[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Cedar Beach Marina (Suffolk County)

2015-12-09 Thread Ken Feustel
Yesterday Sue and I observed a large gray falcon briefly sitting on an Osprey platform in the salt marsh north of the Cedar Beach Marina (CBM). Before we could even get out of the car to look at the bird it dropped off the platform and flew low over marsh before abruptly pouncing on something

Re: [nysbirds-l] More Gulls - Weather Maps

2015-12-09 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Shai and others: Go to this link to start at 27 October 2010: http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20101027.html Click “Next Day” or “Previous Day” at top right or left to change the map accordingly. Go to this link to start at 13 November 2015:

RE: [nysbirds-l] More Gulls

2015-12-09 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Very belatedly, I would like to offer some thoughts about the astonishing Franklin's Gull flight of 13 November 2015, partly inspired by Bobby's intriguing post. Now several weeks after the flight, summaries and interpretations have been prepared and digested:

[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park rarities (Kings)

2015-12-09 Thread prosbird
The dice continues to roll favorably with our two celebrity birds : PAINTED BUNTING & BLACK-HEADED GULL. With far fewer birders milling around, I went to see the Painted Bunting. It seems to be exploring more of the green roof as now the Bunting moved to the far north end of the Rink green

[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadows Cackling Geese

2015-12-09 Thread Robert Taylor
Still present , right now in field by lot 5 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting threat

2015-12-09 Thread Rob Bate
Many of you may know that a free roaming cat was seen stalking the Painted Bunting recently. The good news is that the cat has been captured and removed by Marty who deals with wildlife issues for the Prospect Park Alliance. Thanks everyone for the alerts and special thanks for the guy who sent

[nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting threat

2015-12-09 Thread Rob Bate
Many of you may know that a free roaming cat was seen stalking the Painted Bunting recently. The good news is that the cat has been captured and removed by Marty who deals with wildlife issues for the Prospect Park Alliance. Thanks everyone for the alerts and special thanks for the guy who sent

[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park rarities (Kings)

2015-12-09 Thread prosbird
The dice continues to roll favorably with our two celebrity birds : PAINTED BUNTING & BLACK-HEADED GULL. With far fewer birders milling around, I went to see the Painted Bunting. It seems to be exploring more of the green roof as now the Bunting moved to the far north end of the Rink green

[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadows Cackling Geese

2015-12-09 Thread Robert Taylor
Still present , right now in field by lot 5 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

RE: [nysbirds-l] More Gulls

2015-12-09 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Very belatedly, I would like to offer some thoughts about the astonishing Franklin's Gull flight of 13 November 2015, partly inspired by Bobby's intriguing post. Now several weeks after the flight, summaries and interpretations have been prepared and digested:

Re: [nysbirds-l] More Gulls - Weather Maps

2015-12-09 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Shai and others: Go to this link to start at 27 October 2010: http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20101027.html Click “Next Day” or “Previous Day” at top right or left to change the map accordingly. Go to this link to start at 13 November 2015:

[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon at Cedar Beach Marina (Suffolk County)

2015-12-09 Thread Ken Feustel
Yesterday Sue and I observed a large gray falcon briefly sitting on an Osprey platform in the salt marsh north of the Cedar Beach Marina (CBM). Before we could even get out of the car to look at the bird it dropped off the platform and flew low over marsh before abruptly pouncing on something