[nysbirds-l] T.V's.

[robert adamo]

During a quick ride in and out of the North Fork Preserve, Jamesport, I had
11 Turkey Vultures circling & drifting to the southeast.

Cheers,
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RE:[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

[Shaibal Mitra]

Tom and Gail obtained some very useful images of the Barwit, which they have 
graciously allowed me to share. These are the first three images starting at 
the following link, followed by my own (which are so bad partly because I 
couldn't resist the opportunity to annoy Steve Walter), then by some mudscape 
shots of the bay south of the former West Pond.

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2015#6150329835747035714

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 7:27 AM
To: nysbirds-l
Subject: Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

Yesterday afternoon's low tide was exceptionally low, exposing flats at Jamaica 
Bay that we had never seen before in many years of birding the area. It was 
partly this unusual circumstance that prompted us to visit the breach at what 
used to be the West Pond, an area that has not been particularly productive for 
birds since Sandy, to take photos of the odd mudscape to the south.

We found the godwit feeding and resting with other shorebirds on the expansive 
flats south of the breach, on surfaces that are ordinarily not exposed during 
normal low tides (south and east of Terrapin Pt.). As the tide began to rise 
(but before locally available habitat was completely submerged), it flew off to 
the south with other birds and landed on the marsh islands to the south. It 
remained there, feeding and briefly resting, for only a short time before 
flying purposefully eastward and out of sight with other shorebirds.

If it is still in the area, the best approach to finding it would be to search 
potential roosting sites at high tide and any visible mudflats at lower tides.

This European Bar-tailed Godwit (nominate race lapponica) is small and markedly 
short-legged and very drab-looking overall.  Its upper parts are grayish brown 
with darker feather centers, browner and more contrasting than in similarly 
plumaged HUGO--a trait I recalled from the only prior Barwit I've seen on Long 
Island, found by Ken & Sue Feustal at Mecox Bay in May 2004. Glimpses of the 
white upper rump while the bird preened nailed the ID and confirmed the 
subspecies as European lapponica (Siberian baueri has also occurred on the East 
Coast).

Several of the people we had been birding with earlier at Forest Park were able 
to get there before it flew and to enjoy flight views of the finely barred 
tail, pale underwings, white lower back, etc. All of my photos are marginal, 
but I think Tom Burke and Gail Benson might have done a little better. I'll try 
to post something to my Picasa site at some point.

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore



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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* May 18, 2015*  NYSY  05. 18. 15 Hotline: Syracuse 
Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 11, 2015 - May 18, 2015to report by e-mail: 
brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National 
Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga 
County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & 
Cortlandcompiled: May 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga 
Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  #443 Monday May 18, 2015 Greetings. 
This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 11, 2014 
Highlights:---
LEAST BITTERNGLOSSY IBISBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONLAUGHING GULLICELAND 
GULLFORSTER’S TERNCOMMON NIGHTHAWKRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIA FLYCATCHERSEDGE 
WRENCLAY-COLORED SPARROWBLUE GROSBEAK

As hoped for this week saw the big migration push, especially for passerines. 
Virtually every expected Warbler was seen on 5/17 during the Region 5  
Birdathon. Most were seen at Sunset Bay park on lake Ontario. Good numbers of 
Shorebirds were noted at Montezuma this week also.
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     5/13: LEAST SANDPIPER, both YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, 
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SPOTTED SANDPIPER were noted along the Wildlife Drive.   
  5/15: An singing SEDGE WREN was reported on Carncross Road near Howland 
Island.     5/16: A single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a single SEMI-PALMATED 
SANDPIPER and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were added to the mix on the Wildlife 
Drive. Also BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, BLACK TERN and  ORCHARD ORIOLE.     5/17: 2 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the Mays Point Road location. 12 Shorebird 
species including an estimated 3,000 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen along the 
Wildlife Drive.

Cayuga County
     5/11: 13 GLOSSY IBIS were seen in flight at Fair Haven State Park. Also 
seen were RUDDY TURNSTONE, DUNLIN and LEAST SANDPIPER.     5/12: A  RED-HEADED 
WOODPECKER has returned to West Barrier Beach Park at Fair Haven. A second bird 
was seen on the 15th.

Onondaga County
     5/14: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.     5/15: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at the corner of 
Kellog and 60 Roads in Three Rivers WMA.      5/16: The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW 
was refound in Three Rivers and another was refound in Green Lakes State Park.  
   5/17: A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at the corner of Conners Road and East 
Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. So far no success in relocating it.   
  5/18: The ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has returned to Whiskey Hollow in the Town of 
Van Buren.

Oswego County
     5/12: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Derby Hill.     5/13: An ICELAND GULL 
was found at the Oswego Yacht Club on Lake Ontario.     5/14: An Adult LAUGHING 
GULL was seen at the Oswego Yacht Club. It was seen again on the 15th. but not 
since.     
    

 --  end report


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[nysbirds-l] Bronx County: Mourning Warbler (Bx Zoo nr CGC Bldg)

[Todd Olson]

A Mourning Warbler was present this afternoon May 18th at the Bronx Zoo,
singing from green brushy tangle between the Aitkin Seabird Aviary and the
Center for Global Conservation (CGC) building.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] MEGA!. Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - SHORT-TAILED HAWK

[Richard Guthrie]

Forwarding this news. 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "William Purcell w31purc...@icloud.com [oneidabirds]" 
> 
> Date: May 18, 2015 at 3:24:45 PM EDT
> To: Oneidabirds 
> Subject: [OneidaBirds] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] MEGA!. Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - 
> SHORT-TAILED HAWK
> Reply-To: William Purcell 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Bird observations from western New York 
>> Date: May 18, 2015 at 3:02:33 PM EDT
>> To: "geneseebird...@geneseo.edu" 
>> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] MEGA!. Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - SHORT-TAILED HAWK
>> Reply-To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
>> 
>> Around 2:30 pm, David Tetlow had a SHORT-TAILED HAWK fly over with six 
>> Broad-winged Hawks, heading east. 
>> 
>> David indicated it was a light bird, very clean looking with a full hood, 
>> and no appearance of molt. It was close enough that a photo could have been 
>> taken, in field of view of BW's for comparison. 
>> 
>> If I had the opportunity, I would be along the Lake Ontario shoreline. 
>> Please bring camera or video recorder and help try to document this rare 
>> bird.  It it continues as many buteos do, it may pass Derby Hill late (or 
>> late late) today (sometimes some birds are still dropping down after 6pm), 
>> or early tomorrow. The winds keep switching from W/ WSW / and lake breeze, 
>> which may impede speed and direction of travel. 
>> 
>> Note: eBird shows an accepted record from Whitefish Point Michigan on NOV 
>> 2005.
>> 
>> ps. Please pass along to Oneidabirds and NYSbirds
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Kurt Fox
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[nysbirds-l] Parking for 5/31 Brooklyn Pelagic

[Doug Gochfeld]

I've had a couple of inquiries regarding overnight parking at the dock.
There are no temporal parking restrictions on the regular back-in angle
parking spots at the dock.

So, yes, there should be more than enough overnight street parking right at
the boat.

Below, I'm pasting the detailed directions given previously by Shane
Blodgett:



The boat is docked at Pier 6 in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. This on Emmons
> Avenue just a few yards west of Dooley Street. Map here:
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z6kI7VNnVLnI.kAloKkzeNS2k
>
> Image of pier sans boat (she is out fishing !)
>
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/@40.58363,-73.945195,3a,75y,163.41h,75.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXgspsqQ9fcvndG-EJFMKMA!2e0
>
> Best way to get there is Belt parkway. If coming from points east, take
> exit 9 (Knapp Street) go to end of exit ramp and turn left (you will then
> be on Knapp Street).You will go back over the Belt and in about 200 yards
> you will come to a T-intersection. Make a right turn onto Emmons Avenue. Go
> about .75 mile and the boat will be on your left.
>
> If coming from west you can take either exit 9A or 9B. If you use 9A at
> the end of exit ramp service road turn right on Knapp Street (about .25
> mile from exit 9A) and then right on Emmons. Go about .75 mile and the boat
> will be on your left.
> If you use 9B the exit ramp ends at a traffic light. Continue straight
> through the light and you will be on Emmons Avenue. Go about .75 mile and
> the boat will be on your left.
>
> If coming from central Brooklyn you could take Ocean Avenue all the way to
> the end, make a left on Emmons and the boat will be on your right in about
> .2 mile.
>
> Parking is on the street and free, with the parking on the north side of
> the traffic islands being traditional parallel parking. On the south side
> of the traffic islands it is *back in angle parking* only and although
> the signs are missing stating this, you can get a ticket for not doing so.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Coast Guard: Black Skimmers

[Robert Taylor]

3 on sandbar- rest of sandbar covered with usual shorebirds but I am unable
to look for rarities today

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[nysbirds-l] Queens County Bird Club - Upcoming Meeting - Wed. 05/20 - Sandra Paci will present "Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice, and BIRDS!"

[Nancy Tognan]

The *Queens County Bird Club Inc.* will be meeting at the Alley Pond
Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362
 >Map of location<  
at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.  Free admission.  Refreshments
served.

Public transportation users:  Meeting location is one mile from Bayside LIRR
station; you can either walk, take Q12 bus, or use car service located at
station.

Our speaker will be Sandra Paci, presenting "Iceland:  Land of Fire, Ice,
and BIRDS!"

 

The lure of Iceland for birders lies not in the number of
species to be seen, but in the quality of those species and the opportunity
to encounter them in spectacularly beautiful and unspoiled landscapes,
sometimes in overwhelming numbers.  Seabirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, and
gulls are all well represented.  Some are special Icelandic races and
subspecies found nowhere else.  Many birds in this sparsely populated land
show a remarkable lack of fear of humans, allowing for close viewing and
photography.  Join Sandra Paci as she discusses her 2013 journey to this
intriguing island nation, starting near the capital city Reykjavik,
continuing up the west coast to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Flatey Island,
and the fabled Latrabjarg bird cliffs, before heading across the north coast
to Husavik, Lake Myvatn, and the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Sandra Paci was born in Baltimore, Maryland and lives in New
York City, where she works for a gallery in the Chelsea art district and is
an active member of the Brooklyn Bird Club and the Linnaean Society of New
York.  Since first catching the travel bug in the early 1980s, she has
ventured to over twenty countries outside the U.S., mostly in Europe and
Latin America.  Sandra became an avid birder in 2003 and has enjoyed
long-distance birding trips to Alaska, Mexico (three times), Panama (twice),
Ecuador (twice), Peru (three times), Bolivia, Colombia, Iceland and Morocco.

 

Nancy Tognan 

nancy.tog...@gmail.com   
Vice President: *Queens County Bird Club Inc*. 
See http://www.qcbirdclub.org/ for more information on trips, speakers, and
other events! 
See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about
many local birding hotspots

* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}.  *

 


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[nysbirds-l] Croton point park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

In a brief stop this a.m. had one real surprise Olive Sided flycatcher perched 
upright  at end of high open snag near upper gazebo (airfield area) 

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/16-17

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Sat. & Sunday, 16 & 17 May, 2015

It was a good weekend for migrants and hundreds of birders were out  
seeking them. A sampler of sightings includes reports of up to 31  
warbler species, all five eastern-breeding Empidonax flycatchers, the  
five most-regularly-seen vireo species, the five most-frequent  
Catharus thrushes, & an assortment of other migrants that included a  
few modestly-late laggards.  (there were a couple of reports of rarer  
warblers, including Prothonotary & Kentucky- I have no details  
regarding those reports.)


At least 29 warbler species in addition to those rarities were found,  
among them Cerulean on both days, as well as fairly late Pine, Palm,  
and Louisiana Waterthrush (none unprecedentedly late, but notable).   
Thrushes were singing at dusk on Sun. evening, & on that note, it's  
worth mention that a singing Bicknell's Thrush was reported in  
Brooklyn's Prospect Park late Sunday by at least a couple of  
observers. Also being heard were flycatchers, with a much more robust  
arrival of Eastern Wood-Pewee, and the identifications of 5 species of  
Empidonax flycatchers partly by calls &/or songs.


A (certainly-incomplete) list for the 2 days:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Brant (fly-overs)
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (a bit late)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (a bit late)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush (& singing)
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush (a bit late)
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing

Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler (late)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler (a bit late)
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (late)
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler

Summer Tanager (ongoing)
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

good ongoing migration to all, thanks to the many who contributed to  
this list.


Tom Fiore
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Coast Guard: Black Skimmers

[Robert Taylor]

3 on sandbar- rest of sandbar covered with usual shorebirds but I am unable
to look for rarities today

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[nysbirds-l] Croton point park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

In a brief stop this a.m. had one real surprise Olive Sided flycatcher perched 
upright  at end of high open snag near upper gazebo (airfield area) 

L. Trachtenberg 
Ossining

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[nysbirds-l] Queens County Bird Club - Upcoming Meeting - Wed. 05/20 - Sandra Paci will present Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice, and BIRDS!

[Nancy Tognan]

The *Queens County Bird Club Inc.* will be meeting at the Alley Pond
Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362
http://goo.gl/8cnmjT Map of location  
at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.  Free admission.  Refreshments
served.

Public transportation users:  Meeting location is one mile from Bayside LIRR
station; you can either walk, take Q12 bus, or use car service located at
station.

Our speaker will be Sandra Paci, presenting Iceland:  Land of Fire, Ice,
and BIRDS!

 

The lure of Iceland for birders lies not in the number of
species to be seen, but in the quality of those species and the opportunity
to encounter them in spectacularly beautiful and unspoiled landscapes,
sometimes in overwhelming numbers.  Seabirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, and
gulls are all well represented.  Some are special Icelandic races and
subspecies found nowhere else.  Many birds in this sparsely populated land
show a remarkable lack of fear of humans, allowing for close viewing and
photography.  Join Sandra Paci as she discusses her 2013 journey to this
intriguing island nation, starting near the capital city Reykjavik,
continuing up the west coast to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Flatey Island,
and the fabled Latrabjarg bird cliffs, before heading across the north coast
to Husavik, Lake Myvatn, and the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Sandra Paci was born in Baltimore, Maryland and lives in New
York City, where she works for a gallery in the Chelsea art district and is
an active member of the Brooklyn Bird Club and the Linnaean Society of New
York.  Since first catching the travel bug in the early 1980s, she has
ventured to over twenty countries outside the U.S., mostly in Europe and
Latin America.  Sandra became an avid birder in 2003 and has enjoyed
long-distance birding trips to Alaska, Mexico (three times), Panama (twice),
Ecuador (twice), Peru (three times), Bolivia, Colombia, Iceland and Morocco.

 

Nancy Tognan 

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Vice President: *Queens County Bird Club Inc*. 
See http://www.qcbirdclub.org/ for more information on trips, speakers, and
other events! 
See our 'Birding Maps  Locations' page for directions to and info about
many local birding hotspots

* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}.  *

 


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[nysbirds-l] Parking for 5/31 Brooklyn Pelagic

[Doug Gochfeld]

I've had a couple of inquiries regarding overnight parking at the dock.
There are no temporal parking restrictions on the regular back-in angle
parking spots at the dock.

So, yes, there should be more than enough overnight street parking right at
the boat.

Below, I'm pasting the detailed directions given previously by Shane
Blodgett:



The boat is docked at Pier 6 in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. This on Emmons
 Avenue just a few yards west of Dooley Street. Map here:

 https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z6kI7VNnVLnI.kAloKkzeNS2k

 Image of pier sans boat (she is out fishing !)


 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.58363,-73.945195,3a,75y,163.41h,75.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXgspsqQ9fcvndG-EJFMKMA!2e0

 Best way to get there is Belt parkway. If coming from points east, take
 exit 9 (Knapp Street) go to end of exit ramp and turn left (you will then
 be on Knapp Street).You will go back over the Belt and in about 200 yards
 you will come to a T-intersection. Make a right turn onto Emmons Avenue. Go
 about .75 mile and the boat will be on your left.

 If coming from west you can take either exit 9A or 9B. If you use 9A at
 the end of exit ramp service road turn right on Knapp Street (about .25
 mile from exit 9A) and then right on Emmons. Go about .75 mile and the boat
 will be on your left.
 If you use 9B the exit ramp ends at a traffic light. Continue straight
 through the light and you will be on Emmons Avenue. Go about .75 mile and
 the boat will be on your left.

 If coming from central Brooklyn you could take Ocean Avenue all the way to
 the end, make a left on Emmons and the boat will be on your right in about
 .2 mile.

 Parking is on the street and free, with the parking on the north side of
 the traffic islands being traditional parallel parking. On the south side
 of the traffic islands it is *back in angle parking* only and although
 the signs are missing stating this, you can get a ticket for not doing so.


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] MEGA!. Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - SHORT-TAILED HAWK

[Richard Guthrie]

Forwarding this news. 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

 From: William Purcell w31purc...@icloud.com [oneidabirds] 
 oneidabirds-nore...@yahoogroups.com
 Date: May 18, 2015 at 3:24:45 PM EDT
 To: Oneidabirds oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [OneidaBirds] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] MEGA!. Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - 
 SHORT-TAILED HAWK
 Reply-To: William Purcell w31purc...@icloud.com
 
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 Begin forwarded message:
 
 From: Bird observations from western New York geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
 Date: May 18, 2015 at 3:02:33 PM EDT
 To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
 Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] MEGA!. Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - SHORT-TAILED HAWK
 Reply-To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
 
 Around 2:30 pm, David Tetlow had a SHORT-TAILED HAWK fly over with six 
 Broad-winged Hawks, heading east. 
 
 David indicated it was a light bird, very clean looking with a full hood, 
 and no appearance of molt. It was close enough that a photo could have been 
 taken, in field of view of BW's for comparison. 
 
 If I had the opportunity, I would be along the Lake Ontario shoreline. 
 Please bring camera or video recorder and help try to document this rare 
 bird.  It it continues as many buteos do, it may pass Derby Hill late (or 
 late late) today (sometimes some birds are still dropping down after 6pm), 
 or early tomorrow. The winds keep switching from W/ WSW / and lake breeze, 
 which may impede speed and direction of travel. 
 
 Note: eBird shows an accepted record from Whitefish Point Michigan on NOV 
 2005.
 
 ps. Please pass along to Oneidabirds and NYSbirds
 
 Regards,
 Kurt Fox
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[nysbirds-l] T.V's.

[robert adamo]

During a quick ride in and out of the North Fork Preserve, Jamesport, I had
11 Turkey Vultures circling  drifting to the southeast.

Cheers,
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RE:[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

[Shaibal Mitra]

Tom and Gail obtained some very useful images of the Barwit, which they have 
graciously allowed me to share. These are the first three images starting at 
the following link, followed by my own (which are so bad partly because I 
couldn't resist the opportunity to annoy Steve Walter), then by some mudscape 
shots of the bay south of the former West Pond.

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2015#6150329835747035714

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 7:27 AM
To: nysbirds-l
Subject: Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

Yesterday afternoon's low tide was exceptionally low, exposing flats at Jamaica 
Bay that we had never seen before in many years of birding the area. It was 
partly this unusual circumstance that prompted us to visit the breach at what 
used to be the West Pond, an area that has not been particularly productive for 
birds since Sandy, to take photos of the odd mudscape to the south.

We found the godwit feeding and resting with other shorebirds on the expansive 
flats south of the breach, on surfaces that are ordinarily not exposed during 
normal low tides (south and east of Terrapin Pt.). As the tide began to rise 
(but before locally available habitat was completely submerged), it flew off to 
the south with other birds and landed on the marsh islands to the south. It 
remained there, feeding and briefly resting, for only a short time before 
flying purposefully eastward and out of sight with other shorebirds.

If it is still in the area, the best approach to finding it would be to search 
potential roosting sites at high tide and any visible mudflats at lower tides.

This European Bar-tailed Godwit (nominate race lapponica) is small and markedly 
short-legged and very drab-looking overall.  Its upper parts are grayish brown 
with darker feather centers, browner and more contrasting than in similarly 
plumaged HUGO--a trait I recalled from the only prior Barwit I've seen on Long 
Island, found by Ken  Sue Feustal at Mecox Bay in May 2004. Glimpses of the 
white upper rump while the bird preened nailed the ID and confirmed the 
subspecies as European lapponica (Siberian baueri has also occurred on the East 
Coast).

Several of the people we had been birding with earlier at Forest Park were able 
to get there before it flew and to enjoy flight views of the finely barred 
tail, pale underwings, white lower back, etc. All of my photos are marginal, 
but I think Tom Burke and Gail Benson might have done a little better. I'll try 
to post something to my Picasa site at some point.

Shai Mitra  Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore



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[nysbirds-l] Bronx County: Mourning Warbler (Bx Zoo nr CGC Bldg)

[Todd Olson]

A Mourning Warbler was present this afternoon May 18th at the Bronx Zoo,
singing from green brushy tangle between the Aitkin Seabird Aviary and the
Center for Global Conservation (CGC) building.

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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* May 18, 2015*  NYSY  05. 18. 15 Hotline: Syracuse 
Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 11, 2015 - May 18, 2015to report by e-mail: 
brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National 
Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga 
County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison  
Cortlandcompiled: May 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga 
Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  #443 Monday May 18, 2015 Greetings. 
This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 11, 2014 
Highlights:---
LEAST BITTERNGLOSSY IBISBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONLAUGHING GULLICELAND 
GULLFORSTER’S TERNCOMMON NIGHTHAWKRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIA FLYCATCHERSEDGE 
WRENCLAY-COLORED SPARROWBLUE GROSBEAK

As hoped for this week saw the big migration push, especially for passerines. 
Virtually every expected Warbler was seen on 5/17 during the Region 5  
Birdathon. Most were seen at Sunset Bay park on lake Ontario. Good numbers of 
Shorebirds were noted at Montezuma this week also.
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     5/13: LEAST SANDPIPER, both YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, 
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SPOTTED SANDPIPER were noted along the Wildlife Drive.   
  5/15: An singing SEDGE WREN was reported on Carncross Road near Howland 
Island.     5/16: A single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a single SEMI-PALMATED 
SANDPIPER and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were added to the mix on the Wildlife 
Drive. Also BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, BLACK TERN and  ORCHARD ORIOLE.     5/17: 2 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the Mays Point Road location. 12 Shorebird 
species including an estimated 3,000 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen along the 
Wildlife Drive.

Cayuga County
     5/11: 13 GLOSSY IBIS were seen in flight at Fair Haven State Park. Also 
seen were RUDDY TURNSTONE, DUNLIN and LEAST SANDPIPER.     5/12: A  RED-HEADED 
WOODPECKER has returned to West Barrier Beach Park at Fair Haven. A second bird 
was seen on the 15th.

Onondaga County
     5/14: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.     5/15: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at the corner of 
Kellog and 60 Roads in Three Rivers WMA.      5/16: The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW 
was refound in Three Rivers and another was refound in Green Lakes State Park.  
   5/17: A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at the corner of Conners Road and East 
Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. So far no success in relocating it.   
  5/18: The ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has returned to Whiskey Hollow in the Town of 
Van Buren.

Oswego County
     5/12: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Derby Hill.     5/13: An ICELAND GULL 
was found at the Oswego Yacht Club on Lake Ontario.     5/14: An Adult LAUGHING 
GULL was seen at the Oswego Yacht Club. It was seen again on the 15th. but not 
since.     
    

 --  end report


Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A.  

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 5/16-17

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Sat.  Sunday, 16  17 May, 2015

It was a good weekend for migrants and hundreds of birders were out  
seeking them. A sampler of sightings includes reports of up to 31  
warbler species, all five eastern-breeding Empidonax flycatchers, the  
five most-regularly-seen vireo species, the five most-frequent  
Catharus thrushes,  an assortment of other migrants that included a  
few modestly-late laggards.  (there were a couple of reports of rarer  
warblers, including Prothonotary  Kentucky- I have no details  
regarding those reports.)


At least 29 warbler species in addition to those rarities were found,  
among them Cerulean on both days, as well as fairly late Pine, Palm,  
and Louisiana Waterthrush (none unprecedentedly late, but notable).   
Thrushes were singing at dusk on Sun. evening,  on that note, it's  
worth mention that a singing Bicknell's Thrush was reported in  
Brooklyn's Prospect Park late Sunday by at least a couple of  
observers. Also being heard were flycatchers, with a much more robust  
arrival of Eastern Wood-Pewee, and the identifications of 5 species of  
Empidonax flycatchers partly by calls /or songs.


A (certainly-incomplete) list for the 2 days:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Brant (fly-overs)
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (a bit late)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (a bit late)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush ( singing)
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush (a bit late)
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing

Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler (late)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler (a bit late)
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (late)
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler

Summer Tanager (ongoing)
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

good ongoing migration to all, thanks to the many who contributed to  
this list.


Tom Fiore
Manhattan

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