[nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird

I was fortunate enough to see and photograph the Mountain Bluebird this morning around 10:30 AM at the Haunted House along Rt. 25A. In addition to this bird, I saw 2 Kestrels, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, 2 Red-tailed Hawks and a flock of Eastern Meadowlarks at EPCAL. A quick trip to

[nysbirds-l] Incident in Central Park, NYC

I was birding just east of the Ross Pinetum in Central Park at approximately 83rd Street this morning at 11:30 when a Red-Bellied Woodpecker fell out of a deciduous tree about 30 feet away from me. There were no predators in the area. Baffled as to what happened, I walked over to the bird and sa

Re: [nysbirds-l] Rufous Hum., "AMNH", & Red-headed W.-p., "C.P.", NYC 12/28

I did not see the Rufous this afternoon but some birders said that it was in the same entry area (81 Street) of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at the "Rose Center" this morning. It was freezing and probably it was perching some place near by. The juvenile Red-Headed Woodpecker w

[nysbirds-l] The Hummingbird Plant

just fyi the plant being used by the AMNH Hummer appears to be Mahonia bealei - Leatherleaf Mahonia http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/01/sweet-flowers-o.html Paul Sweet Collectio

[nysbirds-l] Floyd Bennett Field Dec 29: Northern Shrike--NO

We (Alan Baratz and Janet Zinn) spent over two hours in Floyd Bennet Field today (10-12:15) and searched all the reported spots along the center and north runways, and further afield as well, but no luck with the Northern Shrike. Saw one other birder searching and it didn't seem like he was h

Re: [nysbirds-l] Rufous Hum., "AMNH", & Red-headed W.-p., "C.P.", NYC 12/28

D Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry so please excuse the typos -Original Message- From: Tom Fiore Sender: bounce-39067728-3714...@list.cornell.edu Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:25:53 To: Reply-To: Tom Fiore Subject: [nysbirds-l] Rufous Hum., "AMNH", & Red-headed W.-p., "C.P.", NYC 1

[nysbirds-l] Calverton Mountain Bluebird - 12/29

Seen on Thursday at 1:30pm in the field immediately to the left of the Darkside Haunted house and also at the corner of Hulse Landing Road and 25A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.co

[nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird Calverton

Kathy Drake just called to say that the Mountain Bluebird is being seen in the regular place along the snow fencing. Good Luck if you go, Joe Giunta -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirdin

[nysbirds-l] BirdCallsRadio | Jeffrey A. Gordon, ABA President.

Birders et al, BirdCallsRadio next guest will be Jeffrey A. Gordon, President of the American Birding Association this Sunday, New Year's Day from 1-2PM at http://birdcallsradio.com/. Tune in WORLDWIDE to Listen Live http://birdcallsradio.com/listen-live/ Cheers, Mardi Dickinson Norwalk, CT ht