded Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan and
found it also very quiet.

Joe DiCostanzo
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A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat.  
afternoon (3/22) found little of great note & almost none of the species I
noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds again by the
marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake, which is now ice-free,
had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the Parade Ground, no geese or other
birds of note... a windy day, & perhaps a night prior with some onward
movement. A late p.m. look at Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan)
revealed little of note.

spring hopes eternal.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Manny Levine

2014-03-22 Thread John Askildsen
To say that Manny was an inspiration, great leader, scholar,and most of all, a 
great friend to those who had the pleasure and honor of knowing him, is an 
understatement. I learned a lot from him through the years and look back at my 
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bless...
 
JPA
John Askildsen 
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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

2014-03-22 Thread editcon...@aol.com
Highlights from my Saturday morning bird walk at NYBG include a very visible 
American Woodcock, Eastern Phoebe, Rusty Blackbirds, Pied billed grebe on Twin 
Lakes and 4 Turkey Vultures.  

American Woodcock can be seen here:
birdingaroundnyc.com/seasonal-birds.html

Eastern Phoebe-2
Pied billed grebe-1
Rusty blackbird-8
Wood duck-2
Black duck-2
Mallard-7
Brown creeper-1
American woodcock-1
American goldfinch-4
Red winged blackbird-2
Grackle-6
Great blue heron-1
White breasted nuthatch-4
Tufted titmouse-1
Chickadee-1
Hairy woodpecker-1
Downy woodpecker-4
Red bellied woodpecker-1
Yellow bellied sapsucker-1
Junco-many
Song sparrow-2
House sparrow-2
Canada geese-2
Red tailed hawk-1
Cooper's hawk-1
American Robin-many
Blue jay-8
Cardinal-2
Turkey vulture-4
Mourning dove-6
Golden crowned kinglet-1

Good Birding,
Debbie Becker
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[nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

2014-03-22 Thread Thomas Fiore
A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat.  
afternoon (3/22) found little of great note & almost none of the  
species I noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds  
again by the marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake,  
which is now ice-free, had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the  
Parade Ground, no geese or other birds of note... a windy day, &  
perhaps a night prior with some onward movement. A late p.m. look at  
Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan) revealed little of note.


spring hopes eternal.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Massapequa preserve

2014-03-22 Thread Luke
I found two screech owls close to one another fairly easily late this afternoon 
at massapequa preserve 

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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP

2014-03-22 Thread Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)
I observed a Red-throated Loon at Hempstead Lake SP today. Also, several
FOS Osprey, one appearing to carry nesting material.

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[nysbirds-l] Kaler Park, Center Moriches, Connetquot and Belmont State Parks: usual suspects and crows

2014-03-22 Thread Robert Taylor
Hi Everyone,

I stopped by Kaler Park in Center Moriches for a minute  -just saw a Pekin
Duck on the pond.  Connetquot had the normal ducks on the main pond: Scaup,
Gadwall, Ring Necked, Mallards.  I figured I'd try walking around the
grassy areas and look on the large trees to try for something different but
didn't find anything unusual: tons of Robins, Chickadees, Titmouse, White
Breasted Nuthatch etc.  It's the type of place where you need to walk
around a while.  I didn't find anything unusual at Belmont Lake except
crows feeding among Canada Geese.  There was an unsually large amount of
crows there in a small area- at least 40 in the field near the exit and the
neighboring pine trees.  I couldn't help but think to myself that they're
"refugees" from Greene County  : )

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Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa
http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/

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[nysbirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk

2014-03-22 Thread Joan Collins
3/21/14 Long Lake (northern Hamilton Co.)

 

Yesterday, at 1:15 p.m., my husband and I had a conversation interrupted by
the extremely loud vocalizations of a Red-shouldered Hawk outside our house!
The Blue Jays have been imitating Broad-winged Hawks every day (one is going
as I write this!), so I fully expected to see a Blue Jay when I looked out
the window, but instead, it was indeed a Red-shouldered Hawk!  I suspect it
was attracted by huge numbers of Red and Gray Squirrels here for bird seed.
This also solves the ID of the distant vocalization that I recorded down our
road on 3/6/14 (which several folks have also been trying to solve).  I kept
coming back to Red-shouldered Hawk when I listened to it, but kept telling
myself that 3/6 is just way too early for the central Adirondacks (they
usually show up in later April and I find many breeding in the Long Lake
area - at wetlands that drain into Long Lake).  The vocalization that I
recorded was very intense.  Yesterday, the Red-shouldered Hawk was giving
the exact same intense vocalization, which was likely because it was being
harassed by corvids (Amer. Crows and Blue Jays) at the time - they drove it
away from the house as I observed it.  I believe it was back again this
morning - I caught sight as it flew away.  We have at least 2 feet of snow
on the ground (with more lake effect snows every day) and no open water.
The weather forecast shows more of the same, with no spring weather yet, so
it seems very surprising that a Red-shouldered Hawk would come back so
early.  (I enjoyed emailing about the recording with Kurt Fox - yes Kurt, it
was indeed a "rapid, urgent" Red-shouldered Hawk!  Both of us kept trying to
dismiss this possibility based on the date.  Given how mixed up things are
becoming with climate change, it is always best to trust your instincts
now!)

 

In addition to this Red-shouldered Hawk, which appears to have returned to
the mountains on 3/6/14, we found one on 1/13/14 near Port Henry (perched
over a little, open stream) in the Lake Champlain Valley.  There have been
several other reports of a Red-shouldered Hawk in that area, so I suspect it
is the same bird, and that it over-wintered this year.  There was also a
Red-shouldered Hawk that over-wintered across Lake Champlain in Vermont.
Port Henry is around only 200-300' in elevation, and our house is at 2,000',
so the weather is quite a bit more harsh here!  There are certainly no
snakes or amphibians for this bird to eat right now!

 

The day before "spring", 3/19/14, two Red-winged Blackbirds showed up at our
feeders for just a couple minutes - the only brief sign of spring all week.
It is interesting that Pat & John Thaxton also had a visit from Red-winged
Blackbirds that day.

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY


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[nysbirds-l] R.-n. Grebe, C.P. NYC 3/22

2014-03-22 Thread Thomas Fiore
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City  -  Saturday, 22 March, 2014

The transitional-plumaged RED-NECKED GREBE continues on the reservoir,  
seen swimming 7:10-7:15a.m. off the north pumphouse.  Some signs of a  
bit of other waterbird movement; more later.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] R.-n. Grebe, C.P. NYC 3/22

2014-03-22 Thread Thomas Fiore
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City  -  Saturday, 22 March, 2014

The transitional-plumaged RED-NECKED GREBE continues on the reservoir,  
seen swimming 7:10-7:15a.m. off the north pumphouse.  Some signs of a  
bit of other waterbird movement; more later.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk

2014-03-22 Thread Joan Collins
3/21/14 Long Lake (northern Hamilton Co.)

 

Yesterday, at 1:15 p.m., my husband and I had a conversation interrupted by
the extremely loud vocalizations of a Red-shouldered Hawk outside our house!
The Blue Jays have been imitating Broad-winged Hawks every day (one is going
as I write this!), so I fully expected to see a Blue Jay when I looked out
the window, but instead, it was indeed a Red-shouldered Hawk!  I suspect it
was attracted by huge numbers of Red and Gray Squirrels here for bird seed.
This also solves the ID of the distant vocalization that I recorded down our
road on 3/6/14 (which several folks have also been trying to solve).  I kept
coming back to Red-shouldered Hawk when I listened to it, but kept telling
myself that 3/6 is just way too early for the central Adirondacks (they
usually show up in later April and I find many breeding in the Long Lake
area - at wetlands that drain into Long Lake).  The vocalization that I
recorded was very intense.  Yesterday, the Red-shouldered Hawk was giving
the exact same intense vocalization, which was likely because it was being
harassed by corvids (Amer. Crows and Blue Jays) at the time - they drove it
away from the house as I observed it.  I believe it was back again this
morning - I caught sight as it flew away.  We have at least 2 feet of snow
on the ground (with more lake effect snows every day) and no open water.
The weather forecast shows more of the same, with no spring weather yet, so
it seems very surprising that a Red-shouldered Hawk would come back so
early.  (I enjoyed emailing about the recording with Kurt Fox - yes Kurt, it
was indeed a rapid, urgent Red-shouldered Hawk!  Both of us kept trying to
dismiss this possibility based on the date.  Given how mixed up things are
becoming with climate change, it is always best to trust your instincts
now!)

 

In addition to this Red-shouldered Hawk, which appears to have returned to
the mountains on 3/6/14, we found one on 1/13/14 near Port Henry (perched
over a little, open stream) in the Lake Champlain Valley.  There have been
several other reports of a Red-shouldered Hawk in that area, so I suspect it
is the same bird, and that it over-wintered this year.  There was also a
Red-shouldered Hawk that over-wintered across Lake Champlain in Vermont.
Port Henry is around only 200-300' in elevation, and our house is at 2,000',
so the weather is quite a bit more harsh here!  There are certainly no
snakes or amphibians for this bird to eat right now!

 

The day before spring, 3/19/14, two Red-winged Blackbirds showed up at our
feeders for just a couple minutes - the only brief sign of spring all week.
It is interesting that Pat  John Thaxton also had a visit from Red-winged
Blackbirds that day.

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Kaler Park, Center Moriches, Connetquot and Belmont State Parks: usual suspects and crows

2014-03-22 Thread Robert Taylor
Hi Everyone,

I stopped by Kaler Park in Center Moriches for a minute  -just saw a Pekin
Duck on the pond.  Connetquot had the normal ducks on the main pond: Scaup,
Gadwall, Ring Necked, Mallards.  I figured I'd try walking around the
grassy areas and look on the large trees to try for something different but
didn't find anything unusual: tons of Robins, Chickadees, Titmouse, White
Breasted Nuthatch etc.  It's the type of place where you need to walk
around a while.  I didn't find anything unusual at Belmont Lake except
crows feeding among Canada Geese.  There was an unsually large amount of
crows there in a small area- at least 40 in the field near the exit and the
neighboring pine trees.  I couldn't help but think to myself that they're
refugees from Greene County  : )

Pics from yesterday at Massapequa Preserve now updated on my blog.

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Rob in Massapequa
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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP

2014-03-22 Thread Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)
I observed a Red-throated Loon at Hempstead Lake SP today. Also, several
FOS Osprey, one appearing to carry nesting material.

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[nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

2014-03-22 Thread Thomas Fiore
A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat.  
afternoon (3/22) found little of great note  almost none of the  
species I noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds  
again by the marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake,  
which is now ice-free, had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the  
Parade Ground, no geese or other birds of note... a windy day,   
perhaps a night prior with some onward movement. A late p.m. look at  
Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan) revealed little of note.


spring hopes eternal.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Manny Levine

2014-03-22 Thread John Askildsen
To say that Manny was an inspiration, great leader, scholar,and most of all, a 
great friend to those who had the pleasure and honor of knowing him, is an 
understatement. I learned a lot from him through the years and look back at my 
time spent with him with a feeling of great warmth. He was a true  mensch in 
every sense. I'll miss you Manny, and thank you for all that you did. God 
bless...
 
JPA
John Askildsen 
Millbrook, New York

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RE: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

2014-03-22 Thread Joe DiCostanzo
I encountered Tom Fiore at Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon and as he said
things were fairly quiet, however, after leaving Tom at the south end of the
marsh I headed for Vault Hill in search of some early butterflies he had
found there. On the south side of the hill, just a little below the vault,
I encountered a single male Eastern Bluebird. On the top of the hill I found
one Mourning Cloak about where Tom had encountered one earlier. 

In the morning, I had birded Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan and
found it also very quiet.

Joe DiCostanzo
www.greatgullisland.org
www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

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[mailto:bounce-113532009-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:22 PM
To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22

A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat.  
afternoon (3/22) found little of great note  almost none of the species I
noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds again by the
marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake, which is now ice-free,
had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the Parade Ground, no geese or other
birds of note... a windy day,  perhaps a night prior with some onward
movement. A late p.m. look at Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan)
revealed little of note.

spring hopes eternal.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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