[nysbirds-l] Orchard beach parking lot bronx
The parking lot at orchard beach has been opened up as of now.i have no idea why it was closed earlier.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] Orchard beach parking lot bronx
The parking lot at orchard beach has been opened up as of now.i have no idea why it was closed earlier.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] Blue-winged teals with green-winged's bronx
Just had at least 4 blue-winged teals with 12 green-winged teals by turtle cove's eastchester bay side in pehlam bay park.in case anyone is around while green-winged teals are fairly common at this time of year,blue-winged teals are hardly seen in the park.currently orchard beach parking lot is closed for parking.im not 100% certain it's because of the pandemic,but because of peoples disregard for safe distancing they may have shut down access to the beach and parking.you can still get too turtle cove from the footpaths around the park.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] Blue-winged teals with green-winged's bronx
Just had at least 4 blue-winged teals with 12 green-winged teals by turtle cove's eastchester bay side in pehlam bay park.in case anyone is around while green-winged teals are fairly common at this time of year,blue-winged teals are hardly seen in the park.currently orchard beach parking lot is closed for parking.im not 100% certain it's because of the pandemic,but because of peoples disregard for safe distancing they may have shut down access to the beach and parking.you can still get too turtle cove from the footpaths around the park.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] Purple Martin croton
I spotted the — or at least my — first purple martin of the season at the martin “complex” at croton point park yesterday morning; then last night I heard that John Prine imo the greatest American songwriter short of Bob Dylan, had passed to Covid 19 So whether you put on Bonnie Raitt doing Angel for Montgomery or the Divine Miss M singing Hello in There, or John singing Lake Marie or Souvenirs or Paradise, one song we know he had right written during the Vietnam War, when you see those “politicians“ on stage with their flag pins later today or at any time: “Your Flag Decal won’t Get You into Heaven Anymore”. Good birding and stay safe out there. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Purple Martin croton
I spotted the — or at least my — first purple martin of the season at the martin “complex” at croton point park yesterday morning; then last night I heard that John Prine imo the greatest American songwriter short of Bob Dylan, had passed to Covid 19 So whether you put on Bonnie Raitt doing Angel for Montgomery or the Divine Miss M singing Hello in There, or John singing Lake Marie or Souvenirs or Paradise, one song we know he had right written during the Vietnam War, when you see those “politicians“ on stage with their flag pins later today or at any time: “Your Flag Decal won’t Get You into Heaven Anymore”. Good birding and stay safe out there. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Manhattan / N.Y. County, N.Y.C. April 4-5-6-7
Even with the current situation [rightly] limiting longer-distance birding for many including myself, it seems fine to note the Crested Caracara that’s been confirmed as a fly-over sighting from Kingston (Ulster County), NY on April 4th - the report on that is in eBird. A separate note of interest, one of 2 Cave Swallows were photographed at Cape May Point (New Jersey) on Monday, 4/6 & also there were probably more seen by experienced observers there on that same morning. (This is quite the rare sighting in spring in the larger region, even for a location like Cape May.) It has been interesting to note reports, some also photo-documented, for certain neotropical-wintering migrants lately appearing in scattered fashion in the greater northeast; there appears to have been a ‘low-on-the-radar’ event (or events) bringing in mostly somewhat-expected species, in low diversity & fairly low (& scattered, but mostly coastal or near-coastal) no’s. over recent days; some of these are species normally expected just a week or 2 later - but that is a big difference at this time of the early-spring season. ….. Manhattan & other N.Y. County locations (part of N.Y. City), Saturday-Tuesday, April 4 through 7, 2020 - The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER of Central Park is still lingering, perhaps looking to make it a full half-year in residence at the east side of the park’s West Drive (roadway) and not much west of the s.-w. portion of the North Meadow ballfields; the closest park entry being at W. 97th St. off Central Park West. This bird is now in full, bright-spring plumage with a fully-red hood. This bird’s been using the northern realm of it’s small territory and may be as far as 1 city block north (i.e. latitude of near W. 98th), also it may at times be very high up in smaller branches. A modest wait is usually enough to produce a sighting, with keen observing. At the Central Park reservoir, a Horned Grebe & also Pied-billed Grebe continued at least to Sunday 4/5, along with various expected waterfowl, gulls, an American Coot or two, & Double-crested Cormorants. Out in the rivers & NY harbor, a diminution of Red-breasted Merganser and lack of some other duckage was evident; even Brant seemed a little reduced, although the latter perhaps just for local movements. Gulls in the harbor & up along the Hudson have been cycling through, there have been some Laughings out on the harbor, none that close to one watch site in several visits this past week. (An Iceland Gull was seen and photo’d. by multiple other obs. at Croton Point, Westchester County, NY on 4/5, as 1 example of a rarer gull not far upriver from N.Y. City. There were others on that same day in the region as well, including near Rye on Long Island Sound in Westchester Co.) An arrival of Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (as well as some of the other related herons & egrets) came to the local area, with at least 6 of the latter arriving at Randall’s Island (part of N.Y. County) just east of Manhattan, late Sat. eve. before sunset. These may or may not have all moved on. Incidentally, Eastern Phoebe was a species that really pushed on into upstate NY & New England, even as no’s. in Manhattan may not have appeared to change that much from recent prior days or weeks. A fair number of migrant species have had small (or large, for a few select species) departures, along with the many arrivals being seen of late. For Palm Sunday, April 5th, there was a massive overnight (Saturday night) movement of migrants thru all of New Jersey & into the N.Y. City region & beyond; for much of Manhattan, a lot of that migration simply passed right by in the night - however, we had the first-of-spring PALM Warblers arrive in small no’s. in at least 8 different locations in 5+ Manhattan parks including in several areas within Central Park, & also an increase in the no’s. of Chipping Sparrows all-around as well as Field Sparrows. Kinglets of both species increased again at least slightly. Fly-overs included Great Blue Herons (in moderate no’s. in the a.m.), Great Egrets (fewer), & some raptors, esp. Osprey in no’s. as well as multiple Bald Eagles esp. out along the Hudson river. Wilson’s Snipe were moving with a few sightings from 2 locations. I saw just 1 migrating Common Loon, fairly high & moving steadily NNW very early (pre-sunrise) on 4/5, from Central Park; it seems likely many others were on the wing in recent days (as shown by arrivals far to the north) but perhaps high as they moved by Manhtattan, or more inland. (N.B., a hawkwatch & general birdwatch conducted by veteran watchers A. & L. Antony at Hook Mt. in Rockland Co., NY - about 30 miles north of N.Y. City - had a single Broad-winged Hawk along with numbers of other raptors, esp. Ospreys, Sharp-shinned & Cooper’s Hawks, & such other species as Palm & Pine Warblers, E. Bluebird, Common Raven, N. Rough-winged & Tree Swallows, Pileated Woodpecker, C. Loon, & many others
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, N.Y.C. April 4-5-6-7
Even with the current situation [rightly] limiting longer-distance birding for many including myself, it seems fine to note the Crested Caracara that’s been confirmed as a fly-over sighting from Kingston (Ulster County), NY on April 4th - the report on that is in eBird. A separate note of interest, one of 2 Cave Swallows were photographed at Cape May Point (New Jersey) on Monday, 4/6 & also there were probably more seen by experienced observers there on that same morning. (This is quite the rare sighting in spring in the larger region, even for a location like Cape May.) It has been interesting to note reports, some also photo-documented, for certain neotropical-wintering migrants lately appearing in scattered fashion in the greater northeast; there appears to have been a ‘low-on-the-radar’ event (or events) bringing in mostly somewhat-expected species, in low diversity & fairly low (& scattered, but mostly coastal or near-coastal) no’s. over recent days; some of these are species normally expected just a week or 2 later - but that is a big difference at this time of the early-spring season. ….. Manhattan & other N.Y. County locations (part of N.Y. City), Saturday-Tuesday, April 4 through 7, 2020 - The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER of Central Park is still lingering, perhaps looking to make it a full half-year in residence at the east side of the park’s West Drive (roadway) and not much west of the s.-w. portion of the North Meadow ballfields; the closest park entry being at W. 97th St. off Central Park West. This bird is now in full, bright-spring plumage with a fully-red hood. This bird’s been using the northern realm of it’s small territory and may be as far as 1 city block north (i.e. latitude of near W. 98th), also it may at times be very high up in smaller branches. A modest wait is usually enough to produce a sighting, with keen observing. At the Central Park reservoir, a Horned Grebe & also Pied-billed Grebe continued at least to Sunday 4/5, along with various expected waterfowl, gulls, an American Coot or two, & Double-crested Cormorants. Out in the rivers & NY harbor, a diminution of Red-breasted Merganser and lack of some other duckage was evident; even Brant seemed a little reduced, although the latter perhaps just for local movements. Gulls in the harbor & up along the Hudson have been cycling through, there have been some Laughings out on the harbor, none that close to one watch site in several visits this past week. (An Iceland Gull was seen and photo’d. by multiple other obs. at Croton Point, Westchester County, NY on 4/5, as 1 example of a rarer gull not far upriver from N.Y. City. There were others on that same day in the region as well, including near Rye on Long Island Sound in Westchester Co.) An arrival of Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (as well as some of the other related herons & egrets) came to the local area, with at least 6 of the latter arriving at Randall’s Island (part of N.Y. County) just east of Manhattan, late Sat. eve. before sunset. These may or may not have all moved on. Incidentally, Eastern Phoebe was a species that really pushed on into upstate NY & New England, even as no’s. in Manhattan may not have appeared to change that much from recent prior days or weeks. A fair number of migrant species have had small (or large, for a few select species) departures, along with the many arrivals being seen of late. For Palm Sunday, April 5th, there was a massive overnight (Saturday night) movement of migrants thru all of New Jersey & into the N.Y. City region & beyond; for much of Manhattan, a lot of that migration simply passed right by in the night - however, we had the first-of-spring PALM Warblers arrive in small no’s. in at least 8 different locations in 5+ Manhattan parks including in several areas within Central Park, & also an increase in the no’s. of Chipping Sparrows all-around as well as Field Sparrows. Kinglets of both species increased again at least slightly. Fly-overs included Great Blue Herons (in moderate no’s. in the a.m.), Great Egrets (fewer), & some raptors, esp. Osprey in no’s. as well as multiple Bald Eagles esp. out along the Hudson river. Wilson’s Snipe were moving with a few sightings from 2 locations. I saw just 1 migrating Common Loon, fairly high & moving steadily NNW very early (pre-sunrise) on 4/5, from Central Park; it seems likely many others were on the wing in recent days (as shown by arrivals far to the north) but perhaps high as they moved by Manhtattan, or more inland. (N.B., a hawkwatch & general birdwatch conducted by veteran watchers A. & L. Antony at Hook Mt. in Rockland Co., NY - about 30 miles north of N.Y. City - had a single Broad-winged Hawk along with numbers of other raptors, esp. Ospreys, Sharp-shinned & Cooper’s Hawks, & such other species as Palm & Pine Warblers, E. Bluebird, Common Raven, N. Rough-winged & Tree Swallows, Pileated Woodpecker, C. Loon, & many others
