[nysbirds-l] Smithtown Count Results
The 96th Smithtown Count (Suffolk County, Long Island) was held on Sunday, December 27 amid clear, calm, cool conditions with daytime temperatures in the upper 30's. Seven parties and 26 participants tallied 110 species and 20,379 individuals. This exceeds our 10 year average of 104 species. The highlights of the count included: 1 Snow Goose 9 Pintail 1 Canvasback 36 Common Eider 78 Common Merganser 2 Ruddy Duck 19 Wild Turkey 2 Great Egret 6 Bald Eagle 4 Virginia Rail 1 Clapper Rail 1 Greater Yellowlegs 7 Purple Sandpiper 1 Glaucous Gull 7 Northern Saw-whet Owl 10 Common Raven 4 Horned Lark 1 Marsh Wren 1 House Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 21 Eastern Bluebird 38 Snow Bunting 1 Purple Finch 1 Common Redpoll Count week Black-headed Gull Misses included: Northern Gannet, Harrier, Brown Thrasher, and Razorbill which has become reliable in recent years but was not observed this year. Richard Gostic Compiler -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
Thank you for your lovely poem of hope and love. I was very moved. Rick > On Dec 25, 2020, at 12:23 AM, Mayra Cruz wrote: > > Hola, > To All Our Friends, We have missed you! > We can’t wait to Bird On, with all of you fast a foot. Searching, seeking > that rare vagrant Bird. > Merry Christmas, May the Cardinals be the color of fresh Summer Cherries, May > the Bluejays be as blue as an Ocean, May the Mourning Doves with their Cooing > bid a Farewell to all Souls We Lost. > And All Birds of Wonder, Colors And Songs Welcome a Happy New Year, > 2021! > Hoping to be in your company Soon! > BIRD ON!!! > Noa & Mayra > > > > > 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 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
Yes and to you all xxx Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 30, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Anne Lazarus wrote: > > > May the New Year bring joy and happiness. Thank you for the beautiful wishes. > >> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:35 AM Nancy Shamban >> wrote: >> And to you my loving, dear Cruz sisters!!! Xxxx >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Dec 25, 2020, at 12:24 AM, Mayra Cruz wrote: >> > >> > Hola, >> > To All Our Friends, We have missed you! >> > We can’t wait to Bird On, with all of you fast a foot. Searching, seeking >> > that rare vagrant Bird. >> > Merry Christmas, May the Cardinals be the color of fresh Summer Cherries, >> > May the Bluejays be as blue as an Ocean, May the Mourning Doves with their >> > Cooing bid a Farewell to all Souls We Lost. >> > And All Birds of Wonder, Colors And Songs Welcome a Happy New Year, >> > 2021! >> > Hoping to be in your company Soon! >> > BIRD ON!!! >> > Noa & Mayra >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 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 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
May the New Year bring joy and happiness. Thank you for the beautiful wishes. On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:35 AM Nancy Shamban wrote: > And to you my loving, dear Cruz sisters!!! Xxxx > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 25, 2020, at 12:24 AM, Mayra Cruz wrote: > > > > Hola, > > To All Our Friends, We have missed you! > > We can’t wait to Bird On, with all of you fast a foot. Searching, > seeking that rare vagrant Bird. > > Merry Christmas, May the Cardinals be the color of fresh Summer > Cherries, May the Bluejays be as blue as an Ocean, May the Mourning Doves > with their Cooing bid a Farewell to all Souls We Lost. > > And All Birds of Wonder, Colors And Songs Welcome a Happy New Year, > > 2021! > > Hoping to be in your company Soon! > > BIRD ON!!! > > Noa & Mayra > > > > > > > > > > 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 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 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] Preliminary Results Quogue Water Mill CBC (Suffolk Co.)
The 72nd Quogue Water Mill Christmas Bird Count -- on eastern Long Island -- took place on Sunday, December 20, 2020. Twenty-seven searchers covered the five sectors within the count circle, tallying 14,990 individual birds of 113 species. Another three species were recorded during count week. Species diversity compared well with previous Quogue Water Mill CBCs, comfortably exceeding the count average (95.8 species) since its beginnings in 1949. The number of observed individuals, however, continues a troubling trend: the last four years have tallied the four lowest counts over the past forty-five years. A number of interesting birds were recorded on December 20th, including: Harlequin Duck (17th time on the count) Great Egret (19th time, all sightings since 1994) Bald Eagle (16th time, including the past 12 years) Clapper Rail (35th) Virginia Rail (14th) Red Knot (17th) Laughing Gull (14th) Snowy Owl (17th) Northern Saw-Whet Owl (4th) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (21st time, all sightings since 1983) Common Raven (8th time, all sightings since 2012) Marsh Wren (14th) Eastern Bluebird (22nd) Common Yellowthroat (23rd) Chipping Sparrow (19th) Red Crossbill (13th) Pine Siskin (29th) The vast majority of expected species were found on December 20th. Among the few tough misses were Eastern Meadowlark (missed for just the 6th time) and American Kestrel (8th year not recorded). Other birds regularly recorded on the Quogue Water Mill Count, but not found during the 2020 rendition: Northern Pintail, American Bittern, Wilson’s Snipe, Brown Thrasher, and Brown-Headed Cowbird. Thank you to all who helped out last Sunday. A full report of the 2020 Quogue Water Mill Count will be ready for distribution within the next week; please contact me via e-mail if you would like to receive a copy. The next Quogue Water Mill CBC is tentatively scheduled for December 19, 2021. Steve Biasetti -- 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/ --
