Monday, July 13, 2020

One less big pine for owls

A casaulty of Fridays tropical storm Fay,the big white pine at southwest Nethermead toppled over. With heavy soaked soft roots ,the pine' s heavy weight did the rest.

This tree once hosted a northern sawwhet owl I found on a Christmas bird count and likely more we didn't find 🤗

Well ...too bad.

😕

Epilogue

At least the owl tree roots held firm.  It was Fay's wind gust that snapped the thick trunk. Must've taken at least 60 mile gust into the needles wind basket

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Fwd: bird at Green Wood today

Floater parula

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northern parula male Sycamore Avenue GWC



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Friday, July 10, 2020

Fwd: "Peter-Peter" Bird: Tufted Titmouse

The bird that knows my name.....

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." 

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Fwd: BirdCast: Tropical Storm Fay



"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." 

                                                   - Henry David Thoreau



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Sent: Thu, Jul 9, 2020 11:22 PM
Subject: BirdCast: Tropical Storm Fay


BirdCast
Forecasting bird migration across North America 
Tropical Storm Fay
Jul 10th 2020, 03:02, by af27

Tropical Storm Fay is a fast moving tropical storm forecast to move through the mid Atlantic states, near shore past New Jersey, and up the Hudson River Valley in the coming 48 hours. Similar timed tropical systems in the past, for example Tropical Storm Bertha in 1996, produced a number of interesting (and expected) entrained and displaced pelagic species (see this Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel list). Of course, as with many previous Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico cyclones that we have discussed, Sooty Tern and Bridled Tern should (and will) be foremost in observers' minds. This is especially true for those people that can safely (socially distancing and minding the dangers of passing tropical systems) view coastal stretches from DelMarVa, north to Sandy Hook, NJ and east along the south shore of Long Island (at least to Nassau County depending on the storm's track), as well as river views of the Hudson Valley. This latter viewing opportunity may be the most intriguing, given what occurred when a tropical system traveled a similar path in the not too distant past (Irene). Additionally, observers in the Lake Champlain and St Lawrence River areas should be watchful for storm-entrained, displaced, and downed birds. These may include additional species beyond the typical warm water seabirds, such as high altitude overland migrant shorebirds and water birds downed by weather.

 

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Acadian FC

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- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)

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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2020 09:15 by Linda Ewing
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S71027688
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Heard calling above Rick's Place; will attach audio . . . bird can be heard at about :13 and again just before the recording ends. Have been hearing it in the same location for at least 2 weeks on my runs/walks through the park. Breeding?"

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Tweet from Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) green herons fledglings

Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) tweeted at 1:01 PM on Tue, Jun 30, 2020:
Green heron chick. The storm from last night damaged and downed some trees at the park. All four chicks are fine! https://t.co/o5T4Ak7cRb
(https://twitter.com/charlesbrooklyn/status/1278010841896570881?s=03)

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