[nysbirds-l] Yellow crown black herons cedarhurst
I noted two of these herons in our backyard pool area for three hours on Tuesday. They were drinking water and hanging out. I spotted old posts on this list from 2010 and 2011 about nests on a street adjacent to us. I walked around the neighborhood and then spotted a pair of these herons in a nest and another Heron in the adjacent tree today. Location park avenue just before Linwood in cedarhurst. On the same day this week, two mallards also hung out at this unused pool in our backyard (no chlorine) on Monday and again on Tuesday. Julie Roberts. MPS MBA 5163742902 Sent from my IQTELL Virtual Workspace -- 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] Lesser Black-backed Gull @ Heckscher SP Suffolk
A quick outing with my wife turned up a Lesser Black-backed Gull (I am completely guessing but I think 3rd winter plumage) in the puddles at Field 7 at Heckscher. Other spots like Lakeland County Park have yet to turn up anything too noteworthy besides typical migrants such as extremely cooperative Pine Warblers and Northern-rough wing swallows. Pics of the Gull are here, feel free to try to turn it into something more exotic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91803891@N08/13917345094/ -Dave -- 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] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Apr 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/17/2014 * NYBU1404.17 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BREWER'S BLACKBIRD SANDERLING HOODED WARBLER NORTHERN SHRIKE Common Loon American Bittern Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Green Heron Redhead Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Kingbird Purple Martin N. Rough-w. Swallow Barn Swallow Common Raven Winter Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/17/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 17, 2014 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Just the highlights of the many reports received April 10 through April 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Two record early arrivals - April 14, a SANDERLING at the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario, one month ahead of the region's earliest record. And in Buffalo, April 16, a HOODED WARBLER at Tifft Nature Preserve, near the north blind, a week earlier than previous records. Almost at the latest date record, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, April 14, singing at Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island. The BOS April Count, conducted on the 13th, looks to have been a productive day for species and numbers. Reports were highlighted by a rare BREWER'S BLACKBIRD in the Niagara County Town of Porter, in a pasture on Balmer Road, east of Porter Center Road. Also on the count - GOLDEN EAGLE over Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg. NORTHERN GOSHAWK reported over North Boston. In the Iroquois Refuge and Areas - COMMON RAVEN on Podunk Road in Shelby, two separate SANDHILL CRANES, 330 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 91 REDHEADS, 4 VIRGINIA RAILS and 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS. In Genesee County, a pair of breeding plumage LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Two PINE WARBLERS at Amherst State Park. And, 12 FOX SPARROWS at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. High counts in the Iroquois Refuge this week - a record 268 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf Marsh, 800 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on Feeder Road and 158 HORNED GREBES with 6 RED-NECKED GREBES, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 4 LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Cayuga Pool. Other reports - PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at several locations and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER plus 500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. GREEN HERONS at the Berry Road marsh in Pomfret and at Tifft Nature Preserve. In Buffalo, a pair of MERLINS at last year's nest site in the Parkside neighborhood, and 2 VESPER SPARROWS at Forest Lawn. Other arriving species and migrant reports - COMMON LOON, AMERICAN BITTERN, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERN, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, PEREGRINE FALCON, PURPLE MARTIN, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, WINTER WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 24. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- 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] Chimney Swift
Just seen my fos Chimney Swift at Hempstead Lake near the South Pond. Also second hand report of Yellow Warbler at the north end of the picnic area. Possibly the same individual found yesterday by Paul Gildersleeve and seen by him, Bob Anderson, Sam J. (don't know the spelling of your last name sorry) and myself. Bob Proniewych -- 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] Kestrels in Calverton
Our Easter visit to the national cemetery has resulted in viewing three kestrels, busily feeding in the northern grassland area, near the usual posse of male wild turkeys, three in today's group of those too. As a bonus, we noticed three groundhogs enjoying the sunshine. Three seems to be the number this Easter weekend. Barbara Glanz 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] Central Park, NYC 4/17
Thursday, 17 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City At least some mid-April birds are being found, if not a whole lot, in this chilly weather pattern ending out the week. Black-and-white, Pine, Palm, & Yellow-rumped Warblers, as well as a 2nd-in-the-park Common Yellowthroat, graced the Ramble & vicinity; a number of Kinglets (both species) and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have been around, and a smattering of Hermit Thrush, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Yellow- shafted Flickers, & a very modest showing for the date of typical migrant sparrows . On the reservoir, a near-full-breeding-plunaged Red- necked Grebe continues as do some N. Shovelers and Buffleheads. Also there, as well as a few other locations in the park, modest numbers of Barn, N. Rough-winged, & less-common in early spring (in CP) Tree, Swallows. A Blue-headed Vireo at the n. end (Loch) is been one of few so far, but it is still just ahead of that species peak arrival. 2 Baltimore Orioles remain in & around the Ramble, these the "pair" that over-wintered in Central, also likewise for a small number of Brown Thrashers & E. Towhees which are still around, thus far into mid- April - while most birders anticipate a good many more migrants by this weekend or at 'worst' by early next week. Good (bye to snow!) birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- 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] White-eyed Vireo
While birding Mill Pond in Bellmore with Ed Becher, we came across a FOS White-eyed Vireo on the east side of the pond. Just north of the open area near the homes. Bob Proniewych -- 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] Correction of my last post
Date given as 4/4 should read 4/14. 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] Riverhead Turkey Vulture Roost
Following up on my post of 4/4 re: the cutting down of most of the pines which housed the above, yesterday,I finally was able to make contact with the Newton Ave homeowner (Mary) who provided the 7 year history of the roost in her back yard - information, which I posted on 3/13. It seems that while the majority of pines appeared to be on her property, this was not the case. They belonged to her n/s neighbor, who took them down to eliminate the tree's droppings, eg, needles, sap, etc. Per Mary, "the vultures were not a reason for his actions", but, to me, that's a bit questionable, when you consider the bird droppings ! There are 3, or 4, pines still standing, which are situated on the w/s of the neighbors rear fence, but according to Mary, although they look otherwise, they too, belong to her neighbor. On the bright side, she pointed out a large conifer in the rear yard of a house opposite her on the e/s of the street, which the vultures used from time to time. And so, for now, all we do is "carrion" ! 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/ --
