2-21 1 adult Iceland gull & 1 first year Iceland gull on the shore west of
Montauk inlet . At least 200 bonaparte's gulls on the south shore of lake
Montauk the wind was blowing at 35 miles a hour .GARY STRAUS
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TUFTED DUCK
SLATY-BACKED GULL
KING EIDER
GR. WHITE-FR.
Hempstead Lake SP 21 Feb
Cold partly sunny morning. A COMMON TEAL (North American subspecies, European
full species) was with 20 GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the pond by parking lot #3.
Other birds of interest; PIED-BILLED GREBE, BELTED KINGFISHER, 3 WINTER WREN,.
BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
There were a dozen White-winged Crossbills on Ocean Parkway near Oak Beach
Long Island this am.
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Hello all,
In case there's some that don't know, cut and past both parts of link in
Peter's post for it to work. It was broken up into two lines for me.
I had privately passed on this email to Greg early this morning:
Hi Greg,
In Red Crossbills the ratio is 1:1 but in WW Crossbills the ratio
See: Groth J.G. 1992.
Further Information on the Genetics of Bill Crossing in Crossbills.
Auk 109 (2): 385-389.
which can be found at:
http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v109n02/p0383-
p0385.pdf
Peter Post
New York City
pwp...@nyc.rr.com
On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:19 AM, greg
Hi All,
To summarize Marshall Iliff's lengthy email below, there has been a gorgeous
immature male gray morph Gyrfalcon frequenting the agricultural areas of
Northampton, Hadley, and Amherst MA since mid-December, which has been
incredibly difficult to pin down. However, over the weekend the
Hi Greg/All,
Very observant! It is not 50-50, at least for White-winged Crossbill. Info
from the Birds of North America White-winged Crossbill account:
"Lower mandible crosses to right approximately 3 times more often than to
left (Benkman 1988c
I've been looking at some photos I took recently of Crossbills and noticed
that on one bird the upper mandible crosses over the right side of the
lower mandible and on another bird it crosses on the left. Does anybody out
there know if there is a preference either way, or is it a 50% proposition?
an article in yesterdays Newsday (Long Island Newspaper) on page A13
titled "Fisherman Makes Unusual Catch" reports a commercial fishing
boat captain based locally out of Shinnecock Inlet NY recently
fished a purple gallinule out of the ocean about 25 miles south of
Nantucket Island. The bird
an article in yesterdays Newsday (Long Island Newspaper) on page A13
titled Fisherman Makes Unusual Catch reports a commercial fishing
boat captain based locally out of Shinnecock Inlet NY recently
fished a purple gallinule out of the ocean about 25 miles south of
Nantucket Island. The bird was
I've been looking at some photos I took recently of Crossbills and noticed
that on one bird the upper mandible crosses over the right side of the
lower mandible and on another bird it crosses on the left. Does anybody out
there know if there is a preference either way, or is it a 50% proposition?
Hi Greg/All,
Very observant! It is not 50-50, at least for White-winged Crossbill. Info
from the Birds of North America White-winged Crossbill account:
Lower mandible crosses to right approximately 3 times more often than to
left (Benkman 1988c
Hi All,
To summarize Marshall Iliff's lengthy email below, there has been a gorgeous
immature male gray morph Gyrfalcon frequenting the agricultural areas of
Northampton, Hadley, and Amherst MA since mid-December, which has been
incredibly difficult to pin down. However, over the weekend the
See: Groth J.G. 1992.
Further Information on the Genetics of Bill Crossing in Crossbills.
Auk 109 (2): 385-389.
which can be found at:
http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v109n02/p0383-
p0385.pdf
Peter Post
New York City
pwp...@nyc.rr.com
On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:19 AM, greg
Hello all,
In case there's some that don't know, cut and past both parts of link in
Peter's post for it to work. It was broken up into two lines for me.
I had privately passed on this email to Greg early this morning:
Hi Greg,
In Red Crossbills the ratio is 1:1 but in WW Crossbills the ratio
There were a dozen White-winged Crossbills on Ocean Parkway near Oak Beach
Long Island this am.
--
Ken Thompson
Sayville NY
--
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
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Hempstead Lake SP 21 Feb
Cold partly sunny morning. A COMMON TEAL (North American subspecies, European
full species) was with 20 GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the pond by parking lot #3.
Other birds of interest; PIED-BILLED GREBE, BELTED KINGFISHER, 3 WINTER WREN,.
BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/21/2013
* NYBU1302.21
- Birds mentioned
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Please submit reports to
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TUFTED DUCK
SLATY-BACKED GULL
KING EIDER
GR. WHITE-FR.
2-21 1 adult Iceland gull 1 first year Iceland gull on the shore west of
Montauk inlet . At least 200 bonaparte's gulls on the south shore of lake
Montauk the wind was blowing at 35 miles a hour .GARY STRAUS
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