-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * July 7, 2017 * NYNY1707.07
- Birds Mentioned SOUTH POLAR SKUA+ SANDWICH TERN+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Greater Yellowlegs “Western” Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Red Knot Stilt Sandpiper Dunlin Least Sandpiper Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern ARCTIC TERN Royal Tern Cory’s Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater MANX SHEARWATER Wilson’s Storm-Petrel BROWN PELICAN LEAST BITTERN Cattle Egret RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Blue-headed Vireo Magnolia Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER 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 nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>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) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 7, 2017 at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN PELICAN, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, MANX SHEARWATER, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, LEAST BITTERN, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. On July 4th two birders on Fire Island had something extra to celebrate when they spotted 2 BROWN PELICANS moving west along the ocean not too far offshore. The regularly scheduled whale-watching boat from Montauk last Sunday went about 30 miles south of the Point – besides Fin and Minke Whales, birds seen included about 80 CORY’S, 40 GREAT, 25 SOOTY, and 4 MANX SHEARWATERS, 120 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and an apparent SOUTH POLAR SKUA. The flats at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes continue to produce interesting water-related birds – the young SANDWICH TERN found there June 29th was still around the mussel beds by the inlet Saturday, while ARCTIC TERNS during the past week included 1 Saturday and Monday and 2 on Tuesday, all immatures. Other TERNS at Cupsogue included 2-3 BLACK and up to 6 each of ROSEATE and ROYAL, with a GULL-BILLED reported there Sunday. On Saturday a peak of 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS was noted there. Among the shorebirds, most interesting was a STILT SANDPIPER last Saturday as the shorebird variety continues to increase, these also including a “WESTERN” WILLET, both LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a few DUNLIN and varying numbers of RED KNOTS, and flocks of SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, included some of the “hendersoni” interior race. Another SANDWICH TERN, or perhaps the same one moving east, was noted on Mecox Bay Wednesday along with a BLACK and 3 ROSEATE TERNS. TERNS at Nickerson Beach Park in Lido Beach last Saturday included 2 GULL-BILLED, 1 ROSEATE and 1 ROYAL. An ICELAND GULL was noted again in the Smith Point County Park area last Saturday. A LEAST BITTERN was still being seen around Prospect Park Lake yesterday, and a CATTLE EGRET was reported over Staten Island Wednesday flying southwest towards Great Kills Park. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still present at Connetquot River State Park Wednesday, and most interesting was an adult RED-HEADED seen with an immature bird at Muscoot Farm near Somers in northern Westchester County last Monday. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still singing at Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River yesterday, and a singing but wandering male was spotted again Tuesday at Connetquot River State Park. Among the few seasonal floaters noted this week were a BLUE-HEADED VIREO and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER at Dreier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn Tuesday. For the next 2 weeks we are happy to note that Tony Lauro will be doing the RBA; please call Tony with reports at 631-734-4216. 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.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
