Okay, Andrew. I did it – put up some pictures on my web site – on the recent
work page. The top two pictures are the bird in question. Not too much
narrative there, as that has been done in the posts from Angus and I. Below
that I’ve shown a series of Dunlin pictures for comparison. Most are juv
My wife and I snuck in one more beach day today at Cupsogue, sitting ocean-side
from 11AM-2PM. I periodically scanned the ocean, binoculars only, during that
time.
The only highlight was a single Caspian Tern heading west. As I followed it, it
dropped something from its mouth and quickly stooped
Bird is perched now in tree in grassy area by astroturf fields
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Central Park NYC
Sunday, September 24, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 11 species of Wood Warblers including 4 Cape May Warblers.
Canada Goose - 140+ Reservoir 6:25am
Mallard - 23 Reservoir
Mourning Dove - 15+
Chimney Swift - 6 together over Maintenance Field
The bird just flew across Flatbush Ave heading southwest. It made a brief stop
in some trees near the golf course but appeared to continue.
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~
Birding from the south end to the north on a rising and falling tides. Less
than 100 Shorebirds observed but the diversity was not too bad.
Shorebird highlights include: AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (6) - possibly one or two
more. They were all south of Dead Man's Cove, loafing among the Gull flock o
Just a heads up. I saw a White Pelican and a Clay-colored Sparrow at DeKorte
Park in Lyndhurst, NJ in the Meadowlands today so people should be on the look
out for two species in our area:-)
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Yellow-headed blackbird relocated in Floyd Bennett Field at farm area across
from soccer field
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Looking at the photos that are included with Stacy Meyerheinrich's eBird
checklist (link below) I would suggest the observers reconsider the ID. IMO
this bird is very clearly a Dunlin, as proposed in a follow up posting by
Steve Walter.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39350964
Dunlins with
Heydi Lopes just found a YELLOW-headed Blackbird within a flock of starlings at
Floyd Bennett Field. Details to follow.
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Two Brown Pelicans are currently visible on the north shore of the bay. I'm at
the end of the fisherman's road looking northeast and they are just east of the
non-draw bridge. Resting on the water at the moment. Might be visible from the
CG station but I'm not certain. I'm not the finder, just t
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