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10 Nov Black-headed Gull/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 10 Nov (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-headed Gull/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 27 Oct Re: (Metro Birding Briefs) [Jim Osterlund ] 27 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 25 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) connecticut warbler - centralpark [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 23 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) Hudsonian Godwit, Connecticut [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 21 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) Orange Crowned Warbler CP 10/21/09 [david speiser ] 19 Oct Re: (Metro Birding Briefs) Lark Sparrow in Prospect Park [Elliotte Rusty Harold ] 18 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) Lark Sparrow in Prospect Park [Rob Jett ] 17 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) Cackling goose on Staten Island ["cicadaman53" ] 12 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) Rufous Hummingbird - yes ["jbirds268" ] 10 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) sedge wren photo [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 10 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) CEntral Park Sedge Wren [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 10 Oct (Metro Birding Briefs) sedge wren in central park [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 21 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) Connecticut Warbler Central Park [david speiser ] 19 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) Mourning Warbler Central Park, NYC [david speiser ] 18 Sep Connecticut Warbler/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 18 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) Connecticut Warbler/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 17 Sep Lark Sparrow /Floyd Bennett/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 17 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) Lark Sparrow /Floyd Bennett/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 13 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) lark sparrows at jones beach [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 12 Sep Re:(Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear in CT. [Ardith Bondi ] 12 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear in CT. [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 9 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) CT. Northern Wheatear ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 8 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear in CT. [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 07 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) Whimbrels at Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn Mon Sep 7th ["marisawohl" ] 7 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 7 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) 9/7 - CT Northern Wheatear YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 06 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) NORTHERN WHEATEAR in CT - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 06 Sep NORTHERN WHEATEAR in CT - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 5 Sep (Metro Birding Briefs) clay-colored sparrow ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 31 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Buff-breasted Sandpipers Ft. Tilden [Shane Blodgett ] 27 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Fw: Swallow-tailed Kite ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 27 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) JBWR Update 1215 pm [david speiser ] 26 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Jamaica Bay, Wednesday AM ["cicadaman53" ] 26 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Baird's Sandpiper at Jones Beach ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 19 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) JBWR report ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 14 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Prothonotary warbler prospect park ["Larzalere" ] 24 Jul (Metro Birding Briefs) brown pelicans @ jones beach ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 18 Jul (Metro Birding Briefs) American Avocet @ JBWR ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 29 Jun Fwd: Prothonotary Warbler/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 29 Jun (Metro Birding Briefs) Fwd: Prothonotary Warbler/Brooklyn [Shane Blodgett ] 24 Jun (Metro Birding Briefs) Fw: email address ["ROBERT ADAMO" ] 16 Jun (Metro Birding Briefs) American Kestral on MacDougal Between w3rd and Bleeker ["junkymonkeynyc" ] 13 Jun (Metro Birding Briefs) staten island scissor-tailed flycatcher NO ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 16 May (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-necked Stilt ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 13 May (Metro Birding Briefs) Re: black-necked stilt at Cow Meadow Park, Freeport ["Cindy W." ] 12 May (Metro Birding Briefs) black necked stilt [] 10 May (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-necked Stilt and Prothonotary Warbler ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 08 May (Metro Birding Briefs) King Eider/Brooklyn ["shaneblodgett" ] 07 May (Metro Birding Briefs) GWWA at Prospect Park 5/7 [] 07 May (Metro Birding Briefs) Kentucky Warbler at Alley Pond Park 5-07-09 ["Michael Mayer" ] 4 May (Metro Birding Briefs) Golden-winged Warbler on Riverside Drive ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 28 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) RUFF Update- YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 28 Apr RUFF Update- YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 28 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) update: Ruff ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 26 Apr Re: RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Re: RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr RUFF - YES ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 26 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Ruff update ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 25 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Directions for Townsend's Warbler ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 25 Apr Directions for Townsend's Warbler ["Mardi W. Dickinson" ] 25 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Ruff [Lloyd Spitalnik ] 25 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Yellow-throated warbler- Sunken Meadow [Vinny Pellegrino ] 25 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) townsend's warbler at prospect park ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 22 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Yellow-throated Warbler at Prospect Park ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 19 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - Tackapausha Preserve, Seaford [John Gluth ] 18 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) CEntral Park Yellow-throated Warbler continues ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 17 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) central park Y-t Warbler continues ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 16 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) rules for reporting ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 16 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) Yellow-crowned Night-herons return [Paul Horman ] 16 Apr (Metro Birding Briefs) update: Central Park Yellow-throated Warbler ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] Subject: Black-headed Gull/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:03:45 -0800 (PST) There was an immature Black-headed Gull at the Owl's Head Waste Water Treatment Plant in Brooklyn around 10:45 a.m. this morning. After running a couple of school errands, I am back trying to relocate. No luck yet. Regards, Shane B. Brooklyn Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-headed Gull/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:03:45 -0800 (PST) There was an immature Black-headed Gull at the Owl's Head Waste Water Treatment Plant in Brooklyn around 10:45 a.m. this morning. After running a couple of school errands, I am back trying to relocate. No luck yet. Regards, Shane B. Brooklyn Sent from my iPhone Subject: Re: (Metro Birding Briefs) From: Jim Osterlund <jamesost AT optonline.net> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:34:56 -0400 Spectacularly good directions! 40.854973,-74.00477 - Google Maps [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) From: Lloyd Spitalnik <Lloyd22 AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:41:33 -0400 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: LeContes in overpeck park Leonia Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:27:05 +0000 (GMT) From: aje40 AT optonline.net To: Lloyd Spitalnik Lloyd, Thought NYC might want to know; My wife Jennifer and I found a Lecontes sparrow in the back field of Overpeck preserve in Leonia yesterday. The bird was still there as of 10:00am today. There are directions on the nj lines but the easiest way to get to the bird is as follows; from Fort Lee road and Grand ave in Leonia, go south on Grand until you come to Roosevelt ave on your right. Follow Roosevelt until it's end at overpeck park. On the NE side of the P-lot you will see a gated service rd. Follow the gravel road until it "T's" and bear left; in 20 yds you will go over a small canal choked with garbage and up a little farther you will see the field up a small rise on your left through some trees. Take the small path in the trees up the rise to the field and search for the bird in the Tearthumb stands near it's center or near the NE corner by some phrags. The field is not large but the bird has plenty of places to hide. People should try not to trample too much of the grasses as this may cause the bird to seek better cover elsewhere. Otherwise the bird is very cooperative with patience. Good luck to those who go. Andy Egan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) connecticut warbler - centralpark From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:20:20 -0400 Hi all, Eve Levine just called with a sighting of a Connecticut Warbler. It's located around the rocks which lie between Iphogene's Walk and the Tupelo Field Hopefully, it'll be staked out so when you arrive there'll be people around. If you enter the park on east 79th Street and walk up Cedar Hill, cross the drive and go towards the Maintenance Field. Pass the bathrooms and continue until you see the rocks. Good luck if you go, -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Hudsonian Godwit, Connecticut From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:03:43 -0400 Hi all, On Thursday 10/22, Sandy and I decided to take the 2 hour drive to Hammonasset State Park in Madison, Connecticut with hopes of seeing a Hudsonian Godwit that had been there since last Saturday. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot just west of the West Parking Lot, we saw the bird standing in the grass no more than 50 feet away. We spent several hours observing and photographing it. If sticks around a little longer it's a fantastic opportunity to see a godwit up close and personal. Here's a link to one of the several hundred photos I took. http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/v/recent_work/hudsonian_godwit_F5R1466.jpg.html -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Orange Crowned Warbler CP 10/21/09 From: david speiser <david_speiser AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:11:18 -0400 Harry Maas, Lloyd Spitalnik and I found an Orange Crowned Warbler around 2:00 PM in the Ramble, Central Park, NY today. We watched the bird for about a minute before it flew off. It was located by Laupot bridge. Good Birding, David Speiser www.lilibirds.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: (Metro Birding Briefs) Lark Sparrow in Prospect Park From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT macfaq.com> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:21:40 -0400 The Lark Sparrow Peter Dorosh found yesterday was still present this morning, Monday, 10-19, around 7:30 AM. It was around the fences between the two East ballfields associating with a number of Chipping Sparrows. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo AT macfaq.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Lark Sparrow in Prospect Park From: Rob Jett <citybirder AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:46:27 -0400 A Lark Sparrow was found in Prospect Park this afternoon. It was first observed by Peter Dorosh on the baseball fields and subsequently relocated and seen by myself and five others. The park is reseeding a large area of meadow at the north end of the baseball fields and there is a lot of sparrow activity within and around the enclosing snow fencing. There is also an Eastern Bluebird in the vicinity of the Lark Sparrow. Good birding, Rob Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Cackling goose on Staten Island From: "cicadaman53" <CicadaMan1 AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:49:49 -0000 date: 10/16/09 A Cackling Goose was in with about 100 Canada's at Mt Loretto. The flock was on the baseball fields behind the Church. Please be respectful that there is a pre-school close by and the roads get busy around 3pm. Photos of the bird are posted on www.flickr.com/photos/sethbirds A late Hooded Warbler was in the garden behind the Conference House (literally adjoining the house). It was actively picking grubs and worms from the ground. A photo is posted on my flickr site too. Also, 3 royal terns and 2 foster's terns were off the shore at Lemon Creek. -Seth Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Rufous Hummingbird - yes From: "jbirds268" <jbirds268 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:25:38 -0000 Hi all, Got great looks at the Rufous Hummingbird today on Grymes Hill in Staten Island. The bird is very reliable and feeds constantly on the many flowers in backyard. I was there from 12:00-1:00pm and had the bird almost the entire time at point blank range. JT Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) sedge wren photo From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:28 -0400 Hi, If any body's having trouble with the link here it is again. http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/v/recent_work/sedge_wren_F5R6659.jpg.html -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) CEntral Park Sedge Wren From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:11:48 -0400 Hi all, The previously reported Sedge Wren Was seen all day. Of course, it skulked a lot but did show itself many times during the course of the afternoon, while I was there. Here is a link to the first image I've worked up http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/v/recent_work/sedge_wren_F5R6659.jpg.html. Eventually I'll have many more on the website. If it remains overnight, I'll get the word out ASAP. The easiest way to find the spot in the park is to enter at 103rd St. and Central Park West. Walk up the 2 small flights of stairs and when you get to the fork take the lower walkway. Follow it around until you see hay bails lining an open filed on your left. The bird was mostly in the fenced off vegetated area. -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) sedge wren in central park From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:02:49 -0400 Hi all, Starr Saphir called with news of a Sedge Wren on the Great Hill. If you walk up the path from the Pool you'll see an area with compost and a tree that has been pulled out of the ground. Past that is a heavily vegetated area that's fenced off. The bird pops up on that fence. I hope this makes sense since I'm not there and don't have a visual. The bird has also been seen by Harry Maas. This went out a half hour ago but sometimes Yahoo screws up. :-( -- Lloyd -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Connecticut Warbler Central Park From: david speiser <david_speiser AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:54:50 -0400 Harry Maas and I had a brief but definite look at a Connecticut Warbler this afternoon around 4:00 PM at Shakespeare Garden in Central Park. We spent about a half an hour trying to relocate the bird but were unsuccesful. The bird was located by the staircase by the SW part of the garden. The marionette theater is directly west of the small staircase. The bird was moving north upslope, through a large patch of ivy and dense shrubbery, making it more difficult to relocate. David Speiser www.lilibirds.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Mourning Warbler Central Park, NYC From: david speiser <david_speiser AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:03:53 -0400 Harry Maas, Lloyd Spitalnik. Liliana Speiser and I had a Mourning Warbler working the SE fenceline of the Tupelo Field in CP. We had the bird around 9:00. David Speiser www.lilibirds.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Connecticut Warbler/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Immature Connecticut along path that borders 6 diamonds ballfields(next to Home Depot near Calvert Vaux/Drier-Offerman) and CI Creek Inlet (where Reef Heron was). Along left-field fence of SW most ballfield. Shane B. Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Connecticut Warbler/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Immature Connecticut along path that borders 6 diamonds ballfields(next to Home Depot near Calvert Vaux/Drier-Offerman) and CI Creek Inlet (where Reef Heron was). Along left-field fence of SW most ballfield. Shane B. Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone Subject: Lark Sparrow /Floyd Bennett/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:38:14 -0700 (PDT) Rob Jett found a Lark Sparrow along the south edge of the North Forty at Floyd Bennett. It was in a rainwater pool at the end of the north/south main road/runway. This is near the pools that have attracted shorebirds over the past couple of summers. It subsequently flew into some mugwort along the berm that seperates the cricket field from the aforementioned runway. With Rob's help I was able to quickly find the bird in the weedy field just behind the berm. This was ~1:30-2:00 p.m. today. Shane B. Brooklyn NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Lark Sparrow /Floyd Bennett/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:38:14 -0700 (PDT) Rob Jett found a Lark Sparrow along the south edge of the North Forty at Floyd Bennett. It was in a rainwater pool at the end of the north/south main road/runway. This is near the pools that have attracted shorebirds over the past couple of summers. It subsequently flew into some mugwort along the berm that seperates the cricket field from the aforementioned runway. With Rob's help I was able to quickly find the bird in the weedy field just behind the berm. This was ~1:30-2:00 p.m. today. Shane B. Brooklyn NY Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) lark sparrows at jones beach From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:13:51 -0400 Hi all, Shai Mitra just reported seeing 2 Lark Sparrows behind the "hedge row" along the chain link fence by the Coast Guard station. This is West End 2 at Jones Beach State Park. Mosquitoes aren't quite as bad as yesterday with NW winds but they're still there. -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re:(Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear in CT. From: Ardith Bondi <ardbon AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:08:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear in CT. From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:25:01 -0400 Hi all, Jean Loscalzo just called from CT. while observing the Northern Wheatear at Sikorsky Airport in Stratford. I drove up during the week and it took less than an hour. Photos can be seen at http://lloydspitalnikphotos.com/v/flycatchers_and_thrushes/northern_wheatear/ I'll be adding more this afternoon. -- Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) CT. Northern Wheatear From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:56:12 -0400 Hi all, Just returned from a trip to CT. to see the Northern Wheatear. David Speiser, Harry Maas and I saw the bird immediately after arriving at the airport. We watched and photographed it from 30 to 40 feet. It was mostly on the barbed wire above a chain link fence but at times flew across the road and would rest on top of a huge sand pile. I'll have images on my website later this evening. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear in CT. From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:34:51 -0400 Hi all, just heard from Sheila Rosenberg that the wheatear is still being seen. the work crew was packing up for the day and the bird doesn't appeared to be bothered the extra activity. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Whimbrels at Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn Mon Sep 7th From: "marisawohl" <marisaw AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:56:49 -0000 At least one whimbrel (although presumably also the second) was still present at Calvert Vaux (Drier-Offerman) Park in Brooklyn as of 12:30. Peter Dorosh and Mary Eyster saw both birds on the baseball field nearest Coney Island Creek on the east side of the park at 9:30. The bird flew before I arrived 20 minutes later, but one was on ball field when we returned at 12:30. Enter the park from near the Home Depot on Cropsey Avenue. If the bird(s) are not on the ball field, also check the mugwort along the creek or along the creek itself. Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) northern wheatear From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:27:18 -0400 HI all, Andrew Baksh called with news that the Northern Wheatear continues to be seen in Connecticut. See previous post for directions. Good luck if you go. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) 9/7 - CT Northern Wheatear YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:57:55 -0400 FYI - Just got a call the No. Wheatear has been seen at 7:15 am this morning Monday Sept 7th at Sikorsky Airport in Stratford. Cheers, Mardi Dickinson Norwalk CT DIRECTIONS: I-95 toward New Haven. Take Exit 30 for Lordship Blvd/CT 113. Turn right at Lordship Blvd. Turn Right onto Great Meadows Road. Sikorsky Airport is down and on your left. Take left at the airport and go all the way through the airport to where a sign says road closed. They are doing construction. So where it says road closed, slowly bear left into parking lot, then bear right and go slowly straight ahead between two piles of dirt/ gravel, turn left and along the the barbed wired fence on your right is where the bird has been perched and on several lights & boxes on the runway. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) NORTHERN WHEATEAR in CT - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:11:11 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson: 9/6/09- Stratford ct, Sikorsky Airport -- NORTHERN WHEATEAR has been seen & Photographed from 11:55AM - 1:49PM. and again from 4:43-6:40PM. American Kestral across the landing stripe. Stratford ct, Access Rd pool across from R.E. Michal -- 2 Western Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers. DIRECTIONS: I-95 toward New Haven. Take Exit 30 for Lordship Blvd/CT 113. Turn right at Lordship Blvd. Turn Right onto Great Meadows Road. Sikorsky Airport is down and on your left. Take left at the airport and go all the way through the airport to where a sign says road closed. They are doing construction. So where it says road closed, slowly bear left into parking lot, then bear right and go slowly straight ahead between two piles of dirt/ gravel, turn left and along the the barbed wired fence on your right is where the bird has been perched and on several lights & boxes on the runway. Subject: NORTHERN WHEATEAR in CT - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:11:11 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson: 9/6/09- Stratford ct, Sikorsky Airport -- NORTHERN WHEATEAR has been seen & Photographed from 11:55AM - 1:49PM. and again from 4:43-6:40PM. American Kestral across the landing stripe. Stratford ct, Access Rd pool across from R.E. Michal -- 2 Western Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers. DIRECTIONS: I-95 toward New Haven. Take Exit 30 for Lordship Blvd/CT 113. Turn right at Lordship Blvd. Turn Right onto Great Meadows Road. Sikorsky Airport is down and on your left. Take left at the airport and go all the way through the airport to where a sign says road closed. They are doing construction. So where it says road closed, slowly bear left into parking lot, then bear right and go slowly straight ahead between two piles of dirt/ gravel, turn left and along the the barbed wired fence on your right is where the bird has been perched and on several lights & boxes on the runway. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) clay-colored sparrow From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 09:19:32 -0400 Hi all, A Clay-colored Sparrow was found by Pat Lindsay and Shai Mitra near the volleyball courts at Field 2 of Robert Moses State Park. Good luck if you go. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Buff-breasted Sandpipers Ft. Tilden From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:50:04 -0700 (PDT) The previously reported juvenile Buff-breasted sandpipers are still on the soccer field at Tilden. The pool they were frequenting is barely more than a puddle now. Shane B. Brooklyn (now Bay Ridge), NY Sent from my iPhone Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Fw: Swallow-tailed Kite From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <Lloyd22 AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:07:23 -0400 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Lloyd Spitalnik" Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:19 PM Subject: Swallow-tailed Kite > Lloyd, I don't know if this meets your criteria: For any of you who may > be going on the field trip, or anyone who might want to try tomorrow, A > Swallow-tailed Kite has been at the visitors center of the Wallkill NWR > for the last two days. This would be a bird definately worth checking on. > Perhaps, it will end up on the New York side. I know I will be checking > for it tomorrow. John Haas > > Irene > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btblue/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btblue/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:btblue-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:btblue-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: btblue-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) JBWR Update 1215 pm From: david speiser <david_speiser AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:15:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:21:56 +0000 To: david_speiser AT hotmail.com From: notify AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Unable to deliver your message We are unable to deliver the message from to . Your message was sent to a group that does not exist. Please check to make sure you spelled the group name correctly. For further assistance, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/general.html --Forwarded Message Attachment--From: david_speiser AT hotmail.com To: btbblue AT yahoogroups.com Subject: JBWR Update 8/27/09 12:15 pm Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:21:34 -0400 Doug Gochfeld and Dave Klauber reported a Hudsonian Godwit on the east side of the East pond near the 3rd spit and opposite on the west side is a Baird's Sandpiper. Locations on the North End of the East pond. David Speiser www.lilibirds.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Jamaica Bay, Wednesday AM From: "cicadaman53" <CicadaMan1 AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:08:03 -0000 8/26/09 East Pond 11 am - 1 pm Ed & Zach Johnson reporting Went to the East Pond this morning, hoping for some of the recently reported rarities. We were pleasantly surprised by a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, feeding at the edge of the pond near a Canada goose carcass at about 11:15 am. Also found was a single Wilson's phalarope, spinning in circles across the pond, and the American Avocet, fairly far along the edge of the pond on a sandbar. Also found one pectoral sandpiper. Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Baird's Sandpiper at Jones Beach From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:06:31 -0400 Hi all, Sorry for the late post but Sandy and I didn't arrive home until after dark. There was a Baird's Sandpiper on the southern end of the now underwater "swale". This is at Jones Beach West End 2. In order to walk down to the beach you'll need to hug the eastern edge of the swale where there is a mostly dry path at the side of the dunes. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) JBWR report From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:58:12 -0400 Hi all, Doug Gochfeld just reported both a Wilson's Phalarope in the NE corner of the East Pond and an American Avocet just beyond the 2nd spit on the west side of the East Pond. The American Golden-Plover continues as well. It's always seen among the Black-bellied Plover flock up on the north end of the pond. Good luck if you go. The edges have dried out substantially so getting around is much easier. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Prothonotary warbler prospect park From: "Larzalere" <larzalere AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:40:08 -0000 At 10:10 this morning I found a first year prothonotary warbler on the lily pond in prospect park, Brooklyn. The lily pond is just north of the boathouse, and the bird was just north of the wooden bridge above the waterfall (binnen falls). The bird was feeding along the edge of the pond. I saw it for about five minutes and then lost track of it. Good luck if you go. Scott Whittle www.yearofthebird.com scottwhittle AT scottwhittle.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) brown pelicans @ jones beach From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:50:48 -0400 Hi all, Not sure if these are chaseable but Brendan Fogerty is watching 3 Brown Pelicans flying around by West End 2 at Jones Beach. He's standing by the swale behind the bath house. They're "looping around" so might stay in the area but don't really know where they're going to wind up. If you're on the coast, keep a lookout for them. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) American Avocet @ JBWR From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:07:24 -0400 Hi all, Shane Blodgett just called with a sighting of a breeding plumaged American Avocet on the north end of the East Pond. It is approximately 300 yds. past the island. Water levels have come down nicely thanks to the staff at the refuge. Good luck if you go. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fwd: Prothonotary Warbler/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:01:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Prothonotary Warbler/Brooklyn At ~1:00 pm I found a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Calvert Vaux Park (formerly Drier-Offermann) in Brooklyn. The bird was in a locust grove along the north edge of the park ~150 yards from the western tip. There is a garbage can with a broken umbrella ( just the handle) sticking out of it about 25 yards west of the locust grove. Shane B. Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Fwd: Prothonotary Warbler/Brooklyn From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:01:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Prothonotary Warbler/Brooklyn At ~1:00 pm I found a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Calvert Vaux Park (formerly Drier-Offermann) in Brooklyn. The bird was in a locust grove along the north edge of the park ~150 yards from the western tip. There is a garbage can with a broken umbrella ( just the handle) sticking out of it about 25 yards west of the locust grove. Shane B. Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Fw: email address From: "ROBERT ADAMO" <radamo2 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:26:39 -0400 ----- Original Message ----- From: ROBERT ADAMO To: nt: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:56 PM Subject: email address From now on, please use only radamo2 AT msn.com when emailing me. Thanks, Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) American Kestral on MacDougal Between w3rd and Bleeker From: "junkymonkeynyc" <junkyarddug AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:26:17 -0000 He stays up on the roofs and on the poles above the roofs, but I've seen him eating a baby Starling just two days ago. I saw him again today as he swooped into the starling nest but I guess they scared him off this time, or it the nest was empty. (Nest = hole in roof, here). More details and pics in the photos section. I have a lot more pics than that (Watermarks embedded! ;-) ) Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) staten island scissor-tailed flycatcher NO From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:37:21 -0400 Hi all, Jean Loscalzo, Eric Miller and Corey Finger have been searching for the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher for several hours without luck. We feel it's good to report the misses as to save other birders time. If anything changes there will be an update sent out. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-necked Stilt From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 21:59:17 -0400 Hi all, Sandy and I were fortunate enough to see the Black-necked Stilt this afternoon at the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, Long Island. Although somewhat far for photography you can get really good looks of this beautiful bird with a scope. I did manage to get a few decent shots and will post them either tonight or tomorrow. Go see it Sunday (refuge is closed Monday) if you can. It's well worth it. We also saw 8 other shorebird species while there. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Re: black-necked stilt at Cow Meadow Park, Freeport From: "Cindy W." <catbirder1 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 19:14:21 -0000 Interesting to note that there was a black-necked stilt seen (by me as well as others) at this very same location back in 2002. I wonder if it's possible that both birds might actually be the same individual, revisiting a good spot? Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) black necked stilt From: mikehigg AT optonline.net Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:41:12 +0000 (GMT) Tuesday morning at 10:30, Eileen Schwinn and I found the black necked stilt at Cow Meadow Park in Freeport.  Take the Nature Trail to the observation tower and scan the small pond to the north.  The stilt was feeding there when we left around 11.Mike Higgiston [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-necked Stilt and Prothonotary Warbler From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:18:07 -0400 Hi all, Karen Fung called with news that the Black-necked Stilt is still at the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, Long Island Chris Cooper reports a Prothonotary Warbler working the west side of the Point in the Ramble. Of course this is in Central Park. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) King Eider/Brooklyn From: "shaneblodgett" <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 10:38:01 -0000 Doug G. just called to report a pair of King Eider just off plum beach in extreme fog. Does Superman sleep? Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) GWWA at Prospect Park 5/7 From: prosbird AT aol.com Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 15:54:09 -0400 A male adult GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER made an appearance behind the Dongan Oak (eagle)monument, bordering on the Zoo's north region. The warbler was seen behind the monument, on the slope between the roads, feeding in understory. Eddie Davis was first to report the bird at 10:45 am.I refound the bird at 1 pm. As of 3:50, Doug Gochfeld reports the bird still present and active in his text message to me. Peter [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Kentucky Warbler at Alley Pond Park 5-07-09 From: "Michael Mayer" <michaelmayer48 AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 17:42:00 -0000 I heard and got a brief but definitive view of a Kentucky Warbler around 12:00 noon at Alley Pond Park today (Thursday). Tried to get coordinates from Google maps but there were too many trees to pinpoint the location so directions are tricky. It is in the same approximate area that the Kentucky was seen for several days in May 2007. I recommend parking at the 76th Ave. lot off of Springfield Blvd. as the Winchester lot is busy with some sort of event for school kids. There are two paved paths that connect the Springfield end of the park with the Winchester end. Follow the more northerly path (the one farthest from the lot that roughly parallels 73rd Ave.) until just before it branches. The Kentucky was seen in this area on both sides of the path. (If you were to bear right on the path where it splits past this point you would be headed back toward where you parked.) Sorry if this is vague. I'm not sure how to give better directions to this spot. I remained in the area for about 10 minutes after seeing the bird but did not hear or see it again after the initial sighting but hopefully it will remain in the same general area. Also in the park this morning were two each of Worm-eating and Hooded Warblers. Have a great day. Mike Mayer Flushing, NY Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Golden-winged Warbler on Riverside Drive From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:53:49 -0400 Hi all, Jeff Nulle found a Golden-winged Warbler on 115th Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan. It's been seen several times during the day favoring an oak tree. Good luck if you go. BTW, I'm adding this species to the list of reportable birds since, unfortunately, it's doing so poorly. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) RUFF Update- YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:22:50 -0400 Dear Birders, I Just heard from Larry Scacchetti from the Marshlands Conservancy. Larry first saw what appeared to be the RUFF at low tide at 6:45PM tonight from the original location next to the bench looking way out towards golf course in the channel at the angle of around 10 o'clock. At 7:15PM the RUFF was relocated by two other birders with a scope in front of the bench looking straight out at 12 o'clock in front of a house with two double chimmeys with a dock. The RUFF was next to the dock. They had good distance views with the scope of the RuFF in detail and fantastic light. The Ruff is in his beautiful Breeding plumage (cinanmon) and is a sight to behold. Thank you Tom Burke and Gail Benson for finding the Ruff and as always getting the word out promptly. Cheers, Mardi Dickinson Subject: RUFF Update- YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:22:50 -0400 Dear Birders, I Just heard from Larry Scacchetti from the Marshlands Conservancy. Larry first saw what appeared to be the RUFF at low tide at 6:45PM tonight from the original location next to the bench looking way out towards golf course in the channel at the angle of around 10 o'clock. At 7:15PM the RUFF was relocated by two other birders with a scope in front of the bench looking straight out at 12 o'clock in front of a house with two double chimmeys with a dock. The RUFF was next to the dock. They had good distance views with the scope of the RuFF in detail and fantastic light. The Ruff is in his beautiful Breeding plumage (cinanmon) and is a sight to behold. Thank you Tom Burke and Gail Benson for finding the Ruff and as always getting the word out promptly. Cheers, Mardi Dickinson -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) update: Ruff From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:50:36 -0400 Hi all, Just heard from Tom Burke. The Ruff is still at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, NY. It's a spectacular bird and we don't get to see them in breeding plumage very often. If you can, go see it. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.blog.lloydspitalnikphotos.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:11:02 -0400 Also included at same location in Rye. 38-40 GLOSSY IBIS fly over in a V. Beautiful! On Apr 26, 2009, at 1:02 PM, "Mardi W. Dickinson" wrote: > From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: > 4/26-- RUFF has been relocated by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the > main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. > Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down > next to water > pool. > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Re: RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:11:02 -0400 Also included at same location in Rye. 38-40 GLOSSY IBIS fly over in a V. Beautiful! On Apr 26, 2009, at 1:02 PM, "Mardi W. Dickinson" wrote: > From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: > 4/26-- RUFF has been relocated by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the > main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. > Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down > next to water > pool. > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:02:28 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: 4/26-- RUFF has been relocated by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down next to water pool. Subject: RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:02:28 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: 4/26-- RUFF has been relocated by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down next to water pool. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:01:46 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: 4/26-Rye, NY, Marshland Conservancy -- 12:12PM RUFF has been relocated and continues to be seen by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down next to water of pool to the right of a upsidedown V of dead spartina. Cheers, Mardi & Towny Dickinson: Norwalk CT Subject: RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:01:46 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: 4/26-Rye, NY, Marshland Conservancy -- 12:12PM RUFF has been relocated and continues to be seen by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down next to water of pool to the right of a upsidedown V of dead spartina. Cheers, Mardi & Towny Dickinson: Norwalk CT -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES -- Subject: RUFF - YES From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:01:46 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Ed Coyle, Allen & Della Wells: 4/26-Rye, NY, Marshland Conservancy -- 12:12PM RUFF has been relocated and continues to be seen by Ed & Towny and all. Go down to the main path past the field and down to the island to the causeway. Look to your left towards the golf course. On the left hunkered down next to water of pool to the right of a upsidedown V of dead spartina. Cheers, Mardi & Towny Dickinson: Norwalk CT _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Ruff update From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:36:25 -0400 Hi all, The Ruff is still being seen at the Marshland Conservancy in Rye. Make your way down to the harbor and start scanning :-). Good luck, Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Directions for Townsend's Warbler From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:38:42 -0400 Dear Birders, Could anyone please give me exact directions on where to go in Prospect Park to see the Townsend's Warbler. My understanding is the bird was seen along the south side of the Quaker cemetary. The maps don't show this area. I will be coming by car from southern CT and have never been to the park. I don't know my way around the park at all. Any help would be very helpful. Cheers, Mardi & Townsend Dickinson mardi1 AT optonline.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Directions for Townsend's Warbler From: "Mardi W. Dickinson" <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:38:42 -0400 Dear Birders, Could anyone please give me exact directions on where to go in Prospect Park to see the Townsend's Warbler. My understanding is the bird was seen along the south side of the Quaker cemetary. The maps don't show this area. I will be coming by car from southern CT and have never been to the park. I don't know my way around the park at all. Any help would be very helpful. Cheers, Mardi & Townsend Dickinson mardi1 AT optonline.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES -- Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Ruff From: Lloyd Spitalnik <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:22:36 -0400 Hi all, Tom Burke and Gail Benson found a Ruff ( cinanmon) in breeding plumage at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, NY. This was at low tide late this afternoon. Hopefully the bird will stick until at least tomorrow. If anybody relocates it, please inform the board members. Thanks Lloyd Spitalnik www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Yellow-throated warbler- Sunken Meadow From: Vinny Pellegrino <pellegrinov AT ymail.com> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:10:36 -0700 (PDT) While at Sunken Meadow State Park today I spotted a Yellow-throated warbler..  This was around 9:30am.  He was foraging with a group of Parulas and other warblers in the Western section of the park on the Inner Marsh trail. I will post more info later!   Vinny Pellegrino www..flickr.com/pellegrinov East Northport, NY   "It just doesn't get any better than this" -Jeff Corwin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) townsend's warbler at prospect park From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:04:55 -0400 A Townsend's Warbler is in Prospect Park. It's on Lookout Hill across from Quaker Cemetery. Good luck if you go. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Yellow-throated Warbler at Prospect Park From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:29:38 -0400 Hi all, Doug Gochfeld by way of Peter Dorosh called to let us know that Russ Alderson found a Yellow-throated Warbler in Prospect Park. The bird is on the summit of Lookout Hill. It's pretty active and calling at times. I'm told it shouldn't be very difficult to locate. Good luck if you go. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - Tackapausha Preserve, Seaford From: John Gluth <jgluth AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:53:10 -0400 This afternoon (~2:00) I found an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in the Tackapausha Preserve in Seaford, L.I. Its insistent calling gave it away as it fed in a flowering willow growing along Seaford Creek, just north of where phragmites (Common Reed) begin to appear. The location is no more than a 5 minute walk from the museum parking lot. Approximate coordinates for the spot are: 40.673125, -73.482269. The warbler was very cooperative, providing great looks from 25-30 ft. away, at or a little above eye level for the whole 10 minutes or so I observed it. Sorry for the lateness of this. Hopefully the bird will stick around. Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) CEntral Park Yellow-throated Warbler continues From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <Lloyd22 AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:44:01 -0400 Hi all, For those that are still interested, the Yellow-throated Warbler is still at the south end of the model boat pond. It's just north of 72nd St. on the east side of the park. Shane Blodgett just called to say it was about the easiest to see rarity he'd ever seen :-) Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) central park Y-t Warbler continues From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <Lloyd22 AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:12:03 -0400 Hi all, The Central Park Yellow-throated Warbler is still by the model boat pond. Thanks to Bob Krinsky for letting us know. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) rules for reporting From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <Lloyd22 AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:03:11 -0400 Hi everyone, Migration has begun and it's really exciting. Please try to remember that this board is highly focused to reporting rare birds in the area and nothing else. There's a list available of what those birds are for anybody that wants it. It's in a Word document that I can email. Thanks for your cooperation. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Yellow-crowned Night-herons return From: Paul Horman <hormanp AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:48:48 -0700 (PDT) The annual migration and breeding of a dozen or more pair of Yellow- crowned night- herons has begun. These birds nest in the middle of a residential neighborhood in The "Five Towns" area of Nassau County,not far from JFK airport. For detailed directions, write me at pahorman AT gmail.com. To see several photographs click on the attached site and scroll down a bit. www.marthahorman.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) update: Central Park Yellow-throated Warbler From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <Lloyd22 AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:57:25 -0400 Hi all, The Central Park Yellow-throated Warbler is still being seen around the Model Boat Pond (Conservatory Waters). Mike Bryant has been looking at it by the Hans Christian Anderson statue on the west side of the pond. As always, good luck if you go. With this bird, while it continues, nut much luck is needed. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik's Wildlife Galleries www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]