[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
How apropos, but I planned it that way: two hours in the Refuge before this evening's Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting to discuss deranged plans to expand JKF runways into Bay. Highlights were the little blue heron; ospreys mating; very close blue-winged teal; two gangs of Black-crowned night herons; flushing a Wilson's snipe from the very muddy South Garden. Would have thought that area would be more Woodcock terrain, but I had a good view of its russet tail. Snow Goose X Brant X Canada Goose X Mute Swan X Gadwall X American Black Duck X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal 5 (East Pond) Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal (American) 3 (West Pond) Greater Scaup X Bufflehead X Red-breasted Merganser X Ruddy Duck X Double-crested Cormorant X Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 4 Snowy Egret 5 Little Blue Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 30 (clustered at Big John's Pond from Bench 4, West Pond) Glossy Ibis 25 Osprey 4 (bayside nest and Crossbay Blvd nest) Northern Harrier 1 (East Pond) American Oystercatcher 6 Wilson's Snipe 1 (South Garden) Laughing Gull X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Herring Gull (American) X Great Black-backed Gull X Rock Pigeon X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (South Garden) Eastern Phoebe 2 American Crow X American Robin X Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling X Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6 Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird 3 American Goldfinch 6 House Sparrow X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)Matthewhttp://matthewwills.com/
[nysbirds-l] WNY Buffalo Bird Report 07 Apr 2011
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/07/2011 * NYBU1104.07 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- [Efforts are underway to restore the phone line at the Science Museum.] KING EIDER EURASIAN WIGEON BRANT NORTHERN GOSHAWK PINE WARBLER CASPIAN TERN EASTERN TOWHEE Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Brant Green-winged Teal American Wigeon Canvasback Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk RUFOUS-MORPH Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull L. Black-b. Gull Yellow-b. Sapsucker Purple Finch Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/07/2011 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 7, 2011 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received March 31 through April 7 from the Niagara Frontier Region include KING EIDER, EURASIAN WIGEON, BRANT, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, PINE WARBLER, CASPIAN TERN and EASTERN TOWHEE. April 3, on the Buffalo waterfront, 3 KING EIDERS were relocated in the harbor between the Bell Slip and the breakwall. Other abundant waterfowl in the harbor included AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LONG- TAILED DUCK and RUDDY DUCK. EURASIAN WIGEON was reported at two locations in the Alabama Swamps areas. April 2, a male still in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area at Goose Pond on Albion Road. April 3, another male EURASIAN WIGEON and a probable hybrid EURASIAN X AMERICAN WIGEON in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area; found on Klossen Marsh, on the south side of the dike running east of Meadville Road near Owen Road. April 2, a BRANT in the Orleans County Town of Gaines, on Gaines Basin Road, just south of Route 104. A rare rufous- morph RED-TAILED HAWK also on Gaines Basin Road, north of Bacon Road. Rare and elusive NORTHERN GOSHAWKS at two locations this week - on Coomer Road near Ide Road in the Niagara County Town of Newfane, and at a feeder in Orchard Park. Early April arrivals this week included a PINE WARBLER at a feeder in the Town of Colden, EASTERN TOWHEE in the Allegany County Town of Alfred, and CASPIAN TERN on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor. Also of note - in Allegany State Park, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS and PURPLE FINCHES on the Wolf Run trail. On the upper Niagara River, 52 GREAT EGRETS roosting on both Motor Island and Strawberry Island. BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS on the river included 95 above the Horseshoe Falls and 32 at Motor Island, with many GREAT BLUE HERONS. Also on the Niagara River, BALD EAGLE on nest on Navy Island. 135 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and one LITTLE GULL at Rich's Marina in Riverside. L. BLACK. GULL at Goat Island. Three LITTLE GULLS at Lewiston. And, about 200 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS at the Peace Bridge and above Niagara Falls. Other reports this week - an unexpected BONAPARTE'S GULL with 2 HORNED GREBES and 5 BUFFLEHEADS on a pond on Francis Road in the Genesee County Town of Bethany. OSPREY nesting activity on River Road in Tonawanda, the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area and Allegany State Park. Also in Allegany State Park, 5 BALD EAGLES at Quaker Lake. In a Town of Aurora yard, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and a flyover BALD EAGLE. Flocks of 20 to 50 COMMON REDPOLLS at four locations, with single HOARY REDPOLLS in the Bethany and Orchard Park flocks. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 14. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] BB Plover / Ospreys
The female has returned to the Osprey nest at the intersection of Route 105 and Route 24 in Flanders / Riverside completing the pair. I went for a walk at low tide along the spit that sticks out into Reeves Bay in Flanders and saw 1 black-bellied plover (in non-breeding plumage of course) as well as a lone Oystercatcher. Some Red-breasted Mergansers were also hanging out in the nearby waters. -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com www.wildlongisland.blogspot.com -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay WR
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 7 April Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) started out on a raw murky day. Again, we found evidence of new arrivals. The waterfowl mix appears to have changed since our last visit. The West Pond was primarily filled with an estimated 1,000 SCAUP, mostly but not all Greater plus some Red-breasted Mergansers and Ruddy Ducks. Puddle ducks were mainly in the South Marsh as you come in. The main species were approx. 100 Green-winged Teal with a single male BLUE-WINGED TEA among them. About 35 Northern Shovelers were clumped together. Beyond in the channel, were a dozen Horned Grebes in various stages of plumage from winter to full breeding, an interesting educational experience. A few BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES were in the marsh. There were 3 SNOW GEESE, one on the side of the trail and two on the flat at the end of Terrapin Trail. Waders consisted of several GREAT and SNOWY EGRET, 11 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, LITTLE BLUE HERON and groups of 3, 5 and 28 GLOSSY IBIS. The larger group picked up and flew off toward the SE. TREE SWALLOWS were numerous as were RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS. . A NORTHERN HARRIER cruised about and a pair of OSPREY has set up house keeping on the platform. We did not visit the North Marsh or East Pond. Sy -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake State Park (HLSP) Birds
Cool weather did not seem to inhibit the number of birds at HLSP this morning, although the species observed seemed similar to what was reported from the same location yesterday. Highlights were four species of swallow on South Pond, including an early Cliff Swallow, as well as Tree, Barn, and Rough-winged Swallows. Warblers included good numbers of Pine Warblers, A few Palm Warblers, and a Black & White Warbler. Other species present included Wood Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Rusty Blackbird. Reported Today by Others from HLSP : Black-throated Green Warbler and Blue-headed Vireo. I am not sure if the Orange-crowned Warbler observed at HLSP this past Sunday by Joe Viglietta was present today or was a sighting from yesterday. At West End/ Jones Beach later in the morning, there were three Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Eastern Phoebe, Fox Sparrow, Field Sparrow, and two late Tree Sparrows. Ken Feustel -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Late post of a sub-adult plumaged N. Goshawk in Riverhead, Suffolk Co.
On Monday evening (4/ 04/ 11) at ~ 7 PM, while driving to our (ELIAS) monthly meeting, I had the above fly over (Route 105, just n/o the Indian Island G.C.)fairly low, affording me a quick, though assuring ID. I was just reminded of it, as I began to forward an e-mail I had just received, showing the flights of both a Peregrine Falcon & a N. Goshawk, with micro-cameras attached to their backs. I guess the reasons why I forgot to mention this sighting, first at the meeting when the question "any good sightings to share" was asked, and then when arriving home, where instead of going on the computer, I quickly turned on the TV to watch UCONN win the NCAA National Basketball Championship, are twofold. First, due to another member not being able to make the meeting, I was a pretty busy guy that evening presenting both the Nature Chat and the main program. Secondly, I fell asleep just as the the game finished, and after waking up, got myself to bed, and upon arising in the morning, this senior citizen forgot all about it ! Cheers, Bob -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting April 12, 2011
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Crossley, Crossley Books Title: Past, Present and Future Richard Crossley's new book, The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds, uses over 10,000 of his photographs of 660 species of birds that occur in eastern North America. In the vast majority of cases, each species is shown in a large photograph, in its typical habitat, from numerous angles, at various distances, in all plumages, and in all its typical positions, whether perched, standing, flying, swimming or wading. The effect is to recreate the real-world experience of seeing and identifying birds in the wild, something no other book has attempted. The title of Mr. Crossley's talk refers to a look back at his own past, shaped by the intense British birding culture he grew up in, and the way his evolving understanding of how the best field birders identify birds meshed with the possibilities opened up by major changes in present-day technology and led to ideas for a new kind of nature guide and what we might look forward to in his and other guides in the future. Richard Crossley was born in Britain. He became a birder when he was ten and, he says, an "obsessed birder" when he went to college. In the next three years, he estimates that he hitchhiked more than 100,000 miles, birding in Britain and other European countries. He moved to the United States in 1991 and since then has photographed nearly every species of bird that occurs in North America. His photographs have appeared in many magazines and books, and he is a co-author with Michael O'Brien and Kevin Karlson of The Shorebird Guide. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what promises to be a very exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet Mr. Crossley before the talk, join us at Gazala's Restaurant, 380 Columbus Avenue, between 78th and 79th Streets. The reservation will be in the name of Geoffrey. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEW VENUE FOR THE DINNER. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] BB Plover / Ospreys
The female has returned to the Osprey nest at the intersection of Route 105 and Route 24 in Flanders / Riverside completing the pair. I went for a walk at low tide along the spit that sticks out into Reeves Bay in Flanders and saw 1 black-bellied plover (in non-breeding plumage of course) as well as a lone Oystercatcher. Some Red-breasted Mergansers were also hanging out in the nearby waters. -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com www.wildlongisland.blogspot.com -- 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.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
How apropos, but I planned it that way: two hours in the Refuge before this evening's Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting to discuss deranged plans to expand JKF runways into Bay. Highlights were the little blue heron; ospreys mating; very close blue-winged teal; two gangs of Black-crowned night herons; flushing a Wilson's snipe from the very muddy South Garden. Would have thought that area would be more Woodcock terrain, but I had a good view of its russet tail. Snow Goose X Brant X Canada Goose X Mute Swan X Gadwall X American Black Duck X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal 5 (East Pond) Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal (American) 3 (West Pond) Greater Scaup X Bufflehead X Red-breasted Merganser X Ruddy Duck X Double-crested Cormorant X Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 4 Snowy Egret 5 Little Blue Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 30 (clustered at Big John's Pond from Bench 4, West Pond) Glossy Ibis 25 Osprey 4 (bayside nest and Crossbay Blvd nest) Northern Harrier 1 (East Pond) American Oystercatcher 6 Wilson's Snipe 1 (South Garden) Laughing Gull X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Herring Gull (American) X Great Black-backed Gull X Rock Pigeon X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (South Garden) Eastern Phoebe 2 American Crow X American Robin X Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling X Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6 Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird 3 American Goldfinch 6 House Sparrow X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)Matthewhttp://matthewwills.com/
