[nysbirds-l] Brown Booby Report

2014-08-28 Thread Will Raup
There was a post last night in the Vermont Birds on Facebook by a ferry captain who said he saw the Brown Booby shortly after leaving Essex last night, he provided a good description as the bird flew past the boat and landed on the NY side. So hopefully the bird is still around if people are

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse Migrants

2014-08-28 Thread Kyle Bardwell
The radar was lit up last night in central new york. On my way to class this morning I birded oakwood cemetery located adjacent to esf/SU campus starting at 740 am. There was a noticeable amount of migrants but I quickly came upon a large group of warblers. There were several magnolias and 

[nysbirds-l] Baird's Sandpiper/Jamaica Bay

2014-08-28 Thread Shane Blodgett
West side of East pond just south of deadman's cove Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds Update

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew Baksh
A total of 18 species of shorebirds were recorded over the past few days at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in Queens NY. The highlights being a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper found yesterday on the north east end of the East Pond. The bird was later seen at the south end, where good views were shared

[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks over Ossining

2014-08-28 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
6 tonight over porch at 715 pm. my first of season. Still sitting out hoping for another round. With work slow was able leave office early and spent about an hour in Central Park bw 330-430 pm. Best by far was a very cooperative worm eating warbler in Evodia field. Several folks got on it and

[nysbirds-l] Block Canyon fishing/birding 8/27

2014-08-28 Thread Nick Bonomo
All, Yesterday I fished the tip of Block Canyon from about 5:30am to 1:30pm. It was not terribly birdy (mammals outnumbered birds) but I was impressed by the numbers of Audubon's Shearwaters. Numbers: Cory's Shearwater 2 Cory's Shearwater (borealis) 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater

[nysbirds-l] Sept 27-28 overnight pelagic out of Cape Cod

2014-08-28 Thread Nick Bonomo
The following is being posted with the permission of the Listowner. All, This may be of interest to NY birders. The Brookline Bird Club has just announced a relatively last-minute overnight pelagic out of Hyannis, MA scheduled for the weekend of Sept 27 28. This is the exact same overnight

Re: [nysbirds-l] Syracuse Migrants

2014-08-28 Thread Gertrude R. Battaly
Hey Kyle, Looks like you had a good morning. Great to see the Blackburnians are headed our way. Check out the Blackburnians (near bottom left) and the Gannets (bottom right) on breeding territory: http://www.battaly.com/trip/2014maritimes/ Have you started the semester already? Trudy

[nysbirds-l] Brown Booby Report

2014-08-28 Thread Will Raup
There was a post last night in the Vermont Birds on Facebook by a ferry captain who said he saw the Brown Booby shortly after leaving Essex last night, he provided a good description as the bird flew past the boat and landed on the NY side. So hopefully the bird is still around if people are

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse Migrants

2014-08-28 Thread Kyle Bardwell
The radar was lit up last night in central new york. On my way to class this morning I birded oakwood cemetery located adjacent to esf/SU campus starting at 740 am. There was a noticeable amount of migrants but I quickly came upon a large group of warblers. There were several magnolias and 

[nysbirds-l] Baird's Sandpiper/Jamaica Bay

2014-08-28 Thread Shane Blodgett
West side of East pond just south of deadman's cove Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds Update

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew Baksh
A total of 18 species of shorebirds were recorded over the past few days at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in Queens NY. The highlights being a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper found yesterday on the north east end of the East Pond. The bird was later seen at the south end, where good views were shared

[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 28 Aug 2014

2014-08-28 Thread David Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/28/2014 * NYBU1408.28 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- GLOSSY IBIS RED KNOT GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER D.-crest.

[nysbirds-l] Nighthawks over Ossining

2014-08-28 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
6 tonight over porch at 715 pm. my first of season. Still sitting out hoping for another round. With work slow was able leave office early and spent about an hour in Central Park bw 330-430 pm. Best by far was a very cooperative worm eating warbler in Evodia field. Several folks got on it and

[nysbirds-l] Block Canyon fishing/birding 8/27

2014-08-28 Thread Nick Bonomo
All, Yesterday I fished the tip of Block Canyon from about 5:30am to 1:30pm. It was not terribly birdy (mammals outnumbered birds) but I was impressed by the numbers of Audubon's Shearwaters. Numbers: Cory's Shearwater 2 Cory's Shearwater (borealis) 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater

[nysbirds-l] Sept 27-28 overnight pelagic out of Cape Cod

2014-08-28 Thread Nick Bonomo
The following is being posted with the permission of the Listowner. All, This may be of interest to NY birders. The Brookline Bird Club has just announced a relatively last-minute overnight pelagic out of Hyannis, MA scheduled for the weekend of Sept 27 & 28. This is the exact same overnight

Re: [nysbirds-l] Syracuse Migrants

2014-08-28 Thread Gertrude R. Battaly
Hey Kyle, Looks like you had a good morning. Great to see the Blackburnians are headed our way. Check out the Blackburnians (near bottom left) and the Gannets (bottom right) on breeding territory: http://www.battaly.com/trip/2014maritimes/ Have you started the semester already? Trudy