[nysbirds-l] Jaeger species - no__ Gull species - yes (5)

Excited by today's earlier posts, and aided by an 1 & 1/2 hour break between setting tables up and serving dinner at a Riverhead Soup Kitchen, I bolted down to the Tiana Beach Area along Dune Rd., Hampton Bays in pursuit of a pelagic or two ! While striking out on that hunt, I did have a single,

[nysbirds-l] NY DEC is accepting comments on the waste water treatment facility application

This was in today's Star Gazette and might be of interest to some here. If not allowed, please delete. Waste treatment facility threatens eagles, other birds Did you know that there’s an active bald eagle nest in the Catharine Marsh between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls? The bad news

[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist joining Doug and him for some more effort. Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers for Robert Moses SP yesterday: Great Shearwater 669 Cory's Shearwater 48 Manx Shearwater 8 Sooty

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link (I'm not sure if links work / are allowed). This may have been a factor regarding the movement of the shearwaters?

Re:[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

Also, I saw my first Long Island land based great shearwater yesterday thanks to those posting. Thanks for the reports. Chase Babylon > On Jun 19, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chase wrote: > > A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link >

Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

This morning, 90 minutes of seawatching from Shinnecock Inlet and Tiana Beach produced but a lone shearwater sp., evidence that the recent anomalous distribution is continuing. We did however have 7 Parasitic Jaegers from Tiana Beach, 3 of which teamed up to harass a Herring Gull very close to

Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength is

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters: The Wreck Factor

Hearing and seeing for myself this morning the troubles encountered by many shearwaters, I was puzzled as I thought just what Shai mentioned - that the wind speeds were never in the range that would cause them difficulties. To my recollection, few, if any, were seen after Hurricane Irene (when

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

*  New York*  Syracuse - June 19, 2017 *  NYSY  06.19.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 12, 2017 - June 19, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just

[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist joining Doug and him for some more effort. Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers for Robert Moses SP yesterday: Great Shearwater 669 Cory's Shearwater 48 Manx Shearwater 8 Sooty

Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength is

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link (I'm not sure if links work / are allowed). This may have been a factor regarding the movement of the shearwaters?

Re:[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

Also, I saw my first Long Island land based great shearwater yesterday thanks to those posting. Thanks for the reports. Chase Babylon > On Jun 19, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chase wrote: > > A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link > (I'm not sure if links work /

Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

This morning, 90 minutes of seawatching from Shinnecock Inlet and Tiana Beach produced but a lone shearwater sp., evidence that the recent anomalous distribution is continuing. We did however have 7 Parasitic Jaegers from Tiana Beach, 3 of which teamed up to harass a Herring Gull very close to

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters: The Wreck Factor

Hearing and seeing for myself this morning the troubles encountered by many shearwaters, I was puzzled as I thought just what Shai mentioned - that the wind speeds were never in the range that would cause them difficulties. To my recollection, few, if any, were seen after Hurricane Irene (when

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

*  New York*  Syracuse - June 19, 2017 *  NYSY  06.19.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 12, 2017 - June 19, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just

[nysbirds-l] NY DEC is accepting comments on the waste water treatment facility application

This was in today's Star Gazette and might be of interest to some here. If not allowed, please delete. Waste treatment facility threatens eagles, other birds Did you know that there’s an active bald eagle nest in the Catharine Marsh between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls? The bad news

[nysbirds-l] Jaeger species - no__ Gull species - yes (5)

Excited by today's earlier posts, and aided by an 1 & 1/2 hour break between setting tables up and serving dinner at a Riverhead Soup Kitchen, I bolted down to the Tiana Beach Area along Dune Rd., Hampton Bays in pursuit of a pelagic or two ! While striking out on that hunt, I did have a single,