[nysbirds-l] Forster's Terns and Glossy Ibis - Carmans River

2011-07-24 Thread Luke Ormand
This morning I paddled the length of the Southern Portion of the Carmans River (which is part of my ever growing love affair with all things Carmans River) from Montauk Hwy. to Squassex Creek. Birds were far from plentiful, but I did come across several Forster's near Squassex and saw a Glossy

[nysbirds-l] Least Bitterns in Massapequa Preserve

2011-07-24 Thread redknot
Birded with Dave Klauber for about an hour this evening (6:15 to 7:15 p.m.) and we saw the male least bittern several times and had four (4!) juvenile birds in view on the e/s/o the pond, in the area the juveniles have been observed for the past week or so. The male was especially accommodating

[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanagers in East Hampton (update 2)

2011-07-24 Thread Anthony Collerton
Michael Duffy and I returned to the site at 10:30am this morning and found the Summer Tanager in the same area. Looking at it again and in better light, this bird really does look like a first year bird (very brown with paler undersides and a distinctly yellow throat). Didn't see any obvious

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

2011-07-24 Thread Andrew Baksh
Bobby Kurtz and I just found a Hudsonian Godwit on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The bird could be seen from the south end, south of the raunt along the eastern edge of the phragmities. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (=

[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanagers in East Hampton (update)

2011-07-24 Thread Anthony Collerton
As previously mentioned, we found a pair of Summer Tanagers in our yard in East Hampton in late May. Throughout most of June we continued to hear Summer Tanagers around the yard and saw the male (but not the female) on 8 different dates in June and early July. The male remained remarkably loyal

RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Oil City Road

2011-07-24 Thread Joe Jannsen
It wasn't blank on my end. Joe From: bounce-37792438-10871...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Ken McDermott Sent: Sat 7/23/2011 10:47 PM To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Oil City Road Imagine my surprise to look at todays postings and

[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanagers in East Hampton (update)

2011-07-24 Thread Anthony Collerton
As previously mentioned, we found a pair of Summer Tanagers in our yard in East Hampton in late May. Throughout most of June we continued to hear Summer Tanagers around the yard and saw the male (but not the female) on 8 different dates in June and early July. The male remained remarkably loyal

[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanagers in East Hampton (update 2)

2011-07-24 Thread Anthony Collerton
Michael Duffy and I returned to the site at 10:30am this morning and found the Summer Tanager in the same area. Looking at it again and in better light, this bird really does look like a first year bird (very brown with paler undersides and a distinctly yellow throat). Didn't see any obvious

[nysbirds-l] Least Bitterns in Massapequa Preserve

2011-07-24 Thread redknot
Birded with Dave Klauber for about an hour this evening (6:15 to 7:15 p.m.) and we saw the male least bittern several times and had four (4!) juvenile birds in view on the e/s/o the pond, in the area the juveniles have been observed for the past week or so. The male was especially accommodating

[nysbirds-l] Forster's Terns and Glossy Ibis - Carmans River

2011-07-24 Thread Luke Ormand
This morning I paddled the length of the Southern Portion of the Carmans River (which is part of my ever growing love affair with all things Carmans River) from Montauk Hwy. to Squassex Creek. Birds were far from plentiful, but I did come across several Forster's near Squassex and saw a Glossy

RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Oil City Road

2011-07-24 Thread Joe Jannsen
It wasn't blank on my end. Joe From: bounce-37792438-10871...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Ken McDermott Sent: Sat 7/23/2011 10:47 PM To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Oil City Road Imagine my surprise to look at todays postings and