Re: [nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 3221] Snowy Owl, No

[Frederick Kedenburg]

I don’t think Chris T-H needs to weigh in on this as it is a polite 
conversation of an issue that we all know about.
Many of us have opinions that will not be changed. That is everyones right.

I have simply this one thing to say:
I know many out there wish to eliminate the Swans for what they believe are 
scientific reasons. 
I think the Mute Swan, now that they have been here for over a century, have as 
much a right to live as any immigrant does today.
Their numbers and the damage they do is really negligible compared to other 
species. 

Are not Swans now to be considered naturalized and a beauty for all to behold? 
I think they need this protection.
rk

> On Dec 4, 2017, at 6:21 PM, Michael Cooper <mike5...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Well said Tim, but I think I hear the footsteps of 
> Chris T-H on the way, so I’m going to mention a bird in this post and “duck” 
> out of the way of the ban hammer!
> 
> Mike Cooper
> Ridge LI NY
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 4, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Tim Dunn <timd...@optonline.net 
> <mailto:timd...@optonline.net>> wrote:
> 
>> Fred and any others interested, 
>> 
>> Two mute swans by you is no problem. Up to 65 can be seen on any given day 
>> on Argyle Lake in Babylon.  It is a pond that is less than 1/4 mile in 
>> circumference.  All other breeding waterfowl here have been eradicated by 
>> these swans. Some migrant waterfowl use the pond but less than in the past. 
>> Few dabbling ducks use it as swans have eaten all vegetation on the bottom 
>> of the pond to as far as their long necks can reach. 
>> 
>> Geese come and go in migration here, but the mute swans are a constant.  So 
>> I would expect that the reason that DEC wants to control them is that they 
>> are an invasive species that is destroying the local ecosystem and driving 
>> out native species. Maybe not happening by you, but definitely happening 
>> here in western Suffolk. 
>> 
>> Non-birders are aware of this issue because it appeared in the newspapers 
>> when the DEC came out and said they would start removing the swans. That 
>> typically means shooting, trapping, poisoning, etc. Hardly anyone likes the 
>> idea of culling these birds through cruel and inhumane ways (including me), 
>> so the subject comes up for a debate that has reached beyond birders and 
>> wildlife people from time to time.  My understanding is that egg oiling and 
>> similar tactics are being used, or at least are up for discussion, to 
>> control the population. 
>> 
>> Since they are an invasive and destructive species, any connection that an 
>> observer feels to wildlife by viewing feral mute swans is based entirely on 
>> a lack of understanding of the natural world around them. You might have 
>> done more for the guy you ran into today if you had told him that if it 
>> weren’t for those swans, he might be seeing ten different species of 
>> waterfowl that they have driven away.  Beauty is obviously in the eye of the 
>> beholder, but I’d prefer green-wing teal and pintails to those swans. 
>> 
>> (And sociologically speaking, to me those swans represent the escaped stock 
>> of early successful Americans anxious to imitate the “Lords of the Manor” in 
>> Europe, who are the same folks that my Irish ancestors fled to America to 
>> get away from.) 
>> 
>> While stepping around goose droppings and occasionally having to hit the 
>> brakes to allow a goose flock to cross the street is an inconvenience, I 
>> don’t think it has nearly the adverse effect on the local environment that 
>> the swans have had in my part of Long Island. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Tim Dunn
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 4, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Frederick Kedenburg <kedenb...@optonline.net 
>> <mailto:kedenb...@optonline.net>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Although yes, I do know this issue was posted locally on the NF, yet it 
>>> still has many repercussions to birders throughout NYS therefore I am 
>>> posting.
>>> If you wish to eradicate Mute Swan I am sorry.
>>> rk
>>> 
>>> North Fork LI NY: I went looking for the reported Snowy at the Mattituck 
>>> Inlet Breakwater today but although I looked along the Beach, east & west 
>>> and patrolled the DEC conservation and boat ramp area I could not find it. 
>>> I’ll try again as once the species shows up it can be persistent. The 
>>> predominant waterfowl there today was Long-tailed Duck. It was good to hear 
>>> their call once again this season.
>>> 
>>> After some coffee and a late breakfast in Mattituck I went to Laure

Re: [nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 3221] Snowy Owl, No

[Frederick Kedenburg]

I don’t think Chris T-H needs to weigh in on this as it is a polite 
conversation of an issue that we all know about.
Many of us have opinions that will not be changed. That is everyones right.

I have simply this one thing to say:
I know many out there wish to eliminate the Swans for what they believe are 
scientific reasons. 
I think the Mute Swan, now that they have been here for over a century, have as 
much a right to live as any immigrant does today.
Their numbers and the damage they do is really negligible compared to other 
species. 

Are not Swans now to be considered naturalized and a beauty for all to behold? 
I think they need this protection.
rk

> On Dec 4, 2017, at 6:21 PM, Michael Cooper  wrote:
> 
> Well said Tim, but I think I hear the footsteps of 
> Chris T-H on the way, so I’m going to mention a bird in this post and “duck” 
> out of the way of the ban hammer!
> 
> Mike Cooper
> Ridge LI NY
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 4, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Tim Dunn  <mailto:timd...@optonline.net>> wrote:
> 
>> Fred and any others interested, 
>> 
>> Two mute swans by you is no problem. Up to 65 can be seen on any given day 
>> on Argyle Lake in Babylon.  It is a pond that is less than 1/4 mile in 
>> circumference.  All other breeding waterfowl here have been eradicated by 
>> these swans. Some migrant waterfowl use the pond but less than in the past. 
>> Few dabbling ducks use it as swans have eaten all vegetation on the bottom 
>> of the pond to as far as their long necks can reach. 
>> 
>> Geese come and go in migration here, but the mute swans are a constant.  So 
>> I would expect that the reason that DEC wants to control them is that they 
>> are an invasive species that is destroying the local ecosystem and driving 
>> out native species. Maybe not happening by you, but definitely happening 
>> here in western Suffolk. 
>> 
>> Non-birders are aware of this issue because it appeared in the newspapers 
>> when the DEC came out and said they would start removing the swans. That 
>> typically means shooting, trapping, poisoning, etc. Hardly anyone likes the 
>> idea of culling these birds through cruel and inhumane ways (including me), 
>> so the subject comes up for a debate that has reached beyond birders and 
>> wildlife people from time to time.  My understanding is that egg oiling and 
>> similar tactics are being used, or at least are up for discussion, to 
>> control the population. 
>> 
>> Since they are an invasive and destructive species, any connection that an 
>> observer feels to wildlife by viewing feral mute swans is based entirely on 
>> a lack of understanding of the natural world around them. You might have 
>> done more for the guy you ran into today if you had told him that if it 
>> weren’t for those swans, he might be seeing ten different species of 
>> waterfowl that they have driven away.  Beauty is obviously in the eye of the 
>> beholder, but I’d prefer green-wing teal and pintails to those swans. 
>> 
>> (And sociologically speaking, to me those swans represent the escaped stock 
>> of early successful Americans anxious to imitate the “Lords of the Manor” in 
>> Europe, who are the same folks that my Irish ancestors fled to America to 
>> get away from.) 
>> 
>> While stepping around goose droppings and occasionally having to hit the 
>> brakes to allow a goose flock to cross the street is an inconvenience, I 
>> don’t think it has nearly the adverse effect on the local environment that 
>> the swans have had in my part of Long Island. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Tim Dunn
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 4, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Frederick Kedenburg > <mailto:kedenb...@optonline.net>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Although yes, I do know this issue was posted locally on the NF, yet it 
>>> still has many repercussions to birders throughout NYS therefore I am 
>>> posting.
>>> If you wish to eradicate Mute Swan I am sorry.
>>> rk
>>> 
>>> North Fork LI NY: I went looking for the reported Snowy at the Mattituck 
>>> Inlet Breakwater today but although I looked along the Beach, east & west 
>>> and patrolled the DEC conservation and boat ramp area I could not find it. 
>>> I’ll try again as once the species shows up it can be persistent. The 
>>> predominant waterfowl there today was Long-tailed Duck. It was good to hear 
>>> their call once again this season.
>>> 
>>> After some coffee and a late breakfast in Mattituck I went to Laurel Lake.
>>> There were plentiful numbers of Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck and Ameri

[nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 3221] Snowy Owl, No

[Frederick Kedenburg]

Although yes, I do know this issue was posted locally on the NF, yet it still 
has many repercussions to birders throughout NYS therefore I am posting.
If you wish to eradicate Mute Swan I am sorry.
rk

North Fork LI NY: I went looking for the reported Snowy at the Mattituck Inlet 
Breakwater today but although I looked along the Beach, east & west and 
patrolled the DEC conservation and boat ramp area I could not find it. I’ll try 
again as once the species shows up it can be persistent. The predominant 
waterfowl there today was Long-tailed Duck. It was good to hear their call once 
again this season.

After some coffee and a late breakfast in Mattituck I went to Laurel Lake.
There were plentiful numbers of Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck and American Coot. 
Also seen were one Great Blue Heron, one Pied Billed Grebe and a Gadwall.

As an aside:
There were two Mute Swan in the Laurel Lake compared to hundreds of Canada 
Geese there today.
Why does the NYS-DEC seem so preoccupied with extirpating all the Mute Swan and 
is doing next to nothing in addressing the vast numbers of Canada Geese in NYS. 
The geese cause so much damage to wetlands and to water quality due to the hugh 
amount of poop they produce. Loading nitrogen into our bays and wetlands is 
only part of the problem. Maneuvering about many parking lots and commercial 
businesses with grass without encountering poop is problematic.
I understand from DEC records that the Mute Swan population in NYS is somewhere 
between 2800 and 3500. Please correct me if I am wrong.

As I was looking through my scope this morning at Laurel Lake a fellow came 
along walking his dog and asked me what I was looking at. I gave him a brief 
description of the species there and he said to me. “Why do they want to kill 
all the swans? He continued to say “I love the Swans, they are so beautiful and 
my kids love to see them as well”. I wondered how an average person had come to 
know about this issue.

My point here is that I believe the Mute Swan, although yes it is an ‘invasive 
species’, does more good than harm as it helps connect people with a world 
around them they did not know before. The Swans in effect connect people to 
nature and help create a culture of conservation that helps us all.

As for Canada Geese I have nothing against them; however, to put thing into 
perspective when I do the DEC Winter Waterfowl Census in January I frequently 
find about 3,000 Canada Geese in the fields along Oregon Road Mattituck NY 
alone. Imagine how many statewide.

In my opinion the DEC needs to get their priorities in the correct order and 
concern themselves with a gradual reduction in the population of Canada Geese. 
Whether it be through addling of eggs or a more lenient view when it comes to 
hunting and or donation of the take to food banks something must be done.
rk



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[nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 3221] Snowy Owl, No

[Frederick Kedenburg]

Although yes, I do know this issue was posted locally on the NF, yet it still 
has many repercussions to birders throughout NYS therefore I am posting.
If you wish to eradicate Mute Swan I am sorry.
rk

North Fork LI NY: I went looking for the reported Snowy at the Mattituck Inlet 
Breakwater today but although I looked along the Beach, east & west and 
patrolled the DEC conservation and boat ramp area I could not find it. I’ll try 
again as once the species shows up it can be persistent. The predominant 
waterfowl there today was Long-tailed Duck. It was good to hear their call once 
again this season.

After some coffee and a late breakfast in Mattituck I went to Laurel Lake.
There were plentiful numbers of Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck and American Coot. 
Also seen were one Great Blue Heron, one Pied Billed Grebe and a Gadwall.

As an aside:
There were two Mute Swan in the Laurel Lake compared to hundreds of Canada 
Geese there today.
Why does the NYS-DEC seem so preoccupied with extirpating all the Mute Swan and 
is doing next to nothing in addressing the vast numbers of Canada Geese in NYS. 
The geese cause so much damage to wetlands and to water quality due to the hugh 
amount of poop they produce. Loading nitrogen into our bays and wetlands is 
only part of the problem. Maneuvering about many parking lots and commercial 
businesses with grass without encountering poop is problematic.
I understand from DEC records that the Mute Swan population in NYS is somewhere 
between 2800 and 3500. Please correct me if I am wrong.

As I was looking through my scope this morning at Laurel Lake a fellow came 
along walking his dog and asked me what I was looking at. I gave him a brief 
description of the species there and he said to me. “Why do they want to kill 
all the swans? He continued to say “I love the Swans, they are so beautiful and 
my kids love to see them as well”. I wondered how an average person had come to 
know about this issue.

My point here is that I believe the Mute Swan, although yes it is an ‘invasive 
species’, does more good than harm as it helps connect people with a world 
around them they did not know before. The Swans in effect connect people to 
nature and help create a culture of conservation that helps us all.

As for Canada Geese I have nothing against them; however, to put thing into 
perspective when I do the DEC Winter Waterfowl Census in January I frequently 
find about 3,000 Canada Geese in the fields along Oregon Road Mattituck NY 
alone. Imagine how many statewide.

In my opinion the DEC needs to get their priorities in the correct order and 
concern themselves with a gradual reduction in the population of Canada Geese. 
Whether it be through addling of eggs or a more lenient view when it comes to 
hunting and or donation of the take to food banks something must be done.
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[nysbirds-l] Songbird Saver: Test New App to Help Prevent Birds from Colliding into Towers

[Frederick Kedenburg]

Dear List-serve members, FYI.



Songbird Saver : Test New App to Help Prevent 
Birds from Colliding into Towers

An estimated seven million birds die each year in North America by colliding 
with broadcast and cell towers. These birds – primarily night-flying songbirds 
on migration, such as Yellow-billed Cuckoos – are either attracted to or 
disoriented by the lighting systems, especially when night skies are overcast 
or foggy. 

Now, a website developer who loves birds has created a new app 
 to make it easy to help implement a solution. 
With Stan Weigman’s Songbird Saver, you can enter your zip code to find tall 
towers near you, then send a request to operators asking them to turn off 
steady-burning red lights. This simple change is known to reduce bird mortality 
by about 70 percent.

The SongbirdSaver app is now in testing before a larger rollout planned for 
later this year. Please give it a try, provide your feedback, and be part of a 
simple change  that will save birds in your 
community!  

(Note: Some of the data driving the app – including tower owner e-mail 
addresses – may be out of date. If you receive an email bounce-back from a 
tower operator, please print and mail your letter. Please provide your feedback 
on Songbird Saver to ABC’s Steve Holmer .)
A key factor in bird mortality at towers is height, with towers 350 feet or 
more above ground level posing the greatest threat. Elimination of non-flashing 
red lights on these towers also provides a substantial benefit to tower 
operators, who reduce electricity consumption.
Hundreds of tall towers across the U.S. have already updated their lighting to 
reduce bird collisions and reduce operating costs. The change was urged by the 
Federal Communications Commission, which launched a policy encouraging tower 
operators to adopt bird-friendly and energy-saving lighting configurations.
 
“We are seeing great progress and thank the operators of the 700+ towers that 
have updated their lighting to help reduce mortality of birds,” said Christine 
Sheppard of ABC’s Bird Collisions Program. “But there are still tens of 
thousands of tall towers across the U.S. with outdated lights. We are asking 
all tower operators to make this cost- and life-saving switch to help save 
migratory birds.”
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] Songbird Saver: Test New App to Help Prevent Birds from Colliding into Towers

[Frederick Kedenburg]

Dear List-serve members, FYI.



Songbird Saver : Test New App to Help Prevent 
Birds from Colliding into Towers

An estimated seven million birds die each year in North America by colliding 
with broadcast and cell towers. These birds – primarily night-flying songbirds 
on migration, such as Yellow-billed Cuckoos – are either attracted to or 
disoriented by the lighting systems, especially when night skies are overcast 
or foggy. 

Now, a website developer who loves birds has created a new app 
 to make it easy to help implement a solution. 
With Stan Weigman’s Songbird Saver, you can enter your zip code to find tall 
towers near you, then send a request to operators asking them to turn off 
steady-burning red lights. This simple change is known to reduce bird mortality 
by about 70 percent.

The SongbirdSaver app is now in testing before a larger rollout planned for 
later this year. Please give it a try, provide your feedback, and be part of a 
simple change  that will save birds in your 
community!  

(Note: Some of the data driving the app – including tower owner e-mail 
addresses – may be out of date. If you receive an email bounce-back from a 
tower operator, please print and mail your letter. Please provide your feedback 
on Songbird Saver to ABC’s Steve Holmer .)
A key factor in bird mortality at towers is height, with towers 350 feet or 
more above ground level posing the greatest threat. Elimination of non-flashing 
red lights on these towers also provides a substantial benefit to tower 
operators, who reduce electricity consumption.
Hundreds of tall towers across the U.S. have already updated their lighting to 
reduce bird collisions and reduce operating costs. The change was urged by the 
Federal Communications Commission, which launched a policy encouraging tower 
operators to adopt bird-friendly and energy-saving lighting configurations.
 
“We are seeing great progress and thank the operators of the 700+ towers that 
have updated their lighting to help reduce mortality of birds,” said Christine 
Sheppard of ABC’s Bird Collisions Program. “But there are still tens of 
thousands of tall towers across the U.S. with outdated lights. We are asking 
all tower operators to make this cost- and life-saving switch to help save 
migratory birds.”
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [NFBirds Report 3105] Excitement on the North Fork

[Frederick Kedenburg]

> 
> Yes indeed. I first got the call from a birder on Leeton Drive which is west 
> of Kenny’s Beach. They thought that 5 Dovekies were in trouble on the beach. 
> As a NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator I responded at once. I had boxes to 
> transport the birds to a suitable rehab center as frankly I have no idea how 
> to help distressed Dovekies. ( Fresh sliver-sides from the fish market?)
> 
> Luckily when I arrived there were only three birds visible. 
> At once it was certain these were not Dovekies but Phalaropes, but what kind?
> As you could get to within 10 feet of them I realized they were Red-necked 
> Phalaropes as I have seen before in the NW and British Columbia.
> 
> How they got here I do not know but they were a great find on the NF.
> I hope they can make it back to their home out west as that would be best.
> 
> For birders: Of the seven first reported I saw only three and at late 
> afternoon only one.
> 
> Perhaps they may stay around but my feeling is they will head west.
> rk
> 
>> On Sep 1, 2017, at 7:15 PM, little brown job > > wrote:
>> 
>> I think the story went something like this.  Rick Kedenberg got a call that 
>> birds were in trouble.  He responded to the call and discovered that they 
>> were RED-NECKED PHALAROPES instead of what the bird was first reported as.  
>> I saw his first post and was out the door, even though I wanted to lie down. 
>> I got to the originally report location and no birds.  We have the 
>> technology and I called Rick. I don't have a beach sticker on my car, so he 
>> picked me up for a local beach for further searching.  We parked at a friend 
>> of his house and cross her property to the beach.  We scanned the beach and 
>> saw a man with a spotting scope and we walked toward him.  Hey, it was John 
>> W and he had the bird!  Fabulous!  We observed the bird for quite a while 
>> and we were awestruck!  The bird was surfing the waves, flying over the 
>> waves, and at one point I saw it going through a wave!  We met up with 
>> another local birder, Jane, and spent some time with her observed the bird. 
>> We later met up with John Sep and he thought this was the first time the 
>> bird was seen on the North Fork. Excitement!  I only had one in New York 
>> State and it was at JBay in Brooklyn several years ago. I got a few pics 
>> with my iPhone and one neat one going over a wave, but for some reason I 
>> can't attached it this  post.  Sigh.  I saw the bird and that's all that 
>> matters.
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [NFBirds Report 3105] Excitement on the North Fork

[Frederick Kedenburg]

> 
> Yes indeed. I first got the call from a birder on Leeton Drive which is west 
> of Kenny’s Beach. They thought that 5 Dovekies were in trouble on the beach. 
> As a NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator I responded at once. I had boxes to 
> transport the birds to a suitable rehab center as frankly I have no idea how 
> to help distressed Dovekies. ( Fresh sliver-sides from the fish market?)
> 
> Luckily when I arrived there were only three birds visible. 
> At once it was certain these were not Dovekies but Phalaropes, but what kind?
> As you could get to within 10 feet of them I realized they were Red-necked 
> Phalaropes as I have seen before in the NW and British Columbia.
> 
> How they got here I do not know but they were a great find on the NF.
> I hope they can make it back to their home out west as that would be best.
> 
> For birders: Of the seven first reported I saw only three and at late 
> afternoon only one.
> 
> Perhaps they may stay around but my feeling is they will head west.
> rk
> 
>> On Sep 1, 2017, at 7:15 PM, little brown job > > wrote:
>> 
>> I think the story went something like this.  Rick Kedenberg got a call that 
>> birds were in trouble.  He responded to the call and discovered that they 
>> were RED-NECKED PHALAROPES instead of what the bird was first reported as.  
>> I saw his first post and was out the door, even though I wanted to lie down. 
>> I got to the originally report location and no birds.  We have the 
>> technology and I called Rick. I don't have a beach sticker on my car, so he 
>> picked me up for a local beach for further searching.  We parked at a friend 
>> of his house and cross her property to the beach.  We scanned the beach and 
>> saw a man with a spotting scope and we walked toward him.  Hey, it was John 
>> W and he had the bird!  Fabulous!  We observed the bird for quite a while 
>> and we were awestruck!  The bird was surfing the waves, flying over the 
>> waves, and at one point I saw it going through a wave!  We met up with 
>> another local birder, Jane, and spent some time with her observed the bird. 
>> We later met up with John Sep and he thought this was the first time the 
>> bird was seen on the North Fork. Excitement!  I only had one in New York 
>> State and it was at JBay in Brooklyn several years ago. I got a few pics 
>> with my iPhone and one neat one going over a wave, but for some reason I 
>> can't attached it this  post.  Sigh.  I saw the bird and that's all that 
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[nysbirds-l] Red-Necked Phalaropes 2

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[nysbirds-l] Red-Necked Phalarropes

[Frederick Kedenburg]

There have been at least 3 Red-necked Phalaropes, (Not Red) have been seen all 
this morning and currently just off the beach between Kenny’s Beach in Southold 
and as far west as Peconic Dunes Camp.
You can access the beach from Kenny’s or from Soundview Dunes County Park just 
west of their location. Soundview Dunes , known as Bittner’s to us locals, is 
located along Soundview Ave about half way between Kenny’s and Goldsmith’s 
Inlet.

These birds are not shy as you can get within ten feet of them as you walk 
along the shore.

A few more photos to follow.

rk



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[nysbirds-l] N Gannets

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4/14/17  7:30 AM

>From the beach along Dune Road in Westhampton Beach

A steady stream of Northern Gannets traveling east to west.

Traveling in flocks of various sizes of 10 to 30.

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>From the beach along Dune Road in Westhampton Beach

A steady stream of Northern Gannets traveling east to west.

Traveling in flocks of various sizes of 10 to 30.

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[nysbirds-l] A Bald Eagle

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4/13/17 11 AM

Mature A Bald Eagle above Route 105 Peconic River, Riverhead

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4/13/17 11 AM

Mature A Bald Eagle above Route 105 Peconic River, Riverhead

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4/12/17 4PM

3 Least Terns over beach, 431 Dune Road, Westhampton Beach

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[nysbirds-l] Short-eared Owl

[Frederick Kedenburg]

4/12/17 1PM

Short-eared Owl flying over the marsh 1/4 mile west of Shinnecock Inlet  
Crossed Dune Road from the ocean side going toward the bayside.
Went toward Ponquougue Bridge.

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[nysbirds-l] Around the PLT Preserve, Peconic , LI, NY

[Frederick Kedenburg]

Hi Birders,
Had a nice early afternoon walk around the PLT’s Peconic Bluffs Preserve.

Right away I had a Coopers Hawk flying overhead making it’s cak, cak, cak call. 
I watched as it landed in the tall pines and as I approached Autumn Pond it 
flew off.  I used the Audubon App to make the same call of the Coop. I watched 
as it flew off to another area. I have been convinced there has been a Coop 
around here causing a decline of starlings and blackbirds at my feeders.

While observing the Hooded Mergansers and one female Pintail in Autumn Pond I 
heard the Cak noise again real loud. I turned around and the Coop was in the 
tree behind me about 10 yards away. We looked at each other and I guess the 
Coop realized I was not a rival and just flew off. They may be breeding around 
here so I will not be using the smart phone again during mating season. The 
birds need all the strength they can get this time of year so using a smart 
phone to call them in for you to see is not ethical birding. Wait for high 
summer for those smart phone bird-calls.

Seen overhead again today and seen landing deep in the woods where I could not 
- would not - go, were the pair of Red-tailed Hawks. They were the pair I saw 
in courtship display a few days ago over Autumn Pond. I am sure they are 
setting up a nest around here.

While at Autumn Pond I saw my first of this season Osprey pass over and check 
out Goldsmith’s Inlet. Also seen were our two Belted Kingfishers going back and 
forth from Autumn Pond to Goldsmith’s Inlet. Their unique electric-like 
chattering a marvel to hear in the natural world around us. It must be spring.

Walking back home I heard the emphatic calls of our local woodpeckers claiming 
territory for the nesting season. The unique courtship call of the N Flicker 
was quite noticeable. The Red-bellies, Downy’s and Hairy’s are all so lovely as 
well.

All our over-wintering birds are now taking advantage of their winter hardship 
and pairing up, claiming breeding territory and tree cavities for many. This is 
a great advantage to many species that do not not migrate. They get the jump on 
the spring migrants.
For me the exceptions are the birds we feed in the winter but go north in the 
summer, such as the White-throated Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco. Glad to give 
them fuel for their journey north. Love them all.

What’s really cool is to travel in northern New England in Summer and hear the 
unique song of the DE Junco in it’s breeding territory. Then wondering, 'hey 
that might the bird I fed last winter'.  Well worth the cost at Agway ! LOL

I still have Red-breasted Nuthatches coming around. Some are now coming close 
to the house and after the entire winter they have now discovered my suet 
feeders so now I get close up looks of them from indoors. 
That is all good as I enjoy hearing their the sound of their little toy horn. 
Not much different from that of the White-breasted, but you instantly notice it.

Happy Spring Birding to all.

Thanks to the Peconic Land Trust for preserving these woods.

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Hi Birders,
Had a nice early afternoon walk around the PLT=E2=80=99s Peconic Bluffs =
Preserve.

Right away I had a Coopers Hawk flying overhead making it=E2=80=99s cak, =
cak, cak call. I watched as it landed in the tall pines and as I =
approached Autumn Pond it flew off.  I used the Audubon App to make the =
same call of the Coop. I watched as it flew off to another area. I have =
been convinced there has been a Coop around here causing a decline of =
starlings and blackbirds at my feeders.

While observing the Hooded Mergansers and one female Pintail in Autumn =
Pond I heard the Cak noise again real loud. I turned around and the Coop =
was in the tree behind me about 10 yards away. We looked at each other =
and I guess the Coop realized I was not a rival and just flew off. They =
may be breeding around here so I will not be using the smart phone again =
during mating season. The birds need all the strength they can get this =
time of year so using a smart phone to call them in for you to see is =
not ethical birding. Wait for high summer for those smart phone =
bird-calls.

Seen overhead again today and seen landing deep in the woods where I =
could not - would not - go, were the pair of Red-tailed Hawks. They were =
the pair I saw in courtship display a few days ago over Autumn Pond. I =
am sure they are setting up a nest around here.

While at Autumn Pond I saw my first of this season Osprey pass over and =
check out Goldsmith=E2=80=99s Inlet. Also seen were our two Belted =
Kingfishers going back and forth from Autumn Pond to Goldsmith=E2=80=99s =
Inlet. Their unique electric-like