[nysbirds-l] Manhattan & Bronx birds, 2/10

Friday, 10 February, 2012 In Manhattan, a previously-reported goose with some Canada Geese just south of Riverside Park (in the west 60's by the Hudson river) turned out to look much more like a Lesser Canada, rather than a Cackling, as had first been suggested. The fairly modest flock may r

[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 8 February 2012. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Twenty-four species were reported this week. The best birds were: BLACK VULTURE: Hudson 2/3 (2), 2/4 (2), 2/7 (3); Glen

[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose continues @ Van Cortlandt Bronx NY...

Right now at the south end of the Van Cortlandt Lake near the golf club house. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my mobile device. (") _ (") -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.c

[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose at Hook Pond, East Hampton

There was a Greater White-fronted Goose among the ~500 Canadas at Hook Pond yesterday. Bruce Horwith -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARC

[nysbirds-l] Western Grebes, Union Springs

The two WESTERN GREBES are on the lake off Fire Lane 19 north of Union Springs (a few miles north of Twin Oaks), Cayuga Lake. Jay McGowan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbird

Re: [nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose at Hook Pond, East Hampton

Bruce Horwith wrote: >There was a Greater White-fronted Goose among the ~500 Canadas at Hook Pond >yesterday. > >Bruce Horwith > >-- > >NYSbirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirds

[nysbirds-l] Adirondack Birding

On Feb. 8 and 9 I traveled to Long Lake and birded with Joan Collins of Adirondack Avian Expeditions. Highlights were: Ruffed Grouse along rte. 28N Black-backed Woodpecker a male seen on the Linsey Marsh Trail and another heard at Sabattis Bog Gray Jay Bloomingdale Bog Boreal Chickadee Bigelow Road

[nysbirds-l] Montauk; Napeague - Lark Sparrow -- NO; Snowy Owl -- YES

A short stop at Ditch Plain, Rd in Montauk: NO Lark Sparrow seen At Lazy Point in Montauk, the SNOWY OWL was in the open on a dark log, "Larry" the Lesser Black Backed Gull was also present. Both stops were during the late morning snow. Karen Rubinstein NYC and Springs -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Coastal Birds

Heydi Lopes and I (also later joined by Shane Blodgett) had a very productive few hours of coastal Brooklyn birding after the snow today. Beginning in the late morning at Coney Island, we spent much of our time scanning birds at the edge of the jetty at West 37th Street. From an earlier observa

[nysbirds-l] White-winged Crossbills

Late this morning found John Haas's White-winged Crossbills on Cooley Rd in Sullivan Co. Also present were great #s of Pine Siskins. Peter Schoenberger, Woodstock -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.No

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Goldeneyes

I descried the Barrow's Goldeneye on the West Pond at 7:10 this morning, and it flew out, together with about 4 Common Goldeneyes, at 7:12. There remained 117 Common Goldeneyes, almost all of which had flown out by 7:30. There was a steady exodus of hundreds of Red-breasted Mergansers from 7:00, w

[nysbirds-l] west Bronx Co. birds, 2/11

Saturday, 11 February, 2012 Bronx, N.Y. City The Greater White-fronted Goose was, by mid-day, feeding with 500+ Canada Geese on the large sports fields, known as the Parade Ground, immediately east of Upper Broadway within Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx. It was close to a running track, and offe