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RE:[nysbirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Tufted Duck Canandaigua Lake

2016-03-11 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter

Thanks to Celeste Morien for getting the word out while we were in the field
but especially for refinding the bird after I lost it. After initially
finding it and trying to get Sue Barth and Celeste on it, I lost sight of
it, whereupon many of the assembled ducks took flight. We looked hard for
the next 20 minutes or so and I was feeling like it was probably gone and
that I would have to walk home. That's when Celeste saved the day and she
quickly got Sue on the bird. This was from the end of Vine Valley Road. We
tried to digiscope this distant bird but the chop made it impossible. So, we
drove up the dead-end road, South Lake Road, to try to get closer. And we
were successful, spotting the bird between houses! Photos of this beautiful
male can be seen here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28098320

Another nice sighting was a tight group of AMERICAN COOTS just north of the
Woodville Boat Launch on the southwest corner of the lake. This was a very
tight group that moved around a lot. My count in the field was a "slightly"
conservative 60 birds, at least that's what I thought at the time. It was
humbling to count the birds in my photos on the computer when I got home. I
counted 122! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28099835

Good birding!
Willie

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From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu
[mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Bird observations
from western New York
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 2:01 PM
To: Genesee Birds
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Tufted Duck Canandaigua Lake

Hello all,

 
Brooke Morse's Tufted Duck was found again today by Willie D'Anna at An
eBird hotspot called find Canandaigua Lake-Vine Valley in the Town of
Middlesex. We viewed the duck on South Lake Road from 1:15-1:45 where the
flock of Redheads, Lesser Scaup, a Canvasback and a few Common Goldeneye was
fairly close to the east shore. The Tufted Duck was staying close to the
Lesser Scaup. 

Good luck if you go!

Celeste

Medina NY
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RE:[nysbirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Tufted Duck Canandaigua Lake

2016-03-11 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter

Thanks to Celeste Morien for getting the word out while we were in the field
but especially for refinding the bird after I lost it. After initially
finding it and trying to get Sue Barth and Celeste on it, I lost sight of
it, whereupon many of the assembled ducks took flight. We looked hard for
the next 20 minutes or so and I was feeling like it was probably gone and
that I would have to walk home. That's when Celeste saved the day and she
quickly got Sue on the bird. This was from the end of Vine Valley Road. We
tried to digiscope this distant bird but the chop made it impossible. So, we
drove up the dead-end road, South Lake Road, to try to get closer. And we
were successful, spotting the bird between houses! Photos of this beautiful
male can be seen here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28098320

Another nice sighting was a tight group of AMERICAN COOTS just north of the
Woodville Boat Launch on the southwest corner of the lake. This was a very
tight group that moved around a lot. My count in the field was a "slightly"
conservative 60 birds, at least that's what I thought at the time. It was
humbling to count the birds in my photos on the computer when I got home. I
counted 122! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28099835

Good birding!
Willie

-Original Message-
From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu
[mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Bird observations
from western New York
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 2:01 PM
To: Genesee Birds
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Tufted Duck Canandaigua Lake

Hello all,

 
Brooke Morse's Tufted Duck was found again today by Willie D'Anna at An
eBird hotspot called find Canandaigua Lake-Vine Valley in the Town of
Middlesex. We viewed the duck on South Lake Road from 1:15-1:45 where the
flock of Redheads, Lesser Scaup, a Canvasback and a few Common Goldeneye was
fairly close to the east shore. The Tufted Duck was staying close to the
Lesser Scaup. 

Good luck if you go!

Celeste

Medina NY
celeste.mor...@gmail.com
nyspurplemart...@gmail.com
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 March 2016

2016-03-11 Thread Gail Benson

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar 11, 2016
* NYNY1603.11

- Birds Mentioned

THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Red Knot
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Short-eared Owl
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
LARK SPARROW


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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)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 11, 2016
at 6:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are EARED GREBE, THICK-BILLED MURRE,
BARROW’S GOLDNEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND
GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and LARK SPARROW.

An EARED GREBE was spotted Sunday morning on fairly calm waters around the
mouth of Jones Inlet, but by later afternoon in rougher waters it retreated
to the eastern side of the inlet off Jones Beach West End before eventually
flying back to the ocean off Point Lookout.  We have no subsequent reports
of this bird.  Also in that area, the 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off the Point
Lookout jetties Sunday afternoon presumably included the 3 noted earlier at
the West End jetty.  A RAZORBILL was also in Jones Inlet Sunday.  The West
End LARK SPARROW was seen as recently as Tuesday, usually around the outer
turnaround that leads into Lot 2, where an adult ICELAND GULL has
occasionally been roosting, seen at least to Tuesday.  At the high tide
roost on the wharf at the Point Lookout boat basin by the Water Works
Saturday were around 1,000 DUNLIN, some BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 15 RED
KNOTS.

On Staten Island a THICK-BILLED MURRE, not looking terribly well, appeared
Thursday near the boat basin at Great Kills Park.  This followed a
RAZORBILL spotted Sunday off Fort Wadsworth, and, also on Staten Island, 2
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted at Willowbrook Park on Monday.

In the Bronx, a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE appeared with COMMON GOLDENEYE
Monday at Pelham Bay Park and was still near Twin Island the next day.

One or two lingering EURASIAN WIGEON were still being seen on the East Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge early in the week, and another was noted
again at the Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park in Brooklyn Monday and
Tuesday.  A few CACKLING GEESE also continue in the area.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL visited Central Park Reservoir Sunday, the same
day finding another again at Sunken Meadow State Park.

Out in the Montauk area good numbers of RAZORBILLS were present off Montauk
Point last weekend, and 3 RED-NECKED GREBES were in Fort Pond Bay, with a
couple more off Culloden Point.

One or two SHORT-EARED OWLS are still feeding in the evening at the former
Grumman airport in Calverton, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK have been displaying at
dusk at numerous suitable locations recently, with one hiding in Bryant
Park in Manhattan today.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER  was still at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island
Tuesday, and another remains around the north parking lot at Blydenburgh
County Park off New Mill Road in Smithtown.

The Croton Point LARK SPARROW was still present Wednesday.

This deceptive warm spell has conjured up thoughts of masses of early
spring migrants, but more realistically we should perhaps anticipate the
March doldrums before any earnest movement takes place.  Some of the
expected very early migrants have begun to appear, including WOOD DUCKS,
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, several EASTERN PHOEBES as of Wednesday and TREE
SWALLOW.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
days except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 March 2016

2016-03-11 Thread Gail Benson

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar 11, 2016
* NYNY1603.11

- Birds Mentioned

THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Red Knot
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Short-eared Owl
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
LARK SPARROW


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
nysarc44nybirdsorg

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)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 11, 2016
at 6:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are EARED GREBE, THICK-BILLED MURRE,
BARROW’S GOLDNEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND
GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and LARK SPARROW.

An EARED GREBE was spotted Sunday morning on fairly calm waters around the
mouth of Jones Inlet, but by later afternoon in rougher waters it retreated
to the eastern side of the inlet off Jones Beach West End before eventually
flying back to the ocean off Point Lookout.  We have no subsequent reports
of this bird.  Also in that area, the 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off the Point
Lookout jetties Sunday afternoon presumably included the 3 noted earlier at
the West End jetty.  A RAZORBILL was also in Jones Inlet Sunday.  The West
End LARK SPARROW was seen as recently as Tuesday, usually around the outer
turnaround that leads into Lot 2, where an adult ICELAND GULL has
occasionally been roosting, seen at least to Tuesday.  At the high tide
roost on the wharf at the Point Lookout boat basin by the Water Works
Saturday were around 1,000 DUNLIN, some BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 15 RED
KNOTS.

On Staten Island a THICK-BILLED MURRE, not looking terribly well, appeared
Thursday near the boat basin at Great Kills Park.  This followed a
RAZORBILL spotted Sunday off Fort Wadsworth, and, also on Staten Island, 2
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted at Willowbrook Park on Monday.

In the Bronx, a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE appeared with COMMON GOLDENEYE
Monday at Pelham Bay Park and was still near Twin Island the next day.

One or two lingering EURASIAN WIGEON were still being seen on the East Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge early in the week, and another was noted
again at the Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park in Brooklyn Monday and
Tuesday.  A few CACKLING GEESE also continue in the area.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL visited Central Park Reservoir Sunday, the same
day finding another again at Sunken Meadow State Park.

Out in the Montauk area good numbers of RAZORBILLS were present off Montauk
Point last weekend, and 3 RED-NECKED GREBES were in Fort Pond Bay, with a
couple more off Culloden Point.

One or two SHORT-EARED OWLS are still feeding in the evening at the former
Grumman airport in Calverton, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK have been displaying at
dusk at numerous suitable locations recently, with one hiding in Bryant
Park in Manhattan today.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER  was still at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island
Tuesday, and another remains around the north parking lot at Blydenburgh
County Park off New Mill Road in Smithtown.

The Croton Point LARK SPARROW was still present Wednesday.

This deceptive warm spell has conjured up thoughts of masses of early
spring migrants, but more realistically we should perhaps anticipate the
March doldrums before any earnest movement takes place.  Some of the
expected very early migrants have begun to appear, including WOOD DUCKS,
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, several EASTERN PHOEBES as of Wednesday and TREE
SWALLOW.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
days except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Woodcocks Displaying, Suffolk County

2016-03-11 Thread Mike

As expected, there were several Woodcocks calling tonight in the Calverton area 
in Suffolk County.  My FOS

Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI, NY

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 11, 2016, at 2:06 PM, Alan Drogin  wrote:
> 
> Have limited access so apologize if someone else already posted.  Just saw a 
> FOY woodcock hiding in the southeast corner of Bryant Park- in the shadow of 
> the stone garden shed.  Also others noted Swamp Sparrow had not left a couple 
> of weeks ago as I had reported.   I found it this afternoon in the northwest 
> corner.
> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Woodcocks Displaying, Suffolk County

2016-03-11 Thread Mike

As expected, there were several Woodcocks calling tonight in the Calverton area 
in Suffolk County.  My FOS

Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI, NY

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 11, 2016, at 2:06 PM, Alan Drogin  wrote:
> 
> Have limited access so apologize if someone else already posted.  Just saw a 
> FOY woodcock hiding in the southeast corner of Bryant Park- in the shadow of 
> the stone garden shed.  Also others noted Swamp Sparrow had not left a couple 
> of weeks ago as I had reported.   I found it this afternoon in the northwest 
> corner.
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park Woodcock

2016-03-11 Thread Alan Drogin

Have limited access so apologize if someone else already posted.  Just saw a 
FOY woodcock hiding in the southeast corner of Bryant Park- in the shadow of 
the stone garden shed.  Also others noted Swamp Sparrow had not left a couple 
of weeks ago as I had reported.   I found it this afternoon in the northwest 
corner.

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park Woodcock

2016-03-11 Thread Alan Drogin

Have limited access so apologize if someone else already posted.  Just saw a 
FOY woodcock hiding in the southeast corner of Bryant Park- in the shadow of 
the stone garden shed.  Also others noted Swamp Sparrow had not left a couple 
of weeks ago as I had reported.   I found it this afternoon in the northwest 
corner.

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RE:[nysbirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Tufted Duck Canandaigua Lake

RE:[nysbirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Tufted Duck Canandaigua Lake

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 March 2016

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 March 2016

Re: [nysbirds-l] Woodcocks Displaying, Suffolk County

Re: [nysbirds-l] Woodcocks Displaying, Suffolk County

[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park Woodcock

[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park Woodcock

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