RE: [nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding
Yes! Driving home from Staten Island yesterday afternoon, I managed to stay directly underneath the heaviest rainbands all the way. But immediately afterwards, around 6:30 pm, the skies began to clear. To my old-fashioned, low-tech mind, this is the key predictor: the front cleared locally before nightfall. I didn't even need to set my alarm clock to awaken at 4:30, make coffee, finish some editorial duties for The Kingbird, then arrive at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County, in time to hear an active airspace above me. >From 5:55-6:25 I identified some of the more familiar nocturnal flight calls >(Bobolink, Swainson's Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Savannah Sparrow), >as well as two locally more unusual ones--Gray-cheeked Thrush and Upland >Sandpiper! Warblers were zinting and sipping overhead as well, and as the >light improved and I was joined by sharp-eyed, camera-savvy associates, we >worked patiently at identifying some of the many birds in morning flight. For me, mid-September is the toughest season for watching morning flight because the potential species diversity is enormous (unlike August, when the flights tend to be dominated by several species that one can mentally "cheat" toward, getting a head start toward confirming diagnostic features during the brief views), and because the warblers are less boldly patterned than they are during spring flights. Pending further photo review, we were able to identify 56 individuals representing 15 species of warblers, leaving 138 unidentified. The named birds, as always, were stacked toward those that are both common and easy to identify in flight, such as American Redstart, and those with highly distinctive calls, such as Myrtle Warbler (they're back...). Red-breasted Nuthatches and Purple Finches continue to move through, and we had at least three Dickcissels. The last of these was a calling bird that we thought to be one of five appropriate-looking birds flying together. Photos of this group were obtained and might confirm or refute whether this was a flock of five Dickcissels. It was a great morning to be out, and my biggest regret is that were not able to give the ocean adequate attention. During some sample scans, I could see that hundreds of Common Terns and Laughing Gulls were moving west to east during the early morning. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-122904154-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122904154-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Gus Keri [gusk...@zoho.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:59 AM To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert; Birding alert, ebirdsNYC, Birding alert Subject: [nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding I believe this is the day The birders of the tristate area and especially NYC are waiting for. there was a lot of radar activities over the city itself (mainly Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island) in the early hours indicating significant number of birds landing in our parks and beaches. Check this site at 1:40 am CT. http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-9-18/ there was better activities covering more area at 3 am but I tried to send a photo in previous email but it didn't go though. I guess photos are not allowed here. I believe this day is going to be very good for birding. Gus -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding
Yes! Driving home from Staten Island yesterday afternoon, I managed to stay directly underneath the heaviest rainbands all the way. But immediately afterwards, around 6:30 pm, the skies began to clear. To my old-fashioned, low-tech mind, this is the key predictor: the front cleared locally before nightfall. I didn't even need to set my alarm clock to awaken at 4:30, make coffee, finish some editorial duties for The Kingbird, then arrive at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County, in time to hear an active airspace above me. >From 5:55-6:25 I identified some of the more familiar nocturnal flight calls >(Bobolink, Swainson's Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Savannah Sparrow), >as well as two locally more unusual ones--Gray-cheeked Thrush and Upland >Sandpiper! Warblers were zinting and sipping overhead as well, and as the >light improved and I was joined by sharp-eyed, camera-savvy associates, we >worked patiently at identifying some of the many birds in morning flight. For me, mid-September is the toughest season for watching morning flight because the potential species diversity is enormous (unlike August, when the flights tend to be dominated by several species that one can mentally "cheat" toward, getting a head start toward confirming diagnostic features during the brief views), and because the warblers are less boldly patterned than they are during spring flights. Pending further photo review, we were able to identify 56 individuals representing 15 species of warblers, leaving 138 unidentified. The named birds, as always, were stacked toward those that are both common and easy to identify in flight, such as American Redstart, and those with highly distinctive calls, such as Myrtle Warbler (they're back...). Red-breasted Nuthatches and Purple Finches continue to move through, and we had at least three Dickcissels. The last of these was a calling bird that we thought to be one of five appropriate-looking birds flying together. Photos of this group were obtained and might confirm or refute whether this was a flock of five Dickcissels. It was a great morning to be out, and my biggest regret is that were not able to give the ocean adequate attention. During some sample scans, I could see that hundreds of Common Terns and Laughing Gulls were moving west to east during the early morning. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-122904154-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122904154-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Gus Keri [gusk...@zoho.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:59 AM To: Birding alert, NYSBirds, Birding alert; Birding alert, ebirdsNYC, Birding alert Subject: [nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding I believe this is the day The birders of the tristate area and especially NYC are waiting for. there was a lot of radar activities over the city itself (mainly Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island) in the early hours indicating significant number of birds landing in our parks and beaches. Check this site at 1:40 am CT. http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-9-18/ there was better activities covering more area at 3 am but I tried to send a photo in previous email but it didn't go though. I guess photos are not allowed here. I believe this day is going to be very good for birding. Gus -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding
I believe this is the day The birders of the tristate area and especially NYC are waiting for. there was a lot of radar activities over the city itself (mainly Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island) in the early hours indicating significant number of birds landing in our parks and beaches. Check this site at 1:40 am CT. http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-9-18/ there was better activities covering more area at 3 am but I tried to send a photo in previous email but it didn't go though. I guess photos are not allowed here. I believe this day is going to be very good for birding. Gus Sent using Zoho Mail -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] I beleive this is a good day for birding
I believe this is the day The birders of the tristate area and especially NYC are waiting for. there was a lot of radar activities over the city itself (mainly Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island) in the early hours indicating significant number of birds landing in our parks and beaches. Check this site at 1:40 am CT. http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/2018-9-18/ there was better activities covering more area at 3 am but I tried to send a photo in previous email but it didn't go though. I guess photos are not allowed here. I believe this day is going to be very good for birding. Gus Sent using Zoho Mail -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
