[nysbirds-l] Bashakill WMA, November 7, 2011. 1 ad, Northern shrike, 1 ad f, YH Blackbird.
Hello NY birders, today I birded the BASHakill wildlife management area in Mamakating, NY. Nov. 7, 2011. mostly sunny, approximately 52f, almost no wind. Upon stopping approx 100 feet from the bridge on Haven road at 3pm I saw and heard next to nothing, I waited, listened and watched. At 3:45 pm, an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE landed in a leafless red maple tree approx. 50 feet from me/the bridge! I keyed in on every field mark, I even referenced Sibley's small field guide ISBN, 0-679-45120-X, page 272, narrow dark mask with white marking around its eye ! A Toyota driven by a young gal, tried to ''catch air'' under her (probably moms) car, while blasting over the bridge :(, scaring the Shrike... to a shrub low left of the road beyond the bridge. I lost sight of it after that. I drove beyond the bridge, stopped and got out to look for the Shrike. Approximately 90 Red winged blackbirds flew along the marsh edge from the left (east) low overhead across the marsh (south) up and over the trees and continued (south) an adult female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was flying with this batch of blackbirds! I saw it very well, I am familiar with this species. And referenced small Sibley's immediately after seeing it at 4:05pm Approx 300 blackbirds flew by after this first group. 1 Common Raven, croaked overhead also. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bashakill WMA, November 7, 2011. 1 ad, Northern shrike, 1 ad f, YH Blackbird.
Hello NY birders, today I birded the BASHakill wildlife management area in Mamakating, NY. Nov. 7, 2011. mostly sunny, approximately 52f, almost no wind. Upon stopping approx 100 feet from the bridge on Haven road at 3pm I saw and heard next to nothing, I waited, listened and watched. At 3:45 pm, an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE landed in a leafless red maple tree approx. 50 feet from me/the bridge! I keyed in on every field mark, I even referenced Sibley's small field guide ISBN, 0-679-45120-X, page 272, narrow dark mask with white marking around its eye ! A Toyota driven by a young gal, tried to ''catch air'' under her (probably moms) car, while blasting over the bridge :(, scaring the Shrike... to a shrub low left of the road beyond the bridge. I lost sight of it after that. I drove beyond the bridge, stopped and got out to look for the Shrike. Approximately 90 Red winged blackbirds flew along the marsh edge from the left (east) low overhead across the marsh (south) up and over the trees and continued (south) an adult female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was flying with this batch of blackbirds! I saw it very well, I am familiar with this species. And referenced small Sibley's immediately after seeing it at 4:05pm Approx 300 blackbirds flew by after this first group. 1 Common Raven, croaked overhead also. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 2 Snow buntings, 14 Horned lark, Orange County 10/27/11
2 Snow buntings and 14 Horned lark briefly landed on the lawn of the Maybrook, New York, TA truck stop this afternoon at 5pm. They flew NNE, but being nomatic in nature, who knows where they are now Light rain falling, light sleet was falling 30 minutes before seeing these birds. (snow is forecast). Good birding, Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 2 Snow buntings, 14 Horned lark, Orange County 10/27/11
2 Snow buntings and 14 Horned lark briefly landed on the lawn of the Maybrook, New York, TA truck stop this afternoon at 5pm. They flew NNE, but being nomatic in nature, who knows where they are now Light rain falling, light sleet was falling 30 minutes before seeing these birds. (snow is forecast). Good birding, Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Caumsett State Park (Suffolk Co.) Birds, 10/8/11, highlight birds for us.
This morning (10/8/11) Lorraine Bondi and I birded this awesome grassland/woodland site. The recently plowed west field yielded a 1st year male DICKCISSEL perched on the newest excavatated spoils pile on the right. The VESPER SPARROW seen Friday, hopped from the short hill grasses into the 1st Locust tree right of the 2 old concrete feed troughs repeatedly :) great looks! (in front of the newly plowed west fields). 4 Eastern bluebirds joined the Vesper sparrow with several Palm and Yellow rumped warblers. Also in those grasses were about 10 Eastern Meadowlarks. No pipits showed themselves :( The brush/stump pile produced at least 6 species of warblers... 2 Orange crowned's being the nicest for us :) We had great looks at a Sharp-shinned hawk in a woods trail across from the brush pile What a great place, Lorraine got 6 life birds :) ! Good birding, Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Caumsett State Park (Suffolk Co.) Birds, 10/8/11, highlight birds for us.
This morning (10/8/11) Lorraine Bondi and I birded this awesome grassland/woodland site. The recently plowed west field yielded a 1st year male DICKCISSEL perched on the newest excavatated spoils pile on the right. The VESPER SPARROW seen Friday, hopped from the short hill grasses into the 1st Locust tree right of the 2 old concrete feed troughs repeatedly :) great looks! (in front of the newly plowed west fields). 4 Eastern bluebirds joined the Vesper sparrow with several Palm and Yellow rumped warblers. Also in those grasses were about 10 Eastern Meadowlarks. No pipits showed themselves :( The brush/stump pile produced at least 6 species of warblers... 2 Orange crowned's being the nicest for us :) We had great looks at a Sharp-shinned hawk in a woods trail across from the brush pile What a great place, Lorraine got 6 life birds :) ! Good birding, Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Northern Wheatear... Orange county, 6:30pm , Yes . 10/7/11.
Thank you all NY birders who posted the Orange county, NORTHERN WHEATEAR 10/7/11. And to Rob Stone for originally finding this great bird! I wanted to get it as a state bird. I had seen Oil city Road posts before, but I never travel east on Rte 17 during daylight hours. I arrived at Oil City Road, Warwick, NY/ the Wallkill Wildlife Management Area, and parked by the platform/ Liberty Marsh Wetlands Restoration sign on the left. Thanks for the great directions, Jeff Goulding, I made a couple wrong turns, but finally made it with enough daylight. BTW Jeff, a 'backwards Y' is a "fork",,, haha:)!! For folks needing an address for their GPS: use either # 48 or 72 Oil City Road, Warwick, NY. 10990. There was a Subaru Forester in the dirt lot, that made me feel good, a known "birders vehicle:)",I spotted a birder walking out the dirt road across from the lot. His name was Barry, (sorry sir I forgot your last name). He tipped me off to the last place he saw the bird! Thanx ! I walked all the way in, checking everything..around the bend with the JD tractor pump, across the washout,,a Toyota pickup drove in from Biernstine Lane. A bird with white in its rump area lifted from the dirt road and flew towards me but never showed itself in behind the phrags.. The driver said he was scouting for deer? He asked about BAEA's and Falcons. I turned to leave, as I crossed the washout, and heard an unfamiliar twitter call to my right, then to my left just around the bend where the green JD tractor pump is, there perched on the grassy berm was the brown tone N. Wheatear! I also saw: thousands of CAGO, hundreds of ducks, gadwall, gw teal, mallards, pintails, C mergs.. 8 Wilson's snipe, along the ditch of the dirt road in..and out. 8 Black crowned night herons. flying from over the platform down the dirt road... 1 American bittern. 1 Skunk on berm. I left the dirt lot at 7:17 pm. http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/757/_/Northern_Wheatear.aspx listen to the call , exact :) What "great" property, I "will" go back again. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Northern Wheatear... Orange county, 6:30pm , Yes . 10/7/11.
Thank you all NY birders who posted the Orange county, NORTHERN WHEATEAR 10/7/11. And to Rob Stone for originally finding this great bird! I wanted to get it as a state bird. I had seen Oil city Road posts before, but I never travel east on Rte 17 during daylight hours. I arrived at Oil City Road, Warwick, NY/ the Wallkill Wildlife Management Area, and parked by the platform/ Liberty Marsh Wetlands Restoration sign on the left. Thanks for the great directions, Jeff Goulding, I made a couple wrong turns, but finally made it with enough daylight. BTW Jeff, a 'backwards Y' is a fork,,, haha:)!! For folks needing an address for their GPS: use either # 48 or 72 Oil City Road, Warwick, NY. 10990. There was a Subaru Forester in the dirt lot, that made me feel good, a known birders vehicle:),I spotted a birder walking out the dirt road across from the lot. His name was Barry, (sorry sir I forgot your last name). He tipped me off to the last place he saw the bird! Thanx ! I walked all the way in, checking everything..around the bend with the JD tractor pump, across the washout,,a Toyota pickup drove in from Biernstine Lane. A bird with white in its rump area lifted from the dirt road and flew towards me but never showed itself in behind the phrags.. The driver said he was scouting for deer? He asked about BAEA's and Falcons. I turned to leave, as I crossed the washout, and heard an unfamiliar twitter call to my right, then to my left just around the bend where the green JD tractor pump is, there perched on the grassy berm was the brown tone N. Wheatear! I also saw: thousands of CAGO, hundreds of ducks, gadwall, gw teal, mallards, pintails, C mergs.. 8 Wilson's snipe, along the ditch of the dirt road in..and out. 8 Black crowned night herons. flying from over the platform down the dirt road... 1 American bittern. 1 Skunk on berm. I left the dirt lot at 7:17 pm. http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/757/_/Northern_Wheatear.aspx listen to the call , exact :) What great property, I will go back again. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Winter resident birds, Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. 1 RSHA
Ooops, sorry..I forgot to list 4 American robin, winter residents.. 6 Blue jay, in Burt Bull Road thickets. Various stops in Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. winter resident birds. 2Common mergansers, in Wallkill river, under metal bridge/Rte 211. At Sycamore farms, on Rte 211, on fresh spread manure: 500American crow 2Northern mockingbirds, in hedgerow. 12 European starlings 1Red shouldered hawk, (RSHA) I have seen it for the past 6 months in that area. 2Red tailed hawks, nesting nearby. 12 Dark eyed junco, slate colored 6Tufted titmouse At the airport 24 European starlings 2 Snow buntings 4 House sparrows :( 2 Red tailed hawk 8 American crow 1 Northern mockingbird Dan Furbish Middletown, NY and Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Winter resident birds, Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. 1 RSHA
Various stops in Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. winter resident birds. 2Common mergansers, in Wallkill river, under metal bridge/Rte 211. At Sycamore farms, on Rte 211, on fresh spread manure: 500American crow 2Northern mockingbirds, in hedgerow. 12 European starlings 1Red shouldered hawk, (RSHA) I have seen it for the past 6 months in that area. 2Red tailed hawks, nesting nearby. 12 Dark eyed junco, slate colored 6Tufted titmouse At the airport 24 European starlings 2 Snow buntings 4 House sparrows :( 2 Red tailed hawk 8 American crow 1 Northern mockingbird Dan Furbish Middletown, NY and Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Winter resident birds, Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. 1 RSHA
Various stops in Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. winter resident birds. 2Common mergansers, in Wallkill river, under metal bridge/Rte 211. At Sycamore farms, on Rte 211, on fresh spread manure: 500American crow 2Northern mockingbirds, in hedgerow. 12 European starlings 1Red shouldered hawk, (RSHA) I have seen it for the past 6 months in that area. 2Red tailed hawks, nesting nearby. 12 Dark eyed junco, slate colored 6Tufted titmouse At the airport 24 European starlings 2 Snow buntings 4 House sparrows :( 2 Red tailed hawk 8 American crow 1 Northern mockingbird Dan Furbish Middletown, NY and Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Winter resident birds, Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. 1 RSHA
Ooops, sorry..I forgot to list 4 American robin, winter residents.. 6 Blue jay, in Burt Bull Road thickets. Various stops in Montgomery, NY 2/23/11. winter resident birds. 2Common mergansers, in Wallkill river, under metal bridge/Rte 211. At Sycamore farms, on Rte 211, on fresh spread manure: 500American crow 2Northern mockingbirds, in hedgerow. 12 European starlings 1Red shouldered hawk, (RSHA) I have seen it for the past 6 months in that area. 2Red tailed hawks, nesting nearby. 12 Dark eyed junco, slate colored 6Tufted titmouse At the airport 24 European starlings 2 Snow buntings 4 House sparrows :( 2 Red tailed hawk 8 American crow 1 Northern mockingbird Dan Furbish Middletown, NY and Truckin' thru 5 northern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 2, CORA, Montgomery, NY 11.18.10, 2 pm EST
2, Common raven, Montgomery, NY 11.18.10, 2 pm EST photo on flickr. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northeastern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 2, CORA, Montgomery, NY 11.18.10, 2 pm EST
2, Common raven, Montgomery, NY 11.18.10, 2 pm EST photo on flickr. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru 5 northeastern states in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 24 Snow Buntings, in Montgomery, NY 11/04/10
Snow Buntings, 24. in Montgomery, NY 11/04/10 during heavy rain, 43 deg f, in a short grassy field of a large warehouse. Dan Furbish Truckin' NY, PA, NJ, CT and MA in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Inland BRANT, 11/01/10, juv. Roscoe, NY rest area
Subject: BRANT, juvenile...Roscoe, NY 11/.1/10.. I took photos Hello, this morning I just saw a juvenile BRANT, at the Roscoe rest stop at mile marker 313, Rte 17 east. I took several photos. a single bird (in that immediate area) 30 or so Canada geese, down the grassy area...250 feet or so! I took 5 or so photos. will send if you want them. seen at 10AM EDT, 11/01/10. Near the Willowemac river. :) any help locating a local listserve would be helpful also. Good birding. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru NY,PA, NJ, MA.. in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Inland BRANT, 11/01/10, juv. Roscoe, NY rest area
Subject: BRANT, juvenile...Roscoe, NY 11/.1/10.. I took photos Hello, this morning I just saw a juvenile BRANT, at the Roscoe rest stop at mile marker 313, Rte 17 east. I took several photos. a single bird (in that immediate area) 30 or so Canada geese, down the grassy area...250 feet or so! I took 5 or so photos. will send if you want them. seen at 10AM EDT, 11/01/10. Near the Willowemac river. :) any help locating a local listserve would be helpful also. Good birding. Dan Furbish Truckin' thru NY,PA, NJ, MA.. in a big rig. peterbilt.bir...@yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
