[nysbirds-l] Pacific Loon, Fort Tilden, Queens (12/10/17)

[Matthieu]

I spent the afternoon birding at Fort Tilden. The highlight was a Pacific Loon. 
The Loon appeared stationary at position 40° 33' 31.5108'' N 73° 53' 12.6852'' 
W, which is between Battery Harris and Battery 220 on the Atlantic side of Fort 
Tilden. It was still there when I left this area during the late afternoon. I 
confirmed the ID just after dark by checking the pictures I took.

There was also a good flight of Gannets (1750, almost all passed between 2 pm 
and 3:30 pm).

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Matthieu



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[nysbirds-l] Pacific Loon, Fort Tilden, Queens (12/10/17)

[Matthieu]

I spent the afternoon birding at Fort Tilden. The highlight was a Pacific Loon. 
The Loon appeared stationary at position 40° 33' 31.5108'' N 73° 53' 12.6852'' 
W, which is between Battery Harris and Battery 220 on the Atlantic side of Fort 
Tilden. It was still there when I left this area during the late afternoon. I 
confirmed the ID just after dark by checking the pictures I took.

There was also a good flight of Gannets (1750, almost all passed between 2 pm 
and 3:30 pm).

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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41023673

Matthieu



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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society meetings Tuesday 12/12

[Anders Peltomaa]

6:00 pm – America’s Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake –
Ted Levin

Eastern Timber Rattlesnake, 2009 (Digital Art) © Barbara Saunders
Having spent more than seven years studying both the Timber Rattlesnake
(Crotalus horridus) and snake advocates, former Bronx zoologist and nature
writer Ted Levin will present a portrait of the snake, its place in
America’s history—and of the heroic efforts to protect it against habitat
loss, climate change, and the human tendency to kill whatever we fear.
Reading from his new book America’s Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber
Rattlesnake, Levin discusses the joys and frustrations of befriending a
venomous reptile. He takes us from labs where the secrets of the snake’s
evolutionary history are being unlocked to far-flung habitats in locations
that are fiercely protected by biologists and dedicated amateur
herpetologists.
7:30 pm – My Life with Cranes – George Archibald

Sandhill Cranes in Flight, 2006 (Digital Art) © Barbara Saunders
Hear Dr. George Archibald, Co-founder of the International Crane
Foundation, tell his story beginning with the early years, when dreaming
big depended on taking risks and the audacity to follow his visionary path.
Over the past 50 years, George Archibald’s life has been dedicated to the
study and conservation of endangered cranes, and has led him to some of the
most remote areas on five continents and to meetings with Indira Ghandi,
the Emperor of Japan, and other world leaders. George Archibald’s message
of hope and encouragement helps others live their own versions of dream and
action. The beauty and charisma of cranes, time and again, have brought
people together because they are symbolic ambassadors of harmony and peace,
flying free across many borders and inspiring people around the world to
work together to protect our natural treasures

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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society meetings Tuesday 12/12

[Anders Peltomaa]

6:00 pm – America’s Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake –
Ted Levin

Eastern Timber Rattlesnake, 2009 (Digital Art) © Barbara Saunders
Having spent more than seven years studying both the Timber Rattlesnake
(Crotalus horridus) and snake advocates, former Bronx zoologist and nature
writer Ted Levin will present a portrait of the snake, its place in
America’s history—and of the heroic efforts to protect it against habitat
loss, climate change, and the human tendency to kill whatever we fear.
Reading from his new book America’s Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber
Rattlesnake, Levin discusses the joys and frustrations of befriending a
venomous reptile. He takes us from labs where the secrets of the snake’s
evolutionary history are being unlocked to far-flung habitats in locations
that are fiercely protected by biologists and dedicated amateur
herpetologists.
7:30 pm – My Life with Cranes – George Archibald

Sandhill Cranes in Flight, 2006 (Digital Art) © Barbara Saunders
Hear Dr. George Archibald, Co-founder of the International Crane
Foundation, tell his story beginning with the early years, when dreaming
big depended on taking risks and the audacity to follow his visionary path.
Over the past 50 years, George Archibald’s life has been dedicated to the
study and conservation of endangered cranes, and has led him to some of the
most remote areas on five continents and to meetings with Indira Ghandi,
the Emperor of Japan, and other world leaders. George Archibald’s message
of hope and encouragement helps others live their own versions of dream and
action. The beauty and charisma of cranes, time and again, have brought
people together because they are symbolic ambassadors of harmony and peace,
flying free across many borders and inspiring people around the world to
work together to protect our natural treasures

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[nysbirds-l] Queens Chat, Tanager Current Locations

[Steve Walter]

Still Crocheron Park, but the specific spots have changed a bit.

 

The Yellow-breasted Chat was being seen today by the southeast corner of the
pond, but not at the water's edge. In that area, there is a series of
benches, divided into three groups. About even with the middle group, there
is a roundish, scraggly tree (about 40 feet tall) with berries. This on the
side of the path toward the parkway. The chat was feeding on the berries
periodically, then dropping down behind bushes to the right (where mostly
not visible). 

 

The Western Tanager was being seen about mid-way along the pond, on the
north side of the road. It ranged from up on the hill down to the edge,
where it provided killer looks and photo ops. At one point, it flew to the
pond's edge, probably to get a drink. 

 

I'll give the Wilson's Warbler the rarity treatment too, as I noted that a
number of people needed it for their year list or had never photographed one
(not that that's going to come easy). It made two passes (that I know of)
through the area that the tanager frequented. 

 

 

Steve Walter 

 

From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 4:00 PM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: Western Tanager in Queens

 

Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don't know whether
to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The location is
about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental Center, or
whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is Crocheron
Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park). The
specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
called Golden Pond).  

 

>From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
(second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here is
ample.

 

Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley -
especially as we're heading toward CBC time. 

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Queens Chat, Tanager Current Locations

[Steve Walter]

Still Crocheron Park, but the specific spots have changed a bit.

 

The Yellow-breasted Chat was being seen today by the southeast corner of the
pond, but not at the water's edge. In that area, there is a series of
benches, divided into three groups. About even with the middle group, there
is a roundish, scraggly tree (about 40 feet tall) with berries. This on the
side of the path toward the parkway. The chat was feeding on the berries
periodically, then dropping down behind bushes to the right (where mostly
not visible). 

 

The Western Tanager was being seen about mid-way along the pond, on the
north side of the road. It ranged from up on the hill down to the edge,
where it provided killer looks and photo ops. At one point, it flew to the
pond's edge, probably to get a drink. 

 

I'll give the Wilson's Warbler the rarity treatment too, as I noted that a
number of people needed it for their year list or had never photographed one
(not that that's going to come easy). It made two passes (that I know of)
through the area that the tanager frequented. 

 

 

Steve Walter 

 

From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 4:00 PM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: Western Tanager in Queens

 

Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don't know whether
to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The location is
about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental Center, or
whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is Crocheron
Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park). The
specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
called Golden Pond).  

 

>From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
(second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here is
ample.

 

Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley -
especially as we're heading toward CBC time. 

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sun., Dec. 10, 2017 - Hammond's Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, Co. Ravens

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC 
Sunday, December 10, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. 

Highlights: Hammond's Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, & 
Common Ravens. Note: Reservoir birds seen from south end.

Canada Goose - low numbers on Reservoir
Wood Duck - 2 males Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 18 Reservoir
Gadwall - 4 Reservoir
Mallard - 146 Reservoir, a few on Turtle Pond
Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 Reservoir
American Black Duck - 3 Reservoir
Bufflehead - 4 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 9 (4 Reservoir, 5 Turtle Pond)
Ruddy Duck - 119 Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe - Reservoir (2 others reported at north end of Reservoir - 
Enrico Leonardi)
Mourning Dove - around a dozen in Ramble
Ring-billed Gull & Herring Gull - around 500 Reservoir, mostly Herring Gulls
Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - immature Balcony Bridge (Sandra Critelli)
Red-shouldered Hawk - immature circling overhead just north of Boathouse & 
heading north (Christine Youngblood)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (1 at the Evodia Field feeders)
Northern Flicker - Pinetum
Hammond's Flycatcher - continues near Gill Overlook (spotted by Enrico Leonardi)
Blue Jay - at least 4
Common Raven - 2 flying low near Central Park West seen from Shakespeare Garden
Tufted Titmouse - 2 or 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 or 4
Brown Creeper - 2 (Stone Wall & Gill Overlook (Sandra Critelli))
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Azalea Pond & Summer House)
Hermit Thrush - 3 Hallett Sanctuary (Bob - early)
American Robin - not many, some in hollies & crab apples at Sparrow Rock
Gray Catbird - Hallett (Bob - early)
House Finch - several together in sweetgum near Turtle Pond
American Goldfinch - 2 at the Gill (Ginny de Liagre)
Fox Sparrow - 4 on path along Rock Wall
Song Sparrow - Hallett (Bob - early)
White-throated Sparrow - 50
Dark-eyed Junco - few
Common Grackle - 50
Wilson's Warbler - in holly at Azalea Pond (spotted by Enrico Leonardi)
Northern Cardinal - half a dozen
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Blockhouse at the north end of the park. See @BirdCentralPark maintained by 
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Hammie lives,

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sun., Dec. 10, 2017 - Hammond's Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, Co. Ravens

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC 
Sunday, December 10, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. 

Highlights: Hammond's Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, & 
Common Ravens. Note: Reservoir birds seen from south end.

Canada Goose - low numbers on Reservoir
Wood Duck - 2 males Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 18 Reservoir
Gadwall - 4 Reservoir
Mallard - 146 Reservoir, a few on Turtle Pond
Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 Reservoir
American Black Duck - 3 Reservoir
Bufflehead - 4 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 9 (4 Reservoir, 5 Turtle Pond)
Ruddy Duck - 119 Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe - Reservoir (2 others reported at north end of Reservoir - 
Enrico Leonardi)
Mourning Dove - around a dozen in Ramble
Ring-billed Gull & Herring Gull - around 500 Reservoir, mostly Herring Gulls
Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - immature Balcony Bridge (Sandra Critelli)
Red-shouldered Hawk - immature circling overhead just north of Boathouse & 
heading north (Christine Youngblood)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (1 at the Evodia Field feeders)
Northern Flicker - Pinetum
Hammond's Flycatcher - continues near Gill Overlook (spotted by Enrico Leonardi)
Blue Jay - at least 4
Common Raven - 2 flying low near Central Park West seen from Shakespeare Garden
Tufted Titmouse - 2 or 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 or 4
Brown Creeper - 2 (Stone Wall & Gill Overlook (Sandra Critelli))
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Azalea Pond & Summer House)
Hermit Thrush - 3 Hallett Sanctuary (Bob - early)
American Robin - not many, some in hollies & crab apples at Sparrow Rock
Gray Catbird - Hallett (Bob - early)
House Finch - several together in sweetgum near Turtle Pond
American Goldfinch - 2 at the Gill (Ginny de Liagre)
Fox Sparrow - 4 on path along Rock Wall
Song Sparrow - Hallett (Bob - early)
White-throated Sparrow - 50
Dark-eyed Junco - few
Common Grackle - 50
Wilson's Warbler - in holly at Azalea Pond (spotted by Enrico Leonardi)
Northern Cardinal - half a dozen
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens

[Steven Schellenger]

Chat, Tanager and Wilson's all seen on Sunday.

On Dec 9, 2017 2:58 PM, "Shaibal Mitra"  wrote:

> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>
> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently
> at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles
> away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>
> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>
> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>
> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
> bird molting over a two week period.
>
> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>
> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
> called Golden Pond).
>
> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
> is ample.
>
> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens

[Steven Schellenger]

Chat, Tanager and Wilson's all seen on Sunday.

On Dec 9, 2017 2:58 PM, "Shaibal Mitra"  wrote:

> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>
> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently
> at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles
> away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>
> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>
> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>
> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
> bird molting over a two week period.
>
> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>
> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
> called Golden Pond).
>
> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
> is ample.
>
> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
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Re:[nysbirds-l] HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - YES. Sunday

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hammonds Flycatcher just reported near Holly tree near Gill overlook,
Muggers woods. Found by Bob and his group.

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
wrote:

> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird
> may have continued towards Azalea.
>
> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
> Thursday...
>
> good birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Manhattan
>

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Re:[nysbirds-l] HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - YES. Sunday

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hammonds Flycatcher just reported near Holly tree near Gill overlook,
Muggers woods. Found by Bob and his group.

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
wrote:

> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird
> may have continued towards Azalea.
>
> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
> Thursday...
>
> good birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Manhattan
>

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Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

[Robert Taylor]

centerport, suffolk co long island

Rob in Massapequa

On Sunday, December 10, 2017, Jay D  wrote:

> Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
> What town is this ?
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>>
>> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
>> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
>> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> From: "mpro7419 ." 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 1
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
>> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
>> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
>> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
>> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
>> trespassing.
>>
>> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
>> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding
>> the
>> old "Mill Dam".
>>
>>
>> Matt Scharkopf
>> Huntington, New York.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> From: Anders Peltomaa 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 2
>>
>> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
>> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
>> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The
>> bird
>> may have continued towards Azalea.
>>
>> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
>> Thursday...
>>
>> good birding,
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>> Manhattan
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> From: Shaibal Mitra 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
>> X-Message-Number: 3
>>
>> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>>
>> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present
>> recently at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5
>> miles away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
>> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>>
>> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>>
>> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
>> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
>> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>>
>> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
>> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
>> bird molting over a two week period.
>>
>> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
>> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
>> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
>> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
>> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>>
>> Shai Mitra
>> Bay Shore
>> 
>> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
>> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
>> swalte...@verizon.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
>> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>>
>> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
>> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
>> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
>> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
>> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
>> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
>> called Golden Pond).
>>
>> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
>> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
>> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
>> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
>> is ample.
>>
>> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than 

Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

[Robert Taylor]

centerport, suffolk co long island

Rob in Massapequa

On Sunday, December 10, 2017, Jay D  wrote:

> Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
> What town is this ?
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>>
>> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
>> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
>> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> From: "mpro7419 ." 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 1
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
>> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
>> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
>> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
>> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
>> trespassing.
>>
>> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
>> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding
>> the
>> old "Mill Dam".
>>
>>
>> Matt Scharkopf
>> Huntington, New York.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> From: Anders Peltomaa 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 2
>>
>> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
>> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
>> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The
>> bird
>> may have continued towards Azalea.
>>
>> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
>> Thursday...
>>
>> good birding,
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>> Manhattan
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> From: Shaibal Mitra 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
>> X-Message-Number: 3
>>
>> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>>
>> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present
>> recently at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5
>> miles away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
>> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>>
>> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>>
>> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
>> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
>> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>>
>> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
>> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
>> bird molting over a two week period.
>>
>> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
>> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
>> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
>> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
>> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>>
>> Shai Mitra
>> Bay Shore
>> 
>> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
>> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
>> swalte...@verizon.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
>> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>>
>> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
>> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
>> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
>> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
>> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
>> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
>> called Golden Pond).
>>
>> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
>> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
>> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
>> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
>> is ample.
>>
>> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
>> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>>
>>
>> Steve Walter
>> Bayside, NY
>> --
>> NYSbirds-L List 

Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

[Jay D]

Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
What town is this ?

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>
> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>
> --
>
> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> From: "mpro7419 ." 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
> trespassing.
>
> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding the
> old "Mill Dam".
>
>
> Matt Scharkopf
> Huntington, New York.
>
> --
>
> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
> wrote:
>
> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird
> may have continued towards Azalea.
>
> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
> Thursday...
>
> good birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Manhattan
>
> --
>
> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>
> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently
> at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles
> away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>
> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>
> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>
> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
> bird molting over a two week period.
>
> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>
> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
> called Golden Pond).
>
> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
> is ample.
>
> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
> --
> NYSbirds-L List Info:
> Welcome and Basics
> Rules and 

Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

[Jay D]

Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
What town is this ?

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>
> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>
> --
>
> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> From: "mpro7419 ." 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
> trespassing.
>
> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding the
> old "Mill Dam".
>
>
> Matt Scharkopf
> Huntington, New York.
>
> --
>
> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
> wrote:
>
> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird
> may have continued towards Azalea.
>
> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
> Thursday...
>
> good birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Manhattan
>
> --
>
> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>
> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently
> at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles
> away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>
> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>
> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>
> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
> bird molting over a two week period.
>
> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>
> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
> called Golden Pond).
>
> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
> is ample.
>
> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
> --
> NYSbirds-L List Info:
> Welcome and Basics
> Rules and Information
> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave