[nysbirds-l] YB-Cuckoo Fledglings - Blydenburgh County Park, Smithtown

There were three YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO "fledglings" (pretty fresh out the nest) and at least one attentive adult at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown (Suffolk County) this afternoon.  It was awesome, actually. Photos:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/scullybirds/ Cheers, Peter -- NYSbirds-L

[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-wills in the Dwarf Pine Plains of Wsthampton

On a "Goatsuckers Galore" trip to the Westhampton Dwarf Pine Plains, sponsored by ALULA Birding and Natural History Tours on 6/5/2012, we heard four (or perhaps five) different Whip-poor-wills calling from various locations in the southwest quadrant of the Dwarf Pine Plains. Disappointingly, we

Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC: Bryant Park, Mon. 4-Jun 7 warbler spp. incl. Mourning W.

I made a quick pass through Bryant Park yesterday (the 5th) looking for the Mourning Warbler, which I failed to find, but I did see: 1 Swainson's Thrush1 Gray-cheeked Thrush1 Northern Waterthrush1 Ovenbird1 Common Yellowthroat Not bad for a 5-minute jaunt!  The thrushes were sitting together in

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Final East Hampton seawatch totals (2 June 2012)

For the record, the final seawatch tallies for the Sat 2 June 2012 storm as viewed from Main Beach in East Hampton (Suffolk Co.) were: Common Loon - 132 Sooty Shearwater - 2,322 Cory's Shearwater - 77 Great Shearwater - 10 Manx Shearwater - 27 Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 69 Leach's Storm-Petrel - 1

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Final East Hampton seawatch totals (2 June 2012)

For the record, the final seawatch tallies for the Sat 2 June 2012 storm as viewed from Main Beach in East Hampton (Suffolk Co.) were: Common Loon - 132 Sooty Shearwater - 2,322 Cory's Shearwater - 77 Great Shearwater - 10 Manx Shearwater - 27 Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 69 Leach's Storm-Petrel - 1

Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC: Bryant Park, Mon. 4-Jun 7 warbler spp. incl. Mourning W.

I made a quick pass through Bryant Park yesterday (the 5th) looking for the Mourning Warbler, which I failed to find, but I did see: 1 Swainson's Thrush1 Gray-cheeked Thrush1 Northern Waterthrush1 Ovenbird1 Common Yellowthroat Not bad for a 5-minute jaunt!  The thrushes were sitting together in

[nysbirds-l] Whip-poor-wills in the Dwarf Pine Plains of Wsthampton

On a Goatsuckers Galore trip to the Westhampton Dwarf Pine Plains, sponsored by ALULA Birding and Natural History Tours on 6/5/2012, we heard four (or perhaps five) different Whip-poor-wills calling from various locations in the southwest quadrant of the Dwarf Pine Plains. Disappointingly, we