[nysbirds-l] QCBC Alley Pond Park field trip

[Donna Schulman]

Join the Queens County Bird Club for a mini-field trip to*
Alley Pond Park on Saturday, September 5th, 8:00am*.
The trip will be led by Eric Miller (917-279-7530).

We will be meeting at the* 76th Avenue parking lot*, which is located off of
Springfield Blvd.  (see Google map at www.tiny.cc/alley76).  Bring water,
snacks, insect repellent, sun repellent, etc.

Birders of all levels are welcome.


*Donna Schulman*
Editor, QCBC News  Notes

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[nysbirds-l] Corey Finger on Birds of Honduras, QCBC Meeting Wed. Sept. 16th

[Donna Schulman]

It's fall and time for bird club meetings  presentations!

The *Queens County Bird Club Inc.* meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at
the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) in Bayside (for travel
directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).*  *Meetings (and
field trips) are free, all are invited.*
*
SEPTEMBER MEETING:   WEDNESDAY, September 16th  8:00pm, APEC
PROGRAM: BIRDS ( OTHER CREATURES) OF HONDURAS by Corey Finger

Corey Finger started birding in 2005, started bird blogging in 2007, and
moved to Queens in 2008. This year these three things have come together and
Corey will be giving a presentation on the birds (and other creatures) he
saw in Honduras on his trip there in Feb. and March.   Corey is one of three
bloggers who writes 10,000 Birds (http://1birds.com/), the world's
most-read birding blog, and wishes he could quit his day job to bird full
time.
  OCTOBER MEETING: WEDNESDAY, October 21st  8:00pm, APEC PROGRAM: SHOREBIRDS
by Lloyd Spitalnik

Lloyd Spitalnik is well known in the NYC birding circles. Birding for more
than 25 years, he runs Metro Birding Briefs, an email service that gets the
word out on rare birds in our area. He is also an accomplished
photographer, with photos featured in numerous magazines and calendars, and
one of two featured photographers at the Newark Museum's exhibit Skies Alive.
Lloyd has been running, along  with Don Riepe and Kevin Karlson, the Jamaica
Bay Shorebird Festival, which takes place in August.  He also leads photo
tours in the area.  You can see his work at
http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/.


  *Donna Schulman, Forest Hills, NY
editor, QCBC News  Notes
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Queens County Bird Club
President: Arie Gilbert, ariegilb...@optonline.net
Vice-President, Lou Widerka, biglou_11...@yahoo.com

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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Kissena Park field trip this Sunday

[Donna Schulman]

Join the Queens County Bird Club for a mini-field trip to*
Kissena Park on Sunday, October 11th, 7:30am*.
The trip will be led by Eric Miller (917-279-7530).

We will be meeting at the Velodrome, off of Booth Memorial Ave., opposite
Parsons Blvd., Google map: http://tiny.cc/kvelodrome

**

On past fall trips to Kissena Park, we have seen Vesper, Lincoln’s and
Savannah Sparrows, Blue Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Red-necked Pheasant, Marsh
Wren, and even an Orange Bishop!

Bring water, snacks, insect repellent, sun repellent, etc.
Birders of all levels are welcome.

*Donna Schulman*
Editor, QCBC News  Notes

Queens County Bird Club
http://qcbirdclub.wordpress.com/
Arie Gilbert, President,  ariegilb...@optonline.net,

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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Meeting, Wed. Nov. 18th

[Donna Schulman]

*The Queens County Bird Club* *will be meeting at the Alley Pond
Environmental Center (APEC) on Wednesday, November 18th at 8pm.*
(For travel directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).*
*
PROGRAM:  Cowbirds, Cuckoos, and Coots: Behavioral Diversity of Brood
Parasitic Birds, or Even Cowbirds Get the Blues,
by  Dr. Mark Hauber, Hunter College

Perhaps the most surprising image in nature is a host feeding a large and
unrelated cuckoo chick.  Why do birds not recognize and reject foreign
young? How can cowbirds and cuckoos get away with costly brood parasitic
breeding tactics?  This talk will survey the evolutionary and behavioral
diversity of avian parasites, from the backyard cowbird to the world’s
largest parasite, the channel-billed cuckoo of Australia. Dr. Hauber will
draw examples using work from collaborative studies across Europe, North
American, African, and New Zealand.


QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}.

Trips and Meetings are free! Please consider joining or making a
contribution if you attend or participate.

Please check our website for more information:
http://queenscountybirdclub.org/

Please send questions about the meeting and QCBC to Arie Gilbert, President,
ariegilb...@optonline.net


*Donna Schulman
QCBC*

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[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher - Still There!

[Donna Schulman]

The Ash-throated Flycatcher was seen from 3:45pm to 4:05pm at the lot on
Cohancy Street.  It was first spotted by Lee F. on top of one of the tall
trees next to the subway stop; it then flew down to the area of the lot
which borders N. Conduit Ave., where it alighted on pretty much every tree
there over 5-feet.  After 15 minutes it took off for parts north (maybe down
Cohancy to a spot with berries?).

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Forest Hills, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach additions

[Donna Schulman]

Some additions to the birds already posted for Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach
for the weekend, from the Queens County Bird Club outing on Saturday, Jan.
9th:

Willet - in a cove off of Pt. Lookout Park

American Pipit - 3, feeding on the grass on the parkway on the way to the
Coast Guard Station.


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Forest Hills, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, 10/10/10

[Donna Schulman]

To add to Ken's Jones Beach Report:

I had an Eastern Meadowlark at the Coast Guard Station fence (seen also
feeding on the grass by 2 birders), plus Savannah, Field, and Chipping
Sparrows in addition to the White-throated, White-crowned, and Song.

There was one Snow Goose at the swale, and a female Wood Duck walking on the
sidewalk on the island in the West End 2 parking lot (after being flushed
from the swale by Steve Walter).  Raptors were scarce, with only a Northern
Harrier and a Merlin.

And, there are still mosquitos at the Coast Guard Station!

Donna Schulman
Forest Hlls, NY


On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ken Feustel feus...@optonline.net wrote:

 We birded the barrier beach this morning , observing a fair movement of
 birds dominated by Yellow-rumped Warblers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and
 White-throated and Song Sparrows. We had a *Lincoln's Sparrow* at the
 northwest corner of Robert Moses State Park Field 2, a flyby *Pine Siskin*,
 and a *Blue Grosbeak* at the entrance to Field 5. There was a fair
 smattering of White-crowned Sparrows (15) among the White-throats and Songs,
 and a small number of Purple Finch (10).

 At West End there was a *Marbled Godwit, *found by another birder mixed in
 with the numerous Oystercatchers and other shorebirds on the bar at the WE2
 Marina. We did not bird the swale today, but on Saturday afternoon the
 number of Pectoral Sandpipers had increased to seven, along with a small
 number of White-rumped Sandpipers (6), Dunlin (2), and a lone Least
 Sandpiper. We tallied fifty Eastern Phoebes for this mornings birding.

 Ken  Sue Feustel


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Newsday article about Common Ground-Dove

[Donna Schulman]

Newsday Online is only available to subscribers, but the article went out on
the AP newswire and is available elsewhere, such as this page on the CBS New
York web site:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/03/common-ground-dove-sighted-in-new-york/

It is a very brief article. Still, nice to see birds and birding making the
media twice in one week.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY


On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM, David Klauber davehawk...@msn.com wrote:

  Sorry, no updates, but on page 4 of today's Long Island newspaper Newsday
 there is an aticle and nice picture of the Common Ground-Dove


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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, West End 11/15 including Northern Shrike

[Donna Schulman]

It was a very quiet overcast day at Jones Beach West End.  At 10am, the bar
at the Coast Guard Station featured about 50 American Oystercatchers,
Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, a Sanderling, Brant, and a Long-tailed Duck.
The Marbled Godwit was not seen by me nor by a boating birder.  There was a
lone Ruddy Duck in the water by the gazebo; Common Loons, and a White-eared
Scoter were swimmng in the Inlet.  The hedge area and median were notable
for the lack of sparrows and finches.  I did hear a Red-breasted Nuthatch,
but otherwise Yellow-rumps, Mockingbirds and one or two Northern Harriers
were the predominent birds.

The Northern Shrike was seen at the TR Nature Center on the east side of the
boardwalk, on a tall stalk, just beyond the hawk interpretative signs.  It
was not there, then it was there, then it was gone!  A flock of Snow
Buntings flew by the Nature Center, settling out in the sand.  As I left the
Center parkng lot (which turned out to be open, though the center was
closed), a Cooper's Hawk, flew in.

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[nysbirds-l] corrected version: Jones Beach, West End 11/15 including Northern Shrike

[Donna Schulman]

It was pointed out to me that there is no such thing as a White-eared
Scoter.  However, my keyboard does not have a working i, so that is easier
to type than White-WINGED Scoter.  d

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It was a very quiet overcast day at Jones Beach West End.  At 10am, the bar
at the Coast Guard Station featured about 50 American Oystercatchers,
Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, a Sanderling, Brant, and a Long-tailed Duck.
The Marbled Godwit was not seen by me nor by a boating birder.  There was a
lone Ruddy Duck in the water by the gazebo; Common Loons, and a White-winged
Scoter were swimmng in the Inlet.  The hedge area and median were notable
for the lack of sparrows and finches.  I did hear a Red-breasted Nuthatch,
but otherwise Yellow-rumps, Mockingbirds and one or two Northern Harriers
were the predominent birds.

The Northern Shrike was seen at the TR Nature Center on the east side of the
boardwalk, on a tall stalk, just beyond the hawk interpretative signs.  It
was not there, then it was there, then it was gone!  A flock of Snow
Buntings flew by the Nature Center, settling out in the sand.  As I left the
Center parkng lot (which turned out to be open, though the center was
closed), a Cooper's Hawk, flew in.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] FT Flycatcher status?

[Donna Schulman]

Connecticut Birds is the best source for up-to-date info on the CT
Fork-tailed Flycatcher: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CTBD.html

A Dec. 3rd message there states that the bird continues.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Brien Hindman discordia...@gmail.comwrote:

 I'm getting into the game pretty late due to the holidays and whatnot.  I'm
 curious if the FT Flycatcher is still present.  Latest post I found was Nov.
 28, unless my gmail search was deficient.


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[nysbirds-l] JBWR - Barrow's, Eurasian (Common) Teal, + Woodcock

[Donna Schulman]

Thanks to the keen eye of Pete Shen, I was able to see the Barrow's
Goldeneye in the West Pond at dusk today (Sunday).  There was enough light
to get scoped side-by-side views of the Barrow's next to a Common.  Then,
Pete spotted the Eurasian Green-winged Teal with several Green-winged Teal
at the north edge of the pond.

But, perhaps the best bird of the evening was a Woodcock, heard peenting as
we walked back to the parking lot.  We initially heard the bird on the path
behind the VC, and spotted it outlined on the side and then in the middle of
the path as it flew west.

I saw there was a Ranger's walk earlier in the day called Searching for
Signs of Spring.  Well, there it was!

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[nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern, Mecox, July 3rd

[Donna Schulman]

There were at least 5 terns at Mecox Inlet this morning, the highlight being
a *Sandwich Tern *offering premium photo ops close to shore.  There were
also two large terns, possibly the Caspian Terns that had been sighted there
in April?  I will post photos tonight.  The foreheads are dusky, unlike
white Royal Tern foreheads.  But the bill is more red-orange than red.

Rounding out the Tern count were Least, Common, And Forsters.  Also two
Black Skimmers.

[Note: Mecox Inlet is Southampton Town permit parking throughout the
summer.  It's not clear from the signs or the town web site if you can park
there before 9am or after 5pm, as you used to be able to.]

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[nysbirds-l] Kissena Park, Queens, Sept. 25th, continues to be excellent birding

[Donna Schulman]

Birding in the Kissena Park corridor area continues to be excellent.  Peter
Reisfeld found a LARK SPARROW (mediocre photo on my Flickr site), and Eric
Miller found an immature MOURNING WARBLER and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER.  Other
good birds included both CUCKOOS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.  The birding group also included Jeff Ritter, Bobby and Colleeen,
and myself.

I left Kissena at 11am, so I'm sure more great birds have been found since
then. Jeff will have a full report later today.  I wanted to get the word
out.

Donna


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From: Jeffrey Ritter jritt...@verizon.net
Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:28 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kissena Park, Queens - 17 Warbler species including
Connecticut and more
To: New York Bird List nysbirds-l@cornell.edu


I birded Kissena Park twice today, this morning from 9:30 to 11:00 by myself
and this afternoon from 3:30 to 6:45 with Eric Miller.

There were not great numbers today, not a surprise given the summery
weather. What was a surprise was the diversity and number of notable
species. It turned out to be a memorable day of birding.

Except for the Philadelphia Vireos which I found this morning, the most
notable species of the day were found by Eric this afternoon.

Blackpoll Warbler (15 or more scattered around the park)
Blue-winged Warbler (1 high in the trees southeast of the east orchard)
Black-throated Green Warbler (2)
Pine Warbler (1 dull female)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Wilson’s Warbler (1 at inflow into swampy area)
Yellow Warbler (1 or 2 near inflow into swampy area)
Northern Parula (2)
Tennessee Warbler (1)
Nashville Warbler (3-4)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Palm Warbler (5-6)
Black and White Warbler (2)
American Redstart (15 or so)
Common Yellowthroat (15+)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (1 in Kissena corridor along north-south path east of
the community garden)
Red-eyed Vireo (3-4)
PHILADELPHIA VIREO (2 near path that connects lake area with orchard east of
the Velodrome)
Song Sparrow (too many to count)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (near outfield fence of ball field near corner of
Kissena  Booth Memorial)
Savannah Sparrow (2 in Kissena corridor)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1)
BLUE GROSBEAK (1)
Indigo Bunting (1 or 2)
Bobolink (2 in Kissena corridor)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1)
Chimney Swift (flock of 40-50 at the lake)
Empid. Fycatcher
Eastern Phoebe (3)
Brown Thrasher (3)
Ring-necked Pheasant (1)
Eastern Towhee (1)
House Wren (4)

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, NY



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird - no

[Donna Schulman]

I observed the Mountain Bluebird yesterday, 1/02, from about 2:50pm to
4:00pm, with Bob May and several other local birders.  The bird was busy
working its way down the snow fence, occasionally flying down to the
ground, and then returning to a new perch. At 4pm, I was the only birder
left and in the fading light, the bird flew up and high and out, heading
east.

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:53 PM, David Klauber davehawk...@msn.com wrote:

  As far as I know the Mountain Bluebird could not be found today in
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[nysbirds-l] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Tuesday, March 6th

[Donna Schulman]

The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was quite active while I there, from 10:0am to
12:40pm, spending most of its time in the large tree in the yard or on the
ground around the feeders or fighting off House Sparrows on the bird bath.
It seemed to be in the area most of the time, though there were long
periods, especially after 11:30am, when it would fly to the back of the
large tree and was not visible from the driveway.  By the time I left, it
was significantly less active, with very little time on the ground (where
you get the best photographs).

The local television crew arrived around 11:20, and you can see the report
here:
http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Feedback-Bird-Watchers-141632383.html

The height of the crowd was at 11am, but that was because people were
coming and going.  I never felt like there was an overwhelming number of
people.

Nancy Loomis, the homeowner, was very gracious, and allowed us the use of
the bathroom facilities in her large garage, and even coffee!  (I cannot
guarantee that this will be available tomorrow, since she said she needs to
go back to work.)  Nancy and her sister, Janet Akin, were wonderful hosts.

The large garage has a large driveway in front, so there is parking.  The
feeders and yard are nicely visible from the driveway.  (If you use Google
Maps, be warned that they mis-locate the address, the house is about
12-minutes further down the road.)

Thank you, Nancy and Janet for identifying the bird and allowing us to see
and photograph it!

Donna


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 **
 Bird and about 30 birders present 11AM Gerry Smith
  *From:* Joan E. Collins joan.coll...@frontier.com
 *Sent:* March 06, 2012 9:02 AM
 *To:* NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu ; northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch update

  3/6/12

 ** **

 Janet Akin, sister of Nancy Loomis (homeowner), reported that the
 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch showed up at 6:26 a.m. this morning.  Nancy sent me
 a message that a TV crew from Channel 7 out of Watertown is on the way to
 her house!  Little does the rosy finch know how famous it is becoming!
 Locust Grove must be experiencing a boon in tourism!

 ** **

 Nancy also mentioned “what a nice bunch of guys” visited yesterday, and
 today, she mentioned it has been great to meet everyone visiting.  She
 particularly enjoyed reading Corey Finger’s blog (I’ll list the link below
 for members of Northern NY Birds):

 ** **

 http://1birds.com/gray-crowned-rosy-finch-in-new-york.htm

 ** **

 Beautiful photos Corey!  Thank you for writing such an interesting blog –
 I found it wonderful to read more about the bird’s behavior, and its
 behavior around the other feeder species.  Thanks to Benjamin and Seth for
 identifying the bird’s subspecies.

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[nysbirds-l] Ruff Update, JBWR, July 4th

[Donna Schulman]

When I left the East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at 7:45pm, the Ruff
was still feeding on the eastern side at the North End, south of Dead
Man's Cove.  You can see a roof through the trees on the east side in this
area, and if you moved your eyes all the way down, there was the Ruff!

For birders not familiar with the East Pond, it would be a good idea to
bring wellies or waders and a scope.  And, keep away from the northeast
corner of the pond!  It's dangerous there and the signs are not visible.

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[nysbirds-l] Extralimital: Crested Caracara, Mercer County, NJ

[Donna Schulman]

Several friends suggested I post this NJ sighting to the NY list.  A
Crested Caracara was found yesterday afternoon by Vincent Nichnadowicz in a
farm field in West Windsor, Mercer County, NJ.  I got great views of it
this morning, and when I left it was hunkered down in the middle of the
field (there was a lot of activity at the time, cars leaving the synagogue
across the street).  Yesterday, the bird flew in the mid-afternoon, but was
eventually re-located in the area.  Photographs show no bands on the bird.
 Here is more discussion on provenance on the ABA Rare Birds
Bloghttp://bit.ly/RMd9JD.
 Photo on my Flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl/

If you scroll down, there is a Google map of the location posted by Paul
Guris. You can also check JerseyBirds
http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NJ01for updated info.  It's a bit of
a trek to get there, but it's a great
bird.

Donna


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From: Sam Galick sam.gal...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Subject: [JERSEYBI] Crested Caracara continues, Mercer County
To: jerse...@lists.princeton.edu


Bob Dodelson just called, he has the caracara in the same spot as yesterday
at The Grove Farm.

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Paul Guris paulagics@gmail.com
viahttp://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=enctx=mailanswer=1311182
 lists.princeton.edu
1:44 PM (22 hours ago)
to JERSEYBI
A bit more info on directions on the Caracar, still being seen at 1:40.
The bird is at the Grover Farm across from the Congregation Beth Chaim.
The bird was in the alfalfa field and is currently in the big dead tree on
the farm.  For mapping, you can use the following:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.27747,+-74.60164hl=ensll=41.117935,-77.604698sspn=4.833005,10.876465t=hz=16

You can also use the address of the synagogue which is 329 Village Road E,
West Windsor Twp, NJ.


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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet, 7/19 and 7/20 - Sandwich, Black, Royal Terns

[Donna Schulman]

It was great to get back to Mecox Inlet, my first visit of the summer. The
sand flats by the bay are fenced off, which appears to be making the Least
Terns and Piping Plovers very happy, but which makes scanning for terns and
shorebirds a mostly scoping experience.

Friday morning, 7/19, notable birds included one Red Knot, a Black Tern, 2
Royal Terns, and 6 Piping Plovers. There were also 10 Great Egrets close to
shore, a high number in my sporadic visits there every summer, and about 26
Black Skimmers.

This morning, 7/20, there were no egrets during my 1-hour visit, but
several scans by scope revealed a SANDWICH TERN with the Common Terns, plus
3 Royal Terns and 3 Piping Plovers.

There were few shorebirds both mornings, mostly Semipalmated Sandpipers, a
couple of Short-billed Dowitchers, and one Greater Yellowlegs. There may
have been a bit more variety further out on the sand flats, beyond scoping
range.

Yesterday afternoon I managed to get entry into Shinnecock County Park
East, which is the small park across the inlet from what we usually think
of as Shinnecock and usually only open to campers and Suffolk County
resident green ide holders, and found a flock of 8 Common Eiders. I'm not
sure how usual or unusual that is for this time of year.

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[nysbirds-l] Area Sightings by NYSOA Conference Participants

[Donna Schulman]

Here are some of the sightings reported at the New York Birders/NYSOA
Conference on Saturday, November 2nd. Apologies for the late report, it was
a very full day. The sightings are from the board posted at the conference;
trip leaders and birders will hopefully add details.

Newsday had an article about the conference in its Saturday edition, based
on the reporter's experience participating in our field trip to Sunken
Meadow State Park:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/smartphone-in-hand-bird-watchers-on-li-seek-out-rare-sightings-1.6366940/
We were happy that the event served as a platform for publicizing the
fun
birders have in the field, as well as some of the ways in which technology
has influenced the way we bird.

SIGHTINGS REPORTED ON NYSOA CONFERENCE BOARD:

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station field trip; Clay Taylor, leader:
American Golden Plover (spotted by Lisa Scheppke)

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station individual sightings:
Surf Scoter - 4 -  Eamon Freiburger
Lapland Longspur, Vesper Sparrow - Tom Burke  Gail Benson

Sunken Meadow SP field trip, Mary Normandia leader:
Purple Finch

Hempstead Plains field trip, Steve Schellenger leader:
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
American Pipit - 2
Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler (sighted by Shai Mitra)
Palm Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Vesper Sparrow - 1
(note that Hempstead Plains is usually closed to the public)

Alley Pond Park field trip, Ian Resnick leader:
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 'confusing' fall warbler that may have been a Blackpoll or a Bay-breasted
Warbler
(we did determine that these were two different warblers, though they were
seen in the same location)
Brown Creeper
1,000-plus flock of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds

Kissena Park field trip (Kissena Park and Kissena Corridor), Eric Miller
leader:
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Cormorant (flyover)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Amer. Kestrel
Merlin
Brown Creeper
Blue-headed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Linnet

Massapequa Preserve - Lloyd Spitalnik
Eurasian Wigeon


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[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler, Fuchs Pond, Northport (Long Island)

[Donna Schulman]

I writing this on behalf of Tom Reichert, who messaged this to me just now:

I am shooting a stunning Prothonotary Warbler now. Fuchs pond, Northport.
If you want to post.

I've never been to Fuchs Pond, myself, but I see it is Fuchs Pond Preserve,
off Waterside Ave., Northport.

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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park (Queens, NY) Additions

[Donna Schulman]

I spent several mid-morning hours at Forest Park and went back for an
evening hour, probably right after Corey left. There was little activity at
the Waterhole (which I am now calling the Water-lake) in the morning other
than the Northern Waterthrushes (at least 3) and the Solitary Sandpiper (I
only saw one), but the whole park was buzzing with the sounds of Northern
Parulas and Blue-throated Warblers, and you couldn't walk six feet without
seeing an Ovenbird. Black-and-Whites were multiplying like Tribbles.

Most of the warbler activity was in the canopy, where id was impossible in
the clouded light, but I was able to pick out a Blackburnian (I see that
Corey had two). That orange-red breast shines like a beacon. There was a lovely
Worm-eating Warbler on the bridal path, bathing in a tiny puddle, a
Nashville at the railroad tracks, a Blue-winged Warbler on the blue trail,
and quite a few Magnolias and Black-throated Greens. At least 5 Scarlet
Tanagers, 3 Empidomax Flycatchers (none of which spoke to me), a Great
Crested Flycatcher by the railroad tracks, and several Veerys. I caught the
Lincoln's Sparrow in the evening, thanks to Lisa S. and Karlo M., plus a
couple of Swamp Sparrows.

Good Birding,
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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Corey Finger here...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I did a couple of hours in Forest Park this evening after work, much of it
 in the company of Danny Melore, and we had a pretty good showing despite
 the drizzlymist and the difficult light.

 Highlights included a flyover Common Nighthawk, three Worm-eating Warblers
 (two seen, one photographed), a Tennessee Warbler, my FOS Swainson's Thrush
 and Wilson's Warbler, as well as what would have been my FOS Lincoln's
 Sparrow if I had not run across two in Bryant Park this morning.

 We also had a total of four Canada Warblers and, perhaps most
 interestingly, I had three Solitary Sandpipers at the waterhole which is so
 large at this point that I wouldn't be surprised to come across gannets
 plunge-diving there.

 Full eBird list at the link:
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Black-necked Stilt at Knox-Marcellus Marsh at Montezuma

[Donna Schulman]

Another bird to look for if you're going to Montezuma.

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Date: Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 6:05 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Black-necked Stilt at Knox-Marcellus Marsh at
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It doesn't look like this ever got posted on this list. This morning,
Saturday, 18 June 2016, Stacy Robinson was looking for the Garganey at
Knox-Marsellus and found a Black-necked Stilt instead!!! Although the
Garganey remained elusive and had not been seen by the time I left this
afternoon, the stilt was seen throughout the day. When I was there just
past noon, the looks were horrible because of the distance and heat
shimmer. But, fortunately, a stilt is a giant shorebird that is boldly
patterned in simple black and white, and so is easily identified with
confidence from a great distance.

Although Black-necked Stilt is an expected vagrant along the New York
coast, it is rare in the state even there. I haven't done the research, but
I believe this may be the third upstate record of the species in New York
and the first for the Cayuga Lake Basin. It certainly was a new state bird
for me!

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond Ruff NO!

[Donna Schulman]

eBird report of the White-faced Ibis seen today at 7:45am.

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) (1)
- Reported Jun 26, 2016 07:45 by null
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York
- Map:
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On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com
[ebirdsnyc]  wrote:

>
>
> A strategic vigil with eyes on the North End, South End and the Overlook
> has NOT resulted in a Ruff re-sighting after the early morning post.
>
> Many of us, who were on stakeout duties are pulling out. Let's hope
> someone has a positive report before the day is out.
>
> Birds of note seen on the East Pondincluded, Greater Yellowlegs, (2),
> Lesser Yellowlegs (4) and 1 Gull-billed Tern.
>
> No positive report of the White-faced Ibis that I know of from today.
>
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[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler Manhattan NYC 4/28 - Finder & Identifiers

[Donna Schulman]

>From Alice Deutsch on the New York Birders FB page: Note that it was
spotted by Katie (correction from Kathy) from Long Island and she asked me
and Andrew R to id it. After recovering from our OMG moment we told her
what the bird was and I tweeted it.

Katie is Katie Kleinpeter. Thank you Katie!!! and thank you Alice and
Andrew for the identification and getting the word out so quickly.

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:

> The Swainson's Warbler is continuing to be seen at nearly-noon, and
> possibly heard singing at intervals as well, in the area already described
> for this morning - at Strawberry Fields within Central Park (Manhattan,
> NYC) & nearest park entrance being West 72 Street & Central Park West.
>
> Closest possible subway stop is a local-only "B" or "C" train at West 72
> St. & Central Park West, i.e. within yards of where the bird is being
> seen.  Transfer point is one stop away on those lines, at Columbus Circle
> (West 59 Street) station, which is a #1 train stop as well as for the "A" &
> "D" express trains - all of which stop at the latter. The West 72 St. stop
> on Central Park West is local-only, no express trains stop there.  (a
> farther-away express stop is also located at Broadway and West 72 Streeet,
> on the #2 and #3 train lines (as well as #1 local) but will take a fast
> walker 15 minutes or more to walk up from Broadway, east to Central Park.
> There are also a number of bus lines that are in the immediate area, & even
> a few possible express-bus stops, for which I do not have any details.
>
> Parking could be problematic as always in week-day mid-Manhattan.
>
> Tom Fiore
> Manhattan
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ross' Gull update - Tupper Lake Franklin County

[Donna Schulman]

Addendum to Dave's excellent description of the day: I passed the private
dock later in the day, and access has been roped off, with signs saying 'No
Trespassing."

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:09 PM, David Klauber  wrote:

> Had some technology problems in the field so sent a brief message to get
> the word out quickly.
>
> The Ross' Gull was found around 10:30 by Bob Proniewych flying east
> (north?) of the causeway bridge that feeds into the town of Tupper Lake.
> This is a short distance past the town boat launch, near a cabin that is on
> the north side of the road. We later found out that apparently the gull was
> seen shortly before flying north past the town boat launch on route 30,
> about a mile or so south of the town of Tupper lake. The house where it was
> originally found was briefly checked before this and there is no open water
> or food there.
>
> As the day warmed up there was a bit more open water around the causeway.
> Specifically, the bird was seen on the ice next to some open water just
> north or west of the parking pulloffs near the beginning of the causeway.
>
> It later relocated a bit south to a small private pier just north of the
> town boat launch, easily viewed from this location. It seemed to be
> feeding on something frozen - fish? This was around 1:30 when we left.
>
> The Northern Shrike was seen near around 1 in trees opposite the tall
> smokestack on route 3. It was not seen there earlier. It was first spotted
> a bit west of this, but moved east along the trees, moving about 1/4 mile
> or so.
>
> No sign of anything of note in Newcomb.
>
> Gray Jays at feeders on Sabatis Circle Drive
>
> 10 species total
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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

[Donna Schulman]

For the sake of the record (since this is an archived listserv...I think),
it was Groucho Marx who said, "I don’t want to belong to any club that will
accept me as a member," or some variation. There's uncertainty about the
exact circumstances and wording of the quote, since Groucho himself changed
the story and the line during his lifetime, but it undoubtedly originated
with him. <http://quoteinvestigator.com/category/groucho-marx/page/2/>

To make this email "legal," here is some bird info:
I looked for the Ash-throated Flycatcher at Lido Beach Park West this
morning from 10:30 to 11:20 with no success. It was very windy, so it is
possible it is still here but hunkered down. The only other birds I saw
were 5 American Crows investigating the downed garbage pails and some
flyover American Goldfinches and House Finches.

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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com
> wrote:

>
>
> If I may.  I do not use and anticipate never using any of Facebook (or its
> myriad bird groups), Twitter, bird text alert systems,
> ebirds...@yahoogroups.com; #birdcp on Twitter, the “various WhatsAp” bird
> sites referenced, or any of the seemingly endless selective groups that
> report birds to their members.  To quote WC Fields "I refuse to join any
> club that would have me as a *member”* (not to say any of these clubs or
> whatever they may be would have me.).
>
> I also was unaware that the NYSbird site was intended for rarities only.  As
> far as I understood; rather not only is there a NYS list-serve (which as
> with Andrew, is the only place I use other than when I get around
> occasionally to post to ebird), there are also *seven others* for various
> listserv regions around the state which you see if you go to the ABA site
> http://birding.aba.org (NY-Cayuga; NY-Genesee; NY-Hudson-Mohawk;
> NY-Northern; NY-Oneida; NY-Orange and NY-Chautauqua).  As David points out
> likely those came about because the main NYS listserv is dominated by
> downstate sightings often, like mine, mundane.  Thus, the NY listserv sites
> are far different than those in NJ for example which has only two; a
> statewide place to post and a clearly identified NJ-RBA (but I do not know
> how carefully that is monitored).
>
> In NY, every Saturday Gail Benson posts on the State NYSbird cite the
> weekly Rare Bird Alert for the five boroughs and Long Island and what it
> says is Westchester, although absent say a Virginia’s Warbler, Westchester
> seems to be reported infrequently.  That posting gives two ways to report a
> rare bird (as opposed a general post to the NYS listserv of more routine
> sightings that some may find interesting and some may not which is how I
> viewed the general listserv).  Per Gail’s regular Saturday posts for actual
> rare bird sightings in the indicated area(s) they should either be called
> in to a Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert:  Number: (212)
> 979-3070; or emailed to nysar...@nybirds.org (and if documentation is
> requested there is a link to an on-line form).  That, of course, begs the
> question as to whether if someone calls in a rare bird, will it show up on
> any list serve prior to Gail’s post on Saturday (assuming indeed the
> sighting is valid, or whatever criteria may be used).  Thus, if a Monday
> sighting was not posted until Saturday and the bird is gone, the twitchers
> would no longer be able to twitch (even if he/she were willing to drive out
> on the execrable LIE to get to wherever such rare bird may be on Long
> Island).
>
> Personally, I post fairly regularly from my patch at Croton Point Park, a
> park which I know is visited by many birders.  Most of my posts tend to the
> mundane although some have reported an occasional rarity (*e.g.* cattle
> egret, American avocet, boat tailed grackle).  My CPP posts occasionally
> lead to direct off line email communication sometimes with comments of
> appreciation and/or requests for further info, and sometimes less so, shall
> we say, but I never thought nysbirds-l@cornell.edu was limited to only
> sightings of rarities, because, well it clearly has not been used that
> way.  It is also clear that NYS listserv is not universally used by those
> in Westchester to post rarities when they do show up – at CPP alone it was
> days last year before a lark sparrow was reported on the listserv after
> being initially only posted on Facebook (fortunately it stayed for months)
> and longer before a well photographed buff breasted sandpiper came to light
> (after it was long gone).
>
> At b

Re: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan Empidonax - Inwood Hill Park

[Donna Schulman]

Angus,

This looks like the Whatbird discussion:
http://www.whatbird.com/forum/index.php?/topic/157667-eastern-wood-pewee-nyc/

There is also some discussion now going on, on the New York Birders
Facebook page.

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On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Angus Wilson 
wrote:

> Hi Isaac, Thanks for bring this to everyone's attention.
>
> As most readers will already know, the field identification of empidonax
> flycatchers in the fall can be extremely difficult but not impossible. I
> think it would be educational and healthy for the list for us to have an
> online discussion of this bird beyond the usual 'it's still here' updates.
>
> Based on the eye ring and shape of the bird the main contenders are
> WESTERN FLYCATCHER (WEFL) and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (YBFL). Even though
> YBFL pass through New York City area with some regularity on migration they
> are extremely rare at such a late date, although not unheard of. Using
> 'likelihood' is therefore not really appropriate and we must rely on
> images, live views, and if we get really lucky, some vocalization.
>
> I'd be very curious to hear the arguments advocating YBFL put forward on
> Whatbird as mentioned but not expanded upon in John Keane's written
> comments. Perhaps someone who has seen them can paraphrase?
>
> At this late hour I am happy to remain agnostic about the identification
> and would like to hear the arguments. Any empid in December is exciting and
> a great find.
>
> Hopefully local birders will be able to refind the bird tomorrow and
> obtain additional photos. If not, we already have a good set of images to
> chew on.
>
> Cheers, Angus Wilson
> New York City
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:45 PM, isaac grant 
> wrote:
>
>> This was just posted to ebird.  If any are not on it have a look.
>>
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32922727
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray update

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Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:26 AM
Subject: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray
To: Northern NY Birds 


The owl has not been seen yet today and was not seen first thing this
morning when two of us were looking. So the best time to look, like for
many great grays, may be starting the 45-60 minutes before sunset, and
yesterday it was not seen until 30 minutes before sunset (5:15).

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray Owl update 3/3

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Combining two messages Larry Master sent:

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Subject: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray Owl update
To: Northern NY Birds 

The owl was seen irregularly throughout the day today and then, like
clockwork, flew to the edge of Lime Kiln Road at 5:17 to start its evening
feeding activity in the view of many onlookers.

Anyone traveling from a distance to see the Great Gray Owl in Keene might
want to consider staying at the nice B where the owl and a northern
shrike are hanging out – the Bark Eater Inn (http://www.barkeater.com/).
They have 200 acres of fields and trails to walk.  (Disclaimer – I have no
connection with the property but the caretaker, Tyler Nichols, has been
welcoming and pleased that folks ask permission before trespassing.)

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NNYBirds: Great Gray Owl in Keene

[Donna Schulman]

I don't see that this has been forwarded yet, so here it is.

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A report just surfaced, thanks to photos taken yesterday or the day before
by a neighbor and subsequently sent to others by friend, of a great gray
owl that has apparently spent the last month or so hunting the fields below
(east and northeast) of the Barkeater Inn (a B) in Keene. The fields,
which look like prime vole habitat, are easily viewable from Alstead Hill
and Lime Kilm roads. I was just there but did not see the owl but prime
hunting time is not until the late afternoon. I will provide an update if
the owl is seen again.

Larry (518-645-1545 <(518)%20645-1545>)
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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull - the species that never was?

[Donna Schulman]

Paul,

So far, the Supplement has not been published, but the checklist reflects
decisions: http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/

As Brendan Fogarty pointed out on Facebook, Thayer's Gull is gone, Red
Crossbill and Magnificent Hummingbird have been split, and there are some
taxonomic changes. I think we're all waiting to see if that is the final
word or if more will be coming.

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On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Paul R Sweet sw...@amnh.org [ebirdsnyc] <
ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> I've seen the proposals http://checklist.aou.org/nacc/proposals/
> current_proposals.html
> But your post indicates the votes have been cast. Is this posted? Curious
> about decision on other splits - Yellow-rump, Willet, Harrier, Junco etc.
>
> Cheers, Paul
>
> Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural
> History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780
> <(212)%20769-5780> | Mob 718 757 5941 <(718)%20757-5941>
>
> On Jul 1, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> By now some of you have already heard that the AOU has taken the decision
> to invalidate Thayer's Gull.
>
> A bit of background: Considered a subspecies of the Herring Gull by the
> AOU until 1973. Thayer's Gull, received full species status based largely
> on the research of A.H. Macpherson and Neil Smith in the 1960's. Smith's
> work which suggested Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls mated as separate species
> on Baffin Island was viewed with much skepticism and this decision by the
> AOU appears to debunk his claim.
>
> Ron Pittaway, a respected authority on this subject has published an
> excellent account of the history of this taxonomical debate and is worth
> reading for those interested.
>
> http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/articles.thayer
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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet (Suffolk County) Glaucous Gull

[Donna Schulman]

I was surprised to see a 1st Summer Glaucous Gull at Mecox Inlet, Suffolk
County, this morning. There are some May dates for this bird on Long Island
in eBird, but I think this is particularly late. Photos can be seen on
Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/TWjQdj; https://flic.kr/p/TWjQyQ
(And, thanks to the ABA What's This Bird? Facebook group for providing a
platform in which the identification could be confirmed.)

Besides the gull, the only other notable birds that I saw while I was there
last evening and this morning was a Bank Swallow, flying with the Barn
Swallows, and two Piping Plovers. They don't appear to have nested yet. I
chanced on the young man in charge of endangered bird protection for the
summer for the town of Southampton, and he told me the water levels are too
high and that the nesting area keeps getting flooded out. The town is
scheduled to create the break to the ocean this coming week, which should
help and also create more mud flats for shorebirds. (I only saw Sanderlings
and Least Sandpipers and two Skimmers, who simply skimmed through.)

Donna Schulman
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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, Ulster County Continue, May 30th

[Donna Schulman]

Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel continue in area by the bird blind (take
Tabor Trace Red Loop from parking lot), Dickcissel doing a loop in front of
the blind, Henslow's on the left as you approach the blind. An Upland
Sandpiper also flew in and out, according to a group of NYC birders.

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> Yesterday morning Denise and I drove down to the Shawangunk Grasslands
> National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, arriving shortly after 8 in
> search of the Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel previously posted by Tom
> Williams on Facebook. With information from folks in the parking lot we
> headed for the south blind and the large gathering of birders along the
> trail about 100 years before the blind, all enjoying looks at the Henslow's
> Sparrow. After taking some photos of this life bird for Denise,  we
> continued to the blind and photographed the Dickcissel, unfortunately in
> poor light. A bit later, the Henslow's came much closer to the trail,in
> good light,and we finally got some better looks at the Dickcissel as well.
> There were also numerous grasshopper sparrows and bobolinks around, along
> with other species. Our ebird list is at the link below, and has photos of
> the Henslow's and Dickcissel. This is a great opportunity folks...
>
> The photos are also on my personal Facebook page and our Naturelogues
> Facebook page.- Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner, Albany
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[nysbirds-l] Least Bittern, JBWR, Queens, from Tim Healy

[Donna Schulman]

Tim Healy asks me to report a singing Least Bittern by Big John's Pond,
message came at 9:30am today.

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Re: DECEASED - Re: [nysbirds-l] Corn Crake at Cedar Beach (Suffolk Co.)

[Donna Schulman]

Yong Kong, who took the photographs, reports that it is a "stained plover."


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On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Angus Wilson 
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> I should probably soften my reference to the NJ Dotterels as 'likely'.
> Reviewing the heavily cropped photos (see NJ list) I'm less convinced that
> American Golden-Plover can be safely ruled out. Hopefully the birds have
> lingered overnight and will be studied carefully today. Will update the
> list if I hear any more.
>
> Dotterel is a species that comes to mind when thinking of possible origins
> for a Corncrake and Common Greenshank. There was also a recent report of a
> candidate Common/Oriental Cuckoo in MA but as far as I know it was not
> photographed or refound.
>
> Angus Wilson
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Angus Wilson 
> wrote:
>
>> >Things come in threes and while I missed the Greenshank and the Corn
>> Crake you twitchers should be good for one more great rarity before winter
>> sets in.
>>
>> This might be answered in the form of 2 likely (EURASIAN) DOTTEREL,
>> photographed on the the Johnson Sod farm in Salem Co., southern NJ.
>>
>> Angus Wilson
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Missing posts?

[Donna Schulman]

Angus,

The short answer is that email messages with a yahoo.com address are still
being directed to spam. That is where I found Brendan's message.

The broader question of how to keep track is harder to answer. At least
eBird, tweets, and Facebook postings are open to the public. Text groups,
which are often not publicized and have limited membership are, I think,
more of an open question.

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On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Angus Wilson 
wrote:

> I've noticed that I regularly miss posts to this list, especially local
> rarities. The latest was the note from Brendan Fogarty copied in Ben
> Cacece's hot spot post.
>
> Curious, are others experiencing the same problem? Could this be related
> to messages being cc'd to the list rather than posted directly? Have not
> noticed gaps in direct conversations. Not seeing the missing messages in
> other folders.
>
> Not the end of the world but seems like another factor in the increasingly
> fragmented dissemination of noteworthy bird sightings in our region. We, as
> a community, need to come up with a simple solution that does not require a
> deluge of eBird alert notifications or subscriptions to many local and
> statewide lists and facebook groups. It's ironic but I feel less clued in
> now than I did 5 years ago. Back to the weekly RBA to find out what I've
> missed?
>
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> New York City, USA
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Post of a murre at Alley Creek, APEC, Queens

[Donna Schulman]

Passing along this message posted by Eve Levine, of an observation posted
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Date: Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:20 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Post of a murre at Alley Pond
To: ebirds...@yahoogroups.com




There is an observation posted today on iNaturalist that looks like a
murre. The photos were taken yesterday 1/22/18 at Alley Pond Environmental
Center, Alley Creek.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9581962

The observation is part of the New York City EcoFlora project on
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“Shorebirds and Allies” at the moment.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose in Nassau County

[Donna Schulman]

The original report by Steve Schellenger was referring to Lake Success the
village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, not a lake. It's a
well-known area to those of us who grew up in Queens and Long Island.

*A Pink-footed Goose was found late Sunday 12/16/18 at 4pm on the Queens
County CBC on Marcus Ave. in Lake Success. It was on the ball field on the
north side of the street between Lakeville Rd. and New Hyde Park Rd. with a
flock of Canada Geese. This is in Nassau County.*
*Steve Schellenger*


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> According to Google Street View, Merillon Field is the name of the trio of
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> should probably bear that name.
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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) continues - Sunday Aug. 25th

[Donna Schulman]

The American Avocet continues at Mecox Inlet, ignoring para-sailors,
running children, and Great Black-backed Gulls.

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Subject: Re: Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday correction
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu 


Southampton parking permit required AFTER 9am & BEFORE 6pm. !!! You know
what I meant.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY

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On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Queensgirl30  wrote:

The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east
side! Feeding.

Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after
6pm.

Sent from my birding device

On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma  wrote:



The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern
side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head
tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence.
There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling,
Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an
adult Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring
Gulls.:

I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward
flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw
nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various
stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach,
found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor Spoonbill Stuff

[Donna Schulman]

Some of these questions are answered on the ABA Listing & Taxonomy
website:  https://www.aba.org/listing-taxonomy/ and
https://www.aba.org/aba-recording-rules-and-interpretations/

Example:
RULE 4: Diagnostic characteristics, sufficient for the recorder to identify
it to species, must have been seen and/or heard and/or documented for the
bird encountered.

A. “Diagnostic characteristics” means the natural characteristics needed to
uniquely determine the species of the bird. It is not necessary to
experience every possible diagnostic characteristic, but simply sufficient
characteristics to eliminate the possibility of the bird being any other
species.

(i) Identification of the bird may be made after the initial encounter. It
is not always possible to secure a positive identification initially, but,
using physical and/or written documentation, identification is sometimes
possible after the fact, upon consultation of references and/or other
authorities. With very tricky identifications, for example, photographs or
recordings sometimes reveal minute, yet critical, details that were not
discernible during the initial encounter. Furthermore, our knowledge of how
to separate similar species in the field is continually advancing. On rare
occasions, a species may not be identifiable until after it has been
captured and studied in the hand, or had feather and blood samples
analyzed. In such instances of “after-the-fact” ID, the bird may be counted
on one’s lists.


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On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 10:55 AM John Kent  wrote:

> Another question that occurred to me -- what about birds that people
> photograph but don't notice until they are reviewing photos later? That's
> fine for eBird, assuming the photo is unambiguous, but for ABA listing?
>
> John Kent
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021, at 10:40 AM, Richard Guthrie wrote:
>
> Remote birding
>
> If the bird is there, there it is. No matter how it is detected.
>
> How that knowledge is used is a different matter.
>
> eBird even has a category for accepting records derived from night calls
> monitored by digital recording devices and introduced by later downloads
> into the database.
>
> But a bird viewed at a feeder cam isn't acceptable.
>
> I can understand that we don't want several hundred reports of the same
> vagrant at a feeder entered into the data. But at least one entry ought to
> be acceptable. All the other duplicates (except perhaps for subsequent
> dates ) could be disregarded. But, wait. Don't we accept dozens of reports
> of the same rarity reported by many observers at a stakeout? This is how
> programmers earn their keep.
>
> Rich Guthrie
> New Baltimore,
> The Greene County,
> New York
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:10 PM  wrote:
>
> Steve Walter’s spoonbill post got me thinking.
>
>
>
> Occasionally, when I’m bored at work, I’ll turn on the live East Hampton
> Beach Cam just to see what I can see. Surf, weather, birds, etc.
>
>
>
> I’ve been able to identify things like Barn Swallow, Sanderling, even LBB
> Gull. Would these count for Suffolk?
>
>
>
> With binoculars, light is bent through the lens arrangement to focus on
> your retinas.
>
>
>
> With the webcam, light is focused onto a CMOS chip, converted to zeros and
> ones, beamed to a satellite, beamed back to my computer, and then focused
> on my retinas.
>
> Same thing, right? The time difference between the two is negligible.
>
>
>
> I know, I know, it’s not the same. But it is “live” in the sense of time,
> and very real. (Not like that great Tom Brady video this week of him
> playing catch with a football passing machine).
>
>
>
> What if I happen to see a Yellow-nosed Albatross cruise across my monitor
> one day? Can I count it and, better yet, should I even report it…..
>
>
>
> The problems of the modern age.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill Wappingers Falls, Dutchess Co.

[Donna Schulman]

There are two eBird reports (with photos) of a Roseate Spoonbill seen for a
minute this morning in Laurel Hollow, Nassau County, close to the Suffolk
County border. Let's hope it can be relocated!

By my count, this is the 6th NYS Spoonbill for the summer, if we assume the
Wallkill and Wappingers Falls/Poughkeepsie birds are two different birds.

Donna Schulman
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> We had great views of this confiding bird this morning following Rich
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose in Nassau County

[Donna Schulman]

The original report by Steve Schellenger was referring to Lake Success the
village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, not a lake. It's a
well-known area to those of us who grew up in Queens and Long Island.

*A Pink-footed Goose was found late Sunday 12/16/18 at 4pm on the Queens
County CBC on Marcus Ave. in Lake Success. It was on the ball field on the
north side of the street between Lakeville Rd. and New Hyde Park Rd. with a
flock of Canada Geese. This is in Nassau County.*
*Steve Schellenger*


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> According to Google Street View, Merillon Field is the name of the trio of
> softball/baseball diamonds which border the south side of the pond on which
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> should probably bear that name.
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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) continues - Sunday Aug. 25th

[Donna Schulman]

The American Avocet continues at Mecox Inlet, ignoring para-sailors,
running children, and Great Black-backed Gulls.

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From: Queensgirl30 
Date: Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday correction
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu 


Southampton parking permit required AFTER 9am & BEFORE 6pm. !!! You know
what I meant.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY

Sent from my birding device

On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Queensgirl30  wrote:

The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east
side! Feeding.

Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after
6pm.

Sent from my birding device

On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma  wrote:



The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern
side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head
tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence.
There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling,
Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an
adult Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring
Gulls.:

I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward
flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw
nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various
stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach,
found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill Wappingers Falls, Dutchess Co.

[Donna Schulman]

There are two eBird reports (with photos) of a Roseate Spoonbill seen for a
minute this morning in Laurel Hollow, Nassau County, close to the Suffolk
County border. Let's hope it can be relocated!

By my count, this is the 6th NYS Spoonbill for the summer, if we assume the
Wallkill and Wappingers Falls/Poughkeepsie birds are two different birds.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor Spoonbill Stuff

[Donna Schulman]

Some of these questions are answered on the ABA Listing & Taxonomy
website:  https://www.aba.org/listing-taxonomy/ and
https://www.aba.org/aba-recording-rules-and-interpretations/

Example:
RULE 4: Diagnostic characteristics, sufficient for the recorder to identify
it to species, must have been seen and/or heard and/or documented for the
bird encountered.

A. “Diagnostic characteristics” means the natural characteristics needed to
uniquely determine the species of the bird. It is not necessary to
experience every possible diagnostic characteristic, but simply sufficient
characteristics to eliminate the possibility of the bird being any other
species.

(i) Identification of the bird may be made after the initial encounter. It
is not always possible to secure a positive identification initially, but,
using physical and/or written documentation, identification is sometimes
possible after the fact, upon consultation of references and/or other
authorities. With very tricky identifications, for example, photographs or
recordings sometimes reveal minute, yet critical, details that were not
discernible during the initial encounter. Furthermore, our knowledge of how
to separate similar species in the field is continually advancing. On rare
occasions, a species may not be identifiable until after it has been
captured and studied in the hand, or had feather and blood samples
analyzed. In such instances of “after-the-fact” ID, the bird may be counted
on one’s lists.


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On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 10:55 AM John Kent  wrote:

> Another question that occurred to me -- what about birds that people
> photograph but don't notice until they are reviewing photos later? That's
> fine for eBird, assuming the photo is unambiguous, but for ABA listing?
>
> John Kent
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021, at 10:40 AM, Richard Guthrie wrote:
>
> Remote birding
>
> If the bird is there, there it is. No matter how it is detected.
>
> How that knowledge is used is a different matter.
>
> eBird even has a category for accepting records derived from night calls
> monitored by digital recording devices and introduced by later downloads
> into the database.
>
> But a bird viewed at a feeder cam isn't acceptable.
>
> I can understand that we don't want several hundred reports of the same
> vagrant at a feeder entered into the data. But at least one entry ought to
> be acceptable. All the other duplicates (except perhaps for subsequent
> dates ) could be disregarded. But, wait. Don't we accept dozens of reports
> of the same rarity reported by many observers at a stakeout? This is how
> programmers earn their keep.
>
> Rich Guthrie
> New Baltimore,
> The Greene County,
> New York
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:10 PM  wrote:
>
> Steve Walter’s spoonbill post got me thinking.
>
>
>
> Occasionally, when I’m bored at work, I’ll turn on the live East Hampton
> Beach Cam just to see what I can see. Surf, weather, birds, etc.
>
>
>
> I’ve been able to identify things like Barn Swallow, Sanderling, even LBB
> Gull. Would these count for Suffolk?
>
>
>
> With binoculars, light is bent through the lens arrangement to focus on
> your retinas.
>
>
>
> With the webcam, light is focused onto a CMOS chip, converted to zeros and
> ones, beamed to a satellite, beamed back to my computer, and then focused
> on my retinas.
>
> Same thing, right? The time difference between the two is negligible.
>
>
>
> I know, I know, it’s not the same. But it is “live” in the sense of time,
> and very real. (Not like that great Tom Brady video this week of him
> playing catch with a football passing machine).
>
>
>
> What if I happen to see a Yellow-nosed Albatross cruise across my monitor
> one day? Can I count it and, better yet, should I even report it…..
>
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[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler Manhattan NYC 4/28 - Finder & Identifiers

[Donna Schulman]

>From Alice Deutsch on the New York Birders FB page: Note that it was
spotted by Katie (correction from Kathy) from Long Island and she asked me
and Andrew R to id it. After recovering from our OMG moment we told her
what the bird was and I tweeted it.

Katie is Katie Kleinpeter. Thank you Katie!!! and thank you Alice and
Andrew for the identification and getting the word out so quickly.

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:

> The Swainson's Warbler is continuing to be seen at nearly-noon, and
> possibly heard singing at intervals as well, in the area already described
> for this morning - at Strawberry Fields within Central Park (Manhattan,
> NYC) & nearest park entrance being West 72 Street & Central Park West.
>
> Closest possible subway stop is a local-only "B" or "C" train at West 72
> St. & Central Park West, i.e. within yards of where the bird is being
> seen.  Transfer point is one stop away on those lines, at Columbus Circle
> (West 59 Street) station, which is a #1 train stop as well as for the "A" &
> "D" express trains - all of which stop at the latter. The West 72 St. stop
> on Central Park West is local-only, no express trains stop there.  (a
> farther-away express stop is also located at Broadway and West 72 Streeet,
> on the #2 and #3 train lines (as well as #1 local) but will take a fast
> walker 15 minutes or more to walk up from Broadway, east to Central Park.
> There are also a number of bus lines that are in the immediate area, & even
> a few possible express-bus stops, for which I do not have any details.
>
> Parking could be problematic as always in week-day mid-Manhattan.
>
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Black-necked Stilt at Knox-Marcellus Marsh at Montezuma

[Donna Schulman]

Another bird to look for if you're going to Montezuma.

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From: Kevin J. McGowan 
Date: Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 6:05 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Black-necked Stilt at Knox-Marcellus Marsh at
Montezuma
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 


It doesn't look like this ever got posted on this list. This morning,
Saturday, 18 June 2016, Stacy Robinson was looking for the Garganey at
Knox-Marsellus and found a Black-necked Stilt instead!!! Although the
Garganey remained elusive and had not been seen by the time I left this
afternoon, the stilt was seen throughout the day. When I was there just
past noon, the looks were horrible because of the distance and heat
shimmer. But, fortunately, a stilt is a giant shorebird that is boldly
patterned in simple black and white, and so is easily identified with
confidence from a great distance.

Although Black-necked Stilt is an expected vagrant along the New York
coast, it is rare in the state even there. I haven't done the research, but
I believe this may be the third upstate record of the species in New York
and the first for the Cayuga Lake Basin. It certainly was a new state bird
for me!

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond Ruff NO!

[Donna Schulman]

eBird report of the White-faced Ibis seen today at 7:45am.

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) (1)
- Reported Jun 26, 2016 07:45 by null
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York
- Map:
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- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30400658

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[ebirdsnyc]  wrote:

>
>
> A strategic vigil with eyes on the North End, South End and the Overlook
> has NOT resulted in a Ruff re-sighting after the early morning post.
>
> Many of us, who were on stakeout duties are pulling out. Let's hope
> someone has a positive report before the day is out.
>
> Birds of note seen on the East Pondincluded, Greater Yellowlegs, (2),
> Lesser Yellowlegs (4) and 1 Gull-billed Tern.
>
> No positive report of the White-faced Ibis that I know of from today.
>
> 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
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> 林 Quiet as the forest
> 火 Conquer like the fire
> 山 Steady as the mountain
> Sun Tzu   *The Art of War*
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> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

[Donna Schulman]

For the sake of the record (since this is an archived listserv...I think),
it was Groucho Marx who said, "I don’t want to belong to any club that will
accept me as a member," or some variation. There's uncertainty about the
exact circumstances and wording of the quote, since Groucho himself changed
the story and the line during his lifetime, but it undoubtedly originated
with him. <http://quoteinvestigator.com/category/groucho-marx/page/2/>

To make this email "legal," here is some bird info:
I looked for the Ash-throated Flycatcher at Lido Beach Park West this
morning from 10:30 to 11:20 with no success. It was very windy, so it is
possible it is still here but hunkered down. The only other birds I saw
were 5 American Crows investigating the downed garbage pails and some
flyover American Goldfinches and House Finches.

Donna Schulman

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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Larry Trachtenberg  wrote:

>
>
> If I may.  I do not use and anticipate never using any of Facebook (or its
> myriad bird groups), Twitter, bird text alert systems,
> ebirds...@yahoogroups.com; #birdcp on Twitter, the “various WhatsAp” bird
> sites referenced, or any of the seemingly endless selective groups that
> report birds to their members.  To quote WC Fields "I refuse to join any
> club that would have me as a *member”* (not to say any of these clubs or
> whatever they may be would have me.).
>
> I also was unaware that the NYSbird site was intended for rarities only.  As
> far as I understood; rather not only is there a NYS list-serve (which as
> with Andrew, is the only place I use other than when I get around
> occasionally to post to ebird), there are also *seven others* for various
> listserv regions around the state which you see if you go to the ABA site
> http://birding.aba.org (NY-Cayuga; NY-Genesee; NY-Hudson-Mohawk;
> NY-Northern; NY-Oneida; NY-Orange and NY-Chautauqua).  As David points out
> likely those came about because the main NYS listserv is dominated by
> downstate sightings often, like mine, mundane.  Thus, the NY listserv sites
> are far different than those in NJ for example which has only two; a
> statewide place to post and a clearly identified NJ-RBA (but I do not know
> how carefully that is monitored).
>
> In NY, every Saturday Gail Benson posts on the State NYSbird cite the
> weekly Rare Bird Alert for the five boroughs and Long Island and what it
> says is Westchester, although absent say a Virginia’s Warbler, Westchester
> seems to be reported infrequently.  That posting gives two ways to report a
> rare bird (as opposed a general post to the NYS listserv of more routine
> sightings that some may find interesting and some may not which is how I
> viewed the general listserv).  Per Gail’s regular Saturday posts for actual
> rare bird sightings in the indicated area(s) they should either be called
> in to a Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert:  Number: (212)
> 979-3070; or emailed to nysar...@nybirds.org (and if documentation is
> requested there is a link to an on-line form).  That, of course, begs the
> question as to whether if someone calls in a rare bird, will it show up on
> any list serve prior to Gail’s post on Saturday (assuming indeed the
> sighting is valid, or whatever criteria may be used).  Thus, if a Monday
> sighting was not posted until Saturday and the bird is gone, the twitchers
> would no longer be able to twitch (even if he/she were willing to drive out
> on the execrable LIE to get to wherever such rare bird may be on Long
> Island).
>
> Personally, I post fairly regularly from my patch at Croton Point Park, a
> park which I know is visited by many birders.  Most of my posts tend to the
> mundane although some have reported an occasional rarity (*e.g.* cattle
> egret, American avocet, boat tailed grackle).  My CPP posts occasionally
> lead to direct off line email communication sometimes with comments of
> appreciation and/or requests for further info, and sometimes less so, shall
> we say, but I never thought nysbirds-l@cornell.edu was limited to only
> sightings of rarities, because, well it clearly has not been used that
> way.  It is also clear that NYS listserv is not universally used by those
> in Westchester to post rarities when they do show up – at CPP alone it was
> days last year before a lark sparrow was reported on the listserv after
> being initially only posted on Facebook (fortunately it stayed for months)
> and longer before a well photographed buff breasted sandpiper came to light
> (after it was long gone).
>
> At bottom, I do not think it will ever be resolved via consensus

Re: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan Empidonax - Inwood Hill Park

[Donna Schulman]

Angus,

This looks like the Whatbird discussion:
http://www.whatbird.com/forum/index.php?/topic/157667-eastern-wood-pewee-nyc/

There is also some discussion now going on, on the New York Birders
Facebook page.

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On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Angus Wilson 
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> Hi Isaac, Thanks for bring this to everyone's attention.
>
> As most readers will already know, the field identification of empidonax
> flycatchers in the fall can be extremely difficult but not impossible. I
> think it would be educational and healthy for the list for us to have an
> online discussion of this bird beyond the usual 'it's still here' updates.
>
> Based on the eye ring and shape of the bird the main contenders are
> WESTERN FLYCATCHER (WEFL) and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (YBFL). Even though
> YBFL pass through New York City area with some regularity on migration they
> are extremely rare at such a late date, although not unheard of. Using
> 'likelihood' is therefore not really appropriate and we must rely on
> images, live views, and if we get really lucky, some vocalization.
>
> I'd be very curious to hear the arguments advocating YBFL put forward on
> Whatbird as mentioned but not expanded upon in John Keane's written
> comments. Perhaps someone who has seen them can paraphrase?
>
> At this late hour I am happy to remain agnostic about the identification
> and would like to hear the arguments. Any empid in December is exciting and
> a great find.
>
> Hopefully local birders will be able to refind the bird tomorrow and
> obtain additional photos. If not, we already have a good set of images to
> chew on.
>
> Cheers, Angus Wilson
> New York City
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:45 PM, isaac grant 
> wrote:
>
>> This was just posted to ebird.  If any are not on it have a look.
>>
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32922727
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ross' Gull update - Tupper Lake Franklin County

[Donna Schulman]

Addendum to Dave's excellent description of the day: I passed the private
dock later in the day, and access has been roped off, with signs saying 'No
Trespassing."

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:09 PM, David Klauber  wrote:

> Had some technology problems in the field so sent a brief message to get
> the word out quickly.
>
> The Ross' Gull was found around 10:30 by Bob Proniewych flying east
> (north?) of the causeway bridge that feeds into the town of Tupper Lake.
> This is a short distance past the town boat launch, near a cabin that is on
> the north side of the road. We later found out that apparently the gull was
> seen shortly before flying north past the town boat launch on route 30,
> about a mile or so south of the town of Tupper lake. The house where it was
> originally found was briefly checked before this and there is no open water
> or food there.
>
> As the day warmed up there was a bit more open water around the causeway.
> Specifically, the bird was seen on the ice next to some open water just
> north or west of the parking pulloffs near the beginning of the causeway.
>
> It later relocated a bit south to a small private pier just north of the
> town boat launch, easily viewed from this location. It seemed to be
> feeding on something frozen - fish? This was around 1:30 when we left.
>
> The Northern Shrike was seen near around 1 in trees opposite the tall
> smokestack on route 3. It was not seen there earlier. It was first spotted
> a bit west of this, but moved east along the trees, moving about 1/4 mile
> or so.
>
> No sign of anything of note in Newcomb.
>
> Gray Jays at feeders on Sabatis Circle Drive
>
> 10 species total
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NNYBirds: Great Gray Owl in Keene

[Donna Schulman]

I don't see that this has been forwarded yet, so here it is.

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Subject: NNYBirds: Great Gray Owl in Keene
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A report just surfaced, thanks to photos taken yesterday or the day before
by a neighbor and subsequently sent to others by friend, of a great gray
owl that has apparently spent the last month or so hunting the fields below
(east and northeast) of the Barkeater Inn (a B) in Keene. The fields,
which look like prime vole habitat, are easily viewable from Alstead Hill
and Lime Kilm roads. I was just there but did not see the owl but prime
hunting time is not until the late afternoon. I will provide an update if
the owl is seen again.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray update

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Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:26 AM
Subject: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray
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The owl has not been seen yet today and was not seen first thing this
morning when two of us were looking. So the best time to look, like for
many great grays, may be starting the 45-60 minutes before sunset, and
yesterday it was not seen until 30 minutes before sunset (5:15).

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray Owl update 3/3

[Donna Schulman]

Combining two messages Larry Master sent:

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Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 7:00 PM
Subject: NNYBirds: Keene Great Gray Owl update
To: Northern NY Birds 

The owl was seen irregularly throughout the day today and then, like
clockwork, flew to the edge of Lime Kiln Road at 5:17 to start its evening
feeding activity in the view of many onlookers.

Anyone traveling from a distance to see the Great Gray Owl in Keene might
want to consider staying at the nice B where the owl and a northern
shrike are hanging out – the Bark Eater Inn (http://www.barkeater.com/).
They have 200 acres of fields and trails to walk.  (Disclaimer – I have no
connection with the property but the caretaker, Tyler Nichols, has been
welcoming and pleased that folks ask permission before trespassing.)

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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet (Suffolk County) Glaucous Gull

[Donna Schulman]

I was surprised to see a 1st Summer Glaucous Gull at Mecox Inlet, Suffolk
County, this morning. There are some May dates for this bird on Long Island
in eBird, but I think this is particularly late. Photos can be seen on
Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/TWjQdj; https://flic.kr/p/TWjQyQ
(And, thanks to the ABA What's This Bird? Facebook group for providing a
platform in which the identification could be confirmed.)

Besides the gull, the only other notable birds that I saw while I was there
last evening and this morning was a Bank Swallow, flying with the Barn
Swallows, and two Piping Plovers. They don't appear to have nested yet. I
chanced on the young man in charge of endangered bird protection for the
summer for the town of Southampton, and he told me the water levels are too
high and that the nesting area keeps getting flooded out. The town is
scheduled to create the break to the ocean this coming week, which should
help and also create more mud flats for shorebirds. (I only saw Sanderlings
and Least Sandpipers and two Skimmers, who simply skimmed through.)

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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, Ulster County Continue, May 30th

[Donna Schulman]

Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel continue in area by the bird blind (take
Tabor Trace Red Loop from parking lot), Dickcissel doing a loop in front of
the blind, Henslow's on the left as you approach the blind. An Upland
Sandpiper also flew in and out, according to a group of NYC birders.

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On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM,  wrote:

> Yesterday morning Denise and I drove down to the Shawangunk Grasslands
> National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, arriving shortly after 8 in
> search of the Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel previously posted by Tom
> Williams on Facebook. With information from folks in the parking lot we
> headed for the south blind and the large gathering of birders along the
> trail about 100 years before the blind, all enjoying looks at the Henslow's
> Sparrow. After taking some photos of this life bird for Denise,  we
> continued to the blind and photographed the Dickcissel, unfortunately in
> poor light. A bit later, the Henslow's came much closer to the trail,in
> good light,and we finally got some better looks at the Dickcissel as well.
> There were also numerous grasshopper sparrows and bobolinks around, along
> with other species. Our ebird list is at the link below, and has photos of
> the Henslow's and Dickcissel. This is a great opportunity folks...
>
> The photos are also on my personal Facebook page and our Naturelogues
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[nysbirds-l] Least Bittern, JBWR, Queens, from Tim Healy

[Donna Schulman]

Tim Healy asks me to report a singing Least Bittern by Big John's Pond,
message came at 9:30am today.

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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull - the species that never was?

[Donna Schulman]

Paul,

So far, the Supplement has not been published, but the checklist reflects
decisions: http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/

As Brendan Fogarty pointed out on Facebook, Thayer's Gull is gone, Red
Crossbill and Magnificent Hummingbird have been split, and there are some
taxonomic changes. I think we're all waiting to see if that is the final
word or if more will be coming.

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On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Paul R Sweet sw...@amnh.org [ebirdsnyc] <
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>
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> I've seen the proposals http://checklist.aou.org/nacc/proposals/
> current_proposals.html
> But your post indicates the votes have been cast. Is this posted? Curious
> about decision on other splits - Yellow-rump, Willet, Harrier, Junco etc.
>
> Cheers, Paul
>
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>
> On Jul 1, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Andrew Baksh  wrote:
>
> By now some of you have already heard that the AOU has taken the decision
> to invalidate Thayer's Gull.
>
> A bit of background: Considered a subspecies of the Herring Gull by the
> AOU until 1973. Thayer's Gull, received full species status based largely
> on the research of A.H. Macpherson and Neil Smith in the 1960's. Smith's
> work which suggested Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls mated as separate species
> on Baffin Island was viewed with much skepticism and this decision by the
> AOU appears to debunk his claim.
>
> Ron Pittaway, a respected authority on this subject has published an
> excellent account of the history of this taxonomical debate and is worth
> reading for those interested.
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Re: DECEASED - Re: [nysbirds-l] Corn Crake at Cedar Beach (Suffolk Co.)

[Donna Schulman]

Yong Kong, who took the photographs, reports that it is a "stained plover."


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On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Angus Wilson 
wrote:

> I should probably soften my reference to the NJ Dotterels as 'likely'.
> Reviewing the heavily cropped photos (see NJ list) I'm less convinced that
> American Golden-Plover can be safely ruled out. Hopefully the birds have
> lingered overnight and will be studied carefully today. Will update the
> list if I hear any more.
>
> Dotterel is a species that comes to mind when thinking of possible origins
> for a Corncrake and Common Greenshank. There was also a recent report of a
> candidate Common/Oriental Cuckoo in MA but as far as I know it was not
> photographed or refound.
>
> Angus Wilson
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Angus Wilson 
> wrote:
>
>> >Things come in threes and while I missed the Greenshank and the Corn
>> Crake you twitchers should be good for one more great rarity before winter
>> sets in.
>>
>> This might be answered in the form of 2 likely (EURASIAN) DOTTEREL,
>> photographed on the the Johnson Sod farm in Salem Co., southern NJ.
>>
>> Angus Wilson
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Missing posts?

[Donna Schulman]

Angus,

The short answer is that email messages with a yahoo.com address are still
being directed to spam. That is where I found Brendan's message.

The broader question of how to keep track is harder to answer. At least
eBird, tweets, and Facebook postings are open to the public. Text groups,
which are often not publicized and have limited membership are, I think,
more of an open question.

Donna

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On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Angus Wilson 
wrote:

> I've noticed that I regularly miss posts to this list, especially local
> rarities. The latest was the note from Brendan Fogarty copied in Ben
> Cacece's hot spot post.
>
> Curious, are others experiencing the same problem? Could this be related
> to messages being cc'd to the list rather than posted directly? Have not
> noticed gaps in direct conversations. Not seeing the missing messages in
> other folders.
>
> Not the end of the world but seems like another factor in the increasingly
> fragmented dissemination of noteworthy bird sightings in our region. We, as
> a community, need to come up with a simple solution that does not require a
> deluge of eBird alert notifications or subscriptions to many local and
> statewide lists and facebook groups. It's ironic but I feel less clued in
> now than I did 5 years ago. Back to the weekly RBA to find out what I've
> missed?
>
> Angus Wilson
> New York City, USA
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Post of a murre at Alley Creek, APEC, Queens

[Donna Schulman]

Passing along this message posted by Eve Levine, of an observation posted
by Tom0153 in iNaturalist.

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Date: Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:20 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Post of a murre at Alley Pond
To: ebirds...@yahoogroups.com




There is an observation posted today on iNaturalist that looks like a
murre. The photos were taken yesterday 1/22/18 at Alley Pond Environmental
Center, Alley Creek.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9581962

The observation is part of the New York City EcoFlora project on
iNaturalist if the above link doesn’t work. The observation is labeled
“Shorebirds and Allies” at the moment.

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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Alley Pond Park field trip

[Donna Schulman]

Join the Queens County Bird Club for a mini-field trip to*
Alley Pond Park on Saturday, September 5th, 8:00am*.
The trip will be led by Eric Miller (917-279-7530).

We will be meeting at the* 76th Avenue parking lot*, which is located off of
Springfield Blvd.  (see Google map at www.tiny.cc/alley76).  Bring water,
snacks, insect repellent, sun repellent, etc.

Birders of all levels are welcome.


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[nysbirds-l] Corey Finger on Birds of Honduras, QCBC Meeting Wed. Sept. 16th

[Donna Schulman]

It's fall and time for bird club meetings & presentations!

The *Queens County Bird Club Inc.* meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at
the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) in Bayside (for travel
directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).*  *Meetings (and
field trips) are free, all are invited.*
*
SEPTEMBER MEETING:   WEDNESDAY, September 16th  8:00pm, APEC
PROGRAM: BIRDS (& OTHER CREATURES) OF HONDURAS by Corey Finger

Corey Finger started birding in 2005, started bird blogging in 2007, and
moved to Queens in 2008. This year these three things have come together and
Corey will be giving a presentation on the birds (and other creatures) he
saw in Honduras on his trip there in Feb. and March.   Corey is one of three
bloggers who writes 10,000 Birds (http://1birds.com/), the world's
most-read birding blog, and wishes he could quit his day job to bird full
time.
  OCTOBER MEETING: WEDNESDAY, October 21st  8:00pm, APEC PROGRAM: SHOREBIRDS
by Lloyd Spitalnik

Lloyd Spitalnik is well known in the NYC birding circles. Birding for more
than 25 years, he runs Metro Birding Briefs, an email service that gets the
word out on "rare" birds in our area. He is also an accomplished
photographer, with photos featured in numerous magazines and calendars, and
one of two featured photographers at the Newark Museum's exhibit Skies Alive.
Lloyd has been running, along  with Don Riepe and Kevin Karlson, the Jamaica
Bay Shorebird Festival, which takes place in August.  He also leads photo
tours in the area.  You can see his work at
http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/.


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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Kissena Park field trip this Sunday

[Donna Schulman]

Join the Queens County Bird Club for a mini-field trip to*
Kissena Park on Sunday, October 11th, 7:30am*.
The trip will be led by Eric Miller (917-279-7530).

We will be meeting at the Velodrome, off of Booth Memorial Ave., opposite
Parsons Blvd., Google map: http://tiny.cc/kvelodrome

**

On past fall trips to Kissena Park, we have seen Vesper, Lincoln’s and
Savannah Sparrows, Blue Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Red-necked Pheasant, Marsh
Wren, and even an Orange Bishop!

Bring water, snacks, insect repellent, sun repellent, etc.
Birders of all levels are welcome.

*Donna Schulman*
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Queens County Bird Club
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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Meeting, Wed. Nov. 18th

[Donna Schulman]

*The Queens County Bird Club* *will be meeting at the Alley Pond
Environmental Center (APEC) on Wednesday, November 18th at 8pm.*
(For travel directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).*
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PROGRAM:  Cowbirds, Cuckoos, and Coots: Behavioral Diversity of Brood
Parasitic Birds, or Even Cowbirds Get the Blues,
by  Dr. Mark Hauber, Hunter College

Perhaps the most surprising image in nature is a host feeding a large and
unrelated cuckoo chick.  Why do birds not recognize and reject foreign
young? How can cowbirds and cuckoos get away with costly brood parasitic
breeding tactics?  This talk will survey the evolutionary and behavioral
diversity of avian parasites, from the backyard cowbird to the world’s
largest parasite, the channel-billed cuckoo of Australia. Dr. Hauber will
draw examples using work from collaborative studies across Europe, North
American, African, and New Zealand.


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Trips and Meetings are free! Please consider joining or making a
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[nysbirds-l] Queens County Christmas Bird Count, Sunday Dec. 20th

[Donna Schulman]

The Queens County Bird Club will be conducting the 2009 Christmas Bird
Count(CBC) of the areas in and around
Queens on *Sunday, December 20th.**  *

*Volunteers are welcome! *

 Last year we counted 107 species and 72,000 individual birds.  The day is
capped with a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant.  As with other
CBC's, there is a participant fee of $5 to cover publication of the Count in
*American Birds*.  Feeder watchers are also encouraged to participate; they
are also exempt from the participant fee.

The Queens Count area is organized into eight geographic territories:

 1. Atlantic Beach/Far Rockaway

 2. Valley Stream/North Hills

 3. Jamaica Bay, East of Cross Bay Blvd

 4. Forest Park/Flushing Meadow Park South

 5. Flushing (Kissena/Flushing Meadow North)

 6. Coastal Flushing (Flushing Bay/Little Bay)

 7. Alley Pond Park/Oakland Lake

 8. Douglaston Marsh/Little Neck Bay

Contact Count Compiler* Ian Resnick, , 917-626-9562* if
you would like to participate.  The CBC is part of a national citizen
science tradition, now in its 110th years.  And, it is lots of fun!

All updates on our web site:  http://queenscountybirdclub.org/

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[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher - Still There!

[Donna Schulman]

The Ash-throated Flycatcher was seen from 3:45pm to 4:05pm at the lot on
Cohancy Street.  It was first spotted by Lee F. on top of one of the tall
trees next to the subway stop; it then flew down to the area of the lot
which borders N. Conduit Ave., where it alighted on pretty much every tree
there over 5-feet.  After 15 minutes it took off for parts north (maybe down
Cohancy to a spot with berries?).

Donna Schulman
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[nysbirds-l] Staten-Island Summer Tanager and more

[Donna Schulman]

Excellent views of the Clove Lakes Park Summer Tanager and Orange-crowned
Warbler were enjoyed this morning by Keith Michael, myself, and two other
birders.  The tanager appeared around 11:30am at its usual spot, the dead
tree above the brush pile, north of the white stone bridge.  According to
Jeff, one of the other birders, who was observing the bird from across the
stream, it was eating bees (dead bees?) from a hole in the dead tree.  The
Orange-crowned joined it soon after.  The tanager then flew to one of the
trees above the stone bridge, which enabled us to see it at very close
range.  Jeff had seen the Red-headed Woodpecker earlier that morning, by
Martling Avenue.

Keith and I then proceeded to Howie Fischer's house, where the
Selasphorous/Rufous
hummingbird appeared right away.  It's always nice when that happens.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach additions

[Donna Schulman]

Some additions to the birds already posted for Pt. Lookout and Jones Beach
for the weekend, from the Queens County Bird Club outing on Saturday, Jan.
9th:

Willet - in a cove off of Pt. Lookout Park

American Pipit - 3, feeding on the grass on the parkway on the way to the
Coast Guard Station.


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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Meeting, Wed., 1/20, presentation on Birds of Prey

[Donna Schulman]

*The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting on Wednesday, January 20th at
8pm **at the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) **.

Please join us for a presentation by Peter Capainolo, of the American Museum
of Natural History Department of Ornithology on the Biology and Ecology of
North American Birds of Prey.
* Peter Capainolo will present a program on raptors (hawks,  eagles,
falcons, vultures and owls) and their extraordinary characteristics for
survival. Their sharp eyesight and hearing and their ability to capture a
diverse array of prey have made them one of the best  studied groups of
birds.

Peter Capainolo has had an interest in natural history, particularly
ornithology, since boyhood. He grew up on the south shore of eastern Long
Island and spent much of his time exploring area salt marshes, beaches,
woods and creek bottoms which were then relatively untouched by development
and overpopulation. Many species of birds of prey can be observed on Long
Island during the fall migration and this group of birds captured his
attention so intensely that he applied for, and received at the age of 18,
one of the first  falconry licenses issued by New York State. He studied
zoology and practiced falconry under renowned ornithologist Dr. Heinz Meng
at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz and subsequently
earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology. Currently he is Senior
Scientific Assistant in the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum
of Natural History in New York City and an adjunct faculty member in the
Department of Biology at The City College of the City University of New
York.

Alley Pond Environmental Center is located at 228-06 Northern Boulevard,
Douglaston, NY, just east of the Cross Island Parkway.Travel directions
can be found on the APEC web site:
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, 10/10/10

[Donna Schulman]

To add to Ken's Jones Beach Report:

I had an Eastern Meadowlark at the Coast Guard Station fence (seen also
feeding on the grass by 2 birders), plus Savannah, Field, and Chipping
Sparrows in addition to the White-throated, White-crowned, and Song.

There was one Snow Goose at the swale, and a female Wood Duck walking on the
sidewalk on the island in the West End 2 parking lot (after being flushed
from the swale by Steve Walter).  Raptors were scarce, with only a Northern
Harrier and a Merlin.

And, there are still mosquitos at the Coast Guard Station!

Donna Schulman
Forest Hlls, NY


On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ken Feustel  wrote:

> We birded the barrier beach this morning , observing a fair movement of
> birds dominated by Yellow-rumped Warblers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and
> White-throated and Song Sparrows. We had a *Lincoln's Sparrow* at the
> northwest corner of Robert Moses State Park Field 2, a flyby *Pine Siskin*,
> and a *Blue Grosbeak* at the entrance to Field 5. There was a fair
> smattering of White-crowned Sparrows (15) among the White-throats and Songs,
> and a small number of Purple Finch (10).
>
> At West End there was a *Marbled Godwit, *found by another birder mixed in
> with the numerous Oystercatchers and other shorebirds on the bar at the WE2
> Marina. We did not bird the swale today, but on Saturday afternoon the
> number of Pectoral Sandpipers had increased to seven, along with a small
> number of White-rumped Sandpipers (6), Dunlin (2), and a lone Least
> Sandpiper. We tallied fifty Eastern Phoebes for this mornings birding.
>
> Ken & Sue Feustel
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Newsday article about Common Ground-Dove

[Donna Schulman]

Newsday Online is only available to subscribers, but the article went out on
the AP newswire and is available elsewhere, such as this page on the CBS New
York web site:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/03/common-ground-dove-sighted-in-new-york/

It is a very brief article. Still, nice to see birds and birding making the
media twice in one week.

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY


On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM, David Klauber  wrote:

>  Sorry, no updates, but on page 4 of today's Long Island newspaper Newsday
> there is an aticle and nice picture of the Common Ground-Dove
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, West End 11/15 including Northern Shrike

[Donna Schulman]

It was a very quiet overcast day at Jones Beach West End.  At 10am, the bar
at the Coast Guard Station featured about 50 American Oystercatchers,
Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, a Sanderling, Brant, and a Long-tailed Duck.
The Marbled Godwit was not seen by me nor by a boating birder.  There was a
lone Ruddy Duck in the water by the gazebo; Common Loons, and a White-eared
Scoter were swimmng in the Inlet.  The hedge area and median were notable
for the lack of sparrows and finches.  I did hear a Red-breasted Nuthatch,
but otherwise Yellow-rumps, Mockingbirds and one or two Northern Harriers
were the predominent birds.

The Northern Shrike was seen at the TR Nature Center on the east side of the
boardwalk, on a tall stalk, just beyond the hawk interpretative signs.  It
was not there, then it was there, then it was gone!  A flock of Snow
Buntings flew by the Nature Center, settling out in the sand.  As I left the
Center parkng lot (which turned out to be open, though the center was
closed), a Cooper's Hawk, flew in.

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[nysbirds-l] corrected version: Jones Beach, West End 11/15 including Northern Shrike

[Donna Schulman]

It was pointed out to me that there is no such thing as a White-eared
Scoter.  However, my keyboard does not have a working "i", so that is easier
to type than White-WINGED Scoter.  d

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It was a very quiet overcast day at Jones Beach West End.  At 10am, the bar
at the Coast Guard Station featured about 50 American Oystercatchers,
Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, a Sanderling, Brant, and a Long-tailed Duck.
The Marbled Godwit was not seen by me nor by a boating birder.  There was a
lone Ruddy Duck in the water by the gazebo; Common Loons, and a White-winged
Scoter were swimmng in the Inlet.  The hedge area and median were notable
for the lack of sparrows and finches.  I did hear a Red-breasted Nuthatch,
but otherwise Yellow-rumps, Mockingbirds and one or two Northern Harriers
were the predominent birds.

The Northern Shrike was seen at the TR Nature Center on the east side of the
boardwalk, on a tall stalk, just beyond the hawk interpretative signs.  It
was not there, then it was there, then it was gone!  A flock of Snow
Buntings flew by the Nature Center, settling out in the sand.  As I left the
Center parkng lot (which turned out to be open, though the center was
closed), a Cooper's Hawk, flew in.

Donna Schulman
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Re: [nysbirds-l] FT Flycatcher status?

[Donna Schulman]

Connecticut Birds is the best source for up-to-date info on the CT
Fork-tailed Flycatcher: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CTBD.html

A Dec. 3rd message there states that the bird "continues".

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, NY

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Brien Hindman wrote:

> I'm getting into the game pretty late due to the holidays and whatnot.  I'm
> curious if the FT Flycatcher is still present.  Latest post I found was Nov.
> 28, unless my gmail search was deficient.
>
>
> Many thanks,
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[nysbirds-l] JBWR - Barrow's, Eurasian (Common) Teal, + Woodcock

[Donna Schulman]

Thanks to the keen eye of Pete Shen, I was able to see the Barrow's
Goldeneye in the West Pond at dusk today (Sunday).  There was enough light
to get scoped side-by-side views of the Barrow's next to a Common.  Then,
Pete spotted the Eurasian Green-winged Teal with several Green-winged Teal
at the north edge of the pond.

But, perhaps the best bird of the evening was a Woodcock, heard peenting as
we walked back to the parking lot.  We initially heard the bird on the path
behind the VC, and spotted it outlined on the side and then in the middle of
the path as it flew west.

I saw there was a Ranger's walk earlier in the day called "Searching for
Signs of Spring".  Well, there it was!

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[nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern, Mecox, July 3rd

[Donna Schulman]

There were at least 5 terns at Mecox Inlet this morning, the highlight being
a *Sandwich Tern *offering premium photo ops close to shore.  There were
also two large terns, possibly the Caspian Terns that had been sighted there
in April?  I will post photos tonight.  The foreheads are "dusky", unlike
white Royal Tern foreheads.  But the bill is more red-orange than red.

Rounding out the Tern count were Least, Common, And Forsters.  Also two
Black Skimmers.

[Note: Mecox Inlet is Southampton Town permit parking throughout the
summer.  It's not clear from the signs or the town web site if you can park
there before 9am or after 5pm, as you used to be able to.]

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[nysbirds-l] Kissena Park, Queens, Sept. 25th, continues to be excellent birding

[Donna Schulman]

Birding in the Kissena Park corridor area continues to be excellent.  Peter
Reisfeld found a LARK SPARROW (mediocre photo on my Flickr site), and Eric
Miller found an immature MOURNING WARBLER and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER.  Other
"good" birds included both CUCKOOS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.  The birding group also included Jeff Ritter, Bobby and Colleeen,
and myself.

I left Kissena at 11am, so I'm sure more great birds have been found since
then. Jeff will have a full report later today.  I wanted to get the word
out.

Donna


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From: Jeffrey Ritter 
Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:28 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kissena Park, Queens - 17 Warbler species including
Connecticut and more
To: New York Bird List 


I birded Kissena Park twice today, this morning from 9:30 to 11:00 by myself
and this afternoon from 3:30 to 6:45 with Eric Miller.

There were not great numbers today, not a surprise given the summery
weather. What was a surprise was the diversity and number of notable
species. It turned out to be a memorable day of birding.

Except for the Philadelphia Vireos which I found this morning, the most
notable species of the day were found by Eric this afternoon.

Blackpoll Warbler (15 or more scattered around the park)
Blue-winged Warbler (1 high in the trees southeast of the east orchard)
Black-throated Green Warbler (2)
Pine Warbler (1 dull female)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Wilson’s Warbler (1 at inflow into swampy area)
Yellow Warbler (1 or 2 near inflow into swampy area)
Northern Parula (2)
Tennessee Warbler (1)
Nashville Warbler (3-4)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Palm Warbler (5-6)
Black and White Warbler (2)
American Redstart (15 or so)
Common Yellowthroat (15+)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (1 in Kissena corridor along north-south path east of
the community garden)
Red-eyed Vireo (3-4)
PHILADELPHIA VIREO (2 near path that connects lake area with orchard east of
the Velodrome)
Song Sparrow (too many to count)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (near outfield fence of ball field near corner of
Kissena & Booth Memorial)
Savannah Sparrow (2 in Kissena corridor)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1)
BLUE GROSBEAK (1)
Indigo Bunting (1 or 2)
Bobolink (2 in Kissena corridor)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1)
Chimney Swift (flock of 40-50 at the lake)
Empid. Fycatcher
Eastern Phoebe (3)
Brown Thrasher (3)
Ring-necked Pheasant (1)
Eastern Towhee (1)
House Wren (4)

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, NY



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[nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill Update, July 29th--Dutches NO, Long Island YES

[Donna Schulman]

This news is based on messages from respective text alert groups:

Debbie van Zyl reports "no sign of the Spoonbill this morning" from
Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County.

Mary Beth Mills reports that the Long Island Spoonbill was at the south
side of Cold Spring Harbor this morning. If it sticks to its routine, it
will fly over to St. John's Pond, behind the church, late morning or around
noon.

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Date: Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 8:19 AM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor LI Roseate Spoonbill continues…
To: nysbirds-l 
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>From Ed Becher: Roseate continues.. being seen now from fishing docks
looking west

See previous post for location details.


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[nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor Spoonbill 8/02--YES

[Donna Schulman]

After a day's absence (unless I missed an eBird report, which is very
possible), John Gaglione reports the Roseate Spoonbill back at Cold Spring
Harbor, Long Island (Nassau or Suffolk Counties depending on where it is at
the moment).

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird - no

[Donna Schulman]

I observed the Mountain Bluebird yesterday, 1/02, from about 2:50pm to
4:00pm, with Bob May and several other local birders.  The bird was busy
working its way down the snow fence, occasionally flying down to the
ground, and then returning to a new perch. At 4pm, I was the only birder
left and in the fading light, the bird flew up and high and out, heading
east.

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>  As far as I know the Mountain Bluebird could not be found today in
> Suffolk County. People were there from 8 to 12 with no sightings
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[nysbirds-l] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Tuesday, March 6th

[Donna Schulman]

The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was quite active while I there, from 10:0am to
12:40pm, spending most of its time in the large tree in the yard or on the
ground around the feeders or fighting off House Sparrows on the bird bath.
It seemed to be in the area most of the time, though there were long
periods, especially after 11:30am, when it would fly to the back of the
large tree and was not visible from the driveway.  By the time I left, it
was significantly less active, with very little time on the ground (where
you get the best photographs).

The local television crew arrived around 11:20, and you can see the report
here:
http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Feedback-Bird-Watchers-141632383.html

The height of the crowd was at 11am, but that was because people were
coming and going.  I never felt like there was an overwhelming number of
people.

Nancy Loomis, the homeowner, was very gracious, and allowed us the use of
the bathroom facilities in her large garage, and even coffee!  (I cannot
guarantee that this will be available tomorrow, since she said she needs to
go back to work.)  Nancy and her sister, Janet Akin, were wonderful hosts.

The large garage has a large driveway in front, so there is parking.  The
feeders and yard are nicely visible from the driveway.  (If you use Google
Maps, be warned that they mis-locate the address, the house is about
12-minutes further down the road.)

Thank you, Nancy and Janet for identifying the bird and allowing us to see
and photograph it!

Donna


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On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Gerry Smith  wrote:

> **
> Bird and about 30 birders present 11AM Gerry Smith
>  *From:* Joan E. Collins 
> *Sent:* March 06, 2012 9:02 AM
> *To:* NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu ; northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch update
>
>  3/6/12
>
> ** **
>
> Janet Akin, sister of Nancy Loomis (homeowner), reported that the
> Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch showed up at 6:26 a.m. this morning.  Nancy sent me
> a message that a TV crew from Channel 7 out of Watertown is on the way to
> her house!  Little does the rosy finch know how famous it is becoming!
> Locust Grove must be experiencing a boon in tourism!
>
> ** **
>
> Nancy also mentioned “what a nice bunch of guys” visited yesterday, and
> today, she mentioned it has been great to meet everyone visiting.  She
> particularly enjoyed reading Corey Finger’s blog (I’ll list the link below
> for members of Northern NY Birds):
>
> ** **
>
> http://1birds.com/gray-crowned-rosy-finch-in-new-york.htm
>
> ** **
>
> Beautiful photos Corey!  Thank you for writing such an interesting blog –
> I found it wonderful to read more about the bird’s behavior, and its
> behavior around the other feeder species.  Thanks to Benjamin and Seth for
> identifying the bird’s subspecies.
>
> ** **
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> Joan Collins
>
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff Update, JBWR, July 4th

[Donna Schulman]

When I left the East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at 7:45pm, the Ruff
was still feeding on the eastern side at the North End, south of "Dead
Man's Cove".  You can see a roof through the trees on the east side in this
area, and if you moved your eyes all the way down, there was the Ruff!

For birders not familiar with the East Pond, it would be a good idea to
bring wellies or waders and a scope.  And, keep away from the northeast
corner of the pond!  It's dangerous there and the signs are not visible.

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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet, 8/18

[Donna Schulman]

The cut to the ocean has been opened at Mecox, and at 4:45pm Saturday there
was a nice assortment of shorebirds and terns on the exploded mudflats,
including 2 Piping Plovers and 11 Black Terns.  Another birder told me the
Black Terns have been there for several days.  The shorebirds were being
flushed by families crabbing and my time there was short, so I wasn't able
to get close views of most of the birds; I was so sorry to leave, it looked
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Angus Wilson wrote:

> The East End of Long Island (Suffolk Co) saw near-continuous rain
> throughout the morning, heavy at times but with little in the way of wind,
> there was no seabird flight on the ocean. A 1-hour watch from Main Beach in
> East Hampton logged 12 BLACK TERNS all headed west and a lone NORTHERN
> GANNET (2 CY). Some more BLACK TERNS (4) were in Block Island Sound as
> viewed from Culloden Point nr Montauk.
>
> Common, Roseate and Forster's Terns are much in evidence having dispersed
> from their nesting sites and small numbers of shorebirds were evident in a
> number of wet spots with some moving down the beaches. Lingering Common
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[nysbirds-l] Extralimital: Crested Caracara, Mercer County, NJ

[Donna Schulman]

Several friends suggested I post this NJ sighting to the NY list.  A
Crested Caracara was found yesterday afternoon by Vincent Nichnadowicz in a
farm field in West Windsor, Mercer County, NJ.  I got great views of it
this morning, and when I left it was hunkered down in the middle of the
field (there was a lot of activity at the time, cars leaving the synagogue
across the street).  Yesterday, the bird flew in the mid-afternoon, but was
eventually re-located in the area.  Photographs show no bands on the bird.
 Here is more discussion on provenance on the ABA Rare Birds
Blog.
 Photo on my Flickr site. 

If you scroll down, there is a Google map of the location posted by Paul
Guris. You can also check JerseyBirds
for updated info.  It's a bit of
a trek to get there, but it's a great
bird.

Donna


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-- Forwarded message --
From: Sam Galick 
Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Subject: [JERSEYBI] Crested Caracara continues, Mercer County
To: jerse...@lists.princeton.edu


Bob Dodelson just called, he has the caracara in the same spot as yesterday
at The Grove Farm.

--
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Paul Guris paulagics@gmail.com
via
 lists.princeton.edu
1:44 PM (22 hours ago)
to JERSEYBI
A bit more info on directions on the Caracar, still being seen at 1:40.
The bird is at the Grover Farm across from the Congregation Beth Chaim.
The bird was in the alfalfa field and is currently in the big dead tree on
the farm.  For mapping, you can use the following:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.27747,+-74.60164=en=41.117935,-77.604698=4.833005,10.876465=h=16

You can also use the address of the synagogue which is 329 Village Road E,
West Windsor Twp, NJ.


-PAG

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Connecticut Warbler - and Oakland Lake, 9/17

[Donna Schulman]

The CONNECTICUT WARBLER found by Peter Reisfeld Saturday was refound by
myself and Ian Resnick this morning,8:00am, at the "Nutmeg Meadow", east of
the 76th Ave. parking lot.  It put in a brief appearance on one of the
small trees in the "meadow" and then went down into the mugwort.

There were nice areas of activity between the parking lot and the
ballfields, though not as much diversity as reported last weekend.  The
ballfields and wooded pond areas were, in contrast, very quiet. Highlights
included:

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (many)
Empidonax Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Veery
Black-and-white Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (at least 6)
Common Grackle

After, I birded Oakland Lake at mid-day, and found a good assortment of
birds, mostly at the far end.  Highlights were 2 Wood Ducks, a Pied-billed
Grebe, American Wigeon, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, another Empidomax
flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo (near the enhance), Ruby-crowned
Kinglet,a loud chipping Northern Waterthrush, Magnolia and Black-and-White
Warblers, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, and at least 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
*
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A good fall birding day.

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From: Peter Reisfeld 
Date: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Alley Pond Park Warblers including Connecticut 9/15 AM
To: Ebirds 


**


I visited Alley this AM.  The ball field was so dead that I started to walk
back to my car to leave. Luckily I stopped at little Alley and had a flurry
of warblers including Blackburnian, Tennessee and Blue winged.  The rest of
the park was relatively quiet but just before leaving for real I stopped by
the mugwort meadow east of the 76St parking lot (knicknamed the Nutmeg
meadow by Eric Miller). In the low branches of a mature white oak tree just
north of the mugwort was an immature Connecticut warbler. Photo link
below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/7988945501/in/photostream/lightbox/

Warblers summary:
CONNECTICUT
Blackburnian
Tennessee
Blue winged
Blackpoll
Magnolia
Parula
Black and white
Black throated blue
Common yellowthroat
Redstart

Happy Fall Birding,

Peter

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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet, 7/19 and 7/20 - Sandwich, Black, Royal Terns

[Donna Schulman]

It was great to get back to Mecox Inlet, my first visit of the summer. The
sand flats by the bay are fenced off, which appears to be making the Least
Terns and Piping Plovers very happy, but which makes scanning for terns and
shorebirds a mostly scoping experience.

Friday morning, 7/19, notable birds included one Red Knot, a Black Tern, 2
Royal Terns, and 6 Piping Plovers. There were also 10 Great Egrets close to
shore, a high number in my sporadic visits there every summer, and about 26
Black Skimmers.

This morning, 7/20, there were no egrets during my 1-hour visit, but
several scans by scope revealed a SANDWICH TERN with the Common Terns, plus
3 Royal Terns and 3 Piping Plovers.

There were few shorebirds both mornings, mostly Semipalmated Sandpipers, a
couple of Short-billed Dowitchers, and one Greater Yellowlegs. There may
have been a bit more variety further out on the sand flats, beyond scoping
range.

Yesterday afternoon I managed to get entry into Shinnecock County Park
East, which is the small park across the inlet from what we usually think
of as "Shinnecock" and usually only open to campers and Suffolk County
resident green ide holders, and found a flock of 8 Common Eiders. I'm not
sure how usual or unusual that is for this time of year.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Philly Vireo and more

[Donna Schulman]

Alley Pond Park was a good place to be this morning. I birded the park 8am
to 11am, with Ian Resnick and, at various times, Lisa, Steve Schellenger,
and Andrew Baksh. Though not super birdy, there were nice pockets of
warbler and other bird activity scattered throughout the park. The
highlight was a *Philadelphia Vireo, *seen by Ian, Steve, Andrew and myself
at Little Alley.

Warblers were seen at Little Alley, the Acadian Kettlehole, the north end
of Decadon Pond, and the green bins by the obstacle course. Species seen
included multiple American Redstarts, Nashville Warblers, and
Black-and-Whites, plus Black-throated Blues, Black-throated Greens,
Northern Parula, Magnolia, Common Yellowthroat,  Chestnut-sided, Palm,
Worm-eating, Blue-winged, Tennessee and Blackburnian Warblers (not all
warblers seen by me and Ian, the latter two were reported by Steve and
Andrew and they and Lisa may have seen additional warblers, if they would
like to chime in.)

In addition to the Philadelphia Vireo, Ian and I had a *Yellow-throated
Vireo* singing exuberantly at Decadon Pond, plus Warbling and Red-eyed. I
stopped by Alley later in the day for a quick walk-through on the way home,
and spotted a Least Flycatcher doing a soft "whit" call.

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[nysbirds-l] Area Sightings by NYSOA Conference Participants

[Donna Schulman]

Here are some of the sightings reported at the New York Birders/NYSOA
Conference on Saturday, November 2nd. Apologies for the late report, it was
a very full day. The sightings are from the board posted at the conference;
trip leaders and birders will hopefully add details.

Newsday had an article about the conference in its Saturday edition, based
on the reporter's experience participating in our field trip to Sunken
Meadow State Park:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/smartphone-in-hand-bird-watchers-on-li-seek-out-rare-sightings-1.6366940/
We were happy that the event served as a platform for publicizing the
fun
birders have in the field, as well as some of the ways in which technology
has influenced the way we bird.

SIGHTINGS REPORTED ON NYSOA CONFERENCE BOARD:

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station field trip; Clay Taylor, leader:
American Golden Plover (spotted by Lisa Scheppke)

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station individual sightings:
Surf Scoter - 4 -  Eamon Freiburger
Lapland Longspur, Vesper Sparrow - Tom Burke & Gail Benson

Sunken Meadow SP field trip, Mary Normandia leader:
Purple Finch

Hempstead Plains field trip, Steve Schellenger leader:
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
American Pipit - 2
Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler (sighted by Shai Mitra)
Palm Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Vesper Sparrow - 1
(note that Hempstead Plains is usually closed to the public)

Alley Pond Park field trip, Ian Resnick leader:
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 'confusing' fall warbler that may have been a Blackpoll or a Bay-breasted
Warbler
(we did determine that these were two different warblers, though they were
seen in the same location)
Brown Creeper
1,000-plus flock of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds

Kissena Park field trip (Kissena Park and Kissena Corridor), Eric Miller
leader:
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Cormorant (flyover)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Amer. Kestrel
Merlin
Brown Creeper
Blue-headed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Linnet

Massapequa Preserve - Lloyd Spitalnik
Eurasian Wigeon


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[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler, Fuchs Pond, Northport (Long Island)

[Donna Schulman]

I writing this on behalf of Tom Reichert, who messaged this to me just now:

I am shooting a stunning Prothonotary Warbler now. Fuchs pond, Northport.
If you want to post.

I've never been to Fuchs Pond, myself, but I see it is Fuchs Pond Preserve,
off Waterside Ave., Northport.

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[nysbirds-l] Listserv Messages Going to Spam Folder (for some of us)

[Donna Schulman]

I've been finding a number of messages from NYSbirds-L and other birding
listservs sitting in my spam folder. Other birders have been reporting the
same problem. Mostly, it's messages from people with yahoo addresses. Some
are addresses which have been hacked, which is what the email browser is
supposed to be watching for, but many are 'real' messages.

Which is why I didn't see Corey's earlier report on Tom Reichert's
Prothonotary Warbler.

So, if people are talking about birds that you haven't seen reported, check
that spam folder!

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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park (Queens, NY) Additions

[Donna Schulman]

I spent several mid-morning hours at Forest Park and went back for an
evening hour, probably right after Corey left. There was little activity at
the Waterhole (which I am now calling the Water-lake) in the morning other
than the Northern Waterthrushes (at least 3) and the Solitary Sandpiper (I
only saw one), but the whole park was buzzing with the sounds of Northern
Parulas and Blue-throated Warblers, and you couldn't walk six feet without
seeing an Ovenbird. Black-and-Whites were multiplying like Tribbles.

Most of the warbler activity was in the canopy, where id was impossible in
the clouded light, but I was able to pick out a Blackburnian (I see that
Corey had two). That orange-red breast shines like a beacon. There was a lovely
Worm-eating Warbler on the bridal path, bathing in a tiny puddle, a
Nashville at the railroad tracks, a Blue-winged Warbler on the blue trail,
and quite a few Magnolias and Black-throated Greens. At least 5 Scarlet
Tanagers, 3 Empidomax Flycatchers (none of which spoke to me), a Great
Crested Flycatcher by the railroad tracks, and several Veerys. I caught the
Lincoln's Sparrow in the evening, thanks to Lisa S. and Karlo M., plus a
couple of Swamp Sparrows.

Good Birding,
Donna

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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Corey Finger  wrote:

> I did a couple of hours in Forest Park this evening after work, much of it
> in the company of Danny Melore, and we had a pretty good showing despite
> the drizzlymist and the difficult light.
>
> Highlights included a flyover Common Nighthawk, three Worm-eating Warblers
> (two seen, one photographed), a Tennessee Warbler, my FOS Swainson's Thrush
> and Wilson's Warbler, as well as what would have been my FOS Lincoln's
> Sparrow if I had not run across two in Bryant Park this morning.
>
> We also had a total of four Canada Warblers and, perhaps most
> interestingly, I had three Solitary Sandpipers at the waterhole which is so
> large at this point that I wouldn't be surprised to come across gannets
> plunge-diving there.
>
> Full eBird list at the link:
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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet (Suffolk County), August 3rd

[Donna Schulman]

I spent 2.5 hours birding Mecox Inlet (Suffolk County) this gray, drizzly
morning, and, as Hugh said earlier this week, shorebird numbers have
increased. I also saw more terns, both in species and numbers than I have
all summer: Common, Forster's, Least, and one BLACK TERN.

The 11 shorebird species viewed included about 150 Sanderlings, 20 Black
Skimmers, including one with a silver band (numbers not legible in
photographs unfortunately), and at least 8 immature Piping Plovers (pretty
good considering I only saw 2 pairs of adults earlier in the summer; I was
told by the shorebird monitors that there was an additional breeding pair
further down the beach).

I did not see the Red-Necked Grebe, which does not mean it was not there.
One good thing about gray, drizzly mornings--less people taking their boats
across the bay and parking on the flats. One not so good thing--more people
walking their dogs off leash, despite the 'no dogs after 9am' sign.

Donna
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Hugh McGuinness 
wrote:

> The cut at Mecox Bay (Suffolk Co.) was opened recently, and even though it
> has closed again, there is an extensive flat. Shorebird and tern numbers
> are building. On Monday I saw a WHIMBREL. Today there were two BLACK TERNS.
> The best find of the day today was a RED-NECKED GREBE sleeping in the
> middle of the bay a little east of north from the mud flat.
>
> For those wishing to visit, hassles will be minimized by leaving before
> 8:30 am and arriving after 6 pm.
>
> BTW, dolphins have been close to shore at this spot all week.
>
> Hugh
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[nysbirds-l] Franklin's Gull--present 5/29 evening

[Donna Schulman]

After waiting for 2 hours, with one tantalizing far-off look, the
Franklin's Gull put in an extended appearance at the eastern end of Plumb
Beach (west side of inlet) from 6:15pm to 7:15pm.

Klemens Gasser and I had been been watching the Laughing Gulls gather on
the beach for at least 20 minutes when the Franklin's finally joined the
party. The
gull was initially feeding more aggressively than the other gulls, but it
soon slowed down and we needed to look for the the white primary tips,
smaller bill, and rosy/pink cast to its chest, that got deeper as the light
dimmed, to keep track of it as it fed and flew and fed up and down the
beach with the Laughing Gulls, a couple of Willets, an Oystercatcher, and
an increasing number of peeps.

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On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:34 PM, David Klauber  wrote:

> The Franklin's Gull flew in to the west side of the inlet at the eastern
> end of Plum Beach around 10:15, stayed for about 10 minutes , then flew
> east and landed on the beach before the area where there are many boats. I
> had taken Sean's advice and waited on the bridge along the paved walkway
> from about 7:45 to 10 with no luck. This is a good view point but very
> noisy as it's next to the Belt parkway.
> A Binghampton birder (Ken?) saw the bird fly in and called me - thanks
> again. For me the most striking thing about the bird on ground was the
> smaller bill, the general black and white look towards the wing tips
> (rather than black with a couple of white spots), and from the rear, the
> less extensive black hood. It did not seem to be paired up as per previous
> observations, although it was with a small group(5-8) of Laughing Gulls. It
> flew off by itself to join another small group of laughing Gulls on the
> beach
>
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> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Franklin's Gull
> From: victhe...@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 11:00:19 -0400
> CC: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
> To: carn...@fordhamprep.org
>
>
> Any sightings on the Franklin's Gull today?
>
>
>
>
> On May 28, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Carney, Martin 
> wrote:
>
> The gull was still on the easternmost part of Plum Beach at 6:15 pm
> today...Martin Carney
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[nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill Update, July 29th--Dutches NO, Long Island YES

[Donna Schulman]

This news is based on messages from respective text alert groups:

Debbie van Zyl reports "no sign of the Spoonbill this morning" from
Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County.

Mary Beth Mills reports that the Long Island Spoonbill was at the south
side of Cold Spring Harbor this morning. If it sticks to its routine, it
will fly over to St. John's Pond, behind the church, late morning or around
noon.

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From: Andrew Baksh 
Date: Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 8:19 AM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor LI Roseate Spoonbill continues…
To: nysbirds-l 
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>From Ed Becher: Roseate continues.. being seen now from fishing docks
looking west

See previous post for location details.


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[nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor Spoonbill 8/02--YES

[Donna Schulman]

After a day's absence (unless I missed an eBird report, which is very
possible), John Gaglione reports the Roseate Spoonbill back at Cold Spring
Harbor, Long Island (Nassau or Suffolk Counties depending on where it is at
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[nysbirds-l] QCBC Alley Pond Park field trip

[Donna Schulman]

Join the Queens County Bird Club for a mini-field trip to*
Alley Pond Park on Saturday, September 5th, 8:00am*.
The trip will be led by Eric Miller (917-279-7530).

We will be meeting at the* 76th Avenue parking lot*, which is located off of
Springfield Blvd.  (see Google map at www.tiny.cc/alley76).  Bring water,
snacks, insect repellent, sun repellent, etc.

Birders of all levels are welcome.


*Donna Schulman*
Editor, QCBC News & Notes

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[nysbirds-l] Corey Finger on Birds of Honduras, QCBC Meeting Wed. Sept. 16th

[Donna Schulman]

It's fall and time for bird club meetings & presentations!

The *Queens County Bird Club Inc.* meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at
the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) in Bayside (for travel
directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).*  *Meetings (and
field trips) are free, all are invited.*
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SEPTEMBER MEETING:   WEDNESDAY, September 16th  8:00pm, APEC
PROGRAM: BIRDS (& OTHER CREATURES) OF HONDURAS by Corey Finger

Corey Finger started birding in 2005, started bird blogging in 2007, and
moved to Queens in 2008. This year these three things have come together and
Corey will be giving a presentation on the birds (and other creatures) he
saw in Honduras on his trip there in Feb. and March.   Corey is one of three
bloggers who writes 10,000 Birds (http://1birds.com/), the world's
most-read birding blog, and wishes he could quit his day job to bird full
time.
  OCTOBER MEETING: WEDNESDAY, October 21st  8:00pm, APEC PROGRAM: SHOREBIRDS
by Lloyd Spitalnik

Lloyd Spitalnik is well known in the NYC birding circles. Birding for more
than 25 years, he runs Metro Birding Briefs, an email service that gets the
word out on "rare" birds in our area. He is also an accomplished
photographer, with photos featured in numerous magazines and calendars, and
one of two featured photographers at the Newark Museum's exhibit Skies Alive.
Lloyd has been running, along  with Don Riepe and Kevin Karlson, the Jamaica
Bay Shorebird Festival, which takes place in August.  He also leads photo
tours in the area.  You can see his work at
http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/.


  *Donna Schulman, Forest Hills, NY
editor, QCBC News & Notes



Queens County Bird Club
President: Arie Gilbert, 
Vice-President, Lou Widerka, 

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