Had a great morning in CP today. Everything that was seen was already reported, but some of the highlights were: GC Flycatcher Veery (my 200th year bird!) ...
Hi all, Since Brendan wanted to know how others were doing, I thought I'd share some birding experiences I had today. In addition to the below post, Nick and I...
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I had a very good day this morning at Clove Lakes today in Staten Island with 18 new birds for the year. Highlights included: Vesper Sparrow! (seen by my...
I am starting to see some signs of migration around my house. Today I had both an Orchard Oriole and a Scarlet Tanager in the same tree. A little later I...
Hi all, On May 3rd (for 1.5 hours) and 4th (most of the day), I got to bird Magee Marsh (in Ohio) on my way out to Illinois. Although the birding was slow ...
Hey everybody, I tried for the Golden-winged Warbler late afternoon today at Valley Stream SP on LI to no avail. But of course, being irony's punching-bag, I...
In my field notebook, I have a variety of symbols that I can recongnize: -CAPITALIZE the bird if it was one of the highlights of the trip. - Put a STAR just...
They're getting better! By pausing in certain places of the flight video, the entire upperwing is visible. http://www.fishcrow.com/choc07.html Good birding...
Great! This one is very clearly a bird. I especially like how he says this is better than his previous videos. The guy is just a little bit off his rocker :)...
Meant to send this to the group. Cheers, Nick ... Subject: Re: [NYSyoungbirders] Another bad IBWO video From: "Nicholas David Sly" <nds22@...> Date:...
Clay-Colored and American Tree Sparrows? If not a Tree then I would say Field. -Doug ... From: nds22@... To: NYSyoungbirders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon,...
I got a new (more proffessional, I guess) email address...and I want to delete my account on this group and then re-join with under my other email address ...
Two things of interest: NJ's first Crested Caracara appeared briefly at Sandy Hook last week! For those who don't know, Sandy Hook is a long spit that reaches...
Hey everyone, After a nice relaxed day of shorebirding at the end of Jones Beach, in New York (in one area: American Oystercatcher, Black-bellied, Semipalmated...
Actually, 3 of the members on this list did the WSB on the Hudson-Mohawk Merlins team, plus at least 2 others on other teams. The day began at the Great Swamp...
Hi all, So, as Hope mentioned, I did the World Series of Birding this past weekend as well. I was on The Redheads, the Cornell Student Team. We competed in ...
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May 15, 2007 2:35 am
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Ok...then, um, White-throated Sparrow? --Hope ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Great Kills Park, Staten Island [Richmond County] 2:15 - 3:45 pm - low tide This afternoon Eva Scripps-Callahan and I birded the tidal flats of Great Kills...
On a trip with the Queens County Bird Club, some of the nice expected birds were seen. No bears or rattlesnakes though! Had three lifers, nothing too special,...
Hi all, This morning, I, my mom, and three others birded at Vischer Ferry from 0700-1300. I had 69 species (and I think the others might've had one or two ...
Hi all, By the way, has anyone else noticed that adult birders tend to have less enthusiasm than young birders? For instance--the Mourning Warbler. We had ...
To me, that seems like the response of newbies or of "backyard birdwatchers", the ones who don't carry the obsession that we do... Those few with obsessed...