[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Jul 2013

2013-07-25 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/25/2013
* NYBU1307.25
- Birds mentioned

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  POMARINE JAEGER
  AMERICAN AVOCET
  American Bittern
  Osprey
  Sharp-sh. Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk
  Merlin
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Black Tern
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Cliff Swallow

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 07/25/2013
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, July 25, 2013

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press
  the pound key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  AMERICAN AVOCETS were the highlight of reports received July
  18 through July 25, plus a late report of a POMARINE JAEGER.

  Back on July 11, the surprise of the summer, an adult
  POMARINE JAEGER, photographed in New York waters on Lake
  Erie, about three miles off Buffalo's outer harbor.
  Historically, a POMARINE JAEGER specimen was collected from
  Allegany State Park in June 1968, and a PARASITIC JAEGER was
  observed on the Buffalo waterfront 21 years ago in July.

  July 18, on the Lake Erie shore at  Woodlawn Beach State
  Park in Hamburg, two separate reports of 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS.

  Southbound shorebirds increase as August approaches. From
  Cayuga Pool and Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge, and
  flooded fields on nearby Griswold Road in Royalton, at least
  ten shorebird species included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY
  SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPER.

  Also in the Iroquois Refuge, up to 15 BLACK TERNS, including
  juveniles, at Cayuga Pool, and 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS
  continue along the Onondaga Trail. In the Tonawanda Wildlife
  Management Area, five OSPREY nests have yielded seven
  nestlings and fledges.

  Also this week - in Chautauqua County, MERLINS have nested
  this summer on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institute. An
  AMERICAN BITTERN has been feeding in a backyard pond on Ruie
  Road in North Tonawanda. Also in North Tonawanda, 63 CLIFF
  SWALLOW nests on the Taylor Street bridge to Tonawanda
  Island. And, several reports of COOPER'S HAWK and SHARP-SH.
  HAWK.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 1.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] The New York Birders Conference – Our Exciting Program is Now Available

2013-07-25 Thread Seth Ausubel 
Hello fellow birders,

I want to remind everyone that the date of the NEW YORK BIRDERS CONFERENCE is 
fast approaching:  November 1-3 at the Marriott in Uniondale, Long Island.  Our 
exciting program has something of interest for everyone.  Register now at 
nybirdersconference.org  

 

Special Presentations Include:

 “You, Me, Our Birds & Climate Change”  Dr. Kimberly Bostwick, Curator, Birds 
and Mammals Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates.

“How do Avian Hosts Recognize Brood Parasites?”  Dr. Mark Hauber, Animal 
Behavior and Conservation Program, Department of Psychology, Hunter College 
/CUNY; Editor, The Auk.

“Growth of the New York State Bird List: Predictions vs. Outcomes, and Thoughts 
for the Future”  Doug Gochfeld.

“Environmental Advocacy 101” Sean Mahar, Audubon New York

“Warbler ID Workshop”  Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle, authors of “The 
Warbler Guide.”

“NY Harbor Herons”  Dr. Susan Elbin, NYC Audubon.

“The Hempstead Plains: Past, Present, and Future”  Betsy Gulotta, Friends of 
Hempstead Plains at Nassau County Community College.

“An Introduction to the Long Island Pine Barrens” John Turner, author of 
Exploring the Other Island: 
A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island.

 

**Keynote Presentation “Not Your Grandmother’s Audubon”, James Currie, Birding 
Adventures TV**

 

**Photography Workshop by Lloyd Spitalnik**

**Major optics manufacturers Zeiss, Swarovski Optik, and Meopta Optics will 
show their wares and conduct workshops and demonstrations **

**Field trips to the best fall birding spots on Long Island including the 
barrier beaches, city parks, and Eastern Long Island**

 

View the full program and REGISTER at nybirdersconference.org

 

THE NEW YORK BIRDERS CONFERENCE

66th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

November 1-3, 2013

Long Island Marriott, Uniondale, NY

Hosted by the Queens County Bird Club

 

Seth Ausubel

Queens County Bird Club and

Director, NY State Ornithological Association
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long-billed Dowitcher @ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond

2013-07-25 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
Kyle Bardwell, max kogut, mike kogut and I also hit east pond. we had all the 
birds seen by Andrew except did not pick out LB Dowitcher and for shore birds 
we can add: least sp, single spotted sp, single black skimmer and many 
oystercatchers. Our highlight was the success of the imm. peregrine with a 
shorebird in its talons -- maybe it was the LB dowitcher we missed Kyle got 
some shots

It was a heron festival on both sides GReat blue, green, yellow crown, black 
crown (incl. 12 at big johns pond), great and snowy egrets (23 on east pond) 
and highlight on west pond an imm little blue changing plumage about half still 
white and other half blue

Also enjoyed brown thrasher, oriole, willow and great crested Flycatchers

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:19 PM, "Andrew Baksh" 
mailto:birdingd...@gmail.com>> wrote:

There has been a steady departure of shorebirds over the past few days as 
evidenced by the numbers.  For example, the number of Short-billed Dowitchers 
have dropped from the thousands to less than 200 on the pond this morning.

Stilt Sandpipers which maxed at 54 on Sunday were down to less than 10 today on 
the pond.  Semipalmated Sandpipers were still in decent numbers; however, the 
numbers here too are dropping quickly.


The highlight of this morning was a Long-billed Dowitcher which I was not sure 
of at first due to distant looks but I finally got better looks to confirm the 
ID.  This took a long time as the birds were quite skittish and kept putting up 
all morning.  Finally their fear was realized as the "the" young Peregrine 
Falcon, came by but once again left without a kill. I have seen this bird make 
several sorties with zero kills to date from my observation.  Hopefully he 
learns quickly or find another source of entertainment as it is quite 
frustrating to have him jack with the shorebirding.

Other notables were White-Rumped Sandpiper (2) and a single Western Sandpiper, 
I think a male given the small size of the bill.  I'll have photos online as 
well as more detailed shorebird numbers later.

"I saw a Royal baby...Tern that is"

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Long-billed Dowitcher @ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond

2013-07-25 Thread Andrew Baksh 
There has been a steady departure of shorebirds over the past few days as
evidenced by the numbers.  For example, the number of *Short-billed
Dowitchers* have dropped from the thousands to less than 200 on the pond
this morning.

*Stilt Sandpiper*s which maxed at 54 on Sunday were down to less than 10
today on the pond.  *Semipalmated Sandpipers* were still in decent numbers;
however, the numbers here too are dropping quickly.


The highlight of this morning was a *Long-billed Dowitcher* which I was not
sure of at first due to distant looks but I finally got better looks to
confirm the ID.  This took a long time as the birds were quite skittish and
kept putting up all morning.  Finally their fear was realized as the "the"
young Peregrine Falcon, came by but once again left without a kill. I have
seen this bird make several sorties with zero kills to date from my
observation.  Hopefully he learns quickly or find another source of
entertainment as it is quite frustrating to have him jack with the
shorebirding.

Other notables were *White-Rumped Sandpiper* (2) and a single *Western
Sandpiper*, I think a male given the small size of the bill.  I'll have
photos online as well as more detailed shorebird numbers later.

"I saw a Royal baby...Tern that is"

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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[nysbirds-l] Long-billed Dowitcher @ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond

2013-07-25 Thread Andrew Baksh 
There has been a steady departure of shorebirds over the past few days as
evidenced by the numbers.  For example, the number of *Short-billed
Dowitchers* have dropped from the thousands to less than 200 on the pond
this morning.

*Stilt Sandpiper*s which maxed at 54 on Sunday were down to less than 10
today on the pond.  *Semipalmated Sandpipers* were still in decent numbers;
however, the numbers here too are dropping quickly.


The highlight of this morning was a *Long-billed Dowitcher* which I was not
sure of at first due to distant looks but I finally got better looks to
confirm the ID.  This took a long time as the birds were quite skittish and
kept putting up all morning.  Finally their fear was realized as the the
young Peregrine Falcon, came by but once again left without a kill. I have
seen this bird make several sorties with zero kills to date from my
observation.  Hopefully he learns quickly or find another source of
entertainment as it is quite frustrating to have him jack with the
shorebirding.

Other notables were *White-Rumped Sandpiper* (2) and a single *Western
Sandpiper*, I think a male given the small size of the bill.  I'll have
photos online as well as more detailed shorebird numbers later.

I saw a Royal baby...Tern that is

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long-billed Dowitcher @ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond

2013-07-25 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
Kyle Bardwell, max kogut, mike kogut and I also hit east pond. we had all the 
birds seen by Andrew except did not pick out LB Dowitcher and for shore birds 
we can add: least sp, single spotted sp, single black skimmer and many 
oystercatchers. Our highlight was the success of the imm. peregrine with a 
shorebird in its talons -- maybe it was the LB dowitcher we missed Kyle got 
some shots

It was a heron festival on both sides GReat blue, green, yellow crown, black 
crown (incl. 12 at big johns pond), great and snowy egrets (23 on east pond) 
and highlight on west pond an imm little blue changing plumage about half still 
white and other half blue

Also enjoyed brown thrasher, oriole, willow and great crested Flycatchers

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Andrew Baksh 
birdingd...@gmail.commailto:birdingd...@gmail.com wrote:

There has been a steady departure of shorebirds over the past few days as 
evidenced by the numbers.  For example, the number of Short-billed Dowitchers 
have dropped from the thousands to less than 200 on the pond this morning.

Stilt Sandpipers which maxed at 54 on Sunday were down to less than 10 today on 
the pond.  Semipalmated Sandpipers were still in decent numbers; however, the 
numbers here too are dropping quickly.


The highlight of this morning was a Long-billed Dowitcher which I was not sure 
of at first due to distant looks but I finally got better looks to confirm the 
ID.  This took a long time as the birds were quite skittish and kept putting up 
all morning.  Finally their fear was realized as the the young Peregrine 
Falcon, came by but once again left without a kill. I have seen this bird make 
several sorties with zero kills to date from my observation.  Hopefully he 
learns quickly or find another source of entertainment as it is quite 
frustrating to have him jack with the shorebirding.

Other notables were White-Rumped Sandpiper (2) and a single Western Sandpiper, 
I think a male given the small size of the bill.  I'll have photos online as 
well as more detailed shorebird numbers later.

I saw a Royal baby...Tern that is

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] The New York Birders Conference – Our Exciting Program is Now Available

2013-07-25 Thread Seth Ausubel 
Hello fellow birders,

I want to remind everyone that the date of the NEW YORK BIRDERS CONFERENCE is 
fast approaching:  November 1-3 at the Marriott in Uniondale, Long Island.  Our 
exciting program has something of interest for everyone.  Register now at 
nybirdersconference.org  

 

Special Presentations Include:

 “You, Me, Our Birds  Climate Change”  Dr. Kimberly Bostwick, Curator, Birds 
and Mammals Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates.

“How do Avian Hosts Recognize Brood Parasites?”  Dr. Mark Hauber, Animal 
Behavior and Conservation Program, Department of Psychology, Hunter College 
/CUNY; Editor, The Auk.

“Growth of the New York State Bird List: Predictions vs. Outcomes, and Thoughts 
for the Future”  Doug Gochfeld.

“Environmental Advocacy 101” Sean Mahar, Audubon New York

“Warbler ID Workshop”  Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle, authors of “The 
Warbler Guide.”

“NY Harbor Herons”  Dr. Susan Elbin, NYC Audubon.

“The Hempstead Plains: Past, Present, and Future”  Betsy Gulotta, Friends of 
Hempstead Plains at Nassau County Community College.

“An Introduction to the Long Island Pine Barrens” John Turner, author of 
Exploring the Other Island: 
A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island.

 

**Keynote Presentation “Not Your Grandmother’s Audubon”, James Currie, Birding 
Adventures TV**

 

**Photography Workshop by Lloyd Spitalnik**

**Major optics manufacturers Zeiss, Swarovski Optik, and Meopta Optics will 
show their wares and conduct workshops and demonstrations **

**Field trips to the best fall birding spots on Long Island including the 
barrier beaches, city parks, and Eastern Long Island**

 

View the full program and REGISTER at nybirdersconference.org

 

THE NEW YORK BIRDERS CONFERENCE

66th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

November 1-3, 2013

Long Island Marriott, Uniondale, NY

Hosted by the Queens County Bird Club

 

Seth Ausubel

Queens County Bird Club and

Director, NY State Ornithological Association
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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Jul 2013

2013-07-25 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/25/2013
* NYBU1307.25
- Birds mentioned

  ---
  Please submit reports to
  dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
  ---

  POMARINE JAEGER
  AMERICAN AVOCET
  American Bittern
  Osprey
  Sharp-sh. Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk
  Merlin
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Black Tern
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Cliff Swallow

- Transcript
  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 07/25/2013
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, July 25, 2013

  The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your
  Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological
  Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press
  the pound key to report sightings before the end of this
  report.

  AMERICAN AVOCETS were the highlight of reports received July
  18 through July 25, plus a late report of a POMARINE JAEGER.

  Back on July 11, the surprise of the summer, an adult
  POMARINE JAEGER, photographed in New York waters on Lake
  Erie, about three miles off Buffalo's outer harbor.
  Historically, a POMARINE JAEGER specimen was collected from
  Allegany State Park in June 1968, and a PARASITIC JAEGER was
  observed on the Buffalo waterfront 21 years ago in July.

  July 18, on the Lake Erie shore at  Woodlawn Beach State
  Park in Hamburg, two separate reports of 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS.

  Southbound shorebirds increase as August approaches. From
  Cayuga Pool and Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge, and
  flooded fields on nearby Griswold Road in Royalton, at least
  ten shorebird species included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY
  SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPER.

  Also in the Iroquois Refuge, up to 15 BLACK TERNS, including
  juveniles, at Cayuga Pool, and 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS
  continue along the Onondaga Trail. In the Tonawanda Wildlife
  Management Area, five OSPREY nests have yielded seven
  nestlings and fledges.

  Also this week - in Chautauqua County, MERLINS have nested
  this summer on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institute. An
  AMERICAN BITTERN has been feeding in a backyard pond on Ruie
  Road in North Tonawanda. Also in North Tonawanda, 63 CLIFF
  SWALLOW nests on the Taylor Street bridge to Tonawanda
  Island. And, several reports of COOPER'S HAWK and SHARP-SH.
  HAWK.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 1.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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