[nysbirds-l] my error and apology

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
Yesterday, Iposted the same post four times because I did not think my e-mails were goingthrough. Through theguidance of other members, I learned that one does not always receive one’s ownlistserv e-mails.  I did not know this important fact, Inow know, and I apologize for my oversight.   

[nysbirds-l] my error and apology

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
Yesterday, Iposted the same post four times because I did not think my e-mails were goingthrough. Through theguidance of other members, I learned that one does not always receive one’s ownlistserv e-mails.  I did not know this important fact, Inow know, and I apologize for my oversight.   

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Forest Park - Queens County correction 24 species

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
Also many White-throated Sparrows Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Eileen Mathers > Date: April 25, 2016 at 12:01:36 PM EDT > To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu > Subject: Forest Park - Queens County > > 26 bird species in a ~90 minute walk in the east

[nysbirds-l] Forest Park - Queens County

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
26 bird species in a ~90 minute walk in the east side of Forest Park. Red-Tailed Hawk Rock pigeon Mourning Doves Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Norther Flicker 2 Blue Headed Vireos Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 2 Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-29 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - April 25, 2016 *  NYSY  04. 25. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 18, 2015 - April 25, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Forest Park, Forest Hills, Queens County, NY

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
East side of Forest Park, Queens24 bird species in a ~90 minute walk Red-Tailed Hawk Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Norther Flicker Blue Headed Vireos (2) Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglets (5) Hermit Thrush (2) American Robin European

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Forest Park - Queens County correction 24 species

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
Also many White-throated Sparrows Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Eileen Mathers > Date: April 25, 2016 at 12:01:36 PM EDT > To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu > Subject: Forest Park - Queens County > > 26 bird species in a ~90 minute walk in the east side of Forest Park. > >

[nysbirds-l] Forest Park - Queens County

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
26 bird species in a ~90 minute walk in the east side of Forest Park. Red-Tailed Hawk Rock pigeon Mourning Doves Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Norther Flicker 2 Blue Headed Vireos Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 2 Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-29 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - April 25, 2016 *  NYSY  04. 25. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 18, 2015 - April 25, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Forest Park, Forest Hills, Queens County, NY

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
East side of Forest Park, Queens24 bird species in a ~90 minute walk Red-Tailed Hawk Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Norther Flicker Blue Headed Vireos (2) Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglets (5) Hermit Thrush (2) American Robin European

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream SP - Hooded Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush - 4/20 (Nassau Co.)

2016-04-29 Thread Brendan Fogarty
Hey everyone, Around 3:45 there was a Hooded Warbler near the parking lot, seen to the south from the narrow bridge over the western creek. From the lot, briefly head south to the colorful jungle gym and walk a few yards west. A Louisiana Waterthrush was also here (but moving around) earlier in

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream SP - Hooded Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush - 4/20 (Nassau Co.)

2016-04-29 Thread Brendan Fogarty
Hey everyone, Around 3:45 there was a Hooded Warbler near the parking lot, seen to the south from the narrow bridge over the western creek. From the lot, briefly head south to the colorful jungle gym and walk a few yards west. A Louisiana Waterthrush was also here (but moving around) earlier in

[nysbirds-l] Blue-headed Vireo in Briarcliff Manor

2016-04-29 Thread Andrew Block
Had a singing Blue-headed Vireo at 192 Macy Rd. in Briarcliff Manor today.  It was the first of the year for me. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701  --

[nysbirds-l] Stonecrop Gardens birds

2016-04-29 Thread Andrew Block
Had a Broad-winged Hawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk flying low over the plant sale today at Stonecrop Gardens off Rte. 301 in Putnam Co. today. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 Phone: 

[nysbirds-l] Blue-headed Vireo in Briarcliff Manor

2016-04-29 Thread Andrew Block
Had a singing Blue-headed Vireo at 192 Macy Rd. in Briarcliff Manor today.  It was the first of the year for me. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701  --

[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warbler - Brooklyn

2016-04-29 Thread Tom Preston
At the Ecology Village pine area at Floyd Bennett Field today. - Tom Preston -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warbler - Brooklyn

2016-04-29 Thread Tom Preston
At the Ecology Village pine area at Floyd Bennett Field today. - Tom Preston -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper Friday Update?

2016-04-29 Thread Jane Ross
Hoping to find the upland sandpiper this morning so would love to see any updates as well as a few directions as to how to spot him ( in the median near Oak Beach???). Many thanks in advance, Jane Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Joe Jannsen wrote: >

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper Friday Update?

2016-04-29 Thread Jane Ross
Hoping to find the upland sandpiper this morning so would love to see any updates as well as a few directions as to how to spot him ( in the median near Oak Beach???). Many thanks in advance, Jane Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Joe Jannsen wrote: > > I haven't seen

[nysbirds-l] Signs of Spring

2016-04-29 Thread Timothy Healy
I stopped by Jones Beach for about an hour early this afternoon. Boat-tailed Grackles were seen displaying on near the entrance gates. Spotted several Brown Thrashers in the median, one of which was gathering twigs. Some American crows were also seen carrying nest material. All loons encountered

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay, Queens County waterfowl

2016-04-29 Thread Sean Sime
A brief stop mid-day at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay yielded a nice assortment of lingering waterfowl. All were viewed from the Big John's Pond Overlook. Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal (over 40 along phrags on eastern shore) Greater Scaup (female) Northern Shoveler (6) Gadwall Ruddy Duck

[nysbirds-l] Signs of Spring

2016-04-29 Thread Timothy Healy
I stopped by Jones Beach for about an hour early this afternoon. Boat-tailed Grackles were seen displaying on near the entrance gates. Spotted several Brown Thrashers in the median, one of which was gathering twigs. Some American crows were also seen carrying nest material. All loons encountered

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay, Queens County waterfowl

2016-04-29 Thread Sean Sime
A brief stop mid-day at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay yielded a nice assortment of lingering waterfowl. All were viewed from the Big John's Pond Overlook. Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal (over 40 along phrags on eastern shore) Greater Scaup (female) Northern Shoveler (6) Gadwall Ruddy Duck

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Birds

2016-04-29 Thread Patricia Pollock
4/8/16, FridayPat Pollock 2 rather weather-beaten Pine Warblers on the ground near backstop NE Pinetum this morning6 Chipping Sparrowsa few JuncosYellow-bellied Sapsucker in tree nearby -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper - not found

2016-04-29 Thread matt klein
After a couple trips back and forth on foot near the previously repairer sighting, the bird was not seen. Let's go mets. MBK -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper

2016-04-29 Thread Keith Cashman
Still being seen as of 3:05 PM. One disturbing observation. A photographer stopped his dark blue SUV in the left lane of westbound Ocean Parkway !!! Not only was this totally unnecessary to get a great picture of the bird but was tremendously dangerous to himself and unsuspecting motorists

[nysbirds-l] Central Park Birds

2016-04-29 Thread Patricia Pollock
4/8/16, FridayPat Pollock 2 rather weather-beaten Pine Warblers on the ground near backstop NE Pinetum this morning6 Chipping Sparrowsa few JuncosYellow-bellied Sapsucker in tree nearby -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME

[nysbirds-l] Upland Sandpiper - not found

2016-04-29 Thread matt klein
After a couple trips back and forth on foot near the previously repairer sighting, the bird was not seen. Let's go mets. MBK -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-29 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - April 04, 2016 *  NYSY  04. 11. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 04, 2015 - April 11, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-04-29 Thread Joseph Brin
*  New York*  Syracuse - April 04, 2016 *  NYSY  04. 11. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 04, 2015 - April 11, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[nysbirds-l] LARK SPARROW - Fort Green Park - Brooklyn - Kings County

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
Monday 4/10 at 5:15 PMA Lark Sparrow is foraging on the ground with sparrows and juncos in the NE portion of Fort Green Park. It is behind the visitors center where a hay is scattered and is enclosed by a storm fence. I did not see the yellow throated warbler, but other birders found this bird

[nysbirds-l] LARK SPARROW - Fort Green Park - Brooklyn - Kings County

2016-04-29 Thread Eileen Mathers
Monday 4/10 at 5:15 PMA Lark Sparrow is foraging on the ground with sparrows and juncos in the NE portion of Fort Green Park. It is behind the visitors center where a hay is scattered and is enclosed by a storm fence. I did not see the yellow throated warbler, but other birders found this bird

Re:[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Program

2016-04-29 Thread Stella Miller
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon's May Program: Warblers: Gems of the Avian World with Lloyd SpitalnikWednesday, April 13, 2016 - 7:00 PM Warblers. The very word causes birders to begin salivating each spring as their thoughts turn to the birds that can best be described as avian eye candy. This

Re:[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Program

2016-04-29 Thread Stella Miller
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon's May Program: Warblers: Gems of the Avian World with Lloyd SpitalnikWednesday, April 13, 2016 - 7:00 PM Warblers. The very word causes birders to begin salivating each spring as their thoughts turn to the birds that can best be described as avian eye candy. This

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's warbler

2016-04-29 Thread Peter Reisfeld
Video of the Central Park star https://flic.kr/p/GzajmK Happy spring birding Peter Sent from who knows where -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's warbler

2016-04-29 Thread Peter Reisfeld
Video of the Central Park star https://flic.kr/p/GzajmK Happy spring birding Peter Sent from who knows where -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

Re: [nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler NOT seen as of 7:20 a.m., C.P. NYC 4/29

2016-04-29 Thread Robert Lewis
Thanks.  Please post updates. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY From: Thomas Fiore To: nysbirds-l Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 7:52 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler NOT seen as of 7:20 a.m., C.P. NYC 4/29 Friday, 29 April, 2016 -

Re: [nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler NOT seen as of 7:20 a.m., C.P. NYC 4/29

2016-04-29 Thread Robert Lewis
Thanks.  Please post updates. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY From: Thomas Fiore To: nysbirds-l Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 7:52 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler NOT seen as of 7:20 a.m., C.P. NYC 4/29 Friday, 29 April, 2016 - To add to Corey's note, and for those not

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday April 29, 2016 incl. Orange-crowned Warbler

2016-04-29 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC - North End Friday April 29, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9am until around noon. Gadwall - pair Meer Mallard - several Meer Double-crested Cormorant - flyovers Great Egret - flyovers Snowy Egret - flyovers Black-crowned

[nysbirds-l] Kings County Grasshopper Sparrow and caution

2016-04-29 Thread Sean Sime
The Grasshopper Sparrow found by Alex Wilson at the 6 Diamonds Ballfields in southern Brooklyn an subsequently reported by Shane Blodgett and others was seen briefly mid day along the southernmost fence line paralleling Coney Island Creek loosely associating with Savannah and Chipping Sparrows. I

[nysbirds-l] Kings County Grasshopper Sparrow and caution

2016-04-29 Thread Sean Sime
The Grasshopper Sparrow found by Alex Wilson at the 6 Diamonds Ballfields in southern Brooklyn an subsequently reported by Shane Blodgett and others was seen briefly mid day along the southernmost fence line paralleling Coney Island Creek loosely associating with Savannah and Chipping Sparrows. I

[nysbirds-l] Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside

2016-04-29 Thread syschiff
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) accompanied by Mike Farina (staff biologist) birded Oceanside on an overcast windy morning. Breeding birds nesting or feeding in the marsh, consisted of OSPREY, GLOSSY IBIS, GREAT and SNOWY EGRETS, TRICOLORED HERON, CLAPPER RAIL (calling in the marsh), AMERICAN

[nysbirds-l] Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside

2016-04-29 Thread syschiff
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) accompanied by Mike Farina (staff biologist) birded Oceanside on an overcast windy morning. Breeding birds nesting or feeding in the marsh, consisted of OSPREY, GLOSSY IBIS, GREAT and SNOWY EGRETS, TRICOLORED HERON, CLAPPER RAIL (calling in the marsh), AMERICAN

[nysbirds-l] Bohemian Waxwings/N. Saw-whet Owl/Red Crossbills/Rusty Blackbirds/Black-backed Woodpeckers & more

2016-04-29 Thread Joan Collins
Huge numbers of Pine Siskins continue at our feeders - they are consuming over 10 pounds of Thistle seed a day. I haven't figured out how much weight they are consuming of the sunflower heart seeds, but it is less than 10 pounds per day. Others still feeding birds in Long Lake are reporting the

[nysbirds-l] Bohemian Waxwings/N. Saw-whet Owl/Red Crossbills/Rusty Blackbirds/Black-backed Woodpeckers & more

2016-04-29 Thread Joan Collins
Huge numbers of Pine Siskins continue at our feeders - they are consuming over 10 pounds of Thistle seed a day. I haven't figured out how much weight they are consuming of the sunflower heart seeds, but it is less than 10 pounds per day. Others still feeding birds in Long Lake are reporting the

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler NOT seen as of 7:20 a.m., C.P. NYC 4/29

2016-04-29 Thread Thomas Fiore
Friday, 29 April, 2016 - To add to Corey's note, and for those not doing bander's [ringer's] codes, the Swainson's Warbler present at the sw edges of Strawberry Fields in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) on THURSDAY, had not been seen nor heard as of about 7:20 a.m. Friday, despite a

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler NOT seen as of 7:20 a.m., C.P. NYC 4/29

2016-04-29 Thread Thomas Fiore
Friday, 29 April, 2016 - To add to Corey's note, and for those not doing bander's [ringer's] codes, the Swainson's Warbler present at the sw edges of Strawberry Fields in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) on THURSDAY, had not been seen nor heard as of about 7:20 a.m. Friday, despite a

[nysbirds-l] SWWA, Central Park - No

2016-04-29 Thread Corey Finger
Lots of birders looking but it hasn't yet been heard or seen. Good birding (hopefully), Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] SWWA, Central Park - No

2016-04-29 Thread Corey Finger
Lots of birders looking but it hasn't yet been heard or seen. Good birding (hopefully), Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Pulitzer Fountain Common Grackle Roost

2016-04-29 Thread Ben Cacace
Last night I swung by one of Central Park's Common Grackle roost sites outside of the park. The location is off the southeast corner of the park in front of the Plaza Hotel and Bergdorf Goodman's in the Linden Trees surrounding Pulitzer Fountain. It was dark at 8:30p and grackles were visible

[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Pulitzer Fountain Common Grackle Roost

2016-04-29 Thread Ben Cacace
Last night I swung by one of Central Park's Common Grackle roost sites outside of the park. The location is off the southeast corner of the park in front of the Plaza Hotel and Bergdorf Goodman's in the Linden Trees surrounding Pulitzer Fountain. It was dark at 8:30p and grackles were visible