Yesterday, because of Tuesday night's n/w winds, I opted to pay my first
visit of the season to the Fire Island Hawk-Watch. I arrived mid-morning,
and left ~ 1215. The weather was great, the company was great, but the
birding was slow. The wind stayed n/w, until coming around to s/e about
1130, but
I realize this is outside of the NYS area, but thought some might be
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Hello New York Birders,
Are you up for a challenge? How about the Kiptopeke Challenge?!
The
Wednesday, 4 September, 2013
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
There was a report (written that way simply as I didn't observe
personally) of Vesper Sparrow at the meadow on the upper south slope
of the Great Hill, apparently found by Martin Carney, & also seen by
others, including Tom Per
Given the cold front and reports of a good number of migrating birds on the
barrier beach, a group of birders with the same thoughts on their mind,
that it could be a good day for migrants, converged at Alley Pond Park, in
Queens this morning.
After several hours of birding that took us well into
A full birding day: 4 September
After a short walk around Alley Pond Park produced a smattering of birds, but
nothing out of the ordinary, Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) traveled out to the
riverhead sod fields. There at the"Osborn/Sound Ave" field we found 3 dozen
KILLDEER, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
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Sean Sime and I went out at first light this morning to Floyd Bennett Field and
Gerrittsen Creek. We had some decent results.
With favorable winds last night we were hoping to find a golden-plover or
Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Floyd Bennett Field. While the winds may have
cooperated, those bird
