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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

2015-07-14 Thread Harry Maas

To all,

Don Riepe learned very recently from the acting refuge manager that the pipe 
was draining slowly, probably as a result of a clog and perhaps a hole and 
there were no plans for an immediate repair. Don then visited the pipe/valve 
yesterday and found that water was coming out fairly well as NPS apparently had 
taken some action and jammed it open a bit more with PVC pipes. NPS believes it 
is lowering the pond by about 1/4 inch per day. The guage was at 1.5 and needs 
to go down to at least 1.1, with each .1 being an inch. Don thinks that if 
NPS's assessment is correct, and we do not get significant rainfall, mudflats 
should appear by the week of August 3.

NYC Audubon has been monitoring this situation closely and has tried to contact 
appropriate NPS personell, with no response as of this morning.  NYC Audubon is 
physically stopping by the Staten Island headquarters of Gateway today and 
hopefully we will have more information then. Whatever we learn, I will pass 
along. 

Harry Maas
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  To: nysbirds-l 
  Cc: Nyc ebirds 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:09 AM
  Subject: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...


  I have not verified this as yet but I just got a text from a source in NPS, 
that the East Pond is draining quicker TODAY. Apparently, a clog was cleared.


  More on that as I will head out there sometime soon to get a pond readout. I 
just wanted to put this out there and thank everyone who took the time out to 
call and write.


  Best,


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[nysbirds-l] 7-14 Red Phalarope Jones Beach Nassau County LI

2015-07-14 Thread Andrew Baksh

Gary Strauss, called earlier to report that the Red Phalarope continued
through 6:30 pm this evening in the second vernal pool near the Teddy
Roosevelt Center. With the bit of rain today, she will have some more water
to muck around in.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] American Avocets, Willet; no cormorant - Buffalo Harbor 7/14

2015-07-14 Thread Andy Guthrie

Begin forwarded message:

 From: Bird observations from western New York geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
 Date: July 14, 2015 at 11:38:53 PM EDT
 To: geneseebirds-l geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
 Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] American Avocets, Willet; no cormorant - Buffalo 
 Harbor 7/14
 Reply-To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu

 The probable Neotropic Cormorant was not seen today at Buffalo Harbor, 
 checking both in the morning and evening hours. There were fewer cormorants 
 in the morning, but the numbers built-up through the day and 598 were sitting 
 on the outermost breakwall by 6 pm, while there were another couple hundred 
 scattered around between the (red-roofed) water intake building, reef 
 lighthouse, and Donnelly's pier. The birds on the reef lighthouse are 
 extremely distant and usually packed in rather solidly, so the bird could go 
 easily missed there. 

 The flock of 4 American Avocets remained into the evening on the gravel spit 
 at the north end of Donnelly's pier. Peter Yoerg also found a Willet on the 
 Bird Island Pier breakwall extension (out from the south end of LaSalle Park) 
 in the evening around 8:30 pm or so.

 Jim Pawlicki

 -

 James Pawlicki
 jmpawl...@gmail.com 

 On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Bird observations from western New York 
 geneseebird...@geneseo.edu wrote:
 I quickly edited and threw a few photos of the cormorant up on flickr here: 
 www.flickr.com/photos/jmpawli10 

 The one photo actually shows a pale area near the bird's rear 
 auriculars/neck that could be white plumes that would be diagnostic for 
 Neotropic Cormorant, and at one point I thought I saw this in the field, but 
 could not be certain (was using additional digital zoom thru the camera 
 phone for that photo). That being said, I would go as far to say that I am 
 99% certain the bird is a Neotropic based on size/proportions alone, but of 
 course it would be nice to get a bit better confirmation in better light and 
 at a distance of less than a mile away (tower to breakwall is about 0.95 mi).

 Jim Pawlicki

 -

 James Pawlicki
 jmpawl...@gmail.com 

 On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Bird observations from western New York 
 geneseebird...@geneseo.edu wrote:
 This evening around 7:15 pm, Dean DiTomasso and I watched a probable adult 
 Neotropic Cormorant sitting with about 475 Double-crested Cormorants on the 
 outermost breakwall in Buffalo Harbor as viewed from the tower at Erie 
 Basin Marina. The very small size is extremely distinctive, but that being 
 said there are smaller Double-crested Cormorants out there, while the 
 effects of position and lighting on sitting birds (due to uneveness in the 
 breakwall surface) can cause some Double-cresteds to look quite small at 
 times. We had the bird sitting up and preening somewhat off on its own 
 initially, but later next to a DCCO that flew in and landed near it. I also 
 saw the bird briefly in-flight and re-locating to another portion of the 
 breakwall after the they were flushed by a boat. It was present up until 
 dark and evidently was roosting on the breakwall with the group of 
 Double-crested's and various gulls and terns.

 The light there is best in the early morning and the best viewing of the 
 breakwalls is from the tower at Erie Basin Marina, but decent views of the 
 same outermost breakwall can be had from the hill at the end of Wilkeson 
 Point Park along Fuhrmann Blvd (in the outer harbor south of Erie Basin). 
 If the bird re-located to any of the other (closer) breakwalls, it should 
 be identifiable with 100% certainty through a scope, but I would obviously 
 recommend if anyone has use of a canoe, kayak, or boat that it would be 
 more than worth trying to get out there and document (photograph) the bird 
 if you are willing to do so.

 Jim Pawlicki

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[nysbirds-l] Lusting for lobes !

2015-07-14 Thread robert adamo

On the 4th day, after this gorgeous female Red Phalarope was discovered by
Bob Anderson this past Friday, I finally had time to try for the bird. A
doctor's appointment chewed up half my morning, but once on the road, the
only thoughts in my mind were meeting up with the phalarope, and not
meeting up with the probable rain, which was moving up hurriedly through
N.J.

Parking at the Nature Museum lot (thanks Sy) I met the bird feeding in the
pond directly s/o the blind...this was ~ 1230. She was working the mud
mostly in the east half of the flat, close to the drift-wood. Other birds
feeding were: (1) Semipalmated Plover; (1) Piping Plover; (3) Killdeers
 and (5) Least Sandpipers. Then unfortunately, the rain met me, and at
1250, when I looked up after putting  my camera away, the bird had vanished.

This female is certainly the handsomest of the 5 Red Phalaropes I have seen
previously. The others were: (1) FNYSBC Spring Pelagic trip out of Montauk
to the Continental Shelf on 5/20/78; (3) While crewing on Finback 2, Whale
Watching out of Montauk on 8/24/87: (1) Shinnicock Inlet on ?/?/09*

Cheers,
Bob
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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

2015-07-14 Thread Harry Maas

Hi again, all,

NYC Audubon met today with NPS officials. NPS anticipates responding to all who 
have emailed them with regard to the East Pond a statement as to where things 
stand and, hopefully, why.  When received, I will repost the NPS response to 
both nysbird-l and ebirdnyc. 

Briefly, NPS believes the pond is now draining much better and faster, the 
result of the declogging I described in my previous post and temporary repair 
of the pipe, about 6 feet of which had collapsed, near the intake on the pond.  
NPS feels the entire pipe was be replaced or competely repaired but that this 
will be done at a later time.

NPS also discussed some other issues relating to drainage problem, such as the 
high water level of the pond this summer, disturbances to the floor of the pond 
caused by Sandy and subsequent restoration efforts of the railroad bridge.

NPS also feels, depending on future rainfall, that shoreline will be exposed in 
the coming weeks, hopefully to the extent of other years.

So we wait to hear further. In any event, it is what it is.

I will allow them to explain hopefully more fully.

Harry Maas



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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Red Pharalope: Yes

2015-07-14 Thread Miles Greaves

My dad, my brother, and I saw the Jones Beach Red Pharalope this afternoon. It 
flew into the pond in front of the blind between the nature center and the West 
End parkinglot around 11:50 and was still there when we left, about twenty 
minutes later.

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[nysbirds-l] Leading bird walks in your area?

2015-07-14 Thread LoraKim Joyner

Dear Birders,

   Please excuse if this email is not the appropriate method for asking
addressing this issue. If not, could you make suggestions?

   I lead bird walks where we look for birds, but where they also have a
reflective/meditative/spiritual component. Its really fun if I can also
partner with people who know the local area well.

   Would any of you be interested in partnering with me on this?  Or
suggesting who might, or what might be a short walk where this would work
well?

   Specifically I am thinking of Central Park, Jamaica Bay, and the
Botanical gardens in and around New York City.

   Much thanks,

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[nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

2015-07-14 Thread birdingdude

I have not verified this as yet but I just got a text from a source in NPS, 
that the East Pond is draining quicker TODAY. Apparently, a "clog" was cleared.

More on that as I will head out there sometime soon to get a pond readout. I 
just wanted to put this out there and thank everyone who took the time out to 
call and write.

Best,

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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

2015-07-14 Thread Harry Maas

To all,

Don Riepe learned very recently from the acting refuge manager that the pipe 
was draining slowly, probably as a result of a clog and perhaps a hole and 
there were no plans for an immediate repair. Don then visited the pipe/valve 
yesterday and found that water was coming out fairly well as NPS apparently had 
taken some action and jammed it open a bit more with PVC pipes. NPS believes it 
is lowering the pond by about 1/4 inch per day. The guage was at 1.5 and needs 
to go down to at least 1.1, with each .1 being an inch. Don thinks that if 
NPS's assessment is correct, and we do not get significant rainfall, mudflats 
should appear by the week of August 3.

NYC Audubon has been monitoring this situation closely and has tried to contact 
appropriate NPS personell, with no response as of this morning.  NYC Audubon is 
physically stopping by the Staten Island headquarters of Gateway today and 
hopefully we will have more information then. Whatever we learn, I will pass 
along. 

Harry Maas
  - Original Message - 
  From: birdingd...@gmail.com 
  To: nysbirds-l 
  Cc: Nyc ebirds 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:09 AM
  Subject: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...


  I have not verified this as yet but I just got a text from a source in NPS, 
that the East Pond is draining quicker TODAY. Apparently, a "clog" was cleared.


  More on that as I will head out there sometime soon to get a pond readout. I 
just wanted to put this out there and thank everyone who took the time out to 
call and write.


  Best,


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  林　Quiet as the forest
  火　Conquer like the fire
  山　Steady as the mountain
  Sun Tzu  The Art of War


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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

2015-07-14 Thread Harry Maas

Hi again, all,

NYC Audubon met today with NPS officials. NPS anticipates responding to all who 
have emailed them with regard to the East Pond a statement as to where things 
stand and, hopefully, why.  When received, I will repost the NPS response to 
both nysbird-l and ebirdnyc. 

Briefly, NPS believes the pond is now draining much better and faster, the 
result of the "declogging" I described in my previous post and temporary repair 
of the pipe, about 6 feet of which had collapsed, near the intake on the pond.  
NPS feels the entire pipe was be replaced or competely repaired but that this 
will be done at a later time.

NPS also discussed some other issues relating to drainage problem, such as the 
high water level of the pond this summer, disturbances to the floor of the pond 
caused by Sandy and subsequent restoration efforts of the railroad bridge.

NPS also feels, depending on future rainfall, that shoreline will be exposed in 
the coming weeks, hopefully to the extent of other years.

So we wait to hear further. In any event, it is what it is.

I will allow them to explain hopefully more fully.

Harry Maas



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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Red Pharalope: Yes

2015-07-14 Thread Miles Greaves

My dad, my brother, and I saw the Jones Beach Red Pharalope this afternoon. It 
flew into the pond in front of the blind between the nature center and the West 
End parkinglot around 11:50 and was still there when we left, about twenty 
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[nysbirds-l] 7-14 Red Phalarope Jones Beach Nassau County LI

2015-07-14 Thread Andrew Baksh

Gary Strauss, called earlier to report that the Red Phalarope continued
through 6:30 pm this evening in the second vernal pool near the Teddy
Roosevelt Center. With the bit of rain today, she will have some more water
to muck around in.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] American Avocets, Willet; no cormorant - Buffalo Harbor 7/14

2015-07-14 Thread Andy Guthrie





Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bird observations from western New York 
> Date: July 14, 2015 at 11:38:53 PM EDT
> To: geneseebirds-l 
> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] American Avocets, Willet; no cormorant - Buffalo 
> Harbor 7/14
> Reply-To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
> 
> The probable Neotropic Cormorant was not seen today at Buffalo Harbor, 
> checking both in the morning and evening hours. There were fewer cormorants 
> in the morning, but the numbers built-up through the day and 598 were sitting 
> on the outermost breakwall by 6 pm, while there were another couple hundred 
> scattered around between the (red-roofed) water intake building, reef 
> lighthouse, and Donnelly's pier. The birds on the reef lighthouse are 
> extremely distant and usually packed in rather solidly, so the bird could go 
> easily missed there. 
> 
> The flock of 4 American Avocets remained into the evening on the gravel spit 
> at the north end of Donnelly's pier. Peter Yoerg also found a Willet on the 
> Bird Island Pier breakwall extension (out from the south end of LaSalle Park) 
> in the evening around 8:30 pm or so.
> 
> 
> Jim Pawlicki
> 
> 
> -
> 
> James Pawlicki
> jmpawl...@gmail.com 
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Bird observations from western New York 
>>  wrote:
>> I quickly edited and threw a few photos of the cormorant up on flickr here: 
>> www.flickr.com/photos/jmpawli10 
>> 
>> The one photo actually shows a pale area near the bird's rear 
>> auriculars/neck that could be white plumes that would be diagnostic for 
>> Neotropic Cormorant, and at one point I thought I saw this in the field, but 
>> could not be certain (was using additional digital zoom thru the camera 
>> phone for that photo). That being said, I would go as far to say that I am 
>> 99% certain the bird is a Neotropic based on size/proportions alone, but of 
>> course it would be nice to get a bit better confirmation in better light and 
>> at a distance of less than a mile away (tower to breakwall is about 0.95 mi).
>> 
>> 
>> Jim Pawlicki
>> 
>> 
>> -
>> 
>> James Pawlicki
>> jmpawl...@gmail.com 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Bird observations from western New York 
>>>  wrote:
>>> This evening around 7:15 pm, Dean DiTomasso and I watched a probable adult 
>>> Neotropic Cormorant sitting with about 475 Double-crested Cormorants on the 
>>> outermost breakwall in Buffalo Harbor as viewed from the tower at Erie 
>>> Basin Marina. The very small size is extremely distinctive, but that being 
>>> said there are "smaller" Double-crested Cormorants out there, while the 
>>> effects of position and lighting on sitting birds (due to uneveness in the 
>>> breakwall surface) can cause some Double-cresteds to look quite small at 
>>> times. We had the bird sitting up and preening somewhat off on its own 
>>> initially, but later next to a DCCO that flew in and landed near it. I also 
>>> saw the bird briefly in-flight and re-locating to another portion of the 
>>> breakwall after the they were flushed by a boat. It was present up until 
>>> dark and evidently was roosting on the breakwall with the group of 
>>> Double-crested's and various gulls and terns.
>>> 
>>> The light there is best in the early morning and the best viewing of the 
>>> breakwalls is from the tower at Erie Basin Marina, but decent views of the 
>>> same outermost breakwall can be had from the hill at the end of Wilkeson 
>>> Point Park along Fuhrmann Blvd (in the outer harbor south of Erie Basin). 
>>> If the bird re-located to any of the other (closer) breakwalls, it should 
>>> be identifiable with 100% certainty through a scope, but I would obviously 
>>> recommend if anyone has use of a canoe, kayak, or boat that it would be 
>>> more than worth trying to get out there and document (photograph) the bird 
>>> if you are willing to do so.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jim Pawlicki
>>> 
>>> -
>>> 
>>> James Pawlicki
>>> jmpawl...@gmail.com 
>>> 
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[nysbirds-l] Lusting for lobes !

2015-07-14 Thread robert adamo

On the 4th day, after this gorgeous female Red Phalarope was discovered by
Bob Anderson this past Friday, I finally had time to try for the bird. A
doctor's appointment chewed up half my morning, but once on the road, the
only thoughts in my mind were meeting up with the phalarope, and not
meeting up with the probable rain, which was moving up hurriedly through
N.J.

Parking at the Nature Museum lot (thanks Sy) I met the bird feeding in the
pond directly s/o the blind...this was ~ 1230. She was working the mud
mostly in the east half of the flat, close to the drift-wood. Other birds
feeding were: (1) Semipalmated Plover; (1) Piping Plover; (3) Killdeers
 and (5) Least Sandpipers. Then unfortunately, the rain met me, and at
1250, when I looked up after putting  my camera away, the bird had vanished.

This female is certainly the handsomest of the 5 Red Phalaropes I have seen
previously. The others were: (1) FNYSBC Spring Pelagic trip out of Montauk
to the Continental Shelf on 5/20/78; (3) While crewing on Finback 2, Whale
Watching out of Montauk on 8/24/87: (1) Shinnicock Inlet on ?/?/09*

Cheers,
Bob
*Don't know why I haven't got complete date.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

[nysbirds-l] 7-14 Red Phalarope Jones Beach Nassau County LI

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] American Avocets, Willet; no cormorant - Buffalo Harbor 7/14

[nysbirds-l] Lusting for lobes !

Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Red Pharalope: Yes

[nysbirds-l] Leading bird walks in your area?

[nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

Re: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker...

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Red Pharalope: Yes

[nysbirds-l] 7-14 Red Phalarope Jones Beach Nassau County LI

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] American Avocets, Willet; no cormorant - Buffalo Harbor 7/14

[nysbirds-l] Lusting for lobes !

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