[nysbirds-l] Great Gray Owl & more!

3/30/13 Hamilton, Franklin, Essex, Clinton Counties Two Barred Owls are hooting back and forth outside our Long Lake house tonight as I write this post! It looks like we'll have nesting Barred Owls in our yard again this year. While returning to Long Lake after an all day birding tour, a G

[nysbirds-l] Snowy Egret in East Quogue

Although not rare, two FOS Snowy Egrets were seen late this afternoon at the new Southampton Town boat basin at Pine Neck in East Quogue. They were in the company of two Great Egrets and all four birds flew off together, heading west. Eileen Schwinn Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Inf

[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Park Walk highlights...

Highlights from our walk at Van Cortlandt Park include the following: Brown Creeper (1), Golden-crowned Kinglet (2), Green-winged Teal, another male joined the 2 from last week bringing the number to 3, Ring-necked Duck, now two females. Both the teal and Ring-necked Duck are unusual for the park

[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

Spring is finally here! There were 36 birders on the Saturday morning bird walk. Highlights include: American Kestrel, Merlin, Black Vultures, Ring Necked ducks. Also observed: Brown Creeper-1 Eastern Phoebe-4 Ruby crowned Kinglet-1 Cormorant-1 Canada Goose-flock Wood Duck-6 American Coot-1 Ma

RE:[nysbirds-l] White or Albino Hawk near Hudson

It is likely the albino red-tailed hawk that has been hanging around that area for years. I have a fuzzy photo of the bird that I took in 2009, but Steve Sachs has better shots on his website, http://www.stevesachsphotography.com/. Look under the slideshow for buteos, about halfway down. -- Betsy W

[nysbirds-l] NFP/Arshamomaque Preserve

Bob Adamo and I had a relatively slow half day of birding this morning. We started at the east pond of the North Fork Preserve where we saw about 6 pair of Green-winged Teal and a pair of Northern Shovelers doing the circle thing. We then went to Arshamomaque Preserve were we spotted the previously

[nysbirds-l] Shu Swamp - Am. Bittern, E. Phoebes, Rusty Blackbirds

I visited Shu Swamp Preserve (Oyster Bay, Nassau Co.) today (9:15-12:15) for the first time in quite a while and had a good day of birding overall. But the highlight of the visit was certainly the AMERICAN BITTERN found stalking the edge of the small woodland pond near the Preserve's north end.

[nysbirds-l] East End Birding

To update some of our more reliable "rarities" from out east on Long Island; as of Thursday, the Captree Marina Red-necked Grebe continues in his favorite spot inside the docks at Captree State Park and Larry the Lesser Black-backed Gull continues at the harbour entrance in Napeaque. Birds are th

[nysbirds-l] 3/30- Brooklyn: Black Vultures

Earlier today (~12:15 PM), there were 6 Black Vultures kettling together a mile and a half or so SSW of Prospect Park, as viewed from the Ditmas Park section of Flatbush, looking west. They stayed in view for several minutes, allowing Bob Gochfeld and me some satisfactory scope views, though the

[nysbirds-l] EPCAL(Calverton Grasslands)- E. Meadowlarks

Good news, in spite of the large number of "Sandy"-totaled cars still present, at least five Eastern Meadowlark were seen this morning at the former Grumman facility. Also over the same grasslands, were Northern Harrier and American Kestrel. Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows were found in th

[nysbirds-l] Pelicans!

Just had 2 Brown Pelicans flying northeast over the parking lot at Nickerson Beach. Ardith Bondi and Peter Post Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSub