Steve Schellenger just called to report that he has re-found the Ash-throated Flycatcher found yesterday by Ken Feustel. It is in the same location as Ken described in his post from yesterday. I have included Ken's e-mail in this thread so that the information is easy to find. Good luck if you go.
Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM, ken feustel <[email protected]> wrote: > At approx. 11:00AM this morning I discovered an *Ash-throated Flycatcher*on > the Fisherman's access road. Specifically, at the point where the access > road opens up to reveal Jones Inlet on the right. The bird was feeding low > along the shrub line on the south side of the road, hawking insects and > eating the fruits of Bayberry, and being harassed by a Mockingbird (anybody > up for opening a season on Mockingbirds?). Typical of the fall Ash-throated > Flycatchers I have observed in the past the bird never perched higher than > five feet off the ground. The overall shape of the bird was a small-billed, > long tailed, slim *Myiarchus. *The head showed a crest, and the throat > was whitish and the upper breast was a whitish gray. The lower belly and > undertail coverts were yellow, the yellow being more intense than most fall > Ash-throated's I have seen, which may have been a function of the overcast > day, which tends to enhance color (just as a bright sun washes color out). > The entire undertail was reddish brown and the terminal portion of the > undertail was a darker reddish brown than the rest of the tail. The > whitish-gray upperparts eliminated Great Crested and the small bill > eliminated both Great-crested and Brown-crested Flycatchers (*M. crinitus > and M. tyrannulus*), while the entirely reddish underparts on the > tail rule out Dusky-capped Flycatcher (*M. tuberculifer). *At one point > the bird did pose for me at distance of less than twenty feet, but > unfortunately, my camera chose this moment to malfunction (the battery was > not seated properly, hence no power). Attempts to relocate the bird were > unsuccessful,one birder missed seeing the bird by five minutes. Wednesday > weather looks pretty miserable -perhaps the bird will stick around. > > Also in the general area was an *Orange-crowned Warbler *and Ruby-crowned > Kinglet. The two *Marbled Godwits* continue, feeding on the mud flats on > the south side of Meadow Island. > > As Shane Blodgett indicated in an earlier post, there was a major seabird > movement this morning along the south shore that included Red-throated > Loon, Scoter and Gannet. I joined Shai Mitra earlier in the morning at Fire > Island Field 5 to witness the spectacle. Suffice to say that RTL numbers > were in the thousands as were total Scoter numbers. One would think that > with all these birds present something interesting would appear. However, > other than six flyby *Razorbills *that were seen shortly after Shai left, > nothing notable appeared. > > Ken Feustel > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
