[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrow + Common Raven at EpCal ,Calverton, Bald Eagle in Watermill L.I. Dec. 19th
Hello All, The Lark Sparrow first seen by Vinnie Pellegrino was into its third day at EpCal in Calverton. Dick Belanger and I found the bird feeding amongst a large flock of Dark eyed Junco ,[and a few Field and Chipping Sparrows], about a mile west of the pond/RR tracks where it had been seen these last two days. The birds were along the fence line on the north side of Grumman Blvd. About an hour later Dick, James Clinton, Joe Lynch and I were driving west on the main runway inside EpCal when we spotted a Common Raven come out of the treeline and straight on attack a low flying Northern Harrier causing it to turn tail west. The Raven closely pursued the Harrier for a good distance before going out of sight. A big thank you to Vinny for both the LS and Raven, my first for Suffolk County. My team's Quogue to Watermill Christmas Count Territory,[ North Sea to Watermill,] came up with 76 species including an immature Bald Eagle and light morph Rough legged Hawk. Happy Holidays and Good December Birding, Carl Starace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] dead Snowy Egret at Bornx Zoo
A friend of mine called me tonight to tell me about the immature Snowy Egret he found in the Pere David's Deer exhibit at the Bronx Zoo today. He saw it floating in the stream that flows thru the front of the enclosure. He notified a keeper who said they'd take it for a necropsy. It's a shame it died but it's still a nice late sighting. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Results summary: Northern Nassau Christmas count
NYNN: brief summary: The Northern Nassau Christmas count was held on Saturday, December 18th amid pleasant weather conditions (compared to last year's count.) A total of 105 species were observed including 16 Northern Gannets on Long Island sound, Common Raven for the second year in a row, 9 Wild Turkey, Green Heron, Palm Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Lincoln's Sparrow. Notable misses included Black-crowned Night Heron (always a few hiding somewhere), Canvasback, Black & Surf Scoter, and Greater Yellowlegs. Landbirds were in generally low numbers and seems to be representative of counts with nice weather where birds may be dispersed over a wider area seeking food. Most of the still and sheltered waters (ponds, creeks, interior salt marsh) were frozen. Long Island sound continues to harbor enormous numbers of Greater Scaup. Last year's Northern Nassau count recorded 20,095 which was the highest count for the United States that year. This year, 20,758 Greater Scaup were recorded, a new record for our count and likely will be the highest total for the country again. (The all-time highest count for the United States for Greater Scaup was recorded in 1953 on the Queens County Christmas count: 57,529.) Hopefully, this is a statement for the health of Long Island sound. 20 000 scaup must consume a huge amount of food and they're getting it from somewhere in the sound. According to an older study, their primary food is Blue Mussel, Dwarf Surf Clam, Sea Lettuce, and something called the Channeled Barrel-bubble (whatever that is; sounds like something you get after you eat). A link to the interesting article on scaup feeding habits: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v074n04/p0459-p0468.pdf Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Glenn Quinn, compiler -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] female Cooper's back
Had a great close look out my window at the female Cooper's Hawk under my feeding station. To bad my camera wasn't at hand. It was on top of and next to my sparrow trap trying to get at the sparrows in it. It flew off when it saw me after a few seconds. Pretty cool. A beautiful bird. Noce to see an adult so close and well. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] female Cooper's back
Had a great close look out my window at the female Cooper's Hawk under my feeding station. To bad my camera wasn't at hand. It was on top of and next to my sparrow trap trying to get at the sparrows in it. It flew off when it saw me after a few seconds. Pretty cool. A beautiful bird. Noce to see an adult so close and well. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Results summary: Northern Nassau Christmas count
NYNN: brief summary: The Northern Nassau Christmas count was held on Saturday, December 18th amid pleasant weather conditions (compared to last year's count.) A total of 105 species were observed including 16 Northern Gannets on Long Island sound, Common Raven for the second year in a row, 9 Wild Turkey, Green Heron, Palm Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Lincoln's Sparrow. Notable misses included Black-crowned Night Heron (always a few hiding somewhere), Canvasback, Black Surf Scoter, and Greater Yellowlegs. Landbirds were in generally low numbers and seems to be representative of counts with nice weather where birds may be dispersed over a wider area seeking food. Most of the still and sheltered waters (ponds, creeks, interior salt marsh) were frozen. Long Island sound continues to harbor enormous numbers of Greater Scaup. Last year's Northern Nassau count recorded 20,095 which was the highest count for the United States that year. This year, 20,758 Greater Scaup were recorded, a new record for our count and likely will be the highest total for the country again. (The all-time highest count for the United States for Greater Scaup was recorded in 1953 on the Queens County Christmas count: 57,529.) Hopefully, this is a statement for the health of Long Island sound. 20 000 scaup must consume a huge amount of food and they're getting it from somewhere in the sound. According to an older study, their primary food is Blue Mussel, Dwarf Surf Clam, Sea Lettuce, and something called the Channeled Barrel-bubble (whatever that is; sounds like something you get after you eat). A link to the interesting article on scaup feeding habits: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v074n04/p0459-p0468.pdf Merry Christmas Happy New Year, Glenn Quinn, compiler -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] dead Snowy Egret at Bornx Zoo
A friend of mine called me tonight to tell me about the immature Snowy Egret he found in the Pere David's Deer exhibit at the Bronx Zoo today. He saw it floating in the stream that flows thru the front of the enclosure. He notified a keeper who said they'd take it for a necropsy. It's a shame it died but it's still a nice late sighting. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrow + Common Raven at EpCal ,Calverton, Bald Eagle in Watermill L.I. Dec. 19th
Hello All, The Lark Sparrow first seen by Vinnie Pellegrino was into its third day at EpCal in Calverton. Dick Belanger and I found the bird feeding amongst a large flock of Dark eyed Junco ,[and a few Field and Chipping Sparrows], about a mile west of the pond/RR tracks where it had been seen these last two days. The birds were along the fence line on the north side of Grumman Blvd. About an hour later Dick, James Clinton, Joe Lynch and I were driving west on the main runway inside EpCal when we spotted a Common Raven come out of the treeline and straight on attack a low flying Northern Harrier causing it to turn tail west. The Raven closely pursued the Harrier for a good distance before going out of sight. A big thank you to Vinny for both the LS and Raven, my first for Suffolk County. My team's Quogue to Watermill Christmas Count Territory,[ North Sea to Watermill,] came up with 76 species including an immature Bald Eagle and light morph Rough legged Hawk. Happy Holidays and Good December Birding, Carl Starace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
