[nysbirds-l] Manhattan & elsewhere birds, 10/17

Saturday, 17 October 2009 - Manhattan, N.Y. City A fresh flight of land birds (and others) overnight and into the day with passerines dominated especially by sparrows & kin. At Riverside Park, near 114 Street just inside the park was a fairly brightly-plumaged Orange-crowned Warbler, along

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Sat. 17-Oct-2009 incl. Fox Sparrow

Date: Saturday, 17 October 2009 (8:05a-2:45p) Location: Central Park - Strawberry Fields to the reservoir Reported by: Ben Cacace The larger flocks of sparrows were the most interesting places to bird which included Strawberry Fields, Sparrow Ridge (near the latitude of 83rd St. east of the West

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Montauk Seawatching this morning

As Hugh McGuinness mentioned already, strong northeast winds over the past couple of days seem to have pushed a lot of seabirds, seaducks and gulls into Long Island/Block Island Sounds and along the southshore of Long Island. This morning hundreds of gulls were evident offshore between Amagansett

[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope - NOT Seen Again; Hamlin Beach Highlights

Thanks to Andy Guthrie for posting the Red Phalarope this morning. Around 7:45 a.m., Betsy and I were driving east on the Lake Ontario Parkway and had a shorebird going in the same direction. We pulled over to look but only got the tail as it continued east. We pulled over again but too soon

[nysbirds-l] Montauk Area Birding

Dear NY Birders, Today I led a small band of intrepid birders for the South Fork Natural History Society on a trip to Montauk Point. Despite the blustery weather we were not disappointed as the day dawned sunny, and remained so for several hours. The fierce east wind had pushed numerous

[nysbirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow

Mark Dedea and I found a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow this morning at Southlands Horse Farm, just south of Rhinebeck, Duchess Co. We had no camera so we called Gene McGarry who came all the way out to get photos of the bird. I've posted one on my Flickr site.

[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope - NOT Seen Again; Hamlin Beach Highlights

Thanks to Andy Guthrie for posting the Red Phalarope this morning. Around 7:45 a.m., Betsy and I were driving east on the Lake Ontario Parkway and had a shorebird going in the same direction. We pulled over to look but only got the tail as it continued east. We pulled over again but too soon

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Montauk Seawatching this morning

As Hugh McGuinness mentioned already, strong northeast winds over the past couple of days seem to have pushed a lot of seabirds, seaducks and gulls into Long Island/Block Island Sounds and along the southshore of Long Island. This morning hundreds of gulls were evident offshore between Amagansett

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Sat. 17-Oct-2009 incl. Fox Sparrow

Date: Saturday, 17 October 2009 (8:05a-2:45p) Location: Central Park - Strawberry Fields to the reservoir Reported by: Ben Cacace The larger flocks of sparrows were the most interesting places to bird which included Strawberry Fields, Sparrow Ridge (near the latitude of 83rd St. east of the West

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan elsewhere birds, 10/17

Saturday, 17 October 2009 - Manhattan, N.Y. City A fresh flight of land birds (and others) overnight and into the day with passerines dominated especially by sparrows kin. At Riverside Park, near 114 Street just inside the park was a fairly brightly-plumaged Orange-crowned Warbler, along