[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 May 2014

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County *May 16, 2014 * NYNY1405.16 - Birds Mentioned WHITE-FACED IBIS+ MISSISSIPPI KITE+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) “Black” Brant MANX SHEARWATER Glossy Ibis Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule Stilt Sandpiper

[nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis...finally !

Responding to Shai Mitra's posting, I quickly left the house, promising my wife to finish the chores I was involved in (without fail), upon my return. She is quite aware of how serious I am, when the bird in question, would be an addition to my state list, and therefore, stepped aside and wished

[nysbirds-l] Plainview Turkey Vultures

Spotted one today flying low over Plainview Road at NW Corner of Bethpage State Park. This is the third time in the past 30 days or so I have seen a TV at this same location. Steve -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/14-15

But first, a Newfoundland (Canada) compilation - May, 2014 - European Golden Plover - 225+ (2nd highest spring total ever) Black-tailed Godwit - 12 (record-smashing, beating previous record of two, maybe three in a spring) Common Redshank - 2 (falling short of the five in 1995 but brings the

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP

Hempstead Lake SP 14 May A slow birding morning with few migrants. There were singing White-eyed, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal, Baltimore Oriole, calling Great-crested Flycatcher and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. It seemed more like early Summer than Mid May. NEWS

[nysbirds-l] White-faced ibis and Parasitic Jaeger Photos at Captree Island (Suffolk County)

To add to Shai's description of the mornings birding at Captree Island, shortly after Shai and Doug left a Parasitic Jaeger flew over Captree Island (photos on my flickr site). I have also put up a few photos of the White-face Ibis in comparison with adjacent Glossy Ibis. The Ibis disappeared

[nysbirds-l] Another (or the same) Red-necked Phalarope, Cupsogue Beach County Park

Hey again! The crew and I stumbled upon another (or the same) Red-necked Phalarope at approximately 10:45 today, attempting to feed through the crashing surf just 20-30 feet off the beach at Cupsogue. I did not get a good enough look to determine the sex of the earlier bird, but this one was

[nysbirds-l] Seawatch - FINS Tower, Smith Point

As per Derek Rogers' earlier post I conducted a seawatch for about 1 1/2 hrs. starting at 6:45 am, Northern Gannets streamed by in groups of from 3-25 adding up to over 200, Black Scoters mostly in large flocks added up to over 600, the Common Tern flight noted by Derek amounted to only two small

[nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis & Stilt Sandpiper Captree Marsh, Suffolk, LI

As Doug Futuyma and I were leaving Fire Island, Ken Feustel called with news that he'd found a probable White-faced Ibis at nearby Captree Marsh, north of Captree Rd. and west of the Robert Moses Parkway (this area is north of Captree SP). We headed over immediately and reached Ken two minutes

[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. (Suffolk)

Given the strong SSE winds I decided to head over to Robert Moses State Park this morning to test my luck with a seawatch. Beginning at 0700, there was a moderate inshore movement of birds all heading east which was dominated by terns, loons and gannets. All three scoter species were

[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Phalarope, fire island

Hey all, The PIPL crew and I just had a Red-necked Phalarope resting on the water just inside of Old Inlet on Fire Island. It took off toward the open ocean when our boat spooked it unfortunately. Keep your eyes open though! Justin LeClaire -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Black-legged Kittiwake, Myers Point

A 1st summer type BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, found by Bob McGuire, is currently sitting on the spit at Myers Point, Lansing, Tompkins Co. Jay McGowan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Yesterday's birding...late and not great !

Met Linda Sullivan at 1100 in the Wildwood State Park's parking lot. We birded the the n/e section of the park, and while there weren't many birds to look at, we did find a pair of Scarlet Tanagers who treated us to a great "photo op" ! The female (at times ~ 10' from us on the ground) had nesting

[nysbirds-l] Black-legged Kittiwake, Myers Point

A 1st summer type BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, found by Bob McGuire, is currently sitting on the spit at Myers Point, Lansing, Tompkins Co. Jay McGowan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Phalarope, fire island

Hey all, The PIPL crew and I just had a Red-necked Phalarope resting on the water just inside of Old Inlet on Fire Island. It took off toward the open ocean when our boat spooked it unfortunately. Keep your eyes open though! Justin LeClaire -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. (Suffolk)

Given the strong SSE winds I decided to head over to Robert Moses State Park this morning to test my luck with a seawatch. Beginning at 0700, there was a moderate inshore movement of birds all heading east which was dominated by terns, loons and gannets. All three scoter species were

[nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis Stilt Sandpiper Captree Marsh, Suffolk, LI

As Doug Futuyma and I were leaving Fire Island, Ken Feustel called with news that he'd found a probable White-faced Ibis at nearby Captree Marsh, north of Captree Rd. and west of the Robert Moses Parkway (this area is north of Captree SP). We headed over immediately and reached Ken two minutes

[nysbirds-l] Seawatch - FINS Tower, Smith Point

As per Derek Rogers' earlier post I conducted a seawatch for about 1 1/2 hrs. starting at 6:45 am, Northern Gannets streamed by in groups of from 3-25 adding up to over 200, Black Scoters mostly in large flocks added up to over 600, the Common Tern flight noted by Derek amounted to only two small

[nysbirds-l] White-faced ibis and Parasitic Jaeger Photos at Captree Island (Suffolk County)

To add to Shai's description of the mornings birding at Captree Island, shortly after Shai and Doug left a Parasitic Jaeger flew over Captree Island (photos on my flickr site). I have also put up a few photos of the White-face Ibis in comparison with adjacent Glossy Ibis. The Ibis disappeared

[nysbirds-l] Another (or the same) Red-necked Phalarope, Cupsogue Beach County Park

Hey again! The crew and I stumbled upon another (or the same) Red-necked Phalarope at approximately 10:45 today, attempting to feed through the crashing surf just 20-30 feet off the beach at Cupsogue. I did not get a good enough look to determine the sex of the earlier bird, but this one was

[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake SP

Hempstead Lake SP 14 May A slow birding morning with few migrants. There were singing White-eyed, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal, Baltimore Oriole, calling Great-crested Flycatcher and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. It seemed more like early Summer than Mid May. NEWS

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/14-15

But first, a Newfoundland (Canada) compilation - May, 2014 - European Golden Plover - 225+ (2nd highest spring total ever) Black-tailed Godwit - 12 (record-smashing, beating previous record of two, maybe three in a spring) Common Redshank - 2 (falling short of the five in 1995 but brings the

[nysbirds-l] Plainview Turkey Vultures

Spotted one today flying low over Plainview Road at NW Corner of Bethpage State Park. This is the third time in the past 30 days or so I have seen a TV at this same location. Steve -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis...finally !

Responding to Shai Mitra's posting, I quickly left the house, promising my wife to finish the chores I was involved in (without fail), upon my return. She is quite aware of how serious I am, when the bird in question, would be an addition to my state list, and therefore, stepped aside and wished

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 May 2014

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County *May 16, 2014 * NYNY1405.16 - Birds Mentioned WHITE-FACED IBIS+ MISSISSIPPI KITE+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) “Black” Brant MANX SHEARWATER Glossy Ibis Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule Stilt Sandpiper