[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 9/24
Monday, 24 September, 2012 Manhattan, N.Y. City (mainly: Central Park, Riverside Park, Fort Tryon Park) A nice new push of migrants, far more than had been 24 hours prior. There were some species perhaps new to the southbound season for this year in Manhattan. Passerines and other small nocturnal migrants were going over but many also dropped in for the day, with a modest morning flight in Manhattan to at least about 9 a.m. and some birds still moving, especially those typically diurnally moving on favorable winds and weather, such as Blue Jays, Swallows (almost all I saw from Manhattan being Tree), some finches (mainly American Goldfinch) and a smattering of others such as orioles (with Baltimore the most likely by far of those), and other icterids, including a very few modestly latish Bobolinks, plus various others, simply very high and moving in the morning hours. Some water birds of the season are moving and as recently as just yesterday there was Pied-billed Grebe, and today Ruddy Duck seen in Central. In Central Park's north end in the first 3 hours of daylight, nice variety was eclipsed by sheer numbers, with most areas in that sector of the park having from some, to many migrants, most extremely active (that is, hungry). New to me in Manhattan for this half of the year were Brown Creeper, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Junco (although I'd heard of a few before today), and White-crowned Sparrow. Seen in good numbers were Blackpoll and Palm Warblers, the latter more of the "western" type than the "yellow" type, along with great numbers of Yellow-shafted Flickers, Cedar Waxwings, and thrushes, especially Swainson's Thrush, but also some numbers of Grey-cheeked and Wood Thrush, particularly visible in the least-visited corners of the north end and where fruits are plentiful - with similar results in Riverside Park later in the day. In the early morning, one veteran birder watching just a few trees on the Great Hill (at the NW corner) managed a dozen warblers in half-an-hour before having to get to work, and I managed to add a few additionals in that very active spot before 8:30, as warblers, vireos and some flycatchers ate their way through a nice hatch of small invertebrates. A tally of E. Phoebe for just the n. end of the park rose significantly when a fenceline at the Sharp gardens area (Great Hill) produced a baker's dozen (13) of that species all visible in one long view, mainly on the fence. Overall, the Great Hill seemed busiest and allowed the views of passing flyovers as the morning progressed. A look in the wildflower meadow was productive but not as much so as just a few days ago at the hours that I looked in. It wasn't all phoebes in the flyacatcher arena, with fair numbers of E. Wood-Pewees and some Empidonax still in the mix. Riverside Park featured a nice variety in the latitudes from about 97th to 122 Streets in that park, with just a quick look at "the drip" area, and modest activity, for a short time (only 20 minutes or so produced a half-dozen warbler spp. and a few Red-eyed Vireos and other typical migrants). Fort Tryon Park later on had a very nice, if modest selection of raptors going over, as well as some migrants within the grounds. A number of hummingbirds went through - all presumed still Ruby-throated in their typical migration period. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Tilden
There were more Tree Swallows than I could count migrating down the beach at Fort Tilden today. There was literally no morning flight from sun up until 10:00am and then the flood gates opened. For 2 and a half hours, hundreds of birds were flying over at any given moment. I do not know how to estimate how many Tree Swallows flew over, but would put it in the tens of thousands.After an early push of passerines, they diminished leaving clouds of swallows flying over.Had many Rough-winged and Bank, 2 Cliff, 1 Barn, countless TreeAlso 100+ Purple Finch2 SiskinsMany House and Goldfinch, Flickers, Blue Jays, Cedar WaxwingsSmall numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers25 Red-breasted NuthatchPlus many Kestrels, Merlins, Shapries, Coopers, 1 Harrier, 1 Bald Eagle -Isaac -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End
There was a great movement of birds, butterflies, and dragonflies along the beaches today. Merlins were snagging dragonflies and snacking on the wing. Several large groups of swallows (mostly tree with some bank seen) heading west from robert moses and the ocean parkway lead to a massive swirling flight of swallows at jones beach. One of the highlights at jones was a hatching year gray-cheeked type thrush seen along the median near the coast guard station. The bird had a very plain smooth olive brown face; no mottling. I did not note any warmer tones in the tail or the primaries, but it was heavily shadowed while I was viewing it. The bird seemed smaller than a swainson's thrush that was also seen in the area, but this is poor evidence in support of Bicknell's. Purple finch, clay-colored, savannah, white-throated, and dark-eyed junco sparrows were also present. -- *Chase Cammarota* babylon, ny -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 24, 2012 * NYSY 09.24.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 17, 2012 - September 24, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:September 24 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #321 -Monday September 24, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 17 , 2012 Highlights: --- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Extralimital) WESTERN SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) FORSTER’S TERN PEREGRINE FALCON RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/17: An AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continue at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/19: A WESTERN SANDPIPER was reported at La Rue’s Lagoon. 9/20: The AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were again seen at Knox Marcellus Marsh. In all 15 species of shorebirds were seen. 9/21: The AMERICAN AVOCET was again at Knox-Marsellus Marsh but the 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS had moved to the Visitor’s Center. 9/22: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at La Rue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County 9/17: A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen coming to a feeder at a private residence in Phoenix. The last positive report was from 9/22. 9/22: A PEREGRIN FALCON was seen below the dam in Baldwinsville. Oswego County 9/21: AMERICAN BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON GALLINULE are still being seen at the Rt. wetland north of Rt. 3. 9/22: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen flying around the breakwall in Oswego Harbor. 9/23: 11 species of Warblers were seen along a trail on the north shore of Lake Neatahwanta. A FORSTER’S TERN and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Derby Hill. Extralimital 9/23: A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER and a BLACK-HEADED GULL were spotted at the south end of Irondequoit Bay in Monroe County. The BLACK-HEADED GULL was relocated today but the SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was not. This area is on Rt. 404 west of Webster. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble, Monday, 24 Sep 2012
Starr Saphir and Lenore Swenson's morning walk in the Central Park Ramble had 55 total species with high individual counts for many of them -- a birdy morning in the Park. Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5, feeding on jewel-weed at Oven and Lower Lobe) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Hernshead, our first-of-season) Hairy Woodpecker (trees west of Maintenance Meadow) Northern Flicker (abundant, 20+ seen) Eastern Wood-Pewee (5) Eastern Phoebe (2) YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Hernshead) Blue-headed Vireo (3) Red-eyed Vireo (abundant, 12+ seen) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch (3) Carolina Wren MARSH WREN (Tupelo Meadow, very rare for Central Park) Swainson's Thrush (abundant, 20+ seen) Wood Thrush (3) Brown Thrasher (4 seen, heard often) Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush (Azalea) HOODED WARBLER (male, Tupelo Meadow, west of Tupelo tree) Chestnut-sided Warbler (4) Blackpoll Warbler (4) Black-throated Blue Warbler (3) Black-throated Green Warbler (4) Eastern Towhee (Strawberry Fields, first-of-season) LINCOLN'S SPARROW (2, Hernshead and Tupelo Meadow) Dark-eyed Junco (first-of-season) Scarlet Tanager (2) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5, good views at Upper Lobe) www.starrtrips.wordpress.com -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Tilden
There is currently (since 10:00 a.m.) thousands of swallows and others passerines moving along the beach. Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sunday - South end of Irondequoit Bay
No sign of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper as of yet, although the Black-headed Gull continues. Several birders looking. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:17 AM, "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" wrote: > > The SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER found by Gary Chapin continued to be seen through > much of the afternoon on Sunday, at least until we left it around 5:00. This > is a juvenile and it was generally associating with PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, > which was the most common species present. > > There was also an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL among the gulls here, first found > by Andrew Garland on Saturday. > > There were also two AMERICAN AVOCETS found by Steve Taylor at Ontario Beach > Park, which is situated on the west side of the mouth of the Genesee River > about seven miles northwest of the south end of Irondequoit Bay. The Avocets > were on the beach, right along the water’s edge. > > DIRECTIONS TO SOUTH END OF IRONDEQUOIT BAY: > The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper can be view from LaSalle Landing Park on the south > end of the bay in the Town of Irondequoit. The park is located on the north > side of Empire Blvd. From the parking lot, follow the path through the > cattails about 50 yards, then take the left fork. You will then come out > onto the mud flat. The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was about 200 yards out, > looking toward the WNW. The Black-headed Gull was about 50 to 100 yards or > so north of the sandpiper. From the Thruway, take I-490 or I-390 north to > I-590 north. Exit at Empire Blvd (Rt 404)and turn right. After crossing a > bridge, look for LaSalle Landing Park on your left – this is about a mile > from the 590 exit. It is muddy. > > Good birding! > Willie > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5288 - Release Date: 09/23/12 > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sunday - South end of Irondequoit Bay
The SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER found by Gary Chapin continued to be seen through much of the afternoon on Sunday, at least until we left it around 5:00. This is a juvenile and it was generally associating with PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, which was the most common species present. There was also an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL among the gulls here, first found by Andrew Garland on Saturday. There were also two AMERICAN AVOCETS found by Steve Taylor at Ontario Beach Park, which is situated on the west side of the mouth of the Genesee River about seven miles northwest of the south end of Irondequoit Bay. The Avocets were on the beach, right along the water's edge. DIRECTIONS TO SOUTH END OF IRONDEQUOIT BAY: The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper can be view from LaSalle Landing Park on the south end of the bay in the Town of Irondequoit. The park is located on the north side of Empire Blvd. From the parking lot, follow the path through the cattails about 50 yards, then take the left fork. You will then come out onto the mud flat. The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was about 200 yards out, looking toward the WNW. The Black-headed Gull was about 50 to 100 yards or so north of the sandpiper. From the Thruway, take I-490 or I-390 north to I-590 north. Exit at Empire Blvd (Rt 404)and turn right. After crossing a bridge, look for LaSalle Landing Park on your left - this is about a mile from the 590 exit. It is muddy. Good birding! Willie No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5288 - Release Date: 09/23/12 -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sunday - South end of Irondequoit Bay
The SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER found by Gary Chapin continued to be seen through much of the afternoon on Sunday, at least until we left it around 5:00. This is a juvenile and it was generally associating with PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, which was the most common species present. There was also an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL among the gulls here, first found by Andrew Garland on Saturday. There were also two AMERICAN AVOCETS found by Steve Taylor at Ontario Beach Park, which is situated on the west side of the mouth of the Genesee River about seven miles northwest of the south end of Irondequoit Bay. The Avocets were on the beach, right along the water's edge. DIRECTIONS TO SOUTH END OF IRONDEQUOIT BAY: The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper can be view from LaSalle Landing Park on the south end of the bay in the Town of Irondequoit. The park is located on the north side of Empire Blvd. From the parking lot, follow the path through the cattails about 50 yards, then take the left fork. You will then come out onto the mud flat. The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was about 200 yards out, looking toward the WNW. The Black-headed Gull was about 50 to 100 yards or so north of the sandpiper. From the Thruway, take I-490 or I-390 north to I-590 north. Exit at Empire Blvd (Rt 404)and turn right. After crossing a bridge, look for LaSalle Landing Park on your left - this is about a mile from the 590 exit. It is muddy. Good birding! Willie No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5288 - Release Date: 09/23/12 -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sunday - South end of Irondequoit Bay
No sign of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper as of yet, although the Black-headed Gull continues. Several birders looking. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter dannapot...@roadrunner.com wrote: The SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER found by Gary Chapin continued to be seen through much of the afternoon on Sunday, at least until we left it around 5:00. This is a juvenile and it was generally associating with PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, which was the most common species present. There was also an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL among the gulls here, first found by Andrew Garland on Saturday. There were also two AMERICAN AVOCETS found by Steve Taylor at Ontario Beach Park, which is situated on the west side of the mouth of the Genesee River about seven miles northwest of the south end of Irondequoit Bay. The Avocets were on the beach, right along the water’s edge. DIRECTIONS TO SOUTH END OF IRONDEQUOIT BAY: The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper can be view from LaSalle Landing Park on the south end of the bay in the Town of Irondequoit. The park is located on the north side of Empire Blvd. From the parking lot, follow the path through the cattails about 50 yards, then take the left fork. You will then come out onto the mud flat. The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was about 200 yards out, looking toward the WNW. The Black-headed Gull was about 50 to 100 yards or so north of the sandpiper. From the Thruway, take I-490 or I-390 north to I-590 north. Exit at Empire Blvd (Rt 404)and turn right. After crossing a bridge, look for LaSalle Landing Park on your left – this is about a mile from the 590 exit. It is muddy. Good birding! Willie No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5288 - Release Date: 09/23/12 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Tilden
There is currently (since 10:00 a.m.) thousands of swallows and others passerines moving along the beach. Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble, Monday, 24 Sep 2012
Starr Saphir and Lenore Swenson's morning walk in the Central Park Ramble had 55 total species with high individual counts for many of them -- a birdy morning in the Park. Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5, feeding on jewel-weed at Oven and Lower Lobe) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Hernshead, our first-of-season) Hairy Woodpecker (trees west of Maintenance Meadow) Northern Flicker (abundant, 20+ seen) Eastern Wood-Pewee (5) Eastern Phoebe (2) YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Hernshead) Blue-headed Vireo (3) Red-eyed Vireo (abundant, 12+ seen) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch (3) Carolina Wren MARSH WREN (Tupelo Meadow, very rare for Central Park) Swainson's Thrush (abundant, 20+ seen) Wood Thrush (3) Brown Thrasher (4 seen, heard often) Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush (Azalea) HOODED WARBLER (male, Tupelo Meadow, west of Tupelo tree) Chestnut-sided Warbler (4) Blackpoll Warbler (4) Black-throated Blue Warbler (3) Black-throated Green Warbler (4) Eastern Towhee (Strawberry Fields, first-of-season) LINCOLN'S SPARROW (2, Hernshead and Tupelo Meadow) Dark-eyed Junco (first-of-season) Scarlet Tanager (2) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5, good views at Upper Lobe) www.starrtrips.wordpress.com -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 24, 2012 * NYSY 09.24.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 17, 2012 - September 24, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:September 24 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #321 -Monday September 24, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 17 , 2012 Highlights: --- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET HUDSONIAN GODWIT SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Extralimital) WESTERN SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) FORSTER’S TERN PEREGRINE FALCON RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/17: An AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continue at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/19: A WESTERN SANDPIPER was reported at La Rue’s Lagoon. 9/20: The AMERICAN AVOCET and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were again seen at Knox Marcellus Marsh. In all 15 species of shorebirds were seen. 9/21: The AMERICAN AVOCET was again at Knox-Marsellus Marsh but the 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS had moved to the Visitor’s Center. 9/22: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at La Rue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County 9/17: A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen coming to a feeder at a private residence in Phoenix. The last positive report was from 9/22. 9/22: A PEREGRIN FALCON was seen below the dam in Baldwinsville. Oswego County 9/21: AMERICAN BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON GALLINULE are still being seen at the Rt. wetland north of Rt. 3. 9/22: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen flying around the breakwall in Oswego Harbor. 9/23: 11 species of Warblers were seen along a trail on the north shore of Lake Neatahwanta. A FORSTER’S TERN and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Derby Hill. Extralimital 9/23: A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER and a BLACK-HEADED GULL were spotted at the south end of Irondequoit Bay in Monroe County. The BLACK-HEADED GULL was relocated today but the SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was not. This area is on Rt. 404 west of Webster. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fort Tilden
There were more Tree Swallows than I could count migrating down the beach at Fort Tilden today. There was literally no morning flight from sun up until 10:00am and then the flood gates opened. For 2 and a half hours, hundreds of birds were flying over at any given moment. I do not know how to estimate how many Tree Swallows flew over, but would put it in the tens of thousands.After an early push of passerines, they diminished leaving clouds of swallows flying over.Had many Rough-winged and Bank, 2 Cliff, 1 Barn, countless TreeAlso 100+ Purple Finch2 SiskinsMany House and Goldfinch, Flickers, Blue Jays, Cedar WaxwingsSmall numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers25 Red-breasted NuthatchPlus many Kestrels, Merlins, Shapries, Coopers, 1 Harrier, 1 Bald Eagle -Isaac -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 9/24
Monday, 24 September, 2012 Manhattan, N.Y. City (mainly: Central Park, Riverside Park, Fort Tryon Park) A nice new push of migrants, far more than had been 24 hours prior. There were some species perhaps new to the southbound season for this year in Manhattan. Passerines and other small nocturnal migrants were going over but many also dropped in for the day, with a modest morning flight in Manhattan to at least about 9 a.m. and some birds still moving, especially those typically diurnally moving on favorable winds and weather, such as Blue Jays, Swallows (almost all I saw from Manhattan being Tree), some finches (mainly American Goldfinch) and a smattering of others such as orioles (with Baltimore the most likely by far of those), and other icterids, including a very few modestly latish Bobolinks, plus various others, simply very high and moving in the morning hours. Some water birds of the season are moving and as recently as just yesterday there was Pied-billed Grebe, and today Ruddy Duck seen in Central. In Central Park's north end in the first 3 hours of daylight, nice variety was eclipsed by sheer numbers, with most areas in that sector of the park having from some, to many migrants, most extremely active (that is, hungry). New to me in Manhattan for this half of the year were Brown Creeper, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Junco (although I'd heard of a few before today), and White-crowned Sparrow. Seen in good numbers were Blackpoll and Palm Warblers, the latter more of the western type than the yellow type, along with great numbers of Yellow-shafted Flickers, Cedar Waxwings, and thrushes, especially Swainson's Thrush, but also some numbers of Grey-cheeked and Wood Thrush, particularly visible in the least-visited corners of the north end and where fruits are plentiful - with similar results in Riverside Park later in the day. In the early morning, one veteran birder watching just a few trees on the Great Hill (at the NW corner) managed a dozen warblers in half-an-hour before having to get to work, and I managed to add a few additionals in that very active spot before 8:30, as warblers, vireos and some flycatchers ate their way through a nice hatch of small invertebrates. A tally of E. Phoebe for just the n. end of the park rose significantly when a fenceline at the Sharp gardens area (Great Hill) produced a baker's dozen (13) of that species all visible in one long view, mainly on the fence. Overall, the Great Hill seemed busiest and allowed the views of passing flyovers as the morning progressed. A look in the wildflower meadow was productive but not as much so as just a few days ago at the hours that I looked in. It wasn't all phoebes in the flyacatcher arena, with fair numbers of E. Wood-Pewees and some Empidonax still in the mix. Riverside Park featured a nice variety in the latitudes from about 97th to 122 Streets in that park, with just a quick look at the drip area, and modest activity, for a short time (only 20 minutes or so produced a half-dozen warbler spp. and a few Red-eyed Vireos and other typical migrants). Fort Tryon Park later on had a very nice, if modest selection of raptors going over, as well as some migrants within the grounds. A number of hummingbirds went through - all presumed still Ruby-throated in their typical migration period. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
