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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2019-12-29 Thread Menachem Goldstein

Painted Bunting continues this morning, refound by Stacy and Kurt in same area.
40.594722,-73.512141

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  On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 10:23 AM, Jim 
Schlickenrieder wrote:   The Painted Bunting 
continues behind the swings that are shaped like chairs.

 Original message From: Taylor Sturm  Date: 
12/28/19 09:26 (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] 
Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co. 
Pete Morris and I just came across a female-type Painted Bunting in the 
playground just east of the “Gatsby on the Ocean” building at Jones Beach SP, 
Nassau Co. 

Taylor Sturm


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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2019-12-29 Thread Menachem Goldstein

Painted Bunting continues this morning, refound by Stacy and Kurt in same area.
40.594722,-73.512141

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 10:23 AM, Jim 
Schlickenrieder wrote:   The Painted Bunting 
continues behind the swings that are shaped like chairs.

 Original message From: Taylor Sturm  Date: 
12/28/19 09:26 (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] 
Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co. 
Pete Morris and I just came across a female-type Painted Bunting in the 
playground just east of the “Gatsby on the Ocean” building at Jones Beach SP, 
Nassau Co. 

Taylor Sturm


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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2019-12-28 Thread Jim Schlickenrieder

The Painted Bunting continues behind the swings that are shaped like chairs.
 Original message From: Taylor Sturm  Date: 
12/28/19  09:26  (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] 
Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co. Pete Morris and I just came across a 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2019-12-28 Thread Jim Schlickenrieder

The Painted Bunting continues behind the swings that are shaped like chairs.
 Original message From: Taylor Sturm  Date: 
12/28/19  09:26  (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] 
Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co. Pete Morris and I just came across a 
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Ocean” building at Jones Beach SP, Nassau Co. Taylor Sturm--NYSbirds-L List 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2019-12-28 Thread jim Colligan

Taylor—I wonder if it is the same bird I photographed in Montauk 3 days ago 
Jim




> On Dec 28, 2019, at 9:26 AM, Taylor Sturm  wrote:
> 
> Pete Morris and I just came across a female-type Painted Bunting in the 
> playground just east of the “Gatsby on the Ocean” building at Jones Beach SP, 
> Nassau Co. 
> 
> Taylor Sturm
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting - Jones Beach, Nassau Co.

2019-12-28 Thread jim Colligan

Taylor—I wonder if it is the same bird I photographed in Montauk 3 days ago 
Jim




> On Dec 28, 2019, at 9:26 AM, Taylor Sturm  wrote:
> 
> Pete Morris and I just came across a female-type Painted Bunting in the 
> playground just east of the “Gatsby on the Ocean” building at Jones Beach SP, 
> Nassau Co. 
> 
> Taylor Sturm
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting YES (Staten Island)

2017-01-14 Thread Joe T

Bird continues at about 3:00 pm at the end of Ocean Avenue, which is right off 
the end of Arden Avenue on the south shore of the island. There is a regular 
lesser black-backed gull there also.  
JT 

On Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:25 AM, Jose G 
 wrote:
 

 Female Painted Bunting is being seen just off of Arden Ave. on Staten Island. 
Here is the exact location:

Dropped Pinnear 1760 Arden Ave, Staten Island, NY 
10312https://goo.gl/maps/MgL8GS24HAm-- 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting YES (Staten Island)

2017-01-14 Thread Joe T

Bird continues at about 3:00 pm at the end of Ocean Avenue, which is right off 
the end of Arden Avenue on the south shore of the island. There is a regular 
lesser black-backed gull there also.  
JT 

On Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:25 AM, Jose G 
 wrote:
 

 Female Painted Bunting is being seen just off of Arden Ave. on Staten Island. 
Here is the exact location:

Dropped Pinnear 1760 Arden Ave, Staten Island, NY 
10312https://goo.gl/maps/MgL8GS24HAm-- 
Jose

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting

2015-12-16 Thread Rick

Yippee


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 Original message 
From: Doug Gochfeld  
Date:12/16/2015  8:28 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu"  
Cc:  
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting 

The Prospect Park Painted Bunting has made it to Brooklyn's CBC count period. 
It is currently in one of its favored locations at the extreme northeast corner 
of the appropriate habitat at the LeFrak center green roof.

Good CBCing!
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting

2015-12-16 Thread Rick

Yippee


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 Original message 
From: Doug Gochfeld  
Date:12/16/2015  8:28 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu"  
Cc:  
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting 

The Prospect Park Painted Bunting has made it to Brooklyn's CBC count period. 
It is currently in one of its favored locations at the extreme northeast corner 
of the appropriate habitat at the LeFrak center green roof.

Good CBCing!
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

2015-12-02 Thread Paul R Sweet

Thanks Klemens.

Everything looks great for a wild bird. Feathers, claws etc show no sign of 
being in a cage. Also dates perfect for vagrant Painted Bunting.

Paul

Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 
Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10023 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941

On Dec 2, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Klemens Gasser 
mailto:klemensgas...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Paul, The association was lose and brief and after I posted the European 
Goldfinches stayed higher in the trees before they left while the Painted 
Bunting re-appared all by itself on the South slope feeding from ground level 
to 3' high. It is alone almost all the times.
Most of the seasoned birders in Brooklyn have seen it without raising an issue. 
I would not be capable of telling the difference but here is a photo of the the 
remiges for your review:
Painted Bunting 20151202 Prospect Park Brooklyn 
IMG_3209<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC>




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From: Paul R Sweet mailto:sw...@amnh.org>>
To: Klemens Gasser mailto:klemensgas...@yahoo.com>>; 
NYSBirds mailto:nysbirds-l@cornell.edu>>
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

Klemens

Can you confirm the Painted Bunting was associating with 7 European 
Goldfinches? If so this casts some doubt on the Bunting being a wild bird no?

Paul

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Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 1:20 PM
To: NYSBirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

Nice article about Painted Bunting and Brooklyn birders today:

http://nypost.com/2015/12/02/people-are-losing-their-s-t-over-this-bird/

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

2015-12-02 Thread Paul R Sweet

Klemens

Can you confirm the Painted Bunting was associating with 7 European 
Goldfinches? If so this casts some doubt on the Bunting being a wild bird no?

Paul

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[mailto:bounce-119951093-11471...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Klemens Gasser
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 1:20 PM
To: NYSBirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

Nice article about Painted Bunting and Brooklyn birders today:

http://nypost.com/2015/12/02/people-are-losing-their-s-t-over-this-bird/

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

2015-12-02 Thread Paul R Sweet

Klemens

Can you confirm the Painted Bunting was associating with 7 European 
Goldfinches? If so this casts some doubt on the Bunting being a wild bird no?

Paul

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[mailto:bounce-119951093-11471...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Klemens Gasser
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 1:20 PM
To: NYSBirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

Nice article about Painted Bunting and Brooklyn birders today:

http://nypost.com/2015/12/02/people-are-losing-their-s-t-over-this-bird/

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

2015-12-02 Thread Paul R Sweet

Thanks Klemens.

Everything looks great for a wild bird. Feathers, claws etc show no sign of 
being in a cage. Also dates perfect for vagrant Painted Bunting.

Paul

Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 
Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10023 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941

On Dec 2, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Klemens Gasser 
<klemensgas...@yahoo.com<mailto:klemensgas...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Paul, The association was lose and brief and after I posted the European 
Goldfinches stayed higher in the trees before they left while the Painted 
Bunting re-appared all by itself on the South slope feeding from ground level 
to 3' high. It is alone almost all the times.
Most of the seasoned birders in Brooklyn have seen it without raising an issue. 
I would not be capable of telling the difference but here is a photo of the the 
remiges for your review:
Painted Bunting 20151202 Prospect Park Brooklyn 
IMG_3209<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC>




[image]<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC>











Painted Bunting 20151202 Prospect Park Brooklyn 
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From: Paul R Sweet <sw...@amnh.org<mailto:sw...@amnh.org>>
To: Klemens Gasser <klemensgas...@yahoo.com<mailto:klemensgas...@yahoo.com>>; 
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Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

Klemens

Can you confirm the Painted Bunting was associating with 7 European 
Goldfinches? If so this casts some doubt on the Bunting being a wild bird no?

Paul

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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news

Nice article about Painted Bunting and Brooklyn birders today:

http://nypost.com/2015/12/02/people-are-losing-their-s-t-over-this-bird/

Klemens Gasser, Brooklyn


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting prospect park

2015-11-30 Thread Felipe Pimentel

The Bunting is still in the same area in the early afternoon? Thanks for any 
update.

FP


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting prospect park

2015-11-30 Thread Felipe Pimentel

The Bunting is still in the same area in the early afternoon? Thanks for any 
update.

FP


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens - No

2012-11-27 Thread Andrew Baksh

Thanks Arie, negative reports are equally important as the positive ones.
 Birders may need to, like in the case of the Virgina's Warbler expand the
search area.

Hopefully, the cat that was reportedly stalking the PABU was not successful
and the bird is somewhere else in the park or moved on safely.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

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On Nov 27, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Arie Gilbert  wrote:

 Spent from 11:30am to 1:30 am today w/o success.

there were a lot of birds by the path where seed had been placed - mostly
juncos and wt sparrows. But no punting.

Arie Gilbert
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens - No

2012-11-27 Thread Andrew Baksh

Thanks Arie, negative reports are equally important as the positive ones.
 Birders may need to, like in the case of the Virgina's Warbler expand the
search area.

Hopefully, the cat that was reportedly stalking the PABU was not successful
and the bird is somewhere else in the park or moved on safely.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

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On Nov 27, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Arie Gilbert ariegilb...@optonline.net wrote:

 Spent from 11:30am to 1:30 am today w/o success.

there were a lot of birds by the path where seed had been placed - mostly
juncos and wt sparrows. But no punting.

Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon, NY

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-26 Thread Steve Walter

It sounds as though the Painted Bunting is intermittent in its showings. You
might have to wait a while or you could walk right up and see it  (either
way, so far a better deal than the Virginia's Warbler). My first visit of
the day fell into the latter category. Thank you Corey, for making it
possible for me to get out of my warm bed no earlier than I had to, then
moseying on over at the right time. To you I dedicate my photographic
offering at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ .

 

I've also put up pictures of the Point Lookout Cave Swallows on the recent
work page (along with other photo highlights of an interesting few days).
You can see examples of the huddling behavior that Bob Adamo mentioned. I
can recall a Snowy Egret on a CBC long ago, but few instances of birds
looking cold, as appears to be the case here. Often on cloudy days, I
desperately hope for the sun to pop out for photo purposes. This time, I
wanted it more for the birds. While a great photo opportunity having sitting
Cave Swallows, it's a bittersweet feeling knowing the birds shouldn't be
here. I couldn't help but recall my last non flight pictures of Cave Swallow
- the ill-fated individual at Jones Beach two years ago, ironically also on
Nov. 25. Hopefully, these guys fared better and took advantage of the
sunshine today to get the heck out of here.

 

Steve Walter  

 

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[mailto:bounce-72452716-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:42 AM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 

 

Steve

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[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
"12". 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame
on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

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To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving

Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens; driving directions

2012-11-26 Thread Robert Lewis

All,
  I saw the Painted Bunting around 3:10pm.
  I arrived around 2:30 and was told by some birders that they had just seen it 
five minutes earlier on a little path (directions below).  We walked over, but 
of course it was not there. After meeting Eric Miller (thanks!) I refound the 
bird at the yew bush.
  First, driving directions:  From either the Throgs Neck or Whitestone, take 
the Cross Island Pkwy south.  Take the exit to go east on the Long Island 
Expressway, I495.  As the ramp curves around, stay to the right and take the 
ramp for the Douglaston Pkwy.  This is well signed.  Turn right and go south on 
the Douglaston, which is really just a four lane road.
  Important:  in about 1/2 mile, the Douglaston makes a LEFT TURN. Be in the 
left lane and be prepared to turn left.  This can easily be missed.
  In about another mile, you encounter a complicated jumble of overpasses, as 
the Cross island intersects the Grand Central.  This is apparent from Google 
maps.  There is a well marked Sanitation Department Building on your left.  Go 
very slowly and look to the right: THAT'S IT!  That little road right under the 
overpass.  Turn right and drive to the parking lot, well shown on Google maps.
  As Steve Walter pointed out (thanks!), the yew bush (evergreen) is at 
40.743120, -73.739594.  This seems to be the most reliable place for the bird 
recently.  It was there this morning, and this afternoon at 3:10 and later 
around 3:45.  Earlier it was seen along the loop path that can be found as 
follows:  from the yew, walk to the right to about  40.743208, -73.739108. Head 
north on the path.  It will bring you out about 40.742944, -73.740427.  Half 
way along is a little dirt path to the north also worth exploring.
  There is also a female Common Yellowthroat in the area.
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY
   
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Jim Osterlund


When among friends, I like to advise;

"Go to Creedmore Psychiatric Center, where most of us birders belong  
anyway, and head uphill!".



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Jelly_Admn

Ok,Thanks Arie for the detailed map.  This map is very accurate except for the 
getting to the upper winchester lot. I tested it with my addy and it brought me 
to the grand central on-ramp(try it) Basically the entrance road for the lot is 
under the grand central parkway and thus causing confusion. If you are coming 
from Union TPK you need to be on Winchester Blvd. If you are coming from the 
other direction from the LIE the same road is Douglaston PKY. The same road has 
2 names depending which direction you are coming from. Once you get on this 
road the lot entrance is across the street from the sanitation dept. It runs 
along the Grand Central above you. There are signs saying Alley Pond Park 
Adventure Park. Thanks Arie for the map and details but the directions are off 
and will really throw people off.

hope this helps a bit
Jason



 From: Arie Gilbert 
To: Robert Lewis ; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu 
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County
 

Bob et al,

A live map is here:  http://tinyurl.com/mrvzab     for alley pond

which I have updated with the location of the Punting. 

Right Clicking on a road in any google map will allow directions to
or from. or on an icon etc.

Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon, NY 

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 www.qcbirdclub.org





On 11/26/2012 9:57 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:


>Thanks for posting! 
>
>
>Can you explain how to get to the Upper Winchester parking lot?  It is not 
>obvious from Google maps.
>
>
>Bob Lewis
>Sleepy Hollow NY
>
>
>
>--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter wrote:
>
>
>>From: Steve Walter 
>>Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond
  Park Queens County...
>>To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>>Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM
>>
>>
>> 
>>The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was 
>>feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it 
>>ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly 
>>direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 
>> 
>>Steve
>>From:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
>>[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
>>Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
>>To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>>Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
>> 
>>I updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 
>> 
>>N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia’s Warbler 
>>sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th 
>>Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a 
>>dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as “12”. 
>> 
>>PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more 
>>information. 
>> 
>>P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking 
>>to PB, but it’s not that far from the Virginia’s area, if you go through 
>>there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the “9” does indeed 
>>continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of 
>>the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to this 
>>parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It’s 
>>not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, 
>>but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a 
>>Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union Turnpike).
>> 
>>Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let’s not trick it into 
>>thinking others of its kind are around. Let’s not fool birders into thinking 
>>that it’s calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a “shame on 
>>me” thing if I thought that. I’ve been around a lot of Painted Buntings in 
>>fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don’t sing. And I’m inclined 
>>to call this one an immature female from the pictures I’ve seen so far. If I 
>>can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last year, hints 
>>of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings come to feeders, 
>>putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At least this form of 
>>trickery benefits the bird.
>> 
>> 
>>Steve Walter
>>Bayside, NY 
>> 
>>From:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
>>[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 
>>fresha2...@aol.com

Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Arie Gilbert


  
  
Bob et al,

A live map is here:  http://tinyurl.com/mrvzab     for alley pond

which I have updated with the location of the Punting. 

Right Clicking on a road in any google map will allow directions to
or from. or on an icon etc.

Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon, NY 

 www.Powerbirder.blogspot.com
 www.qcbirdclub.org




On 11/26/2012 9:57 AM, Robert Lewis
  wrote:


  

  

  Thanks
for posting!
  
  
  Can you
explain how to get to the Upper Winchester
  parking lot?  It is not obvious from Google maps.
  
  
  Bob
Lewis
  Sleepy
Hollow NY
  
  
  
  --- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter
   wrote:

  From: Steve Walter 
  Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond
  Park Queens County...
  To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
  Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM
  
  


  
The
evergreens I mentioned yesterday are
hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was feeding on
the ground below these hemlocks until about
9:15, when it made it ways up to the top of
the hemlocks and then flew off in a
west-southwesterly direction across the
soccer field. Where it landed could not be
determined. 
  
Steve

  
From:
bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu]
On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012
8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted
Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens
County...
  

  
I
updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
  
  
N =
the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of
the recent Virginia’s Warbler sightings have
been (although apparently none the last two
days). The 76th Avenue lot
provides the closest parking. Also worth
noting is that there is a dirt trail that
goes through the woods to near the overlook
marked as “12”. 
  
PB =
the Painted Bunting area. See the map and
info provided below for more information. 
  
P =
the so called Upper Winchester parking lot.
This is the closest parking to PB, but it’s
not that far from the Virginia’s area, if
you go through there first. The paved trail
that I show ending at the “9” does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the
woods and come down at the edge of the ball
fields and PB, or you can cut across the
ball fields. Access to this parking lot is
from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border
of the park. It’s not well depicted on the
map , as it is underneath the Grand Central
Parkway, but there is a roadway from
Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a
Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if
coming from Union Turnpike).
  
Please
folks, some good etiquette with this bird.
Let’s not trick it into thinking others

RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Robert Lewis

Thanks for posting!
Can you explain how to get to the Upper Winchester parking lot?  It is not 
obvious from Google maps.
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY

--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter  wrote:

From: Steve Walter 
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was 
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it 
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly 
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined.   
SteveFrom: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...  I 
updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg   N 
= the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia’s Warbler 
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th 
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a 
dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as “12”.   
PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more 
information.   P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the 
closest parking to PB, but it’s not that far from the Virginia’s area, if you 
go through there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the “9” does 
indeed continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge 
of the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to 
this parking lot is from
 Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It’s not well depicted on 
the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, but there is a roadway 
from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a 
left turn if coming from Union Turnpike).  Please folks, some good etiquette 
with this bird. Let’s not trick it into thinking others of its kind are around. 
Let’s not fool birders into thinking that it’s calling nearby or singing. The 
latter might actually be a “shame on me” thing if I thought that. I’ve been 
around a lot of Painted Buntings in fall and winter and best as I can remember, 
they don’t sing. And I’m inclined to call this one an immature female from the 
pictures I’ve seen so far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed 
at this time last year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As 
Painted Buntings come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of
 discussion. At least this form of trickery benefits the bird.    Steve 
WalterBayside, NY   From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...  
The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about 
constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the 
west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent).  
 The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter 
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this 
map:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594=en=40.743032,-73.739438=0.001103,0.002642=h=16Approximate
 Coordinates:40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.  Good luck if you go-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.      
-Original Message-From: 
bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu]
 On Behalf Of Andrew BakshSent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PMTo: 
nysbirds-lCc: Nyc ebirdsSubject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park 
Queens County...  Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at 
Alley Pond Parknear the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.  The bird is being seen 
along the asphalt path going north into the woods.The path is between the 
baseball field and the soccer field.  First spotted by Eric who called me as I 
was on my way to Alley.  We bothobtained photographic documentation.  Sent from 
somewhere in the field using my mobile device!  Andrew 
Bakshwww.birdingdude.blogspot.com  --  NYSbirds-L List

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-26 Thread Steve Walter

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 

 

Steve

From: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
"12". 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame
on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this
map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594
<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594=en=40.743032,-7
3.739438=0.001103,0.002642=h=16>
=en=40.743032,-73.739438=0.001103,0.002642=h=16

Approximate Coordinates:

40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.

 

Good luck if you go

-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 
 
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From: bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu
<mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu?> ] On Behalf Of Andrew
Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.
 
The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.
 
First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.
 
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
 
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-26 Thread Steve Walter

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 

 

Steve

From: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
12. 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the 9 does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a shame
on me thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this
map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594hl=ensll=40.743032,-7
3.739438sspn=0.001103,0.002642t=hz=16
hl=ensll=40.743032,-73.739438sspn=0.001103,0.002642t=hz=16

Approximate Coordinates:

40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.

 

Good luck if you go

-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 
 
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From: bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu
mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu? ] On Behalf Of Andrew
Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.
 
The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.
 
First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.
 
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
 
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Robert Lewis

Thanks for posting!
Can you explain how to get to the Upper Winchester parking lot?  It is not 
obvious from Google maps.
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY

--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net wrote:

From: Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was 
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it 
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly 
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined.   
SteveFrom: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...  I 
updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg   N 
= the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia’s Warbler 
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th 
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a 
dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as “12”.   
PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more 
information.   P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the 
closest parking to PB, but it’s not that far from the Virginia’s area, if you 
go through there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the “9” does 
indeed continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge 
of the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to 
this parking lot is from
 Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It’s not well depicted on 
the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, but there is a roadway 
from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a 
left turn if coming from Union Turnpike).  Please folks, some good etiquette 
with this bird. Let’s not trick it into thinking others of its kind are around. 
Let’s not fool birders into thinking that it’s calling nearby or singing. The 
latter might actually be a “shame on me” thing if I thought that. I’ve been 
around a lot of Painted Buntings in fall and winter and best as I can remember, 
they don’t sing. And I’m inclined to call this one an immature female from the 
pictures I’ve seen so far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed 
at this time last year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As 
Painted Buntings come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of
 discussion. At least this form of trickery benefits the bird.    Steve 
WalterBayside, NY   From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...  
The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about 
constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the 
west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent).  
 The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter 
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this 
map:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594hl=ensll=40.743032,-73.739438sspn=0.001103,0.002642t=hz=16Approximate
 Coordinates:40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.  Good luck if you go-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.      
-Original Message-From: 
bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu]
 On Behalf Of Andrew BakshSent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PMTo: 
nysbirds-lCc: Nyc ebirdsSubject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park 
Queens County...  Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at 
Alley Pond Parknear the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.  The bird is being seen 
along the asphalt path going north into the woods.The path is between the 
baseball field and the soccer field.  First spotted by Eric who called me as I 
was on my way to Alley.  We bothobtained photographic documentation.  Sent from 
somewhere in the field using my mobile device!  Andrew 
Bakshwww.birdingdude.blogspot.com  --  NYSbirds-L List

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Jelly_Admn

Ok,Thanks Arie for the detailed map.  This map is very accurate except for the 
getting to the upper winchester lot. I tested it with my addy and it brought me 
to the grand central on-ramp(try it) Basically the entrance road for the lot is 
under the grand central parkway and thus causing confusion. If you are coming 
from Union TPK you need to be on Winchester Blvd. If you are coming from the 
other direction from the LIE the same road is Douglaston PKY. The same road has 
2 names depending which direction you are coming from. Once you get on this 
road the lot entrance is across the street from the sanitation dept. It runs 
along the Grand Central above you. There are signs saying Alley Pond Park 
Adventure Park. Thanks Arie for the map and details but the directions are off 
and will really throw people off.

hope this helps a bit
Jason



 From: Arie Gilbert ariegilb...@optonline.net
To: Robert Lewis rfer...@yahoo.com; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu 
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County
 

Bob et al,

A live map is here:  http://tinyurl.com/mrvzab     for alley pond

which I have updated with the location of the Punting. 

Right Clicking on a road in any google map will allow directions to
or from. or on an icon etc.

Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon, NY 

 www.Powerbirder.blogspot.com
 www.qcbirdclub.org





On 11/26/2012 9:57 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:


Thanks for posting! 


Can you explain how to get to the Upper Winchester parking lot?  It is not 
obvious from Google maps.


Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY



--- On Mon, 11/26/12, Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.netwrote:


From: Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond
  Park Queens County...
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 9:42 AM


 
The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was 
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it 
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly 
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 
 
Steve
From:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
I updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 
 
N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia’s Warbler 
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th 
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a 
dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as “12”. 
 
PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more 
information. 
 
P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking 
to PB, but it’s not that far from the Virginia’s area, if you go through 
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the “9” does indeed 
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of 
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to this 
parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It’s 
not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, 
but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a 
Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union Turnpike).
 
Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let’s not trick it into 
thinking others of its kind are around. Let’s not fool birders into thinking 
that it’s calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a “shame on 
me” thing if I thought that. I’ve been around a lot of Painted Buntings in 
fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don’t sing. And I’m inclined 
to call this one an immature female from the pictures I’ve seen so far. If I 
can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last year, hints 
of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings come to feeders, 
putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At least this form of 
trickery benefits the bird.
 
 
Steve Walter
Bayside, NY 
 
From:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better

Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County

2012-11-26 Thread Jim Osterlund


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Go to Creedmore Psychiatric Center, where most of us birders belong  
anyway, and head uphill!.



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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-26 Thread Steve Walter

It sounds as though the Painted Bunting is intermittent in its showings. You
might have to wait a while or you could walk right up and see it  (either
way, so far a better deal than the Virginia's Warbler). My first visit of
the day fell into the latter category. Thank you Corey, for making it
possible for me to get out of my warm bed no earlier than I had to, then
moseying on over at the right time. To you I dedicate my photographic
offering at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ .

 

I've also put up pictures of the Point Lookout Cave Swallows on the recent
work page (along with other photo highlights of an interesting few days).
You can see examples of the huddling behavior that Bob Adamo mentioned. I
can recall a Snowy Egret on a CBC long ago, but few instances of birds
looking cold, as appears to be the case here. Often on cloudy days, I
desperately hope for the sun to pop out for photo purposes. This time, I
wanted it more for the birds. While a great photo opportunity having sitting
Cave Swallows, it's a bittersweet feeling knowing the birds shouldn't be
here. I couldn't help but recall my last non flight pictures of Cave Swallow
- the ill-fated individual at Jones Beach two years ago, ironically also on
Nov. 25. Hopefully, these guys fared better and took advantage of the
sunshine today to get the heck out of here.

 

Steve Walter  

 

From: bounce-72452716-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72452716-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:42 AM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The evergreens I mentioned yesterday are hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was
feeding on the ground below these hemlocks until about 9:15, when it made it
ways up to the top of the hemlocks and then flew off in a west-southwesterly
direction across the soccer field. Where it landed could not be determined. 

 

Steve

From: bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450636-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 8:09 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
12. 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the 9 does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a shame
on me thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle

RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Walter

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
"12". 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame
on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this
map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594
<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594=en=40.743032,-7
3.739438=0.001103,0.002642=h=16>
=en=40.743032,-73.739438=0.001103,0.002642=h=16

Approximate Coordinates:

40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.

 

Good luck if you go

-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 
 
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Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.
 
The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.
 
First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.
 
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
 
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread fresha2411

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about 
constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the 
west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent).


The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter 
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594=en=40.743032,-73.739438=0.001103,0.002642=h=16
Approximate Coordinates:
40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.


Good luck if you go
-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.


-Original Message-
From: Steve Walter 
To: 'nysbirds-l' 
Sent: Sun, Nov 25, 2012 4:16 pm
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...


(Unless there was a late development) the Painted Bunting was last seen just
before 3:00, when it flew into shady underbrush at the edge of a stand of
evergreens or hollies. I'll update my Alley Park map tonight to show the
location.

Steve Walter


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[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.

The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.

First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Walter

(Unless there was a late development) the Painted Bunting was last seen just
before 3:00, when it flew into shady underbrush at the edge of a stand of
evergreens or hollies. I'll update my Alley Park map tonight to show the
location.

Steve Walter


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Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.

The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.

First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Walter

(Unless there was a late development) the Painted Bunting was last seen just
before 3:00, when it flew into shady underbrush at the edge of a stand of
evergreens or hollies. I'll update my Alley Park map tonight to show the
location.

Steve Walter


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[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.

The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.

First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread fresha2411

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM 
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. 
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level 
vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about 
constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the 
west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent).


The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter 
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594hl=ensll=40.743032,-73.739438sspn=0.001103,0.002642t=hz=16
Approximate Coordinates:
40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.


Good luck if you go
-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.


-Original Message-
From: Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net
To: 'nysbirds-l' nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Sun, Nov 25, 2012 4:16 pm
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...


(Unless there was a late development) the Painted Bunting was last seen just
before 3:00, when it flew into shady underbrush at the edge of a stand of
evergreens or hollies. I'll update my Alley Park map tonight to show the
location.

Steve Walter


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[mailto:bounce-72450225-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.

The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.

First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Walter

I updated the map at
http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg 

 

N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler
sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th
Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is
a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as
12. 

 

PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more
information. 

 

P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking
to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through
there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the 9 does indeed
continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of
the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to
this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the
park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand
Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins
just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union
Turnpike).

 

Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into
thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking
that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a shame
on me thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings
in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm
inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so
far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last
year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings
come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At
least this form of trickery benefits the bird.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY 

 

From: bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-72450488-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
fresha2...@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM
To: swalte...@verizon.net; nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...

 

The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM
(after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it.
After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick
ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen
just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew
off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to
see where it sent). 

 

The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter
circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this
map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594hl=ensll=40.743032,-7
3.739438sspn=0.001103,0.002642t=hz=16
hl=ensll=40.743032,-73.739438sspn=0.001103,0.002642t=hz=16

Approximate Coordinates:

40.743120, -73.739594

It is not an adult male.

 

Good luck if you go

-Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 
 
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Baksh
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM
To: nysbirds-l
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County...
 
Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park
near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot.
 
The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods.
The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field.
 
First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley.  We both
obtained photographic documentation.
 
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
 
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting, No

2011-12-24 Thread Patrick Santinello

Searched the entire area this morning in and around Scrub Oak Rd and Rte 104
in Quogue. Found many common winter birds but, not the gaudy target.

 

Good birding.

Patrick Santinello

Eastport-

 

 

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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting

 

Went looking for the painted bunting this morning between 7:30 and 8:30.  At
the intersection of Rte 104 and Scrub Oak Road in Quogue, there was no bird
life at all.  Drove the adjoining streets and found no birds.  The sun was
still low in the sky, hadn't warmed up yet.  This is a heavily wooded area
and is difficult to see if there are any active feeders anywhere.  As you
might suspect, many houses are second homes and are deserted this time of
year.  The Quogue Wildlife Refuge is less than a mile away from the
intersection and the feeders were jumping with the usual suspects.  There
was one interesting spot on Midhampton Road just south of the RR tracks.  It
looks to be a deserted  parking lot of the old Quogue LIRR station.  There
are weedy areas on both sides of parking lot.

Mike Higgiston

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting, No

2011-12-24 Thread Patrick Santinello

Searched the entire area this morning in and around Scrub Oak Rd and Rte 104
in Quogue. Found many common winter birds but, not the gaudy target.

 

Good birding.

Patrick Santinello

Eastport-

 

 

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mikeh...@optonline.net
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 8:39 AM
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting

 

Went looking for the painted bunting this morning between 7:30 and 8:30.  At
the intersection of Rte 104 and Scrub Oak Road in Quogue, there was no bird
life at all.  Drove the adjoining streets and found no birds.  The sun was
still low in the sky, hadn't warmed up yet.  This is a heavily wooded area
and is difficult to see if there are any active feeders anywhere.  As you
might suspect, many houses are second homes and are deserted this time of
year.  The Quogue Wildlife Refuge is less than a mile away from the
intersection and the feeders were jumping with the usual suspects.  There
was one interesting spot on Midhampton Road just south of the RR tracks.  It
looks to be a deserted  parking lot of the old Quogue LIRR station.  There
are weedy areas on both sides of parking lot.

Mike Higgiston

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting near Stamford CT

2011-11-27 Thread Robert Lewis

All,
   My wife and I drove over this afternoon and did NOT see the bird.  We were 
there from around 2:30 - 3:45pm. We ran into a knowledgeable fellow who said 
the bird has not been seen since Saturday morning.
   This is Cove Point Park Wildlife Area.  The park is easy to find, but not so 
the Wildlife Area.  There are no signs for it until you are right there.  It is 
here:
41.044894,  -73.505225
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY
   
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting near Stamford CT

2011-11-27 Thread Robert Lewis

All,
   My wife and I drove over this afternoon and did NOT see the bird.  We were 
there from around 2:30 - 3:45pm. We ran into a knowledgeable fellow who said 
the bird has not been seen since Saturday morning.
   This is Cove Point Park Wildlife Area.  The park is easy to find, but not so 
the Wildlife Area.  There are no signs for it until you are right there.  It is 
here:
41.044894,  -73.505225
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY
   
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Re: [nysbirds-l] PAINTED BUNTING at Cove Island + photos!

2011-11-25 Thread Jim Osterlund

Path to the sanctuary;

41.045078,-73.504946 - Google Maps


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Re: [nysbirds-l] PAINTED BUNTING at Cove Island + photos!

2011-11-25 Thread Jim Osterlund

Path to the sanctuary;

41.045078,-73.504946 - Google Maps


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