[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 September 2013

- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep 13, 2013 * NYNY1309.13 - Birds Mentioned: AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER+ PURPLE GALLINULE+ BRIDLED TERN+ LONG-TAILED JAEGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Bald Eagle Virginia

[nysbirds-l] IMPORTANT File Comments on Jamaica Bay Restoration: WHY and HOW

Warning: the following is a long e-mail put together by Doug Futuyma regarding the GNRA, General Management Plan and its relation to the restoration of the West Pond and preservation of our beloved Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. If you get this twice from Doug and I, please accept our apologies as h

[nysbirds-l] Connecticut at Bryant Park

We've had the perfect confluence since last Friday of weather (two cold fronts) and urban duty (re-seeding the Bryant Park lawn) attracting many migrants to chase insects in the shaded corners of the park's human-free expanse. Although not everything from Sam Stuart's last two great reports st

[nysbirds-l] 2 Baird's Sandpipers @ Sagaponack Pond

Thanks to Karen Rubinstein's directions and a weekend home from school, I finally managed to connect with a Baird's Sandpiper after many many tries.  Then, not only was there one Baird's, but both birds continue from yesterday on the remaining flats just northwest of the parking lot.  There is v