[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Saturday September 12, 2015

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC Saturday September 12, 2015 - 7:30-noon.OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walkGadwall - 17 at Turtle PondGreat Blue Heron - flyoverGreen Heron - juvenile Turtle PondOsprey - circling over the LakeRed-tailed Hawk - adultRuby-throated Hummingbird - Upper Lobe & Shakespeare GardenAmerican KestrelEastern Wood-PeweeGreat Crested FlycatcherWarbling Vireo - still singingRed-eyed VireoBarn SwallowBlack-capped ChickadeeHouse WrenBlue-gray GnatcatcherVeerySwainson's ThrushWood ThrushGray CatbirdCedar WaxwingOvenbirdNorthern WaterthrushBlack-and-white WarblerCommon YellowthroatAmerican RedstartNorthern ParulaMagnolia WarblerYellow WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerBlackpoll WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Green Warbler - DA before walkScarlet TanagerRose-breasted Grosbeak - jewelweed at the OvenBaltimore OrioleHouse FinchOthers reported: Prairie Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Canada Warbler, Wilson's Warbler & Black-billed Cuckoo.Deb Allen 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Richard Guthrie]

I'm informed through a Corps of Engineers Notice (thanks Deborah) that
Elders Marsh is a restored wetland within Jamaica Bay consisting of joining
two "islands" and raising their elevation using dredge spoils. The original
islands were once part of a 1,400 acre saltmarsh/island complex consisting
of 132 acres but since reduced to 21 acres. This project is intended to
restore wetlands and upland habitat. Expensive ($11.5 Million) but it
sounds like a worthwhile and beneficial use of dredge spoils. The old
practice would have been to ship the material out to the NY Bight and dump
them off shore.

Rich

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:

> As far as I can tell, Rich,  it's in Jamaica Bay, just west of the North
> Channel Addabbo Bridge, not all that far from where the bird is hanging
> out.
>
> Ardith
> NYC
> www.ardithbondi.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 12, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Richard Guthrie 
> wrote:
>
> Interesting.
>
> Band return results are always interesting.
>
> So, where is Elders Marsh? Safe to assume it's close to Jamaica Bay?
>
> Rich
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Ardith Bondi 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve-
>>
>> That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of
>> Susan Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded
>> it this year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the
>> first 4 numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94
>> 630. It must like the East Pond.
>>
>> The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't
>> banded.
>>
>> Ardith Bondi
>> NYC
>> www.ardithbondi.com
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
>>
>> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s
>> East Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a
>> silver band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t
>> make out if there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I
>> can’t say that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at
>> them beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close
>> to this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is
>> an arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great
>> Egret numbers increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging
>> from elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this
>> thinking about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>>
>>
>>
>> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date
>> yet, but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August.
>> Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that
>> I can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way
>> out on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber
>> Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener
>> Yellowlegs. This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross
>> paths with it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve Walter
>>
>> Bayside, NY
>>
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Ardith Bondi]

As far as I can tell, Rich,  it's in Jamaica Bay, just west of the North 
Channel Addabbo Bridge, not all that far from where the bird is hanging out. 

Ardith
NYC
www.ardithbondi.com

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Richard Guthrie  
> wrote:
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> Band return results are always interesting. 
> 
> So, where is Elders Marsh? Safe to assume it's close to Jamaica Bay?
> 
> Rich
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:
>> Hi Steve-
>> 
>> That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of 
>> Susan Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded 
>> it this year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the 
>> first 4 numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94 
>> 630. It must like the East Pond. 
>> 
>> The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't banded. 
>> 
>> Ardith Bondi
>> NYC
>> www.ardithbondi.com
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s 
>>> East Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a 
>>> silver band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t 
>>> make out if there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I 
>>> can’t say that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at 
>>> them beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close 
>>> to this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is 
>>> an arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great 
>>> Egret numbers increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging 
>>> from elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this 
>>> thinking about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet, 
>>> but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August. 
>>> Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that 
>>> I can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way 
>>> out on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber 
>>> Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener 
>>> Yellowlegs. This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross 
>>> paths with it.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Steve Walter
>>> 
>>> Bayside, NY
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Richard Guthrie]

Interesting.

Band return results are always interesting.

So, where is Elders Marsh? Safe to assume it's close to Jamaica Bay?

Rich

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:

> Hi Steve-
>
> That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of
> Susan Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded
> it this year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the
> first 4 numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94
> 630. It must like the East Pond.
>
> The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't
> banded.
>
> Ardith Bondi
> NYC
> www.ardithbondi.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
>
> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s
> East Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a
> silver band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t
> make out if there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I
> can’t say that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at
> them beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close
> to this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is
> an arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great
> Egret numbers increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging
> from elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this
> thinking about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>
>
>
> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet,
> but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August.
> Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that
> I can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way
> out on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber
> Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener
> Yellowlegs. This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross
> paths with it.
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Walter
>
> Bayside, NY
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Ardith Bondi]

Hi Steve-

That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of Susan 
Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded it this 
year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the first 4 
numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94 630. It must 
like the East Pond. 

The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't banded. 

Ardith Bondi
NYC
www.ardithbondi.com

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
> 
> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s East 
> Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a silver band 
> on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t make out if 
> there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I can’t say 
> that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at them beyond 
> picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close to this one 
> today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is an arrival 
> from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great Egret numbers 
> increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging from elsewhere, the 
> geographic range would be of interest. I say this thinking about a Little 
> Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>  
> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet, 
> but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August. Shorebirds? 
> Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that I can 
> remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way out on 
> the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber Semis. I 
> spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener Yellowlegs. 
> This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross paths with it.
>  
>  
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Steve Walter]

I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay's
East Pond today- yellow band on the left leg with "1Z" in black and a silver
band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved "4" (I can't make
out if there's more). While I've been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I can't
say that I've noticed bands before - not that I'm really looking at them
beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn't real close to
this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is an
arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great Egret
numbers increased quite a bit. If they're congregating or staging from
elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this thinking
about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.

 

Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don't think it's a state late date yet,
but my own recollections don't include any staying beyond August.
Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that I
can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way out
on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber
Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener
Yellowlegs. This one works - wait for one of the other species to cross
paths with it.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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[nysbirds-l] Jones and Nickerson Beaches

[Tim Healy]

This morning Jones Beach was largely devoid of migrant landbirds, instead 
hosting high counts of biting flies. I missed Bob Anderson's earlier Dickcissel 
and RB Grosbeak, though I did have two separate flyover Bobolinks, headed 
roughly northeast while "pink"ing distinctively. Several Merlins were seen 
coursing over the dunes and dogfighting with each other, and there were two 
near-adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the West End 2 parking lot. The sandbar 
held good numbers and variety at high tide, including Western Willets, 
yellowlegs, dowitchers, plovers, and many oystercatchers. The dune ponds are 
ponds once more, featuring Blue-winged Teal, a lone Shoveler, and some Solitary 
Sandpipers along with more typical fare. 

Nickerson's tern colony is still bustling with several hundred skimmers and 
Common Terns alike. All youngsters I saw were flighted or close to it, though 
some were still being fed. Five Black Terns were found amidst the throng, and 
another near-adult LBB Gull was seen in the surf. 

Jones: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24996705

Nickerson:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24996705

Cheers!
-Tim H
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Wilson's Phalarope at Cupsogue

[Michael Yuan]

Back on the flats immediately south of the beach facilities building. 

Mike Yuan
Brooklyn, NY

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> Date: September 12, 2015 at 1:41:15 PM EDT
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> Subject: Wilson's Phalarope at Cupsogue
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> Sat on the flats for 2 minutes, then flew off to the north. 
> 
> Mike Yuan
> Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Dickcissel and Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Jones Beach WE Work Docks

[Bob Anderson]

In the trees  on the south edge of the  gravel road leading to Work 
Docks, just before parking lot, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was 
hawking flies.  In the same tree/bush area was a Dickcissel.


40°35'24.10" N  73°33'42.16" W

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[nysbirds-l] Grasspipers in Suffolk County

[David Klauber]

 Autocorrect wreaked havoc on my post. It doesn't like many words like 
grasspipers, Riverhead, Northville,and plovers are apparently lovers.
 
A bit more detail
 
We saw the Common Gallinule  and about 5 Solitary Sandpipers around 8 AM on the 
Calverton pond previously mentioned. A few Grasshopper Sparrows were present 
north of the Calverton / Grumman property. Around 9 we ran into Mary Normandia 
who was looking at about 10 scattered Golden Plovers (with a P, no lovers) on 
the northern part of Northville Turnpike, which disappeared a little while 
later. From the fireman's facility further south another group (Michael Yuan?) 
found 1 Golden with a few Killdeer. More unusual was an adult Lesser 
Black-backed Gull by the junction of Doctor's Path and Reeves Avenue. Farm 
machinery was active which didn't help. Later we found 2 Buff-breasted 
Sandpipers with about 10 Killdeer on the southwestern portion of the field on 
Osborne Avenue, south of Sound Avenue. There had been a few buffies the evening 
before near the fireman's facilty
  
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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Phalarope at Cupsogue

[Michael Yuan]

Sat on the flats for 2 minutes, then flew off to the north. 

Mike Yuan
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Calvert on shorebirds

[davehawkowl]

Doctor's path 1 lesser black backed gull adult west side. About 10 golden 
lovers east side flew off. Osborne ave 2 buff breasted sandpiper s


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[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Basin night migration

[Bill Evans]

There was an exceptionally large flight of songbirds down the Hudson River 
corridor last night. An acoustic station southeast of Albany detected 4000+ 
flight calls of migrant warblers. This is the fourth year of monitoring fall 
flight calling from this location atop the Columbia Land Conservancy building 
in downtown Chatham, NY. During this period there have been 6 nights with 2000+ 
calls, 3 nights with 3000+ calls, and last night was the first with 4000+. 
http://oldbird.org/Data/2015/CLC/ColumbiaLC.htm

There is no indication the calling was exacerbated due to disorientation by 
artificial light -- it appeared to be just one and sometimes two calls per 
individual passing over. This suggests an unusually large pulse of migrants 
today in the NYC area, 100 miles to the south.

Bill Evans
Town of Danby NY
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Ardith Bondi]

As far as I can tell, Rich,  it's in Jamaica Bay, just west of the North 
Channel Addabbo Bridge, not all that far from where the bird is hanging out. 

Ardith
NYC
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> On Sep 12, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Richard Guthrie  
> wrote:
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> Band return results are always interesting. 
> 
> So, where is Elders Marsh? Safe to assume it's close to Jamaica Bay?
> 
> Rich
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:
>> Hi Steve-
>> 
>> That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of 
>> Susan Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded 
>> it this year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the 
>> first 4 numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94 
>> 630. It must like the East Pond. 
>> 
>> The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't banded. 
>> 
>> Ardith Bondi
>> NYC
>> www.ardithbondi.com
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s 
>>> East Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a 
>>> silver band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t 
>>> make out if there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I 
>>> can’t say that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at 
>>> them beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close 
>>> to this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is 
>>> an arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great 
>>> Egret numbers increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging 
>>> from elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this 
>>> thinking about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet, 
>>> but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August. 
>>> Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that 
>>> I can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way 
>>> out on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber 
>>> Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener 
>>> Yellowlegs. This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross 
>>> paths with it.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Steve Walter
>>> 
>>> Bayside, NY
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones and Nickerson Beaches

[Tim Healy]

This morning Jones Beach was largely devoid of migrant landbirds, instead 
hosting high counts of biting flies. I missed Bob Anderson's earlier Dickcissel 
and RB Grosbeak, though I did have two separate flyover Bobolinks, headed 
roughly northeast while "pink"ing distinctively. Several Merlins were seen 
coursing over the dunes and dogfighting with each other, and there were two 
near-adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the West End 2 parking lot. The sandbar 
held good numbers and variety at high tide, including Western Willets, 
yellowlegs, dowitchers, plovers, and many oystercatchers. The dune ponds are 
ponds once more, featuring Blue-winged Teal, a lone Shoveler, and some Solitary 
Sandpipers along with more typical fare. 

Nickerson's tern colony is still bustling with several hundred skimmers and 
Common Terns alike. All youngsters I saw were flighted or close to it, though 
some were still being fed. Five Black Terns were found amidst the throng, and 
another near-adult LBB Gull was seen in the surf. 

Jones: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24996705

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[nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Steve Walter]

I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay's
East Pond today- yellow band on the left leg with "1Z" in black and a silver
band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved "4" (I can't make
out if there's more). While I've been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I can't
say that I've noticed bands before - not that I'm really looking at them
beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn't real close to
this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is an
arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great Egret
numbers increased quite a bit. If they're congregating or staging from
elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this thinking
about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.

 

Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don't think it's a state late date yet,
but my own recollections don't include any staying beyond August.
Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that I
can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way out
on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber
Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener
Yellowlegs. This one works - wait for one of the other species to cross
paths with it.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Ardith Bondi]

Hi Steve-

That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of Susan 
Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded it this 
year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the first 4 
numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94 630. It must 
like the East Pond. 

The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't banded. 

Ardith Bondi
NYC
www.ardithbondi.com

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> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
> 
> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s East 
> Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a silver band 
> on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t make out if 
> there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I can’t say 
> that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at them beyond 
> picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close to this one 
> today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is an arrival 
> from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great Egret numbers 
> increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging from elsewhere, the 
> geographic range would be of interest. I say this thinking about a Little 
> Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>  
> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet, 
> but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August. Shorebirds? 
> Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that I can 
> remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way out on 
> the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber Semis. I 
> spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener Yellowlegs. 
> This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross paths with it.
>  
>  
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
>  
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Wilson's Phalarope at Cupsogue

[Michael Yuan]

Back on the flats immediately south of the beach facilities building. 

Mike Yuan
Brooklyn, NY

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> From: Michael Yuan 
> Date: September 12, 2015 at 1:41:15 PM EDT
> To: nysbirds-l 
> Subject: Wilson's Phalarope at Cupsogue
> 
> Sat on the flats for 2 minutes, then flew off to the north. 
> 
> Mike Yuan
> Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Phalarope at Cupsogue

[Michael Yuan]

Sat on the flats for 2 minutes, then flew off to the north. 

Mike Yuan
Brooklyn, NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Little Blue Heron at JBWR

[Richard Guthrie]

Interesting.

Band return results are always interesting.

So, where is Elders Marsh? Safe to assume it's close to Jamaica Bay?

Rich

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:

> Hi Steve-
>
> That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of
> Susan Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded
> it this year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the
> first 4 numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94
> 630. It must like the East Pond.
>
> The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't
> banded.
>
> Ardith Bondi
> NYC
> www.ardithbondi.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:
>
> I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s
> East Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a
> silver band on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t
> make out if there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I
> can’t say that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at
> them beyond picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close
> to this one today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is
> an arrival from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great
> Egret numbers increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging
> from elsewhere, the geographic range would be of interest. I say this
> thinking about a Little Egret probably still floating around. Just saying.
>
>
>
> Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet,
> but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August.
> Shorebirds? Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that
> I can remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way
> out on the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber
> Semis. I spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener
> Yellowlegs. This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross
> paths with it.
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Walter
>
> Bayside, NY
>
>
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Saturday September 12, 2015

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC Saturday September 12, 2015 - 7:30-noon.OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walkGadwall - 17 at Turtle PondGreat Blue Heron - flyoverGreen Heron - juvenile Turtle PondOsprey - circling over the LakeRed-tailed Hawk - adultRuby-throated Hummingbird - Upper Lobe & Shakespeare GardenAmerican KestrelEastern Wood-PeweeGreat Crested FlycatcherWarbling Vireo - still singingRed-eyed VireoBarn SwallowBlack-capped ChickadeeHouse WrenBlue-gray GnatcatcherVeerySwainson's ThrushWood ThrushGray CatbirdCedar WaxwingOvenbirdNorthern WaterthrushBlack-and-white WarblerCommon YellowthroatAmerican RedstartNorthern ParulaMagnolia WarblerYellow WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerBlackpoll WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Green Warbler - DA before walkScarlet TanagerRose-breasted Grosbeak - jewelweed at the OvenBaltimore OrioleHouse FinchOthers reported: Prairie Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Canada Warbler, Wilson's Warbler & Black-billed Cuckoo.Deb Allen 
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[nysbirds-l] Grasspipers in Suffolk County

[David Klauber]

 Autocorrect wreaked havoc on my post. It doesn't like many words like 
grasspipers, Riverhead, Northville,and plovers are apparently lovers.
 
A bit more detail
 
We saw the Common Gallinule  and about 5 Solitary Sandpipers around 8 AM on the 
Calverton pond previously mentioned. A few Grasshopper Sparrows were present 
north of the Calverton / Grumman property. Around 9 we ran into Mary Normandia 
who was looking at about 10 scattered Golden Plovers (with a P, no lovers) on 
the northern part of Northville Turnpike, which disappeared a little while 
later. From the fireman's facility further south another group (Michael Yuan?) 
found 1 Golden with a few Killdeer. More unusual was an adult Lesser 
Black-backed Gull by the junction of Doctor's Path and Reeves Avenue. Farm 
machinery was active which didn't help. Later we found 2 Buff-breasted 
Sandpipers with about 10 Killdeer on the southwestern portion of the field on 
Osborne Avenue, south of Sound Avenue. There had been a few buffies the evening 
before near the fireman's facilty
  
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[nysbirds-l] Dickcissel and Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Jones Beach WE Work Docks

[Bob Anderson]

In the trees  on the south edge of the  gravel road leading to Work 
Docks, just before parking lot, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was 
hawking flies.  In the same tree/bush area was a Dickcissel.


40°35'24.10" N  73°33'42.16" W

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[nysbirds-l] Calvert on shorebirds

[davehawkowl]

Doctor's path 1 lesser black backed gull adult west side. About 10 golden 
lovers east side flew off. Osborne ave 2 buff breasted sandpiper s


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[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Basin night migration

[Bill Evans]

There was an exceptionally large flight of songbirds down the Hudson River 
corridor last night. An acoustic station southeast of Albany detected 4000+ 
flight calls of migrant warblers. This is the fourth year of monitoring fall 
flight calling from this location atop the Columbia Land Conservancy building 
in downtown Chatham, NY. During this period there have been 6 nights with 2000+ 
calls, 3 nights with 3000+ calls, and last night was the first with 4000+. 
http://oldbird.org/Data/2015/CLC/ColumbiaLC.htm

There is no indication the calling was exacerbated due to disorientation by 
artificial light -- it appeared to be just one and sometimes two calls per 
individual passing over. This suggests an unusually large pulse of migrants 
today in the NYC area, 100 miles to the south.

Bill Evans
Town of Danby NY
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