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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble, 8/23

2012-08-23 Thread Ed Gaillard

In the morning, a Veery just north of Azalea Pond.  Evening, a
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in the jewelweed about 20 yards north of
Laupot Bridge, and a Brown Thrasher hanging out with some Robins on
the lawn between Maintenance and the East Drive.

-Ed Gaillard
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Looking for Grasspipers

2012-08-23 Thread redknot

Having a case of "grasspiper fever" I hit three sod farm areas after work today 
to look for some of the grasspiper species that had been previously reported. 
First stop was the large sod farm on the e/s/o Randall Road, n/s/o Cooper 
Street just south of Route 25A in Shoreham.  22 killdeer were the only 
shorebird representatives.  From there I traveled to the sod farm on the e/s/o 
CR 51 adjacent to Pine Meadows County Preserve.  Had 56 killdeer, 11 
semipalmated plovers and 3 black-bellied plovers.  Last stop was the sod farm 
off of Eastport Manor Road and had several more killdeer, 7 black-bellied 
plover, and a lone pectoral sandpiper in the shadow of the light blue metal 
storage barn.Saw quite a few barn swallows flying over all three farms 
making me wonder if there recently was some large hatch of aerial insects that 
in the larval stage feed on grass. I tried but couldn't discern any winged 
insects.  

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[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler - Albany - August 23, 2012

2012-08-23 Thread Will Raup



Last night while looking for Nighthawks, right at dusk a largeish Warbler 
appeared along the weedy edge of my yard in Albany.  In the fading light, I 
could clearly see a bold white eye-ring and a "hooded" appearance.  Given my 
location and time of year, I went with an immature Mourning Warbler or even an 
odd Canada Warbler, but neither ID sat well with me.

Surprisingly, I was able to relocate the bird this morning thanks to my dog, 
who managed to flush it from underneath a hosta.  I scrambled inside grabbed my 
camera and was able to coax it out for some heavily obscured photos.  In my 
rush I used autofocus and naturally, the camera choose the wild grape leaves to 
focus crisp, leaving my bird blurry (Argh!).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danikabelle/7847889018/in/photostream/lightbox/ 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danikabelle/7847889770/in/photostream/lightbox/ 

After looking at the bird and later the photos, I was pretty sure it was a 
Connecticut Warbler.  However I have zero experience with Connecticut Warblers 
and they are very rare here in Eastern New York, and what few records there 
are, are generally from banders who got lucky.  I posted the photos on 
facebook, in particular at the American Birding Association where I got some 
great feedback and nearly everyone confirmed that it was a Connecticut Warbler.

While getting skunked on Nighthawks again this evening (not my year), the bird 
made another brief appearance right at dusk, where I was able to fully and 
finally rule out a Nashville Warbler.  The bird dropped to the ground in some 
dense weeds along the edge of my yard and the bird vanished (more likely it was 
about 2 feet in front of me, laughing at me in true Connecticut Warbler 
fashion).

I'll try again in the morning and see if its still there.  It looked to be 
settling in tonight and apparently wasn't bothered by me mowing the lawn this 
afternoon... surprisingly enough.

Good Birding!


Will Raup
Albany, NY

  
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 23 Aug 2012

2012-08-23 Thread David Suggs

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/23/2012
* NYBU1208.23
- Birds mentioned

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  FRANKLIN'S GULL
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
  GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER
  Great Egret
  Northern Shoveler
  Long-tailed Duck
  Common Merganser
  Osprey
  Bald Eagle
  American Kestrel
  Merlin
  Black-bellied Plover
  Killdeer
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Wilson's Snipe
  Herring Gull
  Common Nighthawk
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Eastern Kingbird
  American Robin
  Tennessee Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  Ovenbird
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 08/23/2012
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, August 23, 2012

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200.

  Highlights of reports received August 16 through August 23
  from the Niagara Frontier Region include FRANKLIN'S GULL,
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-
  PLOVER and GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER.

  August 17, one day only, a FRANKLIN'S GULL, a juvenile
  moulting to first winter, with HERRING GULLS, on Lake
  Ontario at the Village of Wilson pier at Route 425.

  Multiple reports and counts of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES this
  week. August 17, a single at the Cement Road pond south of
  Highway 3 in Port Colborne, Ontario. On the Buffalo
  waterfront, August 18, three RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at the
  Bird Island Pier, across the canal from the entrance to
  LaSalle Park, And, August 21, four RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on
  Secondary Pond #1 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant.

  Other shorebird highlights - in Ontario, August 17, near
  Rock Point Provincial Park, on Wainfleet-Dunnville Townline
  Road, BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 65
  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. On nearby Poth Road, 372 KILLDEER. At
  Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge, 10 shorebird species
  included WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, 4 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS and 2
  WILSON'S SNIPE, plus 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS.

  Fall warbler migration stepped up this week, highlighted by
  a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER at Amherst State Park on August 18;
  one of 12 warbler species in the park this week - TENNESSEE
  WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S.
  WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BAY-
  BREASTED WARBLER, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, WILSON'S
  WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER.

  Warbler highlights at Rock Point Park on the 17th - CAPE MAY
  WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER
  and BL. AND W. WARBLER, plus 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 4
  COMMON MERGANSERS on Lake Erie.

  Just two migrant COMMON NIGHTHAWKS this week - single
  NIGHTHAWKS over the Towns of Clarence and Tonawanda.

  The evening of August 22, a record count for the region -
  four observers tallied 268 GREAT EGRETS roosting at Cayuga
  Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. Six GREAT EGRETS also at the
  pond in Sheridan Park in Tonawanda.

  Other reports this week - OSPREY at Spicer Creek on Grand
  Island and an out of place OSPREY perched along Harris Hill
  Road in Clarence. Adult BALD EAGLE at Sunset Bay on Lake
  Erie in Hanover. In the Southern Tier Town of Ischua, MERLIN
  and AMERICAN KESTREL alternately chasing each other over a
  new mown hay field. In Clarence, six EASTERN KINGBIRDS on
  Clarence Center Road and another six near the Tillman
  Wildlife Management Area, where the swamp has dried and
  attracted abundant AMERICAN ROBINS. And in Lewiston, a RUBY-
  T. HUMMINGBIRD investigating the red stripes of an American
  flag.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 30.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Birds (Queens Co.)

2012-08-23 Thread Ken Feustel

Shorebird numbers at JBWR were still down today, with Black-bellied  
Plover being the only species that has increased since my last visit a  
little over a week ago. Highlights of the trip included a single  
Baird's Sandpiper on the east side of the East Pond below North Island  
(perhaps the same bird reported earlier this week). The White Pelican  
continues on the west side of the East Pond north of the blind, where  
it associated with Mute Swans and various waterfowl. The bird is best  
viewed from the east side of the East Pond north of the raunt.

Good Birding to All,

Ken Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper - CR-111, Eastport (Suffolk)

2012-08-23 Thread Derek Rogers

Currently being viewed in the "Stargazer" (big red deer statue) sod field about 
40 yards off the road. 

This is the field located toward the east end of County Road 111 in Eastport on 
the north side of the road.

Several Least and a Pectoral also on site.

Best,
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Sayville



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[nysbirds-l] Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

2012-08-23 Thread Jack Rothman

A walk to Turtle Cove and vicinity of Orchard beach at 9:00-10:30,  yielded the 
following:

Bobolink 
Green Heron  (Eastchester Bay)
Clapper Rail (juvenile)
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Forster's Tern (few)
Great Egret (several)
Snowy Egret (several)
Song Sparrow
Red-eyed Vireo
Greater Yellowlegs (Lagoon at Orchard Beach)
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Goldfinch
Marsh Wren (few)
Barn Swallow (few)
Double-crested Cormorant
American Robins (several)
Mourning Doves (several)

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[nysbirds-l] Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper Report at Montezuma NWR

2012-08-23 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter

A juvenile CURLEW SANDPIPER was reported from Towpath Road at Montezuma on
eBird Wednesday.  This could be a difficult ID at the distances that
normally apply at this location.   Here is the eBird report:

 

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (1)

- Reported Aug 22, 2012 09:30 by W. Douglas Robinson

- Montezuma NWR Towpath Road, Seneca, New York

- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8
 =p=13=43.0040947,-76.747422=43.0040947,-76.747422

- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11423403

- Comments: "Juv plumage. Observed 20 min around 10 until it flew and showed
white rump and wing stripe. Then lost in heat shimmers. Obvious secured
bill. A bit smaller than adjacent pecs. Scalloped brownish back and brownish
wash on upper breast, especially towards sides of upper breast. Plain
whitish belly. Could not be sure of leg color because of distance and mud on
legs of birds. Rump white all the way across clearly visible in flight."

 

Good birding!

Willie

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[nysbirds-l] Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper Report at Montezuma NWR

2012-08-23 Thread Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter

A juvenile CURLEW SANDPIPER was reported from Towpath Road at Montezuma on
eBird Wednesday.  This could be a difficult ID at the distances that
normally apply at this location.   Here is the eBird report:

 

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (1)

- Reported Aug 22, 2012 09:30 by W. Douglas Robinson

- Montezuma NWR Towpath Road, Seneca, New York

- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8t=pz=13q=43.0040947,-76.747422ll=43.0040
947,-76.747422 t=pz=13q=43.0040947,-76.747422ll=43.0040947,-76.747422

- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11423403

- Comments: Juv plumage. Observed 20 min around 10 until it flew and showed
white rump and wing stripe. Then lost in heat shimmers. Obvious secured
bill. A bit smaller than adjacent pecs. Scalloped brownish back and brownish
wash on upper breast, especially towards sides of upper breast. Plain
whitish belly. Could not be sure of leg color because of distance and mud on
legs of birds. Rump white all the way across clearly visible in flight.

 

Good birding!

Willie

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[nysbirds-l] Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

2012-08-23 Thread Jack Rothman

A walk to Turtle Cove and vicinity of Orchard beach at 9:00-10:30,  yielded the 
following:

Bobolink 
Green Heron  (Eastchester Bay)
Clapper Rail (juvenile)
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Forster's Tern (few)
Great Egret (several)
Snowy Egret (several)
Song Sparrow
Red-eyed Vireo
Greater Yellowlegs (Lagoon at Orchard Beach)
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Goldfinch
Marsh Wren (few)
Barn Swallow (few)
Double-crested Cormorant
American Robins (several)
Mourning Doves (several)

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[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper - CR-111, Eastport (Suffolk)

2012-08-23 Thread Derek Rogers

Currently being viewed in the Stargazer (big red deer statue) sod field about 
40 yards off the road. 

This is the field located toward the east end of County Road 111 in Eastport on 
the north side of the road.

Several Least and a Pectoral also on site.

Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville



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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Birds (Queens Co.)

2012-08-23 Thread Ken Feustel

Shorebird numbers at JBWR were still down today, with Black-bellied  
Plover being the only species that has increased since my last visit a  
little over a week ago. Highlights of the trip included a single  
Baird's Sandpiper on the east side of the East Pond below North Island  
(perhaps the same bird reported earlier this week). The White Pelican  
continues on the west side of the East Pond north of the blind, where  
it associated with Mute Swans and various waterfowl. The bird is best  
viewed from the east side of the East Pond north of the raunt.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 23 Aug 2012

2012-08-23 Thread David Suggs

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/23/2012
* NYBU1208.23
- Birds mentioned

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  FRANKLIN'S GULL
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
  GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER
  Great Egret
  Northern Shoveler
  Long-tailed Duck
  Common Merganser
  Osprey
  Bald Eagle
  American Kestrel
  Merlin
  Black-bellied Plover
  Killdeer
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Wilson's Snipe
  Herring Gull
  Common Nighthawk
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Eastern Kingbird
  American Robin
  Tennessee Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  Ovenbird
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 08/23/2012
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, August 23, 2012

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200.

  Highlights of reports received August 16 through August 23
  from the Niagara Frontier Region include FRANKLIN'S GULL,
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-
  PLOVER and GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER.

  August 17, one day only, a FRANKLIN'S GULL, a juvenile
  moulting to first winter, with HERRING GULLS, on Lake
  Ontario at the Village of Wilson pier at Route 425.

  Multiple reports and counts of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES this
  week. August 17, a single at the Cement Road pond south of
  Highway 3 in Port Colborne, Ontario. On the Buffalo
  waterfront, August 18, three RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at the
  Bird Island Pier, across the canal from the entrance to
  LaSalle Park, And, August 21, four RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on
  Secondary Pond #1 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant.

  Other shorebird highlights - in Ontario, August 17, near
  Rock Point Provincial Park, on Wainfleet-Dunnville Townline
  Road, BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 65
  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. On nearby Poth Road, 372 KILLDEER. At
  Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge, 10 shorebird species
  included WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, 4 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS and 2
  WILSON'S SNIPE, plus 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS.

  Fall warbler migration stepped up this week, highlighted by
  a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER at Amherst State Park on August 18;
  one of 12 warbler species in the park this week - TENNESSEE
  WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S.
  WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BAY-
  BREASTED WARBLER, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, WILSON'S
  WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER.

  Warbler highlights at Rock Point Park on the 17th - CAPE MAY
  WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER
  and BL. AND W. WARBLER, plus 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 4
  COMMON MERGANSERS on Lake Erie.

  Just two migrant COMMON NIGHTHAWKS this week - single
  NIGHTHAWKS over the Towns of Clarence and Tonawanda.

  The evening of August 22, a record count for the region -
  four observers tallied 268 GREAT EGRETS roosting at Cayuga
  Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. Six GREAT EGRETS also at the
  pond in Sheridan Park in Tonawanda.

  Other reports this week - OSPREY at Spicer Creek on Grand
  Island and an out of place OSPREY perched along Harris Hill
  Road in Clarence. Adult BALD EAGLE at Sunset Bay on Lake
  Erie in Hanover. In the Southern Tier Town of Ischua, MERLIN
  and AMERICAN KESTREL alternately chasing each other over a
  new mown hay field. In Clarence, six EASTERN KINGBIRDS on
  Clarence Center Road and another six near the Tillman
  Wildlife Management Area, where the swamp has dried and
  attracted abundant AMERICAN ROBINS. And in Lewiston, a RUBY-
  T. HUMMINGBIRD investigating the red stripes of an American
  flag.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 30.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble, 8/23

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Birds (Queens Co.)

[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper - CR-111, Eastport (Suffolk)

[nysbirds-l] Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

[nysbirds-l] Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper Report at Montezuma NWR

[nysbirds-l] Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper Report at Montezuma NWR

[nysbirds-l] Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper - CR-111, Eastport (Suffolk)

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Birds (Queens Co.)

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 23 Aug 2012

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