[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 December 2012

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec 28, 2012 * NYNY1212.28 - Birds Mentioned: BARNACLE GOOSE+ PACIFIC LOON+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Cackling Goose Eurasian Wigeon TUFTED DUCK Red-necked Grebe Northern Gannet Great Egret Black

[nysbirds-l] West End/Jones Beach Birds This Afternoon (Nassau Co.)

At WE2 this afternoon there was a flock of twenty-three Red Crossbills in the median and seventeen Tree Swallows seen by Jerry & Beth Platt near the jetty. There has also been a single Lapland Longspur associating with Horned Larks, seen and photographed approx. two days ago by Jerry and

[nysbirds-l] tufted duck huntington harbor

The tufted duck was in the opposite side of the harbor in front of the deli by shore rd. gary straus. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm AR

[nysbirds-l] Bellport Bay Yacht Club, Suffolk - Glaucous Gull +

This evening, I arrived at the Bellport Bay Yacht Club to an enormous roost of large gulls, numbering at least 2900 individuals. Although it is not unprecedented to have counts of over two-thousand gulls during January and February, today's gathering was quite an abrupt change from the sma

[nysbirds-l] NYC: Upper East Side, N. Saw-whet Owl (late Dec.)

** This report doesn't pinpoint where the owl was heard. Over the past week I've had two nights of hearing calls from a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL in the Upper East Side section of Manhattan closer to the East River. The owl was heard on Thursday, 23-Dec and last night and it matches the pitch and the

[nysbirds-l] Rye Clay-colored Sparrow still around

Hi All, I just wanted to give an update that the Clay-colored Sparrow at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye is still around. Several of us were treated to satisfying looks this afternoon, its 20th (at least) day here. Here's a photo: http://flic.kr/p/dFcxko Perhaps it will stick around into 2013...

[nysbirds-l] Bronx Magnolia Warbler, 12/23

(last Sunday), 12/23/2012 - The Bronx, N.Y. City Not a bird most anyone would try and look for, as it's such a common spring & fall migrant and a fairly common breeder in appropriate habitat in the state and many northern states and provinces, but as a CBC bird, quite unexpected - a Magnolia Wa

[nysbirds-l] Common Yellowthroat

Union Square Park in Manhattan 12/28/12 a Common Yellowthroat (probably female) foraging on the ground at about 3 pm today. Alice Deutsch -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbird

[nysbirds-l] Red Crossbills Heckscher state park

This morning around 8:45 AM there was a fllock of about 30 Red Crossbills a bit east of field 8 at Heckscher State Park. I did not see or hear them during my first drive past, but on the second pass they took flight and landed very close to the road. I could see them well enough to see at le

[nysbirds-l] Smithtown, Long Island CBC Results

The 91st Smithtown Count (Long Island) was conducted during yesterday's noreaster. We tallied 100 species, which at first seemed disappointing but is better than I expected given the punishing field conditions that we encountered. The flooding storm surge coupled with a 10 AM high-tide made shore

[nysbirds-l] 12/29 Northern Gannet soaring and diving near shore Peconic Bay, Mattituck

12/29 Northern Gannet soaring and diving near shore Peconic Bay, Mattituck Libby -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.