Hi All,
Thanks to a ride from David Burg, Jared and Michelle Cole and I spent a great
3.5 hours in Breezy Point and environs this afternoon. Our plan was to explore
the beach to the Breezy Point jetty and then bird along the dune trail. Little
did we know that scanning a ~1K stretch of ocean
Brooklyn continues to turn up some good winter birds. Some highlights from this
morning:
Veteran's Memorial Pier (Bay Ridge Avenue at Shore Road)
A drake Eurasian Wigeon close to the rocks by the wastewater treatment plant.
Parking lot by the Verrazano Bridge
A pair of White-winged Scoters What
This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet.
The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and
Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers. The
highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed
(accidentally).
The rest of Dune
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the recent feedback on my request to help ID a few birds
(Bonaparte Gulls and Common Goldeneye) I was at Connetquot State Park
today and saw a drake Northern Pintail on the main lake by the big house
(was at the northern section of the lake). There were also a mixed
To all of those who look (and find) Snowy Owls along Dune road, PLEASE do
not park your vehicle in the middle of the road and get out to look at the
bird with your scope. You're creating a hazard for yourself and others
(aside from it being illegal and frankly, rude). There was a red car in
Great looks at the bird in the marsh immediately west of the Ponquogue Bridge.
Bird present late afternoon/early evening today (Sunday).
Pat Hanly
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Saw the juvenile Red-headed WP continuing in Green-Wood late this afternoon.
The bird is starting to show a little red on the head. I have some pictures on
my blog http://matthewwills.com/2014/01/12/red-headed-nearly/ The location was
as noted in earlier posts here, right across the street
I led a morning walk @ Wave Hill today for NYC Audubon. It was a pretty good
day for raptors: an adult Bald Eagle soaring repeatedly over the grounds & the
Hudson; an adult Peregrine Falcon soaring & stooping; a Merlin (which briefly
strafed the Peregrine); and an immature Red-tailed Hawk.
I stopped by the buffalo farm on Reeves Ave in Riverhead (Suffolk Co) about
2:30pm today. Ken Feustel had reported a Yellow-headed Blackbird here on
the seventh, and I did see one in the large flock of cowbirds, etc. I do
not have a photograph, but I got an excellent look at this bird - it was
Spent about an hour checking the Coxsackie Grasslands and vicinity on Sunday
afternoon 1/12.
Most notable for what was NOT seen: only one harrier spotted; ZERO gulls
at the Cox. boat launch; no mergansers on the river; no eagles; no flocks
of larks or buntings along River Rd; no Snowy
REDHEAD (single drake Moravian Cemetery Pond, uncommon for Staten Island)
White-winged Scoter (Wolfe's Pond close to shore)
Eurasian Wigeon (Tottenville Train Station)
Red-necked Grebe (Wolfe's Pond)
Snowy Owl (continuing bird)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 Arden Ave.)
Ring-necked Duck (Over a
Spent the whole weekend in the area, much already mentioned by others ...
Friday:
Checked some of the NorthWest Harbor shore points in the evening but didn't
come up with anything terribly noteworthy (poor visibility hampered
sea-watching).
Saturday:
Started at Shinecock Inlet with 3 continuing
Saw 1 of 3 eagles With Brant and Ming.
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> On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:10 PM, pmaxp wrote:
>
> For those interested in seeing this bird, it is currently with a flock of
> several hundred Canadas in the eastern most field on the south side of
> Daniel's Lane in
> Sagaponack.
>
There's a Greater White-fronted Goose in the field 7 parking lot right now.
Some vehicle traffic but it doesn't seem to be greatly affecting the flock.
Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville
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Glaucous Gull continues at Coney Island creek. Bobbi Manian, Chris Las and
myself observed the bird chillin' with a mixed flick of gulls on little beach
just west of kaiser park concrete pier. Bird lifted off and returned to same
spot a few times. Possibly one of the individuals Bobbi M and I
For those interested in seeing this bird, it is currently with a flock of
several hundred Canadas in the eastern most field on the south side of Daniel's
Lane in
Sagaponack.
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The Black Vulture first found last weekend is perched up in a tree at the north
end of Church Lane near Riverhead with ten or so TVs.
At nearby Iron Pier Beach a continuing ad Iceland Gull was easy to find along
the beach. Another ad Iceland and a first winter Lesser Black back were on the
The *Cackling Goose* reported yesterday by Gary Strauss continued this
morning on the Centerport Mill Pond as viewed from the DEC property on
Centershore Road. Note that the bird was previously seen on Tung Ting
Pond, the adjacent pond that can be viewed from the Chalet Motor Inn
parking lot.
The Northern Shrike is being seen at Jones Beach West End parking lot 2,
west of the swale.
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Just had a pair (same birds as last year?) in the SW corner if the lake.
Viewed from the South shore.
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On ice edge at croton point bay (off beach) at 820 a.m. there are 27 bald
eagles sitting in the ice / water edge
L. Trachtenberg
Ossining NY
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On ice edge at croton point bay (off beach) at 820 a.m. there are 27 bald
eagles sitting in the ice / water edge
L. Trachtenberg
Ossining NY
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Just had a pair (same birds as last year?) in the SW corner if the lake.
Viewed from the South shore.
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The Northern Shrike is being seen at Jones Beach West End parking lot 2,
west of the swale.
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The *Cackling Goose* reported yesterday by Gary Strauss continued this
morning on the Centerport Mill Pond as viewed from the DEC property on
Centershore Road. Note that the bird was previously seen on Tung Ting
Pond, the adjacent pond that can be viewed from the Chalet Motor Inn
parking lot.
The Black Vulture first found last weekend is perched up in a tree at the north
end of Church Lane near Riverhead with ten or so TVs.
At nearby Iron Pier Beach a continuing ad Iceland Gull was easy to find along
the beach. Another ad Iceland and a first winter Lesser Black back were on the
For those interested in seeing this bird, it is currently with a flock of
several hundred Canadas in the eastern most field on the south side of Daniel's
Lane in
Sagaponack.
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Glaucous Gull continues at Coney Island creek. Bobbi Manian, Chris Las and
myself observed the bird chillin' with a mixed flick of gulls on little beach
just west of kaiser park concrete pier. Bird lifted off and returned to same
spot a few times. Possibly one of the individuals Bobbi M and I
There's a Greater White-fronted Goose in the field 7 parking lot right now.
Some vehicle traffic but it doesn't seem to be greatly affecting the flock.
Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville
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Saw 1 of 3 eagles With Brant and Ming.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:10 PM, pmaxp pm...@well.com wrote:
For those interested in seeing this bird, it is currently with a flock of
several hundred Canadas in the eastern most field on the south side of
Daniel's Lane in
REDHEAD (single drake Moravian Cemetery Pond, uncommon for Staten Island)
White-winged Scoter (Wolfe's Pond close to shore)
Eurasian Wigeon (Tottenville Train Station)
Red-necked Grebe (Wolfe's Pond)
Snowy Owl (continuing bird)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 Arden Ave.)
Ring-necked Duck (Over a
Spent about an hour checking the Coxsackie Grasslands and vicinity on Sunday
afternoon 1/12.
Most notable for what was NOT seen: only one harrier spotted; ZERO gulls
at the Cox. boat launch; no mergansers on the river; no eagles; no flocks
of larks or buntings along River Rd; no Snowy
I stopped by the buffalo farm on Reeves Ave in Riverhead (Suffolk Co) about
2:30pm today. Ken Feustel had reported a Yellow-headed Blackbird here on
the seventh, and I did see one in the large flock of cowbirds, etc. I do
not have a photograph, but I got an excellent look at this bird - it was
I led a morning walk @ Wave Hill today for NYC Audubon. It was a pretty good
day for raptors: an adult Bald Eagle soaring repeatedly over the grounds the
Hudson; an adult Peregrine Falcon soaring stooping; a Merlin (which briefly
strafed the Peregrine); and an immature Red-tailed Hawk.
Other
Saw the juvenile Red-headed WP continuing in Green-Wood late this afternoon.
The bird is starting to show a little red on the head. I have some pictures on
my blog http://matthewwills.com/2014/01/12/red-headed-nearly/ The location was
as noted in earlier posts here, right across the street
Great looks at the bird in the marsh immediately west of the Ponquogue Bridge.
Bird present late afternoon/early evening today (Sunday).
Pat Hanly
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
To all of those who look (and find) Snowy Owls along Dune road, PLEASE do
not park your vehicle in the middle of the road and get out to look at the
bird with your scope. You're creating a hazard for yourself and others
(aside from it being illegal and frankly, rude). There was a red car in
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the recent feedback on my request to help ID a few birds
(Bonaparte Gulls and Common Goldeneye) I was at Connetquot State Park
today and saw a drake Northern Pintail on the main lake by the big house
(was at the northern section of the lake). There were also a mixed
This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet.
The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and
Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers. The
highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed
(accidentally).
The rest of Dune
Hi All,
Thanks to a ride from David Burg, Jared and Michelle Cole and I spent a great
3.5 hours in Breezy Point and environs this afternoon. Our plan was to explore
the beach to the Breezy Point jetty and then bird along the dune trail. Little
did we know that scanning a ~1K stretch of ocean
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