[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses State Park

There were at least six from about 7:00 - 8:00 pm at the eastern end of Robert Moses, not far from the Fire Island Light House, around 40.629629, -73.217616.  A nice variety of ages and stages of molt.  I'll post photos to the New York birders facebook page. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY -- --

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses State Park

There were at least six from about 7:00 - 8:00 pm at the eastern end of Robert Moses, not far from the Fire Island Light House, around 40.629629, -73.217616.  A nice variety of ages and stages of molt.  I'll post photos to the New York birders facebook page. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY -- --

Re: [nysbirds-l] Sanderlings and their ID contenders

Blistering Barnacles! I had heard the bird in question was first thought to be a Pectoral Sandpiper. Subsequently, I did see Angus’s questions on the ID and thought about asking for the checklists with photos but alas I procrastinated. Are the photos available? I would have loved to see what

Re: [nysbirds-l] Sanderlings and their ID contenders

Blistering Barnacles! I had heard the bird in question was first thought to be a Pectoral Sandpiper. Subsequently, I did see Angus’s questions on the ID and thought about asking for the checklists with photos but alas I procrastinated. Are the photos available? I would have loved to see what

[nysbirds-l] Sanderlings and their ID contenders

It seems that in this age of hyper-connectivity, false information travels more easily than true. Whereas the good-news story of a Baird's Sandpiper at Nickerson Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, propagated quickly and decisively, the uncomfortable awareness that the bird in question was

[nysbirds-l] Sanderlings and their ID contenders

It seems that in this age of hyper-connectivity, false information travels more easily than true. Whereas the good-news story of a Baird's Sandpiper at Nickerson Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, propagated quickly and decisively, the uncomfortable awareness that the bird in question was

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA *New York July 08 2019 NYSY 07. 08. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert 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

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA *New York July 08 2019 NYSY 07. 08. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert 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

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond Water Level 2019 & Nickerson sandpiper ID

Thank you to those who have shown an interest and offered suggestions and support for the East Pond management. Angus, your thoughts echo some of what I had submitted in my comments on the GNRA General Management Plan a few years ago. As I suggested before, it may be time to have that

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond Water Level 2019 & Nickerson sandpiper ID

Thank you to those who have shown an interest and offered suggestions and support for the East Pond management. Angus, your thoughts echo some of what I had submitted in my comments on the GNRA General Management Plan a few years ago. As I suggested before, it may be time to have that

RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond Water Level 2019 & Nickerson sandpiper ID

Having worked as a wetland delineator for the past four-plus decades, slogging through mud has become too much more like work than recreation, so I have largely stopped going to the East Pond, However, on my past few visits I have seen green paint-colored water in the pond, and the likely

RE: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond Water Level 2019 & Nickerson sandpiper ID

Having worked as a wetland delineator for the past four-plus decades, slogging through mud has become too much more like work than recreation, so I have largely stopped going to the East Pond, However, on my past few visits I have seen green paint-colored water in the pond, and the likely