Re: [nysbirds-l] RFI Gray Kingbird/ No sightings

Sean & all - there is a positive report from noon today: Conesus Lake Inlet parking lot at Sliker Hill and West Swamp Rds. Trail to right, viewed at noon, in snags from second black culvert pipe after wooden pier. David Suggs Good luck! Cheers, Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY On Fri, May 6, 2016 at

[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret at Big Egg Marsh in Queens

Just had a cattle Egret in full plumage in the marsh during high wind and rain. Numbers of semipalmated plover and short-billed dowitchers up quite a bit. Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] (4) Seaside Sparrows, Manhattan NYC 5/6 (Friday)

Friday, 6 May, 2016 -As first found & reported by Adrian Burke yesterday (Thurs. 5/5), at least 3 Seaside Sparrows continue this rainy Friday morning at the Hudson river "greenway" path, just in from that path when seen & photo'd by me (& as observed by A. Collection a short while earlier to my

[nysbirds-l] RFI Gray Kingbird/ No sightings

As we approach the first weekend since the arrival of the Conesus Marsh Gray Kingbird on May 2nd I'm sure many people are waiting eagerly to hear a positive or negative report from today. The bird was reported throughout the day yesterday. Acknowledging the many different platforms bird reports

[nysbirds-l] Town of Hempstead conservation funding

The Town of Hempstead has cut its budget for all departments, including conservation. The Marine Nature Study Area has had its funding for staff reduced; many of you are aware MNSA has not been open on Sundays and has only one full-time employee to oversee its many valuable services to birders,

[nysbirds-l] swifts, not swallows. Bridgehampton

Apologies. I don't know why I had cliff swallows on the mind, but I meant to post the sighting of 75-100 swifts over Bridgehampton HS. As I originally ended that first posting, it would be nice if they used the swift box that SoFo installed a few years ago -- it would have been even better and

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday May 5, 2016

Central Park NYC Thursday May 5, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. - Bird walk led by Deb Allen starting from Turtle Pond at 9am until around noon, plus birds seen by Bob & Deb before and after the walk. Bob spent the morning with a film crew from AARP working on an

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 May 2016

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 06, 2016 * NYNY1605.06 - Birds Mentioned CURLEW SANDPIPER+ HERMIT WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER Horned Grebe Cattle Egret Semipalmated Plover UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIMBREL Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Dunlin

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NYC Central Park Hermit Warbler (1 May 2016): Updated Photo Gallery

All, FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Karen Fung Date: Fri, May 6, 2016 at 7:32 AM Subject: NYC Central Park Hermit Warbler (1 May 2016): Updated Photo Gallery To: ID-FRONTIERS Many thanks to all who responded earlier to my queries, both on- and

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/5

Thursday, 5 May 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Lots & lots of birders out again, never mind temp's again 10-20 degrees below typical norms for the date, damp easterly winds & overcast skies all day long. Over the past week, folks in points south / southwest (of N.Y. City) have

[nysbirds-l] Request for assistance - recordings of migrating Mourning Warbler songs

I am writing once again to post an opportunity to participate in a Citizens Science Project that involves recording migrating Mourning Warbler songs. I am interested in whether different song populations of Mourning Warblers (Western, Eastern, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland) migrate together or

[nysbirds-l] cliff swallows: Bridgehampton

En route to work on Wednesday morning, I encountered a flock of some 75-100 cliff swallows above the high school. There used to be a colony in Bridgehampton, but I haven't seen or heard about it for years, so I was pleased to see this large a group. Not sure where they may settle, but hoping that

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/5

Thursday, 5 May 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Lots & lots of birders out again, never mind temp's again 10-20 degrees below typical norms for the date, damp easterly winds & overcast skies all day long. Over the past week, folks in points south / southwest (of N.Y. City) have

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NYC Central Park Hermit Warbler (1 May 2016): Updated Photo Gallery

All, FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Karen Fung Date: Fri, May 6, 2016 at 7:32 AM Subject: NYC Central Park Hermit Warbler (1 May 2016): Updated Photo Gallery To: ID-FRONTIERS Many thanks to all who responded earlier to my queries, both on- and off-line. Comments from those

[nysbirds-l] cliff swallows: Bridgehampton

En route to work on Wednesday morning, I encountered a flock of some 75-100 cliff swallows above the high school. There used to be a colony in Bridgehampton, but I haven't seen or heard about it for years, so I was pleased to see this large a group. Not sure where they may settle, but hoping that

[nysbirds-l] Request for assistance - recordings of migrating Mourning Warbler songs

I am writing once again to post an opportunity to participate in a Citizens Science Project that involves recording migrating Mourning Warbler songs. I am interested in whether different song populations of Mourning Warblers (Western, Eastern, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland) migrate together or

[nysbirds-l] (4) Seaside Sparrows, Manhattan NYC 5/6 (Friday)

Friday, 6 May, 2016 -As first found & reported by Adrian Burke yesterday (Thurs. 5/5), at least 3 Seaside Sparrows continue this rainy Friday morning at the Hudson river "greenway" path, just in from that path when seen & photo'd by me (& as observed by A. Collection a short while earlier to my

[nysbirds-l] Town of Hempstead conservation funding

The Town of Hempstead has cut its budget for all departments, including conservation. The Marine Nature Study Area has had its funding for staff reduced; many of you are aware MNSA has not been open on Sundays and has only one full-time employee to oversee its many valuable services to birders,

[nysbirds-l] swifts, not swallows. Bridgehampton

Apologies. I don't know why I had cliff swallows on the mind, but I meant to post the sighting of 75-100 swifts over Bridgehampton HS. As I originally ended that first posting, it would be nice if they used the swift box that SoFo installed a few years ago -- it would have been even better and

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday May 5, 2016

Central Park NYC Thursday May 5, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. - Bird walk led by Deb Allen starting from Turtle Pond at 9am until around noon, plus birds seen by Bob & Deb before and after the walk. Bob spent the morning with a film crew from AARP working on an

[nysbirds-l] RFI Gray Kingbird/ No sightings

As we approach the first weekend since the arrival of the Conesus Marsh Gray Kingbird on May 2nd I'm sure many people are waiting eagerly to hear a positive or negative report from today. The bird was reported throughout the day yesterday. Acknowledging the many different platforms bird reports

[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret at Big Egg Marsh in Queens

Just had a cattle Egret in full plumage in the marsh during high wind and rain. Numbers of semipalmated plover and short-billed dowitchers up quite a bit. Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

Re: [nysbirds-l] RFI Gray Kingbird/ No sightings

Sean & all - there is a positive report from noon today: Conesus Lake Inlet parking lot at Sliker Hill and West Swamp Rds. Trail to right, viewed at noon, in snags from second black culvert pipe after wooden pier. David Suggs Good luck! Cheers, Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY On Fri, May 6, 2016 at

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 May 2016

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 06, 2016 * NYNY1605.06 - Birds Mentioned CURLEW SANDPIPER+ HERMIT WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER Horned Grebe Cattle Egret Semipalmated Plover UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIMBREL Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Dunlin