There is currently an excellent westbound morning flight underway at Fort
Tilden in Queens including an Evening Grosbeak, and many Rusty Blackbirds
and small finches. A juvenile Northern Shrike also just came in and is
currently perched in a tree due south of Battery Harris.
-Doug Gochfeld
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NY
Hello,
There were lots of birds moving on today's nice NW winds. This is a
moderately quick synopsis:
After a brief dawn check of Jones Beach for the Gray Kingbird, which was
not reported today (nor the Point Lookout Scissor-tailed Flycatcher), I
joined a visible migration vigil at Robert Moses.
An immature female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was picked up, on Friday, Nov.9th, in
a torpid state in Columbia County. She was turned over to the care of a
licensed rehabilitator. The bird was emaciated with zero fat reserves. The
hummingbird has been resuscitated and now doing well and feeding actively.
We spent all of Saturday, and most of Sunday up west. In the A.M. we
watched our #3 grandson, Brendan, play for the Chaminade J.V. Football
Team, which beat a good Cardinal Hayes squad, and qualified for the CHSAA
championship against Iona Prep next Saturday...Go Flyers ! In the P.M., I
went down