[nysbirds-l] "Heading home... in the opposite direction"

2010-10-21 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
From: rada...@msn.com To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:04:32 -0400 After spending Tuesday night in Scarsdale helping my brother celebrate his 70th birthday, rather than getting involved in Wednesday morning's commuter traffic, I chose to head north a

[nysbirds-l] Merlin, Eastern Meadowlark @ EPCAL

2010-10-21 Thread Luke Ormand
I was at *EPCAL* from 5-6 this evening and had 1 *Merlin* fly over in addition to many *American* *Kestrels* and 1 *Northern* *Harrier*. I flushed an *Eastern* *Meadowlark* fro the south end of the runway while driving and there were many *Savannah* *Sparrows* around. Photos of some of the birds

[nysbirds-l] WNY Buffalo Bird Report 21 Oct 2010

2010-10-21 Thread dfsuggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/21/2010 * NYBU1010.21 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- RUFF WHITE-EYED VIREO BRANT Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Bufflehead Bald

[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement

2010-10-21 Thread Alice Deutsch
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University; Curator of Ornithology and

[nysbirds-l] rough leg hawk

2010-10-21 Thread Spsdmd
sunday morning at the hook mt hawk watch in nyack ny we had a somewhat distant dark morph rough leg hawk. it was too far away to photograph but easily identifiable with binoculars. it was my first rough leg hawk at the watch in my 10 years of being up there. then yesterday i had a light morph

[nysbirds-l] updates on the Prothonotary Warbler in NYC

2010-10-21 Thread Tom Fiore
Thursday, 21 October, 2010 Again all, I'll add that the ebirdsnyc list-serve is getting good use from reporters giving updates on the mid-town Manhattan (NYC) Prothonotary Warbler. Check it out at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/messages Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan --

[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler, midtown Manhattan NYC 10/21

2010-10-21 Thread Tom Fiore
Thursday, 21 October, 2010 A brightly-plumaged PROTHONOTARY Warbler has been discovered as of mid- day today next to the front facade and plantings of the main branch of the New York Public Library, at 41 Street and Fifth Avenue in mid-town Manhattan, New York City. The warbler, seemingly

[nysbirds-l] LI Snow Bunting and Vesper Sparrow

2010-10-21 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Joan Quinlan just called to report a Vesper Sparrow this morning near the volleyball courts at Field 2 Robert Moses SP, southwestern Suffolk County. On Monday, 18 Oct, she saw the first Snow Bunting I'm aware of for LI this season, at Cedar Beach, across the inlet from RMSP. Shai Mitra Bay

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

2010-10-21 Thread David Martin
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending October 20, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Eighty-two species were reported this week. Best birds of the week: CACKLING GOOSE: Brunswick 10/16, 10/19 (2+), 10/20

[nysbirds-l] Central & Riverside Parks, NYC 10/17-20

2010-10-21 Thread Tom Fiore
Central Park & Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Clearly there has been a great flight ongoing so far this week with Sunday, 17 October having many birds on the move, including overnight from Saturday night into Sunday as well as a fairly good diurnal flight that encompassed much of the

[nysbirds-l] Central Riverside Parks, NYC 10/17-20

2010-10-21 Thread Tom Fiore
Central Park Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Clearly there has been a great flight ongoing so far this week with Sunday, 17 October having many birds on the move, including overnight from Saturday night into Sunday as well as a fairly good diurnal flight that encompassed much of the

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

2010-10-21 Thread David Martin
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending October 20, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Eighty-two species were reported this week. Best birds of the week: CACKLING GOOSE: Brunswick 10/16, 10/19 (2+), 10/20

[nysbirds-l] LI Snow Bunting and Vesper Sparrow

2010-10-21 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Joan Quinlan just called to report a Vesper Sparrow this morning near the volleyball courts at Field 2 Robert Moses SP, southwestern Suffolk County. On Monday, 18 Oct, she saw the first Snow Bunting I'm aware of for LI this season, at Cedar Beach, across the inlet from RMSP. Shai Mitra Bay

[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler, midtown Manhattan NYC 10/21

2010-10-21 Thread Tom Fiore
Thursday, 21 October, 2010 A brightly-plumaged PROTHONOTARY Warbler has been discovered as of mid- day today next to the front facade and plantings of the main branch of the New York Public Library, at 41 Street and Fifth Avenue in mid-town Manhattan, New York City. The warbler, seemingly

[nysbirds-l] updates on the Prothonotary Warbler in NYC

2010-10-21 Thread Tom Fiore
Thursday, 21 October, 2010 Again all, I'll add that the ebirdsnyc list-serve is getting good use from reporters giving updates on the mid-town Manhattan (NYC) Prothonotary Warbler. Check it out at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/messages Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan --

[nysbirds-l] rough leg hawk

2010-10-21 Thread Spsdmd
sunday morning at the hook mt hawk watch in nyack ny we had a somewhat distant dark morph rough leg hawk. it was too far away to photograph but easily identifiable with binoculars. it was my first rough leg hawk at the watch in my 10 years of being up there. then yesterday i had a light morph

[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement

2010-10-21 Thread Alice Deutsch
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University; Curator of Ornithology and

[nysbirds-l] Heading home... in the opposite direction

2010-10-21 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
From: rada...@msn.com To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:04:32 -0400 After spending Tuesday night in Scarsdale helping my brother celebrate his 70th birthday, rather than getting involved in Wednesday morning's commuter traffic, I chose to head north a