[nysbirds-l] Table Updates - eBird-a-thon 2011 & Recent Additions
*List of Top 3 and Contenders (eBird-a-thon 2011) - weekly update* Here are recent updates to the notes section for the eBird-a-thon 2011 contest. New additions to the 2011 and the overall submissions (1900-2011) have been made since the last update. Each section has links to: - the Top "100" observers for the year - bar charts for each species with links to a sightings map - a list of recent arrivals with most recent species first Contest details can be found at Benjamin Van Doren's site < http://warblings.wordpress.com/ebirdathon-2011/ > Link to eBird-a-thon post with current contest updates < http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html > Here are the recent additions to both regions over the past week. If you see any questionable submissions while reviewing any of the species lists please contact with your concerns. *Kingbird Region 10 (Marine): * Sat. 6-Aug-2011 — present: - 22-Jun-2011: *HOODED CROW* added to both the 2011 & overall lists (1900-present). Seen at Great Kills Park--Crooke's Point in Richmond County. - 05-Aug-2011: *BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER* added to the 2011 list. Seen at Democrat Pt in Suffolk County. Link to Region 10 Notes (click on species name to view map of recent sightings): http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB10Region *Kingbird Region 9 (Hudson-Delaware): * - No new species added for this period. Link to Region 9 Notes (click on species name to view map of recent sightings): http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB09Region Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Table of Abundance by Location (Month & Season - eBird.org)
The table was just updated. The URL below brings up a table of species abundance by month by season for the NYC area. Each clickable link on the table displays a list of species along with bar charts for each species plus a clickable map for sightings at eBird.org for the following locations.: http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/11/ebirdorg-nyc-area-abundance-charts.html *Layout = Location [Total # of species / August species / August % to total] * *NEW YORK STATE* [446/328/74%] * NYC AREA* (8 Counties) [422/290/69%] *NEW YORK CITY* [371/262/71%] * *QUEENS CO.* [337/232/69%] -- Jamaica Bay [303/215/71%] * *KINGS CO.* [330/211/64%] -- Prospect Park [276/161/58%] -- Plumb Beach [194/92/47%] -- Bklyn Br. Park [61/11/18%] * *RICHMOND CO.* [301/169/56%] -- Great Kills Park [219/73/33%] * *NEW YORK CO.* [274/143/52%] -- Central Park [238/112/47%] -- Inwood Hill Pk [170/56/33%] -- Riverside Park [114/17/15%] -- Swindler Cove [69/36/52%] -- Bryant Park [67/10/15%] * *BRONX CO.* [238/91/38%] -- Pelham Bay Pk [190/33/17%] *LONG ISLAND* [398/244/61%] * *SUFFOLK CO.* [390/240/62%] -- Montauk [250/61/24%] * *NASSAU CO.* [340/179/53%] -- Jones Beach [295/139/47%] * *WESTCHESTER CO.* [292/154/53%] -- Marshlands C. [239/91/38%] Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue Beach -8.13.11
I visited Cupsogue today from 12:30 -2:30 PM. There was good shorebird diversity but the highlights were: 5 Marbled Godwit2 Black Tern The godwits were actively foraging and vocalizing which made for some excellent viewing. -Derek Rogers -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane
Thanks for sharing your photos. Your bird looks to be a LITTLE BLUE HERON. Here is a photo of a flying crane for comparison -- http://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/ChurchillManitobaJune2009Part1#5351019512762747554. They differ markedly in shape, as well as some other key characteristics. Notice that your bird has a longer and pointier bill that is distinctly two-toned; a crane's bill would be thicker at the base, blunter on the tip, and all one color. Your bird has a flatter head without a dark cap; a crane's head is always slightly bulbous at the back because the head feathers are short and do not sleek together the way a heron's do. Your photos show a longer more serpentine neck with a distinct heron-kink in the middle. That is a clincher because nothing else has quite the same thing. Herons show it when they fly with their necks outstretched, but nothing else does. Notice also that your bird has a smaller and more compact body, especially where it tapers off at the legs instead of remaining rather blocky. Young cranes are rather orangey-tan, not the deep wine color of your bird, and their underparts are not the same color as the head. All in all, this adds up to a Little Blue Heron flying with its neck straight out. It does look very Reddish Egret-like, but the bluish base of the bill and the head and body being the same color rule that out. Best, Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Ithaca, NY 14850 -Original Message- From: bounce-37906946-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37906946-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:28 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane I added a different shot, one that's more poorly lit, but maybe better for shape and jizz. I also redid the entire page on a different computer. Hopefully that solves the problem some people have been having. Steve -Original Message- From: bounce-37906894-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37906894-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:17 PM To: 'nysbirds-l' Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane A few people have commented that it looks like a Reddish Egret (which wouldn't be too shabby either). Interestingly, that was the initial impression when I showed the picture in the camera. But then the thinking came around to Sandhill Crane. The depiction in the National Geographic Guide of the immature is a bird with a tawny head and neck. The picture of a juvenile in the Master Guide shows a bird that is tawny overall. The upper parts seem maybe darker than they should be, but it could be in a transitional plumage (takes 2 1/2 years to reach adult plumage). The dark tip to the bill could be real or not. The bird is way out and the photo cropped quite a bit, so it might be losing light on the tip of the bill (which is faced away from the sun). The one thing this picture doesn't show is what I initially saw at a better angle -- which is a very big bird flying with outstretched neck. Steve -Original Message- From: bounce-37906817-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37906817-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 8:01 PM To: 'nysbirds-l' Cc: 'Nyc ebirds' Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane It was a day of mixed feelings at Jamaica Bay, seeing some good birds and bugs, birding with good company, but seeing some disheartening things. To start, I set out for the south end of the East Pond a bit before 7 A.M. Just after getting onto Cross Bay Blvd., I spotted an immature SANDHILL CRANE flying westward over the boulevard at a distance to the south. I got off a couple of pictures, then ran back to the parking lot to alert Andrew Baksh and Seth Ausebel, who were a bit behind me. Not possessing Brett Gardner speed, I didn't get there fast enough to get them on the bird. (We later debated whether I was obligated to run faster or it was their job to look up in the right place). The crane had turned northward and (from the parking lot) appeared to be heading for a landing around the West Pond. We were not able to find it. The three of us, joined by Bob Kurtz, then worked the south end and up the east side of the East Pond. If you understand that you're going to get wet, you can make it a good distance past the raunt. A problem not always mentioned is that with little shoreline, you can't avoid disturbing all the birds along the way. Be that as it may, we eventually found both HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 1 MARBLED GODWIT spending their morning on the west side of the pond, a good distance north of the raunt. No White Ibis to be seen. Both Marbled Godwits were later found at low tide on the bay, north of the dike. In the afternoon, we gave the north end a shot. Here you will have your feet in water the whole way and the only shorebirds are ones with long legs. One
[nysbirds-l] 8/13 - Hudsonian Godwit @ Jones Beach...
An adult Hudsonian Godwit continues this morning on the bar opposite the gazebo
at Jones Beach West End (Near the Coast Guard Station). Seen this AM by many.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
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[nysbirds-l] 8/13 - Hudsonian Godwit @ Jones Beach...
An adult Hudsonian Godwit continues this morning on the bar opposite the gazebo at Jones Beach West End (Near the Coast Guard Station). Seen this AM by many. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my mobile device. () _ () -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue Beach -8.13.11
I visited Cupsogue today from 12:30 -2:30 PM. There was good shorebird diversity but the highlights were: 5 Marbled Godwit2 Black Tern The godwits were actively foraging and vocalizing which made for some excellent viewing. -Derek Rogers -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Table of Abundance by Location (Month Season - eBird.org)
The table was just updated. The URL below brings up a table of species abundance by month by season for the NYC area. Each clickable link on the table displays a list of species along with bar charts for each species plus a clickable map for sightings at eBird.org for the following locations.: http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/11/ebirdorg-nyc-area-abundance-charts.html *Layout = Location [Total # of species / August species / August % to total] * *NEW YORK STATE* [446/328/74%] * NYC AREA* (8 Counties) [422/290/69%] *NEW YORK CITY* [371/262/71%] * *QUEENS CO.* [337/232/69%] -- Jamaica Bay [303/215/71%] * *KINGS CO.* [330/211/64%] -- Prospect Park [276/161/58%] -- Plumb Beach [194/92/47%] -- Bklyn Br. Park [61/11/18%] * *RICHMOND CO.* [301/169/56%] -- Great Kills Park [219/73/33%] * *NEW YORK CO.* [274/143/52%] -- Central Park [238/112/47%] -- Inwood Hill Pk [170/56/33%] -- Riverside Park [114/17/15%] -- Swindler Cove [69/36/52%] -- Bryant Park [67/10/15%] * *BRONX CO.* [238/91/38%] -- Pelham Bay Pk [190/33/17%] *LONG ISLAND* [398/244/61%] * *SUFFOLK CO.* [390/240/62%] -- Montauk [250/61/24%] * *NASSAU CO.* [340/179/53%] -- Jones Beach [295/139/47%] * *WESTCHESTER CO.* [292/154/53%] -- Marshlands C. [239/91/38%] Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Table Updates - eBird-a-thon 2011 Recent Additions
*List of Top 3 and Contenders (eBird-a-thon 2011) - weekly update* Here are recent updates to the notes section for the eBird-a-thon 2011 contest. New additions to the 2011 and the overall submissions (1900-2011) have been made since the last update. Each section has links to: - the Top 100 observers for the year - bar charts for each species with links to a sightings map - a list of recent arrivals with most recent species first Contest details can be found at Benjamin Van Doren's site http://warblings.wordpress.com/ebirdathon-2011/ Link to eBird-a-thon post with current contest updates http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html Here are the recent additions to both regions over the past week. If you see any questionable submissions while reviewing any of the species lists please contact eb...@cornell.edu with your concerns. *Kingbird Region 10 (Marine): * Sat. 6-Aug-2011 — present: - 22-Jun-2011: *HOODED CROW* added to both the 2011 overall lists (1900-present). Seen at Great Kills Park--Crooke's Point in Richmond County. - 05-Aug-2011: *BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER* added to the 2011 list. Seen at Democrat Pt in Suffolk County. Link to Region 10 Notes (click on species name to view map of recent sightings): http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB10Region *Kingbird Region 9 (Hudson-Delaware): * - No new species added for this period. Link to Region 9 Notes (click on species name to view map of recent sightings): http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB09Region Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane
Thanks for sharing your photos. Your bird looks to be a LITTLE BLUE HERON. Here is a photo of a flying crane for comparison -- http://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/ChurchillManitobaJune2009Part1#5351019512762747554. They differ markedly in shape, as well as some other key characteristics. Notice that your bird has a longer and pointier bill that is distinctly two-toned; a crane's bill would be thicker at the base, blunter on the tip, and all one color. Your bird has a flatter head without a dark cap; a crane's head is always slightly bulbous at the back because the head feathers are short and do not sleek together the way a heron's do. Your photos show a longer more serpentine neck with a distinct heron-kink in the middle. That is a clincher because nothing else has quite the same thing. Herons show it when they fly with their necks outstretched, but nothing else does. Notice also that your bird has a smaller and more compact body, especially where it tapers off at the legs instead of remaining rather blocky. Young cranes are rather orangey-tan, not the deep wine color of your bird, and their underparts are not the same color as the head. All in all, this adds up to a Little Blue Heron flying with its neck straight out. It does look very Reddish Egret-like, but the bluish base of the bill and the head and body being the same color rule that out. Best, Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Ithaca, NY 14850 -Original Message- From: bounce-37906946-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37906946-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:28 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane I added a different shot, one that's more poorly lit, but maybe better for shape and jizz. I also redid the entire page on a different computer. Hopefully that solves the problem some people have been having. Steve -Original Message- From: bounce-37906894-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37906894-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:17 PM To: 'nysbirds-l' Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane A few people have commented that it looks like a Reddish Egret (which wouldn't be too shabby either). Interestingly, that was the initial impression when I showed the picture in the camera. But then the thinking came around to Sandhill Crane. The depiction in the National Geographic Guide of the immature is a bird with a tawny head and neck. The picture of a juvenile in the Master Guide shows a bird that is tawny overall. The upper parts seem maybe darker than they should be, but it could be in a transitional plumage (takes 2 1/2 years to reach adult plumage). The dark tip to the bill could be real or not. The bird is way out and the photo cropped quite a bit, so it might be losing light on the tip of the bill (which is faced away from the sun). The one thing this picture doesn't show is what I initially saw at a better angle -- which is a very big bird flying with outstretched neck. Steve -Original Message- From: bounce-37906817-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37906817-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 8:01 PM To: 'nysbirds-l' Cc: 'Nyc ebirds' Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay 8/12 feat. Sandhill Crane It was a day of mixed feelings at Jamaica Bay, seeing some good birds and bugs, birding with good company, but seeing some disheartening things. To start, I set out for the south end of the East Pond a bit before 7 A.M. Just after getting onto Cross Bay Blvd., I spotted an immature SANDHILL CRANE flying westward over the boulevard at a distance to the south. I got off a couple of pictures, then ran back to the parking lot to alert Andrew Baksh and Seth Ausebel, who were a bit behind me. Not possessing Brett Gardner speed, I didn't get there fast enough to get them on the bird. (We later debated whether I was obligated to run faster or it was their job to look up in the right place). The crane had turned northward and (from the parking lot) appeared to be heading for a landing around the West Pond. We were not able to find it. The three of us, joined by Bob Kurtz, then worked the south end and up the east side of the East Pond. If you understand that you're going to get wet, you can make it a good distance past the raunt. A problem not always mentioned is that with little shoreline, you can't avoid disturbing all the birds along the way. Be that as it may, we eventually found both HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 1 MARBLED GODWIT spending their morning on the west side of the pond, a good distance north of the raunt. No White Ibis to be seen. Both Marbled Godwits were later found at low tide on the bay, north of the dike. In the afternoon, we gave the north end a shot. Here you will have your feet in water the whole way and the only shorebirds are ones with long legs. One
