Walking to my car in the Shop-Rite parking lot on Richmond & Forest Avenues, I saw a large falcon, maybe Ring-billed Gull size, fly up from the roof of the...
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Alex
alexflint...
Jul 4, 2012 2:09 pm
I have had a white tailed grackle visiting my yard in New Dorp all spring. Leucistic Grackle ...
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Anthony Ciancimino
sibirdwatcher
Jul 4, 2012 6:05 pm
To start off, I would like to apologize to anybody who recieved spam mail fom my email name, which got hacked and many of my contacts got spam. On the good...
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Clifford
cliffordhagen
Jul 5, 2012 3:12 pm
On June 30, 9 people participated in Staten Island's annual 4th of July Butterfly Count, a national census. Totals were better than average with 32 species...
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Betsy Ukeritis
betsyukes
Jul 5, 2012 6:57 pm
Birders... Your accounts of black skimmers have been great for our biologist... but he wants more! :-) See below, especially the BOLD paragraph for the...
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Joe T
jbirds268
Jul 8, 2012 4:38 pm
Had the most interesting sighting yesterday at Blue Heron, along the trail that wraps around Spring Pond. Â Just past the bridge, where the trail begins to...
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Mike
falecore
Jul 8, 2012 7:52 pm
These ducks have been around for a while, they are escapes. Mandarin duck maybe? Sent from my iPhone...
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rdcny
rdcny2003
Jul 10, 2012 2:09 am
July 5, 1970. Greenbelt Area, Staten Island, New York. From the parking lot at High Rock Park we went down the hill to Walker Pond. The area adjoining the park...
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Catherine Barron
cthrnbarron
Jul 10, 2012 10:16 am
3 Royal Terns sitting on the beach at Crookes Point around 6 PM on 7/9/2012. Catherine Barron...
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Catherine Barron
cthrnbarron
Jul 14, 2012 7:55 pm
A Least Bittern flew across the creek on the GATX/Nascar side of River Road this morning around 10 AM. A nice surprise... I was listening and looking for...
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Anthony Ciancimino
sibirdwatcher
Jul 16, 2012 8:01 pm
There was a single Western Sandpiper feeding at Wolfes "mudflats"; this morning at around 11:00. The bird was around the same size as a Semipalmated Sandpiper,...
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Anthony Ciancimino
sibirdwatcher
Jul 17, 2012 2:14 pm
Cemetery of the Resurrection 7/17/12 6:30-10:00am Northern waterthrush - 1 along the North Ponds expansive mudflats Yellow crowned night heron - flyover Good...
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cicadaman53
Jul 17, 2012 7:00 pm
July 18, 2012 Great Kills Park 1-3 pm We will be looking for migrating shorebirds & wading birds at the peat beds/mud flats in Great Kills Park. There should...
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MichaelS
falecore
Jul 20, 2012 12:11 am
Saw the questionable ducks again today across the street from Spring Pond. Turns out they are Indian Runner's that have escaped from a neighbors property and...
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Catherine Barron
cthrnbarron
Jul 20, 2012 12:29 pm
Common Loon: Very young with tail pin feathers; called twice. The loon hauls itself out of the water and rests on the beach and then sort of squrims back into...
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David
sailbirder
Jul 22, 2012 1:36 pm
I spent a couple of hours at Clove Lakes Saturday evening, 7/21, with highlights of a LOUISANA WATERTHRUSH below the Martling Ave. bridge and a SPOTTED...
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Dave Eib
daveeib
Jul 23, 2012 2:50 pm
For anyone interested, I happened to be going down Manor Rd on the bus this a.m. and noticed that the Monk pair seem to be trying out a new location. The...
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CicadaMan1@...
cicadaman53
Jul 23, 2012 3:47 pm
I've driven by that location several times recently & hear them squawking, but haven't spotted them yet. (Gotta keep your eyes on the road!) Ed...
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Anthony Ciancimino
sibirdwatcher
Jul 23, 2012 4:18 pm
Wolfes, 9am-10:45am Lots of shorebirds around on the mudflats & beach: Willet Red knot- 1 Ruddy turnstone Sanderling Short-billed dowitcher- 3 Western...
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g.bouquio@...
sbpogeb
Jul 23, 2012 4:26 pm
I'm looking at them right now, feeding on the fruit of the trees in the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park across Manor Road from the K of C. They are going back...
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georgeb
sbpogeb
Jul 25, 2012 5:37 pm
Still squawking & hanging out at the corners of Manor, Maine & Martling Avenue at 12:15 pm. Back & forth from the bracket on the pole in front of the K of C...
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MichaelS
falecore
Jul 28, 2012 9:22 pm
3pm High Tide all the birds were at the mouth of the inlet. Highlights: White-rumped Sandpiper (2) Spotted Sandpiper (3) Ruddy Turnstone (1) Royal Tern (1) ...
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MichaelS
falecore
Jul 29, 2012 9:23 pm
Protectors of Pine Oak Woods Walk 1030am-1230pm. Nothing unusual, but a nice assortment of birds and old friends. Highlights: Royal Tern 2 Black and White...
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Seth Wollney
seth@...
Aug 8, 2012 12:58 am
While conducting turtle research this afternoon at Freshkills Park (Landfill), there was a male Northern Harrier flying around the East Mound. Seth Wollney ...
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Anthony Ciancimino
sibirdwatcher
Aug 8, 2012 3:29 pm
There was a Red breasted Nuthatch seen and heard this morning ~7:30am, feeding in the oaks in the area just behind the Cemetery of the Resurrection, NOT the...
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cicadaman53
Aug 14, 2012 8:00 pm
8/15/2012 Great Kills Park 12 - 2 pm We will once again be searching for migrating shorebirds, waders and anything else that decides to show up at the mud...
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cotingas@...
h_fischer
Aug 16, 2012 3:46 pm
Clove Lakes Park near the tower 16 August 2012 10 A M H. Fischer A HY Purple Finch was feeding in a Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina) for quite some time. The...
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Ben Cacace
msmythii
Aug 16, 2012 11:41 pm
I have a feeling this was possibly a decent place for birds and butterflies: "In 2003 a relatively small cluster of Torrey’s mountain mint was found along a...
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MichaelS
falecore
Aug 17, 2012 7:15 pm
You are correct Ben, it was a good place for birds and butterflies. The area in question is now the Charleston Shopping Center. This was the largest...
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Catherine Barron
cthrnbarron
Aug 17, 2012 8:58 pm
Clove Lakes Park highlights for 8/17 moning: Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher at the million tree site near the...
