[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2010-01-25 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 25, 2010 * NYSY 2501.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 18, 2009 - January 25, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[nysbirds-l] More Eastern LI Birds

2010-01-25 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi all, Although I came south from New England via the wrong Fork of eastern Long Island to witness yesterday's excitement at Montauk, I was pleased to find a young male King Eider at Iron Pier, Northville, Suffolk County. On Wednesday, on my way up to the ferry in Orient, I saw the male

Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Odd Prospect Park Shoveler

2010-01-25 Thread Hugh McGuinness
My first reaction to Alex Wilson's post was "Couldn't be," but then I found these websites: http://www.gobirding.eu/Photos/HybridDucks.php (click on shoeveler hybrid link) http://www.azfo.org/gallery/noshXcite.html Yikes! Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East

Re: [nysbirds-l] Odd Prospect Park Shoveler

2010-01-25 Thread Brien Hindman
http://www.gobirding.eu/Photos/HybridDucks.php (Scroll down about 2/3 to the bottom) On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Alex Wilson wrote: > Regarding the odd shoveler-type duck in Prospect Park, this bird (I assume > the same) was first noted on 12/24/09 and reported on Peter Dorosh’s > Prospect

[nysbirds-l] YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD continues in Chappaqua, NY

2010-01-25 Thread Anne Swaim
First winter male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen again yesterday Sun Jan 24 around 2pm and again today Mon Jan 25 10am at Pruyn Audubon Sanctuary, 275 Millwood Road, Chappaqua NY. It has noticeably progressed toward brighter adult male plumage over the last 10 days. The bird has typically

Re:[nysbirds-l] Odd Prospect Park Shoveler

2010-01-25 Thread Alex Wilson
Regarding the odd shoveler-type duck in Prospect Park, this bird (I assume the same) was first noted on 12/24/09 and reported on Peter Dorosh’s Prospect sightings blog: http://peters-prospect-bird-sightings.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-eve-day-prospect-and-garden.html Some photos I took are

Re:[nysbirds-l] Odd Prospect Park Shoveler

2010-01-25 Thread Alex Wilson
Regarding the odd shoveler-type duck in Prospect Park, this bird (I assume the same) was first noted on 12/24/09 and reported on Peter Dorosh’s Prospect sightings blog: http://peters-prospect-bird-sightings.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-eve-day-prospect-and-garden.html Some photos I took are

[nysbirds-l] YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD continues in Chappaqua, NY

2010-01-25 Thread Anne Swaim
First winter male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen again yesterday Sun Jan 24 around 2pm and again today Mon Jan 25 10am at Pruyn Audubon Sanctuary, 275 Millwood Road, Chappaqua NY. It has noticeably progressed toward brighter adult male plumage over the last 10 days. The bird has typically

Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Odd Prospect Park Shoveler

2010-01-25 Thread Hugh McGuinness
My first reaction to Alex Wilson's post was Couldn't be, but then I found these websites: http://www.gobirding.eu/Photos/HybridDucks.php (click on shoeveler hybrid link) http://www.azfo.org/gallery/noshXcite.html Yikes! Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East