[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR in Ulster County yesterday
Yesterday morning Denise and I drove down to the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, arriving shortly after 8 in search of the Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel previously posted by Tom Williams on Facebook. With information from folks in the parking lot we headed for the south blind and the large gathering of birders along the trail about 100 years before the blind, all enjoying looks at the Henslow's Sparrow. After taking some photos of this life bird for Denise, we continued to the blind and photographed the Dickcissel, unfortunately in poor light. A bit later, the Henslow's came much closer to the trail,in good light,and we finally got some better looks at the Dickcissel as well. There were also numerous grasshopper sparrows and bobolinks around, along with other species. Our ebird list is at the link below, and has photos of the Henslow's and Dickcissel. This is a great opportunity folks... The photos are also on my personal Facebook page and our Naturelogues Facebook page.- Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner, Albany http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37206867 -- 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] Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel at Shawangunk Grasslands NWR in Ulster County yesterday
Yesterday morning Denise and I drove down to the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, arriving shortly after 8 in search of the Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel previously posted by Tom Williams on Facebook. With information from folks in the parking lot we headed for the south blind and the large gathering of birders along the trail about 100 years before the blind, all enjoying looks at the Henslow's Sparrow. After taking some photos of this life bird for Denise, we continued to the blind and photographed the Dickcissel, unfortunately in poor light. A bit later, the Henslow's came much closer to the trail,in good light,and we finally got some better looks at the Dickcissel as well. There were also numerous grasshopper sparrows and bobolinks around, along with other species. Our ebird list is at the link below, and has photos of the Henslow's and Dickcissel. This is a great opportunity folks... The photos are also on my personal Facebook page and our Naturelogues Facebook page.- Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner, Albany http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37206867 -- 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/ --
