[nysbirds-l] On Eagles Wings

Yesterday morning, en-route to our daughter's home in RVC, to help with preparations for a party to celebrate our #4 grandson (Brady Connors) making his First Holy Communion, an immature Bald Eagle flew over Sunrise Highway in Wantagh.,,a nice way to start the day ! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 May 2014

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May. 2, 2014 * NYNY1405.02 - Birds mentioned WILSON'S PLOVER+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Red-necked Grebe EARED GREBE MANX SHEARWATER American Bittern Semipalmated Plover Solitary

[nysbirds-l] (PLUS 1) notes from Manhattan, NYC 5/2

Fri., 2 May, 2014: and outrageously omitted from the list of Warbler species seen by many today, in more than one area of Central Park: Hooded Warbler (singing males)... so make that as many as 26 warbler species seen, this day (combined observers!) it's been a long -& fruitful- birding day.

[nysbirds-l] notes from Manhattan, NYC 5/2

Friday, 2 May, 2014 - (mostly) Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City yes, it really is May. There is again excellent movement by migrants NOW over much of the mid-Atlantic U.S.A., some coastal areas may well benefit further on tonight's steering winds. At first light in the northwest corner

[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt follow up (Kings)

hi all Thanks to Doug Gochfeld for getting the word out on the Prospect Park flyover Stilt this morning. It was the highlight of an amazing day! I got a pretty weak photo of the bird and tried to put it up on my flickr site. I'm now having problems accessing flickr and will have to leave it for

[nysbirds-l] Eastern Long Island this morning

I made several stops this morning from Calverton to Cupsogue and saw a shadow of the bigger flight to the west. FOS Grasshopper Sparrow, Rose-br Grosbeak, prairie, ovenbird, yellow, parula, in the Calverton area and a little surprisingly, 2 Chimney Swifts flying west at Cupsugue. Also at

[nysbirds-l] Powells Cove Park

Went by Powells Cove Park in College Point Queens today 22 Black and White Warblers   they were everywhere! 1 Palm Warbler 2 Yellow Warblers 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Great Egret 2 Northern Waterthrush Now if they could only clean this park up, its a trash dump Jason Linch -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Staten Island

My friend Larry Pugliares saw and photographed a Cattle Egret at Mt Loretto off Hylan Blvd on Staten Island late this afternoon. Rich Fried Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Heckscher State Park

A quick walk through the interior (on the service road behind the maintenance yard) of Heckscher State Park from ~1-215 was similar to Luke Ormand's experience at Carman's River in that it produced little of note. Lone Yellow Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher and Ovenbird highlighted the walk. 

[nysbirds-l] A very brief spring migration stop

I was able to do some brief birding today at Clark Botanic Garden, only a few minutes from my house. Present there was a bright male PINE WARBLER, more than one actually, singing plenty and quite loudly. Also there were 1-2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. And of course the usual suspects, NORTHERN CARDINAL,

[nysbirds-l] Twitter-based alert system for Manhattan birders

There was some discussion earlier this morning on another board about the two text-based (SMS) systems for Manhattan birding, the NYNYBIRD alerts and Twitter-based #birdcp. You can learn about the former at nynybird.wordpress.com. It is ONLY for rare bird alerts. Jeff Bowen and I introduced the

[nysbirds-l] Birding Central Park

Date: May 2,2014 The NYC Audubon Wednesday morning birding group moved it walk from the rainy Wed, to the beautiful Friday. We were all lucky that we did. Central Park was very birdie with birds found at almost every location. Our group saw 60 species. The highlights were: Warblers (17

[nysbirds-l] Northeast NJ Swainson's Hawk [NJBIRDS] Swainson's Hawk, Essex County

I just received a NJ RBA email about a Swainsons's Hawk being seen 20 west of NYC at the Montclair, NJ hawk watch. No word on direction of flight or individual characteristics (age, relative darkness of bird) but, as always, keep your eyes and the skies. Dave Jordet > From: Sam Galick >

[nysbirds-l] Stillwell Woods Preserve

Splendid morning at Stillwell Woods. Notables included fantastic views of a hooded warbler, countless yellow warblers, quite a few blue winged warblers, a wood thrush, catbirds, common yellow throats, 4 of the most unbelievably cooperative ovenbirds that I have ever had the pleasure of

[nysbirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow - Forest Lawn - Buffalo

I had a Clay-colored Sparrow at Forest Lawn Cemetery earlier this afternoon. The bird was seen briefly near Mirror Lake. There is a large weeping willow across the road from the Birge Memorial - on the lake side of the road (the Birge Memorial is the round structure of columns near the NE

[nysbirds-l] Cerulean Warbler- Caleb Smith Park

Best Bird seen today at 1:00 PM was a Male Cerulean Warbler among a small flock of abundant Yellow-rumped Wablers on the Blue Trail at the end of the 4 Bridges. Yellow-rumped Wablers and Black and White Wablers the most numerous Wabler species. Also seen in lesser numbers were

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - May2nd

This morning's activity deserves a proper write up.  I began birding the tulip tree trail which is an asphalt trail connecting Oakland lake to Alley Pond Park forest.  It was nice to hear woodthrush and blue-winged warbler. American Redstarts were around also.  I moved on to Alley Pond Park

[nysbirds-l] Carmans river (Suffolk) migrants

I spent some time from 10-12 at a property along the Carmans River. Very quiet - a belted kingfisher was rattling and towhees abounded but that was really it. Did have one thrush though on the ground. - Luke Ormand > On May 2, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Douglas Futuyma wrote: > > Migrants out east

[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow SP (Suffolk) migrants

Migrants out east are sparser than in the city, but in two hours this morning, I encountered 11 species of warblers, including several Northern Parula, 1 or 2 Black-throated Green, 1 Prairie, Yellow (quite a few apparently on territory), Ovenbird (at least 5 singing), 1 Northern Waterthrush, 1

[nysbirds-l] Marine Nature Study Area

I decided to try my luck again and look for migrants and CLAPPER RAILS. As usual, there were 10 CLAPPER RAILS displaying on the trails offering great views. They flew away when I approached them. I also found 2 FORSTER’S TERNS and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Watch out for the CANADA GOOSE at the end

Re:[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler Central Patk

On May 2, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Peter Post wrote: At the point. Seen and photographed by others a couple of minutes ago. Peter Post _ and that's warbler species 2-dozenth on the day so far in Central Park... when it rains it pours... T Fiore. -- NYSbirds-L List

[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler Central Patk

At the point. Seen and photographed by others a couple of minutes ago. Peter Post Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Central Park North End and Morningside Park today

I spent a good bit of time birding the North End of Central Park this morning. There was a nice push of migrants last night including a whopping 27 Hermit Thrush, which is quite good for May. Hermit Thrush were ubiquitous in the north end, often two or three nearby at any given time. A few Wood

Re: [nysbirds-l] Alley pond morning report, - everything

Thank you for pointing that out, auto correct on the phone is very annoying.  Alley pond it is. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Battery Park

Having to attend an all day conference on Pine Street (downtown) ugh -- I spent 45 minutes in battery park this am --- essentially a construction site at present -- only birds of note: 2 wood thrush, 1 b+w warbler, 1 e. Towhee, many white throated sparrows and low on the right by castle

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/2

Friday, 2 May, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Central Park is hosting a great variety of migrants this morning; at least some have been (for most part) just fly-bys and fly-overs, but lots of expected and hoped-for species are being seen, with 1,000+ eyes on them... The singing

[nysbirds-l] Alley pond morning report, - everything

OK i exaggerate, but not by much.  First 30 mins by tulip tree trail totaled blue winged warbler wood thrush and American red start.  Then by three school yard entrance to Ashley pond proper there tons more, yellow-rumped, ovenbirds, hooded, blsvkburnian, common yellow, both

[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt northbound- Brooklyn

Keir Randall just called to say he just had a Black-necked Stilt fly north over him at the Maryland Monument in Prospect Park. Keep your eyes up! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt northbound- Brooklyn

Keir Randall just called to say he just had a Black-necked Stilt fly north over him at the Maryland Monument in Prospect Park. Keep your eyes up! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Alley pond morning report, - everything

OK i exaggerate, but not by much.  First 30 mins by tulip tree trail totaled blue winged warbler wood thrush and American red start.  Then by three school yard entrance to Ashley pond proper there tons more, yellow-rumped, ovenbirds, hooded, blsvkburnian, common yellow, both

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/2

Friday, 2 May, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Central Park is hosting a great variety of migrants this morning; at least some have been (for most part) just fly-bys and fly-overs, but lots of expected and hoped-for species are being seen, with 1,000+ eyes on them... The singing

[nysbirds-l] Battery Park

Having to attend an all day conference on Pine Street (downtown) ugh -- I spent 45 minutes in battery park this am --- essentially a construction site at present -- only birds of note: 2 wood thrush, 1 b+w warbler, 1 e. Towhee, many white throated sparrows and low on the right by castle

Re: [nysbirds-l] Alley pond morning report, - everything

Thank you for pointing that out, auto correct on the phone is very annoying.  Alley pond it is. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Central Park North End and Morningside Park today

I spent a good bit of time birding the North End of Central Park this morning. There was a nice push of migrants last night including a whopping 27 Hermit Thrush, which is quite good for May. Hermit Thrush were ubiquitous in the north end, often two or three nearby at any given time. A few Wood

Re:[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler Central Patk

On May 2, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Peter Post wrote: At the point. Seen and photographed by others a couple of minutes ago. Peter Post _ and that's warbler species 2-dozenth on the day so far in Central Park... when it rains it pours... T Fiore. -- NYSbirds-L List

[nysbirds-l] Marine Nature Study Area

I decided to try my luck again and look for migrants and CLAPPER RAILS. As usual, there were 10 CLAPPER RAILS displaying on the trails offering great views. They flew away when I approached them. I also found 2 FORSTER’S TERNS and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Watch out for the CANADA GOOSE at the end

[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow SP (Suffolk) migrants

Migrants out east are sparser than in the city, but in two hours this morning, I encountered 11 species of warblers, including several Northern Parula, 1 or 2 Black-throated Green, 1 Prairie, Yellow (quite a few apparently on territory), Ovenbird (at least 5 singing), 1 Northern Waterthrush, 1

[nysbirds-l] Carmans river (Suffolk) migrants

I spent some time from 10-12 at a property along the Carmans River. Very quiet - a belted kingfisher was rattling and towhees abounded but that was really it. Did have one thrush though on the ground. - Luke Ormand On May 2, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Douglas Futuyma dfutu...@gmail.com wrote:

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - May2nd

This morning's activity deserves a proper write up.  I began birding the tulip tree trail which is an asphalt trail connecting Oakland lake to Alley Pond Park forest.  It was nice to hear woodthrush and blue-winged warbler. American Redstarts were around also.  I moved on to Alley Pond Park

[nysbirds-l] Cerulean Warbler- Caleb Smith Park

Best Bird seen today at 1:00 PM was a Male Cerulean Warbler among a small flock of abundant Yellow-rumped Wablers on the Blue Trail at the end of the 4 Bridges. Yellow-rumped Wablers and Black and White Wablers the most numerous Wabler species. Also seen in lesser numbers were

[nysbirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow - Forest Lawn - Buffalo

I had a Clay-colored Sparrow at Forest Lawn Cemetery earlier this afternoon. The bird was seen briefly near Mirror Lake. There is a large weeping willow across the road from the Birge Memorial - on the lake side of the road (the Birge Memorial is the round structure of columns near the NE

[nysbirds-l] Stillwell Woods Preserve

Splendid morning at Stillwell Woods. Notables included fantastic views of a hooded warbler, countless yellow warblers, quite a few blue winged warblers, a wood thrush, catbirds, common yellow throats, 4 of the most unbelievably cooperative ovenbirds that I have ever had the pleasure of

[nysbirds-l] Northeast NJ Swainson's Hawk [NJBIRDS] Swainson's Hawk, Essex County

I just received a NJ RBA email about a Swainsons's Hawk being seen 20 west of NYC at the Montclair, NJ hawk watch. No word on direction of flight or individual characteristics (age, relative darkness of bird) but, as always, keep your eyes and the skies. Dave Jordet From: Sam Galick

[nysbirds-l] Birding Central Park

Date: May 2,2014 The NYC Audubon Wednesday morning birding group moved it walk from the rainy Wed, to the beautiful Friday. We were all lucky that we did. Central Park was very birdie with birds found at almost every location. Our group saw 60 species. The highlights were: Warblers (17

[nysbirds-l] A very brief spring migration stop

I was able to do some brief birding today at Clark Botanic Garden, only a few minutes from my house. Present there was a bright male PINE WARBLER, more than one actually, singing plenty and quite loudly. Also there were 1-2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. And of course the usual suspects, NORTHERN CARDINAL,

[nysbirds-l] Heckscher State Park

A quick walk through the interior (on the service road behind the maintenance yard) of Heckscher State Park from ~1-215 was similar to Luke Ormand's experience at Carman's River in that it produced little of note. Lone Yellow Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher and Ovenbird highlighted the walk. 

[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Staten Island

My friend Larry Pugliares saw and photographed a Cattle Egret at Mt Loretto off Hylan Blvd on Staten Island late this afternoon. Rich Fried Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Powells Cove Park

Went by Powells Cove Park in College Point Queens today 22 Black and White Warblers   they were everywhere! 1 Palm Warbler 2 Yellow Warblers 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Great Egret 2 Northern Waterthrush Now if they could only clean this park up, its a trash dump Jason Linch -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Eastern Long Island this morning

I made several stops this morning from Calverton to Cupsogue and saw a shadow of the bigger flight to the west. FOS Grasshopper Sparrow, Rose-br Grosbeak, prairie, ovenbird, yellow, parula, in the Calverton area and a little surprisingly, 2 Chimney Swifts flying west at Cupsugue. Also at

[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt follow up (Kings)

hi all Thanks to Doug Gochfeld for getting the word out on the Prospect Park flyover Stilt this morning. It was the highlight of an amazing day! I got a pretty weak photo of the bird and tried to put it up on my flickr site. I'm now having problems accessing flickr and will have to leave it for

[nysbirds-l] notes from Manhattan, NYC 5/2

Friday, 2 May, 2014 - (mostly) Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City yes, it really is May. There is again excellent movement by migrants NOW over much of the mid-Atlantic U.S.A., some coastal areas may well benefit further on tonight's steering winds. At first light in the northwest corner

[nysbirds-l] (PLUS 1) notes from Manhattan, NYC 5/2

Fri., 2 May, 2014: and outrageously omitted from the list of Warbler species seen by many today, in more than one area of Central Park: Hooded Warbler (singing males)... so make that as many as 26 warbler species seen, this day (combined observers!) it's been a long - fruitful- birding day.

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 May 2014

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May. 2, 2014 * NYNY1405.02 - Birds mentioned WILSON'S PLOVER+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Red-necked Grebe EARED GREBE MANX SHEARWATER American Bittern Semipalmated Plover Solitary

[nysbirds-l] On Eagles Wings

Yesterday morning, en-route to our daughter's home in RVC, to help with preparations for a party to celebrate our #4 grandson (Brady Connors) making his First Holy Communion, an immature Bald Eagle flew over Sunrise Highway in Wantagh.,,a nice way to start the day ! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L