It sounds like the Brooklyn team had a wonderful Christmas Bird Count this year
with some interesting species noted.
I looked at the results from past CBCs and this seems to have been the first
year that the count was conducted in heavy snow. Surprisingly, the species
count seemed not to
Hello fellow birders. Hopefully all you CBC'ers survived the weekend's
snowstorm. The count season has just begun and if you're interested, the
Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count will be held this Sunday, December 27,
2009.
We can always use more help.
The Hastings party is looking for
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* December 21, 2009
* NYSY 2112.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
December14, 2009 - December 21, 2009
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Some belated yet historical news for Brooklyn's natural history
Paul Sweet, Collections manager for the Division of Vertebrate Zoology -
Ornithology of the American Museum of Natural History alerted me a few weeks
ago of a small owl that was spotted roosting inside a backyard dense
Interesting. I just got notification that HOX6, seen at Point Lookout Dec. 12,
is a female banded in 2009 at the same location. Still nothing definitive on
the RE series (10 birds in the same flock).
Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
- Original Message -
From: Richard Guthrie
To:
On Dec 13, 2009, I noted One Canada Goose in a flock of about 1,000 at the
Coxsackie Boat Launch wearing a neck collar H6MO.
I received a report that the bird:
The Canada goose H6M0: Adult female banded in July 2005
at Varennes, 30 miles west of Montréal, PQ, Canada
Rich
My on-line search results for:
"Why is the CBC called the Christmas Bird Count"
were:
--->->
The first CBC was done on Christmas Day of 1900 as an alternative
activity to an event called the “side hunt” where people chose sides,
then went out and shot as many birds as they could. The group
Hopefully the oriole will stay around for the rescheduled CHRISTMAS bird count.
From: bounce-4796739-3714...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-4796739-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Feustel
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:02 AM
To:
It is good to know that your annual CBC (CHAPMAN Bird Count) went so well.
Please keep the sectarian label to yourself.
Yours for a non-sectarian society (and birding),
Barry Freed
Bronx, NY
-[ Received Mail Content ]--
> Subject : [nysbirds-l] 2009 Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count
Yesterday (Dec. 20, 2009) was the Rockland County Christmas Bird count.
The highlight of the day was a Barnacle Goose reported from Piermont Pier,
Piermont NY. The goose was seen in the Hudson River from the end of the
Pier and was swimming with a group of Canada geese. I do not have
additional
The Spencerport, NY Summer Tanager was still there on Dec. 19,
as reported to the Genesee Birds list on behalf of the homeowner.
and the Staten Island (N.Y. City) Summer Tanager was seen and
tallied for their CBC on 12/19, and seen 12/20 after the big snow.
Lots more results should be
The Spencerport, NY Summer Tanager was still there on Dec. 19,
as reported to the Genesee Birds list on behalf of the homeowner.
and the Staten Island (N.Y. City) Summer Tanager was seen and
tallied for their CBC on 12/19, and seen 12/20 after the big snow.
Lots more results should be
Yesterday (Dec. 20, 2009) was the Rockland County Christmas Bird count.
The highlight of the day was a Barnacle Goose reported from Piermont Pier,
Piermont NY. The goose was seen in the Hudson River from the end of the
Pier and was swimming with a group of Canada geese. I do not have
additional
It is good to know that your annual CBC (CHAPMAN Bird Count) went so well.
Please keep the sectarian label to yourself.
Yours for a non-sectarian society (and birding),
Barry Freed
Bronx, NY
-[ Received Mail Content ]--
> Subject : [nysbirds-l] 2009 Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count
Hopefully the oriole will stay around for the rescheduled CHRISTMAS bird count.
From: bounce-4796739-3714...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-4796739-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Feustel
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:02 AM
To:
My on-line search results for:
Why is the CBC called the Christmas Bird Count
were:
The first CBC was done on Christmas Day of 1900 as an alternative
activity to an event called the “side hunt” where people chose sides,
then went out and shot as many birds as they could. The group that
Interesting. I just got notification that HOX6, seen at Point Lookout Dec. 12,
is a female banded in 2009 at the same location. Still nothing definitive on
the RE series (10 birds in the same flock).
Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
- Original Message -
From: Richard Guthrie
To:
Some belated yet historical news for Brooklyn's natural history
Paul Sweet, Collections manager for the Division of Vertebrate Zoology -
Ornithology of the American Museum of Natural History alerted me a few weeks
ago of a small owl that was spotted roosting inside a backyard dense
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* December 21, 2009
* NYSY 2112.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
December14, 2009 - December 21, 2009
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Hello fellow birders. Hopefully all you CBC'ers survived the weekend's
snowstorm. The count season has just begun and if you're interested, the
Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count will be held this Sunday, December 27,
2009.
We can always use more help.
The Hastings party is looking for
It sounds like the Brooklyn team had a wonderful Christmas Bird Count this year
with some interesting species noted.
I looked at the results from past CBCs and this seems to have been the first
year that the count was conducted in heavy snow. Surprisingly, the species
count seemed not to
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