Recent bird sightings in Northern NY

NNYBirds: Re: FW: clay-colored sparrow at Gadway Barren

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:51:37 -0500

Clay-colored sparrows have been seen at a number of sites in southern Quebec during the breeding season, and a large number of sitings have been made for the present Quebec Breeding Bird Atlas in central western Quebec (Rouyn-Noranda and Temiscamingue), where few were found 30 years ago for the first

NNYBirds: Little Gull in Waddington

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:09:24 -0500

This morning I saw a second summer Little Gull foraging over the St. Lawrence River off Waddington with a small group of Bonaparte's Gulls and Common Terns. This was from the highway pullout just east of the village of Waddington. For the first 30 minutes I was present the Little

RE: NNYBirds: FW: eBird Report - Intervale Lowlands, May 24, 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:49:52 -0500

Anytime. Its been along River Road near parking pull-off as well as in last years spot. Its possible that Bay-breasted are on territory (2-3 days in a row same spot west edge of large field near beaver oxbow). Ill let you know. Also, Golden-crowned

RE: NNYBirds: FW: clay-colored sparrow at Gadway Barren

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:35:36 -0500

Hi,

I'm a birder who lives in NJ, and who saw a Clay-colored Sparrow in Northern NJ, this year, on May 6th. The sparrow got as close as five feet away from me as it sang for a few minutes. Since Clay-colored Sparrows are rare this time of year

NNYBirds: FW: clay-colored sparrow at Gadway Barren

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:54:37 -0500

Bill Krueger
Plattsburgh, NY

> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:28:57 -0400
> Subject: clay-colored sparrow at Gadway Barren
> From: (email address filtered)
> To: (email address filtered)
> CC: (email address filtered)
>
> Hi, Bill,
> I was visiting the Gadway Barren today with Jake Straub who's a new
> faculty member, taking my place

Re: NNYBirds: No. Nighthawks

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:20:34 -0500

Nighthawks disappeared from many cities throughout New York over the past decade or so, as discussed in the book that came out of the second breeding bird atlas. Good numbers of nighthawks still nest on Fort Drum, but the town-nesting nighthawks in communities adjacent to Fort Drum seem to have

Re: NNYBirds: FW: eBird Report - Intervale Lowlands, May 24, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:51:52 -0500

Larry,
I'd like to come over and look for the Cape May some day next week or Monday.
Thanks
Brian

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From: Larry Master <(email address filtered)>
To: (email address filtered)
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:59 PM
Subject: NNYBirds: FW: eBird Report - Intervale Lowlands, May 24, 2012

Nice group of birds at

Re: NNYBirds: No. Nighthawks

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:13:26 -0500

Rich,

The main redoubt of nighthawks and whip-poor-wills in the north country is the Miner Institute property, a pitch pine barrens that still supports healthy populations of goatsuckers. You need permission to go there but they usually grant it fairly easily. Downstate, the Pine Barrens on Long Island also

Re: NNYBirds: No. Nighthawks

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:15:00 -0500

Saw one a couple of weeks ago flying off the roof of the SLCentre
Mall in Massena.

Joan Howlett
Norwood
On May 23, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Richard Guthrie wrote:

> Over the past few evenings, I've been visiting what had been
> reliable spots
> to scan the twilight skies for Nighthawks.

NNYBirds: FW: eBird Report - Intervale Lowlands, May 24, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:59:41 -0500

Nice group of birds at our farm this morning including FOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Mourning Warbler, and Black-crowned Night Heron. Also, FOS Columbia Moth (thanks, Janet, for the loan of a calling female), Black Bear, and Mink Frogs (many calling).

Larry Master
Lake Placid

Intervale Lowlands, Essex, US-NY
May 24, 2012 6:42 AM -

RE: NNYBirds: Digest Number 3664 - nighthawks

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:23:54 -0500

Re nighthawks;

Good question, Dana.

My take on it is that the numbers dropped suddenly and dramatically. One day
(night) we'd take nighthawks for granted, expecting them to be there when we
looked or listened. Then they were gone. It was back in the 80's when I
could take the kids downtown

Re: NNYBirds: No. Nighthawks

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:59:44 -0500

Richard,

Was this a steady decline in numbers, or something more drastic? Or do
the numbers fluctuate dramatically?

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

On 5/23/2012 10:41 PM, Richard Guthrie wrote:
> Over the past few evenings, I've been visiting what had been reliable spots
> to scan the twilight skies for Nighthawks. No luck at all.
>
>
>
>

NNYBirds: FW: Warblers on the move at Point Au Roche

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:03:32 -0500

Bill Krueger
Plattsburgh, NY

Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 21:04:37 -0700
From: (email address filtered)
Subject: Warblers on the move at Point Au Roche
To: (email address filtered)
CC: (email address filtered)

Hi Bill,

Well, I wasn't expecting any major movement of migrants this morning due to the North wind and overcast conditions, but that wasn't

NNYBirds: Port Kent notes

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:27:33 -0500

Whip-poor-wills have been vocalizing for about a week. The last two
nights, migrating Nighthawks have been seen & heard overhead.

--
Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

NNYBirds: Plattsburgh Beach and Environs

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:48:04 -0500

The following were among species seen during a walk along the Plattsburgh Beach (and in the woods adjacent) this morning: Common Loon (2), Common Goldeneye (3), Merlin, Caspian Tern (2) , Veery, American Redstart, Eastern Kingbird. Last week an adult Bald Eagle was perched in among the trees of the

Re: NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:25:47 -0500

Well done to all involved with the banding this year!
Eve
On 2012-05-22, at 10:13 AM, (email address filtered) wrote:

> There were 545 newly banded birds of 60 species (plus an intergrade Northern Flicker and both "Western" and "Yellow" Palm Warblers), giving 17,000 for total birds now covered since the Crown Point

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:26 -0500

There were 545 newly banded birds of 60 species (plus an intergrade Northern Flicker and both "Western" and "Yellow" Palm Warblers), giving 17,000 for total birds now covered since the Crown Point Banding Station began operating in 1975. There were 1,200 cars (perhaps 3-4 passengers per car) this weekend,

NNYBirds: Ruddy Turnstone at Wilson Hill WMA

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:38:02 -0500

DEC staff located a Ruddy Turnstone on a dike separating Wilson Hill WMA from the St. Lawrence River today. It was foraging in the vegetation and woody debris washed up on the edge of the dike.

Mike Morgan

NNYBirds: SyracuseRBA

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:36:10 -0500

RBA

* New York
* Syracuse
* May 21, 2012
* NYSY 05.21.12
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

May 14, 2012 - May 21, 2012
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland
compiled:May

NNYBirds: Wilson's Warbler/Virginia Rail/Crossbills, etc.

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:58:37 -0500

Hamilton/St. Lawrence/Essex Counties

5/20/12 Hamilton Co. locations

Long Lake:

*Eastern Wood-Pewee (FOS)

*Cedar Waxwing (FOS)

Lake Durant Marsh, Blue Mountain Lake:

*Virginia Rail (FOS)

Highlights from Moose River Plains, Inlet:

Ruffed Grouse - 3 different birds dust bathing in the road (in depressions
they looked like logs until they moved - I nearly hit two)

Black-backed

NNYBirds: Jefferson County birds

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:26:48 -0500

This morning Mike Stewart and I birded several locations in Jefferson County. First we hit El Dorado Shores Preserve, where a fair number off Blackpoll and Magnolia Warblers were scattered about the woods. Other warblers here included my FOS Mourning Warbler and 2 Wilson's Warblers. I was hoping for

NNYBirds: Mourning Warbler

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:16:57 -0500

Among the other warblers that I get along the road to my land on Rand
Hill, the mourning warbler was back in place this morning. The
black-throated blues and greens, black and whites, chestnut-sideds and
ovenbirds have been there for a while. The one that is missing

NNYBirds: Lake Placid on Saturday

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:34:38 -0500

There was a nice batch of 14 warbler species at the farm Saturday morning including FOS Blackpoll Warbler and Northern Waterthrush.

Larry Master
Lake Placid

Intervale Lowlands, Essex, US-NY
May 19, 2012 6:51 AM - 9:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s)
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NNYBirds: Fw: International Migratory Bird Day in Clinton County

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:49:53 -0500

Bill Krueger
Plattsburgh, NY
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: James Osborn <(email address filtered)>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 01:39:18
To: <(email address filtered)>
Cc: <(email address filtered)>
Subject: International Migratory Bird Day in Clinton County

Hi Bill,

Well, IMBD was a good one in Clinton County. I spent 9 Hours surveying

Re: NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:56:45 -0500

Hello All,

Please excuse the personal response. My error in navigating the email
account.

Dan

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Raven Watcher <(email address filtered)>wrote:

> Hello Mike,
>
> So glad to read your reports from Crown Point. Would love to be there.
>
> I remember your saying, "Growing old is not

Re: NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:53:06 -0500

Hello Mike,

So glad to read your reports from Crown Point. Would love to be there.

I remember your saying, "Growing old is not for sissies." I have had my
challenges with a stent procedure in March. They made it sound like a walk
in the park but it has been

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:20:17 -0500

The new 2012 birds were Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, and Cerulean Warbler. Also, the Keene Central School was the Friday, May 18th, school visit. On Saturday, the count grew to 534 species, but all were old. The warblers included Magnolia Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Redstart, Northern

NNYBirds: Cranberry Lake Highlights - 5/18 & 5/19

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:18:02 -0500

Yesterday I came across a few interesting birds. I had my FOS Cedar Waxwings as well as 2 different singing Swainson's Thrushes (Heard only). Coming across the lake around 7pm a nearby boat flushed a group of waterfowl in the middle of the lake. I slowed down to catch

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:44:50 -0500

Friday saw the Crown Point Banding Station continue to operate. The new species were Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Swainson's Thrush, European Starling, and Eastern Towhee, bringing the number of birds to 60. Since May 4th, the total count was just over 500 birds for this year, and 17,000

NNYBirds: Newcomb and Tahawus

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:06:43 -0500

A long day in this area . . . highlights were flyover singing white-winged crossbills along the Roosevelt Truck Trail off 28N, singing Cape May warbler high up at the High peaks last parking lot at Tahawus, a singing male bay-breasted warbler on Tahawus Rd about 2 miles south of

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:20:56 -0500

There were two "mimic thrushes" that brought the total of this year to 54 species, a Northern Mockingbird and a Brown Thrasher. Since 1982, the mockingbirds have brought a grand total of 13 of these birds, but saw the last in 2001. (The thrasher has been more popular, with 87

NNYBirds: Yellow-throated Vireo

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:55:11 -0500

I visited Ausable Marsh WMA on Wednesday evening, hoping to relocate the Blue-gray Gnatcatchers I saw on Sunday, instead I saw a Yellow-throated Vireo about halfway down the path. I watched the bird for several minutes before it flew off, and I was able to relocate it on my way

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:57:50 -0500

On Wednsday, May 16th, the total was up to 459 individuals at Crown Point Banding Station. There was another new nesting species, a Northern Rough-winged Swallow, bringing the total species this year to 52. Since 1976, there are 102 species (plus five different types of individuals, not included). Be aware

NNYBirds: Cumberland Head

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:21 -0500

It's getting quite noisy (an appreciad and welcomed noise) on Cumberland Head with all the new arrivals.

White-Crowned sparrows up to 9 at one time seem to have moved on (5/7)
Rough-winged Swallows may be taking up residence but much construction of retaining walls from Irene damage, hope they

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:25:22 -0500

The Crown Point Banding Station gained two more birds on Tuesday, the 15th of May. One was a "Traill's" Flycatcher (either Alder or Willow Flycatcher). The other, a Wood Thrush, joined the Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Hermit Thrush, and American Robin for this year. So the count total is 51 species,

NNYBirds: Port Kent Mocker

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:20:05 -0500

On Monday, I observed a N. Mockingbird across the street from the Port
Kent Post Office.

--
Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

NNYBirds: Ausable Marsh WMA

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:44:50 -0500

I visited Ausable Marsh WMA on Sunday evening... seems like this was a great time for a lot of local birders judging by all of the posts. I was quite surprised by the sheer number of birds, certainly more than I've ever observed at the marsh. Highlights included BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:20:27 -0500

Cape May Warbler brought the total to 14 warblers. The latest total came to 49 species and 436 individuals. There were two regular Northern ("Yellow-shafted") Flickers, one last year's bird and another a new one for this year. The flickers now stand at 19 since 1984, plus three intergrades

NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:27:23 -0500

RBA

* New York
* Syracuse
* May 14, 2012
* NYSY 05.14.12
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):

May 07, 2012 - May 14, 2012
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland
compiled:May

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Mon, 14 May 2012 07:48:51 -0500

There were 47 species for this year's Crown Point Banding Station as of Sunday, May 13th. New species were Eastern Wood-Pewee, Veery, and Savannah Sparrow. Least Flycatcher was the most abundant bird for Sunday, with more of them caught in the mistnets than any other species. The number of "Western"

Re: NNYBirds: Montezuma National Wild Life Refuge - Cerulean Warblers building a nest

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:17:46 -0500

On our way home from a week of birding in Ohio at Magee Marsh my husband and I stopped by Montezuma NWR in central New York. Approximately 80 feet up in a large tree between the rest room building and the observation tower near the visitor's center, a

NNYBirds: Migrating Brant in Canton

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:24:40 -0500

As an addition to Tom's earlier post, I saw 2 flocks of Brant fly fairly low over our yard this morning, heading north while it was still raining lightly. The first flock of about 100 startled me as I heard the considerable sound of their wings beating before I saw

NNYBirds: Fw: Notes from May 12th

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:24:13 -0500

Bill Krueger
Plattsburgh, NY
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: James Osborn <(email address filtered)>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 18:48:57
To: <(email address filtered)>
Cc: <(email address filtered)>
Subject: Notes from May 12th

Hi Bill,

I spent some "quality" time over in Clinton County yesterday (5/12). Here are a few notes for you

NNYBirds: Port Kent warblers

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:51:18 -0500

After a dreary day that threatened rain (but never developed), late afternoon sunshine immediately started producing birds around my lawn. Realizing there was a lot of warbler activity, I took a short walk that produced quite a few species in a short period of time. I extended the observation time

NNYBirds: Marbled Godwit, Sandhill Crane, and piles of songbirds in Canton

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:33:50 -0500

Shortly after the rain ended this morning I spent a few minutes in the backyard, where I saw a Cape May Warbler and quite a few other migrants. It looked like there was a pretty good movement last night, so I ran over to the Partridge Run Golf Course in

NNYBirds: Backyard Cape Mays

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:30:38 -0500

Here in the Town of Ballston-Saratoga County, I'll join in on the backyard warbler excitement, with 2 Cape May warblers singing and posing from eye level perches in numerous balsam fir and white spruce trees that we have. They were singing and foraging for at least three hours, giving close

NNYBirds: Cranberry Lake Bio Station 5/7/13

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:19:04 -0500

Loads of warblers were around today along with FOS Olive-sided Flycatcher and Great Crested Flycatcher. I thought I may have heard a single Alder Flycatcher also but wasn't positive. I also saw my first ever Mockingbird here at CLBS.

Cranberry Lake Bio Station, St. Lawrence, US-NY
May 13, 2012 5:35 AM -

NNYBirds: warbler migration fallout Canton

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:39:19 -0500

Eileen and I had our best day birding at home ever by far. We had a fallout of warblers at our home.

We started just after the rain stopped falling about 8:15 am.

I will mention the highlights first:

Our day began with

Indigo buntings which stayed on the top of some

NNYBirds: Crown Point Banding Station

Sun, 13 May 2012 16:29:45 -0500

On Friday and Saturday, May 11-12, the Crown Point Banding Station reached a total number of species of 45. There were 13 different species of warbler (or 14, if Palm Warbler is counted as "Yellow" Palm Warbler and "Western" Palm Warbler). Other notable warblers were Orange-crowned Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, and

NNYBirds: Weekend birds at Intervale Lowlands, Lake Placid

Sun, 13 May 2012 15:09:25 -0500

A very partial walk at our farm this morning turned up 55 species and several first of the spring (FOS) birds, bringing the week's total to 89 species so far. Highlights this morning were a Mockingbird (second I have ever seen in Lake Placid) plus 3 Cape May and