[nysbirds-l] partial albino red tail

2009-11-15 Thread Spsdmd
this morning james velozzi found a partial albino red tailed hawk near the intersection of rt 94 and county route 1 in orange county, between warwick and pine island. it was mainly white with a few black primaries and secondaries and a few red tail feathers. i was able to locate the bird and

[nysbirds-l] NJ/NY Pelagic on Sun, Dec 6 from Belmar, NJ

2009-11-15 Thread Paul A. Guris
See Life Paulagics has a pelagic trip scheduled for Sunday, December 6 out of Belmar, NJ. We'll be aboard the 80' Suzie Girl, a fast, comfortable boat with a full walk-around, birdable upper deck, and heated cabin with benches. We expect to be in New Jersey and overlapping New York pelagic

[nysbirds-l] QCBC Meeting, Wed. Nov. 18th

2009-11-15 Thread Donna Schulman
*The Queens County Bird Club* *will be meeting at the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) on Wednesday, November 18th at 8pm.* (For travel directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).* * PROGRAM: Cowbirds, Cuckoos, and Coots: Behavioral Diversity of Brood Parasitic Birds, or Ev

[nysbirds-l] Aggressive Northern Shrike

2009-11-15 Thread Joan E. Collins
The Northern Shrike that I posted about on 11/7/09 is still regularly showing up in our backyard. This particular shrike continues to be a fascinating bird to observe! On 11/14/09 at 7:45 a.m. the Northern Shrike was perched at the top of the favored winter tree, but took off and aggressively

Re:[nysbirds-l] late yellow warbler

2009-11-15 Thread Tom Fiore
Shane Blodgett & I found a Yellow Warbler on the Brooklyn NY CBC a couple of years ago, thus a sighting after the middle of December, as Seth Ausubel indicated ("more recent late records in NY") below in his post. Tom Fiore, Manhattan - - - - - [message:] > From: Seth Ausubel > Dat

Re: [nysbirds-l] Banded Red Knot

2009-11-15 Thread Alice Deutsch
You can report your sighting to the following website: www.bandedbirds.org You should be able to find out where your bird was banded. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/

[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed, Barnacle and Cackling Geese and Jamaica Bay birds

2009-11-15 Thread Andrew Block
11/15/09 - Jamaica Bay W.R., Broad Channel, Queens Co., NY Time:  9:15am to 11:30am Observers:  Andrew Block 15+ Horned grebes 7+ Double-crested Cormorants 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons 1 Great Blue heron 12+ Snow Geese (+1 Blue Goose) several Canada geese many Brants several Gadwalls 8+ American

[nysbirds-l] Banded Red Knot

2009-11-15 Thread Steve Walter
A flock of about 120 Red Knots was present on the beach at Jones Beach Field 6 this morning. A look at a picture I took just to test my exposure revealed bands on one of them. There is a green band with "6PU" on the left tibia and a silver, apparently unmarked band on the right tarsus. This floc

[nysbirds-l] Red-necked grebe, late yellow warbler, and waterfowl

2009-11-15 Thread Seth Ausubel
A few interesting birds on a warm November day included a red-necked grebe scoped on Great South Bay from the fishing pier at Captree State Park, Suffolk County, and a very late yellow warbler, also at Captree. The warbler was in the brush on the north edge of the parking lot where an asph

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fresh loon carcass Tobay Beach, Suffolk County, possible Arctic

2009-11-15 Thread Komar, Nick (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)
Thanks to Kevin and some others (outside this venue) for clarifying the identity of the loon as the expected species, Common Loon. I suspected Arctic because of the perceived small bill size and the apparent dark mottling on the throat reminiscent of the black patch of breeding Arctic, which I h

[nysbirds-l] Eider recount

2009-11-15 Thread Shane Blodgett
Meant to cancel last post and hit send instead. Was going to say that final eider tally was 27. Also had 4 late Black Skimmers at west end of Coney Island boardwalk. Regards, Shane B. Brooklyn NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastB

[nysbirds-l] Common Eiders/Brooklyn

2009-11-15 Thread Shane Blodgett
Thanks to Rob for posting. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.htm

[nysbirds-l] Common Eider

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Jett
Shane Blodgett just texted me that there is a flock of 23 Common Eider off of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. There are also 50+ Common Loon. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.c