[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - recent birds, [some] thru 11/27; also rarity-notes (Steller's is one)

2022-11-27 Thread Tom Fiore 
The Ash-throated Flycatcher found (& photo’d.!) on Thanksgiving-Thursday (and 
seen *only that time and date*, apparently) at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn 
(Kings County, N.Y. City) is an obvious reminder that rarer flycatchers, as 
well as rarer warblers -and other possibilities- are as likely as they’ll get 
in our region in these weeks of Nov. and also (increasingly in recent times, it 
seems) into December.  A Western Tanager at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway 
peninsula, in Queens County on Sunday, 11/27 (3 obs., photod.!) may get a 
further report or more for this list (it was noted in eBird, etc.)

The Pink-footed Goose is sure to attract some fresh attention at Northport 
(Suffolk County), NY as noted along with Greater White-fronted, Cackling, and 
‘usual'-many Canada Geese for Sunday, 11/27. (There are at least a few more 
Pink-foots in places in eastern N. America, along with at least a few Barnacle 
Geese, thus further attention to all the many geese will be given.)

A Tufted Duck being seen by many at LaSalle Park, Erie County, NY (from at 
least Wed.-Sunday, 11/23-27) was a nice addition to an Eared Grebe also seen 
there, along with the ’tuftie’. Both birds have been photo’d. by many.

A bit extra-limitally, there’s a [presumptive] *Hermit Warbler* in 
**Pennsylvania’s** Delaware County (NOT in NY state!), first (?) found on 
Sat.,11/25, re-found on 11/26, and seen by many on 11/27; this will be a PA 
first-state-record, IF confirmed and accepted as such by that state’s avian 
records committee.  Just another reminder for all of us - plenty of 
possibilities exist at this special time of the birding-year. (This Hermit 
Warbler has dozens and dozens of eBird reports, and other alerts, etc. etc. - 
and this bird has been in a church-yard, with so-far welcoming parishioners for 
the birders who have also come to see this rare-in-east bird.)

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THE Steller’s Sea-Eagle is back on the ‘radar’ in (eastern Maritime) **Canada** 
at Kent County, within the province of New Brunswick - see: 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S122999344  
and there were many subsequent observers of the sea-eagle around there on the 
same date, Nov. 25th, on into Nov. 26th -and- Sunday, Nov. 27th. This is 
(again) likely the rarest bird in North America which is wild and free-flying. 
This great sea-eagle had spent much of the past summer on Newfoundland, and is 
also the bird which visited parts of the U.S. previously.

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New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, and 
Governors Island

The Lesser Black-backed Gull was again re-found (A. Evans) at the kayak-dock at 
Pier 32 in lower Manhattan, off the Hudson River greenway, on Sat., 11/26. This 
bird has been recurring there for some weeks, at least. (Also present in the 
same area are often the 3 most-regular gull species of the county and coastal 
or near-shore region: Ring-billed, [American] Herring, and Great Black-backed 
Gulls.)  A *Black-headed Gull* which seems to have occurred or been reported 
solely as a fly-thru, but several times, was last-reported & photo’d. on early 
morning of 11/23, by multiple observers. This bird *might* be roosting and 
feeding mostly or solely in a different part of the county or city (or even 
outside of the city-limits) while all recent sightings were along the East 
River east of Manhattan, & near to E. 103 St. where a foot-bridge leads across 
a narrower part of that river-estuary to Randall’s Island western edge.

A Cackling Goose (a fly-over in amongst a small group of Canada Geese moving) 
was among birds of interest seen by a group gathered at Dyckman Street pier and 
vicinity on Sat. morning, 11/26.  A single Snow Goose was noted as a fly-over 
from Randall’s Island on the same day, but for mid-day, and the count of Mute 
Swan was up to 4 (all photo’d. together) off Randall’s for that day.  3 
Bonaparte’s Gulls were reported from the Hudson River well-south of the G.W. 
Bridge at (apparently) mid-day, on Sat., 11/26. There also was a report of a 
single Bonaparte’s Gull at the Central Park reservoir for a while on Friday, 
11/25, which unfortunately was not further-confirmed (the species has occurred 
there but is rare there, over the years).

Friday, 11/26 brought a fair number of American Goldfinches in, with some Pine 
Siskins as well, these seen in at least 2 Manhattan parks, Central & Riverside, 
each with many sweetgum trees (Liquidamabar styrifolia), the seed’balls’ of 
which can attract a lot of birds, both underneath, feeding on fallen seed, and 
in the trees. Those trees are particularly common in some areas in Riverside 
Park, and are also found in n. Manhattan. Pine Siskins were still present to 
Sunday, 11/27 (with Am. Goldfinshes), in Riverside Park (several areas) and 
Central Park (where, esp. thanks to ongoing ‘alerts’, there are 1 or 2 that’ve 
been seen by hundreds of observers, although at least a few other siskins are 
also present,

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - recent birds, [some] thru 11/27; also rarity-notes (Steller's is one)

2022-11-27 Thread Tom Fiore 
The Ash-throated Flycatcher found (& photo’d.!) on Thanksgiving-Thursday (and 
seen *only that time and date*, apparently) at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn 
(Kings County, N.Y. City) is an obvious reminder that rarer flycatchers, as 
well as rarer warblers -and other possibilities- are as likely as they’ll get 
in our region in these weeks of Nov. and also (increasingly in recent times, it 
seems) into December.  A Western Tanager at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway 
peninsula, in Queens County on Sunday, 11/27 (3 obs., photod.!) may get a 
further report or more for this list (it was noted in eBird, etc.)

The Pink-footed Goose is sure to attract some fresh attention at Northport 
(Suffolk County), NY as noted along with Greater White-fronted, Cackling, and 
‘usual'-many Canada Geese for Sunday, 11/27. (There are at least a few more 
Pink-foots in places in eastern N. America, along with at least a few Barnacle 
Geese, thus further attention to all the many geese will be given.)

A Tufted Duck being seen by many at LaSalle Park, Erie County, NY (from at 
least Wed.-Sunday, 11/23-27) was a nice addition to an Eared Grebe also seen 
there, along with the ’tuftie’. Both birds have been photo’d. by many.

A bit extra-limitally, there’s a [presumptive] *Hermit Warbler* in 
**Pennsylvania’s** Delaware County (NOT in NY state!), first (?) found on 
Sat.,11/25, re-found on 11/26, and seen by many on 11/27; this will be a PA 
first-state-record, IF confirmed and accepted as such by that state’s avian 
records committee.  Just another reminder for all of us - plenty of 
possibilities exist at this special time of the birding-year. (This Hermit 
Warbler has dozens and dozens of eBird reports, and other alerts, etc. etc. - 
and this bird has been in a church-yard, with so-far welcoming parishioners for 
the birders who have also come to see this rare-in-east bird.)

--
THE Steller’s Sea-Eagle is back on the ‘radar’ in (eastern Maritime) **Canada** 
at Kent County, within the province of New Brunswick - see: 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S122999344  
and there were many subsequent observers of the sea-eagle around there on the 
same date, Nov. 25th, on into Nov. 26th -and- Sunday, Nov. 27th. This is 
(again) likely the rarest bird in North America which is wild and free-flying. 
This great sea-eagle had spent much of the past summer on Newfoundland, and is 
also the bird which visited parts of the U.S. previously.

--
New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, and 
Governors Island

The Lesser Black-backed Gull was again re-found (A. Evans) at the kayak-dock at 
Pier 32 in lower Manhattan, off the Hudson River greenway, on Sat., 11/26. This 
bird has been recurring there for some weeks, at least. (Also present in the 
same area are often the 3 most-regular gull species of the county and coastal 
or near-shore region: Ring-billed, [American] Herring, and Great Black-backed 
Gulls.)  A *Black-headed Gull* which seems to have occurred or been reported 
solely as a fly-thru, but several times, was last-reported & photo’d. on early 
morning of 11/23, by multiple observers. This bird *might* be roosting and 
feeding mostly or solely in a different part of the county or city (or even 
outside of the city-limits) while all recent sightings were along the East 
River east of Manhattan, & near to E. 103 St. where a foot-bridge leads across 
a narrower part of that river-estuary to Randall’s Island western edge.

A Cackling Goose (a fly-over in amongst a small group of Canada Geese moving) 
was among birds of interest seen by a group gathered at Dyckman Street pier and 
vicinity on Sat. morning, 11/26.  A single Snow Goose was noted as a fly-over 
from Randall’s Island on the same day, but for mid-day, and the count of Mute 
Swan was up to 4 (all photo’d. together) off Randall’s for that day.  3 
Bonaparte’s Gulls were reported from the Hudson River well-south of the G.W. 
Bridge at (apparently) mid-day, on Sat., 11/26. There also was a report of a 
single Bonaparte’s Gull at the Central Park reservoir for a while on Friday, 
11/25, which unfortunately was not further-confirmed (the species has occurred 
there but is rare there, over the years).

Friday, 11/26 brought a fair number of American Goldfinches in, with some Pine 
Siskins as well, these seen in at least 2 Manhattan parks, Central & Riverside, 
each with many sweetgum trees (Liquidamabar styrifolia), the seed’balls’ of 
which can attract a lot of birds, both underneath, feeding on fallen seed, and 
in the trees. Those trees are particularly common in some areas in Riverside 
Park, and are also found in n. Manhattan. Pine Siskins were still present to 
Sunday, 11/27 (with Am. Goldfinshes), in Riverside Park (several areas) and 
Central Park (where, esp. thanks to ongoing ‘alerts’, there are 1 or 2 that’ve 
been seen by hundreds of observers, although at least a few other siskins are 
also present,

Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, Suffolk Co (LI)

2022-11-27 Thread Jennifer Wilson-Pines 
Recalling this discussion from last year, hiinters are using ebird and
other alerts to bag rare birds. Please consider holding your reports or
using less detailed locations.
https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/2.html

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 3:41 PM Douglas Futuyma  wrote:

> Continues at Northport High School playing field, were found and reported
> earlier by Darlene Moore ( seen from field gate N, behind the school
> building. Don’t know if viewing would be a problem on a school day, but a
> security guard was friendly during a Sunday downpour.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, Suffolk Co (LI)

2022-11-27 Thread Jennifer Wilson-Pines 
Recalling this discussion from last year, hiinters are using ebird and
other alerts to bag rare birds. Please consider holding your reports or
using less detailed locations.
https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/2.html

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 3:41 PM Douglas Futuyma  wrote:

> Continues at Northport High School playing field, were found and reported
> earlier by Darlene Moore ( seen from field gate N, behind the school
> building. Don’t know if viewing would be a problem on a school day, but a
> security guard was friendly during a Sunday downpour.
>
> 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
>
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> 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01
>
> Please submit your observations to eBird:
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>
> --
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>

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, Suffolk Co (LI)

2022-11-27 Thread Sara Stokes 
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 3:41 PM Douglas Futuyma  wrote:

> Continues at Northport High School playing field, were found and reported
> earlier by Darlene Moore ( seen from field gate N, behind the school
> building. Don’t know if viewing would be a problem on a school day, but a
> security guard was friendly during a Sunday downpour.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> --
>
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>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, Suffolk Co (LI)

2022-11-27 Thread Sara Stokes 
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 3:41 PM Douglas Futuyma  wrote:

> Continues at Northport High School playing field, were found and reported
> earlier by Darlene Moore ( seen from field gate N, behind the school
> building. Don’t know if viewing would be a problem on a school day, but a
> security guard was friendly during a Sunday downpour.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> --
>
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>
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[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, Suffolk Co (LI)

2022-11-27 Thread Douglas Futuyma 
Continues at Northport High School playing field, were found and reported 
earlier by Darlene Moore ( seen from field gate N, behind the school building. 
Don’t know if viewing would be a problem on a school day, but a security guard 
was friendly during a Sunday downpour.

Sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose, Suffolk Co (LI)

2022-11-27 Thread Douglas Futuyma 
Continues at Northport High School playing field, were found and reported 
earlier by Darlene Moore ( seen from field gate N, behind the school building. 
Don’t know if viewing would be a problem on a school day, but a security guard 
was friendly during a Sunday downpour.

Sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] Boat-tailed Grackles

2022-11-27 Thread Joel Horman 
over 100 on the fishing pier 
At smiths point parking lot. Also six or so horned lark’s at the traffic circle 
grassy plot.

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[nysbirds-l] Boat-tailed Grackles

2022-11-27 Thread Joel Horman 
over 100 on the fishing pier 
At smiths point parking lot. Also six or so horned lark’s at the traffic circle 
grassy plot.

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