[nysbirds-l] At times, things are not what they seem to be...at least to some of us !

I want to thank both Paul Sweet and Shai Mitra for the quick course in Bird Anatomy, in response to my post of 7/18, when I incorrectly referred to the birds knee, rather than it's ankle...a mistake, I don't think I'll make again ! I also have the feeling, that by getting the correct terminology ou

[nysbirds-l] Fledgling Bicknell's Thrush!/Black-backed Woodpecker/Boreal Chickadees/Gray Jays/Mourning Warbler at its nest site, etc.

7/18/15 Long Lake (Hamilton County) Twenty-seven people and one dog took part in the Annual Loon Census on Long Lake. There were 10 boating parties covering the 14-mile Long Lake. We tallied 11 Common Loons (all adults) this year (we usually tally 11 to 13 loons). Everyone enjoyed breakfast

[nysbirds-l] More NYC Night-Heron News

I was on Governors Island today for NYC Audubon's "It's Your Tern" festival, celebrating the nesting colonies of Common Terns there (now on all 3 piers along Buttermilk Channel, with young ranging in age from week-old little fuzzies to fledglings practicing flying the length of the piers). I vi

[nysbirds-l] Nassau County Night-Heron Rookery

After a late morning trip to Jones Beach to see the Red Phalarope, Eric Reubel and I made a quick stop at Cammanns Pond Park in Merrick. (Never having read anything about it on the list serves, we'd first happened upon it by accident late last December and were quite surprised to find 20 Black-cro

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Red Phalarope YES midday Sunday

The phalarope was on the “blind pond” around 9:30-10:00, then flew to the large pond-mudflat just west of that and stayed there feeding until at least 11:00, probably later. Rick Cech / Emily Peyton From: bounce-119463406-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119463406-3714...@list.cor

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Red Phalarope (Yes, last evening)

I observed the Red Phalarope last night around 7:15 PM. The bird was first found in the pool with the wood blind, and then flew from pond to pond heading East until around 8:00. -- Good Birding, Avery Scott Williston Park, NY http://thebirdysite.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www

RE: [nysbirds-l] A hummer of a breakfast + my "2 cents" !

Here's just a ha'penny more, regarding the perplexing ankles of birds. In our ankle, the long bone of the lower leg (tibia) articulates with several small bones, the tarsals, in the rear part of our plantigrade foot. The basic anatomy is similar in other mammals, except that in more cursorial fo