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[nysbirds-l] Harlequin Duck

2020-11-15 Thread Orhan Birol

Returned to Shell Beach for the third year in a row.
Last year it disappeared in January, after a very active weekend of duck
hunting,
We assumed the worst.
Orhan Birol
Shelter Island

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[nysbirds-l] Harlequin Duck

2020-11-15 Thread Orhan Birol

Returned to Shell Beach for the third year in a row.
Last year it disappeared in January, after a very active weekend of duck
hunting,
We assumed the worst.
Orhan Birol
Shelter Island

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: Sun. Nov. 15, 2020 - Rusty Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Purple Finch, Fox Sparrow

2020-11-15 Thread Deborah Allen

Central Park NYC
Sunday, November 15, 2020
OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. 

Highlights: Rusty Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Purple Finch and Fox Sparrow in 
Central Park and a continuing Cackling Goose at Randall's Island. 

Canada Goose - 17
Wood Duck - 5
Northern Shoveler - 170
Mallard - 80
Bufflehead - 9
Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir
ruddy Duck - 25
Mourning Dove - 5
American Coot - 5 (Signe Hammer)
Ring-billed Gull - around 200
Herring Gull - 120
Great Black-backed Gull - 36
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir
Cooper's Hawk - 1 Upper Lobe Lawn close to Weather Station
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker 1 Ramble
American Kestrel - male perched over SW corner Great Lawn (Deb)
Blue Jay - 9
American Crow - 6
Black-capped Chickadee - 15
Tufted Titmouse - 60
Brown Creeper - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 9
Winter Wren - 1 Stone Arch
Carolina Wren - 4 (2 pairs)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 1 NE Upper Lobe (late in season)
Hermit Thrush - 3
American Robin - 20
Cedar Waxwing - 19
House Finch - 3
Purple Finch - 3 to 5
American Goldfinch - 15
Chipping Sparrow - 1 Pinetum
Fox Sparrow - 2 (Evodia Field Feeders, Pinetum)
Song Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field
White-throated Sparrow - 75
Dark-eyed Junco - 25
Red-winged Blackbird - 4 females 
Rusty - Blackbird - 2 males Stone Arch
Common Grackle - 75
Northern Cardinal - 7 
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The Cackling Goose continued at Randall's Island, seen flying over the 
northeast part of the island with 4 Canada Geese, also a flock of around 200 
Brant with a lone Lesser Scaup in the Bronx Kill, and a Palm Warbler in the 
tide-flooded salt marsh near Field 42. 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: Sun. Nov. 15, 2020 - Rusty Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Purple Finch, Fox Sparrow

2020-11-15 Thread Deborah Allen

Central Park NYC
Sunday, November 15, 2020
OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. 

Highlights: Rusty Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Purple Finch and Fox Sparrow in 
Central Park and a continuing Cackling Goose at Randall's Island. 

Canada Goose - 17
Wood Duck - 5
Northern Shoveler - 170
Mallard - 80
Bufflehead - 9
Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir
ruddy Duck - 25
Mourning Dove - 5
American Coot - 5 (Signe Hammer)
Ring-billed Gull - around 200
Herring Gull - 120
Great Black-backed Gull - 36
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir
Cooper's Hawk - 1 Upper Lobe Lawn close to Weather Station
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker 1 Ramble
American Kestrel - male perched over SW corner Great Lawn (Deb)
Blue Jay - 9
American Crow - 6
Black-capped Chickadee - 15
Tufted Titmouse - 60
Brown Creeper - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 9
Winter Wren - 1 Stone Arch
Carolina Wren - 4 (2 pairs)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 1 NE Upper Lobe (late in season)
Hermit Thrush - 3
American Robin - 20
Cedar Waxwing - 19
House Finch - 3
Purple Finch - 3 to 5
American Goldfinch - 15
Chipping Sparrow - 1 Pinetum
Fox Sparrow - 2 (Evodia Field Feeders, Pinetum)
Song Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field
White-throated Sparrow - 75
Dark-eyed Junco - 25
Red-winged Blackbird - 4 females 
Rusty - Blackbird - 2 males Stone Arch
Common Grackle - 75
Northern Cardinal - 7 
--
The Cackling Goose continued at Randall's Island, seen flying over the 
northeast part of the island with 4 Canada Geese, also a flock of around 200 
Brant with a lone Lesser Scaup in the Bronx Kill, and a Palm Warbler in the 
tide-flooded salt marsh near Field 42. 
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Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Randall's Island Checklists: Sa. 14-Nov (Cackling Goose: CACG)

2020-11-15 Thread Ben Cacace

There are a number of things that the eBird UI (user interface) doesn't
allow as I feel it is more of a data collector and provider of page views
at the region level and for individual hotspots rather than a place to
interact with the data using the UI on a more detailed level.

To perform functions like this I download data or copy / paste & reformat
pages in Excel. A typical issue is to parse out the Common and Scientific
names which are typically both held in one cell and with differing formats
e.g. sometimes with parentheses surrounding scientific names or sometimes
with nothing at all surrounding them.

Here's a breakdown of 23 checklists:

   - Hotspots (click location name for eBird map):
  - Randalls Island 
  — 14 lists
  - Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline
   — 5 lists
  - Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity
   — 4 lists
   - Personal locations: none

I was interested in the number of species seen on Randall's Island on the
day after the CACKLING GOOSE was reported by Ethan Goodman the previous
evening. Here are the top 15 "rarities" based on the latest data using an
algorithm I built in Excel. Top 5 are highlighted, Fifth and sixth are
Great Cormorant and American Pipit respectively:

   - Brant
   - Cackling Goose
   - Red-breasted Merganser
   - Pied-billed Grebe
   - Great Cormorant
   - Bald Eagle
   - Merlin
   - Common Raven
   - Horned Lark
   - American Pipit
   - Pine Siskin
   - Fox Sparrow
   - Saltmarsh Sparrow
   - Savannah Sparrow
   - Eastern Meadowlark

Here are the species that were seen on only one checklist [highlighted] or
two checklists [marked (2)] out of the 23 checklists submitted by midnight
on Saturday. Needless to say all 23 checklists reported the Cackling Goose.

   - Mute Swan (2)
   - Red-breasted Merganser
   - Pied-billed Grebe
   - Laughing Gull (2)
   - Belted Kingfisher (2)
   - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
   - Northern Flicker (2)
   - Merlin (2)
   - Common Raven (2)
   - Tufted Titmouse
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet
   - Brown Creeper
   - Gray Catbird
   - Hermit Thrush
   - American Pipit
   - Chipping Sparrow
   - Fox Sparrow (2)
   - White-crowned Sparrow
   - Saltmarsh Sparrow
   - Eastern Meadowlark
   - Common Grackle
   - Palm Warbler (2)

Here are all 64 species in taxonomic order based on 23 checklists:

*Ducks, Geese & Swans*

   1. Brant
   2. Cackling Goose
   3. Canada Goose
   4. Mute Swan
   5. Gadwall
   6. Mallard
   7. Red-breasted Merganser

*Grebes*

   - Pied-billed Grebe

*Pigeons & Doves*

   1. Rock Pigeon
   2. Mourning Dove

*Gulls*

   1. Laughing Gull
   2. Ring-billed Gull
   3. Herring Gull
   4. Great Black-backed Gull

*Cormorants*

   1. Great Cormorant
   2. Double-crested Cormorant

*Herons*

   - Great Blue Heron

*Hawks & Eagles*

   1. Cooper's Hawk
   2. Bald Eagle
   3. Red-tailed Hawk

*Kingfishers*

   - Belted Kingfisher

*Woodpeckers & Allies*

   1. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   2. Red-bellied Woodpecker
   3. Downy Woodpecker
   4. Northern Flicker

*Falcons*

   1. American Kestrel
   2. Merlin
   3. Peregrine Falcon

*Jays & Crows*

   1. Blue Jay
   2. American Crow
   3. Common Raven

*Chickadees & Titmice*

   1. Black-capped Chickadee
   2. Tufted Titmouse

*Larks*

   - Horned Lark

*Kinglets*

   1. Golden-crowned Kinglet
   2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

*Creepers*

   - Brown Creeper

*Starlings*

   - European Starling

*Mockingbirds & Allies*

   1. Gray Catbird
   2. Northern Mockingbird

*Thrushes*

   1. Hermit Thrush
   2. American Robin

*Old World Sparrows*

   - House Sparrow

*Pipits*

   - American Pipit

*Finches*

   1. House Finch
   2. Pine Siskin
   3. American Goldfinch

*New World Sparrows*

   1. Chipping Sparrow
   2. Fox Sparrow
   3. Dark-eyed Junco
   4. White-crowned Sparrow
   5. White-throated Sparrow
   6. Saltmarsh Sparrow
   7. Savannah Sparrow
   8. Song Sparrow
   9. Swamp Sparrow

*Blackbirds & Meadowlarks*

   1. Eastern Meadowlark
   2. Red-winged Blackbird
   3. Brown-headed Cowbird
   4. Common Grackle

*Wood-Warblers*

   1. Blackpoll Warbler
   2. Palm Warbler
   3. Yellow-rumped Warbler

*Cardinals*

   - Northern Cardinal

-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC

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[nysbirds-l] Randall's Island Checklists: Sa. 14-Nov (Cackling Goose: CACG)

2020-11-15 Thread Ben Cacace

There are a number of things that the eBird UI (user interface) doesn't
allow as I feel it is more of a data collector and provider of page views
at the region level and for individual hotspots rather than a place to
interact with the data using the UI on a more detailed level.

To perform functions like this I download data or copy / paste & reformat
pages in Excel. A typical issue is to parse out the Common and Scientific
names which are typically both held in one cell and with differing formats
e.g. sometimes with parentheses surrounding scientific names or sometimes
with nothing at all surrounding them.

Here's a breakdown of 23 checklists:

   - Hotspots (click location name for eBird map):
  - Randalls Island 
  — 14 lists
  - Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline
   — 5 lists
  - Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity
   — 4 lists
   - Personal locations: none

I was interested in the number of species seen on Randall's Island on the
day after the CACKLING GOOSE was reported by Ethan Goodman the previous
evening. Here are the top 15 "rarities" based on the latest data using an
algorithm I built in Excel. Top 5 are highlighted, Fifth and sixth are
Great Cormorant and American Pipit respectively:

   - Brant
   - Cackling Goose
   - Red-breasted Merganser
   - Pied-billed Grebe
   - Great Cormorant
   - Bald Eagle
   - Merlin
   - Common Raven
   - Horned Lark
   - American Pipit
   - Pine Siskin
   - Fox Sparrow
   - Saltmarsh Sparrow
   - Savannah Sparrow
   - Eastern Meadowlark

Here are the species that were seen on only one checklist [highlighted] or
two checklists [marked (2)] out of the 23 checklists submitted by midnight
on Saturday. Needless to say all 23 checklists reported the Cackling Goose.

   - Mute Swan (2)
   - Red-breasted Merganser
   - Pied-billed Grebe
   - Laughing Gull (2)
   - Belted Kingfisher (2)
   - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
   - Northern Flicker (2)
   - Merlin (2)
   - Common Raven (2)
   - Tufted Titmouse
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet
   - Brown Creeper
   - Gray Catbird
   - Hermit Thrush
   - American Pipit
   - Chipping Sparrow
   - Fox Sparrow (2)
   - White-crowned Sparrow
   - Saltmarsh Sparrow
   - Eastern Meadowlark
   - Common Grackle
   - Palm Warbler (2)

Here are all 64 species in taxonomic order based on 23 checklists:

*Ducks, Geese & Swans*

   1. Brant
   2. Cackling Goose
   3. Canada Goose
   4. Mute Swan
   5. Gadwall
   6. Mallard
   7. Red-breasted Merganser

*Grebes*

   - Pied-billed Grebe

*Pigeons & Doves*

   1. Rock Pigeon
   2. Mourning Dove

*Gulls*

   1. Laughing Gull
   2. Ring-billed Gull
   3. Herring Gull
   4. Great Black-backed Gull

*Cormorants*

   1. Great Cormorant
   2. Double-crested Cormorant

*Herons*

   - Great Blue Heron

*Hawks & Eagles*

   1. Cooper's Hawk
   2. Bald Eagle
   3. Red-tailed Hawk

*Kingfishers*

   - Belted Kingfisher

*Woodpeckers & Allies*

   1. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   2. Red-bellied Woodpecker
   3. Downy Woodpecker
   4. Northern Flicker

*Falcons*

   1. American Kestrel
   2. Merlin
   3. Peregrine Falcon

*Jays & Crows*

   1. Blue Jay
   2. American Crow
   3. Common Raven

*Chickadees & Titmice*

   1. Black-capped Chickadee
   2. Tufted Titmouse

*Larks*

   - Horned Lark

*Kinglets*

   1. Golden-crowned Kinglet
   2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

*Creepers*

   - Brown Creeper

*Starlings*

   - European Starling

*Mockingbirds & Allies*

   1. Gray Catbird
   2. Northern Mockingbird

*Thrushes*

   1. Hermit Thrush
   2. American Robin

*Old World Sparrows*

   - House Sparrow

*Pipits*

   - American Pipit

*Finches*

   1. House Finch
   2. Pine Siskin
   3. American Goldfinch

*New World Sparrows*

   1. Chipping Sparrow
   2. Fox Sparrow
   3. Dark-eyed Junco
   4. White-crowned Sparrow
   5. White-throated Sparrow
   6. Saltmarsh Sparrow
   7. Savannah Sparrow
   8. Song Sparrow
   9. Swamp Sparrow

*Blackbirds & Meadowlarks*

   1. Eastern Meadowlark
   2. Red-winged Blackbird
   3. Brown-headed Cowbird
   4. Common Grackle

*Wood-Warblers*

   1. Blackpoll Warbler
   2. Palm Warbler
   3. Yellow-rumped Warbler

*Cardinals*

   - Northern Cardinal

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Manhattan, NYC

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[nysbirds-l] King Eider Queens Co.

2020-11-15 Thread Andrew Baksh

A young male King Eider that was found on November 7th by Mary Normandia 
continues near the Breezy Point jetty. Choppy conditions and bad light made it 
a tricky pickup but it is there. Please note this duck was reported yesterday 
near Fort Tilden not far from the Silver Gull Club so it does move up and down 
the beach.

Other notables included a few Royal Terns, Purple Sandpipers, Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls and a few banded Herring and Ring-billed Gulls.

Stay safe and keep those masks above the nose.

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

> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
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[nysbirds-l] Harlequin Duck

[nysbirds-l] Harlequin Duck

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: Sun. Nov. 15, 2020 - Rusty Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Purple Finch, Fox Sparrow

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: Sun. Nov. 15, 2020 - Rusty Blackbird, Swainson's Thrush, Purple Finch, Fox Sparrow

[nysbirds-l] Randall's Island Checklists: Sa. 14-Nov (Cackling Goose: CACG)

[nysbirds-l] Randall's Island Checklists: Sa. 14-Nov (Cackling Goose: CACG)

[nysbirds-l] King Eider Queens Co.

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