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[nysbirds-l] Rufous Hummer banded in Baldwinsville, NY

2020-12-04 Thread anneboby

Yesterday, 12/3/20, an imm./F Rufous was banded at a private residence in 
Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co, NY (just NW of Syracuse), air temp 37*F., 1" 
previous day's snow on the ground, warmed to 41*F.  Species/age/sex determined 
by measurements and plumage.
The bird was healthy weighing 3.82g, fat class 1 on a 0-3 scale.  While being 
processed, the hand-held bird was allowed to feed from a feeder.  
Interestingly, after weighing at 3.82g, it was allowed a feeding session during 
which time it drank eagerly, and was reweighed: 3.98g, a 0.18g or 4.2% weight 
gain.
The bird visits several neighborhood feeders and was back feeding after 
release.  A detailed report on data collected will be filed with NYSARC.
Bob Yunick
Schenectady, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Rufous Hummer banded in Baldwinsville, NY

2020-12-04 Thread anneboby

Yesterday, 12/3/20, an imm./F Rufous was banded at a private residence in 
Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co, NY (just NW of Syracuse), air temp 37*F., 1" 
previous day's snow on the ground, warmed to 41*F.  Species/age/sex determined 
by measurements and plumage.
The bird was healthy weighing 3.82g, fat class 1 on a 0-3 scale.  While being 
processed, the hand-held bird was allowed to feed from a feeder.  
Interestingly, after weighing at 3.82g, it was allowed a feeding session during 
which time it drank eagerly, and was reweighed: 3.98g, a 0.18g or 4.2% weight 
gain.
The bird visits several neighborhood feeders and was back feeding after 
release.  A detailed report on data collected will be filed with NYSARC.
Bob Yunick
Schenectady, NY
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[nysbirds-l] 12/8: Join LSNY for “Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist”

2020-12-04 Thread Kathleen Matthews

FREE and open to all! 

Join the Linnaean Society of New York for its 7pm, 12/8 Zoom presentation, 
“Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist,” by Donald Kroodsma, Ph.D.

Have you ever asked, “What bird is making that sound?”  Once you are attuned to 
their song, every singing bird becomes interesting. From flycatcher to warbler, 
including even our common American Robins, they all have something to delight 
the listening ear.  
Dr. Donald Kroodsman, birdsong scientist and widely published author on the 
topic, we help us better understand and marvel in songs and calls, female song, 
song learning and dialects, mimicry, matched counter-singing and 
counter-calling, night singing, complex songs, repertoires, and dawn singing.  
Kroodsman’s most recent book (2020), Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist, is a 
basic, how-to guide that teaches anyone—from beginner to advanced birder—how to 
listen. 
For details and to register:  https://bit.ly/LSNYDecZoom 
 

Kathleen Matthews, on behalf of LSNY
NYC

 
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[nysbirds-l] 12/8: Join LSNY for “Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist”

2020-12-04 Thread Kathleen Matthews

FREE and open to all! 

Join the Linnaean Society of New York for its 7pm, 12/8 Zoom presentation, 
“Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist,” by Donald Kroodsma, Ph.D.

Have you ever asked, “What bird is making that sound?”  Once you are attuned to 
their song, every singing bird becomes interesting. From flycatcher to warbler, 
including even our common American Robins, they all have something to delight 
the listening ear.  
Dr. Donald Kroodsman, birdsong scientist and widely published author on the 
topic, we help us better understand and marvel in songs and calls, female song, 
song learning and dialects, mimicry, matched counter-singing and 
counter-calling, night singing, complex songs, repertoires, and dawn singing.  
Kroodsman’s most recent book (2020), Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist, is a 
basic, how-to guide that teaches anyone—from beginner to advanced birder—how to 
listen. 
For details and to register:  https://bit.ly/LSNYDecZoom 
 

Kathleen Matthews, on behalf of LSNY
NYC

 
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ARCHIVES:
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

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[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (NYC) 12/1-2-3

2020-12-04 Thread Thomas Fiore

It’s not every day you hear of a 69-year-old who will be a ‘mom’ again… a
further update on the oldest known bird that has laid an egg - a Laysan
Albatross at Midway in the Hawaiian archipelago:
https://medium.com/usfwspacificislands/a-reason-for-hope-wisdom-worlds-oldest-known-banded-bird-returns-to-midway-atoll-d69faa9df3b8

— — — —
New York County, N.Y. City, including Manhattan & Randall’s Island (and
including the surrounding skies & waters) -

...
Tues., Dec. 1st - Cold front coming on wind from the s.-w., after all rains had
ended, with some sun for part of the day.

A Tennessee Warbler has lingered into December, at Inwood Hill Park’s western
ballfield edges (Dyckman fields). At least one Baltimore Oriole continued on
at Riverside Park, back near the playground at W. 82 St. ‘latitude' in the part
of the park nearer Riverside Drive. A lingering Lincoln’s Sparrow made it into
December at Union Square Park.

...
Wed., Dec. 2nd - Chillier temp’s. & more clouds, on gusting wind from southwest.

A Great Egret was seen & photographed (E. Schwarz) at Randall’s Island - a very
late date for the county.

A Wood Thrush has been photographed at Bryant Park, in flowerbeds not far from
the skate-rink entrance. (This is very late, but there are documented records
of this species in Manhattan in mid-winter, & slightly more records from this
time of year; it is not unprecedented.)

A Lincoln’s Sparrow continued on at Union Square Park. A Baltimore Oriole has
been lingering at Morningside Park.

...
Thurs., Dec. 3rd - Cold previous night, then warming slightly under far more
sun, with westerly winds.

A Blackpoll Warbler was lingering, quite late now, at Inwood Hill Park, & an
Orange-crowned Warbler was also seen there. At least 2 Baltimore Orioles
continued at 2 Manhattan parks.

Below are some of the more than 100 species of birds seen in N.Y. County in the
3 days of this report. Thanks to many who were afield & also reported sightings.

Canada Goose
[Atlantic] Brant
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant (multiple)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (Randall’s Island)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Killdeer (few)
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
owls of at least 3 spp.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Blue Jay
Common Raven
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush (Bryant Park; photographed)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
House Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
[Red] Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole (at least several)
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Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler (several)
Nashville Warbler (several)
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (several)
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird (several)
Common Yellowthroat (several)
-
Northern Cardinal
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

….
On December 1st, a minimum of 4 species of Syrphid flies (commonly known as
flower-flies or ‘hover-flies’), in 3 genera, were found & photographed in just
one linear mile of Manhattan’s upper west side parks. Modest numbers of other
adult insects have been seen even now as December is here. (For those curious,
3 of the 4 species of Syrphid flies were found in Morningside Park, which was
still enjoying a wide diversity of flowers in bloom with some in modest
quantity.)

…...
With the viral pandemic still very much all around us, PLEASE do use and take
all possible precautions to keep yourself and all others around safe! Thank You
& Be Well.

- - - - -
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make
it a good place for all of us to live in.” - Teddy Roosevelt (26th president of
the U.S.A.)
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass
(1818-1895; U.S. statesman, orator, writer)

Good birding to all - and thanks to the many who also keep the birds’ best
interests at heart when out in the field - and limit any possible disturbances
to the birds’ requirements for food, shelter, &