[nysbirds-l] rarities in Monroe County today
> >The summer birding doldrums came to a spectacular end today with the finding >of two large and showy rarities. A Cattle Egret was found by Candy Giles at >LaSalle's Landing Park feeding on the lawn. This was not entirely a surprise >as there had been a report of one a week or two ago seen on the roof of a >car(!) in the airport parking lot. Not exactly a chaseable bird, although at >today's sighting there were stories of people who had tried. Then Mike Tetlow, >who had spent this SW-windy afternoon at the Braddock Bay hawkwatch counting >Bald Eagles, young Broadwings and young Redtails,spied a black-and-white >shorebird on the breakwall and drove to the East Spit to check it out. Sure >enough, it was an American Avocet. Score another good bird for the new >breakwall across the mouth of Braddock Bay. > >The Cattle Egret was still being seen through early evening. The Avocet was >not visible but had not flown, having tucked itself in behind a barrier. It >had been flushed once by a young eagle but had returned so might still be >present tomorrow morning. > >ebird hotspot names are LaSalle's Landing Park and Braddock Bay--East Spit. > >Pat Martin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] rarities in Monroe County today
> >The summer birding doldrums came to a spectacular end today with the finding >of two large and showy rarities. A Cattle Egret was found by Candy Giles at >LaSalle's Landing Park feeding on the lawn. This was not entirely a surprise >as there had been a report of one a week or two ago seen on the roof of a >car(!) in the airport parking lot. Not exactly a chaseable bird, although at >today's sighting there were stories of people who had tried. Then Mike Tetlow, >who had spent this SW-windy afternoon at the Braddock Bay hawkwatch counting >Bald Eagles, young Broadwings and young Redtails,spied a black-and-white >shorebird on the breakwall and drove to the East Spit to check it out. Sure >enough, it was an American Avocet. Score another good bird for the new >breakwall across the mouth of Braddock Bay. > >The Cattle Egret was still being seen through early evening. The Avocet was >not visible but had not flown, having tucked itself in behind a barrier. It >had been flushed once by a young eagle but had returned so might still be >present tomorrow morning. > >ebird hotspot names are LaSalle's Landing Park and Braddock Bay--East Spit. > >Pat Martin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] RMSP Sea Watch Suffolk Co
Despite the recent threads about boring sea watches, I decided to make the drive to Robert Moses Field 2 this evening (if nothing else I figured I could accomplish some purposeful bird watching). The wind looked ok, so I went for it. It was slow but picked up as it got later into the evening, until the south wind died down and birds became much more distant, which is when I left. Highlights were: 2 Cory's Sherwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 4 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2 Alternate plumaged Black Terns Full list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58106984 Good birding, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] RMSP Sea Watch Suffolk Co
Despite the recent threads about boring sea watches, I decided to make the drive to Robert Moses Field 2 this evening (if nothing else I figured I could accomplish some purposeful bird watching). The wind looked ok, so I went for it. It was slow but picked up as it got later into the evening, until the south wind died down and birds became much more distant, which is when I left. Highlights were: 2 Cory's Sherwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 4 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2 Alternate plumaged Black Terns Full list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58106984 Good birding, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Any Henslow's at Shawangunk this year?
Hello birders of New York,Has anyone heard or seen a Henslow's sparrow in Shawangunk Grassland NWR this summer (located in Walkill, NY).Asking out of my own curiosity. But to learn more about the importance of local records for this species, read Karen Fung's fascinating breakdown in Audubon magazine last year.https://www.audubon.org/news/a-sparrow-sized-mystery-solvedPEENT,Purbita Saha -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Any Henslow's at Shawangunk this year?
Hello birders of New York,Has anyone heard or seen a Henslow's sparrow in Shawangunk Grassland NWR this summer (located in Walkill, NY).Asking out of my own curiosity. But to learn more about the importance of local records for this species, read Karen Fung's fascinating breakdown in Audubon magazine last year.https://www.audubon.org/news/a-sparrow-sized-mystery-solvedPEENT,Purbita Saha -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] This Saturday, July 13, 2019 - OSPREYS 2019: THE REVIVAL OF A GLOBAL RAPTOR
Join Four Harbors Audubon Society and Avalon Park and Preserve for a summer lecture presented by Alan F. Poole, author of two books on Ospreys, the most recent: Ospreys: Revival of a Global Raptor, released in March of this year. The past 50 years have seen an extraordinary resurgence in Osprey numbers globally -- from New England to Scotland and from Finland to New South Wales, Australia. This good-news story has been triggered not just by cleaner waters and less contaminated fish, but also by greening cultures -- dedicated groups of people who have built and protected safe nest sites for Ospreys and who have brought the species back to regions where it was missing for decades. Alan Poole, who has been studying Ospreys for over 35 years, will lead us through this story with dazzling looks at some of the places where Ospreys are found, as well as introducing us to some of the colorful characters who have helped make this Osprey revival possible. Part travelogue, part biography, part scientific detective story: this talk will bring us up-to-date on the current state of one of our best-loved birds of prey. Free and open to all. Reservations required. Email: fourharborshe...@gmail.com. Presentation will take place on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the Avalon Park and Preserve Barn, located on Shep Jones Lane, Stony Brook, NY 11790. Directions: From LIE or Sunrise Highway: take the Nicolls Road north exit to end (25A). Turn left (west) onto Route 25A. Continue 1.5 miles to County Road 68/Main Street and turn right. Continue for approximately .3 miles. Turn left onto Harbor Road. Continue for approximately .4 miles. Turn left onto Shep Jones Lane. Continue approximately .2 miles on dirt road. Barn is on left. Patrice Domeischel, Four Harbors Audubon Society -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] This Saturday, July 13, 2019 - OSPREYS 2019: THE REVIVAL OF A GLOBAL RAPTOR
Join Four Harbors Audubon Society and Avalon Park and Preserve for a summer lecture presented by Alan F. Poole, author of two books on Ospreys, the most recent: Ospreys: Revival of a Global Raptor, released in March of this year. The past 50 years have seen an extraordinary resurgence in Osprey numbers globally -- from New England to Scotland and from Finland to New South Wales, Australia. This good-news story has been triggered not just by cleaner waters and less contaminated fish, but also by greening cultures -- dedicated groups of people who have built and protected safe nest sites for Ospreys and who have brought the species back to regions where it was missing for decades. Alan Poole, who has been studying Ospreys for over 35 years, will lead us through this story with dazzling looks at some of the places where Ospreys are found, as well as introducing us to some of the colorful characters who have helped make this Osprey revival possible. Part travelogue, part biography, part scientific detective story: this talk will bring us up-to-date on the current state of one of our best-loved birds of prey. Free and open to all. Reservations required. Email: fourharborshe...@gmail.com. Presentation will take place on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the Avalon Park and Preserve Barn, located on Shep Jones Lane, Stony Brook, NY 11790. Directions: From LIE or Sunrise Highway: take the Nicolls Road north exit to end (25A). Turn left (west) onto Route 25A. Continue 1.5 miles to County Road 68/Main Street and turn right. Continue for approximately .3 miles. Turn left onto Harbor Road. Continue for approximately .4 miles. Turn left onto Shep Jones Lane. Continue approximately .2 miles on dirt road. Barn is on left. Patrice Domeischel, Four Harbors Audubon Society -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
