[nysbirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush, Central Park, NYC 4/5 + request for ethical behavior

2016-04-05 Thread Thomas Fiore
Tuesday, 5 April, 2016 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City A Louisiana Waterthrush was found & photographed Tuesday in Central Park, around mid-day. A very actively-feeding new arrival, the warbler was in a good place for quiet & peaceful feeding, undisturbed by any human activities (inclu

Re: [nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper, Oak Beach, Suffolk County, Yes

2016-04-05 Thread Robert Taylor
Saw it also but the police made some of us move along. Not allowed to stop unless its an emergency plus looks suspicous taking photos at the scene of the gilgo beach murders. The nice state trooper that i chatted with asked me to show him the bird and thought it was a good looking bird also On T

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper, Oak Beach, Suffolk County, Yes

2016-04-05 Thread Simon Taylor
Just seen well, same spot described in Doug Futuyma's report. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper Continues at Oak Beach (Suffolk Co.)

2016-04-05 Thread Ken
Observed at 2:15PM in median of Ocean Pkwy east of Oak Beach. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://ww

[nysbirds-l] Upland S yes (Suffolk)

2016-04-05 Thread d Futuyma
In median on Ocean Parkway, east of Oak Beach, in vicinity of isolated copse of small deciduous trees and bare wood sign. Thanks, Bob P, for the notice. Doug Futuyma Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSb

Re: [nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper

2016-04-05 Thread Phillip Magnussen
Good Day: The upland sandpiper continues in the same spot as reported earlier by Robert P. It is worth mentioning that this bird is very contently foraging in the median and may indeed continue as folks get off work, etc. This bird can potentially be enjoyed by many people as long as long as it no

[nysbirds-l] My Previous Report

2016-04-05 Thread Robert A. Proniewych
Sorry for the misspellings. The battery was ready to give out and I didn't have my glasses. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Conesus Lake_Livingston County Tufted Duck YES

2016-04-05 Thread Wasilco, Mike R (DEC)
The tufted duck was still present at midday today obout 0.1 mile south of Camp Stella Maris on the east side of Conesus Lake in a diverse mixed flock raft, which included mallard, redhead, canvasback, ringneck duck, bufflehead, goldeneye, red-breasted merganser, horned grebe, pied-billed grebe a

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Birds Tuesday April 5, 2016 & Good News

2016-04-05 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC Tuesday April 5, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, etc. on bird walk starting from Turtle Pond at 9am Good News - The construction fencing in the Ramble is being removed at last! Bufflehead - Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk Red-bellied Woodpecker Yel

[nysbirds-l] Pectoral and Upland Sandpipers

2016-04-05 Thread Robert A. Proniewych
Following up on Mike's report of a Gloosy Ibis at Captree Island. I met up with Ken Thompson who just seen 6 Pectoral Sandpipers. I found 2 in the marshes around 50 yards from the Captree Island sign. 2 Blue-winged Teal werexseen. Heading west on Ocean pkwy I found ann Upland Sandpiper in the cente

[nysbirds-l] Glossy ibis

2016-04-05 Thread Michael Higgiston
A glossy Ibis was seen at Captree Island this AM around 10. It was seen about 50 yards past the Captree Island sign. The 2 blue winged teal were see further west Mike Higgiston Eileen Schwinn Vince Cagno Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWE

[nysbirds-l] Swarms of Pine Siskins/first-of-the-season species, and more

2016-04-05 Thread Joan Collins
Winter has returned to the Adirondacks - new snow yesterday (on 4/4) and 8 degrees this morning. We literally have swarms of Pine Siskins at our feeders and yesterday (4/4/16) is now a record for seed consumption. Even in years when we have 300 to 500 redpolls, I've never observed such feeder

[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses State Park 4/4/16 Northern Gannets

2016-04-05 Thread David Nicosia
Yesterday I had a rare chance to come to Long Island for work. I didn't have much time but for an hour before sunset I walked the very windy, rainy and chilly beach from Parking lot 3 at Robert Moses. Immediately one can see many NORTHERN GANNETS flying around high and low and many were dive bombi