[nysbirds-l] County & State Listing - A Friendly Birders' Competition

The NYSOA (New York State Ornithological Association) County and State Listing Project is accepting birders' data for 2012. If you wish to get your numbers into the 2012 report, don't miss the 3/15/13 deadline. Data may be submitted online, via fax, via email, or via USPS. If you're new to this

[nysbirds-l] Glaucous Gull remains

 The GLAUCOUS GULL on the Hudson River in the City of Newburgh, Orange County was seen today from 3:05pm and it was still there when I left at 4:48pm.  This marks four days in a row that the bird has been found. Today it was seen with Henry Reed, Barry Babcock, Shelby Grimm and Diane Davis.  The

[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Coastal Pelagic 1-3-13

In what could best be described as ideal weather conditions for being out on a boat in January despite the cold temperatures, I led a trip out of Brooklyn that took us near shore and had us explore much of the coast of Brooklyn. Highlights were numerous close looks at Razorbills, numbering as

[nysbirds-l] Dead Saw-whet Owl

FWIW I saw a dead Saw Whet Owl against the median barrier on the belt parkway in Brooklyn today, roughly in the vicinity of 176 street or there abouts. Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com WWW.qcbirdclub.org - Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 /

[nysbirds-l] RFI Barnacle Goose of Babylon area

To any birders who frequent Belmont Lake stpk, ST Charles Cemetary and environs, Derek Rogers and I have been searching for the Barnacle Goose that has been around up until recently. Both of us were able to relocate Greater White-fronted [ St Charles cemetary as viewed from Wellwood ave ]

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 03 Jan 2013

- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/03/2013 * NYBU1301.03 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SLATY-BACKED GULL N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW AMERICAN PIPIT

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP & Pelham Bay Park

Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) continued our new year (3 Jan) with a birding day that included Pelham Bay Park.. We met in Hempstead Lake SP, joining the South Shore Audubon group. There we found NORTHERN SHOVELER, COMMON MERGANSERS, AMERICAN COOT, PIED-BILLED GREBES, GREAT BLUE

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Hecksher & Huntington

Target bird at Hecksher was red crossbill of which I saw several East of 7. No luck with redpoll or longspur, and no white wing crossbills. Then on to Huntington. After spending about 45 minutes from about 3:30 until 4:15 I bumped into Dave Klauber and we spent about another half hour

[nysbirds-l] Common Redpoll - East Quogue, Suffolk County

So Eastern Long Islanders don't feel left out of all the postings today, a handsome male Common Redpoll spent all morning and early afternoon at my backyard feeder in East Quogue. He was in the company of a Red-breasted Nuthatch. Both birds spent most of their time on a black sunflower seed

[nysbirds-l] Carmel-common redpoll

6 Common Redpolls for last 3 days at our feeders usually in late afternoon. Sent from my iPad -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES:

[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagle Jamaica Bay

An adult Bald Eagle was perched high in the trees by the viewing area at the end of the boardwalk at Jamaica Bay's East Pond in Queens. Other than this magnificent bird the East Pond itself was pretty quiet; mostly Ruddy Ducks and Shovelers. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Geese in the Wellwood Ave. Vicinity (Suffolk)

With the fading light, I was able to pick out a Greater White-fronted Goose in the middle of the field at St. Charles Cemetary. It was among approx. 100 Canada Geese and looks to be the same bird that's been roaming about the area. This morning, Belmont Lake was packed with geese, all toward

[nysbirds-l] HECKSCHER ST.PK. COMMON REDPOLL

This afternoon while finding the Lapland Longspur originally reported by K.Feustel, I saw two Common Redpoll hanging out with the flock of 8 White Winged Crossbill. The Redpoll and Crossbill were at field 7,8 and the Long Spur was across from field 6 towards the boat basin. -- NYSbirds-L

Re:[nysbirds-l] More CBC birds for 2013

This thread from the Cayuga list might have crossed over accidentally, but I think it raises interesting questions for all birders. > "-- really shows what kind of diversity a top birder can find when they are > covering the whole area looking for target birds instead of walking all over >

[nysbirds-l] Redpoll at Evodia (Central Park) 1/3

There was a female Common Redpoll at the feeders in Evodia in the Ramble this morning, about 9:30 am. She was using the sock-type feeder at the western edge of the field, and then flew up into the trees, moving from tree to tree and eventually into one which was occupied mostly by a dozen or so

RE: [nysbirds-l] FW: [VTBIRD] Pochard

As an alternative to signing up to another list, the archives can be accessed at http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=VTBIRD -Original Message- From: bounce-72553229-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-72553229-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Guthrie Sent: Wednesday,

[nysbirds-l] How do I post??

Hello: wanted to learn how to post sightings on this list serv?? Can you send instructions. It's probably not to difficult but want toile sure I'll do it the right way. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Common Redpoll, Bedford, NY

There is a single Common Redpoll currently visiting the feeders at Westmoreland Sanctuary. It's jockeying for position on the black oil sunflower tube feeder with a half dozen Black-capped Chickadees and a couple Red-breasted Nuthatches.

[nysbirds-l] FW: Common Pochard images

Here is an update on the Common Pochard from Larry Master (& some photographs). Joan Collins Long Lake, NY From: Larry Master [mailto:lawrencemas...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 7:30 AM To: joan.coll...@frontier.com Subject: FW: Common Pochard images From: Larry

[nysbirds-l] FW: Common Pochard images

Here is an update on the Common Pochard from Larry Master ( some photographs). Joan Collins Long Lake, NY From: Larry Master [mailto:lawrencemas...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 7:30 AM To: joan.coll...@frontier.com Subject: FW: Common Pochard images From: Larry

[nysbirds-l] Common Redpoll, Bedford, NY

There is a single Common Redpoll currently visiting the feeders at Westmoreland Sanctuary. It's jockeying for position on the black oil sunflower tube feeder with a half dozen Black-capped Chickadees and a couple Red-breasted Nuthatches.

[nysbirds-l] How do I post??

Hello: wanted to learn how to post sightings on this list serv?? Can you send instructions. It's probably not to difficult but want toile sure I'll do it the right way. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

RE: [nysbirds-l] FW: [VTBIRD] Pochard

As an alternative to signing up to another list, the archives can be accessed at http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=VTBIRD -Original Message- From: bounce-72553229-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-72553229-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Guthrie Sent: Wednesday,

[nysbirds-l] Redpoll at Evodia (Central Park) 1/3

There was a female Common Redpoll at the feeders in Evodia in the Ramble this morning, about 9:30 am. She was using the sock-type feeder at the western edge of the field, and then flew up into the trees, moving from tree to tree and eventually into one which was occupied mostly by a dozen or so

Re:[nysbirds-l] More CBC birds for 2013

This thread from the Cayuga list might have crossed over accidentally, but I think it raises interesting questions for all birders. -- really shows what kind of diversity a top birder can find when they are covering the whole area looking for target birds instead of walking all over

[nysbirds-l] HECKSCHER ST.PK. COMMON REDPOLL

This afternoon while finding the Lapland Longspur originally reported by K.Feustel, I saw two Common Redpoll hanging out with the flock of 8 White Winged Crossbill. The Redpoll and Crossbill were at field 7,8 and the Long Spur was across from field 6 towards the boat basin. -- NYSbirds-L

[nysbirds-l] Geese in the Wellwood Ave. Vicinity (Suffolk)

With the fading light, I was able to pick out a Greater White-fronted Goose in the middle of the field at St. Charles Cemetary. It was among approx. 100 Canada Geese and looks to be the same bird that's been roaming about the area. This morning, Belmont Lake was packed with geese, all toward

[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagle Jamaica Bay

An adult Bald Eagle was perched high in the trees by the viewing area at the end of the boardwalk at Jamaica Bay's East Pond in Queens. Other than this magnificent bird the East Pond itself was pretty quiet; mostly Ruddy Ducks and Shovelers. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Carmel-common redpoll

6 Common Redpolls for last 3 days at our feeders usually in late afternoon. Sent from my iPad -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES:

[nysbirds-l] Common Redpoll - East Quogue, Suffolk County

So Eastern Long Islanders don't feel left out of all the postings today, a handsome male Common Redpoll spent all morning and early afternoon at my backyard feeder in East Quogue. He was in the company of a Red-breasted Nuthatch. Both birds spent most of their time on a black sunflower seed

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Hecksher Huntington

Target bird at Hecksher was red crossbill of which I saw several East of 7. No luck with redpoll or longspur, and no white wing crossbills. Then on to Huntington. After spending about 45 minutes from about 3:30 until 4:15 I bumped into Dave Klauber and we spent about another half hour

[nysbirds-l] RFI Barnacle Goose of Babylon area

To any birders who frequent Belmont Lake stpk, ST Charles Cemetary and environs, Derek Rogers and I have been searching for the Barnacle Goose that has been around up until recently. Both of us were able to relocate Greater White-fronted [ St Charles cemetary as viewed from Wellwood ave ]

[nysbirds-l] Dead Saw-whet Owl

FWIW I saw a dead Saw Whet Owl against the median barrier on the belt parkway in Brooklyn today, roughly in the vicinity of 176 street or there abouts. Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com WWW.qcbirdclub.org - Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 /

[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Coastal Pelagic 1-3-13

In what could best be described as ideal weather conditions for being out on a boat in January despite the cold temperatures, I led a trip out of Brooklyn that took us near shore and had us explore much of the coast of Brooklyn. Highlights were numerous close looks at Razorbills, numbering as

[nysbirds-l] County State Listing - A Friendly Birders' Competition

The NYSOA (New York State Ornithological Association) County and State Listing Project is accepting birders' data for 2012. If you wish to get your numbers into the 2012 report, don't miss the 3/15/13 deadline. Data may be submitted online, via fax, via email, or via USPS. If you're new to this