Apologies for the tardiness of the following report. This weekend was
a busy one, and I could only notch out time for birding here and
there. The weekend started out at Ward Pound Ridge. Ever since I
first visited it in the fall, I wanted to bird it. My chosen target
species were worm eating wa
Torrential rains today did not deter the hearty birders in the area. Many were
out early (not me) and tipped me off to a reasonable fallout on the Nature
Trail and Stop Sign Trail at the Bashakill. I personally only had a dozen
species of warbler, highlighted by a nice Tennessee Warbler. Most
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 16, 2011
* NYSY 1605.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 09, 2010 - May 16, 2011
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just ou
Monday, 16 May, 2010 - report from Great Kills park, Staten Island,
N.Y. City -
Please do nothing to scare up this or other shy birds if visiting, and
take care
to heed all park rules and restrictions.
The lingering adult White Ibis continues per the latest post to the
SINaturaList:
http://g
The Queens County Bird Club Inc. will be meeting
at the Alley Pond Environmental Center
http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm
at 8pm on Wednesday *May 18th*
{ the third Wednesday of the month}
Our Speaker will be *Dr. Mark E. Hauber, Ph.D., D.Sc.*
of Hunter College doing a presentation on New
Sullivan County held it annual "Break-a-hundred Day" weekend from 5/13 through
5/15. Considering that the weather was not the best, some rain each day and
heavy rain on Sunday, it was a great success. 157 species were seen in total
by the seven teams that scoured the county. Highlights includ
There's at least potential for almost any bird to turn up at this
time, particularly in the weather scenario that's playing out along
the eastern seaboard and well inland. Among batches and bunches of
interesting sightings was a photographed Cassin's Sparrow in
Massachusetts, one report wi