Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times

[Gus Keri]

Has any one looked into the possibility of viral infection? Viral infection can 
make birds thin and starved-looking and can affect large number of birds at 
once. 

New viruses are being seen every once in a while that scientists are not aware 
of, and these viruses are affecting all species including humans.

Gus



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A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving 

LIDO BEACH, N.Y. — Joe Okoniewski has seen this before, just not on this 

scale. Each year Mr. 

Okoniewski, a wildlife pathologist with the New York State Department of 

Conservation, performs 

necropsies on small numbers of seabird specimens that wash up dead along 

the coastal parts of the state. 

The birds are usually lone adults or juveniles that strayed too close to 

shore. 

This summer Mr. Okoniewski has already examined more than 20 dead birds, 

while twice that many are 

awaiting necropsies. All are the same species of agile seabird called 

great shearwaters, and all washed up 

emaciated on Long Island beaches last month in a mass mortality event 

that scientists say is extraordinary 

for the region. 

Now Mr. Okoniewski and others are hoping the unusually large number of 

carcasses can provide clues 

into the mysterious lives of these birds, which are considered good 

indicators of the health of the world’s 

oceans. 

“The birds are extremely thin and anemic,” Mr. Okoniewski said. “The big 

mystery is: Why are they thin? 

On the surface it looks like you know what happened: They starved. But 

when you ask why, it becomes 

much more of a mystery.” 

Continue reading the main story 

The vast expanses of the ocean remain some of the most vital and 

hard-to-study environments on the 

planet. As scientists work to comprehend the scope of climate change, 

they often look to seabirds to tell 

stories from the world’s most inaccessible waters. Pelagic birds, which 

refers to seabirds that spend the 

majority of their lives at sea and rarely venture to the shore, traverse 

various regions and climates, are 

affected by extreme weather patterns and feed on prey exposed to carbon 

emissions — all while staying 

relatively observable above the water’s surface. 

Photo 

One of the seabirds found in Atlantic City, N.J. Hundreds of carcasses 

were found over the course of two weeks, from Montauk, N.Y., to as far south 

as Cape May, N.J. Credit Scott McConnell 

Greater shearwaters, which are long-winged birds the size of small sea 

gulls, nest on some of the world’s 

most remote islands in the south Atlantic, more than 1,500 miles from 

land, before migrating to the 

waters off New England and Newfoundland. 

“These birds really illustrate the connectivity of ecosystems around the 

world,” said Shai Mitra, a biologist 

at the College of Staten Island. 

Their sometimes-perilous journey takes them past Long Island each June, 

but only after they have fueled 

up at feeding grounds in the Caribbean. Living off fat reserves, they 

glide up the Gulf Stream, rarely 

venturing in sight of land. 

“They are sort of an enigma for us to understand them because they are 

so rarely seen,” said Paul Sweet, 

an ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History who is 

preparing specimens of the birds and 

freezing them so that they are available for study in the future. 

Which is why it caused a stir within scientific circles in late June 

when an offshore weather system pushed 

an entire flock not just within sight of land, but also over the shores 

of Nickerson Beach in Nassau County. 

Birders flocked to Nickerson to get glimpses of hundreds of shearwaters 

unsuccessfully fighting wind and 

fog, like flapping flotsam. 

“Many of the birds were over land. Many were flying right on the 

shoreline,” said Isaac Grant, a birder 

from Staten Island. “I’ve never seen anything like it. Eventually, I 

stopped looking and started rescuing 

birds.” 

Hundreds of carcasses were found over the course of two weeks, from 

Montauk west to Brooklyn and as 

far south as Cape May, N.J. 

Steve Walter, a photographer from Brooklyn, arrived at Nickerson Beach 

to find straggling shearwaters 

battling the surf. He picked one up to protect it from the waves, 

“babysitting” it before rehabilitators 

arrived. 

“I never imagined myself holding a shearwater in my hands,” Mr. Walter said. 

Nearly all of the dozens of birds 

Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Thursday, 4/27

[Gus Keri]

The Blue Grosbeak at Prospect park, Brooklyn, was found by Paige Linden Brams. 



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A male Blue Grosbeak was seen by quite a few birders in Brooklyn’s (Kings Co.) 
Prospect Park, this Thursday. I’m not sure who first found, but it was 
apparently there much of, or perhaps all of this day.



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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

Thursday, 27 April, 2017



A male Summer Tanager, not entirely red with a bit of peach-yellow color in the 
belly, which was calling just occasionally but not heard singing, was in the 
north woods in the morning hours  at least to just after the noon hour; 
this bird was re-found 3 times in 6+ hours, but was not especially cooperative, 
staying quite high in larger oaks or other tall trees and was not seen (by me) 
later in the day, despite some additional seeking.



Another Summer Tanager was sighted on Manhattan’s east side at a very small 
pocket park, but apparently was not re-found there a bit later in the day. 



The long-lingering Red-headed Woodpecker was seen again today, into the 
afternoon; it was pretty much in it’s usual area, inside the park a bit west of 
East 68th Street -  a bit more specifically, very slightly west of the 
first park path that runs parallel with Fifth Avenue,  mostly up rather 
high,  also not vocal while I (and another birder  photographer) were 
there.



There was a notable movement of Purple Finch in Central, with easily 35+ which 
is actually a very conservative count; a majority of those seen were in the 
north woods, but there were multiples in the Ramble area,  scattered ones, 
twos, or more in odd areas thru the park.



Although some may have been modestly surprised by the good arrival of a fairly 
diverse mix of migrants today, these (newer) birds were pushing up through New 
Jersey, at least, thru Wednesday night  on into not just the wee hours, 
but almost certainly for some (perhaps many) hours with the foggy conditions… 
which varied a lot, place to place locally.



Note: no one can prove OR disprove that the Red-necked Grebe on the CP 
reservoir is the same which was released after rehab. by the Wild Bird Fund of 
Manhattan. If you can prove so, do.



Since they featured pretty strongly in many birder’s time spent in Central Park 
today, a listing of those, followed by some of the other migrants  asst’d. 
regulars which were seen on 4/27.



Blue-winged Warbler (few, seemed to be no more than 5 in all of the park)

Orange-crowned Warbler (one lingering, near the n.w. arm of the lake,  a 
bit east at times, also this area is the n.w. edge of the Ramble proper)

Nashville Warbler (possibly 8+, somewhat hard to sort as the day went on, with 
early movement by some of these, but surely more than 6, and in several areas 
including Ramble  n. end)

Northern Parula (not many detected, but 5-6+ park-wide)

Yellow Warbler (not that many yet, which is typical, the bigger push of these 
comes in May, and can go deep into May; wonder why, in part? Look at the 
northern range limit to the species!)

Cape May Warbler (adult male, singing but mainly seen  not heard, in 
larger oak at edge of N. Woods, very near West Drive at approx. W. 107 Street, 
not found again later despite some searching there -  not particularly 
‘early’ on this date  in this area)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (several adult males, both in Ramble  n. woods)

[Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warbler (many hundreds still in the park thru the day, a 
possible passage in early morning of far more)

Black-throated Green Warbler (10+, park-wide, with several in view  
audible at times in the n. woods,  also elsewhere at varying times)

Blackburnian Warbler (minimum of 2 adult males, each singing, one in Ramble, 
another in the far n. end woods, in a.m.)

Yellow-throated Warbler (one male of undetermined race, unless someone has very 
good photos, seen to later in the day in the Ramble, south edge by the lake, 
east of Bow Bridge)

Pine Warbler (several, not all males, Ramble areas  also in n. end)

Prairie Warbler (few, those seen were male, a few singing; Ramble, S. end, 
 N. end)

Palm Warbler (60++, this species can be quite high in trees as many were, 
finding food along with most of the other numerous warblers, some extremely 
high in oaks  other trees; males  females were seen)

Black-and-white Warbler (30+, a very good push of this species, with some 
sightings in odd out-of-the-way areas of the park,  many in the n. woods 
as well as numerous in the Ramble; at one point 3 males were seen chasing each 
other within the Hallett Sanctuary in mid-day.)

American Redstart (at least several adult males, but possibly more than a few, 
seen in several areas, including Ramble  adjacent sections,  also in 
the n. woods)


Ovenbird (not many, but 8-10+, found in many areas, but perhaps more in n. 
woods, where less-disturbed by human activity)

[nysbirds-l] Swainson's WArbler direction

[Gus Keri]

If you are going by car to see the Swainson's Warbler at Prospect park this 
weekend, I will tell you what I have been doing for the past 4 years in going 
to this park without any problem and you can decide if it suits you.



Most of the time I park my car on the streets near the 16th St. entrance to the 
park. (South West side of the park). Parking is easy and it's very easy to get 
there (from the BQE to Prospect Expressway and then to 11th Ave). 

the only time I had a problem is when there is a marathon or half-marathon and 
some of the streets are closed. 



After entering the park, walk straight to the Center Drive. Don't go right or 
left, you will end up on the West Drive and this is not where you want to be.



Walk on the Center Drive, east-bound, for almost a quarter of a mile.

You will see a bunch of green containers lining the Drive on your left hand 
side.

Between (not before or after) these containers there are two paths take you to 
behind the containers (north of the Drive). You can take either one and you 
will enter the Midwood area immediately. Walk inside some 20-50 yards and that 
the area where the bird is located mostly. You will see people gathering and 
you won't miss them. 



Good luck in seeing or hearing the bird.

Gus



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Possible Swallow-tailed Kite, Brooklyn/Queens NYC - update

[Gus Keri]

My apology. I should have informed the list of the revision that I made few 
hours ago.

I made the revision after a discussion with one of Brooklyn eBird moderators. 

He wasn't convinced it was a Kite and he suggested the possibility of Peregrine 
falcon with missing feathers to me.









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The tentative identification of this raptor as kite did not sit well with me. I 
think Swallow-tailed Kite (a plausible early spring vagrant) is easily ruled 
out by the generally dark aspect to the body, tail and wings, and don't think 
this is entirely attributable to shadow. Swallow-tails are distinctive at all 
ages in the degree of contrast between the white head/ body and the black 
flight feathers. Mississippi Kites are darker but the tail appears fan shaped 
or narrow and square but never deeply forked. A Peregrine with one or two 
central tail feathers missing or damaged seems a better match to my eyes in 
terms of coloration and silhouette. The narrowness of the wings, especially at 
the base, might be an issue but perhaps this is because the bird is turned 
slightly?



Revisiting the corresponding eBird checklist, I see the observer has now come 
to same conclusion:



https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44965401



Fair enough but I think it's worth sharing the revision with the list so that 
there's no misunderstandings about whether or not a kite was logged. Still 
plenty of opportunities for either kite, especially if any are sighted from 
Sandy Hook NJ where in years past examples have been seen drifting over the 
Raritan Bay towards NY.


Angus Wilson

New York City



On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:48 AM, David Barrett mil...@gmail.com wrote:

This morning at 10:55 Gus Keri briefly saw and photographed what appeared to be 
a raptor with a long, forked-tail over Canarsie Beach Park in Brooklyn. View 
and photo were heavily backlit, into the sun, so coloration could not be 
perceived:



https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/989519637820952584



Swallow-tailed Kite is one possibility and the photo may suggest some other 
ones. The bird was flying east toward Jamaica Bay. 



David Barrett

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[nysbirds-l] Best radar activity

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At 4:30 am, the radar shows best birds activity this season over 
NYC. It suggests a huge number of birds landing.It looks like a fall 
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Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Interesting radar observation

[Gus Keri]

It is possible that these activities suggest shorebirds over the water, but the 
huge surge in the number of song birds in the following day with hardly any 
noticeable increase in shore birds numbers suggests that these are actually 
song birds flying over the water.



I received an explanation (it was sent to my email alone) suggests that these 
song birds might have landed (forced by the north wind) in New Jersey close to 
the water edge sometime between 12 and 4 am, like usual. And then when the sun 
rose, these birds decided to fly over the water to the southern shores of 
Brooklyn and Queens and from there inland.

Why? No one knows. They might think "if you can make it in New York City, you 
can make it any where."



But why did this happen once last year and this is the first time it happened 
this year? Why doesn't it happen more often?



Is it possible that song birds actually do migrate over NYC water a lot but not 
in a large number to show up on the radar every time?



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I don’t have an explanation for it. The activity over water near the shoreline 
most likely indicates shorebird migration and would not explain high density of 
songbirds birds over our parks.  If you look at the landing density on both 
mornings of your maps, it concentrates fairly symmetrically at sites of radar 
stations in NY and NJ.  This is expected as when birds, start to land, their 
altitudes drop so that the birds in areas further from the radar no longer 
reflect as they are “under the radar”.  If the concentration is very asymmetric 
it could suggest birds concentrating in one or more geographic areas, but here 
(except for the shoreline migration) it looks pretty even. 



The best I could say is that the migration was pretty diffuse and covered a 
wide swath. But if you look at paul hurtado’s map for night before last it 
looks even denser.  



http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-5-9/



So it would be hard for me to explain Chris Cooper’s tweet of a dozen Cape Mays 
in one tree at Central just based on that landing pattern. Perhaps the 
shorebird migration is a clue that densities of birds were greater than they 
appeared to be based on reflectivities.  But I’m not an expert, just a 
dedicated amateur.  Any other comments are welcomed. 



Good birding to all,



Peter






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Hi every one,



I would like to share this observation with all of you and I like to know what 
you think of it, especially those who know radar well.



Look at this radar map: (go to the minute 4:41 am CT and zoom to NYC area.)

http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-5-10/



You will see some radar activities (blue color) in the water between NYC and 
Long Island and New Jersey. All the activities on water with no activities on 
the surrounding land.

This morning was the best birding day in the whole city this season.



I remembered that I saw the same activities last year and saved a photo of it 
in my record.

Watch this map: (and again go to minute 4:41 am CT and zoom to NYC)

http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2017-5-15/



You will see the same pattern. A lot of activities (blue color) in the water 
between NYC and LI and NJ with no activities on land.

That day also was the best birding day in NYC that season.



I am trying to explain this phenomenon.

It only happened once last year but it correlated with a huge number of birds.

Any one has any explanation?



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[nysbirds-l] Interesting radar observation

[Gus Keri]

Hi every one,



I would like to share this observation with all of you and I like to know what 
you think of it, especially those who know radar well.



Look at this radar map: (go to the minute 4:41 am CT and zoom to NYC area.)

http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-5-10/



You will see some radar activities (blue color) in the water between NYC and 
Long Island and New Jersey. All the activities on water with no activities on 
the surrounding land.

This morning was the best birding day in the whole city this season.



I remembered that I saw the same activities last year and saved a photo of it 
in my record.

Watch this map: (and again go to minute 4:41 am CT and zoom to NYC)

http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2017-5-15/



You will see the same pattern. A lot of activities (blue color) in the water 
between NYC and LI and NJ with no activities on land.

That day also was the best birding day in NYC that season.



I am trying to explain this phenomenon.

It only happened once last year but it correlated with a huge number of birds.

Any one has any explanation?



Gus













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[nysbirds-l] Radar this morning

[Gus Keri]

http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-5-14/

Go to this map and zoom over New York City at 4:40 am CT (5:40 am ET) and 
afterward. There are a lot of activities over the city, again, coming from the 
shores of New Jersey.

On the current radar: https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php which 
it would be late for you to see, in particular at 7 am ET, there were a lot of 
birds activities (green color) over Brooklyn and Queens.



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[nysbirds-l] Radar phenomenon again

[Gus Keri]

The phenomenon I mentioned before is happening now. The massive amount of birds 
landed in NJ after midnight is spilling over the NY water and reaching the 
south shores of Brooklyn and Queens as we speak.

https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php

Looking forward to good birding day as usual whenever I see this phenomenon.



Gus



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ruff at Heckscher Park - NO (Suffolk Co.)

[Gus Keri]

Why is the solution always to punish the good birders who only want 
to enjoy looking at these rare birds?Why not punishing the misbehaving 
birders/photographers?If you see someone breaking the law by harassing a 
migratory bird or stepping on restricted area to get closer to it, call the 
police and photograph them being arrested. Then post their photo on social 
media and let it be a lesson to all the misbehaving birders.This collective 
punishment doesn’t help any bird or birder.GusSent using Zoho Mail On Thu, 
24 May 2018 05:41:35 -0700  Mike wrote Probably 
another successful chase away thanks to the photographers on the scene last 
night who relentlessly chased the bird from one pool to the other despite being 
told that the bird was best observed and photographed from the car.  
Unfortunately the solution may be to no longer post birds to the list until 
after they’re gone. Mike CooperRidge, LISent from my iPhoneOn May 24, 2018, at 
8:22 AM, Ken F  wrote:The previously reported Ruff at 
Heckscher State Park was not relocated this morning at about 7:00AM. However, 
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[nysbirds-l] Tricolor Heron

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Under the Osprey nest in Marine nature area study in Nassau 
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[nysbirds-l] Radar this morning

[Gus Keri]

This morning, there is a lot of radar activity over NYC.

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/northeast_loop.php



The green color suggests a lot a lot of birds landing. I wonder if it also mean 
a lot of birds taking off like Brants.



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Radar musings

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I have been reviewing these radar maps for the last few years, almost on a 
daily basis during migration seasons. I think there are few points to be 
considered during reading these maps: (especially for NYC birders)

(check the archived radar loops on this site as I explain my point: 
http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/ )

1- the location is very important: To see NYC, you need to zoom the map to the 
proper location. During the last two nights (May 1st and 2nd loops), there was 
hardly any bird landing in NYC. All the landing activities were just east of 
the city, in Long Island or west of the city, in NJ.

2- timing of the activities: In the early evening hours, radar shows the birds 
that are taking off. While in the early morning hours (2-4 am) it shows birds 
that are landing. If you zoom over NYC in the same last two nights you can see 
that a lot of birds took off, which means that the birds' overall counts in the 
city went down in the last two days. 

3- I have noticed also that, in the absence of clouds, the green color on the 
radar indicates more birds than the blue color. And the brighter the color, the 
more activities. (bright greendull greenbright bluedull blue)



Unfortunately, we can't add photos here for illustration. 

But sometimes I put a link to the "current" radar map that I saw at the moment 
when I wrote the email. This radar map needed to be seen immediately. If there 
is some delay in receiving the email ( and I noticed this can happen, for a 
couple of hours sometimes) then the map will not show the original activity. (I 
will put the exact time of the activity with the archived map next time, if 
needed)



Gus





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 On Thu, 03 May 2018 17:21:32 -0700 David Nicosia 
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The radar reflectivity that we see is proportionally to the amount of water in 
a given volume of atmosphere as sensed by the radar. Birds are largely made up 
of water and hence they are highly reflective. Hence, when we see high radar 
returns from birds it is due to the density of birds in that given volume even 
if they are flying faster. Hence, the higher the reflectivity the more birds 
there are in a volume. Larger birds will be much more reflective than smaller 
birds because reflectivity is proportional to the diameter of the target(bird) 
raised to the 6th power.  



When we look at highly reflective  precipitation on the radar and its very 
windy it still correlates to heavy precipitation. There are know known wind 
velocity corrections that are used nor have I ever heard about this in my 27 
years of working radar.



In upstate NY we have seen an amazing transformation from almost birdless two 
days ago to the woods filling up rapidly with new arrivals. Most of these birds 
are breeders. I would say that "true" migrants have been fairly scarce among 
the landbirds up here. For you folks downstate, I imagine the birds keep going 
until they reach either decent habitat or their breeding grounds farther north. 
You need bad weather for migrant "waves" as you probably know, especially 
thunderstorms. I wait for thunderstorms to end and position myself (when I can) 
near a lake or body of water or other migrant trap. This has worked very well 
for me. I am sure many of you have experienced this  bad weather = good 
birds.  Best of luck. 



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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 7:39 PM Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net wrote:

I think I might have run into some musings at the Forest Park water hole today, 
maybe even some hallucinations. But once again, numbers surely weren’t as high 
as the radar reflectivity might have suggested. I would say there were more 
birds than there had been, but nothing to write home about (for the younger 
folks, that’s what we did before we had NYSBIRDS to write to). I still wonder 
about the effect of leaf out being late. There seem to be a decent number of 
Black-and-White Warblers in – they of course don’t make their living in the 
foliage. I wore green today to try and make the surroundings more inviting to 
other species. It’s debatable how well that worked. 

 

It seems to me that the early night radar tends to look promising on many 
nights. But I also like to get a look at the radar as soon as I wake up, which 
may not be until dawn some days. To me, that has not looked so good, although 
Peter tells me that may be too late already. In any event, there is stuff on 
the radar now at 7:30 P.M.  – rain. Also some strange stuff well offshore. But 
the rain will move out, and the flow remains southwest. It’s gotta happen one 
of these days.

 

As for species, you know I don’t like to get into species lists. Everyone that 
gets out gets the same stuff. But if I need to mention some species, a 
Yellow-throated Vireo came down to the water hole. Offhand, I can’t remember 
one coming down – even when one is around singing. And for those who like to 
study the waterthrushes, a 

[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Ross’s goose - Jamaica, Queens

[Gus Keri]

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Queens Gr. White-fronted Goose Update

[Gus Keri]

I went chasing after this goose yesterday. I checked the small pool where it 
was reported, between LIE and Douglaston PKWY. I saw around 30 Canada geese. No 
GWFG.

The geese flew off toward the hill east of the pool. I looked at the map and I 
saw a large golf course there. I thought the geese might use this golf course 
for feeding. 

I circled the whole area but I couldn't find any spot where I could see the 
inside of the golf course.

I gave up and left. 

If anyone has access to this golf course, or knows a spot where it can be seen 
from outside, the goose might be still there.



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I was curious to see if any geese came into Alley Pond overnight, and got a 
chance to check, with the rain holding off. But only about 10 geese were there. 
Seems pretty quick to change roosting spots. The nearest possibility that I can 
think of is Lake Success, which is a few miles away. I took a look at a couple 
of the spots that I had mentioned. Only a small number were on the field by 
Oakland Lake. The ballfields look to be dug up, perhaps being converted to 
turf. It doesn’t look like a viable feeding spot anymore. If that’s the case, a 
lot of the local geese could have just moved on. We’ll see. The lawn around the 
pond should be snowless soon enough.

 

There were, however, a few new ducks on Alley Pond, most notably a Canvasback. 
Having missed a pair that were briefly on Oakland Lake about five years ago, 
this is my first one in northeast Queens in maybe 25 years. They used to winter 
commonly on Little Neck Bay. Sort of the waterfowl version of Bonapartes’ Gull. 
But anyway, for local year listers, this could be easier than some other 
options.

 

 

Steve Walter

 

From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] 

Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 6:57 PM

To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu

Subject: Queens Gr. White-fronted Goose Update




 

As far as I know, it was not seen today at Alley Pond. I know it was looked for 
this morning, but there were much fewer geese than yesterday at a comparable 
time of the morning. Based on the previous reports, it would seem that the 
geese were roosting there, making the early morning the best time. My plan for 
today was to watch them coming in to roost in the late afternoon. Well, the 40 
or so geese that were there when I arrived at 3:30 left shortly thereafter. As 
of 4:45, only one lone Canada had come in. I suppose it’s possible that they 
could come in after dark. It’s not the way I think they do it, but who knows? 
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard geese flying over my house at night. There was one 
flock that flew by Alley Pond around 4:20, coming from the northwest, but they 
kept going toward the east. At least that reminded me of a couple of other 
spots to look, if you’re moved to do so.

 

Oakland Lake (Cloverdale Blvd., just south of Northern Blvd.), which is 
currently mostly frozen. Geese sometimes feed on the field across the street 
from the lake or on the grass along the entrance ramp to the Cross Island 
Parkway, but that’s more likely when there’s an open lake to go back to.

 

The ball fields at Cardozo High School and Queensboro Community College (on 
56th Avenue, west of Cloverdale).

 

Douglaston Golf Course.

 

And when not snow covered, geese will feed right around Alley Pond. We’ll see 
how much the rain melts away tomorrow.

 

 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret continues at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn (NYC)

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It had been moving toward Dale Ave, east of Cypress. It is amazing 
how mowers are not bothering it. People with mowers are 30 to 40 feet away. I 
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northeast of its location yesterday, now near the intersection of Cypress 
Avenue and Vernal Avenue. This still is in the south end of Green-Wood. Note 
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[nysbirds-l] Radar this morning

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After fairly quite night, a large amount of radar activities seen over NYC and 
western LI this morning (and even larger amount in NJ, eastern PA and 
Delaware). Most of the activities were after sunrise: between 5:30 am and 7:30 
am) Does this mean a lot of shorebirds started their migration south? Here is 
the map: www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-7-10/ Unfortunately for 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warblers in New York City today

[Gus Keri]

Thank you, Andrew.



It is sad to see this silly and stupid war hurting only the good birders of 
Brooklyn and not saving any bird, or Owl to be specific.

I am back because I discovered that birding is an addiction The good type of 
addiction, though.

I am back to enjoying birding for what it is, walking in nature and looking at 
beautiful birds, away from birding politics. I have always enjoyed birding 
alone anyway.



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Remarkable, given the coverage or lack thereof or dare I say suppressed.



Dick Veit also reported from Staten Island. Big up to the Bronx - an overdue 
sighting.



Good to see that Gus Keri is still in the game.





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Though overall migrant abundance was lower than expected today, we did report 
five Yellow-throated Warblers so far.



@BirdCentralPark on Twitter relayed the first two, from Tony Gazso (with photo) 
at the Upper Lobe in Central Park at 7:27 am, a singing male that had moved on 
by 7:45, and from Matthew Rymkiewicz, also in Central Park, between the Pool 
and the Balancing Rock north of it. It is possible that the first bird quickly 
flew north to the second location.



Gus Keri reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn at 
10:29 am through @BirdBrklyn on Twitter with photos.



Patrick Horan reported one (with photos) from Pelham Bay Park at 12:55 pm on 
@BirdBronx on Twitter. For directions to it, see his posts on 



https://twitter.com/BirdBronx



Jeffrey Ward just reported the fifth, also from Pelham Bay Park in the small 
pines along the landfill -- again, see the above link.



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[nysbirds-l] Radar activities

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I just checked the radar activities this morning. It looks like a 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Real-time bird alerts for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens

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(especially Brooklyn Bird Alert) thanking David for his tweet. I was happy to 
know that few other birders also took advantage of this tweet and saw the bird. 
This is what social media all about; spreading happiness.

 

The following day, a group of misbehaving birders/photographers went to see the 
bird. They broke the law by trespassing onto the field to get closer to the 
bird. The bird flew away to one of the nearby island. The event was documented 
and photos were posted on Twitter.

 

I was very angry at those birders who broke the law and wished if the person 
who saw them would have called the police to get them. The police are few 
minutes away in that field. I was very sad all day long. I had a sinking 
feeling. Something inside me told me a storm is brewing.

 

In the evening, the injured Snowy Owl who saved me last November came through 
my window and whispered in my ear to check my twitter account. I was shocked to 
see that few birders had blocked my twitter account denying me the access to 
their tweets. They all did it at the same time. They must have been in an 
emergency meeting somewhere in a dark cave under the candle lights right now to 
decide the fate of the evil-doer Gus Keri.

 

The SSBEB forgot all what ailing the world of birds. They forgot global 
warming, thinning of the ice cap, deforestation, destruction of habitat, 
acidification of oceans, plastic-ification of oceans and Trump administration’s 
attempt at reversing all the environmentally protecting laws for migratory 
birds. They decided that my twitter account is dangerous to Snowy Owls and 
leading this species to extinction.

 

What shocked me the most that one of them was one of the nicest people I have 
ever known and the last person I expected to be blocked by. An overwhelming 
feeling of sadness descended on me. I didn’t know what to do. The SSBEB have 
influenced the best of them all into taking action against me.

 

At that moment, I reached a decision that I had been thinking about for few 
months. I am done with birding altogether. I deleted all my birding-related 
social media accounts and went into the night quietly. Needless to say, I 
couldn’t sleep that night until the early morning hours.

 

Over the last few years of birding, I got to know many birders in Brooklyn. The 
majority if them are very good people who don’t want to make any trouble. They 
kept saying to me, “he is a nasty man but a very knowledgeable birder and I 
don’t want to get on his bad side.” The culture of “fear and intimidation” is 
alive and well in the Brooklyn birding community.

 

Many of them asked me to keep the fight against the Junta SSBEB. But what they 
don’t know that I am not young, and above all, I am not healthy enough for this 
fight. I wish I was thirty years younger with my full health. I would have kept 
my promise to the many good people who just need their voices heard without 
fear of bad repercussions.

 

Dear David, I have not met you yet. I am hoping to do so at one of my trips to 
Central park. I don’t know how old or healthy you are. But I hope you will keep 
this account running, at least because “this town needs this measly one-horse 
institution if only to have some place where people can come without crawling 
to Potter.”

 

Thank you every one for reading on.

I have a feeling this might be my last communication on this list.

So long every one.

Gus Keri

 



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Even though “the world is turning and you can’t slow down,” I have chosen never 
to have tweeted, retweeted, used instagram, Ingraham, facebook, linked in or 
willingly participate in any form of social media.  Getting old is not so bad 
considering where the world is going even if you miss a bird “here, there and 
everywhere”, as reportage of bird sightings migrates to sources one may choose 
not to use.  It seems to me though not knowing any of the participants to this 
debate; isn’t the whole point of the social media thing once it’s out there 
it’s out there for better or perhaps more often for worse and if you choose to 
give the the new robber barons like Zuckerberg your personal info, well  
and if you choose to follow what Kim Kardashian eats, well; and if you tweet 
the identity and location of a bird, well 



Seems this newest bird community feud is merely a redux of the photographer v. 
birder antagonisms not to mention the debate regarding the absurd -unethical 
many would say - use of incessant play back by some charging $ to lead bird 
walks so their customers can get better photographs — all issues that hopefully 
won’t Trump reports of actual bird sightings as migration gets in to full 
swing.  Happy birding.  



As for birds, I did see a meadowlark at Croton Point today. 



L. Trachtenberg 

Ossining, NY. 



P.s. “Can’t we all just get along” — kidding  

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] Strong radar activities

[Gus Keri]

Hi all, I believe this is going to be a good birding day for the Tristate area 
and especially NYC. There was a dense green color over all the boroughs of NYC, 
in particular Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, at 1 am this morning which 
indicates significant number of birds landing in our area. I saw this happened 
only once before this season, three weeks ago, and it turned out to be a good 
birding day then. Let's hope for a repeat. Gus Sent using Zoho Mail
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[nysbirds-l] Congratulation, David, on hitting the jackpot

[Gus Keri]

Congratulation, David, on hitting the jackpot: 777 followers at Brooklyn Bird 
Alert.

You also reached 415 followers on Queens Bird Alert and 400 followers on Bronx 
Bird Alert.
But the number of your followers on Manhattan Bird alert is staggering 5963 

In total, you have 7555 followers
It is amazing.

You even cover Staten Island (in Brooklyn bird alert) and Long Island (in 
Queens bird alert) and  Westchester (in Bronx bird alert) and New Jersey (in 
Manhattan)

This speaks volume to the great work you do for birders all over NYC area and 
beyond. Many people appreciate all the timely info you provide in your accounts 
and many are benefitting a lot from it by getting on some exciting birds.

My only wish is that those who follow you and get the benefit of your tweets 
would return the favor and start using the hashtag words for each account. It 
will only take an additional few seconds for every tweet they write.

Just add #birdbk for Brooklyn tweets, #birdqu for Queens tweets and #birdbx for 
Bronx tweets and #birdcp for Manhattan tweets.

David works very hard to keep the city birders well-informed. He deserved all 
the help he can get from the birding community.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Unchaseable Varied Thrush, Manhattan, NYC yesterday

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Congratulation, David, on hitting the jackpot: 777 followers at Brooklyn Bird 
Alert. 

You also reached 415 followers on Queens Bird Alert and 400 followers on Bronx 
Bird Alert. 
But the number of your followers on Manhattan Bird alert is staggering 5963 

In total, you have 7555 followers 
It is amazing. 

You even cover Staten Island (in Brooklyn bird alert) and Long Island (in 
Queens bird alert) and Westchester (in Bronx bird alert) and New Jersey (in 
Manhattan) 

This speaks volume to the great work you do for birders all over NYC area and 
beyond. Many people appreciate all the timely info you provide in your accounts 
and many are benefitting a lot from it by getting on some exciting birds. 

My only wish is that those who follow you and get the benefit of your tweets 
would return the favor and start using the hashtag words for each account. It 
will only take an additional few seconds for every tweet they write. 

Just add #birdbk for Brooklyn tweets, #birdqu for Queens tweets and #birdbx for 
Bronx tweets and #birdcp for Manhattan tweets. 

David works very hard to keep the city birders well-informed. He deserved all 
the help he can get from the birding community. 

Gus Keri 


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 > After some days of strong, favorable westerly winds, at least two western 
 > vagrants were observed in Manhattan yesterday: the HARRIS'S SPARROW in 
 > Central Park (as previously noted here) and a VARIED THRUSH. The latter was 
 > a window-strike victim, found at 57th and Central Park West, and immediately 
 > taken to the Wild Bird Fund on the Upper West Side.
 > Photo and comments on the find here: 
 > https://twitter.com/wildbirdfund/status/1059116791564263424
 > If the bird recovers, it is possible that birders might get to see it during 
 > or after its release. Usually these releases take place in Central Park. 
 > Those interested should stay in touch with the Wild Bird Fund, and we will 
 > do the same.
 > David Barrett@BirdCentralPark on Twitter
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[nysbirds-l] Campaign against David?

[Gus Keri]

It seems there is a campaign against David Barrett’s twitter accounts, 
especially the Manhattan Bird alert, trying to discredit him and encouraging 
people to stay away from his account. I find this campaign totally unfair to 
David.

In a recent internet article, the author mentioned 4 reasons for boycott the 
alert. I will talk about each one separately.

1- “Started advertising T-Shirts.”
To the best of my knowledge, all the non-rare-bird-related tweets are added 
after sunset, so it would not bother birders, most of whom turn off the alert 
notification at night anyway. He also posts photos and videos of birds after 
sunset for the same reason.
What is wrong with promoting T-shirt that has a photo of a bird on a birding 
site? It has to be a good idea to raise awareness for the world of birds anyhow.
Beside, I read in one of the tweets that for each T-shirt sold, the seller 
offers few dollars as a donation to one of the birding organization. This is a 
good deed.

2- “Promoted commercial Owl Walks that point flashlights at owls and uses 
excessive audio playback.”
The ethics of bird watching is very controversial and the birding community is 
deeply divided over these issues. I am not going to discuss them here. But to 
criticize David for promoting Birding Bob’s walks seems unreasonable to me.
Birding Bob is responsible for most of the rare birds alert on Manhattan Bird 
Alert, especially the tweets about owls in the last couple of months. On some 
days, I only read his tweets about rare birds and none else. 
He goes on birding walks almost every day and finds things himself. He doesn’t 
need Manhattan Bird alert more than Manhattan bird alert needs him. 
I have never gone on any of Bob’s walks and my encounters with him last only 
for few seconds where we exchange Hello’s only. We never talk birding politics. 
But I heard a lot from other birders about his walks and they do appreciate 
what he offers the birding community.

3- “Reported owls with exact locations, which resulted in the over birding of 
some owls, especially a specific Northern Saw-whet Owl.  David's guidelines say 
post about any bird including all owls.” 
Another controversial issue and it happened that I disagree strongly with it. I 
believe the birding experts (including eBird experts) had this policy wrong. I 
believe every birder have the right to see owls. Our focus should not be 
focused on hiding the location. It should be on educating the public on the 
proper viewing protocol. 
When rare or vagrant bird appears anywhere, the birding experts list the exact 
location and remind each other of the protocol. It has happened last few days 
with the Golden-crowned Sparrow and last year with the Great Gray Owl.
It seems the experts would do all they can to get on rare birds they have not 
seen before even if it means to do things slightly different  from what the 
code of ethics stated.
Well, those new birders who have never seen any owl are like the experts who 
have never seen a Great Gray owl or Golden-crowned Sparrow. The birding 
community should help them get on those owls and educate them how to view them. 
This is a double standard in my opinion.

4- “Promoted the feeding of ducks on The Pond.”
This is another example of where education went wrong.
Many people (non-birders) love to feed birds in the park but they are not aware 
of the danger of giving birds the wrong food. These people will continue to do 
so regardless of what the birding community thinks of them.
When I see a post in the park saying “don’t feed ducks” I laugh, because I know 
people will not follow such order.
The park department came up with a smarter idea. They started putting post on 
what the proper food to feed ducks and other birds, so people can enjoy feeding 
birds without hurting them. This is a great idea.
Manhattan Bird alert simply did that. It is the smart way.

Finally, none of these reasons are valid one to declare war on any of David’s 
twitter accounts. I believe these accounts are the best thing that happened to 
NYC area birders in a long time. And the fact that the numbers of followers to 
each account keep rising is an indication of their importance to the birding 
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[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose in Nassau County

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,

Apparently, there is a confusion about the name of the pond where the goose is 
at. The first report said it's Lake Success. But if you put Lake Success in 
Google map, you get a lake that is north of the Northern State Parkway (NSP).
The goose is at the pond that is south of the NSP. In the middle of the 
triangle that is made by NST, Marcus Ave and New Hyde Park Rd. (exit 25 on NSP 
toward Marcus Ave.)
I couldn't find the name of this pond anywhere. 
Any time you click on one of the four water bodies in Lake Success Village, you 
see the words "Lake Success" pop up.

The confusion continues with reporting this bird to eBird. You see all kind of 
names for this location.
I hope someone who lives in the area could clarify to us the proper name.
And I think eBird should assign a hot spot name for this location.

I spent two hours today until the goose decided to wake up and swim around. 
Enjoy this video of the Pink-footed Goose: 

https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1074853973243379712

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

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,
>From the information I gathered from the replies to my initial email I found 
>out that the ballfield at the southern edge of the water is called  "Merillon 
>Field" and that Nassau county had designated this body of water as a "Sump" 
>and not a pond; Therefore, I changed the name of the location on my eBird list 
>to "Merillon Field Sump" and asked eBird to consider it as a hot spot.
Do you agree?
Gus Keri




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======== Forwarded message 
>From : Gus Keri 
To : "Birding alert,  NYSBirds,  Birding alert"
Date : Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:59:51 -0800
Subject : Pink-footed Goose in Nassau County
 Forwarded message 
 > Hi everyone, 
 >  
 > Apparently, there is a confusion about the name of the pond where the goose 
 > is at. The first report said it's Lake Success. But if you put Lake Success 
 > in Google map, you get a lake that is north of the Northern State Parkway 
 > (NSP). 
 > The goose is at the pond that is south of the NSP. In the middle of the 
 > triangle that is made by NST, Marcus Ave and New Hyde Park Rd. (exit 25 on 
 > NSP toward Marcus Ave.) 
 > I couldn't find the name of this pond anywhere.  
 > Any time you click on one of the four water bodies in Lake Success Village, 
 > you see the words "Lake Success" pop up. 
 >  
 > The confusion continues with reporting this bird to eBird. You see all kind 
 > of names for this location. 
 > I hope someone who lives in the area could clarify to us the proper name. 
 > And I think eBird should assign a hot spot name for this location. 
 >  
 > I spent two hours today until the goose decided to wake up and swim around.  
 > Enjoy this video of the Pink-footed Goose:  
 >  
 > https://twitter.com/BirdQueens/status/1074853973243379712 
 >  
 > Gus Keri 
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[nysbirds-l] Pileated Woodpecxker at Pelham Bay Park

[Gus Keri]

I went out of my comfort zone yesterday and visited Bronx to do some birding 
for the first time ever. I am glad I did. 

After I saw the tweet by Jack about this bird, I decided to go and try my luck 
with this species that eluded me on few occasions in Staten Island. I live in 
Brooklyn near Verrazano bridge.

It took me and few other people almost an hour and a half until we finally saw 
it. 
We spent more than half an hour with this elusive woodpecker which spent most 
of its time on the trees by the open field between Hunter Island, Orchard beach 
and the parking lot. It was not shy at all and it wasn't bothered by our 
presence. It would fly into the forest for a short distance and come out after 
less than a minute. It flew above our head few times. Sometimes, it would stay 
for few minutes drumming on one branch. It was a wonderful experience. 

here is a video of this bird:

https://twitter.com/BirdBronx/status/1071914787951517696

On another note, last Friday was a very special day for me and for Manhattan.
I saw the Long-eared Owl, a life bird for me, that was hanging around in Fort 
Tryon Park in the northern tip of Manhattan. It was very easily seen from the 
sidewalk of the circle where Fort Washington Ave meets Cabrini Boulevard. 

Here is a video of it: 

https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark/status/1071206627179683841

What was so special for Manhattan is the fact that on that day, Friday December 
7th., there was five species of owls in Manhattan reported to eBird. Three in 
Central park (Great-horned, Barred and Northern Saw-whet), one in Ft. Tryon 
(Long-eared) and one in Inwood Hill park (Eastern Screech). I wonder if it is a 
new record for the county or even NYC.

On a personal note, I was lucky to see seven species of Owls this year (five in 
Manhattan and two in Brooklyn) . The only one I missed is the Short-eared Owl 
which eluded me on few occasions.

Oh well, life is not perfect.

have a good birding (or owling) rest of the year.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList and DMARC Policies

[Gus Keri]

Hi, Chris

I noticed that when I send an email to this list from home, it goes through. 
But when I send it from the field by cellular phone, sometimes it goes through 
and sometimes it doesn't. Does it have something to do with the location where 
I am sending it from? 

Gus

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  On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 08:52:41 -0800 Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
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 >Hi Jeanne, et. al., 
 >   It appears that you may not be receiving messages posted by you because of 
 > Yahoo’s DMARC policy. I’m not sure if you are familiar with DMARC policies 
 > implemented by email service providers since 2014 (which you can read more 
 > about here: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN24050.html and here: 
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC), but these policy changes are an 
 > attempt to curb spam. One downside to DMARC policy implementation is that 
 > sometimes a legitimate email message will get flagged  as spam and won’t get 
 > delivered to a recipient. One of the DMARC policies used by DMARC-compliant 
 > email service providers, such as Yahoo, may result in a message getting 
 > flagged if, for example, it originated from a Yahoo email address, but did 
 > not appear  to originate from the Yahoo email server. 
 >   In the case of messages sent to the NYSbirds-L eList, all messages come in 
 > to Cornell’s Lyris Listmanager server from a sender’s email service provider 
 > (i.e., domain = @yahoo.com), which then gets redirected  out from Cornell’s 
 > Lyris Listmanager server (domain = @list.cornell.edu) to all subscribed 
 > email addresses (currently 1,255 subscribers). This process makes the 
 > original recipient email address server and the  “sender’s” email address 
 > server different. When the message is attempted to be delivered to a 
 > DMARC-compliant email service provider, especially if the recipient has the 
 > same email service provider as the original sender’s (i.e., Yahoo), then  
 > the message gets flagged, rejected, and fails delivery. 
 >   Here’s a good graphic that visually demonstrates this process: 
 > https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/pftp-dmarc-blog-healthcare-2.png
 >  
 >   One approach to work around this DMARC spam filtering is to arrange with 
 > your Internet Service Provider to whitelist any messages coming from the 
 > @list.cornell.edu domain. 
 >   Here are some useful links: 
 >   
 > https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-do-i-whitelist-email-sender-or-a-domain-in-yahoo-mail-3515043
 >  
 >   http://onlinegroups.net/blog/2014/02/25/how-to-whitelist-an-email-address/ 
 >   https://itstillworks.com/add-domain-names-safe-lists-yahoo-20269.html 
 >   While I know how frustrating this may be, hopefully this is helpful in 
 > explaining the root cause and I apologize that some subscribers are having 
 > these or similar issues. 
 >   Sincerely, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes 
 >   NYSbirds-L eList Owner Ithaca, NY 
 >   
 > On Nov 22, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Jeanne  wrote: 
 >  I posted a lapland long spur yesterday along with snow buntings and horned 
 > larks. It was never posted!! But they posted my question immediatly? Lmao
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Short-eared Owl, Randall's Island, Manhattan (NYC)

[Gus Keri]

Beautiful quote by the screenwriter and film maker John Builello in the article:

"Seeing the birds is like touching the hand of God. This is the Church of Many 
Feathers."




  On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:00:26 -0800 David Barrett  wrote 
 
 > At 9:01 a.m. today I accidentally flushed a SHORT-EARED OWL from its nearby 
 > perch on the rocky northeast shore of Randall's Island. It flew around the 
 > bay, harassed by gulls, for a few minutes and then went out of sight. Within 
 > five minutes it returned to perch on a large rock not far from me as I stood 
 > on the shore, and it remained there for awhile in plain view. I never saw it 
 > fly off, but it did go out of view, presumably choosing a more concealed, 
 > lower position on the rocks. Not wanting to risk flushing it again by 
 > searching, I moved on.
 > The species is ultra-rare for Manhattan, with the only eBird records being 
 > several from morning migratory flight, 2009-2011. An observation from 
 > Central Park, from either 1995 or 1996, is mentioned in this New York Times 
 > article:
 > https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/25/nyregion/central-park-is-a-festival-of-odd-birds-275-species-sighted-in-watchers-heaven.html
 > 
 > I also had a female BLACK SCOTER at the same location, rare for Manhattan 
 > and not reported every year despite being common in the winter in other NYC 
 > boroughs. 
 > David Barrettwww.bigmanhattanyear.com
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[nysbirds-l] Public posting of Owls' location

[Gus Keri]

Dear all,

I respectfully disagree with the policy that Owls’ locations should not be 
public. Here is why:

In the last few years, I have not seen or heard of any owl that had been 
injured or had died because of public posting of its location. This is from 
information I gathered for owls in NYC area strictly.
I also have not heard of any owl that was hurt or injured by the presence of 
birders or photographers in the nearby. 
During the same period, many owls were injured or ended up dead around the city 
because of many other reasons.

Here are some examples of these dangers:
1- Raptors: Owls can be injured or killed by other raptors like the Snowy Owl I 
found in Floyd Bennett Field last year and if it wasn’t for the public posting 
and the help of the birding community, it would’ve been killed by a raccoon. 
Thankfully, it was saved by Bobby Horvath.
2- Weather storms: Such as the northeaster that destroyed an owl’ nest in 
Jamaica bay last spring.
3- Fishing lines: A nesting male owl was injured by a fishing line in Prospect 
Park last spring. The bird was rescued but eventually died because it was too 
late to save it. 
[That nest location was kept a secret. I wonder if the location was made public 
and birders were allowed to observe the nest, the ailing owl would have been 
discovered and rescued earlier before the situation become terminal. Sometime, 
more eyes on birds might provide more protection.]
4- Glass buildings: Five Saw Whet Owls were brought to Wild Life fund for 
rescue after they hit glass buildings in Manhattan in the last few weeks only.
5- Other species harassing owls: many birds are harassing owls roosting in 
their trees. If you visit any owl roost you will find a group of crows, jays or 
even titmice harassing owls. There are many example of owls abandoning their 
roosts because of other birds’ harassment.

There is one example of birders/photographers harassing owls and this is 
strictly to Snowy Owls because photographers are trying to get a perfect shot. 
This is by no mean is correct behavior and by no mean I endorse it. 
But likewise, I have not seen or heard of any Snowy Owl being injured or died 
because of this behavior.
The Owl usually flies and escapes to a quieter place away from the mob. In 
extreme cases, the owl might fly to a nearby island like what a Snowy Owl did 
last spring when photographers approached it in Floyd Bennett Field.

I am sure people might have different experience with this issue. Some might 
have witnessed owl being injured because of this behavior. But I think these 
events are very rare and should not be reasons for putting policy banning 
public posting of locations.

Educating the public should be focused on informing birders and photographers 
on the proper behavior around roosting owls but should not be focused on the 
reasoning for banning public posting. 
[I like what Jamaica Bay officials did when they restricted access to the Owls’ 
nest but they didn’t prevent birders from seeing the nest from a distance.]

If a birder/photographer breaks the rules and his conduct become harassment of 
the bird, then call the responsible authority. Don’t go after birders who just 
want to share happiness with other birders.

I read recently a very beautiful quote by the screenwriter and film maker John 
Builello that says: “Seeing the birds is like touching the hand of God. This is 
the Church of Many Feathers."
And there is no bird that fits the meaning of this quote than a Snowy Owl. 
Seeing this owl is like touching the hand of God whatever that is to you; God, 
Allah, Krishna, Buddha or Darwin. 
Everyone has the right to touch the hand of God.

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[nysbirds-l] Keep this info between us, please

[Gus Keri]

A nice lady told me that Loggerhead Shrike was reported seen in 
Marine Park Salt Marsh this morning. Please, don’t tell anyone that I wrote 
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Keep this info between us, please

[Gus Keri]

Apparently the bird was Northern Shrike as it was reported to 
eBird. Probably, there was some mis-ID at the beginning. Sent using Zoho 
Mail Forwarded message From : MeTo : 
"Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert","Birding 
alert, ebirdsNYC, Birding alert"Date : Sat, 17 Nov 
2018 11:12:42 -0800Subject : Keep this info between us, please 
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reported seen in Marine Park Salt Marsh this morning. Please, don’t tell anyone 
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[nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding

[Gus Keri]

I believe this is the day The birders of the tristate area and especially NYC 
are waiting for. there was a lot of radar activities over the city itself 
(mainly Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island) in the early hours indicating 
significant number of birds landing in our parks and beaches. Check this site 
at 1:40 am CT.  http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-9-18/ there 
was better activities covering more area at 3 am but I tried to send a photo in 
previous email but it didn't go though. I guess photos are not allowed here. I 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] radar

[Gus Keri]

There is a significant number of birds landing in tristate area this morning. 
Radar starting at 1 am is showing. I thin this is going to be a good day for 
birding.

https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=okx=N0R=1110=yes

The black out in NJ is clear here:

https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2019-5-1/


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  On Wed, 01 May 2019 20:55:12 -0700 Peter Reisfeld drpi...@yahoo.com 
[ebirdsnyc]  wrote 
 >  
 > You’re on your own tonight.  There’s a blackout due to hardware failure at 
 > the KDIX the NJ radar station. And what makes it more interesting is that 
 > while the current NY radar is pretty bland, that in Delaware, just south of 
 > NJ, is hot with the highest densities of the year. 
 > 
 > So what about NJ, the entrance of bird to the metro area?  No one knows. So 
 > you are free to optimistically anticipate a fallout day, or pessimistically 
 > imagine a day of frustration.  But either way, now that we are in May, it’s 
 > best to get out when you can. Because even on a day with mediocre radar, if 
 > it’s May, there’s always the possibility of amazing birding. 
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[nysbirds-l] Radar

[Gus Keri]

I believe the best indicator of new birds landing in NYC is the radar 
activities above the city in the early morning hours, before sunrise. Radar 
activities in the evening hours, before midnight, indicate birds leaving the 
city.
There are activities this early morning which suggest new birds in the city.
Check the time between 1 and 4 am on this page:

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[nysbirds-l] Radar activities

[Gus Keri]

Interesting radar activities over NYC this morning. 
There was a green radar activities between 7 and 7:30 am, mostly over Brooklyn, 
Queens and Manhattan which might suggest significant new arrival of migrating 
birds.
Check here:
https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=dix=N0R=1110=yes

If you are reading this email after 8, the activities probably have gone.
You might want to check this page then and zoom over the city at 7 am EST:
https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2019-7-13/

Have a good birding day
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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt

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In the same spot now. It is 8 am.







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Re: [nysbirds-l] Chukar Partridge?

[Gus Keri]

A similar bird was reported seen in Greenwood Cemetery, which is not far from 
this location, a couple of months ago.  Could that bird have survived the wild 
until now? 

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[nysbirds-l] Radar map

[Gus Keri]

My goodness!
I just checked the radar map before I go to bed. The whole north east is on 
fire (radar activities-wise).
No matter where, it is going to be a good birding day tomorrow.
Check here:
https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php
or later:
https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2019-8-23/



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[nysbirds-l] A radar "fallout" in NYC

[Gus Keri]

The radar map is showing a massive amount of birds landing in NYC and the 
tristate area. I haven't seen this much activities in a long time, especially 
between 2 and 3 am.
It is promising for good birding day.

https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and cats.

[Gus Keri]

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone/

The shape of the curve on the graphic in the above article is very intriguing 
to me. It starts with a steep decline in the first couple of decades and 
plateaued toward the last few years. 
The curve suggests that more than 75% of birds losses happened in the first 25 
years (betwween 1970 and 1995) and less than 25% of the losses took place in 
the last 25 years(from 1995 to present). 
The fact that habitat loss, climate changes and other adverse environmental 
changes are worse in the last 25 years compared to the previous period suggests 
other factors are at play to slow down the decline of the total population. 
Does anyone have any explanation for this contradiction?

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  On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:18:43 -0400 Anne Swaim  wrote 

 > The unformatted PDF version of the study is now openly linked on Cornell 
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 >  also linked from accompanying Living Birds article 
 > here:https://www.allaboutbirds.org/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone/
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[nysbirds-l] Radar map

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https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2019-9-21/

There is a lot of radar activities (green color) in NYC and the Tristate area 
this early morning (2 to 4 am) suggestive of a lot of birds landing. 
Today looks to be a good birding day. 
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and cats.

[Gus Keri]

Hi Shaibal,

I took into consideration the possibility of exponential  decline but it didn't 
look like that.
If you calculate the decline in relation to the absolute number of birds at the 
beginning of each decade, the difference is more remarkable.
Here is the percentage of decline for each decade alone:
By the end of the 70s: 12%
By the end of the 80s: 9%
By the end of the 90s: 7%
BY the end if the 2000s: 4%
By now: 1-2%

I don't know if birds are finding a way to adjust with all the environmental 
changes that are taking place, or there are other factors involved.  




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  On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:01:35 -0400 Shaibal Mitra 
 wrote 
 > Hi Gus and all,
 > 
 > The curve in the link has the shape characteristic of exponential decline at 
 > a constant rate. It has the properties you describe, with the amount of 
 > absolute loss diminishing in the recent years, because the population itself 
 > is getting smaller all the time. I suspect that this graphic is not to be 
 > taken literally but instead is a simple, fitted function meant to express 
 > the overall rate of loss that was estimated over these decades.
 > 
 > Best,
 > Shai
 > 
 > From: bounce-123944861-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 > [bounce-123944861-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Gus Keri 
 > [gusk...@zoho.com]
 > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:57 PM
 > To: Anne Swaim
 > Cc: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts; Birding alert, ebirdsNYC, Birding alert
 > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its 
 > birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light 
 > pollution and cats.
 > 
 > https://www.allaboutbirds.org/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone/
 > 
 > The shape of the curve on the graphic in the above article is very 
 > intriguing to me. It starts with a steep decline in the first couple of 
 > decades and plateaued toward the last few years.
 > The curve suggests that more than 75% of birds losses happened in the first 
 > 25 years (betwween 1970 and 1995) and less than 25% of the losses took place 
 > in the last 25 years(from 1995 to present).
 > The fact that habitat loss, climate changes and other adverse environmental 
 > changes are worse in the last 25 years compared to the previous period 
 > suggests other factors are at play to slow down the decline of the total 
 > population.
 > Does anyone have any explanation for this contradiction?
 > 
 > Sent using Zoho Mail
 > 
 > 
 >   On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:18:43 -0400 Anne Swaim  
 > wrote 
 >  > The unformatted PDF version of the study is now openly linked on Cornell 
 > Lab's website 
 > here:https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DECLINE-OF-NORTH-AMERICAN-AVIFAUNA-SCIENCE-2019.pdfand
 >  also linked from accompanying Living Birds article 
 > here:https://www.allaboutbirds.org/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone/
 >  >
 >  > Anne SwaimSaw Mill River Audubonwww.sawmillriveraudubon.org
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:29 PM Anne Swaim  wrote:
 >  > Further on this topic: someone just passed along a PDF of full text of 
 > the study.
 >  > Reply off list, if a copy would be of interest.
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Re: LINKS - Re: [nysbirds-l] News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and cats.

[Gus Keri]

Thank you Christopher for the links.
I agree that the curve on your link is compressed horizontally but it shows the 
same pattern I described before. Even the curve of each specific habitat is 
showing this pattern.
Look at (fig 1, A and B) on page 12 from the full study and you will see that 
each habitat has the U shaped curve (or reversed bell shape). The Boreal 
Forest's curve, for example, becomes completely flat in the last few years.
Birds numbers' decline should be more severe in the last couple of decades when 
the enveronmental changes are more severe.  On the contrary, the decline 
recently becomes less steeped than in the early stages of the study when the 
conditions were more favorable.
It would be interesting to know why this paradox is happening.
I am suggesting the presence of other factors that play role here. For example, 
birds might have some ability to adjust to adverse conditions in order to 
survive and thrive. Finidng the answer could provide help in the fight to save 
wildlife. 







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  On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:51:04 -0400 Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
 wrote 
 > Hi Shai and Gus,
 > Here’s a link to the 2019 State of the Birds: 
 > https://www.stateofthebirds.org/2019/download-pdf-report/
 > At the above link, the front page shows a graph depicting the actual data 
 > from 1970 to present. The x-axis is compressed relative to the one appearing 
 > in Living Bird and the online graphic 
 > (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone), so the curve in 
 > the State of the Birds report appears to have a sharper decline; although, 
 > there was a minor increase about a decade ago, which helped level out the 
 > line. Also of note, the y-axis depicts thepopulation change (in billions of 
 > birds) by way of negative values.
 > The full Science article is below, although, I’m not certain if those 
 > outside of a university setting will have full access:
 > https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2019/09/18/science.aaw1313
 > Hope these links are helpful.
 > Sincerely,Chris T-H
 > 
 > On Sep 22, 2019, at 1:12 PM, Shaibal Mitra  
 > wrote:
 > Hi Gus,
 > 
 > I really think it's just an artifact of the way the figure was made, and not 
 > something with a complicated biological explanation. To me it looks like a 
 > simple function that illustrates the entire estimated decline from 10 to 7, 
 > as though the current population size was the end point. In other words, the 
 > graphic looks like the exponential loss of 3 billion birds, starting with 
 > all of the 3 billion birds that used to exist, to the zero of those birds 
 > that remain today.
 > 
 > Shai
 > ___
 > From: Gus Keri [gusk...@zoho.com]
 > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 12:35 PM
 > To: Shaibal Mitra
 > Cc: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)
 > Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its 
 > birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light 
 > pollution and cats.
 > 
 > Hi Shaibal,
 > 
 > I took into consideration the possibility of exponential  decline but it 
 > didn't look like that.
 > If you calculate the decline in relation to the absolute number of birds at 
 > the beginning of each decade, the difference is more remarkable.
 > Here is the percentage of decline for each decade alone:
 > By the end of the 70s: 12%
 > By the end of the 80s: 9%
 > By the end of the 90s: 7%
 > BY the end if the 2000s: 4%
 > By now: 1-2%
 > 
 > I don't know if birds are finding a way to adjust with all the environmental 
 > changes that are taking place, or there are other factors involved.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > Sent using Zoho Mail
 > 
 > 
 >  On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:01:35 -0400 Shaibal Mitra 
 >  wrote 
 > Hi Gus and all,
 > 
 > The curve in the link has the shape characteristic of exponential decline at 
 > a constant rate. It has the properties you describe, with the amount of 
 > absolute loss diminishing in the recent years, because the population itself 
 > is getting smaller all the time. I suspect that this graphic is not to be 
 > taken literally but instead is a simple, fitted function meant to express 
 > the overall rate of loss that was estimated over these decades.
 > 
 > Best,
 > Shai
 > 
 > From: bounce-123944861-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 > [bounce-123944861-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Gus Keri 
 > [gusk...@zoho.com]
 > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:57 PM
 > To: Anne Swaim
 > Cc: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts; Birding alert, ebirdsNYC, Birding alert
 > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its 
 > birds since 1970, study finds. Exper

Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher on Staten Island

[Gus Keri]

Is it possible the same one we saw last week at Shore Road Park?
 We saw it in the section near Verrazano bridge, exactly across the water from 
where it is being seen now.
Gus


  On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:04:42 -0500 Isaac Grant  
wrote 
 > 
 > Spotted by Catherine Barron at Fort Wadsworth. Park at lower lot near jetty 
 > and walk along road to the west. Note that you can’t drive that road and 
 > have to park below campground. Bird seen on road and along beach about 50 
 > yards down from the last wooden log on side of road. Beach access via the 
 > first path on left you get to which is where Catherine found the bird. From 
 > the do not enter sign it is maybe 200 yards away. 
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[nysbirds-l] American Pipits at Floyd Bennett field

[Gus Keri]

In the past few days, these birds were reported in the Cricket field but today 
this field was empy on two visits, 3 hours apart, due to the presence of 
raptors (Harrier, Kestrel, Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawk). The grass here is 
very short and doesn't provide much protection.
But while checking the field in front of the Aviator Center that has tall 
grass, I flushed a flock of 5 pipits that flew toward the golf course on the 
other side of Flatbush Ave across from the cricket field. 
I followed them and found out that the golf course is fenced in and I couldn't 
get in.
I went back to the field in front of the Aviator center and I flushed another 
flock of 11 pipits. But this time, they didn't fly away. They stayed in the 
same field and I was able to get photos and videos.
Here is a video of few of them:
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1194025610319945732
Good luck finding them if you go there
Gus




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Re:[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher

[Gus Keri]

Sorry for repeating the link.
The photos are here:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S61008001

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  On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 20:13:48 -0400 Gus Keri  wrote 
 > Hi everyone,
 > I just want to clear the misunderstanding about yesterday's Sighting of 
 > Ash-throated Flycatcher in Shore Road Park of Brooklyn. The bird was neither 
 > found nor ID'ed by myself.
 > It was spoted initially by another birder who pointed the bird to me (we 
 > were birding together) and we both missed the ID.
 > We thought of few possibilities including Eastern or Western Kingbird and we 
 > decided to go with Great-crested Flycatcher althought the bird looked 
 > slightly and behaved differently. We didn't think of the possibility of 
 > Ash-Throated Flycatcher which it would've been my second ever sighting of 
 > this species and probably his life bird (I am not sure on that).
 > The credit of correct ID goes to two other birders who saw the photos and 
 > the video I made and sent me emails, almost semultaniously, raising the 
 > possibility of this species. 
 > 
 > I don't mind getting the credit for getting good photos and videos of the 
 > bird though. LOL
 > 
 > You can watch the video here:
 > https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1189158476167237633
 > And see the photos here:
 > https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1189158476167237633
 > 
 > Unfortunately, the bird was not seen again in the same park. 
 > Gus
 > 


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[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,
I just want to clear the misunderstanding about yesterday's Sighting of 
Ash-throated Flycatcher in Shore Road Park of Brooklyn. The bird was neither 
found nor ID'ed by myself.
It was spoted initially by another birder who pointed the bird to me (we were 
birding together) and we both missed the ID.
We thought of few possibilities including Eastern or Western Kingbird and we 
decided to go with Great-crested Flycatcher althought the bird looked slightly 
and behaved differently. We didn't think of the possibility of Ash-Throated 
Flycatcher which it would've been my second ever sighting of this species and 
probably his life bird (I am not sure on that).
The credit of correct ID goes to two other birders who saw the photos and the 
video I made and sent me emails, almost semultaniously, raising the possibility 
of this species. 

I don't mind getting the credit for getting good photos and videos of the bird 
though. LOL

You can watch the video here:
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1189158476167237633
And see the photos here:
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1189158476167237633

Unfortunately, the bird was not seen again in the same park. 
Gus


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[nysbirds-l] American White Pelican at Jamaica Bay today

[Gus Keri]

Apparently, the Pelican is favoring (hiding in) a cove at the north west side 
of the east pond. The best spot to view this bird is the north east corner of 
the pond. You Don't have to walk down to the edge of the water. I saw it from 
the path standing on a dry land just few hundreds feet from the A train, 
looking through the vegitations. 
The best part is you don't have to have a scope or special boots. I wore a 
sneaker and used my binoculars and my camera only. The bird gave me a long 
interrupted  and unobstructed view.
You can watch my video here:
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: American White Pelican at Jamaica Bay today

[Gus Keri]

The Pelican now is at the south end of the east pond and can be 
seen well from the platform near John’s pond without a scopeSent using Zoho 
Mail Forwarded message From : Gus 
KeriTo : "Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding 
alert"Date : Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:02:35 -0400Subject : 
American White Pelican at Jamaica Bay today Forwarded message 
Apparently, the Pelican is favoring (hiding in) a cove at the north 
west side of the east pond. The best spot to view this bird is the north east 
corner of the pond. You Don't have to walk down to the edge of the water. I saw 
it from the path standing on a dry land just few hundreds feet from the A 
train, looking through the vegitations.  The best part is you don't have to 
have a scope or special boots. I wore a sneaker and used my binoculars and my 
camera only. The bird gave me a long interrupted  and unobstructed view. You 
can watch my video here: 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] NY BBA 3 has started

[Gus Keri]

Thanks for this great project.
But I think some Birders who go birding in the west shores of Brooklyn might 
get offended by naming their block (Jersey City_SE), especially that not a 
square foot of the land area located in New Jersey.  :)
I suggest the name (Bay Ridge) or (Sunset Park).
This area has a lot of interesting breeding birds like Common Ravens, Fish 
Crows and at one occasion, Ospreys.
Looking forward to helping with this project and Keep up the good work
Gus


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  On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 15:44:16 -0500 Dave Spier  
wrote 
 > The 3rd NY Breeding Bird Atlas officially started today, January 1, 2020. We 
 > hope that you will join thousands of other birders in documenting the 
 > state's breeding species over the next five years. New York is home to a 
 > wonderful and diverse group of breeding birds, but it is a vast region, so 
 > we will need your help! We encourage birders of all backgrounds, from new 
 > birders to experienced Atlasers, to help document as many breeding birds as 
 > possible.
 > 
 > The New York Breeding Bird Atlas III website 
 > (https://ebird.org/atlasny/about) contains a lot of great information about 
 > the Atlas, and we encourage you to explore the many resources on the site, 
 > including a new handbook. As the breeding season of many species starts 
 > later in the spring, there will be more Atlas training workshops and other 
 > opportunities to learn about Atlas goals and how atlasing works. If you're 
 > eager to get started right away in January, here are a few key points:
 > 
 > All of the data entry for the project will be via a dedicated eBird portal 
 > for NY Breeding Bird Atlas III. eBird offers real-time data entry and 
 > outputs, so you’ll be able to follow along with results throughout the 
 > breeding season and across the entire project period.
 > 
 > For this Atlas, New York State has been divided into a GPS-based system of 
 > 5,710 blocks, each roughly 3.2 miles by 2.8 miles in size which is a change 
 > from previous atlases.* (see https://ebird.org/atlasny/about/atlas-blocks 
 > for details) From these new blocks covering the entire state, the Atlas Team 
 > has selected a subset of priority blocks that are evenly distributed to 
 > ensure broad coverage. To complete the Atlas, we need to adequately survey 
 > all of the priority blocks, which make up 1/3 of all Atlas blocks. Priority 
 > blocks contain many popular birding spots and great breeding habitats in our 
 > region, and are where the focus should be. But if your backyard or favorite 
 > birding destination does not fall within a priority block, you are 
 > encouraged to submit your breeding observations for those areas, too.
 > 
 > A new map overlay (https://lab.nynhp.org/bba/) allows you to search for 
 > priority blocks near you and download detailed block maps. This is also 
 > where you will be able to sign up for blocks. Anybody can atlas in any Atlas 
 > block, so it is not necessary to sign up for a block. But if you are 
 > especially interested in atlasing in a certain block, signing up is a great 
 > way to indicate your interest and commitment in documenting the breeding 
 > birds in that block.
 > 
 > Only a very small number of species, particularly Great Horned Owl, might be 
 > showing signs of breeding behavior in January. If you head up to the North 
 > Country, you might encounter Red and/or White-winged Crossbills singing or 
 > carrying twigs. This chart 
 > (https://s3.amazonaws.com/is-ebird-wordpress-prod-s3/wp-content/uploads/sites/79/2019/11/Breeding-Guideline-Chart.pdf)
 >  provides very detailed information about when species are breeding in New 
 > York, although I would allow for some variation between the coast and the 
 > High Peaks. In general, breeding codes should only be used for a species if 
 > the species is in the "E" or "B" portion of its breeding calendar.
 > 
 > We realize that for some of you, either atlasing or using eBird will be new, 
 > but don't worry – there are lots of resources to help you learn more. The 
 > Atlas III website is a great place to start. If you have questions, there's 
 > a facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/nybbadiscussion/ Working 
 > with Atlas Project Coordinator Julie Hart, a team of regional coordinators 
 > will be coordinating Atlas activities across New York State. Feel free to 
 > ask questions or message me. (https://www.facebook.com/northeastnaturalist)
 > 
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 > (My thanks to Matt Medler for allowing me to customize his message.)
 > 
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 > numbers like 3176D), there is now a GPS-based system using the USGS 
 > 7.5-minute (arc-minute) Quadrangle ("Quad") maps. Each is divided into six 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] NYC Area RBA: 24 April 2020

[Gus Keri]

Hi Ben,

I am afraid that people are starting to confuse the two landfills of Shirley 
Chisholm State Park. They are using Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. 
Landfill) When they are actually at Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. 
Landfill).
Becasue the main landfill that being birded much more often and the one located 
at the parking lot is the Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill, I am suggesting to change 
the other landfill name to Fountain Ave. Landfill (Shirley Chisholm SP) 
instead. This will make people think twice before choosing it. Or maybe, go 
back to the old name "Fountain Ave. Landfill".

Thank you for what you do.
Gus


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  On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 00:18:34 -0400 Ben Cacace bcac...@gmail.com 
[ebirdsnyc]  wrote 
 >  
 > - RBA
 > * New York
 > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
 > * Apr. 24, 2020
 > * NYNY2004.24
 > 
 > - Birds mentioned
 > BROWN PELICAN+
 > WHITE-FACED IBIS+
 > (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
 > 
 > BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
 > GLAUCOUS GULL
 > ICELAND GULL
 > Lesser Black-backed Gull
 > BLACK-HEADED GULL
 > Caspian Tern
 > HARLEQUIN DUCK
 > KING EIDER
 > Least Bittern
 > Tricolored Heron
 > CATTLE EGRET
 > Little Blue Heron
 > Short-billed Dowitcher
 > Stilt Sandpiper
 > Pectoral Sandpiper
 > White-rumped Sandpiper
 > Least Sandpiper
 > Greater Yellowlegs
 > Lesser Yellowlegs
 > WHIMBREL
 > Broad-winged Hawk
 > Red-headed Woodpecker
 > Orchard Oriole
 > Baltimore Oriole
 > VESPER SPARROW
 > GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
 > Scarlet Tanager
 > Cliff Swallow
 > Yellow-throated Vireo
 > PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
 > Worm-eating Warbler
 > YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
 > Black-throated Green Warbler
 > Prairie Warbler
 > Ovenbird
 > Northern Waterthrush
 > 
 > - Transcript
 > 
 > If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically 
 > and use the NYSARC online submission form found at 
 > http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
 > 
 > You can also send reports and digital image files via email to 
 > nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}org.
 > 
 > If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or 
 > sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
 > 
 >Gary Chapin - Secretary
 >NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
 >125 Pine Springs Drive
 >Ticonderoga, NY 12883
 > 
 > Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
 > Number: (212) 979-3070
 > 
 > Compiler: Tom Burke
 > Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
 > 
 > Transcriber: Ben Cacace
 > 
 > BEGIN TAPE
 > 
 > Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 24th 2020 
 > at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, 
 > KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, 
 > BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, WHIMBREL and other shorebirds, CATTLE EGRET, 
 > GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED 
 > WARBLER and spring migrants.
 > 
 > Early for our region, but always welcome, a BROWN PELICAN was spotted flying 
 > by Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning.
 > 
 > At least one of last week's WHITE-FACED IBIS at Timber Point Golf Course in 
 > Great River visited the marsh by the East Marina a few times last weekend 
 > with one of the few small flocks of Glossy Ibis moving around that area. 
 > Though a WHITE-FACED was not reported there after Sunday among the other 
 > unusual birds during the week were an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL, 2 WHIMBREL 
 > and 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS present there today. Three additional WHIMBREL 
 > were noted on Fire Island east of Smith Point County Park last Sunday.
 > 
 > At Orient Point an immature male KING EIDER joined the female there at least 
 > to Thursday and 4 or more HARLEQUIN DUCKS remain as well with an ICELAND 
 > GULL stopping by there Thursday. A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Lemon Creek Park on 
 > Staten Island last Saturday. An immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was spotted 
 > off Moses Park Tuesday and some regional LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS starting 
 > to gather locally included 16 at Moses Park Tuesday. A CASPIAN TERN was seen 
 > Monday and Thursday at Mecox Bay. A decent spring location for this species.
 > 
 > A nice gathering of shorebirds at Captree Island last Sunday featured single 
 > STILT, WHITE-RUMPED and LEAST SANDPIPERS and 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS among 
 > the GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS there.
 > 
 > During the week single TRICOLORED and LITTLE BLUE HERONS also appeared.
 > 
 > A LEAST BITTERN was a surprise visitor to a City Island backyard last Sunday.
 > 
 > A CATTLE EGRET found Wednesday on Long Island's north fork was relocated 
 > near the Downs Farm Preserve off Route 25 west of Cutchogue on Thursday but 
 > not reported today.
 > 
 > Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continued this week in Central Park's north 
 > end, at Cunningham Park in Queens and at the Long Pond Greenbelt in Sag 
 > Harbor.
 > 
 > A VESPER SPARROW 

Re: [nysbirds-l] Non Bird Report Post (skip if you are not interested)...

[Gus Keri]

What happened? Can you give more details, please.
I know this lovely lady and you made me worried. 
Has she contracted COVID 19? or something happened while she was birding?
Gus


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  On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:11:45 -0400 Andrew Baksh  
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 > If any subscribers know the whereabouts of one "Lotus Winnie Lee,” who works 
 > at  Gouverneur Hospital. Please contact Jean Shum at acuga...@gmail.com).
 > For those of you getting out and birding, please be very careful. Safety 
 > comes first.
 > For anyone who is feeling lonely and downtrodden during this time and could 
 > use bit of contact/comfort either via e-mail or phone call. Please contact 
 > me offline. I would be happy to give you my time!
 > Stay safe and check in on your fellow peeps.
 > Cheers,
 > "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the 
 > ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own 
 > abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass
 > 風　Swift as the wind林　Quiet as the forest
 > 火　Conquer like the fire
 > 山　Steady as the mountainSun Tzu  The Art of War
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 >  Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Sterling Forest, Tuesday

[Gus Keri]

"In fact, I saw more Brewster's warblers yesterday than I did golden-wings"
Could this hybridization contribute to the threat facing the already rare 
Golden-winged? 


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  On Wed, 13 May 2020 08:35:26 -0400 CobyNomi Klein  
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 > Sterling Forest was eerily quiet yesterday. I've never seen the place that 
 > empty, of birds and people. I still ended up seeing 55 species, including 14 
 > warbler species ,(I've never been so disappointed with such a high count). 
 > There was one golden-wing at the base of the hill, heading north on the 
 > power line trail at the end of Ironwood Dr. Further north, up the hill was a 
 > Brewster's warbler singing his little heart out. In fact, I saw more 
 > Brewster's warblers yesterday than I did golden-wings, one on the power line 
 > trail and one on the rifle range trail on the east side of Long Meadow Rd. 
 > And what's really amazing is that I'm fairly certain those are the exact 
 > same Brewster's I saw, in those exact same spots, singing the same unusual 
 > songs,  the last time I was there, 2 YEARS AGO! 
 > The other thing that struck me was that the golden-wings are going to be in 
 > trouble there and for once the culprits aren't humans. It's the beavers. 
 > They've dammed up the stream that runs through the swamp at the bottom of 
 > the hill on the east side of the power line trail (as you head north), 
 > creating an enormous pond and inundating a large tract of golden-wing 
 > nesting habitat. Beaver ponds that drowned warbler habitat at the rifle 
 > range and Blue Lake have been recently drained and the tussock sedge that 
 > the warblers nest in has regrown, but the beavers cut down so many trees and 
 > drowned so many others. The golden-wings (in Sterling Forest at least) like 
 > their nests to be in swamp forest not open swamp so I don't know if they are 
 > going to be able to move back in. It's hard times for everyone these days. 
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[nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest in unprotected area

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,

I know we are not supposed to reveal nesting locations but I think everyone who 
is going to visit Plumb beach should be aware of this one. I have never seen a 
nest in this place which is not protected and have many people and dogs roaming 
the beach. 

Today, I found an Oystercatcher nest in a very open area where birders walk 
sometimes. I know because I walked this area many time before, particularly, in 
search of Sparrows. And it is very easy for any one to step over the eggs 
accidently.

The nest is located at the far east end, near the large wooden board. I posted 
few photos on my eBird list to make it easy to find the nest.
You can see them here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S69331372

Unfortunately, nothing can be done about off-leash dogs which is a common 
problem in this place. Although, for some reason, I have not run into any dogs 
during my last two visits. I don't know if the social distancing secondary to 
the Coronavirus has any thing to do with.

I have a reason to believe that social distancing and stay-at-home policy have 
allowed for the Oystercatchers to build a nest on this beach.

So, please, If you are planning to go to Plumb beach, watch your steps.

Gus Keri

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest in unprotected area

[Gus Keri]

Thanks a lot, Joe. This is great.
I didn't think it was possible.


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  On Tue, 19 May 2020 16:36:34 -0400 Joe Jannsen  wrote 

 > 
 > Gus,
 >  
 > I reached out to a Gateway contact to see if they can get this nest 
 > protected.
 >  
 > Thanks.
 >  
 > Joe
 >  
 > From: bounce-124641923-10871...@list.cornell.edu 
 > On Behalf Of Gus Keri
 > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 3:47 PM
 > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert 
 > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest in unprotected area
 >  
 > Hi everyone,
 > 
 > I know we are not supposed to reveal nesting locations but I think everyone 
 > who is going to visit Plumb beach should be aware of this one. I have never 
 > seen a nest in this place which is not protected and have many people and 
 > dogs roaming the beach.
 > 
 > Today, I found an Oystercatcher nest in a very open area where birders walk 
 > sometimes. I know because I walked this area many time before, particularly, 
 > in search of Sparrows. And it is very easy for any one to step over the eggs 
 > accidently.
 > 
 > The nest is located at the far east end, near the large wooden board. I 
 > posted few photos on my eBird list to make it easy to find the nest.
 > You can see them here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S69331372
 > 
 > Unfortunately, nothing can be done about off-leash dogs which is a common 
 > problem in this place. Although, for some reason, I have not run into any 
 > dogs during my last two visits. I don't know if the social distancing 
 > secondary to the Coronavirus has any thing to do with.
 > 
 > I have a reason to believe that social distancing and stay-at-home policy 
 > have allowed for the Oystercatchers to build a nest on this beach.
 > 
 > So, please, If you are planning to go to Plumb beach, watch your steps.
 > 
 > Gus Keri
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest in unprotected area

[Gus Keri]

Thank you, Doug, for the info.
As a matter of fact, I have seen them sitting on the beach on few occasions but 
I have never seen them going on to have any fledglings. (My personal 
experience). And just three weeks ago, I saw one sitting and when it saw me, it 
ran away. When I checked the spot, there was no eggs.
 
I put photos here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S68259881

I thought this bird will end up in Dead Horse Point, across the water, where I 
have witnessed two successful nests (with at least one offspring reaching 
adulthood) in the last three years. 
Eventually the bird built a nest on another spot of the same beach as we can 
see.

The fact that, they were not successful in the last 5 years suggests that 
off-leash dogs problems got much worse (and this also my personal experience). 
And the fact that they are building a nest this year suggests that social 
distancing and stay-at-home policies are helping them.

Maybe, if the NPS will extend the protection to a wider section of the beach 
and ban dogs completely from the far eat end of the beach might bring more 
birds to nest here. We might even see Piping Plovers nesting here. This would 
be my dream and I believe many other birders' dreams.

Gus


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  On Wed, 20 May 2020 21:44:28 -0400 Doug Gochfeld  
wrote 
 > For the record, American Oystercatcher has nested at this site annually for 
 > the past 5 years or more, with the nest typically being right in the area 
 > Gus described.
 > Here is a checklist with photos (by Bobbi Manian) of two recently hatched 
 > young from this site in 2015:https://ebird.org/checklist/S23762945
 > It is most excellent that they’ll have some protection for the nest this 
 > year. 
 > That said, the post-hatching stage seems to be the especially problematic 
 > period of time at this site, as I don’t know that any of these successfully 
 > hatched chicks have made it to the point of fledging/flight.
 > Good BirdingDoug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
 > 
 > 
 > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 15:47 Gus Keri  wrote:
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 > 
 > I know we are not supposed to reveal nesting locations but I think everyone 
 > who is going to visit Plumb beach should be aware of this one. I have never 
 > seen a nest in this place which is not protected and have many people and 
 > dogs roaming the beach. 
 > 
 > Today, I found an Oystercatcher nest in a very open area where birders walk 
 > sometimes. I know because I walked this area many time before, particularly, 
 > in search of Sparrows. And it is very easy for any one to step over the eggs 
 > accidently.
 > 
 > The nest is located at the far east end, near the large wooden board. I 
 > posted few photos on my eBird list to make it easy to find the nest.
 > You can see them here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S69331372
 > 
 > Unfortunately, nothing can be done about off-leash dogs which is a common 
 > problem in this place. Although, for some reason, I have not run into any 
 > dogs during my last two visits. I don't know if the social distancing 
 > secondary to the Coronavirus has any thing to do with.
 > 
 > I have a reason to believe that social distancing and stay-at-home policy 
 > have allowed for the Oystercatchers to build a nest on this beach.
 > 
 > So, please, If you are planning to go to Plumb beach, watch your steps.
 > 
 > Gus Keri
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Least Bittern

[Gus Keri]

The Upper pool is the first body of water by the east corner of the ballfield.
You can find it on this map. Just write Upper pool in the search box

 
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ie=UTF8=en=0=40.6603430002%2C-73.970560=0.008334%2C0.013733=h=16=1VGHdwtZbH85DNBHbsurJSDVg67k

The last time I saw the bittern it was high on tree opposite of the back gate 
of the pool.
Good luck
Gus 

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  On Thu, 21 May 2020 13:51:07 -0400   wrote 
 > 
 > Gus, So which is the Upper Pool?
 >  
 > From: bounce-124646009-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 >  On Behalf Of Gus Keri
 > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:27 AM
 > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert 
 > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Least Bittern
 >  
 > Still at the Upper pool of Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Found by Dennis 
 > yesterday.
 > It is difficult though. I got photo of its butt only. LOL
 >  
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RE: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l] N.Y. County incl. Manhattan, NYC - 10/12 - Bonaparte's Gulls / (etc.)

[Gus Keri]

On April 13, 2019, I saw a group of 10 Bonaparte's Gulls in NY Harbor. They 
landed in front of the Veteran Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I posted 
photos of them here:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S54915112
An hour later, I saw 20 of them near the Belt Parkway Promenade by 92nd st 
overpass in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I posted their photos here:
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  On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:27:58 -0400   wrote 
 > 
 > Yes, I know, but didn’t want to be accused of exaggerating, and don’t have 
 > the F’s at hand.
 >  
 > From: bounce-125035260-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 >  On Behalf Of Peter Post
 > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:10 PM
 > To: rc...@nyc.rr.com
 > Cc: Thomas Fiore ; NYS Birds ; 
 > Emily Peyton 
 > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l] N.Y. County incl. Manhattan, NYC - 
 > 10/12 - Bonaparte's Gulls / (etc.)
 >  
 > I believe It’s been down for longer than that  Check Xmas Bird Counts for 
 > exact years and details. We used to get large numbers at such places as Pt. 
 > Lookout, for example. But no longer There’s been a change in ecology or 
 > something in region 10. Yet there are still large numbers of Bonaparte’s 
 > being seen on the Great Lakes and to the south of us in the mid-Atlantic 
 > States. 
 >  
 > Sent from my iPhone
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > On Oct 13, 2020, at 8:08 PM, rc...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
 > 
 > My purely subjective impression – which runs counter to web ‘wisdom’ of 
 > increasing species populations – is that the number of Bonies around NYC 
 > (exclusive of eastern LI, where I don’t go) has been down for about 2-3 
 > years. Anybody agree?
 >  
 > From: bounce-125034145-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
 >  On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore
 > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:48 AM
 > To: NYS Birds 
 > Cc: Peter W. Post 
 > Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l] N.Y. County incl. Manhattan, NYC - 
 > 10/12 - Bonaparte's Gulls / (etc.)
 >  
 > Thanks, Peter - 
 >  
 > I had not realized there were records for those kinds of numbers or 
 > frequency all the way into New York County waters in that period; I’d 
 > understood them as more so in Kings County/Brooklyn waters, & of course 
 > elsewhere in the wider region, referring in particular to Bonaparte’s Gull, 
 > rather than the rarer two species of gull you also referenced.  If only this 
 > were so cuurently!  I wonder then, when the last of sightings of Bonaparte’s 
 > Gull in New York County waters were which included even -for example- 100+ 
 > individuals, much less thousands on one day.  Thank you for the historical 
 > information!
 >  
 > Tom Fiore
 > manhattan
 >  -  -  -  -  -
 >  
 > On Oct 13, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Peter W. Post  wrote:
 >  
 > Tom:
 >  
 > Bonaparte’s Gull were historically common to abundant in New York County. 
 > Into the 1960’s they occurred as spring and fall migrants and winter 
 > visitors in New York Harbor and along the Hudson River. Up to 5,000+ birds 
 > could be seen on a single day as far north as the George Washington Bridge. 
 > Mixed in among them was an occasional Black-headed or Little Gull. It was 
 > during that time period that Black-headed Gulls occurred in Central Park and 
 > Little Gulls could regularly be seen in May from the Staten island Ferry 
 > (where they would feed with Bonaparte’s Gulls in the Rip Tide off the south 
 > shore Governor’s Island). 
 >  
 > Peter (Post)
 > -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 >  
 > On Oct 13, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:
 >  
 > Monday, “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”, Oct. 12th 
 > New York County (in N.Y. City) 
 >  
 > 3 Bonaparte’s Gulls were noted moving south down the Hudson river, in early 
 > afternoon (A. Farnsworth) - although a very ‘rare’ sighting for the county, 
 > this species is almost certainly annual of occurrence in the county, and the 
 > Hudson river possibly the best site to be on the watch for them on passage. 
 > (They are 'extremely rare' as stop-in-&-stay-a-while visitors to the county, 
 > in terms of the historic records but again, it’s worth keeping eyes open for 
 > this & other unexpected larids, and especially at these times of the year 
 > when much movement is occurring).
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[nysbirds-l] Least Bittern

[Gus Keri]

Still at the Upper pool of Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Found by Dennis 
yesterday.It is difficult though. I got photo of its butt only. LOLSent using 
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[nysbirds-l] Radar activities in NYC & LI

[Gus Keri]

A surprising high radar activities (green color) this early morning (around 
3:40 am) covering NYC and Long Island. I haven't seen it all this migration 
season.
check this map at 2:40 am CT:
https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2020-6-1/

It suggests a significant number of birds landing in these areas.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover declines - wind farms?

[Gus Keri]

And this email was brought to you by the oil and gas industries. LOL
Just kidding

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  On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:58:45 -0400 David Nicosia  
wrote 
 > All, 
 > In Broome Co we have been fortunate to have had a great year for the 
 > AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. That is most definitely related to the drawdown of 
 > Whitney Point Reservoir which empasses ebird hotspots of Upper Lisle Co. 
 > Park, Dorchester Park and Keibel Rd.   But, based on looking at Bull's 
 > comment from his 1974 publication and many of you chiming in on how much 
 > less common this bird is, what could be causing this decline?   The only 
 > thing that has changed significantly for this species , especially in the 
 > last 10-15 years, is the proliferation of wind farms in the central Plains 
 > and midwest. This is a major migratory pathway for this species especially 
 > in the spring and still even in the fall. The rapid and continued rapid 
 > deployment of wind farms in fields where these birds forage and rest on 
 > their way to the Arctic likely has something to do with the population 
 > declines.  The Arctic has not warmed much since 2010 and the fact that the 
 > Arctic was 2-4C warmer 8000 years ago vs today based on paleoclimate studies 
 > suggests that this is not a major factor at least yet. Winter grounds 
 > look similar and I could not find anything published related to a use of a 
 > new pesticide or herbicide down there. They also like the wetter areas on 
 > their winter grounds that are grazed by cattle which hasn't changed much. So 
 > unless the declines are cyclic related to availability of other prey for 
 > predators (lemmings etc) the only other thing to consider is the rapid 
 > increase in wind farms in a major migratory pathway for this species. I 
 > think as birders we have to be careful supporting wind farms.  Wind farms 
 > and solar farms Which can destroy a lot of field and forest habitat DO have 
 > an impact on birds. And energy companies don't care about this stuff, they 
 > want to make money. My contention is that wind farms are what is causing the 
 > declines in the golden plovers and other shorebirds passing through the 
 > middle of the country. With projections of a 4 times increase in wind farms 
 > by 2050, this could be a major issue. If our country goes through with this 
 > without a commitment from China, Russia or India to reduce CO2 emissions it 
 > will all be a waste.  So in summary I don't agree with Audubon's  position 
 > on renewable energy. I think it could have major negative impacts for our 
 > birds. A climate that is gradually warming likely will help birds, not hurt 
 > them. Summers without cold rainy periods are good for nesting. A warmer less 
 > stormy arctic is good for arctic nesting shorebirds. When we had a  very 
 > chilly summer with leftover snow in the Arctic a few years back I remember 
 > the nesting season was proclaimed really bad by researchers up there. So 
 > let's be very careful about supporting renewable energy when it leads to 
 > destruction of habitat and literally death of our birds. I am concerned 
 > about the future related to this. 
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[nysbirds-l] The Perils of Shore Birds Nesting in Brooklyn

[Gus Keri]

. 
Then two more adult Willets joined in and now I could see the three of them 
going crazy. 

There were many people in the park that time taking advantage of a very nice 
weather. Many of them went down the path to the pier not aware of what is 
taking place above their head. A Bicyclist stopped his bicycle at the spot 
where the Killdeer nest was for few minutes, and one Willet flew very close to 
his head and the man didn’t even notice the bird. I thought his helmet probably 
was too tight on his ears and he couldn’t hear their screams. It was funny in a 
sad way.

I watched this for almost thirty minutes and the Willets were getting tired. 
Sometimes, they would land somewhere for few seconds before resuming their 
flights and screamings. My guess is that the Willets had some fledglings very 
close by and they were surprised by the influx of people because it was the 
time of the day when the park is open to visitors. Now they don’t know how to 
get the fledglings to safety. The other possibility is that there is a nest 
with eggs nearby but I am not sure they would behave like that for eggs. 

I got tired of watching this sad event and there was nothing I could do to 
help. I didn’t even see any fledgling and all of this could have been my 
imagination. So, I left. I drove home filled with disappointment. Three nests I 
was hoping to follow over the summer have gone, and nine eggs of very unique 
species vanished into thin air. And the worst part of it is to be overwhelmed 
by a feeling of powerlessness to help them.

Thank you for reading
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Re: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (NYC), 1/10 & prior days: L. B.-b. Gull, 2 W. Tanagers, E. Phoebe, etc.

[Gus Keri]

It is the repetition that increases the probability of radicalization.
I also ask that Mr. Fiore changes his style. I still enjoy his updates on 
Manhattan birds. But keep these controversial issues out of his email.
And no, I am not applying "cancel culture" on Mr. Fiore. (This is directed to a 
private email I received). It is the policy of this list to keep 
non-rare-bird-alerts issue out of this list. I remember this very well.

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  On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:12:31 -0500 Liam Brock  wrote 
 > Just so I understand the position you're taking here, Gus—you truly believe 
 > that someone posting innocuous ethics reminders at the end of listserv 
 > emails is radicalizing people and putting you in danger?
 > 
 > 
 > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 9:59 AM Gus Keri  wrote:
 > I think the moderators of this list should learn from what happened in 
 > Washington DC on Wednesday and block Mr. Thomas Fiore from posting on this 
 > list ever again. (or at least ask him to change his style)
 > 
 > Here is why.
 > 
 > After I joined this list, I became fond of his emails because of the 
 > valuable info he provides about the birds of Manhattan. I also noted that at 
 > the end of every email he thanks the birders who follow birding ethics 
 > focusing on few issues: minimizing disturbance to birds, not playing 
 > recorder and not disclosing roost location. 
 > 
 > At the beginning it didn’t bother me and I reached a point when I stopped 
 > reading that paragraph. 
 > But lately, it started to bother me because I found out that when you repeat 
 > certain “propaganda” over and over and over again, it will lead to 
 > radicalization of people. 
 > 
 > Ask President Trump about that. 
 > 
 > I remember when Mr. Robert DeCandido wrote an email telling people that he 
 > was assaulted by one birder because he was playing birds songs in Central 
 > park. This is one form of radicalization. Birders think they are entitled to 
 > do anything to protect birds, even violence against another human being.
 > 
 > I am also a victim of this radicalization. 
 > 
 > Because I post photos of owls on twitter, I was subjected to what I call a 
 > “cancel culture.” Some birders started boycotting me and started to spread 
 > false rumors about me that I am a danger to birds. They even apply their 
 > “cancel culture” on any person who is perceived as a friend of mine, to the 
 > point that some people who have nothing to do with it started to avoid me.
 > 
 > What happened to Mr DeCandido and what I am hearing being said about me 
 > behind my back made me worried about my own safety. I became very cautious 
 > when I go birding especially that I do all my birding alone. I became afraid 
 > of birders. It is unbelievable, I know you would say that. But this is the 
 > truth.
 > 
 > I became very withdrawn and started avoiding all birders, except those who I 
 > know they are friendly to me.
 > 
 > I think you got my point on why Mr. Fiore should be blocked. His persistence 
 > in writing these things help radicalizing birders. But you might say 
 > promoting good birding ethics is a good thing. The problem is that there are 
 > significant number of birders who don’t agree with these ethics and some of 
 > them are very big in bird watching and birding research.
 > 
 > It doesn’t matter what side you are on. The attack on the Capitol on 
 > Wednesday was committed by the radicalized right. But the radicalized left 
 > is also capable of similar acts if they have a chance. It is the 
 > radicalization that is the problem. And there is so much radicalization in 
 > the birding community, I am afraid. 
 > 
 > Some people might consider me radical when it comes to posting photos of 
 > owls or consider Mr DeCandido as radical in using songs playing but at least 
 > I don’t resort to violence or cancel culture or spreading false rumors and 
 > to the best of my knowledge Mr. DeCandido doesn’t do either.
 > 
 > So, please, Stop the radicalization and block Mr. Fiore.  
 > 
 > Thank you
 > Gus Keri
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >   On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:59:01 -0500 Thomas Fiore  
 > wrote 
 >  > Extralimital, south of NY and reported on Tues., Jan. 5th as “headed 
 > north”, a nicely-photographed Red-billed Tropicbird off Ocean City Inlet, in 
 > Maryland, is quite a sighting for mid-winter especially that far north; 
 > report in eBird: 
 > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ebird.org_checklist_S7870=DwIFaQ=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ=7nwfbHWZRim8f0lnbG90YA=rh3DeM7tMjTYyd3hOvLBNH48TR2eBUqeU-34pcQXhFI=MNtTHtxS6IWnVgmB59pJROAbjL5cDXzwpvYdMg0-FBs=
 >  
 >  > .  .  .New York County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan and Randall’s 
 > Islands. 
 >

Re: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (NYC), 1/10 & prior days: L. B.-b. Gull, 2 W. Tanagers, E. Phoebe, etc.

[Gus Keri]

I think the moderators of this list should learn from what happened in 
Washington DC on Wednesday and block Mr. Thomas Fiore from posting on this list 
ever again. (or at least ask him to change his style)

Here is why.

After I joined this list, I became fond of his emails because of the valuable 
info he provides about the birds of Manhattan. I also noted that at the end of 
every email he thanks the birders who follow birding ethics focusing on few 
issues: minimizing disturbance to birds, not playing recorder and not 
disclosing roost location. 

At the beginning it didn’t bother me and I reached a point when I stopped 
reading that paragraph. 
But lately, it started to bother me because I found out that when you repeat 
certain “propaganda” over and over and over again, it will lead to 
radicalization of people. 

Ask President Trump about that. 

I remember when Mr. Robert DeCandido wrote an email telling people that he was 
assaulted by one birder because he was playing birds songs in Central park. 
This is one form of radicalization. Birders think they are entitled to do 
anything to protect birds, even violence against another human being.

I am also a victim of this radicalization. 

Because I post photos of owls on twitter, I was subjected to what I call a 
“cancel culture.” Some birders started boycotting me and started to spread 
false rumors about me that I am a danger to birds. They even apply their 
“cancel culture” on any person who is perceived as a friend of mine, to the 
point that some people who have nothing to do with it started to avoid me.

What happened to Mr DeCandido and what I am hearing being said about me behind 
my back made me worried about my own safety. I became very cautious when I go 
birding especially that I do all my birding alone. I became afraid of birders. 
It is unbelievable, I know you would say that. But this is the truth.

I became very withdrawn and started avoiding all birders, except those who I 
know they are friendly to me.

I think you got my point on why Mr. Fiore should be blocked. His persistence in 
writing these things help radicalizing birders. But you might say promoting 
good birding ethics is a good thing. The problem is that there are significant 
number of birders who don’t agree with these ethics and some of them are very 
big in bird watching and birding research.

It doesn’t matter what side you are on. The attack on the Capitol on Wednesday 
was committed by the radicalized right. But the radicalized left is also 
capable of similar acts if they have a chance. It is the radicalization that is 
the problem. And there is so much radicalization in the birding community, I am 
afraid. 

Some people might consider me radical when it comes to posting photos of owls 
or consider Mr DeCandido as radical in using songs playing but at least I don’t 
resort to violence or cancel culture or spreading false rumors and to the best 
of my knowledge Mr. DeCandido doesn’t do either.

So, please, Stop the radicalization and block Mr. Fiore.  

Thank you
Gus Keri




  On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:59:01 -0500 Thomas Fiore  
wrote 
 > Extralimital, south of NY and reported on Tues., Jan. 5th as “headed north”, 
 > a nicely-photographed Red-billed Tropicbird off Ocean City Inlet, in 
 > Maryland, is quite a sighting for mid-winter especially that far north; 
 > report in eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S7870
 > .  .  .New York County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan and Randall’s 
 > Islands. 
 > It seems there are no newer reports of a Greater White-fronted Goose for 
 > N.Y. County since Jan. 7th at Central Park’s reservoir, when more than 50 
 > observers saw this bird at various times. There have been, at times, ongoing 
 > good numbers of Canada Geese, in various flock-sizes, moving about Central 
 > Park, and also ongoing around Randall’s Island.
 > A good find on Wed., 1/6 was a Lesser Black-backed Gull, photographed by J. 
 > Keane at Randall’s Island, off the southeasterern edge; it is possible this 
 > gull might be lingering.
 > Both Western Tanagers that have been, respectively (one) near & sometimes on 
 > West 22nd St. in the Chelsea neighborhood, and (one, other) mostly in & near 
 > Carl Schurz Park off East End Ave. & adjacent to E. 86th St. (nearest park 
 > entry to where that 2nd tanager’s been most-often seen) have continued, 
 > albeit both having become trickier to find with ease, as each is wandering a 
 > bit more with a search, most-likely, for enough food the primary issue at 
 > each of the 2 areas (which are separated by several miles).  The Carl Schurz 
 > Park tanager has, at least several times in recent days, gone to the eastern 
 > parts of the park to locate some food, despite the now-available ‘goodies’ 
 > such as a suet-block & at least 3 types of fruits, plus food more suited to 
 > seed-eating species, in the wester

[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher

[Gus Keri]

At Greenwood cemetery of Brooklyn. Border ave with sassafras 
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[nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher @ Greenwood Cemetery

[Gus Keri]

It is worth noting that the bird was found yesterday by BetsInBrooklyn 
@Elizabe38884450

https://twitter.com/Elizabe38884450/status/1328752632924663809

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher

[Gus Keri]

The southern oneSent using Zoho Mail On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 
09:08:30 -0500  Brendan Fogarty wrote Hey Gus there are 
two intersections that fit that description. Is it the north or south one?On 
Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:05 AM Gus Keri  wrote:At Greenwood 
cemetery of Brooklyn. Border ave with sassafras aveSent using Zoho Mail 
  
 
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[Gus Keri]

The flycatcher at this point: (40.6463410, -73.9911694)Sent using 
Zoho Mail Forwarded message From : 
MeTo : "Brendan Fogarty","Birding alert, 
NYSBirds, Birding alert"Date : Sat, 21 Nov 2020 
09:19:06 -0500Subject : Re: [nysbirds-l] Ash-throated Flycatcher 
Forwarded message The southern oneSent using Zoho Mail On Sat, 
21 Nov 2020 09:08:30 -0500  Brendan Fogarty wrote Hey 
Gus there are two intersections that fit that description. Is it the north or 
south one?On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:05 AM Gus Keri  wrote:At 
Greenwood cemetery of Brooklyn. Border ave with sassafras aveSent using Zoho 
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[nysbirds-l] King Eider Seekers, beware!

[Gus Keri]

Birders who might consider going for the King Eider at Dead Horse Point of 
Brooklyn should be careful.
There is radioactivity contamination at the south side of the beach. This area 
is located almost 200-300 meters from the Marine Parkway Bridge. 
The main entrance to the park is closed, although I have seen few 
treasure-seekers go through it.
I went there few times since the discovery but I entered from the marina and 
stayed most of the time on the west shore of the point. 
Good luck.   
Here is the article:
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/dead-horse-bay-closed-radioactive-materials/#:~:text=National%20park%20stewards%20closed%20Dead%20Horse%20Bay%20on,landfill%2C%20which%20has%20become%20a%20destination%20for%20scavengers.

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous Gull

[Gus Keri]

I saw a Glaucous Gull at the middle parking lot of Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn 
today.
It was there the whole time I was there between 10:50 am and 11:30 am and it 
was still there when I left.
Sometimes, it stayed far in the distance and the sun made it difficult to see 
it. Be patient.
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[nysbirds-l] An update on the south Brooklyn beaches nests

[Gus Keri]

Unfortunately, the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the wrack on top of 
the rocky beach in Shirley Chisholm State Park has gone. No eggs to be found 
this morning. (and no fledglings in the area)
This is the third Oystercatcher nest that failed this season. The other two 
were at Plumb Beach and Dead Horse Point.
Also, the Killdeer nest at Shirley Chisholm SP which had 4 eggs has vanished.
In total, 4 nest with 12 eggs have failed.
Last year, similar number of nests for the same species in the same areas had 
only two Oystercatcher fledglings and one of them survived to adulthood in Dead 
Horse Point.
In total, over two years, one out of 25 eggs has reached adulthood. 
This is a really sad situation for these special birds.
Gus Keri


  On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:58:37 -0400 Smith, Jason Y (DEC) 
 wrote 
 > div.zm_6577200324689976142_parse_-3632554252250034675 P { margin-top: 0; 
 > margin-bottom: 0 }Charadriiformes seem to be willing to keep trying to find 
 > ways to adapt to the loss of nesting habitat. It's nice to see AMOY are no 
 > exception. I've even seen reports of AMOY trying to adapt to rooftop nesting 
 > as the terns and skimmer have too. So, while intriguing it doesn't 
 > "surprise" me to hear of them trying a different strategy. Wrack, what you 
 > refer to as straw, is a common nesting substrate available on beaches and 
 > marsh islands.
 > What would be interesting to know is did the AMOY gather the wrack to nest 
 > on, or did they capitalize on an existing deposit of wrack.
 > The real question is since they are willing to adapt...are we?
 > 
 > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist
 > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
 > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502
 > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov
 > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we 
 > created them" -Einstein
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > From: Gus Keri 
 > Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 8:54 PM
 > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert 
 > Subject: Very interesting finding ATTENTION: This email came from an 
 > external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown 
 > senders or unexpected emails.
 > 
 > 
 > While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking the 
 > area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a "nest-protective" 
 > behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same area. It was in an 
 > area where there is no sand above the tide level. I have never seen 
 > Oystercatcher nest in areas other then sandy beaches. All the nests I have 
 > seen over the year were build on sand.
 > 
 > Suddenly, another Oystercatcher flew off the rocky area after it saw me 
 > approaching. When I checked the place, I found a nest built on straws on top 
 > of rocks. It was very surprising to me. I know Willet build their nests on 
 > these straws but not oystercatcher.
 > 
 > I remember that last year the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the 
 > very limited sandy area of this beach had failed and most likely because of 
 > a sea storm, The nest was very close to the high tide line.
 > 
 > This year, the Oystercatchers decided to use a Willet method and build a 
 > nest on straws on top of the rock, way above the high tide line
 > It is a nice way to improvise in harsh conditions and keeping the species 
 > going. A survival instinct, I guess.
 > 
 > You can see photos of this nest on eBird:
 > https://ebird.org/checklist/S89493742
 > 
 > Gus Keri
 > 
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Fwd: Re: [nysbirds-l] An update on the south Brooklyn beaches nests

[Gus Keri]

I thought some of you might be interested in reading 
this Forwarded message From : Smith, Jason Y 
(DEC)To : "TURNER","Gus 
Keri"Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:44:21 -0400Subject : Re: 
[nysbirds-l] An update on the south Brooklyn beaches nests 
Forwarded message  
div.zm_-2660191220839159060_parse_-8295701277767086281 P { margin-top: 0; 
margin-bottom: 0 } 
 
 
 
I'm sorry to hear that news. AMOY nests have been doing much better on the 
beaches, but I agree there may be more we can be doing for pairs that aren't 
breeding on our beaches. 
 
 
 
 
I have developed methods for increasing available nesting habitat in NYS 
through man-made solutions that I have recently submitted for funding. If 
funded, I'll let you know more...but know that some of us are working on these 
issues directly (though most of 
 my work is focused on Skimmer). 
 
 
 
 
I hear you on your call for more though, and I will try to echo your concerns 
into the halls of the organizations you reference. 
 
 
 
 
Best, 
 
Jason 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jason C. Smith | 
Biodiversity Ecologist 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 
47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 
Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502 
Email:  
jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov 
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we 
created them" - 
Einstein 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From: TURNER  
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 8:28 AM 
To: Gus Keri ; Smith, Jason Y (DEC)  
Cc: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert  
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] An update on the south Brooklyn beaches nests 
  
 
 
ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or 
click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. 
 
 
These unfortunate results suggest a more active, hands-on protection role by 
some individuals/entities is necessary. 
 
> On June 22, 2021 at 12:41 PM Gus Keri  wrote: 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the wrack on top of 
> the rocky beach in Shirley Chisholm State Park has gone. No eggs to be found 
> this morning. (and no fledglings in the area) 
> This is the third Oystercatcher nest that failed this season. The other two 
> were at Plumb Beach and Dead Horse Point. 
> Also, the Killdeer nest at Shirley Chisholm SP which had 4 eggs has vanished. 
> In total, 4 nest with 12 eggs have failed. 
> Last year, similar number of nests for the same species in the same areas had 
> only two Oystercatcher fledglings and one of them survived to adulthood in 
> Dead Horse Point. 
> In total, over two years, one out of 25 eggs has reached adulthood. 
> This is a really sad situation for these special birds. 
> Gus Keri 
> 
> 
>   On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:58:37 -0400 Smith, Jason Y (DEC) 
> wrote  
>  > div.zm_6577200324689976142_parse_-3632554252250034675 P { margin-top: 0; 
>margin-bottom: 0 }Charadriiformes seem to be willing to keep trying to find 
>ways to adapt to the loss of nesting habitat. It's nice to see AMOY are no 
>exception. I've even seen reports 
 of AMOY trying to adapt to rooftop nesting as the terns and skimmer have too. 
So, while intriguing it doesn't "surprise" me to hear of them trying a 
different strategy. Wrack, what you refer to as straw, is a common nesting 
substrate available on beaches and 
 marsh islands. 
>  > What would be interesting to know is did the AMOY gather the wrack to nest 
>on, or did they capitalize on an existing deposit of wrack. 
>  > The real question is since they are willing to adapt...are we? 
>  > 
>  > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist 
>  > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 
>  > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 
>  > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502 
>  > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov 
>  > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when 
>we created them" -Einstein 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > From: Gus Keri  
>  > Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 8:54 PM 
>  > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert  
>  > Subject: Very interesting finding ATTENTION: This email came from an 
>external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown 
>senders or unexpected emails. 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking 
>the area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a "nest-protective" 
>behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same area. It was in an 
>area where there is no sand 
 above the tide level. I have never seen Oystercatcher nest in areas other then 
sandy beaches. All the nests I have seen over the yea

[nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest at Plumb Beach

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,

I hesitated before I wrote this email because I was not sure if this poor 
creature can be helped. Last year, I wrote similar email but it didn't help. I 
am hoping this time, things will be different.

Last week, I found an Oystercatcher nest on Plumb beach with two eggs and the 
parent kept getting flushed by the many people and dogs that roam this beach. 
There was two eggs in the nest. I only mentioned this issue to few birders who 
were there at the time, but I didn't have high hope that this nest will survive 
this God-forsaken place.

Two days ago, I went there again and to my pleasant surprise, I found the nest 
still intact and there were three eggs instead of two. But again, the people 
and dogs kept flushing this poor Oystercatcher away from the nest every few 
minutes. 

And while walking there, I noticed a man approaching the same area, not knowing 
there was a nest. I had to run to him and alert him to the presence of the 
nest, so he wouldn't step on the eggs accidently. 

Last year, the park (or beach) authority promised to do something to protect 
the nest but they were late and the nest was destroyed in the following couple 
of days. I am sorry I don't remember the person who communicated with them then.

Can they do something to help this nest now?

Here is video I shot of the bird getting back to the nest and sitting on the 
eggs.
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1397725094907101186

Gus Keri 


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RE: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest at Plumb Beach

[Gus Keri]

Thank you very much, Joe.

  On Thu, 27 May 2021 10:28:38 -0400 Joe Jannsen  wrote 

 > 
 > Gus,
 >  
 > I forwarded this to NPS.  Hopefully they can get out there this year to help 
 > this pair.
 >  
 > Thanks.
 >  
 > Joe
 >  
 > From: bounce-125668354-10871...@list.cornell.edu 
 > On Behalf Of Gus Keri
 > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:22 AM
 > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert 
 > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest at Plumb Beach
 >  
 > Hi everyone,
 > 
 > I hesitated before I wrote this email because I was not sure if this poor 
 > creature can be helped. Last year, I wrote similar email but it didn't help. 
 > I am hoping this time, things will be different.
 > 
 > Last week, I found an Oystercatcher nest on Plumb beach with two eggs and 
 > the parent kept getting flushed by the many people and dogs that roam this 
 > beach. There was two eggs in the nest. I only mentioned this issue to few 
 > birders who were there at the time, but I didn't have high hope that this 
 > nest will survive this God-forsaken place.
 > 
 > Two days ago, I went there again and to my pleasant surprise, I found the 
 > nest still intact and there were three eggs instead of two. But again, the 
 > people and dogs kept flushing this poor Oystercatcher away from the nest 
 > every few minutes.
 > 
 > And while walking there, I noticed a man approaching the same area, not 
 > knowing there was a nest. I had to run to him and alert him to the presence 
 > of the nest, so he wouldn't step on the eggs accidently.
 > 
 > Last year, the park (or beach) authority promised to do something to protect 
 > the nest but they were late and the nest was destroyed in the following 
 > couple of days. I am sorry I don't remember the person who communicated with 
 > them then.
 > 
 > Can they do something to help this nest now?
 > 
 > Here is video I shot of the bird getting back to the nest and sitting on the 
 > eggs.
 > https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1397725094907101186
 > 
 > Gus Keri 
 > 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Oystercatchers at Plumb Beach

[Gus Keri]

Thank you Jason for immediate response and action.
I hope this nest will survive until the weekend.
Gus

  On Thu, 27 May 2021 14:01:31 -0400 Smith, Jason Y (DEC) 
 wrote 
 > div.zm_-5476009931034783622_parse_-1648336103378843337 P { margin-top: 0; 
 > margin-bottom: 0 }Gus,
 > Some potential good news. I was able to contact NPS and they will try and 
 > get to the area by Saturday morning to put up a symbolic fence around the 
 > nest.
 > It leaves them vulnerable for the next few days...but hopefully they can get 
 > the area marked off before anything happens.
 > Jason
 > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist
 > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
 > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502
 > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov
 > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we 
 > created them" -Einstein
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > From: Smith, Jason Y (DEC)
 > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 12:34 PM
 > To: gusk...@zoho.com 
 > Subject: Oystercatchers at Plumb Beach Gus,
 > I'm a biologist with the NYDEC out of the Long Island City regional office. 
 > A co-worker forwarded me your email about the Oystercatcher nest at Plumb 
 > Beach.
 > While I am not familiar with this nest in 2021, I am very familiar with 
 > where the Oystercatchers have tried to nest in the past on that beach. 
 > Unfortunately, it has never ended well.
 > Both the National Park Service and the NYC Parks & Recreation are 
 > responsible for managing that property and it is generally managed as a 
 > recreational access area and not as protected area for nesting shorebirds or 
 > waterbirds. Plumb Beach primarily serves as a kayak/wind surfing launch, and 
 > a rest area for vehicles travelling on the Belt Parkway. As you note, there 
 > is a lot of recreational foot traffic through there. And folks with dogs 
 > usually take them off their leash there to run. Which is prohibited, but 
 > largely goes unenforced as there are no permanent staff there.
 > The area just north of Plumb Beach, Marine Park does have an area that is 
 > preserved for wildlife. Here is a link to the NYC Parks website for the 
 > preserve: Forever Wild : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org)Forever Wild : NYC 
 > ParksMost of the Marine Park Preserve consists of salt marshes and uplands 
 > that flank Gerritsen Creek, the westernmost freshwater inlet of Jamaica Bay. 
 > Jamaica Bay is an 18,000-acre wetland estuary that provides a unique 
 > environment for both wildlife preservation and urban recreation. Enclosed by 
 > the ...www.nycgovparks.org 
 > This area is the reason why Plumb Beach is so attractive to Oystercatchers. 
 > So, in a way it was the NPS and NYC Parks' way of finding a compromise for 
 > the two land use issues in the area. If the Oystercatchers would only nest 
 > across the channel(north of the marina and south of the bridge crossing the 
 > channel between Plumb and Marine Park) from where you are likely seeing them 
 > (as you go around the bend towards the wetland north of the beach) that 
 > would eliminate the conflict. That area isn't currently suited obviously, 
 > otherwise the Oystercatchers would nest there. But it could be set up to.
 > 
 > The area where they are (likely) nesting is suited, if not for the high 
 > level of recreational activity. Even without any dogs off their leash.
 > I will however reach out to colleagues at the NPS and make sure they are 
 > aware of the nest and ask if they can demark the area. Unfortunately, 
 > American Oystercatcher are not protected under NYS law as a threatened, 
 > endangered, or special concern species. So, I cannot require them to take 
 > any action. But they have tried to help Oystercatchers nesting in precarious 
 > locations in the past, so there is hope.
 > From a longer-term solution perspective, I will reach out to NYC Parks and 
 > see if they can't provide some signs near the concessions/restroom area that 
 > alert visitors to the potential for encountering beach nesting birds (and 
 > migratory shorebird stopovers too...both NPS and Parks acknowledge the area 
 > for important horseshoe crab spawning area that it is). And re-enforce the 
 > dog leash law for the area. Again, I cannot require them to do so.
 > To your point Gus, this area has seen a lot of nesting attempts by American 
 > Oystercatchers over the last several years. It may be time to reconsider how 
 > the area is viewed, and maybe a solution which allows for some areas to be 
 > sheltered from recreational activities can be found in the future.
 > I will try to keep you updated as to any progress I am able to make with 
 > protecting the current nest.
 > Best,Jason
 > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist
 > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
 > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502
 > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov
 > "We can't solve problems by 

[nysbirds-l] Very interesting finding

[Gus Keri]

While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking the 
area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a "nest-protective" 
behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same area. It was in an area 
where there is no sand above the tide level. I have never seen Oystercatcher 
nest in areas other then sandy beaches. All the nests I have seen over the year 
were build on sand.

Suddenly, another Oystercatcher flew off the rocky area after it saw me 
approaching. When I checked the place, I found a nest built on straws on top of 
rocks. It was very surprising to me. I know Willet build their nests on these 
straws but not oystercatcher.

I remember that last year the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the very 
limited sandy area of this beach had failed and most likely because of a sea 
storm, The nest was very close to the high tide line.

This year, the Oystercatchers decided to use a Willet method and build a nest 
on straws on top of the rock, way above the high tide line
It is a nice way to improvise in harsh conditions and keeping the species 
going. A survival instinct, I guess.

You can see photos of this nest on eBird: 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S89493742

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Very interesting finding

[Gus Keri]

I don't think they gathered the wrack themselves. I know this beach very well. 
The wrack has been there long before and it is all over the rocky beach and I 
suspect that it has been used by Willet for nests sometime. 
I remember once I saw a couple of willets go crazy when I came very close to 
what looked like their nest but I couldn't find it and few weeks late, they 
have chicks there. 

  On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:58:37 -0400 Smith, Jason Y (DEC) 
 wrote 
 > div.zm_6577200324689976142_parse_-3632554252250034675 P { margin-top: 0; 
 > margin-bottom: 0 }Charadriiformes seem to be willing to keep trying to find 
 > ways to adapt to the loss of nesting habitat. It's nice to see AMOY are no 
 > exception. I've even seen reports of AMOY trying to adapt to rooftop nesting 
 > as the terns and skimmer have too. So, while intriguing it doesn't 
 > "surprise" me to hear of them trying a different strategy. Wrack, what you 
 > refer to as straw, is a common nesting substrate available on beaches and 
 > marsh islands.
 > What would be interesting to know is did the AMOY gather the wrack to nest 
 > on, or did they capitalize on an existing deposit of wrack.
 > The real question is since they are willing to adapt...are we?
 > 
 > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist
 > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
 > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502
 > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov
 > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we 
 > created them" -Einstein
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > From: Gus Keri 
 > Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 8:54 PM
 > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert 
 > Subject: Very interesting finding ATTENTION: This email came from an 
 > external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown 
 > senders or unexpected emails.
 > 
 > 
 > While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking the 
 > area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a "nest-protective" 
 > behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same area. It was in an 
 > area where there is no sand above the tide level. I have never seen 
 > Oystercatcher nest in areas other then sandy beaches. All the nests I have 
 > seen over the year were build on sand.
 > 
 > Suddenly, another Oystercatcher flew off the rocky area after it saw me 
 > approaching. When I checked the place, I found a nest built on straws on top 
 > of rocks. It was very surprising to me. I know Willet build their nests on 
 > these straws but not oystercatcher.
 > 
 > I remember that last year the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the 
 > very limited sandy area of this beach had failed and most likely because of 
 > a sea storm, The nest was very close to the high tide line.
 > 
 > This year, the Oystercatchers decided to use a Willet method and build a 
 > nest on straws on top of the rock, way above the high tide line
 > It is a nice way to improvise in harsh conditions and keeping the species 
 > going. A survival instinct, I guess.
 > 
 > You can see photos of this nest on eBird:
 > https://ebird.org/checklist/S89493742
 > 
 > Gus Keri
 > 
 > 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatchers at Plumb Beach

[Gus Keri]

Sad news this morning. 
The Oystercatcher nest has vanished and no eggs were to be found.
I don't know what happened overnight because yesterday, they were still there. 
NPS didn't come in time to save this nest, though.
No evidence of egg shells either. at least, this ruled out the possibility of 
an accident (someone stepping on them).

The other nest at Dead Horse Point is still intact with three eggs. Nests in 
DHP have better chance of survival because of the absence of dogs over there 
and the treasure-diggers are not interested in these kind of eggs.
Gus


  On Thu, 27 May 2021 17:38:54 -0400 Joe Jannsen  wrote 

 > Yes—that was already arranged with NPS.  Thanks for also following up.
 > 
 > Joe
 > On May 27, 2021, at 4:55 PM, Gus Keri  wrote:
 > 
 >  Thank you Jason for immediate response and action.
 > I hope this nest will survive until the weekend.
 > Gus
 > 
 >  On Thu, 27 May 2021 14:01:31 -0400 Smith, Jason Y (DEC) 
 >  wrote 
 > > div.zm_-5476009931034783622_parse_-1648336103378843337 P { margin-top: 0; 
 > > margin-bottom: 0 }Gus,
 > > Some potential good news. I was able to contact NPS and they will try and 
 > > get to the area by Saturday morning to put up a symbolic fence around the 
 > > nest.
 > > It leaves them vulnerable for the next few days...but hopefully they can 
 > > get the area marked off before anything happens.
 > > Jason
 > > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist
 > > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 > > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
 > > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502
 > > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov
 > > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when 
 > > we created them" -Einstein
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > From: Smith, Jason Y (DEC)
 > > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 12:34 PM
 > > To: gusk...@zoho.com 
 > > Subject: Oystercatchers at Plumb Beach Gus,
 > > I'm a biologist with the NYDEC out of the Long Island City regional 
 > > office. A co-worker forwarded me your email about the Oystercatcher nest 
 > > at Plumb Beach.
 > > While I am not familiar with this nest in 2021, I am very familiar with 
 > > where the Oystercatchers have tried to nest in the past on that beach. 
 > > Unfortunately, it has never ended well.
 > > Both the National Park Service and the NYC Parks & Recreation are 
 > > responsible for managing that property and it is generally managed as a 
 > > recreational access area and not as protected area for nesting shorebirds 
 > > or waterbirds. Plumb Beach primarily serves as a kayak/wind surfing 
 > > launch, and a rest area for vehicles travelling on the Belt Parkway. As 
 > > you note, there is a lot of recreational foot traffic through there. And 
 > > folks with dogs usually take them off their leash there to run. Which is 
 > > prohibited, but largely goes unenforced as there are no permanent staff 
 > > there.
 > > The area just north of Plumb Beach, Marine Park does have an area that is 
 > > preserved for wildlife. Here is a link to the NYC Parks website for the 
 > > preserve: Forever Wild : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org)Forever Wild : NYC 
 > > ParksMost of the Marine Park Preserve consists of salt marshes and uplands 
 > > that flank Gerritsen Creek, the westernmost freshwater inlet of Jamaica 
 > > Bay. Jamaica Bay is an 18,000-acre wetland estuary that provides a unique 
 > > environment for both wildlife preservation and urban recreation. Enclosed 
 > > by the ...www.nycgovparks.org 
 > > This area is the reason why Plumb Beach is so attractive to 
 > > Oystercatchers. So, in a way it was the NPS and NYC Parks' way of finding 
 > > a compromise for the two land use issues in the area. If the 
 > > Oystercatchers would only nest across the channel(north of the marina and 
 > > south of the bridge crossing the channel between Plumb and Marine Park) 
 > > from where you are likely seeing them (as you go around the bend towards 
 > > the wetland north of the beach) that would eliminate the conflict. That 
 > > area isn't currently suited obviously, otherwise the Oystercatchers would 
 > > nest there. But it could be set up to.
 > > 
 > > The area where they are (likely) nesting is suited, if not for the high 
 > > level of recreational activity. Even without any dogs off their leash.
 > > I will however reach out to colleagues at the NPS and make sure they are 
 > > aware of the nest and ask if they can demark the area. Unfortunately, 
 > > American Oystercatcher are not protected under NYS law as a threatened, 
 > > endangered, or s

Re:[nysbirds-l] An update on the south Brooklyn beaches nests

[Gus Keri]

Last week, I saw a new Killdeer nest in the same spot where the first nest 
failed few weeks ago. I am assuming they are the same couple. This time the 
nest had three eggs.
Today, I went to check on it and to my displeasure, I saw a feral cat roaming 
within 50 feet of the nest area. I immediately suspected the worse. And for 
sure, the eggs disappeared and the killdeer no where to be seen.
This is the third failed Killdeer nest I have seen over the last two years in 
the same park. Add to it the two failed Oystercatcher nests in the same area, 
you can see that feral cats are a huge problem in this park.
I am assuming it is a problem in all of south Brooklyn beaches (like Plumb 
beach and Dead Horse Point) because I have seen feral cats everywhere.

In the last two years, 11 killdeer and 15 oystercatcher eggs (of the ones I 
have found) have vanished into thin air, or feral cats' stomach.
I wonder if any thing can be done for this issue to help Oystercatchers and 
Killdeer thrive here.
Can each park do something on their own to help the situation?
I am hoping. 

Gus Keri



  On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:41:30 -0400 Gus Keri  wrote 
 > Unfortunately, the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the wrack on top 
 > of the rocky beach in Shirley Chisholm State Park has gone. No eggs to be 
 > found this morning. (and no fledglings in the area)
 > This is the third Oystercatcher nest that failed this season. The other two 
 > were at Plumb Beach and Dead Horse Point.
 > Also, the Killdeer nest at Shirley Chisholm SP which had 4 eggs has vanished.
 > In total, 4 nest with 12 eggs have failed.
 > Last year, similar number of nests for the same species in the same areas 
 > had only two Oystercatcher fledglings and one of them survived to adulthood 
 > in Dead Horse Point.
 > In total, over two years, one out of 25 eggs has reached adulthood. 
 > This is a really sad situation for these special birds.
 > Gus Keri
 > 
 > 
 >   On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:58:37 -0400 Smith, Jason Y (DEC) 
 >  wrote 
 >  > div.zm_6577200324689976142_parse_-3632554252250034675 P { margin-top: 0; 
 > margin-bottom: 0 }Charadriiformes seem to be willing to keep trying to find 
 > ways to adapt to the loss of nesting habitat. It's nice to see AMOY are no 
 > exception. I've even seen reports of AMOY trying to adapt to rooftop nesting 
 > as the terns and skimmer have too. So, while intriguing it doesn't 
 > "surprise" me to hear of them trying a different strategy. Wrack, what you 
 > refer to as straw, is a common nesting substrate available on beaches and 
 > marsh islands.
 >  > What would be interesting to know is did the AMOY gather the wrack to 
 > nest on, or did they capitalize on an existing deposit of wrack.
 >  > The real question is since they are willing to adapt...are we?
 >  > 
 >  > Jason C. Smith |Biodiversity Ecologist
 >  > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 >  > 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
 >  > Phone: 718-482-4919 | Fax: 718-482-4502
 >  > Email: jason.sm...@dec.ny.gov
 >  > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when 
 > we created them" -Einstein
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > From: Gus Keri 
 >  > Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 8:54 PM
 >  > To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert 
 >  > Subject: Very interesting finding ATTENTION: This email came from an 
 > external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown 
 > senders or unexpected emails.
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking 
 > the area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a 
 > "nest-protective" behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same 
 > area. It was in an area where there is no sand above the tide level. I have 
 > never seen Oystercatcher nest in areas other then sandy beaches. All the 
 > nests I have seen over the year were build on sand.
 >  > 
 >  > Suddenly, another Oystercatcher flew off the rocky area after it saw me 
 > approaching. When I checked the place, I found a nest built on straws on top 
 > of rocks. It was very surprising to me. I know Willet build their nests on 
 > these straws but not oystercatcher.
 >  > 
 >  > I remember that last year the Oystercatcher nest that was built over the 
 > very limited sandy area of this beach had failed and most likely because of 
 > a sea storm, The nest was very close to the high tide line.
 >  > 
 >  > This year, the Oystercatchers decided to use a Willet method and build a 
 > nest on straws on top of the rock, way above the high tide line
 >  > It is a nice way to improvise in harsh conditions

Re: [nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne summary 04/02/21

[Gus Keri]

I have a question.
Could this be just a juvenile male Purple Martin who is in the process of 
turning into an adult?
Last year, I suspected that Purple Martin was nesting in Brooklyn, somewhere 
close to Prospect park. 
On April 28, two of them were seen at the peninsula (south part of the park) 
and two days later, one seen at the Rose Garden (north part of the park). Five 
days later, I saw one just above the trees of the Vale (near the Rose Garden). 
It was very low, I couldn't believe it. Unfortunately, it disappeared before I 
got a photo and never seen it again. It is very unusual for this species to 
last that long in Prospect park.
At that point, I suspected that they could have a nest somewhere close to the 
northern section of the park. It might be outside the park. 
This bird could be one of the fledging's from that nest who is returning home.
It is just a theory of mine and I could be wrong like many times before. LOL
Gus

   


  On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 08:27:32 -0400 Doug Gochfeld  
wrote 
 > As far as I am aware, the martin has not yet put in an appearance this 
 > morning. People are spread all around the lake searching, including where a 
 > few swallows are perched at yesterday’s morning martin perch spot. Others 
 > are also looking at other potential sunbathing perched around the park’s 
 > waterbodies.
 > Best-Doug Gochfeld
 > 
 > 
 > On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 08:22 Robert Lewis  wrote:
 > How do birders in Brooklyn communicate with each other rapidly?  Whatsapp?  
 > Twitter?
 > 
 > Bob Lewis
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > On Friday, April 2, 2021, 9:27:27 PM EDT, Doug Gochfeld 
 >  wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > This morning, the Progne was perched in a tree at the NW corner of Prospect 
 > Park Lake with a dozen Tree Swallows and a single Northern Rough-winged 
 > Swallow. It stayed perched in the tree, puffed up in the sub-freezing temps, 
 > for several hours, only occasionally sallying out over the lake before 
 > returning to its arboreal perches. It finally went out to forage for the day 
 > around 11 AM. 
 > 
 > From what I gather, it was putting on an excellent show for much of mid day 
 > around the cove at the SW corner of the lake, best viewed from the nearby 
 > gazebo. Around 16:00, it relocated to the area between The Peninsula and 
 > Duck Island (both labeled on Google Maps), and it was there through 17:30. I 
 > am not aware of other sightings past this time, though it was getting 
 > darker, cooler, and presumably less insect-heavy around the lake by that 
 > time.
 > 
 > If it continues to follow today’s pattern, the NW shore of the lake, where 
 > the sun first hits, closest to the park entrance at Prospect Park SW and 
 > Vanderbilt Ave., would be the place to be early in the morning. It is 
 > supposed to be not quite as cold as last night here, and we’re slated for 
 > sun in the morning, so it should warm up more quickly than this morning.
 > 
 > The bird continued to strike me, and others, as smaller and shorter-winged 
 > than a Purple Martin, perhaps bringing Gray-breasted Martin into play as one 
 > of the more likely candidates.
 > 
 > Good Birding!
 > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
 > 
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[nysbirds-l] Radar activities

[Gus Keri]

significant radar activities over the Tri-state area this morning associated 
with northerly wind suggesting significant amount of migration is taking place 
right now.

https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2021-8-14/

Hope some will land in the park/beach near you
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[nysbirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk

[Gus Keri]

At Calvert Vaux Park. Found initially by Anthony Ferino.









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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted and Baird’s - Cutchogue

[Gus Keri]

For who is interested, I saw a Baird's Sandpiper at the Nickerson beach of 
Nassau County yesterday. It might be still there today. I saw it on the sand 
near the small body of water at the right side of the entrance from the parking 
lot.
Here is a video of it:
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[nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill

[Gus Keri]

If you haven’t seen it yet, it is still here at Beaver Lake of 
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[nysbirds-l] Spoonbill

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,

I didn't see any report of the spoonbill in Nassau or Suffolk county yesterday. 
Please, let us know if it is seen today, now that the Olympics is over. LOL

Gus Keri


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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Phalaropes + BBWD - East Pond @ Jamaica Bay…

[Gus Keri]

Thank you, Andrew, for the excellent work around the East Pond. 
Today, I was able to circle the whole south end of the pond wearing only a 
sneaker for the first time ever and I didn't get my shoes muddy even. LOL. 
This allowed me to add two life birds. 
Please, also, convey my gratitude to all the workers who made it possible for 
us to enjoy this place.
Gus Keri

  On Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:06:51 -0400 Andrew Baksh  
wrote 
 > Posting from the field.
 > 3 Wilson’s Phalaropes are right now at the southend of the East Pond, 
 > currently favoring the southwest cove along with the often MIA Black-bellied 
 > Whistling-Duck (BBWD). 
 > Additionally, 3 Red-necked Phalaropes are also on the southend. Currently 
 > favoring a small cove before the Raunt.
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Ash-throated Flycatcher continues at Owl's Head Park of Brooklyn. 
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It is now here (40.5350830, -74.1335833)







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Re: [nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection

[Gus Keri]

WOW! The nest has been there since April 8th? This is a great news. Thanks for 
sharing this, Andrew. I guess great minds think alike. LOL.
And sorry I forgot totally about the off-leash dogs. I wish the birding 
community will do more about this problem, not only in Bush Terminal but all 
over the city. The Red-throated Loon that got stuck in Prospect Park was 
attacked by an off-leash dog and probably unable to fly since then.   
Gus

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  On Sat, 14 May 2022 00:02:03 -0400 Andrew Baksh  
wrote 
 > Thank you for bringing this up Gus and to Ronnie Almonte for his willingness 
 > to help.
 > I had observed the Osprey nest building at Bush Terminal and tweeted similar 
 > concerns about this on April 8th see here: 
 > https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1512484694054834177?s=21=FWCGf2cw2Msy-AE0dy9hAA
 > Ronnie then was one of the Brooklyn birders who had responded with offers to 
 > see what he could do. 
 > However, it’s not just people accessing the berm to fish during low tide 
 > that is an issue. It’s the off-leashed dogs that present a bigger problem 
 > because the birds are easily spooked by their presence. And worse yet is 
 > when their owners decide it would be nice to have the dogs access the berm 
 > right next to the Osprey platform. 
 > It is these reasons why Osprey attempts to nest there have failed over the 
 > years. At times, Bush Terminal Park turns into one big dog run and NYC Parks 
 > employees although present, turn a blind eye. Why do we even have park rules 
 > if they are not going to be enforced? And please, spare me the, “it’s not 
 > their job.” 
 > I have called NYC Parks to complain and also to call them out publicly on 
 > Twitter. The off-leashed dogs are also problematic elsewhere as others have 
 > shared on Twitter similar cases in Prospect and Central Park.
 > I apologize for perhaps going on a bit too much outside the usual bird 
 > reports here but we should protect those that we enjoy. Feel free to reach 
 > out offline if you have sensible solutions.
 > Now back to your regular programming.
 > Cheers,“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves 
 > could free our mind.” ~ Bob Marley
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 > manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran
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 > of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ 
 > Frederick Douglass
 > 風　Swift as the wind林　Quiet as the forest
 > 火　Conquer like the fire
 > 山　Steady as the mountainSun Tzu  The Art of War
 > (\__/)
 > (= '.'=)(") _ (")
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 > On May 13, 2022, at 9:30 PM, Ronnie Almonte  wrote:
 > 
 > Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council 
 > member Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife 
 > habitat in Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I 
 > can bring up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever 
 > else is interested. 
 > 
 > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri  wrote:
 > Hi everyone,
 > 
 > I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in 
 > charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park. 
 > 
 > Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin of 
 > this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and I 
 > have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or 
 > eight years ago. 
 > 
 > I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and 
 > especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle 
 > under the platform.
 > 
 > But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle rocky 
 > pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there taking 
 > advantage of the absence of people.
 > 
 > Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the hill, 
 > more than 500 feet away.
 > 
 > But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the 
 > chicks fledge.
 > 
 > I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier 
 > closed until the end of the nesting season.
 > 
 > This nest definitely needs protection.
 > 
 > Can someone please help?
 > 
 > Thank you in advance
 > 
 > Here are my photos of the nest.
 > 
 > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285
 > 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection

[Gus Keri]

Thank you very much, Ronnie.
Also, that we now know that Osprey can nest there if we stop people from 
getting closer to the nest, there must be something can be done to prevent 
people from going over the rocks during low tides, like blocking the last 200 
feet of the pier during the nesting season every year. 
Just a suggestion.
Gus


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 wrote 
 > Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council member 
 > Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife habitat in 
 > Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I can bring 
 > up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever else is 
 > interested. 
 > 
 > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri  wrote:
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 > I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in 
 > charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park. 
 > 
 > Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin of 
 > this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and I 
 > have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or 
 > eight years ago. 
 > 
 > I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and 
 > especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle 
 > under the platform.
 > 
 > But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle rocky 
 > pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there taking 
 > advantage of the absence of people.
 > 
 > Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the hill, 
 > more than 500 feet away.
 > 
 > But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the 
 > chicks fledge.
 > 
 > I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier 
 > closed until the end of the nesting season.
 > 
 > This nest definitely needs protection.
 > 
 > Can someone please help?
 > 
 > Thank you in advance
 > 
 > Here are my photos of the nest.
 > 
 > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285
 > 
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[nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection

[Gus Keri]

Hi everyone,

I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in charge 
in Bush Terminal Pier Park. 

Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin of 
this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and I have 
been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or eight years 
ago. 

I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and 
especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle under 
the platform.

But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle rocky 
pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there taking 
advantage of the absence of people.

Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the hill, 
more than 500 feet away.

But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the 
chicks fledge.

I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier 
closed until the end of the nesting season.

This nest definitely needs protection.

Can someone please help?

Thank you in advance

Here are my photos of the nest.

https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285


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[nysbirds-l] Sad News from Bush Terminal Pier Park, Brooklyn

[Gus Keri]

I believe the Osprey nest there has failed. There was no evidence of the pair 
anywhere in the park and I spent more than half an hour there. I have seen at 
least one Osprey each time I visited the place.

I wasn't surprised with this failure, especially after I saw a couple of people 
sitting at the end of the pier (north of the nest) that is closed for public 
because of the construction. In addition to those, there were a couple who were 
walking on the rocks at the south side of the nest (which is fenced and 
supposed to be closed to public too).

A worker at the park told me few weeks ago that people keep breaking the law 
and nobody can do anything about it.

I feel sorry for this Osprey couple which wasted two and half months trying to 
have a family, but they spent most of their time away from the nest and 
eventually, the eggs hadn't hatched, in spite of over 73 days of intermittent 
incubation.

I have two questions:

Frist: should this platform be removed completely, now that I don't anticipate 
any Osprey to be able to nest there? This pair could have nested just a half 
mile north of the park like what happened few years ago when a pair 
successfully had a family in South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. By removing the 
platform, we prevent another pair from trying and failing again.

Second: Should these eggs be collected for any research? I don't know if people 
collect raptors eggs from a failed nest.

Gus Keri


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[nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.

[Gus Keri]

As some of you know, I have been following two Oystercatcher nests on Brooklyn 
beaches this season, one in Plumb Beach and the other in Dead Horse Point. Both 
nests produced two chicks each and lost the third egg to predation. 

In Plumb Beach, the two parents abandoned the third egg because they were busy 
taking care of two chicks which require a lot of attention. The third egg 
stayed unprotected in the nest for almost two weeks before it disappeared, most 
likely to a predator. No evidence of the egg was seen.

But in Dead Horse Point, a strange thing happened, I couldn't believe my eyes. 
The third egg was supposed to hatch yesterday, after the first two hatched in 
the previous two days. But today, I only managed to see two chicks alive. The 
Whole family was foraging some 500 feet away from the nest location.

I decided to check the nest location to see if I can see any evidence of an egg 
or a chick sitting on the ground. And to my surprise, one of the parents flew 
all the way and landed near me, making all kind of noise. Initially, I thought, 
the third chick is alive, and the parent is protecting it. But instead, I found 
the third egg completely destroyed and the content is spilling out of the 
broken eggshell.

The egg was few inches away from the nest location, which suggests it was eaten 
by a bird, not a land animal, like a raccoon which usually take the egg away 
and they are in abundance here. 

I have seen many shorebird nests over the years, and I always see the eggs 
disappeared without any trace. This is the first time I see a remnant of a 
destroyed egg.

Usually, the Oystercatcher move on after losing their eggs. But this time, and 
for the first time, I see a parent staying close to the egg, making all kind of 
noise. This gave me the impression that the parent, either doesn't think that 
the chick is dead, and hope that it will come out somehow, or it was mourning 
or memorializing its loss. it kept doing this until I left the nest area and 
then it went back to its family. 

It was a heartbreaking scene that left me in sadness for the next few hours.

I wonder if anyone has any knowledge that Oystercatcher do mourn or memorialize 
their losses.

Here are photos of the chicks, parents and the destroyed egg:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S114802557

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.

[Gus Keri]

Thank you for replying, Michael.
Could the spilled liquid be the chick's blood? or any liquid that is inside a 
living chick?

I am asking because I am sure the chick was alive, and it started to break 
through the eggshell.

I was following this nest almost on a daily basis for the last few days and I 
noticed that each chick takes two days to hatch. 
On the first day, it makes small hole in the eggshell. On the second day, the 
hole becomes bigger. On the third day, it hatches.

Every chick in this nest went through the same thing. You can see the photos 
here:
5 days ago:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S114533390
4 days ago: 
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S114609690
3days ago:
 https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S114666496

As you can see in the last two lists, the third egg was starting to hatch.

Also, I believe the parents were so distressed because they probably knew that 
their third chick was coming out soon. They probably felt the cracking of the 
eggs and heard the chick too. 

With all respect
Gus Keri


  On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:42:40 -0400  Wasilco, Mike R (DEC) 
 wrote --- 
 > If it is any consolation, based on the spilled contents of that egg, the egg 
 > was infertile and never going to hatch.  If the egg was due to hatch that 
 > day or anytime soon, it should have been mostly filled with a developed 
 > embryo with little to no yolk left to spill.
 > 
 > Michael R. Wasilco
 > Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
 > 
 > New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
 > 6274 E. Avon-Lima Rd., Avon, NY 14414
 > P: (585)226-5460 | F: (585) 226-6323 | mike.wasi...@dec.ny.gov
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 > -Original Message-
 > From: bounce-126667299-73379...@list.cornell.edu 
 >  On Behalf Of Gus Keri
 > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2022 2:01 PM
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 > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.
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 > 
 > As some of you know, I have been following two Oystercatcher nests on 
 > Brooklyn beaches this season, one in Plumb Beach and the other in Dead Horse 
 > Point. Both nests produced two chicks each and lost the third egg to 
 > predation.
 > 
 > In Plumb Beach, the two parents abandoned the third egg because they were 
 > busy taking care of two chicks which require a lot of attention. The third 
 > egg stayed unprotected in the nest for almost two weeks before it 
 > disappeared, most likely to a predator. No evidence of the egg was seen.
 > 
 > But in Dead Horse Point, a strange thing happened, I couldn't believe my 
 > eyes.
 > The third egg was supposed to hatch yesterday, after the first two hatched 
 > in the previous two days. But today, I only managed to see two chicks alive. 
 > The Whole family was foraging some 500 feet away from the nest location.
 > 
 > I decided to check the nest location to see if I can see any evidence of an 
 > egg or a chick sitting on the ground. And to my surprise, one of the parents 
 > flew all the way and landed near me, making all kind of noise. Initially, I 
 > thought, the third chick is alive, and the parent is protecting it. But 
 > instead, I found the third egg completely destroyed and the content is 
 > spilling out of the broken eggshell.
 > 
 > The egg was few inches away from the nest location, which suggests it was 
 > eaten by a bird, not a land animal, like a raccoon which usually take the 
 > egg away and they are in abundance here.
 > 
 > I have seen many shorebird nests over the years, and I always see the eggs 
 > disappeared without any trace. This is the first time I see a remnant of a 
 > destroyed egg.
 > 
 > Usually, the Oystercatcher move on after losing their eggs. But this time, 
 > and for the first time, I see a parent staying close to the egg, making all 
 > kind of noise. This gave me the impression that the parent, either doesn't 
 > think that the chick is dead, and hope that it will come out somehow, or it 
 > was mourning or memorializing its loss. it kept doing this until I left the 
 > nest area and then it went back to its family.
 > 
 > It was a heartbreaking scene that left me in sadness for the next few hours.
 > 
 > I wonder if anyone has any knowledge that Oystercatcher do mourn or 
 > memorialize their losses.
 > 
 > Here are photos of the chicks, parents and the destroyed egg:
 > https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fatlasny%2Fchecklist%2FS114802557data=05%7C01%7Cmike.wasilco%40dec.ny.gov%7C1e8c8a4345e24656fe3108da62a1c026%7Cf46cb8ea79004d108ceb80e8c1c81ee7%7C0%7

[nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher chicks at Plumb Beach, Brooklyn

[Gus Keri]

Some of you might recall when I wrote about Oystercatcher nests at this 
location in the past two years and their need of protection. NPS promised to 
help but the two sets of eggs were gone before they showed up. 
This year, when I discovered a nest with three eggs, I decided not to ask for 
help because I found it futile in this forsaken place with so many predators 
around. I didn't expect this nest to survive either.
I also found another nest of Willet with three eggs at the same time, but that 
nest disappeared within few days and that made me even less hopeful for the 
Oystercatcher eggs.
But destiny has another idea, I guess. The nest has survived and yesterday, I 
was very happy to see two eggs already hatched and produced two healthy chicks. 
the third egg should hatch by today or tomorrow.
Now, we have another problem. In addition to natural predators, this beach is 
famous for off-leash dogs running around freely. A few days ago, I saw an 
off-leash dog barking heavily over a Horseshoe Crab trying to lay eggs and the 
Horseshoe crab was trying to get back to the water. The owner was so happy 
about her dog, she was filming the whole episode on her cell phone. It was so 
upsetting. 
I am afraid for the Oystercatcher chicks now. Should anything be done to help 
them? and will NPS interfere in time now?
To see a video of this new family:
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1537266916095574016
And to see photos:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S113027759

Gus Keri

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[nysbirds-l] Bank Swallow nest in Plumb Beach, Brooklyn?

[Gus Keri]

Today, I was pleasantly surprised to see two Bank Swallows going in and out of 
a hole on a sandy wall in Plumb beach which suggests they are nesting there. 
There are four holes in an area of two square meters and I saw three swallows 
at once in this small spot and there could be more.
I am not aware of any history of Bank Swallow nesting in Brooklyn, let alone 
Plumb Beach. But more experienced people than I might know better.
I shot videos of the birds going in and out and then I took screenshots and 
posted them on eBird. You can see then here:

https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S113081499

The location is almost a quarter of a mile east of the entrance and almost a 
hundred meters east of the fallen tree on the beach.

Update on the Oystercatcher family: nothing new. The two chicks are doing well, 
and the remaining egg has not hatched yet. I noticed that the adults stopped 
incubating the egg during the time I was there and spent most of their time 
protecting the chicks. I hope they are incubating the egg at night, otherwise, 
this egg may never hatch.

On another note, the first ever Osprey nest at Bush Terminal Pier Park has not 
produce anything yet. This is day #68 since the nest first documented as 
"Occupied." But the bird still sits in it. I wonder if the eggs viable. If not 
viable, when would the bird stop incubating and abandon the nest?

Good birding to all.

Gus Keri

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