[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Mike Vedder reports that the Tufted Duck he found last week has returned to 
Ludlow Creek in Oakdale, present this morning.

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[nysbirds-l] Glaucous-winged Gull, Beacon Waterfront, Dutchess Co.

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Bruce Nott, finder of the Neotropic Cormorant at the Newburgh Waterfront, found 
another mega yesterday, a third winter Glaucous-winged Gull at the same 
location. The bird was sought around both sides of the river this morning and 
was finally refound by Liam Brock et al roosting and preening on the ice on the 
Beacon side around 1:00 pm, where it was seen by many birders. It flew off to 
the north at one point but did return to that location thereafter. 
Good luck if you go for it.
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[nysbirds-l] Peregrines and Dovekies

[Patricia Lindsay]

We’re watching a pair of Peregrine Falcons repeatedly bringing Dovekies into 
the parking lot at Smith Point Park, Suffolk Co. and feeding on them, after our 
second big wind and rain event this week. First one was found by Mike Cooper. 
We re up to three now in the last hour. We’ll try and ascertain where they’re 
plucking them from, presumably the bay.
Given that we also had 2 Dovekies in the Fire Island Inlet with little effort 
on the last storm it seems likely many have been displaced to LI’s south shore 
bays and ponds.
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[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck, Montauk, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Grubby make with thick long tuft resting with Athya flock on nw corner of Fort 
Pond.
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[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose Nassau Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Mike Vedder found a Pink-footed Goose at Planting Fields Arboretum, in the big 
field north of the parking lot.

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[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallow at Robert Moses SP Suffolk

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Sorry for late post, phone troubles. Not chaseable-flew across north to south 
in front of my parked car as I was examining gulls in Field 5 at 3:30. I jumped 
out and followed it in bins as it disappeared to the west along the dunes. I 
had about 10 Tree Swallows a few minutes later but no others in the next 20 
minutes. Worth checking West End tomorrow morning.

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[nysbirds-l] Subscribers to The Kingbird (journal of the NYS Ornithological Association)

[Patricia Lindsay]

We have recently had some inquiries about missing reports in the latest
publication of *The Kingbird*, Vol. 73 No.1, which was mailed out last week.

Due to a backlog of excellent articles, and in an effort to mitigate
publication delays, Shai Mitra (editor) has made the decision to publish
the Fall 2022 season in two back-to-back issues, the first containing
Regional reports and associated photos for Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9.
The second issue will be coming out in late October and will have the
reports and photos for the remaining Regions, as well as the highlights of
the season.

This is explained in the Editor's Note and as a forward to the reports in
73-1, but perhaps should also have been noted within the reports section as
well.

Sincerely,
Shai Mitra
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[nysbirds-l] 10th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge Recap

[Patricia Lindsay]

...with apologies for the delay.


The 10th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge was conducted on 16 September
this year, in very pleasant weather. As the rosy fingers of dawn lit the
sky, it was 61° and mostly cloudy under northwest winds, warming up into
the mid 70s and clearing to mostly sunny skies, with low humidity.



This year’s competition felt very different; we did not have any junior
teams competing, and the formidable, perennial champion Pteam Ptarmigeddon
defected to go storm-chasing in Massachusetts. This left only three teams
in the field, with a total of 12 participants. There were two Island-wide
teams, The Four Harbors Herons and the Small Day Birders, and the Captree
Bombay Hornadays reprised their Big Sit at the Fire Island Hawkwatch,
initiated in 2018. There was no coverage on the east end of Long Island,
nor for Brooklyn, and the water level was unfortunately quite high at
Jamaica Bay, with fewer than normal shorebirds detected. Not surprisingly,
the overall total of 131 species was quite reduced from our long-term
average of 167, and included no new species, so the cumulative list total
remains at 247 species over the ten years.



Among the many highlights were the healthy number of warbler species seen
by the Four Harbors Herons, including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted,
and Wilson’s; a Broad-winged Hawk spotted by the Small Day Birders, a bird
that is always scarce on Long Island, away from the flyways of the city
parks; and the mash-up of migrants, including a nocturnal migrant
Gray-cheeked Thrush and a cooperative day-flying Common Nighthawk, past the
the Fire Island Hawkwatch.



The three teams’ totals were remarkably similar, and with so few teams in
the field, the number of “saves” (species not seen by any other team) for
all the teams reached record numbers. The Four Harbors Herons took first
place with 89 species, which included 15 saves. The Captree Bombay
Hornadays, a hybrid mixture of several past team groupings, came in second
with 85 species and 22 saves (retaining the Hunters’ Hoard), and the Small
Day Birders followed up with 82 species and 16 saves. The compilation was
festive and intimate, and a great chance for the 12 participants and the
Seatuck folks to reconnect.



Thanks to Enrico Nardone, Peter Walsh, and the Seatuck team for organizing
and hosting this enjoyable friendly competition. For more information on
this important organization and information on this annual event, go to



www.seatuck.org/birding-challenge



We hope to see everyone back next year, and as always, we welcome new teams
to join us!



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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck Birding Challenge Saturday September 16

[Patricia Lindsay]

 The Seatuck Birding Challenge is back again this year - it's scheduled for
next *Saturday, September 16*. And, it's our 10th anniversary edition! To
celebrate, we're providing a $10 discount on the compilation dinner price!
We hope you can join us again!

Seatuck’s Birding Challenge is Long Island’s only island-wide birding
competition. It helps promote bird watching, wildlife conservation and open
space preservation across the region – and the event generates an important
one-day snapshot of early fall bird populations across Long Island. The
event is open to all levels of experience, from expert birders to complete
novices. Fall migration provides large numbers of birds and a great
diversity of species.

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[nysbirds-l] Common Ringed Plover

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Continues today, northwest part of flats.

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[nysbirds-l] Common Ringed Plover, Old Inlet Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

The Common Ringed Plover continues on the Old Inlet flats, spied around 10:10 
by Sean Camillieri a bit north of the obvious big dead tree on the flat. It 
remaining for photos for approximately 20 minutes until it picked up and flew 
to the north side of the flat.
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and Whimbrels along the oceanfront.
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA/NY BIRDERS CONFERENCE Sep 22-24

[Patricia Lindsay]

 The Annual New York Birders Conference and NYSOA Meeting will be held this
year on September 22-24 at the Sleepy Hollow Conference Center in
Westchester County, hosted by Saw Mill River Audubon.

Be sure to register soon-- www.nybirders.org

-- for your choice of great fall birding trips to key hotspots, and
excellent afternoon workshops and paper sessions. The New York State Young
Birders Club is preparing a challenging bird quiz for Friday night. And
Saturday night's banquet will include a chance to hear the renowned  David
Sibley as Keynote Speaker.

 Support NYSOA's conference with a hotel reservation and add some NYC to
your NYSOA weekend with a short Hudson train ride to Manhattan. Details can
be found at  www.nybirders.org


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[nysbirds-l] Captree June Count, 3 June 2023

[Patricia Lindsay]

On Saturday 3 Jun 2023, thirty-one observers conducted the Captree June
Count in southwestern Suffolk County, LI. It was the first cloudy day in
many days, but without rain. A north-northeast breeze contributed to
productive seawatching without unduly impeding the detection of marshbirds
and landbirds. The early date of this year’s count fortuitously coincided
with a definite flight of Neotropical migrant passerines, and the resulting
total of 142 species easily bested the previous record of 138 (2021) and
greatly exceeded the nine-year average of 129.



Five new species and one new supra-specific taxon were added to the
cumulative list of the “modern era,” 2015-present: Eurasian Collared-Dove,
Lesser Yellowlegs (5), Red-necked Phalarope (377), Least Flycatcher, and
Magnolia Warbler (4). The flight of Red-necked Phalaropes observed from
Robert Moses State Park on 3 Jun followed several days of much higher than
usual occurrence along Long Island’s ocean shore and was an astonishing
highlight for those who witnessed it.



Among 26 new maxima, the most notable were 30 Wood Duck, 17 Black Duck, 33
Wild Turkey, 83 Chimney Swifts (perhaps reflecting at least in part a late
push of migrants, as swifts and several species of swallows have been seen
migrating along the outer beaches 2-4 Jun), 129 Black Skimmer (observed
within the newly expanding Common Tern colony at Democrat Point, where it
is hoped they will nest), 275 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, 461 Common Grackle, 14
Blackpoll Warbler, and 15 American Redstart. Both of the possible
explanations for the high count of the last species are likely not obvious
to most observers and deserve some explanation. One possibility is that
this species is following the examples of Warbling Vireo and Northern
Rough-winged Swallow in expanding its breeding distribution into the
coastal plain of south-central Long Island, where all three were previously
(and somewhat inexplicably) absent or nearly absent as breeders. The second
is that the total reflects mostly migrants, as American Redstart occurs in
the latest spring flights on Long Island, along with more familiar late
passage-migrants like several recorded on this year’s CJC (e.g., Least and
Acadian flycatchers, Magnolia and Blackpoll Warblers)--but also like
several other common breeding species whose late-migrating populations are
less obvious and familiar (e.g., Red-eyed Vireo and Common Yellowthroat).



One late migrant species that was decidedly *not* augmented much by birds
in passage was Eastern Wood-Pewee, which was among nine regularly recorded
species tallied at a new minimum for the modern period of the count. Others
in this category that deserve watching include Clapper Rail, Downy
Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher (completely absent from
the mainland and represented by just four individuals on the barrier
beaches), Eastern Towhee, Baltimore Oriole, and Prairie Warbler. All of
these were among the 18 species whose totals were 70% or less than their
nine-year averages. Others in this category included Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
Whip-poor-will, Field Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Indigo Bunting.
The similarity in the habitats favored by many of these species makes their
coincident low abundances concerning.



No fewer than 19 regularly occurring species were tallied at 150% or more
of their nine-year averages. Besides the new maxima noted above, it is
worth drawing attention to 46 Common Loon (still migrating heavily along
the ocean shore), 583 Common Tern, 113 Forster’s Tern, and 116 Purple
Martin. Each of the last three, like several of the species seting new
maxima, are definitely increasing as breeders within the circle.



Three rarities of very different sorts were recorded: a Eurasian Collared
Dove in Oakdale, a large stercorariid (either a skua or a Pomarine Jaeger),
distantly over the ocean, and a count-week Prothonotary Warbler in Islip.



The full results of this and past years’ counts are available on request.



Many thanks to all of our participants, whose dedication and skill continue
to add to our knowledge of Long Island’s changing avifauna, and especially
to Bob and Michelle Grover, for hosting a very festive and enjoyable
compilation at their home.



Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay

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[nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper Jones Beach Coast Guard Bar Nassau Co

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Alt plumages bird feeding on bar with many shorebirds. Will report details of 
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[nysbirds-l] Smith’s Longspur - Not Yet- Robert Moses SP Suffolk co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Update: not yet found this morning but the bird was seen in the location 
described until 8:07 pm as darkness fell last evening. Folks are looking now 
and we’ll check farther west at Democrat Point. 

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[nysbirds-l] Two Black Guillemots Fort z Pond Bay, Montauk

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On a tip from Katie Kleinpeter, Shai and I returned to Fort Pond Bay and were 
able to confirm the presence of two Black Guillemots at Fort Pond Bay. Both are 
in roughly the middle of the bay, with one much closer to Navy Road than the 
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[nysbirds-l] Two Black Guillemots Fort z Pond Bay, Montauk

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On a tip from Katie Kleinpeter, Shai and I returned to Fort Pond Bay and were 
able to confirm the presence of two Black Guillemots at Fort Pond Bay. Both are 
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[nysbirds-l] Townsend’s Warbler Brooklyn

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The Townsend’s Warbler found by Doug Gochfeld yesterday at Fort Greene Park 
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Kona Wiesel bench Doug mentioned in his email.
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[nysbirds-l] Townsend’s Warbler Brooklyn

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The Townsend’s Warbler found by Doug Gochfeld yesterday at Fort Greene Park 
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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck LI Birding Challenge Saturday September 17

[Patricia Lindsay]

Now in its ninth year, this event is a great way to get in some fall
birding, get together with friends at the compilation dinner, and help
support the efforts of the Seatuck Environmental Association.

For official rules, areas of coverage, registration, and the official
checklist, please visit https://seatuck.org/birding-challenge/

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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck LI Birding Challenge Saturday September 17

[Patricia Lindsay]

Now in its ninth year, this event is a great way to get in some fall
birding, get together with friends at the compilation dinner, and help
support the efforts of the Seatuck Environmental Association.

For official rules, areas of coverage, registration, and the official
checklist, please visit https://seatuck.org/birding-challenge/

Hope to see you there!

Pat and Shai, on behalf of the Seatuck organizers.

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[nysbirds-l] Bar-tailed Godwit Cupsogue Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

The godwit appeared at 7:02 on the flats, feeding and preening with the gulls 
and terns. We were able to confirm that the tail and rump are barred as far up 
as we could discern, as is the underwing, consistent with the Siberian race of 
the species. Thanks to Mike McBrien for the astute ID from the original photo. 



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[nysbirds-l] Bar-tailed Godwit Cupsogue Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

The godwit appeared at 7:02 on the flats, feeding and preening with the gulls 
and terns. We were able to confirm that the tail and rump are barred as far up 
as we could discern, as is the underwing, consistent with the Siberian race of 
the species. Thanks to Mike McBrien for the astute ID from the original photo. 



Sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck flew out

[Patricia Lindsay]

At 8:19, with it’s female Mallard companion, to the northeast.

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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck flew out

[Patricia Lindsay]

At 8:19, with it’s female Mallard companion, to the northeast.

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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck update, Ketchams Creek, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

This evening Ernst Mutchnick observed the Mottled Duck and it’s mate around 
7:15, first from the south end of the creek, then with other observers from the 
culvert on the north end as the ducks made their way up along the phrags. At 
7:55 they disappeared into their hiding spot on the west side of the creek, a 
good place to start looking early in the morning. 
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[nysbirds-l] Mottled Duck update, Ketchams Creek, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

This evening Ernst Mutchnick observed the Mottled Duck and it’s mate around 
7:15, first from the south end of the creek, then with other observers from the 
culvert on the north end as the ducks made their way up along the phrags. At 
7:55 they disappeared into their hiding spot on the west side of the creek, a 
good place to start looking early in the morning. 
Patricia Lindsay
 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's rare geese

[Patricia Lindsay]

Thanks to everyone for your support and understanding of this sensitive
issue.

Ronnie, Thank you for pointing this out, absolutely, in fact I neglected to
mention this in my original email and was intending to send a second email
asking anyone who agrees and is willing, to cross-post to the various other
social media outlets (none of which I belong to).

Elliot, As far as the eBird control is concerned, this is out of my
purview, but I would ask the eBird folks reading this whether this is
something they consider important enough to consider.

Darlene, YES, I believe keeping the lists hidden from public will work.

All, I encourage everyone to call DEC if they see anything illegal going
on. Long Island is DEC Region 1. The general number is 631-444-0200. They
can at least direct you to the enforcement number, which I seem to have
misplaced after calling them a previous year when we saw hunters gunning
down dozens of Canada Geese coming in to their decoys from their perch in a
field. Turned out it was legal at that time. The hunters just piled them
all up and left them there, not sure what happened to the carcasses later.

Patricia Lindsay

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:02 AM Ronnie Almonte 
wrote:

> Thank you Pat, can I post a version of this on social media, in order to
> spread the word?
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 8:12 AM Patricia Lindsay 
> wrote:
>
>> With the hunting season now upon us, and the Waterfowl Count starting on
>> Saturday, we would like to make a serious plea that birders and
>> photographers not post reports of rare geese from Riverhead and the East
>> End of Long Island on eBird, Facebook, this listserv, or any other social
>> media platform until the end of the season.
>>
>> It has become very clear here on LI that hunters have caught on to eBird,
>> the listservs, and social media, and are targeting the rare geese (and
>> ducks also) using information obtained from birders. One of the only
>> Pink-footed Geese in the Riverhead area last winter was shot this way, and
>> we personally know of other cases involving Ross's and Barnacle Geese (and
>> King Eiders, etc.). A Greylag Goose, very likely of wild origins and if so,
>> extremely rare, was also shot in this area a few years ago.
>>
>> The problem is most acute in the Riverhead area and on the South Fork,
>> from November to the end of hunting season (9 Feb for Canada Goose, 6 Mar
>> for Snow Goose). We understand that the birding community does not want war
>> with the hunters, but the situation here is very sensitive--everybody knows
>> the very limited number of specific fields used by the geese, and it seems
>> a shame that the rarer species are being exposed to this level of danger.
>>
>> We would suggest Cackling, Ross's, Barnacle, Pink-footed, and Greater
>> White-fronted Geese, and of course any mega rare species, seen in these
>> areas not be reported until hunting season ends or at least until the geese
>> seem to have moved on.
>>
>> Cackling and Greater White-fronted Goose may be taken legally as part of
>> the Canada Goose bag limits. Snow and Ross's Geese may be taken as part of
>> the Snow Goose bag limits. The others are not listed as game species on the
>> DEC website so apparently were taken illegally.
>>
>> By making this one small sacrifice, we might just be able to save a few
>> birds and get to enjoy them longer.
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay
>> Bay Shore
>>
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island's rare geese

[Patricia Lindsay]

Thanks to everyone for your support and understanding of this sensitive
issue.

Ronnie, Thank you for pointing this out, absolutely, in fact I neglected to
mention this in my original email and was intending to send a second email
asking anyone who agrees and is willing, to cross-post to the various other
social media outlets (none of which I belong to).

Elliot, As far as the eBird control is concerned, this is out of my
purview, but I would ask the eBird folks reading this whether this is
something they consider important enough to consider.

Darlene, YES, I believe keeping the lists hidden from public will work.

All, I encourage everyone to call DEC if they see anything illegal going
on. Long Island is DEC Region 1. The general number is 631-444-0200. They
can at least direct you to the enforcement number, which I seem to have
misplaced after calling them a previous year when we saw hunters gunning
down dozens of Canada Geese coming in to their decoys from their perch in a
field. Turned out it was legal at that time. The hunters just piled them
all up and left them there, not sure what happened to the carcasses later.

Patricia Lindsay

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:02 AM Ronnie Almonte 
wrote:

> Thank you Pat, can I post a version of this on social media, in order to
> spread the word?
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 8:12 AM Patricia Lindsay 
> wrote:
>
>> With the hunting season now upon us, and the Waterfowl Count starting on
>> Saturday, we would like to make a serious plea that birders and
>> photographers not post reports of rare geese from Riverhead and the East
>> End of Long Island on eBird, Facebook, this listserv, or any other social
>> media platform until the end of the season.
>>
>> It has become very clear here on LI that hunters have caught on to eBird,
>> the listservs, and social media, and are targeting the rare geese (and
>> ducks also) using information obtained from birders. One of the only
>> Pink-footed Geese in the Riverhead area last winter was shot this way, and
>> we personally know of other cases involving Ross's and Barnacle Geese (and
>> King Eiders, etc.). A Greylag Goose, very likely of wild origins and if so,
>> extremely rare, was also shot in this area a few years ago.
>>
>> The problem is most acute in the Riverhead area and on the South Fork,
>> from November to the end of hunting season (9 Feb for Canada Goose, 6 Mar
>> for Snow Goose). We understand that the birding community does not want war
>> with the hunters, but the situation here is very sensitive--everybody knows
>> the very limited number of specific fields used by the geese, and it seems
>> a shame that the rarer species are being exposed to this level of danger.
>>
>> We would suggest Cackling, Ross's, Barnacle, Pink-footed, and Greater
>> White-fronted Geese, and of course any mega rare species, seen in these
>> areas not be reported until hunting season ends or at least until the geese
>> seem to have moved on.
>>
>> Cackling and Greater White-fronted Goose may be taken legally as part of
>> the Canada Goose bag limits. Snow and Ross's Geese may be taken as part of
>> the Snow Goose bag limits. The others are not listed as game species on the
>> DEC website so apparently were taken illegally.
>>
>> By making this one small sacrifice, we might just be able to save a few
>> birds and get to enjoy them longer.
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay
>> Bay Shore
>>
>>
>> --
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>> ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01>
>> *Please submit your observations to **eBird*
>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!*
>> --
>>
>

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[nysbirds-l] Long Island's rare geese

[Patricia Lindsay]

 With the hunting season now upon us, and the Waterfowl Count starting on
Saturday, we would like to make a serious plea that birders and
photographers not post reports of rare geese from Riverhead and the East
End of Long Island on eBird, Facebook, this listserv, or any other social
media platform until the end of the season.

It has become very clear here on LI that hunters have caught on to eBird,
the listservs, and social media, and are targeting the rare geese (and
ducks also) using information obtained from birders. One of the only
Pink-footed Geese in the Riverhead area last winter was shot this way, and
we personally know of other cases involving Ross's and Barnacle Geese (and
King Eiders, etc.). A Greylag Goose, very likely of wild origins and if so,
extremely rare, was also shot in this area a few years ago.

The problem is most acute in the Riverhead area and on the South Fork, from
November to the end of hunting season (9 Feb for Canada Goose, 6 Mar for
Snow Goose). We understand that the birding community does not want war
with the hunters, but the situation here is very sensitive--everybody knows
the very limited number of specific fields used by the geese, and it seems
a shame that the rarer species are being exposed to this level of danger.

We would suggest Cackling, Ross's, Barnacle, Pink-footed, and Greater
White-fronted Geese, and of course any mega rare species, seen in these
areas not be reported until hunting season ends or at least until the geese
seem to have moved on.

Cackling and Greater White-fronted Goose may be taken legally as part of
the Canada Goose bag limits. Snow and Ross's Geese may be taken as part of
the Snow Goose bag limits. The others are not listed as game species on the
DEC website so apparently were taken illegally.

By making this one small sacrifice, we might just be able to save a few
birds and get to enjoy them longer.

Thanks for your consideration.

Best,

Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Long Island's rare geese

[Patricia Lindsay]

 With the hunting season now upon us, and the Waterfowl Count starting on
Saturday, we would like to make a serious plea that birders and
photographers not post reports of rare geese from Riverhead and the East
End of Long Island on eBird, Facebook, this listserv, or any other social
media platform until the end of the season.

It has become very clear here on LI that hunters have caught on to eBird,
the listservs, and social media, and are targeting the rare geese (and
ducks also) using information obtained from birders. One of the only
Pink-footed Geese in the Riverhead area last winter was shot this way, and
we personally know of other cases involving Ross's and Barnacle Geese (and
King Eiders, etc.). A Greylag Goose, very likely of wild origins and if so,
extremely rare, was also shot in this area a few years ago.

The problem is most acute in the Riverhead area and on the South Fork, from
November to the end of hunting season (9 Feb for Canada Goose, 6 Mar for
Snow Goose). We understand that the birding community does not want war
with the hunters, but the situation here is very sensitive--everybody knows
the very limited number of specific fields used by the geese, and it seems
a shame that the rarer species are being exposed to this level of danger.

We would suggest Cackling, Ross's, Barnacle, Pink-footed, and Greater
White-fronted Geese, and of course any mega rare species, seen in these
areas not be reported until hunting season ends or at least until the geese
seem to have moved on.

Cackling and Greater White-fronted Goose may be taken legally as part of
the Canada Goose bag limits. Snow and Ross's Geese may be taken as part of
the Snow Goose bag limits. The others are not listed as game species on the
DEC website so apparently were taken illegally.

By making this one small sacrifice, we might just be able to save a few
birds and get to enjoy them longer.

Thanks for your consideration.

Best,

Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Ross’s Geese Eastport Pond, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Two birds, adults, eventually flew out to the southwest. One each Canvasback 
and Redhead, both females. Thousands of ducks to sift through, mainly Lesser 
Scaup and Ruddy Duck.

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[nysbirds-l] Ross’s Geese Eastport Pond, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Two birds, adults, eventually flew out to the southwest. One each Canvasback 
and Redhead, both females. Thousands of ducks to sift through, mainly Lesser 
Scaup and Ruddy Duck.

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[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird Heckscher SP, Suffolk, flyby

[Patricia Lindsay]

This morning as I was leaving Heckscher SP around 9:45 I noticed a small
flock of Am. Robins flying over my car with a smaller, yellow-bellied bird
trailing. I jumped out to get bins on it, and fortunately it circled back
around and over me giving me a decent, more extended look. The flock flew
to the north and disappeared over the trees, so not exactly chaseable,
though it could possibly settle in somewhere in the park.

Thanks for the reminder, Andrew.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird Heckscher SP, Suffolk, flyby

[Patricia Lindsay]

This morning as I was leaving Heckscher SP around 9:45 I noticed a small
flock of Am. Robins flying over my car with a smaller, yellow-bellied bird
trailing. I jumped out to get bins on it, and fortunately it circled back
around and over me giving me a decent, more extended look. The flock flew
to the north and disappeared over the trees, so not exactly chaseable,
though it could possibly settle in somewhere in the park.

Thanks for the reminder, Andrew.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck Birding Challenge/South Shore Re-Tern Program Zoom Meeting

[Patricia Lindsay]

In case you were not on the invite for the list of participants, or if you
would just like to join in the fun and see what it's all about, please see
the info and link to Zoom meeting below.

Dear Friends -

Thank you for participating in the 2021 Seatuck Birding Challenge! We're
grateful for your passion for birds and for your patience in dealing with
the event's Covid-era rule changes.

I'm writing to invite you to join us for a brief Zoom meeting to announce
the results of the event and to hear some highlights from the day. *Please
join us at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 30. *Details about joining the
Zoom meeting are below.

Each team will have an opportunity to give a highlight or tell a brief
story from the day. Seatuck staff will also introduce our new "South Shore
Re-Tern" project, which seeks to ensure that tern nesting colonies persist
on the South Shore for many decades to come.

Please pass this along to any teammates we may have missed. And let me know
if you have any questions.

See you on Thursday!
Enrico

*   *   *  *
*Seatuck Birding Challenge Meeting*
*Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 - 7:00 PM *

*Join Meeting by Video*:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82617004274?pwd=SzUzM1dDa24yYmQyRzRrODE1dGJVdz09
*Join Meeting by Phone: (*929) 205-6099
*Meeting ID:* 826 1700 4274
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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck Birding Challenge/South Shore Re-Tern Program Zoom Meeting

[Patricia Lindsay]

In case you were not on the invite for the list of participants, or if you
would just like to join in the fun and see what it's all about, please see
the info and link to Zoom meeting below.

Dear Friends -

Thank you for participating in the 2021 Seatuck Birding Challenge! We're
grateful for your passion for birds and for your patience in dealing with
the event's Covid-era rule changes.

I'm writing to invite you to join us for a brief Zoom meeting to announce
the results of the event and to hear some highlights from the day. *Please
join us at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 30. *Details about joining the
Zoom meeting are below.

Each team will have an opportunity to give a highlight or tell a brief
story from the day. Seatuck staff will also introduce our new "South Shore
Re-Tern" project, which seeks to ensure that tern nesting colonies persist
on the South Shore for many decades to come.

Please pass this along to any teammates we may have missed. And let me know
if you have any questions.

See you on Thursday!
Enrico

*   *   *  *
*Seatuck Birding Challenge Meeting*
*Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 - 7:00 PM *

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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge, Saturday September 25

[Patricia Lindsay]

The eighth annual Long Island Birding Challenge, hosted by the Seatuck
Organization, will be held this coming Saturday. September 25th.

Due to ongoing covid restraints, all birders are asked to participate alone
or in small groups and comply with all local health guidelines. Teammates
will not be required to be together to identify birds as a group.

Again this year, teams and individuals will be limited to one of five areas
on Long Island: Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Western Suffolk and Eastern
Suffolk (see website below for specific Suffolk designations). Teams will
combine individual lists at the end of the day to create their total team
tally.

Official checklists must be submitted by 10:00 pm Saturday, to
st...@seatuck.org

A Zoom meeting will be held shortly after, date and time to be announced.
Last year we had eight teams in the field with a total of 29 participants,
and all five designated areas were represented. The Zoom meeting was lively
and well-attended, and we hope to have the same wonderful turnout and
excitement this year.

Registration is free but donations to the Seatuck Organization will be much
appreciated; a link can be found on the registration page.

For more information about the event, to find the downloadable/printable
official checklist, and to register, please visit

https://seatuck.org/birding-challenge/

Hope you can make it!

Patricia Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and the entire Seatuck team.

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[nysbirds-l] Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge, Saturday September 25

[Patricia Lindsay]

The eighth annual Long Island Birding Challenge, hosted by the Seatuck
Organization, will be held this coming Saturday. September 25th.

Due to ongoing covid restraints, all birders are asked to participate alone
or in small groups and comply with all local health guidelines. Teammates
will not be required to be together to identify birds as a group.

Again this year, teams and individuals will be limited to one of five areas
on Long Island: Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Western Suffolk and Eastern
Suffolk (see website below for specific Suffolk designations). Teams will
combine individual lists at the end of the day to create their total team
tally.

Official checklists must be submitted by 10:00 pm Saturday, to
st...@seatuck.org

A Zoom meeting will be held shortly after, date and time to be announced.
Last year we had eight teams in the field with a total of 29 participants,
and all five designated areas were represented. The Zoom meeting was lively
and well-attended, and we hope to have the same wonderful turnout and
excitement this year.

Registration is free but donations to the Seatuck Organization will be much
appreciated; a link can be found on the registration page.

For more information about the event, to find the downloadable/printable
official checklist, and to register, please visit

https://seatuck.org/birding-challenge/

Hope you can make it!

Patricia Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and the entire Seatuck team.

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[nysbirds-l] Snowy Plover, Sandy Pond Outlet, Oswego

[Patricia Lindsay]

Snowy Plover continues along the
lake shore near the outlet, feeding on tiger beetles. A nice variety of birds 
on the pond side include Baird’s Sandpiper, Red Knot, and Golden-Plover, 
Forsters and Caspian Terns.

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[nysbirds-l] Snowy Plover, Sandy Pond Outlet, Oswego

[Patricia Lindsay]

Snowy Plover continues along the
lake shore near the outlet, feeding on tiger beetles. A nice variety of birds 
on the pond side include Baird’s Sandpiper, Red Knot, and Golden-Plover, 
Forsters and Caspian Terns.

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[nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill at St. John’s Pond,Nassau and Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

For anyone interested in county listing, the bird is roosting now on Nassau 
side but was in Suffolk earlier. At south end of pond. 

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[nysbirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill at St. John’s Pond,Nassau and Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

For anyone interested in county listing, the bird is roosting now on Nassau 
side but was in Suffolk earlier. At south end of pond. 

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

[Patricia Lindsay]

We had great views of this confiding bird this morning following Rich Guthrie’s 
earlier post with details regarding access.
Patricia Lindsay and Shai Mitra

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

[Patricia Lindsay]

We had great views of this confiding bird this morning following Rich Guthrie’s 
earlier post with details regarding access.
Patricia Lindsay and Shai Mitra

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelicans Robert Mose SP, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Four pelicans just passed Robert Moses, presumably the group Paul Sweet just 
reported, first three then one. Waiting for the fifth.
Patricia Lindsay 

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelicans Robert Mose SP, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Four pelicans just passed Robert Moses, presumably the group Paul Sweet just 
reported, first three then one. Waiting for the fifth.
Patricia Lindsay 

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Western Grebe—Yes

[Patricia Lindsay]

Western Grebe (looks good to us for this species rather than a hybrid with 
Clark’s Grebe) continues viewed from the west end of Calvert Vaux Park looking 
west at 8:00 a.m.

Patricia Lindsay & Shai Mitra

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Western Grebe—Yes

[Patricia Lindsay]

Western Grebe (looks good to us for this species rather than a hybrid with 
Clark’s Grebe) continues viewed from the west end of Calvert Vaux Park looking 
west at 8:00 a.m.

Patricia Lindsay & Shai Mitra

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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated GRAY Warbler - Tobay (Nassau Co) 4/28

[Patricia Lindsay]

Follow up and additional info on the Black-throated Gray Warbler:

This bird was found by Jack Carlson around 11:20 this morning, in the JFK
Sanctuary at Tobay Beach. Jack saw the bird well, including the yellow spot
before the eye. He quickly went back for his camera but then could not
relocate the bird. I checked the area at my first opportunity later this
afternoon, and did not find it, but it could very well still be in the
area. It would be worth keeping a sharp eye out at West End Jones Beach
tomorrow as well.

During the week there is no one at the booth, but you do risk getting
ticketed if you don't display the JFK permit while parked in the sanctuary.

Good luck if you try, and please post any updates.
Patricia Lindsay

-- Forwarded message -
From: Brendan Fogarty 
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 5:09 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated GRAY Warbler - Tobay (Nassau Co) 4/28
To: NYSBIRDS-L 


Hi all,

I am sharing a thirdhand but strongly suggestive report of a Black-throated
Gray Warbler at Tobay Beach this morning. I have no further info as to the
location. Please be advised that this is a Town of Oyster Bay beach area,
which is mostly private and pricey for residents, and the more accessible
JFK Memorial Sanctuary area technically requires a permit to access.

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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated GRAY Warbler - Tobay (Nassau Co) 4/28

[Patricia Lindsay]

Follow up and additional info on the Black-throated Gray Warbler:

This bird was found by Jack Carlson around 11:20 this morning, in the JFK
Sanctuary at Tobay Beach. Jack saw the bird well, including the yellow spot
before the eye. He quickly went back for his camera but then could not
relocate the bird. I checked the area at my first opportunity later this
afternoon, and did not find it, but it could very well still be in the
area. It would be worth keeping a sharp eye out at West End Jones Beach
tomorrow as well.

During the week there is no one at the booth, but you do risk getting
ticketed if you don't display the JFK permit while parked in the sanctuary.

Good luck if you try, and please post any updates.
Patricia Lindsay

-- Forwarded message -
From: Brendan Fogarty 
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 5:09 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Black-throated GRAY Warbler - Tobay (Nassau Co) 4/28
To: NYSBIRDS-L 


Hi all,

I am sharing a thirdhand but strongly suggestive report of a Black-throated
Gray Warbler at Tobay Beach this morning. I have no further info as to the
location. Please be advised that this is a Town of Oyster Bay beach area,
which is mostly private and pricey for residents, and the more accessible
JFK Memorial Sanctuary area technically requires a permit to access.

Best,
Brendan Fogarty
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[nysbirds-l] Bean Goose update, Saratoga County

[Patricia Lindsay]

Despite the much appreciated efforts of Rich Guthrie, Gary Chapin, and others 
to track it for us during our long drive, the goose and it's 20 or so Canada 
friends had disappeared into the private and patrolled trailer park before we 
arrived around 5:30 this evening. We waited until they flew out—the trailer 
park flock and about 100 in all between 7:15 and 7:30 coming from other points 
east. Conveniently they all landed on the water where we could see them until 
it got too dark. No luck but we can’t be completely sure it didn’t sneak past. 
It was definitely not in the group of 29 that flew out from the near trailer 
park at 7:15, in good light.
Good luck if you try for it tomorrow.

Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra

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[nysbirds-l] Bean Goose update, Saratoga County

[Patricia Lindsay]

Despite the much appreciated efforts of Rich Guthrie, Gary Chapin, and others 
to track it for us during our long drive, the goose and it's 20 or so Canada 
friends had disappeared into the private and patrolled trailer park before we 
arrived around 5:30 this evening. We waited until they flew out—the trailer 
park flock and about 100 in all between 7:15 and 7:30 coming from other points 
east. Conveniently they all landed on the water where we could see them until 
it got too dark. No luck but we can’t be completely sure it didn’t sneak past. 
It was definitely not in the group of 29 that flew out from the near trailer 
park at 7:15, in good light.
Good luck if you try for it tomorrow.

Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra

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[nysbirds-l] Dovekie Fort Pond Bay Suffolk

[Patricia Lindsay]

A cooperative Dovekie is feeding and preening on Fort Pond Bay. We saw the bird 
by scoping to the sw  from Duryea’s but it is probably better viewed from Navy 
Road (Montauk). Three Red-necked Grebes and five Raxorbills also. These in 
addition to at least three Dovekies and eight Black-legged Kittiwakes off the 
point this morning.

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[nysbirds-l] Dovekie Fort Pond Bay Suffolk

[Patricia Lindsay]

A cooperative Dovekie is feeding and preening on Fort Pond Bay. We saw the bird 
by scoping to the sw  from Duryea’s but it is probably better viewed from Navy 
Road (Montauk). Three Red-necked Grebes and five Raxorbills also. These in 
addition to at least three Dovekies and eight Black-legged Kittiwakes off the 
point this morning.

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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County Christmas Bird Count

[Patricia Lindsay]

The Southern Nassau CBC will be held this season on Saturday, January 2nd,
2021.

While we will certainly miss our gathering at Otto's afterward, in lieu of
the compilation we will have a Zoom meeting following the count during
which participants and parties can share the highlights of the day.

Below is a link to the Audubon rules and guidelines to ensure all
participants remain safe during this pandemic. Leaders and participants are
asked to review the guidelines and we ask that everyone abides by them. We
completely understand if you choose not to participate this season, and
hope that we'll see you at next year's count under more normal
circumstances.

If you have a relatively set routine on this count, please contact your
party leader to confirm coverage and data transfer protocols, keeping the
new safety guidlelines in mind.

If you're unsure of where to go, please contact Pat or Shai.

Looking forward to another great count this year!

Audubon's Covid-19 Guidelines:

https://www.audubon.org/news/christmas-bird-count-compiler-announcements

Pat Lindsay - gelocheli...@gmail.com 

Shai Mitra - shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu

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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County Christmas Bird Count

[Patricia Lindsay]

The Southern Nassau CBC will be held this season on Saturday, January 2nd,
2021.

While we will certainly miss our gathering at Otto's afterward, in lieu of
the compilation we will have a Zoom meeting following the count during
which participants and parties can share the highlights of the day.

Below is a link to the Audubon rules and guidelines to ensure all
participants remain safe during this pandemic. Leaders and participants are
asked to review the guidelines and we ask that everyone abides by them. We
completely understand if you choose not to participate this season, and
hope that we'll see you at next year's count under more normal
circumstances.

If you have a relatively set routine on this count, please contact your
party leader to confirm coverage and data transfer protocols, keeping the
new safety guidlelines in mind.

If you're unsure of where to go, please contact Pat or Shai.

Looking forward to another great count this year!

Audubon's Covid-19 Guidelines:

https://www.audubon.org/news/christmas-bird-count-compiler-announcements

Pat Lindsay - gelocheli...@gmail.com 

Shai Mitra - shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu

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[nysbirds-l] Sage Thrasher Columbia Co. Yes

[Patricia Lindsay]

Showing well from its favorite buckthorn bush for last half hour or so.

Sent from my iPhone

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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] Sage Thrasher Columbia Co. Yes

[Patricia Lindsay]

Showing well from its favorite buckthorn bush for last half hour or so.

Sent from my iPhone

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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Phalaropes Jamaica Bay Queens

[Patricia Lindsay]

The two Wilson's Phalaropes continue, feeding frantically with Lesser
Yellowlegs this afternoon 4:30 - 5:00 pm. along the southeast edge of the
East Pond. A Peregrine Falcon strafed the pond several times but the birds
returned each time.

I also got distant scope views at what I believe is a juvenile Sora along
the east edge, in and out of the phrags. A nice variety of ducks was also
fun to sort through. I will post an eBird checklist tomorrow.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Phalaropes Jamaica Bay Queens

[Patricia Lindsay]

The two Wilson's Phalaropes continue, feeding frantically with Lesser
Yellowlegs this afternoon 4:30 - 5:00 pm. along the southeast edge of the
East Pond. A Peregrine Falcon strafed the pond several times but the birds
returned each time.

I also got distant scope views at what I believe is a juvenile Sora along
the east edge, in and out of the phrags. A nice variety of ducks was also
fun to sort through. I will post an eBird checklist tomorrow.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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Re: [nysbirds-l] 7th Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

We inadvertently left out the names of the winning team members. Pteam
Ptarmigeddon: Tim Dunn, John Gluth, Pete Morris, and Taylor Sturm.

Contrary to some rumors floating around, the omission was not a further
example of malfeasance on the part of the Outlaws, now dethroned as the
Masked Tityras!

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 4:34 PM Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> The Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge was conducted on Saturday, 26
> September, for the seventh year. We thank Enrico Nardone, Stephane
> Perreault and others at Seatuck for the effort and care they devoted to
> revising and refining the rules to ensure participants’ fun and safety in
> this strange pandemic period.
>
> The rules changes driven by covid concerns included a requirement that
> each team restrict its activities to a single county (or in the case of
> sprawling Suffolk County, to either the four western towns or the more
> easterly towns), but also relaxed the requirement for team members to
> travel and bird together. In combination, this probably improved overall
> coverage of the island and yielded a collective tally of 194 species, 10
> more than the previous highest annual total for this count. This
> achievement is even more notable for having been made on a signiciantly
> later data and on a much less active migration day than that of the
> previous high tally. Also notable was our failure, for the first time in
> seven challenges, to add any new species to the cumulative species list,
> which still stands at 235. This is further evidence of the overall
> thoroughness of the teams this year in detecting uncommon, hard to find,
> and localized species, even in the absence of rarities.
>
> We had 8 teams in the field, with a total of 29 participants, and each of
> the five designated areas was represented. As noted above, it was not a
> major flight day, but the weather was mostly very benign all day long,
> without heavy winds or other impediments to birding effort. It was 63-75 F,
> overcast with good visibility in most places early, then warming up with
> sun. The biggest issue was patchy fog in the morning that reduced
> visibility for some.
>
> Area champions were:
> Brooklyn: Rails Against the Machine (Shane Blodgett, Rob Jett, Heydi
> Lopes, Tom Preston, and Mike Yuan) coming in at 108.
>
> Queens: Ladybyrders (Mary Normandia, Lisa Scheppke, Amy Simmons, Meryl
> Ackley, and Phil Ribilow), tallying 111 species.
>
> Eastern Suffolk: Masked Tityras (Patricia Lindsay, Shai Mitra, Mike Cooper
> and Doug Futuyma) coming in with 130. Three additional teams covered
> Eastern Suffolk: The Bushwackers (Richard Gostic and Bob McGrath), Savage
> Trackers (Stephen and Bob Savage), and The TWIN ROSE breasted Grosbeaks
> (Raina Angelier, Cayla, Iris and Craig Rosenhagen).
>
> And finally, the two leading teams achieved totals only two species apart:
>
> The Classic Birders (Tim Healy, Matt Klein, Ryan Mandelbaum, and Stephane
> Perreault), covering Nassau, was the runner-up team with 139 species.
>
> Pteam Ptarmigeddon covered Western Suffolk and came in overall first at
> 141, wresting back the Twitchers Trophy from the Outlaws (whose
> misdemeanors had resulted in their dispersion into different teams). The
> Pteam has competed in the Challenge with the same members every year, won
> the trophy the first three years, and is now back on top.
>
> Every single team had a least one “save,” a species not recorded by any
> other team. Tied for third were Pteam Ptarmigeddon and The Classic Birders,
> with 5 saves each. Second place went to Ladybyrders with 6 saves. The
> winner of the informal Hunters’ Hoard award (a cache of canned spinach,
> creamed corn, cream of mushroom soup, cling peaches, sardines, and Fancy
> Feast ) was the Masked Tityras, with 11 saves!
>
> Photos and more information about the event will be updated on the Seatuck
> website shortly:
>
> https://seatuck.org/birding-challenge/
>
> We hope to see everybody back out in the field next year, under less
> stressful circumstances.
>
> Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
>
> --
>
> 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/
>
> --
>
>

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Re: [nysbirds-l] 7th Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

We inadvertently left out the names of the winning team members. Pteam
Ptarmigeddon: Tim Dunn, John Gluth, Pete Morris, and Taylor Sturm.

Contrary to some rumors floating around, the omission was not a further
example of malfeasance on the part of the Outlaws, now dethroned as the
Masked Tityras!

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 4:34 PM Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> The Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge was conducted on Saturday, 26
> September, for the seventh year. We thank Enrico Nardone, Stephane
> Perreault and others at Seatuck for the effort and care they devoted to
> revising and refining the rules to ensure participants’ fun and safety in
> this strange pandemic period.
>
> The rules changes driven by covid concerns included a requirement that
> each team restrict its activities to a single county (or in the case of
> sprawling Suffolk County, to either the four western towns or the more
> easterly towns), but also relaxed the requirement for team members to
> travel and bird together. In combination, this probably improved overall
> coverage of the island and yielded a collective tally of 194 species, 10
> more than the previous highest annual total for this count. This
> achievement is even more notable for having been made on a signiciantly
> later data and on a much less active migration day than that of the
> previous high tally. Also notable was our failure, for the first time in
> seven challenges, to add any new species to the cumulative species list,
> which still stands at 235. This is further evidence of the overall
> thoroughness of the teams this year in detecting uncommon, hard to find,
> and localized species, even in the absence of rarities.
>
> We had 8 teams in the field, with a total of 29 participants, and each of
> the five designated areas was represented. As noted above, it was not a
> major flight day, but the weather was mostly very benign all day long,
> without heavy winds or other impediments to birding effort. It was 63-75 F,
> overcast with good visibility in most places early, then warming up with
> sun. The biggest issue was patchy fog in the morning that reduced
> visibility for some.
>
> Area champions were:
> Brooklyn: Rails Against the Machine (Shane Blodgett, Rob Jett, Heydi
> Lopes, Tom Preston, and Mike Yuan) coming in at 108.
>
> Queens: Ladybyrders (Mary Normandia, Lisa Scheppke, Amy Simmons, Meryl
> Ackley, and Phil Ribilow), tallying 111 species.
>
> Eastern Suffolk: Masked Tityras (Patricia Lindsay, Shai Mitra, Mike Cooper
> and Doug Futuyma) coming in with 130. Three additional teams covered
> Eastern Suffolk: The Bushwackers (Richard Gostic and Bob McGrath), Savage
> Trackers (Stephen and Bob Savage), and The TWIN ROSE breasted Grosbeaks
> (Raina Angelier, Cayla, Iris and Craig Rosenhagen).
>
> And finally, the two leading teams achieved totals only two species apart:
>
> The Classic Birders (Tim Healy, Matt Klein, Ryan Mandelbaum, and Stephane
> Perreault), covering Nassau, was the runner-up team with 139 species.
>
> Pteam Ptarmigeddon covered Western Suffolk and came in overall first at
> 141, wresting back the Twitchers Trophy from the Outlaws (whose
> misdemeanors had resulted in their dispersion into different teams). The
> Pteam has competed in the Challenge with the same members every year, won
> the trophy the first three years, and is now back on top.
>
> Every single team had a least one “save,” a species not recorded by any
> other team. Tied for third were Pteam Ptarmigeddon and The Classic Birders,
> with 5 saves each. Second place went to Ladybyrders with 6 saves. The
> winner of the informal Hunters’ Hoard award (a cache of canned spinach,
> creamed corn, cream of mushroom soup, cling peaches, sardines, and Fancy
> Feast ) was the Masked Tityras, with 11 saves!
>
> Photos and more information about the event will be updated on the Seatuck
> website shortly:
>
> https://seatuck.org/birding-challenge/
>
> We hope to see everybody back out in the field next year, under less
> stressful circumstances.
>
> Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
>
> --
>
> 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/
>
> --
>
>

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[nysbirds-l] 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

 Come out and join us for a fun and exciting fall day Saturday, September
26th, for the 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge .

This year's Challenge will be conducted following NYS and CDC guidelines
for keeping safe during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, and as such, the
rules for birding with your teammates, the areas each team can cover, and
the submission and compilation of all teams' results, have changed. Be sure
to read these new rules and guidelines, learn other information about the
Challenge, and download the required official checklist, by accessing this
link:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Registration is quick and easy online using the above link as well. Teams
must register, but there is no fee required this year. Instead, the Seatuck
organization asks that you consider making a modest donation to help them
continue the essential conservation and education work their programs
provide.

Stay safe, and hope to see you out there!

The Seatuck Team and Challenge Organizers

--

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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:
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[nysbirds-l] 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

 Come out and join us for a fun and exciting fall day Saturday, September
26th, for the 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge .

This year's Challenge will be conducted following NYS and CDC guidelines
for keeping safe during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, and as such, the
rules for birding with your teammates, the areas each team can cover, and
the submission and compilation of all teams' results, have changed. Be sure
to read these new rules and guidelines, learn other information about the
Challenge, and download the required official checklist, by accessing this
link:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Registration is quick and easy online using the above link as well. Teams
must register, but there is no fee required this year. Instead, the Seatuck
organization asks that you consider making a modest donation to help them
continue the essential conservation and education work their programs
provide.

Stay safe, and hope to see you out there!

The Seatuck Team and Challenge Organizers

--

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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:
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Patricia Lindsay 
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 9:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge
To: NYS Birds 




-- Forwarded message -
From: Patricia Lindsay 
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Subject: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge
To: 
Cc: Enrico Nardone 


Come out and join us for a fun and exciting fall day Saturday, September
26th, for the 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge .

This year's Challenge will be conducted following NYS and CDC guidelines
for keeping safe during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, and as such, the
rules for birding with your teammates, the areas each team can cover, and
the submission and compilation of all teams' results, have changed. Be sure
to read these new rules and guidelines, learn other information about the
Challenge, and download the required official checklist, by accessing this
link:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Registration is quick and easy online using the above link as well. Teams
must register, but there is no fee required this year. Instead, the Seatuck
organization asks that you consider making a modest donation to help them
continue the essential conservation and education work their programs
provide.

Stay safe, and hope to see you out there!

The Seatuck Team and Challenge Organizers

--

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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/

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Patricia Lindsay 
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 9:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge
To: NYS Birds 




-- Forwarded message -
From: Patricia Lindsay 
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Subject: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge
To: 
Cc: Enrico Nardone 


Come out and join us for a fun and exciting fall day Saturday, September
26th, for the 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge .

This year's Challenge will be conducted following NYS and CDC guidelines
for keeping safe during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, and as such, the
rules for birding with your teammates, the areas each team can cover, and
the submission and compilation of all teams' results, have changed. Be sure
to read these new rules and guidelines, learn other information about the
Challenge, and download the required official checklist, by accessing this
link:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Registration is quick and easy online using the above link as well. Teams
must register, but there is no fee required this year. Instead, the Seatuck
organization asks that you consider making a modest donation to help them
continue the essential conservation and education work their programs
provide.

Stay safe, and hope to see you out there!

The Seatuck Team and Challenge Organizers

--

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/

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Patricia Lindsay 
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Subject: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge
To: 
Cc: Enrico Nardone 


Come out and join us for a fun and exciting fall day Saturday, September
26th, for the 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge .

This year's Challenge will be conducted following NYS and CDC guidelines
for keeping safe during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, and as such, the
rules for birding with your teammates, the areas each team can cover, and
the submission and compilation of all teams' results, have changed. Be sure
to read these new rules and guidelines, learn other information about the
Challenge, and download the required official checklist, by accessing this
link:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Registration is quick and easy online using the above link as well. Teams
must register, but there is no fee required this year. Instead, the Seatuck
organization asks that you consider making a modest donation to help them
continue the essential conservation and education work their programs
provide.

Stay safe, and hope to see you out there!

The Seatuck Team and Challenge Organizers

--

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] Fwd: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Patricia Lindsay 
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Subject: 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge
To: 
Cc: Enrico Nardone 


Come out and join us for a fun and exciting fall day Saturday, September
26th, for the 7th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge .

This year's Challenge will be conducted following NYS and CDC guidelines
for keeping safe during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, and as such, the
rules for birding with your teammates, the areas each team can cover, and
the submission and compilation of all teams' results, have changed. Be sure
to read these new rules and guidelines, learn other information about the
Challenge, and download the required official checklist, by accessing this
link:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Registration is quick and easy online using the above link as well. Teams
must register, but there is no fee required this year. Instead, the Seatuck
organization asks that you consider making a modest donation to help them
continue the essential conservation and education work their programs
provide.

Stay safe, and hope to see you out there!

The Seatuck Team and Challenge Organizers

--

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/

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[nysbirds-l] Geese at Belmont Lake SP, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Barnacle and Cackling Geese on the lake now with Canadas and various ducks.

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Geese at Belmont Lake SP, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Barnacle and Cackling Geese on the lake now with Canadas and various ducks.

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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose, Belmont Lake, Suffolk County

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra reports that, after being its usual elusive self early this morning, 
the Barnacle Goose has returned to Belmont Lake as of a short while ago.

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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose, Belmont Lake, Suffolk County

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra reports that, after being its usual elusive self early this morning, 
the Barnacle Goose has returned to Belmont Lake as of a short while ago.

Patricia Lindsay

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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Patricia Lindsay]

For those that like to plan well ahead, please note your calendars that next 
season's Southern Nassau CBC will be held on Saturday January 2nd 2021.


> -- Original Message --
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> Date: January 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results
> 
> Saturday 28 December 2019 was a fine day for the 80th iteration of the 
> Southern Nassau County CBC, with mild temperatures, light winds, and no 
> precipitation. The total of 135 species recorded on count day was above our 
> recent average of about 130. This count has an impressive resume of genuine 
> rarities discovered on count-day, and our participants added to this legacy 
> twice again this year: a Painted Bunting found near the Gatsby restaurant at 
> Jones Beach by Pete Morris and Taylor Sturm, and a Townsend's Warbler found 
> at the Florence Avenue Beach, along the bay shore in Massapequa, by John 
> Gluth. By my calculations, the overall count probably missed three or four 
> species that would otherwise have been found, as a result of effort 
> re-directed to admiring these little green birds.
> 
> As usual, there were many other notable species as well:
> 
> Blue-winged Teal at Bellmore Mill Pond
> Red-necked Grebe from Jones Beach
> Clapper Rail from the boat
> Common Gallinule at Bellmore Mill Pond
> 12 Red Knots at Point Lookout
> 36 Purple Sandpipers at and westward from Point Lookout
> 99 Razorbills along the oceanfront
> Black-headed Gull at Jones Beach West End
> American Bittern at Tobay
> 2 Barn Owls somewhere near water of some kind
> Short-eared Owl also, curiously, somewhere near water of some kind
> Northern Saw-whet Owl somewhere
> 6 Eastern Phoebes at various places in Jones Beach, Hempstead Lake, and 
> Mitchell
> House Wren in Massapequa
> 3 Marsh Wrens from Jones Beach and the boat
> a count-week Grasshopper Sparrow at Point Lookout
> 3 Eastern Meadowlarks in the Five Towns
> Nashville Warbler in Baldwin
> 3 Orange-crowned Warblers from Jones Beach, Tobay, and the Five Towns
> Common Yellowthroat in the Five Towns
> Palm Warbler at Jones Beach
> 
> As often is the case on good-weather days, high counts were recorded for many 
> species: 
> 23 Cooper's Hawk
> 40 Red-tailed Hawk
> 213 Blue Jay
> 130 Carolina Wren
> 24 Gray Catbird
> 190 Northern Mockingbird
> 17 Hermit Thrush
> 660 Song Sparrow
> 66 Swamp Sparrow
> 288 Boat-tailed Grackle (this impressive number being the remainder after 
> careful excision of potential duplicate flocks)
> 16 Common Ravens (again, after adjustment for possible duplications; 
> meanwhile, Bald Eagle has aged out of being notable!)
> 7 Chipping Sparrows
> 
> Only two species were recorded in unusually low numbers:
> 25 Snow Bunting
> 2573 Herring Gull 
> 
> And only three more or less regular species were missed:
> Purple Finch
> Lapland Longspur
> Rusty Blackbird
> 
> --though Snowy Owl should be cued here, too, given their documented presence 
> (and torment) within the circle, both before and right after the CBC.
> 
> There are many lessons to be learned from these data, but I'd like to take 
> this opportunity to point attention to just two questions. First, it is not 
> by chance that all three of our rarest species (Grasshopper Sparrow, Painted 
> Bunting, and Townsend's Warbler) have shown distinct waves of occurrence in 
> the Northeast this season. Those who dismiss vagrancy as a passive 
> consequence of weather systems ought to ponder why so many other species, 
> present in the same source regions and experiencing the same weather 
> patterns, have NOT been lining up along our shores lately, as these species 
> have.
> 
> But perhaps even more mysterious is the great Chipping Sparrow flood of 2019. 
> Although our tally of 7 was admittedly smaller than the rounding errors 
> suffered by Hugh McGuinness et al. in Accabonnac, it is still a very large 
> number for urban western Long Island. And all of the counts I know of or 
> participated in this season, from southern New England to Long Island, 
> encountered this species in much higher than usual numbers--close to triple 
> digits in some cases. There are a lot of parallels between Chipping Sparrow 
> and White-crowned Sparrow: both are good CBC species at our latitude, but 
> unlike other half-hardies, both show a preference for inland and rural 
> settings vs. coastal/urban migrant traps. And this December's Chipping 
> Sparrow phenomenon reminds me a lot of last year's large numbers of 
> White-crowned Sparrows on all the CBCs. How does this happen?
> 
> Many thanks to our 90+ participants and to Otto's Freeport fo

Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Patricia Lindsay]

For those that like to plan well ahead, please note your calendars that next 
season's Southern Nassau CBC will be held on Saturday January 2nd 2021.


> -- Original Message --
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> Date: January 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results
> 
> Saturday 28 December 2019 was a fine day for the 80th iteration of the 
> Southern Nassau County CBC, with mild temperatures, light winds, and no 
> precipitation. The total of 135 species recorded on count day was above our 
> recent average of about 130. This count has an impressive resume of genuine 
> rarities discovered on count-day, and our participants added to this legacy 
> twice again this year: a Painted Bunting found near the Gatsby restaurant at 
> Jones Beach by Pete Morris and Taylor Sturm, and a Townsend's Warbler found 
> at the Florence Avenue Beach, along the bay shore in Massapequa, by John 
> Gluth. By my calculations, the overall count probably missed three or four 
> species that would otherwise have been found, as a result of effort 
> re-directed to admiring these little green birds.
> 
> As usual, there were many other notable species as well:
> 
> Blue-winged Teal at Bellmore Mill Pond
> Red-necked Grebe from Jones Beach
> Clapper Rail from the boat
> Common Gallinule at Bellmore Mill Pond
> 12 Red Knots at Point Lookout
> 36 Purple Sandpipers at and westward from Point Lookout
> 99 Razorbills along the oceanfront
> Black-headed Gull at Jones Beach West End
> American Bittern at Tobay
> 2 Barn Owls somewhere near water of some kind
> Short-eared Owl also, curiously, somewhere near water of some kind
> Northern Saw-whet Owl somewhere
> 6 Eastern Phoebes at various places in Jones Beach, Hempstead Lake, and 
> Mitchell
> House Wren in Massapequa
> 3 Marsh Wrens from Jones Beach and the boat
> a count-week Grasshopper Sparrow at Point Lookout
> 3 Eastern Meadowlarks in the Five Towns
> Nashville Warbler in Baldwin
> 3 Orange-crowned Warblers from Jones Beach, Tobay, and the Five Towns
> Common Yellowthroat in the Five Towns
> Palm Warbler at Jones Beach
> 
> As often is the case on good-weather days, high counts were recorded for many 
> species: 
> 23 Cooper's Hawk
> 40 Red-tailed Hawk
> 213 Blue Jay
> 130 Carolina Wren
> 24 Gray Catbird
> 190 Northern Mockingbird
> 17 Hermit Thrush
> 660 Song Sparrow
> 66 Swamp Sparrow
> 288 Boat-tailed Grackle (this impressive number being the remainder after 
> careful excision of potential duplicate flocks)
> 16 Common Ravens (again, after adjustment for possible duplications; 
> meanwhile, Bald Eagle has aged out of being notable!)
> 7 Chipping Sparrows
> 
> Only two species were recorded in unusually low numbers:
> 25 Snow Bunting
> 2573 Herring Gull 
> 
> And only three more or less regular species were missed:
> Purple Finch
> Lapland Longspur
> Rusty Blackbird
> 
> --though Snowy Owl should be cued here, too, given their documented presence 
> (and torment) within the circle, both before and right after the CBC.
> 
> There are many lessons to be learned from these data, but I'd like to take 
> this opportunity to point attention to just two questions. First, it is not 
> by chance that all three of our rarest species (Grasshopper Sparrow, Painted 
> Bunting, and Townsend's Warbler) have shown distinct waves of occurrence in 
> the Northeast this season. Those who dismiss vagrancy as a passive 
> consequence of weather systems ought to ponder why so many other species, 
> present in the same source regions and experiencing the same weather 
> patterns, have NOT been lining up along our shores lately, as these species 
> have.
> 
> But perhaps even more mysterious is the great Chipping Sparrow flood of 2019. 
> Although our tally of 7 was admittedly smaller than the rounding errors 
> suffered by Hugh McGuinness et al. in Accabonnac, it is still a very large 
> number for urban western Long Island. And all of the counts I know of or 
> participated in this season, from southern New England to Long Island, 
> encountered this species in much higher than usual numbers--close to triple 
> digits in some cases. There are a lot of parallels between Chipping Sparrow 
> and White-crowned Sparrow: both are good CBC species at our latitude, but 
> unlike other half-hardies, both show a preference for inland and rural 
> settings vs. coastal/urban migrant traps. And this December's Chipping 
> Sparrow phenomenon reminds me a lot of last year's large numbers of 
> White-crowned Sparrows on all the CBCs. How does this happen?
> 
> Many thanks to our 90+ participants and to Otto's Freeport fo

[nysbirds-l] Cackling Goose, Elda Lake, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra reports a Cackling Goose from Elda Lake this morning.

Pat Lindsay

Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Cackling Goose, Elda Lake, Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra reports a Cackling Goose from Elda Lake this morning.

Pat Lindsay

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[nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting Montauk Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Present this morning feeding in switchgrass around inside parking area of Big 
Reed Nature Trail (beyond north gate).

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[nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting Montauk Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Present this morning feeding in switchgrass around inside parking area of Big 
Reed Nature Trail (beyond north gate).

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Yellow headed Blackbird in calverton, ny

[Patricia Lindsay]

I saw this bird yesterday around 2:20 or so. I got distant but decent scope 
views of it facing me (no side views) and terrible phone-scoped photos which i 
will not upload to eBird though i will share them with the reviewers tomorrow.

Patricia Lindsay

Bay Shore

> On December 13, 2019 at 2:54 PM Jeanne  wrote:
> 
> 
> So I decided to try again for this life bird. There were 2 peregrines on 
> 2 separate poles and then. 2 red tailed hawks came in and landed on another 2 
> poles. I took photos of them all..because no one has mentioned the raptures 
> before. Eventually the flock of RWBB, grackles, house finch, mourning dove 
> etc showed. I looked and looked through them all..I even took photos of the 
> huge flock to look through later. I really would like to see a photograph 
> that someone who reported this bird took. Because Iam beginning to this it is 
> not really there. Now I will go home and take some aspirin..lol Looking 
> through binoculars for 45 min at thousands of look a like birds will make you 
> crazy. On a serious note I would like to see some PHOTO EVIDENCE that this 
> bird actually exists in this location asap. Thanks
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Yellow headed Blackbird in calverton, ny

[Patricia Lindsay]

I saw this bird yesterday around 2:20 or so. I got distant but decent scope 
views of it facing me (no side views) and terrible phone-scoped photos which i 
will not upload to eBird though i will share them with the reviewers tomorrow.

Patricia Lindsay

Bay Shore

> On December 13, 2019 at 2:54 PM Jeanne  wrote:
> 
> 
> So I decided to try again for this life bird. There were 2 peregrines on 
> 2 separate poles and then. 2 red tailed hawks came in and landed on another 2 
> poles. I took photos of them all..because no one has mentioned the raptures 
> before. Eventually the flock of RWBB, grackles, house finch, mourning dove 
> etc showed. I looked and looked through them all..I even took photos of the 
> huge flock to look through later. I really would like to see a photograph 
> that someone who reported this bird took. Because Iam beginning to this it is 
> not really there. Now I will go home and take some aspirin..lol Looking 
> through binoculars for 45 min at thousands of look a like birds will make you 
> crazy. On a serious note I would like to see some PHOTO EVIDENCE that this 
> bird actually exists in this location asap. Thanks
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau Christmas Bird Count

[Patricia Lindsay]

The Southern Nassau CBC will be held on Saturday, December 28th, followed as 
usual by a festive compilation dinner at Otto's Sea Grill, 271 Woodcleft 
Avenue, Freeport. The cost for the dinner will be around $33 per person 
including tax and gratuity (still unconfirmed).

If you have a relatively set routine on this count please contact your party 
leaders to arrange meeting times and coverage duties. If you're unsure of where 
to go, please contact Pat or Shai

Looking forward to a another great count this year!

Pat Lindsay - pjlind...@optonline.net mailto:pjlind...@optonline.net

Shai Mitra - shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu


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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau Christmas Bird Count

[Patricia Lindsay]

The Southern Nassau CBC will be held on Saturday, December 28th, followed as 
usual by a festive compilation dinner at Otto's Sea Grill, 271 Woodcleft 
Avenue, Freeport. The cost for the dinner will be around $33 per person 
including tax and gratuity (still unconfirmed).

If you have a relatively set routine on this count please contact your party 
leaders to arrange meeting times and coverage duties. If you're unsure of where 
to go, please contact Pat or Shai

Looking forward to a another great count this year!

Pat Lindsay - pjlind...@optonline.net mailto:pjlind...@optonline.net

Shai Mitra - shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu


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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose and Cackling Goose, Suffolk County

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra reports a Barnacle Goose at Belmont Lake SP and a Cackling Goose at 
Elda Lake in North Babylon this morning.

Patricia Lindsay

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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose and Cackling Goose, Suffolk County

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra reports a Barnacle Goose at Belmont Lake SP and a Cackling Goose at 
Elda Lake in North Babylon this morning.

Patricia Lindsay

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[nysbirds-l] Golden-crowned Sparrow, sSuffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Brookside County Park West Sayville, at feeders. Park in school lot diagonally 
across from park.  

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[nysbirds-l] Golden-crowned Sparrow, sSuffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Brookside County Park West Sayville, at feeders. Park in school lot diagonally 
across from park.  

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[nysbirds-l] Update W. Kingbird Jones Beach

[Patricia Lindsay]

Correction to last post-Two Western Kingbirds present

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[nysbirds-l] Update W. Kingbird Jones Beach

[Patricia Lindsay]

Correction to last post-Two Western Kingbirds present

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[nysbirds-l] Western KingbirdJones Beach Update Nassau Co

[Patricia Lindsay]

One bird presently across from western Field 2 entrance in bare cottonwoods

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[nysbirds-l] Western KingbirdJones Beach Update Nassau Co

[Patricia Lindsay]

One bird presently across from western Field 2 entrance in bare cottonwoods

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[nysbirds-l] Sixth Annual Seatuck LI Challenge Results

[Patricia Lindsay]

The 6th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge was conducted on 28 September this 
year, and despite the date being later than in past years, the weather was 
still more like summer than fall. The persistent tendency for the wind to be 
lightly from the northeast and the warm, sunny weather no doubt was responsible 
for smaller numbers and less variety of migrant species than would be expected, 
many of them most likely leftover from the last good flight day. Many folks 
rued the slow pace and low number of species found on this hot day, yet 
enthusiasm was still high all the way to the five o’clock hour when the 
compilation and celebrations began at the lovely Scully mansion.

Competing this year were five senior teams with a total of 21 participants and 
six high school teams with over a dozen (not all names were submitted). Senior 
teams found 155 species, and the high school teams found 41 species; they added 
two not seen by the senior teams, Ring-necked Duck and Least Tern, bringing the 
total to 157 species. Not bad for a day in the doldrums!

The cumulative total for the six years now stands at 235, with four species 
added this year: Lesser Scaup (Bird Brainz and Four Harbors Herons at 
Connetquot River SP), Northern Saw-whet Owl (Pteam Ptarmigeddon, Northport), 
Winter Wren (Outlaws, Southards Pond Park), and White-crowned Sparrow (Four 
Harbors Herons, Jones Beach West End).

The Outlaws took first place with 113 species and 15 “saves” (species not seen 
by any other team). All of the Outlaws have long histories competing in the 
challenge, often together in various combinations, and generally producing very 
competitive totals—but always short of first place. Thus, it was a satisfying 
reward to finally wrest the coveted trophy from the younger whipper-snapper 
teams!

In second place were the Four Harbors Herons, with 107, and in third place, 
Pteam Ptarmigeddon with 100. The Three-legged Ravens! took first prize for the 
high school teams, seeing an impressive 31 of the 41 total species for that 
group. All the senior teams came in with multiple “saves”, making for a nice 
variety of the more unusual species.

Thanks to Enrico Nardone and the Seatuck team for organizing and hosting this 
increasingly popular and exciting event. For more information on this important 
organization, visit the website at:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

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saves, please email me off the listserv.

We hope to see everyone back next year, and as always, we welcome new teams to 
join us!
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[nysbirds-l] Sixth Annual Seatuck LI Challenge Results

[Patricia Lindsay]

The 6th Annual Seatuck LI Birding Challenge was conducted on 28 September this 
year, and despite the date being later than in past years, the weather was 
still more like summer than fall. The persistent tendency for the wind to be 
lightly from the northeast and the warm, sunny weather no doubt was responsible 
for smaller numbers and less variety of migrant species than would be expected, 
many of them most likely leftover from the last good flight day. Many folks 
rued the slow pace and low number of species found on this hot day, yet 
enthusiasm was still high all the way to the five o’clock hour when the 
compilation and celebrations began at the lovely Scully mansion.

Competing this year were five senior teams with a total of 21 participants and 
six high school teams with over a dozen (not all names were submitted). Senior 
teams found 155 species, and the high school teams found 41 species; they added 
two not seen by the senior teams, Ring-necked Duck and Least Tern, bringing the 
total to 157 species. Not bad for a day in the doldrums!

The cumulative total for the six years now stands at 235, with four species 
added this year: Lesser Scaup (Bird Brainz and Four Harbors Herons at 
Connetquot River SP), Northern Saw-whet Owl (Pteam Ptarmigeddon, Northport), 
Winter Wren (Outlaws, Southards Pond Park), and White-crowned Sparrow (Four 
Harbors Herons, Jones Beach West End).

The Outlaws took first place with 113 species and 15 “saves” (species not seen 
by any other team). All of the Outlaws have long histories competing in the 
challenge, often together in various combinations, and generally producing very 
competitive totals—but always short of first place. Thus, it was a satisfying 
reward to finally wrest the coveted trophy from the younger whipper-snapper 
teams!

In second place were the Four Harbors Herons, with 107, and in third place, 
Pteam Ptarmigeddon with 100. The Three-legged Ravens! took first prize for the 
high school teams, seeing an impressive 31 of the 41 total species for that 
group. All the senior teams came in with multiple “saves”, making for a nice 
variety of the more unusual species.

Thanks to Enrico Nardone and the Seatuck team for organizing and hosting this 
increasingly popular and exciting event. For more information on this important 
organization, visit the website at:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

If you would like a copy of the spreadsheet breaking out the teams, species and 
saves, please email me off the listserv.

We hope to see everyone back next year, and as always, we welcome new teams to 
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[nysbirds-l] REMINDER: Sixth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

 Original Message --
From: Patricia Lindsay 
To: NYS Birds 
Date: September 4, 2019 at 12:30 PM
Subject: Sixth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge


The sixth annual Long Island Birding Challenge, sponsored by the Seatuck 
Environmental Association, will be held on Saturday September 28th.  

Sign up now for an exciting day in the field, followed by a lively dinner at 
the historic Scully mansion. For more information and to register, please visit 
the website at:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Hope to see you there!




 

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[nysbirds-l] REMINDER: Sixth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

 Original Message --
From: Patricia Lindsay 
To: NYS Birds 
Date: September 4, 2019 at 12:30 PM
Subject: Sixth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge


The sixth annual Long Island Birding Challenge, sponsored by the Seatuck 
Environmental Association, will be held on Saturday September 28th.  

Sign up now for an exciting day in the field, followed by a lively dinner at 
the historic Scully mansion. For more information and to register, please visit 
the website at:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

Hope to see you there!




 

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[nysbirds-l] Sixth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

The sixth annual Long Island Birding Challenge, sponsored by the Seatuck 
Environmental Association, will be held on Saturday September 28th.  

Sign up now for an exciting day in the field, followed by a lively dinner at 
the historic Scully mansion. For more information and to register, please visit 
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https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

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[nysbirds-l] Sixth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Patricia Lindsay]

The sixth annual Long Island Birding Challenge, sponsored by the Seatuck 
Environmental Association, will be held on Saturday September 28th.  

Sign up now for an exciting day in the field, followed by a lively dinner at 
the historic Scully mansion. For more information and to register, please visit 
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https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/seatuck-birding-challenge

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[nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern flyover Nickerson Beach, Nassau Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra, Pat Martin and I just had a Sandwich Tern fly over as we were 
getting into our cars. It came from the east or northeast heading southwest. 
Shai is running back down to the beach to see if it lands or hangs around.

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[nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern flyover Nickerson Beach, Nassau Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Shai Mitra, Pat Martin and I just had a Sandwich Tern fly over as we were 
getting into our cars. It came from the east or northeast heading southwest. 
Shai is running back down to the beach to see if it lands or hangs around.

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[nysbirds-l] Arctic Tern Nickerson Beach Nassau Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

Adult Arctic Tern visited the west puddle (now dry) at 9:05 and flushed and 
returned several times. Two Gull-billed Terns over the Common Tern colony to 
the east.

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