[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 25 September 2020

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sept. 25, 2020 * NYNY2009.25 - Birds Mentioned LECONTE’S SPARROW+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) EURASIAN WIGEON Least Bittern Sora Greater Yellowlegs Whimbrel BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Long-billed Dowitch

[nysbirds-l] Queens Co. NYC Yellow-headed Blackbird notes (-& an Amer. Bittern for Manhattan, on 9/25)

2 Manhattan (N.Y. City) notes for Friday, 9/25: the American Bittern found & photographed by Danny Karlson, and seen by others later, was the likely bird-of-the-day for the county, at Inwood Hill Park (at the marsh area, where there also was, appropriately enough, a Marsh Wren, this latter one o

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri. Sept. 25, 2020: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers

Central Park NYC Friday September 25, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights from the North End: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Lincoln's, Swamp, and Savannah Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 150-200 Wood Duck - pair Reservoir (RDC - early) Gadwall

RE:[nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

Hi Paul and all, Given that growth (or fault) bars and their interpretation are probably unfamiliar to many readers, this bird offers a learning opportunity. If a bird experiences nutritional or other stress while its flight feathers are actively growing, faint bars (thin bands of weaker feathe

[nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

Thanks as always for the excellent post Tom. One thing that I have not seen mentioned on this forum is that the Flushing Meadows Yellow-headed Blackbird has clearly spent time in captivity. The clean cuts to the flight feathers and the cage wear on the tail are classic indicators of a caged bird

[nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

A lapland longspur has been seen and heard this am. (the third straight day) from the center road of landfill. STAY ON two main roads only — center and east side of landfill. There has been a major effort by a lot of folks on the restoration of this important and unique southern NY tier grasslan

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, 9/21-24 - Pine Siskins, Red-headed WP, 25+ warbler spp., etc.

A brightly-plumaged male Yellow-headed Blackbird was continuing into Thursday/24th, in Queens County, N.Y. at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park site where previously seen regularly, sightings a bit south of the boathouse at Meadow Lake; thanks to all the many observers-reporters over this bird’s