Today, most of my time in the field was spent taking pictures of common
birds with my new camera, delighting in it's "zooming" properties !
This morning, the first 1/8 mile of shoreline w/o Shinnicock Inlet hosted a
huge number of birds, as they fed on a huge mass of clams & "snails", that
lay
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 17, 2014
* NYSY 02. 17. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 10, 2013 - February 17, 2014
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
This Dark Phase bird is likely the same bird I saw this past Friday (Feb.
14) about a half mile south of Norman J. Levy Preserve, seen well enough
while driving North on the Meadowbrook Pkwy. This was at about 5PM.
Bobby Berlingeri
In a message dated 2/16/2014 8:05:11 P.M. Eastern
The following new hotspots were just created and should be visible in the
system within 12 hours.
Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn)
Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook
Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier
--
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
Sat. and Sun. there were two Red-necked Grebes at the south end of Guy
Lombardo Ave. by thefishing pier. The one at Jones Beach State park could
be one of them.
Steve Schellenger
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Steve Walter wrote:
> Of course, it's a RED-NECKED G*R*EBE. I was going to blame
There have been a lot of recent reports of Red-necked Grebes in locations where
they're not seen often, like rivers on Long Island. I read that the Great lakes
are 75% frozen over, so this is probably driving them south. A similar event
happened maybe 10 -15 years ago when they showed up in
Of course, it's a RED-NECKED GREBE. I was going to blame it on coming in
from the cold and typing on the phone (which I hate). But since the error
occurred twice (subject line and text) and "L" is nowhere near "R" on the
keyboard, I suspect it must be "auto correct" at work. Can we get software
The previously reported red necked grebe was still present in the Erie
Basin off Red Hook, Brooklyn today at noon. It was visible at some distance
(scope best) from the waterfront walkway west of the IKEA ferry landing.
The bird was fishing / diving towards the end of the abandoned and derelict
Many thanks to the 70 who have already submitted their reports!
If you’d still like to submit your data, the deadline is ONE WEEK FROM THIS
SATURDAY.
The NYSOA (New York State Ornithological Association) County and State Listing
Project is accepting birders’ data for 2013. If you wish to
The Queens County Bird Club Inc. will be meeting
at the Alley Pond Environmental Center
228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362-1906
http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm
at 8pm on Wednesday February 19{ the third Wednesday of the month}
Our Speaker will be Seth Ausubel doing a
Jones Beach and Mill River, East Rockaway 17 February
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at the Coast Guard Station where Steve
Walter pointed us to the RED-NECKED GREBE in the boat basin. Great view! To the
east an accipiter flew by and flushed 2 Killdeer off the lawn. In the 1-ft.
bare
>From Brooklyn Bridge Park, I can see -- with my bins and telephoto, anyway --
>into the Peregrine scrape location across the East River at 55 Water St. On
>2/11 I spotted a Peregrine perched there. Yesterday, I saw a Peregrine there
>as well. And today, again. Both yesterday and today, the
This morning I saw the Red-necked Grebe reported by Anders Peltomaa yesterday,
in the water directly behind the IKEA in Red Hook, splitting its time on either
side of a long concrete pier, with two cranes at its end, that extends away
from a large, three-sided IKEA sign. There were also a few
Red-necked Glebe at Jones Beach in boat basin by coast guard station.
SW
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
Original message
From: Douglas Futuyma
Date:02/15/2014 7:00 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: post NYSBirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Shinnecock-Riverhead (Suffolk)
Red-necked Glebe at Jones Beach in boat basin by coast guard station.
SW
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
Original message
From: Douglas Futuyma dfutu...@gmail.com
Date:02/15/2014 7:00 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: post NYSBirds nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject:
This morning I saw the Red-necked Grebe reported by Anders Peltomaa yesterday,
in the water directly behind the IKEA in Red Hook, splitting its time on either
side of a long concrete pier, with two cranes at its end, that extends away
from a large, three-sided IKEA sign. There were also a few
From Brooklyn Bridge Park, I can see -- with my bins and telephoto, anyway --
into the Peregrine scrape location across the East River at 55 Water St. On
2/11 I spotted a Peregrine perched there. Yesterday, I saw a Peregrine there
as well. And today, again. Both yesterday and today, the bird
Jones Beach and Mill River, East Rockaway 17 February
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at the Coast Guard Station where Steve
Walter pointed us to the RED-NECKED GREBE in the boat basin. Great view! To the
east an accipiter flew by and flushed 2 Killdeer off the lawn. In the 1-ft.
bare
The Queens County Bird Club Inc. will be meeting
at the Alley Pond Environmental Center
228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362-1906
http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm
at 8pm on Wednesday February 19{ the third Wednesday of the month}
Our Speaker will be Seth Ausubel doing a
Many thanks to the 70 who have already submitted their reports!
If you’d still like to submit your data, the deadline is ONE WEEK FROM THIS
SATURDAY.
The NYSOA (New York State Ornithological Association) County and State Listing
Project is accepting birders’ data for 2013. If you wish to
The previously reported red necked grebe was still present in the Erie
Basin off Red Hook, Brooklyn today at noon. It was visible at some distance
(scope best) from the waterfront walkway west of the IKEA ferry landing.
The bird was fishing / diving towards the end of the abandoned and derelict
Of course, it's a RED-NECKED GREBE. I was going to blame it on coming in
from the cold and typing on the phone (which I hate). But since the error
occurred twice (subject line and text) and L is nowhere near R on the
keyboard, I suspect it must be auto correct at work. Can we get software
There have been a lot of recent reports of Red-necked Grebes in locations where
they're not seen often, like rivers on Long Island. I read that the Great lakes
are 75% frozen over, so this is probably driving them south. A similar event
happened maybe 10 -15 years ago when they showed up in
Sat. and Sun. there were two Red-necked Grebes at the south end of Guy
Lombardo Ave. by thefishing pier. The one at Jones Beach State park could
be one of them.
Steve Schellenger
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net wrote:
Of course, it's a RED-NECKED G*R*EBE. I
The following new hotspots were just created and should be visible in the
system within 12 hours.
Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn)
Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook
Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier
--
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
This Dark Phase bird is likely the same bird I saw this past Friday (Feb.
14) about a half mile south of Norman J. Levy Preserve, seen well enough
while driving North on the Meadowbrook Pkwy. This was at about 5PM.
Bobby Berlingeri
In a message dated 2/16/2014 8:05:11 P.M. Eastern
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 17, 2014
* NYSY 02. 17. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 10, 2013 - February 17, 2014
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Today, most of my time in the field was spent taking pictures of common
birds with my new camera, delighting in it's zooming properties !
This morning, the first 1/8 mile of shoreline w/o Shinnicock Inlet hosted a
huge number of birds, as they fed on a huge mass of clams snails, that
lay
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