[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Tides - Map With Links

2010-07-15 Thread Ben Cacace
For tide times, at various locations surrounding Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, I developed this map with links to various tide tables on the web. Click on the icon to access the links. The 1st link listed is my favorite but the others have details and layouts that may be more suitable to your

[nysbirds-l] tide tables

2010-07-15 Thread Tom Fiore
About Jamaica Bay Refuge's East Pond (& applicable to various other shorebird hot-spots world-wide!) is that the times of high & low tide are important to how many shorebirds may be found there at any given hour. On this Thursday, 15 July, the high tide was (very approximately) at about

[nysbirds-l] Queens/Brooklyn NYC, 7/15

2010-07-15 Thread Tom Fiore
Thursday, 15 July, 2010 - shore areas of Queens & Brooklyn, N.Y. City A 1/2-hour seawatch at Fort Tilden, Queens County (looking at the Atlantic from the Rockaway peninsula of western Long Island) seemed to start auspiciously with 2 sub-adult N. Gannets in view in the first minute after

[nysbirds-l] Pelagic birds and whales abound on the CRESLI/Viking whale watches -join us

2010-07-15 Thread Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.
Folks, The whale and pelagic bird sightings have been good thus far, particularly when the whales are feeding near the surface. Here are the results to date: 07/11/2010 13 Fin Whales 8 Minke Whales 65 Greater Shearwaters 5 Corey's Shearwaters 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels 07/10/2010

[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 15 Jul 2010

2010-07-15 Thread dfsuggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/15/2010 * NYBU1007.15 - Birds mentioned - Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David - SANDHILL CRANE WHIP-POOR-WILL BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER D.-crest. Cormorant

[nysbirds-l] More Shinnecock seabirds, plus Cupsogue

2010-07-15 Thread sausubel
This morning the seabird show continued at Shinnecock. From 6:30-7:30 a.m. at least 120 shearwaters were off the Inlet, many at fairly close range off the East Jetty. I estimated about 70 of these were Cory's Shearwaters, and 50 Greater Shearwaters. There were also at least 80 Wilson's

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for July 14

2010-07-15 Thread David Martin
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending July 14, 2010 Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Sixty-seven species were reported this week. Best of the week: LONG-TAILED DUCK: Lake George 7/8. RING-NECKED PHEASANT:

[nysbirds-l] Whiteface/Bloomingdale Bog/Massawepie Mire, & more

2010-07-15 Thread Joan E. Collins
July 8-9, 2010 Bloomingdale Bog/Whiteface/Boreal Life Trail at Paul Smith's VIC/Owling at Sabattis Circle Rd./Massawepie Mire (Franklin - Essex - Hamilton - St. Lawrence Counties) I guided a California couple during the heat wave last Thursday and Friday. We began at dawn on Thursday at

[nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit @ JBWR (Queens County)...

2010-07-15 Thread birdingdude
Bobby Kurtz, and I are looking at a Hudsonian Godwit at the North East end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The bird was found by Tom Fiore. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my

Re: [nysbirds-l] Late Post--Turkey Vultures, Port Washington

2010-07-15 Thread Susan Herbst
Sorry for the late post, but didn't get back to my computer till this morning. Yesterday (July 14) at about 5:30ish there was a Turkey Vulture flying just over the PC Richard's and Wheatley shopping plaza. Sue Herbst On Jul 5, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Glenn Quinn wrote: > On Saturday (3rd) at

[nysbirds-l] American White Pelican still here...

2010-07-15 Thread birdingdude
The American White Pelican is still here. I observed birders Corey Finger and Danny Malloy watching the bird further down the beach from the parking lot. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my

Re: [nysbirds-l] Late Post--Turkey Vultures, Port Washington

2010-07-15 Thread Susan Herbst
Sorry for the late post, but didn't get back to my computer till this morning. Yesterday (July 14) at about 5:30ish there was a Turkey Vulture flying just over the PC Richard's and Wheatley shopping plaza. Sue Herbst On Jul 5, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Glenn Quinn wrote: On Saturday (3rd) at about

[nysbirds-l] Whiteface/Bloomingdale Bog/Massawepie Mire, more

2010-07-15 Thread Joan E. Collins
July 8-9, 2010 Bloomingdale Bog/Whiteface/Boreal Life Trail at Paul Smith's VIC/Owling at Sabattis Circle Rd./Massawepie Mire (Franklin - Essex - Hamilton - St. Lawrence Counties) I guided a California couple during the heat wave last Thursday and Friday. We began at dawn on Thursday at

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for July 14

2010-07-15 Thread David Martin
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending July 14, 2010 Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Sixty-seven species were reported this week. Best of the week: LONG-TAILED DUCK: Lake George 7/8. RING-NECKED PHEASANT:

[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 15 Jul 2010

2010-07-15 Thread dfsuggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/15/2010 * NYBU1007.15 - Birds mentioned - Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David - SANDHILL CRANE WHIP-POOR-WILL BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER D.-crest. Cormorant

[nysbirds-l] Pelagic birds and whales abound on the CRESLI/Viking whale watches -join us

2010-07-15 Thread Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.
Folks, The whale and pelagic bird sightings have been good thus far, particularly when the whales are feeding near the surface. Here are the results to date: 07/11/2010 13 Fin Whales 8 Minke Whales 65 Greater Shearwaters 5 Corey's Shearwaters 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels 07/10/2010

[nysbirds-l] Queens/Brooklyn NYC, 7/15

2010-07-15 Thread Tom Fiore
Thursday, 15 July, 2010 - shore areas of Queens Brooklyn, N.Y. City A 1/2-hour seawatch at Fort Tilden, Queens County (looking at the Atlantic from the Rockaway peninsula of western Long Island) seemed to start auspiciously with 2 sub-adult N. Gannets in view in the first minute after

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Tides - Map With Links

2010-07-15 Thread Ben Cacace
For tide times, at various locations surrounding Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, I developed this map with links to various tide tables on the web. Click on the icon to access the links. The 1st link listed is my favorite but the others have details and layouts that may be more suitable to your