[nysbirds-l] Loss of longtime LI birder

2014-09-22 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
A NYFD captain and friend has asked that I inform the birding community, particularly those on Long Island, that Dan Heglund, long time LI birder (and who spent 20+ years with the NYFD) has passed after a long battle with cancer. L. Trachtenberg Ossining, NY Sent from my iPhone --

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-09-22 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 22, 2014 * NYSY 09. 22. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 15, 2014 - September 22, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma

[nysbirds-l] Winter Finch Report

2014-09-22 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, Hot off the interweb. Below is a link to the Winter Finch Report 2014-2015 by Ron Pittaway. http://jeaniron.ca/2014/forecast14.htm good birding, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' – Martin Luther King, Jr. --

[nysbirds-l] Shore birds Cupsogue Beach

2014-09-22 Thread lstocker
Jim Cullen and I had an active afternoon of shore birding on the sand bar west of the “traditional” flats .Just a note to anyone who would travel by Dune rd. ...I don’t know if Cupsogue is accessible due to last weeks pavilion fire.We saw 3 Least Sandpipers, 75 Semi-Palmated Sandpipers, 3

[nysbirds-l] Croton Point Mon 9/22/14

2014-09-22 Thread Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon's regular 4th Mon walk at Croton Point this morning had following highlights (eBird list link below): * two late Baltimore Orioles feeding on Virginia creeper berries on wooded slope of airplane field across from ballfield parking. * first of the season white-throated

[nysbirds-l] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Wheatear - Yes AM

2014-09-22 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter
Forwarding for Sue Barth. Address for the Wheatear is 11162 Whitney Rd., Stony Point, Henderson, Jefferson County Good birding! Willie D’Anna Wilson, NY From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu [mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Bird observations from western

[nysbirds-l] East End sightings

2014-09-22 Thread Jane Ross
A good weekend for shorebirds on the East End including highlights: American Golden Plover (1, Sagg Pond, with thanks to John Shemilt for the excellent views!)\Royal Terns (at least 12 on Sagg Pond)Forsters and Common terns (Sagg)Ruddy Turnstones (25 at Acabonac Harbor/ Gerard drive,

[nysbirds-l] East End sightings

2014-09-22 Thread Jane Ross
A good weekend for shorebirds on the East End including highlights: American Golden Plover (1, Sagg Pond, with thanks to John Shemilt for the excellent views!)\Royal Terns (at least 12 on Sagg Pond)Forsters and Common terns (Sagg)Ruddy Turnstones (25 at Acabonac Harbor/ Gerard drive,

[nysbirds-l] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Wheatear - Yes AM

2014-09-22 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter
Forwarding for Sue Barth. Address for the Wheatear is 11162 Whitney Rd., Stony Point, Henderson, Jefferson County Good birding! Willie D’Anna Wilson, NY From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu [mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Bird observations from western

[nysbirds-l] Croton Point Mon 9/22/14

2014-09-22 Thread Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon's regular 4th Mon walk at Croton Point this morning had following highlights (eBird list link below): * two late Baltimore Orioles feeding on Virginia creeper berries on wooded slope of airplane field across from ballfield parking. * first of the season white-throated

[nysbirds-l] Shore birds Cupsogue Beach

2014-09-22 Thread lstocker
Jim Cullen and I had an active afternoon of shore birding on the sand bar west of the “traditional” flats .Just a note to anyone who would travel by Dune rd. ...I don’t know if Cupsogue is accessible due to last weeks pavilion fire.We saw 3 Least Sandpipers, 75 Semi-Palmated Sandpipers, 3

[nysbirds-l] Winter Finch Report

2014-09-22 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, Hot off the interweb. Below is a link to the Winter Finch Report 2014-2015 by Ron Pittaway. http://jeaniron.ca/2014/forecast14.htm good birding, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' – Martin Luther King, Jr. --

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-09-22 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 22, 2014 * NYSY 09. 22. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 15, 2014 - September 22, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma

[nysbirds-l] Loss of longtime LI birder

2014-09-22 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
A NYFD captain and friend has asked that I inform the birding community, particularly those on Long Island, that Dan Heglund, long time LI birder (and who spent 20+ years with the NYFD) has passed after a long battle with cancer. L. Trachtenberg Ossining, NY Sent from my iPhone --