[nysbirds-l] Second glance produced a great find at the Plandome train station for the Northern Nassau CBC
Good Afternoon Everyone, Jennifer Wilson-Pines and I braved the yucky weather on the 17th for the Northern Nassau CBC. We were in sector 1 which included parts of Manhasset, Plandome, Port Washington and Great Neck. We had a decent day considering the weather was terrible. We saw every Junco on Long Island lol. When we arrived at the Plandome Train Station we were hoping to see what our recon earlier in the week produced. Winter Wren’s and Golden Crown Kinglets. This spot is also good for Robins, American Goldfinches and Cardinals. It tends to be birdy due to the low lying brush, a stream that winds through and along the train tracks, trees with berries and the power station which Jennifer feels keeps the area slightly warmer and now as we look back possibly keeping small bugs alive during the colder months. There are several houses on the other side of the stream that also put up feeders. To make a long story short, as we were sitting in my car I noticed a blaze of yellow pop into my view. Making the most sense at the time I yell out “Common Yellowthroat!” Jennifer and I remarked that the bird was a glutton for punishment and half crazy for still being here. Luckily Jennifer was able to snap two shots of him. He was gone in about 5 seconds. I hopped out of the car to look for him, but he was gone. We weren’t thinking that it was anything else but a CYT and happy for that. I did for a 1/2 second think “Boy was he bright and big” but dismissed it as him being up next to the snow and puffed up like every other bird that day. When Jennifer finally had a moment to upload the pics from the day, she took a double take and realized we didn’t have a CYT. She sent me and a few others the pics and sure as snow this wasn’t a CYT (i’m totally embarrassed at this point). We received confirmation from some local birding-masters it turns out that crazy CYT was actually a Yellow-Breasted Chat. Here he is in his crazy glory!! This takes the Northern Nassau count from 99 to 100! This may be a first for Northern Nassau. Glenn Quinn is going to check the archives. Luckily the bird IS still there. I went this morning on my way to work and spotted him with another birder who has asked to remain anonymous. This morning he was hanging out with the Winter Wrens and Sparrows in the thicket behind the garage. He is plump, happy, still alive and more importantly actually a Chat. To see this bird: GPS Coordinates: 40.809704, -73.695894 Address: 143 Stonytown Road, Manhasset, NY 11030 (Which is actually the Plandome Country Club). Across from the club (facing south there is a parking lot for the train station). Behind that lot is a maintenance facility for the town and village. Lot’s of trucks etc. The bird was seen at the southern part of the maintenance lot facing the brush. There is a trail that to the east of that runs adjacent to the brush along the tracks you may want to check that too. To the west of the brushy area is a garage, you can check that to (where he was today). It leads to the other part of the stream and the houses that have feeders up. Email me for pictures of the bird. We are glad to share. Too large to send Lessons learned: Things aren’t always what they seem. Anything can happen on a CBC. And I shouldn’t be so hard on myself for a wrong i.d. Siide note, I will be forever mad at you, Pink Footed Goose!!! (He was also in my sector for the Queens County CBC and he decided to not to show up). Elizabeth A. DiNapoli, M.Ed. Director of Clerkship Education Physician Assistant Studies School of Health Professions New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY 11568 516.686.3827 (w) 516.404.1984 (c) -- 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] Second glance produced a great find at the Plandome train station for the Northern Nassau CBC
Good Afternoon Everyone, Jennifer Wilson-Pines and I braved the yucky weather on the 17th for the Northern Nassau CBC. We were in sector 1 which included parts of Manhasset, Plandome, Port Washington and Great Neck. We had a decent day considering the weather was terrible. We saw every Junco on Long Island lol. When we arrived at the Plandome Train Station we were hoping to see what our recon earlier in the week produced. Winter Wren’s and Golden Crown Kinglets. This spot is also good for Robins, American Goldfinches and Cardinals. It tends to be birdy due to the low lying brush, a stream that winds through and along the train tracks, trees with berries and the power station which Jennifer feels keeps the area slightly warmer and now as we look back possibly keeping small bugs alive during the colder months. There are several houses on the other side of the stream that also put up feeders. To make a long story short, as we were sitting in my car I noticed a blaze of yellow pop into my view. Making the most sense at the time I yell out “Common Yellowthroat!” Jennifer and I remarked that the bird was a glutton for punishment and half crazy for still being here. Luckily Jennifer was able to snap two shots of him. He was gone in about 5 seconds. I hopped out of the car to look for him, but he was gone. We weren’t thinking that it was anything else but a CYT and happy for that. I did for a 1/2 second think “Boy was he bright and big” but dismissed it as him being up next to the snow and puffed up like every other bird that day. When Jennifer finally had a moment to upload the pics from the day, she took a double take and realized we didn’t have a CYT. She sent me and a few others the pics and sure as snow this wasn’t a CYT (i’m totally embarrassed at this point). We received confirmation from some local birding-masters it turns out that crazy CYT was actually a Yellow-Breasted Chat. Here he is in his crazy glory!! This takes the Northern Nassau count from 99 to 100! This may be a first for Northern Nassau. Glenn Quinn is going to check the archives. Luckily the bird IS still there. I went this morning on my way to work and spotted him with another birder who has asked to remain anonymous. This morning he was hanging out with the Winter Wrens and Sparrows in the thicket behind the garage. He is plump, happy, still alive and more importantly actually a Chat. To see this bird: GPS Coordinates: 40.809704, -73.695894 Address: 143 Stonytown Road, Manhasset, NY 11030 (Which is actually the Plandome Country Club). Across from the club (facing south there is a parking lot for the train station). Behind that lot is a maintenance facility for the town and village. Lot’s of trucks etc. The bird was seen at the southern part of the maintenance lot facing the brush. There is a trail that to the east of that runs adjacent to the brush along the tracks you may want to check that too. To the west of the brushy area is a garage, you can check that to (where he was today). It leads to the other part of the stream and the houses that have feeders up. Email me for pictures of the bird. We are glad to share. Too large to send Lessons learned: Things aren’t always what they seem. Anything can happen on a CBC. And I shouldn’t be so hard on myself for a wrong i.d. Siide note, I will be forever mad at you, Pink Footed Goose!!! (He was also in my sector for the Queens County CBC and he decided to not to show up). Elizabeth A. DiNapoli, M.Ed. Director of Clerkship Education Physician Assistant Studies School of Health Professions New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY 11568 516.686.3827 (w) 516.404.1984 (c) -- 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/ --
