[nysbirds-l] Peregrine with leg bands

[Orhan Birol]

I have photos of a Peregrine with 47 on black(or dark blue) on top and BC
on green bottom on left leg, the usual unreadable federal band on the right
leg.
I can forward the photos to any interested party. I would like to tell my
neighbor who took the picture, where and when this juvenile was banded.
Thanks
Orhan Birol
Shelter Island

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[nysbirds-l] Peregrine with leg bands

[Orhan Birol]

I have photos of a Peregrine with 47 on black(or dark blue) on top and BC
on green bottom on left leg, the usual unreadable federal band on the right
leg.
I can forward the photos to any interested party. I would like to tell my
neighbor who took the picture, where and when this juvenile was banded.
Thanks
Orhan Birol
Shelter Island

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 November 2016

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 11, 2016
* NYNY1611.11

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
CATTLE EGRET
Red Knot
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
CAVE SWALLOW
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (“AUDUBON’S” form)
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
EVENING GROSBEAK

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 11,
2016 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, CAVE SWALLOW, KING
EIDER, EURASIAN WIGEON, “AUDUBON’S” form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, CATTLE
EGRET, some YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, and EVENING GROSBEAK.

Attracting the most attention this week was the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE lingering
at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park just south of Valley Stream State Park.  The
PINK-FOOTED has been present daily in the CANADA GOOSE flock, sometimes on
shore, especially near the tennis courts, or between the 2 bubblers on the
pond.

At the hawk watch at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday, a passing Swallow
appeared to the observers to be a CAVE SWALLOW, and subsequent analysis of
photos seemed to confirm the identification - this is a species to watch
for this time of year, especially along the coast on days with northwest
winds.

Another very interesting bird at Moses Park last Sunday was an “AUDUBON’S”
form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, seen in a “MYRTLE” flock at Field 2.

Two EURASIAN WIGEONS found on Patchogue Lake on November 3rd were still
present there at least to Tuesday, and one lingering at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center section of Marine Park was noted last Sunday.

A female KING EIDER found in Bayville on Wednesday was still off Ransom
Beach or just east of there today, this beach off Bayville Avenue.  Other
waterfowl have included a CACKLING GOOSE reported from the Bronx Zoo from
Monday on and the ongoing arrival of winter ducks.

The continuing influx of CATTLE EGRETS included one at Riis Park golf
course last weekend, perhaps the same individual seen at adjacent Fort
Tilden Saturday, and another appeared last weekend out in Yaphank at the
Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen off Montauk Point Thursday.

The peak count of 14 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Santapogue Creek in
Lindenhurst occurred last Saturday, and RED KNOTS roosting in Point Lookout
Saturday exceeded 100.

Lingering RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include one in Central Park north of the
65th Street transverse and an adult in Kissena Park Queens.

A nice occurrence was a male EVENING GROSBEAK appearing Monday at the
Sylvan Waters section of Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, joining a NELSON’S
SPARROW there.

Lower Manhattan seems to have become a mecca for YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS,
with one remaining at Trinity Church from Thursday the 3rd through today,
this at Broadway and Wall Street, while another found Tuesday was still at
the Millennium Park several blocks north of there at Broadway and Ann
Street today.  Two other lower Manhattan reports from last Saturday
mentioned single CHATS at the Hudson River Greenway and the Battery Park
City Teardrop Park.  In Brooklyn a CHAT was spotted at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center Monday.

At least four scattered ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week, and
other lingering WARBLERS have included NORTHERN PARULA, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH and BLACK-THROATED BLUE.

At Jones Beach West End three LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted again last
Saturday, along with three PINE SISKINS and a VESPER SPARROW, the latter
continuing through the week.  Other VESPER SPARROWS featured one in
Prospect Park Saturday and another in Kissena Park Sunday.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was still at Dreier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn
Saturday, and among other late migrants have been RED-EYED and BLUE-HEADED
VIREOS and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

For the next four weeks the RBA will be handled by Tony Lauro - please call
Tony with your reports at (631) 734-4126.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 November 2016

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 11, 2016
* NYNY1611.11

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
CATTLE EGRET
Red Knot
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
CAVE SWALLOW
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (“AUDUBON’S” form)
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
EVENING GROSBEAK

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 11,
2016 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, CAVE SWALLOW, KING
EIDER, EURASIAN WIGEON, “AUDUBON’S” form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, CATTLE
EGRET, some YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, and EVENING GROSBEAK.

Attracting the most attention this week was the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE lingering
at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park just south of Valley Stream State Park.  The
PINK-FOOTED has been present daily in the CANADA GOOSE flock, sometimes on
shore, especially near the tennis courts, or between the 2 bubblers on the
pond.

At the hawk watch at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday, a passing Swallow
appeared to the observers to be a CAVE SWALLOW, and subsequent analysis of
photos seemed to confirm the identification - this is a species to watch
for this time of year, especially along the coast on days with northwest
winds.

Another very interesting bird at Moses Park last Sunday was an “AUDUBON’S”
form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, seen in a “MYRTLE” flock at Field 2.

Two EURASIAN WIGEONS found on Patchogue Lake on November 3rd were still
present there at least to Tuesday, and one lingering at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center section of Marine Park was noted last Sunday.

A female KING EIDER found in Bayville on Wednesday was still off Ransom
Beach or just east of there today, this beach off Bayville Avenue.  Other
waterfowl have included a CACKLING GOOSE reported from the Bronx Zoo from
Monday on and the ongoing arrival of winter ducks.

The continuing influx of CATTLE EGRETS included one at Riis Park golf
course last weekend, perhaps the same individual seen at adjacent Fort
Tilden Saturday, and another appeared last weekend out in Yaphank at the
Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen off Montauk Point Thursday.

The peak count of 14 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Santapogue Creek in
Lindenhurst occurred last Saturday, and RED KNOTS roosting in Point Lookout
Saturday exceeded 100.

Lingering RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include one in Central Park north of the
65th Street transverse and an adult in Kissena Park Queens.

A nice occurrence was a male EVENING GROSBEAK appearing Monday at the
Sylvan Waters section of Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, joining a NELSON’S
SPARROW there.

Lower Manhattan seems to have become a mecca for YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS,
with one remaining at Trinity Church from Thursday the 3rd through today,
this at Broadway and Wall Street, while another found Tuesday was still at
the Millennium Park several blocks north of there at Broadway and Ann
Street today.  Two other lower Manhattan reports from last Saturday
mentioned single CHATS at the Hudson River Greenway and the Battery Park
City Teardrop Park.  In Brooklyn a CHAT was spotted at the Salt Marsh
Nature Center Monday.

At least four scattered ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week, and
other lingering WARBLERS have included NORTHERN PARULA, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH and BLACK-THROATED BLUE.

At Jones Beach West End three LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted again last
Saturday, along with three PINE SISKINS and a VESPER SPARROW, the latter
continuing through the week.  Other VESPER SPARROWS featured one in
Prospect Park Saturday and another in Kissena Park Sunday.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was still at Dreier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn
Saturday, and among other late migrants have been RED-EYED and BLUE-HEADED
VIREOS and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

For the next four weeks the RBA will be handled by Tony Lauro - please call
Tony with your reports at (631) 734-4126.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean 

[nysbirds-l] Huge Golden Eagle day at Franklin Mt.

[Andrew Mason]

Fifty-seven Golden Eagles were tallied at the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch 
today by Steve Hall, Fred Fries and Kyle Dudgeon.  This is the second 
highest daily count at the site, topped only by the 71 counted exactly 
eleven years ago, Nov. 11, 2005.  The previous second high was 51 on 
11/20/2003.

Today's total brings the seasonal count to 196, ensuring that Franklin 
Mt. will surpass 200 GEs for the first time in a decade, and provides a 
shot at the seasonal high of 252 in 2005.

Conditions were primo--gusty NW winds after clearing from cold front 
passage.  Tomorrow's winds remain promising at WNW 7-9 mph at least 
through midday--if there are any birds left in the pipeline!

Below is Tom Salo's weekend flight forecast.

Andy Mason

***

Friday's wind forecast for Franklin Mountain is very good. The 30%
chance of showers means things could go either way. If the rain is not
frequent, it could be a very good day for golden eagles.

Saturday, wind direction is still good. However, wind speed will be
lower. This can result in birds spreading out across the landscape.

Steve is counting both days.

Sunday winds should be west. It should be dry and warmer. I expect birds
will be moving but conditions are not ideal, especially after 2 days of
good NW winds. Andy is counting.

Tom Salo

-- 
Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY  12093
(607) 652-2162
andyma...@earthling.net


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[nysbirds-l] Huge Golden Eagle day at Franklin Mt.

[Andrew Mason]

Fifty-seven Golden Eagles were tallied at the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch 
today by Steve Hall, Fred Fries and Kyle Dudgeon.  This is the second 
highest daily count at the site, topped only by the 71 counted exactly 
eleven years ago, Nov. 11, 2005.  The previous second high was 51 on 
11/20/2003.

Today's total brings the seasonal count to 196, ensuring that Franklin 
Mt. will surpass 200 GEs for the first time in a decade, and provides a 
shot at the seasonal high of 252 in 2005.

Conditions were primo--gusty NW winds after clearing from cold front 
passage.  Tomorrow's winds remain promising at WNW 7-9 mph at least 
through midday--if there are any birds left in the pipeline!

Below is Tom Salo's weekend flight forecast.

Andy Mason

***

Friday's wind forecast for Franklin Mountain is very good. The 30%
chance of showers means things could go either way. If the rain is not
frequent, it could be a very good day for golden eagles.

Saturday, wind direction is still good. However, wind speed will be
lower. This can result in birds spreading out across the landscape.

Steve is counting both days.

Sunday winds should be west. It should be dry and warmer. I expect birds
will be moving but conditions are not ideal, especially after 2 days of
good NW winds. Andy is counting.

Tom Salo

-- 
Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY  12093
(607) 652-2162
andyma...@earthling.net


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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY Tuesday evening program (11/15/16): The Wild Bird Fund and Tropical Fishes of New York

[Richard Fried]

Tuesday evening (November 15th, 2016) the Linnaean Society of New York
2016-17 Speaker Program will feature two more interesting presentations. The
first of which should be of significant interest to NYC birders.

 

At 6:00 PM, Rita McMahon, co-founder and director of the Wild Bird Fund,
will talk about the origins of New York City's one and only wildlife
rehabilitation and education center, as well as its day-to-day operations
and mission. Prior to the Wild Bird Fund Center opening in 2012, New York
was the only major city in the United States that did not have a hospital
for wildlife. In the first year of operation the WBF center treated 1,500
birds and animals; in 2016 the number of WBF patients will rise to over
4,000.

 

Following the brief business meeting at 7:30 PM, Todd Gardner will present
Drifters: A Guide to the Stray Tropical Fishes of New York.

Off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Gulf Stream transports
approximately 100 million cubic meters of seawater northward per second.
Dwelling within this, the world's most powerful ocean current, is a diverse
ecosystem of resident, transient, and planktonic marine life. Many of these
animals are destined to never encounter a suitable habitat, but for one
poorly studied group of fishes, it means being deposited along a temperate
shoreline during the summer, where water temperatures are high enough to
support them for only a few months of each year. For 30 years, Todd Gardner
has been collecting and cataloging tropical fish species in the waters
around Long Island, New York. In that time he has recorded more than 100
species of tropical marine fish here and made some observations that demand
further attention. Join Gardner, a professor of marine biology at Suffolk
County Community College in Riverhead, and recipient of the prestigious
Aquarist of the Year Award from the Marine Aquarium Society of North
America, as he discusses collection and husbandry techniques as well as the
fate and ecology of these tropical drifters.

 

Both presentations are free and will be held in the Linder Theater on the
first floor of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Enter at West 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. All
welcome!

 

Complete details of these exciting presentations and the rest of the
2016-2017 program can be found here:

http://linnaeannewyork.org/calendar-programs-trips/programs2016-2017.html

 

Richard Fried

The Linnaean Society of New York


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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY Tuesday evening program (11/15/16): The Wild Bird Fund and Tropical Fishes of New York

[Richard Fried]

Tuesday evening (November 15th, 2016) the Linnaean Society of New York
2016-17 Speaker Program will feature two more interesting presentations. The
first of which should be of significant interest to NYC birders.

 

At 6:00 PM, Rita McMahon, co-founder and director of the Wild Bird Fund,
will talk about the origins of New York City's one and only wildlife
rehabilitation and education center, as well as its day-to-day operations
and mission. Prior to the Wild Bird Fund Center opening in 2012, New York
was the only major city in the United States that did not have a hospital
for wildlife. In the first year of operation the WBF center treated 1,500
birds and animals; in 2016 the number of WBF patients will rise to over
4,000.

 

Following the brief business meeting at 7:30 PM, Todd Gardner will present
Drifters: A Guide to the Stray Tropical Fishes of New York.

Off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Gulf Stream transports
approximately 100 million cubic meters of seawater northward per second.
Dwelling within this, the world's most powerful ocean current, is a diverse
ecosystem of resident, transient, and planktonic marine life. Many of these
animals are destined to never encounter a suitable habitat, but for one
poorly studied group of fishes, it means being deposited along a temperate
shoreline during the summer, where water temperatures are high enough to
support them for only a few months of each year. For 30 years, Todd Gardner
has been collecting and cataloging tropical fish species in the waters
around Long Island, New York. In that time he has recorded more than 100
species of tropical marine fish here and made some observations that demand
further attention. Join Gardner, a professor of marine biology at Suffolk
County Community College in Riverhead, and recipient of the prestigious
Aquarist of the Year Award from the Marine Aquarium Society of North
America, as he discusses collection and husbandry techniques as well as the
fate and ecology of these tropical drifters.

 

Both presentations are free and will be held in the Linder Theater on the
first floor of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Enter at West 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. All
welcome!

 

Complete details of these exciting presentations and the rest of the
2016-2017 program can be found here:

http://linnaeannewyork.org/calendar-programs-trips/programs2016-2017.html

 

Richard Fried

The Linnaean Society of New York


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday Nov. 11, 2016 - Cedar Waxwings, Hooded Mergansers, Common Yellowthroat

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End, etc.  
Friday November 11, 2016 
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 
9am

Highlights: Cedar Waxwings, Hooded Mergansers, Common Yellowthroat

Canada Goose
Gadwall - 10 (male Meer, 7 Reservoir, pair on the Pond after lunch)
American Black Duck - Meer, others at the Pond
Mallard - 65 Meer, others Reservoir, Lake, etc. (incl. Indian Runner Duck on 
the Meer)
Northern Shoveler - 15 (10 Meer, 14 Reservoir)
Bufflehead - male Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 7 (male Meer, 6 Reservoir)
Ruddy Duck - 30 Meer, others Reservoir
Mourning Dove - small flocks
American Coot - 4 (3 Reservoir, 1 on the Pond after lunch)
Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls - a few Ring-billed Gulls on 
Meer, many flyovers & 250-300 Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 adults & 1 immature Conservatory Garden/Meer)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2-3 (Meer (Jack Rothman), 1 or 2 Great Hill (Will 
Papp))
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 2 (Conservatory Garden. Grassy Knoll)
Blue Jay - 10 or so
Black-capped Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 19 North End, many farther south in the park
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Brown Creeper - Conservatory Garden
Carolina Wren - Conservatory Garden (Deb before walk)
Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 (Conservatory Garden & Wildflower Meadow)
American Robin - many in crab apples Conservatory Garden
Gray Catbird - Conservatory Garden
Northern Mockingbird - 5
Cedar Waxwing - 4 to 6 in crab apples Conservatory Garden (Nell Semel)
House Finch - Conservatory Garden
Common Yellowthroat - female at he Pond (Deb after lunch)
Chipping Sparrow - south Blowdown (near Great Hill)
Song Sparrow - 4 (Conservatory Garden & Meer)
Dark-eyed Junco - 24 (South Blowdown & Blockhouse)
White-throated Sparrow - many
Northern Cardinal - residents
Common Grackle


Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday Nov. 11, 2016 - Cedar Waxwings, Hooded Mergansers, Common Yellowthroat

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End, etc.  
Friday November 11, 2016 
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 
9am

Highlights: Cedar Waxwings, Hooded Mergansers, Common Yellowthroat

Canada Goose
Gadwall - 10 (male Meer, 7 Reservoir, pair on the Pond after lunch)
American Black Duck - Meer, others at the Pond
Mallard - 65 Meer, others Reservoir, Lake, etc. (incl. Indian Runner Duck on 
the Meer)
Northern Shoveler - 15 (10 Meer, 14 Reservoir)
Bufflehead - male Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 7 (male Meer, 6 Reservoir)
Ruddy Duck - 30 Meer, others Reservoir
Mourning Dove - small flocks
American Coot - 4 (3 Reservoir, 1 on the Pond after lunch)
Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls - a few Ring-billed Gulls on 
Meer, many flyovers & 250-300 Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 adults & 1 immature Conservatory Garden/Meer)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2-3 (Meer (Jack Rothman), 1 or 2 Great Hill (Will 
Papp))
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 2 (Conservatory Garden. Grassy Knoll)
Blue Jay - 10 or so
Black-capped Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 19 North End, many farther south in the park
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Brown Creeper - Conservatory Garden
Carolina Wren - Conservatory Garden (Deb before walk)
Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 (Conservatory Garden & Wildflower Meadow)
American Robin - many in crab apples Conservatory Garden
Gray Catbird - Conservatory Garden
Northern Mockingbird - 5
Cedar Waxwing - 4 to 6 in crab apples Conservatory Garden (Nell Semel)
House Finch - Conservatory Garden
Common Yellowthroat - female at he Pond (Deb after lunch)
Chipping Sparrow - south Blowdown (near Great Hill)
Song Sparrow - 4 (Conservatory Garden & Meer)
Dark-eyed Junco - 24 (South Blowdown & Blockhouse)
White-throated Sparrow - many
Northern Cardinal - residents
Common Grackle


Deb Allen

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Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Chat update. Two?

[Anders Peltomaa]

Yellow-breasted Chat continues in small roundabout park NE St. Paul's
Chapel. Broadway / Ann St.

Anders Peltomaa

On Nov 8, 2016 2:47 PM, "Ben Cacace"  wrote:

> Nice find Sean. Indeed this is St. Paul's Chapel. There is also a chat at
> Trinity a few blocks south of St. Paul's.
>
> Also, this past Saturday a Chat was seen on the west side of the island in
> Teardrop Park by another birder. This is part of Battery Park City.
> Possibly a third chat?
>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32376410
>
> Ben Cacace
> Manhattan, NYC
>
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 2:18 PM, Sean Sime  wrote:
>
> After reading Ben's post this morning and knowing I'd be in downtown NYC I
> stopped by what I thought was Trinity Church, but is in fact St. Paul's
> Cathedral at Broadway and Fulton St.
> The chat I photographed was in plantings on the east side of Broadway just
> north of Ann St. There is a small turnaround with two Holly Trees in it.
> The chat would use this area as well as feeding on small shrubs with purple
> berries just south of that.
>
> I was in contact with Shane Blodgett who I directed to the chat I was
> viewing and after he located it he walked down to the real Trinity Church
> at Wall Street and spoke to birders who had just seen a chat there as well.
>
> Seems possible there are two chats at two churches downtown.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Sean Sime
> Brooklyn, NY
>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Chat update. Two?

[Anders Peltomaa]

Yellow-breasted Chat continues in small roundabout park NE St. Paul's
Chapel. Broadway / Ann St.

Anders Peltomaa

On Nov 8, 2016 2:47 PM, "Ben Cacace"  wrote:

> Nice find Sean. Indeed this is St. Paul's Chapel. There is also a chat at
> Trinity a few blocks south of St. Paul's.
>
> Also, this past Saturday a Chat was seen on the west side of the island in
> Teardrop Park by another birder. This is part of Battery Park City.
> Possibly a third chat?
>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32376410
>
> Ben Cacace
> Manhattan, NYC
>
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 2:18 PM, Sean Sime  wrote:
>
> After reading Ben's post this morning and knowing I'd be in downtown NYC I
> stopped by what I thought was Trinity Church, but is in fact St. Paul's
> Cathedral at Broadway and Fulton St.
> The chat I photographed was in plantings on the east side of Broadway just
> north of Ann St. There is a small turnaround with two Holly Trees in it.
> The chat would use this area as well as feeding on small shrubs with purple
> berries just south of that.
>
> I was in contact with Shane Blodgett who I directed to the chat I was
> viewing and after he located it he walked down to the real Trinity Church
> at Wall Street and spoke to birders who had just seen a chat there as well.
>
> Seems possible there are two chats at two churches downtown.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Sean Sime
> Brooklyn, NY
>
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[nysbirds-l] YB Chat - Trinity Church - Yes

[Michael Zito]

Currently watching the YB Chat at Trinity Church in Manhattan. 

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[nysbirds-l] YB Chat - Trinity Church - Yes

[Michael Zito]

Currently watching the YB Chat at Trinity Church in Manhattan. 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Robert McGrath]

Echoing Mike's observations, Rich Gostic and I (Bob McGrath) were the two 
birders they left with the sparrow on the median. The bird was very secretive 
during our thirty minutes waiting of it to re-emerge from the pines. Patience 
is definitely required, for those who invest the time once they locate the 
bird, but you should be rewarded.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> Vesper Sparrow at Jones Beach spotted by Rob Taylor and myself. I saw a few 
> people at the beach so wanted to let you guys know. Unfortunately the bird 
> went into the bushes because a car went by. We left the bird with two other 
> birders as we had to leave, south side of median, by itself. Will post 
> pictures and video later.
> https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCWyHt5L9NNKo-0asjHNKQ4A
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Robert McGrath]

Echoing Mike's observations, Rich Gostic and I (Bob McGrath) were the two 
birders they left with the sparrow on the median. The bird was very secretive 
during our thirty minutes waiting of it to re-emerge from the pines. Patience 
is definitely required, for those who invest the time once they locate the 
bird, but you should be rewarded.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> Vesper Sparrow at Jones Beach spotted by Rob Taylor and myself. I saw a few 
> people at the beach so wanted to let you guys know. Unfortunately the bird 
> went into the bushes because a car went by. We left the bird with two other 
> birders as we had to leave, south side of median, by itself. Will post 
> pictures and video later.
> https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCWyHt5L9NNKo-0asjHNKQ4A
> 
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[nysbirds-l] East End Bird Report (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

We headed out to Montauk Pt. yesterday morning, hoping that Montauk’s history 
of November rarities might still hold true. There was a good number of gulls at 
the point, dominated by Laughing Gulls, with Bonaparte’s Gulls mixed in. 
Despite extensive searching we could only find a single Parasitic Jaeger 
harassing the gulls. All three scoters were present, with Black Scoter (1000+) 
the most frequently observed. Common Eider was scarce - we found only three at 
the Point. At Deep Hollow Ranch an Immature (Blue) Snow Goose was present with 
some four hundred Canada Geese. At Fort Pond Cemetery we discovered an 
Orange-crowned Warbler. Hook Pond had numerous Canada Geese (1800+) but nothing 
unusual. At Mecox Inlet we found two White-rumped Sandpipers and three 
Semipalmated Plovers among the more expected Dunlin, Sanderling, and 
Black-bellied Plovers. 

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[nysbirds-l] East End Bird Report (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

We headed out to Montauk Pt. yesterday morning, hoping that Montauk’s history 
of November rarities might still hold true. There was a good number of gulls at 
the point, dominated by Laughing Gulls, with Bonaparte’s Gulls mixed in. 
Despite extensive searching we could only find a single Parasitic Jaeger 
harassing the gulls. All three scoters were present, with Black Scoter (1000+) 
the most frequently observed. Common Eider was scarce - we found only three at 
the Point. At Deep Hollow Ranch an Immature (Blue) Snow Goose was present with 
some four hundred Canada Geese. At Fort Pond Cemetery we discovered an 
Orange-crowned Warbler. Hook Pond had numerous Canada Geese (1800+) but nothing 
unusual. At Mecox Inlet we found two White-rumped Sandpipers and three 
Semipalmated Plovers among the more expected Dunlin, Sanderling, and 
Black-bellied Plovers. 

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[nysbirds-l] King Eider Nassau Yes

[Pepaul]

Park in the Charles E. Ransom beach parking lot and walk east toward 
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[nysbirds-l] King Eider Nassau Yes

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Michael Zito]

Vesper Sparrow at Jones Beach spotted by Rob Taylor and myself. I saw a few 
people at the beach so wanted to let you guys know. Unfortunately the bird went 
into the bushes because a car went by. We left the bird with two other birders 
as we had to leave, south side of median, by itself. Will post pictures and 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Michael Zito]

Vesper Sparrow at Jones Beach spotted by Rob Taylor and myself. I saw a few 
people at the beach so wanted to let you guys know. Unfortunately the bird went 
into the bushes because a car went by. We left the bird with two other birders 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 11/11 (& prior days)

[Thomas Fiore]

VETERAN'S DAY - Friday,
11th of November, 2016 -

this is written early in the morning of this day we honor those who  
have served in our nation's military - for myself, that includes both  
of my parents, and generations of grand, great-grand, and greater- 
grand- fathers before, and too many uncles and cousins and friends and  
neighbors and teachers and co-workers and more than can be counted -  
as well as, by extension, all the many women who supported, and  
maintained families, home & abroad, when duty and nation called men up  
and into battle, to service, and to unity against such enemies as the  
ones we defeated in Europe in WWII.  Thanks to all who have served,  
who sacrificed, who gave even their own lives in that service, when  
called: Never forgotten.

-  -  -  -
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

Thursday 10th:
A young Red-headed Woodpecker remained in trees a bit north of the  
Carousel and also north of the 65th Street Transverse Road that  
undercuts the park - this is south of the southeast corner of Sheep  
Meadow & the bird has been rather quiet and unobtrusive on most visits  
I've made there (& there are other more-common woodpecker species in  
the vicinity, which may be much more vocal & obvious) - have not found  
any additional Red-headeds in the park in some days, but suspect there  
just may be another or two around, possibly in an equally under- 
visited area of the park.

I Iocated just 2 species of Warblers for the day, 1 Myrtle and an  
Ovenbird, the latter continuing in the north end for what seems like a  
few weeks, if the same individual - a Blackpoll Warbler was found in  
Union Sqare Park (in downtown Manhattan) by Alice Deutsch Thursday - &  
there easily may be some other warblers yet lingering or going to turn  
up (in Manhattan) - besides multiple or multi-dimensional Chats, that  
is! (A Chat of recent weeks in Central seems not to have been re-found  
by multitudes of ongoing seekers; maybe it got inspired by the NYC  
marathoners & at the least, checked into 'downtown' quarters - there  
were actually some reports from 2 additional sites farther - from  
Central Park - downtown Iast week, besides any mentioned to this Iist,  
by anyone; whether these aII invoIved separate individuaIs, or not, is  
conjecture (if there were more than 2 chats in Manhattan at a time,  
that is- which is entireIy pIausibIe)

The reservoir was host to at least a pair of Hooded Mergansers (and  
another pair at the Meer) as well as a trio of American Coot (& a 4th  
remaining at The Pond in the park's SE corner), & the 8 Buffleheads &  
nearly 200 Ruddy Ducks that have been regular plus some Gadwalls,  
Northern Shovelers, & typical gulls, geese, and a p.m. visit from a  
Double-crested Cormorant.

Kinglets of both species, Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbirds (few), Eastern  
Towhee, & some other now-uncommon species round out part of what else  
has been seen lately in Central;  a much more thorough wander however  
may well turn up some nice surprises. The overall numbers of migrants  
(or potential wintering visitors) seemed down in the past few days,  
though, the more so by Wednesday/9th.

- - - - - - - - - -
"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."
- DeRay Mckesson, American activist & writer.
- - -
All who wish to support fact-based journalism over the coming weeks,  
months, and years may want to take out a paid subscription to your  
newspaper or magazine of choice - real support to actual news- 
gathering and working-reporter organizations: they will need that  
support now more than ever - informed citizens make good citizens, and  
help build healthy democracies.

good after mid-autumn birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan - New York  - U S A - Supporter for the rights of all  
beings, and of-
diversity & education & opportunities. Born in the mountains of North  
Carolina,
in the shadow of Mt. Mitchell, NC, the highest US peak east of the  
Mississippi.
(worked out of college to elect more women to local-state-national  
offices, with
some defeats and some successes; a supporter to progressive  
organizations;
Draft-Registered but 2-months-too-young to serve in Vietnam - as that  
ended;
visitor & traveler to (so far) 45 nations / 5 continents; lived in  
Mexico 2 months.
- - - - -
Father & Mother - US Army, 1942-45 (WWII European-theatre, defeat of  
Hitler;
father in Infantry; mother in Women's Army Corps- logistics &  
communications)
Sister - friend, teacher, professional working musician, black-belt/3  
martial-arts
Grandmother - (support for NAACP, ACLU organizations, from their  
foundings)
Grandfather - US Army - (WWI Infantry, BeIgium-France - the front &  
trenches)
Grandmother & Grandfather (immigration, Italy - USA; fleeing fascism  
at home)
Aunts - mostly working women, WWII war efforts & supporting families  
at home
Uncles - US Marines, US Army, US Navy, US Air Force (WWII- defeat of  
Hitler),
workers in largest US companies - Ford, GM, Chrysler, 

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 11/11 (& prior days)

[Thomas Fiore]

VETERAN'S DAY - Friday,
11th of November, 2016 -

this is written early in the morning of this day we honor those who  
have served in our nation's military - for myself, that includes both  
of my parents, and generations of grand, great-grand, and greater- 
grand- fathers before, and too many uncles and cousins and friends and  
neighbors and teachers and co-workers and more than can be counted -  
as well as, by extension, all the many women who supported, and  
maintained families, home & abroad, when duty and nation called men up  
and into battle, to service, and to unity against such enemies as the  
ones we defeated in Europe in WWII.  Thanks to all who have served,  
who sacrificed, who gave even their own lives in that service, when  
called: Never forgotten.

-  -  -  -
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

Thursday 10th:
A young Red-headed Woodpecker remained in trees a bit north of the  
Carousel and also north of the 65th Street Transverse Road that  
undercuts the park - this is south of the southeast corner of Sheep  
Meadow & the bird has been rather quiet and unobtrusive on most visits  
I've made there (& there are other more-common woodpecker species in  
the vicinity, which may be much more vocal & obvious) - have not found  
any additional Red-headeds in the park in some days, but suspect there  
just may be another or two around, possibly in an equally under- 
visited area of the park.

I Iocated just 2 species of Warblers for the day, 1 Myrtle and an  
Ovenbird, the latter continuing in the north end for what seems like a  
few weeks, if the same individual - a Blackpoll Warbler was found in  
Union Sqare Park (in downtown Manhattan) by Alice Deutsch Thursday - &  
there easily may be some other warblers yet lingering or going to turn  
up (in Manhattan) - besides multiple or multi-dimensional Chats, that  
is! (A Chat of recent weeks in Central seems not to have been re-found  
by multitudes of ongoing seekers; maybe it got inspired by the NYC  
marathoners & at the least, checked into 'downtown' quarters - there  
were actually some reports from 2 additional sites farther - from  
Central Park - downtown Iast week, besides any mentioned to this Iist,  
by anyone; whether these aII invoIved separate individuaIs, or not, is  
conjecture (if there were more than 2 chats in Manhattan at a time,  
that is- which is entireIy pIausibIe)

The reservoir was host to at least a pair of Hooded Mergansers (and  
another pair at the Meer) as well as a trio of American Coot (& a 4th  
remaining at The Pond in the park's SE corner), & the 8 Buffleheads &  
nearly 200 Ruddy Ducks that have been regular plus some Gadwalls,  
Northern Shovelers, & typical gulls, geese, and a p.m. visit from a  
Double-crested Cormorant.

Kinglets of both species, Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbirds (few), Eastern  
Towhee, & some other now-uncommon species round out part of what else  
has been seen lately in Central;  a much more thorough wander however  
may well turn up some nice surprises. The overall numbers of migrants  
(or potential wintering visitors) seemed down in the past few days,  
though, the more so by Wednesday/9th.

- - - - - - - - - -
"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."
- DeRay Mckesson, American activist & writer.
- - -
All who wish to support fact-based journalism over the coming weeks,  
months, and years may want to take out a paid subscription to your  
newspaper or magazine of choice - real support to actual news- 
gathering and working-reporter organizations: they will need that  
support now more than ever - informed citizens make good citizens, and  
help build healthy democracies.

good after mid-autumn birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan - New York  - U S A - Supporter for the rights of all  
beings, and of-
diversity & education & opportunities. Born in the mountains of North  
Carolina,
in the shadow of Mt. Mitchell, NC, the highest US peak east of the  
Mississippi.
(worked out of college to elect more women to local-state-national  
offices, with
some defeats and some successes; a supporter to progressive  
organizations;
Draft-Registered but 2-months-too-young to serve in Vietnam - as that  
ended;
visitor & traveler to (so far) 45 nations / 5 continents; lived in  
Mexico 2 months.
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Father & Mother - US Army, 1942-45 (WWII European-theatre, defeat of  
Hitler;
father in Infantry; mother in Women's Army Corps- logistics &  
communications)
Sister - friend, teacher, professional working musician, black-belt/3  
martial-arts
Grandmother - (support for NAACP, ACLU organizations, from their  
foundings)
Grandfather - US Army - (WWI Infantry, BeIgium-France - the front &  
trenches)
Grandmother & Grandfather (immigration, Italy - USA; fleeing fascism  
at home)
Aunts - mostly working women, WWII war efforts & supporting families  
at home
Uncles - US Marines, US Army, US Navy, US Air Force (WWII- defeat of  
Hitler),
workers in largest US companies - Ford, GM, Chrysler,