[nysbirds-l] Shorebirds at Jamaica Bay East Pond
Not many but good variety including Wilson’s Phalarope (from the Raunt), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (SW), Stilt Sandpiper (2 S), etc. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Sept. 21, 2019: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 9 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Saturday, September 21, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 9 Wood Warbler Species, southbound Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawks. Canada Goose - flyover flock of 6 Ramble Gadwall - male SW corner Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 12 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 or 2 (Willow Rock & Azalea Pond) Chimney Swift - 50+ over Summit Rock (Deb - early), 11 over Azalea Pond later Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 (2 Oven, 1 Shakespeare Garden, 1 Azalea Pond) Ring-billed Gull 10 Herring Gull - 20+ Great Black-backed Gull - 13 Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Great Blue Heron - flyover Summer House Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 migrants southbound (Oven and Tupelo Field) Cooper's Hawk - 1 southbound migrant Warbler Rock Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (adult Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli), flyover Cleo's Needle) Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Gil Overlook Downy Woodpecker - Oven Northern Flicker - 12 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Castle Eastern Phoebe - Castle Red-eyed Vireo - 6 Blue Jay - 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1 Oven, 1 Warbler Rock) Swainson's Thrush - Upper Lobe American Robin - 2 dozen Gray Catbird - 5 Brown Thrasher - Tupelo Field Cedar Waxwing - flock of 16 flying over Summit Rock (Deb - early) House Finch - 8 Cedar Hill Common Grackle - flock of 20+ landed on east side Reservoir (Deb - early) Ovenbird - 2 (Swampy Pin Oak, Met Museum) Black-and-white Warbler - 7 Common Yellowthroat - 3 (Cedar Hill (Karen Evans), Upper Lobe, Oven) American Redstart - 19 including 2 adult males Northern Parula - 9 Magnolia Warbler - 6 Yellow Warbler - Bow Bridge Island (Carine Mitchell) Chestnut-sided Warbler - Azalea Pond (Karen Evans) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Warbler Rock (Karen Evans) Northern Cardinal - 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - female at the Oven My apologies for the delay in posting this report. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Tom Reed, Visible Migration - BirdCallsRadio
Birders et al, Thought many of you would be interested in my next guest Tom Reed, Visible Migration. https://bit.ly/2akUsxp Happy Birding! Cheers, Mardi Dickinson -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Birding the Black Dirt Region, Orange County
On my excursion of two days ago, which I posted about, I saw no "do not enter" or "private property" signs. I am speaking of the gravel roads. I would not even think of entering the fields. Bob Lewis On Monday, September 23, 2019, 4:05:43 PM EDT, sophiesaid wrote: Please note: that birding the farm formally known as the Warren Sod Farm (now known as the Sunflower Valley Farm) hasbeen *RESTRICTED* since last year and is not accessible to birders. I have had conversations with the owner and he wanted me to pass along this information.To my knowledge there hasn't been any updates since then. Felipe and Bob: Warren Sod Farm/Sunflower Valley Farm is the farm that the entrance is on Rt 12 between the silos. This road leads to the "bridge: that Bob mentioned. The other side of the bridge is Skinner's Lane. This is private property and the farmer has stated that it is off-limits to birders. They allow access by invitation only. Pine Turf Nursery: Please stop and ask for permission at the office first. The farmer have stated that they do not want cars on their road after a heavy rain.Please keep this in mind. Skinner's Lane: Still open, but occasionally a worker will harass birders. THIS IS NOT A THROUGH ROAD. Please trun around before the bridge,as the farm across from the Skinner's Lane farm is the farm that is restricted to birders. Please exit through the same entrance you entered off Pulasky Highway. Please be birding ambassadors in the Black Dirt. Many Black Dirt farmers are seeing their requests disregarded. Linda -Original Message- From: Peter To: Felipe Pimentel Cc: Robert Lewis ; nys birds Sent: Mon, Sep 23, 2019 3:22 pm Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Birding the Black Dirt Region, Orange County One should never enter the fields on Indiana Road. The last time I was there there were birders from a number of states trampling all of the fields, much to the dismay (right fully so) of the local farmers. So much so that there was talk of putting up a locked entrance gate. Peter Post Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:18 PM, Felipe Pimentel wrote: There a several private roads but you can enter through Skinner’s lane and drive in the direction of Route 12 and look around for migrating shorebirds (now in early fall). You will pass several sad farms and now there a few “protected” medical cannabis farms too, and the area is under surveillance. https://ebird.org/hotspots?hs=L1276465=all= The other road that is private but birders use is Indiana rd that is good for migrating hawks in Fall. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1041928 Avoid to enter the crop fields when you see workers and stay on the main dirt roads. The other place to go is Pine Island Turf Nursery. I suggest NOT to visit that farm during the week since they are working and preparing the fields for winter. I generally go there ONLY during the weekends, when the place is more quiet. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1041928 Good luck! Felipe On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:07 PM, Robert Lewis wrote: A few weeks ago I asked here for directions about where to actually go in the Black Dirt region. One can find many references to birding there online, and there are some ebird spots, but there are many dirt or gravel roads and many seem to be on private property, and many are obviously not driveable once you see them. So what is an out-of-the-area birder supposed to do? I thank Felipe Pimentel who provided directions to the Pine Island Turf farm. Yesterday I went exploring. The attached map is the result. Enter the area at Skinner Lane,41.320541, -74.435339. My route is the narrow black line. I went up Skinner Lane to the northwest until it meets Iris Road, which is called Celery Avenue on my Iphone map app. Then I turned left and follow Iris a long time. It is all an excellent gravel road. I was surprised to see a bridge over the Wallkill River at 41.325083, -74.466914. It is certainly driveable. The maps are wrong in that there is no connection between Iris andTransport at 41.300798, -74.472080. As for birds, there were very few. But in a few months -- let's hope. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY --NYSbirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsABAPlease submit your observations toeBird!-- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch - Setauket, NY
Another productive night with stunning skies and clouds with 152 nighthawks flying through it. We've now passed 2,000 birds.saw the red bat again..we were joined by Spike Millington, Vice President and Director of the Asia Program at the International Crane Foundation. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Birding the Black Dirt Region, Orange County
Transport Lane is another private road that birders are not welcome on for about 15 years. Ajit I. Antony Mearns Bird Club, Orange County New York Get Outlook for Android On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 3:52 PM -0400, "ArieGilbert" wrote: Trespassing is *against the law*. Adults should know this. Birders or photographers are *not* exempt. See the following document on proper behavior. Sheesh, does it really need to be posted? Apparently and sadly yes. Yes it does. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v=sites=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxxY2JpcmRjbHVifGd4OjcyZDE1Nzk1MDNjZWM3Yzc It will not take a lot for the selfish and inconsiderate to ruin it for the rest of us. Dont be one of them! Arie GilbertNorth Babylon Queens County Bird Club inc. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Peter Date: 9/23/19 3:22 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Felipe Pimentel Cc: Robert Lewis , nys birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Birding the Black Dirt Region, Orange County One should never enter the fields on Indiana Road. The last time I was there there were birders from a number of states trampling all of the fields, much to the dismay (right fully so) of the local farmers. So much so that there was talk of putting up a locked entrance gate. Peter Post Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:18 PM, Felipe Pimentel wrote: There a several private roads but you can enter through Skinner’s lane and drive in the direction of Route 12 and look around for migrating shorebirds (now in early fall). You will pass several sad farms and now there a few “protected” medical cannabis farms too, and the area is under surveillance. https://ebird.org/hotspots?hs=L1276465=all= The other road that is private but birders use is Indiana rd that is good for migrating hawks in Fall. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1041928 Avoid to enter the crop fields when you see workers and stay on the main dirt roads. The other place to go is Pine Island Turf Nursery. I suggest NOT to visit that farm during the week since they are working and preparing the fields for winter. I generally go there ONLY during the weekends, when the place is more quiet. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1041928 Good luck! Felipe On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:07 PM, Robert Lewis wrote: A few weeks ago I asked here for directions about where to actually go in the Black Dirt region. One can find many references to birding there online, and there are some ebird spots, but there are many dirt or gravel roads and many seem to be on private property, and many are obviously not driveable once you see them. So what is an out-of-the-area birder supposed to do? I thank Felipe Pimentel who provided directions to the Pine Island Turf farm. Yesterday I went exploring. The attached map is the result. Enter the area at Skinner Lane, 41.320541, -74.435339. My route is the narrow black line. I went up Skinner Lane to the northwest until it meets Iris Road, which is called Celery Avenue on my Iphone map app. Then I turned left and follow Iris a long time. It is all an excellent gravel road. I was surprised to see a bridge over the Wallkill River at 41.325083, -74.466914. It is certainly driveable. The maps are wrong in that there is no connection between Iris and Transport at 41.300798, -74.472080. As for birds, there were very few. But in a few months -- let's hope. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Birding the Black Dirt Region, Orange County
Its intersection with Pine Island Turnpike is unmarked and it appears to be a public road. However, it is of no value to the birder as it ends quickly at some businesses. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 5:45:39 PM EDT, Ajit Antony wrote: Transport Lane is another private road that birders are not welcome on for about 15 years. Ajit I. Antony Mearns Bird Club, Orange County New York Get Outlook for Android On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 3:52 PM -0400, "ArieGilbert" wrote: Trespassing is *against the law*. Adults should know this. Birders or photographers are *not* exempt. See the following document on proper behavior. Sheesh, does it really need to be posted? Apparently and sadly yes. Yes it does. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v=sites=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxxY2JpcmRjbHVifGd4OjcyZDE1Nzk1MDNjZWM3Yzc It will not take a lot for the selfish and inconsiderate to ruin it for the rest of us. Dont be one of them! Arie GilbertNorth Babylon Queens County Bird Club inc. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Peter Date: 9/23/19 3:22 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Felipe Pimentel Cc: Robert Lewis , nys birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Birding the Black Dirt Region, Orange County One should never enter the fields on Indiana Road. The last time I was there there were birders from a number of states trampling all of the fields, much to the dismay (right fully so) of the local farmers. So much so that there was talk of putting up a locked entrance gate. Peter Post Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:18 PM, Felipe Pimentel wrote: There a several private roads but you can enter through Skinner’s lane and drive in the direction of Route 12 and look around for migrating shorebirds (now in early fall). You will pass several sad farms and now there a few “protected” medical cannabis farms too, and the area is under surveillance. https://ebird.org/hotspots?hs=L1276465=all= The other road that is private but birders use is Indiana rd that is good for migrating hawks in Fall. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1041928 Avoid to enter the crop fields when you see workers and stay on the main dirt roads. The other place to go is Pine Island Turf Nursery. I suggest NOT to visit that farm during the week since they are working and preparing the fields for winter. I generally go there ONLY during the weekends, when the place is more quiet. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1041928 Good luck! Felipe On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:07 PM, Robert Lewis wrote: A few weeks ago I asked here for directions about where to actually go in the Black Dirt region. One can find many references to birding there online, and there are some ebird spots, but there are many dirt or gravel roads and many seem to be on private property, and many are obviously not driveable once you see them. So what is an out-of-the-area birder supposed to do? I thank Felipe Pimentel who provided directions to the Pine Island Turf farm. Yesterday I went exploring. The attached map is the result. Enter the area at Skinner Lane,41.320541, -74.435339. My route is the narrow black line. I went up Skinner Lane to the northwest until it meets Iris Road, which is called Celery Avenue on my Iphone map app. Then I turned left and follow Iris a long time. It is all an excellent gravel road. I was surprised to see a bridge over the Wallkill River at 41.325083, -74.466914. It is certainly driveable. The maps are wrong in that there is no connection between Iris andTransport at 41.300798, -74.472080. As for birds, there were very few. But in a few months -- let's hope. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY --NYSbirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsABAPlease submit your observations toeBird!-- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Royal Terns on Long Island
Last year and this year I have seen a number of Royal Terns in Brooklyn banded with field-readable bands -- six this summer and early fall alone. They have all been juveniles banded a month or two before I saw them, all from one of two colonies in Virginia, either near Chincoteague or Hampton City. Based on their behavior with the other terns around them, it seems clear they are traveling with a parent or both parents. It is impossible to know the origin of all the birds without field-readable bands, of course, but it seems likely that many or most of the Royal Terns that appear on Long Island in late summer are coming north from Virginia in search of bait fish after their breeding season is over. Others may have reached the same conclusion independently a long time before me. Best, Joshua Malbin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, Manhattan: Lincoln's Sparrow, 23-24 Sep
A Lincoln's Sparrow has been seen over the past two days in the begonia garden surrounding the bird bath at the northeast corner of the park. This is on the west side of the New York Public library just south of the restrooms. It was discovered on Monday evening and spotted again today during lunch hour. Location: 40th-42nd St. east of 6th Ave. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
