[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 April 2010

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 2, 2010 * NYNY1004.02 - Birds mentioned TUNDRA SWAN KING EIDER Common Eider Northern Gannet Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron CATTLE EGRET SANDHILL CRANE Piping Plover Purple Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BA

[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County

Every once in a while, a birding day goes so well, you just can't believe how much you enjoy it. Arlene Borko and I started out early this morning, meeting a group of our friends at the Bashakill. Scott Baldinger, Ed Morse, Gary VanHouten, Ken McDermott, Steve Sckyler and a few others all got

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake State Park, Jones Beach and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge...

As Ken Feustel noted in his earlier post of today; birding this morning at Hempstead Lake Park was slow, but as it got warmer the birding picked up albeit the variety was slim. Species of note included both Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper and an *Orange-crowned Warbler* all observe

[nysbirds-l] Riverhead/Grumman

5 Turkey Vultures in the Riverhead area from 105 to the County Center Osprey Grumman area turned up 8 Pine Warblers 10 Bluebirds Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Phoebes Numerous singing Horned Larks Numerous singing Meadowlarks Fish Crows Singing Field Sparrows Jim Clinton Jr. and Sr. -- NYS

Re: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Cattle Egret near Montauk

41.005026,-72.022269 - Google Maps -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Cattle Egret near Montauk

Luke Ormand just emailed to say that he'd found a *CATTLE EGRET* feeding in the marshy area on the south side of Montauk Hwy (Route 27), just west of the fork that splits the new Montauk Hwy from Old Montauk Hwy. This is along the stretch of road between the villages of Amagansett and Montauk in Su

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake State Park & West End/Jones Beach (Nassau Co.)

Birding was slow at HLSP early this morning, where there were more birders than birds. Other than Golden-crowned Kinglets there were few migrants. However, later in the morning the birding picked up (after we left). At West End there were good numbers of Eastern Phoebe's (approx. 25), a Yellow-

[nysbirds-l] Sagaponack Sandhill Cranes - Yes

Stella Miller and I relocated the 2 SANDHILL CRANES at 10:00 am this morning (4/2) along Daniels Ln. They were in the very back of a mowed cornfield. GPS: 40.921165,-72.272141 (copy and paste into Google Maps for directions) We could not, however, find the Cattle Egrets on the east side o