Having arrived at about 10am, I was told that just 10 minutes before
the bird was seen departing the Osprey nest platform west of the
Gilgo Parking Lot (yesterday's location) heading north and possibly
east.
I, along with a number of other observers remained at the location
searching to no
Hi all,
There were lots of people looking for the Gyrfalcon at Gilgo today but no
one that I met had a confirmed sighting. At one point we saw three large,
very distant, falcons in flight and one was obviously larger than the
others. The larger bird took off from the beach of one of the distant
Hello All,What a pleasure it is to have a birding day with temps in
the forties with the lightest of winds. Last Sunday I had led an Audubon
walk that included Montauk. The measured windchill happened to be 1 degree.
The five of us exited the cars that day at Lazy Point to try for the
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 25, 2013
* NYSY 02. 25. 13
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 18, 2013 - February 25, 2013
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Today at Kissena Park Queens, NYC I spotted a Common Redpoll, a
Rough-legged hawk and a Great Horned Owl in that order.
I had a clear view of the adult female Common Redpoll. It was in the
brush and small trees at the north-western corner of the pond.
The Rough-legged Hawk was spotted after I
Also,
Both the north and south ends of Stump Pond often remain open even when the
rest freezes over. The effect is a large frozen "middle" with to open ends.
This is the frist time I have checked the north end of the pond since the most
recent freeze-up. I never saw the Tufted Duck on the
Angus, et al.,
The Blydenburgh Tufted Duck seen today still has considerable brown smudging on
its lower flanks, though these markings were only visible when the bird rotated
in the water to preen. The smudging is not readily apparent when the bird is
simply resting on the water. I will
I've been intrigued by the various reports of male TUFTED DUCK(S) in the
Huntington, Long Island (Suffolk Co.) area this winter. The presumption is
that a single bird is involved, moving from one site to another, but one or
two people have thought otherwise based on their views of the birds.
As
Sorry for the late post, but due to a computer problem last night, I had to
wait until now for "tech" support to get me going.
Yesterday, Tom Moran and I raced down to Gilgo Beach in time to wait for quite
awhile before seeing the Gyrfalcon. At ~ 3:30 PM the bird just seemed to appear
(no one
The drake Tufted Duck continues at the north end of Stump Pond at Blydenburgh
(Suffolk). Best access from trail at NW corner of dog run parking lot.
-Peter
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A belated report from the Saturday morning bird walk at NYBG.
Highlights; PINE SISKIN, and PURPLE FINCH
We saw the usual suspects:
Chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Cardinal
Blue jay
White breasted nuthatch
American Robin
American Goldfinch
White throated sparrow
Song sparrow
Red tailed hawk
Cooper's hawk
A belated report from the Saturday morning bird walk at NYBG.
Highlights; PINE SISKIN, and PURPLE FINCH
We saw the usual suspects:
Chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Cardinal
Blue jay
White breasted nuthatch
American Robin
American Goldfinch
White throated sparrow
Song sparrow
Red tailed hawk
Cooper's hawk
The drake Tufted Duck continues at the north end of Stump Pond at Blydenburgh
(Suffolk). Best access from trail at NW corner of dog run parking lot.
-Peter
Sent from my iPhone
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
Sorry for the late post, but due to a computer problem last night, I had to
wait until now for tech support to get me going.
Yesterday, Tom Moran and I raced down to Gilgo Beach in time to wait for quite
awhile before seeing the Gyrfalcon. At ~ 3:30 PM the bird just seemed to appear
(no one
I've been intrigued by the various reports of male TUFTED DUCK(S) in the
Huntington, Long Island (Suffolk Co.) area this winter. The presumption is
that a single bird is involved, moving from one site to another, but one or
two people have thought otherwise based on their views of the birds.
As
Angus, et al.,
The Blydenburgh Tufted Duck seen today still has considerable brown smudging on
its lower flanks, though these markings were only visible when the bird rotated
in the water to preen. The smudging is not readily apparent when the bird is
simply resting on the water. I will
Today at Kissena Park Queens, NYC I spotted a Common Redpoll, a
Rough-legged hawk and a Great Horned Owl in that order.
I had a clear view of the adult female Common Redpoll. It was in the
brush and small trees at the north-western corner of the pond.
The Rough-legged Hawk was spotted after I
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 25, 2013
* NYSY 02. 25. 13
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 18, 2013 - February 25, 2013
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Hello All,What a pleasure it is to have a birding day with temps in
the forties with the lightest of winds. Last Sunday I had led an Audubon
walk that included Montauk. The measured windchill happened to be 1 degree.
The five of us exited the cars that day at Lazy Point to try for the
Hi all,
There were lots of people looking for the Gyrfalcon at Gilgo today but no
one that I met had a confirmed sighting. At one point we saw three large,
very distant, falcons in flight and one was obviously larger than the
others. The larger bird took off from the beach of one of the distant
Having arrived at about 10am, I was told that just 10 minutes before
the bird was seen departing the Osprey nest platform west of the
Gilgo Parking Lot (yesterday's location) heading north and possibly
east.
I, along with a number of other observers remained at the location
searching to no
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