[nysbirds-l] Osprey - East Patchogue - swan river

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Observed an osprey north side of swezey bridge, south of Swan River preserve in 
East Patchogue on the swan river. 

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[nysbirds-l] Red-shouldered hawks - Ridge

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A vocal pair of Red-Shouldered hawks was being harassed by Blue Jays in the 
Lake Panamoka area. Also seen was a raven feeding on road kill. 

Ravens were also observed flying in manorville and a lone kestrel was perched 
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[nysbirds-l] Glossy ibis flock - robinsons pond - east Patchogue

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A flock of 15 glossy ibis were feeding on a lawn on the east side of Robinsons 
Pond on the north side of S Country Road in East Patchogue around 6:30 this 
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[nysbirds-l] Ruddy duck - Shirley

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A lone ruddy duck is among a flock of geese in the eastern lobe of the pond at 
“tri-hamlet park” off of William Floyd Parkway in shirley. The park is soon to 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] American Flamingos in New York State

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The Long Island Advance 16 November 1978nyshistoricnewspapers.orgHere is a link to a LI Advance article regarding the Bellport flamingo, complete with a photo. On Jun 3, 2024, at 8:34 AM, Shaibal Mitra  wrote:






Thanks to Zach for reminding me of this more recent report.




Please add to the list another one as well, from Long Island ornithologist Peg Hart, who found an American Flamingo at her home in Bellport as a child! That this one has managed to remain overlooked is in part a consequence of Manny Levine's overly "rigorous"
 editorial approach in Bull's Birds (1998), in which even Bull's "Hypothetical" category was purged. Peg worked with me in the late 90s when I was running the field station at Fire Island Lighthouse, so this story must have come up at some point and
 thus my faulty memory is probably also partly to blame.




11 Nov 1978, Bellport (Peat Hole), Suffolk County

Peg Hart, pers. comm. and The Advance (archives): “I grew up in a house next to the Peat Hole in Bellport; my mom still lives there. One day in the, I was playing in the yard and looked up to see a beautiful flamingo standing in the shallow water, near
 the sluiceway to the bay. I was 11 and ran excitedly to tell my dad who came out to see for himself. Dad called Art Cooley and much excitement ensued! Our yard was very lively that week and while many photographs were taken, we would be hard pressed to locate
 one.”

The Kingbird 29: 57-58; Barbara J. Spencer

“The origin and status of an American Flamingo in good plumage, found in Bellport Nov. 11 and seen frequently in the Bellport-Brookhaven area for two weeks, is unknown. Three late fall occurrences in Canada (1969, 1973, 1977) have been thought to have been
 storm-related vagrants by some.”


From: zach schwartz-weinstein 
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It may be worth adding to these the report from October 1 of last year of a bird flying up the Hudson in northern Ulster county: 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S151204238.
 Many region 8 birders staked out various spots among the river, but did not relocate a flamingo.









Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
203 500 7774






On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 2:59 PM Shaibal Mitra  wrote:




In the excitement over the potential addition of American Flamingo to the New York State Checklist, people have been curious about prior records. As far as I am aware, there have been four prior occurrences of American Flamingo. All of these were doubted as
 natural vagrants at the time, but no evidence of captive origin is cited in any of the cases (except for "faded plumage" in one case), and what is known of the dates and locations of their occurrences actually appear consistent with natural vagrancy. In particular,
 the records from 1964 and 1965 occurred during a period of multiple occurrences in nearby Massachusetts and elsewhere.




about 1915, Speonk, Suffolk County

Birds of the New York Area, p. 471; John Bull

“shot by duck hunters… mounted specimen still in Westhampton.”

Described by Leroy Wilcox as “in bright plumage” and was considered by Bull to have “possibly wandered north or was hurricane borne, but of this we cannot be certain.”

 

3 Oct 1931, Shinnecock Bay, Suffolk County

Birds of the New York Area, p. 471; John Bull

collected by Leroy Wilcox, who described it as “somewhat faded" and regarded by Bull as "presumably escaped from captivity.”

 

14 Nov 1964, Hudson River shore near Coxsackie, Greene County

The Kingbird 15: 49, 1965; Peter P. Wickham

“the bird was able to fly and was seen by numerous observers in this vicinity until it was captured Nov 25 and turned over (alive) to the Delmar Game Farm; it seems probable that this bird is non-feral, although its origin has not been dtermined with certainty.”

 

The Kingbird 16: 60-61, 1966; Thomas H. Davis and Fred Heath

2 Sep 1965, Mecox Bay; 9 Sep-16 Oct, Shinnecock Inlet, Suffolk County

“probably an escape.”




Shai Mitra

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[nysbirds-l] Hooded merganser - East Patchogue

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This morning around 7:15 I observed a male hooded merganser in Robinsons pond 
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[nysbirds-l] Razorbills - shinnecock inlet

[leormand]

Hampton bays - shinnecock inlet. West side of the inlet near the ocean there 
are good numbers of razorbills mixed in with common eiders. Razorbills are 
feeding on silversides. 

Also seen are usuals, black scoters, long-tailed ducks, DC cormorants and a 
variety of gulls and seals. 

No sign of murre. 

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[nysbirds-l] Swan river east patchogue

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Late afternoon there was a flock of northern shovelers on swan river
between Swezey ave bridge and the LIRR. At swan river preserve (north of
LIRR) there were 6 green winged teal in the northern pond. The river held
several hooded mergansers, swans (appropriately) and mallards. A belted
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[nysbirds-l] Common mergansers - E Patchogue

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Robinson’s pond on S Country Rd in E Patchogue has a good variety of waterfowl 
including:

Common Mergansers
Mallards
Northern Pintails
PB grebes 

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[nysbirds-l] Bald eagles - Carmans River

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Around noon i had 2 adult bald eagles north of beaver dam creek road ending. 
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[nysbirds-l] Robinsons pond and carmans river

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2 bald eagles were soaring high over the mouth of the carmans this afternoon as 
seen from beaver dam creek road. 

Robinsons pond held pintails, common mergansers, mallards, scaup, swans and a 
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[nysbirds-l] Where do ravens go - brookhaven

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Yesterday (4-18-19) John Turner and I took a tour of the Brookhaven landfill 
including a drive to the top. Much to our surprise we observed at least 6 
ravens (they all appeared paired up). 

Ravens were observed feeding and being chased by various gull species. I’m not 
aware of any raven nests immediately adjacent to the landfill but know they 
have been in Patchogue and Farmingville (town hall) and other surrounding areas 
in recent years. 

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[nysbirds-l] Osprey and bald eagle - e Patchogue

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This afternoon I had the good fortune of watching an osprey fly overhead with a 
fish in its talons. Moments later an adult bald eagle followed lazily chasing a 
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[nysbirds-l] two adult bald eagles - medford

[leormand .]

This afternoon I observed two (2) adult bald eagles atop the high-tension
power lines in Medford along Horseblock Road, just WEST of the Town of
Brookhaven's Medford Athletic Fields.  This is just north of Lowes / 7/11
off of Route 112 for those familiar with the location.  The birds were
still there approximately 1 hour later when I passed the location again

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[nysbirds-l] Bald eagle - East Patchogue

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This morning when I left the house i was greeted by an adult Bald Eagle in the 
pine tree across the street. The Eagle stayed for several minutes before flying 
off into the fog heading east. Interestingly, this is the second Eagle siting 
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[nysbirds-l] Robinson’s pond, e Patchogue

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Robinson’s pond (north side of south country) has had a recent influx of winter 
waterfowl including:

Gadwall
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Pintail 



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[nysbirds-l] Adult bald eagle - Medford

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I saw an adult bald eagle circling near Horseblock road and the LIE in Medford 
- this is just east of Rt 112 and only a half mile from where I observed two 
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[nysbirds-l] Paid of eagles - Patchogue village

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This morning I observed a pair of eagles fly in from the east landing on the 
osprey best at shorefront park in Patchogue Village. The best is atop a light 
stanchion on the baseball fields. They flew off after a short time and were 
later observed at the cemetery along the eastern bank of Patchogue Lake, just 
north of the brewery. 

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[nysbirds-l] Patchogue to Brookhaven hamlet

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The following birds were seen today:

- Common raven being chased by crows over my house in East Patchogue 

- pair of red-tailed hawks perched on the black and white smokestack on the 
north side of south country road, East Patchogue 

- merlin, bellport village along south country road

- pair of bald eagles, bellport village 

- pied-billed fever and multiple belted kingfishers, beaver dam creek, 
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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL and downtown Riverhead

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I had a few minutes to drive through EPCAL and was disappointed to miss all 
species of raptor. On my way out I had a half dozen or so bluebirds hanging in 
the trees along the entrance way, just north of the lake. 

Spending the afternoon in the Hyatt’s ballroom overlooking the river I watched 
a pair of turkey vultures cruise back and fourth for a few hours. I also 
observed a bald eagle On the south side of the river perched in a tree (this 
sighting is 90% confident as the bird was at quite a distance with no 
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[nysbirds-l] Dune road, quogue wildlife refuge

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10:30 Dune road was very quiet - no raptors and very little waterfowl. 

11:30 Quogue Wildlife Refuge had a pair of eagles lurking around who not long 
after took off toward dune road. 

On the way home another pair of eagles was spotted above sunrise highway just 
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[nysbirds-l] Banded herring gull - blue point NY

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A photo of a banded ring-billed gull taken atop someone’s car at the Town’s 
dock in Blue Point (just west of Corey Beach) was recently posted on a Facebook 
group. 

After entering the data on the USGS site, i received notification (remarkably 
in just 12 hours) that the bird was banded in Varennes Quebec (just outside 
Montreal) in 2014 and that the bird was hatched in 2011 or earlier. 

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[nysbirds-l] Subadult bald eagle - e moriches

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I had a subadult bald eagle soaring above in the strong winds this morning in 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Sands Point Preserve waving entrance fee

[leormand]

Before this turns into a whole chain let’s just all agree that something in 
that email could have been left out and let’s stick to birds. Please. 

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> Due to the Chinese coronavirus, the Sands Point Preserve is waving their 
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> For existing and new members, they are extending the membership by an 
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> There will be no bathroom facilities during this time according to their 
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> Just wanted to get this out there to people who are looking for someplace to 
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[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagle: Swan river and great South Bay - Patchogue

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This morning I ran to the Town Dock at the end of Pine Neck Ave in E Patchogue. 
This is where the swan river enters the Great South Bay. 

There is an osprey tower with a pair of osprey (first year for a pair). A 
subadult (probably 2nd year) bald eagle flew above and was chased off by an 
Osprey. A pair of killdeer were on the western sand spit and there was a 
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[nysbirds-l] Raven on roadkill - wertheim NWR

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Driving past north end of Wertheim just over the carmans River was a raven on a 
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[nysbirds-l] Swans at mouth of swan river Patchogue

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A train of 35 swans currently swimming past the mouth of Swan River in E 
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[nysbirds-l] Middle island and e Patchogue

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An afternoon walk in a small open patch of woods near Pine Lake off Church lane 
yielded a number of black throated warblers, Baltimore Orioles courting and 
cardinals fighting for territory. A 2nd year bald eagle was seen flying near 
whiskey road roundabout where it caught the attention of a red tailed hawk. 

Late afternoon at the end of Pine Neck Rd were 2 glossy ibis joined by a great 
egret in a small wetland north of the marina. An osprey fed on a fish near its 
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[nysbirds-l] Eastport Meadows, Eastport NY

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Late this morning I made a stop along the southwest side of “Eastport Meadows” 
a large Town of Brookhaven open space parcel south of Sunrise Highway, North of 
Montauk Highway. The Eastport Athletic Complex is in the northeast corner for 
reference.

In a section of open woods I found a black and white warbler and several 
woodpeckers  While bushwhacking through pine scrub forest I stumbled upon an 
eastern towhee nest. 

The open successional forest held an eastern meadowlark, more towhees and 
singing prairie warblers. 

I then walked a bit of the dirt road under the LIPA wires and had dozens of 
cedar waxwings taking turns drinking from puddles, a screeching red-tailed 
hawk, a hummingbird flitting around Oak trees, several blue winged warblers, 
yellow warblers and American redstarts.

I’d imagine early morning under the right conditions would yield an even better 
array of birds. Ironically, when I got home to my suburban yard my wife called 
me over to look at a “red bird with black wings”. It’s the first scarlet 
tanager I’ve ever seen after all my years looking. 



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[nysbirds-l] Mill road - Yaphank

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I walked some town and county open space properties on either side of Mill Rd 
in Yaphank today.  The northern side Is a successional cedar forest and aside 
from ticks didn’t seem to hold much activity other than chipping sparrows and a 
surprise flyover by a glossy ibis. There was at least one indigo bunting but I 
suspect many more given size of property and habitat. 

The south side is typical pine oak forest and held the expected species 
including a few great views of oven birds. I also stumbled upon a female turkey 
and her young poults. 

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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked grebe, Shirley NY

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A red necked grebe in breeding plumage is hanging off the Towns Shirley Beach 
this morning. This is west of William Floyd Parkway in Bellport Bay

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[nysbirds-l] CORRECTION: HORNED grebe, Shirley

[leormand]

Correction - it is a HORNED grebe not red necked. Apologies, winter bird IDs is 
not something I brushed up on during quarantine



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[nysbirds-l] Pair of common raven - holtsville NY

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A pie of Common Ravens were seen atop a communications tower just south of 
Island 16 movie complex South of LIE, West of Nicolls Rd 
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[nysbirds-l] Bald eagle nest - Mt. Sinai area, Long Island

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Today I stumbled upon an Eagle nest with at least one chick in the “Mt Sinai” 
area near the LI Sound. If anyone is aware of a nest in this area, please 
contact me with details. Any additional details / observations people have will 
be helpful for a Town of Brookhaven development review project. Thank you in 
advance. 

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[nysbirds-l] Osprey e Patchogue

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Unexpectedly had an osprey fly over my yard, East toward mud creek in East 
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[nysbirds-l] East Patchogue and mastic beach

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This morning I had a Turkey vulture in East Patchogue near Swan Lake and around 
mid day a bald eagle was moving lazily from west to east along S Country Rd. 

Mastic Beach late morning had a red tailed hawk flushed by a northern harrier. 
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[nysbirds-l] Eastern bluebird - yaphank

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I was surprised to see an Eastern Bluebird in Yaphank along Grucci lane today. 
Several ravens also in the area. There is significant bluebird habitat in the 
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[nysbirds-l] Eurasian wigeon, wood ducks. Pepperidge Lake, Eastport

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Pepperidge Lake on the border of E Moriches and Eastport (E Moriches Blvd) held 
a Eurasian wigeon which flew in and landed midway in the pond then headed north 
this morning. Also observed was a pair of wood ducks flying in, a courting pair 
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[nysbirds-l] Patchogue and Bellport

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A pair of eagles was recently seen on a nest in Patchogue village atop a 
communications tower. Osprey had been harassing the eagles since their return 
and today the osprey pair were tending to the nest. A similar series of events 
happened last year atop a communications tower in Sayville. I would assume this 
to be the same pair of eagles. 

I spotted a pair of eagles (presumably the village pair) kiting above Robinsons 
Pond in E Patchogue early this afternoon.

At the Bellport docks, a lone common loon was in the bay along with 5 red 
breasted mergansers (1 male, 4 female). 

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[nysbirds-l] Rudy duck, mastic NY

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2 Rudy ducks were observed on the Forge River, north of Montauk Highway in 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Wood Stork - a Possibility in South Shore, Central Suffolk

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A friend of mine had text me on Sunday (May 2nd) that they observed a wood 
stork in this general location as well. I didn’t make much of it at the time as 
they did not offer a photo or any follow up. 

- Luke Ormand 

> On May 5, 2021, at 5:10 PM, beachmed  wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> A report and photo taken by a local photographer, of a Wood Stork, was 
>> received by Eastern LI Audubon, today, mid morning.  The photo was taken 
>> yesterday, low tide, in Westhampton, from the south side of South Road 
>> bridge, between Beaverdam Creek Rd and Bishop Ave, Westhampton, Suffolk 
>> County (not Westhampton Beach).  This road is south of Montauk Hwy.   
> 
>> The bird was seen by the photographer both Monday and Tuesday.  A number of 
>> ELIAS members tried, but failed to relocate the bird this afternoon.   All 
>> accessible “mainland” creeks and marshlands from East Quogue to Eastport 
>> were searched.
> 
>> We have asked the photographer to notify us if she sees the bird again.  The 
>> purpose of our email to to notify all of the possibility that the bird might 
>> be in the area.
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>> We will send the word out if the Wood Stork is refound.
>> Byron Young
>> Eileen Schwinn
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[nysbirds-l] Swan river preserve

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Quick trip to swan river preserve in east patchogue produced a greater yellow 
legs and wilsons snipe. 

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[nysbirds-l] swan river preserve - east patchogue

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I spent some time at Swan River Preserve in East Patchogue this afternoon.
It was very quiet - however there were two (2) pairs of green-winged teal
duck and I was happily surprised to find and watch a Wilson's Snipe feeding
away on the south side.

Additionally, yesterday (1/21/17) I observed a merlin on Bay Avenue, near
the Great South Bay.  I presume this is the neighborhood Merlin that has
hungout in this area the past few winters.

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[nysbirds-l] Dune road - Hampton bays

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1 snowy owl on Dune road
1 horned grebe at Tiana 
Many Northern Harriers along the marshes and several Loons in the Inlet 

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[nysbirds-l] Killdeer - brookhaven town hall

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There was a killdeer in the parking lot this morning at brookhaven town hall 

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[nysbirds-l] Signs of spring - brookhaven town

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Killdeer are pairing up at brookhaven town hall parking lot. A FOS osprey was 
spotted in patchogue on the radio tower behind 7-11 just south of Route 112 and 
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[nysbirds-l] Riverhead and EPCAL

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A stop in riverhead at noon produced an Adult Bald Eagle over the County center 
and an Osprey over the River. 

I walked the southwestern portion of EPCAL and had a large flock of robins, 
many eastern bluebirds, a half dozen kestrels, a few eastern meadowlarks, red 
tailed Hawks and a variety of sparrow species. I did not notice any of the 
previously reported rough legged Hawks. 

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[nysbirds-l] Swan River Preserve - East Patchogue

[leormand .]

I Stopped at Swan River Preserve after work today around 5 - the Parks
Department recently trimmed all of the old herbaceous growth which allows
great views of the pond even from the car.  Without getting out I spotted a
few (continuing) teal and the continuing wilson's snipe.  Easiest snipe
I've ever seen.

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[nysbirds-l] Swan river - east patchogue

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This morning there were no less than 50 mute swans on the spry named Swan River 
in east patchogue at the southern end of the river. 

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[nysbirds-l] Swan river preserve - east patchogue

[leormand]

This afternoon (5-6) at swan river preserve I observed the following birds in 
the pond: 

3 spotted sandpipers
1 greater yellowlegs
1 male green-winged teal in full plumage

Along the banks of the river on the east side of the preserve were:

Common grackles collecting nesting material
1 black and white warbler
2 dueling yellow warblers 
1 black-crowned night heron
1 nesting Canada goose 
1 great egret

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[nysbirds-l] Swan river preserve - east patchogue

[leormand]

>From 5-6 this evening the following birds were observed in the pond and along 
>the banks of the river:

Bank / Tree / and Rough-winged Swallow
Yellow Warbler
Baltimore oriole
Song sparrow
Common Grackle
Grey Carbird
Northern Cardinal
Black-crowned Night Heron (in river)
Great Egret (hunting in pond)
Green-winged Teal (male)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Solitary Sandpiper (4+)
Least Sandpiper (2)

The diversity seems to improve on every visit. 





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[nysbirds-l] Eastport meadows

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I visited Eastport Meadows around noon today. Despite it being mid-day, there 
were many vocal and active birds including: prairie warbler, blue-winged 
warblers, yellow warbler, catbirds and mockingbirds 

This is a very large former farm field / red cedar forest on the south side of 
Sunrise highway, north of montauk highway in Eastport. There's a large parking 
lot at the Town ball fields for access.  This property has many informal trails 
from off road vehicles - also has plenty of ticks. 

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[nysbirds-l] Montauk - dead shearwaters

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On a 1.5 mile walk between Essex Ave and Ditch Plains I observed at least 15 
deceased shearwaters - almost all of which were entangled in seaweed. 

Additionally, there was a long-tailed duck on the beach at Ditch Plains. A dog 
chased it into the ocean where it swam for a bit before coming back to shore. 
It allowed for extremely close approach though I did not see any clear 
injuries. It's obviously healthy enough to run/walk and swim but seemed to 
prefer the beach where it was preening itself. 

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[nysbirds-l] cupsogue beach - westhampton

[leormand .]

A high noon walk down Cupsogue beach turned up a piping plover loosely
associating with a flock of Sanderlings.  There was also a semi-palmated
plover with this group.  Two loon flyovers between ocean and beach was the
only other thing of interest.



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[nysbirds-l] Large mixed duck flock - Patchogue village

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There was a large raft of ducks (mostly scaup and buffleheads) just east of 
mascot dock in the village of Patchogue. The location is next to Lombardi’s on 
the bay, just south of shore front dock. Birds often times feeding feet from 
the boardwalk but also spooked easily. They were there at 10:30 AM and again at 
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[nysbirds-l] dune road

[leormand .]

This afternoon I drove the length of Dune road and spent a little time at
the inlet.  It was dead low tide at the inlet and there were a lot of ducks
feeding and getting out of the wind on the western side.  Most appeared to
be red-breasted mergansers, but there were also surf scoters, black scoters
and the single numbers of various other winter waterfowl. No eiders
observed (though a few seals poppped up).

Dune Road yielded one extremely well hidden Snowy Owl as well as a number
of northern harriers include a grey ghost.

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[nysbirds-l] Swan river - great (frozen) South Bay

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On my morning run I went down to pine neck dock at the mouth of swan river in 
East Patchogue. The bay is still frozen over and the mouth of the river had one 
small pocket of open water remaining. A number of mute swans were loafing on 
the ice and a few dozen ducks were swimming in the opening (I believe they were 
scaup). One duck stood out which I soon realized was a golden eye. 
If you’re in the area may be worth a visit to take some nice photos as the 
opening is close to the dock (which is free of ice and snow). 

Interestingly there is quite a bit of open water on swan river south of Swezey 
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[nysbirds-l] Patchogue to Brookhaven hamlet

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Late afternoon I stopped at swan river preserve and observed 10 green teal 
ducks in the southern pond along with a good number of mallards

A stop at bellport yacht club only yielded some small bufflehead flocks. 

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[nysbirds-l] Swan river preserve - East Patchogue

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This afternoon there were 4 male green-winged teal in the north pond at swan 
river preserve. A great blue heron was seen in the southern pond. 

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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL, Dune Road

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At EPCAL around noon it was quiet, but there were a number of red tailed hawks 
and a harrier on the western runway. 

Dune Road has a peregrine, snowy owl and Brant. Inlet was quiet, but another 
birder said there was a large raft of eider that has been spooked by a coast 
guard boat. 

On the way home there was a subadult eagle flying over sunrise at carmans river 
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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL and Dune Road

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A brief visit to EPCAL produced few birds. A pair of bluebirds bear the nesting 
boxes, a couple red-tailed hawks and one kestrel were the only things 
noteworthy. 

On the way to the south shore I observed an adult bald eagle near Pleasure 
Drive and Sunrise Highway flying very high. 

Dune road was also quiet with no raptors seen.  A red-breasted merganser was in 
a roadside ditch providing unusually close views and large raft of common eider 
were inside the inlet. 

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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL and e Patchogue

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I was able to take a quick trip to EPCAL at mid-day and observed the following:

Rough-legged hawk
“Grey Ghost” harrier
Flock of bluebirds (male and female)
Several red-tailed hawks 

A stop at Pine Neck Dock in East Patchogue this evening turned up an osprey on 
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[nysbirds-l] Sub adult bald eagle - forge river - mastic

[leormand]

I just observed an osprey chasing a subadult bald eagle along the forge river 
at the Montauk Highway spillway. The eagle perched on the west side of the 
river and the osprey retreated back to its nest on the south side of the river. 

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[nysbirds-l] South shore - Suffolk + EPCAL

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Dune road was quiet - no sign of owls or harriers. Shinnecock bay held some 
oyster catchers, brant, long-tailed ducks, black scorers and common eiders and 
the occasional loon. 

Along the roadside ditches were a large number of great egrets. 

I visited EPCAL briefly and barely got out of the car. Grey ghost was present 
and there were a good number of kestrels. 

The mouth of Carmans river had 7 osprey in view at one point. A pair of 
shovelers was s nice surprise - no sign of bald eagle. 

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[nysbirds-l] Pine neck dock - east Patchogue

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This morning I had least terns, a great egret and a little blue heron at Pine 
Neck Dock in East Patchogue. 

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[nysbirds-l] Peregrine falcon - Patchogue

[leormand]

A peregrine was perched high above a communications tower in Patchogue village 
viewed from the VFW (south of Montauk Highway). This is the tower that ravens 
have nested on in years past. 

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[nysbirds-l] Dune Rd. Snowy Owl

[leormand .]

This morning I found a Snowy Owl near the old Ponquogue Bridge on the N.
side of the bay.  It was no longer there when I stopped by in the
afternoon.  Only other thing worth a mention was a single Northern Gannet
at L road flying East to West.

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[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owl - Shinnecock East

[leormand .]

This morning I drove through EPCAL - both runways and came up with nothing.
 Didn't see any hawks, let alone Snowy Owls.  I did see a couple
Meadowlarks but that was it, I even checked the radar station to the north.

In the mid-afternoon, I went to Dune Road and spied a Snowy Owl across the
inlet.  I drove across to the other side where I found the bird and was
able to photograph it.  A barking dog ended up spooking the bird away as it
flew off to a nearby island.  Not sure if it's the same bird as yesterday,
though the markings look similar.

Photos of the bird can be seen here:
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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL / Dune Rd.

[leormand .]

EPCAL had two (2) snow bunting along with a small flock of horned larks.
 No raptors were seen

Dune Rd. was extremely quiet (no thanks to the thick fog).  No birds
whatsoever other than gulls and I didn't spend any time trying to pick out
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[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue

[leormand .]

Cupsogue was very quiet birdwise - though there was a Snowy Owl in the
vicinity.  An additional bird was picked up near the other end of Dune Rd.

There were several long-tailed ducks at the Ponqogue bridge, visible from
the southern fishing pier and Shinnecock Inlet had quite a few Loons.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach WE2

[leormand .]

Late this morning I went to Jones Beach WE2.  Found the Northern Shrike on
a tree directly south of the parking lot (just west of the large swath of
un-vegetated beach) without even trying. After I took one photo it was gone.

A few large flocks of Snowy Bunting were moving about the beach - and a few
owls were around including one that was a kill (rabbit?) which resulted in
a decent sized crowd by the time I left (~12:30)

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[nysbirds-l] Westhampton / Dune Rd

[leormand .]

This morning I went to Dune Rd. Via Westhampton Beach.  In the Village of
Westhampton Beach near Aspatuck Creek (on Aspatuck Rd) I noticed several
crows, however one individual had white bars on its wings when it flew.  I
got some (not so great) photos showing this off, which can be seen on my
blog here:
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>From the little research I did online it appears that this is a rare trait
seen in some otherwise "normal" crows.  Anyone have more information or
have seen birds like this?

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Dune Rd Snowy Owl - Yes

[leormand .]

To all of those who look (and find) Snowy Owls along Dune road, PLEASE do
not park your vehicle in the middle of the road and get out to look at the
bird with your scope.  You're creating a hazard for yourself and others
(aside from it being illegal and frankly, rude).  There was a red car in
particular this afternoon which made no attempt to pull to the side as it's
3-4 occupants got out with their scopes and proceeded to block the whole
road and look at the bird in the marsh.

There are ample areas to park that require little walking - if that is not
feasible at least pull your vehicle to the side of the road where there is
a sufficient shoulder.


On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Patrick Hanly wrote:

> Great looks at the bird in the marsh immediately west of the Ponquogue
> Bridge. Bird present late afternoon/early evening today (Sunday).
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[nysbirds-l] Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet

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This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet.

The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and
Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers.  The
highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed
(accidentally).

The rest of Dune Road was really quiet - there was a Snowy Owl in the marsh
near the Bridge which was previously mentioned on this list. A northern
Harrier was found further west as well as a female Belted Kingfisher.  I
noticed a very large number of gulls both over the ocean/on the beach where
large waves were crashing as well as perched on dredging equipment in the
bay.  I'm sure some patience at either location would have produced
something good.  As the sun set and I drove over the bridge, I noticed
another sizeable collection of gulls perched on the rocks of the coast
guard marina - it may be worth checking for all you gullheads out there

Photos of the birds - including the king eider can be seen here:
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[nysbirds-l] Smiths Point

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This afternoon my wife and I found a Snowy Owl @ Smith's point.  No other
birds of note - though there was a large collection of gulls on the small
sandbars/islands @ the new old inlet.  Gullheads would probably turn
something up.

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[nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls in the Netherlands

[leormand .]

As has been previously reported through this listserv and a Canadian blog -
some snowy owls made it onto a freighter that left NY and hugged the coast
near Canada before heading to Europe.  At least two of these birds are in
the Netherlands and are being regularly photographed - here is a link to a
photographers blog about the birds for those interested:

http://www.hansoverduin.nl/birding-in-holland/snowy-owl-2x/

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[nysbirds-l] Dune Road

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This afternoon along Dune Road I spotted 1 Snowy Owl on a duck blind
between Tiana and Dockers
Other birds seen here Black Crowned Night Herons and Great Blue Herons.
 The Inlet was quiet - a raft of birds off one of the jetties but nothing
in close.  A few red-breasted mergansers in the open (very calm) ocean.

Highlight was a Peregrine Falcon on the big tower at the Coast Guard
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[nysbirds-l] hecksher State Park

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I drove the Hecksher state park loop this afternoon.  Only things I saw
were a Merlin and a Peregrine - both perched on trees.

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[nysbirds-l] Dune Road - Saturday, March 22

[leormand .]

I forgot to mention this, but I did a trip down Dune Road yesterday (From
Ponquogue Bridge to the first Bridge in Westhampton) and basically saw
nothing.  It was very quiet and very drab - though things should turn
around shortly, starting with Red-winged black birds.

What I did notice, however, were two ospreys occupying one nest platform,
just to the west of the Bridge in Westhampton (in the marshlands).  I was
surprised to see two, assuming it's a male and a female as usually the
females come a bit after the males.

For anyone interested in seeing photos of the grey morph and red morph
screech owls from Massapequa Preserve - you can see them here:
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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL - calverton

[leormand .]

EPCAL was very quiet birdwise but there were a lot of Kestrels around on
the Western runway.  I checked the old radar station on the north side of
25 and found even more Kestrels - there were probably 10 utilizing that
site.  There are very few perches at the radar site due to a recent mowing
which seems to concentrate the birds.

Nothing else of note

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[nysbirds-l] Patchogue

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In a rather unusual sighting this afternoon, I was in the parking lot
between the YMCA and Briarcliff College (just south of Patchogue Lake) and
saw a breeding plumage Laughing Gull tempting fate by getting within a foot
of a Canada Goose that is nesting in the parking lot median.

An Osprey has been frequenting the Swan River just south of Montauk
Highway, either north or south of the LIRR tracks.

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[nysbirds-l] Forge River Headwaters - Center Moriches

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This afternoon I spent some time at the headwaters of the Forge River -
there's a beautiful hiking trail on the south side which is accessible from
the sunrise highway service road - though there's no true place to "park"
(the opposite side of the river is private property).

The start of the river had 2 or 3 pairs of wood duck which were
particularly skittish.  B&W Warblers, Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, a chipping
sparrow, black-capped chickadees, several species of woodpecker and eastern
towees.

Photos of the B&W warbler and chipping sparrow can be seen here:

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[nysbirds-l] prairie warblers - hampton bays

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This afternoon my wife and I were paddle boarding past the old girl scouts
camp in Hampton Bays (off Red Creek Road) and heard several prairie
warblers calling out from the edges of the cliff.  We also saw a pair of
goldfinches feeding at the water's edge.

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[nysbirds-l] Black Scoter raft off Davis Park

[leormand .]

Was able to review the photos I took earlier this week - it appears that
there was a raft of 100+ Black Scoter hanging around off the Casino
Restaurant/Bar at Davis Park, Fire Island.

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[nysbirds-l] osprey - east patchogue

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Seems a bit late in the season so thought I would put it out there.  There
was an Osprey an hour ago on a branch overlooking the Swan River in East
Patchogue, viewed from the Swezey Street bridge (just south of the RR
tracks and the new Town of Brookhaven "Swan River Preserve" next to
Friendlys).

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[nysbirds-l] snowy owl - northern harriers

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Snowy Owl this afternoon on Fire Island along with two Northern Harriers
(at least one was a juvenile).  Snowy Owl and Northern Harrier didn't seem
to mind each other as the harrier passed right overhead with neither bird
flinching.

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[nysbirds-l] bufflehead - swan river preserve - east patchogue

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While a bufflehead on long island in winter is not exactly notable - I'm
making this post to make birders aware of the new park in East Patchogue
called 'Swan River Preserve' which is on the southside of Montauk Highway,
next to friendlys (directly across the street from Swan Lake).  The new
park has a small pond with a vegetated island in the middle making views of
any waterfowl within the pond excellent - as compared to the lake across
the street.  Up until today I had only seen mallards in the pond.
Hopefully this actively feeding bufflehead is a sign of things to come.
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[nysbirds-l] osprey continues - east patchogue - no sighting of ravens

[leormand .]

Does anyone have a late date for osprey in Suffolk County?

Seen from Swezey Street around 4:00 PM.

Checked for the Ravens and saw nothing

Also the Bufflehead continues at Swan Pond Preserve.  Any photographers out
there interested in getting great shots should give it a try - there's
really not a bad angle at that pond no matter where the bird is.

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[nysbirds-l] turkey vulture

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Saw a Turkey vulture around noon today in East Patchogue near the Swan
River

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Seaford Crested Caracara Photos

[leormand .]

It's my understanding that Falconer's DO NOT keep this species.  Also,
there is a distinct Florida population - much shorter trip for the bird
than coming from Texas.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 6:03 AM, John Askildsen 
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>  thanks for posting, steve. well, it is certainly a crested caracara. the
> worrisome part for me is that it is sitting on someone's deck ! and i think
> that brings the bird's provenance into question. i've never seen a crested
> caracara in a densely developed residential neighborhood, let alone sitting
> on a deck rail. is the bird looking for a 'handout' ? having said that, it
> seems like an unlikely species for falconers to keep.
>
>
> does anyone have any ideas as to why caracaras are being recorded well out
> of range, in the last 2-3 years ? texas drought ?
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[nysbirds-l] TV in E. Patchogue

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Saw a Turkey Vulture flying in East Patchogue near the Swan River this
morning.  Also had a N. Shoveler on the river by the Swezey St. Bridge

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[nysbirds-l] dune road - EPCAL

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Dune road was very quiet today.  Large portions of Tiana Bay are frozen
over with black ducks and gulls everywhere.  Only saw one Northern Harrier
that we spooked from the shoulder of the road.  Plenty of Scoters near the
inlet (on the west side of the jetty) but didn't spend the time to see if
anything interesting and unusual was in there.

EPCAL was very quiet (did a quick drive-thru) and security was posted at
the entrance to the runway.  No sighting of the Artists' Lake/Patchogue
Lake bald eagle either.  Patchogue lake did have a few Canvasback ducks
though

Also visited the mouth of the Carmans River - a few species of ducks
including coots.  One Northern Harrier - but nothing else of note.

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[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagles - Riverhead

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This morning in Riverhead I had an adult bald eagle behind the aquarium -
and apparently there was a subadult that had been there as well not too
long before I arrived.  About 30 minutes later, further west along the
River were two sub-adults soaring high in the sky.  I've heard there is at
least one more adult near the aquarium as well - probably 5-8 BE's in that
area on any given day.

Also in Riverhead along the Peconic River at the fishing access station
(just west of Roadhouse Pizza) were red-necked grebes on Saturday.  None
were present this morning, but plenty of wood ducks and common mergansers,
among other waterfowl.

If anyone's interested in BE pictures, they can check them out on my
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[nysbirds-l] Bayard Cutting Arboretum - Great River

[leormand .]

Spent some time on a beautiful but chilly afternoon at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum where we had wood ducks fly by, a Cooper's hawk circling above as
well as several osprey (including one eating a flounder on a tree at the
parking lot entrance - much to the enjoyment of everyone leaving the
concert).

Yesterday at EPCAL I had several N. Harriers and a (presumably) mated pair
of Red-tailed hawks cooperatively hunting and successfully catching a
vole.  Also many blue birds.


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[nysbirds-l] Squassax Landing - Carmans River

[leormand .]

I went down to the mouth of the Carmans River right before sunset.  Plenty
of ducks (including 1 pied-billed grebe) a Great Blue Heron and distant
Osprey.  No eagles, but what was interesting was the presence of at least 5
Northern Harriers (no adult males).


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[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagle (nesting pair) Long Island

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All;

An Adult Bald Eagle (which is part of an actively nesting pair) spent a
good amount of time perched near the nest today along the South Shore of
Long Island (location undisclosed for now).  After awhile it moved to a
perch a bit further from the nest - only for some Osprey to show which then
had to be chased off.  I have some images and a short video on my blog:
http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2015/03/sit-and-wait-bald-eagle-edition.html

Swan River Preserve in East Patchogue had 1 Gadwall and a flycatcher
(species undetermined) and Bellport Docks had 1 Red-necked Grebe (winter
plumage) and some Buffleheads.  A Northern Harrier was seen in Brookhaven
Hamlet over the marsh and at least 3 Osprey were seen in the river/lake
just south of Caanan Lake and just north of Sunrise Highway in Patchogue
this afternoon.

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[nysbirds-l] Nest Bald Eagles - South Shore

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Around 11 AM this morning I checked out another reported Bald Eagle Nest
and found the "adult" in a tree near the nest (which was an old osprey nest
apparently).  The other bird in the pair is not in full adult plumage -
which at the very least makes it easy to tell them apart.  I watched the
"adult" bring some nesting material to the nest, as well as a nest
exchange.  Both birds did some lazy chasing of nearby Osprey.

Around 6 PM I returned and the Adult was again perched on a nearby tree.
An Osprey nest across the creek (and very near me) apparently has a pair of
birds - though no eggs have been laid yet as far as I can tell and the nest
could use some more material.  At one point, one Osprey went up the creek
and caught a fish (I didn't see this) which prompted to Eagle to give
chase.  Not too long after, the Osprey dropped the fish and the Eagle
continued to chase the Osprey until the Osprey's partner came in and
everyone flew back to their respective nests.

Quite a few ducks around and some horned grebes as well but the Eagle
didn't seem interested.

The nest is publicly known, however the trail leading to it has been
blocked off.  I viewed it from across the creek, though the access to that
point is not officially "open" yet and as such I will not disclose the
location so as to not encourage trespassing or additional stress on the
Osprey which are very near the viewing point.

Photos and some more info can be seen in this blog post:

http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2015/04/another-bald-eagle-nest.html

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[nysbirds-l] Nesting Bald Eagles - Great South Bay

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Yesterday (4/3) I went down to check on the Eagle nest.  I saw 3 other
birders in the parking lot with Scopes.  With one eagle on the nest I spent
a bit of time trying to find the other one, scanning trees and looking at
far off gulls soaring.  After a bit I found the "adult" - it was perched on
a stick way out on the marsh.  I suspect it was trying to stay low to avoid
the steady winds.

A few observations are in my blog related to interactions with the Eagle
and other species on the marsh as well as an Osprey.  I have heard the
chicks are on schedule to hatch in the next 2-3 weeks, though I'm not too
confident given the lack of success at Wertheim and the fact that this is
the first nesting year for these birds (based on plumage).

Other birds seen were some Great Egrets, lots of corvids and some
mergansers.

A trip to Swan River Preserve (East Patchogue) via my run had a few Gadwall
in the pond.  The Town Parks Department has also put up 4 interpretive
signs explaining the history of the site, the drainage system, the marsh
plants and other details.

Photos from yesterday's trip can be seen here:
http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2015/04/cold-and-wet-observation-nesting-eagles.html

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[nysbirds-l] Swan River Preserve - East Patchogue - Ducks

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Swan River Preserve's pond had the following:

Mallards
Canda Goose
Green-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Gadwall


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[nysbirds-l] EPCAL Kestrels - no snowy owl

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My wife and I looked (without much effort) along dune road for the Snowy
Owl and did not find it.

EPCAL (calverton grasslands) had a minimum of 30 Kestrel on the western
runway - with probably an equal amount on the easter (potentially a bit
less due to the operation of the skydive outfit today).  The birds were
literally everywhere and there was a lot of movement.  Plenty of red-tailed
hawks as well, only a few eastern meadowlarks.

2 Osprey at Woodhull dam in Riverside including one right above my head
patiently waiting for a fish to show up so it could pounce with as little
effort as possible.

Yesterday I visited one of the Long Island South Shore Bald Eagle nests.
The "adult" was way out on the marsh and sat there, refusing to move
despite osprey, crows and a few passing boats.  There were at least 6
osprey in the vicinity, all posturing for territory and the nest across the
creek from the Eagle featured 2 birds with some courtship display including
"sky-dancing" and delivering a freshly caught fish.

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