- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 18, 2011 * NYNY1103.18
- Birds mentioned VARIED THRUSH+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) ROSS'S GOOSE Cackling Goose Eurasian Wigeon Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form) KING EIDER BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Northern Gannet Great Egret Osprey Rough-legged Hawk Wilson's Snipe BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Razorbill BLACK GUILLEMOT RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Tree Swallow Pine Warbler Rusty Blackbird - Transcript 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 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 18th 2011 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK GUILLEMOT, VARIED THRUSH, ROSS'S GOOSE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and Spring migrants. As we await, perhaps somewhat impatiently the influx of numbers of Spring migrants, there are some good Winter rarities still showing up. Off Montauk Point last Sunday a Winter plumaged BLACK GUILLEMOT was spotted in flight well off the point but disappeared once it settled on the water among the many scoters and Common Eider. Seven RAZORBILLS were also counted and NORTHERN GANNET numbers are on the increase. Two OSPREYS also appeared at the point and this species is now arriving at many locations. Another RAZORBILL was off Ditch Plains Sunday and a drake KING EIDER moved east past Main Beach in East Hampton with 6 Common Eider. On Saturday an EARED GREBE was reported off Main Beach and we might note that now, with Horned Grebes all molting and often closely resembling Eared Grebe in plumage an identification should be done primarily on a structural rather than plumage basis to separate these two. Also out east the adult ROSS'S GOOSE was still present Sunday in a Canada flock off Cook's Lane north of Watermill and west of Scuttlehole Road and the drake Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen again on Short's Pond on the west side of Scuttlehole Road just past Cook's Lane. A CACKLING GOOSE was on Eastport Pond on Sunday and a drake EURASIAN WIGEON appeared in the marsh at Cupsogue County Park on Saturday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted last Saturday initially roosting on the beach at Riis Park before flying offshore to feed but it could not be found there on Sunday when immature ICELAND GULL and adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were just west of the Fisherman's parking lot at the west end of Fort Tilden. The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still present Saturday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in the bay west of the West Pond. The VARIED THRUSH was seen today in Central Park back at its previously favored site east of the Rambles shed at the maintenance area south of the 79th Street transverse but it has also been seen east of there and is moving around quite a bit. The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER also continues south of the Sheep Meadow around the 66th Street transverse. Other species seen recently in Central and in other local parks have included EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, PINE WARBLER and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. GREAT EGRETS have also been along the coast. In Brooklyn single COMMON RAVENS were noted Friday at Floyd Bennett Field and over at Coney Island Creek Park. A WILSON'S SNIPE was in Prospect Park Monday with PINE WARBLER there the day before. On the north fork of Long Island the immature GLAUCOUS GULL was still around the Orient Point ferry terminals recently and an ICELAND GULL visited Marratooka Lake in Matituck on Tuesday. Two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were still at the Grumman grasslands in Calverton Wednesday. Last Monday 3 RED-NECKED GREBES and 14 NORTHERN GANNETS were off Playland Park in Rye Westchester County. For information on the pelagic trip running out of Freeport Long Island on March 27th call See Life Paulagics at (215) 234-6805 or visit their website at http://www.paulagics.com To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or during the day except Sundays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
