[nysbirds-l] two Iceland Gulls - Coxsackie, Greene County

I stopped by the Coxsackie Boat Launch Park this afternoon and found 2 ICELAND GULLS, both immatures. There were also about 75 Herring gulls, 10 Great Black-backed Gulls, and 10 Ring-billed Gulls. As happens each evening, at one time, all the gulls took flight and flew off to their night roost - so

[nysbirds-l] Tundra Swan/Jamaica Bay NO

I checked for the probable Tundra Swan before the rain without success. I scoped the bay from multiple vantage points along the West Pond Trail, from the North Channel Bridge parking lots and from Floyd Bennett. It could have been on the East Pond which I did not check... Regards, Shane B. Bro

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 30, 2009 * NYSY 3011.09 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 23, 2009 - November 30, 2009 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Comple

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay mystery swan - possibly Tundra Swan

Hello Christina, I concur with your impression of the bird in the field, the subtly daintier Œjizz¹ of the mystery swan looks fine for Tundra opposed to the heftier Trumpeter Swan. Beautiful shot- wonderful light! Gerard Phillips Ontario On 11/29/09 9:43 PM, "Christina Wilkinson" wrote: > Hi

[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher, Queens NYC 11/30

Monday morning, 30 November, 2009 - Queens County, New York City The Ash-throated Flycatcher first found by Rudy Badia of NYC was still present on the 9th day after its discovery, at the same location in Queens off N. Conduit Ave. & Cohancy Street in the Howard Beach area, very near the sit

[nysbirds-l] Unequivocally out-of-region but of interest to students of avian migration and vagrancy

This may interest birders on the list. A new definitive reference work for anyone interested in rare birds is receiving rave reviews in Britain and Ireland and beyond. This book is set to become a modern classic. It is sure to draw in long-distance interest from all those birders in North America w