[nysbirds-l] Common Redpoll - Randall's Island

2019-01-20 Thread Alan Drogin
Seeing the Cackling Geese reports from Van Cortlandt, I went out to Randall’s Island between the storm and the deep freeze this afternoon to see what the winter storm may have blown in. I spotted a small whitish bird flitting around the edge of the northwestern-most ball field - considering a p

[nysbirds-l] Waterfowl count - Hudson River, The Greene County

2019-01-20 Thread Richard Guthrie
Michele Tarsa and I did the annual DEC waterfowl/eagle count along the Greene County side of the Hudson River yesterday, January 19th, 2019 We covered the river from the Coeymans Landing in southern Albany County to the south end of Catskill by the Ulster County line. We did a short excursion down

[nysbirds-l] "Super Hummingbirds" - NSAS Meeting this Tuesday, January 22, 2019

2019-01-20 Thread Nancy Tognan
The North Shore Audubon Society will hold its monthly program on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, from 7pm to 9pm, at the Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset NY 11030. All are invited, free of charge. Public transit users: This location is a half-mile walk from the Manhasset LI

[nysbirds-l] Visualizing eBird Locations: Kingbird 10 Region

2019-01-20 Thread Ben Cacace
I've created Google Maps for all counties in the Kingbird 10 regions. See below. Added to each of the *hotspot markers* are links to eBird's 'Overview' (items 1 and 2 below). The maps should help with finding existing hotspots and for locating personal locations you may wish to suggest as a hotspo

[nysbirds-l] NYC PARKS ANNOUNCES PUBLIC HEARING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT FOR PROPOSED NEW PARKS RULES

2019-01-20 Thread Tom R
Dear List Members, NYC Parks is proposing a change to the current rule regarding feeding of animals in NYC Parks. I gather the intent is to broaden the no-feed rules to include any wildlife but it may be an opportunity to add specific mention of feeding/supporting domestic animal populations on