[nysbirds-l] For much of NY State, early goose hunting season opens Sept. 1st.

Just a reminder to be aware if out birding: Hunting season for Canada Goose opens September 1st; September 5th for central and eastern Long Island. The map and notations below are from the NYS DEC website. [image: Inline image 1] -- Richard Guthrie -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Trolling for Shorebirds

Following up on yesterday's post by Sue Feustel , I arrived at Doctor's Path ~ 1230. After making my first pass of the "Golden Trapezium" (D's P, Sound Ave. Route 105 and Northville Tpke, I was only able to come up with 2 Black-bellied Plovers. Deciding to try D's P again, I came upon a young

[nysbirds-l] Trolling for Shorebirds

Following up on yesterday's post by Sue Feustel , I arrived at Doctor's Path ~ 1230. After making my first pass of the "Golden Trapezium" (D's P, Sound Ave. Route 105 and Northville Tpke, I was only able to come up with 2 Black-bellied Plovers. Deciding to try D's P again, I came upon a young

[nysbirds-l] Frank Melville Park Nighthawk Watch - August 30th

Tonight Patrice Domeischel, Luci Betti-Nash, and I saw 26 common nighthawks at the stone bridge overlook tonight. Most were flying east to west and a few from south to north. Interestingly, all were higher up, moving with purpose and did not appear to be feeding; none came down over the pond as

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Yellowlegs Flight - Robert Moses SP (Suffolk)

This morning, during an otherwise less-than-remarkable seawatch at Robert Moses SP's Field 2, Brent Bomkamp and I experienced a huge flight of Lesser Yellowlegs. Flocks (of up to 150+ birds) were streaming past from west to east every few minutes. All told, in a 1 hour time frame, we witnessed

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Yellowlegs Flight - Robert Moses SP (Suffolk)

This morning, during an otherwise less-than-remarkable seawatch at Robert Moses SP's Field 2, Brent Bomkamp and I experienced a huge flight of Lesser Yellowlegs. Flocks (of up to 150+ birds) were streaming past from west to east every few minutes. All told, in a 1 hour time frame, we witnessed

[nysbirds-l] Hud Godwit possibly Jones.

Pat Aitken and I may have the bird on the sandbar across from boat basin at Jones. We just lost it, but it's looked good. Still scanning with scope. If anyone is at the beach, you may want to come here. Elizabeth A. DiNapoli B.A., M.Ed. Manager of Clerkship Education Physician Assistant

Re: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrels at Orchard Beach Puddle

2 now, seen with 6 other birders. Matthieu Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Jack Rothman Date: 8/29/17 9:00 AM (GMT-05:00) To: NYS Birds Post , ebirds...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrels at Orchard Beach Puddle Two Whimbrels at the