-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 28, 2019
* NYNY1906.28
- Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BRIDLED TERN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
LEACH’S STORM-PETRE
Thanks all. Glad to see they are at least hanging on down there. In the
southern tier they are pretty common and found in different habitat than LI
which is neat. They seem to prefer drier habitats in the uplands, generally
northern hardwood, pine, hemlock but sometimes even oak and pine or just
st
Having just returned from Hunters Garden in Eastport, both Mike Higgiston and I
heard our FOY Hermit Thrush. (We were there between 8-10am). I believe Steve
Biasetti and Tom Moran heard at least one Hermit Thrush there yesterday.
We also heard and saw Steve and Tom’s Arcadian Flycatcher, and ha
Just forwarding a report from Bob and Maggie Honig of a Common Gallinule from
this morning seen at the "north tip of the west pond... in a little cove of
sorts right near the rail on the levee." They report a probable second bird in
the same general area.
Cheers!
Menachem
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Hi David and all,
There was some discussion of this topic in this forum back in September 2018,
in relation to early fall dates of Hermit Thrush in the NYC area--and the
possibility that these might relate to dispersal by local breeders vs. regular
migrants from the boreal. I have an excel file
Hi David: As a person who does a fair amount of hiking and birding in the LI
Pine Barrens, it has been many years since I've heard Hermit Thrush singing;
this is somewhat surprising given the success conservationists have had in
preserving tens of thousands of acres of suitable habitat.
John
Does the Hermit Thrush still breed in the pine barrens of Long Island? I
noticed on the ebird map for June 2019 no HETH reports for LI. Curious.
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Tripper Paul and I spent Thursday covering a variety of habitats on Long
Island with much success. Hoping the influx of vagrant flycatchers in the
NE would continue we focused on marsh, grassland and dune scrub habitats
with an evening seawatch for good measure. While no rare flycatchers were
disco
