Date: Friday, 26 August 2011 (1:55p-7:25p)
Location: Manhattan - Swindler Cove Park & Sherman Creek
Reported by: Ben Cacace
This upper Manhattan park is situated along the Harlem River at the end of
Dyckman St. & 10th Avenue across the island from Fort Tryon Park.
When I arrived, low tide on
One of my favorite birding books is Bull's 1964 Birds of the New York Area.
The book may be nearly 50 years old, but, I still find it to be a valuable
reference, especially for things like the section on hurricanes.
By the way, this is not a state book-- it covers the area around New York
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 26, 2011
* NYNY1108.26
- Birds mentioned
Cory's Shearwater
Solitary Sandpiper
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending 24 Aug 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk
Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
Sixty-one species were reported this week.
The best birds were:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: Cohoes Flats 8/17 -- 8/24. Also
Hello All, Try this Google search- " bird survives rough ride
through Hurricane Irene" . STAY SAFE EVERYONE. Carl Starace
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
August 26 - I observed the Great Egret Colony above the Horseshoe Falls
from Three Sisters Islands, Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York. At 10:50
AM, I could see as many as eight in active Great Egrets. At 11:00 AM one
had left, but I found two more to the far left (upstream) in
A juvenile Baird's Sandpiper (presumably the same bird reported here Wed. &
Thur.) made a brief appearance (< 2 minutes) in the puddles of parking field #7
at Heckscher State Park morning, just before 11:00. When I first arrived the
only shorebird in sight was a lone Least Sandpiper. Ken
Hi,
Ever since hurricane Gloria in 1985 one cannot access the other barrier
beaches which are sealed off to prevent looting. This is a major problem for
birders as experience has shown that most of the storm blown seabirds
immediately go back out to sea. I remember one hurricane at Robert Moses
Hi Everyone,
No doubt many NYSBIRDS_L subscribers are watching the approaching weather
system with trepidation and excitement. Below I've cross posted from the
Virginia list some thoughts on the subject from Ned Brinkley, a leading
student of the effects of hurricanes on bird populations,
Here’s your chance to learn one of Mother Nature’s most challenging groups of
birds. The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of September 17-18, 2011.
Kevin McGowan, former NYSOA president and co-editor of The
There is a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER in a rain puddle in the parking lot in
front of the Aviator building at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. This is next
to the field where the Buff-breasted Sandpipers were last year. The Baird's was
present from 6:05-7:40.
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY
--
On August 25 the Black-bellied Whistling Duck was again seen at 8:15 to
8:30 AM and again at 3:24 PM near Randolph, NY. (about 70 miles south of
Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ontario)
Bill Watson
From: rhettbutle...@hotmail.com
To:
On August 25 the Black-bellied Whistling Duck was again seen at 8:15 to
8:30 AM and again at 3:24 PM near Randolph, NY. (about 70 miles south of
Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ontario)
Bill Watson
From: rhettbutle...@hotmail.com
To:
Here’s your chance to learn one of Mother Nature’s most challenging groups of
birds. The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of September 17-18, 2011.
Kevin McGowan, former NYSOA president and co-editor of The
Hi Everyone,
No doubt many NYSBIRDS_L subscribers are watching the approaching weather
system with trepidation and excitement. Below I've cross posted from the
Virginia list some thoughts on the subject from Ned Brinkley, a leading
student of the effects of hurricanes on bird populations,
Hi,
Ever since hurricane Gloria in 1985 one cannot access the other barrier
beaches which are sealed off to prevent looting. This is a major problem for
birders as experience has shown that most of the storm blown seabirds
immediately go back out to sea. I remember one hurricane at Robert Moses
A juvenile Baird's Sandpiper (presumably the same bird reported here Wed.
Thur.) made a brief appearance ( 2 minutes) in the puddles of parking field #7
at Heckscher State Park morning, just before 11:00. When I first arrived the
only shorebird in sight was a lone Least Sandpiper. Ken Thompson
August 26 - I observed the Great Egret Colony above the Horseshoe Falls
from Three Sisters Islands, Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York. At 10:50
AM, I could see as many as eight in active Great Egrets. At 11:00 AM one
had left, but I found two more to the far left (upstream) in
Hello All, Try this Google search- bird survives rough ride
through Hurricane Irene . STAY SAFE EVERYONE. Carl Starace
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending 24 Aug 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk
Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
Sixty-one species were reported this week.
The best birds were:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: Cohoes Flats 8/17 -- 8/24. Also
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 26, 2011
* NYNY1108.26
- Birds mentioned
Cory's Shearwater
Solitary Sandpiper
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
One of my favorite birding books is Bull's 1964 Birds of the New York Area.
The book may be nearly 50 years old, but, I still find it to be a valuable
reference, especially for things like the section on hurricanes.
By the way, this is not a state book-- it covers the area around New York
Date: Friday, 26 August 2011 (1:55p-7:25p)
Location: Manhattan - Swindler Cove Park Sherman Creek
Reported by: Ben Cacace
This upper Manhattan park is situated along the Harlem River at the end of
Dyckman St. 10th Avenue across the island from Fort Tryon Park.
When I arrived, low tide on
There is a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER in a rain puddle in the parking lot in
front of the Aviator building at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. This is next
to the field where the Buff-breasted Sandpipers were last year. The Baird's was
present from 6:05-7:40.
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY
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