[nysbirds-l] EPCAL

2012-09-09 Thread Luke Ormand
I visited EPCAL both yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday). On Saturday, the winds were really ripping but I was able to check out both runways since the skydiving outfit was not operating. Between both runways, there were at least 20 American Kestrels, and 1 Northern Harrier, re-affirming that

[nysbirds-l] Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn - CT Warbler

2012-09-09 Thread Alexander Wilson
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today, in the strip between the Six Diamonds ball fields and the tidal basin. It was a first for me at the park, though there are at least three records over the last five years, all from the same general area as today’s sighting.

Re:[nysbirds-l] [nysbirds-l]Cupsogue and Pikes Beach, Suffolk Co

2012-09-09 Thread Mike
About 70 Royal Terns were present on the bar at Pike's Beach this morning. Large numbers of Black Skimmer were there as well, with good numbers of skimmers at the Cupsogue flats as well. A brief seawatch at Cupsogue was highlighted by 2 Cory's Shearwaters that lingered dor a while straight out

[nysbirds-l] Extralimital: Crested Caracara, Mercer County, NJ

2012-09-09 Thread Donna Schulman
Several friends suggested I post this NJ sighting to the NY list. A Crested Caracara was found yesterday afternoon by Vincent Nichnadowicz in a farm field in West Windsor, Mercer County, NJ. I got great views of it this morning, and when I left it was hunkered down in the middle of the field (the

[nysbirds-l] Riverhead sod farms

2012-09-09 Thread Corey Finger
>From sound ave looking south 5 buffies, 9 pecs, and 22 semipalmated plovers. >From the county road looking west, 26 American golden plovers. Good birding, Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/N