Re: [nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Locations

[Andrew Baksh]

Thanks Steve for posting an updated map.  The bird was seen on and off as
late as 4:20 p.m.

Reminder: Please remember to follow the ABA code of ethics when birding.
 Excessive tape playing is not the way to go about trying to see this
rarity and may actually push the bird away instead of enticing it.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

On Nov 10, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Steve Walter  wrote:

I updated the map http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
to show the approximate locations of the Virginia’s Warbler sightings so
far. I also gathered up the previous site info below. On the map, X marks
the spot of its discovery Oct 31. The other spots are noted by the November
dates of the sightings. To access today’s location, there is an entrance to
the park from the street at 73rd Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd. (which would
be 227th St., but doesn’t say either on this map). The bird ranged a bit
with sightings about even with 228 to 229 Streets, both from the trail on
the north side and the trail on the south side (noted on the map as
Brooklyn-Queens Greenway). As I’ve said before, this is a tough bird to
find. People had been searching for about six hours today before it was
found. The sightings then tend to be brief, with the bird typically
descending into brush. So if that’s not bad enough, its expanding range
makes it an even greater challenge.





November 9

This is an area not far from the challenge course.  I first heard a soft
chip note on the trail heading north towards the shipping containers and
then found the bird.  Note, the trail I am referring to has a weather
station apparatus attached to a tree.



November 5

Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left.
Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of
smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It’s
worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the
park), as they did attract a Parula later on.



October 31

Alley (Pond) Park is in northeastern Queens (NYC). It lies between the
Cross Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Clearview Expressway, and Long
Island Expressway, if you plan a route here. Whichever highway you take,
you’ll want to get to Springfield Blvd.



The specific location is in the southwestern part of the park. The closest
street access is off Cloverdale Blvd., near 77th Avenue. Some might recall
the Yellow-throated Warbler this spring at Cloverdale and 76th Avenue
(which could be seen from the street). For this bird, you’ll have to enter
the park. There is an unofficial  dirt trail near 77th. There is another
unofficial dirt trail on the far side of a paved trail that roughly
parallels Cloverdale. It is from various points on the interior dirt trail
that Eric saw the bird. There is a deep gully here. Acadian Flycatchers
nested at the south end of this gully in 2000. Eric was seeing the
Virginia’s more toward the north end of the gully.



Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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Re: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: A little more information on the Montauk Lapwings

[Mike]

In addition to the recent Lapwings mentioned by Angus, another wa in Monmouth 
County NJ on Thursday- photos here 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/8166827941/in/photostream

Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI, NY
  - Original Message - 
  From: Angus Wilson 
  To: NYSBIRDS-L 
  Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 6:32 PM
  Subject: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: A little more information on the Montauk 
Lapwings


  The Lapwings could well be in the area tomorrow (they are generally diurnal 
migrants) and I encourage searchers to check open grassy areas starting of 
course with the horse pastures in Deep Hollow or if necessary areas of 
disturbed soil, anywhere they might clean invertebrates. Twice the birds were 
spooked into flight by deer.





  Congratulations to Jorn Ake for an amazing find and to Peter Polshek for 
getting the rest of us on the birds before it became too dark to see.





  An extremely rare vagrant to the northeast from Europe, Lapwing has occurred 
in New York State on at least 5 previous occasions. The last twitchable bird 
being the one that lingered around through the Mecox Dairy area (Watermill, 
Suffolk Co.) in 1995 (Jan-Mar). Focusing on the South Fork, another was 
collected by Beebe at Mecox Bay in late 1905 and a few readers will even 
remember the bird from Deep Hollow in early December 1966! In the past few 
days, 4 different Lapwings were reported, with 2 together on Nantucket, 
Nantucket (still present this morning) and one seen and photographed on 3 Nov 
in Maine. Closer to home, workers involved in the Hurricane Sandy cleanup 
photographed a Lapwing in an area of Jones Beach (? I think) that is not 
accessible to the public. 





  Please post immediately to this list if you have any positive (or negative) 
news tomorrow. Many area birders will face the vexing challenge of 'Virginia's 
Warbler' vs 'Lapwing'. Maybe some will score twice.



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[nysbirds-l] NYC: Randall's Island, Sat. 10-Nov incl. Great Cormorant

[Ben Cacace]

Best New York County bird was a GREAT CORMORANT on "Hog Back Light 14", a
skeleton tower, south of Randall's Island.

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Manhattan, NYC

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[nysbirds-l] "SeaBC" Sea Bird Count Event

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please see the following message from Diana Doyle:



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Bird Count." You can participate in November, December or January. Hitch a 
coastal or offshore ride with a sailing or fishing buddy, or count while 
chartering or taking a cruise.

This citizen science project, in its second year, is organized by a group of 
nine long-distance birding sailors from around the world, including Wendy 
Clarke, Diana Doyle, Brenda Free, Yvonne Katchor, Beth Leonard, Katharine 
Lowrie, Devi Sharp, Jeanne Socrates, and Dorothy Wadlow.

Last year's inaugural count spanned 100º of latitude, from Maine to Antarctica. 
The Caribbean 1500, Baja Ha-Ha, Salty Dog Rally, Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 
(ARC), Seven Seas Cruising Association, Island Cruising Association, Ocean 
Cruising Club, and many other organizations have adopted the project and helped 
spread the word to their fleets.

This year we are encouraging participants to take digital photos of any 
seabirds. All data goes to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird database 
(www.ebird.org).

An instruction/tally sheet and additional information are available on the 
community page at 
Facebook.com/Birding.Aboard (under 
SeaBC/Resources), or by direct PDF download at: 
http://tinyurl.com/SeaBC-TallySheet.

Please join the count in any way you can and contribute much-needed information 
about pelagic birds!

Diana Doyle
m/v Semi-Local
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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[Debbie Becker]

The Great Horned Owls were the highlight of today's Saturday morning bird walk. 
Male & female both visible and hopefully getting ready to mate in a month or 
so. A few Pine Siskins and a mixed flock of Red winged blackbirds; male, female 
and immature males along with Rusty blackbirds were feeding in the Sweet Gum 
trees. 
The hurricane cut quite a path of destruction in the forest and throughout the 
Garden. Many large and very old trees were down. 

Pine Siskin
Purple finch
House Finch
House sparrow
White throated sparrow
Song sparrow
Swamp sparrow
American goldfinch
Hermit thrush
Dark eyed Junco
Northern flicker
Red bellied woodpecker
Black capped chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Northern cardinal
Blue jay
American crow
Gadwall
Mallard
American Robin
White breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch
Red tailed hawk
Great Horned owls
Red winged blackbird
Rusty blackbird 
Grackle
Wild turkey

Red bat

Good birding,
Debbie Becker
BirdingAroundNYC.com




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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: A little more information on the Montauk Lapwings

[Angus Wilson]

The Lapwings could well be in the area tomorrow (they are generally diurnal
migrants) and I encourage searchers to check open grassy areas starting of
course with the horse pastures in Deep Hollow or if necessary areas of
disturbed soil, anywhere they might clean invertebrates. Twice the birds
were spooked into flight by deer.


Congratulations to Jorn Ake for an amazing find and to Peter Polshek for
getting the rest of us on the birds before it became too dark to see.


An extremely rare vagrant to the northeast from Europe, Lapwing has
occurred in New York State on at least 5 previous occasions. The last
twitchable bird being the one that lingered around through the Mecox Dairy
area (Watermill, Suffolk Co.) in 1995 (Jan-Mar). Focusing on the South
Fork, another was collected by Beebe at Mecox Bay in late 1905 and a few
readers will even remember the bird from Deep Hollow in early December 1966! In
the past few days, 4 different Lapwings were reported, with 2 together on
Nantucket, Nantucket (still present this morning) and one seen and
photographed on 3 Nov in Maine. Closer to home, workers involved in
the Hurricane
Sandy cleanup photographed a Lapwing in an area of Jones Beach (? I
think)that is not accessible to the public.


Please post immediately to this list if you have any positive (or negative)
news tomorrow. Many area birders will face the vexing challenge of
'Virginia's Warbler' vs 'Lapwing'. Maybe some will score twice.

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New York City & The Springs, NY, USA
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Re:[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Two NORTHERN LAPWINGS in Deep Hollow, Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

Peter Polshek just refound the Lapwings on the Montauk airport runway visible 
from East Lake Drive. They are bear the windsock.
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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn crossbills

[Rob Jett]

Spent the day scouring the conifers in Green-Wood Cemetery for winter finches 
and it paid off. At around 8:45am we spotted a flock of about 25 White-winged 
Crossbills in a pine tree on Ocean Hill. The flock eventually took off towards 
the "Catacombs". We heard, then saw them again a short while later near the 
Crescent Water. At around 10:15am we had a calling Red Crossbill flyover near 
the "Valentine" angel on Cypress Avenue. We continued searching the pine trees 
in the area between Cypress Avenue and Sassafras Avenue and at 11:30am found 
another Red Crossbill calling from the top of a tulip tree. This one was more 
cooperative and we managed to get some photos. It then flew a short distance to 
a spruce tree. It eventually flew off and we spent the next few hours trying to 
find either species of crossbill for Tom Stephenson and Cindy Cage. We were 
unsuccessful. If you do go to Green-Wood Cemetery looking for crossbills they 
have free maps at the main entrance on 5th Avenue and 25th Street.

Good birding,

Rob

http://citybirder.blogspot.com


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Re:[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Two NORTHERN LAPWINGS in Deep Hollow, Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

The birds took off and flew N over the ridge. A few folks looking but getting 
dark fast.

Angus Wilson
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[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Locations

[Steve Walter]

I updated the map http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
to show the approximate locations of the Virginia's Warbler sightings so
far. I also gathered up the previous site info below. On the map, X marks
the spot of its discovery Oct 31. The other spots are noted by the November
dates of the sightings. To access today's location, there is an entrance to
the park from the street at 73rd Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd. (which would be
227th St., but doesn't say either on this map). The bird ranged a bit with
sightings about even with 228 to 229 Streets, both from the trail on the
north side and the trail on the south side (noted on the map as
Brooklyn-Queens Greenway). As I've said before, this is a tough bird to
find. People had been searching for about six hours today before it was
found. The sightings then tend to be brief, with the bird typically
descending into brush. So if that's not bad enough, its expanding range
makes it an even greater challenge.

 

 

November 9

This is an area not far from the challenge course.  I first heard a soft
chip note on the trail heading north towards the shipping containers and
then found the bird.  Note, the trail I am referring to has a weather
station apparatus attached to a tree.

 

November 5

Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left.
Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of
smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It's
worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the
park), as they did attract a Parula later on.

 

October 31

Alley (Pond) Park is in northeastern Queens (NYC). It lies between the Cross
Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Clearview Expressway, and Long Island
Expressway, if you plan a route here. Whichever highway you take, you'll
want to get to Springfield Blvd.

 

The specific location is in the southwestern part of the park. The closest
street access is off Cloverdale Blvd., near 77th Avenue. Some might recall
the Yellow-throated Warbler this spring at Cloverdale and 76th Avenue (which
could be seen from the street). For this bird, you'll have to enter the
park. There is an unofficial  dirt trail near 77th. There is another
unofficial dirt trail on the far side of a paved trail that roughly
parallels Cloverdale. It is from various points on the interior dirt trail
that Eric saw the bird. There is a deep gully here. Acadian Flycatchers
nested at the south end of this gully in 2000. Eric was seeing the
Virginia's more toward the north end of the gully. 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Two NORTHERN LAPWINGS in Deep Hollow, Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

Jorn Ake just called to say he'd found two NORTHERN LAPWINGS on the horse
pasture in Deep Hollow (east of Montauk Village).

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[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler (Yes)

[Anthony Collerton]

Alley Pond Park. Just South of Cloverdale & 73rd Avenue.

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Baltimore Oriole- Wading River

[Jim Clinton]

I had a Baltimore Oriole on Cliff Rd West 1:00 today.  Other birds in my old 
neighborhood, Siskin, Purple Finch, Thrasher, Towhee, and Sapsucker.
Jim Clinton Jr

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow at Kissena Corridor

[Cesar Castillo]

Was asked to clarify location.
I'm sorry to not have looked at what numbered baseball field it was, but its 
the one closest to the soccerfield.  East of the community garden.



 From: Christina Wilkinson 
To: 'Cesar Castillo'  
Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow at  Kissena Corridor
 

Hi César,
 
Would you please clarify which end of Kissena Corridor Park you saw the 
sparrow?  Both ends of the park have baseball fields along Colden Street.  See 
here:
 
http://goo.gl/maps/NqGiv
 
Thanks.
 
Christina
 
 
From:bounce-71147314-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-71147314-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Cesar Castillo
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 10:50 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow at Kissena Corridor
 
Went to try my luck at Kissena Corridor after work, before sunset.  Among a 
flock of mixed sparrows I got a different looking bird which seems to be a 
Grasshopper Sparrow.  The flock was feeding on the path that leads to the 
baseball field along Colden Street.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14667149@N00/8170960414/
 
 
César
 
Kissena Corridor is in Queens NY
 
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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Crossbills, Edgewood Preserve (Suffolk Co.)

[John Gluth]

I birded the northeast corner of the Edgewood DEC Preserve this morning
from 8:30-10:05. I mainly worked along the north-south power line right
of way on the eastern edge of the preserve. The highlight of the visit
were 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. The first 3 were heard calling and then
seen as they flew high overhead, going west. The other two birds were
unseen, heard calling from fixed positions. One of those birds was fairly
close and vocalized long enough for me to home in on its location. I was
closing in on it when I heard its calls began to recede to the northeast.

Edgewood is extensively wooded, primarily a mix of Pitch Pine and oaks.
In addition, the power line cut I walked has quite a few larches growing
along the fence line of the still active section of the Pilgrim State
Psychiatric Center, on which there are several large, cone-studded spruce
trees, and stands of Eastern White Pine. Probably enough food in the area
to keep some WWCRs happy for a while. I know I'll be going back regularly
in hope of another, closer encounter.

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[nysbirds-l] Some birding fun after storms - slightly OT

[martin swanhall]

To melt away the blues of Sandy and Athena and to welcome a beautiful birding 
weather weekend ahead!
Bet you sing along : )


Bohemian Waxody

"Is this a waxwing?
In this crabapple tree?
We're in a bird-slide, no denying reailty.

Open your eyes, look up to the skies, and see
I'm just a birder
I need no sympathy
Cause it's waxwing come, waxwing go,

Finches high, buntings low

Anywhere the wind blows doesnt really matter to mee
...Unless its Northeast.

(interlude)

Mama
Just killed a man
Got too close to a snowy owl
Pushed him right into the foul
WATERS
of Lake Michigan.
And now I've gone and thrown his scope away

OWL,
OoooOoh
Didn't mean to make you fly
But if you're not back again this time tommorrow,
Carry on, carry on
Photos do not matter.

Too late
The shrike has come
Bit a mouse right on the spine
Birders cursing all the time
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and chase this gyr

FALCON
Ooh
I don't wanna die
But if I do I wanna be fed to gulls

(Musical interlude)

I see a little silhouetto of a bird
In a tree, in a tree, will you chase green-breasted mango?
STARLING FLOCKS AND LIGHTENING VERY VERY FRIGHTENING ME
Bombycilla! Bombycilla!
Bombycilla! Bombycilla!
Bombycilla garrulus!- MAGNIFICOO

I'm a just a birder. Nobody loves me.
He's a just birder! From the town of Milwaukee!
Spare him a scope for the bird we shall see!

Easy come, easy go, will school let me go?
Twitch rare birds? NO! We will not let you go!
Let him go!
Twitch rare birds? We will not let you go!
Let him go!
Twitch rare birds? We will not let you go!
Let me go!
Will not let you go!
Let me go!
Will not let you go! oooh
No! No! No! No! No!
Bombycilla, bombycilla, bombycilla let me go!

Beezlebub has a grosbeak put aside for me...for me... FOR ME

doo doo doodooo doo dooo d dooo

So you think you stop me and shit in my eyes?
So you think you can leave me and fly?
Ohhh birdy
Can you listen to me birdy?
Just gotta get out, just gotta get birds for this year

(musical interlude)

Birding really matters...anyone can see...
Birding really mattersto m"








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[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler -NO

[Shane Blodgett]

As of 11:00 a.m. the previously reported VIRGINIA'S WARBLER had not been 
relocated. There were 10+ birders still looking when I left.

Regards,
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] Hempsted Lake SP

[sy schiff]

Hempstead Lake SP 10 Nov.

Out early to try for gas. At 7:30 AM the line appeared to be 2 hrs. So, went 
over to Hempstead as the web site said field 3 was open. There are trees down 
everywhere and large branches snapped off and littering the ground. Much of the 
area is roped off. The aftermath looks more like a tornado than a hurricane 
with trees down in all directions rather in one line.  It's a mess.

Birding was slow. Dozens of Robins are everywhere. Of interest, AMERICAN 
WIGEON, 6 on South Pond; YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER; HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKER; 
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER;  GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, 2: HERMIT THRUSH, several; 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER; FOX SPARROW, 2;  a single imm or female PURPLE FINCH 
feeding with White-throated Sparrows

Sy Schiff.

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[nysbirds-l] Hempsted Lake SP

[sy schiff]

Hempstead Lake SP 10 Nov.

Out early to try for gas. At 7:30 AM the line appeared to be 2 hrs. So, went 
over to Hempstead as the web site said field 3 was open. There are trees down 
everywhere and large branches snapped off and littering the ground. Much of the 
area is roped off. The aftermath looks more like a tornado than a hurricane 
with trees down in all directions rather in one line.  It's a mess.

Birding was slow. Dozens of Robins are everywhere. Of interest, AMERICAN 
WIGEON, 6 on South Pond; YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER; HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKER; 
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER;  GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, 2: HERMIT THRUSH, several; 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER; FOX SPARROW, 2;  a single imm or female PURPLE FINCH 
feeding with White-throated Sparrows

Sy Schiff.

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[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler -NO

[Shane Blodgett]

As of 11:00 a.m. the previously reported VIRGINIA'S WARBLER had not been 
relocated. There were 10+ birders still looking when I left.

Regards,
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] Some birding fun after storms - slightly OT

[martin swanhall]

To melt away the blues of Sandy and Athena and to welcome a beautiful birding 
weather weekend ahead!
Bet you sing along : )


Bohemian Waxody

Is this a waxwing?
In this crabapple tree?
We're in a bird-slide, no denying reailty.

Open your eyes, look up to the skies, and see
I'm just a birder
I need no sympathy
Cause it's waxwing come, waxwing go,

Finches high, buntings low

Anywhere the wind blows doesnt really matter to mee
...Unless its Northeast.

(interlude)

Mama
Just killed a man
Got too close to a snowy owl
Pushed him right into the foul
WATERS
of Lake Michigan.
And now I've gone and thrown his scope away

OWL,
OoooOoh
Didn't mean to make you fly
But if you're not back again this time tommorrow,
Carry on, carry on
Photos do not matter.

Too late
The shrike has come
Bit a mouse right on the spine
Birders cursing all the time
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and chase this gyr

FALCON
Ooh
I don't wanna die
But if I do I wanna be fed to gulls

(Musical interlude)

I see a little silhouetto of a bird
In a tree, in a tree, will you chase green-breasted mango?
STARLING FLOCKS AND LIGHTENING VERY VERY FRIGHTENING ME
Bombycilla! Bombycilla!
Bombycilla! Bombycilla!
Bombycilla garrulus!- MAGNIFICOO

I'm a just a birder. Nobody loves me.
He's a just birder! From the town of Milwaukee!
Spare him a scope for the bird we shall see!

Easy come, easy go, will school let me go?
Twitch rare birds? NO! We will not let you go!
Let him go!
Twitch rare birds? We will not let you go!
Let him go!
Twitch rare birds? We will not let you go!
Let me go!
Will not let you go!
Let me go!
Will not let you go! oooh
No! No! No! No! No!
Bombycilla, bombycilla, bombycilla let me go!

Beezlebub has a grosbeak put aside for me...for me... FOR ME

doo doo doodooo doo dooo d dooo

So you think you stop me and shit in my eyes?
So you think you can leave me and fly?
Ohhh birdy
Can you listen to me birdy?
Just gotta get out, just gotta get birds for this year

(musical interlude)

Birding really matters...anyone can see...
Birding really mattersto m




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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Crossbills, Edgewood Preserve (Suffolk Co.)

[John Gluth]

I birded the northeast corner of the Edgewood DEC Preserve this morning
from 8:30-10:05. I mainly worked along the north-south power line right
of way on the eastern edge of the preserve. The highlight of the visit
were 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. The first 3 were heard calling and then
seen as they flew high overhead, going west. The other two birds were
unseen, heard calling from fixed positions. One of those birds was fairly
close and vocalized long enough for me to home in on its location. I was
closing in on it when I heard its calls began to recede to the northeast.

Edgewood is extensively wooded, primarily a mix of Pitch Pine and oaks.
In addition, the power line cut I walked has quite a few larches growing
along the fence line of the still active section of the Pilgrim State
Psychiatric Center, on which there are several large, cone-studded spruce
trees, and stands of Eastern White Pine. Probably enough food in the area
to keep some WWCRs happy for a while. I know I'll be going back regularly
in hope of another, closer encounter.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow at Kissena Corridor

[Cesar Castillo]

Was asked to clarify location.
I'm sorry to not have looked at what numbered baseball field it was, but its 
the one closest to the soccerfield.  East of the community garden.



 From: Christina Wilkinson nutrich...@rcn.com
To: 'Cesar Castillo' czar3...@yahoo.com 
Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow at  Kissena Corridor
 

Hi César,
 
Would you please clarify which end of Kissena Corridor Park you saw the 
sparrow?  Both ends of the park have baseball fields along Colden Street.  See 
here:
 
http://goo.gl/maps/NqGiv
 
Thanks.
 
Christina
 
 
From:bounce-71147314-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-71147314-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Cesar Castillo
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 10:50 PM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow at Kissena Corridor
 
Went to try my luck at Kissena Corridor after work, before sunset.  Among a 
flock of mixed sparrows I got a different looking bird which seems to be a 
Grasshopper Sparrow.  The flock was feeding on the path that leads to the 
baseball field along Colden Street.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14667149@N00/8170960414/
 
 
César
 
Kissena Corridor is in Queens NY
 
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[nysbirds-l] Baltimore Oriole- Wading River

[Jim Clinton]

I had a Baltimore Oriole on Cliff Rd West 1:00 today.  Other birds in my old 
neighborhood, Siskin, Purple Finch, Thrasher, Towhee, and Sapsucker.
Jim Clinton Jr

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[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler (Yes)

[Anthony Collerton]

Alley Pond Park. Just South of Cloverdale  73rd Avenue.

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Two NORTHERN LAPWINGS in Deep Hollow, Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

Jorn Ake just called to say he'd found two NORTHERN LAPWINGS on the horse
pasture in Deep Hollow (east of Montauk Village).

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[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Locations

[Steve Walter]

I updated the map http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
to show the approximate locations of the Virginia's Warbler sightings so
far. I also gathered up the previous site info below. On the map, X marks
the spot of its discovery Oct 31. The other spots are noted by the November
dates of the sightings. To access today's location, there is an entrance to
the park from the street at 73rd Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd. (which would be
227th St., but doesn't say either on this map). The bird ranged a bit with
sightings about even with 228 to 229 Streets, both from the trail on the
north side and the trail on the south side (noted on the map as
Brooklyn-Queens Greenway). As I've said before, this is a tough bird to
find. People had been searching for about six hours today before it was
found. The sightings then tend to be brief, with the bird typically
descending into brush. So if that's not bad enough, its expanding range
makes it an even greater challenge.

 

 

November 9

This is an area not far from the challenge course.  I first heard a soft
chip note on the trail heading north towards the shipping containers and
then found the bird.  Note, the trail I am referring to has a weather
station apparatus attached to a tree.

 

November 5

Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left.
Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of
smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It's
worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the
park), as they did attract a Parula later on.

 

October 31

Alley (Pond) Park is in northeastern Queens (NYC). It lies between the Cross
Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Clearview Expressway, and Long Island
Expressway, if you plan a route here. Whichever highway you take, you'll
want to get to Springfield Blvd.

 

The specific location is in the southwestern part of the park. The closest
street access is off Cloverdale Blvd., near 77th Avenue. Some might recall
the Yellow-throated Warbler this spring at Cloverdale and 76th Avenue (which
could be seen from the street). For this bird, you'll have to enter the
park. There is an unofficial  dirt trail near 77th. There is another
unofficial dirt trail on the far side of a paved trail that roughly
parallels Cloverdale. It is from various points on the interior dirt trail
that Eric saw the bird. There is a deep gully here. Acadian Flycatchers
nested at the south end of this gully in 2000. Eric was seeing the
Virginia's more toward the north end of the gully. 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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Re:[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Two NORTHERN LAPWINGS in Deep Hollow, Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

The birds took off and flew N over the ridge. A few folks looking but getting 
dark fast.

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn crossbills

[Rob Jett]

Spent the day scouring the conifers in Green-Wood Cemetery for winter finches 
and it paid off. At around 8:45am we spotted a flock of about 25 White-winged 
Crossbills in a pine tree on Ocean Hill. The flock eventually took off towards 
the Catacombs. We heard, then saw them again a short while later near the 
Crescent Water. At around 10:15am we had a calling Red Crossbill flyover near 
the Valentine angel on Cypress Avenue. We continued searching the pine trees 
in the area between Cypress Avenue and Sassafras Avenue and at 11:30am found 
another Red Crossbill calling from the top of a tulip tree. This one was more 
cooperative and we managed to get some photos. It then flew a short distance to 
a spruce tree. It eventually flew off and we spent the next few hours trying to 
find either species of crossbill for Tom Stephenson and Cindy Cage. We were 
unsuccessful. If you do go to Green-Wood Cemetery looking for crossbills they 
have free maps at the main entrance on 5th Avenue and 25th Street.

Good birding,

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Re:[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Two NORTHERN LAPWINGS in Deep Hollow, Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

Peter Polshek just refound the Lapwings on the Montauk airport runway visible 
from East Lake Drive. They are bear the windsock.
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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: A little more information on the Montauk Lapwings

[Angus Wilson]

The Lapwings could well be in the area tomorrow (they are generally diurnal
migrants) and I encourage searchers to check open grassy areas starting of
course with the horse pastures in Deep Hollow or if necessary areas of
disturbed soil, anywhere they might clean invertebrates. Twice the birds
were spooked into flight by deer.


Congratulations to Jorn Ake for an amazing find and to Peter Polshek for
getting the rest of us on the birds before it became too dark to see.


An extremely rare vagrant to the northeast from Europe, Lapwing has
occurred in New York State on at least 5 previous occasions. The last
twitchable bird being the one that lingered around through the Mecox Dairy
area (Watermill, Suffolk Co.) in 1995 (Jan-Mar). Focusing on the South
Fork, another was collected by Beebe at Mecox Bay in late 1905 and a few
readers will even remember the bird from Deep Hollow in early December 1966! In
the past few days, 4 different Lapwings were reported, with 2 together on
Nantucket, Nantucket (still present this morning) and one seen and
photographed on 3 Nov in Maine. Closer to home, workers involved in
the Hurricane
Sandy cleanup photographed a Lapwing in an area of Jones Beach (? I
think)that is not accessible to the public.


Please post immediately to this list if you have any positive (or negative)
news tomorrow. Many area birders will face the vexing challenge of
'Virginia's Warbler' vs 'Lapwing'. Maybe some will score twice.

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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[Debbie Becker]

The Great Horned Owls were the highlight of today's Saturday morning bird walk. 
Male  female both visible and hopefully getting ready to mate in a month or 
so. A few Pine Siskins and a mixed flock of Red winged blackbirds; male, female 
and immature males along with Rusty blackbirds were feeding in the Sweet Gum 
trees. 
The hurricane cut quite a path of destruction in the forest and throughout the 
Garden. Many large and very old trees were down. 

Pine Siskin
Purple finch
House Finch
House sparrow
White throated sparrow
Song sparrow
Swamp sparrow
American goldfinch
Hermit thrush
Dark eyed Junco
Northern flicker
Red bellied woodpecker
Black capped chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Northern cardinal
Blue jay
American crow
Gadwall
Mallard
American Robin
White breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch
Red tailed hawk
Great Horned owls
Red winged blackbird
Rusty blackbird 
Grackle
Wild turkey

Red bat

Good birding,
Debbie Becker
BirdingAroundNYC.com




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[nysbirds-l] SeaBC Sea Bird Count Event

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please see the following message from Diana Doyle:



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I'd like to encourage fellow birders to participate in this year's SeaBC Sea 
Bird Count. You can participate in November, December or January. Hitch a 
coastal or offshore ride with a sailing or fishing buddy, or count while 
chartering or taking a cruise.

This citizen science project, in its second year, is organized by a group of 
nine long-distance birding sailors from around the world, including Wendy 
Clarke, Diana Doyle, Brenda Free, Yvonne Katchor, Beth Leonard, Katharine 
Lowrie, Devi Sharp, Jeanne Socrates, and Dorothy Wadlow.

Last year's inaugural count spanned 100º of latitude, from Maine to Antarctica. 
The Caribbean 1500, Baja Ha-Ha, Salty Dog Rally, Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 
(ARC), Seven Seas Cruising Association, Island Cruising Association, Ocean 
Cruising Club, and many other organizations have adopted the project and helped 
spread the word to their fleets.

This year we are encouraging participants to take digital photos of any 
seabirds. All data goes to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird database 
(www.ebird.orghttp://www.ebird.org/).

An instruction/tally sheet and additional information are available on the 
community page at 
Facebook.com/Birding.Aboardhttp://Facebook.com/Birding.Aboard (under 
SeaBC/Resources), or by direct PDF download at: 
http://tinyurl.com/SeaBC-TallySheet.

Please join the count in any way you can and contribute much-needed information 
about pelagic birds!

Diana Doyle
m/v Semi-Local
St. Augustine, Florida

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[nysbirds-l] NYC: Randall's Island, Sat. 10-Nov incl. Great Cormorant

[Ben Cacace]

Best New York County bird was a GREAT CORMORANT on Hog Back Light 14, a
skeleton tower, south of Randall's Island.

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— Location of Hog Back Light 14: http://goo.gl/maps/cae3i

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Manhattan, NYC

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Re: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: A little more information on the Montauk Lapwings

[Mike]

In addition to the recent Lapwings mentioned by Angus, another wa in Monmouth 
County NJ on Thursday- photos here 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/8166827941/in/photostream

Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI, NY
  - Original Message - 
  From: Angus Wilson 
  To: NYSBIRDS-L 
  Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 6:32 PM
  Subject: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: A little more information on the Montauk 
Lapwings


  The Lapwings could well be in the area tomorrow (they are generally diurnal 
migrants) and I encourage searchers to check open grassy areas starting of 
course with the horse pastures in Deep Hollow or if necessary areas of 
disturbed soil, anywhere they might clean invertebrates. Twice the birds were 
spooked into flight by deer.





  Congratulations to Jorn Ake for an amazing find and to Peter Polshek for 
getting the rest of us on the birds before it became too dark to see.





  An extremely rare vagrant to the northeast from Europe, Lapwing has occurred 
in New York State on at least 5 previous occasions. The last twitchable bird 
being the one that lingered around through the Mecox Dairy area (Watermill, 
Suffolk Co.) in 1995 (Jan-Mar). Focusing on the South Fork, another was 
collected by Beebe at Mecox Bay in late 1905 and a few readers will even 
remember the bird from Deep Hollow in early December 1966! In the past few 
days, 4 different Lapwings were reported, with 2 together on Nantucket, 
Nantucket (still present this morning) and one seen and photographed on 3 Nov 
in Maine. Closer to home, workers involved in the Hurricane Sandy cleanup 
photographed a Lapwing in an area of Jones Beach (? I think) that is not 
accessible to the public. 





  Please post immediately to this list if you have any positive (or negative) 
news tomorrow. Many area birders will face the vexing challenge of 'Virginia's 
Warbler' vs 'Lapwing'. Maybe some will score twice.



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Locations

[Andrew Baksh]

Thanks Steve for posting an updated map.  The bird was seen on and off as
late as 4:20 p.m.

Reminder: Please remember to follow the ABA code of ethics when birding.
 Excessive tape playing is not the way to go about trying to see this
rarity and may actually push the bird away instead of enticing it.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

On Nov 10, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net wrote:

I updated the map http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
to show the approximate locations of the Virginia’s Warbler sightings so
far. I also gathered up the previous site info below. On the map, X marks
the spot of its discovery Oct 31. The other spots are noted by the November
dates of the sightings. To access today’s location, there is an entrance to
the park from the street at 73rd Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd. (which would
be 227th St., but doesn’t say either on this map). The bird ranged a bit
with sightings about even with 228 to 229 Streets, both from the trail on
the north side and the trail on the south side (noted on the map as
Brooklyn-Queens Greenway). As I’ve said before, this is a tough bird to
find. People had been searching for about six hours today before it was
found. The sightings then tend to be brief, with the bird typically
descending into brush. So if that’s not bad enough, its expanding range
makes it an even greater challenge.





November 9

This is an area not far from the challenge course.  I first heard a soft
chip note on the trail heading north towards the shipping containers and
then found the bird.  Note, the trail I am referring to has a weather
station apparatus attached to a tree.



November 5

Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left.
Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of
smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It’s
worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the
park), as they did attract a Parula later on.



October 31

Alley (Pond) Park is in northeastern Queens (NYC). It lies between the
Cross Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Clearview Expressway, and Long
Island Expressway, if you plan a route here. Whichever highway you take,
you’ll want to get to Springfield Blvd.



The specific location is in the southwestern part of the park. The closest
street access is off Cloverdale Blvd., near 77th Avenue. Some might recall
the Yellow-throated Warbler this spring at Cloverdale and 76th Avenue
(which could be seen from the street). For this bird, you’ll have to enter
the park. There is an unofficial  dirt trail near 77th. There is another
unofficial dirt trail on the far side of a paved trail that roughly
parallels Cloverdale. It is from various points on the interior dirt trail
that Eric saw the bird. There is a deep gully here. Acadian Flycatchers
nested at the south end of this gully in 2000. Eric was seeing the
Virginia’s more toward the north end of the gully.



Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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