RE: [nysbirds-l] Wood Sandpiper Timber Point Golf Course now Suffolk Co

[Shaibal Mitra]

The Wood Sandpiper continued in the rain pools just east of the Timber Point 
entrance road (and just south of the spur road to the East Marina) until it was 
too dark to see.

The discovery and identification of this mega rarity was a team effort. I was 
seawatching at Robert Moses SP when Patricia called me to report an unfamiliar 
shorebird. Her puzzlement was my cue to race over to join her, along with my 
seawatching companions Brent Bomkamp and Taylor Sturm. We pulled up, 
predictably, just after the birds had flushed. While I spoke with Pat and 
reviewed some distant photos, Brent and Taylor set out to relocate the flock. 
As I came to the conclusion that it was likely a very rare Wood Sandpiper, they 
re-found the bird. We re-joined them and exhilaration ensued!

The place where we were watching it was not a good, publicly accessible, 
location, but fortunately the bird soon flew (calling "chip-chip-chip" right 
over us) and returned to the near-ideal place described above, where it 
remained as admirers arrived until it was too dark to see.

I'll put some photos up here:

https://flic.kr/p/24SZZUa

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Wood Sandpiper Timber Point Golf Course now Suffolk Co

Not in marsh, on puddled fairway

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[nysbirds-l] Reminder! BBC Evening Presentation: Rivers, Climate Change, and Birds

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

*Tomorrow Night!*

*BBC Evening Presentation*

*Rivers, Climate Change, and Birds: Patterns of Avain Diversity Across
Western and Central African Tropical Forests.*

Presenter: Jerry Huntley, Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American
Museum of History.

*Tuesday April 17 @ 7PM*

*BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CENTRAL BRANCH AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA*
Using genetic information gathered from natural history collections and
field expeditions to West Africa, Jerry Huntley’s team examined 70 species
of African forest bird.  From this data, they hope to have a better
understanding of how potential barriers to movement within the forest (such
as rivers and savannahs) and historical climate change have shaped the
distribution of birds that we see today, especially from a genetics
standpoint.

http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/rivers-climate-change-
and-birds-patterns-of-avian-diversity-across-western-and-
central-african-tropical-forests/



Dennis Hrehowsik
President Brooklyn Bird Club

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[nysbirds-l] Wood Sandpiper Timber Point Golf Course now Suffolk Co

[Patricia Lindsay]

Not in marsh, on puddled fairway

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[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager Brooklyn

[Pepaul]

About an hour ago I observed a Western Tanager at the Esdale bridge in Prospect 
Park. The bird then flew down toward Ambergill Falls, and I lost track of it. I 
have been searching the area since, and will continue to look for a while 
longer. 

Good birding, 
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[nysbirds-l] Jaeger @ Point Lookout LI NY

[Andrew Baksh]

Robert Proniewych just called to report that Bob Anderson found a Jaeger in the 
parking lot at Point Lookout. They are leaning towards Pomarine but will review 
photos for further verification. In any event another excellent find by Bob 
Anderson.

Big up!


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

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*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - April 16, 2018
   - NYSY 04.16.18




Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: April 09 - April 16

To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com

Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, 
Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex

compiled: April 16 AT 2:30 p.m. EDT

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org







Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 09, 
2018




Highlights:




AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

CACKLING GOOSE

ROSS’S GOOSE

EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL

EURASIAN WIGEON

GOLDEN EAGLE

NORTHERN GOSHAWK

SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER

RUFF

SANDHILL CRANE

SHORT-EARED OWL

NORTHERN SHRIKE

WESTERN MEADOWLARK







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     4/10: The ROSS’S GOOSE was still present and has continued throughout the 
week including today. The EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL has also continued 
throughout the week.

     4/13: An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was spotted in the Main Pool. It was seen 
through the 15th.

     4/14: An extremely rare and first for Seneca County WESTERN MEADOWLARK was 
found at the juncture of Armitage Road and Rt. 89. It was able to be 
photographed and sound recorded for positive identification. It was heard on 
the 15th. and again today in the morning. It seems to spend most of it’s time 
in the corn stubble on the north side of Armitage Road between Wiley Road and 
Olmstead Road. The RUFF and REEVE found earlier in the week at Maiden Lane Road 
in Cayuga County were relocated at VanDyne Spoor Road with a nice assortment of 
Shorebirds including KILLDEER, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS 
and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. A SHORT-EARED OWL was also seen at VanDyne Spoor Road 
later in the day. An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the Wildlife Drive.

     4/15: The REEVE only was relocated at VanDyne Spoor Road. 







Cayuga County






     4/10: A RUFF in transitional plumage was found at Maiden Lane Road north 
of Port Byron. Also present was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.

     4/12: A REEVE was discovered with the RUFF. Also found was an early 
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER.

     4/16: The RUFF has returned to Maiden Lane Road.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     After three great days starting with 4/9 with over a thousand birds each 
day the rest of the week was disappointing. 4/11 had 2,561 raptors counted. One 
GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on 4/9 at the south Lookout. 3 SANDHILL CRANES flew by on 
4/10. A  NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on 4/11.







Onondaga County






     4/9: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Three Rivers WMA. 4/11: A LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. 

     4/13: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Visitors Center on 
Onondaga Lake. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor. A SNOW 
OWL continues near the entrance to the State Fair. An ICELAND GULL was seen 
along the Parkway in Liverpool.

     4/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA. 







Madison County






     4/14: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Ditchbank Road north of 
Chittenango. Also seen were 40 PIPITS. 







Oneida County






     4/9: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on Jug Point Road east of Verona Beach 
State Park.




     

     

      







  




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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Coastal Highlights

[Andrew Baksh]

I made several stops along Brooklyn Coastal during the earlier downpours albeit 
a bit late in the morning.

Highlights included, 42 Bonaparte’s Gulls at Gravesend Bay (Middle Parking 
Lot). The rains created some pools and Gulls were gathering there - though 
nothing unusual in the mixed flock.

At Drier Offerman I also connected with the massive flock of Bonaparte’s 
mentioned by Sean Sime. While no unusual Gull turned up in that flock, I did 
manage to pull out a Common Tern from among the Gulls. A Wilson’s Snipe and 
Louisiana Waterthrush were other highlights from that location.

Later at Floyd Bennett Field I managed 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, all adults. 
Quite good given that I had arrived there later than I would have liked.

Cheers,

“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become 
a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” 
- Nietzsche 


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RE: [nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.

[Gertrude R. Battaly]

And at Cape St. Mary's in Newfoundland:http://www.battaly.com/trip/2014maritimes/gannets/other video fun from the Newfoundland trip, including nesting Yellowlegs:http://www.battaly.com/trip/2014maritimes/-Original Message-
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Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.














I have visited the several 
hundred thousand strong N. Gannet colony on Bonaventure Island at the tip of Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula. I would assume many of the gannets migrating along the east coast do make it to that colony (but just an assumption).  https://www.apogeephoto.com/the-gannets-of-bonaventure-island/   
The sight of the gannets literally feet away when you reach the colony (and murres, guillemots and some puffins thrown in) is absolutely spectacular, as is that whole trip (7+ hours’ drive north from Quebec City) with numerous stops along the way for
 sea and boreal birding, and, if you choose to stop for whale watching in the Saguenay River, a subsequent ferry crossing of the St. Lawrence.  (There are many places to cross and the ferry serves decent food and Pit Caribou beer, a Gaspe microbrewery.)   There
 is also an isolated caribou colony in the Gaspe, which unfortunately on our trip weather prohibited the hike up the mountain in Parc
National de la 
Gaspésie (where we stayed two nights) to see the herd which is considered endangered.  A consolation was waking to dozens of evening grosbeaks gritting under the car tires in gravel driveways. 
 I do not think any birder would be disappointed in this trip to which you should give a week (and black flies weren’t bad in June except in one place)

 
L. Trachtenberg
Ossining
 

 
 
 
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Last weekend on the Linnaean S. I. field trip, we saw this spectacle of N. Gannets. from Conference House.  Are they migrating?  They seem to be seen in the same vicinity.


 

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:


High tide at Fort Hamilton, The Narrows, was 8:49 AM. I wonder if tide has any influence on their location. Just a thought. 


Ardith


NYC


www.ardithbondi.com


 

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birdingd...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc]  wrote:



  




I was treated to a spectacular Northern Gannett show this morning at Ceaser’s Bay Brooklyn, with well over 1000, actively fishing. They all seemed to stay north of the Verrazano Bridge and I verified that by checking several  other spots
 north of that location.


 


The only other highlights of note from covering other Brooklyn Coastal sites were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a 2CY and 1CY (calendar year). Both observed at Coney Island Creek.


 


Surprisingly, not a lot of Gulls at the usual loafing spots along the belt (Gravesend Bay). Some were just too far out to get a definitive ID on. Though I did look carefully, hoping for something of interest.


 


Cheers,


 

 





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Re: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Breezy Point, Queens NY

[Angus Wilson]

Like Bob Paxton I was initially puzzled by the square shape of the white
wedge, especially in first image (ML94655071) but accept it looks a little
better in the second image (ML94655101). Is it correc to assume the dark
blob is the heavy barring on the upperside of the tail?

I considered Greater Yellowlegs based on the first image but that ID would
be hard reconcile with seeing a decurved bill (mentioned in Cesar's
original posting) but with the caveat that the bill shape is hard to
discern from the photos accompanying the checklist. That said, I'm not
seeing an obvious foot extension beyond the tail, which does fit with it
being a Whimbrel. Are there any more photos even if not as sharp?

So-called 'White-rumped Whimbrels' are genuine vagrants to eastern North
America with a handful of April and May records. Tagging such birds as
either 'European' or 'Eurasian/Siberian' is tricky because three subspecies
(N. p. phaeopus, N. p. alboaxillaris and N. p. variegatus) need to be
considered. Steppe Whimbrel (alboaxillaris) is no longer numerous and
pretty unlikely, but the other two are serious contenders, with nominate
'European' Whimbrel (phaeopus) more likely perhaps in spring and the very
similar 'Siberian' Whimbrel (variegatus) a sensible possibility in the
fall. If I recall correctly, the tail and upper tail coverts of variegatus
are darker than phaeopus.

Fun stuff!

Angus Wilson
New York City

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Jose Ramirez-Garofalo <
jose.ramirez.garof...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It’s a European Whimbrel
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:09 Robert Paxton  wrote:
>
>> The Eurasian Whimbrel doesn't have a white line up the back but a white
>> wedge, broad at the base and narrowing up to a point in the middle back.
>>Bob Paxton
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Isaac Grant 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That Whimbrel photo seems to show a Eurasian Whimbrel. Looks like a
>>> white line going up the back in the one photo and barred whitish tail.
>>> Super cool.
>>>
>>> Isaac Grant
>>> Senior Loan Officer
>>>
>>> On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Cesar Castillo  wrote:
>>>
>>> I walked out from the Fishermans parking lot at Fort Tilden to Breezy
>>> Point jetty.  On the long march back a Whimbrel flew towards me and then
>>> past me.  I got some bad photos of it as it flew away, but you can still
>>> see the curved bill and whitish rump of this largish shorebird.  Other good
>>> finds included a small flock of White-winged Scoters in the choppy waters
>>> and hundreds of Northern Gannets, Purple Sandpipers and up to 8 Piping
>>> Plovers.  Some breeding plumage Common Loons.  I thought I saw a seal as I
>>> approached the jetty but it dove down and never popped up again.
>>>
>>> Here is a link to the e-bird report.
>>>
>>> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44596163
>>>
>>>
>>> Afterwards I stopped by Big Egg Marsh and on the way out I found a
>>> Tricolored Heron.  It was in the marshy area found between the bridge to
>>> the Rockaways, the parking lot and the baseball fields.  Very easy to
>>> photograph from that spot even with my 300mm.
>>> See checklist below.
>>>
>>> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44599081
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> César
>>>
>>> Una tarde la princesa  vio una estrella aparecer;  la princesa era
>>> traviesa  y la quiso ir a coger.
>>> La quería para hacerla  decorar un prendedor,  con un verso y una
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>>> Las princesas primorosas  se parecen mucho a ti;  cortan lirios, cortan
>>> rosas,  cortan astros. Son así.
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[nysbirds-l] Kings County Storm Birds

[Sean Sime]

A few stops around Brooklyn this morning during the heaviest rain/wind
turned up some decent birds.
Floyd Bennett Field's runways were heavily flooded and as expected,
hundreds of gulls and some shorebirds were roosting. The flocks held 9
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 23 Black-bellied Plover, 11 Sanderling, 4
American Oystercatchers and a few Killdeer calling from the grasslands. An
Eastern Meadowlark was vocal between the rain squalls as well.

Stops around Gravesend Bay turned up surprising numbers of Bonaparte's
Gulls. 163 at the Middle Lot off the eastbound Belt Parkway and 940
roosting on the southernmost ballfields at Drier Offerman. After about 30
minutes of scoping the flock the sun came out and the birds departed into
Gravesend Bay. No rarer small gulls were located during that time.


Good birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Breezy Point, Queens NY

[Jose Ramirez-Garofalo]

It’s a European Whimbrel

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:09 Robert Paxton  wrote:

> The Eurasian Whimbrel doesn't have a white line up the back but a white
> wedge, broad at the base and narrowing up to a point in the middle back.
>Bob Paxton
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Isaac Grant 
> wrote:
>
>> That Whimbrel photo seems to show a Eurasian Whimbrel. Looks like a white
>> line going up the back in the one photo and barred whitish tail. Super
>> cool.
>>
>> Isaac Grant
>> Senior Loan Officer
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Cesar Castillo  wrote:
>>
>> I walked out from the Fishermans parking lot at Fort Tilden to Breezy
>> Point jetty.  On the long march back a Whimbrel flew towards me and then
>> past me.  I got some bad photos of it as it flew away, but you can still
>> see the curved bill and whitish rump of this largish shorebird.  Other good
>> finds included a small flock of White-winged Scoters in the choppy waters
>> and hundreds of Northern Gannets, Purple Sandpipers and up to 8 Piping
>> Plovers.  Some breeding plumage Common Loons.  I thought I saw a seal as I
>> approached the jetty but it dove down and never popped up again.
>>
>> Here is a link to the e-bird report.
>>
>> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44596163
>>
>>
>> Afterwards I stopped by Big Egg Marsh and on the way out I found a
>> Tricolored Heron.  It was in the marshy area found between the bridge to
>> the Rockaways, the parking lot and the baseball fields.  Very easy to
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Breezy Point, Queens NY

[Robert Paxton]

The Eurasian Whimbrel doesn't have a white line up the back but a white
wedge, broad at the base and narrowing up to a point in the middle back.
   Bob Paxton

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Isaac Grant 
wrote:

> That Whimbrel photo seems to show a Eurasian Whimbrel. Looks like a white
> line going up the back in the one photo and barred whitish tail. Super
> cool.
>
> Isaac Grant
> Senior Loan Officer
>
> On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Cesar Castillo  wrote:
>
> I walked out from the Fishermans parking lot at Fort Tilden to Breezy
> Point jetty.  On the long march back a Whimbrel flew towards me and then
> past me.  I got some bad photos of it as it flew away, but you can still
> see the curved bill and whitish rump of this largish shorebird.  Other good
> finds included a small flock of White-winged Scoters in the choppy waters
> and hundreds of Northern Gannets, Purple Sandpipers and up to 8 Piping
> Plovers.  Some breeding plumage Common Loons.  I thought I saw a seal as I
> approached the jetty but it dove down and never popped up again.
>
> Here is a link to the e-bird report.
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44596163
>
>
> Afterwards I stopped by Big Egg Marsh and on the way out I found a
> Tricolored Heron.  It was in the marshy area found between the bridge to
> the Rockaways, the parking lot and the baseball fields.  Very easy to
> photograph from that spot even with my 300mm.
> See checklist below.
>
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>
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>
>
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>
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> La quería para hacerla  decorar un prendedor,  con un verso y una perla,  una
> pluma y una flor.
> Las princesas primorosas  se parecen mucho a ti;  cortan lirios, cortan
> rosas,  cortan astros. Son así.
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RE: [nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.

[Larry Trachtenberg]

I have visited the several hundred thousand strong N. Gannet colony on 
Bonaventure Island at the tip of Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula. I would assume many 
of the gannets migrating along the east coast do make it to that colony (but 
just an assumption).  
https://www.apogeephoto.com/the-gannets-of-bonaventure-island/The sight of 
the gannets literally feet away when you reach the colony (and murres, 
guillemots and some puffins thrown in) is absolutely spectacular, as is that 
whole trip (7+ hours’ drive north from Quebec City) with numerous stops along 
the way for sea and boreal birding, and, if you choose to stop for whale 
watching in the Saguenay River, a subsequent ferry crossing of the St. 
Lawrence.  (There are many places to cross and the ferry serves decent food and 
Pit Caribou beer, a Gaspe microbrewery.)   There is also an isolated caribou 
colony in the Gaspe, which unfortunately on our trip weather prohibited the 
hike up the mountain in Parc National de la Gaspésie (where we stayed two 
nights) to see the herd which is considered endangered.  A consolation was 
waking to dozens of evening grosbeaks gritting under the car tires in gravel 
driveways.  I do not think any birder would be disappointed in this trip to 
which you should give a week (and black flies weren’t bad in June except in one 
place)

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining




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Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.

Last weekend on the Linnaean S. I. field trip, we saw this spectacle of N. 
Gannets. from Conference House.  Are they migrating?  They seem to be seen in 
the same vicinity.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Ardith Bondi 
mailto:ard...@earthlink.net>> wrote:
High tide at Fort Hamilton, The Narrows, was 8:49 AM. I wonder if tide has any 
influence on their location. Just a thought.
Ardith
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On Apr 16, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Andrew Baksh 
birdingd...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc] 
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I was treated to a spectacular Northern Gannett show this morning at Ceaser’s 
Bay Brooklyn, with well over 1000, actively fishing. They all seemed to stay 
north of the Verrazano Bridge and I verified that by checking several  other 
spots north of that location.

The only other highlights of note from covering other Brooklyn Coastal sites 
were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a 2CY and 1CY (calendar year). Both 
observed at Coney Island Creek.

Surprisingly, not a lot of Gulls at the usual loafing spots along the belt 
(Gravesend Bay). Some were just too far out to get a definitive ID on. Though I 
did look carefully, hoping for something of interest.

Cheers,



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林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
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Re: [nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.

[Anne Lazarus]

Last weekend on the Linnaean S. I. field trip, we saw this spectacle of N.
Gannets. from Conference House.  Are they migrating?  They seem to be seen
in the same vicinity.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Ardith Bondi  wrote:

> High tide at Fort Hamilton, The Narrows, was 8:49 AM. I wonder if tide has
> any influence on their location. Just a thought.
>
> Ardith
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> On Apr 16, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com
> [ebirdsnyc]  wrote:
>
>
>
> I was treated to a spectacular Northern Gannett show this morning at
> Ceaser’s Bay Brooklyn, with well over 1000, actively fishing. They all
> seemed to stay north of the Verrazano Bridge and I verified that by
> checking several  other spots north of that location.
>
> The only other highlights of note from covering other Brooklyn Coastal
> sites were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a 2CY and 1CY (calendar year).
> Both observed at Coney Island Creek.
>
> Surprisingly, not a lot of Gulls at the usual loafing spots along the belt
> (Gravesend Bay). Some were just too far out to get a definitive ID on.
> Though I did look carefully, hoping for something of interest.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> 
> "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the
> ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own
> abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass
>
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> 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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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.

[Ardith Bondi]

High tide at Fort Hamilton, The Narrows, was 8:49 AM. I wonder if tide has any 
influence on their location. Just a thought. 

Ardith
NYC
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> On Apr 16, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc] 
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> I was treated to a spectacular Northern Gannett show this morning at Ceaser’s 
> Bay Brooklyn, with well over 1000, actively fishing. They all seemed to stay 
> north of the Verrazano Bridge and I verified that by checking several  other 
> spots north of that location.
> 
> The only other highlights of note from covering other Brooklyn Coastal sites 
> were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a 2CY and 1CY (calendar year). Both 
> observed at Coney Island Creek.
> 
> Surprisingly, not a lot of Gulls at the usual loafing spots along the belt 
> (Gravesend Bay). Some were just too far out to get a definitive ID on. Though 
> I did look carefully, hoping for something of interest.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
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> of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ 
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> 林　Quiet as the forest
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Breezy Point, Queens NY

[Cesar Castillo]

Thanks guys.  I had not realized that white line was a clincher for European 
subspeceis!Shorebirds are still new to me.


César 
Una tarde la princesa  vio una estrella aparecer;  la princesa era traviesa  y 
la quiso ir a coger.  
La quería para hacerla  decorar un prendedor,  con un verso y una perla,  una 
pluma y una flor.  
Las princesas primorosas  se parecen mucho a ti;  cortan lirios, cortan rosas,  
cortan astros. Son así.
-A Margarita Debayle (To Margarita Debayle) by Ruben Dario 

On Monday, April 16, 2018, 7:18:52 AM EDT, Lisa Nasta 
 wrote:  
 
 


What a great day you had Ceasar!Hope you have a great birding year !Thanks 
again for the company in Yaphank I appreciate it.  Maybe we will cross paths 
again one day. 
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[nysbirds-l] 4-15 Northern Gannett show Kings Co.

[Andrew Baksh]

I was treated to a spectacular Northern Gannett show this morning at Ceaser’s 
Bay Brooklyn, with well over 1000, actively fishing. They all seemed to stay 
north of the Verrazano Bridge and I verified that by checking several  other 
spots north of that location.

The only other highlights of note from covering other Brooklyn Coastal sites 
were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a 2CY and 1CY (calendar year). Both 
observed at Coney Island Creek.

Surprisingly, not a lot of Gulls at the usual loafing spots along the belt 
(Gravesend Bay). Some were just too far out to get a definitive ID on. Though I 
did look carefully, hoping for something of interest.

Cheers,



"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the 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] Little Gull brooklyn

[Isaac Grant]

Sitting in bumper to bumper traffic and watching a little gull flying along 
breakwall shortly before middle lot on the belt. Seen between bridge and middle 
lot. 

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[nysbirds-l] "Birding by Ear on L.I. - Spring Warbler Songs" - Queens County Bird Club Presentation this Weds. April 18

[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 this Wednesday, April 18, 2018.  Free 
admission.  Refreshments served.

Stephane Perreault will present  ”Birding by Ear on Long Island:  Spring 
Warbler Songs.”
 This program is for birders who would like to learn or review warbler 
songs as we enter the core of spring migration.  The songs of 30 locally common 
and uncommon warblers will be presented in practical learning groups.  
Traditional tools such as digital recordings, sonograms, and catchy phrases 
will be used to get a handle on the identification of our warblers by ear. 
  Stephane Perreault is a graduate of McGill University, where he conducted 
research on the American Redstart. Since moving to Long Island in the mid 90’s 
he has pursued a diversified career in laboratory biology and has remained an 
avid birder.  He is currently a staff ornithologist at the Seatuck 
Environmental Association and leads the organization’s bird surveys at 
Greentree and other locations.

Nancy Tognan

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Vice President, Queens County Bird Club 

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