[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 07, 2012 * NYSY 05.07.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 30, 2012 - May 07, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:May 07 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #303 -Monday May 07, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 30 , 2012 Highlights: --- PACIFIC LOON SWALLOW-TAILED KITE WHIP-POOR-WILL PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Compiler’s Note If you hadn’t noticed, migration happened this week. Due to the extrordinary number of arrivals this week I will list a smaller number of specialties and then list the new arrivals with dates and locations although most of the warblers and other songbirds are being seen in many locations. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) Shorebird numbers are on the increase this week. PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were reported. The visitor’s center, Larues, and Benning Marsh were the best locations. 5/1: Two BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 5/6: Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS have returned to Armitage Road on the west side of the canal bridge. 7 BLACK TERNS were seen at the end of VanDyne Spoor Road. Today 12 were counted. Derby Hill Bird Observatory It was an amazing week at Derby. Over an eight day period 21,513 raptors were counted. The biggest news was a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE seen on 5/5, only the second of its kind ever recorded at Derby. The first was seen in 1976. Overshadowed by this great find was a PACIFIC LOON seen over the lake on5/6. Onondaga County 5/1: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found along the Erie Canal Trail in Fayetteville. Another was seen in the same area on 5/3. 5/5: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were found at Green Lakes State Park Oswego Couty 5/6: WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard calling from Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake. Oneida County 5/6: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen and nicely photographed in Camden. New Arrivals This Week A majority of these birds were initially found on the Lake Ontario shoreline in places like Sunset Bay and Noyes. They have since been seen in most areas of region 5. May 1 was the spectacular day at Sunset Bay with almost too many birds to count. 5/1 - Black Tern - Montezuma 5/1 - Bobolink - Derby Hill 5/1 - Grasshopper Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/1 - Lincoln’s Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/1 - Least Flycatcher - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Veery - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Ovenbird - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Common Yellowthroat - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Magnolia Warbler -Sunset Bay 5/1 - Blackburnian Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Chestnut-sided Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Black-throated Blue Warbler 5/1 - Clay-colored Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/2 - Cape May Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/2 - Golden-winged Warbler - Fayetteville 5/2 - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Fayetteville 5/3 - Baltimore Oriole - Baldwinsville 5/3 - Scarlet Tanager - Whiskey Hollow 5/4 - Indigo Bunting - Montezuma 5/4 - Blue-winged Warbler - Great Bear (Phoenix) 5/4 - Mourning Warbler - Great Bear 5/4-Tennessee Warbler - Great Bear 5/4 - Orchard Oriole - Sunset Bay 5/5 - Orange-crowned Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/6 - Prothonotary Warbler - Armitage Road 5/6-Whip-Poor-Will - Roosevelt Road 5/7 - Blackpoll Warbler - Montezuma 5/7 - Canada Warbler - Three Rivers End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Forest Lawn Take Two
Quite up on the ridge near the Letchworth Mausoleum - quite a bit more activity along Scajacquada Creek from where it emerges into the cemetery until the first bridge. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erie, US-NY May 7, 2012 5:25 PM - 7:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: 64F intermittent showers. Brooke Genter and Brian Morse were there but left shortly after I arrived. 29 species Canada Goose X Mallard 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Given the "head's up" by Brian Barn Swallow 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling X Nashville Warbler 5 Magnolia Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 Indigo Bunting 1 FOY feeding on elm keys - first time I had seen one so high in a tree Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] Rocky Point DEC Prairie Warblers
Following up on Luke Ormand's post, I visited the DEC land south of Whiskey Rd using the dead end of Wading River Hollow Rd described. On a loop hike primarily under the power lines were Prairie Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Kingbird, and on the trail on the east side of the road were a pair of vocal Great Crested Flycatchers. Curran's Rd grassland: Chipping Sparrow Tom Moran Shoreham -- 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] JBWR 5.7.12
Thanks everyone! I got the bird ID'd It was a Willet, the legs seemed too dark to me but it was positively ID'd. Thanks everyone who responded. Jason Today I went to check out the White Face Ibis, I saw the report of a spotting at 9:15am. I got there at 10am and went to bench 8 and saw a dozen or so Glossy Ibis. All had white on the face as usual but none were WF Ibis. I did get some pics of the Ibis's along with some large Sandpiper with dark feet I could not identify. Also pics taken of Tri-Colored Heron, Juvenile Black Crown Night Heron, many assorted warblers and sparrows. If any of you are interested in helping me identifying a couple of birds (not sure if hybrids or young) I have pics that I need help on, just email me back Jason Linch Whitestone NY -- 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] JBWR 5.7.12
Today I went to check out the White Face Ibis, I saw the report of a spotting at 9:15am. I got there at 10am and went to bench 8 and saw a dozen or so Glossy Ibis. All had white on the face as usual but none were WF Ibis. I did get some pics of the Ibis's along with some large Sandpiper with dark feet I could not identify. Also pics taken of Tri-Colored Heron, Juvenile Black Crown Night Heron, many assorted warblers and sparrows. If any of you are interested in helping me identifying a couple of birds (not sure if hybrids or young) I have pics that I need help on, just email me back Jason Linch Whitestone NY -- 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] Cattle Egret continues: Bridgehampton
The Cattle Egret found last week continues. It can be difficult to see in the tall grass among the cows. To look for the bird go to the Mecox Bay Dairy and Fairview Farm (Ludlow's) in Bridgehampton. It's off Mecox Rd. -- 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] Program of interest for birders
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society's monthly program for May: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:00 PM at the Cold Spring Harbor Library A Tale of Two Species: The Shorebird-Horseshoe Crab Connection with John L. Turner Each May two very different groups of animals, shorebirds and horseshoe crabs, begin to reappear on Long Island. The crabs move onto the island's sandy beaches to spawn while shorebirds time their migration to feed upon the eggs made available by spawning crabs. Due to the impact of harvesting of horseshoe crabs, their numbers have dramatically declined. As a result, so have populations of shorebirds such as redknots. The program will explore the ecological relationship, not until recently recognized, between these interesting species and discuss how the fate of some shorebirds is tied to that of the horseshoe crab. John Turner serves as conservation co-chair of the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society and is an adjunct professor of ornithology at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at SUNY-Stony. He is the Assistant Director of the Division of Environmental Protection for the Town of Brookhaven. Previously, he served as Director of Conservation Programs for the Long Island Chapters of The Nature Conservancy and worked for Defenders of Wildlife. Turner is a co-founder of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society and served on its board for 26 years. He is the president of Alula Birding & Natural History Tours. He is also the author of the book, "Exploring the Other Island: A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island," as well as a children's book on the water cycle entitled "Waylon's Wandering Waterdrop". For more information and to download the flyer: www.hobaudubon.org Thanks! Stella Miller President Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy -- 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] Van Cortlandt Park birds
5/7/12 - Northeast Woods, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY Time: 7:30 to 11:30am Observers: Andrew Block 3 Mallards 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flickers 2 Great Crested Flycatchers 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jays 1 Fish Crow 2 Tufted Titmice 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 3 House Wrens 1 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush several Wood Thrushes many American Robins many Gray Catbirds 2 Cedar Waxwings 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Nashville Warblers (1 at eye level preening for several minutes from about 15 feet) 5+ Northern Parulas 3 Yellow Warblers 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Magnolia Warblers 2 Black-throated Blue Warblers several Yellow-rumped Warblers 3+ Black-throated Green Warblers 4+ Blackpoll Warblers several Black-and-white Warblers 3 Ovenbirds 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Common Yellowthroats 2 Wilson's Warblers (both in close at eye level and singing) 1 Canada Warbler 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Eastern Towhee 4+ Chipping Sparrows 3+ Northern Cardinals several Rose-breasted Grosbeaks several Red-winged Blackbirds 5+ Common Grackles 2+ Brown-headed Cowbirds several Baltimore Orioles Plus loads of Red Admirals, American Ladies, and several Question Marks. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell: 914-319-9701; Fax: 914-268-0242 -- 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] Montauk: 5/6 morning
Common Eider-15 Little Blue Heron-1 (Deep Hollow Ranch pond) Broad-winged Hawk-2 White-crowned Sparrow-2 Blue Grosbeak-1 (in new grass area at Turtle Cove) Indigo Bunting-7 Orchard Oriole-7 Hugh McGuiness, Sam Kramer, me -- 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] Fwd: eBird Report - Forest Lawn Cemetery, May 7, 2012
Forest Lawn Cemetery did not disappoint this morning. Always nice to see fellow birders (and of course, birds). I was unable to locate Dennis's Wilson's Warbler - hopefully Corey, Jim and Tina had better luck! Joe Fell, Buffalo, NY Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erie, US-NY May 7, 2012 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: 58F cloudy. Birding with Jim Horn and Tina. Also saw Corey and Dennis 47 species Canada Goose 12, Mallard 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 American Woodcock 1 Ring-billed Gull 5 Belted Kingfisher 2 Northern Flicker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Blue Jay 2 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 7 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 7 Ovenbird 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 14 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 11 Baltimore Oriole 3 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] Great Gull Island, Suffolk Co. migration fallout
This post is a bit delayed because I didn't get back to NYC and a computer until late last night. As anyone reading the postings or who was out birding last week knows, there was a considerable fallout of migrants during the foggy/rainy weather last week on Wed/Thu, May 2/3. A small group of us went out to Great Gull Island (GGI), Suffolk County, off Orient Point on Fri, May 4 to start getting the field station there set up for the tern nesting season (Helen Hays, Matthew Male, Melissa McClure, John Walsh, and myself). The great migration fallout was certainly in evidence on the island with one of the most memorable migrations ever seen on the island in decades of field work there. We arrived in the late morning on Fri, May 4 and after off-loading gear quickly found there were many migrants on the island. We recorded 53 species that day and 53 species again on Sat, May 5. By Sun, May 6, when I left the island, most of the migrants were gone, but we had totaled 76 species, including 17 warblers, in a bit over 48 hours on the tiny island. Highlights included Warbling Vireo; Cape May and Kentucky warblers, and Orchard Oriole. Full list follows. Canada Goose (5/6 - pair) Gadwall (5/4 - pair, unusual on GGI) American Black Duck (5/5 - 1; 5/6 - 2; unusual on GGI) Mallard (5/5 - 1; unusual on GGI) Black Scoter (5/4 - 1 male offshore) Red-breasted Merganser (5/6 - 1 female) Common Loon (5-10 birds offshore, some calling all 3 days) Northern Gannet (5/4 -1) Double-crested Cormorant (migrants flocks and individuals all 3 days) Great Blue Heron (5/4 - 2 flying over) Great Egret (5/4 & 5/5 - flyovers) Snowy Egret (5/5 - 1 with Great Egrets) Osprey (5/4 & 5/5 - single flyovers) Northern Harrier (5/4 - 1) Sharp-shinned Hawk (5/4 - 2; 5/6 - 1) American Kestrel (5/4 & 5/5 - 1) Merlin (5/4 - 2; 5/6 - 1) Peregrine Falcon (5/4 - 1) American Oystercatcher (5/5 - 1) Greater Yellowlegs (5/4 - single calling birds flying over) Spotted Sandpiper (5/4 - 4; 5/6 - 2; breeds on GGI) Purple Sandpiper (5/5 - 3; on rocks on eastern end) Bonaparte's Gull (5/5 - 1; with roosting terns) Herring Gull (all 3 days) Great Black-backed Gull (all 3 days) Roseate Tern (all 3 days; island nester) Common Tern (all 3 days; island nester) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5/4 - 10 to 15 birds; 5/5 - 5 to 10 birds) Belted Kingfisher (5/5 - 1) Eastern Wood-Pewee (5/5 - 1) Least Flycatcher (5/4 - 2) Great Crested Flycatcher (one all 3 days) Eastern Kingbird (5/5 & 5/6 - 1) White-eyed Vireo (5/4 & 5/5 - 1) Blue-headed Vireo (5/4 & 5/5 - 4) Warbling Vireo (5/4 - 2) Barn Swallow (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) Carolina Wren (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) House Wren (5/6 - 1 singing) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (5/4 - 3; 5/6 - 1) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (all 3 days - 10-15 birds; fewer on 5/6) Hermit Thrush (5/4 - 1) Wood Thrush (5/4 - 1) Gray Catbird (all 3 days; breeds on GGI; only 1 bird first day, many arrived 5/5) European Starling (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) Blue-winged Warbler (5/5 - 3 to 4 birds) Nashville Warbler (5/4 & 5/5 - 2) Northern Parula (5/4 & 5/5 - 2 to 3) Yellow Warbler (all 3 days; large numbers first 2 days, only 1 last morning) Chestnut-sided Warbler (5/4 & 5/5 - 1) Magnolia Warbler (5/4 & 5/5 - 2 to 3) Cape May Warbler (5/5 - 1 female) Black-throated Blue Warbler (5/5 - 1 male) Yellow-rumped Warbler (5/4 & 5/5 - 10) Black-throated Green Warbler (5/4 - 1) Prairie Warbler (5/4 & 5/5 - 1, male) Palm Warbler (5/5 - 2) Black-and-white Warbler (5/4 & 5/5 - 10) American Redstart (5/5 - 1, male) Ovenbird (5/5 - 1) Kentucky Warbler (5/5 - 1, male) Common Yellowthroat (5/4 & 5/5 - 2) Scarlet Tanager (all 3 days; at least 2 males and 1 female) Eastern Towhee (5/6 - 3) Chipping Sparrow (5/5 - 3) Savannah Sparrow (5/4 & 5/5 - 2 to 4 birds) Song Sparrow (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) White-throated Sparrow (all 3 days; but only 1 first day; numbers arrived 5/5) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5/4 - 1, male) Indigo Bunting (all 3 days; at least 10 - 12 on 5/4; numbers dwindling after) Red-winged Blackbird (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) Common Grackle (5/6 - 3) Orchard Oriole (5/4 - 1, male; 5/5 - pair) Baltimore Oriole (5/4 - 4; 5/5 - 15+) House Finch (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) American Goldfinch (all 3 days - 2 to 3 birds) Joe DiCostanzo www.greatgullisland.org -- 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] White-faced Ibis - JBWR
The White-faced Ibis continues at the west pond in front of bench 8 at Jamaica Bay WR. Also present in the grass at the pond edge are 3 Blue-winged Teals, 2 drakes and 1 hen. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Basherkill WMA, Blue Chip Farm & Shawangunk NWR Birds Yesterday (Sullivan/Ulster Counties)
As a result of the accelerated migration this Spring Sue and I decided to bird various upstate locations a week and a half earlier than usual. Our first stop was Basherkill WMA, where from Haven Road we observed a few Common Gallinules and many Wood Ducks. After crossing the marsh and parking along the road some local birders quickly alerted us to the presence of a singing Golden-winged Warbler which we quickly found. Along the trail on the south side of the marsh we encountered American Bittern and Virginia Rail. Further south along the east side of Basherkill we finally located, with the able assistance of a local birder, a Cerulean Warbler, singing an atypical song. We tallied sixteen species of warblers at Basherkill. At Blue Chip Farm (BCF) we found, after considerable scanning, an Upland Sandpiper, as viewed from the east side of Hoagerburgh Road looking east into the BCF paddocks. At Shawangunk NWR there were small numbers of Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks. Until site work is completed and the grasslands restored, we would expect lower numbers of these resident species. We did not stop at the county park that borders the north side of the wildlife refuge, there may still be more suitable habitat there. Good Birding, Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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] Basherkill WMA, Blue Chip Farm Shawangunk NWR Birds Yesterday (Sullivan/Ulster Counties)
As a result of the accelerated migration this Spring Sue and I decided to bird various upstate locations a week and a half earlier than usual. Our first stop was Basherkill WMA, where from Haven Road we observed a few Common Gallinules and many Wood Ducks. After crossing the marsh and parking along the road some local birders quickly alerted us to the presence of a singing Golden-winged Warbler which we quickly found. Along the trail on the south side of the marsh we encountered American Bittern and Virginia Rail. Further south along the east side of Basherkill we finally located, with the able assistance of a local birder, a Cerulean Warbler, singing an atypical song. We tallied sixteen species of warblers at Basherkill. At Blue Chip Farm (BCF) we found, after considerable scanning, an Upland Sandpiper, as viewed from the east side of Hoagerburgh Road looking east into the BCF paddocks. At Shawangunk NWR there were small numbers of Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks. Until site work is completed and the grasslands restored, we would expect lower numbers of these resident species. We did not stop at the county park that borders the north side of the wildlife refuge, there may still be more suitable habitat there. Good Birding, Ken Sue Feustel -- 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] White-faced Ibis - JBWR
The White-faced Ibis continues at the west pond in front of bench 8 at Jamaica Bay WR. Also present in the grass at the pond edge are 3 Blue-winged Teals, 2 drakes and 1 hen. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Great Gull Island, Suffolk Co. migration fallout
This post is a bit delayed because I didn't get back to NYC and a computer until late last night. As anyone reading the postings or who was out birding last week knows, there was a considerable fallout of migrants during the foggy/rainy weather last week on Wed/Thu, May 2/3. A small group of us went out to Great Gull Island (GGI), Suffolk County, off Orient Point on Fri, May 4 to start getting the field station there set up for the tern nesting season (Helen Hays, Matthew Male, Melissa McClure, John Walsh, and myself). The great migration fallout was certainly in evidence on the island with one of the most memorable migrations ever seen on the island in decades of field work there. We arrived in the late morning on Fri, May 4 and after off-loading gear quickly found there were many migrants on the island. We recorded 53 species that day and 53 species again on Sat, May 5. By Sun, May 6, when I left the island, most of the migrants were gone, but we had totaled 76 species, including 17 warblers, in a bit over 48 hours on the tiny island. Highlights included Warbling Vireo; Cape May and Kentucky warblers, and Orchard Oriole. Full list follows. Canada Goose (5/6 - pair) Gadwall (5/4 - pair, unusual on GGI) American Black Duck (5/5 - 1; 5/6 - 2; unusual on GGI) Mallard (5/5 - 1; unusual on GGI) Black Scoter (5/4 - 1 male offshore) Red-breasted Merganser (5/6 - 1 female) Common Loon (5-10 birds offshore, some calling all 3 days) Northern Gannet (5/4 -1) Double-crested Cormorant (migrants flocks and individuals all 3 days) Great Blue Heron (5/4 - 2 flying over) Great Egret (5/4 5/5 - flyovers) Snowy Egret (5/5 - 1 with Great Egrets) Osprey (5/4 5/5 - single flyovers) Northern Harrier (5/4 - 1) Sharp-shinned Hawk (5/4 - 2; 5/6 - 1) American Kestrel (5/4 5/5 - 1) Merlin (5/4 - 2; 5/6 - 1) Peregrine Falcon (5/4 - 1) American Oystercatcher (5/5 - 1) Greater Yellowlegs (5/4 - single calling birds flying over) Spotted Sandpiper (5/4 - 4; 5/6 - 2; breeds on GGI) Purple Sandpiper (5/5 - 3; on rocks on eastern end) Bonaparte's Gull (5/5 - 1; with roosting terns) Herring Gull (all 3 days) Great Black-backed Gull (all 3 days) Roseate Tern (all 3 days; island nester) Common Tern (all 3 days; island nester) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5/4 - 10 to 15 birds; 5/5 - 5 to 10 birds) Belted Kingfisher (5/5 - 1) Eastern Wood-Pewee (5/5 - 1) Least Flycatcher (5/4 - 2) Great Crested Flycatcher (one all 3 days) Eastern Kingbird (5/5 5/6 - 1) White-eyed Vireo (5/4 5/5 - 1) Blue-headed Vireo (5/4 5/5 - 4) Warbling Vireo (5/4 - 2) Barn Swallow (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) Carolina Wren (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) House Wren (5/6 - 1 singing) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (5/4 - 3; 5/6 - 1) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (all 3 days - 10-15 birds; fewer on 5/6) Hermit Thrush (5/4 - 1) Wood Thrush (5/4 - 1) Gray Catbird (all 3 days; breeds on GGI; only 1 bird first day, many arrived 5/5) European Starling (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) Blue-winged Warbler (5/5 - 3 to 4 birds) Nashville Warbler (5/4 5/5 - 2) Northern Parula (5/4 5/5 - 2 to 3) Yellow Warbler (all 3 days; large numbers first 2 days, only 1 last morning) Chestnut-sided Warbler (5/4 5/5 - 1) Magnolia Warbler (5/4 5/5 - 2 to 3) Cape May Warbler (5/5 - 1 female) Black-throated Blue Warbler (5/5 - 1 male) Yellow-rumped Warbler (5/4 5/5 - 10) Black-throated Green Warbler (5/4 - 1) Prairie Warbler (5/4 5/5 - 1, male) Palm Warbler (5/5 - 2) Black-and-white Warbler (5/4 5/5 - 10) American Redstart (5/5 - 1, male) Ovenbird (5/5 - 1) Kentucky Warbler (5/5 - 1, male) Common Yellowthroat (5/4 5/5 - 2) Scarlet Tanager (all 3 days; at least 2 males and 1 female) Eastern Towhee (5/6 - 3) Chipping Sparrow (5/5 - 3) Savannah Sparrow (5/4 5/5 - 2 to 4 birds) Song Sparrow (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) White-throated Sparrow (all 3 days; but only 1 first day; numbers arrived 5/5) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5/4 - 1, male) Indigo Bunting (all 3 days; at least 10 - 12 on 5/4; numbers dwindling after) Red-winged Blackbird (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) Common Grackle (5/6 - 3) Orchard Oriole (5/4 - 1, male; 5/5 - pair) Baltimore Oriole (5/4 - 4; 5/5 - 15+) House Finch (all 3 days; breeds on GGI) American Goldfinch (all 3 days - 2 to 3 birds) Joe DiCostanzo www.greatgullisland.org -- 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] Fwd: eBird Report - Forest Lawn Cemetery, May 7, 2012
Forest Lawn Cemetery did not disappoint this morning. Always nice to see fellow birders (and of course, birds). I was unable to locate Dennis's Wilson's Warbler - hopefully Corey, Jim and Tina had better luck! Joe Fell, Buffalo, NY Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erie, US-NY May 7, 2012 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: 58F cloudy. Birding with Jim Horn and Tina. Also saw Corey and Dennis 47 species Canada Goose 12, Mallard 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 American Woodcock 1 Ring-billed Gull 5 Belted Kingfisher 2 Northern Flicker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Blue Jay 2 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 7 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 7 Ovenbird 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 14 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 11 Baltimore Oriole 3 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] Montauk: 5/6 morning
Common Eider-15 Little Blue Heron-1 (Deep Hollow Ranch pond) Broad-winged Hawk-2 White-crowned Sparrow-2 Blue Grosbeak-1 (in new grass area at Turtle Cove) Indigo Bunting-7 Orchard Oriole-7 Hugh McGuiness, Sam Kramer, me -- 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] Van Cortlandt Park birds
5/7/12 - Northeast Woods, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY Time: 7:30 to 11:30am Observers: Andrew Block 3 Mallards 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flickers 2 Great Crested Flycatchers 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jays 1 Fish Crow 2 Tufted Titmice 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 3 House Wrens 1 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush several Wood Thrushes many American Robins many Gray Catbirds 2 Cedar Waxwings 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Nashville Warblers (1 at eye level preening for several minutes from about 15 feet) 5+ Northern Parulas 3 Yellow Warblers 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Magnolia Warblers 2 Black-throated Blue Warblers several Yellow-rumped Warblers 3+ Black-throated Green Warblers 4+ Blackpoll Warblers several Black-and-white Warblers 3 Ovenbirds 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Common Yellowthroats 2 Wilson's Warblers (both in close at eye level and singing) 1 Canada Warbler 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Eastern Towhee 4+ Chipping Sparrows 3+ Northern Cardinals several Rose-breasted Grosbeaks several Red-winged Blackbirds 5+ Common Grackles 2+ Brown-headed Cowbirds several Baltimore Orioles Plus loads of Red Admirals, American Ladies, and several Question Marks. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell: 914-319-9701; Fax: 914-268-0242 -- 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] Cattle Egret continues: Bridgehampton
The Cattle Egret found last week continues. It can be difficult to see in the tall grass among the cows. To look for the bird go to the Mecox Bay Dairy and Fairview Farm (Ludlow's) in Bridgehampton. It's off Mecox Rd. -- 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] JBWR 5.7.12
Today I went to check out the White Face Ibis, I saw the report of a spotting at 9:15am. I got there at 10am and went to bench 8 and saw a dozen or so Glossy Ibis. All had white on the face as usual but none were WF Ibis. I did get some pics of the Ibis's along with some large Sandpiper with dark feet I could not identify. Also pics taken of Tri-Colored Heron, Juvenile Black Crown Night Heron, many assorted warblers and sparrows. If any of you are interested in helping me identifying a couple of birds (not sure if hybrids or young) I have pics that I need help on, just email me back Jason Linch Whitestone NY -- 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] Rocky Point DEC Prairie Warblers
Following up on Luke Ormand's post, I visited the DEC land south of Whiskey Rd using the dead end of Wading River Hollow Rd described. On a loop hike primarily under the power lines were Prairie Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Kingbird, and on the trail on the east side of the road were a pair of vocal Great Crested Flycatchers. Curran's Rd grassland: Chipping Sparrow Tom Moran Shoreham -- 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] Forest Lawn Take Two
Quite up on the ridge near the Letchworth Mausoleum - quite a bit more activity along Scajacquada Creek from where it emerges into the cemetery until the first bridge. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erie, US-NY May 7, 2012 5:25 PM - 7:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: 64F intermittent showers. Brooke Genter and Brian Morse were there but left shortly after I arrived. 29 species Canada Goose X Mallard 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Given the head's up by Brian Barn Swallow 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling X Nashville Warbler 5 Magnolia Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 Indigo Bunting 1 FOY feeding on elm keys - first time I had seen one so high in a tree Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 07, 2012 * NYSY 05.07.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 30, 2012 - May 07, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:May 07 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #303 -Monday May 07, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 30 , 2012 Highlights: --- PACIFIC LOON SWALLOW-TAILED KITE WHIP-POOR-WILL PROTHONOTARY WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Compiler’s Note If you hadn’t noticed, migration happened this week. Due to the extrordinary number of arrivals this week I will list a smaller number of specialties and then list the new arrivals with dates and locations although most of the warblers and other songbirds are being seen in many locations. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) Shorebird numbers are on the increase this week. PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were reported. The visitor’s center, Larues, and Benning Marsh were the best locations. 5/1: Two BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 5/6: Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS have returned to Armitage Road on the west side of the canal bridge. 7 BLACK TERNS were seen at the end of VanDyne Spoor Road. Today 12 were counted. Derby Hill Bird Observatory It was an amazing week at Derby. Over an eight day period 21,513 raptors were counted. The biggest news was a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE seen on 5/5, only the second of its kind ever recorded at Derby. The first was seen in 1976. Overshadowed by this great find was a PACIFIC LOON seen over the lake on5/6. Onondaga County 5/1: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found along the Erie Canal Trail in Fayetteville. Another was seen in the same area on 5/3. 5/5: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were found at Green Lakes State Park Oswego Couty 5/6: WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard calling from Roosevelt Road north of Oneida Lake. Oneida County 5/6: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen and nicely photographed in Camden. New Arrivals This Week A majority of these birds were initially found on the Lake Ontario shoreline in places like Sunset Bay and Noyes. They have since been seen in most areas of region 5. May 1 was the spectacular day at Sunset Bay with almost too many birds to count. 5/1 - Black Tern - Montezuma 5/1 - Bobolink - Derby Hill 5/1 - Grasshopper Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/1 - Lincoln’s Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/1 - Least Flycatcher - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Veery - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Ovenbird - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Common Yellowthroat - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Magnolia Warbler -Sunset Bay 5/1 - Blackburnian Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Chestnut-sided Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/1 - Black-throated Blue Warbler 5/1 - Clay-colored Sparrow - Fayetteville 5/2 - Cape May Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/2 - Golden-winged Warbler - Fayetteville 5/2 - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Fayetteville 5/3 - Baltimore Oriole - Baldwinsville 5/3 - Scarlet Tanager - Whiskey Hollow 5/4 - Indigo Bunting - Montezuma 5/4 - Blue-winged Warbler - Great Bear (Phoenix) 5/4 - Mourning Warbler - Great Bear 5/4-Tennessee Warbler - Great Bear 5/4 - Orchard Oriole - Sunset Bay 5/5 - Orange-crowned Warbler - Sunset Bay 5/6 - Prothonotary Warbler - Armitage Road 5/6-Whip-Poor-Will - Roosevelt Road 5/7 - Blackpoll Warbler - Montezuma 5/7 - Canada Warbler - Three Rivers End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/ --
