Re: [nysbirds-l] Monarchs

2013-10-10 Thread steve rosenthal
at jones beach and point lookout here in NY my impression was that there were still ample goldenrods back along the roadways and (at Pt Lookout) along the shore of Jones Inlet All with nary a monarch on them on my last few visits. I think 4 or 5 monarchs was the most I saw on any single visit

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Lark Sparrow

2013-10-10 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, While at work today a text alert came in on NYNYBIRD. A Lark Sparrow had been found by an Anonymous user. I was lucky to arrive just before sunset and with the help of David Barrett, and using his binoculars, I saw the bird at 6:15pm. Also a White-crowned was in the mixed flock of

Re: [nysbirds-l] Monarchs

2013-10-10 Thread Rick Linda Kedenburg
On the North Fork of Long Island we have had abundant Seaside Goldenrod, but a real scarcity of Monarchs feeding and resting on them. Last year the Monarchs arrived while the Goldenrod was not quite blooming; this year the Goldenrod is waiting but devoid of Monarchs.We miss them

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 10 Oct 2013

2013-10-10 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/10/2013 * NYBU1310.10 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BROWN BOOBY NORTHERN GANNET PARASITIC JAEGER NELSON'S

Re: REQUEST re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Lark Sparrow

2013-10-10 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, I apologize for not providing the detailed descriptions of the location of the Lark Sparrow that I reported re-finding earlier. The Lark Sparrow was found this morning on the Great Hill in Central Park by other birders. Someone (I don't know who) sent out a text alert to NYNYBIRD (the text

[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrow at Central Park

2013-10-10 Thread Jared Cole
Hi everybody, Tomas Lundquist and I had the Lark Sparrow this morning at the Great Hill of Central Park, and I tried to text it out when we had it but failed (I am not quite a tech-savvy birder yet I guess). When I got home and read about how to text it out, I did, but I didn't realize there was

Re: [nysbirds-l] Monarchs

2013-10-10 Thread steve rosenthal
at jones beach and point lookout here in NY my impression was that there were still ample goldenrods back along the roadways and (at Pt Lookout) along the shore of Jones Inlet All with nary a monarch on them on my last few visits. I think 4 or 5 monarchs was the most I saw on any single visit

Re: [nysbirds-l] Monarchs

2013-10-10 Thread Ann Mitchell
We also have lots of golden rod and have seen Monarchs. 3 years ago in Cape May, 3rd week in September, we saw thousands of them- over the water, binocular view, and on the golden rod or other flowers. We went there for bird migrants, but. Pete Dunne even mentioned them in a report. It was

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Lark Sparrow

2013-10-10 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, While at work today a text alert came in on NYNYBIRD. A Lark Sparrow had been found by an "Anonymous user." I was lucky to arrive just before sunset and with the help of David Barrett, and using his binoculars, I saw the bird at 6:15pm. Also a White-crowned was in the mixed flock of

Re: [nysbirds-l] Monarchs

2013-10-10 Thread Rick & Linda Kedenburg
On the North Fork of Long Island we have had abundant Seaside Goldenrod, but a real scarcity of Monarchs feeding and resting on them. Last year the Monarchs arrived while the Goldenrod was not quite blooming; this year the Goldenrod is waiting but devoid of Monarchs.We miss them

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 10 Oct 2013

2013-10-10 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/10/2013 * NYBU1310.10 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BROWN BOOBY NORTHERN GANNET PARASITIC JAEGER NELSON'S

Re: REQUEST re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Lark Sparrow

2013-10-10 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi all, I apologize for not providing the detailed descriptions of the location of the Lark Sparrow that I reported re-finding earlier. The Lark Sparrow was found this morning on the Great Hill in Central Park by other birders. Someone (I don't know who) sent out a text alert to NYNYBIRD (the text

[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrow at Central Park

2013-10-10 Thread Jared Cole
Hi everybody, Tomas Lundquist and I had the Lark Sparrow this morning at the Great Hill of Central Park, and I tried to text it out when we had it but failed (I am not quite a tech-savvy birder yet I guess). When I got home and read about how to text it out, I did, but I didn't realize there was