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[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose

2017-01-20 Thread Carney, Martin

I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest quadrant
of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm.  I
believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly the
kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!).  Happy BirdingMartin Carney

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Re: [nysbirds-l] "white goose" Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County) 1/20

2017-01-20 Thread Andrew Baksh

Hi Martin & others interested: 

The Snow Goose that Tom is referring to at Van Cortlandt Park, looks like this. 
It has been there since 2016. 
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yTlslLuX218/WGPR-MT39vI/HQA/12gH5395W4oqVwAILCgMqDeSsK5JwAstgCLcB/s1600/smSNGO-5661.jpg


A Ross's looks like this one, recently photographed at Pelham Bay in the Bronx 
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoolI1HjHNc/WIFggbv4bLI/HQk/dBYrpnN5Ml4ENj7vJlEdBZ8vj3dLc4BVwCLcB/s1600/SMROGOSS-7417.jpg

Martin: if the "White Goose" at VCP you saw looks like the latter, then please 
let us know as it might require further investigation.

Best,

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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

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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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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 8:22 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:
> 
> Dear Martin & all,
> 
> The 'white goose' with the Canada Goose flocks that gather & feed on the 
> Parade Ground of Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County, NY) is a Snow Goose;  
> simply by size relative to the many Canadas it is with, we can be rather 
> certain of that.  Details observed with closer scoping and good photos, 
> especially of the head and bill, fully confirm this bird as a Snow (& not a 
> Ross's) Goose.  The Snow Goose has been quite regular in appearing at the 
> Parade Ground and the nearby lake;  this bird was present at the time I 
> discovered the Pink-footed Goose there, which latter has not been seen in 
> about 3 weeks now at that Bronx site.  (I saw the Snow Goose again at 4pm 
> this Friday, 20 January 2017.)
> --
> Date:  1/20/2017
> From:Carney, Martin
> Subject:[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose
> I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest quadrant
> of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm. I
> believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly the
> kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!). Happy BirdingMartin Carney
> 
>  - - - - - - - -
> Good birding,
> 
> Tom Fiore
> manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose

2017-01-20 Thread Carney, Martin

Thanks for the responses.  Andrew: I have seen the Snow Goose you
photographed and the bird I saw today was not this same bird.  The bird
today is a very clean white, which made me think Ross's.  However, I did
observe the "grin-patch" characteristic of the Snow Goose, which Tom
confirmed after I left.  Again, thanks for the feedback...Martin

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 January 2017

2017-01-20 Thread Gail Benson

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 20, 2017
* NYNY1701.20

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
PAINTED BUNTING+

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
EARED GREBE
NORTHERN FULMAR
Northern Gannet
Rough-legged Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Red Crossbill

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Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 20,
2017 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC
PUFFIN, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE and NORTHERN FULMAR, plus TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE, PAINTED BUNTING, SANDHILL CRANE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, EARED
GREBE, PINK-FOOTED, BARNACLE and ROSS’S GEESE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING
EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL and more.

The rescheduled See Life Paulagics trip left Sheepshead Bay last Saturday
morning aboard the Brooklyn VI and in moderate seas enjoyed a nice
selection of winter pelagics.  Highlights for the trip included 120
RAZORBILLS, 13 COMMON MURRES, 4 ATLANTIC PUFFINS and 165 DOVEKIES, 4
NORTHERN FULMARS, 20 NORTHERN GANNETS, 125 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, and a
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.

The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still being seen on Long Island’s north fork
as of Wednesday.  Look for the SOLITAIRE along North Sea Drive, northwest
of Southold, especially in the vicinity of blue house #1625 North Sea
Drive, where it has been perching on power lines as well as feeding in the
cedars along the roadside.

The female plumaged PAINTED BUTING continued at least to Thursday on Staten
Island in Annadale, usually seen feeding in weeds and grasses at the end of
Arden Avenue near Ocean Drive, this site approached from Hylan Boulevard.

The SANDHILL CRANE has remained in Wainscott on the south fork at least
through Thursday, often around the north end of Wainscott Pond as best
viewed from Wainscott Main Road.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE is still visiting Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream
through today, while the BARNACLE GOOSE has recently more often been
located at Pinelawn or St. Charles Cemetery or on the adjacent golf course
rather than on its traditional overnight roost to the east of there on the
lake at Belmont Lake State Park.  A ROSS’S GOOSE was also identified at St.
Charles Cemetery today as well as earlier this week, and a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was reported from St. Charles on Monday, with 1 also
continuing around Hook Pond in East Hampton and another still in the
Rye-Port Chester area in southern Westchester, moving around with CANADA
GEESE.

A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has returned to Sand’s Point, this almost
entirely private area accessed best from Sands Point Preserve, which has a
$10 entrance fee.  Park and walk along the beach towards Prospect Point to
the west, scanning the COMMON GOLDENEYE flocks for the BARROW’S.

A female KING EIDER was spotted Wednesday in a COMMON EIDER flock on the
north fork at Orient Point County Park; 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were also there.
Other HARLEQUINS included 1 off Eaton’s Neck in Valley Grove Saturday and
one or more continuing near the Shinnecock jetties.

Drake EURASIAN WIGEONS include 1 seen again Monday at the Salt Marsh Nature
Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn, 1 at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport
Saturday, and 1 continuing on Pepperidge Lake in Eastport or nearby
Eastport Lake off Montauk Highway.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were still on Lake Ronkonkoma today.

An influx of BLACK-HEADED GULLS this week has featured an adult at Coney
Island Creek, Brooklyn, Sunday and an adult at Little Reed Pond in Montauk
last weekend, as well as the adult at Cammanns Pond in Merrick, this
perhaps also the one feeding Sunday off the Jones Beach West End Coast
Guard bar, and the continuing Westchester bird at Five Islands Park in New
Rochelle or at nearby Premium Mill Pond in Larchmont.

Noteworthy reports from Point Lookout include an EARED GREBE near the
jetties Saturday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE today moving west

re:[nysbirds-l] "white goose" Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County) 1/20

2017-01-20 Thread Thomas Fiore


Dear Martin & all,

The 'white goose' with the Canada Goose flocks that gather & feed on  
the Parade Ground of Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County, NY) is a Snow  
Goose;  simply by size relative to the many Canadas it is with, we can  
be rather certain of that.  Details observed with closer scoping and  
good photos, especially of the head and bill, fully confirm this bird  
as a Snow (& not a Ross's) Goose.  The Snow Goose has been quite  
regular in appearing at the Parade Ground and the nearby lake;  this  
bird was present at the time I discovered the Pink-footed Goose there,  
which latter has not been seen in about 3 weeks now at that Bronx  
site.  (I saw the Snow Goose again at 4pm this Friday, 20 January 2017.)

--
Date:   1/20/2017
From:   Carney, Martin
Subject:[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose
I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest  
quadrant

of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm. I
believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly  
the

kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!). Happy BirdingMartin Carney

  - - - - - - - -
Good birding,

Tom Fiore
manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murre - Pt. Lookout, Nassau County

2017-01-20 Thread Michael Zito

Currently between second and third jetty.
Mike Z.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murre - Pt. Lookout, Nassau County

2017-01-20 Thread Michael Zito

Bird moving west, just went around the jetty before the crane. They are doing 
construction so I didn't want to push it and move any closer.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> Currently between second and third jetty.
> Mike Z.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murre - Pt. Lookout, Nassau County

2017-01-20 Thread Michael Zito

Currently between second and third jetty.
Mike Z.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murre - Pt. Lookout, Nassau County

2017-01-20 Thread Michael Zito

Bird moving west, just went around the jetty before the crane. They are doing 
construction so I didn't want to push it and move any closer.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> Currently between second and third jetty.
> Mike Z.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose

2017-01-20 Thread Carney, Martin

I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest quadrant
of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm.  I
believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly the
kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!).  Happy BirdingMartin Carney

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 January 2017

2017-01-20 Thread Gail Benson

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 20, 2017
* NYNY1701.20

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
PAINTED BUNTING+

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
EARED GREBE
NORTHERN FULMAR
Northern Gannet
Rough-legged Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Red Crossbill

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

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nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 20,
2017 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC
PUFFIN, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE and NORTHERN FULMAR, plus TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE, PAINTED BUNTING, SANDHILL CRANE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, EARED
GREBE, PINK-FOOTED, BARNACLE and ROSS’S GEESE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING
EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL and more.

The rescheduled See Life Paulagics trip left Sheepshead Bay last Saturday
morning aboard the Brooklyn VI and in moderate seas enjoyed a nice
selection of winter pelagics.  Highlights for the trip included 120
RAZORBILLS, 13 COMMON MURRES, 4 ATLANTIC PUFFINS and 165 DOVEKIES, 4
NORTHERN FULMARS, 20 NORTHERN GANNETS, 125 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, and a
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.

The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still being seen on Long Island’s north fork
as of Wednesday.  Look for the SOLITAIRE along North Sea Drive, northwest
of Southold, especially in the vicinity of blue house #1625 North Sea
Drive, where it has been perching on power lines as well as feeding in the
cedars along the roadside.

The female plumaged PAINTED BUTING continued at least to Thursday on Staten
Island in Annadale, usually seen feeding in weeds and grasses at the end of
Arden Avenue near Ocean Drive, this site approached from Hylan Boulevard.

The SANDHILL CRANE has remained in Wainscott on the south fork at least
through Thursday, often around the north end of Wainscott Pond as best
viewed from Wainscott Main Road.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE is still visiting Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream
through today, while the BARNACLE GOOSE has recently more often been
located at Pinelawn or St. Charles Cemetery or on the adjacent golf course
rather than on its traditional overnight roost to the east of there on the
lake at Belmont Lake State Park.  A ROSS’S GOOSE was also identified at St.
Charles Cemetery today as well as earlier this week, and a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was reported from St. Charles on Monday, with 1 also
continuing around Hook Pond in East Hampton and another still in the
Rye-Port Chester area in southern Westchester, moving around with CANADA
GEESE.

A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has returned to Sand’s Point, this almost
entirely private area accessed best from Sands Point Preserve, which has a
$10 entrance fee.  Park and walk along the beach towards Prospect Point to
the west, scanning the COMMON GOLDENEYE flocks for the BARROW’S.

A female KING EIDER was spotted Wednesday in a COMMON EIDER flock on the
north fork at Orient Point County Park; 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were also there.
Other HARLEQUINS included 1 off Eaton’s Neck in Valley Grove Saturday and
one or more continuing near the Shinnecock jetties.

Drake EURASIAN WIGEONS include 1 seen again Monday at the Salt Marsh Nature
Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn, 1 at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport
Saturday, and 1 continuing on Pepperidge Lake in Eastport or nearby
Eastport Lake off Montauk Highway.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were still on Lake Ronkonkoma today.

An influx of BLACK-HEADED GULLS this week has featured an adult at Coney
Island Creek, Brooklyn, Sunday and an adult at Little Reed Pond in Montauk
last weekend, as well as the adult at Cammanns Pond in Merrick, this
perhaps also the one feeding Sunday off the Jones Beach West End Coast
Guard bar, and the continuing Westchester bird at Five Islands Park in New
Rochelle or at nearby Premium Mill Pond in Larchmont.

Noteworthy reports from Point Lookout include an EARED GREBE near the
jetties Saturday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE today moving west

re:[nysbirds-l] "white goose" Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County) 1/20

2017-01-20 Thread Thomas Fiore


Dear Martin & all,

The 'white goose' with the Canada Goose flocks that gather & feed on  
the Parade Ground of Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County, NY) is a Snow  
Goose;  simply by size relative to the many Canadas it is with, we can  
be rather certain of that.  Details observed with closer scoping and  
good photos, especially of the head and bill, fully confirm this bird  
as a Snow (& not a Ross's) Goose.  The Snow Goose has been quite  
regular in appearing at the Parade Ground and the nearby lake;  this  
bird was present at the time I discovered the Pink-footed Goose there,  
which latter has not been seen in about 3 weeks now at that Bronx  
site.  (I saw the Snow Goose again at 4pm this Friday, 20 January 2017.)

--
Date:   1/20/2017
From:   Carney, Martin
Subject:[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose
I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest  
quadrant

of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm. I
believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly  
the

kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!). Happy BirdingMartin Carney

  - - - - - - - -
Good birding,

Tom Fiore
manhattan

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Re: [nysbirds-l] "white goose" Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County) 1/20

2017-01-20 Thread Andrew Baksh

Hi Martin & others interested: 

The Snow Goose that Tom is referring to at Van Cortlandt Park, looks like this. 
It has been there since 2016. 
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yTlslLuX218/WGPR-MT39vI/HQA/12gH5395W4oqVwAILCgMqDeSsK5JwAstgCLcB/s1600/smSNGO-5661.jpg


A Ross's looks like this one, recently photographed at Pelham Bay in the Bronx 
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoolI1HjHNc/WIFggbv4bLI/HQk/dBYrpnN5Ml4ENj7vJlEdBZ8vj3dLc4BVwCLcB/s1600/SMROGOSS-7417.jpg

Martin: if the "White Goose" at VCP you saw looks like the latter, then please 
let us know as it might require further investigation.

Best,

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

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

> (__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 8:22 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:
> 
> Dear Martin & all,
> 
> The 'white goose' with the Canada Goose flocks that gather & feed on the 
> Parade Ground of Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County, NY) is a Snow Goose;  
> simply by size relative to the many Canadas it is with, we can be rather 
> certain of that.  Details observed with closer scoping and good photos, 
> especially of the head and bill, fully confirm this bird as a Snow (& not a 
> Ross's) Goose.  The Snow Goose has been quite regular in appearing at the 
> Parade Ground and the nearby lake;  this bird was present at the time I 
> discovered the Pink-footed Goose there, which latter has not been seen in 
> about 3 weeks now at that Bronx site.  (I saw the Snow Goose again at 4pm 
> this Friday, 20 January 2017.)
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> Date:  1/20/2017
> From:Carney, Martin
> Subject:[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose
> I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest quadrant
> of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm. I
> believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly the
> kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!). Happy BirdingMartin Carney
> 
>  - - - - - - - -
> Good birding,
> 
> Tom Fiore
> manhattan
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose

2017-01-20 Thread Carney, Martin

Thanks for the responses.  Andrew: I have seen the Snow Goose you
photographed and the bird I saw today was not this same bird.  The bird
today is a very clean white, which made me think Ross's.  However, I did
observe the "grin-patch" characteristic of the Snow Goose, which Tom
confirmed after I left.  Again, thanks for the feedback...Martin

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