[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow SP- Bay-breasted Warbler, Purple Finch, YB Cuckoo

For two hours(8:15am-10:15am) I birded Sunken Meadow State Park this morning.  The western end of the park was pretty dead with the exception of 3 Purple Finch eating what looked like chokecherries, a few Ovenbirds, and 2 Chipping Sparrows.  The Inner Marsh trail and the bluffs trail on the nor

[nysbirds-l] Floyd Bennett Field--BBSAs + Clay-colored Sparrow

An excursion to Floyd Bennett Field with Lila and Richard Fried was quite successful this morning, as we encountered 3 of the Juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS continuing from earlier in the week and were treated to stellar looks. Later we ran into Shane Blodgett, whom we birded the community g

[nysbirds-l] Marshlands Dickcissel+

Hi all, Relatively slow morning at Marshlands in Rye, but what the birds lacked in quantity was made up in quality. One flyby DICKCISSEL (awful looks, but it called several times), and a MOURNING WARBLER at the top of the field. Two cooperative Clapper Rails, Marsh Wrens, oystercatchers and a c

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending September 15, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net One hundred-one species were reported this week Best birds of the week: LESSER SCAUP: Empire State Plaza 9/14, 9/15. ME