[nysbirds-l] purple martins in East Hampton

2014-04-07 Thread Jane Ross
First arrivals in the Georgica Pond area this past weekend. Also spotted newly arrived house wren, chipping sparrow and Eastern phoebe. Jane F. Ross -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Bird Report

2014-04-07 Thread Patricia Pollock
4/7/14, Monday Pat Pollock Reservoir:  2 Red-breasted Mergansers on south mid section 2:30pm, 10 or more DC Cormorants, Buffleheads, No. Shovelers Louisiana Waterthrush @ Point (end, but skittish and only brief look  as it flew from west edge to east and cdn't pick it up thereafter) Also @

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-04-07 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * April 7, 2014 *  NYSY  04. 07. 14   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 31, 2013 - April07, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Phoebe-palooza in Greenwood Cemetery

2014-04-07 Thread Rob Bate
I dropped by Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn in hopes of locating an item dropped there yesterday (no luck.) What I did find was an extraordinary number of Eastern Phoebes around the Crescent Water - I counted 30 around the smallish pond. In one small 6 foot high weeping birch (I think) there

[nysbirds-l] Epcal area birds including N. Parula

2014-04-07 Thread Joel Horman
Following up on Doug Futuyma's report we did a drive-through at Epcal late this afternoon and can report that both the Eastern Meadowlarks and American Kestrels are present in approximately the same numbers. Also seen were one or two Turkey Vultures and a trio of Eastern Bluebirds. The

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/5-6-7

2014-04-07 Thread Thomas Fiore
yep, it's your minute-by-minute play-by-play, uninterrupted by the local home-openers! (& thank goodness for that bronx win today...:-) Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Mon.-Sun.-Sat., April 7, 6, and 5, 2014 Monday, a modest movement, and some birds that almost certainly went

[nysbirds-l] New Arrivals

2014-04-07 Thread Jim Osterlund
A Pine Warbler, our FOS, sang as he foraged over a trail-maintenance operation in the Turtle Rock Preserve in Middle Island, Suffolk County, today. They're coming! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] 4/07- Brooklyn Migrants (including Kestrel-palooza)

2014-04-07 Thread fresha2411
The most remarkable thing in a morning's birding around the Brooklyn coast this morning was the count of 36 American Kestrels in the Floyd Bennett Field grasslands, which is by far the highest I have ever seen on the ground in one place on Long Island, echoing Doug Futuyma's recent large number

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

2014-04-07 Thread syschiff
Alley Pond Park 7 Apr Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants this morning and found Robins and Robins and more Robins everywhere. The few new arrivals we saw were all in their finest plumage. A pair of CHIPPING SPARROWS and 3 EASTERN TOWHEES appeared stunning against the drab

[nysbirds-l] Field Sparrow

2014-04-07 Thread Mickey Scilingo
There is a single FIELD SPARROW currently mixed in with a bunch of TREE SPARROWS and SONG SPARROWS under my feeders. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] 3 Glossy Ibis at Piermont Pier

2014-04-07 Thread Evan Mark
Rare in Rockland County 3 Glossy Ibis flew in from the north are currently on the Pier Evan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES:

[nysbirds-l] 3 Glossy Ibis at Piermont Pier

2014-04-07 Thread Evan Mark
Rare in Rockland County 3 Glossy Ibis flew in from the north are currently on the Pier Evan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES:

[nysbirds-l] Field Sparrow

2014-04-07 Thread Mickey Scilingo
There is a single FIELD SPARROW currently mixed in with a bunch of TREE SPARROWS and SONG SPARROWS under my feeders. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

2014-04-07 Thread syschiff
Alley Pond Park 7 Apr Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants this morning and found Robins and Robins and more Robins everywhere. The few new arrivals we saw were all in their finest plumage. A pair of CHIPPING SPARROWS and 3 EASTERN TOWHEES appeared stunning against the drab

[nysbirds-l] New Arrivals

2014-04-07 Thread Jim Osterlund
A Pine Warbler, our FOS, sang as he foraged over a trail-maintenance operation in the Turtle Rock Preserve in Middle Island, Suffolk County, today. They're coming! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/5-6-7

2014-04-07 Thread Thomas Fiore
yep, it's your minute-by-minute play-by-play, uninterrupted by the local home-openers! ( thank goodness for that bronx win today...:-) Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Mon.-Sun.-Sat., April 7, 6, and 5, 2014 Monday, a modest movement, and some birds that almost certainly went

[nysbirds-l] Epcal area birds including N. Parula

2014-04-07 Thread Joel Horman
Following up on Doug Futuyma's report we did a drive-through at Epcal late this afternoon and can report that both the Eastern Meadowlarks and American Kestrels are present in approximately the same numbers. Also seen were one or two Turkey Vultures and a trio of Eastern Bluebirds. The

[nysbirds-l] Phoebe-palooza in Greenwood Cemetery

2014-04-07 Thread Rob Bate
I dropped by Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn in hopes of locating an item dropped there yesterday (no luck.) What I did find was an extraordinary number of Eastern Phoebes around the Crescent Water - I counted 30 around the smallish pond. In one small 6 foot high weeping birch (I think) there

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-04-07 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * April 7, 2014 *  NYSY  04. 07. 14   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 31, 2013 - April07, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Bird Report

2014-04-07 Thread Patricia Pollock
4/7/14, Monday Pat Pollock Reservoir:  2 Red-breasted Mergansers on south mid section 2:30pm, 10 or more DC Cormorants, Buffleheads, No. Shovelers Louisiana Waterthrush @ Point (end, but skittish and only brief look  as it flew from west edge to east and cdn't pick it up thereafter) Also @

[nysbirds-l] purple martins in East Hampton

2014-04-07 Thread Jane Ross
First arrivals in the Georgica Pond area this past weekend. Also spotted newly arrived house wren, chipping sparrow and Eastern phoebe. Jane F. Ross -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME