[nysbirds-l] Inland Flight, Too

[Steve Walter]

I thought about going down to the coast this morning, knowing there would be
likely be an impressive show of diurnal passerines migrating. But they're
just passerines and the hawks still beckon - and I don't have to get up
early for them.  Not that I didn't get to partake in an impressive passerine
show. I've been told by the inland hawk watchers north of the city that they
get passerine movements late in the day - a phenomenon not seen on Long
Island. I stuck around late a couple of times recently at the Greenwich
Audubon Center) to see for myself (and to avoid sun glare on the way home).
Last week, the flight was mainly Robins and Cedar Wawings (and a Golden
Eagle at 5:11 P.M). Today, it was Grackles. There was one ten minute period
with three flocks comprised of about 10,000 birds. Overall, I guess there
well over 15,000 - probably a lot more, but I wasn't the one keeping count.
And that's with a much smaller window of time than the morning coastal
flights.

 

As for hawks, it was noteworthy for being better than your average Golden
Eagle day for east of the Hudson. Quaker Ridge (Greenwich) recorded 5 and
Chestnut Ridge (Butler Sanctuary, Westchester) tallied 3.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday November 8, 2015

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Sunday November 8, 2015
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk - thanks to Barbara, Andrea, Jeff, & 
Peter for the excellent bird spotting


American Black Duck - 2
Turkey Vulture - over Locust Grove
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 
Red-headed Woodpecker - hatch-year bird continues at Oven
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel - buzzed by a Blue Jay at Turtle Pond
American Crow - 3
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Triplet's Bridge & Shakespeare Garden
Hermit Thrush - several
Yellow-rumped Warbler - in willow at Willow Rock/Oven
Fox Sparrow
Song sparrow - 6 at least two of them singing
Chipping Sparrow - 4
Dark-eyed Junco - 17
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle - around 70 at Evodia Field feeder
American Goldfinch - half a dozen feeding in a Sweetgum at Bow Bridge

Andrea & I went up to the north end after lunch to look for the Dickcissel 
after a tweet from Lynn Hertzog. Found it at the south blowdown as reported 
with many Dark-eyed Juncos, and other sparrows. On the way a quick look at the 
Reservoir only from the west side yielded 12 Buffleheads, some Northern 
Shovelers and Ruddy Ducks and the usual gulls.

Sandra Critelli reported a Peregrine Falcon flying over the north end of the 
park. 

Sol Shamilzadeh reports that he last saw the Sora at the Loch on Thursday 
(11/5). It was also reported on Wednesday.

Deborah Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Coastal Blackbird Flight at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

After seeing Andrew Baksh’s and Tim Healy’s reports on Breezy Pt./Ft. Tilden 
and Jones Beach respectively, I though to add my observations from Robert Moses 
State Park. I birded at the park from 7:00AM to 10:00AM. The morning 
blackbird/goldfinch flight tapered off after 10:00AM with small intermittent 
groups of birds continuing to pass down the beach. It should be noted that only 
2 hours was spent actively counting birds as they passed by. The rest of the 
time was searching the brush for vagrants. The numbers:

Wood Duck - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper’s Hawk - 1
Am Kestrel - 1
Merlin - 3
Peregrine Falcon - 1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker -3
American Robin - 130
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 22
Am Pipit - 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler-190
American Goldfinch - 185
House Finch- 16
Purple Finch - 19
Pine Siskin - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 2,250
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
Common Grackle - 255 (undercount)
Rusty Blackbird - 3 (probably many missed as the blackbird flocks flew by)

Also a good day for butterflies, including Cabbage and Checkered Whites (Zach’s 
Bay), American Lady, Orange Sulphur, and Monarch.





 
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[nysbirds-l] Good passerine flight at Fort Tilden this morning

[Corey Finger]

I spent from 6:30 to 10:30 AM this morning at the hawkwatch platform at
Fort Tilden. Passerine migration was impressive, with over 42,000
Red-winged Blackbirds and 16,000 Common Grackles going past (generally
counted by tens but larger flocks by 100s or even 1000s). It was
interesting that as the morning went on the blackbirds became less of the
flight, proportionately, than the grackles. In those numbers were several
"super flocks"of 5,000-plus birds that were flying very high and heading
NNW, seemingly looking to get back to the mainland from the barrier
beaches. One blackbird that went past had white primaries that initially
got me excited and thinking about Yellow-headed Blackbird but it was just
an aberrant Red-winged Blackbird.

Other birds observed include 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 491 Cedar Waxwings,
5 American Pipits, 10 Purple Finch, 6 Pine Siskins, a single Snow Bunting,
17 Rusty Blackbirds (probably undercounted), and 9 Eastern Bluebirds. Also,
a perched Bald Eagle eating a fish for most of the morning. There did not
seem to be too much moving on the ocean but I was pretty focused

As Andrew noted at Breezy Point, the flight was still going strong into the
late morning. Wish I could have stayed all day...

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point & Riis Park report...

[Andrew Baksh]

Cooler weather and favorable winds resulted in a sustained flight today at 
Breezy Point in Queens that lasted well into the morning. Birds were still 
moving through Breezy Point as late as 11:00 a.m. albeit in smaller numbers.

The flight was dominated by Red-winged Blackbirds (conservatively around 
17,500) and Common Grackles (2,500) with smaller numbers of Cedar Waxwings, 
Purple Finches, Dark-eyed Juncos and Pine Siskins.  Most of the birds were 
heading in a southwesterly direction with several flocks detected very high up. 
Some birds pulled up onto the beach to feed momentarily on grass seeds but then 
continued on their way.

As the flight subsided, I took the loop around the point and back to the 
fisherman's parking lot but did not turn up anything unusual. Swamp Sparrows, 
Horned Larks and 1 Laughing Gull were the notables.

Riis Park was quiet save for "sparrow patch" (near the golf course) which had 
quite a few Swamp Sparrows. 

Cheers,

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

> (__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Wood Ducks @ Twin Lakes

[Michael Zito]

Twin Lakes in Wantagh, NY 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 8, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> At least 8 wood ducks in Twin Lakes right now, fun to watch.  Also some 
> scaup, coots, and hooded mergansers scattered about.
> Mike
> (Snouty)

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[nysbirds-l] Wood Ducks @ Twin Lakes

[Michael Zito]

At least 8 wood ducks in Twin Lakes right now, fun to watch.  Also some scaup, 
coots, and hooded mergansers scattered about.
Mike
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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Hotspot Created for "McAllister County Park, Belle Terre"

[Ben Cacace]

A shared location for "McAllister County Park, Belle Terre" didn't exist on
eBird.org. The addition is based on Derek Rogers sightings of Western
Kingbird and Northern Shrike today. This hotspot will become available in
the system within 12 hours.

If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here
are the steps:

— Sign into eBird.org
— Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel
— At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one
page
— Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by
clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line
— Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons
— Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected
— Click the icon that best fits your location
— ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along
with the # of checklists you'll be merging
— Click on the 'Merge' button
— Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query

All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot
with this process.
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[nysbirds-l] McAllister County Park, Belle Terre (Suffolk)

[Derek Rogers]

I spent the morning at the above location and wanted to get the word out that I 
came across a WESTERN KINGBIRD which eventfully led me to a NORTHERN SHRIKE.

Parking for this location is limited to 7-8 vehicles in a County Parking area 
at the end of Anchorage Road in the Village of Belle Terre. This park has been 
largely inaccessible over the years but thanks to Suffolk County we now have 
access. Do not park anywhere outside of this lot (which is currently full) as 
you will get ticketed.

Lastly, its a long march out to the prime habitat (roughy 30 minute hike). Good 
luck if you decide to go.

Best,
Derek Rogers 
Sayville 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Blackbird and finch flights

[Tim Healy]

More or less constant flyover activity at Jones Beach today from dawn to almost 
noon. Migrant highlights and approximate counts include:
2105 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Rusty Blackbird
105 Brown-headed Cowbird
15 Common Grackle
405 American Robin
4 Eastern Bluebird
180 American Goldfinch
22 Purple Finch
5 Pine Siskin
20 House Finch
120 Cedar Waxwing
3 Merlin
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk (including a successful kill hunting on foot, fun to watch!)
3 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk (plus a bird by the park entrance)
Sparrow diversity is way down. The sandbar featured Red Knot, Greater 
Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Sanderling, Black-bellied Plover, and Oystercatcher. Pair 
of Purple Sandpiper at the jetty, also saw gannets and Surf/Black Scoter. Good 
numbers of both kinglets and Red-breasted Nuthatches, unsurprisingly 
accompanied by many Yellow-rumpled Warbler. 

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots - State, Counties & Locations Updated (Nov/'15)

[Ben Cacace]

Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running
smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their
time working on shared location suggestions.

*New and renamed shared locations* (hotspots) have been updated on the 62
county wiki pages. You can find a summary of the changes here with
clickable links where a dedicated hotspot (shared location) page exists:

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/NewHotspots
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/RenamedHotspots

County totals have been updated for all county pages. This includes the
total number of species with the equivalent color code highlighting the
county name. These are based on the colors used on eBird maps. The
alphabetical list of counties on the main page have been updated with total
spp. #.

*Hotspot pages*: All location pages have been updated on the wiki. These
include 207 pages representing a total of *644 out of 4,266 hotspots*
(15%). Updates involve # of species and color codings based on species #
along with updated 2015 periods for the bar chart tables displaying the
Month: Nov./2015 and the current two month period Oct. - Nov./2015 along
with the current year.

*Tide Graphs* exist for New York County, Kings County (Brooklyn) and
Richmond County (Staten Island). There's a quick link to the tide graphs on
the "Go To >" line highlighted in blue for each location. If there are
multiple graphs on a page the left/right is generally north/south or
west/east. If you spot any issues please let me know off line.

For the following counties there are *pages for the Top 10 locations* at
the beginning of the list of locations: Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Niagara,
Orange, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins, Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond
(Staten Island), Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties. For New York
County (Borough of Manhattan) all hotspots have links to shared location
pages.

*Bar Charts (Species List)*: For all county and location pages there are
tables showing months, seasons and several time frames for the current
year. Clicking any of these will bring up a complete list of species and
other taxa with bar charts representing abundance. To see a list of species
for *all* periods click on the name above the months i.e. 'New York State
(468 spp.)' or 'Broome County (261 spp.)'.

*Map of sightings*: After bringing up a bar chart list you'll see a MAP
button to the right of each species. Clicking this will produce a map of
the latest sightings. Red icons show sightings within the past 30 days.
Click on the icons to see a list of who reported the species and click on
'Checklist' to view their submission.

Click '*Overview*' on any of the pages to bring up a sortable list of all
species along with the latest checklists submitted and a list of the Top
eBirders.

Check out '*My Location Life List*', '*My County Life List*' and '*My State
Life List*' links.

Click on '*Google Map Directions*' to bring up a Google Map page. On Google
Maps click 'Directions' then 'Transit' to plot a public transportation
route. By clicking 'More Options and Times' you can refine your search.
This also works with 'Driving' and 'Walking'.

Home page:
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Blackbird and finch flights

[Tim Healy]

More or less constant flyover activity at Jones Beach today from dawn to almost 
noon. Migrant highlights and approximate counts include:
2105 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Rusty Blackbird
105 Brown-headed Cowbird
15 Common Grackle
405 American Robin
4 Eastern Bluebird
180 American Goldfinch
22 Purple Finch
5 Pine Siskin
20 House Finch
120 Cedar Waxwing
3 Merlin
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk (including a successful kill hunting on foot, fun to watch!)
3 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk (plus a bird by the park entrance)
Sparrow diversity is way down. The sandbar featured Red Knot, Greater 
Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Sanderling, Black-bellied Plover, and Oystercatcher. Pair 
of Purple Sandpiper at the jetty, also saw gannets and Surf/Black Scoter. Good 
numbers of both kinglets and Red-breasted Nuthatches, unsurprisingly 
accompanied by many Yellow-rumpled Warbler. 

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] Coastal Blackbird Flight at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

After seeing Andrew Baksh’s and Tim Healy’s reports on Breezy Pt./Ft. Tilden 
and Jones Beach respectively, I though to add my observations from Robert Moses 
State Park. I birded at the park from 7:00AM to 10:00AM. The morning 
blackbird/goldfinch flight tapered off after 10:00AM with small intermittent 
groups of birds continuing to pass down the beach. It should be noted that only 
2 hours was spent actively counting birds as they passed by. The rest of the 
time was searching the brush for vagrants. The numbers:

Wood Duck - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper’s Hawk - 1
Am Kestrel - 1
Merlin - 3
Peregrine Falcon - 1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker -3
American Robin - 130
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 22
Am Pipit - 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler-190
American Goldfinch - 185
House Finch- 16
Purple Finch - 19
Pine Siskin - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 2,250
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
Common Grackle - 255 (undercount)
Rusty Blackbird - 3 (probably many missed as the blackbird flocks flew by)

Also a good day for butterflies, including Cabbage and Checkered Whites (Zach’s 
Bay), American Lady, Orange Sulphur, and Monarch.





 
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[nysbirds-l] McAllister County Park, Belle Terre (Suffolk)

[Derek Rogers]

I spent the morning at the above location and wanted to get the word out that I 
came across a WESTERN KINGBIRD which eventfully led me to a NORTHERN SHRIKE.

Parking for this location is limited to 7-8 vehicles in a County Parking area 
at the end of Anchorage Road in the Village of Belle Terre. This park has been 
largely inaccessible over the years but thanks to Suffolk County we now have 
access. Do not park anywhere outside of this lot (which is currently full) as 
you will get ticketed.

Lastly, its a long march out to the prime habitat (roughy 30 minute hike). Good 
luck if you decide to go.

Best,
Derek Rogers 
Sayville 
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[nysbirds-l] Wood Ducks @ Twin Lakes

[Michael Zito]

At least 8 wood ducks in Twin Lakes right now, fun to watch.  Also some scaup, 
coots, and hooded mergansers scattered about.
Mike
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[nysbirds-l] Good passerine flight at Fort Tilden this morning

[Corey Finger]

I spent from 6:30 to 10:30 AM this morning at the hawkwatch platform at
Fort Tilden. Passerine migration was impressive, with over 42,000
Red-winged Blackbirds and 16,000 Common Grackles going past (generally
counted by tens but larger flocks by 100s or even 1000s). It was
interesting that as the morning went on the blackbirds became less of the
flight, proportionately, than the grackles. In those numbers were several
"super flocks"of 5,000-plus birds that were flying very high and heading
NNW, seemingly looking to get back to the mainland from the barrier
beaches. One blackbird that went past had white primaries that initially
got me excited and thinking about Yellow-headed Blackbird but it was just
an aberrant Red-winged Blackbird.

Other birds observed include 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 491 Cedar Waxwings,
5 American Pipits, 10 Purple Finch, 6 Pine Siskins, a single Snow Bunting,
17 Rusty Blackbirds (probably undercounted), and 9 Eastern Bluebirds. Also,
a perched Bald Eagle eating a fish for most of the morning. There did not
seem to be too much moving on the ocean but I was pretty focused

As Andrew noted at Breezy Point, the flight was still going strong into the
late morning. Wish I could have stayed all day...

eBird list below.
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Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Hotspot Created for "McAllister County Park, Belle Terre"

[Ben Cacace]

A shared location for "McAllister County Park, Belle Terre" didn't exist on
eBird.org. The addition is based on Derek Rogers sightings of Western
Kingbird and Northern Shrike today. This hotspot will become available in
the system within 12 hours.

If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here
are the steps:

— Sign into eBird.org
— Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel
— At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one
page
— Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by
clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line
— Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons
— Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected
— Click the icon that best fits your location
— ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along
with the # of checklists you'll be merging
— Click on the 'Merge' button
— Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query

All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot
with this process.
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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots - State, Counties & Locations Updated (Nov/'15)

[Ben Cacace]

Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running
smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their
time working on shared location suggestions.

*New and renamed shared locations* (hotspots) have been updated on the 62
county wiki pages. You can find a summary of the changes here with
clickable links where a dedicated hotspot (shared location) page exists:

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/NewHotspots
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/RenamedHotspots

County totals have been updated for all county pages. This includes the
total number of species with the equivalent color code highlighting the
county name. These are based on the colors used on eBird maps. The
alphabetical list of counties on the main page have been updated with total
spp. #.

*Hotspot pages*: All location pages have been updated on the wiki. These
include 207 pages representing a total of *644 out of 4,266 hotspots*
(15%). Updates involve # of species and color codings based on species #
along with updated 2015 periods for the bar chart tables displaying the
Month: Nov./2015 and the current two month period Oct. - Nov./2015 along
with the current year.

*Tide Graphs* exist for New York County, Kings County (Brooklyn) and
Richmond County (Staten Island). There's a quick link to the tide graphs on
the "Go To >" line highlighted in blue for each location. If there are
multiple graphs on a page the left/right is generally north/south or
west/east. If you spot any issues please let me know off line.

For the following counties there are *pages for the Top 10 locations* at
the beginning of the list of locations: Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Niagara,
Orange, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins, Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond
(Staten Island), Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties. For New York
County (Borough of Manhattan) all hotspots have links to shared location
pages.

*Bar Charts (Species List)*: For all county and location pages there are
tables showing months, seasons and several time frames for the current
year. Clicking any of these will bring up a complete list of species and
other taxa with bar charts representing abundance. To see a list of species
for *all* periods click on the name above the months i.e. 'New York State
(468 spp.)' or 'Broome County (261 spp.)'.

*Map of sightings*: After bringing up a bar chart list you'll see a MAP
button to the right of each species. Clicking this will produce a map of
the latest sightings. Red icons show sightings within the past 30 days.
Click on the icons to see a list of who reported the species and click on
'Checklist' to view their submission.

Click '*Overview*' on any of the pages to bring up a sortable list of all
species along with the latest checklists submitted and a list of the Top
eBirders.

Check out '*My Location Life List*', '*My County Life List*' and '*My State
Life List*' links.

Click on '*Google Map Directions*' to bring up a Google Map page. On Google
Maps click 'Directions' then 'Transit' to plot a public transportation
route. By clicking 'More Options and Times' you can refine your search.
This also works with 'Driving' and 'Walking'.

Home page:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Clickable map:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#ClickableMap

Alphabetical list of counties:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#Alphabetical

Enjoy!
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Wood Ducks @ Twin Lakes

[Michael Zito]

Twin Lakes in Wantagh, NY 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 8, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> At least 8 wood ducks in Twin Lakes right now, fun to watch.  Also some 
> scaup, coots, and hooded mergansers scattered about.
> Mike
> (Snouty)

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[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point & Riis Park report...

[Andrew Baksh]

Cooler weather and favorable winds resulted in a sustained flight today at 
Breezy Point in Queens that lasted well into the morning. Birds were still 
moving through Breezy Point as late as 11:00 a.m. albeit in smaller numbers.

The flight was dominated by Red-winged Blackbirds (conservatively around 
17,500) and Common Grackles (2,500) with smaller numbers of Cedar Waxwings, 
Purple Finches, Dark-eyed Juncos and Pine Siskins.  Most of the birds were 
heading in a southwesterly direction with several flocks detected very high up. 
Some birds pulled up onto the beach to feed momentarily on grass seeds but then 
continued on their way.

As the flight subsided, I took the loop around the point and back to the 
fisherman's parking lot but did not turn up anything unusual. Swamp Sparrows, 
Horned Larks and 1 Laughing Gull were the notables.

Riis Park was quiet save for "sparrow patch" (near the golf course) which had 
quite a few Swamp Sparrows. 

Cheers,

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

> (__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
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[nysbirds-l] Inland Flight, Too

[Steve Walter]

I thought about going down to the coast this morning, knowing there would be
likely be an impressive show of diurnal passerines migrating. But they're
just passerines and the hawks still beckon - and I don't have to get up
early for them.  Not that I didn't get to partake in an impressive passerine
show. I've been told by the inland hawk watchers north of the city that they
get passerine movements late in the day - a phenomenon not seen on Long
Island. I stuck around late a couple of times recently at the Greenwich
Audubon Center) to see for myself (and to avoid sun glare on the way home).
Last week, the flight was mainly Robins and Cedar Wawings (and a Golden
Eagle at 5:11 P.M). Today, it was Grackles. There was one ten minute period
with three flocks comprised of about 10,000 birds. Overall, I guess there
well over 15,000 - probably a lot more, but I wasn't the one keeping count.
And that's with a much smaller window of time than the morning coastal
flights.

 

As for hawks, it was noteworthy for being better than your average Golden
Eagle day for east of the Hudson. Quaker Ridge (Greenwich) recorded 5 and
Chestnut Ridge (Butler Sanctuary, Westchester) tallied 3.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday November 8, 2015

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Sunday November 8, 2015
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk - thanks to Barbara, Andrea, Jeff, & 
Peter for the excellent bird spotting


American Black Duck - 2
Turkey Vulture - over Locust Grove
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 
Red-headed Woodpecker - hatch-year bird continues at Oven
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel - buzzed by a Blue Jay at Turtle Pond
American Crow - 3
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Triplet's Bridge & Shakespeare Garden
Hermit Thrush - several
Yellow-rumped Warbler - in willow at Willow Rock/Oven
Fox Sparrow
Song sparrow - 6 at least two of them singing
Chipping Sparrow - 4
Dark-eyed Junco - 17
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle - around 70 at Evodia Field feeder
American Goldfinch - half a dozen feeding in a Sweetgum at Bow Bridge

Andrea & I went up to the north end after lunch to look for the Dickcissel 
after a tweet from Lynn Hertzog. Found it at the south blowdown as reported 
with many Dark-eyed Juncos, and other sparrows. On the way a quick look at the 
Reservoir only from the west side yielded 12 Buffleheads, some Northern 
Shovelers and Ruddy Ducks and the usual gulls.

Sandra Critelli reported a Peregrine Falcon flying over the north end of the 
park. 

Sol Shamilzadeh reports that he last saw the Sora at the Loch on Thursday 
(11/5). It was also reported on Wednesday.

Deborah Allen

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