[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - Sat. Dec. 2, 2017 - Merlin, Horned & Red-necked Grebes, Long-tailed Ducks

[Deborah Allen]

Pelham Bay Park, Bronx 
Saturday, December 2, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights:  Merlin, Horned & Red-necked Grebes, Red-throated & Common Loons, 
Long-tailed Ducks, good numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers. 

Brant - around 250
Canada Goose
Mallard - not many
American Black Duck
Long-tailed Duck - 2 off Twin Island
Bufflehead - at least 30
Red-breasted Merganser - 51 (most of these off Twin Island)
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Horned Grebe - near Landfill (Jeff Ward)
Red-necked Grebe - off Twin Island distant (Richard Aracil)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull - few
Red-throated Loon - 3
Common Loon 
Cormorant - unidentified, several on distant rocks
Great Blue Heron - 2 (one of these in Westchester Co. spotted by Jeff Ward)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel - on Landfill (Jeff Ward)
Merlin - female (by size) in puddle in Orchard Beach parking lot 
Monk Parakeet - flyover Rice Stadium
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - Southern Zone (Jeff Ward)
Carolina Wren - 2 near Landfill
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - near Landfill
American Robin - a few around Rice Stadium parking lot
Northern Mockingbird - near Landfill
American Goldfinch - 12
Chipping Sparrow - Southern Zone  (Jeff Ward)
Field sparrow - Twin Island (Richard Aracil)
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco - around 20 Southern Zone
Red-winged Blackbird & Common Grackle - mixed flock of around 20 birds in 
sweetgums in Southern Zone
Northern Cardinal

Non-avian: Garter Snake - Hunter Island, several Harbor Seals off Twin Island.
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Jared Cole & Richard Aracil reported Purple Sandpipers, a Surf Scoter, and 
White-winged Scoters. 

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - Sat. Dec. 2, 2017 - Merlin, Horned & Red-necked Grebes, Long-tailed Ducks

[Deborah Allen]

Pelham Bay Park, Bronx 
Saturday, December 2, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights:  Merlin, Horned & Red-necked Grebes, Red-throated & Common Loons, 
Long-tailed Ducks, good numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers. 

Brant - around 250
Canada Goose
Mallard - not many
American Black Duck
Long-tailed Duck - 2 off Twin Island
Bufflehead - at least 30
Red-breasted Merganser - 51 (most of these off Twin Island)
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Horned Grebe - near Landfill (Jeff Ward)
Red-necked Grebe - off Twin Island distant (Richard Aracil)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull - few
Red-throated Loon - 3
Common Loon 
Cormorant - unidentified, several on distant rocks
Great Blue Heron - 2 (one of these in Westchester Co. spotted by Jeff Ward)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel - on Landfill (Jeff Ward)
Merlin - female (by size) in puddle in Orchard Beach parking lot 
Monk Parakeet - flyover Rice Stadium
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - Southern Zone (Jeff Ward)
Carolina Wren - 2 near Landfill
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - near Landfill
American Robin - a few around Rice Stadium parking lot
Northern Mockingbird - near Landfill
American Goldfinch - 12
Chipping Sparrow - Southern Zone  (Jeff Ward)
Field sparrow - Twin Island (Richard Aracil)
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco - around 20 Southern Zone
Red-winged Blackbird & Common Grackle - mixed flock of around 20 birds in 
sweetgums in Southern Zone
Northern Cardinal

Non-avian: Garter Snake - Hunter Island, several Harbor Seals off Twin Island.
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White-winged Scoters. 

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Bronx/Westchester CBC 2017

[Andrew Baksh]

I am always on the lookout to add to the teams covering the West Bronx. If
you are interested, please drop me a note. The count is scheduled for the
23rd of December and teams are currently being assembled.

Cheers,

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ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own
abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass

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*


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[nysbirds-l] Bronx/Westchester CBC 2017

[Andrew Baksh]

I am always on the lookout to add to the teams covering the West Bronx. If
you are interested, please drop me a note. The count is scheduled for the
23rd of December and teams are currently being assembled.

Cheers,

-- 

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ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own
abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass

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*


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[nysbirds-l] AUDUBON’S WARBLER - Napeague SP (Suffolk)

[Derek Rogers]

I took advantage of today’s beautiful weather and decided to do some CBC 
scouting, focusing my efforts in the Napeague area. 

I began the day at Walking Dunes, Goff Point and Hicks Island where I spent 
several hours and encountered a good variety of birds which was highlighted by 
a late BALTIMORE ORIOLE. An Orange-crowned Warbler was among a flock of 
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers. Additional nice, yet expected, species were 
three Eastern Meadowlarks, a single Razorbill and my first of season Horned 
Grebes. Snow Bunting and Horned Lark numbers were surprisingly low with one and 
two, respectively.

Next, I headed to Napeague Meadow Road and parked at the foot of North Road 
where I hiked east slowly detailing the pitch pines and bayberry groves with 
hopes of digging up some lingering, warmer season migrants. No such luck but 
three Pine Warblers associating with a flock of chickadees and kinglets were a 
nice addition to the day. I was near the end of my hike, very close to where 
the marsh meets Napeague Harbor, and began to focus my attention on an upland 
“Island” patch of vegetation (41.0038, -72.0634) where I encountered an adult 
male YELLOW-RUMPED (AUDUBON’S) WARBLER. Unfortunately my cell phone battery had 
expired so I could not get the location specifics out as timely as I would’ve 
liked to. I spent the next 1.5 hours trying to relocate the bird and in that 
timeframe only saw it for a cumulative 10 seconds. It would be great to 
relocate this bird during the Montauk CBC on 16 December. Folks interested in 
trying to refind this bird may also want to try the east end of Crassen 
Boulevard which is just north of the above coordinates and is holding nice 
numbers of Myrtles. An additional species of interest, this far east on the 
south fork, was a Common Raven calling from the distant cell tower to the south.

Record photos of the Audubon’s Warbler can be viewed here in my eBird 
checklist. 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40870838

Best,

Derek Rogers
Sayville 






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[nysbirds-l] AUDUBON’S WARBLER - Napeague SP (Suffolk)

[Derek Rogers]

I took advantage of today’s beautiful weather and decided to do some CBC 
scouting, focusing my efforts in the Napeague area. 

I began the day at Walking Dunes, Goff Point and Hicks Island where I spent 
several hours and encountered a good variety of birds which was highlighted by 
a late BALTIMORE ORIOLE. An Orange-crowned Warbler was among a flock of 
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers. Additional nice, yet expected, species were 
three Eastern Meadowlarks, a single Razorbill and my first of season Horned 
Grebes. Snow Bunting and Horned Lark numbers were surprisingly low with one and 
two, respectively.

Next, I headed to Napeague Meadow Road and parked at the foot of North Road 
where I hiked east slowly detailing the pitch pines and bayberry groves with 
hopes of digging up some lingering, warmer season migrants. No such luck but 
three Pine Warblers associating with a flock of chickadees and kinglets were a 
nice addition to the day. I was near the end of my hike, very close to where 
the marsh meets Napeague Harbor, and began to focus my attention on an upland 
“Island” patch of vegetation (41.0038, -72.0634) where I encountered an adult 
male YELLOW-RUMPED (AUDUBON’S) WARBLER. Unfortunately my cell phone battery had 
expired so I could not get the location specifics out as timely as I would’ve 
liked to. I spent the next 1.5 hours trying to relocate the bird and in that 
timeframe only saw it for a cumulative 10 seconds. It would be great to 
relocate this bird during the Montauk CBC on 16 December. Folks interested in 
trying to refind this bird may also want to try the east end of Crassen 
Boulevard which is just north of the above coordinates and is holding nice 
numbers of Myrtles. An additional species of interest, this far east on the 
south fork, was a Common Raven calling from the distant cell tower to the south.

Record photos of the Audubon’s Warbler can be viewed here in my eBird 
checklist. 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40870838

Best,

Derek Rogers
Sayville 






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[nysbirds-l] New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Dec. 2, 2017 - Least Flycatcher Continues

[Deborah Allen]

According to a report on the new Bronx Bird Alert @BirdBronx from Noa & Mayra 
Cruz @rubythroated18 the Least Flycatcher we saw last Saturday (11/25) at the 
Native Plant Garden was seen there again today Dec.2, 2017. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] New York Botanical Garden, Bronx - Dec. 2, 2017 - Least Flycatcher Continues

[Deborah Allen]

According to a report on the new Bronx Bird Alert @BirdBronx from Noa & Mayra 
Cruz @rubythroated18 the Least Flycatcher we saw last Saturday (11/25) at the 
Native Plant Garden was seen there again today Dec.2, 2017. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Kings and Queens Counties: Barrow's Goldeneye, Little Gull

[Sean Sime]

I just spoke with Doug Gochfeld who asked me to post as he is having issues
getting a post through to the state list via cell phone.

A drake Barrow's Goldeneye was present off the Fisherman's Lot and Raptor
Point at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn earlier this afternoon and there
is currently a large flight of Bonaparte's Gulls heading west off Riis Park
in Queens which just had an adult Little Gull move west with them.

Good birding!

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Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Kings and Queens Counties: Barrow's Goldeneye, Little Gull

[Sean Sime]

I just spoke with Doug Gochfeld who asked me to post as he is having issues
getting a post through to the state list via cell phone.

A drake Barrow's Goldeneye was present off the Fisherman's Lot and Raptor
Point at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn earlier this afternoon and there
is currently a large flight of Bonaparte's Gulls heading west off Riis Park
in Queens which just had an adult Little Gull move west with them.

Good birding!

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Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - YES

[Anders Peltomaa]

The Flycatcher was found again at 9:45 and seen will by many for about 20
minutes. Now MIA again.

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - YES

[Anders Peltomaa]

The Flycatcher was found again at 9:45 and seen will by many for about 20
minutes. Now MIA again.

Anders Peltomaa
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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017

[Rick]

Juvenile ravens form winter groups, Heinrich conducted a fascinating field 
study to find out why.  I won't spoil the suspense for those who haven't read 
it. Better than a Ludlum novel, highly recommended 

Rick 


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device


 Original message 
From: Lynn Bergmeyer  
Date:12/02/2017  7:27 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "& [NYSBIRDS]"  
Cc:  
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017 

What exactly does "winter nonbreeder group" mean?

On Dec 2, 2017 12:08 AM, "& [NYSBIRDS] digest" 
wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, December 02, 2017.
>
> 1. The Egret
> 2. =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> 3. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbmTigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==
> ?=
> 4. =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[ebirdsnyc]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 5. Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29
> 6. =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 7. Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 8. Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 9. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 10. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 11. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 12. NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17)
> 13. Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 14. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 15. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017
> 16. NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend
> 17. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 18. NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017
> 19. Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 20. Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 21. Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 22. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
>
> --
>
> Subject: The Egret
> From: Larry Trachtenberg 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:20 +
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
>
> I'd like to share a  passage from a wonderful novel I recently read, "The
> Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, which takes its place alongside Tim Obrien's
> "The Things They Carried", Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead", and
> Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front"  -- this time the setting is
> the Iraq war. The protagonist is by a stream near his Richmond, VA home --
> it's an magical experience most birders have had or at least can envision
> with a large wader but just can't express nearly as well:
>
> "My feet were in the water, and the river ran docilely by and I was hardly
> a speck on the landscape and I was glad. An egret flew just over my
> shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a
> body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in
> control. But the tips of its wings skimmed along the water just the same.
> The egret didn't seem to mind what I believed, and it tilted some and
> disappeared into the glare of the gone sun and it was full of grace."
>
> I see that Brett Bonkamp's brilliant bit of Hammond's flycatcher satire
> has been censored from the archives. Thus, it seems that when posting
> especially as the Holidays approach and an insane 2017 comes to a close --
> and while I enjoy a good put down as much as the next person -- perhaps we
> should all give a listen once again to John Prine's "People Putting People
> Down". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0VmRR8FHU  Or better yet, spend
> some time admiring his amazing canon listening to Sam Stone, (apropos the
> war novels, I guess), Hello in There, Souvenirs, Paradise, Angel from
> Montgomery or Lake Marie.
>
> Good flycatchers to all.
>
>
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining
>
>
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:05:55 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbm
> TigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==?=
> From: nathan o'reilly 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:37:47 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the
> upstaters early tomorrow morning!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa anders.pelto...@gmail.com<
> mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com> [ebirdsnyc]  yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> __._,_.___
> 

Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017

[Rick]

Juvenile ravens form winter groups, Heinrich conducted a fascinating field 
study to find out why.  I won't spoil the suspense for those who haven't read 
it. Better than a Ludlum novel, highly recommended 

Rick 


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device


 Original message 
From: Lynn Bergmeyer  
Date:12/02/2017  7:27 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "& [NYSBIRDS]"  
Cc:  
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017 

What exactly does "winter nonbreeder group" mean?

On Dec 2, 2017 12:08 AM, "& [NYSBIRDS] digest" 
wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, December 02, 2017.
>
> 1. The Egret
> 2. =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> 3. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbmTigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==
> ?=
> 4. =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[ebirdsnyc]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 5. Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29
> 6. =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 7. Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 8. Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 9. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 10. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 11. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 12. NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17)
> 13. Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 14. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 15. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017
> 16. NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend
> 17. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 18. NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017
> 19. Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 20. Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 21. Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 22. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
>
> --
>
> Subject: The Egret
> From: Larry Trachtenberg 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:20 +
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
>
> I'd like to share a  passage from a wonderful novel I recently read, "The
> Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, which takes its place alongside Tim Obrien's
> "The Things They Carried", Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead", and
> Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front"  -- this time the setting is
> the Iraq war. The protagonist is by a stream near his Richmond, VA home --
> it's an magical experience most birders have had or at least can envision
> with a large wader but just can't express nearly as well:
>
> "My feet were in the water, and the river ran docilely by and I was hardly
> a speck on the landscape and I was glad. An egret flew just over my
> shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a
> body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in
> control. But the tips of its wings skimmed along the water just the same.
> The egret didn't seem to mind what I believed, and it tilted some and
> disappeared into the glare of the gone sun and it was full of grace."
>
> I see that Brett Bonkamp's brilliant bit of Hammond's flycatcher satire
> has been censored from the archives. Thus, it seems that when posting
> especially as the Holidays approach and an insane 2017 comes to a close --
> and while I enjoy a good put down as much as the next person -- perhaps we
> should all give a listen once again to John Prine's "People Putting People
> Down". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0VmRR8FHU  Or better yet, spend
> some time admiring his amazing canon listening to Sam Stone, (apropos the
> war novels, I guess), Hello in There, Souvenirs, Paradise, Angel from
> Montgomery or Lake Marie.
>
> Good flycatchers to all.
>
>
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining
>
>
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:05:55 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbm
> TigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==?=
> From: nathan o'reilly 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:37:47 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the
> upstaters early tomorrow morning!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa anders.pelto...@gmail.com<
> mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com> [ebirdsnyc]  yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> __._,_.___
> 
> Posted by: Anders Peltomaa  anders.pelto...@gmail.com>>
> 
> Reply via web 

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 12/1 (Friday)

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 1st December 2017 
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

I was among a good many other birders who were (still, or later in arriving) 
seeking the lingering Empidonax flycatcher in the Ramble area, later in the 
day; as far as I know there was just one report noted for the afternoon hours 
for this bird, while clearly it had been ranging about in some of the places it 
was seen in prior days (& into Friday), with the same pattern of some prolonged 
stays in particular sections of the Ramble, as well as equally or more 
prolonged disappearances.

A bit earlier on Friday but still within the mid-day period, I’d been in & 
around the Hallett Sanctuary (opens 10 a.m. & closes 1/2-hour before sunset, 
daily) and The Pond, each within the southeast portion of Central Park, & among 
birds found, a Northern Waterthrush, lingering stiill, & at about 12:30-1 p.m., 
seen in the narrow “channel” of the outflow of the skating rink, & adjacent 
part of the farthest north bit of The Pond, on the northeastside of Gapstow 
(stone) bridge; this warbler has been seen ranging all about the entire shore & 
vicinity of The Pond, over prior weeks.  

Inside the Hallett Sanctuary, at it’s western foot-trail, I found and 
extensively photogrpahed a 1st-fall Magnolia Warbler, which is a rather late 
date for that species (In memory, I’ve found 2 other December Magnolia Warblers 
in N.Y., the first of those recalled a very long time ago in Central Park, in 
early Dec. & seen subsequently by others, and another much more recent, in 
Bronx County [N.Y. City] in the course of a [late-December] CBC, that being 
photographed (then) at the Wave Hill Botanical Garden, & providing a rare 
record of the species for the Bronx-Westchester C.B.C.)

Also very late now, in December, an American Redstart (apparent first-fall 
female) was photographed & has been lingering at the Loch & adjacent areas, for 
at least the week through Friday; this in addition to, in descending order of 
uncommon-ness for the date, N. Parula (The Pond, along the shoreline of Hallett 
Sanctuary’s east edge), Nashville Warbler (Gapstow Bridge area, at the Pond’s 
NE quadrant), and Ovenbird (in Hallett Sanctuary, on Friday in the western 
edges); there may well be some additional warbler species, or other 
late-lingering species, that have been found in the past week or less in 
Central Park.  (And there have been some warblers such as Ovenbird, & Common 
Yellowthroat, seen in multiple lower-Manhattan parks or green-spaces in the 
week after Thanksgiving Day.

In addition on Friday in Central Park were seen an Orange-crowned Warbler still 
lingering at the Meer’s shore; this individual seems (assuming just one!) to 
have been ranging about much of that water-body’s shore areas, &/but was again 
seen at the south, but nearer the southeast part, of the Meer in somewhat thin 
shoreline vegetation, quite late in the day. A bright male Wilson’s Warbler was 
also continung in the Ramble, on Friday.

Many other birds, some of them entirely-expected for the season, were also 
noted. A lingering drake N. Pintail, as well as drake Wood Duck, were again 
found at The Pond, amongst the other water-birds there.  For those interested 
(& many have been), at least one of three released (rehabilitated) Virginia 
Rails has continued at The Loch (a.k.a. “Ravine”) area and sightings have been 
very sporadic since the initial of two (November) release dates, by the Wild 
Bird Fund. 

good luck on flycatcher[s], & other December findings,

Tom Fiore
manhattan
















 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 12/1 (Friday)

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 1st December 2017 
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

I was among a good many other birders who were (still, or later in arriving) 
seeking the lingering Empidonax flycatcher in the Ramble area, later in the 
day; as far as I know there was just one report noted for the afternoon hours 
for this bird, while clearly it had been ranging about in some of the places it 
was seen in prior days (& into Friday), with the same pattern of some prolonged 
stays in particular sections of the Ramble, as well as equally or more 
prolonged disappearances.

A bit earlier on Friday but still within the mid-day period, I’d been in & 
around the Hallett Sanctuary (opens 10 a.m. & closes 1/2-hour before sunset, 
daily) and The Pond, each within the southeast portion of Central Park, & among 
birds found, a Northern Waterthrush, lingering stiill, & at about 12:30-1 p.m., 
seen in the narrow “channel” of the outflow of the skating rink, & adjacent 
part of the farthest north bit of The Pond, on the northeastside of Gapstow 
(stone) bridge; this warbler has been seen ranging all about the entire shore & 
vicinity of The Pond, over prior weeks.  

Inside the Hallett Sanctuary, at it’s western foot-trail, I found and 
extensively photogrpahed a 1st-fall Magnolia Warbler, which is a rather late 
date for that species (In memory, I’ve found 2 other December Magnolia Warblers 
in N.Y., the first of those recalled a very long time ago in Central Park, in 
early Dec. & seen subsequently by others, and another much more recent, in 
Bronx County [N.Y. City] in the course of a [late-December] CBC, that being 
photographed (then) at the Wave Hill Botanical Garden, & providing a rare 
record of the species for the Bronx-Westchester C.B.C.)

Also very late now, in December, an American Redstart (apparent first-fall 
female) was photographed & has been lingering at the Loch & adjacent areas, for 
at least the week through Friday; this in addition to, in descending order of 
uncommon-ness for the date, N. Parula (The Pond, along the shoreline of Hallett 
Sanctuary’s east edge), Nashville Warbler (Gapstow Bridge area, at the Pond’s 
NE quadrant), and Ovenbird (in Hallett Sanctuary, on Friday in the western 
edges); there may well be some additional warbler species, or other 
late-lingering species, that have been found in the past week or less in 
Central Park.  (And there have been some warblers such as Ovenbird, & Common 
Yellowthroat, seen in multiple lower-Manhattan parks or green-spaces in the 
week after Thanksgiving Day.

In addition on Friday in Central Park were seen an Orange-crowned Warbler still 
lingering at the Meer’s shore; this individual seems (assuming just one!) to 
have been ranging about much of that water-body’s shore areas, &/but was again 
seen at the south, but nearer the southeast part, of the Meer in somewhat thin 
shoreline vegetation, quite late in the day. A bright male Wilson’s Warbler was 
also continung in the Ramble, on Friday.

Many other birds, some of them entirely-expected for the season, were also 
noted. A lingering drake N. Pintail, as well as drake Wood Duck, were again 
found at The Pond, amongst the other water-birds there.  For those interested 
(& many have been), at least one of three released (rehabilitated) Virginia 
Rails has continued at The Loch (a.k.a. “Ravine”) area and sightings have been 
very sporadic since the initial of two (November) release dates, by the Wild 
Bird Fund. 

good luck on flycatcher[s], & other December findings,

Tom Fiore
manhattan
















 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017

[Lynn Bergmeyer]

What exactly does "winter nonbreeder group" mean?

On Dec 2, 2017 12:08 AM, "& [NYSBIRDS] digest" 
wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, December 02, 2017.
>
> 1. The Egret
> 2. =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> 3. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbmTigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==
> ?=
> 4. =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[ebirdsnyc]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 5. Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29
> 6. =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 7. Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 8. Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 9. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 10. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 11. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 12. NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17)
> 13. Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 14. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 15. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017
> 16. NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend
> 17. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 18. NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017
> 19. Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 20. Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 21. Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 22. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
>
> --
>
> Subject: The Egret
> From: Larry Trachtenberg 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:20 +
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
>
> I'd like to share a  passage from a wonderful novel I recently read, "The
> Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, which takes its place alongside Tim Obrien's
> "The Things They Carried", Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead", and
> Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front"  -- this time the setting is
> the Iraq war. The protagonist is by a stream near his Richmond, VA home --
> it's an magical experience most birders have had or at least can envision
> with a large wader but just can't express nearly as well:
>
> "My feet were in the water, and the river ran docilely by and I was hardly
> a speck on the landscape and I was glad. An egret flew just over my
> shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a
> body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in
> control. But the tips of its wings skimmed along the water just the same.
> The egret didn't seem to mind what I believed, and it tilted some and
> disappeared into the glare of the gone sun and it was full of grace."
>
> I see that Brett Bonkamp's brilliant bit of Hammond's flycatcher satire
> has been censored from the archives. Thus, it seems that when posting
> especially as the Holidays approach and an insane 2017 comes to a close --
> and while I enjoy a good put down as much as the next person -- perhaps we
> should all give a listen once again to John Prine's "People Putting People
> Down". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0VmRR8FHU  Or better yet, spend
> some time admiring his amazing canon listening to Sam Stone, (apropos the
> war novels, I guess), Hello in There, Souvenirs, Paradise, Angel from
> Montgomery or Lake Marie.
>
> Good flycatchers to all.
>
>
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining
>
>
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:05:55 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbm
> TigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==?=
> From: nathan o'reilly 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:37:47 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the
> upstaters early tomorrow morning!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa anders.pelto...@gmail.com<
> mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com> [ebirdsnyc]  yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> __._,_.___
> 
> Posted by: Anders Peltomaa >
> 
> Reply via web post conversations/messages/17881;_ylc=X3oDMTJydm91czRtBF9TAzk3MzU5Nz
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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: December 02, 2017

[Lynn Bergmeyer]

What exactly does "winter nonbreeder group" mean?

On Dec 2, 2017 12:08 AM, "& [NYSBIRDS] digest" 
wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, December 02, 2017.
>
> 1. The Egret
> 2. =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> 3. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbmTigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==
> ?=
> 4. =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[ebirdsnyc]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 5. Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29
> 6. =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?=
> 7. Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 8. Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 9. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 10. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 11. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 12. NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17)
> 13. Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes
> 14. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 15. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017
> 16. NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend
> 17. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
> 18. NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017
> 19. Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 20. Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 21. Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations
> 22. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI
>
> --
>
> Subject: The Egret
> From: Larry Trachtenberg 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:20 +
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
>
> I'd like to share a  passage from a wonderful novel I recently read, "The
> Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, which takes its place alongside Tim Obrien's
> "The Things They Carried", Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead", and
> Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front"  -- this time the setting is
> the Iraq war. The protagonist is by a stream near his Richmond, VA home --
> it's an magical experience most birders have had or at least can envision
> with a large wader but just can't express nearly as well:
>
> "My feet were in the water, and the river ran docilely by and I was hardly
> a speck on the landscape and I was glad. An egret flew just over my
> shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a
> body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in
> control. But the tips of its wings skimmed along the water just the same.
> The egret didn't seem to mind what I believed, and it tilted some and
> disappeared into the glare of the gone sun and it was full of grace."
>
> I see that Brett Bonkamp's brilliant bit of Hammond's flycatcher satire
> has been censored from the archives. Thus, it seems that when posting
> especially as the Holidays approach and an insane 2017 comes to a close --
> and while I enjoy a good put down as much as the next person -- perhaps we
> should all give a listen once again to John Prine's "People Putting People
> Down". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0VmRR8FHU  Or better yet, spend
> some time admiring his amazing canon listening to Sam Stone, (apropos the
> war novels, I guess), Hello in There, Souvenirs, Paradise, Angel from
> Montgomery or Lake Marie.
>
> Good flycatchers to all.
>
>
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining
>
>
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?=
> From: Anders Peltomaa 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:05:55 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> --
>
> Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbm
> TigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==?=
> From: nathan o'reilly 
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:37:47 +
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the
> upstaters early tomorrow morning!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa anders.pelto...@gmail.com<
> mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com> [ebirdsnyc]  yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar
>
> It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters...
>
> Anders Peltomaa
>
> __._,_.___
> 
> Posted by: Anders Peltomaa  anders.pelto...@gmail.com>>
> 
> Reply via web post conversations/messages/17881;_ylc=X3oDMTJydm91czRtBF9TAzk3MzU5Nz
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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Ramble Map with Named Locations

[Anders Peltomaa]

There are several Holly trees. The one that was referred to is one of the
two hollies near the Gill Overlook.
The Hammond’s has also visited the Holly tree near Azalea Pond.

Good luck!

Anders

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:46 PM David Barrett  wrote:

> The Holly Tree in question is in the vicinity -- just east, I believe --
> of the Gill Overlook on the screenshot.
>
> You might want the "live" Google Maps version of my Central Park Birding
> map, which you can pull up on your phone when you visit and GPS will show
> you where you are on it:
>
> https://goo.gl/iCGK2L
>
> You also should follow the birding alerts from @BirdCentralPark on
> Twitter, as these are used in Central Park and the Hammond's Flycatcher
> will be tweeted there most frequently, if it is found.
>
> David Barrett
> Manhattan
>
> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Robert Lewis rfer...@yahoo.com
> [ebirdsnyc]  wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  I don't see the Holly Tree, which was a pace a lot of people
>> tried today for the Hammond's.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>> Sleepy Hollow NY
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 1, 2017, 10:09:03 PM EST, Anders Peltomaa <
>> anders.pelto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I got a couple of requests today for a map with the named locations
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/Cr1oJM
>>
>> This is a screenshot of David Barrett’s google map.
>>
>> good birding,
>>
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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Ramble Map with Named Locations

[Anders Peltomaa]

There are several Holly trees. The one that was referred to is one of the
two hollies near the Gill Overlook.
The Hammond’s has also visited the Holly tree near Azalea Pond.

Good luck!

Anders

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:46 PM David Barrett  wrote:

> The Holly Tree in question is in the vicinity -- just east, I believe --
> of the Gill Overlook on the screenshot.
>
> You might want the "live" Google Maps version of my Central Park Birding
> map, which you can pull up on your phone when you visit and GPS will show
> you where you are on it:
>
> https://goo.gl/iCGK2L
>
> You also should follow the birding alerts from @BirdCentralPark on
> Twitter, as these are used in Central Park and the Hammond's Flycatcher
> will be tweeted there most frequently, if it is found.
>
> David Barrett
> Manhattan
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> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Robert Lewis rfer...@yahoo.com
> [ebirdsnyc]  wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  I don't see the Holly Tree, which was a pace a lot of people
>> tried today for the Hammond's.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>> Sleepy Hollow NY
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 1, 2017, 10:09:03 PM EST, Anders Peltomaa <
>> anders.pelto...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>> I got a couple of requests today for a map with the named locations
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/Cr1oJM
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>> This is a screenshot of David Barrett’s google map.
>>
>> good birding,
>>
>> Anders
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI

[Dominic Garcia-Hall]

They’re amazing numbers - it’s likely you’re seeing post breeding juvenile
groups. How and why these groups form and function is part of Bernd
Heinrich’s classic studies. Two of his books - 'Mind of the Raven' and
'Ravens in Winter' are both worth reading on this. (Especially the latter -
one of my favorite books)

As in interesting corollary - I’m also seeing way more ravens right now
back on my upland farm in the northern UK. They were rare here before I
moved to the US. The winter courtship is well underway and nesting will
start soon. Although nothing like your numbers, the range expansion seems
truly widespread. Great news!

cheers,
Dom

*Dominic Garcia-Hall*

*www.antbirds.com *

*NY  +1 917 740 1945*
*UK  +44 161 408 4002*


On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 at 04:47, Andrew Mason  wrote:

> The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Soc. has been using trail cameras baited with
> road-killed deer to determine winter Golden Eagle presence in the Catskills
> and central NY over the past few years.  The numbers of ravens coming in to
> these sites is astonishing--hundreds at a time on occasion.  So many that
> they can strip a full grown deer carcass to the bones in a day.
>
> When I began birding in the 1980s, it was necessary to travel to the
> Adirondacks to have a chance of seeing a raven--what a range expansion!
>
> Here's a link to a photo of a modest congregation at one site:
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/a3EAuqzCZgYkjN6D3.
>
> Andy Mason
>
>
>
> On 12/1/2017 3:25 PM, Andrew Block wrote:
>
> Nice sighting.  It is very rare for around here to see so many in a flock,
> but out West they are frequently seen in medium sized flocks sometimes much
> larger usually at a feeding site such as a dead large mammal.  I have
> personally seen a flock of 80-100 in Unity, Maine, back in the mid 80's
> flying over the Unity College campus.  It blew my mind when I realized they
> were ravens.  It's so great to have them around here.
>
> Andrew
>
> *Andrew v. F. Block*
> *Consulting Naturalist*
> 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
> 
> Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705
> 
> -4629
> Phone: 914-963-3080 <(914)%20963-3080>; Cell: 914-319-9701
> <(914)%20319-9701>
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> *From:* Shaibal Mitra 
> 
> *To:* "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> 
> *Sent:* Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM
> *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk
> Co., LI
>
> Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags
> over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this
> morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island.
>
> Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to
> see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our
> binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously:
> "They're ALL ravens!"
>
> A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south
> of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but
> there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped
> in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The
> group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were
> still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek
> Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok.
>
> Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger
> than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe
> along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about
> right for the total population on all of Long Island.
>
> Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out.
>
> The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition.
> Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering
> ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows
> would be quite notable anywhere on western LI.
>
> Shai Mitra
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI

[Dominic Garcia-Hall]

They’re amazing numbers - it’s likely you’re seeing post breeding juvenile
groups. How and why these groups form and function is part of Bernd
Heinrich’s classic studies. Two of his books - 'Mind of the Raven' and
'Ravens in Winter' are both worth reading on this. (Especially the latter -
one of my favorite books)

As in interesting corollary - I’m also seeing way more ravens right now
back on my upland farm in the northern UK. They were rare here before I
moved to the US. The winter courtship is well underway and nesting will
start soon. Although nothing like your numbers, the range expansion seems
truly widespread. Great news!

cheers,
Dom

*Dominic Garcia-Hall*

*www.antbirds.com *

*NY  +1 917 740 1945*
*UK  +44 161 408 4002*


On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 at 04:47, Andrew Mason  wrote:

> The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Soc. has been using trail cameras baited with
> road-killed deer to determine winter Golden Eagle presence in the Catskills
> and central NY over the past few years.  The numbers of ravens coming in to
> these sites is astonishing--hundreds at a time on occasion.  So many that
> they can strip a full grown deer carcass to the bones in a day.
>
> When I began birding in the 1980s, it was necessary to travel to the
> Adirondacks to have a chance of seeing a raven--what a range expansion!
>
> Here's a link to a photo of a modest congregation at one site:
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/a3EAuqzCZgYkjN6D3.
>
> Andy Mason
>
>
>
> On 12/1/2017 3:25 PM, Andrew Block wrote:
>
> Nice sighting.  It is very rare for around here to see so many in a flock,
> but out West they are frequently seen in medium sized flocks sometimes much
> larger usually at a feeding site such as a dead large mammal.  I have
> personally seen a flock of 80-100 in Unity, Maine, back in the mid 80's
> flying over the Unity College campus.  It blew my mind when I realized they
> were ravens.  It's so great to have them around here.
>
> Andrew
>
> *Andrew v. F. Block*
> *Consulting Naturalist*
> 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
> 
> Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705
> 
> -4629
> Phone: 914-963-3080 <(914)%20963-3080>; Cell: 914-319-9701
> <(914)%20319-9701>
> www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
>
>
> --
> *From:* Shaibal Mitra 
> 
> *To:* "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> 
> *Sent:* Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM
> *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk
> Co., LI
>
> Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags
> over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this
> morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island.
>
> Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to
> see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our
> binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously:
> "They're ALL ravens!"
>
> A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south
> of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but
> there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped
> in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The
> group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were
> still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek
> Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok.
>
> Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger
> than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe
> along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about
> right for the total population on all of Long Island.
>
> Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out.
>
> The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition.
> Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering
> ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows
> would be quite notable anywhere on western LI.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
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