All,
I was doing Breeding Bird Atlasing on my block in Beaver Meadow SF northern
Chenango County today and came across a singing Kentucky Warbler, What is
most unusual is that it was amid many northern breeders in a mixed northern
hardwood/spruce forest. At the same time this bird was singing, I h
Could it be the mass erection of wind farms in the central Plains? Many of
these shorebirds including AGPL migrate up through the Plains in the spring.
With more and more wind farms and higher ones too in the Plains, could the
mortality of the breeding adults finally be showing up? I can imagi
I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to recent milder winters?
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 PM wrote:
> I’m most pleased at the developing discussion on small gulls and other
> bird population fluctuations (mainly declines ☹).
>
>
>
> One quick thought – on choice of statistics (whi
To clarify, I wonder if they are sticking around the upper Great Lakes more
in the winter since the ice has been much less recently up there. That
would affect our numbers in NY
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:10 PM David Nicosia wrote:
> I wonder if BOGUs are wintering farther north due to rec
, October 15, 2020, 03:12:51 PM EDT, David Nicosia
wrote:
To clarify, I wonder if they are sticking around the upper Great Lakes more in
the winter since the ice has been much less recently up there. That would
affect our numbers in NY
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:10 PM David Nicosia wrote:
I
In Canada, they list Bonaparte's Gulls as having a "large increase".
In Shai's graph of CBC you can see a definite decline of wintering BOGUs
from the 70s, 80s and 90s to the 2010s in the RI and LI areas.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96951581@N02/50482248298/
I ran sea surface temperature depart
Maine
and North Carolina can account for these birds. i dont know what the basis of
a "big increase" in Canada is, but that seems to conflict with the opinions of
everyone in the USA who was followed these Bonapartes flocks for 20-40 years.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 4:56 PM David N
Great birds last couple days for Broome Co.
REDHEADS- between 4 and 6 Boland Pond.
GRAY CATBIRD Boland today w/ Jim Hoteling. Bird was in thickets across
road from parking area eating berries. This is the most unusual and rare
bird for Broome Co. this time of year.
SWAMP SPARROW- one at Boland co
I am enjoying the slower pace since our breeding birds are here for a while
now. This allows me to get back to my LOOB which I do have!
But when I have time I like to enjoy our breeding birds and here in upstate
NY in the hills we have many beautiful warblers that nest.
This year I looking at war
All,
I am enjoying the slower pace since our breeding birds are here for a while
now. This allows me to get back to my LOOB which I do have! But when I
have time I like to enjoy our breeding birds and here in upstate NY in the
hills we have many beautiful warblers that nest. This year I am look
Does the Hermit Thrush still breed in the pine barrens of Long Island? I
noticed on the ebird map for June 2019 no HETH reports for LI. Curious.
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ing; this is somewhat surprising given the success conservationists
> have had in preserving tens of thousands of acres of suitable habitat.
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> John Turner
>
> On June 28, 2019 at 8:56 AM David Nicosia wrote:
>
> Does the Hermit Thrush still breed in the pine barrens of Lo
Took an afternoon hike up Balsam Lake Mountain in the western Catskills w/
my wife. I didn't expect too much given the time of day but I was surprised
at the bird song this late. The highlight for me was a singing male
BLACKPOLL WARBLER at the summit which is 3731 Feet above sea level. Once
you get
Dorian likely will pass well southeast of LI Friday night to Saturday. There
will be northerly winds from the surface to at least 30,000 feet AGL Saturday
morning. In the lowest few thousand feet winds will be primarily north to
northeast. I am not sure what this means for LI exactly, but the
Dorian likely will pass well southeast of LI Friday night to Saturday.
There will be northerly winds from the surface to at least 30,000 feet AGL
Saturday morning. In the lowest few thousand feet winds will be primarily
north to northeast. I am not sure what this means for LI exactly, but the
deep
All,
I found a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER while walking the gravel bars on the
Susquehanna River between Vestal and Endwell NY this morning. The bird was
at the west most gravel bar visible from the guard rail RIver Rd Endwell,
NY (e-bird hotspot). The exact location is here
https://goo.gl/maps/5r
All,
In these crazy unprecedented times we are in, there is still one constant -
spring migration; and what a great way to "social distance" yourself. I
birded for around 3 hours by myself at Upper Lisle County Park Whitney
Point area, an ebird hotspot in Broome Co. There were loads of waterfowl
d
Courtesy Tropical Storm Faymore interesting rarities possible on the
Island next couple days as you can imagine. Good luck.
On Friday, July 10, 2020, 09:54:06 AM EDT, Ken Feustel
wrote:
At 9:35AM a near shore dark morph South Polar Skua was observed from RMSP
Field 2. The bird wa
All,
I haven't posted to this list for a while but it was pretty slow until
recently. On September 11th, I had a first county record HUDSONIAN GODWIT
at Dorchester Park Whitney Point. The bird didn't stay long and
unfortunately I was the only person to get on it. There were some gulls
near one of
With the continued draw down of the Whitney Point Reservoir, Upper Lisle
Co. Park in Broome County continues to support extensive mudflats and some
of the best birding we have seen here in over 10 years. Two juvenile
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS continue along with two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
juveniles fo
All,
In Broome Co we have been fortunate to have had a great year for the
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. That is most definitely related to the drawdown of
Whitney Point Reservoir which empasses ebird hotspots of Upper Lisle Co.
Park, Dorchester Park and Keibel Rd. But, based on looking at Bull's
comme
On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 6:01 AM Joseph O'Sullivan
wrote:
> What paleoclimate study or studies come to the conclusion that the Arctic
> was 2-4c warmer 8000 years ago? I would like to read those reports. Could
> you provide a link?
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 7:59 PM David Ni
All,
We are experiencing an incredible stretch of southwest winds that began
Wednesday Nov 4th and is expected to last until Tuesday the 10th. That is 7
days of unseasonably mild southwest flow. I ran some wind trajectories from
southern Texas and other points in the southwest U.S and most of them
All,
>From the beginning of Keibal rd on the west side of Whitney Point Dam Whitney
>Point, NY, I found a female-type KING EIDER very close to the shore near the
>beginning of the dirt road. The bird was at times maybe 15 feet away from the
>shore. This is the first Broome e-bird record, and t
All,
The KING EIDER was farther up the shore on the Whitney Point Reservoir as seen
from Keibal Rd this afternoon on a gloriously warm sunny day. The bird was
farther offshore too and frequently diving. The exact location where I had the
bird today was 42.352361°N and 75.980250°W. The bird w
Delaware County Sheriff is telling people to stop shooting birds on wires
so as to *not cause power and telecommunication outages!* But there is NO
mention in the article that this is highly illegal and bad for the birds!
So basically it's OK to shoot a bird not on a wire? Unbelievable. The
NYSDEC
All,
Had about 7 hours to bird today so I made the most of it and began at one
of our local hotspots - Whitney Point Dam. along Keibal Rd. Jim Hoteling,
one of our fine local birders, made it there early and reported an amazing
250+ WW SCOTERS on the dam. I came up quickly and we found even more u
All,
After much searching, I finally found a location that has decent numbers of
SWAINSON'S THRUSH in Chenango County. For many years, it seemed easy to get
this species in New Michigan State Forest Pharsalia NY during summer. This
year I did have one singing bird on the Old CCC Truck Rd well west
Headed up to Montezuma NWR this morning. My first stop
was Benning Marsh and I got on the WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
LESSER YELLOWLEGS and KILLDEER pretty quickly.
These birds were directly across from the parking area.
Then I drove back around to do the wildlife drive more
carefully. First bird of i
A WHITE-EYED VIREO was found and photographed
yesterday at the Chugnut River Walk Endicott, NY (ebird hotspot)
by Mike Jordan. The bird was refound this morning but not seen since 1000
am.
see http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32693220
Very unusual this time of year and especially since it i
3 ROSS'S GEESE were found among a flock of CANADA
GEESE at the Polar Shot Golf Course in Johnson City, NY
today by Derek Green and Tim Hill. This constitutes a
first record (e-bird) for Broome County.
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This morning George Chiu found a Ross's Goose with a group of Canada geeseat
Boland Pond in Chenango, NY. The bird didn't stay long and flew offto the
south. I re-found the bird within a grouping of Canada Geese at Chenango Bridge
Park in Chenango, NY later in the morning. The bird continues in
This morning George Chiu found a Ross's Goose with a group of Canada geese
at Boland Pond in Chenango, NY. The bird didn't stay long and flew off
to the south. I re-found the bird within a grouping of Canada Geese at
Chenango Bridge
Park in Chenango, NY later in the morning. The bird continues in t
We had 7 black vultures today in Vestal, NY. This is a high count for our
county of which this specie is rare. Adrian Burke first found them this
morning.
Dave Nicosia.
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All,
The next period of sustained southerly winds and eventually some
decent rainfall looks to begin early Friday and last into Saturday for NY
state
I imagine a lot of our migrants are holding up given the massive
snowstorm and unseasonably chilly air the northeast has seen.
My experience is aft
All,
Before this year, we would have single Black Vultures seen about once every
1-2 years or so
In Broome County.
We had 7 earlier in March and now today another one was seen
soaring north with a group of TVs over Boland Pond, an ebird hotspot
in Broome County. The bird was found by Jon Weeks. I
Today George Chiu found a first Broome County record LITTLE GULL
at Dorchester Park in Whitney Point. The bird was with a bunch of
Bonaparte's Gulls and at times on the parking lot of the boat launch.
The bird was an adult in basic plumage.
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The LITTLE GULL originally found by George Chiu
yesterday at Dorchester Park was near the rusty bridge
in the channel at Upper Lisle County Park this afternoon.
(an ebird hotspot)
The bird was with several BONAPARTE'S GULLS. I spotted
it by the white primary feathers near the back of the bird.
The
Just had a singing BLUE GROSBEAK from claybanks trail Upper Lisle County
park in Broome co. The bird was singing voraciously for a while and then
chased by Purple finches. Another Black Vulture was seen in Vestal NY
today as well. Am I still in upstate NY?
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A digi-scoped some lousy photos of the BLUE GROSBEAK.
The bird had faint rufous wing bars but these didn't come out.
Lighting was poor unfortunately.
see http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36452636
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Turns out this is an indigo bunting that was singing a purple finch-like
song. Bill too small for BLGR. Thanks to Jay McGowan and Chris Wood for
their comments.
My impressions was that it had rufous on the wings but lighting was not
that great. Oh well...
now to eat some humble pie... :(
see h
This morning Jim Hoteling found a strange gull with a hood and red bill at
Dorchester Park Whitney Point Dam area. Initial thoughts were a LAUGHING
GULL since we have had one before here. George Chiu got up there before me
and he was thinking FRANKLIN'S GULL instead. As I was about 5 minutes away
I
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Still present. 3 spots that it has been seen: Dorchester Park, ball fields
behind Whitney Point elementary school off Kiebal rd and presently in field
across from Arby's Rte 11 Whitney Point. Basically hanging out with a flock
of mostly ring billed Gulls.
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across from Arby's / Dunkin Donuts from Rte 11 in Whitney
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All,
We have endured a prolonged cool spell with plenty of rain
and many of our neotropical migrants are late or their
main "surge" of numbers has been delayed, at least here
in the southern tier. Looking at the weather models, from
Tuesday night through Wednesday night a strong surge
of warm sout
Today's thunderstorms no doubt dropped down some rare migrants/vagrants.
Dorchester Park Whitney Point, NY had a LAUGHING GULL and a RUDDY
TURNSTONE which are both rare for Broome. Then later in the day, Murphy's
Pits Vestal NY
had a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER full breeding plumage.
see: http://ebird.o
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
All,
This coming *Saturday August 12th at 7 am*, I will be leading a shorebird
walk on the dikes between Knox-Marcellus Marsh and Puddler's marsh
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
We will meet at the Montezuma Visitor's Center at 7 am and
drive over to East Road and walk down the dikes.
Here a
We had a dozen people this morning and walked the dike between
Knox-Marcellus Marsh and Puddler's Marsh. Water levels are fairly high
still and the best shorebird habitat is interspersed between quite a bit of
vegetation. Viewing was often difficult but occasionally we would get some
decent looks.
Went to KM and Puddler's Marsh Montezuma today given the recent influx of
shorebirds as reported by others.
Started on Towpath road with the idea of getting some passerines, waders,
waterfowl and maybe a few shorebirds. It was late morning so the lighting
was great. There was a grater grating Towp
The last two days we have had a STILT SANDPIPER and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on
the gravel bars of the Susquehanna River from Johnson City to
Endwell/Vestal NY. The STILT SP is the first reported one in Broome since
2002. BAIRD'S is regular every 1 to 2 years here.
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All,
This coming *Saturday September 2nd at 7 am*, I will be leading another
shorebird
walk on the dikes between Knox-Marcellus Marsh and Puddler's marsh
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
We will meet at the Montezuma Visitor's Center at 7 am and
drive over to East Road and walk down the dikes.
All,
Once again, the gravel bars on the Susquehanna River are yielding some
great shorebirds from this park in Johnson City Broome County!
Late this afternoon, I found a juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
on the gravel bars easily seen from the yellow sign in William Hill Park
not far from the
All,
We had around 25 people for the 3rd shorebird walk of the season down the
dikes between Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's Marshes at Montezuma.
Highlights: at the beginning from East Rd there were 3 STILT SANDPIPERS
that were in basic plumage, likely juveniles. The STILTs were near some
yellowleg
All,
Tomorrow *Saturday September 9th at 7 am*, I will be leading another
shorebird
walk on the dikes between Knox-Marcellus Marsh and Puddler's marsh
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
We will meet at the Montezuma Visitor's Center at 7 am and
drive over to East Road and walk down the dikes. I
All,
We had 22 people walk the dike between Knox-Marcellus / Puddler's Marshes
Montezuma on Saturday September 9th. Some folks started on Towpath Road and
met
up with us on the dike as most walked down from East Road. We also had a
nice group of young birders from the SUNY ESF bird club join us.
We all make mistakes. No worries. I found this VERY helpful in learning
more about DUNLIN and CURLEW SANDPIPERS in basic plumage.
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Mike wrote:
> I'm a fan of getting the word out and giving people a chance to see the
> bird, even if it isn't what we originally tho
This morning I had 3 adult Lesser Black-Backed Gulls on the ice at
Dorchester Park in Whitney Point, NY. The birds were with 1st and/or 2nd
cycle herring gulls. This is the 3rd year in a row, at least, that we have
had this species in Broome Co. Strangely, it has been several years since I
have had
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David Nicosia
Well, the front set up farther north than expected and so did the heavier
precipitation today. So we had a
The radar reflectivity that we see is proportionally to the amount of water
in a given volume of atmosphere as sensed by the radar. Birds are largely
made up of water and hence they are highly reflective. Hence, when we see
high radar returns from birds it is due to the density of birds in that
giv
Yesterday, May 10th George Chiu and I hit the roads of northern Broome
County to see what migrants and newly arrived breeders dropped in from
Wednesday night's strong south winds. King Street Town of Barker, NY is a
favorite local spot that has a lot of breeders and we started there. I am
happy to
All,
I was birding Upper Lisle this morning, I came up to the red gate on the
Truck Road and then started walking toward the spruces. I saw a lot of
birds in the weedy marshy area by the pond there, close to where the Glossy
Ibis was found this spring. I started some phishing and on the top of a
w
Red headed woodpecker was calling by snackbar between area 1 and 2. Also had an
almost adult COMMON LOON. There were plenty of CASPIAN TERNS. There were many
COMMON TERNS too, one that had almost an entirely red bill. There was a small
touch of gray at the very tip but only from the right side o
Red headed woodpecker was calling by snackbar between area 1 and 2. Also
had an almost adult COMMON LOON. There were plenty of CASPIAN TERNS. There
were many COMMON TERNS too, one that had almost an entirely red bill. There
was a small touch of gray at the very tip but only from the right side of
b
Worked the overnight shift last night and noticed classic radar blossoms
develop after sunset. Of course they were much smaller than peak migration
but the doppler winds did show a northwesterly to north component. The
radar echoes were biological in nature so I imagine they were birds already
head
Worked the overnight shift last night and noticed classic radar blossoms
develop after sunset. Of course they were much smaller than peak migration but
the doppler winds did show a northwesterly to north component. The radar echoes
were biological in nature so I imagine they were birds already h
Looking at the wind forecasts Today through Thursday, winds will be from
northwest up through 15000 feet. The wind trajectories are coming from
around Hudson Bay. Hopefully this will lure some staging shorebirds south
to NY state! The next couple days could see increased numbers and new
specie arr
Looking at the wind forecasts Today through Thursday, winds will be from
northwest up through 15000 feet. The wind trajectories are coming from around
Hudson Bay. Hopefully this will lure some staging shorebirds south to NY state!
The next couple days could see increased numbers and new specie
I received an email from Doug Gochfield who made a great comment
that shorebirds often will overfly the region on favorable winds. So the
northwest
winds of the next couple days likely will send many birds overhead. However,
there is an unusual storm (for August) projected to move into North
Caroli
First I wanted to thank again Wildlife Biologist Linda Ziemba and Visitor
Services Manager Andrea VanBeusichem at Montezuma NWR for allowing access
to Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's marshes for Today's shorebird walk. We had
a total of 54 people turn out for this walk It was a great day to be
out
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You beat me to it. I have been so busy at work to send anything to the
group. But early next week could be a great time for oceanic birds as you
state. Some of our latest model guidance though suggests a landfall farther
south now in NC or VA and then the storm comes up the eastern seaboard
Below is a trajectory analysis I did for Monday Nov 2-6. It shows air from
Texas will wind up in the northeast U.S aloft between 3000 and 8500 feet.
This could be a good set up for vagrants from Texas and surrounding areas
showing up in the northeast.
Cave Swallows??? This could be especially true
The birding world is a abuzz with the "epic" Franklin's Gull
flight we have seen in the northeast U.S. I ran some wind trajectories
backward in time using our global forecast system model.
I begin one trajectory in NJ and another in upstate NY and one can see
that the wind patterns from 1000 meters
I just ran two trajectories forward in time beginning Thursday evening the
12th
from the range of the Cave Swallow and look where they end upexactly
where the reports are coming in.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/23001624482/in/dateposted-public/
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I just ran two trajectories forward in time beginning Thursday evening the
12th
from the range of the Cave Swallow and look where they end upexactly
where the reports are coming in.
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llows since they should be long
gone. Anyway, I have never seen this in the winter before. Any thoughts
on this please share.
Merry Christmas to all!!!!
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ar in
> December before. It's probably mostly Canadas, but sometimes there are also
> lots of Snow Geese there.
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk, NY
>
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:12 AM, David Nicosia wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I noticed on the Albany National Weather Service radar be
n Van Doren
wrote:
> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of
> geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad
> circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>
> Benjamin
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:
gt;
> Interesting. I could well be wrong, but I wouldn't typically think of
> geese departing farm fields as doing so relatively uniformly on a broad
> circular front. Some groundtruthing might be worthwhile...
>
> Benjamin
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM David Nicosia
> wrote:
I know many people have posted on this but here is what
I got today.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157665857584865
Thanks to all for continuing to report this
awesome bird. It is a lifer for me.
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Yesterday I had a rare chance to come to Long Island for work.
I didn't have much time but for an hour before sunset I walked the
very windy, rainy and chilly beach from Parking lot 3 at Robert
Moses.
Immediately one can see many NORTHERN GANNETS flying
around high and low and many were dive bombi
The Yellow-headed Blackbird that was found a few weeks ago continues to be
seen on and off at Boland in Chenango Forks, NY which is an ebird hotspot
in Broome County. The bird put a show on for us today foraging in the marsh
grasses about 20 feet away!! The bird is not as vocal as the one we had a
Had 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER sing a couple times on King Street Town of
Barker in Broome Co this morning.
This is the earliest I have had this specie in spring. This is also a place
where several pairs nest so it is probably
a nester returning. In addition, we had 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
calli
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seen in Broome Co
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Woke up with the idea that I would take a break from birding todayreal
busy! Anyway, first thingI see on our BroomeRBA is a MARBLED GODWIT found by
the birding guru Tim Lenz at Upper Lisle County Park in Whitney Point on a
gravel bar upper end of the reservoir. So I forgo my coffee and brea
Woke up with the idea that I would take a break from birding todayreal
busy! Anyway, first thing
I see on our BroomeRBA is a MARBLED GODWIT found by the birding guru Tim
Lenz at Upper Lisle
County Park in Whitney Point on a gravel bar upper end of the reservoir. So
I forgo my coffee and
breakf
I got finished by with work at 11 pm last evening and
in the parking lot before I got into my car I heard a
"stream" of chips, zips, zeets and zeeps! I listened for about
5 minutes and it was constant. There were at least 3 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS that flew by. Additionally, I was surprised to hear
a B
Although its still warbler-time and early for the main spring influx of
shorebirds I broke away from the big warbler waves of yesterday (19 species
in Broome county!!) to go for the HUDSONIAN GODWIT, A great bird for spring
with its gorgeous breeding plumage. Thanks to Chuck Gibson from Montezuma
w
I like COD meteorology radar page. It has all the new dual polar products
for our nexrad sites.
On Sun, May 15, 2016, 4:21 PM Ben Mirin wrote:
> Hi all, what's your favorite/the best resource for monitoring radar
> online?
>
> Many thanks,
> Ben
>
>
> On Sunday, May 15, 2016, Jim Osterlund wro
PLOVERS, 3
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 12 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
possible WHITE-RUMPED (too distant to be certain) and BLACK TERN, SNOW
GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANES among many waterfowl. A great evening.
Dave Nicosia
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 8:22 PM, David Nicosia wrote:
> Any updates on the GARGA
Had a chance to bird New Michigan State Forest from mid to late morning
Today, 6/20/16.
This forest is a high elevation boreal-type forest which is quite rare in
upstate NY
outside the Adirondacks and Catskills. There are areas of dense NORWAY
SPRUCES
planted by the CCC groups back in the 1930s so
ead this very interesting and
> inspiring report. I think I'll count some Ovenbirds somewhere tomorrow
> morning!
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> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
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> *It took me a while to come up with these euphemisms to replace the
> phrases I would use naturally when speaking .
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All,
I have an evening walk that I try to do every day and one of the joys of
this walk
is the presence of thrushes and their songs. For many years, HERMIT THRUSHES
were by far the more common thrush. The trail goes through a ravine with
hemlock
in the ravine and mainly a northern red oak, beech,
Had the day off so went to Montezuma from mid morning to mid afternoon
Today.
Even though the heat of summer continues to build fall shorebird migration
has begun
as others have noted. Started at Knox-Marcellus Marsh from Towpath Rd. Road
is dry so not
as bad but still very uneven with giant pothol
All,
We will meet again 7 am at the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center
Saturday August 27th for another "shorebird" field trip. Water levels
continue low at traditional shorebird hotspots this time of year so we have
had to improvise a bit. Thanks to Dave Nutter and Jay McGowan who were
"s
Possible first record for Broome Co. BUFF BREASTED SANDPIPER foraging on
gravel bars and muddy areas by boat launch Murphy's pits. Bird likely can
be seen from guard rail River rd Endwell NY too. Will post photos later.
Dave Nicosia.
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All,
Had the great fortune of finding a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
among KILLDEER along a very low Susquehanna river at Murphy's Pits Vestal
NY in Broome County this morning.
This appears to be a first Broome County record at least via ebird. We will
have
to check with the NYS records committee as w
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