[nysbirds-l] ebird report of Ash-throated Flycatcher at Marine Park, Brooklyn 12.05.16

2016-12-05 Thread Heydi Lopes
There is an e-bird report (via ebird alerts) from this morning,12/5/16, of an Ash-throated flycatcher at Marine Park in Brooklyn. Bobbi Manian is there now and briefly saw a Myiarchus flycatcher but was not able to get a good enough look to ID it before it disappeared from her view. Just putting

[nysbirds-l] CBC starts in just NINE DAYS!

2016-12-05 Thread Carena Pooth
Hello CBC Coordinators! CBC season starts in NINE DAYS! Availability of accurate CBC schedule information can help you get as many volunteers involved in your count as possible, so we are once again updating the online CBC calendar on the NYSOA website. This is separate from the Audubon

[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at the Salt Marsh Nature center in Brooklyn, NY.

2016-12-05 Thread Juan Salas
This morning at 0945 on the southwestern corner of the ballfields, where the trail that runs at the back of the fields joins the trail that starts on Avenue U and 36th Street. I am reporting here as it seems to be still the best way to let as many people as possible about a rarity. Full list of

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-12-05 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - December 05, 2016 *  NYSY  12. 05.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):November 28, 2016 - December 05, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[nysbirds-l] Rufous Hummingbird at Aquebogue

2016-12-05 Thread robert adamo
I had single bird at feeder between ~ 1215 & 1320. Per owner, both hummers seen earlier in AM, but not sure if she and/or another birder saw both birds. Of note, as I was leaving, a lone Turkey Vulture drifted over this most productive of properties ! Could this, once again, be the elusive

[nysbirds-l] Kumlien's/Thayer's Queens Co.

2016-12-05 Thread Andrew Baksh
Yesterday, during one of my all day Gulling excursions in coastal Queens, I came across a Gull (near 84th st. Rockaway Beach) that at this time could only be considered a "Thumlien's" meaning (for me) it appears to show traits consistent with both. My first impression was this was an odd

[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager, lower Manhattan NYC 12/5 (Monday)

2016-12-05 Thread Thomas Fiore
Monday, 5 December, 2016 - City Hall Park, lower Manhattan, New York City A Western Tanager continued at above park, this Monday. It might be added that some who are coming to see this bird have not seen it before, and a fair number of those who have come to see - including today, 12/5 -

[nysbirds-l] Niagara River Report

2016-12-05 Thread Willie D'Anna
Several people were birding the Niagara River from last Thursday through Sunday. The number of birders was well over 100 today. In fact there were nearly that many people just at the Adam Beck overlook on the Canadian side around 9:00 a.m. for the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) field trip, led

[nysbirds-l] Niagara River Report

2016-12-05 Thread Willie D'Anna
Several people were birding the Niagara River from last Thursday through Sunday. The number of birders was well over 100 today. In fact there were nearly that many people just at the Adam Beck overlook on the Canadian side around 9:00 a.m. for the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) field trip, led

[nysbirds-l] ebird report of Ash-throated Flycatcher at Marine Park, Brooklyn 12.05.16

2016-12-05 Thread Heydi Lopes
There is an e-bird report (via ebird alerts) from this morning,12/5/16, of an Ash-throated flycatcher at Marine Park in Brooklyn. Bobbi Manian is there now and briefly saw a Myiarchus flycatcher but was not able to get a good enough look to ID it before it disappeared from her view. Just putting

[nysbirds-l] CBC starts in just NINE DAYS!

2016-12-05 Thread Carena Pooth
Hello CBC Coordinators! CBC season starts in NINE DAYS! Availability of accurate CBC schedule information can help you get as many volunteers involved in your count as possible, so we are once again updating the online CBC calendar on the NYSOA website. This is separate from the Audubon

[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher at the Salt Marsh Nature center in Brooklyn, NY.

2016-12-05 Thread Juan Salas
This morning at 0945 on the southwestern corner of the ballfields, where the trail that runs at the back of the fields joins the trail that starts on Avenue U and 36th Street. I am reporting here as it seems to be still the best way to let as many people as possible about a rarity. Full list of

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-12-05 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - December 05, 2016 *  NYSY  12. 05.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):November 28, 2016 - December 05, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[nysbirds-l] Rufous Hummingbird at Aquebogue

2016-12-05 Thread robert adamo
I had single bird at feeder between ~ 1215 & 1320. Per owner, both hummers seen earlier in AM, but not sure if she and/or another birder saw both birds. Of note, as I was leaving, a lone Turkey Vulture drifted over this most productive of properties ! Could this, once again, be the elusive

[nysbirds-l] Kumlien's/Thayer's Queens Co.

2016-12-05 Thread Andrew Baksh
Yesterday, during one of my all day Gulling excursions in coastal Queens, I came across a Gull (near 84th st. Rockaway Beach) that at this time could only be considered a "Thumlien's" meaning (for me) it appears to show traits consistent with both. My first impression was this was an odd

[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager, lower Manhattan NYC 12/5 (Monday)

2016-12-05 Thread Thomas Fiore
Monday, 5 December, 2016 - City Hall Park, lower Manhattan, New York City A Western Tanager continued at above park, this Monday. It might be added that some who are coming to see this bird have not seen it before, and a fair number of those who have come to see - including today, 12/5 -