[nysbirds-l] JBWR East Pond Report 7-15

2017-07-15 Thread Andrew Baksh
This morning, I cleared out the north end trail on the west side of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, making it usable for the 2017 Shorebird Season. The water level on the pond is high and I would advise against attempting to bird the pond for now. Compounding the water level

[nysbirds-l] JBWR East Pond Report 7-15

2017-07-15 Thread Andrew Baksh
This morning, I cleared out the north end trail on the west side of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, making it usable for the 2017 Shorebird Season. The water level on the pond is high and I would advise against attempting to bird the pond for now. Compounding the water level

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat., July 15, 2017 - Yellow- & Black-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated Hummingbird & Magnolia Warbler

2017-07-15 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC - Ramble & Reservoir Saturday, July 15, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow- & Black-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, continuing adult male Magnolia Warbler, also our first-of-season southbound flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds.

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat., July 15, 2017 - Yellow- & Black-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated Hummingbird & Magnolia Warbler

2017-07-15 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC - Ramble & Reservoir Saturday, July 15, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow- & Black-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, continuing adult male Magnolia Warbler, also our first-of-season southbound flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds.

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: New/Renamed Locations (13-Jul-'17)

2017-07-15 Thread Ben Cacace
Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working on shared location suggestions. ** *NEW:* Illustrated checklists can be accessed from the state, county and hotspot pages by clicking on 'Overview' and

[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: New/Renamed Locations (13-Jul-'17)

2017-07-15 Thread Ben Cacace
Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working on shared location suggestions. ** *NEW:* Illustrated checklists can be accessed from the state, county and hotspot pages by clicking on 'Overview' and

[nysbirds-l] extralimital - Roseate Spoonbill, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania (to 7/15)

2017-07-15 Thread Thomas Fiore
Not all that far from New York is the Roseate Spoonbill well-reported via the PA-Birds list-serve, & likely thru other media as well. A recent report from today is archived at: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1329626 good summer birding, Tom Fiore New York (& points north) --

[nysbirds-l] extralimital - Roseate Spoonbill, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania (to 7/15)

2017-07-15 Thread Thomas Fiore
Not all that far from New York is the Roseate Spoonbill well-reported via the PA-Birds list-serve, & likely thru other media as well. A recent report from today is archived at: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1329626 good summer birding, Tom Fiore New York (& points north) --

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

2017-07-15 Thread Richard Veit
i don't see any evidence of birds being "blown off course". Starving, yes, and this seems likely due to shortage or lack of food, perhaps related to changing climate. But wrecks of great shearwaters of roughly similar magnitude have been occurring episodically for years, perhaps moreso in

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

2017-07-15 Thread Richard Veit
i don't see any evidence of birds being "blown off course". Starving, yes, and this seems likely due to shortage or lack of food, perhaps related to changing climate. But wrecks of great shearwaters of roughly similar magnitude have been occurring episodically for years, perhaps moreso in

[nysbirds-l] Black backed woodpecker Franklin County

2017-07-15 Thread Arie Gilbert
.on Bigelow road viewed from this location at 3.1pm on 07-15-2017 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.42183545,-74.1031009 44.42183545,-74.1031009 Arie Gilbert No. Babylon NY www.powerbirder.blogspot www.qcbirdclub.org -- Sent from Loretta in the field -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Black backed woodpecker Franklin County

2017-07-15 Thread Arie Gilbert
.on Bigelow road viewed from this location at 3.1pm on 07-15-2017 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.42183545,-74.1031009 44.42183545,-74.1031009 Arie Gilbert No. Babylon NY www.powerbirder.blogspot www.qcbirdclub.org -- Sent from Loretta in the field -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

2017-07-15 Thread Ardith Bondi
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/nyregion/seabird-deaths-long-island.html?action=click=Homepage=Moth-Visible=inside-nyt-region-2=inside-nyt-regionĀ®ion=inside-nyt-region=inside-nyt-region

[nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

2017-07-15 Thread Ardith Bondi
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/nyregion/seabird-deaths-long-island.html?action=click=Homepage=Moth-Visible=inside-nyt-region-2=inside-nyt-regionĀ®ion=inside-nyt-region=inside-nyt-region

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 14 July 2017

2017-07-15 Thread Ben Cacace
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 14, 2017 * NYNY1707.14 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose HARLEQUIN DUCK Surf Scoter Bufflehead Wild Turkey CORY'S SHEARWATER GREAT SHEARWATER BROWN PELICAN Black Vulture American Oystercatcher Short-billed Dowitcher Lesser

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 14 July 2017

2017-07-15 Thread Ben Cacace
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 14, 2017 * NYNY1707.14 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose HARLEQUIN DUCK Surf Scoter Bufflehead Wild Turkey CORY'S SHEARWATER GREAT SHEARWATER BROWN PELICAN Black Vulture American Oystercatcher Short-billed Dowitcher Lesser