[nysbirds-l] Kissena Corridor Park, Queens, New York

2016-09-27 Thread syschiff
Kissena Corridor Park, 27 September Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at 9:30. After a short walk on macadam, we moved on to the wood chips covered paths. Not a lot of birds, but what there was was rather continuous. So we kept busy. Among the birds were: 2 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS,

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report - Flicker Migration

2016-09-27 Thread Michael Zito
Flickers are seemingly everywhere at Jones Beach, I just counted 10 in flight moving down the beach, and I reached 20 for my total count. Mike Z. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report - Flicker Migration

2016-09-27 Thread Michael Zito
Flickers are seemingly everywhere at Jones Beach, I just counted 10 in flight moving down the beach, and I reached 20 for my total count. Mike Z. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Central Park: Checklist vs. eBird.org

2016-09-27 Thread Ben Cacace
Ken, This is great question. I have "The Birds of Central Park" checklist which has 280 birds. I needed to add Belted Kingfisher to my version and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow is now two spp. I'm not sure which one was seen in the park so I added both. I'm not counting the warbler hybrids from

Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Central Park: Checklist vs. eBird.org

2016-09-27 Thread Ben Cacace
Ken, This is great question. I have "The Birds of Central Park" checklist which has 280 birds. I needed to add Belted Kingfisher to my version and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow is now two spp. I'm not sure which one was seen in the park so I added both. I'm not counting the warbler hybrids from

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 9/26

2016-09-27 Thread Thomas Fiore
Monday, 26 September, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Some of us on Monday sought out a couple of Sunday's (9/25) more interesting birds, as seen (then) in the north end of the park - Clay- colored Sparrow & Vesper Sparrow - but were unsuccessful in re-finding these two

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 9/26

2016-09-27 Thread Thomas Fiore
Monday, 26 September, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Some of us on Monday sought out a couple of Sunday's (9/25) more interesting birds, as seen (then) in the north end of the park - Clay- colored Sparrow & Vesper Sparrow - but were unsuccessful in re-finding these two