Apparently, a SNOWY OWL was found at Great Kills Park, Crooke's Point, on Friday morning 3/29. Although, to my knowledge, the bird has not been seen again I...
Some lists do make allowences for reports about short-eared and snowy owls because they are (semi-)diurnal, and do not depend on resting, or hiding from other...
Date: 3/2/08 Observers: Seth Wollney, Dave Klauber, Seth Ausubel Reporting: Seth Wollney Here's a list of highlights from about 7 hours of birding. Great...
Sunday 3.2.08 Howie Fischer, Eva Callahan and Joe Trezza Hit a few local spots today and ended up with a nice list of birds: Great Kills: - Great Cormorant [4...
Hi All, Here is a link to the American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics: http://www.americanbirding.org/abaethics.htm Code 1(B) and 1(C) should be...
Put up a feeder on Saturday which was found by an astonishing number of birds by Sunday. 7 pair of Cardinals (14) 4 pair of Red Wing Blackbirds a few American...
90 species of birds were seen in Staten Island on Monday, 3 March, 2008 (all day tour: 11 hours, 8+ miles walked), visiting: Blue Heron Park (BH) Clay Pit...
3/3/08 Nothing crazy to report, just a nice, relatively warm late winter day to be walking around in the woods. Saw numerous Pyrola and spotted wintergreen...
At about 7a.m. every morning my 3 feeders would be very occupied with song,house,American Tree,and white-throated sparrows, juncos,house finches,a purple finch...
FYI, In case you are not aware of the West Shore Strategic Plan meeting on 3/13/2008. There are number of West Shore natural areas for which it would be nice...
Hi All, There were 2 snow geese mixed into a small (~12) flock of Canada's on the baseball fields near the corner of Travis Ave and South Ave at about 2pm this...
Section of Natural History Next Walk: Sunday, March 9, 2008 from 9-11am Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve Meet at Park Headquarters at the end of Carlin St. ...
Someone reported on ebird that they saw an EASTERN BLUEBIRD at Mt. Loretto on Thursday. It will be interresting to see what shows up there after all this rain...
Hi all, I created a few "databases" on the group site. One is "2008 Year Lists" and the other is "Staten Island Records"....check them out, and add a record...
There were a few American Woodcock calling this evening in Willowbrook park by the baseball fields. I stuck around till dark to see if any of them displaying...
Hi all, I've heard that there is some confusion about what to do with the databases I set up. First of all, you don't have to do anything with them. I just set...
3/9/08 - Wolfe's Pond Duck numbers way down from last week, but still some good stuff: CANVASBACK - 3 males were still present, down from the 6 reported in the...
DATE: Sunday, 9 March 2008 (11:45a-5:20p) LOCATION: Great Kills Park OBSERVERS: Judy Chen, Tony Lance, Eve Levine & Ben C. REPORTED BY: Ben Cacace An excellent...
All, I have been seeing a good number of Cooper's Hawks lately. I already have three this year on Staten Island, while last year I didn't see my first on the...
3/12/08 On the way in to work today, I had a turkey vulture soaring over New Brighton near Richmond Terrace. It then landed on the chimney of the old U.S....
Location: King Fisher Pond, Bluebelt Reporting: David Jordet Early Wednesday afternoon (March 12) I was really excited to spot a CANVASBACK (duck) on King...
Date: 3/14/08 Reporter/Observer: Seth Wollney Lemon Creek (3:45pm) -Orange-crowned warbler (could be the same bird from a few weeks ago) Wolfe's Pond Beach...
Here's a bit more info for anyone looking for the orange-crowned warbler or iceland gull: -orange-crowned warbler was seen in dried mugwort just east of the ...
Hi All.... There were 2 oystercatchers at Wolfe's, and 3 at Great Kills this morning. Nothing else much of note, except for a male Northern Harrier flying...
A Protector's walk in the Greenbelt ended with some nice early migrants and sunshine. We observed a SY Red-shouldered Hawk in fresh plumage, soar over the...
Around 9:30 AM, there were three pairs of Northern Pintail near the corner of Chelsea and River Roads (GATX/Nascar site) feeding with Mallards and Canada...
Mount Loretto today had an interesting variety of birds. These included singing Winter Wren, a Cooper's Hawk, Turkey Vulture, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 9 Green-winged...
Mount Loretto today had an interesting variety of birds. These included singing Winter Wren, a Cooper's Hawk, Turkey Vulture, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 9 Green-winged...
Mt. Loretto, Wolfe's Pond, Great Kills Ed & Zach Johnson Northern gannets offshore, but within binocular range at all 3 localities Mt. Loretto: Wilson's snipe...
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