[nysbirds-l] Target bird missed, but the consolation prizes not "chopped liver" !

[robert adamo]

With limited time today, I decided to try for the Worm-eating Warbler that
has been reported at least twice (with a fair number of days in between)
from Wildwood S.P. in Wading River. While missing it, I did find a Winter
Wren, which at this time of year, is probably the harder species to get.

>From there I tried Bayberry Park, W.R., a small, Riverhead Town Park, that
has some water running through it. It's been at least 20 years since I've
birded there, but back then it was a very productive stop for "us locals",
namely, Gil Raynor, Dave Larsen, John Ruscica, Jim Clinton Sr., Jim Clinton
Jr. (known as Jimmy then), Henry Halama, Clarence Swanson and myself.
Today, 45 minutes had me crossing paths with a pair of Wood Ducks, and
singles of Chestnut-sided, Black-throated, and A. Redstart Warblers.

Whenever I'm in W.R. at this time of year, I check-out the "Duck Ponds"
located down in the old part of town - the reason being that on 4/23/84 I
found a female Summer Tanager there, which stayed long enough for John and
Jim Sr. to get it too ! Well, although the twin ponds did not produce *Piranga
rubra *today, they did hold 3 pairs of Wood Ducks, which along with a
glorious amount of sunshine, provided me with "National Geographic quality"
results !

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan-Bronx, NYC 5/10

[Thomas Fiore]

Can't resist passing along what for me, best sums up this recent  
influx of many migrants in a rush of song, color, & activity - a  
birder in the region posted "7 Warblers in my Pajamas"... and I had to  
go with the rather reasonable image of a yard bright with songbirds,  
not so long after sunrise, & before daytime clothing was required...  
and suppressed the image of that statement being more literally  
accurate. I've held birds in hand, & had a house wren once get tangled  
in my hair (it had been inside my apt. one long-ago spring morn', and  
was soon freed). The possibilities of that recent statement on a fine  
morning's migration stop-over also seems to bring in an "the birds & I  
are one" sort of feel... Also, the wisdom of Chris Cooper who has  
reminded us of a variety of reasons we "bird" and what most of us  
sense, if not constantly express, "to enjoy the beauty of the bird[s]"  
which is direct, simple and also profound (& there are additional  
reasons, of course...) Oh, and with all of the mightily impressive  
sightings, still - can you actually improve on the visual impression  
that the Blue Jay makes - and first, imagine you've never before seen  
one - exquisite, even stunning sight, if (for most) not so much on  
sound; but bright in both color & intelligence.
..
Saturday, 10 May, 2010 -

5 minutes from Times Square, at least at a normal bicycle-riding  
pace... was a Solitary Sandpiper in a large puddle-pool in the large- 
empty-weedy lot facing the East River, south of the United Nations  
headquarters, along First Ave. at 38th Street. I scanned for  
gallinules of all colors** & such-like, but this was about the only  
notable I saw in the lot at an early-ish hour. At Bryant Park, midtown  
migrant madness included at least 27 Gray Catbirds, 18+ Ovenbirds, 7+  
Common Yellowthroats, a few N. Waterthrush, a singing Wood Thrush,  
several Hermit Thrush, a few Swamp Sparrows (did not pick up Lincoln's  
as were reported, but I also didn't put in more than 20 minutes of the  
morning in Bryant Park), multiple White-throated Sparrows, & one quite- 
late-to-get-going Dark-eyed Junco, plus, in trees over the main  
section of the park, heard-only Blackpoll, Yellow, Magnolia and  
Chestnut-sided Warblers, & a sorta-seen Black-throated Blue or 2.  (**  
a purple gallinule was reported in Penn. and is just one of the  
various southern things that are in more n. areas; un related to the  
explosion of willow ptarmigan at least doubling recently, to the south  
of their range ;-)

I also did a relatively quicker pass thru Stuyvesant-town and the  
cove, Tompkins Square park & a few nearby L.E. Side spots, & Wash.  
Square, Union Sq. and even a couple of very small green-spaces in mid- 
town. A short while later, after another pass thru Central, I touched  
on Morningside, Mt. Morris, and a couple of very little-known (to most  
birders) green-spaces in Harlem & the Heights (Wash.), enroute to  
Inwood, and my p.m. destination, Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. That  
latter site turned out a shorter stay than I had planned, but while  
there, I had some great sightings including some of the rare (in NYC)  
plants I came to look for. The thunder & darkening sky chased me back  
to Manhattan, & stops at Swindler Cove / Sherman Creek, Inwood again,  
Ft. Tryon briefly, & much of upper Riverside, then the more-often  
birded n. section of Riv. Park below 122 St. on to nearly W. 96th...  
all areas had some -or still, many- migrant birds.

anyhow, there were migrants pretty much in all locations. Probably the  
most notable, in addition to re-locating the single Grasshopper  
Sparrow amongst multiple Savannahs at Inwood Hill Park's ballfield  
edges, in mid afternoon, were the 2 Grasshoppers in with multiple  
Savannahs I found not that long before Inwood, at the Van Cortlandt  
Park (Bronx, N.Y. City) "Parade Grounds" ballfields, on the eastern  
edges & out a bit to the south. There were, as with Inwood's  
ballfields, a number of games or practice sessions with ball-players,  
yet the sparrows were very determined to continue feeding just where  
they wished, and regularly returned (at each park) even if anyone ran  
long for a deep-field hit, or simply passed thru the sparrow grasses.  
I eventually came up with about 32+ Savannahs at Van Cort. Park's  
ballfields, & at least a dozen (maybe a lot more) at Inwood. The  
Grasshopper Sparrow at Inwood also sang at least once! Very nice. (I  
watched the 2 VCP Grasshoppers around 3 - 3:20 or so, and the Inwood  
birds about 20 minutes later... (I knew of the Inwood bird thanks to  
Nadir Sourgi's early report). For me, just watching these was good,  
and I gave up quickly on trying for a photo, the Grasshoppers doing a  
very good job at mostly hiding behind what at first seemed inch-high  
grasses - which in fact were up to 4+ inches high, and in a few  
patches, taller still. I almost fielded a few long balls at the Inwood  

[nysbirds-l] Blydenburgh CP (Suffolk) including Forster's Terns

[glennq]

I dropped off my daughter this morning for a lacrosse scrimmage and, instead 
of staying to watch the scintillating action that is 10th-grade girls’ 
lacrosse , I spent a few hours in Blydenburgh County Park (southern end off 
route 454).


I’ve found this park to be normally quiet during spring migration but today 
there were 12 species of warblers, most of them low enough in the trees to 
make for enjoyable viewing. Bay-breasted & Blackpoll were about the most 
noteworthy, all other being common warblers.
Other migrants included Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling 
Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swainson’s Thrush (several), Wood Thrush, & 
Swamp Sparrow.


The most interesting sighting was the presence of 2 pairs of Forster’s Terns 
in the southern end of the pond. They sat together on the two signs in the 
middle of the pond and occasionally brought each other fish. I've seen 
Forster's Terns here before in the spring but just coursing back and forth 
over the pond. A 5th tern was also present today but seemed to be the odd 
man out.


Glenn Quinn
Hauppauge, NY


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[nysbirds-l] More arrivals

[Joan Collins]

5/10/14 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.)

 

A few more arrivals today along Sabattis Circle Road:

 

*Ruby-crowned Hummingbird - 1 at our feeders

*Gray Catbird

*American Redstart

*Magnolia Warbler

*Yellow Warbler

*Chestnut-sided Warbler

 

Red Trillium is in bloom.

 

5/9/14 Long Lake

 

*Black Flies emerged!  An American Bittern was vocalizing at Shaw Pond.  The
bird was only about 30 feet from me and I was up on a hill looking down at
the little marshy area.  I spent about 30 minutes trying to observe it - no
luck!

 

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Long Lake, NY

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[editcon...@aol.com]

Today had to be the best birding day at NYBG!  Not more than five minutes and 
50 feet into the walk we had a low flying adult bald eagle and then warblers! 
Most of the warblers listed below were in one oak tree. The Chestnut sided were 
taking a bath with Goldfinch - quite a colorful sight.  On the forest path we 
had Scarlet tanagers,Rose breasted Grosbeaks (which may be nesting) Veery, 
house wren and Swainson's thrush.  Most impressive were the number of species 
and quantity. 

Prairie-1
Blackburnian-2
Cape May-2
Nashville -3
Common Blackpoll-2
Black throated green-20+
Northern Parula-6
Chestnut sided-3
Magnolia-6
Black and white-5
BLUE WINGED - heard
American Redstart-4
Ovenbird-2
Yellowrump-20+
Yellow-4
Palm -3
Common yellowthroat -2
WHITE EYED VIREO-1
Red eyed vireo-2
Scarlet tanager-4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 4 
House Wren-3
Veery-3
Wood thrush-2
Swainson's Thrush-1
American Robin-20
Goldfinch-6
Blue jay-3
Cardinal-10
White breasted nuthatch-1
Chickadee-1
White throated sparrow-3
Chipping sparrow-4
Song sparrow-1
House sparrow-5
Hairy woodpecker -1
Red bellied woodpecker 
Flicker-1
Least flycatcher-3
Eastern Peewee-2
Great crested Flycatcher-1
Mallard-2
Baltimore oriole-2
Eastern kingbird-2
Gray catbird-14
Red winged black bird-2
Common grackle-many
Red tailed hawk-2
Chimney swifts-many
Canada goose-2
Wild turkey-1
BALD EAGLE-1

Very Good Birding!
Debbie Becker
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, New York Co., May 10

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A great day's birding in Inwood Hill Park, highlighted of course, by Nadir
Souirgi's Grasshopper Sparrow first thing this morning. The sparrow was
still on the soccer field at the north end of the park in the late afternoon
when I went back into the park and found Anders and Danny looking at it.
James Knox and I spent four hours in the park this morning and then I ran
into James and Nadir when I went back in this afternoon. We got caught in
one of the afternoon thunderstorms, and though it was not as active as this
morning there were still lots of birds around. My personal total for the day
was 78 species, including 21 warblers. Highlights below.

 

Bald Eagle - adult flying over this morning as I was leaving at 11:00 am

Greater Yellowlegs - 2, north mudflats this morning

Common Nighthawk - 1, flying north this evening

Eastern Phoebe - 1 (getting late for this species)

Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 to 5 birds

Least Flycatcher - 1

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1

Wood Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Veery

Black-and-white Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler - 2

Nashville Warbler - 2

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler - at least 2

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male this morning on the ridge

Blackpoll Warbler - 2

Prairie Warbler - 2

Palm Warbler - 1

Ovenbird - good numbers, but nowhere like Central Park two days ago

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Canada Warbler - 1

American Redstart

Orchard Oriole - at least 4

Scarlet Tanager - more than half a dozen

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2

Indigo Bunting - male

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow - 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 1

Swamp Sparrow

 

Anders also had an Olive-sided Flycatcher and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos raising
the list to 80 for the day.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org  

www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com

 


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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Tri Color

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

Today Kristin Costello, Bobbi Manian and I spotted a tricolor heron at the 
marine park salt marsh nature center on our brooklyn big day. We watched the 
bird fly up gerritzen creek from the south and land in the marsh just south of 
the green observation platform.

End communication,

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[nysbirds-l] Chimney Swifts, FOS

[Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)]

I just observed my FOS Chimney Swifts, at least 6, near my house in
Williston Park, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] Ft. Tryon Park, May 10

[Dawn Gmail]

I have missed most of the action in the past few days due to a bad case of 
bronchitis, but got out to Ft. Tryon Park for about an hour and a half this 
afternoon. I birded only the eastern slope below the Cloisters. I had 15 
species of warbler, including Orange-crowned, Blackpoll, Canada, Nashville, 
stellar eye-level views of 2 male Blackburnians and much more. Also 3 Scarlet 
Tanagers, Swainson's Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, waxwings, and lots of 
orioles.
It was a welcome change from having to stay inside!
Happy Birding,
Dawn Hannay

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] 5/10 Black-necked Stilt

[Mike]

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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park, Kings Co.

[mscheibel49]

Great day in the park, birded from southwest end near the Lake north to the 
Boat House. Tallied 19 species of warblers highlights Cape May, Canada, Hooded 
& Wilson's. Other notables were Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Veery & 
Swainson's Thrush and Lincoln's Sparrow.

Mike & Lynne Scheibel 
Brookhaven 


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[nysbirds-l] Some spring migrants

[Robert A. Proniewych]

Today at West End ll at Jones Beach, Bob Anderson called me and said he
found a sparrow that he thought might be a Grasshopper Sparrow arriving a
few minutes after the call we both agreed it was a Grasshopper Sparrow. The
bird was along the dirt road leading to the fishermen's pier.Also seen in
the area was a female Wilson's Warbler offering a quick view before moving
on. A stop before at Nickerson Beach provided me with my fos Black Skimmer.
Also 5 Gull-billed terns were in association with the Skimmers. A call
later in the day from Ed Becher with some second hand information about
Bobolinks at Muttontown Preserve had us enjoying 6-8 of them in the corral
south of the parking lot. All in all a nice day to be out.
Robert A. Proniewych

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[nysbirds-l] Banner Day in Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

[Jack Rothman]

This was a banner day for all of us on the City Island Birds walk in Pelham Bay 
Park. Twelve people showed on a gray overcast and wet morning. By the end of 
the walk the sun shone through and we had seen more than 50 species in four 
hours.
This was one of the birdiest days I’ve encountered here.
Just as we were leaving and getting to our cars, a Bald Eagle flew overhead and 
a Scarlet Tanager flew in at eye level, perhaps fifteen feet in front of us, a 
perfect way to end the walk.

Species Account:
Nashville Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler (close looks, a spectacular male)
Northern Parula (several)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler (more than we cared to count)
Black-throated Green (also several)
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat (several)
Yellow-rumped Warblers several
Back and White Warblers (several)
American Redstart (several)
Ovenbird
Yellow Warbler (also, an eye level nest)
Baltimore Oriole (several)
Orchard Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Great Crested flycatcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret (several)
Great Egret (several)
Least Sandpiper (flock of about 100  around Turtle Cove)
Common Tern
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Double-crested Cormorant
Mourning Dove
Mallard
Killdeer (at Turtle Cove and nest on Hunter Island)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Scarlet Tanager
Bald Eagle
Eastern Kingbird
Carolina Wren
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Gray Catbird (several)
Tree Swallow
House Finch
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay

Jack Rothman
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park this morning

[Corey Finger]

A couple of hours birding with Carrie Laben this morning netted us 21 species 
of warbler highlighted by a singing Bay-breasted, a Hooded, two Worm-eatings, 
and a Wilson's. Also around was a Summer Tanager, which poses nicely with one 
of the many Scarlet Tanagers in the park.

Others reported Cape May Warbler and Black-billed Cuckoo.

I'm sure that there are lots more birds to be seen - hit the parks, people!

Good birding,
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Inwood Hill Park Grasshopper Sparrow - YES

[Anders Peltomaa]

I located the Grasshopper Sparrow in a patch of dead grass seeded area on
the soccer/football field.

High in an oak East of the Ridge I and Tom spotted a Olive-sided Flycatcher
(FOY).

Anders Peltomaa

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On May 10, 2014 7:49 AM, "Nadir Souirgi nadi...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc]" <
ebirds...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:



There is a Grasshopper Sparrow associating with a small flock of Savannah
Sparrows on the northwest edge of the IHP Soccer Field. This is the field
next to the inlet and not the fields that run alongside the Hudson River. I
left Joe DiCostanzo and James Knox with it.

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park Grasshopper Sparrow.

[Nadir Souirgi]

There is a Grasshopper Sparrow associating with a small flock of Savannah 
Sparrows on the northwest edge of the IHP Soccer Field. This is the field next 
to the inlet and not the fields that run alongside the Hudson River. I left Joe 
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park Grasshopper Sparrow.

[Nadir Souirgi]

There is a Grasshopper Sparrow associating with a small flock of Savannah 
Sparrows on the far northwest side of the Soccer Field in Inwood Hill Park. 
This is the soccer field adjacent to the Lagoon as opposed to the Dyckman Ball 
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[nysbirds-l] Warbler Tsunami 5/9

[Curt McDermott]

  Today from 1100am-2:00PM I watched a seemingly unending wave of warblers 
passing through my backyard, in Montgomery, NY.  In the swath of trees approx. 
50 yards wide, running between my house and the Wallkill River, I first noticed 
birds in the treetops around 11.  Over the next 3 hours, I enjoyed 15 species 
of Warblers at home, in addition to Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles and RB 
Grosbeaks.  Total number of birds is an estimated 400-450 during that time, 
with Yellow rumps making up about 300 of that number.  I had my first 
Blackburnian at home, and then another 7, followed by the highlight of the day, 
when I spotted a Cape May.  My father (Ken McDermott) joined me around 2 PM 
just as the wave ended.  We moved further down river (North in this case) and 
managed to find the tail end of the wave and a good variety of birds within it. 
Additionally, we had many Purple Martins feeding above the water.  An un 
believable day of backyard birding.  I wonder how many I missed during the 
earlier hours.  Great to be able to share it with my father and friend.
 
Warbler Species:
 
Nashville
Parula
Yellow
Chestnut-sided
Magnolia
Cape May
Black-throated Blue
Yellow-rumped 300+/-
Black-throated Green
Blackburnian- 8+2
Blackpoll
Black-and-white
Redstart
Yellowthroat
Wilsons 1+1
 
I received a report from Scott Baldinger, that he had 25 species of Warbler at 
the Bashakill today.
 
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[nysbirds-l] Warbler Tsunami 5/9

[Curt McDermott]

  Today from 1100am-2:00PM I watched a seemingly unending wave of warblers 
passing through my backyard, in Montgomery, NY.  In the swath of trees approx. 
50 yards wide, running between my house and the Wallkill River, I first noticed 
birds in the treetops around 11.  Over the next 3 hours, I enjoyed 15 species 
of Warblers at home, in addition to Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles and RB 
Grosbeaks.  Total number of birds is an estimated 400-450 during that time, 
with Yellow rumps making up about 300 of that number.  I had my first 
Blackburnian at home, and then another 7, followed by the highlight of the day, 
when I spotted a Cape May.  My father (Ken McDermott) joined me around 2 PM 
just as the wave ended.  We moved further down river (North in this case) and 
managed to find the tail end of the wave and a good variety of birds within it. 
Additionally, we had many Purple Martins feeding above the water.  An un 
believable day of backyard birding.  I wonder how many I missed during the 
earlier hours.  Great to be able to share it with my father and friend.
 
Warbler Species:
 
Nashville
Parula
Yellow
Chestnut-sided
Magnolia
Cape May
Black-throated Blue
Yellow-rumped 300+/-
Black-throated Green
Blackburnian- 8+2
Blackpoll
Black-and-white
Redstart
Yellowthroat
Wilsons 1+1
 
I received a report from Scott Baldinger, that he had 25 species of Warbler at 
the Bashakill today.
 
Good Birding,
   Curt McDermott
 
 
 
 
 
  
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park Grasshopper Sparrow.

[Nadir Souirgi]

There is a Grasshopper Sparrow associating with a small flock of Savannah 
Sparrows on the far northwest side of the Soccer Field in Inwood Hill Park. 
This is the soccer field adjacent to the Lagoon as opposed to the Dyckman Ball 
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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park Grasshopper Sparrow.

[Nadir Souirgi]

There is a Grasshopper Sparrow associating with a small flock of Savannah 
Sparrows on the northwest edge of the IHP Soccer Field. This is the field next 
to the inlet and not the fields that run alongside the Hudson River. I left Joe 
DiCostanzo and James Knox with it.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Inwood Hill Park Grasshopper Sparrow - YES

[Anders Peltomaa]

I located the Grasshopper Sparrow in a patch of dead grass seeded area on
the soccer/football field.

High in an oak East of the Ridge I and Tom spotted a Olive-sided Flycatcher
(FOY).

Anders Peltomaa

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Good Luck,

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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park this morning

[Corey Finger]

A couple of hours birding with Carrie Laben this morning netted us 21 species 
of warbler highlighted by a singing Bay-breasted, a Hooded, two Worm-eatings, 
and a Wilson's. Also around was a Summer Tanager, which poses nicely with one 
of the many Scarlet Tanagers in the park.

Others reported Cape May Warbler and Black-billed Cuckoo.

I'm sure that there are lots more birds to be seen - hit the parks, people!

Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Banner Day in Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

[Jack Rothman]

This was a banner day for all of us on the City Island Birds walk in Pelham Bay 
Park. Twelve people showed on a gray overcast and wet morning. By the end of 
the walk the sun shone through and we had seen more than 50 species in four 
hours.
This was one of the birdiest days I’ve encountered here.
Just as we were leaving and getting to our cars, a Bald Eagle flew overhead and 
a Scarlet Tanager flew in at eye level, perhaps fifteen feet in front of us, a 
perfect way to end the walk.

Species Account:
Nashville Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler (close looks, a spectacular male)
Northern Parula (several)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler (more than we cared to count)
Black-throated Green (also several)
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat (several)
Yellow-rumped Warblers several
Back and White Warblers (several)
American Redstart (several)
Ovenbird
Yellow Warbler (also, an eye level nest)
Baltimore Oriole (several)
Orchard Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Great Crested flycatcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret (several)
Great Egret (several)
Least Sandpiper (flock of about 100  around Turtle Cove)
Common Tern
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Double-crested Cormorant
Mourning Dove
Mallard
Killdeer (at Turtle Cove and nest on Hunter Island)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Scarlet Tanager
Bald Eagle
Eastern Kingbird
Carolina Wren
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Gray Catbird (several)
Tree Swallow
House Finch
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay

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[nysbirds-l] Some spring migrants

[Robert A. Proniewych]

Today at West End ll at Jones Beach, Bob Anderson called me and said he
found a sparrow that he thought might be a Grasshopper Sparrow arriving a
few minutes after the call we both agreed it was a Grasshopper Sparrow. The
bird was along the dirt road leading to the fishermen's pier.Also seen in
the area was a female Wilson's Warbler offering a quick view before moving
on. A stop before at Nickerson Beach provided me with my fos Black Skimmer.
Also 5 Gull-billed terns were in association with the Skimmers. A call
later in the day from Ed Becher with some second hand information about
Bobolinks at Muttontown Preserve had us enjoying 6-8 of them in the corral
south of the parking lot. All in all a nice day to be out.
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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park, Kings Co.

[mscheibel49]

Great day in the park, birded from southwest end near the Lake north to the 
Boat House. Tallied 19 species of warblers highlights Cape May, Canada, Hooded 
 Wilson's. Other notables were Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Veery  
Swainson's Thrush and Lincoln's Sparrow.

Mike  Lynne Scheibel 
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] 5/10 Black-necked Stilt

[Mike]

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[nysbirds-l] Ft. Tryon Park, May 10

[Dawn Gmail]

I have missed most of the action in the past few days due to a bad case of 
bronchitis, but got out to Ft. Tryon Park for about an hour and a half this 
afternoon. I birded only the eastern slope below the Cloisters. I had 15 
species of warbler, including Orange-crowned, Blackpoll, Canada, Nashville, 
stellar eye-level views of 2 male Blackburnians and much more. Also 3 Scarlet 
Tanagers, Swainson's Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, waxwings, and lots of 
orioles.
It was a welcome change from having to stay inside!
Happy Birding,
Dawn Hannay

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[nysbirds-l] Chimney Swifts, FOS

[Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)]

I just observed my FOS Chimney Swifts, at least 6, near my house in
Williston Park, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Tri Color

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

Today Kristin Costello, Bobbi Manian and I spotted a tricolor heron at the 
marine park salt marsh nature center on our brooklyn big day. We watched the 
bird fly up gerritzen creek from the south and land in the marsh just south of 
the green observation platform.

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[nysbirds-l] Inwood Hill Park, New York Co., May 10

[Joe DiCostanzo]

A great day's birding in Inwood Hill Park, highlighted of course, by Nadir
Souirgi's Grasshopper Sparrow first thing this morning. The sparrow was
still on the soccer field at the north end of the park in the late afternoon
when I went back into the park and found Anders and Danny looking at it.
James Knox and I spent four hours in the park this morning and then I ran
into James and Nadir when I went back in this afternoon. We got caught in
one of the afternoon thunderstorms, and though it was not as active as this
morning there were still lots of birds around. My personal total for the day
was 78 species, including 21 warblers. Highlights below.

 

Bald Eagle - adult flying over this morning as I was leaving at 11:00 am

Greater Yellowlegs - 2, north mudflats this morning

Common Nighthawk - 1, flying north this evening

Eastern Phoebe - 1 (getting late for this species)

Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 to 5 birds

Least Flycatcher - 1

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1

Wood Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Veery

Black-and-white Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler - 2

Nashville Warbler - 2

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler - at least 2

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male this morning on the ridge

Blackpoll Warbler - 2

Prairie Warbler - 2

Palm Warbler - 1

Ovenbird - good numbers, but nowhere like Central Park two days ago

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Canada Warbler - 1

American Redstart

Orchard Oriole - at least 4

Scarlet Tanager - more than half a dozen

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2

Indigo Bunting - male

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow - 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 1

Swamp Sparrow

 

Anders also had an Olive-sided Flycatcher and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos raising
the list to 80 for the day.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[editcon...@aol.com]

Today had to be the best birding day at NYBG!  Not more than five minutes and 
50 feet into the walk we had a low flying adult bald eagle and then warblers! 
Most of the warblers listed below were in one oak tree. The Chestnut sided were 
taking a bath with Goldfinch - quite a colorful sight.  On the forest path we 
had Scarlet tanagers,Rose breasted Grosbeaks (which may be nesting) Veery, 
house wren and Swainson's thrush.  Most impressive were the number of species 
and quantity. 

Prairie-1
Blackburnian-2
Cape May-2
Nashville -3
Common Blackpoll-2
Black throated green-20+
Northern Parula-6
Chestnut sided-3
Magnolia-6
Black and white-5
BLUE WINGED - heard
American Redstart-4
Ovenbird-2
Yellowrump-20+
Yellow-4
Palm -3
Common yellowthroat -2
WHITE EYED VIREO-1
Red eyed vireo-2
Scarlet tanager-4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 4 
House Wren-3
Veery-3
Wood thrush-2
Swainson's Thrush-1
American Robin-20
Goldfinch-6
Blue jay-3
Cardinal-10
White breasted nuthatch-1
Chickadee-1
White throated sparrow-3
Chipping sparrow-4
Song sparrow-1
House sparrow-5
Hairy woodpecker -1
Red bellied woodpecker 
Flicker-1
Least flycatcher-3
Eastern Peewee-2
Great crested Flycatcher-1
Mallard-2
Baltimore oriole-2
Eastern kingbird-2
Gray catbird-14
Red winged black bird-2
Common grackle-many
Red tailed hawk-2
Chimney swifts-many
Canada goose-2
Wild turkey-1
BALD EAGLE-1

Very Good Birding!
Debbie Becker
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[nysbirds-l] More arrivals

[Joan Collins]

5/10/14 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.)

 

A few more arrivals today along Sabattis Circle Road:

 

*Ruby-crowned Hummingbird - 1 at our feeders

*Gray Catbird

*American Redstart

*Magnolia Warbler

*Yellow Warbler

*Chestnut-sided Warbler

 

Red Trillium is in bloom.

 

5/9/14 Long Lake

 

*Black Flies emerged!  An American Bittern was vocalizing at Shaw Pond.  The
bird was only about 30 feet from me and I was up on a hill looking down at
the little marshy area.  I spent about 30 minutes trying to observe it - no
luck!

 

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Long Lake, NY

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] Blydenburgh CP (Suffolk) including Forster's Terns

[glennq]

I dropped off my daughter this morning for a lacrosse scrimmage and, instead 
of staying to watch the scintillating action that is 10th-grade girls’ 
lacrosse , I spent a few hours in Blydenburgh County Park (southern end off 
route 454).


I’ve found this park to be normally quiet during spring migration but today 
there were 12 species of warblers, most of them low enough in the trees to 
make for enjoyable viewing. Bay-breasted  Blackpoll were about the most 
noteworthy, all other being common warblers.
Other migrants included Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling 
Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swainson’s Thrush (several), Wood Thrush,  
Swamp Sparrow.


The most interesting sighting was the presence of 2 pairs of Forster’s Terns 
in the southern end of the pond. They sat together on the two signs in the 
middle of the pond and occasionally brought each other fish. I've seen 
Forster's Terns here before in the spring but just coursing back and forth 
over the pond. A 5th tern was also present today but seemed to be the odd 
man out.


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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan-Bronx, NYC 5/10

[Thomas Fiore]

Can't resist passing along what for me, best sums up this recent  
influx of many migrants in a rush of song, color,  activity - a  
birder in the region posted 7 Warblers in my Pajamas... and I had to  
go with the rather reasonable image of a yard bright with songbirds,  
not so long after sunrise,  before daytime clothing was required...  
and suppressed the image of that statement being more literally  
accurate. I've held birds in hand,  had a house wren once get tangled  
in my hair (it had been inside my apt. one long-ago spring morn', and  
was soon freed). The possibilities of that recent statement on a fine  
morning's migration stop-over also seems to bring in an the birds  I  
are one sort of feel... Also, the wisdom of Chris Cooper who has  
reminded us of a variety of reasons we bird and what most of us  
sense, if not constantly express, to enjoy the beauty of the bird[s]  
which is direct, simple and also profound ( there are additional  
reasons, of course...) Oh, and with all of the mightily impressive  
sightings, still - can you actually improve on the visual impression  
that the Blue Jay makes - and first, imagine you've never before seen  
one - exquisite, even stunning sight, if (for most) not so much on  
sound; but bright in both color  intelligence.
..
Saturday, 10 May, 2010 -

5 minutes from Times Square, at least at a normal bicycle-riding  
pace... was a Solitary Sandpiper in a large puddle-pool in the large- 
empty-weedy lot facing the East River, south of the United Nations  
headquarters, along First Ave. at 38th Street. I scanned for  
gallinules of all colors**  such-like, but this was about the only  
notable I saw in the lot at an early-ish hour. At Bryant Park, midtown  
migrant madness included at least 27 Gray Catbirds, 18+ Ovenbirds, 7+  
Common Yellowthroats, a few N. Waterthrush, a singing Wood Thrush,  
several Hermit Thrush, a few Swamp Sparrows (did not pick up Lincoln's  
as were reported, but I also didn't put in more than 20 minutes of the  
morning in Bryant Park), multiple White-throated Sparrows,  one quite- 
late-to-get-going Dark-eyed Junco, plus, in trees over the main  
section of the park, heard-only Blackpoll, Yellow, Magnolia and  
Chestnut-sided Warblers,  a sorta-seen Black-throated Blue or 2.  (**  
a purple gallinule was reported in Penn. and is just one of the  
various southern things that are in more n. areas; un related to the  
explosion of willow ptarmigan at least doubling recently, to the south  
of their range ;-)

I also did a relatively quicker pass thru Stuyvesant-town and the  
cove, Tompkins Square park  a few nearby L.E. Side spots,  Wash.  
Square, Union Sq. and even a couple of very small green-spaces in mid- 
town. A short while later, after another pass thru Central, I touched  
on Morningside, Mt. Morris, and a couple of very little-known (to most  
birders) green-spaces in Harlem  the Heights (Wash.), enroute to  
Inwood, and my p.m. destination, Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. That  
latter site turned out a shorter stay than I had planned, but while  
there, I had some great sightings including some of the rare (in NYC)  
plants I came to look for. The thunder  darkening sky chased me back  
to Manhattan,  stops at Swindler Cove / Sherman Creek, Inwood again,  
Ft. Tryon briefly,  much of upper Riverside, then the more-often  
birded n. section of Riv. Park below 122 St. on to nearly W. 96th...  
all areas had some -or still, many- migrant birds.

anyhow, there were migrants pretty much in all locations. Probably the  
most notable, in addition to re-locating the single Grasshopper  
Sparrow amongst multiple Savannahs at Inwood Hill Park's ballfield  
edges, in mid afternoon, were the 2 Grasshoppers in with multiple  
Savannahs I found not that long before Inwood, at the Van Cortlandt  
Park (Bronx, N.Y. City) Parade Grounds ballfields, on the eastern  
edges  out a bit to the south. There were, as with Inwood's  
ballfields, a number of games or practice sessions with ball-players,  
yet the sparrows were very determined to continue feeding just where  
they wished, and regularly returned (at each park) even if anyone ran  
long for a deep-field hit, or simply passed thru the sparrow grasses.  
I eventually came up with about 32+ Savannahs at Van Cort. Park's  
ballfields,  at least a dozen (maybe a lot more) at Inwood. The  
Grasshopper Sparrow at Inwood also sang at least once! Very nice. (I  
watched the 2 VCP Grasshoppers around 3 - 3:20 or so, and the Inwood  
birds about 20 minutes later... (I knew of the Inwood bird thanks to  
Nadir Sourgi's early report). For me, just watching these was good,  
and I gave up quickly on trying for a photo, the Grasshoppers doing a  
very good job at mostly hiding behind what at first seemed inch-high  
grasses - which in fact were up to 4+ inches high, and in a few  
patches, taller still. I almost fielded a few long balls at the Inwood  
site, but they had that 

[nysbirds-l] Target bird missed, but the consolation prizes not chopped liver !

[robert adamo]

With limited time today, I decided to try for the Worm-eating Warbler that
has been reported at least twice (with a fair number of days in between)
from Wildwood S.P. in Wading River. While missing it, I did find a Winter
Wren, which at this time of year, is probably the harder species to get.

From there I tried Bayberry Park, W.R., a small, Riverhead Town Park, that
has some water running through it. It's been at least 20 years since I've
birded there, but back then it was a very productive stop for us locals,
namely, Gil Raynor, Dave Larsen, John Ruscica, Jim Clinton Sr., Jim Clinton
Jr. (known as Jimmy then), Henry Halama, Clarence Swanson and myself.
Today, 45 minutes had me crossing paths with a pair of Wood Ducks, and
singles of Chestnut-sided, Black-throated, and A. Redstart Warblers.

Whenever I'm in W.R. at this time of year, I check-out the Duck Ponds
located down in the old part of town - the reason being that on 4/23/84 I
found a female Summer Tanager there, which stayed long enough for John and
Jim Sr. to get it too ! Well, although the twin ponds did not produce *Piranga
rubra *today, they did hold 3 pairs of Wood Ducks, which along with a
glorious amount of sunshine, provided me with National Geographic quality
results !

Cheers,
Bob

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