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Pelham Bay Park

1/26/2015

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NYBG Bird Walk 1/10/15

1/26/2015

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Birders from 1/10/15 walk at NYBG
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Swamp Sparrow Article

1/14/2015

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/science/sparrows-dont-just-sing-same-old-song.html?referrer=

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Birders from the walk on 1/3/15.

1/3/2015

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Bird List 2015

1/1/2015

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1Palm
2Pine
3Yellow Rumped
4Mourning
5Wilson's
6Black and white
7Blackpoll
8Nashville
9Northern Parula
10Magnolia
11Worm eating
12black throated blue
13Black throated green
14Yellow
15bay breasted
16common yellowthroat
17Blackburnian
Prairie
18OvenBird
19Northern waterthrush
20Chestnut sided
21American Redstart
22Canada
23Cape May
24Nashville 12/15 NYBG

25Blue headed vireo
26warbling vireo
​27red eyed vireo

28Great Crested Flycatcher
29Olive sided flycatcher
30Eastern Wood peewee
31Least flycatcher
32Alder flycatcher
33Yellow bellied flycatcher
34Willow Flycatcher
35Western Flycatcher


36Scarlet Tanager
37Eastern Phoebe
38Indo Bunting
​39Panted bunting
40Baltimore Oriole

41Golden crowned kinglet
42Ruby crowned kinglet

43Chickadee
44Tufted Titmouse
45White breasted Nuthatch
46red breasted nuthatch
47Cardinal
48Bluejay

49Carolina Wren
50House wren
51Marsh wren
52Winter wren

53Mourning Dove
54Rock Dove


55Song Sparrow
56Fox
57Savannah
58Swamp
59Lincoln's
60White throated
61White crowned
62Vesper
63Nelson's
64Field
65House sparrow
66Pine Siskins
67Dark eyed Junco
68Eastern Towhee
69Gray catbird
70American Robin
​71Mockingbird

72American Crow
73Raven

74Red tailed hawk
75Cooper's hawk
76Kestrel
77Sharp shinned
78Rough legged
79Black vulture
80Turkey vulture
81Merlin
82Great Horned Owl

83Red winged bb
84Rusty Blackbird
85Grackle

86Northern Shoveler
87Ring necked duck
88Hooded Merganser
89Ruddy
90Coot
91Gadwall 
92Bufflehead
93Mallard
94Eared grebe
95Horned grebe
96pied billed grebe
97common loon
98red throated loon
99black
100wood
101scaup greater
102scaup lesser
103redhead
104canada goose
105brant
106red breasted merganser
107common merganser
108hooded merganser

109Great egret
110snowy egret
111Great blue heron
112Black crowned night heron
113Green heron
114Bittern

Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Red bellied woodpecker
yellow bellied sapsucker
​N. Flicker
​european starling
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Couch's Kingbird on the CBS news

12/29/2014

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I was contacted by CBS reporter Meg Baker, to comment on the Couch's Kingbird that has been hawking insects on Jane Street in the West Village. Happy to oblige I left work, on my lunch hour, and headed downtown. There were still quite a mob of birders with 400-600mm lens and binoculars scouting the area trying to locate the yellow Tyrannus couchii on trees and balconies in the immediate area. The reporter seemed interested and amused by the birders who were so dedicated to their hobby of finding, photographing, recording and listing birds. We are an odd, but dedicated bunch of people who chase birds (twitchers) and stalk them until we get the "ahhh." For some it can almost be a religious experience, others a competitive sport to try and see more birds in a year than your fellow birders (big year). We have a separate way of speaking with codes and time references. Gestures, winks, pointing and facial expressions that let our fellow birders know what we see and how they can see it too. We are a close knitted society of dedicated individuals. Some of us are loners and depend on the birds to bring us together at a familiar birding site. Others bring their families or partner with a spouse who also enjoys the sport. Many plan vacations based on life birds they have yet to see and record. 

So while all the fuss in the West Village may seem strange to some it is a lot of fun for birders. Seeing a rare bird in NYC is amazing. And one of this magnitude that has never even been close to this part of the world simply amazing. The Couch's kingbird most likely was swept up the coast, from its home territory of Mexico and Guatemala by a storm with high winds. Will he survive a NYC winter? We certainly hope so, but if the insects begin to disappear we certainly hope this holiday treat will take his cue and look for warmer areas to hawk his insects and delight others. 


Thank you Meg Baker, CBS



http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/10987764-rare-find-has-new-york-bird-watching-community-chirping-with-excitement/


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Bird walk 12/27/14

12/27/2014

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These lucky birders got to see a pair of Great Horned Owls!

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NYBG Bird walk 11/29/14

11/30/2014

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Excellent birding day at NYBG. We started out by chasing a TREE SPARROW that darted through the birches in the Native Plant Garden. A small flash caught our eyes and an ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER jumped up and then quickly down. Suddenly a flock of small birds flew by our heads landing in an adjacent tree- PINE SISKINS on every branch! There were PURPLE FINCH throughout the garden along with House Finch- more numbers than we have seen in many years. American Goldfinch were feeding in the sweet gum as were the Purple Finch and Siskins.
Hawks were plentiful as we watched a skillful NORTHERN GOSHAWK maneuver through the forest trees. Down by the lake an AMERICAN KESTREL sat stop a tree. A sharp- shinned hawk and Cooper's hawk were also nearby. Red tailed hawks were perched on branches. A Belted Kingfisher rattled its presence midair as it circled the Twin Lake.
The garden was full of birds, throughout.

Chipping sparrow-1
White throated-100+
Song sparrow-4
American Tree sparrow-4
Fox sparrow-3
Cardinal-10
Hermit thrush-6
Mallard-8
Belted kingfisher-1
Rusty blackbird-1
American Robin-15
Blue Jay-26
Pine Siskin-20+
House finch-21
Purple finch-6
Junco 200+
Red breasted nuthatch-1
White breasted nuthatch-3
Chickadee -5
Hairy woodpecker -1
Downy woodpecker -1
Red bellied woodpecker -1
Yellow bellied sapsucker -1
American kestrel-1
Cooper's hawk-2
Sharp shinned hawk-1
Northern goshawk-1
Red tailed hawk-3
Grackles 300+
Mockingbird-1
Red winged blackbird-1
Mourning dove-32

Special thanks to young birder Christopher.


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NYBG Bird walk 11/22

11/22/2014

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We had a brisk and chilly bird walk at NYBG today. Highlights include AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, PURPLE FINCH and Rusty Blackbirds.
An American tree sparrow was briefly spotted in the Native Plant Garden today, along with a song and swamp sparrow. Down by the crabapples two female purple finch joined a flock of house finch and one chipping sparrow. A field sparrow was also observed in the crabapples. Rusty blackbirds (17) were poking around the leaves in the swale.

Fox sparrow -4
Savannah sparrow-1
Field sparrow--1
American tree sparrow-1
White throated sparrow-5
Song sparrow-2
Chipping sparrow-1
Swamp sparrow-1
Hermit thrush -1
Cardinal-1
Junco-many
Downy woodpecker -1
Hairy woodpecker -1
Red bellied woodpecker-2
Grackle + 100
Tufted titmouse2
Chickadee-4
Cooper's hawk
Sharp shinned hawk
American kestrel
Turkey vulture
Red tailed hawk-3
Mallard-12
House finch-10
Goldfinch-2
American Robin-11
Mockingbird-1
White breasted nuthatch-1
Rusty blackbird-17

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NYBG bird walk 11/15/14

11/16/2014

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Highlights from my Saturday morning bird walk include Rusty blackbirds and a Pine Siskin.

Pine Siskin-1
Purple finch-1
House finch-1
Goldfinch-30
Rusty blackbird -2
Hairy woodpecker-2
Red bellied woodpecker -2
Yellow bellied sapsucker -1
Kinglet- both
Turkey vulture-7
Coopers-1
Red tailed hawk -1
Chickadee-3
Tufted titmouse-1
Hermit thrush-2
Cardinal -2
White throated sparrow-4
Song sparrow-1
Bluejay -5
White breasted nuthatch-2
Great blue heron-1
Mallard-12
American Robin-3

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