[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-04-04 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 4, 2011 * NYSY 0404.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 28, 2010 - April 4, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] T.Y's. & Hydraulic Fracturing

2011-04-04 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
This morning, while driving in downtown Riverhead, Suffolk Co., I observed 3 T.V's. circling overhead, as they drifted toward the east. This afternoon, I drove to the Quogue Wildlife Refuge in Quogue, in order to set up & check out the "dvd" we were going to show tonight at our monthly

[nysbirds-l] Pine Warbler back

2011-04-04 Thread Mickey Scilingo
Yesterday afternoon and again this morning I spotted the PINE WARBLER returning to my feeder. Today he was in the feeder eating the sunflower seeds. At times it seems like he has no problem cracking some of the seed with his bill, while other times he takes the seed to a tree limb and splits

Re: RE: [nysbirds-l] long belated Mitred Parakeet report

2011-04-04 Thread John Askildsen
some years ago, while visiting the bronx zoo, and while standing in front of an aviary in the old section of the zoo, i noticed that on the exterior of an aviary filled with parrots, there were parrot nests constructed and being used. i cannot remember if i identified the "wild" parrots. this was

[nysbirds-l] Pine Warbler back

2011-04-04 Thread Mickey Scilingo
Yesterday afternoon and again this morning I spotted the PINE WARBLER returning to my feeder. Today he was in the feeder eating the sunflower seeds. At times it seems like he has no problem cracking some of the seed with his bill, while other times he takes the seed to a tree limb and splits

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-04-04 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 4, 2011 * NYSY 0404.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 28, 2010 - April 4, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)