[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 October 2020

2020-10-16 Thread Ben Cacace
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 16, 2020 * NYNY2010.16 - Birds mentioned BICKNELL'S THRUSH+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern EURASIAN WIGEON Cackling Goose AMERICAN BITTERN Stilt Sandpiper Pectoral

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 October 2020

2020-10-16 Thread Ben Cacace
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 16, 2020 * NYNY2010.16 - Birds mentioned BICKNELL'S THRUSH+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern EURASIAN WIGEON Cackling Goose AMERICAN BITTERN Stilt Sandpiper Pectoral

RE: RE:[nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover - another NYS migrant to worry about?

2020-10-16 Thread Shaibal Mitra
When Angus posted his query about this species I was immediately reminded of two recent conversations with Tom Burke and Doug Futuyma. Despite living more than an hour apart in the quite different realms of Westchester and Suffolk Counties, Tom and Gale probably share the most similar birding

RE: RE:[nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover - another NYS migrant to worry about?

2020-10-16 Thread Shaibal Mitra
When Angus posted his query about this species I was immediately reminded of two recent conversations with Tom Burke and Doug Futuyma. Despite living more than an hour apart in the quite different realms of Westchester and Suffolk Counties, Tom and Gale probably share the most similar birding

Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

2020-10-16 Thread Richard Veit
i actually think CBCs and other NAB data, plus maybe EBird, are the best method to capture answers to questions about bird populations. People tend to think "birder" data are noisy and unpredictable because the methods are sloppy - but in fact the main reason for big variability is the nature of

Re: [nysbirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls

2020-10-16 Thread Richard Veit
i actually think CBCs and other NAB data, plus maybe EBird, are the best method to capture answers to questions about bird populations. People tend to think "birder" data are noisy and unpredictable because the methods are sloppy - but in fact the main reason for big variability is the nature of