Just want to get the word out that Jones Beach and the coast are loaded with birds this morning. Good variety.
Steve Walter Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:10/09/2014 1:09 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: [email protected] </div><div>Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - Heckscher SP, East Islip, Suffolk Co. </div><div> </div>Sean Sime and I searched without success late this morning, and Sean is still on site. I heard third hand through Pat of a possible re-sighting earlier this morning, in the same area as Phil's last night and of Pat's yesterday morning, but I don't have any details about how well this last bird was seen. For those considering trying for this bird, I would caution that there is a prodigious amount of fruiting tupelo in the area, attracting hordes of Robins, Waxwings, Starlings, and other birds. Although this enhances the likelihood that the Black-headed Grosbeak might have remained in the area, it also means that it would be natural to expect Rose-breasts to be present also. Sean had a Red-headed Woodpecker and a Bay-breasted Warbler before I joined him, while I had two Red-headed Woodpeckers at Robert Moses SP, on the beach, earlier in the morning (in addition to large flocks, some >100, of Pine Siskins, many Purple Finches, more than a dozen Rusty Blackbirds, etc.). Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - Heckscher SP, East Islip, Suffolk Co. Seen around 8:35 AM from along the bike/exercise trail in the southwest corner of the parking lot at Field 1. The call, lower and less squeaky than Rose-breasted, reminiscent of a short Downy Woodpecker note, got my attention and I made a concerted effort to locate it. I had decent views of the bird for several minutes high in a tree, showing fine streaking on the sides of the buffy upper breast, and noted the dark upper mandible though I did not remember the significance of this field mark at the time. The bird flew across the bike trail towards the north and I lost sight of it behind the treetops; I did not see the underwings. Very late for work, I had to abandon the area. Shai Mitra is searching now. I apologize for not posting sooner--a busy morning at work delayed me. Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore -- 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/ -- ________________________________ Celebrate Italian Heritage with a Special Broadway Benefit Concert by the World’s Longest Running Phantom in support of the CSI Italian Studies program><http://csitoday.com/events/franc-dambrosios-broadway-the-phantom-unmasked/> -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
