[nysbirds-l] W. Snipe & Am. Woodcock, Central Park, NYC - Feb. 1st
Monday, February 1st - At Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), a Wilson’s Snipe appeared in the n. end, while an American Woodcock continued in the Ramble area. Both of these ‘upland' shorebirds may well have been ‘pushed’ from sites farther north, when iced-in areas got to be too much for each. A second possibility is that both were present in that park & only just reported, but that seems slightly less likely. Neither species is extremely unusual for winter in the coastal region, but a snipe is never a common one (!) in Central Park at any season. … 2 extralimital vagrant European thrush species are continuing north & northeast of NY, a Fieldfare in Quebec, Canada, and a Redwing in Maine, not far from Portland; both were seen again on Feb. 1st. (Others of these two species might be ‘out there’ and could potentially be in NY state this winter, if so most likely among flocks of American Robins.) good birds - and stay safe in the wintry weather, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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] W. Snipe & Am. Woodcock, Central Park, NYC - Feb. 1st
Monday, February 1st - At Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), a Wilson’s Snipe appeared in the n. end, while an American Woodcock continued in the Ramble area. Both of these ‘upland' shorebirds may well have been ‘pushed’ from sites farther north, when iced-in areas got to be too much for each. A second possibility is that both were present in that park & only just reported, but that seems slightly less likely. Neither species is extremely unusual for winter in the coastal region, but a snipe is never a common one (!) in Central Park at any season. … 2 extralimital vagrant European thrush species are continuing north & northeast of NY, a Fieldfare in Quebec, Canada, and a Redwing in Maine, not far from Portland; both were seen again on Feb. 1st. (Others of these two species might be ‘out there’ and could potentially be in NY state this winter, if so most likely among flocks of American Robins.) good birds - and stay safe in the wintry weather, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 01, 2021 * NYSY 02. 01. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 25 to February 01, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: February 01 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #737 Monday February 01, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25, 2020 Highlights: --- CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Extralimital) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SORA ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FIELD SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 1/25: A FIELD SPARROW and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were seen from VanDyne Spoor road. 1/30: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road. 1/31: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on VanDyne Spoor road. Onondaga County A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL has been see through the week in Baldwinsville from Mercer Park to Marble Island. Up to 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS have been seen along East Sorrell Hill Road south of Conners Road in Baldwinsville. 1/27: A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on the Erie Canal Feeder in Manlius. 1/28: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen near the Marshy Spits in the South-west end of Onondaga Lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in the Inner harbor near Destiny in Syracuse. 1/29: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen in Radisson. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Westmoreland Ave. in Syracuse . Another has been reported in the Collington Point area east of Baldwinsville. Both birds were well photographed. A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on River Road east of Baldwinsville. 1/30: A SORA was seen eating seed under a feeder on Fischer Road in Manlius. Oswego County 1/25: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near the Phoenix Dam and Lock on the Oswego River. 1/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from fort Ontario in Oswego. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Phoenix Dam and Lock. 2/1: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen along with 11 Common Redpolls at a feeder in Hastings. Madison County - 1/31: A SNOWY OWL continues on Mile Strip Road near the Fenner Wind Farm. 2/1: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at the corner of Eden Hollow and Eaton Brook Roads east of Erieville. Oneida County 1/31: 6 PINE SISKINS were seen on Westmoreland Ave. in Whitesboro. Herkimer County EVENING GROSBEAKS continues throughout the week at a feeding area in Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville. 1/25: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Peckville Road west of Dolgeville. 1/26: 10 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeding area in Salisbury Corners. 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen on the old High School in Little Falls. Extralimital The FERRUGINOUS HAWK found a number of weeks ago in Orange County in the Black Dirt area in the Town of New Hampton was relocated yesterday on Celery Ave. No positive reports yet today. End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 01, 2021 * NYSY 02. 01. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 25 to February 01, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: February 01 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #737 Monday February 01, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25, 2020 Highlights: --- CACKLING GOOSE BLACK VULTURE FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Extralimital) ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SORA ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE HERMIT THRUSH YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW FIELD SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 1/25: A FIELD SPARROW and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were seen from VanDyne Spoor road. 1/30: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Carncross Road. 1/31: A HERMIT THRUSH was seen on VanDyne Spoor road. Onondaga County A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL has been see through the week in Baldwinsville from Mercer Park to Marble Island. Up to 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS have been seen along East Sorrell Hill Road south of Conners Road in Baldwinsville. 1/27: A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on the Erie Canal Feeder in Manlius. 1/28: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen near the Marshy Spits in the South-west end of Onondaga Lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in the Inner harbor near Destiny in Syracuse. 1/29: A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen in Radisson. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on Westmoreland Ave. in Syracuse . Another has been reported in the Collington Point area east of Baldwinsville. Both birds were well photographed. A COMMON GRACKLE was seen on River Road east of Baldwinsville. 1/30: A SORA was seen eating seed under a feeder on Fischer Road in Manlius. Oswego County 1/25: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near the Phoenix Dam and Lock on the Oswego River. 1/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from fort Ontario in Oswego. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Phoenix Dam and Lock. 2/1: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen along with 11 Common Redpolls at a feeder in Hastings. Madison County - 1/31: A SNOWY OWL continues on Mile Strip Road near the Fenner Wind Farm. 2/1: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at the corner of Eden Hollow and Eaton Brook Roads east of Erieville. Oneida County 1/31: 6 PINE SISKINS were seen on Westmoreland Ave. in Whitesboro. Herkimer County EVENING GROSBEAKS continues throughout the week at a feeding area in Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville. 1/25: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Peckville Road west of Dolgeville. 1/26: 10 PINE GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeding area in Salisbury Corners. 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen on the old High School in Little Falls. Extralimital The FERRUGINOUS HAWK found a number of weeks ago in Orange County in the Black Dirt area in the Town of New Hampton was relocated yesterday on Celery Ave. No positive reports yet today. End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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, Sunday Jan. 31, 2021 - More Am. Robins, Continuing Raptors, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow
Central Park NYC Sunday January 31, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a cold and breezy morning: More American Robins, continuing Raptors, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow. Greater White-fronted Goose - reported later in the day by other observers Canada Goose - 75 Northern Shoveler - 15 Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 8 Ring-billed Gull - few Herring Gull - flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir (early) Cooper's Hawk - Oven (Chez Armando) imm. male caught a sparrow (Bob - early) & stayed on Red-tailed Hawk - 7 or 8 Barred Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 9 Black-capped Chickadee - 7 Tufted Titmouse - around 20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Brown Creeper - 2 (near Boathouse (Sandra Critelli), Mugger's Woods (Deb) American Robin - 10 (a slight increase with many trees lacking fruit now) House Finch - 3 or 4 American Goldfinch - 8-10 Fox Sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge (Deb - early) White-throated Sparrow - 60 Rusty Blackbird - 2 Upper Lobe Common Grackle - 15 Northern Cardinal - 6 By now nearly the entire world and certainly every media outlet in NYC knows about the immature female Snowy Owl that spent the day at the North Meadow Ball Fields on Wednesday Jan. 27th. This snowy was only the second recorded for Central Park, the first since Lyman S. Foster's report from December 1890 (barring some records that may be languishing in desk drawers). As expected, the bird was seen in the park for only one day, a treat for more than 100 respectful observers. 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] Central Park NYC, Sunday Jan. 31, 2021 - More Am. Robins, Continuing Raptors, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow
Central Park NYC Sunday January 31, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a cold and breezy morning: More American Robins, continuing Raptors, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow. Greater White-fronted Goose - reported later in the day by other observers Canada Goose - 75 Northern Shoveler - 15 Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 8 Ring-billed Gull - few Herring Gull - flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir (early) Cooper's Hawk - Oven (Chez Armando) imm. male caught a sparrow (Bob - early) & stayed on Red-tailed Hawk - 7 or 8 Barred Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 9 Black-capped Chickadee - 7 Tufted Titmouse - around 20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Brown Creeper - 2 (near Boathouse (Sandra Critelli), Mugger's Woods (Deb) American Robin - 10 (a slight increase with many trees lacking fruit now) House Finch - 3 or 4 American Goldfinch - 8-10 Fox Sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge (Deb - early) White-throated Sparrow - 60 Rusty Blackbird - 2 Upper Lobe Common Grackle - 15 Northern Cardinal - 6 By now nearly the entire world and certainly every media outlet in NYC knows about the immature female Snowy Owl that spent the day at the North Meadow Ball Fields on Wednesday Jan. 27th. This snowy was only the second recorded for Central Park, the first since Lyman S. Foster's report from December 1890 (barring some records that may be languishing in desk drawers). As expected, the bird was seen in the park for only one day, a treat for more than 100 respectful observers. 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/ --
