[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Club Evening Presentation

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

*Tuesday, September 20th, 7:00 P.M.*

*Great Gull Island*


*Presenters: Helen Hays and Joe DiCostanzo*


*Location: Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch
 at Grand Army Plaza*

Helen Hays and Joe DiCostanzo, researchers at the Museum of Natural
History, will present highlights from more than 40 years of research,
monitoring and habitat support of the nesting Roseate and Common terns on
Great Gull Island in Eastern Long Island Sound. Currently a record 9,500
Common tern pairs and 1300 Roseate tern pairs nest there. Discovery of
abnormal nestlings sounded the early warnings on toxic levels of PCBs in
the Sound in the 1970’s. A large number of volunteers assist during the
breeding season, and the project has partners in South America where they
discovered the first concentration of Roseate terns in the non-breeding
season.

http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm

Dennis Hrehowsik
Brooklyn

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[nysbirds-l] Black-crowned versus Yellow-crowned Nigh Heron juveniles

[Glenn Wilson]

I really only wanted to post once to this group because it sends emails to
over 1,000 birders.
 
The link I sent out yesterday pointed to two pages containing errors.
 
The first error was obvious - the Phalarope was a Red-Necked, not a
Wilson's.
Even I knew this but for some reason I wrote its title wrong.
 
now for the juvenile Night-Herons:
 
The first Night-Heron I saw I correctly ID'd it as a Yellow-crowned. I added
it to my eBird report.
The next Night-Heron's I saw included two adult Black-crowned and a
juvenile.
Ah - without thinking, I must have been wrong and without checking, changed 
my eBird report to juvenile Black-crowned.
 
After posting the link, Peter Post told me the juvenile was a
Yellow-crowned.
That made me feel good - I put it back to its original and fixed the eBird
report.
 
Then I added a picture showing all three Night-Herons.
 
Then Hugh McGuinness told me the rightmost juvenile in the picture of three
was in fact a Black-crowned.
At the time I was down in the river with my iPhone hunting for shore birds
and was very confused.
 
I came home and studied the pictures and Crossley's - Well, how about that!
I had seen TWO juveniles.
 
I seriously THANK Peter and Hugh for helping me get these straight.
 
The pictures and their titles should now be correct:
 
http://www.wilsonswarblers.com/html_trips/2016_09_06.html
 
Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY

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[nysbirds-l] 9/11 Birding from Cupsogue...

[Andrew Baksh]

Mei Yee and I birded the Cupsogue flats on Sunday during the falling and
rising tides. The numbers of shorebirds were down as expected for this time
of the year especially in the "peep" department.

In all, we had a total of 17 species of shorebirds. The shorebird
highlights included 158 RED KNOTS, which included 2 juveniles. 2 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS which included 1 juvenile, 4 WESTERN WILLETS all appearing to be
young uns and 1 WHIMBREL (juvenile).

Non shorebirding highlights on the flats included 56 ROYAL TERNS 3 COMMON
TERNS and 2 FORSTER'S TERNS.

Seawatching, was yet again non productive with 1 tubenose too far out to
make a "proper" call.
On the gulling front, we did document a 3rd CYC LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
briefly in the parking lot before it was flushed by arriving beach goers.

"Birding is not like Pokemoning - nothing imaginary unless you are
Stringing" :-)


Cheers,

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"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the
ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own
abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass

風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu   *The Art of War*


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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Monday Sept. 12, 2016 -14 warblers, Bald Eagle, Osprey, etc.

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC  
Monday Sept. 12, 2016 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from 
Strawberry Fields at 9am with some pre-walk birding in Strawberry Fields from 
8-9am.

Highlights: On Monday the group saw 14 Wood Warbler species, Bald Eagle, 
Osprey, American Kestrel & Peregrine Falcon. Overall the birding was slow. 
Saturday was the best day this weekend with good numbers of birds and the most 
diversity. There were fewer birds Sunday and even fewer Monday.

Gadwall - pair in eclipse plumage Turtle Pond
Mallard - 6 Turtle Pond
Chimney Swift 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Tupelo Field, Maintenance Field, Oven
Herring Gull - flyovers
Osprey - flyover Strawberry Fields (Jeff Ward), high flyover Maintenance Field
Bald Eagle - high flyover Maintenance Field
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 circling over Maintenance Field, 1 perched over Central 
Park West
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Great Lawn, Summer House Swamp
Downy Woodpecker - female Upper Lobe
Northern Flicker - 3 Summer House Swamp
American Kestrel - female seen from Warbler Rock
Peregrine Falcon - heard & seen flying over west side
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Strawberry Fields, Summer House Swamp, Tupelo Field (Deb & 
m.ob. before walk)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Maintenance Field (Deb before walk - bird found by 
Doug Futuyma) 
Philadelphia Vireo - 2 Strawberry Fields one making Philly alarm call  (8am 
pre-walk Will Papp, Jeff Ward, Bob Ruvolo & Bob DeCandido)
Warbling Vireo - Strawberry Fields
Red-eyed Vireo - Tupelo Field
Blue Jay
American Crow - flock of 4 flying over Sparrow Rock
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 18 (1 Strawberry Fields, 3 Turtle Pond in cypress, 14 
Pinetum)
White-breasted Nuthatch - Summer House Swamp
Carolina Wren - singing Warbler Rock (Deb & Neal Emond before walk)
Blue-gray Gnatchatcher - Strawberry Fields
Swainson's Thrush - 3 Sparrow Rock (Jeff Ward)
Gray Catbird - various locations
Brown Thrasher - south of Azalea Pond (Jeff Ward, Maintenance Field (Deb before 
walk)
House Finch - Sparrow Rock, male Tanner's Spring
American Goldfinch - Sparrow Rock (Jeff Ward)
Ovenbird - 2 (Strawberry Fields & Humming Tombstone)
Northern Waterthrush - mouth of Gill (Jeff Ward), Oven (after walk Deb)
Black-and-white Warbler - several
Common Yellowthroat - Pinetum, Strawberry Fields
American Redstart - Upper Lobe, Summer House Swamp, male at Warbler Rock, etc.
Cape May Warbler - Strawberry Fields (pre-walk 8:15am Bob Ruvolo)
Northern Parula - Warbler Rock
Magnolia Warbler - Maintenance Field, Warbler Rock
Yellow Warbler - Strawberry Fields (pre-walk Bob Ruvolo & Jeff Ward)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Maintenance Field
Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Maintenance Field (Jeff Ward)
Pine Warbler - Strawberry Fields (pre-walk Bob Ruvolo & Jeff Ward)
Black-throated Green Warbler - Turtle Pond, Iphigene's Walk (Deb before walk)
Wilson's Warbler - Maintenance Field (Carine Mitchell)
Scarlet Tanager - Maintenance Field (Bob Ruvolo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - hatch-year male Oven, others seen before & after walk 
in other Jewelweed patches
Common Grackle - small flocks
Baltimore Oriole - Weather Station, Strawberry Fields

Felipe Pimentel photographed a Canada Warble in the Ramble. 

A Red-headed Woodpecker was found and reported by David Barrett at around 1pm 
at Azalea Pond. 

Notable Insects: Black Saddlebags & Wandering Glider at Turtle Pond, Monarch 
butterfly Maintenance Field.

Deborah Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday Sept. 11, 2016 Hooded Warbler, Bald Eagle & Osprey

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Sunday Sept. 11, 2016
OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the 
Boathouse Cafe at 9am.

Highlights: 15 species of Wood Warblers including a male Hooded Warbler; Bald 
Eagle & Osprey overhead.

Mallard
Mourning Dove - small flock various locations
Chimney Swift - 20-30 overhead Boathouse (Jo Fasciolo)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Shakespeare Garden (Bob before walk)
Black-crowned Night-Heron - hatch-year East side of Turtle Pond (Haskel 
Eisenstein)
Osprey - high flyover Warbler Rock
Bald Eagle - high flyover Great Lawn (Adam Fasciolo)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Boathouse, Oven
Downy Woodpecker - Locust Grove
Northern Flicker - 2 s. of Maint Fld., 2 Locust Grove
Eastern Wood-Pewee - S. of Maint Fld (Patty Pike), 1 o2 Pinetum (Andrea Hessel)
Great Crested Flycatcher - Pinetum
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Boathouse Hill (Mayra & Noa Cruz, Peter Haskel), Summer 
House Swamp)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - many Pinetum 
House Wren - Warbler Rock
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - wouth of Maintenance Field
Gray Catbird
Ovenbird - Shakespeare Garden
Northern Waterthrush - Shakespeare Garden (Bob before walk)
Black-and-white Warbler - 7
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (Shakespeare Garden, King of Poland, Upper Lobe)
Hooded Warbler - male between Tupelo Field and Humming Tombstone (Mark 
Siegeltuch)
American Redstart - at least 15 including 3 adult males
Northern Parula - 4
Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Boathouse Hill, Tupelo, Summer House Swamp (Alli))
Yellow Warbler - 4 
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Summer House
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (female S. of Maint Fld., male Humming 
Tombstone, hatch-year male Great Lawn)
Palm Warbler - 2 (western subspecies) Pinetum
Pine Warbler - Pinetum (Sandra Critelli)
Prairie Warbler - Belvedere Castle
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 King of Poland
Scarlet Tanager - King of Poland (Jo & Adam Fasciolo)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle - small flocks
Baltimore Oriole - 2 Balancing Rock

My apologies for the delay in posting the report,

Deborah Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

This morning Charlie Roberto and I spent about an hour at CPP hoping to run 
into passerine movement. We didn't. Unless a single northern Parula counts as a 
movement. However it was great for raptors a kestrel chased off a perched 
broadwing (unusual for CPP, except flyovers) and an osprey chased off a perched 
(in perfect light) adult peregrine with a full crop who then reciprocated. 
Harrier over landfill and both vultures. Also had 4 house wrens. 

It's always nice to run into old friends and former birding pals at the Point.  

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach & Jamaica Bay

[Glenn Wilson]

Thanks to the many people who helped me find the Jones Beach ponds last week. 
Here is a link to the Red-necked Phalarope seen in the ponds and other birds 
who allowed me to see them: 
http://www.wilsonswarblers.com/html_trips/2016_09_06.html

Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
www.WilsonsWarbler.com

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