[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Area News

2015-10-01 Thread Steve Walter
A couple of things that may be of interest to those in northeastern Queens and surrounding areas: First, Oakland Lake is now open, after being closed off for the last year for a capital project. I'm not as emotional about it as Shai was when Robert Moses re-opened, but I'm happy. The first

[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

2015-10-01 Thread Ken Feustel
This morning there was a Western Kingbird just south of the four-wheel drive road at Robert Moses State Park. More specifically, the bird was just south of the chain-link fence that separates the four-wheel drive road from the golf course at Hole # 12. As far as we are aware, subsequent

Re: [nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope, Inwood Hill Park

2015-10-01 Thread David Barrett
Just heard that the Red Phalarope has flown off toward the Harlem channel. Farnsworth attempting to refind. David Barrett On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Benjamin Van Doren wrote: > Hi All, > > Andrew Farnsworth has a Red Phalarope at Muscota Marsh in Inwood Hill Park > (northern Manhattan). >

[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope, Inwood Hill Park

2015-10-01 Thread Benjamin Van Doren
Hi All, Andrew Farnsworth has a Red Phalarope at Muscota Marsh in Inwood Hill Park (northern Manhattan). Best, Benjamin Van Doren -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] More Sandhill Cranes/Gray-cheeked Thrushes/Gray Jays/Black-backed Woodpeckers, etc.

2015-10-01 Thread Joan Collins
9/29/15 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) At Sabattis Bog in the morning: 4 Gray Jays and 2 Black-backed Woodpeckers (male and female). (Photos on my Facebook page.) At the inlet of Little Tupper Lake, two fledgling Cedar Waxwings perched in a flimsy bush calling for food. The adult went back and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hurricane Joaquin

2015-10-01 Thread Peter
A couple of sites I use in my Meteorology class for folks interested in following the autumn migration: World Wind Map http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-103.57,27.93,378 (once loaded, you can click and drag the globe to locate it in any position you'd

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hurricane Joaquin

2015-10-01 Thread Peter
A couple of sites I use in my Meteorology class for folks interested in following the autumn migration: World Wind Map http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-103.57,27.93,378 (once loaded, you can click and drag the globe to locate it in any position you'd

[nysbirds-l] More Sandhill Cranes/Gray-cheeked Thrushes/Gray Jays/Black-backed Woodpeckers, etc.

2015-10-01 Thread Joan Collins
9/29/15 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) At Sabattis Bog in the morning: 4 Gray Jays and 2 Black-backed Woodpeckers (male and female). (Photos on my Facebook page.) At the inlet of Little Tupper Lake, two fledgling Cedar Waxwings perched in a flimsy bush calling for food. The adult went back and

[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope, Inwood Hill Park

2015-10-01 Thread Benjamin Van Doren
Hi All, Andrew Farnsworth has a Red Phalarope at Muscota Marsh in Inwood Hill Park (northern Manhattan). Best, Benjamin Van Doren -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

Re: [nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope, Inwood Hill Park

2015-10-01 Thread David Barrett
Just heard that the Red Phalarope has flown off toward the Harlem channel. Farnsworth attempting to refind. David Barrett On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Benjamin Van Doren wrote: > Hi All, > > Andrew Farnsworth has a Red Phalarope at Muscota Marsh in Inwood Hill Park >

[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

2015-10-01 Thread Ken Feustel
This morning there was a Western Kingbird just south of the four-wheel drive road at Robert Moses State Park. More specifically, the bird was just south of the chain-link fence that separates the four-wheel drive road from the golf course at Hole # 12. As far as we are aware, subsequent

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Area News

2015-10-01 Thread Steve Walter
A couple of things that may be of interest to those in northeastern Queens and surrounding areas: First, Oakland Lake is now open, after being closed off for the last year for a capital project. I'm not as emotional about it as Shai was when Robert Moses re-opened, but I'm happy. The first