[nysbirds-l] Queens County Bird Club - Wed. Jan 18 - Dan Hendrick presents "Saving Jamaica Bay"

2017-01-16 Thread Nancy Tognan 
The Queens County Bird Club 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,  January 18, 2017.  Free admission.  Refreshments
served.

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

 

Producer Daniel Hendrick will show us his award-winning documentary film
"Saving Jamaica Bay" and will discuss the environmental challenges that
Jamaica Bay is facing. 

 Saving Jamaica Bay tells the story of how one community-led by a family
with roots in the area stretching back more than 100 years-fought the
government and overcame Hurricane Sandy to clean up and restore the largest
open space in New York City, which had become a dumping ground for garbage,
sewage, sludge and bullet-riddled mobsters. Narrated by actress Susan
Sarandon, the film includes interviews with the community activists who led
the fight, and state and city officials. The film also symbolizes efforts to
preserve nature, combat climate change and invest in neglected national
parks.

 

 DANIEL HENDRICK (Producer and Writer).   With deep roots in New York
City environmental issues, Dan is ideally positioned to produce this
first-ever, full-length documentary on Jamaica Bay. Formerly Vice President
at the New York League of Conservation Voters, he now works at NRG as
Director of External Affairs, working on clean energy policy. Dan is the
author of a book on the bay's history ("Jamaica Bay," Arcadia Press, 2006).
His writing on environmental issues has appeared in The New York Times,
Newsday, Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate, the New York Daily News, Queens
Chronicle and many others.

   

Nancy Tognan 

nancy.tog...@gmail.com   

Vice President, Queens County Bird Club 

 

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

 

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[nysbirds-l] Queens County Bird Club - Wed. Jan 18 - Dan Hendrick presents "Saving Jamaica Bay"

2017-01-16 Thread Nancy Tognan 
The Queens County Bird Club 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,  January 18, 2017.  Free admission.  Refreshments
served.

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

 

Producer Daniel Hendrick will show us his award-winning documentary film
"Saving Jamaica Bay" and will discuss the environmental challenges that
Jamaica Bay is facing. 

 Saving Jamaica Bay tells the story of how one community-led by a family
with roots in the area stretching back more than 100 years-fought the
government and overcame Hurricane Sandy to clean up and restore the largest
open space in New York City, which had become a dumping ground for garbage,
sewage, sludge and bullet-riddled mobsters. Narrated by actress Susan
Sarandon, the film includes interviews with the community activists who led
the fight, and state and city officials. The film also symbolizes efforts to
preserve nature, combat climate change and invest in neglected national
parks.

 

 DANIEL HENDRICK (Producer and Writer).   With deep roots in New York
City environmental issues, Dan is ideally positioned to produce this
first-ever, full-length documentary on Jamaica Bay. Formerly Vice President
at the New York League of Conservation Voters, he now works at NRG as
Director of External Affairs, working on clean energy policy. Dan is the
author of a book on the bay's history ("Jamaica Bay," Arcadia Press, 2006).
His writing on environmental issues has appeared in The New York Times,
Newsday, Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate, the New York Daily News, Queens
Chronicle and many others.

   

Nancy Tognan 

nancy.tog...@gmail.com   

Vice President, Queens County Bird Club 

 

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] Black Vulture in Cutchogue

2017-01-16 Thread Steve Walter 
Finally, after 35 years of birding, I got a Black Vulture on Long Island.
This was on the way back from the Townsend's Solitaire, in the Cutchogue
area. I traversed Alvah's Lane in search of the previously reported Ross'
Geese, but didn't find any geese at all. But that led me to a frenzy of
gulls, which turned out to be at the Peconic Recycling and Transfer Corp.,
off Depot Lane. And over the large field beyond it, I saw a small number of
vultures - one of which was not like the others.

 

As for the Townsend's Solitaire, it was mostly in sight between 8:30 and
9:30, and then again between 11:10 and 12:30. Yea, I spent a lot of time
there. I came home with 365 pictures. And while that would suggest it was
cooperative, it faced me much of the time. So I held out hoping to get side
view pictures and the wing pattern. I posted one at
http://stevewalternature.com/ . By the way, 365 is not my record for one
bird. I recall 366 as the number I took of a Red Phalarope at Shinnecock a
few years ago. Had I known I was that close. But I don't know if that's my
record anyway. Too silly a thing to commit to memory.

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Black Vulture in Cutchogue

2017-01-16 Thread Steve Walter 
Finally, after 35 years of birding, I got a Black Vulture on Long Island.
This was on the way back from the Townsend's Solitaire, in the Cutchogue
area. I traversed Alvah's Lane in search of the previously reported Ross'
Geese, but didn't find any geese at all. But that led me to a frenzy of
gulls, which turned out to be at the Peconic Recycling and Transfer Corp.,
off Depot Lane. And over the large field beyond it, I saw a small number of
vultures - one of which was not like the others.

 

As for the Townsend's Solitaire, it was mostly in sight between 8:30 and
9:30, and then again between 11:10 and 12:30. Yea, I spent a lot of time
there. I came home with 365 pictures. And while that would suggest it was
cooperative, it faced me much of the time. So I held out hoping to get side
view pictures and the wing pattern. I posted one at
http://stevewalternature.com/ . By the way, 365 is not my record for one
bird. I recall 366 as the number I took of a Red Phalarope at Shinnecock a
few years ago. Had I known I was that close. But I don't know if that's my
record anyway. Too silly a thing to commit to memory.

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2017-01-16 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - January 16 2017
*  NYSY  01. 16.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 09, 2017 - 
January 16 2017to 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: January 16  AT 5 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 09, 
2017.
Highlights--
CACKLING GOOSEGOLDEN EAGLELESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND 
GULLTHAYER’S GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN 
SAW-WHET OWLGYRFALCON - ExtralimitalNORTHERN SHRIKEGRAY CATBIRDHERMIT 
THRUSHEASTERN TOWHEELAPLAND LONGSPUR


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     1/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen in the mucklands on Rt.31 west of the Seneca 
River. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Carncross Road.     1/15: A SHORT-EARED 
OWL was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 2 SHORT-EARED were heard at Carncross 
road.

Onondaga County
     1/9: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor on Kirkpatrick Street in 
Syracuse,     1/10: A THAYER’S GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen 
from the Onondaga County side on the Oswego River in Phoenix.     1/13: A SNOWY 
OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen on the Bog 
Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. Missen on Saturday it was found again 
yesterday and today.     1/14: A female ESTERN TOWHEE was seen on the Erie 
Canal Trail in Fayetteville.     1/16: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Green Lakes 
State Park. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the end of the Creek Walk at the south 
end of Onondaga Lake.

Oswego County
     1/10: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was again found at the mouth of the Oswego 
River. It was reported again on the 11th. but not since. A THAYER’S GULL was 
again seen at Phoenix dam and lock on the Oswego River.     1/11: A LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULL and a SNOWY OWL were seen in the Oswego Harbor area.     
1/12: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Oswego Harbor. A GRAY CATBIRD and a HERMIT 
THRUSH are still being seen at the Rice Creek Biological Field Station in 
Oswego.     1/13: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen onBell Road in the Town of 
Pennelville. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Co. Rt. 33 south of Rt. 49 in Caughdeney. 
A LESSER BLACK-BLACKED GUKK was again found at Phoenix dam and lock.     1/14: 
A SNOWY OWL was seen on Bell Road in Pennelville.     1/16: The HERMIT THRUSH 
and GRAY CATBIRD continue at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego.

Madison County
     1/13: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Fisher Bay north of Bridgeport.

Oneida County
     1/14: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Oneida Creek near Verona Beach State 
park.

Herkimer County
     1/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at a private residence north of 
Dolgeville. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Murphy road in the Town of Manheim.  
   1/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Military Road north of Dolgeville.

Extralimital
     A gray GYRFALCON, seen recently, was refound on 1/13 on Hoster Road in 
Canoga south of Seneca Falls in Seneca County. It was seen by many observers on 
1/14 also. Missed yesterday it reappeared today on Kings Corners Road south of 
Hoster Road and then later  on the ice at Cayuga Lake State Park only to fly 
west out of site later in the afternoon.     

         
-end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A.  
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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2017-01-16 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - January 16 2017
*  NYSY  01. 16.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 09, 2017 - 
January 16 2017to 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: January 16  AT 5 p.m. 
(EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 09, 
2017.
Highlights--
CACKLING GOOSEGOLDEN EAGLELESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND 
GULLTHAYER’S GULLBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN 
SAW-WHET OWLGYRFALCON - ExtralimitalNORTHERN SHRIKEGRAY CATBIRDHERMIT 
THRUSHEASTERN TOWHEELAPLAND LONGSPUR


Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     1/14: A SNOWY OWL was seen in the mucklands on Rt.31 west of the Seneca 
River. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Carncross Road.     1/15: A SHORT-EARED 
OWL was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 2 SHORT-EARED were heard at Carncross 
road.

Onondaga County
     1/9: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor on Kirkpatrick Street in 
Syracuse,     1/10: A THAYER’S GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen 
from the Onondaga County side on the Oswego River in Phoenix.     1/13: A SNOWY 
OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen on the Bog 
Trail at Beaver Lake Nature Center. Missen on Saturday it was found again 
yesterday and today.     1/14: A female ESTERN TOWHEE was seen on the Erie 
Canal Trail in Fayetteville.     1/16: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Green Lakes 
State Park. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the end of the Creek Walk at the south 
end of Onondaga Lake.

Oswego County
     1/10: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKE was again found at the mouth of the Oswego 
River. It was reported again on the 11th. but not since. A THAYER’S GULL was 
again seen at Phoenix dam and lock on the Oswego River.     1/11: A LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULL and a SNOWY OWL were seen in the Oswego Harbor area.     
1/12: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Oswego Harbor. A GRAY CATBIRD and a HERMIT 
THRUSH are still being seen at the Rice Creek Biological Field Station in 
Oswego.     1/13: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen onBell Road in the Town of 
Pennelville. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Co. Rt. 33 south of Rt. 49 in Caughdeney. 
A LESSER BLACK-BLACKED GUKK was again found at Phoenix dam and lock.     1/14: 
A SNOWY OWL was seen on Bell Road in Pennelville.     1/16: The HERMIT THRUSH 
and GRAY CATBIRD continue at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego.

Madison County
     1/13: A SNOWY OWL was seen near Fisher Bay north of Bridgeport.

Oneida County
     1/14: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Oneida Creek near Verona Beach State 
park.

Herkimer County
     1/11: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at a private residence north of 
Dolgeville. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Murphy road in the Town of Manheim.  
   1/15: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Military Road north of Dolgeville.

Extralimital
     A gray GYRFALCON, seen recently, was refound on 1/13 on Hoster Road in 
Canoga south of Seneca Falls in Seneca County. It was seen by many observers on 
1/14 also. Missed yesterday it reappeared today on Kings Corners Road south of 
Hoster Road and then later  on the ice at Cayuga Lake State Park only to fly 
west out of site later in the afternoon.     

         
-end report 
    
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Trumpeter Swan near Nyack Beach State Park

2017-01-16 Thread Carole Griffiths 
Trumpeter visible with a good scope from Hudson Shore in Sleepy Hollow. Very 
close to shore halfway between the Nyack Condos and the state park,  just north 
of the pink house

From: bounce-121147431-14379...@list.cornell.edu 
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 9:54:02 AM
To: NYSbirds-L@Cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Trumpeter Swan near Nyack Beach State Park

Sorry for the delayed post but I did observe the Trumpeter Swan yesterday south 
of the park in front of the house until about 1:15 pm.  At that point it joined 
some Canada Geese and swam around the jetties, out of view.  Bring your 
scopeMartin Carney
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Trumpeter Swan near Nyack Beach State Park

2017-01-16 Thread Carole Griffiths 
Trumpeter visible with a good scope from Hudson Shore in Sleepy Hollow. Very 
close to shore halfway between the Nyack Condos and the state park,  just north 
of the pink house

From: bounce-121147431-14379...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Carney, Martin 

Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 9:54:02 AM
To: NYSbirds-L@Cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Trumpeter Swan near Nyack Beach State Park

Sorry for the delayed post but I did observe the Trumpeter Swan yesterday south 
of the park in front of the house until about 1:15 pm.  At that point it joined 
some Canada Geese and swam around the jetties, out of view.  Bring your 
scopeMartin Carney
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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous gull Coopers Neck Pond Watermill

2017-01-16 Thread tomster101 

Juvenile Glaucous Gull in center of pond.

Tom Moran
Shoreham

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous gull Coopers Neck Pond Watermill

2017-01-16 Thread tomster101 

Juvenile Glaucous Gull in center of pond.

Tom Moran
Shoreham

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