[nysbirds-l] Bklyn Bird Club Presentation: Piping Plovers in NYC presented by Chris Allieri Tues 1/18

[Jennifer Kepler]

PIPING PLOVERS IN NYC – HOW A NEW VOLUNTEER GROUP IS LOOKING TO HELP
PROTECT ENDANGERED SHOREBIRDS IN OUR CITY
JANUARY 18 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Presented by Chris Allieri

Zoom registration link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcO2prj4iGNB-2npPSWeZbo4Qm9-pOSIG

Begun in March 2021, the NYC Plover Project enlisted over 50 volunteers to
help educate beach-goers on NYC’s most popular beaches in Queens during
their first season. Each year, just under 100 adult Piping Plovers come to
the city to nest, arriving in March and leaving in early August.

The threats facing the young chicks born to these intrepid shorebirds are
numerous, spanning predation, fierce coastal storms and flooding, and of
course, human disturbance. Partnering with the National Park Service, the
NYC Plover Project also helped with monitoring nests on several miles of
beach which are part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, one of the
busiest urban national parks. They reached well over 5,000 beach-goers this
first season, on the sand and at a fixed location. At the end of this first
season, the NYC Plover Project was featured in the New York Times.

Join this talk with Chris to hear more about Piping Plovers and what you
can do to help them, including being a 2022 shorebird ambassador beach
volunteer.

Chris Allieri is founder of the NYC Plover Project, a non-profit
organization dedicated to protecting federally-threatened and New York
State-endangered Piping Plovers that nest in New York City.

Chris had a very early passion for the environment, nature and animals,
usually preferring the company of four-legged and winged friends instead of
humans. Chris spent summers at the Jersey Shore where he first saw a Piping
Plover, thanks to a park ranger who shared his scope. He began his high
school environmental club, was a New Jersey Governor’s Scholar on the
Environment and was a national environmental justice organizer when he was
a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied
environmental conservation. More recently, Chris also founded and leads an
sustainability and climate-focused communications firm called Mulberry &
Astor and is a board member of the Wild Bird Fund, the only wildlife rehab
center in NYC.

His late father planted a seed for loving birds, a love which would be
profoundly sparked at the start of the pandemic. In March 2020, Chris saw
his first Piping Plover up close. Having only seen them at a great
distance, seeing Plovers on an unprotected beach, with dogs off leash and
people trampling over their nesting areas was a fire that lit both Chris’s
frustration but also his desire to do something. Chris spent 2020
photographing and posting images of over 200 different species of birds he
saw in NYC. He spent much of that summer (2020) chasing federal, state and
local agencies to urge enhanced protections for endangered shorebirds like
Piping Plovers. But Chris knew he had to do more. Fast forward to March of
this year, Chris witnessed a dog within inches of having a newly-arrived
migratory Plover in its mouth. That was it… the moment he knew his path was
chosen for him. The next day the NYC Plover Project was born.

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[nysbirds-l] Bklyn Bird Club Presentation: Piping Plovers in NYC presented by Chris Allieri Tues 1/18

[Jennifer Kepler]

PIPING PLOVERS IN NYC – HOW A NEW VOLUNTEER GROUP IS LOOKING TO HELP
PROTECT ENDANGERED SHOREBIRDS IN OUR CITY
JANUARY 18 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Presented by Chris Allieri

Zoom registration link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcO2prj4iGNB-2npPSWeZbo4Qm9-pOSIG

Begun in March 2021, the NYC Plover Project enlisted over 50 volunteers to
help educate beach-goers on NYC’s most popular beaches in Queens during
their first season. Each year, just under 100 adult Piping Plovers come to
the city to nest, arriving in March and leaving in early August.

The threats facing the young chicks born to these intrepid shorebirds are
numerous, spanning predation, fierce coastal storms and flooding, and of
course, human disturbance. Partnering with the National Park Service, the
NYC Plover Project also helped with monitoring nests on several miles of
beach which are part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, one of the
busiest urban national parks. They reached well over 5,000 beach-goers this
first season, on the sand and at a fixed location. At the end of this first
season, the NYC Plover Project was featured in the New York Times.

Join this talk with Chris to hear more about Piping Plovers and what you
can do to help them, including being a 2022 shorebird ambassador beach
volunteer.

Chris Allieri is founder of the NYC Plover Project, a non-profit
organization dedicated to protecting federally-threatened and New York
State-endangered Piping Plovers that nest in New York City.

Chris had a very early passion for the environment, nature and animals,
usually preferring the company of four-legged and winged friends instead of
humans. Chris spent summers at the Jersey Shore where he first saw a Piping
Plover, thanks to a park ranger who shared his scope. He began his high
school environmental club, was a New Jersey Governor’s Scholar on the
Environment and was a national environmental justice organizer when he was
a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied
environmental conservation. More recently, Chris also founded and leads an
sustainability and climate-focused communications firm called Mulberry &
Astor and is a board member of the Wild Bird Fund, the only wildlife rehab
center in NYC.

His late father planted a seed for loving birds, a love which would be
profoundly sparked at the start of the pandemic. In March 2020, Chris saw
his first Piping Plover up close. Having only seen them at a great
distance, seeing Plovers on an unprotected beach, with dogs off leash and
people trampling over their nesting areas was a fire that lit both Chris’s
frustration but also his desire to do something. Chris spent 2020
photographing and posting images of over 200 different species of birds he
saw in NYC. He spent much of that summer (2020) chasing federal, state and
local agencies to urge enhanced protections for endangered shorebirds like
Piping Plovers. But Chris knew he had to do more. Fast forward to March of
this year, Chris witnessed a dog within inches of having a newly-arrived
migratory Plover in its mouth. That was it… the moment he knew his path was
chosen for him. The next day the NYC Plover Project was born.

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[nysbirds-l] Finch Research Network presentation by Matt Young 1/19/22

[Johnson, Alyssa]

Good morning!

For the second year, the Montezuma Audubon Center is happy to host a virtual 
presentation led by Matthew Young, President and Founder of the Finch Research 
Network (FiRN). Matt has an extensive background in 
ornithology. He is a former editor of The Kingbird (NYS Ornithological 
Association journal), an audio engineer at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 
Macaulay Library, and is currently an instructor of ornithology at Cornell 
University. We'll explore winter irruptive birds from Common Redpolls to 
Evening Grosbeaks, to the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill 
flight calls. Proceeds from this virtual program will benefit both FiRN and the 
MAC.



Wednesday, January 19
7 - 8:30 p.m.



Click here to register!



*Fee: $10/person, $25/family
*Pre-paid online reservations are required.
*After registering, the Zoom link will be included in your confirmation 
email. If you are unable to attend the program the day of, the presentation 
will be recorded and can be sent to you afterward.

*Any questions about this event, call (315) 365-3588, or email: 
montez...@audubon.org





Other upcoming virtual programming:



Celebrating Black Environmentalists 
02/02/22

Bird Friendly Chocolate 
02/05/22

All About Snow Geese 
02/23/22

Mute, Tundra, or Trumpeter? 
03/18/22

Montezuma Migration 
03/23/22

Celebrating Women in Conservation 
03/12/22





By the way, for any of you who have followed along with my Sandhill Crane 
updates, I think they may have moved out! If anyone is seeing them, I'd be 
interested to know how many and where abouts.



Happy New Year,

Alyssa






--
Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, NY 13146
Montezuma.audubon.org
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers


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[nysbirds-l] Finch Research Network presentation by Matt Young 1/19/22

[Johnson, Alyssa]

Good morning!

For the second year, the Montezuma Audubon Center is happy to host a virtual 
presentation led by Matthew Young, President and Founder of the Finch Research 
Network (FiRN). Matt has an extensive background in 
ornithology. He is a former editor of The Kingbird (NYS Ornithological 
Association journal), an audio engineer at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 
Macaulay Library, and is currently an instructor of ornithology at Cornell 
University. We'll explore winter irruptive birds from Common Redpolls to 
Evening Grosbeaks, to the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill 
flight calls. Proceeds from this virtual program will benefit both FiRN and the 
MAC.



Wednesday, January 19
7 - 8:30 p.m.



Click here to register!



*Fee: $10/person, $25/family
*Pre-paid online reservations are required.
*After registering, the Zoom link will be included in your confirmation 
email. If you are unable to attend the program the day of, the presentation 
will be recorded and can be sent to you afterward.

*Any questions about this event, call (315) 365-3588, or email: 
montez...@audubon.org





Other upcoming virtual programming:



Celebrating Black Environmentalists 
02/02/22

Bird Friendly Chocolate 
02/05/22

All About Snow Geese 
02/23/22

Mute, Tundra, or Trumpeter? 
03/18/22

Montezuma Migration 
03/23/22

Celebrating Women in Conservation 
03/12/22





By the way, for any of you who have followed along with my Sandhill Crane 
updates, I think they may have moved out! If anyone is seeing them, I'd be 
interested to know how many and where abouts.



Happy New Year,

Alyssa






--
Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, NY 13146
Montezuma.audubon.org
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers


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[nysbirds-l] Razorbill and King Eider- Shinnecock Inlet West

[Eileen Schwinn]

The King Eider is Currently being seen on Bayside sandbar, with Common Eider, 
seen from north side of parking area.  A razorbill was seen 1/2 hour ago, 
bayside and we are trying to relocate.  Good views of both.
Eileen Schwinn
Linnaean Society Field Trip

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Razorbill and King Eider- Shinnecock Inlet West

[Eileen Schwinn]

The King Eider is Currently being seen on Bayside sandbar, with Common Eider, 
seen from north side of parking area.  A razorbill was seen 1/2 hour ago, 
bayside and we are trying to relocate.  Good views of both.
Eileen Schwinn
Linnaean Society Field Trip

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - 1/11 & 1/12 - 2 W. Tanagers, Glaucous Gull, Snow Geese, Or.-cr. Warbler, Am. Robin increases, etc.

[Tom Fiore]

New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan and Randall’s Island 
(Governors Island remains open to the public through the winter)

Tuesday, Jan. 11th & Wednesday, Jan. 12th -

On Wednesday, quite in contrast, a surge of vastly milder air arrived through 
the day, and an at-least doubled a high temp. for the day from the prior day’s 
high. 2 Western Tanagers continue at their respective locations in Manhattan, 
one at Carl Schurz Park east of East End Ave. & visiting the feeder array (and 
that vicinity) which is near the west edge of the park and just west of the 
n.-w. gate to the Catbird Playground, or a bit south of (and up a set of stairs 
from) a main entrance off E. 86th St., &, over near Tenth Ave. and W. 47th - 
48th Streets, a 2nd W. Tanager also continuing, appearing both within & near 
Hell’s Kitchen Park & on W. 47th St. at Tenth Ave., and also at Clinton 
Community Garden, as viewed from outside along the sidewalk on W. 48th, a bit 
east of Tenth Ave. - & further, this latter tanager also seen in several street 
trees & on building ledges and a few more buildings. Both tanagers seen again 
by multiple observers on Wednesday.

A Glaucous Gull was also continuing to be seen from Randall’s Island, and the 
Snow Goose count there may have reached 3; also ongoing there were the adult 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron and at least one juvenile; and with Black-crowned 
Night-Heron (juv.) & Great Blue Heron also seen again, and Belted Kingfisher as 
well. A good location in winter for a possibility of anything less-usual (or 
even, rare) to show - and, as a 2nd cold-snap along with a possible arriving 
storm-system show on or after this weekend, it may be worth re-checking any 
shore-side areas and all open water, as well as any gatherings of gulls, 
waterfowl, & etc.   A few Common Goldeneye again were seen, as is most-usual 
off in the distance scanning from the n.-e. shore of Randall’s Island, and 
Red-breasted Mergansers are being seen there as well as multiple other 
locations on the rivers around Manhattan, as well as N.Y. harbor.  A very few 
Red-throated Loons & (even more scant) Common Loons have been showing as well.

An Orange-crowned Warbler made it past a cold-snap, seen near E. 20th St. at 
First Ave. - there may yet be some others of this species, & also some 
additional warblers besides the Myrtle / Yellow-rumped Warblers that also have 
continued in a few locations. (The wintering ovenbirds and common yellowthroats 
of Manhattan can *sometimes* be both hardy & feisty.)  American Robins were in 
fairly good no’s. scattered through Manhattan on Wed., & more had certainly 
arrived in some prominent parks such as Central Park, with a minimum of 400 
altogether there, esp. noted all around the Sheep Meadow & also on through the 
southern end of that park; some other parks again having no’s. of robins were 
Riverside Park, as well as at least one of the larger green-spaces of upper 
Harlem, the Trinity church yard next to Broadway and Amsterdam Ave’s. (south of 
W. 155 St.) There are still a very good no. of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers about, 
including a fair no. -perhaps more than most watchers realize- using 
street-trees, even if those are sometimes also adjacent to small parks, garden 
& yard spaces or other smaller green-spaces, as well as in the larger parks of 
Manhattan.  There also continue to be Hermit Thrush in a good many locations, 
which is not all that unusual for this county in winter, but the no’s. again 
appear to be fairly good.  [Red] Fox Sparrows and (smaller no’s.) of Swamp 
Sparrows continued, with far larger no’s. of wintering White-throated Sparrows 
and the typical modest no’s. of Song Sparrows.

Some Turkey Vultures continue to move, and also small no’s. of Bald Eagle; 
Common Ravens have been seen with again, more of those latter at (or seen from) 
the n. parts of Manhattan.

- - - 
With the very cold air in place on Tuesday, birders were nonetheless out and 
about, and some observations for the day included the lingering 2 Snow Geese, 
and also an American Woodcock at Randall’s Island; and earlier in the day, an 
at-least modest influx of American Robin, especially along parks facing the 
Hudson River, with more than 850 totaled from around Fort Tryon Park, south 
through Riverside Park.  A Red-shouldered Hawk -possibly one that had been 
lingering- was again seen in Central Park as were the far more regular-recently 
Cooper’s (and Red-tailed!) Hawks of the county.


good and healthy birding to all,

Tom Fiore
manhattan












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[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - 1/11 & 1/12 - 2 W. Tanagers, Glaucous Gull, Snow Geese, Or.-cr. Warbler, Am. Robin increases, etc.

[Tom Fiore]

New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan and Randall’s Island 
(Governors Island remains open to the public through the winter)

Tuesday, Jan. 11th & Wednesday, Jan. 12th -

On Wednesday, quite in contrast, a surge of vastly milder air arrived through 
the day, and an at-least doubled a high temp. for the day from the prior day’s 
high. 2 Western Tanagers continue at their respective locations in Manhattan, 
one at Carl Schurz Park east of East End Ave. & visiting the feeder array (and 
that vicinity) which is near the west edge of the park and just west of the 
n.-w. gate to the Catbird Playground, or a bit south of (and up a set of stairs 
from) a main entrance off E. 86th St., &, over near Tenth Ave. and W. 47th - 
48th Streets, a 2nd W. Tanager also continuing, appearing both within & near 
Hell’s Kitchen Park & on W. 47th St. at Tenth Ave., and also at Clinton 
Community Garden, as viewed from outside along the sidewalk on W. 48th, a bit 
east of Tenth Ave. - & further, this latter tanager also seen in several street 
trees & on building ledges and a few more buildings. Both tanagers seen again 
by multiple observers on Wednesday.

A Glaucous Gull was also continuing to be seen from Randall’s Island, and the 
Snow Goose count there may have reached 3; also ongoing there were the adult 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron and at least one juvenile; and with Black-crowned 
Night-Heron (juv.) & Great Blue Heron also seen again, and Belted Kingfisher as 
well. A good location in winter for a possibility of anything less-usual (or 
even, rare) to show - and, as a 2nd cold-snap along with a possible arriving 
storm-system show on or after this weekend, it may be worth re-checking any 
shore-side areas and all open water, as well as any gatherings of gulls, 
waterfowl, & etc.   A few Common Goldeneye again were seen, as is most-usual 
off in the distance scanning from the n.-e. shore of Randall’s Island, and 
Red-breasted Mergansers are being seen there as well as multiple other 
locations on the rivers around Manhattan, as well as N.Y. harbor.  A very few 
Red-throated Loons & (even more scant) Common Loons have been showing as well.

An Orange-crowned Warbler made it past a cold-snap, seen near E. 20th St. at 
First Ave. - there may yet be some others of this species, & also some 
additional warblers besides the Myrtle / Yellow-rumped Warblers that also have 
continued in a few locations. (The wintering ovenbirds and common yellowthroats 
of Manhattan can *sometimes* be both hardy & feisty.)  American Robins were in 
fairly good no’s. scattered through Manhattan on Wed., & more had certainly 
arrived in some prominent parks such as Central Park, with a minimum of 400 
altogether there, esp. noted all around the Sheep Meadow & also on through the 
southern end of that park; some other parks again having no’s. of robins were 
Riverside Park, as well as at least one of the larger green-spaces of upper 
Harlem, the Trinity church yard next to Broadway and Amsterdam Ave’s. (south of 
W. 155 St.) There are still a very good no. of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers about, 
including a fair no. -perhaps more than most watchers realize- using 
street-trees, even if those are sometimes also adjacent to small parks, garden 
& yard spaces or other smaller green-spaces, as well as in the larger parks of 
Manhattan.  There also continue to be Hermit Thrush in a good many locations, 
which is not all that unusual for this county in winter, but the no’s. again 
appear to be fairly good.  [Red] Fox Sparrows and (smaller no’s.) of Swamp 
Sparrows continued, with far larger no’s. of wintering White-throated Sparrows 
and the typical modest no’s. of Song Sparrows.

Some Turkey Vultures continue to move, and also small no’s. of Bald Eagle; 
Common Ravens have been seen with again, more of those latter at (or seen from) 
the n. parts of Manhattan.

- - - 
With the very cold air in place on Tuesday, birders were nonetheless out and 
about, and some observations for the day included the lingering 2 Snow Geese, 
and also an American Woodcock at Randall’s Island; and earlier in the day, an 
at-least modest influx of American Robin, especially along parks facing the 
Hudson River, with more than 850 totaled from around Fort Tryon Park, south 
through Riverside Park.  A Red-shouldered Hawk -possibly one that had been 
lingering- was again seen in Central Park as were the far more regular-recently 
Cooper’s (and Red-tailed!) Hawks of the county.


good and healthy birding to all,

Tom Fiore
manhattan












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