[nysbirds-l] "Back in the saddle again......"

2022-11-09 Thread robert adamo
A really good bird sighting always makes me think I have a really good singing voice ! Being realistic, I drop the tune, but try to work out a plan to see, and possibly hear, that avian prize ! Today was one of those days ! With the prize being the adult, male, Calliope Hummingbird, found by

[nysbirds-l] "Back in the saddle again......"

2022-11-09 Thread robert adamo
A really good bird sighting always makes me think I have a really good singing voice ! Being realistic, I drop the tune, but try to work out a plan to see, and possibly hear, that avian prize ! Today was one of those days ! With the prize being the adult, male, Calliope Hummingbird, found by

[nysbirds-l] Virginia Rail ,Oceanside MNSA, Nassua County

2022-11-09 Thread kevin rogers
Hi All, Today at sunset some friends and I saw a small rail fly low across the small cut by the first left-hand grated path near the beginning of the main trail at the MNSA, ...we managed to stay with the bird just barely as it moved first up the cut and then it was under the grated path and

[nysbirds-l] Virginia Rail ,Oceanside MNSA, Nassua County

2022-11-09 Thread kevin rogers
Hi All, Today at sunset some friends and I saw a small rail fly low across the small cut by the first left-hand grated path near the beginning of the main trail at the MNSA, ...we managed to stay with the bird just barely as it moved first up the cut and then it was under the grated path and

[nysbirds-l] Evening grosbeak

2022-11-09 Thread Spsdmd
At the Hook Mountain hawkwatch in nyack, in addition to a big late season hawk migration, I had an evening grosbeak come in and land 20 feet in front of me.  Many photographs. Over 100 red shouldered hawks were counted today, in a big year for red shouldered migration at most of the lower Hudson

[nysbirds-l] Evening grosbeak

2022-11-09 Thread Spsdmd
At the Hook Mountain hawkwatch in nyack, in addition to a big late season hawk migration, I had an evening grosbeak come in and land 20 feet in front of me.  Many photographs. Over 100 red shouldered hawks were counted today, in a big year for red shouldered migration at most of the lower Hudson

Re: [nysbirds-l] Calliope Hummingbird- Eastport, Suffolk County YES 11/9

2022-11-09 Thread Brendan Fogarty
This bird continues this morning, Wed 11/9. Instructions on access from the homeowner herself were posted again this morning on eBird: To access the property from 0700 to 430pm, please park along Union Ave and walk west to 353 Old Country Rd. Eastport Please walk down grass driveway marked by

Re: [nysbirds-l] Calliope Hummingbird- Eastport, Suffolk County YES 11/9

2022-11-09 Thread Brendan Fogarty
This bird continues this morning, Wed 11/9. Instructions on access from the homeowner herself were posted again this morning on eBird: To access the property from 0700 to 430pm, please park along Union Ave and walk west to 353 Old Country Rd. Eastport Please walk down grass driveway marked by