Re: [nysbirds-l] Suffolk County Bald Eagle

Janice and I saw a different Bald Eagle on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at about 1:30 PM on the south side of Rt. 27 in the wooded area that surrounds the field about 1 mile east of Sag Harbor Rd. I pulled over to identify it as a 3rd year bird while being corralled by several Crows. - also a few Snow

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Tundra Swans (S. Nassau Co.)

There are now 2 Tundra Swans on the Pittsburg Avenue Pond at Massapequa Preserve as of 12:30 PM Christmas Day. Several Mutes were around providing a nice all around comparison, and showing how easily this species can be overlooked. Massapequa Lake was mostly frozen on the south side, but

[nysbirds-l] S. Nassau LBB Gulls +

I visited 3 of my regular spots in S. Nassau today.(Sunday - July 3, 7-12PM) starting at Nickerson Beach, then Lido Passive Nature Center and finishing up at Jones Beach West End (JBWE) with pretty much expected species in expected numbers for around this time, with the exception an

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Birds (7-8-11)

I had some good quality time in the field today with some nice results. These are the highlights from multiple stops within 3 locations: Jones Beach West End: On the Sandbar were 2 Gull-billed Terns (Perhaps the same 2 that were recently harassing the Terns over at Nickerson Beach) and 18

[nysbirds-l] Captree Yellow-headed Blackbird Continues!

Once on the large mixed flock that's been around the area (at times), I managed about a 5 second view of the bird after about 35 minutes of scanning and chasing around. The bird looks much brighter than the images posted by Ken Feustel, but is apparently the same bird. This was at about 4:20

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End (Nassau Co.) : 5-5-12

In nearly 4 hours of birding at Jones Beach West End, Andrew Baksh and I tallied a total of 74 species, with a few nice highlights. The day began (7:00 AM) at the sandbar, seen well from around the Gazebo area where there were expected numbers of various shorebirds, including a few

[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt at Jones Beach (Nassau Co.) 5-29-12

I received a message from Ed Becher at about 2:15 this afternoon while he was with a Black-necked Stilt at Zach's Bay, resting beside an Oystercatcher. He initially found this bird in one of the shallow ponds within the Golf Course area before it flew over to the Bay. I didn't get to chase

[nysbirds-l] Ruff Continues at Jamaica Bay (East Pond)

I also saw the Ruff at exactly the same spot as described by JT in an earlier post from today. Scanning a broad area from the spit closest to the island along with a fellow birder from out of town (with much experience with this species), we found the Ruff after close to 2 hours - which was

[nysbirds-l] WESTERN KINGBIRD West End II Jones Beach LI...

I re-found Andrew's Western Kingbird fairly easily just north of the inner turnaround at JBWE at about 5:45 PM. Seen well at times to clearly separate it from any of the other Western-type species, this bird seemed very comfortable foraging mainly in any of the deciduous trees within the

[nysbirds-l] Hempsstead Lake State Park

Like Joe and Sy, I also did some pre-CBC scouting at Hempstead Lake covering a similar broad area, but later in the day - from 2-4PM. I found some of the species noted in Sy's post, minus the RS Hawk, Common Mergs, Ravens and Towhees. 6 GW Teal were on the north side along with many of

Re: [nysbirds-l] rough-legged hawk

This Dark Phase bird is likely the same bird I saw this past Friday (Feb. 14) about a half mile south of Norman J. Levy Preserve, seen well enough while driving North on the Meadowbrook Pkwy. This was at about 5PM. Bobby Berlingeri In a message dated 2/16/2014 8:05:11 P.M. Eastern

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Yellow-throated Warbler

As of about 12:30PM or so, the bird has not been seen. A search by many birders failed to come up with the bird at its previous described locations as well as other suitable habitat within the park. A.J. Henrickson Park (to the south) was also searched. The last known appearance today was at

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Yellow-throated Warbler

This long staying and very cooporative bird is still frequenting its previously described location. When I had it today at 2:30PM (rather easily), it was foraging in a red maple at the NE corner of A.J. Hendrickson Park. Its soft call notes heard a few minutes before connecting visually,

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Yellow-throated Warbler continues

The Warbler is still around as of 12:30 PM when I left it. Now in its ninth day at this location, it's important to know that this bird is now covering a lot more ground, and should be looked for around the streams at the south end of the park as well as areas within A.J. Hendrickson Park,

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Nashville Warbler (S. Nassau Co.)

An "Eastern Race" Nashville Warbler turned up out of the thickets at Valley Stream State Park on Thanksgiving Day at about 2:30 PM. Other than that, land birds were pretty slow except for a smattering of WT Sparrows and up to 3 very vocal Brown Creepers around the mid-section of the Park.

Re: [nysbirds-l] Suffolk County Bald Eagle

Janice and I saw a different Bald Eagle on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at about 1:30 PM on the south side of Rt. 27 in the wooded area that surrounds the field about 1 mile east of Sag Harbor Rd. I pulled over to identify it as a 3rd year bird while being corralled by several Crows. - also a few Snow

[nysbirds-l] Massapequa Tundra Swans (S. Nassau Co.)

There are now 2 Tundra Swans on the Pittsburg Avenue Pond at Massapequa Preserve as of 12:30 PM Christmas Day. Several Mutes were around providing a nice all around comparison, and showing how easily this species can be overlooked. Massapequa Lake was mostly frozen on the south side, but

[nysbirds-l] Capri Lake Redheads (Suffolk Co.)

There are still nice numbers of Redhead as Bob Grover mentioned on 7Mar. at Capri Lake (West Babylon). I counted 76 around 5:00 this afternoon. Also about 225 Lesser Scaup and 30 Ruddy Duck. Nothing special at nearby Argyle Lake, with 100's of Black Duck, 15 Am. Wigeon and 2 Gadwall.

[nysbirds-l] S. Nassau LBB Gulls +

I visited 3 of my regular spots in S. Nassau today.(Sunday - July 3, 7-12PM) starting at Nickerson Beach, then Lido Passive Nature Center and finishing up at Jones Beach West End (JBWE) with pretty much expected species in expected numbers for around this time, with the exception an

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Birds (7-8-11)

I had some good quality time in the field today with some nice results. These are the highlights from multiple stops within 3 locations: Jones Beach West End: On the Sandbar were 2 Gull-billed Terns (Perhaps the same 2 that were recently harassing the Terns over at Nickerson Beach) and 18

[nysbirds-l] Captree Yellow-headed Blackbird Continues!

Once on the large mixed flock that's been around the area (at times), I managed about a 5 second view of the bird after about 35 minutes of scanning and chasing around. The bird looks much brighter than the images posted by Ken Feustel, but is apparently the same bird. This was at about 4:20

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End (Nassau Co.) : 5-5-12

In nearly 4 hours of birding at Jones Beach West End, Andrew Baksh and I tallied a total of 74 species, with a few nice highlights. The day began (7:00 AM) at the sandbar, seen well from around the Gazebo area where there were expected numbers of various shorebirds, including a few

[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt at Jones Beach (Nassau Co.) 5-29-12

I received a message from Ed Becher at about 2:15 this afternoon while he was with a Black-necked Stilt at Zach's Bay, resting beside an Oystercatcher. He initially found this bird in one of the shallow ponds within the Golf Course area before it flew over to the Bay. I didn't get to chase

[nysbirds-l] Ruff Continues at Jamaica Bay (East Pond)

I also saw the Ruff at exactly the same spot as described by JT in an earlier post from today. Scanning a broad area from the spit closest to the island along with a fellow birder from out of town (with much experience with this species), we found the Ruff after close to 2 hours - which was

[nysbirds-l] WESTERN KINGBIRD West End II Jones Beach LI...

I re-found Andrew's Western Kingbird fairly easily just north of the inner turnaround at JBWE at about 5:45 PM. Seen well at times to clearly separate it from any of the other Western-type species, this bird seemed very comfortable foraging mainly in any of the deciduous trees within the

[nysbirds-l] Hempsstead Lake State Park

Like Joe and Sy, I also did some pre-CBC scouting at Hempstead Lake covering a similar broad area, but later in the day - from 2-4PM. I found some of the species noted in Sy's post, minus the RS Hawk, Common Mergs, Ravens and Towhees. 6 GW Teal were on the north side along with many of

Re: [nysbirds-l] rough-legged hawk

This Dark Phase bird is likely the same bird I saw this past Friday (Feb. 14) about a half mile south of Norman J. Levy Preserve, seen well enough while driving North on the Meadowbrook Pkwy. This was at about 5PM. Bobby Berlingeri In a message dated 2/16/2014 8:05:11 P.M. Eastern

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Yellow-throated Warbler

As of about 12:30PM or so, the bird has not been seen. A search by many birders failed to come up with the bird at its previous described locations as well as other suitable habitat within the park. A.J. Henrickson Park (to the south) was also searched. The last known appearance today was at

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Yellow-throated Warbler continues

The Warbler is still around as of 12:30 PM when I left it. Now in its ninth day at this location, it's important to know that this bird is now covering a lot more ground, and should be looked for around the streams at the south end of the park as well as areas within A.J. Hendrickson Park,

[nysbirds-l] Valley Stream Yellow-throated Warbler

This long staying and very cooporative bird is still frequenting its previously described location. When I had it today at 2:30PM (rather easily), it was foraging in a red maple at the NE corner of A.J. Hendrickson Park. Its soft call notes heard a few minutes before connecting visually,