Re: [nysbirds-l] STFL update - YES 10/13

2018-10-13 Thread Brendan Fogarty
Bird currently using wires and field just across from 640 Krumkill in light rain. Flew in from east, near red barn. Saturday 7:45am. Brendan On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 11:34 AM zach schwartz-weinstein wrote: > The scissor-tailed Flycatcher on krumkill road was reported to the HMbirds > listserv

[nysbirds-l] Scissor-tail Flycatcher YES

2018-10-13 Thread Richard Guthrie
The previously reported STFL continues near Albany. The forecast for today is rain this morning with clearing by noon. Update thanks to Brendan Fogarty. Rich Guthrie Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.

[nysbirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

2018-10-13 Thread Robert A. Proniewych
Sitting on wires across from house 640 on Krumkill Road at 8:25 am. Robert A. Proniewych -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES

[nysbirds-l] STFL 11:15 AM Krumkill Road Albany

2018-10-13 Thread susan joseph
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was still present this morning on the telephone wire by the red barn at 11:15 and vocalizing. After about ten minutes, it made a beeline for cover in a nearby deciduous tree when a Merlin swooped through the field. As of 11:35 it remained in hiding but will probably r

[nysbirds-l] Migration Activity, Nassau County

2018-10-13 Thread Timothy Healy
Anyone who stayed inside this morning to avoid the rain may want to consider checking hour local patches for a bit. There has been some solid movement overnight into this morning with good numbers and diversity of birds. At Jones Beach today I rallied 79 species, with triple digit totals for fli

[nysbirds-l] Possible Little Egret MNSA

2018-10-13 Thread Michael Farina
Possible little Egret currently scene at the Marine nature study area in Oceanside. Sitting in the grass with a group of snowy egrets. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/N

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station update

2018-10-13 Thread Gail Benson
Among 8 species of Sparrows seen at the hedge row at the Coast Guard Station were 1 immature Lark Sparrow, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 4 White-crowned Sparrows. At least 3 Marbled Godwits were on the bar with the Oystercatchers. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWE

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat., Oct. 13, 2018 - 12 Wood Warbler Species, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Purple Finches, Solitary Sand.

2018-10-13 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park NYC Saturday, October 13, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a morning with light rain after a cold front: Twelve Species of Wood Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Purple Finches, Solitary Sandpiper & Green Heron. Thanks to Gillian Henry, Ryan Serio, and T