[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Mar 2016

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/17/2016
* NYBU1603.17
- Birds mentioned

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  COMMON TERN
  EARED GREBE
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Wood Duck
  Blue-winged Teal
  Northern Shoveler
  Lesser Scaup
  Black Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  American Kestrel
  American Coot
  Common Raven
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Rusty Blackbird
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/17/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, March 17, 2016

  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.

  Highlights of reports received March 10 through March 17
  from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  On Lake Ontario, March 13, a very early COMMON TERN at the
  Wilson Piers in Niagara County. This is the first March
  record of the species in the BOS archives.

  March 11, a near breeding plumage EARED GREBE at the Batavia
  Waste Water Plant on Pond T2 with 2 HORNED GREBES. EARED
  GREBE also on Lake Ontario, March 12, with HORNED GREBES and
  RED-NECKED GREBES at Golden Hill State Park in Niagara
  County.

  Also at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, March 12, a pair of
  COMMON RAVENS.

  Over 20 waterfowl species in the region this week. Recent
  arrivals - WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER,
  LESSER SCAUP and AMERICAN COOT.

  March 12 in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale,
  AMERICAN KESTRELS returned to a nest box, displacing
  EUROPEAN STARLINGS. Widespread kettles of TURKEY VULTURES
  and RED-TAILED HAWKS this week. PEREGRINE FALCON on the
  power plant at Dunkirk Harbor. A reported GOLDEN EAGLE at
  the mouth of Johnson's Creek in Orleans County. In
  Lewiston, at Artpark on the lower Niagara River, 8 local
  BLACK VULTURES and 20 TURKEY VULTURES.

  Other reports this week - AMER. TREE SPARROW on Woodbridge
  Avenue in Buffalo. Two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Windmill Marsh in
  the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. And at feeders -
  COMMON REDPOLL in Cheektowaga and two PINE SISKINS in
  Williamsville.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 24.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Mar 2016

[David Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/17/2016
* NYBU1603.17
- Birds mentioned

  ---
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  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
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  COMMON TERN
  EARED GREBE
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Wood Duck
  Blue-winged Teal
  Northern Shoveler
  Lesser Scaup
  Black Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  American Kestrel
  American Coot
  Common Raven
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Rusty Blackbird
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/17/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, March 17, 2016

  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.

  Highlights of reports received March 10 through March 17
  from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  On Lake Ontario, March 13, a very early COMMON TERN at the
  Wilson Piers in Niagara County. This is the first March
  record of the species in the BOS archives.

  March 11, a near breeding plumage EARED GREBE at the Batavia
  Waste Water Plant on Pond T2 with 2 HORNED GREBES. EARED
  GREBE also on Lake Ontario, March 12, with HORNED GREBES and
  RED-NECKED GREBES at Golden Hill State Park in Niagara
  County.

  Also at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, March 12, a pair of
  COMMON RAVENS.

  Over 20 waterfowl species in the region this week. Recent
  arrivals - WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER,
  LESSER SCAUP and AMERICAN COOT.

  March 12 in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale,
  AMERICAN KESTRELS returned to a nest box, displacing
  EUROPEAN STARLINGS. Widespread kettles of TURKEY VULTURES
  and RED-TAILED HAWKS this week. PEREGRINE FALCON on the
  power plant at Dunkirk Harbor. A reported GOLDEN EAGLE at
  the mouth of Johnson's Creek in Orleans County. In
  Lewiston, at Artpark on the lower Niagara River, 8 local
  BLACK VULTURES and 20 TURKEY VULTURES.

  Other reports this week - AMER. TREE SPARROW on Woodbridge
  Avenue in Buffalo. Two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Windmill Marsh in
  the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. And at feeders -
  COMMON REDPOLL in Cheektowaga and two PINE SISKINS in
  Williamsville.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 24.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] L.I. North Shore Birds, Sat, 03-19.

[Keith Cashman]

Male Eurasian Widgeon continues on Fresh Pond, Fort Salonga.  

Male Eurasian form of Green-winged Teal and Male Wood Duck continue at Mill 
Pond, Setauket. 

Common Ravens are on their Breeding grounds in Kings Park. 

Red-headed Woodpecker continues at Blydenburgh Park along with a Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, and Osprey. 

Mathews & Keith Cashman

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[nysbirds-l] L.I. North Shore Birds, Sat, 03-19.

[Keith Cashman]

Male Eurasian Widgeon continues on Fresh Pond, Fort Salonga.  

Male Eurasian form of Green-winged Teal and Male Wood Duck continue at Mill 
Pond, Setauket. 

Common Ravens are on their Breeding grounds in Kings Park. 

Red-headed Woodpecker continues at Blydenburgh Park along with a Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, and Osprey. 

Mathews & Keith Cashman

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[nysbirds-l] Gannet swarm in Raritan Bay

[Isaac Grant]

While not rare, there are currently 1000's of Gannets in Raritan Bay. I am at 
the end of Oakwood Beach in Staten Island and everywhere I scan the sky and 
water is filled with Gannets. Mostly distant. Off of Jersey (Perth Amboy) there 
are clouds of them. Very cool to see. 

Isaac Grant
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[nysbirds-l] Gannet swarm in Raritan Bay

[Isaac Grant]

While not rare, there are currently 1000's of Gannets in Raritan Bay. I am at 
the end of Oakwood Beach in Staten Island and everywhere I scan the sky and 
water is filled with Gannets. Mostly distant. Off of Jersey (Perth Amboy) there 
are clouds of them. Very cool to see. 

Isaac Grant
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

[Karen Fung]

Lark Sparrow present right now (3:25p) feeding on the grass in its usual area. 



Karen Fung
NYC
http://BIRDSiVIEWS.com

Sent from my iPhone


> On Mar 19, 2016, at 2:10 PM, Larry Trachtenberg  
> wrote:
> 
> Several reportable highlights 
> 
> First of season American Kestrel
> 3 bald eagle
> Tree sparrow
> 15+ American pipit - landfill 
> Ruby crowned kinglet 
> 
> The lark sparrow continues (was seen Tuesday and again this morning not by me 
> but by very good and reliable reporters)
> 
> L. Trachtenberg 
> Ossining 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

[Karen Fung]

Lark Sparrow present right now (3:25p) feeding on the grass in its usual area. 



Karen Fung
NYC
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Sent from my iPhone


> On Mar 19, 2016, at 2:10 PM, Larry Trachtenberg  
> wrote:
> 
> Several reportable highlights 
> 
> First of season American Kestrel
> 3 bald eagle
> Tree sparrow
> 15+ American pipit - landfill 
> Ruby crowned kinglet 
> 
> The lark sparrow continues (was seen Tuesday and again this morning not by me 
> but by very good and reliable reporters)
> 
> L. Trachtenberg 
> Ossining 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday March 19, 2016

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday March 19, 2016
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. 

Canada Goose - 14 Reservoir, 15 Lake
Mallard - 40+ Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 185-200 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 9 Reservoir
Bufflehead - 10-12 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 5 Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 34 Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe - Reservoir
Horned Grebe - Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - 8 flying north early morning (R. DeCandido before walk)
American Coot - 3 Reservoir
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - fewer than 15 Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker - 3 Maintenance Field
Eastern Phoebe - Maintenance Field
Black-capped Chickadee - Maintenance Field & elsewhere
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - several including 2 at Red Maple often visited by 
sapsuckers
Brown Creeper (spotted by Mayra Cruz)
Winter Wren - reported at Laupot Bridge
Gray Catbird - feeders
Fox Sparrow - 5 west side of Mugger's Woods
Song Sparrow - many
White-throated Sparrow - many
Dark-eyed Junco - small flock
House Finch
American Goldfinch - many singing
House Sparrow - male building a nest in pine near the King of Poland

Eastern Chipmunk - Laupot Bridge

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday March 19, 2016

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday March 19, 2016
OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. 

Canada Goose - 14 Reservoir, 15 Lake
Mallard - 40+ Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 185-200 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 9 Reservoir
Bufflehead - 10-12 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 5 Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 34 Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe - Reservoir
Horned Grebe - Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - 8 flying north early morning (R. DeCandido before walk)
American Coot - 3 Reservoir
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - fewer than 15 Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker - 3 Maintenance Field
Eastern Phoebe - Maintenance Field
Black-capped Chickadee - Maintenance Field & elsewhere
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - several including 2 at Red Maple often visited by 
sapsuckers
Brown Creeper (spotted by Mayra Cruz)
Winter Wren - reported at Laupot Bridge
Gray Catbird - feeders
Fox Sparrow - 5 west side of Mugger's Woods
Song Sparrow - many
White-throated Sparrow - many
Dark-eyed Junco - small flock
House Finch
American Goldfinch - many singing
House Sparrow - male building a nest in pine near the King of Poland

Eastern Chipmunk - Laupot Bridge

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Several reportable highlights 

First of season American Kestrel
3 bald eagle
Tree sparrow
15+ American pipit - landfill 
Ruby crowned kinglet 

The lark sparrow continues (was seen Tuesday and again this morning not by me 
but by very good and reliable reporters)

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining 


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[nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Several reportable highlights 

First of season American Kestrel
3 bald eagle
Tree sparrow
15+ American pipit - landfill 
Ruby crowned kinglet 

The lark sparrow continues (was seen Tuesday and again this morning not by me 
but by very good and reliable reporters)

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining 


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, 3/18-19

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 18th March, &  Saturday/19th, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A few arrivals as of Friday that I managed to find included a singing  
male Pine Warbler seen in a large American Elm at the western edge of  
the mid-Mall area, in mid-afternoon;   at least 2 Tree Swallows,  
working the Lake, then (1 at) Turtle Pond, then over the Reservoir, &  
finally over the Meer, as well as Winter Wrens (2), E. Phoebes (not  
newly, maybe, but up to 6 locations from south to north ends), Golden- 
crowned Kinglets, & most numerous, Yellow-shafted Flickers of which  
more than 20 were encountered, most numerous in the north woods, which  
often sees the highest no's. of them as a fresh migration passes in  
the park. Also found were a few small flocks of (very hungry) Dark- 
eyed Juncos, a couple of Field Sparrows, & minimal numbers of red Fox  
Sparrow as well as the usual wintering White-throated Sparrows, a  
couple of wintered-over Hermit Thrush, & a Brown Thrasher & Gray  
Catbird in places where they'd been much of the winter.  We'll likely  
see a good many more of some of these in the next week or so,  
excepting the latter three spp. which likely arrive in numbers in the  
month or more following.  Based on numbers of flickers (in particular)  
there was a modest bit of migration movement Thursday night into Fri.,  
although hardly of the sort that will be seen in just a few more days  
or so.


A Horned Grebe has continued at the reservoir, along with as many as  
dozen Double-crested Cormorants there. Duckage & other what-not on the  
reservoir was somewhat limited, but still plenty of N. Shovelers, a  
(lingering?) drake Red-breasted Merganser by its lonesome and motley  
Ruddy Ducks, as well as some 8 or so Hooded Mergansers, the usual bevy  
of Buffleheads, & also Pied-billed Grebe, increased no's. of D.-c.  
Cormorants, a Coot or 2 of Americano vintage, & typical 3 gulls of the  
season here. In geese, all I took note of were standard sized  
Canadian; there were no other grebes seen - & rowboats by the hundreds  
were plying the lake, as were tourists & other homind forms all 'round  
the park on foot & some residents being pulled by semi-tame canids.   
The Ramble & points south seemed a bit more bird-y in overall  
diversity than did the northern realms, but it will all balance out by  
the solstice, once we get beyond the coming equinox...  and on the  
subject of ambling in the Ramble, & esp. while the ongoing work keeps  
a portion of it closed-off, it looks like the western end of the Gill  
may require bleacher seating by May, judging the density of birders  
sitting & standing at Laupot bridge alone (max. capacity about 6,  
unless you like your birding NYC subway at rush-hour style... oh,  
that's right, that's about what Central Park can be like at the height  
of spring- it's still where a few birds can be seen though so over the  
hill & into the dell to vireo's home we go.  Also noted, as fly-abouts  
getting flushed by boats, fisher-folks, etc. were a trio of male Wood  
Ducks.  A few Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers here & there are most likely  
locally-wintered birds, not quite yet recent arrivals from far-away -  
much the same for various others, such as Brown Creeper, or even  
Winter Wren.

.
Saturday's miscellany in Central included what seemed like slightly  
less of some of the recent migrants, but still a couple of Golden- 
crowned Kinglets in widely spaced locations, as well as a few of the  
already-seen sparrows (red Fox, Field, a smattering of new/recent Song  
arrivals, and the 1 or 2 Swamp which most likely wintered very  
locally)...  I spent less time this morning in the Mall area & was  
unable to re-find Friday's Pine Warbler, but it may be lurking  
anywhere, & of course some more will also likely arrive in the next 10  
days or less.  The numbers of Flickers in the park seemed down from  
Friday as well, & E. Phoebes were in a few spots, also obviously  
they'll be seen - in large numbers - in a short while. There were 2  
Tree Swallows at the Meer in late morning, but seemingly not a whole  
lot for them to feed on just yet. They are able to stand a bit of cold  
weather, and the coming week promises real spring temp's, so these  
migrants that have come in at an early-ish date will likely fare well,  
once past Sun.-Monday's bit of a chill.  The first butterflies have  
already been reported by a couple of the park's all-around  
naturalists, and there are many other insects that have emerged in the  
warmth of the previous weeks, as well as lots of blooms on some trees,  
shrubs, and (mostly non-native) herbaceous plants.  So despite any  
potential spring-equinox snow, there's a lot already in bloom, & food  
for insectivorous birds.


Good last-of-winter birding, & thanks to the naturalist community  
who've been seeing much all this month.


Tom Fiore
Manhattan



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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, 3/18-19

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 18th March, &  Saturday/19th, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A few arrivals as of Friday that I managed to find included a singing  
male Pine Warbler seen in a large American Elm at the western edge of  
the mid-Mall area, in mid-afternoon;   at least 2 Tree Swallows,  
working the Lake, then (1 at) Turtle Pond, then over the Reservoir, &  
finally over the Meer, as well as Winter Wrens (2), E. Phoebes (not  
newly, maybe, but up to 6 locations from south to north ends), Golden- 
crowned Kinglets, & most numerous, Yellow-shafted Flickers of which  
more than 20 were encountered, most numerous in the north woods, which  
often sees the highest no's. of them as a fresh migration passes in  
the park. Also found were a few small flocks of (very hungry) Dark- 
eyed Juncos, a couple of Field Sparrows, & minimal numbers of red Fox  
Sparrow as well as the usual wintering White-throated Sparrows, a  
couple of wintered-over Hermit Thrush, & a Brown Thrasher & Gray  
Catbird in places where they'd been much of the winter.  We'll likely  
see a good many more of some of these in the next week or so,  
excepting the latter three spp. which likely arrive in numbers in the  
month or more following.  Based on numbers of flickers (in particular)  
there was a modest bit of migration movement Thursday night into Fri.,  
although hardly of the sort that will be seen in just a few more days  
or so.


A Horned Grebe has continued at the reservoir, along with as many as  
dozen Double-crested Cormorants there. Duckage & other what-not on the  
reservoir was somewhat limited, but still plenty of N. Shovelers, a  
(lingering?) drake Red-breasted Merganser by its lonesome and motley  
Ruddy Ducks, as well as some 8 or so Hooded Mergansers, the usual bevy  
of Buffleheads, & also Pied-billed Grebe, increased no's. of D.-c.  
Cormorants, a Coot or 2 of Americano vintage, & typical 3 gulls of the  
season here. In geese, all I took note of were standard sized  
Canadian; there were no other grebes seen - & rowboats by the hundreds  
were plying the lake, as were tourists & other homind forms all 'round  
the park on foot & some residents being pulled by semi-tame canids.   
The Ramble & points south seemed a bit more bird-y in overall  
diversity than did the northern realms, but it will all balance out by  
the solstice, once we get beyond the coming equinox...  and on the  
subject of ambling in the Ramble, & esp. while the ongoing work keeps  
a portion of it closed-off, it looks like the western end of the Gill  
may require bleacher seating by May, judging the density of birders  
sitting & standing at Laupot bridge alone (max. capacity about 6,  
unless you like your birding NYC subway at rush-hour style... oh,  
that's right, that's about what Central Park can be like at the height  
of spring- it's still where a few birds can be seen though so over the  
hill & into the dell to vireo's home we go.  Also noted, as fly-abouts  
getting flushed by boats, fisher-folks, etc. were a trio of male Wood  
Ducks.  A few Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers here & there are most likely  
locally-wintered birds, not quite yet recent arrivals from far-away -  
much the same for various others, such as Brown Creeper, or even  
Winter Wren.

.
Saturday's miscellany in Central included what seemed like slightly  
less of some of the recent migrants, but still a couple of Golden- 
crowned Kinglets in widely spaced locations, as well as a few of the  
already-seen sparrows (red Fox, Field, a smattering of new/recent Song  
arrivals, and the 1 or 2 Swamp which most likely wintered very  
locally)...  I spent less time this morning in the Mall area & was  
unable to re-find Friday's Pine Warbler, but it may be lurking  
anywhere, & of course some more will also likely arrive in the next 10  
days or less.  The numbers of Flickers in the park seemed down from  
Friday as well, & E. Phoebes were in a few spots, also obviously  
they'll be seen - in large numbers - in a short while. There were 2  
Tree Swallows at the Meer in late morning, but seemingly not a whole  
lot for them to feed on just yet. They are able to stand a bit of cold  
weather, and the coming week promises real spring temp's, so these  
migrants that have come in at an early-ish date will likely fare well,  
once past Sun.-Monday's bit of a chill.  The first butterflies have  
already been reported by a couple of the park's all-around  
naturalists, and there are many other insects that have emerged in the  
warmth of the previous weeks, as well as lots of blooms on some trees,  
shrubs, and (mostly non-native) herbaceous plants.  So despite any  
potential spring-equinox snow, there's a lot already in bloom, & food  
for insectivorous birds.


Good last-of-winter birding, & thanks to the naturalist community  
who've been seeing much all this month.


Tom Fiore
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Seen from Southern State Pkwy over the cemetaries

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Seen from Southern State Pkwy over the cemetaries

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Reservoir

[Patricia Pollock]

3/13 Sun., 3/15 Tues., 3/16 Wed.Pat Pollock
Horned Grebe seen  Sun. @ North End and later in afternoon swimming to South; 
also seen Tues. & Wed. @ NE.  It's been on the Reservoir since 3/8 - so 8 
daysRed-breasted Merganser (M) also seen Sun. & Tues NW and possibly 
todayPied-billed Grebe seen Wed.NE & Sun. NWHooded Mergansers:  5, 3 (F's) seen 
NW & SEAmerican CootsBuffleheads mixed #'s, about 8 3/16


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Reservoir

[Patricia Pollock]

3/13 Sun., 3/15 Tues., 3/16 Wed.Pat Pollock
Horned Grebe seen  Sun. @ North End and later in afternoon swimming to South; 
also seen Tues. & Wed. @ NE.  It's been on the Reservoir since 3/8 - so 8 
daysRed-breasted Merganser (M) also seen Sun. & Tues NW and possibly 
todayPied-billed Grebe seen Wed.NE & Sun. NWHooded Mergansers:  5, 3 (F's) seen 
NW & SEAmerican CootsBuffleheads mixed #'s, about 8 3/16


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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP--Pine Warbler

[syschiff]

Hempstead Lake SP 17 Mar

First PINE WARBLER, a dingy drab bird.

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Hempstead Lake SP 17 Mar

First PINE WARBLER, a dingy drab bird.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Oceanside and Baldwin Park

[tahoefig]

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Oceanside and Baldwin Park 

Oceanside and Baldwin Park, 8 Mar
 
The Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside was 
quiet. Of interest were a pair of fly-by Snow Geese and 2 Wood Ducks that 
landed at the entrance to Bedell Creek before taking off a bit 
later.
 
I drove over to Baldwin Park, a small detour on the 
way home. I heard the screeching before I got out of the car. Three MONK 
PARAKEETS were resting and calling on top of the lights opposite the parking 
lot 
(the first nest). and at least another dozen were on the next 3 
lights. A second small nests is now on the fourth light.
 
The Osprey nest continues but it's too early for 
occupancy. I walked to the bay where there were 4 Red-throated Loons and a pair 
of fly-by Double-crested Cormorants
 
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From: syschiff  Date: 03/08/2016  11:09 AM  
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Oceanside and Baldwin Park 

Oceanside and Baldwin Park, 8 Mar
 
The Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside was 
quiet. Of interest were a pair of fly-by Snow Geese and 2 Wood Ducks that 
landed at the entrance to Bedell Creek before taking off a bit 
later.
 
I drove over to Baldwin Park, a small detour on the 
way home. I heard the screeching before I got out of the car. Three MONK 
PARAKEETS were resting and calling on top of the lights opposite the parking 
lot 
(the first nest). and at least another dozen were on the next 3 
lights. A second small nests is now on the fourth light.
 
The Osprey nest continues but it's too early for 
occupancy. I walked to the bay where there were 4 Red-throated Loons and a pair 
of fly-by Double-crested Cormorants
 
Sy Schiff
 
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[nysbirds-l] Amer. Woodcock/bold Gray Jay/Killdeer/Red Crossbills/Evening Grosbeaks, and more

[Joan Collins]

First of the season: *

 

3/15/16 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.)

 

I had a very comical birding experience yesterday.  I stopped my car to
photograph a Ruffed Grouse crossing Sabattis Circle Road.  I noticed a
perched Blue Jay by my car (they are still everywhere).  I was partly out of
the car photographing the grouse when I heard part of a Purple Finch song -
then part of an Eastern Wood Pewee song - which I assumed was coming from
the Blue Jay.  As I kept photographing the grouse and ignoring the Blue Jay,
I heard a commotion and a sound like fingernails on a chalkboard.  My first
thought was that the Blue Jay flew inside my car (windows were open).  I
turned, and a Gray Jay was on the roof of my car near my head!  It flew up
to a branch over the car.  I imagined it was trying to convey - "See what I
have to do to get your attention?  Have any food???"  I got out some food
and the bird came right up to me.  Many of the tame-ish Gray Jays at
Sabattis Bog were evicted when nesting season began and they seem to be all
along the road now.

 

Other birds found:

 

Hooded Merganser - pair on the outlet of Shaw Pond

Ruffed Grouse - one along Sabattis Circle Road

Wild Turkey - over 30 Wild Turkeys visiting outside our house for corn

*American Woodcock - one bird found peenting at Sabattis Station in Long
Lake around 11 p.m. - quite early for the central Adirondacks

Gray Jay - 5 (2 along Route 30 flushing insects, 2 at Sabattis Bog, and the
1 that landed on my car roof!)

Brown Creeper - singing and calling

Golden-crowned Kinglet - singing

Purple Finch - singing

Red Crossbill - 4 along Route 30 (3 males and 1 female)

Pine Siskin - many - some still in flocks and many paired off

 

There were 2 Beavers at the Little Tupper Lake inlet last night - one
splashed its tail and the other was chewing wood very loudly!

 

3/14/16 Long Lake

 

Gray Jay - 5

Red Crossbill - flock of 5 found along Route 30

 

On a 3/13/16 tour with 2 birders from NY and NJ, we birded in boreal habitat
areas of Newcomb, Minerva, and Long Lake on a beautiful winter day.  Here
are some of the species found:

 

Canada Goose - on Long Lake and Little Tupper Lake

Hooded Merganser - pair on the Little Tupper Lake inlet along Sabattis
Circle Road in Long Lake

Pied-billed Grebe - on Long Lake

Bald Eagle - adult that flew over our car in Newcomb

*Killdeer - Newcomb

Black-backed Woodpecker - nice views of a male at Sabattis Bog in Long Lake

Pileated Woodpecker - several heard and one flyby

Gray Jay - 3 very friendly birds at Sabattis Bog!

Common Raven

Boreal Chickadee - 5 in Minerva with nice views of 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Golden-crowned Kinglet - several with some singing

*Eastern Bluebird - one in Newcomb

American Robin

Cedar Waxwing - one observed with Amer. Robins in Newcomb

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco - several singing (first day I've heard singing)

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

*Brown-headed Cowbird - in Newcomb

Purple Finch - some singing

Red Crossbill - many!  We photographed a male, and then a flock of 4 in
Newcomb.  We flushed many gritting birds and heard calling Red Crossbills at
nearly every birding stop.

Pine Siskin - many - everywhere!

Evening Grosbeak - ~50 in several flocks in Newcomb; we photographed a flock
of ~20

 

Just a note regarding a controversial subject in ornithology: This winter,
many people (including non-birders) have noted the reaction by Pine Siskin
flocks to the road-kill deaths of their flock-mates.  The siskins circle the
dead bird and are reluctant to leave the road.  I have witnessed this
behavior all winter also.  During our tour on this day, we flushed a flock
of Red Crossbills that were with a road-killed female Red Crossbill.  A bit
later, I noticed a bird at the side of the road where we were going to pull
over.  I found a road-killed Pine Siskin and perched in a tree just above
the bird was its mate calling non-stop.  Last year, I noted a vocalization
given by a Red-breasted Nuthatch that I'd never heard before - it went on
for hours at a spot where Raquette Lake highway folks had cleared away dead
trees (there were 2 Red-Breasted Nuthatch nests in 2 different trees they
took down).  The subject of whether birds and other non-human animals
experience "grief" is one I've been thinking about for years.

 

3/12/16 Long Lake

 

Mallard - on Long Lake

Common Merganser - on Long Lake

Ruffed Grouse - 4 together along Sabattis Circle Road

Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult)

Boreal Chickadee - 2 birds that curiously came over to me as I was
photographing 2 Red Crossbills along Route 30!

Brown Creeper - singing

Golden-crowned Kinglet - singing

Red Crossbill - pair along Route 30

 

3/11/16 Long Lake, Tupper Lake (Franklin Co.), and entrance to Massawepie
(St. Lawrence Co.)

 

Ring-necked Duck - flock on Simon Pond at the Tupper Lake causeway

Hooded Merganser - on Simon Pond at the Tupper Lake causeway

Common Merganser - on Simon Pond at the Tupper 

[nysbirds-l] Amer. Woodcock/bold Gray Jay/Killdeer/Red Crossbills/Evening Grosbeaks, and more

[Joan Collins]

First of the season: *

 

3/15/16 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.)

 

I had a very comical birding experience yesterday.  I stopped my car to
photograph a Ruffed Grouse crossing Sabattis Circle Road.  I noticed a
perched Blue Jay by my car (they are still everywhere).  I was partly out of
the car photographing the grouse when I heard part of a Purple Finch song -
then part of an Eastern Wood Pewee song - which I assumed was coming from
the Blue Jay.  As I kept photographing the grouse and ignoring the Blue Jay,
I heard a commotion and a sound like fingernails on a chalkboard.  My first
thought was that the Blue Jay flew inside my car (windows were open).  I
turned, and a Gray Jay was on the roof of my car near my head!  It flew up
to a branch over the car.  I imagined it was trying to convey - "See what I
have to do to get your attention?  Have any food???"  I got out some food
and the bird came right up to me.  Many of the tame-ish Gray Jays at
Sabattis Bog were evicted when nesting season began and they seem to be all
along the road now.

 

Other birds found:

 

Hooded Merganser - pair on the outlet of Shaw Pond

Ruffed Grouse - one along Sabattis Circle Road

Wild Turkey - over 30 Wild Turkeys visiting outside our house for corn

*American Woodcock - one bird found peenting at Sabattis Station in Long
Lake around 11 p.m. - quite early for the central Adirondacks

Gray Jay - 5 (2 along Route 30 flushing insects, 2 at Sabattis Bog, and the
1 that landed on my car roof!)

Brown Creeper - singing and calling

Golden-crowned Kinglet - singing

Purple Finch - singing

Red Crossbill - 4 along Route 30 (3 males and 1 female)

Pine Siskin - many - some still in flocks and many paired off

 

There were 2 Beavers at the Little Tupper Lake inlet last night - one
splashed its tail and the other was chewing wood very loudly!

 

3/14/16 Long Lake

 

Gray Jay - 5

Red Crossbill - flock of 5 found along Route 30

 

On a 3/13/16 tour with 2 birders from NY and NJ, we birded in boreal habitat
areas of Newcomb, Minerva, and Long Lake on a beautiful winter day.  Here
are some of the species found:

 

Canada Goose - on Long Lake and Little Tupper Lake

Hooded Merganser - pair on the Little Tupper Lake inlet along Sabattis
Circle Road in Long Lake

Pied-billed Grebe - on Long Lake

Bald Eagle - adult that flew over our car in Newcomb

*Killdeer - Newcomb

Black-backed Woodpecker - nice views of a male at Sabattis Bog in Long Lake

Pileated Woodpecker - several heard and one flyby

Gray Jay - 3 very friendly birds at Sabattis Bog!

Common Raven

Boreal Chickadee - 5 in Minerva with nice views of 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Golden-crowned Kinglet - several with some singing

*Eastern Bluebird - one in Newcomb

American Robin

Cedar Waxwing - one observed with Amer. Robins in Newcomb

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco - several singing (first day I've heard singing)

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

*Brown-headed Cowbird - in Newcomb

Purple Finch - some singing

Red Crossbill - many!  We photographed a male, and then a flock of 4 in
Newcomb.  We flushed many gritting birds and heard calling Red Crossbills at
nearly every birding stop.

Pine Siskin - many - everywhere!

Evening Grosbeak - ~50 in several flocks in Newcomb; we photographed a flock
of ~20

 

Just a note regarding a controversial subject in ornithology: This winter,
many people (including non-birders) have noted the reaction by Pine Siskin
flocks to the road-kill deaths of their flock-mates.  The siskins circle the
dead bird and are reluctant to leave the road.  I have witnessed this
behavior all winter also.  During our tour on this day, we flushed a flock
of Red Crossbills that were with a road-killed female Red Crossbill.  A bit
later, I noticed a bird at the side of the road where we were going to pull
over.  I found a road-killed Pine Siskin and perched in a tree just above
the bird was its mate calling non-stop.  Last year, I noted a vocalization
given by a Red-breasted Nuthatch that I'd never heard before - it went on
for hours at a spot where Raquette Lake highway folks had cleared away dead
trees (there were 2 Red-Breasted Nuthatch nests in 2 different trees they
took down).  The subject of whether birds and other non-human animals
experience "grief" is one I've been thinking about for years.

 

3/12/16 Long Lake

 

Mallard - on Long Lake

Common Merganser - on Long Lake

Ruffed Grouse - 4 together along Sabattis Circle Road

Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult)

Boreal Chickadee - 2 birds that curiously came over to me as I was
photographing 2 Red Crossbills along Route 30!

Brown Creeper - singing

Golden-crowned Kinglet - singing

Red Crossbill - pair along Route 30

 

3/11/16 Long Lake, Tupper Lake (Franklin Co.), and entrance to Massawepie
(St. Lawrence Co.)

 

Ring-necked Duck - flock on Simon Pond at the Tupper Lake causeway

Hooded Merganser - on Simon Pond at the Tupper Lake causeway

Common Merganser - on Simon Pond at the Tupper 

[nysbirds-l] Yonkers Monk Parakeets

[Andrew Block]

Went to visit the Monk Parakeets living in Yonkers today.  There were about 7 
birds around.  The main nest on the transformer looks abandoned, but they are 
building two new nests, one in a tree and one on a telephone pole with no 
transformer.  I guess the incident with some Mexicans trying to capture them 
this winter caused them to leave their original nest.  In a way it was a good 
thing because now they won't be bothered by Con Ed since they aren't on a 
transformer now. Hopefully they will keep building and expanding their nests 
and colony.  They're lucky to have protectors nearby.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
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[Andrew Block]

Went to visit the Monk Parakeets living in Yonkers today.  There were about 7 
birds around.  The main nest on the transformer looks abandoned, but they are 
building two new nests, one in a tree and one on a telephone pole with no 
transformer.  I guess the incident with some Mexicans trying to capture them 
this winter caused them to leave their original nest.  In a way it was a good 
thing because now they won't be bothered by Con Ed since they aren't on a 
transformer now. Hopefully they will keep building and expanding their nests 
and colony.  They're lucky to have protectors nearby.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
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Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
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[nysbirds-l] FW: Loons rescued from Lake Champlain

[Joan Collins]

I thought this story about a late February rescue of Common Loons trapped on
Lake Champlain might be of interest.  (Tom Whitney lives in VT and spends
summers at his camp on Long Lake, where he also participates in the Loon
Census each year.)

Joan Collins
President, NYS Ornithological Association
Editor, New York Birders
Long Lake, NY
(315) 244-7127 cell   
(518) 624-5528 home
http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/   
http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian 

-Original Message-
From: Whitney, Tom [mailto:tom.whit...@vtmechanical.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 10:42 AM
To: joan.coll...@frontier.com
Subject: Loons rescued from Lake Champlain


http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2016/03/14/loons-rescued
-lake-champlain/81552432/ 


Thomas Whitney PE
VERMONT MECHANICAL Inc 

Sent from my iPhone=

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[nysbirds-l] FW: Loons rescued from Lake Champlain

[Joan Collins]

I thought this story about a late February rescue of Common Loons trapped on
Lake Champlain might be of interest.  (Tom Whitney lives in VT and spends
summers at his camp on Long Lake, where he also participates in the Loon
Census each year.)

Joan Collins
President, NYS Ornithological Association
Editor, New York Birders
Long Lake, NY
(315) 244-7127 cell   
(518) 624-5528 home
http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/   
http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian 

-Original Message-
From: Whitney, Tom [mailto:tom.whit...@vtmechanical.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 10:42 AM
To: joan.coll...@frontier.com
Subject: Loons rescued from Lake Champlain


http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2016/03/14/loons-rescued
-lake-champlain/81552432/ 


Thomas Whitney PE
VERMONT MECHANICAL Inc 

Sent from my iPhone=

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