[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Coast Guard Station today: Horned Grebes

2016-01-31 Thread Robert Taylor
I arrived in the afternoon at Jones Beach Field 10/ fishing docks in the afternoon with my son - highlights were 3 Bonaparte Gulls and a White Winged Scoter. The Coast Guard area had the usual winter waterfowl and a Peregrine Falcon was perched on the tower above the Coast Guard building. We

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots - New and Renamed Shared Locations (24-Jan-2016)

2016-01-31 Thread Ben Cacace
Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their time working on shared location suggestions. New and renamed shared locations (hotspots) have been updated for the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a

[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur on Randall's Island today

2016-01-31 Thread Paul Bourdin
At about 11:00am at the north-eastern side of the island where the Sunken Meadow Loop passes closest to the Sound a very confiding Lapland Longspur was feeding on the short grass. Pictures at my Flickr site. https://flic.kr/p/D8vccT https://flic.kr/p/DeSTkw https://flic.kr/p/DDFgzh Paul Bourdin

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach SP Lark Sparrow

2016-01-31 Thread Alissa
The Lark Sparrow was at the same spot in the shrubs at the West End entrance road today at 2:00pm Alissa M. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur, Randall's Island NYC

2016-01-31 Thread Thomas Fiore
Sunday, 31 January, 2016 on Randall's Island, in the East River east of Manhattan island (N.Y. City), a Lapland Longspur was seen & photographed late this morning. I did not discover it, another birder checking the island just before I arrived did, first name Paul - and he gave me perfect

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Lark Sparrow - yes

2016-01-31 Thread Alissa
The Lark Sparrow was at the same spot in the shrubs at the West End entrance road today at 1:45pm Alissa M. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots - New and Renamed Shared Locations (24-Jan-2016)

2016-01-31 Thread Ben Cacace
Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their time working on shared location suggestions. New and renamed shared locations (hotspots) have been updated for the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a

[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur, Randall's Island NYC

2016-01-31 Thread Thomas Fiore
Sunday, 31 January, 2016 on Randall's Island, in the East River east of Manhattan island (N.Y. City), a Lapland Longspur was seen & photographed late this morning. I did not discover it, another birder checking the island just before I arrived did, first name Paul - and he gave me perfect

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Lark Sparrow - yes

2016-01-31 Thread Alissa
The Lark Sparrow was at the same spot in the shrubs at the West End entrance road today at 1:45pm Alissa M. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur on Randall's Island today

2016-01-31 Thread Paul Bourdin
At about 11:00am at the north-eastern side of the island where the Sunken Meadow Loop passes closest to the Sound a very confiding Lapland Longspur was feeding on the short grass. Pictures at my Flickr site. https://flic.kr/p/D8vccT https://flic.kr/p/DeSTkw https://flic.kr/p/DDFgzh Paul Bourdin

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach SP Lark Sparrow

2016-01-31 Thread Alissa
The Lark Sparrow was at the same spot in the shrubs at the West End entrance road today at 2:00pm Alissa M. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Coast Guard Station today: Horned Grebes

2016-01-31 Thread Robert Taylor
I arrived in the afternoon at Jones Beach Field 10/ fishing docks in the afternoon with my son - highlights were 3 Bonaparte Gulls and a White Winged Scoter. The Coast Guard area had the usual winter waterfowl and a Peregrine Falcon was perched on the tower above the Coast Guard building. We