[nysbirds-l] 44 Northern Cardinals
With the storm in full swing today, our feeders had an abundance of birds. Northern Cardinals stole the show, with at least 44 present at one time this afternoon!!! I'd love to know just how many were around. This beats our previous high of 26 cardinals a couple years ago. Here's a rundown of what's being seen: Northern Cardinal - 44 Mourning Dove - 50+ Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 10+ Black-capped Chickadee - 8 Tufted Titmouse - 2 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 European Starling - 4 American Tree Sparrow - 5 Song Sparrow - 1 Dark-eyed Junco - 30+ House Finch - 6 Common Redpoll - 4 American Goldfinch - 25+ House Sparrow - 10+ Brett Lakeshore Nature Tours 716-628-8226 bmew...@lakeshorenaturetours.com www.LakeshoreNatureTours.com Like us at the Lakeshore Nature Tours Facebook Page -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 8 February 2013
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 8, 2013 * NYNY1302.08 - Birds mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS'S GOOSE Eurasian Wigeon TUFTED DUCK BARROW'S GOLDENEYE American Bittern BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull DOVEKIE Razorbill Snowy Owl Barred Owl Common Raven Lapland Longspur White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 486 High Street Victor, NY 14564 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 8th 2013 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, ROSS'S GOOSE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE and BLACK-HEADED GULL but firstly some sad news. This past Tuesday Starr Saphir finally lost her long and courageous battle with cancer. Starr was a principle member of the New York City birding scene and treated many birders, novice and advanced alike, to the wonders of birding in the metropolitan area and a few weeks ago Long Island birder and long time friend Al Wollin also past away. Both will certainly be missed. Water related birds continue to be the main attraction regionally with the possible exception of the 2 to 3 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS that have led birders on a merry chase around the Calverton area recently. The YELLOW-HEADEDS have been associating with large grackle, blackbird, cowbird flocks feeding in fields around Route 25 and adjoining roads. Once finding a flock look carefully as the birds move about in the fields. Some roads to try for the blackbird flocks include: along Route 25 north of Splish-Splash or Edwards Avenue, Manor Road or Twomey Avenue plus adjacent roads. A drake TUFTED DUCK continues to be seen occasionally on the pond at Blydenburgh Park south of Route 25 in Smithtown. A couple of ROSS'S GEESE have been present with Canadas lately one seen to Monday at Heckscher State Park is presumably the same individual spotted Wednesday on Westbrook Pond north of Heckscher and south of Route 27 off Main Street Route 27A. The second has been seen most frequently on Merritts Pond north of Riverhead but has also wandered north to the fields around Doctor's Path near Sound Avenue. Single BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue in the Belmont Lake State Park to St. Charles Cemetery area sometimes seen north of St. Charles at Pine Lawn Cemetery or the private Colonial Springs Golf Course. The pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYES continues with Commons at the south end of Lake Montauk as viewed from South Lake Drive or other vantage points. The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL and sometimes also an adult Black-headed can be seen at the same location. Finishing up the Montauk area some RAZORBILLS continue at the point, 2 ICELAND GULLS remain along the beach west of the Montauk Harbor Inlet and up to 40 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS have continued to visit the pines at Kirk Park on the western end of the town of Montauk. The adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues at the end of Lazy Point Road in Napeague and if there look for the SNOWY OWL occasionally seen on Hick's Island across the channel. AMERICAN BITTERNS remain along Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet. Up to 6 EURASIAN WIGEONS have gathered recently on the west of Sayville Golf Course. In the city area Central Park reservoir has hosted ICELAND GULL recently. BARRED OWL continues in the park and at other local sites and a COMMON REDPOLL was at the Ramble feeders on Wednesday. Six WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were in Prospect Park in Brooklyn Wednesday with 8 plus a COMMON RAVEN at Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday. A RAZORBILL was in Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn last Saturday and single DOVEKIE and RAZORBILL were reported off Beach 24th Street in the Rockaways Thursday. AMERICAN BITTERN was still at Brooklyn's Marine Park Nature Center last Sunday. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been seen again at Jones Beach West End and a SNOWY OWL was present at that area through last weekend. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Poiint: 8 February
A 2 hour seawatch from the Point this morning produced: 16 Black-legged Kittiwakes. Also, 15 Gannets 6 Razorbills Wish I could get there tomorrow morning. -- 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] Montauk area: 7 February
Title: Montauk area: 7 February Eric Miller and I birded Montauk Point and vicinity yesterday too, arriving in the morning. We had the same sightings as described below, though we did have a few ~3 Gannets, and slightly more Razorbills. No Dovekie. We also had the imm. Black-headed Gull at South Lake drive At Kirk Beach we had 40+ White-winged Crossbills still feeding in the parking lot. At Quail Hill Farm we had a large flock of sparrows that were mostly Field and Chipping Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com WWW.qcbirdclub.org On 2/7/2013 10:39 PM, Peter Max Polshek wrote: A pre-storm visit at midday today. As expected the Point was quiet, Common Eider and all three Scoters in low numbers (50-150), no Gannets, few Common Loons, even fewer Red-throated, a few Horned Grebes, and 4 Razorbills. At Lake Montauk from South Lake Drive I was able to relocate both BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (drake and hen) which have been present since 2 January. They were in the southwest corner of the "Lake" associating with a small flock of Common Goldeneye. At the end of West Lake Drive at the base of the jetty ere the two Iceland Gulls (adult and 1st year) that been frequenting the beach for quite a while. That's about it. Hopefully tomorrow morning will be more interesting at the Point after a night of east winds. -- 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! -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6070 - Release Date: 01/31/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date.
Re: [nysbirds-l] Montauk area: 7 February
Title: Montauk area: 7 February Eric Miller and I birded Montauk Point and vicinity yesterday too, arriving in the morning. We had the same sightings as described below, though we did have a few ~3 Gannets, and slightly more Razorbills. No Dovekie. We also had the imm. Black-headed Gull at South Lake drive At Kirk Beach we had 40+ White-winged Crossbills still feeding in the parking lot. At Quail Hill Farm we had a large flock of sparrows that were mostly Field and Chipping Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com WWW.qcbirdclub.org On 2/7/2013 10:39 PM, Peter Max Polshek wrote: A pre-storm visit at midday today. As expected the Point was quiet, Common Eider and all three Scoters in low numbers (50-150), no Gannets, few Common Loons, even fewer Red-throated, a few Horned Grebes, and 4 Razorbills. At Lake Montauk from South Lake Drive I was able to relocate both BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (drake and hen) which have been present since 2 January. They were in the southwest corner of the "Lake" associating with a small flock of Common Goldeneye. At the end of West Lake Drive at the base of the jetty ere the two Iceland Gulls (adult and 1st year) that been frequenting the beach for quite a while. That's about it. Hopefully tomorrow morning will be more interesting at the Point after a night of east winds. -- 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! -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6070 - Release Date: 01/31/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date.
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Poiint: 8 February
A 2 hour seawatch from the Point this morning produced: 16 Black-legged Kittiwakes. Also, 15 Gannets 6 Razorbills Wish I could get there tomorrow morning. -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 8 February 2013
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 8, 2013 * NYNY1302.08 - Birds mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS'S GOOSE Eurasian Wigeon TUFTED DUCK BARROW'S GOLDENEYE American Bittern BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull DOVEKIE Razorbill Snowy Owl Barred Owl Common Raven Lapland Longspur White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 486 High Street Victor, NY 14564 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 8th 2013 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, ROSS'S GOOSE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE and BLACK-HEADED GULL but firstly some sad news. This past Tuesday Starr Saphir finally lost her long and courageous battle with cancer. Starr was a principle member of the New York City birding scene and treated many birders, novice and advanced alike, to the wonders of birding in the metropolitan area and a few weeks ago Long Island birder and long time friend Al Wollin also past away. Both will certainly be missed. Water related birds continue to be the main attraction regionally with the possible exception of the 2 to 3 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS that have led birders on a merry chase around the Calverton area recently. The YELLOW-HEADEDS have been associating with large grackle, blackbird, cowbird flocks feeding in fields around Route 25 and adjoining roads. Once finding a flock look carefully as the birds move about in the fields. Some roads to try for the blackbird flocks include: along Route 25 north of Splish-Splash or Edwards Avenue, Manor Road or Twomey Avenue plus adjacent roads. A drake TUFTED DUCK continues to be seen occasionally on the pond at Blydenburgh Park south of Route 25 in Smithtown. A couple of ROSS'S GEESE have been present with Canadas lately one seen to Monday at Heckscher State Park is presumably the same individual spotted Wednesday on Westbrook Pond north of Heckscher and south of Route 27 off Main Street Route 27A. The second has been seen most frequently on Merritts Pond north of Riverhead but has also wandered north to the fields around Doctor's Path near Sound Avenue. Single BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue in the Belmont Lake State Park to St. Charles Cemetery area sometimes seen north of St. Charles at Pine Lawn Cemetery or the private Colonial Springs Golf Course. The pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYES continues with Commons at the south end of Lake Montauk as viewed from South Lake Drive or other vantage points. The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL and sometimes also an adult Black-headed can be seen at the same location. Finishing up the Montauk area some RAZORBILLS continue at the point, 2 ICELAND GULLS remain along the beach west of the Montauk Harbor Inlet and up to 40 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS have continued to visit the pines at Kirk Park on the western end of the town of Montauk. The adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues at the end of Lazy Point Road in Napeague and if there look for the SNOWY OWL occasionally seen on Hick's Island across the channel. AMERICAN BITTERNS remain along Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet. Up to 6 EURASIAN WIGEONS have gathered recently on the west of Sayville Golf Course. In the city area Central Park reservoir has hosted ICELAND GULL recently. BARRED OWL continues in the park and at other local sites and a COMMON REDPOLL was at the Ramble feeders on Wednesday. Six WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were in Prospect Park in Brooklyn Wednesday with 8 plus a COMMON RAVEN at Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday. A RAZORBILL was in Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn last Saturday and single DOVEKIE and RAZORBILL were reported off Beach 24th Street in the Rockaways Thursday. AMERICAN BITTERN was still at Brooklyn's Marine Park Nature Center last Sunday. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been seen again at Jones Beach West End and a SNOWY OWL was present at that area through last weekend. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored
[nysbirds-l] 44 Northern Cardinals
With the storm in full swing today, our feeders had an abundance of birds. Northern Cardinals stole the show, with at least 44 present at one time this afternoon!!! I'd love to know just how many were around. This beats our previous high of 26 cardinals a couple years ago. Here's a rundown of what's being seen: Northern Cardinal - 44 Mourning Dove - 50+ Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 10+ Black-capped Chickadee - 8 Tufted Titmouse - 2 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 European Starling - 4 American Tree Sparrow - 5 Song Sparrow - 1 Dark-eyed Junco - 30+ House Finch - 6 Common Redpoll - 4 American Goldfinch - 25+ House Sparrow - 10+ Brett Lakeshore Nature Tours 716-628-8226 bmew...@lakeshorenaturetours.com www.LakeshoreNatureTours.com Like us at the Lakeshore Nature Tours Facebook Page -- 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/ --
