[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-08-11 Thread Joseph Brin 
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* August 11, 2014
*  NYSY  08. 11. 14
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

July 28, 2013 - August 11, 2014
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: August 11 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#405 Monday August 11, 2014
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
July 28, 2014
 
Highlights:
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GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
WHIMBREL
RUDDY TURNSTONE
STILT SANDPIPER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
ORCHARD ORIOLE

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


     Shorebirds reported this week were WILSON’S SNIPE, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 
PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, SPOTTED 
SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, BOTH YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, KILLDEER and 
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. All species were seen along the Wildlife Trail or at 
Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Some, but nothing different, were seen at the northern 
complex areas. There was no report of the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN this week
     8/7: Only one adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Mays Point Road. 
Again only one was seen today also.
     8/8: A LEAST BITTERN was heard only along the Wildlife Trail.
     8/9: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Tschache Pool.


Oswego County


     8/6: A RUDDY TURNSTONE and a WHIMBRELL were seen at Oswego Harbor on the 
breakwalls.


Onondaga County


     8/9: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Green Lakes State Park. A GREAT EGRET 
was seen in Dead Creek at the Town of Van Buren  Transportation Department.
     8/11: A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the Onondaga Creek 
Creekwalk from Spencer Street.


Cayuga County


     8/6: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was spotted at the West Barrier Beach area at 
Fairhaven.


Oneida County


     8/7: A GREAT EGRET was found at Utica Marsh.

          

     
   
  
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Joseph Brin
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Other summering Little Gulls

2014-08-11 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
For those who are interested in how things change, and how they stay the same, 
in the New York birding world, here is a link to an article by Ken Feustel on 
the Cedar Beach shorebird pools:

http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y1993v43n3/y1993v43n3p170-184feustel.pdf#

--and to an essay I wrote four years ago, focusing in part on the phenomenon of 
over-summering sub-adult larids, including Little Gulls:

http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2010v60n4/y2010v60n4p313-317mitra.pdf#

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore


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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Other summering Little Gulls

Little Gulls in the summer on Long Island.

In the early 90's storms had breached Cedar Beach leaving large pools between 
the sand beach and the dunes. In late July 1990, 8 summering Bonaparte's Gulls 
were joined for an extended period by a Little Gull in plumage similar to the 
current bird.

The easy access birding there produced Godwits, Whimbrel, Stints and loads of 
the more common shorebirds. Until the park personnel closed the breach because 
of water flowing through the widening gap and the rip currents that were 
produced, this was the best shore birding location on Long Island.

Sy Schiff



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[nysbirds-l] Other summering Little Gulls

2014-08-11 Thread syschiff 
Little Gulls in the summer on Long Island.

In the early 90's storms had breached Cedar Beach leaving large pools between 
the sand beach and the dunes. In late July 1990, 8 summering Bonaparte's Gulls 
were joined for an extended period by a Little Gull in plumage similar to the 
current bird.

The easy access birding there produced Godwits, Whimbrel, Stints and loads of 
the more common shorebirds. Until the park personnel closed the breach because 
of water flowing through the widening gap and the rip currents that were 
produced, this was the best shore birding location on Long Island.

Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] Little Gull at West End (Nassau)

2014-08-11 Thread Ken Feustel 
The Little Gull flew out of the West End boat basin at 8:46 AM and headed in a 
southwest direction.
Birders are trying to relocate the bird.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] 10 Aug: (Probable) Little Gull at the Jones Beach CGS (Nassau Co.) - link to digiscoped photo and iVideos

2014-08-11 Thread Steven Schellenger 
Just got a call from John Gaglione that the Little Gull is being seen at
the Jones Beach State Park - Coast Guard Station sand bar this morning.


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Karen Fung 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC Bird Walk on Sunday August 10, 2014

2014-08-11 Thread Alice Deutsch 
Additional in and around Ramble:

Ovenbird
Blue-winged Warbler

Good birding,
Alice Deutsch

On Aug 11, 2014, at 12:58 AM, Deborah Allen  wrote:

Central Park NYC Bird Walk on Sunday August 10, 2014

Highlights:

Blackpoll Warbler - spotted by the 3 amigas -  Alice Deutsch, Sally Weiner, & 
Susan Schulz
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Canada Warbler 

Least Flycatcher 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Red-eyed Vireo

After lunch two Swedish birders, Gustav Nyman and his son spotted a Cerulean 
Warbler at the Upper Lobe, also seen by Sandra Critelli. I didn't see the bird 
myself, but it was described as blue above and white below with streaks on the 
flanks. 

Later on I found a singing male Northern Parula at the Gill Overlook. 

A male Wood Duck continues at Turtle Pond.

Deborah Allen, m.ob.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: August 10, 2014

2014-08-11 Thread Cary Kandel 
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:09 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, August 10, 2014.
>
> 1. 7/10: Possible LITTLE GULL at jones beach CGS
> 2. NYS Pelagic Waters: More Band-rumped Storm-Petrels
> 3. 10 Aug: (Probable) Little Gull at the Jones Beach CGS (Nassau Co.) -
> link to digiscoped photo and iVideos
>
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>
> Subject: 7/10: Possible LITTLE GULL at jones beach CGS
> From: Karen Fung 
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:21:15 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> I initially identified this bird as a Bonaparte's, but Michael McBrien
> thinks it's a strong candidate for a first year Little Gull, based on its
> small bill and short primary projection. It was on the sand bar but just
> took off and is circling over our heads. Scope pics were taken earlier.
>
> 
>
> Karen Fung
> NYC
> http://kayeff.smugmug.com
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> Subject: NYS Pelagic Waters: More Band-rumped Storm-Petrels
> From: Angus Wilson 
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:50:38 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> Yesterday John Shemilt, Derek Rogers and I were fishing well beyond the
> continental shelf, above the outermost portion of the Hudson Canyon. Birds
> were very few and far between but we did encounter 23 BAND-RUMPED
> STORM-PETRELS in 80-81 degree water. This was much farther out than our
> usual spots on the self break or upper portions of the canyons154
> statute miles SE of Shinnecock Inlet to be exact. The water depth was
> around 10,000 ft at our deepest point.
>
> The only other birds we saw in five hours of trolling were fifteen Wilson's
> Storm-Petrels, one Great Shearwater, two Audubon's Shearwaters and a single
> juvenile Least Sandpiper. Running inshore to the shelf edge we saw little
> else besides a single Leach's Storm-Petrel, a single Audubon's Shearwater
> and a handful of Wilson's Storm-petrels.
>
> We overnighted and then fished some additional spots along the shelf this
> morning but again saw very few birds: a few more Wilson's Storm-petrels and
> another Audubon's. The ride home this afternoon was birdless but for five
> Wilson's and two Cory's Shearwaters in the last few miles before the inlet.
> Marine mammals included pods of Risso's Dolphin, Offshore Bottlenose
> Dolphin and Long-finned Pilot Whale.
>
> Angus Wilson
> New York City
>
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>
> Subject: 10 Aug: (Probable) Little Gull at the Jones Beach CGS (Nassau
> Co.) - link to digiscoped photo and iVideos
> From: Karen Fung 
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:31:16 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> For those interested, the images are embedded in my eBird checklist, here:
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> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19392036
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> All feedback is welcome, either via the list or privately.
>
> Thanks,
> Karen
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>
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> END OF DIGEST
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Other summering Little Gulls

2014-08-11 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
For those who are interested in how things change, and how they stay the same, 
in the New York birding world, here is a link to an article by Ken Feustel on 
the Cedar Beach shorebird pools:

http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y1993v43n3/y1993v43n3p170-184feustel.pdf#

--and to an essay I wrote four years ago, focusing in part on the phenomenon of 
over-summering sub-adult larids, including Little Gulls:

http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2010v60n4/y2010v60n4p313-317mitra.pdf#

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore


From: bounce-117712640-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-117712640-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of syschiff 
[icte...@optonline.net]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 2:02 PM
To: NYSBIRDS_L
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Other summering Little Gulls

Little Gulls in the summer on Long Island.

In the early 90's storms had breached Cedar Beach leaving large pools between 
the sand beach and the dunes. In late July 1990, 8 summering Bonaparte's Gulls 
were joined for an extended period by a Little Gull in plumage similar to the 
current bird.

The easy access birding there produced Godwits, Whimbrel, Stints and loads of 
the more common shorebirds. Until the park personnel closed the breach because 
of water flowing through the widening gap and the rip currents that were 
produced, this was the best shore birding location on Long Island.

Sy Schiff



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