[nysbirds-l] Don't miss the upcoming Queens County Bird Club/NY Zoom Presentation by Josh Haas "Hawks on the Wing; Identifying Raptors in Flight" - Wednesday, September 20th at 7:30 PM EST
Don't miss the upcoming Queens County Bird Club Zoom Presentation by Josh Haas "Hawks on the Wing; Identifying Raptors in Flight" When: September 20, 2023, 7:30 PM Eastern Time (USA and Canada) Raptors in flight bring a sense of wonder and struggle to birders, especially when it comes to identifying them at a distance. Field marks are not enough when back-lit conditions and birds miles out lack any color. Flight ID has long been the best way to identify raptors at a distance, however books only take it so far. Join hawk watcher and photographer Josh Haas as he shares the principles of raptor ID featuring video clips from his movie “Hawks on the Wing”, including seeing similar raptors side-by-side on screen at the same time while Josh walks through how to identify each species. Josh Haas first developed a love for hawks working with the birds of prey at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. A hawk watching trip to Lake Erie Metropark opened his eyes to raptors in migration. Perplexed by seeing specks at a distance with an overwhelming itch to know what they were, he started learning from veteran hawk watchers and was hooked. He would end up spending seven Fall seasons working with the Detroit River Hawk Watch as a relief counter. There he honed his skills and developed a love for teaching visitors' unique ways of telling the shadowy specs apart. This, combined with his experience in bird photography and videography took his teaching to a new level. His goal of making raptors accessible to everyone spawned his movie “Hawks on the Wing” teaching viewers raptors in flight through the use of video and audio commentary (including multiple species on screen side-by-side). Josh’s passion started with raptors but he can be found birding and photographing in all seasons, often with his wife, daughter and son.Suggested Readings: Hawks in Flight (Pete Dunne, David Sibley and Clay Sutton), Hawks at a Distance (Jerry Liguori)Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZMtcuihrj8uGt3jZHmQWUBS8ZIbW...After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Marcia Abrahams VP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttp://www.qcbirdclub.org Email: marciaaabrah...@aol.com -- 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] Common Ringed Plover
Continues today, northwest part of flats. 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] Dennis Edge
Another important passing of note in the birding community: Dennis edge, who died one week ago. He was well known amongst downtown birders and mentored numerous Lower East Side birders. He was recently and accurately described as "the kindest birder." He recently published his life's work the birds of Tompkins square park. The NYC downtown birding world is at a loss because of his death. -- 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] Central Park NYC, Fri. Sept. 8, 2023: Osprey, N. Shoveler, Warblers, Coyote
Central Park NYC Friday September 8, 2023 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Osprey, Northern Shoveler, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Warblers, and a coyote/coy wolf at the Loch. Dan Stevenson spotted the canid behind some brush on the north, more wooded, side of the Loch. Canada Goose - 13 Northern Shoveler - 2 Harlem Meer (Deb - 8am) Gadwall - 5 Mallard - 24 Mourning Dove - around a dozen Chimney Swift - 4-8 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 150 Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Great Blue Heron - 1 Harlem Meer (Deb - 8am) Osprey - 1 over Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 north of the Pool, others heard Downy Woodpecker - 1 Great Hill Northern Flicker - 3 Blue Jay - 3 or 4 American Crow - heard Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 5 (Deb - 1pm) Carolina Wren - 2 heard (Conservatory Garden Loch) Gray Catbird - 14 or 15 Northern Mockingbird - 2 Plant Nursery Area Swainson's Thrush - 1 Green Bench (Caren Jahre) American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 8 American Goldfinch - 2 Wildflower Meadow Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 female Plant Nursery Area Common Grackle - 1 Loch Northern Waterthrush - 1 or 2 at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 3 (Caren Jahre) Common Yellowthroat - 5 (Paul Curtis) American Redstart - 14 Magnolia Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer Northern Cardinal - 8-10 including a female feeding a juvenile and a male feeding a juvenile -- In other bird news, Elizabeth Paredes reported a Blackburnian Warbler in the largest Tupelo (Sour Gum) in the Ramble. See @BirdCentralPark on twitter maintained by David Barrett for this and other for up-to-the-minute bird reports for NY County. -- Deb Allen -- 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/ --
