[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Gray Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Long-billed Dow, etc.

Today, my dad and I enjoyed a great day of birding, in which we focused on Jones Beach West End. The highlight of our day was a Gray Kingbird, which I found around 10:15. As we were driving out of the boat basin lot, the kingbird flew up off the left shoulder of entrance/exit road and i

[nysbirds-l] Black-headed and Little Gulls, Jaegers, Phalarope - Buffalo

Several birders were at Hamburg Town Park today, hoping to see some wind-blown birds. Jim Pawlicki had a group of four distant jaegers before noon but other than that, it was pretty slow with some flocks of Wigeon, Pintail, and Green-winged Teal. Our group then headed to LaSalle Park in Buffalo w

[nysbirds-l] Riis Park/Ft. Tilden, Queens

Date: Oct.15, 2011 The highlights of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) birding trip to Riis Park and Ft.Tilden were a fly away Red-headed Woodpecker, two White-crowned Sparrows, Brant (FOS) and a flyover Turkey Vulture. It was a very slow day with only 29 species seen, our lowest ever. G

[nysbirds-l] American Coots in Greenwood Cemetery, Kings County

It surprised me to see that the American Coots I saw this afternoon on Sylvan Water were my first Greenwood record in almost fifteen years of birding this spot! I had them at about 2 PM but they were gone about two hours later. Today made me wonder just how rare this species is at Greenwood. M

[nysbirds-l] Orange-crowned Warbler, East Hampton

Didn't get Out East until late this afternoon so no time to bird. The yard (Northwest Woods) was quiet, but there was a single ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (yard bird for me) and a single Yellow-rumped Warbler among the residents. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBird

[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow S.P.: Dickcissel, Rusty Blackbirds & Lincoln's Sparrow

Looking to bird somewhere out of the gusty SW wind, I headed up to Sunken Meadow State Park on the north shore (Smithtown). The brush dump adjacent to the northwest corner of closed parking field 1, and the wet area immediately south of field 4, were the most productive areas. The dump had 7 specie

[nysbirds-l] Gray Kingbird - JBWE

I just discovered a Gray Kingbird at the Coast Guard Station hedgerow as of 10:15 am. It was being harassed by mockingbirds and flew east toward the boat basin lot. It was last seen as it flew out of the cedars at the east end of this parking lot; it continued east out of sight. Good bir