[nysbirds-l] Croton Point
During a brief 30 min walk on the low road (bay side/wine cellars) I was treated to a wide open YB Cuckoo maybe 15' off ground feeding on gypsy moth cocoon. Also warblers: black throated green, pine (late?), red start, and ubiquitous yellow; plus towhees, b. oriole, catbirds, red eye and warbling vireo. I understand bobolinks are back on landfill have not seen/heard them yet. Ran into a DEC Naturalist unsuccessfully trying to see if bittern and/or sora are in marsh. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point
I'm advised Eastern tent caterpillar webs (not gypsy moth) for the Cuckoo food source at Croton Point. (birds are hard enough for me; too much to learn too little time). Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2017, at 7:57 AM, Larry Trachtenberg > wrote: > > During a brief 30 min walk on the low road (bay side/wine cellars) I was > treated to a wide open YB Cuckoo maybe 15' off ground feeding on gypsy moth > cocoon. Also warblers: black throated green, pine (late?), red start, and > ubiquitous yellow; plus towhees, b. oriole, catbirds, red eye and warbling > vireo. > > I understand bobolinks are back on landfill have not seen/heard them yet. > > Ran into a DEC Naturalist unsuccessfully trying to see if bittern and/or sora > are in marsh. > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Blue Grosbeak YES (New York County)
The Blue Grosbeak was foraging around the apiary in the Battery exactly where first described by Gabriel Willow: just west of the Statem Island Ferry terminal. Any gardeners or other employees of the Battery Conservancy will know how to direct you if needed. I tried posting to @BirdCentralPark on Twitter, but for some reason I can't. Brian -- BTW -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanagers, Jones Beach West End
immature male and female east of turnaround Rob in Massapequa -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanager, Cunningham Park
A late day check of a water feature in Cunningham Park, Queens, yielded a couple of spurts of activity. The main highlight was a red adult male Summer Tanager. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Wed. May 10, 2017 - 18 species of Wood Warblers, Summer Tanager, Orchard Orioles
Central Park NYC Wednesday, May 10, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks staring at 9am from the dock on Turtle Pond & the Boathouse Cafe, with some additional birds earlier & later in the day. Highlights: 18 species of Wood Warblers, Summer Tanager, Orchard Orioles Canada Goose - nesting Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - Reservoir, Lake, and Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - at least a dozen Herring Gull - 8 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond & flyovers Great Egret - Turtle Pond Turkey Vulture - flyover Upper Lobe heading south Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - residents Great Crested Flycatcher - calling at Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond Blue-headed Vireo - 4 (Captain's Bench, Humming Tombstone, The Point, Tupelo Field) Warbling Vireo - 6 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 (Captain's Bench, the Point, Mugger's Woods, King of Poland) Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - with swifts at Reservoir Tufted Titmouse - Gill Overlook & heard in Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - Ramble House Wren - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (south side Turtle Pond, Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock) Veery - Gill Overlook Swainson's Thrush - Tupelo Field Wood Thrush - calling in Ramble, seen east of Upper Lobe American Robin - abundant residents Gray Catbird - very common residents House Finch - 2 males Turtle Pond Ovenbird - at least 8 Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe and Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock) Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Upper Lobe, Oven, and Gill Overlook) Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock & Tanner's Spring) Black-and-white Warbler - 15 Tennessee Warbler - 2 (Warbler Rock & Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock) Common Yellowthroat - 10 (70/30 male/female ratio) American Redstart - around 15 Cape May Warbler - 2 (Humming Tombstone & Shakespeare Grden) Northern Parula - 30 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (female & 2 males) Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - male Upper Lobe Blackpoll Warbler Ramble Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 (3 males, 2 females) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Prairie Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe and south side Turtle Pond) Wilson's Warbler - at least 4 (Azalea Pond, the Gill, the Point, south side Turtle Pond & dock) Eastern Towhee - female near Boathouse White-throated Sparrow Summer Tanager - female Warbler Rock Scarlet Tanager - 5 (pair Warbler Rock, pair Captain's Bench, male Gill Overlook) Northern Cardinal - residents Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males Turtle Pond Common Grackle - residents Orchard Oriole - 4 (2 first-spring males, 2 females) Baltimore Oriole - 15 Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] ELIAS Bird Walk at the Rocky Point DEC Property, followed by The Calverton Grasslands.
Starting with 8 birders, and ending with 2, we were blessed with a fine day to walk the woods and fields that make up the above locations. Our total for the day is at present, a tentative 52, with only 2, of the 4 promised tallies, received by the author. We had a somewhat disappointing 10 warbler species, including Black-throated Green & Chestnut-sided, with Blue-winged being the most numerous. The fast flying C.Raven under attack from 5 crows was a neat sighting, but the bird of the day had to be the very low (6') and close (15') Black-billed Cuckoo, which stayed in the same area for ~ a 15 minute "photo-shoot", in addition to thrilling us with it's vocalizations ! We did not see a Yellow-billed, missing the one I had yesterday while scouting the area. We were surprised by this, given the huge amount of Tent Caterpillar Nests (many of them open and spewing out their black payloads) at the DEC site. The Calverton Grasslands did produce some of its specialties ie, Horned Larks, E.Blue Bird, and Grasshopper Sparrow, but held back on N.Harrier, Kestrel and E. Meadowlark, Afterward, Sue Benson and I met by chance at the Herb Farm, on River Rd., Calverton. Sue to buy some flowers, and I to do more birding ! As in passed Springs, it was quite active, with 5 warbler species seen, including the Chestnut-sided mentioned above. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
