- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * August 7, 2009 * NYNY0908.07
- Birds Mentioned: AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER+ SANDWICH TERN+ Cory's Shearwater Greater Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet American Avocet Western Willet Whimbrel Red Knot White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Royal Tern Parasitic Jaeger If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ** NOTE: Due to a technical problem, the NYC Area RBA is temporarily without phone service. Hopefully this will be remedied soon. ** ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 7th, at 7:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, SANDWICH TERN, AMERICAN AVOCETS, WHIMBRELS, and CORY'S SHEARWATER. Starting with a current bit of news, an AMERICAN AVOCET was found late this afternoon at Sag Pond in Bridgehampton, sitting on a small pond on the left, just before one turns into the parking lot at the end of Sag Main Street. Trips out on the CRESLI whale watch boats from Montauk on Monday and Tuesday encountered good numbers of CORY'S and GREATER SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS both days, a presumed MANX SHEARWATER Monday, and on Tuesday two SOOTY SHEARWATERS, two PARASITIC JAEGERS, and two BLACK TERNS. Whale numbers have been low, however. A fishing boat going much farther out to warm water Sunday did encounter four AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS in an area known as "the dip", this following seven AUDUBON'S out there July 25th at different sites. At Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes Sunday, an AMERICAN AVOCET was reported flying over the flats, moving west. On the sand spit at Pikes Beach just east of Cupsogue, and adult winter-plumaged SANDWICH TERN sat at the tip with a dozen ROYAL TERNS for a while Sunday afternoon. The SANDWICH disappeared on the rising tide, but the ROYAL numbers increased to 25 or more. Two to four WHIMBREL were present at both sites Sunday, down from the seven at Cupsogue Saturday and six at Mecox Inlet last Friday. The Cupsogue to Pikes flats continue to provide a variety of shorebirds, including some RED KNOTS and a few 'WESTERN' WILLETS. BLACK TERNS are also appearing on the Cupsogue flats and along the ocean front, where a small number of CORY'S SHEARWATERS and one or two WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were noted Sunday afternoon. About 15 CORY'S SHEARWATERS and some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS also appeared off Montauk Point Saturday morning. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the still very mucky East Pond has been hosting a decent number of shorebirds, though variety will hopefully continue to improve. On Saturday one or two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and five PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were present in the south end of the pond up to the Raunt, where up to eight GULL-BILLED TERNS were also roosting, with a BLACK TERN visiting the north end of the pond. During the week, also found on the East Pond were a single RED KNOT Monday, two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS along with 29 STILT SANDPIPERS and three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS Tuesday, and two BLACK and four GULL-BILLED TERNS on Wednesday. Large numbers of the expected shorebirds have also been around Jones Inlet lately, and a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL and numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS were off Jones Beach field 6 on Sunday. A BLACK TERN appeared off Robert Moses State Park Sunday, and a STILT SANDPIPER visited Heckscher State Park on Monday. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
