What exactly does "winter nonbreeder group" mean? On Dec 2, 2017 12:08 AM, "& [NYSBIRDS] digest" <[email protected]> wrote:
> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, December 02, 2017. > > 1. The Egret > 2. =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?= > 3. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbmTigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw== > ?= > 4. =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[ebirdsnyc]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?= > 5. Breezy Point Lingering Migrants 11-29 > 6. =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[nysbirds-l]_Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher-_YES?= > 7. Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > 8. Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 9. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 10. RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 11. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 12. NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17) > 13. Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > 14. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 15. RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017 > 16. NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend > 17. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > 18. NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017 > 19. Ramble Map with Named Locations > 20. Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations > 21. Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations > 22. Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: The Egret > From: Larry Trachtenberg <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:20 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > > I'd like to share a passage from a wonderful novel I recently read, "The > Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, which takes its place alongside Tim Obrien's > "The Things They Carried", Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead", and > Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" -- this time the setting is > the Iraq war. The protagonist is by a stream near his Richmond, VA home -- > it's an magical experience most birders have had or at least can envision > with a large wader but just can't express nearly as well: > > "My feet were in the water, and the river ran docilely by and I was hardly > a speck on the landscape and I was glad. An egret flew just over my > shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a > body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in > control. But the tips of its wings skimmed along the water just the same. > The egret didn't seem to mind what I believed, and it tilted some and > disappeared into the glare of the gone sun and it was full of grace." > > I see that Brett Bonkamp's brilliant bit of Hammond's flycatcher satire > has been censored from the archives. Thus, it seems that when posting > especially as the Holidays approach and an insane 2017 comes to a close -- > and while I enjoy a good put down as much as the next person -- perhaps we > should all give a listen once again to John Prine's "People Putting People > Down". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0VmRR8FHU Or better yet, spend > some time admiring his amazing canon listening to Sam Stone, (apropos the > war novels, I guess), Hello in There, Souvenirs, Paradise, Angel from > Montgomery or Lake Marie. > > Good flycatchers to all. > > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hammond=E2=80=99s_Flycatcher=2D_YES?= > From: Anders Peltomaa <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:05:55 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar > > It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters... > > Anders Peltomaa > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtlYmlyZHNueWNdIEhhbW1vbm > TigJlzIEZseWNhdGNoZXItIFlFUw==?= > From: nathan o'reilly <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:37:47 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the > upstaters early tomorrow morning! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa [email protected]< > mailto:[email protected]> [ebirdsnyc] <ebirdsnyc-noreply@ > yahoogroups.com<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar > > It's Continuing. 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Start weekend planning upstaters... > >> > >> Anders Peltomaa > > > > __._,_.___ > > Posted by: nathan o'reilly <[email protected]> > > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • > Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (5) > > > > Have you tried the highest rated email app? > > With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email > app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your > inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. 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I expect to be there by about 1:30 today. I hope to see lots > of other birders! > Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY > > > On Friday, December 1, 2017, 10:58:17 AM EST, Michael Zito < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Azalea pond right now. > mike z > Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:37 AM, nathan o'reilly [email protected] > [ebirdsnyc] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Anders and wonder dog Bonnie will have the bird waiting on all of the > upstaters early tomorrow morning! > > Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Anders Peltomaa [email protected] > [ebirdsnyc] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 9:46am Hammonds at maintenance south end #birdcp via @raikbar > > It's Continuing. Start weekend planning upstaters... > > Anders Peltomaa > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > From: Eileen Schwinn <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:34:12 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > The Suffolk County Farm, Yaphank, Prothonotary Warbler is currently being > seen, feeding, in the area between the machine storage area and the > concrete building, located just south of the pig sty. > Eileen Schwinn > Mike Higgiston > > Sent from my iPhone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:42:42 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Rick <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:53:28 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 9 > > On larger raven flocks (probably juvenile "gangs") See Bernd Heinrich's > excellent "Ravens in Winter" (1989). > > Rick > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> > Date:12/01/2017 2:42 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: "NYSBIRDS ([email protected])" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > Co., LI > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 20:19:23 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 10 > > Undoubtedly a winter non-breeder group. I remember less than a decade ago > my first encounter in the state with such a group in eastern Cortland > County. I realized that there were now enough ravens breeding in New York > that the juveniles could find each other. Looks like that might be true in > your area now. > > Kevin McGowan > Ithaca > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:bounce-122096022- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra > Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM > To: NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > Co., LI > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Andrew Block <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 20:25:01 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 11 > > Nice sighting. It is very rare for around here to see so many in a flock, > but out West they are frequently seen in medium sized flocks sometimes much > larger usually at a feeding site such as a dead large mammal. I have > personally seen a flock of 80-100 in Unity, Maine, back in the mid 80's > flying over the Unity College campus. It blew my mind when I realized they > were ravens. It's so great to have them around here. > Andrew Andrew v. F. Block > Consulting Naturalist > 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 > Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 > Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 > www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums > > From: Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> > To: "NYSBIRDS ([email protected])" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > Co., LI > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated zig-zags > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long Island. > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > "They're ALL ravens!" > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the south > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, but > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock dipped > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly outnumbering > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American Crows > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: NYS eBird Hotspots: State, Counties & Locations Updated (Dec/'17) > From: Ben Cacace <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 15:44:31 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 12 > > Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication to keeping eBird.org running > smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their > time reviewing shared location suggestions. > > The wiki page site was developed to access data on eBird.org and in places > it includes additional links to birding resources at the county and > location levels. If you have any suggestions for additional links please > send them to me off list. > > All County pages currently have links for the Illustrated Checklists and > links to both Images and Audio from the Macaulay Library.If useful let me > know and I'll add these to the location level pages. > > *Species totals* have been updated for all county pages. This includes the > total number of species with an equivalent color code highlighting the > county name based on colors used on eBird maps. The alphabetical list of > counties on the main page has been updated with total spp. #. > > *Hotspot pages*: All location pages have been updated on the wiki. These > include 821 pages representing a total of 1,686 out of 5,948 hotspots > (28.4%). Updates involve *# of species and color codings* based on species > # along with updated 2017 periods on the bar chart tables displaying the: > > • Current Month: Dec./2017 > • Prior Month: Nov./2017 > • the current two month period Nov.-Dec./2017 > • along with the current year: 2017. > > For the following counties there are individual 'dynamic' wiki pages for > the Top "10" locations at the top of the list of shared locations: Cayuga, > Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins, Kings (Brooklyn), > Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Westchester > and New York (Borough of Manhattan) Counties have all shared locations > linked to wikipages. > > Counties with 'static' pages do not need to be maintained on a monthly > basis. These include pages for the Top "10" locations and includes Albany, > Bronx, Broome, Chautauqua, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Genesee, Hamilton, > Jefferson, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, > Sullivan, Ulster & Wayne with Putnam County currently having all shared > locations linked to wikipages. Essex and Rockland are newly added since > last month's update. > > An *alphabetical list of all hotspots* (5,948) can be found on a single > page. Links exist for any hotspot with a wikipage. Clicking the county name > to the right of any hotspot will bring up the county page showing all > hotspots for the county. A link to the alphabetical list page is at the > bottom of this message. There is a link to the page at the top of the New > York State page. > > *Bar Charts (Species Lists)*: For all county and top 10 location pages > there's a table showing the months, seasons and several time frames for the > current year. Clicking any of these links will bring up a complete list of > species and other taxa with bar charts representing abundance. To see a > list of species for *all* periods click on the name above the months i.e. > 'New York State (481 spp.)' or 'Livingston County (262 spp.)'. > > *Maps of sightings*: After bringing up a bar chart list you'll see a MAP > button to the right of each species. Clicking this will produce a map of > the latest sightings. Red icons show sightings within the past 30 days. > Click on the icons to see a list of who reported each species and click on > 'Checklist' to view their submission. Click on 'Explore Rich Media' in the > right sidebar to view locations with photos, audio or video. These also > exist for any multi-location page combining the hotspots associated with > the location i.e. Ashland Flats Wildlife Management Area in Jefferson > County with its 3 locations. > > *Printable Checklists*: a link has been created to produce an eBird > checklist (PDF format) for all hotspots on the wiki site. Additional > details are in this email sent to the list < > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20153.html >. > > *Tide Graphs* exist for New York County, Kings County (Brooklyn) and > Richmond County (Staten Island). There's a quick link to the tide graphs on > the "Go To >" line highlighted in blue for each location. If there are > multiple graphs on a page the left/right is generally north/south or > west/east. If you spot any issues please let me know off line. > > Click '*Overview*' on any of the wiki pages to bring up a sortable list of > all species along with the latest checklists submitted and a list of the > Top eBirders. The default sort is for the latest additions to the State, > County or location. > > Check out '*My Location Life List*', '*My County Life List*' and '*My State > Life List*' links on their respective pages. > > For each location page click on '*Google Map Directions*' to bring up a > Google Map page. On Google Maps click 'Directions' then 'Transit' to plot a > public transportation route. By clicking 'More Options and Times' you can > refine your search. This also works with 'Driving' and 'Walking'. > > • Home page: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York > • Alphabetical list of hotspots: > http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/AlphaHotspots > > -- > Ben Cacace > Manhattan, NYC > Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots > <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> > Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Prothonotary Warbler - Yes > From: Jim Osterlund <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 17:11:33 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 13 > > Following up on the earlier post, we found the warbler investigating > recesses in the westernmost wall of the referenced building, which I > believe to be the facility’s slaughterhouse, now disused. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Richard Guthrie <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 17:35:00 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 14 > > There has been large groups of Common (really) Ravens at Minnewaska State > Park near New Paltz, Ulster County for the last few years. Scott Baldinger > has been keeping close tabs on them with his regular Tuesday Early Birders > Walks. > > Richard Guthrie > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Undoubtedly a winter non-breeder group. I remember less than a decade ago > > my first encounter in the state with such a group in eastern Cortland > > County. I realized that there were now enough ravens breeding in New York > > that the juveniles could find each other. Looks like that might be true > in > > your area now. > > > > Kevin McGowan > > Ithaca > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > bounce-122096022- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra > > Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM > > To: NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]> > > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk > > Co., LI > > > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated > zig-zags > > over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing I saw this > > morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk County, Long > Island. > > > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me to > > see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising our > > binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization simultaneously: > > "They're ALL ravens!" > > > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the > south > > of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at another, > but > > there were clearly more based on the way that portions of the flock > dipped > > in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least 21 in the frame. The > > group gradually dispersed westward and southward, but ten or more were > > still visible at times over the next hour or so, including when Derek > > Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks larger > > than a family group, even in places where they are common (except maybe > > along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought that 30 was about > > right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly > outnumbering > > ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of 30 American > Crows > > would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > > > Shai Mitra > > Bay Shore > > -- > > > > 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/[email protected]/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 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/[email protected]/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/ > > > > -- > > > > > > > -- > Richard Guthrie > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017 > From: David Suggs <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 18:29:11 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 15 > > - RBA > * New York > * Buffalo > * 12/01/2017 > * NYBU1712.01 > - Birds mentioned > > ------------------------------------------- > Please submit reports to > [email protected] > ------------------------------------------- > > Common Loon > Horned Grebe > Red-necked Grebe > Bl.-cr. Night-Heron > Harlequin Duck > Peregrine Falcon > Sanderling > Phalarope species > Franklin's Gull > Bonaparte's Gull > Iceland Gull > L. Black-b. Gull > Glaucous Gull > Black-leg. Kittiwake > Common Tern > Snowy Owl > Common Raven > Eastern Bluebird > American Robin > White-thr. Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Pine Siskin > > - Transcript > Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science > Date: 12/01/2017 > Number: 716-896-1271 > To Report: Same > Compiler: David F. Suggs > Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario > Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org > > Friday, December 1, 2017 > > The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided > by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the > Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the > Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound > key to report sightings before the end of this > report. > > Highlights of November reports from the Niagara > Frontier Region, primarily from the Niagara > River. > > At the source of the river in Buffalo, at least > four SNOWY OWLS between the Erie Basin Marina > and the offshore Donnelly's Pier. Also at the > marina, ICELAND GULL, plus COMMON LOON, HORNED > GREBE, SANDERLING, and L. BLACK-B. GULL. Nearby > on the Buffalo River, four BL.-CR. NIGHT- > HERONS. > > Off Unity Island in Buffalo's Black Rock > section, one or two FRANKLIN'S GULLS during the > month, among a flock of BONAPARTE'S GULLS at > the railroad bridge and north end of the > island. Also COMMON LOON and RED-NECKED GREBE > at Unity Island. > > Early in the month, four PHALAROPES at the > Small Boat Harbor in Buffalo, and seven COMMON > TERNS lingering at Beaver Island State Park on > Grand Island. > > At Niagara Falls, November 26, a juvenile > BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE below the Horseshoe Falls, > viewed from Ontario. Four, male HARLEQUIN DUCKS > above the falls near the stranded barge, and a > GLAUCOUS GULL off the Three Sisters Islands at > Goat Island. > > On the lower Niagara River, 10 ICELAND GULLS at > the power plants. > > Other reports in November - From Buffalo, PIE- > BILLED GREBE and WOOD DUCK at Delaware Park > Lake, and two COMMON RAVENS and a PEREGRINE > FALCON at the Richardson Complex on Elmwood > Avenue in Buffalo. PINE SISKIN, WHITE-THR. > SPARROW, AMERICAN ROBIN and DARK-EYED JUNCO > in a yard near the Buffalo airport. And, a > flock of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Sprague Brook > Park in southern Erie County. > > The Bird Report will be updated Thursday > evening, December 7. Please call in your > sightings by noon Thursday. You may report > sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling > and reporting. > > - End Transcript > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: NYC/Long Island Rarity Roundup This Weekend > From: Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 00:15:58 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 16 > > Sean's report of his and Doug's efforts in Brooklyn yesterday reminded me > of the "Long Island Rarity Roundup" Doug proposed six years ago, which > proved to be a lot of fun. > > His original conception of it was described like this: > > > >>>>>>>>> > Hey all, > In case you're not familiar with a rarity roundup, it is essentially a > Christmas Count, except instead of counting all the individuals you look > for rarities. So basically, in a selected region, everyone covers one area > (or more if possible) and instead of having to count, say, 13,573 Brant you > just do what many of us already tend towards anyway, which is combing areas > for rarities. It's basically a birding scavenger hunt! The other difference > is that it is done in the window when amazing vagrants show up. While this > of course can be just about any month, they seem concentrated in November > in the Northeast (mid-late October as well, but more-so in November). > > The Maryland birding community has been doing a rarity roundup for several > years now, and Cape May will be doing it for the 2nd year in a row next > week. The Maryland one is confined to just Worcester County, while the Cape > May one, I believe, includes 2 counties (Cape May and Cumberland). > > Both of these roundups are held over the course of 2 days, maximizing > rarity-ness. > One for Region 10 would involve up to 7 counties, which might be a bit > excessive. However, I think that at least a couple of counties would be > doable, or even 2 per day. A county like Brooklyn could, while it has a > great recent history of vagrants (though no November ones that I can think > of strangely enough), be covered in one day by only a couple of people, and > Manhattan and even the Bronx are the same. The Counties that would be more > effort intensive are Nassau and Suffolk. > > After all is said and done we would gather for an after-count > tally/discussion/drunken revelry/hanging out somewhere centrally located. > > Below I will attach the text of the E-Mails that went out concerning the > Maryland and Cape May ones this year. They (especially the Maryland one) > are worth the couple of minutes it takes to read through them. > Unfortunately I can't find the E-Mail from the Cape May one from last year > which was, like this one, a bit of an introduction to the concept. > > This E-Mail is to gauge the interest level of local birders, and to start > a dialogue about ideas for how big of one we could get away with while > still maintaining reasonably good coverage, as well as (very importantly) > where the after party festivities would be held. > > Thoughts? ReadySetGo! > -Doug > >>>>>>>>>> > > > Given that familiarity with eBird has greatly increased since 2011, I > would suggest that people simply cover one or a few potentially productive > patches, ideally covering about 0.5 miles over approximately one hour. > It's much easier to do simple analyses and comparisons by hand if people > divide their effort into these sorts of comparable checklists. For > instance, we can examine how detection of particular species varies from > county to county or from hour to hour through the day. Doug thinks > insectivores will be more active in the late morning; I counter that my > three target species of Tyrannus will most likely be found around 08:00. > If all goes well, everyone will collapse onto a mega-rarity somewhere, so > the data will be hopelessly non-independent anyway! The two days of this > weekend will likely produce some significant discoveries. > > Late fall 2017 is a MUST-BIRD opportunity for people interested in scarce > and rare birds. A fascinating incursion of Indigo Buntings, Blue Grosbeaks, > Summer Tanagers, Hooded Warblers, Northern Parulas, and White-eyed Vireos > occurred in early November and is still being sorted out. Even if we don't > find anything of great rarity, it is a very productive exercise to rehearse > one's CBC routes in late Nov/early Dec. Some CBC targets (e.g., Palm > Warbler and Ruby-crowned Kinglet) are easier to find now than they will be > in a few weeks. Others (e.g., Eastern Towhee and Gray Catbird) are actually > scarcer now than they will be after mainland refugia freeze up during > December. Check it out! > > Round-up wrap-ups are a lot of fun, and we plan to gather on at least one > night at Sea Levels, in Brightwaters, Suffolk County. We will post an > update after we get our itinerary straightened out, and encourage others to > do the same. > > Shai Mitra, Patricia Lindsay, and Doug Gochfeld > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, Suffolk Co., LI > From: Steve Walter <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:27:53 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 17 > > Interesting bit of information. I seem to recall that it's said that one > way > to separate Chihuahuan from Common Raven in Arizona / New Mexico is that > only Chihuahuans occur in flocks. Maybe that is true in that area, but > could > this cast some doubt on that? > > > > I didn't think about it all that much a few weeks ago when hawk watching > near Port Jervis, NY, but at one point a group of 9 or 10 Common Ravens > flew > by. A couple of years ago, upon coming back from this trip, I reported on > up > to 40 apparently going to a roost near the pull off south of the Bear > Mountain Bridge. No sign of that on this year's trip (although up to 50 > Black Vultures likely going to a roost closer to the bridge made for an > impressive sight). > > > > > > Steve Walter > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2017 > From: Ben Cacace <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 21:35:29 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 18 > > - RBA > * New York > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > * Dec. 1, 2017 > * NYNY1712.01 > > - Birds mentioned > PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ > HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER+ > TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE+ > WESTERN TANAGER+ > (+ Details requested by NYSARC) > > GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE > ROSS'S GOOSE > Cackling Goose > Eurasian Wigeon > HUDSONIAN GODWIT > Parasitic Jaeger > Black-legged Kittiwake > BLACK-HEADED GULL > LITTLE GULL > Iceland Gull > Lesser Black-backed Gull > Red-headed Woodpecker > Common Raven > LAPLAND LONGSPUR > Ovenbird > Northern Waterthrush > Black-and-white Warbler > PROTHONOTARY WARBLER > Orange-crowned Warbler > Nashville Warbler > Common Yellowthroat > Northern Parula > Magnolia Warbler > Black-throated Green Warbler > Canada Warbler > Wilson's Warbler > CLAY-COLORED SPARROW > Dickcissel > Boat-tailed Grackle > > - Transcript > > If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report > electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at > http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm > > You can also send reports and digital image files via email to > nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}org. > > If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or > sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: > > Gary Chapin - Secretary > NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) > 125 Pine Springs Drive > Ticonderoga, NY 12883 > > Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert > Number: (212) 979-3070 > > Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro > Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > > Transcriber: Ben Cacace > > BEGIN TAPE > > Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 1st > 2017 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, > WESTERN TANAGER, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, LITTLE GULL, BLACK-HEADED GULL, > PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, HUDSONIAN > GODWIT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. A > good week for birds. > > First spotted near the Ramble in Central Park early last Sunday a small > empidonax flycatcher was accommodating enough to enable sufficiently > detailed photos that soon determined its identity as a HAMMOND'S > FLYCATCHER. A third record for New York State. Seen everyday since Sunday > the flycatcher has been elusive but when being observed it has usually been > in areas of the Ramble with such names as the Oven, the Gill, the Rustic > Shelter and the Swampy Pin Oak. This latter, a tree that hasn't existed > since Hurricane Sandy. The above areas are all near Azalea Pond just west > of the Boat House on Central Park Lake. But today the flycatcher also > ventured a little farther north to the south end of the Maintenance Meadow > but was seen later again near Azalea Pond. Hopefully for the weekend folks > will be able to track the bird and direct arriving birders to its current > location. > > The WESTERN TANAGER at the Alley Pond Environmental Center was being seen > at least through Tuesday along the trail that enters the east side of the > park right after crossing the Northern Boulevard bridge over the creek. > Parking is at the center on the west side of the creek. Interestingly a > second WESTERN TANAGER has been visiting a private residence in Stony Brook > first seen on November 17th but only subsequently and positively > identified. > > Staying with the landbirds. A male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has been present at > least since last Friday at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off > Yaphank Avenue in Yaphank. Two other interesting reports from that location > during the week both accompanied by photographs were a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE > last Sunday and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW today. A gathering of over 30 COMMON > RAVENS seen there today was also quite impressive. > > A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was found with Canadas in Montauk Tuesday this on the > south side of Route 27 at the Deep Hollow Ranch. A ROSS'S GOOSE was > photographed in Connetquot River State Park in Great River last Saturday. > Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue to be seen at Belmont Lake > State Park and Tung Ting Pond in Centerport as well as at other sites. > Seemingly widespread CACKLING GEESE include 2 in Prospect Park last Sunday. > Both drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue to be noted at Jamaica Bay Wildlife > Refuge, on Mill Pond in West Sayville, on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga and on > Eastport Lake. > > Among the gulls, missed on last week's tape, was a subadult LITTLE GULL off > Montauk Point on November 23rd and the presumed Pelham Bay BLACK-HEADED > GULL was back at Five Islands Park in New Rochelle last Saturday. An > ICELAND GULL was at Playland Park in Rye Tuesday and at Riis Park last > Saturday a single BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was joined by an ICELAND and two > LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. The latter still around in low numbers. A > PARASITIC JAEGER was off Jones Beach West End Saturday. At least one > HUDSONIAN GODWIT continued at Heckscher State Park through last Saturday. > > An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still at Green-wood Cemetery in > Brooklyn Wednesday. A DICKCISSEL visited Robert Moses State Park last > Saturday and LAPLAND LONGSPURS featured singles at Smith Point County Park > Saturday and at the Fire Island Hawkwatch Sunday. > > Unusual by location was a BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE with Common Grackles in > Central Park's Sheep Meadow last weekend. Decent numbers of ORANGE-CROWNED > WARBLERS continue in the area but the nice list of late lingering other > warblers have folks thinking already of the upcoming Christmas Counts this > list including OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE, > COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, > CANADA and WILSON'S. > > To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or > call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. > > This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the > National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. > > - End transcript > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Ramble Map with Named Locations > From: Anders Peltomaa <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 03:08:32 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 19 > > I got a couple of requests today for a map with the named locations > > https://flic.kr/p/Cr1oJM > > This is a screenshot of David Barrett’s google map. > > good birding, > > Anders > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations > From: Robert Lewis <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 03:28:35 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 20 > > Thanks. I don't see the Holly Tree, which was a pace a lot of people > tried today for the Hammond's. > Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY > > > On Friday, December 1, 2017, 10:09:03 PM EST, Anders Peltomaa < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I got a couple of requests today for a map with the named locations > https://flic.kr/p/Cr1oJM > > This is a screenshot of David Barrett’s google map. > good birding, > Anders -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and > Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail > Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: Ramble Map with Named Locations > From: David Barrett <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 22:46:23 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 21 > > The Holly Tree in question is in the vicinity -- just east, I believe -- of > the Gill Overlook on the screenshot. > > You might want the "live" Google Maps version of my Central Park Birding > map, which you can pull up on your phone when you visit and GPS will show > you where you are on it: > > https://goo.gl/iCGK2L > > You also should follow the birding alerts from @BirdCentralPark on Twitter, > as these are used in Central Park and the Hammond's Flycatcher will be > tweeted there most frequently, if it is found. > > David Barrett > Manhattan > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Robert Lewis [email protected] > [ebirdsnyc] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks. 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So many that they can strip a full grown deer carcass to the > bones in a day. > > When I began birding in the 1980s, it was necessary to travel to the > Adirondacks to have a chance of seeing a raven--what a range expansion! > > Here's a link to a photo of a modest congregation at one site: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/a3EAuqzCZgYkjN6D3. > > Andy Mason > > > On 12/1/2017 3:25 PM, Andrew Block wrote: > > Nice sighting. It is very rare for around here to see so many in a > > flock, but out West they are frequently seen in medium sized flocks > > sometimes much larger usually at a feeding site such as a dead large > > mammal. I have personally seen a flock of 80-100 in Unity, Maine, > > back in the mid 80's flying over the Unity College campus. It blew my > > mind when I realized they were ravens. It's so great to have them > > around here. > > > > Andrew > > *Andrew v. F. Block* > > /Consulting Naturalist/ > > 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 > > Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 > > Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 > > www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> > > *To:* "NYSBIRDS ([email protected])" <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Friday, December 1, 2017 2:43 PM > > *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Astonishing High Count for Common Raven, > > Suffolk Co., LI > > > > Watching a Prothonotary Warbler flying around me in low, repeated > > zig-zags over open ground on 1 December wasn't the most unusual thing > > I saw this morning at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank, Suffolk > > County, Long Island. > > > > Pat had seen a couple of Common Ravens before I arrived and wanted me > > to see them. "There's a raven," she said, "with those crows." Raising > > our binoculars, we came to the same shocking realization > > simultaneously: "They're ALL ravens!" > > > > A flock of more than 30 Common Ravens rose above the treeline to the > > south of property; I counted 23 at one point, and Pat counted 30 at > > another, but there were clearly more based on the way that portions of > > the flock dipped in and out of sight. One of my photos shows at least > > 21 in the frame. The group gradually dispersed westward and southward, > > but ten or more were still visible at times over the next hour or so, > > including when Derek Rogers stopped by to see if I was ok. > > > > Prior to this I wasn't aware that Common Ravens occurred in flocks > > larger than a family group, even in places where they are common > > (except maybe along salmon runs in Alaska), and I would have thought > > that 30 was about right for the total population on all of Long Island. > > > > Perhaps there is an overnight roost there or nearby, to be worked out. > > > > The statuses of Long Island Corvus have changed beyond recognition. > > Whereas we used to have Twa Corbies, with brachrhynchos vastly > > outnumbering ossifragus, now there are Trois--and nowadays a count of > > 30 American Crows would be quite notable anywhere on western LI. > > > > Shai Mitra > > Bay Shore > > -- > > > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > <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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > > > > 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> > > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > > -- > > -- > Andrew Mason > 1039 Peck St. > Jefferson, NY 12093 > (607) 652-2162 > [email protected] > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
