- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 14, 2013 * NYNY1306.14
- Birds Mentioned: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+ WHITE-FACED IBIS+ MISSISSIPPI KITE+ ARCTIC TERN+ LONG-TAILED JAEGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Loon Cory's Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet Glossy Ibis Black Vulture Bald Eagle Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper American Woodcock Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Forster's Tern POMARINE JAEGER Barred Owl Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Common Raven Northern Parula YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK 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: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 486 High Street Victor, NY 14564 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 ** NOTE: Due to a technical problem, the RBA could not be recorded this evening. ** 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 [~BEGIN RBA~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 14th, at 7:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are MISSISSIPPI KITE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, POMARINE JAEGER, ARCTIC TERN, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, and BLUE GROSBEAK. On Staten Island, the subadult MISSISSIPPI KITE was still enjoying the abundance of 17-year cicadas today at the Cemetery of the Resurrection, putting in periodic appearances as it effortlessly picks flying cicadas from the air. To look for the kite, enter the cemetery from Sharrott Avenue, just off Sharrott from its terminus at Hylan Boulevard. Work to the back of the cemetery and watch over the humming trees for the kite. Just down Hylan Boulevard at Mount Loretto Unique Area, a pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS is hopefully attempting to nest, and an AMERICAN WOODCOCK with two young was seen there on Wednesday. Also in the area have been adult BALD EAGLE, BLACK VULTURE, and three species of Buteos. The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was finally spotted again at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, this on Wednesday. The bird was roosting in trees at high tide on the north side of Big John's Pond with about 30 Glossy Ibis. A GULL-BILLED TERN was at the West Pond on Tuesday. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spent much of Tuesday at Piermont Pier in Rockland County, and then was seen very early Wednesday morning moving south down the Hudson River past Dobbs Ferry. It may have kept going, as it was also likely to have been the pelican present Sunday evening in Poughkeepsie. Pelagic variety has been picking up recently. Out at Amagansett last Saturday morning, a sea watch recorded a subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 33 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, 412 COMMON LOONS, 103 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. And yesterday, an evening watch off Robert Moses State Park field 2 noted 4 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 1 MANX SHEARWATER, and 6 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, and what was felt to be a subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER based on its plumage and relative size. ARCTIC TERN reports have also increased this week, with an immature mentioned from Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, west of Point Lookout, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Around the tern and skimmer colony there recently have also been up to three BLACK TERNS, a GULL-BILLED TERN, and on Tuesday evening, a brief visit by an adult POMARINE JAEGER sitting on the beach for a short time before motoring off. Most of the ARCTIC TERNS, not unexpectedly, have been reported from Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, where the mudflats north of the parking lot have hosted up to five or more different individuals. This is also a good spot to see ROSEATE TERNS, SALTMARSH SPARROWS, and SEASIDE SPARROWS. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER remains on territory at Connetquot River State Park, but a KENTUCKY WARBLER seen Tuesday at the DEC property in Rocky Point has not been noted since. Other interesting birds recently at Connetquot have included ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and NORTHERN PARULA. A BLUE GROSBEAK around Line Road just south of Grumman Boulevard may be nesting there and, like all sensitive nesters, should not be harassed. Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were noted Saturday on the beach at Jones Beach West End, and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was with Semipalmated Sandpipers in the swale off West End parking lot 2. The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count including Eastern Westchester last weekend recorded a below-average 129 species. How much the poor spring impacted the count is still to be determined. Highlights included nesting BALD EAGLE, FORSTER'S TERN, BARRED OWL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, NORTHERN PARULA, HOODED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, and SEASIDE SPARROW. 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. Thank you for calling. 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