[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 04, 2010 * NYSY 0401.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 28, 2009 - January 04, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Common Gull reports?

Hello, I was wondering if perhaps anyone located the Common Gull in Brooklyn near the pedestrian bridge over the Belt Parkway today?  I'm sure that there are people considering traveling to see this bird that would be very interested in positive or negative reports.  Any information about the

[nysbirds-l] CANCELLATION of Linnaean Talk Jan 12

The Linnaean Society meeting of Jan 12, 2010: Due to a hospital emergency, our speaker, Dr. Richard Prum, will be unable to give his talk at our meeting of Tues Jan 12 at 7:30 pm at the AMNH. This meeting is Cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience and the disappointment many of you may

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: a few more Montauk area birds from Sunday

Douglas Futuyma and Karen Rubinstein provided excellent accounts of the uncommon geese frequenting the one remaining field on Further Lane in East Hampton (Suffolk Co., NY). Yesterday we watched 4 first-winter *GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE* (little or no barring on bellies) and a single well-marked

[nysbirds-l] Shinneock Inlet, Dune Road & Calverton Grasslands (Suffolk Co.)

We spent a few hours birding the eastern portion of Dune Road before heading to the Calverton Grasslands in the early afternoon. At Shinnecock Inlet there were over four hundred Common Eider, as well as an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on a sandbar north of the inlet. Our FOS Clapper Rail was

[nysbirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird in Chappaqua, NY

A immature male yellow-headed blackbird was observed late this afternoon for 1.5 hrs visiting a feeder behind the office building at Pruyn Audubon Sanctuary, 275 Millwood Road (Route 133), Chappaqua, NY. The bird was with a mixed flock of approximately three dozen brown-headed cowbirds and

[nysbirds-l] sharpie back at it in yard

The adult female Sharp-shinned Hawk was back again today chasing the house sparrows at the feeders.  It's so cool to watch how the hawks climb thru the trees and shrubs trying to chase one out.  It also flies right up to the shrubs and at the last minute swerves and lands in a tree to wait and 

RE:[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake: White-fronted & Cackling geese; W. Babylon Eurasian Wigeon - YES; Connetquot Tundra Swan - NO

The waterfowl at Capri Lake (SW Suffolk, West Islip) are somewhat different than in recent years. There are few to no Green-winged Teal which normally appear here in high numbers. And John is correct in that the Hooded Merganser numbers are significantly lower, as well. However, the hoodies

[nysbirds-l] Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach additions

Some additions to the birds already posted for Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach for the weekend, from the Queens County Bird Club outing on Saturday, Jan. 9th: Willet - in a cove off of Pt. Lookout Park American Pipit - 3, feeding on the grass on the parkway on the way to the Coast Guard Station.

[nysbirds-l] Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach additions

Some additions to the birds already posted for Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach for the weekend, from the Queens County Bird Club outing on Saturday, Jan. 9th: Willet - in a cove off of Pt. Lookout Park American Pipit - 3, feeding on the grass on the parkway on the way to the Coast Guard Station.

RE:[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake: White-fronted Cackling geese; W. Babylon Eurasian Wigeon - YES; Connetquot Tundra Swan - NO

The waterfowl at Capri Lake (SW Suffolk, West Islip) are somewhat different than in recent years. There are few to no Green-winged Teal which normally appear here in high numbers. And John is correct in that the Hooded Merganser numbers are significantly lower, as well. However, the hoodies

[nysbirds-l] sharpie back at it in yard

The adult female Sharp-shinned Hawk was back again today chasing the house sparrows at the feeders.  It's so cool to watch how the hawks climb thru the trees and shrubs trying to chase one out.  It also flies right up to the shrubs and at the last minute swerves and lands in a tree to wait and 

[nysbirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird in Chappaqua, NY

A immature male yellow-headed blackbird was observed late this afternoon for 1.5 hrs visiting a feeder behind the office building at Pruyn Audubon Sanctuary, 275 Millwood Road (Route 133), Chappaqua, NY. The bird was with a mixed flock of approximately three dozen brown-headed cowbirds and

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: a few more Montauk area birds from Sunday

Douglas Futuyma and Karen Rubinstein provided excellent accounts of the uncommon geese frequenting the one remaining field on Further Lane in East Hampton (Suffolk Co., NY). Yesterday we watched 4 first-winter *GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE* (little or no barring on bellies) and a single well-marked

[nysbirds-l] CANCELLATION of Linnaean Talk Jan 12

The Linnaean Society meeting of Jan 12, 2010: Due to a hospital emergency, our speaker, Dr. Richard Prum, will be unable to give his talk at our meeting of Tues Jan 12 at 7:30 pm at the AMNH. This meeting is Cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience and the disappointment many of you may

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 04, 2010 * NYSY 0401.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 28, 2009 - January 04, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex