Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

2017-12-10 Thread Robert Taylor 
centerport, suffolk co long island

Rob in Massapequa

On Sunday, December 10, 2017, Jay D  wrote:

> Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
> What town is this ?
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>>
>> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
>> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
>> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> From: "mpro7419 ." 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 1
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
>> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
>> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
>> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
>> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
>> trespassing.
>>
>> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
>> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding
>> the
>> old "Mill Dam".
>>
>>
>> Matt Scharkopf
>> Huntington, New York.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> From: Anders Peltomaa 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 2
>>
>> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
>> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
>> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The
>> bird
>> may have continued towards Azalea.
>>
>> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
>> Thursday...
>>
>> good birding,
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>> Manhattan
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> From: Shaibal Mitra 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
>> X-Message-Number: 3
>>
>> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>>
>> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present
>> recently at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5
>> miles away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
>> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>>
>> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>>
>> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
>> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
>> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>>
>> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
>> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
>> bird molting over a two week period.
>>
>> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
>> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
>> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
>> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
>> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>>
>> Shai Mitra
>> Bay Shore
>> 
>> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
>> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
>> swalte...@verizon.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
>> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>>
>> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
>> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
>> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
>> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
>> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
>> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
>> called Golden Pond).
>>
>> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
>> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
>> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
>> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
>> is ample.
>>
>> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than

Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

2017-12-10 Thread Robert Taylor 
centerport, suffolk co long island

Rob in Massapequa

On Sunday, December 10, 2017, Jay D  wrote:

> Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
> What town is this ?
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
> nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>>
>> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
>> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
>> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
>> From: "mpro7419 ." 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 1
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
>> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
>> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
>> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
>> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
>> trespassing.
>>
>> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
>> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding
>> the
>> old "Mill Dam".
>>
>>
>> Matt Scharkopf
>> Huntington, New York.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
>> From: Anders Peltomaa 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
>> X-Message-Number: 2
>>
>> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
>> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
>> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The
>> bird
>> may have continued towards Azalea.
>>
>> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
>> Thursday...
>>
>> good birding,
>>
>> Anders Peltomaa
>> Manhattan
>>
>> --
>>
>> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
>> From: Shaibal Mitra 
>> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
>> X-Message-Number: 3
>>
>> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>>
>> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present
>> recently at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5
>> miles away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
>> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>>
>> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>>
>> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
>> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
>> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>>
>> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
>> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
>> bird molting over a two week period.
>>
>> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
>> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
>> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
>> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
>> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>>
>> Shai Mitra
>> Bay Shore
>> 
>> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
>> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
>> swalte...@verizon.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
>> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
>> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>>
>> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
>> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
>> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
>> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
>> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
>> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
>> called Golden Pond).
>>
>> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
>> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
>> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
>> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
>> is ample.
>>
>> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
>> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>>
>>
>> Steve Walter
>> Bayside, NY
>> --
>> NYSbirds-L List

Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

2017-12-10 Thread Jay D 
Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
What town is this ?

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>
> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>
> --
>
> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> From: "mpro7419 ." 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
> trespassing.
>
> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding the
> old "Mill Dam".
>
>
> Matt Scharkopf
> Huntington, New York.
>
> --
>
> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
> wrote:
>
> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird
> may have continued towards Azalea.
>
> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
> Thursday...
>
> good birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Manhattan
>
> --
>
> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>
> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently
> at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles
> away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>
> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>
> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>
> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
> bird molting over a two week period.
>
> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>
> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
> called Golden Pond).
>
> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
> is ample.
>
> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
> --
> NYSbirds-L List Info:
> Welcome and Basics
> Rules and

Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 10, 2017

2017-12-10 Thread Jay D 
Re: " Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond"
What town is this ?

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:07 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 10, 2017.
>
> 1. Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> 2. Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> 3. RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> 4. Western tanager and YB chat-yes
> 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 - Least
> Flycatcher Continues, 5 Pine Warblers
>
> --
>
> Subject: Info Mill Pond Motel AKA Tung Ting Pond
> From: "mpro7419 ." 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:05:24 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Just a word of caution in regards to this site. I have been given
> information that the property owner has become displeased with the use of
> his property for viewing the wildlife. (GWFG & Bald Eagle sightings). I
> have confirmed this is private property including the land under water
> (pond). If you use this site be aware that you will be subject to
> trespassing.
>
> Alternatively, there is a small town owned park "Heron Park" where you can
> view the Bald Eagles as they frequently hunt from the trees surrounding the
> old "Mill Dam".
>
>
> Matt Scharkopf
> Huntington, New York.
>
> --
>
> Subject: Re: HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - No so far, Saturday
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:01:42 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> I've been out for 1.5 hour and not yet seen either Wilson's Warbler or
> Hammond's Flycatcher.
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> On Dec 7, 2017 10:43 AM, "Anders Peltomaa" 
> wrote:
>
> I just saw the Flycatcher at Swampy Pin Oak. It moved through the shrubs
> from South to North, as I sat on a bench enjoying a cup of coffee. The bird
> may have continued towards Azalea.
>
> Hoping it hangs around a few more days. CBC count week begins next
> Thursday...
>
> good birding,
>
> Anders Peltomaa
> Manhattan
>
> --
>
> Subject: RE: Western Tanager in Queens
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:58:05 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> A Western Tanager continued at Crocheron Park this morning.
>
> I had not until today looked at any photos of the bird(s) present recently
> at the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area (ca. 1.5 miles
> away), but Corey Finger's photos from 25 Nov clearly show a bird with
> uniformly juvenal greater coverts on its right wing:
>
> https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40716432
>
> The bird we saw this morning at Crocheron Park clearly showed a mix of
> juvenal (small, worn, grayish-brown, restricted whitish tips) and formative
> (large, fresh, black, extensive whitish tips) greater coverts on this wing:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/22k7Kfv
>
> The number of feathers replaced, as well as the slightly eccentric manner
> in which the replacement skipped one juv feather) argue against a single
> bird molting over a two week period.
>
> Other photos from the Alley Pond Environmental Center/Restoration Area
> show a Western Tanager that appears brighter than the one in Corey's photos
> (perhaps more similar to the Crocheron bird), but the photos I found do not
> show the wing feathers in sufficient detail for comparison with Corey's
> bird, or with the Crocheron bird.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> From: bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-122109878-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:00 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager in Queens
>
> Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don’t know
> whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The
> location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental
> Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is
> Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park).
> The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also
> called Golden Pond).
>
> From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street
> (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until
> the end of 221st  , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th
> Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here
> is ample.
>
> Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley –
> especially as we’re heading toward CBC time.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
> --
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