[nysbirds-l] Summer Overnight Brooklyn Pelagic - Sun, Aug 19 to Mon, Aug 20

2018-06-30 Thread Paul Guris 
We are running a trip out of Brooklyn, NY to the deep (over 6,000') waters
beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf.  The trip will leave at 9:00 PM
and return at approximately 7:00 PM the next day.  The cost is $250 per
person.

Past trips of ours in the Mid-Atlantic region at this time of year have
found great birds like FEA'S PETREL (once), HERALD/TRINDADE PETREL (once),
BLACK-CAPPEP PETREL (multiple trips), BAND-RUMPED and LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS
(most trips), WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL (multiple trips), SOUTH POLAR SKUA
(multiple trips), LONG-TAILED JAEGER (multiple trips), SABINE'S GULL
(once), BRIDLED TERM (multiple trips), and more regular species like
CORY'S, GREAT, and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, and
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.  We've also found good cetaceans in these deep waters
such as CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE, several other species of beaked whale, PILOT
WHALE, RISSO'S DOLPHIN, and even STRIPED DOLPHIN.

We will be aboard the approximately 100' long BROOKLYN VI.  Our plan is to
head out to the deep waters beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf in the
dark and set out a chum slick.  We will spend some time at first light scanning
the storm-petrel flock since this has been our best method for finding
Band-rumped
and Leach's Storm-Petrels. When we feel we've covered the slick well, we'll
work other areas until we head for home.  We expect to spend all of our
offshore time in New York waters though it's possible we may also be in New
Jersey waters if water conditions predict that's where the birds should be.

Sleeping conditions are roughly camping style, and the choice of sleeping
space will be determined by the order people signed up.  People who sign up
early get first pick of where they wish to sleep.  Sleeping bags and ground
pads are the way to go, and people will be sleeping on benches, the cabin
floor, and on the upper deck.  We will limit the number of participants so
as not to overcrowd the boat.

See Life Paulagics always provides friendly, helpful, and approachable
leaders for all of our trips. We use radios to get the word of any
sightings around the boat quickly. It is important to us to get the
participants on the birds and make sure they are comfortable with the IDs,
not just create a good trip list.

Be sure to check out our web site for information on how to sign up,
and to review
our policies. If you have any questions or need more information, please
feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone.

Hope to see you aboard!


-PAG

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*Paul A. GurisSee Life PaulagicsPO Box 161Green Lane, PA
18054215-234-6805www.paulagics.com paulagics.com
@gmail.com i...@paulagics.com
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[nysbirds-l] Summer Overnight Brooklyn Pelagic - Sun, Aug 19 to Mon, Aug 20

2018-06-30 Thread Paul Guris 
We are running a trip out of Brooklyn, NY to the deep (over 6,000') waters
beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf.  The trip will leave at 9:00 PM
and return at approximately 7:00 PM the next day.  The cost is $250 per
person.

Past trips of ours in the Mid-Atlantic region at this time of year have
found great birds like FEA'S PETREL (once), HERALD/TRINDADE PETREL (once),
BLACK-CAPPEP PETREL (multiple trips), BAND-RUMPED and LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS
(most trips), WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL (multiple trips), SOUTH POLAR SKUA
(multiple trips), LONG-TAILED JAEGER (multiple trips), SABINE'S GULL
(once), BRIDLED TERM (multiple trips), and more regular species like
CORY'S, GREAT, and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, and
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.  We've also found good cetaceans in these deep waters
such as CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE, several other species of beaked whale, PILOT
WHALE, RISSO'S DOLPHIN, and even STRIPED DOLPHIN.

We will be aboard the approximately 100' long BROOKLYN VI.  Our plan is to
head out to the deep waters beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf in the
dark and set out a chum slick.  We will spend some time at first light scanning
the storm-petrel flock since this has been our best method for finding
Band-rumped
and Leach's Storm-Petrels. When we feel we've covered the slick well, we'll
work other areas until we head for home.  We expect to spend all of our
offshore time in New York waters though it's possible we may also be in New
Jersey waters if water conditions predict that's where the birds should be.

Sleeping conditions are roughly camping style, and the choice of sleeping
space will be determined by the order people signed up.  People who sign up
early get first pick of where they wish to sleep.  Sleeping bags and ground
pads are the way to go, and people will be sleeping on benches, the cabin
floor, and on the upper deck.  We will limit the number of participants so
as not to overcrowd the boat.

See Life Paulagics always provides friendly, helpful, and approachable
leaders for all of our trips. We use radios to get the word of any
sightings around the boat quickly. It is important to us to get the
participants on the birds and make sure they are comfortable with the IDs,
not just create a good trip list.

Be sure to check out our web site for information on how to sign up,
and to review
our policies. If you have any questions or need more information, please
feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone.

Hope to see you aboard!


-PAG

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*Paul A. GurisSee Life PaulagicsPO Box 161Green Lane, PA
18054215-234-6805www.paulagics.com paulagics.com
@gmail.com i...@paulagics.com
*

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

2018-06-30 Thread Ben Cacace 
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
• http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 8 days

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
weeks.

*Franklin County: *
Louisiana Waterthrush (25-Jun-2018)

*Queens County: *
Arctic Tern (12-Jun-2018)
Sandwich Tern (13-Jun-2018)

*Rensselaer County: *
Say's Phoebe (Removed)
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Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A


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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

2018-06-30 Thread Ben Cacace 
When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
• http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 8 days

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
weeks.

*Franklin County: *
Louisiana Waterthrush (25-Jun-2018)

*Queens County: *
Arctic Tern (12-Jun-2018)
Sandwich Tern (13-Jun-2018)

*Rensselaer County: *
Say's Phoebe (Removed)
-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A


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[nysbirds-l] Women in Conservation

2018-06-30 Thread Mardi Dickinson 



Birders et al,

Thought many of your would be interested in my conversation with guest Kimberly 
Kaufman featured series called Women In Conservation  https://bit.ly/2akUsxp 

Cheers,
Mardi Dickinson
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[nysbirds-l] Women in Conservation

2018-06-30 Thread Mardi Dickinson 



Birders et al,

Thought many of your would be interested in my conversation with guest Kimberly 
Kaufman featured series called Women In Conservation  https://bit.ly/2akUsxp 

Cheers,
Mardi Dickinson
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. June 30,2018 - Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Osprey & Breeding Birds

2018-06-30 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park (North End), NYC
Saturday June 30,2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Osprey & Breeding Birds


Canada Goose - Harlem Meer
Mallard - 12 Meer
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 2 to 3 overhead in several locations
Herring Gull - 8 flyovers 
Double-crested Cormorant - 8 to 10 flyovers
Great Egret - around 20 flyovers
Snowy Egret - 7 flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - at least 8 (2 Harlem Meer, 1 at the Pool & flyovers)
Osprey - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 adult males (4 loc'ns) & juv. Lily Ponds 
(Gillian Henry)
Downy Woodpecker - 2 males
Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 High Meadow, Juvenile Wildflower Meadow, others heard
Eastern Kingbird - 2 (adult display flight Meer, adult Lily Ponds (Louise 
Burns))
Tufted Titmouse - heard only between east side of Wildflower Meadow & Loch
Warbling Vireo  - several locations
Red-eyed Vireo - pair (1-year-old male, ad. female) betw. Blockhouse & Great 
Hill
Blue Jay - 4 together at the Loch (older juvenile begging)
House Wren - singing Wildflower Meadow
Carolina Wren - singing Lily Ponds
American Robins - several nests with young 
Gray Catbird - pairs many loc'ns, adult carrying food Meer, ad. & juv. 
Blockhouse
Cedar Waxwing - perched along East Drive, others heard Loch (Karen Evans)
House Finch - near Conservatory Garden
Song Sparrow - singing Conservatory Garden
White-throated Sparrow - west end of Loch
Baltimore Oriole - 3 (male & female Wildflower Meadow, male Green Bench)
Red-winged blackbird - (3 males, 2 females, begging juvenile - Meer)
Common Grackle - 25-27 (18-20 Loch, 5 adults, 2 juveniles (1 begging) Meer))
Common Yellowthroat - male singing on territory (w. side Wildflower Meadow & 
Loch)
Yellow Warbler - male migrant (west Wildflower Meadow & Jug handle north of 
Pool)
Northern Cardinal - singing males

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. June 30,2018 - Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Osprey & Breeding Birds

2018-06-30 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park (North End), NYC
Saturday June 30,2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Osprey & Breeding Birds


Canada Goose - Harlem Meer
Mallard - 12 Meer
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 2 to 3 overhead in several locations
Herring Gull - 8 flyovers 
Double-crested Cormorant - 8 to 10 flyovers
Great Egret - around 20 flyovers
Snowy Egret - 7 flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - at least 8 (2 Harlem Meer, 1 at the Pool & flyovers)
Osprey - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 adult males (4 loc'ns) & juv. Lily Ponds 
(Gillian Henry)
Downy Woodpecker - 2 males
Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 High Meadow, Juvenile Wildflower Meadow, others heard
Eastern Kingbird - 2 (adult display flight Meer, adult Lily Ponds (Louise 
Burns))
Tufted Titmouse - heard only between east side of Wildflower Meadow & Loch
Warbling Vireo  - several locations
Red-eyed Vireo - pair (1-year-old male, ad. female) betw. Blockhouse & Great 
Hill
Blue Jay - 4 together at the Loch (older juvenile begging)
House Wren - singing Wildflower Meadow
Carolina Wren - singing Lily Ponds
American Robins - several nests with young 
Gray Catbird - pairs many loc'ns, adult carrying food Meer, ad. & juv. 
Blockhouse
Cedar Waxwing - perched along East Drive, others heard Loch (Karen Evans)
House Finch - near Conservatory Garden
Song Sparrow - singing Conservatory Garden
White-throated Sparrow - west end of Loch
Baltimore Oriole - 3 (male & female Wildflower Meadow, male Green Bench)
Red-winged blackbird - (3 males, 2 females, begging juvenile - Meer)
Common Grackle - 25-27 (18-20 Loch, 5 adults, 2 juveniles (1 begging) Meer))
Common Yellowthroat - male singing on territory (w. side Wildflower Meadow & 
Loch)
Yellow Warbler - male migrant (west Wildflower Meadow & Jug handle north of 
Pool)
Northern Cardinal - singing males

Deb Allen
Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC

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