[nysbirds-l] Hoary Redpolls & other Northern NY birds
I have been absent from email for several weeks due to 5 different family emergencies. Someone on NYS Birds asked about a Hoary Redpoll location. We continue to have large numbers of redpolls - hundreds of Commons and at least 4 Hoary Redpolls (1 male and 3 females) at our Long Lake feeders. Birders are welcome to view our feeders if they can let us know the date/time ahead. So far, everyone who has visited has had success in viewing a Hoary Redpoll. Here are some recent sightings from northern NY locations: 2/10/13 Long Lake (Hamilton County) Bohemian Waxwing - a flock of 60 to 70 birds perched at the edge of our lawn in Long Lake. Bohemian Waxwings occasionally show up in Long Lake during the winter, but this was the first time we have had this species on our property. Hoary Redpoll - I observed 4 on our front porch among hundreds of Common Redpolls. 2/14/13 Bloomingdale area (Franklin/Essex Counties), Tupper Lake (Franklin Co.), Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) Ruffed Grouse - Bloomingdale Bald Eagle - 2 adults flying together over Route 3 by the intersection with Coreys Rd. Barred Owl - Long Lake Black-backed Woodpecker - 2 females (1 along Bigelow Rd. in Bloomingdale & 1 at Sabattis Bog in Long Lake) Gray Jay - 11 (3 at Sabattis Bog, 6 at Bloomingdale Bog, and 2 along Bigelow Rd.) Bohemian Waxwing - ~20 in a crab apple tree by the Tupper Lake school entrance on Stetson Rd. 2/15/13 Various St. Lawrence Co. locations Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (1 light morph on Route 30 in Madrid, and 1 light morph at the intersection of Routes 30 & 27 in Lisbon) Horned Lark - 11 (Lisbon & Madrid) Bohemian Waxwing - 10 in Ogdensburg Snow Bunting - Lisbon Pine Grosbeak - 11 (1 in Canton, groups of 6 and 4 in Ogdensburg) On a tour with 3 birders from the NYC area over the weekend, we found 45 species. We spent Saturday in boreal habitat and Sunday in the St. Lawrence Valley. Here are some of the species found: 2/16/13 Bloomingdale area (Franklin/Essex Counties) & Sabattis Bog (Hamilton Co.) Black-backed Woodpecker - 2 (1 male on Oregon Plains Rd. in Bloomingdale & 1 female at Sabattis Bog in Long Lake) Boreal Chickadee - 13 (groups of 1,1,1,5, & 5 along Oregon Plains and Bigelow Rds.) Brown Creeper - singing on Oregon Plains Rd. Golden-crowned Kinglet - Oregon Plains Rd. Gray Jay - 8 at Bloomingdale Bog White-winged Crossbill - 8 (only 2 females) on Oregon Plains Rd. They were in the area for a long time and spent time foraging on spruce cones and gritting in the road. Common Redpoll - ~10 at Bloomingdale Bog 2/17/13 Various St. Lawrence Co. locations Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Wild Turkey Bald Eagle - 4 (1 Lisbon, 2 Madrid, and 1 Massena) Cooper's Hawk - Ogdensburg Red-tailed Hawk - 10 Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (1 light and 1 dark morph) Route 30 in Madrid Herring Gull Glaucous Gull - 1 (possibly 2 as I saw one on the water also - may have been the same perched bird later) at Hawkins Point in Massena. Interesting - the USA-Canada border runs right through the middle of the Moses-Saunders Dam! So, technically, the Glaucous Gull was perched in Canada - But, we did see it flying in the USA before it perched!!! Great Black-backed Gull - many at Hawkins Point in Massena Northern Shrike - Route 15 in Rensselaer Falls at Lower Lake (Town of Canton) Common Raven Horned Lark Tufted Titmouse Bohemian Waxwing - at least 80 in Canton feeding in fruit trees on Farmer St. American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting - several locations including scope views at Lisbon Beach Northern Cardinal Pine Grosbeak - ~10 in Canton feeding in a large spruce (eating the new vegetation) at St. Lawrence Univ. House Finch We stopped by Lisbon Beach and found birders from the Saranac Lake area who had not observed the Smew (& reported meeting other birders who did not find it on Sunday either). Jeff Bolsinger posted his Smew photographs, taken on Saturday, on the Northern NY Birds website. As Jeff posted, conditions were not ideal for viewing waterfowl on the river with bitter cold, wind, and heat shimmer. 2/18/13 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) The three birders from NYC and I braved the bitter cold to watch our feeder redpolls through scopes at 8 a.m. We observed a brilliant female Hoary Redpoll feeding among the Common Redpolls. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.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] Hoary Redpolls other Northern NY birds
I have been absent from email for several weeks due to 5 different family emergencies. Someone on NYS Birds asked about a Hoary Redpoll location. We continue to have large numbers of redpolls - hundreds of Commons and at least 4 Hoary Redpolls (1 male and 3 females) at our Long Lake feeders. Birders are welcome to view our feeders if they can let us know the date/time ahead. So far, everyone who has visited has had success in viewing a Hoary Redpoll. Here are some recent sightings from northern NY locations: 2/10/13 Long Lake (Hamilton County) Bohemian Waxwing - a flock of 60 to 70 birds perched at the edge of our lawn in Long Lake. Bohemian Waxwings occasionally show up in Long Lake during the winter, but this was the first time we have had this species on our property. Hoary Redpoll - I observed 4 on our front porch among hundreds of Common Redpolls. 2/14/13 Bloomingdale area (Franklin/Essex Counties), Tupper Lake (Franklin Co.), Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) Ruffed Grouse - Bloomingdale Bald Eagle - 2 adults flying together over Route 3 by the intersection with Coreys Rd. Barred Owl - Long Lake Black-backed Woodpecker - 2 females (1 along Bigelow Rd. in Bloomingdale 1 at Sabattis Bog in Long Lake) Gray Jay - 11 (3 at Sabattis Bog, 6 at Bloomingdale Bog, and 2 along Bigelow Rd.) Bohemian Waxwing - ~20 in a crab apple tree by the Tupper Lake school entrance on Stetson Rd. 2/15/13 Various St. Lawrence Co. locations Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (1 light morph on Route 30 in Madrid, and 1 light morph at the intersection of Routes 30 27 in Lisbon) Horned Lark - 11 (Lisbon Madrid) Bohemian Waxwing - 10 in Ogdensburg Snow Bunting - Lisbon Pine Grosbeak - 11 (1 in Canton, groups of 6 and 4 in Ogdensburg) On a tour with 3 birders from the NYC area over the weekend, we found 45 species. We spent Saturday in boreal habitat and Sunday in the St. Lawrence Valley. Here are some of the species found: 2/16/13 Bloomingdale area (Franklin/Essex Counties) Sabattis Bog (Hamilton Co.) Black-backed Woodpecker - 2 (1 male on Oregon Plains Rd. in Bloomingdale 1 female at Sabattis Bog in Long Lake) Boreal Chickadee - 13 (groups of 1,1,1,5, 5 along Oregon Plains and Bigelow Rds.) Brown Creeper - singing on Oregon Plains Rd. Golden-crowned Kinglet - Oregon Plains Rd. Gray Jay - 8 at Bloomingdale Bog White-winged Crossbill - 8 (only 2 females) on Oregon Plains Rd. They were in the area for a long time and spent time foraging on spruce cones and gritting in the road. Common Redpoll - ~10 at Bloomingdale Bog 2/17/13 Various St. Lawrence Co. locations Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Wild Turkey Bald Eagle - 4 (1 Lisbon, 2 Madrid, and 1 Massena) Cooper's Hawk - Ogdensburg Red-tailed Hawk - 10 Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (1 light and 1 dark morph) Route 30 in Madrid Herring Gull Glaucous Gull - 1 (possibly 2 as I saw one on the water also - may have been the same perched bird later) at Hawkins Point in Massena. Interesting - the USA-Canada border runs right through the middle of the Moses-Saunders Dam! So, technically, the Glaucous Gull was perched in Canada - But, we did see it flying in the USA before it perched!!! Great Black-backed Gull - many at Hawkins Point in Massena Northern Shrike - Route 15 in Rensselaer Falls at Lower Lake (Town of Canton) Common Raven Horned Lark Tufted Titmouse Bohemian Waxwing - at least 80 in Canton feeding in fruit trees on Farmer St. American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting - several locations including scope views at Lisbon Beach Northern Cardinal Pine Grosbeak - ~10 in Canton feeding in a large spruce (eating the new vegetation) at St. Lawrence Univ. House Finch We stopped by Lisbon Beach and found birders from the Saranac Lake area who had not observed the Smew ( reported meeting other birders who did not find it on Sunday either). Jeff Bolsinger posted his Smew photographs, taken on Saturday, on the Northern NY Birds website. As Jeff posted, conditions were not ideal for viewing waterfowl on the river with bitter cold, wind, and heat shimmer. 2/18/13 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) The three birders from NYC and I braved the bitter cold to watch our feeder redpolls through scopes at 8 a.m. We observed a brilliant female Hoary Redpoll feeding among the Common Redpolls. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.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/ --
