[nysbirds-l] Gray Kingbird, Brooklyn, now
Gray Kingbird at Canarsie Park in Brooklyn. Foraging over the NE love of the lagoon. Coordinates: 40.6255048, -73.8957757 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 08/14 - Brooklyn Overnight Pelagic Trip Results
The overnight pelagic trip out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn this weekend was yet another successful and enlightening trip to the deep waters of the New York Bight. Overnight, some of those who were awake got to witness some of the Perseid meteor shower, including a few very impressive ones streaking through the sky. There were also a couple of unidentified passerines that silently flew over the boat, visible as mere shadows above the lights of the boat. Sunrise on Monday, 8/14, found us having a long moment of silence in honor of Tom Johnson over the mouth of the McMaster Canyon, northeast of Hudson Canyon. His memory was with many of us throughout this interesting day at sea, as it will be on all foreseeable future trips to these parts. After an hour and a half in this vicinity we worked our way south and west, spending time in the Babylon Canyon and on the shelf between the Babylon and the Hudson Canyon. We then headed from shore over the east wall of the Hudson Canyon. Water temperatures were fairly consistent between 77 and 79 degrees F during most of our time beyond and along the shelf edge. With the weak cold front overnight Sunday into Monday we had a few migrant passerines, the most unexpected of which was a *Downy Woodpecker* 106 statute miles from the closest point of land (Shinnecock Inlet east jetty, apparently). A *Cliff Swallow* was present flying around the boat at the same time as the woodpecker, making for an interesting combination. We also had at least three encounters with Barn Swallows throughout the day, and a lone *Eastern Kingbird* a bit over 50 miles from land. More details will be in the eBird Trip Report linked here, but a list of additional highlights is below: https://ebird.org/tripreport/151450 Birds: *White-faced Storm-Petrel*- 1 in heavy wing molt followed around for several minutes *Bridled Tern-* 1 adult Band-rumped Storm-Petrel- *21* (most or all showed no active wing molt) Red-necked Phalarope-* 31* (including two different groups of 11) Audubon's Shearwater- 38 Wilson's Storm-Petrel- *~4,300* (this is added up from the hourly checklists, but the margin of error is certainly a couple of hundred) Black Tern- 2 Least Tern- 3 Cory's Shearwater- 32 Great Shearwater- 32 Non-Birds: *Sowerby's Beaked-Whale*- 4+ breaching fully out of the water in the distance *Cuvier's Beaked-Whale*- 2+ close to the boat *Whale Shark*- 1 in the wake as we were motoring, and not definitively identified at the time Fin Whale- 6+ Humpback Whale- 2 Minke Whale- 1 Pilot Whale- ~20 Several pods each of Common Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin, Risso's Dolphin Loggerhead Sea Turtle- 3 Cownose Rays- multiple groups of up to 30 individuals Flying Fish- Many of multiple species throughout the day Sargassum Crab- 1 gnawing on a piece of chum in the deep Several other sharks, some of which may have identifiable photos Good Pelagic Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Upcoming overnight pelagic trip out of Brooklyn
The American Princess whale watching boat will be running another overnight birding pelagic trip on July 16-17 out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn. Deep water off the Hudson Canyon (and adjacent canyons) holds a great many possibilities in mid-summer, and the mid-July window is an under-explored one in New York pelagic history. A good variety of shearwaters (6 taxa) and storm-petrels (3 taxa) are regularly seen, and as we get into warmer summer waters, possibilities for Pterodroma petrels, tropicbirds, and boobies increase. The overnight trip at the end of June a couple of weeks ago featured very good encounters with Scopoli’s Shearwater and Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (perhaps of two different taxa/populations), as well as a constant presence of Wilson’s Storm-apetrel, Cory’s Shearwater, and Great Shearwater. We also came across a Sperm Whale, an exciting pod of Striped Dolphin, Fin and Humpback whales, several pods of Risso’s Dolphins, and a few Loggerhead Sea Turtles. For those interested in the upcoming July trip, the link is here: https://americanprincesscruises.com/events/24-hour-pelagic-marine-wildlife-trip-07-17-2023/ Good summer seabirding! -Doug Gochfeld (Brooklyn, NY) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Anhinga follow-up/directions
The Anhinga found by Radka Osickova is perched here: (40.6559643, -73.9655500) Best viewing is from the tip of the peninsula either at the rustic shelter: (40.6566745, -73.9658655) Or the peninsula thumb: (40.6558496, -73.9667935) It is obscured from view from most of the east side of the lake save a thin vantage by the war memorial. Good luck if you go! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Re: “Sooty” Fox Sparrow, Brooklyn Bridge Park
It is also worth noting, for those planning on searching for this western interloper, that there is also a group of 3 Red Fox Sparrows hanging out at the western end of the pier. The Sooty is not at all associating with them - it is hanging out mostly on its own in the shade of junipers. -Doug On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 15:38 Doug Gochfeld wrote: > There is currently a western Fox Sparrow hanging around the SW corner of > the Pier 3 meadow at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings County. > > The uniform brown back and head makes it line up nicely with pure Sooty > Fox Sparrow in my eyes. It is being exceptionally skulky and shy, but > seeming to stay in the same general vicinity. > > Good Birding > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] “Sooty” Fox Sparrow, Brooklyn Bridge Park
There is currently a western Fox Sparrow hanging around the SW corner of the Pier 3 meadow at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings County. The uniform brown back and head makes it line up nicely with pure Sooty Fox Sparrow in my eyes. It is being exceptionally skulky and shy, but seeming to stay in the same general vicinity. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bridge Park (warblers & seagulls)
Brooklyn Bridge Park has been playing host to four species of over-wintering warbler recently. Most notably (by historical standards), the Northern Waterthrush has become fairly reliable on pier 6. This bird arrived at least as early as November, but went mostly undetected through the CBC season. Still present today, this is one of only a couple of February records for the species in the state. The Ovenbird wintering on pier 1 is less surprising given their recent NYC winter track record. An Orange-crowned Warbler at the pier 5 uplands this weekend could have been a new individual, or perhaps the bird that was at pier 3 until mid-December reappearing after going undetected for a month and a half. A single Myrtle Warbler is also spending the winter on and around pier 1. Meanwhile, the ever-impressive evening gull roost has been strong in quantity, though not species diversity, this winter. Numbers have been as high as over 5,000 Ring-billed Gulls (regularly) and on one night nearly 1,000 Herring Gulls between the marina roost and the pier 1 pilings roost. A returning adult Lesser Black-backed Gull roosts at the pier 1 pilings most nights. Numbers of gulls roosting here tend to be highest in cold and/or windy conditions. I saw a young Iceland Gull across the river around the Staten Island Ferry terminal on Sunday (viewing from the Brooklyn side), but no white-winged gulls have been detected in the roost as of yet this winter. Good Urban Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Field Guides Birding Tours https://www.instagram.com/douglasgochfeld/ https://fieldguides.com/guides/doug-gochfeld/ https://www.outbirding.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bridge Park (warblers & seagulls)
Brooklyn Bridge Park has been playing host to four species of over-wintering warbler recently. Most notably (by historical standards), the Northern Waterthrush has become fairly reliable on pier 6. This bird arrived at least as early as November, but went mostly undetected through the CBC season. Still present today, this is one of only a couple of February records for the species in the state. The Ovenbird wintering on pier 1 is less surprising given their recent NYC winter track record. An Orange-crowned Warbler at the pier 5 uplands this weekend could have been a new individual, or perhaps the bird that was at pier 3 until mid-December reappearing after going undetected for a month and a half. A single Myrtle Warbler is also spending the winter on and around pier 1. Meanwhile, the ever-impressive evening gull roost has been strong in quantity, though not species diversity, this winter. Numbers have been as high as over 5,000 Ring-billed Gulls (regularly) and on one night nearly 1,000 Herring Gulls between the marina roost and the pier 1 pilings roost. A returning adult Lesser Black-backed Gull roosts at the pier 1 pilings most nights. Numbers of gulls roosting here tend to be highest in cold and/or windy conditions. I saw a young Iceland Gull across the river around the Staten Island Ferry terminal on Sunday (viewing from the Brooklyn side), but no white-winged gulls have been detected in the roost as of yet this winter. Good Urban Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Field Guides Birding Tours https://www.instagram.com/douglasgochfeld/ https://fieldguides.com/guides/doug-gochfeld/ https://www.outbirding.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 1/28 Pelagic Trip out of Brooklyn (Dovekies, Dovekies, Dovekies).
The American Princess put on another successful birding pelagic trip on Saturday, departing from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn at 6 AM, and this time staying out for all of daylight, coming back to the dock at 6 PM. The ocean was a bit rolly, and so it was difficult to see alcids floating on the surface, but it was a fine day for birds on the wing. Notably, water temperatures were warmer than average closer to shore, and we were in 44 degree F water ~17 miles off of Sandy Hook, and eventually found water that was nearly 47 degrees F, only about 35 miles off Long Island. Those may not seem like big jumps from the inshore temperatures, but there we have seen a strong correlation between increases of just a degree and numbers of Dovekies off shore. And so it was on Saturday: after a few Dovekies here and there as we got farther from shore and incrementally warmer, we were all of a sudden swimming in Dovekies when we got about 25 miles off of Jones Beach and 44.5+ F. Eventually, when we were ~35 miles south of Fire Island, and the water temperature was over 46 F, you couldn't swing your binoculars around without hitting a Dovekie, and we had flocks of up to 30. Most birds were seen in flight, but we did see some dozens on the water. Aside from the *Dovekie* bonanza (we tallied in the *quadruple* *digits*), we also encountered no fewer than *10 Atlantic Puffins*, a *Northern Fulmar*, a smattering of *Razorbills* (especially closer to shore in the morning - very few in the "Dovekie zone") a gorgeous adult *Iceland Gull*, and a couple of *Lesser Black-backed Gulls*. Surprising to me was the paucity of Common Murres, with just two identified all day. Surely the sea state had something to do with that, but they clearly weren't present in numbers in the 20-30 miles from shore band (which we covered fairly well) where we have had consistent success with them in past years. When we were still within sight of land, we had 5-6 different whale sightings, but due to the chop we could only definitively identify two: one each of Fin Whale and Humpback Whale. Here is the eBird trip report with detailed checklists, total numbers, and photos from our day on the water: https://ebird.org/tripreport/104512 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Field Guides Birding Tours https://www.instagram.com/douglasgochfeld/ https://fieldguides.com/guides/doug-gochfeld/ https://www.outbirding.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 1/28 Pelagic Trip out of Brooklyn (Dovekies, Dovekies, Dovekies).
The American Princess put on another successful birding pelagic trip on Saturday, departing from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn at 6 AM, and this time staying out for all of daylight, coming back to the dock at 6 PM. The ocean was a bit rolly, and so it was difficult to see alcids floating on the surface, but it was a fine day for birds on the wing. Notably, water temperatures were warmer than average closer to shore, and we were in 44 degree F water ~17 miles off of Sandy Hook, and eventually found water that was nearly 47 degrees F, only about 35 miles off Long Island. Those may not seem like big jumps from the inshore temperatures, but there we have seen a strong correlation between increases of just a degree and numbers of Dovekies off shore. And so it was on Saturday: after a few Dovekies here and there as we got farther from shore and incrementally warmer, we were all of a sudden swimming in Dovekies when we got about 25 miles off of Jones Beach and 44.5+ F. Eventually, when we were ~35 miles south of Fire Island, and the water temperature was over 46 F, you couldn't swing your binoculars around without hitting a Dovekie, and we had flocks of up to 30. Most birds were seen in flight, but we did see some dozens on the water. Aside from the *Dovekie* bonanza (we tallied in the *quadruple* *digits*), we also encountered no fewer than *10 Atlantic Puffins*, a *Northern Fulmar*, a smattering of *Razorbills* (especially closer to shore in the morning - very few in the "Dovekie zone") a gorgeous adult *Iceland Gull*, and a couple of *Lesser Black-backed Gulls*. Surprising to me was the paucity of Common Murres, with just two identified all day. Surely the sea state had something to do with that, but they clearly weren't present in numbers in the 20-30 miles from shore band (which we covered fairly well) where we have had consistent success with them in past years. When we were still within sight of land, we had 5-6 different whale sightings, but due to the chop we could only definitively identify two: one each of Fin Whale and Humpback Whale. Here is the eBird trip report with detailed checklists, total numbers, and photos from our day on the water: https://ebird.org/tripreport/104512 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Field Guides Birding Tours https://www.instagram.com/douglasgochfeld/ https://fieldguides.com/guides/doug-gochfeld/ https://www.outbirding.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull Manhattan right now
Andrew Farnsworth just found a Mew-type Gull at Randall’s Island in Manhattan. It is in a flock of gulls at the ballfields - from Andrew: “Bird was opposite John McEnroe tennis center at Randall’s.” The birds reshuffled after someone ran their dog through the area, but it was still there after the first reshuffling. Good luck! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull Manhattan right now
Andrew Farnsworth just found a Mew-type Gull at Randall’s Island in Manhattan. It is in a flock of gulls at the ballfields - from Andrew: “Bird was opposite John McEnroe tennis center at Randall’s.” The birds reshuffled after someone ran their dog through the area, but it was still there after the first reshuffling. Good luck! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Kings County Townsend's Warbler
The Townsend’s Warbler seems to have settled into a little bit of a circuit of the trees around the south margin of the hill. A good place to look for it is looking uphill from the bench marked on Google Maps as: Konah “KOKO” Weisel’s Bench” Favoring this tree: 40.6910242, -73.9749153 For those who have asked, there is legal street parking all around the park- but even better there are plenty of subway stations in the area. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:01 Sean Sime wrote: > Doug Gochfeld asked me to post he has just found a young male Townsend’s > Warbler at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. The bird was feeding in deciduous > trees on top of the hill. > > > > GPS coordinates: (40.6912596, -73.9752244) > > > > Good luck if you go, > > > > Sean Sime > > Brooklyn, NY > > > > > > > > > > > > www.seansime.com > > Etsy Shop <https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> > > Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Kings County Townsend's Warbler
The Townsend’s Warbler seems to have settled into a little bit of a circuit of the trees around the south margin of the hill. A good place to look for it is looking uphill from the bench marked on Google Maps as: Konah “KOKO” Weisel’s Bench” Favoring this tree: 40.6910242, -73.9749153 For those who have asked, there is legal street parking all around the park- but even better there are plenty of subway stations in the area. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:01 Sean Sime wrote: > Doug Gochfeld asked me to post he has just found a young male Townsend’s > Warbler at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. The bird was feeding in deciduous > trees on top of the hill. > > > > GPS coordinates: (40.6912596, -73.9752244) > > > > Good luck if you go, > > > > Sean Sime > > Brooklyn, NY > > > > > > > > > > > > www.seansime.com > > Etsy Shop <https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> > > Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Tropical Kingbird in Queens NOW
A Tropical Kingbird just flew in off NY Bay and landed in the outermost dunes at Breezy Point. It is now perched up in a bush at the base of the jetty. Good luck if you come for it Doug Gochfeld & Max Epstein. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Tropical Kingbird in Queens NOW
A Tropical Kingbird just flew in off NY Bay and landed in the outermost dunes at Breezy Point. It is now perched up in a bush at the base of the jetty. Good luck if you come for it Doug Gochfeld & Max Epstein. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Shane Blodgett’s Passing
Shane Blodgett passed away due to lung cancer yesterday morning in the company of family in Brooklyn. While he enjoyed birding throughout New York State and beyond, and at one point held the state big year record, Shane was especially fond of his local Kings County patches, and spent countless hours doggedly scouring the Brooklyn waterfront in the most inhospitable conditions. While some are drawn to birding to commune with nature, Shane would often be found birding on the side of the Belt Parkway, on dilapidated piers, parking garages and litter strewn parking lots, all in pursuit of interesting birds. His track record of finding Common and Short-billed Gulls over the years has been both astounding and confounding to those who scour coastal New York year after year without finding even one, and it’s safe to say that he singlehandedly changed our understanding of the status and distribution of these two species in the region. Many people on this listserv have been the beneficiaries of Shane’s rarity finding prowess as well his generosity and knowledge in the field. Shane was also a talented musician, and a regular in the NYC Bluegrass scene, regularly playing Sunday jams at Sunny’s in Red Hook, which he referred to as his church. Watching him perform posed strong evidence that birding was potentially Shane’s second favorite past time. Consistent in both pursuits was Shane’s sense of community and kindness. He will be deeply missed. Before Shane passed away, and as Shane transitioned to in home hospice, Sean Sime organized a living tribute to Shane. It was meant as a pre-death eulogy, so that Shane could see just how much he meant to the community. Here is the link to that: https://vimeo.com/740597034/47dd364686 Our deepest condolences to his dear wife Rachel, his two children, and the rest of the family. There will be information later on regarding a celebration of his life in Brooklyn. There will be others, but there will never be another. -Sean Sime and Doug Gochfeld -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Shane Blodgett’s Passing
Shane Blodgett passed away due to lung cancer yesterday morning in the company of family in Brooklyn. While he enjoyed birding throughout New York State and beyond, and at one point held the state big year record, Shane was especially fond of his local Kings County patches, and spent countless hours doggedly scouring the Brooklyn waterfront in the most inhospitable conditions. While some are drawn to birding to commune with nature, Shane would often be found birding on the side of the Belt Parkway, on dilapidated piers, parking garages and litter strewn parking lots, all in pursuit of interesting birds. His track record of finding Common and Short-billed Gulls over the years has been both astounding and confounding to those who scour coastal New York year after year without finding even one, and it’s safe to say that he singlehandedly changed our understanding of the status and distribution of these two species in the region. Many people on this listserv have been the beneficiaries of Shane’s rarity finding prowess as well his generosity and knowledge in the field. Shane was also a talented musician, and a regular in the NYC Bluegrass scene, regularly playing Sunday jams at Sunny’s in Red Hook, which he referred to as his church. Watching him perform posed strong evidence that birding was potentially Shane’s second favorite past time. Consistent in both pursuits was Shane’s sense of community and kindness. He will be deeply missed. Before Shane passed away, and as Shane transitioned to in home hospice, Sean Sime organized a living tribute to Shane. It was meant as a pre-death eulogy, so that Shane could see just how much he meant to the community. Here is the link to that: https://vimeo.com/740597034/47dd364686 Our deepest condolences to his dear wife Rachel, his two children, and the rest of the family. There will be information later on regarding a celebration of his life in Brooklyn. There will be others, but there will never be another. -Sean Sime and Doug Gochfeld -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe at Jamaica Bay West Pond
Eared Grebe currently on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond, all the way to the east with swans. Diving frequently and barely staying above water. Also a Hudsonian Godwit briefly put down on the spit at the SE corner of the West Pond and then flew out into Jamaica Bay and into the marsh at Yellow Bar Hassock. Definitely some shorebird movement happening around the bay right now with the falling tide and rain. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe at Jamaica Bay West Pond
Eared Grebe currently on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond, all the way to the east with swans. Diving frequently and barely staying above water. Also a Hudsonian Godwit briefly put down on the spit at the SE corner of the West Pond and then flew out into Jamaica Bay and into the marsh at Yellow Bar Hassock. Definitely some shorebird movement happening around the bay right now with the falling tide and rain. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 08/15 - Pelagic Trip out of Brooklyn, summary
For links to a summary of the trip, including eBird lists, you can view the eBird trip report here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/71954 This summary will doubtless soon begin to be populated by photos from many of the camera-toting participants. The summary at the link above will provide a good synopsis of the highlights, but two of the standout sightings that bear repeating were a phenomenal experience with a White-faced Storm-Petrel feeding in the slick way out in the deep, and a mind-bogglingly good (if relatively brief) view of a small pod of 4 SOWERBY'S BEAKED WHALES. Some photos of these particular Beaked Whales can be found at this iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en-US=2022-08-15_place_id=1_id=41413 Here is a list of most of the fauna detected: *Seabirds/Shorebirds etc.* Red-necked Phalarope- 5 Ruddy Turnstone- 1 Great Black-backed Gull- 1 Larus sp.- 1 Herring Gull- 1 Least Tern- 1 (juv., migrating far offshore) Common Loon- 3 Wilson's Storm-Petrel - *1,050* *White-faced Storm-Petrel - 2* Leach's Storm-Petrel - *~40* *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel*- ~15 Hydrobates sp. (Unidentified long-winged Storm-Petrel)- 24 Storm-petrel sp. - 85 *Black-capped Petrel - 3* Cory's Shearwater - 15 Great Shearwater - ~40 Manx Shearwater - 2 Audubon's Shearwater - 5 *Non-birds* *Sowerby's Beaked Whale *- 4 Fin Whale - 4 Pilot Whale - 20 *Striped Dolphin* - 2-3 pods totalling 100-150 individuals Bottlenose Dolphin - one pod Risso's Dolphin - two or three encounters, ~20+ animals Common Dolphin - one pod Unidentified Cetacean - 6 (including a couple of brief observations that could have been Beaked Whales) Unidentified large whale - 2 *Chilean Devil Ray* - 1 Flying fish - many of several different species Mahi Mahi -1 Mola sp. - 2 Portuguese Man O War - 1 *Landbirds* Chimney Swift- 1 Barn Swallow- 3 Great Blue Heron- 1 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 08/15 - Pelagic Trip out of Brooklyn, summary
For links to a summary of the trip, including eBird lists, you can view the eBird trip report here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/71954 This summary will doubtless soon begin to be populated by photos from many of the camera-toting participants. The summary at the link above will provide a good synopsis of the highlights, but two of the standout sightings that bear repeating were a phenomenal experience with a White-faced Storm-Petrel feeding in the slick way out in the deep, and a mind-bogglingly good (if relatively brief) view of a small pod of 4 SOWERBY'S BEAKED WHALES. Some photos of these particular Beaked Whales can be found at this iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en-US=2022-08-15_place_id=1_id=41413 Here is a list of most of the fauna detected: *Seabirds/Shorebirds etc.* Red-necked Phalarope- 5 Ruddy Turnstone- 1 Great Black-backed Gull- 1 Larus sp.- 1 Herring Gull- 1 Least Tern- 1 (juv., migrating far offshore) Common Loon- 3 Wilson's Storm-Petrel - *1,050* *White-faced Storm-Petrel - 2* Leach's Storm-Petrel - *~40* *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel*- ~15 Hydrobates sp. (Unidentified long-winged Storm-Petrel)- 24 Storm-petrel sp. - 85 *Black-capped Petrel - 3* Cory's Shearwater - 15 Great Shearwater - ~40 Manx Shearwater - 2 Audubon's Shearwater - 5 *Non-birds* *Sowerby's Beaked Whale *- 4 Fin Whale - 4 Pilot Whale - 20 *Striped Dolphin* - 2-3 pods totalling 100-150 individuals Bottlenose Dolphin - one pod Risso's Dolphin - two or three encounters, ~20+ animals Common Dolphin - one pod Unidentified Cetacean - 6 (including a couple of brief observations that could have been Beaked Whales) Unidentified large whale - 2 *Chilean Devil Ray* - 1 Flying fish - many of several different species Mahi Mahi -1 Mola sp. - 2 Portuguese Man O War - 1 *Landbirds* Chimney Swift- 1 Barn Swallow- 3 Great Blue Heron- 1 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] August Migrants around New York Harbor
There was clearly some arrival of new migrant birds overnight, with some species appearing at places where they don’t breed. Between Brooklyn Bridge Park and Governors Island there were several Empidonax flycatchers. At least two, and maybe all, were Willow Flycatchers, which makes sense given how early this species departs regional breeding grounds. Rarer species included a Marsh Wren at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Pier 6, an adult Black Tern foraging well southwest of Governors Island (closer to the jersey shore of the bay, SW of the Statue of Liberty - telescope needed), and a male Dickcissel hanging around the NE corner of the parade ground at Governors Island. Good Migrant Birding! Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] August Migrants around New York Harbor
There was clearly some arrival of new migrant birds overnight, with some species appearing at places where they don’t breed. Between Brooklyn Bridge Park and Governors Island there were several Empidonax flycatchers. At least two, and maybe all, were Willow Flycatchers, which makes sense given how early this species departs regional breeding grounds. Rarer species included a Marsh Wren at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Pier 6, an adult Black Tern foraging well southwest of Governors Island (closer to the jersey shore of the bay, SW of the Statue of Liberty - telescope needed), and a male Dickcissel hanging around the NE corner of the parade ground at Governors Island. Good Migrant Birding! Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Piermont Great White Heron continues now
As a follow-up, for this section of the creek, it would almost certainly be better and safer to try parking on Piermont Ave., on the north side of the creek, and then looking down into the stream from there. That is a one-way section with much less traffic than Ferdon. Of course the heron has most often been seen farther east where Ferdon crosses the stream, and there are other parking options if it is that far east along the stream. -Doug On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 15:36 Doug Gochfeld wrote: > The continuing Great White Heron currently in the Sparkill Creek which > runs parallel to and between Ferdon and Piermont Avenues. > > Currently viewing from a conveniently placed small gravel pullout along > the south side of Ferdon Avenue right at the “Welcome to Piermont” sign. > This two lane road is relatively narrow, and this pullout can only support > three cars. > > The bird is preening, standing on a log in the middle of the water. > > Parking pullout is here: > 41.0326528, -73.9224291 > > Good Birding > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Piermont Great White Heron continues now
As a follow-up, for this section of the creek, it would almost certainly be better and safer to try parking on Piermont Ave., on the north side of the creek, and then looking down into the stream from there. That is a one-way section with much less traffic than Ferdon. Of course the heron has most often been seen farther east where Ferdon crosses the stream, and there are other parking options if it is that far east along the stream. -Doug On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 15:36 Doug Gochfeld wrote: > The continuing Great White Heron currently in the Sparkill Creek which > runs parallel to and between Ferdon and Piermont Avenues. > > Currently viewing from a conveniently placed small gravel pullout along > the south side of Ferdon Avenue right at the “Welcome to Piermont” sign. > This two lane road is relatively narrow, and this pullout can only support > three cars. > > The bird is preening, standing on a log in the middle of the water. > > Parking pullout is here: > 41.0326528, -73.9224291 > > Good Birding > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Piermont Great White Heron continues now
The continuing Great White Heron currently in the Sparkill Creek which runs parallel to and between Ferdon and Piermont Avenues. Currently viewing from a conveniently placed small gravel pullout along the south side of Ferdon Avenue right at the “Welcome to Piermont” sign. This two lane road is relatively narrow, and this pullout can only support three cars. The bird is preening, standing on a log in the middle of the water. Parking pullout is here: 41.0326528, -73.9224291 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Piermont Great White Heron continues now
The continuing Great White Heron currently in the Sparkill Creek which runs parallel to and between Ferdon and Piermont Avenues. Currently viewing from a conveniently placed small gravel pullout along the south side of Ferdon Avenue right at the “Welcome to Piermont” sign. This two lane road is relatively narrow, and this pullout can only support three cars. The bird is preening, standing on a log in the middle of the water. Parking pullout is here: 41.0326528, -73.9224291 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
In my post regarding the pelagic, I neglected to share the link to the eBird trip report, which will contain all the eBird lists from the trip, and contain any media that the participants embed: https://ebird.org/tripreport/59114 All the best -Doug On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 8:09 AM Doug Gochfeld wrote: > The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding > pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. > Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other > guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. > > Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit > range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise > in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest > point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, > around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute > miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature > increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where > we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a > morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed > north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the > canyon before heading for home. > > Highlight bird & mammal species: > *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the > Hudson Canyon) > *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early > morning gloaming) > *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick > *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally > cooperative birds in the slick) > *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight > formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen > on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. > Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - > Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the > Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the > tip of the Hudson Canyon > > Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common > shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 > Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually > numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many > as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). > > We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada > Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one > Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from > closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. > > One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious > large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of > our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything > close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, > heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and > we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. > > Good Pelagic Birding! > -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
In my post regarding the pelagic, I neglected to share the link to the eBird trip report, which will contain all the eBird lists from the trip, and contain any media that the participants embed: https://ebird.org/tripreport/59114 All the best -Doug On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 8:09 AM Doug Gochfeld wrote: > The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding > pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. > Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other > guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. > > Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit > range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise > in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest > point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, > around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute > miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature > increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where > we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a > morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed > north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the > canyon before heading for home. > > Highlight bird & mammal species: > *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the > Hudson Canyon) > *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early > morning gloaming) > *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick > *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally > cooperative birds in the slick) > *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight > formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen > on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. > Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - > Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the > Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the > tip of the Hudson Canyon > > Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common > shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 > Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually > numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many > as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). > > We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada > Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one > Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from > closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. > > One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious > large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of > our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything > close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, > heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and > we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. > > Good Pelagic Birding! > -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the canyon before heading for home. Highlight bird & mammal species: *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the Hudson Canyon) *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early morning gloaming) *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally cooperative birds in the slick) *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. Good Pelagic Birding! -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the canyon before heading for home. Highlight bird & mammal species: *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the Hudson Canyon) *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early morning gloaming) *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally cooperative birds in the slick) *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. Good Pelagic Birding! -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler Brooklyn- under the Manhattan Bridge
Jer Thorp found a Kentucky Warbler walking around in a small park under the Manhattan Bridge, in Brooklyn this afternoon. It is currently atypically well for the species. It is at “Main St. Playground” on Google Maps, at the intersection of Plymouth and Washington Streets, in the small strip of vegetation brtween the street and the entrance path, just east of the playground gate. Good Urban Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler Brooklyn- under the Manhattan Bridge
Jer Thorp found a Kentucky Warbler walking around in a small park under the Manhattan Bridge, in Brooklyn this afternoon. It is currently atypically well for the species. It is at “Main St. Playground” on Google Maps, at the intersection of Plymouth and Washington Streets, in the small strip of vegetation brtween the street and the entrance path, just east of the playground gate. Good Urban Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler Prospect Park
Ryan Mandelbaum’s Black-throated Gray Warbler is back in view near the Midwood in Prospect Park. Michael Silber got several of us on the bird after he followed up on a brief report on the Twitterverse from a half an hour ago. It is moving around in the treetops in the area at the following coordinates, between Rick’s Place and the Long Meadow: 40.6650464, -73.9682178 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black-throated Gray Warbler Prospect Park
Ryan Mandelbaum’s Black-throated Gray Warbler is back in view near the Midwood in Prospect Park. Michael Silber got several of us on the bird after he followed up on a brief report on the Twitterverse from a half an hour ago. It is moving around in the treetops in the area at the following coordinates, between Rick’s Place and the Long Meadow: 40.6650464, -73.9682178 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black Brant, Redpoll, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
There is a Black Brant in with the flocks of Atlantic Brant in the bay south of the West Pond trail at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens. A redpoll also flew by calling, moving east from Terrapin Point along the edge of the trail that runs along the north aide of the pond. Could not re-locate the redpoll during the rest of my visit. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black Brant, Redpoll, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
There is a Black Brant in with the flocks of Atlantic Brant in the bay south of the West Pond trail at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens. A redpoll also flew by calling, moving east from Terrapin Point along the edge of the trail that runs along the north aide of the pond. Could not re-locate the redpoll during the rest of my visit. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull hybrid & more gulls, Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Brooklyn Bridge Park gull roost is, as usual, providing good entertainment for all wholehearted and would-be larophiles this winter. Yesterday evening, among the 3,000 or so Larus gulls roosting at the park, there was a beautiful, crisply plumaged juvenile Iceland Gull (Kumlien's-type), as well as a subadult Lesser Black-backed Gull. Despite their increasing numbers in the region, and their relative local abundance compared to Iceland Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull has actually proven to be the less common of the two at this site through the last few years of intermittent-to-semi-regular gull roost watching. Photos of these two individuals here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99612810 Today, it hosted what is undoubtedly the rarest gull that has yet to be detected at the site. Early in the evening, Jer Thorp and Mike Yuan found an adult Iceland Gull on the Pier 1 pilings, and then a bit later, as light was truly failing, they found an adult* Black-headed Gull x Ring-billed Gull hybrid!* I came over from the marina, where I was looking at Ring-billed Gulls, and much to my delight we were able to re-find the bird. It was (and presumably still is) roosting on one of the pilings about midway between the north and south ends of the pilings. Photos and video of the bird, taken under poor light conditions, can be seen here: Mike Yuan & Jer Thorp's checklists: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99659899 My checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99658765 This site, while sometimes hosting single uncommon gulls for much of a winter, has lots and lots of turnover from day-to-day, providing a "you never know what you'll see" feel to each evening's roost watching. This was evidenced by today's absence of yesterday's Iceland and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and the appearance of a new adult Iceland Gull today, as well as a change in the numbers of Great Black-backed Gulls using the pilings from the single digits yesterday, to 35-40 this evening, and a reduction in the Ring-billed Gull count by almost a thousand birds between last night and tonight. For those wishing to gull at the site, there are two night roosts: the Pier 1 pilings, which tend to host a much higher percentage of larger gulls (Herring and Great Black-backed), as well as the marina between Piers 3 & 5, which usually features between 1,500-4,500 Ring-billed Gulls, depending on date, weather conditions, tides, and surely many other things we do not yet fully understand. The gulls begin to arrive en masse right around sunset, with many continuing to pile in after official sunset. A scope is particularly helpful once night falls, and the ambient light at the park makes some gull identification feasible well beyond nightfall. The park is accessible by public transportation, and very limited metered parking is available along Furman Street, with more expensive parking garages also very close to the park. There are more parking options available in Brooklyn Heights or near Atlantic Avenue, a short walk away from the park. Good gulling! Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull hybrid & more gulls, Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Brooklyn Bridge Park gull roost is, as usual, providing good entertainment for all wholehearted and would-be larophiles this winter. Yesterday evening, among the 3,000 or so Larus gulls roosting at the park, there was a beautiful, crisply plumaged juvenile Iceland Gull (Kumlien's-type), as well as a subadult Lesser Black-backed Gull. Despite their increasing numbers in the region, and their relative local abundance compared to Iceland Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull has actually proven to be the less common of the two at this site through the last few years of intermittent-to-semi-regular gull roost watching. Photos of these two individuals here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99612810 Today, it hosted what is undoubtedly the rarest gull that has yet to be detected at the site. Early in the evening, Jer Thorp and Mike Yuan found an adult Iceland Gull on the Pier 1 pilings, and then a bit later, as light was truly failing, they found an adult* Black-headed Gull x Ring-billed Gull hybrid!* I came over from the marina, where I was looking at Ring-billed Gulls, and much to my delight we were able to re-find the bird. It was (and presumably still is) roosting on one of the pilings about midway between the north and south ends of the pilings. Photos and video of the bird, taken under poor light conditions, can be seen here: Mike Yuan & Jer Thorp's checklists: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99659899 My checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99658765 This site, while sometimes hosting single uncommon gulls for much of a winter, has lots and lots of turnover from day-to-day, providing a "you never know what you'll see" feel to each evening's roost watching. This was evidenced by today's absence of yesterday's Iceland and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and the appearance of a new adult Iceland Gull today, as well as a change in the numbers of Great Black-backed Gulls using the pilings from the single digits yesterday, to 35-40 this evening, and a reduction in the Ring-billed Gull count by almost a thousand birds between last night and tonight. For those wishing to gull at the site, there are two night roosts: the Pier 1 pilings, which tend to host a much higher percentage of larger gulls (Herring and Great Black-backed), as well as the marina between Piers 3 & 5, which usually features between 1,500-4,500 Ring-billed Gulls, depending on date, weather conditions, tides, and surely many other things we do not yet fully understand. The gulls begin to arrive en masse right around sunset, with many continuing to pile in after official sunset. A scope is particularly helpful once night falls, and the ambient light at the park makes some gull identification feasible well beyond nightfall. The park is accessible by public transportation, and very limited metered parking is available along Furman Street, with more expensive parking garages also very close to the park. There are more parking options available in Brooklyn Heights or near Atlantic Avenue, a short walk away from the park. Good gulling! Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Townsend’s Warbler, Brooklyn
We just found a female Townsend’s Warbler at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Loosely associating with large roving warbler flock here 40.6550003, -73.9905200 We are not on the bird right now but the flock is generally moving south. Enter at the 25th St. main entrance to the cemetery. Good Birding Doug Gochfeld, George Armistead, Chris Bell -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Townsend’s Warbler, Brooklyn
We just found a female Townsend’s Warbler at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Loosely associating with large roving warbler flock here 40.6550003, -73.9905200 We are not on the bird right now but the flock is generally moving south. Enter at the 25th St. main entrance to the cemetery. Good Birding Doug Gochfeld, George Armistead, Chris Bell -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler, Brooklyn - Green-Wood Cemetery
This morning, Tripper Paul and I came across a *Connecticut Warbler* in Green-Wood Cemetery. It flushed out of a patch of unmowed grass at the base of the slope on the north side of the Dell Water, and flew into the woods on the slope. We quickly re-found it in the dark understory (seemingly better habitat for CONW than where it originally was), where it perched in one place for a minute or two, as the species often does after flying off the ground. We saw it one further time a short while later, similarly perched a foot or two off the forest floor, before it dropped down and melted back into the woods. The cemetery was very active in general, with other low density migrant highlights being a very active *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* adjacent to the Crescent Water, and at least 3 *Bay-breasted Warblers*. Other species with relatively strong showings were American Redstart, Red-eyed Vireo, and Common Yellowthroat (all three were abundant), and Eastern Wood-Pewee and Veery. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler, Brooklyn - Green-Wood Cemetery
This morning, Tripper Paul and I came across a *Connecticut Warbler* in Green-Wood Cemetery. It flushed out of a patch of unmowed grass at the base of the slope on the north side of the Dell Water, and flew into the woods on the slope. We quickly re-found it in the dark understory (seemingly better habitat for CONW than where it originally was), where it perched in one place for a minute or two, as the species often does after flying off the ground. We saw it one further time a short while later, similarly perched a foot or two off the forest floor, before it dropped down and melted back into the woods. The cemetery was very active in general, with other low density migrant highlights being a very active *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* adjacent to the Crescent Water, and at least 3 *Bay-breasted Warblers*. Other species with relatively strong showings were American Redstart, Red-eyed Vireo, and Common Yellowthroat (all three were abundant), and Eastern Wood-Pewee and Veery. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit, White-faced Ibis, JBWR now
There is currently an adult male Hudsonian Godwit along the east side of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens. It is just north of the Raunt, and visible from the overlook at the end of the Big John’s Pond trail. There is also an adult White-faced Ibis (presumably the continuing bird) that was initially at the south end of the pond, then in the same vicinity as the godwit (presumably the same individual having relocated), and now not currently in view from my vantage. A Gull-billed Tern is also foraging around the pond. I recommend knee-high rubber boots for anyone wanting to actually walk the edge of the pond from either south or north ends, though they are not necessary to view the pond from the south end or the Big John’s Pond trail. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. —— Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Field Guides Birding Tours https://fieldguides.com/guides/doug-gochfeld/ https://www.instagram.com/douglasgochfeld/ https://www.outbirding.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit, White-faced Ibis, JBWR now
There is currently an adult male Hudsonian Godwit along the east side of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens. It is just north of the Raunt, and visible from the overlook at the end of the Big John’s Pond trail. There is also an adult White-faced Ibis (presumably the continuing bird) that was initially at the south end of the pond, then in the same vicinity as the godwit (presumably the same individual having relocated), and now not currently in view from my vantage. A Gull-billed Tern is also foraging around the pond. I recommend knee-high rubber boots for anyone wanting to actually walk the edge of the pond from either south or north ends, though they are not necessary to view the pond from the south end or the Big John’s Pond trail. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. —— Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. Field Guides Birding Tours https://fieldguides.com/guides/doug-gochfeld/ https://www.instagram.com/douglasgochfeld/ https://www.outbirding.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Martin NOW
Progne being seen around Duck Island on the east side of the lake, now. Good Luck -Doug Gochfeld -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Martin NOW
Progne being seen around Duck Island on the east side of the lake, now. Good Luck -Doug Gochfeld -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne summary 04/02/21
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 < > fresha2...@gmail.com> 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. > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > ABA > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne summary 04/02/21
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 < > fresha2...@gmail.com> 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. > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > ABA > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne summary 04/02/21
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. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne summary 04/02/21
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. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne
A group of birders is currently looking at the intriguing Progne martin in Prospect Park. It is perched in a tree overhanging the NW corner of the lake. Nice comparison showing its apparently relatively small size for a martin. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne
A group of birders is currently looking at the intriguing Progne martin in Prospect Park. It is perched in a tree overhanging the NW corner of the lake. Nice comparison showing its apparently relatively small size for a martin. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne
Here are two eBird lists with a couple of sets of photos of the intriguing *Progne *martin from Prospect Park today. The first checklist is from the rainy and overcast conditions of the morning, and the second is from the considerably brighter afternoon. The bird was last seen flying over the lake ~15 minutes past sunset, after which it was too dark to keep track of it well. https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S84571274 https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S84575730 I imagine that there will be plenty of people on site in the morning to see if the bird is still present despite the near-freezing overnight low. Good luck if you go -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne
Here are two eBird lists with a couple of sets of photos of the intriguing *Progne *martin from Prospect Park today. The first checklist is from the rainy and overcast conditions of the morning, and the second is from the considerably brighter afternoon. The bird was last seen flying over the lake ~15 minutes past sunset, after which it was too dark to keep track of it well. https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S84571274 https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S84575730 I imagine that there will be plenty of people on site in the morning to see if the bird is still present despite the near-freezing overnight low. Good luck if you go -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park (likely) Caribbean/Cuban Martin continuing
The apparent “Snowy-bellied” Martin on Prospect Lake has been continuing on and off in Prospect Park all afternoon, since my last message. It is ranging widely around the lake from end-to-end, but the base and tip of the peninsula remain good general vantage points. It spent a long time at one point at the SW corner of the lake. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park (likely) Caribbean/Cuban Martin continuing
The apparent “Snowy-bellied” Martin on Prospect Lake has been continuing on and off in Prospect Park all afternoon, since my last message. It is ranging widely around the lake from end-to-end, but the base and tip of the peninsula remain good general vantage points. It spent a long time at one point at the SW corner of the lake. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne Martin
This morning I came across a Progne (genus) martin flying over the lake in Prospect Park. It struck me as very odd, and resembling martin species other than Purple Martin. After viewing it for a while in the rain, trying different vantage points around the lake, I left the park, guessing that the null hypothesis of Purple Martin was the likely answer. After reviewing the photos, it is still unclear to me whether this falls into the vast range of variation of Purple Martin, or is something like a Caribbean Martin. Not a definitive identification by any stretch, but it is intriguing, so worth a look for those interested. I’m on my way back right now to try and get more views. Good birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Progne Martin
This morning I came across a Progne (genus) martin flying over the lake in Prospect Park. It struck me as very odd, and resembling martin species other than Purple Martin. After viewing it for a while in the rain, trying different vantage points around the lake, I left the park, guessing that the null hypothesis of Purple Martin was the likely answer. After reviewing the photos, it is still unclear to me whether this falls into the vast range of variation of Purple Martin, or is something like a Caribbean Martin. Not a definitive identification by any stretch, but it is intriguing, so worth a look for those interested. I’m on my way back right now to try and get more views. Good birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull Prospect Park - now
After a week or so absence, the Common Gull (Mew Gull) is back on the limited ice edge at the SW corner of Prospect Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull Prospect Park - now
After a week or so absence, the Common Gull (Mew Gull) is back on the limited ice edge at the SW corner of Prospect Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Le Conte’s Sparrow - Queens
I found a Le Conte’s Sparrow in the ocean-side dunes at Breezy Point in Queens. It was 100+ meters west of where the 4x4 trail hits the beach, at the southernmost dune line. It was exceptionally skulky and difficult to locate, even after I was aware of its presence. An Iceland Gull on the water in the inlet was the only other unusual bird I detected in my midday circuit. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Le Conte’s Sparrow - Queens
I found a Le Conte’s Sparrow in the ocean-side dunes at Breezy Point in Queens. It was 100+ meters west of where the 4x4 trail hits the beach, at the southernmost dune line. It was exceptionally skulky and difficult to locate, even after I was aware of its presence. An Iceland Gull on the water in the inlet was the only other unusual bird I detected in my midday circuit. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Common Gull viewing logistics
I also meant to add that in this Common Gull search situation a telescope is crucial- perhaps essential. Best -Doug Gochfeld On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 14:09 Doug Gochfeld wrote: > Prospect Lake (in Prospect Park) is mostly frozen over, but has an opening > in the center, where the geese roost overnight. This opening is south of > The Peninsula meadow and north of “The Peristyle” (labeled on Google Maps). > This open water is the main attraction for gulls, which are using it to > bathe. The bulk of the Ring-billed Gulls tend to stand on the ice northwest > and west of this open water, while most of the larger gulls tend to stick > closer to the open water. > > The best vantage point will depend on where the bird is, and what the wind > direction is. The south side of the lake is usually closest, but in a north > wind (which we seem to be in a never ending period of), the gulls will > often be facing north, and you will be looking right into the wind. The > western shore has some raised spots where you can see into the flock more > easily (the Common Gull was obscured by other gulls for a long time for > people looking from the southern vantage, which is low). The Peninsula > meadow edge can be good too, though also low. There is plenty of street > parking around the SW corner of the park. I believe, but am not certain, > that the parking lot on Breeze Hill is open (enter at Lincoln Road/Ocean > Ave.). > > Good luck if you go for this understated but excellent bird. > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Common Gull viewing logistics
I also meant to add that in this Common Gull search situation a telescope is crucial- perhaps essential. Best -Doug Gochfeld On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 14:09 Doug Gochfeld wrote: > Prospect Lake (in Prospect Park) is mostly frozen over, but has an opening > in the center, where the geese roost overnight. This opening is south of > The Peninsula meadow and north of “The Peristyle” (labeled on Google Maps). > This open water is the main attraction for gulls, which are using it to > bathe. The bulk of the Ring-billed Gulls tend to stand on the ice northwest > and west of this open water, while most of the larger gulls tend to stick > closer to the open water. > > The best vantage point will depend on where the bird is, and what the wind > direction is. The south side of the lake is usually closest, but in a north > wind (which we seem to be in a never ending period of), the gulls will > often be facing north, and you will be looking right into the wind. The > western shore has some raised spots where you can see into the flock more > easily (the Common Gull was obscured by other gulls for a long time for > people looking from the southern vantage, which is low). The Peninsula > meadow edge can be good too, though also low. There is plenty of street > parking around the SW corner of the park. I believe, but am not certain, > that the parking lot on Breeze Hill is open (enter at Lincoln Road/Ocean > Ave.). > > Good luck if you go for this understated but excellent bird. > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull viewing logistics
Prospect Lake (in Prospect Park) is mostly frozen over, but has an opening in the center, where the geese roost overnight. This opening is south of The Peninsula meadow and north of “The Peristyle” (labeled on Google Maps). This open water is the main attraction for gulls, which are using it to bathe. The bulk of the Ring-billed Gulls tend to stand on the ice northwest and west of this open water, while most of the larger gulls tend to stick closer to the open water. The best vantage point will depend on where the bird is, and what the wind direction is. The south side of the lake is usually closest, but in a north wind (which we seem to be in a never ending period of), the gulls will often be facing north, and you will be looking right into the wind. The western shore has some raised spots where you can see into the flock more easily (the Common Gull was obscured by other gulls for a long time for people looking from the southern vantage, which is low). The Peninsula meadow edge can be good too, though also low. There is plenty of street parking around the SW corner of the park. I believe, but am not certain, that the parking lot on Breeze Hill is open (enter at Lincoln Road/Ocean Ave.). Good luck if you go for this understated but excellent bird. -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull viewing logistics
Prospect Lake (in Prospect Park) is mostly frozen over, but has an opening in the center, where the geese roost overnight. This opening is south of The Peninsula meadow and north of “The Peristyle” (labeled on Google Maps). This open water is the main attraction for gulls, which are using it to bathe. The bulk of the Ring-billed Gulls tend to stand on the ice northwest and west of this open water, while most of the larger gulls tend to stick closer to the open water. The best vantage point will depend on where the bird is, and what the wind direction is. The south side of the lake is usually closest, but in a north wind (which we seem to be in a never ending period of), the gulls will often be facing north, and you will be looking right into the wind. The western shore has some raised spots where you can see into the flock more easily (the Common Gull was obscured by other gulls for a long time for people looking from the southern vantage, which is low). The Peninsula meadow edge can be good too, though also low. There is plenty of street parking around the SW corner of the park. I believe, but am not certain, that the parking lot on Breeze Hill is open (enter at Lincoln Road/Ocean Ave.). Good luck if you go for this understated but excellent bird. -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull Prospect Park now
The young Common Gull is on the ice on Prospect Lake this morning. Showing well at the moment after being completely obscured by other gulls for quite some time earlier. -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Common Gull Prospect Park now
The young Common Gull is on the ice on Prospect Lake this morning. Showing well at the moment after being completely obscured by other gulls for quite some time earlier. -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull Prospect Park - right now
There is currently a Common Gull (European subspecies/version of Mew Gull) standing on the ice on Prospect Lake in Prospect Park in Brooklyn right now. Seems likely to be the same individual that had been intermittently seen at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier. All the gulls flushed and resettled a short time ago, but luckily the Common Gull remained, so it seems to be settled at the lake for the moment. Good luck if you go Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull Prospect Park - right now
There is currently a Common Gull (European subspecies/version of Mew Gull) standing on the ice on Prospect Lake in Prospect Park in Brooklyn right now. Seems likely to be the same individual that had been intermittently seen at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier. All the gulls flushed and resettled a short time ago, but luckily the Common Gull remained, so it seems to be settled at the lake for the moment. Good luck if you go Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Least Flycatcher (probably) Prospect Park, Brooklyn
I had an Empidonax flycatcher this morning in Prospect Park. I was first alerted to the bird by its incessant "whit" calls, and eventually got some looks at it as it actively foraged fairly high in the treetops. Between the vocalizations and the views I got of it, the only contenders seemed to me to be Least and Dusky. All the factors as I assessed them in the field pointed towards the much more expected (even at this late date) Least, which is what I called it in the field. Given, however, that these two species can be exceptionally difficult to tell apart, I figure it warrants a posting here should anyone want to try and follow up on it. It was along the path that goes uphill from the Dongan Oak Monument, just north of the NW corner of the zoo. It was in the treetops right over and just north of the monument, roughly at these coordinates: 40.666282, -73.966670 Other birds of some interest amid the throngs of dogs walking their owners were an *Orange-crowned Warbler* on the Peninsula's thumb, a *House Wren* behind the Wellhouse, and a half dozen *Rusty Blackbirds* feeding around the pools in the Vale of Cashmere. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Least Flycatcher (probably) Prospect Park, Brooklyn
I had an Empidonax flycatcher this morning in Prospect Park. I was first alerted to the bird by its incessant "whit" calls, and eventually got some looks at it as it actively foraged fairly high in the treetops. Between the vocalizations and the views I got of it, the only contenders seemed to me to be Least and Dusky. All the factors as I assessed them in the field pointed towards the much more expected (even at this late date) Least, which is what I called it in the field. Given, however, that these two species can be exceptionally difficult to tell apart, I figure it warrants a posting here should anyone want to try and follow up on it. It was along the path that goes uphill from the Dongan Oak Monument, just north of the NW corner of the zoo. It was in the treetops right over and just north of the monument, roughly at these coordinates: 40.666282, -73.966670 Other birds of some interest amid the throngs of dogs walking their owners were an *Orange-crowned Warbler* on the Peninsula's thumb, a *House Wren* behind the Wellhouse, and a half dozen *Rusty Blackbirds* feeding around the pools in the Vale of Cashmere. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallow and Barn Swallow in Brooklyn now
There is currently one each of Cave Swallow and Barn Swallow flying around the hangar at the boat launch parking lot at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. It seems possible, given their behavior and the lateness in the day, that they will attempt to roost there this evening. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallow and Barn Swallow in Brooklyn now
There is currently one each of Cave Swallow and Barn Swallow flying around the hangar at the boat launch parking lot at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. It seems possible, given their behavior and the lateness in the day, that they will attempt to roost there this evening. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Western Rockaway Peninsula: 2 different King Eiders
A quick note of interest about the King Eider at Breezy Point and Fort TIlden. This is not one bird moving back and forth, but two separate individuals: the one that was posted here over a week ago is remaining faithful to the Common Eider flock just east of the Breezy Point jetty, and another one (found by Lisa Scheppke and Eric Miller, I believe) is being faithful to the groin jetties off the Fort Tilden. In addition to the face pattern being a bit different, the orange frontal lobe/shield on the bill of the two birds is very obviously differently shaped- being much larger and more bulbous on the Fort Tilden bird. This is viewable on photos embedded in various eBird checklists from the two locales. Thanks to Lisa for prompting investigation of how many individuals are involved. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Western Rockaway Peninsula: 2 different King Eiders
A quick note of interest about the King Eider at Breezy Point and Fort TIlden. This is not one bird moving back and forth, but two separate individuals: the one that was posted here over a week ago is remaining faithful to the Common Eider flock just east of the Breezy Point jetty, and another one (found by Lisa Scheppke and Eric Miller, I believe) is being faithful to the groin jetties off the Fort Tilden. In addition to the face pattern being a bit different, the orange frontal lobe/shield on the bill of the two birds is very obviously differently shaped- being much larger and more bulbous on the Fort Tilden bird. This is viewable on photos embedded in various eBird checklists from the two locales. Thanks to Lisa for prompting investigation of how many individuals are involved. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Now
Enrico Leonardi briefly spotted a Western Tanager in Green-Wood Cemetery a couple of days ago but it wasn’t re-found that day. Rob Jett re-located it a little while ago today and it is still present with many birders attending. It is in-and-out of view and mobile within a couple of hundred yard radius around these coordinates: 40.6511892, -73.9856404 (Near Vine and Cypress Aves.) The only entrances open to car traffic on weekdays right now are the ones at 5th Ave. and 25th St., and the Sunset Park entrance, both on the north side of the cemetery. Good birding, Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Western Tanager at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Now
Enrico Leonardi briefly spotted a Western Tanager in Green-Wood Cemetery a couple of days ago but it wasn’t re-found that day. Rob Jett re-located it a little while ago today and it is still present with many birders attending. It is in-and-out of view and mobile within a couple of hundred yard radius around these coordinates: 40.6511892, -73.9856404 (Near Vine and Cypress Aves.) The only entrances open to car traffic on weekdays right now are the ones at 5th Ave. and 25th St., and the Sunset Park entrance, both on the north side of the cemetery. Good birding, Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn & Queens weekend migration and rarities
The last three days along the Brooklyn and Queens coast have been a great study in the dynamism that is bird migration in late October. On Friday morning, I birded an exceedingly foggy Plum Beach in Brooklyn after a modest night flight overnight (visible on Nexrad radar). The dunes had a surprising amount of passerines, with Yellow-rumped Warblers dominating (as seems to always be the case at this date), with several flocks surreally moving westbound through the dense fog as they searched for more suitable land. The marsh had its usual excellent array of marsh sparrows with at least four taxa tallied (*Seaside*, *Saltmarsh*, and *Nelson’s* (both Interior and Atlantic Coast types). Passerine rarities that were likely thanks to the weather were a *Dickcissel* feeding in the marsh as if it were one of the marsh sparrows, and a *GRASSHOPPER SPARROW* seen nicely (once the fog lifted) in the dunes along with plenty of Savannahs and Songs. A rare-for-Brooklyn *LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER* appeared out of the fog with a small flock of Greater Yellowlegs but they continued on to the west. I spent the past two mornings at Breezy Point in Queens, to see what the visible migration situation would be like during these two opposing wind conditions on back-to-back days. Yesterday, the moderate SW wind produced a very good waterbird flight of westbound birds over the ocean, with the highlight species being a group of *3* *HARLEQUIN DUCKS* amidst a large migrating flock of Black Scoters (of which more than a thousand passed through the morning). The passerine flight was also interesting, with double digit numbers of both Pine and Blackpoll Warblers jumping off into the headwind to migrate across the bay, a few Cape May Warblers, and an unseen *Lapland Longspur* flight calling its way through, and over *2,300 Pine Siskins*. The coolest event (and the one I've seen fewest times) for me, however, was watching a group of 25 Black-capped Chickadees take flight from the western end of the dunes and get up high in an abortive attempt to migrate across the bay. After this, chickadees sporadically flew up into the headwind towards the jetty before returning to the dunes, but eventually at least four set sail into the wind and continued over the bay. Today, after a much more classic big post-cold front nocturnal flight, the dunes and scrub were pulsating with birds first thing in the morning, mostly sparrows (White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos dominating). Migration was very dispersed and multi-directional due to the easterly component of the wind (it was Northeast for most of the morning), and many birds were very high. It was while looking for these high flocks that I came across what turned out to be a *SANDHILL CRANE* hauling westward very high up. When it got well out over the mouth of lower New York Bay it circled for a minute or two and then headed south towards Sandy Hook. This was interesting timing, because there has been a Great Blue Heron at Breezy Point for the past two days which has been flying around only with its neck fully extended, and I had been meditating on how superficially similar-looking to Sandhill Cranes they can be when doing this. That heron is likely still around. As I was returning to the parking lot later on, I encountered a *HENSLOW'S SPARROW* which flushed out of a patch of bluestem grass and perched in a Bayberry Bush for a minute or two. After it vanished, I tried to re-find the bird with another nearby birder for about 40 minutes but we sadly came up empty despite an intensive effort. There are a lot of dunes for such a skulky species to disappear into. Afterwards I swung by Riis Park, where walking various excellent looking patches of weedy habitat and dune scrub yielded *Marsh Wren *(Neponsit field)*, Nelson’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler*, and 3 Eastern Meadowlarks. Viva la migración -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn & Queens weekend migration and rarities
The last three days along the Brooklyn and Queens coast have been a great study in the dynamism that is bird migration in late October. On Friday morning, I birded an exceedingly foggy Plum Beach in Brooklyn after a modest night flight overnight (visible on Nexrad radar). The dunes had a surprising amount of passerines, with Yellow-rumped Warblers dominating (as seems to always be the case at this date), with several flocks surreally moving westbound through the dense fog as they searched for more suitable land. The marsh had its usual excellent array of marsh sparrows with at least four taxa tallied (*Seaside*, *Saltmarsh*, and *Nelson’s* (both Interior and Atlantic Coast types). Passerine rarities that were likely thanks to the weather were a *Dickcissel* feeding in the marsh as if it were one of the marsh sparrows, and a *GRASSHOPPER SPARROW* seen nicely (once the fog lifted) in the dunes along with plenty of Savannahs and Songs. A rare-for-Brooklyn *LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER* appeared out of the fog with a small flock of Greater Yellowlegs but they continued on to the west. I spent the past two mornings at Breezy Point in Queens, to see what the visible migration situation would be like during these two opposing wind conditions on back-to-back days. Yesterday, the moderate SW wind produced a very good waterbird flight of westbound birds over the ocean, with the highlight species being a group of *3* *HARLEQUIN DUCKS* amidst a large migrating flock of Black Scoters (of which more than a thousand passed through the morning). The passerine flight was also interesting, with double digit numbers of both Pine and Blackpoll Warblers jumping off into the headwind to migrate across the bay, a few Cape May Warblers, and an unseen *Lapland Longspur* flight calling its way through, and over *2,300 Pine Siskins*. The coolest event (and the one I've seen fewest times) for me, however, was watching a group of 25 Black-capped Chickadees take flight from the western end of the dunes and get up high in an abortive attempt to migrate across the bay. After this, chickadees sporadically flew up into the headwind towards the jetty before returning to the dunes, but eventually at least four set sail into the wind and continued over the bay. Today, after a much more classic big post-cold front nocturnal flight, the dunes and scrub were pulsating with birds first thing in the morning, mostly sparrows (White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos dominating). Migration was very dispersed and multi-directional due to the easterly component of the wind (it was Northeast for most of the morning), and many birds were very high. It was while looking for these high flocks that I came across what turned out to be a *SANDHILL CRANE* hauling westward very high up. When it got well out over the mouth of lower New York Bay it circled for a minute or two and then headed south towards Sandy Hook. This was interesting timing, because there has been a Great Blue Heron at Breezy Point for the past two days which has been flying around only with its neck fully extended, and I had been meditating on how superficially similar-looking to Sandhill Cranes they can be when doing this. That heron is likely still around. As I was returning to the parking lot later on, I encountered a *HENSLOW'S SPARROW* which flushed out of a patch of bluestem grass and perched in a Bayberry Bush for a minute or two. After it vanished, I tried to re-find the bird with another nearby birder for about 40 minutes but we sadly came up empty despite an intensive effort. There are a lot of dunes for such a skulky species to disappear into. Afterwards I swung by Riis Park, where walking various excellent looking patches of weedy habitat and dune scrub yielded *Marsh Wren *(Neponsit field)*, Nelson’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler*, and 3 Eastern Meadowlarks. Viva la migración -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sooty Terns NYC
A short time ago a Sooty Tern flew west at Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn, heading back out towards the ocean, apparently. Earlier another or the same was see. By Sean Sime viewing from Gravesend. I have heard two other reports so far today- of 3 Sooty Terns now southbound on the Hudson in Manhattan (70th St.) (Ryan Zucker), and much earlier amidst the heaviest of the storm Shane Blodgett watched 3 “Tropical Terns” (likely Sooty) come in off the ocean and headed south over land at Riis Park. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sooty Terns NYC
A short time ago a Sooty Tern flew west at Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn, heading back out towards the ocean, apparently. Earlier another or the same was see. By Sean Sime viewing from Gravesend. I have heard two other reports so far today- of 3 Sooty Terns now southbound on the Hudson in Manhattan (70th St.) (Ryan Zucker), and much earlier amidst the heaviest of the storm Shane Blodgett watched 3 “Tropical Terns” (likely Sooty) come in off the ocean and headed south over land at Riis Park. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest in unprotected area
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 Birding Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 15:47 Gus Keri wrote: > 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 > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Oystercatcher nest in unprotected area
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 Birding Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 15:47 Gus Keri wrote: > 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 > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] (Over)Certainty in eBird reports (Brooklyn Painted Bunting info)
While the specifics below directly pertain to one individual vagrant, the overall take home message should be valuable to anybody who tries to classify natural organisms. This winter’s incursion of Painted Buntings into the region has brought delight to many New York birders. All three of the lingering Long Island individuals are green. The bunting that was found at Brooklyn Bridge Park by Heather Wolf in late December has been seen by hundreds of people at this point, and eBirded perhaps a couple of hundred times. Of those reports, many have comments regarding the age or sex of the bird, and of these, a not-insignificant portion refer to the bird with certainty as a female and a an immature male, virtually none of which have any discussion as to why it is being classified as such. In January, I E-Mailed Peter Pyle some photos, to see if he could make sense of it. He sent me a detailed analysis, which I have pasted as the bottom of this E-Mail, but the concise version is this: *The bird IS an immature (hatched in 2019). It CANNOT, in its current plumage, be visually identified to sex*, and it seems most likely that it is a young male (as so many vagrants are) if he had to guess. On that note, and given that eBird reports become a part of the permanent record, it would be great if the comments, when people look back years from now, were not just consistent, but accurate. Rather than having the very careful and earnest eBird moderators (a wholly volunteer and typically thankless job), in this case Sean and Shane, whom many of you know, reach out to every single person who writes “female” or "_ male" in the comments, it would be great if those reporting the bird going forward make comments that reflect only the highest level of certainty, rather than assumptions or guesswork. Also, if you have gone to see the bunting, please also check your prior observations to see if your comments can use some amending. In the meantime, the young Painted Bunting does indeed continue at Brooklyn Bridge Park, seemingly becoming more acclimated to passers by as time goes on. Here are some photos and video of it from a couple of days ago, where it seems, though it may be my imagination, that there are some brighter green feathers and a bluish tinge starting to appear around the nape: https://ebird.org/checklist/S64302675 *Full text from Peter Pyle:* *"So you are correct, this is a first-winter bird (SY now). The rectrices have been replaced during the preformative molt, so shape and condition of these are no longer useful for ageing. However, you can see molt limits in the remiges indicating an "eccentric" preformative molt, which confirms SY. It looks like p5-p9 and s5-s9 or s6-s9 have been replaced leaving p1-p4 and s1-s4 or s1-s5 as juvenile. I can't quite decide on s5 in the photos you sent but the limit is easiest to see on image 3563 between the green tertials/s6 and the browner s1-s4. The limit in the primaries is also subtle here but seems to be between p4 and p5.So, reliable sexing in formative plumage is not really possible, but its brightness and the relatively big bill suggests male to me. If it winters, keep an eye out for some blue and/or red featherd to come in within the next 4 months. These would probably be accidentally lost and replaced feathers rather than molt. If it gets away without replacing any feathers like this, best to leave it as sex unknown.Hope this helps and feel free to re-post these comments."* Good Birding, -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] (Over)Certainty in eBird reports (Brooklyn Painted Bunting info)
While the specifics below directly pertain to one individual vagrant, the overall take home message should be valuable to anybody who tries to classify natural organisms. This winter’s incursion of Painted Buntings into the region has brought delight to many New York birders. All three of the lingering Long Island individuals are green. The bunting that was found at Brooklyn Bridge Park by Heather Wolf in late December has been seen by hundreds of people at this point, and eBirded perhaps a couple of hundred times. Of those reports, many have comments regarding the age or sex of the bird, and of these, a not-insignificant portion refer to the bird with certainty as a female and a an immature male, virtually none of which have any discussion as to why it is being classified as such. In January, I E-Mailed Peter Pyle some photos, to see if he could make sense of it. He sent me a detailed analysis, which I have pasted as the bottom of this E-Mail, but the concise version is this: *The bird IS an immature (hatched in 2019). It CANNOT, in its current plumage, be visually identified to sex*, and it seems most likely that it is a young male (as so many vagrants are) if he had to guess. On that note, and given that eBird reports become a part of the permanent record, it would be great if the comments, when people look back years from now, were not just consistent, but accurate. Rather than having the very careful and earnest eBird moderators (a wholly volunteer and typically thankless job), in this case Sean and Shane, whom many of you know, reach out to every single person who writes “female” or "_ male" in the comments, it would be great if those reporting the bird going forward make comments that reflect only the highest level of certainty, rather than assumptions or guesswork. Also, if you have gone to see the bunting, please also check your prior observations to see if your comments can use some amending. In the meantime, the young Painted Bunting does indeed continue at Brooklyn Bridge Park, seemingly becoming more acclimated to passers by as time goes on. Here are some photos and video of it from a couple of days ago, where it seems, though it may be my imagination, that there are some brighter green feathers and a bluish tinge starting to appear around the nape: https://ebird.org/checklist/S64302675 *Full text from Peter Pyle:* *"So you are correct, this is a first-winter bird (SY now). The rectrices have been replaced during the preformative molt, so shape and condition of these are no longer useful for ageing. However, you can see molt limits in the remiges indicating an "eccentric" preformative molt, which confirms SY. It looks like p5-p9 and s5-s9 or s6-s9 have been replaced leaving p1-p4 and s1-s4 or s1-s5 as juvenile. I can't quite decide on s5 in the photos you sent but the limit is easiest to see on image 3563 between the green tertials/s6 and the browner s1-s4. The limit in the primaries is also subtle here but seems to be between p4 and p5.So, reliable sexing in formative plumage is not really possible, but its brightness and the relatively big bill suggests male to me. If it winters, keep an eye out for some blue and/or red featherd to come in within the next 4 months. These would probably be accidentally lost and replaced feathers rather than molt. If it gets away without replacing any feathers like this, best to leave it as sex unknown.Hope this helps and feel free to re-post these comments."* Good Birding, -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black Brant/Razorbill- Brooklyn
A short time ago a *BLACK BRANT* (the western form-currently considered a subspecies-of Brant) landed at the mudflats adjacent to the boat launch at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. A short while later it took off and flew to the east, well out over Jamaica Bay. While I was watching it fly away, it flew over an alcid floating on the water at some distance, which turned out to be a *RAZORBILL*. Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Black Brant/Razorbill- Brooklyn
A short time ago a *BLACK BRANT* (the western form-currently considered a subspecies-of Brant) landed at the mudflats adjacent to the boat launch at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. A short while later it took off and flew to the east, well out over Jamaica Bay. While I was watching it fly away, it flew over an alcid floating on the water at some distance, which turned out to be a *RAZORBILL*. Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Spectacle & Recent Rarities
Hey all, One of my favorite, and one of the most generally overlooked relative to accessibility for birders, winter birding activity in Brooklyn is watching the gulls come in to roost at Brooklyn Bridge Park. One could (and I may...) argue that this roost has one of the most awesome backdrops of any gull roost in the country (with the full acceptance that I don't know the settings of a good many), with the lower Manhattan skyline, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and often-gorgeous sunset. Watching 4,000+ gulls fly in around dusk in this setting is a one-of-a-kind juxtaposition, and one I never tire of (despite how numb my fingers may get in the cold on some evenings). I took the Painted Bunting that Heather Wolf found recently at the park as an incentive to get to the gull roost a bit earlier than usual on Thursday, and after seeing the greenie (as well as the Field Sparrows and a pile of White-throated Sparrows- the habitat at the park is really getting better by all the time!), turned my attention to the gulls. While I didn't find any unusual species amid the ~4,000 Ring-billed Gulls roosting in the marina between Piers 3 & 5, a couple of different visits to the pilings just west of Pier 1 turned up first an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, and then later, when it was positively nighttime, a juvenile ICELAND GULL. One of the great things about this roost is that you can continue to observe and scrutinize the birds well past dusk--while the light does get progressively worse past dusk, it never gets un-birdable. It's a very fun experience that I recommend for those who haven't seen it. If you find yourself chasing the Painted Bunting in the afternoon this winter, stick around to dusk and watch the gulls stream in! On a different note, after twitching the HARLEQUIN DUCK found in Sheepshead Bay by Daisy Lane Paul this morning, I hung around for a while (in another oft-overlooked place, given how many birds concentrate here in winter), and a very crisp-looking, and cooperative, juvenile ICELAND GULL appeared, and delighted the folks who were still lingering and those arriving to see the duck. As for said duck: Despite being an annual winter visitor to various jetties and breakwaters of the southern shore of Long Island, it is very rarely observed in Brooklyn. This is only the 4th record in the county in the last 20+ years, as far as I am aware. eBird checklist with a couple of context photos of the BBP gull roost: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62934732 eBird list from Daisy's duck at Sheepshead today: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63051166 Good Urban Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Spectacle & Recent Rarities
Hey all, One of my favorite, and one of the most generally overlooked relative to accessibility for birders, winter birding activity in Brooklyn is watching the gulls come in to roost at Brooklyn Bridge Park. One could (and I may...) argue that this roost has one of the most awesome backdrops of any gull roost in the country (with the full acceptance that I don't know the settings of a good many), with the lower Manhattan skyline, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and often-gorgeous sunset. Watching 4,000+ gulls fly in around dusk in this setting is a one-of-a-kind juxtaposition, and one I never tire of (despite how numb my fingers may get in the cold on some evenings). I took the Painted Bunting that Heather Wolf found recently at the park as an incentive to get to the gull roost a bit earlier than usual on Thursday, and after seeing the greenie (as well as the Field Sparrows and a pile of White-throated Sparrows- the habitat at the park is really getting better by all the time!), turned my attention to the gulls. While I didn't find any unusual species amid the ~4,000 Ring-billed Gulls roosting in the marina between Piers 3 & 5, a couple of different visits to the pilings just west of Pier 1 turned up first an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, and then later, when it was positively nighttime, a juvenile ICELAND GULL. One of the great things about this roost is that you can continue to observe and scrutinize the birds well past dusk--while the light does get progressively worse past dusk, it never gets un-birdable. It's a very fun experience that I recommend for those who haven't seen it. If you find yourself chasing the Painted Bunting in the afternoon this winter, stick around to dusk and watch the gulls stream in! On a different note, after twitching the HARLEQUIN DUCK found in Sheepshead Bay by Daisy Lane Paul this morning, I hung around for a while (in another oft-overlooked place, given how many birds concentrate here in winter), and a very crisp-looking, and cooperative, juvenile ICELAND GULL appeared, and delighted the folks who were still lingering and those arriving to see the duck. As for said duck: Despite being an annual winter visitor to various jetties and breakwaters of the southern shore of Long Island, it is very rarely observed in Brooklyn. This is only the 4th record in the county in the last 20+ years, as far as I am aware. eBird checklist with a couple of context photos of the BBP gull roost: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62934732 eBird list from Daisy's duck at Sheepshead today: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63051166 Good Urban Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bronx- Baird’s Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpipers
There is currently a juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper and at least 12 juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers at Jerome Reservoir, among around 70 shorebirds. Also roughly 200 Chimney Swifts flying around fairly low. Viewing from Webb Ave. and Reservoir Ave., with plenty of street parking. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bronx- Baird’s Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpipers
There is currently a juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper and at least 12 juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers at Jerome Reservoir, among around 70 shorebirds. Also roughly 200 Chimney Swifts flying around fairly low. Viewing from Webb Ave. and Reservoir Ave., with plenty of street parking. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Connecticut Warblers Yesterday (including 2 together)
After volunteering at the Tribute In Light in lower Manhattan overnight September 11-12, I drove straight to Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn on Thursday morning to see if the overnight cold front had produced any turnover. There was a modest flight of songbirds evident at the park, with dozens each of warblers, Bobolinks, and Cedar Waxwings. The lack of volume wasn't terribly surprising given the late passage of the front and the light radar signature overnight. Though from a favorable direction, the wind was light, and this conspired with the steadily clearing skies to allow migrants to stay fairly high in the sky, with plenty of warblers going by unidentified (including some calling overhead unseen). A second motive for checking the park rather than collapsing into bed was that pre-dawn rain (which was evident yesterday morning looking south from Manhattan and at the radar) often produces interesting birds on the ground in Coney Island, even in the absence of a visible diurnal migration flight. Indeed, as I birded my way through the woods between the beach and the street, I came upon a *CONNECTICUT WARBLER* foraging in the open understory. After a while I was able to confirm *TWO* slightly different looking individuals when they were cooperative enough to both be in view simultaneously. One of them was apparently a young male, and in addition to some chip notes, it was doing a half-hearted whisper song- a behavior I haven't experienced from these seldom seen fall skulkers. An eBird list with a couple of low quality but demonstrative recordings of the vocalizations (and some photos of both individuals) is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59724410 This is the fourth new species added to the park list for this tiny patch since southbound migration started this year, after Prothonotary and Cerulean warblers and White-winged Dove in August. While running through my photos yesterday afternoon from the Tribute in Light memorial the night before, another Connecticut Warbler materialized on my computer screen. Poor photos of that can be found on eBird by searching for the Tribute in Light hotspot and looking at the recent checklists. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Connecticut Warblers Yesterday (including 2 together)
After volunteering at the Tribute In Light in lower Manhattan overnight September 11-12, I drove straight to Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn on Thursday morning to see if the overnight cold front had produced any turnover. There was a modest flight of songbirds evident at the park, with dozens each of warblers, Bobolinks, and Cedar Waxwings. The lack of volume wasn't terribly surprising given the late passage of the front and the light radar signature overnight. Though from a favorable direction, the wind was light, and this conspired with the steadily clearing skies to allow migrants to stay fairly high in the sky, with plenty of warblers going by unidentified (including some calling overhead unseen). A second motive for checking the park rather than collapsing into bed was that pre-dawn rain (which was evident yesterday morning looking south from Manhattan and at the radar) often produces interesting birds on the ground in Coney Island, even in the absence of a visible diurnal migration flight. Indeed, as I birded my way through the woods between the beach and the street, I came upon a *CONNECTICUT WARBLER* foraging in the open understory. After a while I was able to confirm *TWO* slightly different looking individuals when they were cooperative enough to both be in view simultaneously. One of them was apparently a young male, and in addition to some chip notes, it was doing a half-hearted whisper song- a behavior I haven't experienced from these seldom seen fall skulkers. An eBird list with a couple of low quality but demonstrative recordings of the vocalizations (and some photos of both individuals) is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59724410 This is the fourth new species added to the park list for this tiny patch since southbound migration started this year, after Prothonotary and Cerulean warblers and White-winged Dove in August. While running through my photos yesterday afternoon from the Tribute in Light memorial the night before, another Connecticut Warbler materialized on my computer screen. Poor photos of that can be found on eBird by searching for the Tribute in Light hotspot and looking at the recent checklists. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - White-winged Dove & Morning Flight
Another night of favorable migration winds led to yet another morning vigil at Coney Island Creek Park monitoring the visible migration. It was similar in many ways to yesterday, with the clear blue skies making high warblers calling overhead virtually impossible to see, and varying numbers of icterids (more than yesterday), kingbirds (fewer), swallows, and swifts (fewer) moving as well. The distinct highlight was a *WHITE-WINGED DOVE* that was in view for a minute or so as it flew over Sea Gate to my southwest. It made a couple of high loops (seemingly trying to decide what to do once it came to the end of the land) before I lost sight of it. This is only the 2nd record of the species for Brooklyn, despite its essentially annual appearances on the outer barrier beaches of Long Island. Other notable differences between today and yesterday were the arrival of numbers of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (14 this morning, after detecting 0 yesterday), an uptick in Waterthrushes, and an Empidonax flycatcher that looked to me to be a Willow, which would be perhaps the most expected species here given the date. eBird list: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58919415 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - White-winged Dove & Morning Flight
Another night of favorable migration winds led to yet another morning vigil at Coney Island Creek Park monitoring the visible migration. It was similar in many ways to yesterday, with the clear blue skies making high warblers calling overhead virtually impossible to see, and varying numbers of icterids (more than yesterday), kingbirds (fewer), swallows, and swifts (fewer) moving as well. The distinct highlight was a *WHITE-WINGED DOVE* that was in view for a minute or so as it flew over Sea Gate to my southwest. It made a couple of high loops (seemingly trying to decide what to do once it came to the end of the land) before I lost sight of it. This is only the 2nd record of the species for Brooklyn, despite its essentially annual appearances on the outer barrier beaches of Long Island. Other notable differences between today and yesterday were the arrival of numbers of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (14 this morning, after detecting 0 yesterday), an uptick in Waterthrushes, and an Empidonax flycatcher that looked to me to be a Willow, which would be perhaps the most expected species here given the date. eBird list: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58919415 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Prothonotary Warbler & Morning Flight
This morning, August 10, I birded Coney Island Creek Park, with almost the entire time spent on the dune to the northwest of the westernmost bunch of trees. The majority of the birds engaging in morning flight were far away, with relatively few close birds, likely due to the intensity and direction of the wind. Most of the discernible migration was to the south of the park, and I tallied a reasonable number of migrants heading west over Sea Gate. The majority of these were Red-winged Blackbirds (570), Chimney Swifts (175), and Eastern Kingbirds (68), with smaller numbers of Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, and a few warblers. 4 Cliff Swallows and a Northern Rough-winged Swallow, I had to leave fairly early, while the flight was still ongoing, but on the short walk out of the park I found a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. It wasn't acting particularly frenetic, so it's possible that it will remain for the day before moving on. eBird list with photos here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58879795 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Prothonotary Warbler & Morning Flight
This morning, August 10, I birded Coney Island Creek Park, with almost the entire time spent on the dune to the northwest of the westernmost bunch of trees. The majority of the birds engaging in morning flight were far away, with relatively few close birds, likely due to the intensity and direction of the wind. Most of the discernible migration was to the south of the park, and I tallied a reasonable number of migrants heading west over Sea Gate. The majority of these were Red-winged Blackbirds (570), Chimney Swifts (175), and Eastern Kingbirds (68), with smaller numbers of Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, and a few warblers. 4 Cliff Swallows and a Northern Rough-winged Swallow, I had to leave fairly early, while the flight was still ongoing, but on the short walk out of the park I found a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. It wasn't acting particularly frenetic, so it's possible that it will remain for the day before moving on. eBird list with photos here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58879795 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
