[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/13-14

2013-04-14 Thread Tom Fiore
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday & Sunday, 13 & 14 April, 2013 There was migration both Friday & Sat. nights, with wider diversity & higher numbers overall as of Sat, night for Sunday's results. A very modest vulture & raptor flight was observed overhead on Sunday in addition to the

[nysbirds-l] Gannets, continued

2013-04-14 Thread Matthew Wills
Half a dozen heading south from Dead Horse Bay in Jamaica Bay towards the Rockaways yesterday late afternoon. Surprised to see them over the bay.MatthewBackyard and Beyondhttp://matthewwills.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information

[nysbirds-l] Northern gannets

2013-04-14 Thread dan...@aol.com
On the cross sound ferry today while coming passed plum island into greenport liny I counted 67 gannets working plum gut...dan heglund Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Northern Gannet off Fort Totten

2013-04-14 Thread Glenn Quinn
I haven't seen any Northern Gannet reports from western Long Island Sound so far this spring, but I did see one bright adult today deep inside Little Neck Bay off Fort Totten (Queens County), while watching my son's soccer game. Last year, I received reliable reports of several gannets actively

[nysbirds-l] FOS Rose-breasted grosbeak in Hampton Bays

2013-04-14 Thread Bruce Horwith
A female rose-breasted grosbeak showed up at a feeder in Hampton Days yesterday. Not a rare bird of course, but seems very early. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscrib

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Willets

2013-04-14 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Along with the much celebrated Ruffs at Timber Point, and early arrivals of Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, and Red Knot on Long Island, we've had some interesting observations of Willets over the past two days. The breeding-plumaged Eastern Willet at Timber Point, Suffolk County, yesterday

Re: [nysbirds-l] Ruffs at East Marina Timber Point (Yes)....

2013-04-14 Thread Andrew Baksh
The two Ruffs continue at the same location. Andria and I made the trip out to Long Island late this afternoon where we enjoyed looks of the two Ruffs with several birders. Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Apr 14, 2013, at 10

[nysbirds-l] Croton train station

2013-04-14 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
> 430 pm -- 13 Bonapartes gulls some almost full breeding plumage very uncommon > here (high mark was 19 earlier this am). Many green winged teal and hundreds > of swallows most tree but Rough winged and barn represented L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler Alley Pond Park Queens County (Yes)....

2013-04-14 Thread Andrew Baksh
The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER found earlier by Danny and Alan, continues at Little Alley. Observed with Erik Miller, Andria, Karlo and Alison Mirth and Bobby and Coleen Veltri. A really nice looking bird with more yellow in the lores than the Hempstead Lake LI bird. I will post photos later. Good

[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagle, Raven, etc. @ Wave Hill (Riverdale)

2013-04-14 Thread gabriel willow
I led my monthly walk at Wave Hill this morning, and although migratory songbirds were sparse (perhaps due to NW winds), we had some nice sightings: a third-year Bald Eagle, being dive-bombed by a Great Black-backed Gull, which looked petite in comparisonA large V of Double-crested Cormorants, he

[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated warbler Alley pond Q co.

2013-04-14 Thread Arie Gilbert
I am forwarding a report of a Yellow-throated w. At little alley pond in alley pond park currently being viewed by Jeff Ritter, Eric Miller, Danny & Alan . Found by Danny 04/14/2013 @ 1:17 PM Arie Gilbert No. Babylon, NY WWW.QCBirdClub.ORG WWW.PowerBirder.blogspot.com Maps: WWW.QCBirdClub.OR

[nysbirds-l] Ruffs at East Marina Timber Point

2013-04-14 Thread Gail Benson
Two male Ruffs continue at yesterday's location. Michael McBrien first to glimpse them {thanks Michael}. G -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.h

[nysbirds-l] Harbor Heron volunteers

2013-04-14 Thread Joseph O'Sullivan
New York City Audubon along with New Jersey Audubon are looking for volunteers to participate in a heron and egret study. I have volunteered for the past three summers on this project and it is a lot of fun. It is called harbor herons. The object of the study is to find out how the birds are using