Five Rusty Blackbirds were seen gleaning the edges of the third
(unnamed) pond south of Grumman Blvd at about 1 PM this afternoon,
accompanied by one Killdeer.
Peggy & Joel Horman
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The New York State Young Birders Club held their fourth annual Kickoff
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Paul Lewis and Monica Smith for helping to coordinate our meeting today.
For additional information about the club, please visit www.nysyoungbirders.org
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1/20/13 - Montauk Pt. and vacinity, Suffolk Co., NY
several Common Loons
4+ Red-throated Loons
2 Pied-billed Grebes
40+ Horned Grebes
2 American Coots
1 Great Blue Heron
many Canada Geese
7+ Snow Geese
several Common Eider
60+ Black Scoters
30+ Surf Scoters
30+ White-winged Scoters
several
Tufted Duck still being seen in Cold Spring Harbor in St John's pond behind
the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery.
The Barnacle Goose was in St Charles Cemetery near the Wellwood Avenue
entrance and a Greater White Fronted Goose was seen nearby with another
group of Canada Geese.
Good birding,
Saul
Hello, Kevin Nolan, Dick Belanger and I did this
years Waterfowl Census along Dune Road from the Inlet west to the first
Quogue Bridge. Some totals were 48 Common Goldeneye, 78 Bufflehead, 203
Common Eider and over 1,000 Scoter. Highlights of our day were an actively
feeding Razorbill by
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 18, 2013
* NYNY1301.18
- Birds mentioned
BARNACLE GOOSE+
WESTERN GREBE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
CACKLING GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form "Common Teal")
David Speiser
On Jan 20, 2013, at 3:29 PM, "greg prelich" wrote:
> My brother Rich and I took a Sunday trip to Long Island with visions of good
> birds in our
> heads. We started out at Cold Spring Harbor, where we found the previously
> reported Tufted Duck, with a great lesson seeing
My brother Rich and I took a Sunday trip to Long Island with visions of
good birds in our
heads. We started out at Cold Spring Harbor, where we found the previously
reported Tufted Duck, with a great lesson seeing Tufted and Ring-billeds
side-by-side, just like in the field guides. The 3 Redheads
There are now 6 EURASIAN WIGEON on the pond at West Sayville Golf Course. 3
drakes and 3 hens. My earlier suspicion of more than 1 hen wouldn't rest so I
returned to the site at 2:40.
The birds were much easier to detail this time around as they were spread out
on the pond, rather than a tight
During NYS Young Birders Club annual kick off meeting at Ward Pound ridge
reservation (Cross River) a Northern Shrike was seen perched treetop along the
road b/w "toll" entrance and trailside museum. Not sure name of young birder
who made this great find. Most in group were able to get
To echo the comments of Willie D'Anna and Kim Hartquist, it was an incredible
day of birding along the Niagara River near Niagara Falls on Saturday, 1/19. A
custom tour covering Lewiston, Devil's Hole State Park, Whirlpool St. Pk. and
Goat Island on the U.S. side and the Control Gates, Dufferin
Out and about doing dome waterfowl counts I just had 4 EURASIAN WIGEONS on the
main pond at West Sayville Golf Course.
3 drakes and at least 1 hen. The birds stacked up densely while foraging on the
grass, which made the hen search a bit more difficult.
Seen at 8:30 a.m. on field 300 yds. south of office.
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Seen at 8:30 a.m. on field 300 yds. south of office.
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Out and about doing dome waterfowl counts I just had 4 EURASIAN WIGEONS on the
main pond at West Sayville Golf Course.
3 drakes and at least 1 hen. The birds stacked up densely while foraging on the
grass, which made the hen search a bit more difficult.
To echo the comments of Willie D'Anna and Kim Hartquist, it was an incredible
day of birding along the Niagara River near Niagara Falls on Saturday, 1/19. A
custom tour covering Lewiston, Devil's Hole State Park, Whirlpool St. Pk. and
Goat Island on the U.S. side and the Control Gates, Dufferin
During NYS Young Birders Club annual kick off meeting at Ward Pound ridge
reservation (Cross River) a Northern Shrike was seen perched treetop along the
road b/w toll entrance and trailside museum. Not sure name of young birder
who made this great find. Most in group were able to get excellent
There are now 6 EURASIAN WIGEON on the pond at West Sayville Golf Course. 3
drakes and 3 hens. My earlier suspicion of more than 1 hen wouldn't rest so I
returned to the site at 2:40.
The birds were much easier to detail this time around as they were spread out
on the pond, rather than a tight
My brother Rich and I took a Sunday trip to Long Island with visions of
good birds in our
heads. We started out at Cold Spring Harbor, where we found the previously
reported Tufted Duck, with a great lesson seeing Tufted and Ring-billeds
side-by-side, just like in the field guides. The 3 Redheads
David Speiser
On Jan 20, 2013, at 3:29 PM, greg prelich gprel...@gmail.com wrote:
My brother Rich and I took a Sunday trip to Long Island with visions of good
birds in our
heads. We started out at Cold Spring Harbor, where we found the previously
reported Tufted Duck, with a great lesson
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 18, 2013
* NYNY1301.18
- Birds mentioned
BARNACLE GOOSE+
WESTERN GREBE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
CACKLING GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form Common Teal)
Hello, Kevin Nolan, Dick Belanger and I did this
years Waterfowl Census along Dune Road from the Inlet west to the first
Quogue Bridge. Some totals were 48 Common Goldeneye, 78 Bufflehead, 203
Common Eider and over 1,000 Scoter. Highlights of our day were an actively
feeding Razorbill by
Tufted Duck still being seen in Cold Spring Harbor in St John's pond behind
the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery.
The Barnacle Goose was in St Charles Cemetery near the Wellwood Avenue
entrance and a Greater White Fronted Goose was seen nearby with another
group of Canada Geese.
Good birding,
Saul
1/20/13 - Montauk Pt. and vacinity, Suffolk Co., NY
several Common Loons
4+ Red-throated Loons
2 Pied-billed Grebes
40+ Horned Grebes
2 American Coots
1 Great Blue Heron
many Canada Geese
7+ Snow Geese
several Common Eider
60+ Black Scoters
30+ Surf Scoters
30+ White-winged Scoters
several
The New York State Young Birders Club held their fourth annual Kickoff
Meeting at Ward Pound Ridge in Westchester County. Many thanks to
Paul Lewis and Monica Smith for helping to coordinate our meeting today.
For additional information about the club, please visit www.nysyoungbirders.org
.
Five Rusty Blackbirds were seen gleaning the edges of the third
(unnamed) pond south of Grumman Blvd at about 1 PM this afternoon,
accompanied by one Killdeer.
Peggy Joel Horman
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