[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY Program, October 8th, 2019, at the American Museum of Natural History

On Tuesday evening, October 8th, 2019 the Linnaean Society of New York 2019/2020 Speaker Program will feature two new presentations sure to be of interest to New York birders: 6:00 Shawn Billerman – “How Hybridization in Birds Can Teach Us About Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Evolution” Hy

[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY Program, December 10th, 2019, at the American Museum of Natural History

On Tuesday evening, December 10th, 2019 the Linnaean Society of New York 2019/2020 Speaker Program will feature two new presentations sure to be of interest to New York birders: 6:00 pm — Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird – Kathleen Fallon Vultures are often overlooked, underappreciat

[nysbirds-l] Black-headed Gulls, Brooklyn

As an addendum to Seth Ausable's report, Lila Fried and I spotted both the adult and immature Black-headed Gulls on the Veterans Memorial Pier this morning at 8:45 am. They were sitting within a few feet of each other at the far end of the pier. We also searched unsuccessfully for the King Eid

[nysbirds-l] Barrow's Goldeneye and Wilson's Snipe - yes; other hits and misses on Long Island.

Yesterday, Lynne Hertzog and I (Richard Fried) birded from Belmont Lake to E. Hampton. We arrived at Belmont Lake at 8:15 am to find most of the ice melted and most of the geese already gone. There was a Graylag Goose amongst the 180-200 Canadas, but the Barnacle Goose had already left, presumab

[nysbirds-l] Barrows Goldeneye, Common Redpolls, Snow Buntings, Iceland Gull

These are just a few additions to yesterday's posts from various observers of Jamaica Bay and Jones Beach birds. Midmorning, the drake Barrow's Goldeneye was present in the northwest bay - allowing only distant scope views. He was with a small flock of male and female Common Goldeneye. An addi

[nysbirds-l] Grace's Warbler - Yes

Being seen now in same location at Point Lookout. Rich Fried NYC Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

Re: [nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose Update - YES

Michael McBrien has just relocated the Pink-footed Goose at the Medford Sports Complex on Horseblock Road in Medford just west of route 112. We are viewing the bird now from the north side of Horseblock. Rich Fried NYC Sent from my iPhone On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Derek Rogers wrote: > As

[nysbirds-l] Ruff at JBWR still present at 8:50 pm

I finished an interesting weekend of birding when I left the RUFF (at the north end of the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge) in the last vestiges of twilight this evening. Hopefully it will remain overnight, giving additional birders the opportunity to appreciate its unique beauty. Thank

[nysbirds-l] American White Pelican at JBWR - yes

The pelican is present again this morning (6:15am) swimming south from the island at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Rich Fried NYC Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbir

[nysbirds-l] Hatch-out in Central Park

rush,least flycatcer and red-eyed vireo. There was a flock of chimney swifts hunting directlyoverhead. Most of the warblers were still present when I left at 8:40. Sorry I couldn't post sooner. Richard Fried, VMD -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbi

Re:[nysbirds-l] "hatch-out"

To all whom I inadvertantly confused: I was referring to a "hatch out" of large numbers of small insects, probably termites, that attracted a rather large number of feeding birds. The tree limbs and the air above were teeming with insects, with predictable results. I didn't mean to imply that