How good is our coverage? Are we finding most of the rarities that
come into our area or are we just seeing the tip of the iceberg? These
are questions that every active birder will ask themselves now and
again.
There are no firm answers and maybe there never will be. To some
extent it must
This may be of interest concerning local juvenile gray phase Gyrfalcons.
This was posted to the Massachusetts Birding list on 31-Oct-2009. Something
to keep an eye on.
Google map location:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yakzsad
I added a bit of white space to break up the paragraph.
/- quoted
Betsy and I hit a few spots on the river from Niagara Falls to Lewiston this
afternoon. We focused mainly on the Bonaparte's Gulls, which come into the
river at this time of the year in large numbers when it is very windy, as it
was today. The highlight was a juvenile SABINE'S GULL, which was
The handsome WESTERN KINGBIRD continues in Deep Hollow near Montauk (Suffolk
Co). Look for the bird around the edges of the horse pasture south of Rt 27.
This morning it was flycatching from trees on the slope on the eastern (most
distant) side and favored the area right of the very obvious bank
regards,
jeff
Downingtown, PA
Checkout our bird photos at the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffamy/
"Birding Like I Have Six Months To Live"
From: sku...@hotmail.com
To: massb...@theworld.com
Subject: [MASSBIRD] GYRFALCON Another great Allens Pond walk
Date: Sat, 31 Oct
In addition to what Ted mentioned, the Reservoir and Sparrow Ridge seemed to be
the birdiest places I visited, the most noteworthy things being on the
Reservoir being a Laughing Gull, (good bird for Central) and my first Hooded
Merganser in the park this fall. 2 Pied Billed Grebes were also
Hello, Birders.
(First, thanks to the several of you who have told me offline that I got
Central Park's county wrong. Thanks again, and duh.)
Anyhow, I saw an interesting flocklet of Cedar Waxwings at Makamah Nature
Preserve, Suffolk County, earlier today, Saturday, Oct. 31st. There were 7
Hello, Birders.
George Scott and I had a nice lunch-hour ramble in The Ramble, Central Park,
New York County, yesterday, Friday, Oct. 30th.
Nothing really notable, but we saw a somewhat tardy Ovenbird on one of the
trails there. Also 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Brown Creeper, 4 Golden-crowned
Here's the Massachusetts Birds post about Allen's Hummingbird:
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MASS.html#1256870410
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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>
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Hugh McGuinness
> Date: October 30, 2009 8:53:21 PM EDT
> To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 30, 2009
* NYNY0910.30
- Birds Mentioned:
GYRFALCON+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WESTERN TANAGER+
Cackling Goose
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-throated Loon
NORTHERN FULMAR
Cory's Shearwater
Bald Eagle
Northern
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 30, 2009
* NYNY0910.30
- Birds Mentioned:
GYRFALCON+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WESTERN TANAGER+
Cackling Goose
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-throated Loon
NORTHERN FULMAR
Cory's Shearwater
Bald Eagle
Northern
Hello, Birders.
George Scott and I had a nice lunch-hour ramble in The Ramble, Central Park,
New York County, yesterday, Friday, Oct. 30th.
Nothing really notable, but we saw a somewhat tardy Ovenbird on one of the
trails there. Also 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Brown Creeper, 4 Golden-crowned
Hello, Birders.
(First, thanks to the several of you who have told me offline that I got
Central Park's county wrong. Thanks again, and duh.)
Anyhow, I saw an interesting flocklet of Cedar Waxwings at Makamah Nature
Preserve, Suffolk County, earlier today, Saturday, Oct. 31st. There were 7
In addition to what Ted mentioned, the Reservoir and Sparrow Ridge seemed to be
the birdiest places I visited, the most noteworthy things being on the
Reservoir being a Laughing Gull, (good bird for Central) and my first Hooded
Merganser in the park this fall. 2 Pied Billed Grebes were also
Betsy and I hit a few spots on the river from Niagara Falls to Lewiston this
afternoon. We focused mainly on the Bonaparte's Gulls, which come into the
river at this time of the year in large numbers when it is very windy, as it
was today. The highlight was a juvenile SABINE'S GULL, which was
This may be of interest concerning local juvenile gray phase Gyrfalcons.
This was posted to the Massachusetts Birding list on 31-Oct-2009. Something
to keep an eye on.
Google map location:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yakzsad
I added a bit of white space to break up the paragraph.
/- quoted
How good is our coverage? Are we finding most of the rarities that
come into our area or are we just seeing the tip of the iceberg? These
are questions that every active birder will ask themselves now and
again.
There are no firm answers and maybe there never will be. To some
extent it must
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