[nysbirds-l] FW: North Fork Preserve

[ROBERT ADAMO]

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Subject: North Fork Preserve
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:28:05 -0400





While walking some of it's trails today, including  a few for the first time in 
the n/w sector, I had the following thought. What would it take to assign names 
to the scattered locations, which might help other birders "zero in" on a 
sighting, in the quickest  and most efficient way possible ?
I believe the first step would be an online conversation/survey among the folks 
who are doing the birding and posting, to gauge their interest. This group, 
made up of people from   NFAS, ELIAS, and other local users, would decide. If 
affirmed (majority), all that would remain to be done would be to agree 
(majority again) on the specific site names. In example (if this idea prevails) 
 how about using "The Veep" to signify the main vernal ponds (V.P.) area. 
Now please don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting the N.F.P. is a Central Park 
or Prospect Park, but I wouldn't be surprised, if time might not judge it to be 
another Alley Pond Park or Forest Park! The varied habitats which make up this 
400 acre "gem" ( 315 owned by county, with 85 still in private "hands") is the 
quintessential  "diamond in the rough"!
Cheers,Bob   

  
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[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses

[David La Magna]

After seeing Baltimore Orioles, Blue-headed Vireo and Blue-winged Warbler
at my house in Ronkonkoma I took a late afternoon drive to RMSP which was
teeming with birds.  Of note I also had a *Wilson's Warbler* going east
near the first turnaround on the south side of the road accompanied with a
few Magnolia Warblers and some empidonax species (least?).  I also had
a *Canada
Warbler* leaving the park across from the Coast Guard.  In addition Scarlet
Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, Wood Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Blue-headed Vireo and Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated
Blue, Palm Warblers were also seen.

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[nysbirds-l] Montauk: 5/4-

[Peter Polshek]

Of note at Point:
White-crowned Sparrow-3
Indigo Bunting-26
Baltimore Oriole-20+


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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret - no

[ROBERT ADAMO]

The Riverhead CAEG was not present at ~ 1015, as I headed toward the North Fork 
Preserve and again was absent in the early afternoon, on my return trip home.
While at the preserve, I did get Great Crested Flycatcher and Blackburnian 
Warbler, both FOY birds.
Cheers, Bob

  
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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Club Thursday May 10th eve program

[ProsBird]

Next Thursday , May 10th , Guatemalan resident ,photographer, and  
conservationist Rob Cahill will present an highly anticipated program of   
Guatemala 
Birds of the Cloud Forest . The 630 evening program "CLOUD FOREST as IBA: 
Guatemala's Central Highlands "  takes place at Prospect Park Litchfield 
Villa conference  room , located just inside the park entrance at Prospect Park 
West and 5th  Street. The nearest train is F line to 7th Avenue stop, then 
walk one or two  blocks south.
 
Here are the details from our Brooklyn Bird Club website
 
_http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm_ 
(http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm) 
 
or if unable to open the link : 
 
Join photographer and conservationist Rob Cahill for a  60 minute visit to 
the cloud forests of Guatemala’s central highlands and close  encounters 
with the amazing Resplendent Quetzal. Rob’s work focuses on avian  habitat 
conservation and reforestation in the Q’eqchi’ Maya villages surrounding  the 
last great cloud forests of Guatemala’s central highlands, the Sierra  
Yalijux. This presentation, rich in the sights and sounds of the cloud forests, 
 
finds a unique intersection between Q’eqchi’ Maya culture, their birds, and 
the  huge conservation challenge in this developing country. You can read 
more about  his work here: 
 
_http://www.cloudforestconservation.org_ 
(http://www.cloudforestconservation.org/)  



See you there,
 
Peter D
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[nysbirds-l] Powells Cove Mallow Marsh NYC Queens

[Jelly_Admn]

Just got back from a little hike and saw:

Louisiana Waterthrush
Black and White Warblers
Magnolia Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Belted Kingfisher 
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler 

Jason Linch
Whitestone

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[nysbirds-l] Mourning Warbler at Clove Lakes, Staten Island

[Shaibal Mitra]

Having read Ken's post, I would have gladly traded my morning for his! (My 
morning didn't begin in a doctor's office, but in a surreal two-hour pre- to 
post-dawn transit of the storm-soaked and accident-ridden Southern State and 
Belt Parkways.) Even so, I had a nice walk at Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, 
with the highlight being an unusually early Mourning Warbler (west side of 
pond, just south of the Lake Club). I was just about to call Pat to gloat about 
this when she beat me to the punch with news of the barrier beach bird 
frenzy

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in 
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Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012.

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[nysbirds-l] Barrier Beach Migration at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

[ken feustel]

Today was not suppose to be a birding day, but a day to do all the errands that 
we have been ignoring while we had been birding. It was not to be, while I 
(Ken) was at a doctor's appointment Pat Lindsay gave me a call and said she had 
done a little birding before work and that the beach was alive with birds. So 
much for the chores - we headed for the beach at 10:00AM. Before we arrived at 
a foggy Field 2 we could see the warblers, orioles, and tanagers streaming west 
down the beach. We birded for the next three hours, birding from the main 
entrance to RMSP Field 2 west to the golf course. It is too bad we arrived so 
late in the morning, we are sure the migration would have been even more 
impressive. Some birds occurring in good numbers included Baltimore Oriole 
(52), Orchard Oriole (10), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (15), Indigo Bunting (10), 
Gray Catbird (82), Eastern Towhee (62), Black & White Warbler (17), Magnolia 
Warbler (14), and Yellow Warbler (23). We observed thirteen species of warblers 
including Blackburnian, Canada, and Wilson's. Joan Quinlan had a Hooded Warbler 
at the RMSP golf course maintenance shed. Other species of note were 
White-crowned Sparrow (5), Scarlet Tanager (12), and Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
(1). Photos of the days birds can be seen at: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

Good Birding To All,

Ken & Sue Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP & Jones Beach Nassau County

[David Klauber]

Got out this afternoon for a bitHempstead Lake State Park 12:15 to 1:45Lots of 
birdsong. Mostly expected warblers, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, Swainson's Thrush. 
Doug Futuyma said he had a Blackburnian Warbler earlierJones Beach Coast Guard 
Station, 2 -3:30.About 70 Black Skimmers on sandbar, Least Flycatcher, Great 
Crested, a pair of Orchard Orioles, most opposite and west of the bathroom 
building. Also a flyby hummer and a Spotted Sandpiper   
  
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[nysbirds-l] Fos Bobolink @ Uplands Farm Sanctuary, Suffolk

[Derek Rogers]

I ran into a birder in the parking area, Greg (last name escapes me), who
spotted a male BOBOLINK at Uplands Farm. I searched breifly but came up
empty handed. A couple of hours later, while out in the back lot, heard a
singing Bobolink near the east meadow, just at the entrance to the Daniel
P. Davison trail. A nice looking fos male BOBOLINK presented great views
just inside the entrance to the trail, behind the kiosk.

I see Bobos annually at Uplands but can't remember noting a lone
individual. Some other birds in a brief scan of the area include NASHVILLE
WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK & WHITE WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW.
Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville

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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY: Members slide show and the birdlife of Bermuda with David Wingate OBE

[Angus Wilson]

 THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY 

On 8 MAY 2012 (next TUESDAY), The Linnaean Society of New York (TLS) will
present another two-part program at the American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) in New York City.

*6:00 p.m. MEMBERS' PHOTO SHOW - DEBORAH ALLEN (MODERATOR)*
Deborah Allen, whose photographs have appeared in such esteemed
publications as North American Birds, National Geographic Explorer,
Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, WildBird, National Wildlife, and
Natural History, will moderate. She invites Linnaean members (only, please)
to contribute digital photos for viewing. For the sake of convenience,
files should be of the size suitable for a PowerPoint presentation: 72 dpi
medium-resolution jpegs sized to 1024 pixels wide by 683 pixels high.
Horizontal images work better than verticals. The photos (no more than 10
or 15 per member) should be burned to a CD with the photographer’s name
written on it.
*
7:30 p.m. FROM OCEANIA TO SUBURBIA: 400 YEARS OF DRASTIC CHANGE IN
BERMUDA'S AVIFAUNA - DAVID B. WINGATE, OBE.*
In 1951, when he was fifteen years old, David B. Wingate helped rediscover
the Bermuda Petrel, called the Cahow by Bermudans, a bird thought to have
been extinct for more than 300 years. In 1963 he began his life’s work of
saving the Cahow and other endangered native birds by restoring as much as
possible of Bermuda’s precolonial ecology. This has been most successful on
the previously barren, 15-acre Nonsuch Island, first when he served as the
live-in factotum, planting more than 3,000 trees himself, and later when he
became the Conservation Officer for the Bermuda Government Parks Department
and subsequently President of Bermuda Audubon. His talk will review our
unusually detailed knowledge of avifaunal changes on this beautiful North
Atlantic island situated some 570 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina, using this example to illustrate the changes our attitudes to
ornithological study and conservation. Dr. Wingate has been the subject of
three documentary films and is the recipient of the Society's Eisenmann
Medal (1991) and King’s Honours (The Netherlands). In 2001, he was awarded
the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

*WHERE AND WHEN*
Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held in the
Linder Theater on the 1st floor of the AMNH. Enter the museum from the 77th
Street entrance, where TLS members will be on hand to guide you up to the
auditorium. The first program will last approximately one hour. Anyone
wishing to meet David Wingate before the 7:30 program may join the TLS
party for dinner at Cafe Frida Restaurant, 368 Columbus Ave. (between 77th
and 78th Streets), at 6 pm. The reservation will be in the name of Deutsch.

*MORE INFORMATION ON THE TLS PROGRAM *
Jeff Nulle (Vice-President and Chair of the Program Committee) has put
together a spectacular program of invited speakers, workshops and video
presentations for the coming 2011/2012 season. For more details, please
check out (and bookmark) our website

http://linnaeannewyork.org/programs.html

or visit us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linnaean-Society-of-New-York/335385365977?ref=ts

Hopefully many of you will be able to join us on Tuesday (no reservations
necessary) for another entertaining evening.

Angus Wilson
Council Member, The Linnaean Society of New York

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[nysbirds-l] Yard birds

[Terence Clarke]

For those who can get out in the field today it must be pretty good. 
After the thunder storm and fog this morning my yard had a nice 
selection of birds. 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (3 males), Indigo Bunting 
(male), Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-winged Warblers, Nashville Warbler, 
Yellow Warblers, Magnolia Warbler and a first time for yard Swainson's 
Thrush. All except the Thrush feeding in a blooming Autumn Olive (an 
invasive, but in this case a bird magnet). lots of White-throated 
Sparrows, and a few RWBBs and Boat-tailed Grackles in an around the yard 
too.

Best,
Terry Clarke
Broad Channel

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[nysbirds-l] C.P. Cerulean Warbler, NYC 4/4

[Tom Fiore]

Friday, 4 May, 2012 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A male CERULEAN Warbler is being seen in the Ramble of Central Park,  
just a short way north & east up a slight incline (pathway leads to)  
from the beginning, or top, of The Point - this area is a very short  
way from the Loeb Boathouse, perhaps 100 feet or os into the Ramble  
from that landmark.  (A Cerulean seen singing yesterday at Riverside  
Park was sought after and not seen nor heard so far there today.)  ...  
Incidentally a Cerulean Warbler also was reported today in Brooklyn's  
Prospect Park at that park's Lookout Hill, at a butterfly-plantings  
meadow.

A GRASSHOPPER Sparrow remains at the areas just north of the north- 
central "corner" of Sheep Meadow in Central Park - it is of course a  
bit shy and patience may be required. Check in the areas immediately  
east of Falconer Hill.  A nearby landmark is also the cafe, a red- 
brick building also just north of Sheep Meadow with restrooms at the  
rear (west of the cafe) - the sparrow a ways to the east.

A singing male KENTUCKY Warbler was in the area of the Loch, just east  
of the lower & eastern edge of the Wildflower Meadow in the park's  
northern end - the warbler was vocal earlier in the morning in that  
area.  There is also a possible (heard-only at the time I knew of it)  
Yellow-throated Warbler in that same general area.

Overall, the park has migrants spread throughout and virtually any  
expected-in-May species just might turn up even though it is only the  
4th.

An Eastern WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard calling in the park yesterday  
evening, on May 3rd. The auditory observer was Rebekah Creshkoff.

Thanks to a whole lot of birders for their reports and input and  
directions, etc. -
bird on, &:
good luck,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan



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[nysbirds-l] cattle egret in Bridgehampton

[Bruce Horwith]

There is a cattle egret hanging out at Mecox Bay Dairy and Fairview Farm
(Ludlow's) in Bridgehampton. It's off Mecox Rd.

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[nysbirds-l] cattle egret in Bridgehampton

[Bruce Horwith]

There is a cattle egret hanging out at Mecox Bay Dairy and Fairview Farm
(Ludlow's) in Bridgehampton. It's off Mecox Rd.

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[nysbirds-l] C.P. Cerulean Warbler, NYC 4/4

[Tom Fiore]

Friday, 4 May, 2012 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A male CERULEAN Warbler is being seen in the Ramble of Central Park,  
just a short way north  east up a slight incline (pathway leads to)  
from the beginning, or top, of The Point - this area is a very short  
way from the Loeb Boathouse, perhaps 100 feet or os into the Ramble  
from that landmark.  (A Cerulean seen singing yesterday at Riverside  
Park was sought after and not seen nor heard so far there today.)  ...  
Incidentally a Cerulean Warbler also was reported today in Brooklyn's  
Prospect Park at that park's Lookout Hill, at a butterfly-plantings  
meadow.

A GRASSHOPPER Sparrow remains at the areas just north of the north- 
central corner of Sheep Meadow in Central Park - it is of course a  
bit shy and patience may be required. Check in the areas immediately  
east of Falconer Hill.  A nearby landmark is also the cafe, a red- 
brick building also just north of Sheep Meadow with restrooms at the  
rear (west of the cafe) - the sparrow a ways to the east.

A singing male KENTUCKY Warbler was in the area of the Loch, just east  
of the lower  eastern edge of the Wildflower Meadow in the park's  
northern end - the warbler was vocal earlier in the morning in that  
area.  There is also a possible (heard-only at the time I knew of it)  
Yellow-throated Warbler in that same general area.

Overall, the park has migrants spread throughout and virtually any  
expected-in-May species just might turn up even though it is only the  
4th.

An Eastern WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard calling in the park yesterday  
evening, on May 3rd. The auditory observer was Rebekah Creshkoff.

Thanks to a whole lot of birders for their reports and input and  
directions, etc. -
bird on, :
good luck,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan



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[nysbirds-l] Yard birds

[Terence Clarke]

For those who can get out in the field today it must be pretty good. 
After the thunder storm and fog this morning my yard had a nice 
selection of birds. 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (3 males), Indigo Bunting 
(male), Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-winged Warblers, Nashville Warbler, 
Yellow Warblers, Magnolia Warbler and a first time for yard Swainson's 
Thrush. All except the Thrush feeding in a blooming Autumn Olive (an 
invasive, but in this case a bird magnet). lots of White-throated 
Sparrows, and a few RWBBs and Boat-tailed Grackles in an around the yard 
too.

Best,
Terry Clarke
Broad Channel

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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY: Members slide show and the birdlife of Bermuda with David Wingate OBE

[Angus Wilson]

 THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY 

On 8 MAY 2012 (next TUESDAY), The Linnaean Society of New York (TLS) will
present another two-part program at the American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) in New York City.

*6:00 p.m. MEMBERS' PHOTO SHOW - DEBORAH ALLEN (MODERATOR)*
Deborah Allen, whose photographs have appeared in such esteemed
publications as North American Birds, National Geographic Explorer,
Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, WildBird, National Wildlife, and
Natural History, will moderate. She invites Linnaean members (only, please)
to contribute digital photos for viewing. For the sake of convenience,
files should be of the size suitable for a PowerPoint presentation: 72 dpi
medium-resolution jpegs sized to 1024 pixels wide by 683 pixels high.
Horizontal images work better than verticals. The photos (no more than 10
or 15 per member) should be burned to a CD with the photographer’s name
written on it.
*
7:30 p.m. FROM OCEANIA TO SUBURBIA: 400 YEARS OF DRASTIC CHANGE IN
BERMUDA'S AVIFAUNA - DAVID B. WINGATE, OBE.*
In 1951, when he was fifteen years old, David B. Wingate helped rediscover
the Bermuda Petrel, called the Cahow by Bermudans, a bird thought to have
been extinct for more than 300 years. In 1963 he began his life’s work of
saving the Cahow and other endangered native birds by restoring as much as
possible of Bermuda’s precolonial ecology. This has been most successful on
the previously barren, 15-acre Nonsuch Island, first when he served as the
live-in factotum, planting more than 3,000 trees himself, and later when he
became the Conservation Officer for the Bermuda Government Parks Department
and subsequently President of Bermuda Audubon. His talk will review our
unusually detailed knowledge of avifaunal changes on this beautiful North
Atlantic island situated some 570 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina, using this example to illustrate the changes our attitudes to
ornithological study and conservation. Dr. Wingate has been the subject of
three documentary films and is the recipient of the Society's Eisenmann
Medal (1991) and King’s Honours (The Netherlands). In 2001, he was awarded
the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

*WHERE AND WHEN*
Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held in the
Linder Theater on the 1st floor of the AMNH. Enter the museum from the 77th
Street entrance, where TLS members will be on hand to guide you up to the
auditorium. The first program will last approximately one hour. Anyone
wishing to meet David Wingate before the 7:30 program may join the TLS
party for dinner at Cafe Frida Restaurant, 368 Columbus Ave. (between 77th
and 78th Streets), at 6 pm. The reservation will be in the name of Deutsch.

*MORE INFORMATION ON THE TLS PROGRAM *
Jeff Nulle (Vice-President and Chair of the Program Committee) has put
together a spectacular program of invited speakers, workshops and video
presentations for the coming 2011/2012 season. For more details, please
check out (and bookmark) our website

http://linnaeannewyork.org/programs.html

or visit us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linnaean-Society-of-New-York/335385365977?ref=ts

Hopefully many of you will be able to join us on Tuesday (no reservations
necessary) for another entertaining evening.

Angus Wilson
Council Member, The Linnaean Society of New York

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[nysbirds-l] Fos Bobolink @ Uplands Farm Sanctuary, Suffolk

[Derek Rogers]

I ran into a birder in the parking area, Greg (last name escapes me), who
spotted a male BOBOLINK at Uplands Farm. I searched breifly but came up
empty handed. A couple of hours later, while out in the back lot, heard a
singing Bobolink near the east meadow, just at the entrance to the Daniel
P. Davison trail. A nice looking fos male BOBOLINK presented great views
just inside the entrance to the trail, behind the kiosk.

I see Bobos annually at Uplands but can't remember noting a lone
individual. Some other birds in a brief scan of the area include NASHVILLE
WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK  WHITE WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW.
Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville

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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP Jones Beach Nassau County

[David Klauber]

Got out this afternoon for a bitHempstead Lake State Park 12:15 to 1:45Lots of 
birdsong. Mostly expected warblers, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, Swainson's Thrush. 
Doug Futuyma said he had a Blackburnian Warbler earlierJones Beach Coast Guard 
Station, 2 -3:30.About 70 Black Skimmers on sandbar, Least Flycatcher, Great 
Crested, a pair of Orchard Orioles, most opposite and west of the bathroom 
building. Also a flyby hummer and a Spotted Sandpiper   
  
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[nysbirds-l] Barrier Beach Migration at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

[ken feustel]

Today was not suppose to be a birding day, but a day to do all the errands that 
we have been ignoring while we had been birding. It was not to be, while I 
(Ken) was at a doctor's appointment Pat Lindsay gave me a call and said she had 
done a little birding before work and that the beach was alive with birds. So 
much for the chores - we headed for the beach at 10:00AM. Before we arrived at 
a foggy Field 2 we could see the warblers, orioles, and tanagers streaming west 
down the beach. We birded for the next three hours, birding from the main 
entrance to RMSP Field 2 west to the golf course. It is too bad we arrived so 
late in the morning, we are sure the migration would have been even more 
impressive. Some birds occurring in good numbers included Baltimore Oriole 
(52), Orchard Oriole (10), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (15), Indigo Bunting (10), 
Gray Catbird (82), Eastern Towhee (62), Black  White Warbler (17), Magnolia 
Warbler (14), and Yellow Warbler (23). We observed thirteen species of warblers 
including Blackburnian, Canada, and Wilson's. Joan Quinlan had a Hooded Warbler 
at the RMSP golf course maintenance shed. Other species of note were 
White-crowned Sparrow (5), Scarlet Tanager (12), and Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
(1). Photos of the days birds can be seen at: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

Good Birding To All,

Ken  Sue Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Mourning Warbler at Clove Lakes, Staten Island

[Shaibal Mitra]

Having read Ken's post, I would have gladly traded my morning for his! (My 
morning didn't begin in a doctor's office, but in a surreal two-hour pre- to 
post-dawn transit of the storm-soaked and accident-ridden Southern State and 
Belt Parkways.) Even so, I had a nice walk at Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, 
with the highlight being an unusually early Mourning Warbler (west side of 
pond, just south of the Lake Club). I was just about to call Pat to gloat about 
this when she beat me to the punch with news of the barrier beach bird 
frenzy

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in 
effect.http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree
Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012.

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[nysbirds-l] Powells Cove Mallow Marsh NYC Queens

[Jelly_Admn]

Just got back from a little hike and saw:

Louisiana Waterthrush
Black and White Warblers
Magnolia Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Belted Kingfisher 
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler 

Jason Linch
Whitestone

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Club Thursday May 10th eve program

[ProsBird]

Next Thursday , May 10th , Guatemalan resident ,photographer, and  
conservationist Rob Cahill will present an highly anticipated program of   
Guatemala 
Birds of the Cloud Forest . The 630 evening program CLOUD FOREST as IBA: 
Guatemala's Central Highlands   takes place at Prospect Park Litchfield 
Villa conference  room , located just inside the park entrance at Prospect Park 
West and 5th  Street. The nearest train is F line to 7th Avenue stop, then 
walk one or two  blocks south.
 
Here are the details from our Brooklyn Bird Club website
 
_http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm_ 
(http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm) 
 
or if unable to open the link : 
 
Join photographer and conservationist Rob Cahill for a  60 minute visit to 
the cloud forests of Guatemala’s central highlands and close  encounters 
with the amazing Resplendent Quetzal. Rob’s work focuses on avian  habitat 
conservation and reforestation in the Q’eqchi’ Maya villages surrounding  the 
last great cloud forests of Guatemala’s central highlands, the Sierra  
Yalijux. This presentation, rich in the sights and sounds of the cloud forests, 
 
finds a unique intersection between Q’eqchi’ Maya culture, their birds, and 
the  huge conservation challenge in this developing country. You can read 
more about  his work here: 
 
_http://www.cloudforestconservation.org_ 
(http://www.cloudforestconservation.org/)  



See you there,
 
Peter D
BBC
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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret - no

[ROBERT ADAMO]

The Riverhead CAEG was not present at ~ 1015, as I headed toward the North Fork 
Preserve and again was absent in the early afternoon, on my return trip home.
While at the preserve, I did get Great Crested Flycatcher and Blackburnian 
Warbler, both FOY birds.
Cheers, Bob

  
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[nysbirds-l] Montauk: 5/4-

[Peter Polshek]

Of note at Point:
White-crowned Sparrow-3
Indigo Bunting-26
Baltimore Oriole-20+


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[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses

[David La Magna]

After seeing Baltimore Orioles, Blue-headed Vireo and Blue-winged Warbler
at my house in Ronkonkoma I took a late afternoon drive to RMSP which was
teeming with birds.  Of note I also had a *Wilson's Warbler* going east
near the first turnaround on the south side of the road accompanied with a
few Magnolia Warblers and some empidonax species (least?).  I also had
a *Canada
Warbler* leaving the park across from the Coast Guard.  In addition Scarlet
Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, Wood Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Blue-headed Vireo and Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated
Blue, Palm Warblers were also seen.

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[nysbirds-l] FW: North Fork Preserve

[ROBERT ADAMO]

From: rada...@msn.com
To: north-fork-bi...@googlegroups.com
CC: tomster...@optonline.net
Subject: North Fork Preserve
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:28:05 -0400





While walking some of it's trails today, including  a few for the first time in 
the n/w sector, I had the following thought. What would it take to assign names 
to the scattered locations, which might help other birders zero in on a 
sighting, in the quickest  and most efficient way possible ?
I believe the first step would be an online conversation/survey among the folks 
who are doing the birding and posting, to gauge their interest. This group, 
made up of people from   NFAS, ELIAS, and other local users, would decide. If 
affirmed (majority), all that would remain to be done would be to agree 
(majority again) on the specific site names. In example (if this idea prevails) 
 how about using The Veep to signify the main vernal ponds (V.P.) area. 
Now please don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting the N.F.P. is a Central Park 
or Prospect Park, but I wouldn't be surprised, if time might not judge it to be 
another Alley Pond Park or Forest Park! The varied habitats which make up this 
400 acre gem ( 315 owned by county, with 85 still in private hands) is the 
quintessential  diamond in the rough!
Cheers,Bob   

  
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