[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-will at Edgewood Preserve (Suffolk Co.)

This evening I went to Edgewood DEC preserve in Deer Park hoping to find displaying Woodcocks. My usual woodcock location had let me down on four previous visits this spring and I thought Edgewood had appropriate enough habitat that some birds might be there. Well, 8 o'clock came and went without

[nysbirds-l] Queens Great-horned Owl & Suffolk Swallows/Martin

Returning home from Allentown, Pa., I first routed myself through Alley Pond Park, Queens Co., where I saw the Great-horned Owl, thanks to Joan Quinlan. Next stop was at the Calverton Grasslands, Suffolk Co.. At the above pond, which is located along Grumman Blvd., just inside the fence and a

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 19, 2010 * NYSY 1904.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 12, 2009 - April 19, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

Re: [nysbirds-l] Broadwing, etc. flight on Sun.

I live in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County and I saw my FOS Broad-wings today. They were a pair. One hawk was eating something. The other one sat about a foot away in the same tree. I watched for about ten minutes. Susan Joseph On Monday, April 19, 2010, Tait Johansson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >

[nysbirds-l] ANHINGA over Onondaga Lake

I spotted an ANHINGA soaring over Onondaga Lake today around noon. I had just returned to my car to leave after scanning the lake from the Willow Bay area on the north end of the lake. I placed my scope in the trunk and had just closed my door after sitting down in the driver's seat when I

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Iceland Gull

Jones Beach West End Swale 19 Apr A very white Iceland Gull (presumed 1st Summer) was in the water with Herring and Black-backed Gulls this morning. Also there were several Piping Plovers along the beach at the far edge of the water Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Razorbills, snipe, Caspian Tern etc

Waterfowl, including loons and number of *RAZORBILLS* were still moving eastward yesterday morning, despite the NW wind. Hugh McGuinness joined me during a 1-hr count from Amagansett (9:05-10:05 am) and we logged the following: Northern Gannet - 112 Common Loon - 43 Red-throated Loon - 94 loon

[nysbirds-l] Broadwing, etc. flight on Sun.

Yesterday (4/18), there was a pretty good raptor flight over the Bedford Audubon Society's HQ in Lewisboro. Over the course of about three hours during an optics show given by Jerry Connolly of the Audubon Shop in Madison, CT, we counted 98 Broad-winged Hawks, 2 Red-tails, 1 Osprey,

[nysbirds-l] 4/19 Brooklyn- Glaucous Gull, Orange-crowned Warbler etc.

I started off today at Plum Beach, where the Low Tide coincided with daybreak, which is usually the best circumstance to find shorebirds due to the lack of disturbance. Unfortunately there were 0 shorebirds on the outer flats, although the 3 "Eastern" Willets on the interior marsh were new

[nysbirds-l] Central Park 4/19 - 5 warbler spp.

The highlight of a brief morning stroll (6:30-8:00) through the Ramble was a Northern Waterthrush, singing away in the Oven, and when I saw it, nearly 40 feet up in an oak above Willow Rock...one of the few years in which I've seen Northern Waterthrush before Louisiana. Other notables included:

[nysbirds-l] 4/19 Brooklyn- Glaucous Gull, Orange-crowned Warbler etc.

I started off today at Plum Beach, where the Low Tide coincided with daybreak, which is usually the best circumstance to find shorebirds due to the lack of disturbance. Unfortunately there were 0 shorebirds on the outer flats, although the 3 Eastern Willets on the interior marsh were new

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Razorbills, snipe, Caspian Tern etc

Waterfowl, including loons and number of *RAZORBILLS* were still moving eastward yesterday morning, despite the NW wind. Hugh McGuinness joined me during a 1-hr count from Amagansett (9:05-10:05 am) and we logged the following: Northern Gannet - 112 Common Loon - 43 Red-throated Loon - 94 loon

[nysbirds-l] ANHINGA over Onondaga Lake

I spotted an ANHINGA soaring over Onondaga Lake today around noon. I had just returned to my car to leave after scanning the lake from the Willow Bay area on the north end of the lake. I placed my scope in the trunk and had just closed my door after sitting down in the driver's seat when I

Re: [nysbirds-l] Broadwing, etc. flight on Sun.

I live in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County and I saw my FOS Broad-wings today. They were a pair. One hawk was eating something. The other one sat about a foot away in the same tree. I watched for about ten minutes. Susan Joseph On Monday, April 19, 2010, Tait Johansson taitjohans...@hotmail.com

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 19, 2010 * NYSY 1904.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 12, 2009 - April 19, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Queens Great-horned Owl Suffolk Swallows/Martin

Returning home from Allentown, Pa., I first routed myself through Alley Pond Park, Queens Co., where I saw the Great-horned Owl, thanks to Joan Quinlan. Next stop was at the Calverton Grasslands, Suffolk Co.. At the above pond, which is located along Grumman Blvd., just inside the fence and a

[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-will at Edgewood Preserve (Suffolk Co.)

This evening I went to Edgewood DEC preserve in Deer Park hoping to find displaying Woodcocks. My usual woodcock location had let me down on four previous visits this spring and I thought Edgewood had appropriate enough habitat that some birds might be there. Well, 8 o'clock came and went without