Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Anthony Collerton 
"Cherboblensis" ssp of SemiP was the consensus on the ground.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:03 PM, "Kevin J. McGowan"  wrote:

> Interesting bird, and it's obvious why Spoon-billed Sandpiper comes to mind.  
> But, to me it looks more like a Semipalmated Sandpiper with an aberrant bill. 
>  It's not a spoon-billed shape, with an expansion near the tip.  Instead it's 
> expanded about mid-bill and roughly triangular.
> 
> More photos, please.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
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> 
> Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450
> 
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton  
> wrote:
>> Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a 
>> jerry-rigged solution.
>> 
>> 
>> https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2=ed5c390e74=att=1399dcd17
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Shane Blodgett 
It's obviously a hybrid Semipalmated Sandpiper x American Pelican...

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:03 PM, "Kevin J. McGowan"  wrote:

> Interesting bird, and it's obvious why Spoon-billed Sandpiper comes to mind.  
> But, to me it looks more like a Semipalmated Sandpiper with an aberrant bill. 
>  It's not a spoon-billed shape, with an expansion near the tip.  Instead it's 
> expanded about mid-bill and roughly triangular.
> 
> More photos, please.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 7:11 PM
> To: NYSBIRDS-L
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...
> 
> Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450
> 
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton  
> wrote:
>> Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a 
>> jerry-rigged solution.
>> 
>> 
>> https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2=ed5c390e74=att=1399dcd17
>> 6c705a7=0.1=inline=f_h6sgh8cr0=1
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 06 Sep 2012

2012-09-06 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/06/2012
* NYBU1209.06
- Birds mentioned

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  [Wednesday, September 12, the first BOS meeting of the
  season, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Members
  will report on their summer birding experiences, and
  visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.]

  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  WHIMBREL
  PALM WARBLER
  Pied-billed Grebe
  American Bittern
  Great Egret
  Green-winged Teal
  Northern Pintail
  Blue-winged Teal
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Redhead
  Lesser Scaup
  Merlin
  Peregrine Falcon
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Wilson's Snipe
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Olive-s. Flycatcher
  Tree Swallow
  Blue Jay
  Wood Thrush
  Tennessee Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 09/06/2012
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, September 6, 2012

  [Wednesday, September 12, the first BOS meeting of the
  season, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Members
  will report on their summer birding experiences, and
  visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.]

  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 30 through September 6
  from the Niagara Frontier Region include BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER,
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL and PALM
  WARBLER.

  September 3 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, a BUFF-BR.
  SANDPIPER with 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and numerous SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPERS and LEAST SANDPIPERS, plus GADWALL, AMERICAN
  WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED
  TEAL, REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, PIED-BILLED GREBE and abundant
  TREE SWALLOWS. The plant is open daily, until 3 PM, and
  visitors must sign in at the office.

  In Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, at the north end of
  Goose or Stafford Pond on Albion Road, up to 12 shorebird
  species this week included both WILSON'S PHALAROPE and RED-
  NECKED PHALAROPE, with SOLITARY SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER
  and WILSON'S SNIPE.

  September 6, a WHIMBREL was photographed at Dunkirk Harbor.

  Almost a week earlier than expected, PALM WARBLERS were
  noted at three, widespread locations between August 29 and
  September 2 - the Southern Tier Town of Hinsdale, Fort Erie,
  Ontario, and at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York. In
  the past week, at least 17 warbler species and 2 L. BLACK-B.
  GULLS at Goat Island.

  Ten shorebird species in Fort Erie included BLACK-BELLIED
  PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLING,
  plus PEREGRINE FALCON at Stonemill Road, and RED-HEADED
  WDPKRS. at both Kraft Road and Erie Beach.

  Another RED-HEADED WDPKR. this week at Tifft Nature Preserve
  in Buffalo, with AMERICAN BITTERN, OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER and
  WOOD THRUSH.

  Two OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHERS, and a MERLIN chasing BLUE JAYS at
  Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. MERLIN continues
  on Shirley Avenue, where an unexpected EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
  was heard calling in the early morning. In the Iroquois
  Refuge, MERLIN, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, and over 200 GREAT
  EGRETS still roosting at Cayuga Pool. And, over Ferry and
  Richmond in Buffalo this week, a BALD EAGLE.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, September
  13. 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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RE: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Interesting bird, and it's obvious why Spoon-billed Sandpiper comes to mind.  
But, to me it looks more like a Semipalmated Sandpiper with an aberrant bill.  
It's not a spoon-billed shape, with an expansion near the tip.  Instead it's 
expanded about mid-bill and roughly triangular.

More photos, please.

Kevin



-Original Message-
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[mailto:bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 7:11 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton  wrote:
> Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a 
> jerry-rigged solution.
>
>
> https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2=ed5c390e74=att=1399dcd17
> 6c705a7=0.1=inline=f_h6sgh8cr0=1
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Jay McGowan 
Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton  wrote:
> Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a jerry-rigged
> solution.
>
>
> https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2=ed5c390e74=att=1399dcd176c705a7=0.1=inline=f_h6sgh8cr0=1
>
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[nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Anthony Collerton 
Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a jerry-rigged
solution.


https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2=ed5c390e74=att=1399dcd176c705a7=0.1=inline=f_h6sgh8cr0=1


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Derek Rogers 
Just an update on numbers from my earlier post:

I spoke with Anthony Collerton and Mike Scheibel, both of which were in the 
vicinity and either following up on my earlier report or Aaron's freaky looking 
sandpiper. They both tallied up to 20 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS at my previously 
described location. See email thread below for location details.

Verbal reports also indicate that the 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS continued to provide 
views for several groups of birders.

Apparently the grasspipers were quite mobile, taking flight and eventually 
returning to their original location. Sometimes flushed by large tractor 
trailers. Reports of Buff-breasted Sandpipers along 105 and Sound Avenue lead 
me to believe that there could have easily been more than 20 in the vicinity. 

Good grasspiper action in Riverhead.

Hopefully some photos of Aaron's wild looking bird will be posted.

Best,

Derek Rogers
Sayville
Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Derek Rogers 
> Date: September 6, 2012 11:51:51 AM EDT
> To: NY Bird List 
> Subject: Fwd: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.
> 
> Update: A brief scan on my way back west. At 11:30 the group was still in the 
> same general vicinity but more spread out. 1 Baird's was feeding close to the 
> road. Just a caution, if you're looking for Baird's, that a few White-rumped 
> are also now in the mix.
> 
> Good luck if you go.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Derek Rogers
> Sayville
> Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Derek Rogers 
>> Date: September 6, 2012 9:52:16 AM EDT
>> To: NY Bird List 
>> Subject: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.
>> 
>> As of 9:40 AM:
>> 
>> From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
>> of shorebirds in the sod field.
>> 
>> 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
>> definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
>> were in the mix as well.
>> 
>> It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time 
>> to further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
>> throughout this field in the distance.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Derek Rogers
>> Sayville
>> Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
>> 
>> 


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Re: [nysbirds-l] RFI: Riverhead Unusual Sandpiper

2012-09-06 Thread Aaron Virgin 
A few others have shown interest about this sighting offline, so here are
some more details. *First, by no means am I calling this a Spoon-billed
Sandpiper*. When initially compared to other sandpipers in the vicinity
(notably a single White-rumped and two Baird's), the size (smaller than
both sandpipers, smaller than the Semi-palmated Plovers it was grouped
with), plumage (resembling a juvenile sandpiper based on scaly upperparts),
facial markings (an eye/ear patch more distinct than Baird's and
White-rumped), and leg color (dark), as well as the unusually shaped bill,
all pointed towards a sandpiper *resembling* a Spoon-billed. However, I
(and others) noticed the bill did not appear as "spatulate" when viewed
head on, rather it appeared rounded from the sides. In addition, the bill
seemed to broaden closer to the head than what is shown in books and online
for a Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The feeding habit was typical of
"grass-pipers" and yes, the habitat threw me and others if considering
Spoon-billed, but this side of the world seems like an odd fit in general.
Another possibility is so type of hybrid, e.g. Baird's and Semipalmated
SPs, but again the color and shape of the bill do not fit, and it is pure
speculation. A few birders took some pics and may post links to the list
later and hopefully a healthy discussion will follow.

Best regards,

Aaron Virgin
Westhampton, NY


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Peter Scully
wrote:

> Can anyone provide a little more information on this bird?  Description of
> the "odd bill shape"?   Grass-piper habitat seems an odd fit for
> Spoon-billed, no?
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 9/6/12, Aaron Virgin * wrote:
>
>
> From: Aaron Virgin 
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++,
> Riverhead, Sound Ave.
> To: "Derek Rogers" 
> Cc: "NY Bird List" 
> Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 2:31 PM
>
> A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at
> this location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the
> odd bill shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The
> chances of it being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a
> definitive ID is still open for debate. Some pics are being taken but more
> are welcome to help nail this one down. First observed at 11:40 and still
> being seen by about 15 birders at the same location Derek referenced
> earlier. Good luck if you go.
>
> Aaron Virgin
>
> On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers 
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> peeps were in the mix as well.
> >
> > It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited
> time to further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely
> located throughout this field in the distance.
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[nysbirds-l] RFI: Riverhead Unusual Sandpiper

2012-09-06 Thread Peter Scully 
Can anyone provide a little more information on this bird?  Description of the 
"odd bill shape"?   Grass-piper habitat seems an odd fit for Spoon-billed, no? 

Thanks!
 
Peter
 

--- On Thu, 9/6/12, Aaron Virgin  wrote:


From: Aaron Virgin 
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, 
Sound Ave.
To: "Derek Rogers" 
Cc: "NY Bird List" 
Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 2:31 PM


A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at this 
location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the odd bill 
shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The chances of it 
being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a definitive ID is still open 
for debate. Some pics are being taken but more are welcome to help nail this 
one down. First observed at 11:40 and still being seen by about 15 birders at 
the same location Derek referenced earlier. Good luck if you go.

Aaron Virgin

On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers  wrote:

> As of 9:40 AM:
> 
> From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
> of shorebirds in the sod field.
> 
> 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
> definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
> were in the mix as well.
> 
> It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
> further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
> throughout this field in the distance.
> 
> Best,
> Derek Rogers
> Sayville
> Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
> 
> 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Aaron Virgin 
A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at this 
location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the odd bill 
shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The chances of it 
being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a definitive ID is still open 
for debate. Some pics are being taken but more are welcome to help nail this 
one down. First observed at 11:40 and still being seen by about 15 birders at 
the same location Derek referenced earlier. Good luck if you go.

Aaron Virgin

On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers  wrote:

> As of 9:40 AM:
> 
> From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
> of shorebirds in the sod field.
> 
> 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
> definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
> were in the mix as well.
> 
> It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
> further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
> throughout this field in the distance.
> 
> Best,
> Derek Rogers
> Sayville
> Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Kestrel

2012-09-06 Thread pgillen 




Thrs. Sept. 6  KESTREL seen   on wires north end of Bridge
Lane,Cutchogue,also two Snow Geese with Canadas.


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Derek Rogers 
Update: A brief scan on my way back west. At 11:30 the group was still in the 
same general vicinity but more spread out. 1 Baird's was feeding close to the 
road. Just a caution, if you're looking for Baird's, that a few White-rumped 
are also now in the mix.

Good luck if you go.

Best,

Derek Rogers
Sayville
Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Derek Rogers 
> Date: September 6, 2012 9:52:16 AM EDT
> To: NY Bird List 
> Subject: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.
> 
> As of 9:40 AM:
> 
> From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
> of shorebirds in the sod field.
> 
> 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
> definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
> were in the mix as well.
> 
> It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
> further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
> throughout this field in the distance.
> 
> Best,
> Derek Rogers
> Sayville
> Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills

2012-09-06 Thread Joan E. Collins 
9/6/12 Long Lake (northern Hamilton County)

 

This morning, at about 8:45 a.m., 8 Red Crossbills flew directly over me
heading southwest (I was on our lawn having just returned from hiking with
our dogs).  They were moving fast and calling - the vocalizations sounded
closest to Type 3.  (Thanks to Matt Young for sending me all his Red
Crossbill recordings last year.)  Red Crossbills nested in the area at the
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White-winged Crossbills.  I've been regularly hearing White-winged
Crossbills throughout the summer, but before today, the last Red Crossbills
found were on June 9th (at least 2 on Blue Mountain) and a single bird
fly-over bird on July 13 (Spring Pond Bog).

 

Mike Bryant sent me beautiful photographs of the Red Crossbills in Central
Park - very exciting!

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Derek Rogers 
As of 9:40 AM:

>From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
>of shorebirds in the sod field.

1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
were in the mix as well.

It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
throughout this field in the distance.

Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville
Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com



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[nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Derek Rogers 
As of 9:40 AM:

From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
of shorebirds in the sod field.

1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
were in the mix as well.

It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
throughout this field in the distance.

Best,
Derek Rogers
Sayville
Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com



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[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills

2012-09-06 Thread Joan E. Collins 
9/6/12 Long Lake (northern Hamilton County)

 

This morning, at about 8:45 a.m., 8 Red Crossbills flew directly over me
heading southwest (I was on our lawn having just returned from hiking with
our dogs).  They were moving fast and calling - the vocalizations sounded
closest to Type 3.  (Thanks to Matt Young for sending me all his Red
Crossbill recordings last year.)  Red Crossbills nested in the area at the
end of last summer (2011), and again this past winter, along with
White-winged Crossbills.  I've been regularly hearing White-winged
Crossbills throughout the summer, but before today, the last Red Crossbills
found were on June 9th (at least 2 on Blue Mountain) and a single bird
fly-over bird on July 13 (Spring Pond Bog).

 

Mike Bryant sent me beautiful photographs of the Red Crossbills in Central
Park - very exciting!

 

Joan Collins

Long Lake, NY

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Derek Rogers 
Update: A brief scan on my way back west. At 11:30 the group was still in the 
same general vicinity but more spread out. 1 Baird's was feeding close to the 
road. Just a caution, if you're looking for Baird's, that a few White-rumped 
are also now in the mix.

Good luck if you go.

Best,

Derek Rogers
Sayville
Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com



Begin forwarded message:

 From: Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com
 Date: September 6, 2012 9:52:16 AM EDT
 To: NY Bird List nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
 Subject: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.
 
 As of 9:40 AM:
 
 From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
 of shorebirds in the sod field.
 
 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
 definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
 were in the mix as well.
 
 It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
 further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
 throughout this field in the distance.
 
 Best,
 Derek Rogers
 Sayville
 Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
 
 

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[nysbirds-l] Kestrel

2012-09-06 Thread pgillen 




Thrs. Sept. 6  KESTREL seen   on wires north end of Bridge
Lane,Cutchogue,also two Snow Geese with Canadas.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Aaron Virgin 
A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at this 
location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the odd bill 
shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The chances of it 
being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a definitive ID is still open 
for debate. Some pics are being taken but more are welcome to help nail this 
one down. First observed at 11:40 and still being seen by about 15 birders at 
the same location Derek referenced earlier. Good luck if you go.

Aaron Virgin

On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com wrote:

 As of 9:40 AM:
 
 From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
 of shorebirds in the sod field.
 
 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
 definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
 were in the mix as well.
 
 It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
 further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
 throughout this field in the distance.
 
 Best,
 Derek Rogers
 Sayville
 Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
 
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] RFI: Riverhead Unusual Sandpiper

2012-09-06 Thread Peter Scully 
Can anyone provide a little more information on this bird?  Description of the 
odd bill shape?   Grass-piper habitat seems an odd fit for Spoon-billed, no? 

Thanks!
 
Peter
 

--- On Thu, 9/6/12, Aaron Virgin eastendbir...@gmail.com wrote:


From: Aaron Virgin eastendbir...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, 
Sound Ave.
To: Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com
Cc: NY Bird List nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 2:31 PM


A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at this 
location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the odd bill 
shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The chances of it 
being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a definitive ID is still open 
for debate. Some pics are being taken but more are welcome to help nail this 
one down. First observed at 11:40 and still being seen by about 15 birders at 
the same location Derek referenced earlier. Good luck if you go.

Aaron Virgin

On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com wrote:

 As of 9:40 AM:
 
 From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
 of shorebirds in the sod field.
 
 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
 definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
 were in the mix as well.
 
 It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to 
 further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
 throughout this field in the distance.
 
 Best,
 Derek Rogers
 Sayville
 Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
 
 
 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] RFI: Riverhead Unusual Sandpiper

2012-09-06 Thread Aaron Virgin 
A few others have shown interest about this sighting offline, so here are
some more details. *First, by no means am I calling this a Spoon-billed
Sandpiper*. When initially compared to other sandpipers in the vicinity
(notably a single White-rumped and two Baird's), the size (smaller than
both sandpipers, smaller than the Semi-palmated Plovers it was grouped
with), plumage (resembling a juvenile sandpiper based on scaly upperparts),
facial markings (an eye/ear patch more distinct than Baird's and
White-rumped), and leg color (dark), as well as the unusually shaped bill,
all pointed towards a sandpiper *resembling* a Spoon-billed. However, I
(and others) noticed the bill did not appear as spatulate when viewed
head on, rather it appeared rounded from the sides. In addition, the bill
seemed to broaden closer to the head than what is shown in books and online
for a Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The feeding habit was typical of
grass-pipers and yes, the habitat threw me and others if considering
Spoon-billed, but this side of the world seems like an odd fit in general.
Another possibility is so type of hybrid, e.g. Baird's and Semipalmated
SPs, but again the color and shape of the bill do not fit, and it is pure
speculation. A few birders took some pics and may post links to the list
later and hopefully a healthy discussion will follow.

Best regards,

Aaron Virgin
Westhampton, NY


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Peter Scully
peterandrewscull...@yahoo.comwrote:

 Can anyone provide a little more information on this bird?  Description of
 the odd bill shape?   Grass-piper habitat seems an odd fit for
 Spoon-billed, no?
 Thanks!

 Peter


 --- On *Thu, 9/6/12, Aaron Virgin eastendbir...@gmail.com* wrote:


 From: Aaron Virgin eastendbir...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++,
 Riverhead, Sound Ave.
 To: Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com
 Cc: NY Bird List nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
 Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 2:31 PM

 A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at
 this location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the
 odd bill shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The
 chances of it being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a
 definitive ID is still open for debate. Some pics are being taken but more
 are welcome to help nail this one down. First observed at 11:40 and still
 being seen by about 15 birders at the same location Derek referenced
 earlier. Good luck if you go.

 Aaron Virgin

 On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers 
 drogers0...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drogers0...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  As of 9:40 AM:
 
  From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large
 group of shorebirds in the sod field.
 
  1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2
 definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common
 peeps were in the mix as well.
 
  It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited
 time to further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely
 located throughout this field in the distance.
 
  Best,
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  Sayville
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.

2012-09-06 Thread Derek Rogers 
Just an update on numbers from my earlier post:

I spoke with Anthony Collerton and Mike Scheibel, both of which were in the 
vicinity and either following up on my earlier report or Aaron's freaky looking 
sandpiper. They both tallied up to 20 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS at my previously 
described location. See email thread below for location details.

Verbal reports also indicate that the 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS continued to provide 
views for several groups of birders.

Apparently the grasspipers were quite mobile, taking flight and eventually 
returning to their original location. Sometimes flushed by large tractor 
trailers. Reports of Buff-breasted Sandpipers along 105 and Sound Avenue lead 
me to believe that there could have easily been more than 20 in the vicinity. 

Good grasspiper action in Riverhead.

Hopefully some photos of Aaron's wild looking bird will be posted.

Best,

Derek Rogers
Sayville
Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com


Begin forwarded message:

 From: Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com
 Date: September 6, 2012 11:51:51 AM EDT
 To: NY Bird List nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
 Subject: Fwd: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.
 
 Update: A brief scan on my way back west. At 11:30 the group was still in the 
 same general vicinity but more spread out. 1 Baird's was feeding close to the 
 road. Just a caution, if you're looking for Baird's, that a few White-rumped 
 are also now in the mix.
 
 Good luck if you go.
 
 Best,
 
 Derek Rogers
 Sayville
 Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
 
 
 
 Begin forwarded message:
 
 From: Derek Rogers drogers0...@gmail.com
 Date: September 6, 2012 9:52:16 AM EDT
 To: NY Bird List nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
 Subject: 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave.
 
 As of 9:40 AM:
 
 From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group 
 of shorebirds in the sod field.
 
 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 
 definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps 
 were in the mix as well.
 
 It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time 
 to further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located 
 throughout this field in the distance.
 
 Best,
 Derek Rogers
 Sayville
 Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com
 
 


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[nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Anthony Collerton 
Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a jerry-rigged
solution.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Jay McGowan 
Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton icoller...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a jerry-rigged
 solution.


 https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=ed5c390e74view=attth=1399dcd176c705a7attid=0.1disp=inlinerealattid=f_h6sgh8cr0safe=1zw


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RE: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Interesting bird, and it's obvious why Spoon-billed Sandpiper comes to mind.  
But, to me it looks more like a Semipalmated Sandpiper with an aberrant bill.  
It's not a spoon-billed shape, with an expansion near the tip.  Instead it's 
expanded about mid-bill and roughly triangular.

More photos, please.

Kevin



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Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426

https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton icoller...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a 
 jerry-rigged solution.


 https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=ed5c390e74view=attth=1399dcd17
 6c705a7attid=0.1disp=inlinerealattid=f_h6sgh8cr0safe=1zw


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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 06 Sep 2012

2012-09-06 Thread David Suggs 
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* 09/06/2012
* NYBU1209.06
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  [Wednesday, September 12, the first BOS meeting of the
  season, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Members
  will report on their summer birding experiences, and
  visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.]

  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  WHIMBREL
  PALM WARBLER
  Pied-billed Grebe
  American Bittern
  Great Egret
  Green-winged Teal
  Northern Pintail
  Blue-winged Teal
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Redhead
  Lesser Scaup
  Merlin
  Peregrine Falcon
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Wilson's Snipe
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Olive-s. Flycatcher
  Tree Swallow
  Blue Jay
  Wood Thrush
  Tennessee Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 09/06/2012
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, September 6, 2012

  [Wednesday, September 12, the first BOS meeting of the
  season, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Members
  will report on their summer birding experiences, and
  visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.]

  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 30 through September 6
  from the Niagara Frontier Region include BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER,
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL and PALM
  WARBLER.

  September 3 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, a BUFF-BR.
  SANDPIPER with 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and numerous SEMIPALM.
  SANDPIPERS and LEAST SANDPIPERS, plus GADWALL, AMERICAN
  WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED
  TEAL, REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, PIED-BILLED GREBE and abundant
  TREE SWALLOWS. The plant is open daily, until 3 PM, and
  visitors must sign in at the office.

  In Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, at the north end of
  Goose or Stafford Pond on Albion Road, up to 12 shorebird
  species this week included both WILSON'S PHALAROPE and RED-
  NECKED PHALAROPE, with SOLITARY SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER
  and WILSON'S SNIPE.

  September 6, a WHIMBREL was photographed at Dunkirk Harbor.

  Almost a week earlier than expected, PALM WARBLERS were
  noted at three, widespread locations between August 29 and
  September 2 - the Southern Tier Town of Hinsdale, Fort Erie,
  Ontario, and at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York. In
  the past week, at least 17 warbler species and 2 L. BLACK-B.
  GULLS at Goat Island.

  Ten shorebird species in Fort Erie included BLACK-BELLIED
  PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLING,
  plus PEREGRINE FALCON at Stonemill Road, and RED-HEADED
  WDPKRS. at both Kraft Road and Erie Beach.

  Another RED-HEADED WDPKR. this week at Tifft Nature Preserve
  in Buffalo, with AMERICAN BITTERN, OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER and
  WOOD THRUSH.

  Two OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHERS, and a MERLIN chasing BLUE JAYS at
  Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. MERLIN continues
  on Shirley Avenue, where an unexpected EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
  was heard calling in the early morning. In the Iroquois
  Refuge, MERLIN, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, and over 200 GREAT
  EGRETS still roosting at Cayuga Pool. And, over Ferry and
  Richmond in Buffalo this week, a BALD EAGLE.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, September
  13. 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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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Shane Blodgett 
It's obviously a hybrid Semipalmated Sandpiper x American Pelican...

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:03 PM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Interesting bird, and it's obvious why Spoon-billed Sandpiper comes to mind.  
 But, to me it looks more like a Semipalmated Sandpiper with an aberrant bill. 
  It's not a spoon-billed shape, with an expansion near the tip.  Instead it's 
 expanded about mid-bill and roughly triangular.
 
 More photos, please.
 
 Kevin
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan
 Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 7:11 PM
 To: NYSBIRDS-L
 Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...
 
 Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.
 
 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426
 
 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450
 
 On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton icoller...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a 
 jerry-rigged solution.
 
 
 https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=ed5c390e74view=attth=1399dcd17
 6c705a7attid=0.1disp=inlinerealattid=f_h6sgh8cr0safe=1zw
 
 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...

2012-09-06 Thread Anthony Collerton 
Cherboblensis ssp of SemiP was the consensus on the ground.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:03 PM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Interesting bird, and it's obvious why Spoon-billed Sandpiper comes to mind.  
 But, to me it looks more like a Semipalmated Sandpiper with an aberrant bill. 
  It's not a spoon-billed shape, with an expansion near the tip.  Instead it's 
 expanded about mid-bill and roughly triangular.
 
 More photos, please.
 
 Kevin
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-64149120-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan
 Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 7:11 PM
 To: NYSBIRDS-L
 Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's unusual peep ...
 
 Here are Anthony's pictures, reposted.
 
 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205025016779426
 
 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/LongIslandPeep#5785205023764052450
 
 On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Anthony Collerton icoller...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Hope this works - nowhere near a Mac so this is a bit of a 
 jerry-rigged solution.
 
 
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 6c705a7attid=0.1disp=inlinerealattid=f_h6sgh8cr0safe=1zw
 
 
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 Jay McGowan
 Macaulay Library
 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
 jw...@cornell.edu
 
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 No virus found in this message.
 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
 Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5252 - Release Date: 09/06/12
 
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