Yes, the bird is a Ruffed Grouse. The scoring system for the superbowl of birding is from 1-5. 1s are common birds like Black-capped Chickadee. 2s are somewhat...
I'm sure you heard about those tornadoes that swept across the northern penisula of Florida last night. They killed 19 unsuspecting people, and some very...
Wow. That's terrible. I guess that's why they create duplicate populations...at least there are still some left in Texas. I guess I don't know exactly what...
Oh there are plenty of Whooping Cranes in Florida, just this new second flock was wiped out. I believe that most people have great faith in finding ivory-bills...
Didn't the strong storms only hit central Florida away from the panhandle? Ethan ... second flock was wiped out. ... bills in the panhandle, far from the...
Yeah, didin't I say that? Ethan <trumbullbirder@...> wrote: Didn't the strong storms only hit central Florida away from the panhandle? Ethan ... second...
Yesterday I convicned my Mom to drive me up to Newport to see the Pink- footed Geese. On the Cross- Sound Ferry I got to see one Black Legged Kittiwake and...
One of the Whooping Cranes survived... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070204/ap_on_re_us/whooping_cranes Ethan ... from the ... swamps ... guess ... the...
The new quiz bird had been posted: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/NYSyoungbirders Last week's bird was a Ruffed Grouse. I took that picture on 1-10-07 in my...
Purple Sandpiper Phil Hope Batcheller <hope.batcheller@...> wrote: The new quiz bird had been posted: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/NYSyoungbirders Last...
Incredible! Now what's your year list at? What have you missed that is still easy to get? I wonder if I can convince my parents to do the same route next...
I agree with Phil - a (mad, psychologically?) Purple Sandpiper. Come on Hope; how o you have grouse in your backyard? I have never seen one, and I don't have a...
Give up Brendan, you know you'll never win. I still need Horned Lark, Bonaparte's Gull, Surf Scoter, and Ross's Gull (I can dream, can't I?), but thats it for...
Purple Sandpiper it is--taken on November 10, 2006 on Plum Island, MA. I believe this PUSA (sorry!) thought it was a Sanderling...it was running on the beach...
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I'm sure most people saw this on NYSBirds-L, but just in case, here's a terrible article. This lifeless old granny finally loses what's left of her mind by a...
Today at Jones Beach I was able to find the big group of birders who were looking for the longspur. I asked, and, of course, the bird hadn't been seen in an...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYSyoungbirders/ Since y'all have been IDing the quiz birds way too easily, I figured it's time for something harder...please...
Congrats on the lifer. I haven't seen any odd gulls at Jones Beach this season - not even a Lesser Black-backed. I see you count heard birds. I don't; just...
Hi Brendan and all, On counting birds... I only count birds I've seen on my life list, but I will count any bird heard on my yearlist. At this point, there...
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Feb 11, 2007 8:13 pm
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Hi all, Just wondering, has anyone else in the state noticed an influx of Rough-legged Hawks in the past weeks? Yesterday while birding along the east side of...
Shawn Matthew Billerman
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Feb 11, 2007 8:36 pm
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Shawn and all, The only photo that I have seen so far is here: http://citybirder.blogspot.com/, in the most recent post. It was way too far for my camera, and...
The male Western Tanager was seen by many today at a private house in Baldwin. See directions below. The very friendly home owners welcome birders, but they...
I found a good picture of the bird on a Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattkan/ He also has an interesting picture of a very drab Lapland...
In my directions I said that you take a left onto McKenna from either direction on Milburn! that can't be! Heading south on Milburn, make a left onto McKenna....
This afternoon Eva Scripps-Callahan, Howie Fischer and I re-located the pair of REDHEADS the two of them found yesterday at Wolfe's Pond Park in Staten Island...
I count heard-only birds for any list except my life list. For that, I need to see the bird unless the bird's nocturnal. Nocturnal flight calls don't count for...
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