[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Shared Location - New York County (5)

2017-07-26 Thread Ben Cacace 
Several markers were created for New York County (Borough of Manhattan).
All hotspots are currently available.

— Columbia University, Morningside Campus
— East River Park, Manhattan
— Roosevelt Island Garden Club
— West Side Community Garden
— Yorkville (79th-96th; 3rd Ave to E River)

If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here
are the steps:

— Sign into eBird.org
— Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel
— At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one
page
— You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location,
Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists
— Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by
clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line
— Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons
— Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected
— Click the icon that best fits your location
— ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along
with the # of checklists you'll be merging
— Click on the 'Merge' button
— Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query

All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot
with this process.
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Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A


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RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

2017-07-26 Thread Paul R Sweet 
This from colleague in NC.

202 birds were picked up in Brunswick County (southernmost county in NC) 
between 13 June and 3 July.  The bulk of the birds brought to area rehabbers 
came in between 17-19 June.  Almost all died shortly after arrival.  I know 
other rehabbers on the coast also received many birds around 16 June or so, but 
I haven't been in touch with them for further details.

Ebird also shows high counts on NC coast for the 18th of June. For example 155 
at Fort Macon State Park.

From: Michael Schrimpf [mailto:michael.schri...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:30 AM
To: Paul R Sweet 
Cc: Tshrike19 ; NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu; john_stan...@fws.gov
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and 
Starving - The New York Times

Interesting...I'm curious how the timing of the NC wreck compared to the one in 
NY - was it also within a day or two, and was it close to Jun 18th?

In thinking about this, and in speaking with Joe when he was writing the NY 
Times article, I brought up the need for good baseline data. Based on the 
scattered reports of wrecks over the years, it seems that Great Shearwaters 
washing ashore in noticeable numbers is not that unusual on the East Coast - 
but there are several questions we can't answer without more data:

1) Is this a normal amount of mortality for the northward migration?

2) If so, are there reasons why sometimes the birds are closer to the coast, 
allowing us to detect the weak individuals as they hit the beaches?

3) If this is higher than normal mortality, do these periodic wrecks coincide 
with oceanographic patterns, either locally or remotely?

4) For comparison, what is the rate of beached Great Shearwaters when we don't 
see them coming ashore in a large pulse?


The data in the Haman et al. paper I linked to in a previous thread give us a 
good starting point, but they only refer to 'wrecks', and only go up to 2011, 
so any patterns in the last few years are a mystery.

We could start answering these questions if we had a system of regular beach 
monitoring up and down the Eastern Seaboard - a program like that exists in the 
West (the 
COASST
 program), which I interacted with closely while I was doing my master's work 
at the University of Washington. A similar program used to exist here 
(SEANET),
 but has since been put on hold due to lack of funding/interest. I contacted 
the director, Julie Ellis, who told me that John Stanton at USFWS (cc'ed) is 
hoping to continue SEANET. If there's anyone out there interested in helping 
with that effort, it would go a long way towards collecting some of these data.


Cheers,
Michael




On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Paul R Sweet 
> wrote:
As a post-script to the Great Shearwater story, a colleague from the North 
Carolina Museum informed me that the wreck extended to that state. One rehabber 
there took in 80 birds.

From: 
bounce-121663379-11471...@list.cornell.edu
 
[mailto:bounce-121663379-11471...@list.cornell.edu]
 On Behalf Of Tshrike19
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 1:49 PM
To: NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving 
- The New York Times

Hi All,

As Derek mentioned in a previous post, the coastal low pressure system that set 
up from the night of the 6/17 through the 19th, resulted in a strong and 
persistent onshore wind, as well as strong gusts.  This system resulted in 
strong southeast flow from new England all the way to key west (I was there at 
the time), these conditions can certainly help concentrate seabirds inshore 
where they are typically more scarce.   In addition, as also mentioned, there 
is an abundance of bait offshore.  Many of the charter and head boat captains 
I've chatted with (in NJ though) have mentioned the abundance of sand eels 
offshore, with fluke being caught on some of the Montauk boats spitting up sand 
eels on deck and some of the charters going for tuna seeing bait balls of sand 
eels.It's probable that large numbers of Shearwaters were already offshore 
due to food availability with the weather system helping to concentrate them 
inshore.   If so much food is available offshore, why does it appear many are 
starving is a question though, and we can only speculate as to

[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Shorebird Workshop and Field Trip, August 26-27, 2017

2017-07-26 Thread Kathryn Schneider 
The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird 
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of August 26-27.  Kevin 
McGowan from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will present a shorebird 
identification workshop at the Montezuma Audubon Center from 2-4 p.m. on 
Saturday, August 26th. The workshop is free and open to the public.  On Sunday 
from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Kevin and other shorebird experts help us take this 
information into the field and look at live shorebirds in the Montezuma 
Wetlands Complex. Registration is required for the Sunday field trips.  For 
details and registration information visit the NYSOA website at nybirds.org.

Kathryn Schneider, for NYSOA


 
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Shorebird Workshop and Field Trip, August 26-27, 2017

2017-07-26 Thread Kathryn Schneider 
The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird 
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of August 26-27.  Kevin 
McGowan from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will present a shorebird 
identification workshop at the Montezuma Audubon Center from 2-4 p.m. on 
Saturday, August 26th. The workshop is free and open to the public.  On Sunday 
from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Kevin and other shorebird experts help us take this 
information into the field and look at live shorebirds in the Montezuma 
Wetlands Complex. Registration is required for the Sunday field trips.  For 
details and registration information visit the NYSOA website at nybirds.org.

Kathryn Schneider, for NYSOA


 
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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/

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

2017-07-26 Thread Paul R Sweet 
This from colleague in NC.

202 birds were picked up in Brunswick County (southernmost county in NC) 
between 13 June and 3 July.  The bulk of the birds brought to area rehabbers 
came in between 17-19 June.  Almost all died shortly after arrival.  I know 
other rehabbers on the coast also received many birds around 16 June or so, but 
I haven't been in touch with them for further details.

Ebird also shows high counts on NC coast for the 18th of June. For example 155 
at Fort Macon State Park.

From: Michael Schrimpf [mailto:michael.schri...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:30 AM
To: Paul R Sweet 
Cc: Tshrike19 ; NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu; john_stan...@fws.gov
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and 
Starving - The New York Times

Interesting...I'm curious how the timing of the NC wreck compared to the one in 
NY - was it also within a day or two, and was it close to Jun 18th?

In thinking about this, and in speaking with Joe when he was writing the NY 
Times article, I brought up the need for good baseline data. Based on the 
scattered reports of wrecks over the years, it seems that Great Shearwaters 
washing ashore in noticeable numbers is not that unusual on the East Coast - 
but there are several questions we can't answer without more data:

1) Is this a normal amount of mortality for the northward migration?

2) If so, are there reasons why sometimes the birds are closer to the coast, 
allowing us to detect the weak individuals as they hit the beaches?

3) If this is higher than normal mortality, do these periodic wrecks coincide 
with oceanographic patterns, either locally or remotely?

4) For comparison, what is the rate of beached Great Shearwaters when we don't 
see them coming ashore in a large pulse?


The data in the Haman et al. paper I linked to in a previous thread give us a 
good starting point, but they only refer to 'wrecks', and only go up to 2011, 
so any patterns in the last few years are a mystery.

We could start answering these questions if we had a system of regular beach 
monitoring up and down the Eastern Seaboard - a program like that exists in the 
West (the 
COASST
 program), which I interacted with closely while I was doing my master's work 
at the University of Washington. A similar program used to exist here 
(SEANET),
 but has since been put on hold due to lack of funding/interest. I contacted 
the director, Julie Ellis, who told me that John Stanton at USFWS (cc'ed) is 
hoping to continue SEANET. If there's anyone out there interested in helping 
with that effort, it would go a long way towards collecting some of these data.


Cheers,
Michael




On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Paul R Sweet 
mailto:sw...@amnh.org>> wrote:
As a post-script to the Great Shearwater story, a colleague from the North 
Carolina Museum informed me that the wreck extended to that state. One rehabber 
there took in 80 birds.

From: 
bounce-121663379-11471...@list.cornell.edu
 
[mailto:bounce-121663379-11471...@list.cornell.edu]
 On Behalf Of Tshrike19
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 1:49 PM
To: NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving 
- The New York Times

Hi All,

As Derek mentioned in a previous post, the coastal low pressure system that set 
up from the night of the 6/17 through the 19th, resulted in a strong and 
persistent onshore wind, as well as strong gusts.  This system resulted in 
strong southeast flow from new England all the way to key west (I was there at 
the time), these conditions can certainly help concentrate seabirds inshore 
where they are typically more scarce.   In addition, as also mentioned, there 
is an abundance of bait offshore.  Many of the charter and head boat captains 
I've chatted with (in NJ though) have mentioned the abundance of sand eels 
offshore, with fluke being caught on some of the Montauk boats spitting up sand 
eels on deck and some of the charters going for tuna seeing bait balls of sand 
eels.It's probable that large numbers of Shearwaters were already offshore 
due to food availability with the weather system helping to concentrate them 
inshore.   If so much food is available offshore, why does it appear many are 
starving is a question though, and we can only speculate as to what may be 
causing this.   Perhaps some of these

[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Shared Location - New York County (5)

2017-07-26 Thread Ben Cacace 
Several markers were created for New York County (Borough of Manhattan).
All hotspots are currently available.

— Columbia University, Morningside Campus
— East River Park, Manhattan
— Roosevelt Island Garden Club
— West Side Community Garden
— Yorkville (79th-96th; 3rd Ave to E River)

If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here
are the steps:

— Sign into eBird.org
— Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel
— At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one
page
— You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location,
Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists
— Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by
clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line
— Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons
— Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected
— Click the icon that best fits your location
— ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along
with the # of checklists you'll be merging
— Click on the 'Merge' button
— Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query

All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot
with this process.
-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A


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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/

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