[nysbirds-l] Piping Plover, Eastern Phoebe + other notables - Queens co. Roundup

Over the past few days, I have spent some time exploring a few known and unknown sites in Queens co. My efforts were aimed at getting a snap shot of what new species might have arrived and what might still be lingering. One bit of tracking note: before the last snow storm, one exploratory

[nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

For the second straight day, a very rare BLACK-HEADED GULL - RING-BILLED GULL hybrid was seen at Goat Island on the Niagara River. The bird was found yesterday by Derek Lovitch from Maine and another birder but tentatively identified as a Laughing Gull - Ring-billed Gull hybrid. Both of these

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 March 2017

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 10, 2017 * NYNY1703.10 - Birds Mentioned TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) ROSS’S GOOSE Eurasian Wigeon KING EIDER BARROW’S GOLDENEYE Horned Grebe EARED GREBE Black Vulture

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve: Northern Goshawk

There's been a continuing immature Northern Goshawk in the western part of Massapequa Preserve - I've seen it 4 times in the last 2 weeks. (I live a block away from the Preserve) From what I know it has been seen in the Preserve as far north as the Walker Street parking lot and as far south as

Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

Wow. What an odd bird. And what on earth is it doing with a hood at this time of year? We had an experience with a bird of the same presumed parental origin in Sullivan County 15 years ago, but it didn't look much like this one. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/woodburne_gull.htm Very

[nysbirds-l] Piping Plover, Eastern Phoebe + other notables - Queens co. Roundup

Over the past few days, I have spent some time exploring a few known and unknown sites in Queens co. My efforts were aimed at getting a snap shot of what new species might have arrived and what might still be lingering. One bit of tracking note: before the last snow storm, one exploratory

[nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

For the second straight day, a very rare BLACK-HEADED GULL - RING-BILLED GULL hybrid was seen at Goat Island on the Niagara River. The bird was found yesterday by Derek Lovitch from Maine and another birder but tentatively identified as a Laughing Gull - Ring-billed Gull hybrid. Both of these

Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

Wow. What an odd bird. And what on earth is it doing with a hood at this time of year? We had an experience with a bird of the same presumed parental origin in Sullivan County 15 years ago, but it didn't look much like this one. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/woodburne_gull.htm Very

RE: [nysbirds-l] Black-headed - Ring-billed Gull hybrid at Goat Island

Kevin, your article is one of the references we used. I think the two birds look pretty similar aside from the hood. The Niagara bird seems a little larger and larger-billed and may have a bit less black in the primaries but otherwise, they seem comparable. Thanks for writing and posting your

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 March 2017

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 10, 2017 * NYNY1703.10 - Birds Mentioned TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) ROSS’S GOOSE Eurasian Wigeon KING EIDER BARROW’S GOLDENEYE Horned Grebe EARED GREBE Black Vulture

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Preserve: Northern Goshawk

There's been a continuing immature Northern Goshawk in the western part of Massapequa Preserve - I've seen it 4 times in the last 2 weeks. (I live a block away from the Preserve) From what I know it has been seen in the Preserve as far north as the Walker Street parking lot and as far south as