[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
145 nighthawks were seen tonight at the Nighthawk Watch with three birds toward dusking flying low over the road affording great views. Also had two red bats. John Turner Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Directions: Long Island Expressway to Nicolls Road (Exit 62). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A. Make a right heading east on 25A. Make left at first light onto Main Street. Take this north to end where it forms a t-intersection. Look to left and you'll see the stone bridge crossing over water. Make a right and immediately find a parking space on the road across from or near the old Setauket Post Office. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
145 nighthawks were seen tonight at the Nighthawk Watch with three birds toward dusking flying low over the road affording great views. Also had two red bats. John Turner Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Directions: Long Island Expressway to Nicolls Road (Exit 62). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A. Make a right heading east on 25A. Make left at first light onto Main Street. Take this north to end where it forms a t-intersection. Look to left and you'll see the stone bridge crossing over water. Make a right and immediately find a parking space on the road across from or near the old Setauket Post Office. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Aug. 30, 2021: 10 Species of Wood Warblers & Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Central Park NYC Monday August 30, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ten Species of Wood Warblers Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 10-12 Herring Gull - 3 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover hatch-year bird Lake Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 Eastern Kingbird - 2 Upper Lobe Empidonax flycatcher - 1 Turtle Pond Island Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Maintenance field Warbling Vireo - 2 (Oven Maintenance field) Red-eyed Vireo - around 12 Blue Jay - around 6 American Crow - 3 flying over together calling Carolina Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Veery - 12-18 American Robin - 20-25 Gray Catbird - 25-30 House Finch - 6 American Goldfinch - pair (male female) Turtle Pond Song Sparrow - 5 Baltimore Oriole - 3 Common Grackle - 5 Ovenbird - 2 Ramble Northern Waterthrush - 2 Upper Lobe Blue-winged Warbler - 1 male Persimmon Slope Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 20-25 Northern Parula - 2 Ramble Yellow Warbler - 1 Balcony Bridge Chestnut-sided Warbler - around 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (2 males, 2 females) Northern Cardinal - 5 Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Aug. 30, 2021: 10 Species of Wood Warblers & Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Central Park NYC Monday August 30, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ten Species of Wood Warblers Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 10-12 Herring Gull - 3 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover hatch-year bird Lake Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 Eastern Kingbird - 2 Upper Lobe Empidonax flycatcher - 1 Turtle Pond Island Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Maintenance field Warbling Vireo - 2 (Oven Maintenance field) Red-eyed Vireo - around 12 Blue Jay - around 6 American Crow - 3 flying over together calling Carolina Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Veery - 12-18 American Robin - 20-25 Gray Catbird - 25-30 House Finch - 6 American Goldfinch - pair (male female) Turtle Pond Song Sparrow - 5 Baltimore Oriole - 3 Common Grackle - 5 Ovenbird - 2 Ramble Northern Waterthrush - 2 Upper Lobe Blue-winged Warbler - 1 male Persimmon Slope Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 20-25 Northern Parula - 2 Ramble Yellow Warbler - 1 Balcony Bridge Chestnut-sided Warbler - around 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (2 males, 2 females) Northern Cardinal - 5 Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 30 2021 * NYSY 08. 30. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 23 to August 30, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: August 30 AT 12:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #767 Tuesday August 23, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 23, 2021 Highlights: --- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSEATE SPOONBILL LEAST BITTERN EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SANDERLING SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Extralimital) WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) The WOOD STORK hasn’t been seen since 8/17. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL is still with us and was seen yesterday at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/27: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/28: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Knox-Marsellus. Also seen were 7 species of Shorebirds including a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. The WIGEON and the Dowitcher were relocated on the 28th. 8/29: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Knox-Marsellus. A LITTLE BLUS HERON (immature) was found at South Spring Pond. Cayuga County 8/28: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Sterling Nature Center. 8/29: 3 SANDERLINGS and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County 8/23: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake.A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on Harris Road near Fabius. 8/24: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and 2 RED KNOTS were found at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. One of the Knots continued to the 28th. 8/25: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 8/27: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Potter Road in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County This week 15 Shorebird species including RED KNOT, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were all seen at the Outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. NOT reported this week were PIPING PLOVER at this location. 8/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on North Ramona Beach Road south of Selkirk State Park on Lake Ontario. 8/29: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Oswego Harbor. Madison County 8/23: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 8/24: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a PHILADELOHIA VIREO were seen on Peterson Hollow Road near Erieville. 8/28: 7 Shorebird species including a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County A RED HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Lakeshore Road on the north east corner of Oneida Lake. Extralimital A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, reported last week west of Penn Yan in Yates County continues to be seen. It was seen again Yesterday. The general area is the corner of Briggs and Stryker Roads. -end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 Region 5 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 30 2021 * NYSY 08. 30. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 23 to August 30, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: August 30 AT 12:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #767 Tuesday August 23, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 23, 2021 Highlights: --- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSEATE SPOONBILL LEAST BITTERN EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SANDERLING SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Extralimital) WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) The WOOD STORK hasn’t been seen since 8/17. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL is still with us and was seen yesterday at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/27: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/28: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Knox-Marsellus. Also seen were 7 species of Shorebirds including a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. The WIGEON and the Dowitcher were relocated on the 28th. 8/29: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Knox-Marsellus. A LITTLE BLUS HERON (immature) was found at South Spring Pond. Cayuga County 8/28: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Sterling Nature Center. 8/29: 3 SANDERLINGS and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County 8/23: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake.A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on Harris Road near Fabius. 8/24: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and 2 RED KNOTS were found at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. One of the Knots continued to the 28th. 8/25: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 8/27: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Potter Road in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County This week 15 Shorebird species including RED KNOT, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were all seen at the Outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. NOT reported this week were PIPING PLOVER at this location. 8/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on North Ramona Beach Road south of Selkirk State Park on Lake Ontario. 8/29: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Oswego Harbor. Madison County 8/23: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 8/24: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a PHILADELOHIA VIREO were seen on Peterson Hollow Road near Erieville. 8/28: 7 Shorebird species including a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County A RED HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Lakeshore Road on the north east corner of Oneida Lake. Extralimital A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, reported last week west of Penn Yan in Yates County continues to be seen. It was seen again Yesterday. The general area is the corner of Briggs and Stryker Roads. -end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 Region 5 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Marshlands Conservancy in Rye (Westchester Co): odd "egret" on 8/21
Hi Phil, Sure is one! Nice. There was one in CT last year or the year before that eventually died and is now in the Yale museum. Hope this one survives better. By the way this list is actually for the whole state, hence NYS birds, so definitely the place to report this. For some reason upstaters rarely report to this list:-( Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4780 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums On Sunday, August 29, 2021, 10:05:45 PM EDT, Phil Jeffrey wrote: I sent this to NYSBirds-L although I don't see it yet, but this is close enough to NYC to be of potential interest. Note that this is a non-definitive sighting. Phil On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 9:52 PM Phil Jeffrey wrote: I'm wondering if I saw a Great White Heron. I was on a non-birding visit (but with binoculars) to Marshlands Conservancy on the day before hurricane/TS Henri when I saw a large white heron/egret that has been troubling me. Compared to the many Great Egrets that I saw today in NJ, this bird remains anomalous, so: Initially assumed to be Great Egret. The bill appeared too massive, the upper mandible somewhat dark, and the culmen somewhat straight. The overall bill color did not present as the intense yellow that I saw on all the Great Egrets today. The legs were blackish on the lower 1/4 (mud?) but definitely not black for the remainder - more along the lines of olive but not yellow. It flew from the shore (where I had assumed it was just a Great Egret) to one of the mid-channel platforms and it gave a call that reminded me of Great Blue, which is why I actually looked at it again. No plumes. Lores appeared greenish but this bird was viewed at range without a scope. On the face of it, it has potential to be Great White Heron but I assumed I was just going senile since I've only ever seen that in FL. I may yet still be nute, but this evening I noticed:https://ebird.org/checklist/S74368904from Oct 2020 (Cos Cob, CT), also one report from Nov, and also references an initial report by James Muchmore in late Sept 2020. Anyone birding the north shore of the L.I. sound might want to check Great Egrets a little more carefully than usual. Phil JeffreyPrincetin-ish NJ -- "If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge" -- Henry Spencer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Marshlands Conservancy in Rye (Westchester Co): odd "egret" on 8/21
Hi Phil, Sure is one! Nice. There was one in CT last year or the year before that eventually died and is now in the Yale museum. Hope this one survives better. By the way this list is actually for the whole state, hence NYS birds, so definitely the place to report this. For some reason upstaters rarely report to this list:-( Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4780 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums On Sunday, August 29, 2021, 10:05:45 PM EDT, Phil Jeffrey wrote: I sent this to NYSBirds-L although I don't see it yet, but this is close enough to NYC to be of potential interest. Note that this is a non-definitive sighting. Phil On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 9:52 PM Phil Jeffrey wrote: I'm wondering if I saw a Great White Heron. I was on a non-birding visit (but with binoculars) to Marshlands Conservancy on the day before hurricane/TS Henri when I saw a large white heron/egret that has been troubling me. Compared to the many Great Egrets that I saw today in NJ, this bird remains anomalous, so: Initially assumed to be Great Egret. The bill appeared too massive, the upper mandible somewhat dark, and the culmen somewhat straight. The overall bill color did not present as the intense yellow that I saw on all the Great Egrets today. The legs were blackish on the lower 1/4 (mud?) but definitely not black for the remainder - more along the lines of olive but not yellow. It flew from the shore (where I had assumed it was just a Great Egret) to one of the mid-channel platforms and it gave a call that reminded me of Great Blue, which is why I actually looked at it again. No plumes. Lores appeared greenish but this bird was viewed at range without a scope. On the face of it, it has potential to be Great White Heron but I assumed I was just going senile since I've only ever seen that in FL. I may yet still be nute, but this evening I noticed:https://ebird.org/checklist/S74368904from Oct 2020 (Cos Cob, CT), also one report from Nov, and also references an initial report by James Muchmore in late Sept 2020. Anyone birding the north shore of the L.I. sound might want to check Great Egrets a little more carefully than usual. Phil JeffreyPrincetin-ish NJ -- "If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge" -- Henry Spencer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
