[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 24 June 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 24, 2011 * NYNY1106.24 - Birds Mentioned: HOODED CROW+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Eider CORY'S SHEARWATER SOOTY SHEARWATER MANX SHEARWATER Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet American Bittern Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper WILSON'S PHALAROPE GLAUCOUS GULL Black Tern Roseate Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern 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, hard copy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hard copy 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 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 24th, at 6:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are the presence of a HOODED CROW on Staten Island; WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MANX SHEARWATER, CORY'S SHEARWATER, SOOTY SHEARWATER, and GLAUCOUS GULL. Certainly most of this past week's attention has centered around a HOODED CROW, present through today at Great Kills Park on Staten Island. An only slightly migratory Eurasian species, this crow's occurrence here is equally as enigmatic as appearances of various exotic waterfowl and other odd jobs in our area. The only two plausible explanations for its presence are that it escaped from somewhere, as they have been kept in captivity, or it hopped a ship and got a ride across the Atlantic either under its own volition or in some restrained manner. Nevertheless, it is a striking crow. To look for it, enter Great Kills Park from Hylan Boulevard, and follow Buffalo Street to the end of the pavement. Park in the lot on the left, and walk the gravel road to Crooke's Point. At the end of this road is a permit-required parking lot for fishermen, and the crow has been around this lot or adjoining woods and beach. It apparently has been present for two weeks or more. NYSARC will ultimately address this bird's status. If at Great Kills, also look for the adult WHITE IBIS that had been in the marshy area on the right, just before the Ranger Station, not reported since May 28th. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, three WILSON'S PHALAROPES showed up at the south end of the West Pond last Sunday, these including a striking female along with two males. At least five WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were also on the West Pond. On Wednesday evening two ROYAL TERNS and a few ROSEATE TERNS were at Democrat Point at the western tip of Fire Island, and a couple of WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were off Robert Moses State Park, lot 2, on Saturday. Further east, on the North Fork, the lingering GLAUCOUS GULL was seen as recently as Monday around the ferry terminal at Orient Point. At Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, morning and evening sea watches last Saturday produced a MANX SHEARWATER in the morning and SOOTY SHEARWATER and some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. On the Cupsogue flats in the afternoon were two ROYAL TERNS and two BLACK TERNS, and at least 15 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were among the shorebirds lingering between there and Pike's Beach just to the east. On Monday the continually shifting numbers of shorebirds and nonbreeding terns included fewer WHITE-RUMPS, but two LEAST SANDPIPERS, plus one BLACK TERN, four ROSEATE TERNS, and seven FORSTER'S TERNS. On Tuesday an AMERICAN BITTERN was flushed from the marsh there. At Montauk Point Sunday, a moderate number of birds included a CORY'S SHEARWATER working among some fishing boats and 54 COMMON EIDER, with six more COMMON EIDER around Montauk Harbor. Four WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and two NORTHERN GANNETS were off Culloden Point and about 30 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were present off the Camp Hero Overlook at Montauk today. 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. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please
[nysbirds-l] Bashakill Flooding and Least Bitterns Confirmed
It was a real mixed bag at the Bashakill today. We have had three days of torrential rains at the worst possible time. Common Moorhen eggs should have been hatching in the next couple of days. When I arrived at the Bashakill around 9 am I found Haven road under a foot of water. This means the water level is three to four feet above flood stage. We were poised to have one of the best marsh bird breeding seasons in years. I found six pairs (12 birds) of Common Moorhen from Haven Road. All had lost their nests and some were still frantically trying to salvage nests underwater. One pair continued to add vegetation to the nest oblivious to the fact that their eggs were gone. I then kayaked the channel from the main boat launch on South Road. I found another four pairs (8 birds) that had lost their nests. I also heard an additional five birds that I could not see. At the south end of the channel, I found four birds that were all very far apart, not acting unusual nor being frantic in any way. This area is shallower than the rest of the Bash and the vegetation grows higher out of the water. I suspect these birds nests may have been safe. That was a total of 28 COMH today. As I completed the circuit of the channel, I saw a Least Bittern fly out of a bush and land in some vegetation. Just as I located the bird, an adult Least Bittern joined it. I first thought the bird was a female, but as I studied and photographed it, it became pretty clear it was a juvenile. I had to check my books and the internet with my photos when I got home, and it was indeed a juvenile Least Bittern. This is the first time that a juvenile has been found in the county and breeding confirmed. I know that we have at least 3 pairs of LB this year, so this is a great find, especially since a first nesting could have been lost to the floods. As I left the area, I heard a Pied-billed Grebe calling. Lastly, when I first arrived this morning I found a winter plumage BLACK TERN off Haven Road. The bird remained then entire day, allowing for Arlene Borko, Scott Baldinger and finally this afternoon, Lance Verderame to get to see it. The situation is very sad for the Moorhens, but it is only June 24th and they have time to nest again this year. Hopefully these rains will stop before they have eggs again. I put some pics of the two Least Bitterns on my blog today. If anyone is interested in seeing them go to http://bashakillbirder.wordpress.comJohn Haas PS. no Sora, Virginia Rails, American Bittern nor American Coot were seen today. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Point - Wilson's Storm Petrels
Date: June 24, 2011 Place: Montauk Point, NY I easily observed at least 30 Wilson's Storm Petrels from the Camp Hero overlook. The best vantage point was halfway between the parking lot and the lighthouse. Binoculars were not necessary but very helpful and a scope made it even better. Also present were a number of Roseate Terns and Bank Swallows. No shearwaters were seen. Good Birding, Joe Giunta -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hooded crow-yes
Today we saw the hooded crow around 9am. There were at least a half dozen birders already there when we arrived who had been observing the hooded crow. We watched it land near the bathroom, and then take off to the woods. It had not returned by the time we left at 10am though a diligent search was made of the beaches. A theory proposed was: since the garbage had been collected from the cans and the beaches cleaned, there was little food freely available for the hooded crow to scavenge and hang around. He had been seen perched on the rim of one of cans and peering into it. Did the crow follow some line of reasoning? Diana Teta Long Island, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Hooded crow - Yes
Currently in parking lot at end of gravel road (5 min walk). Also on beach on southside. Two 1st summer Lesser Black-backed Gulls on beach at point. Angus Wilson, New York City & The Springs, NY http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com On Jun 23, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Eileen Schwinn wrote: > 7:00AM - on the south east beach, which is to left of fisherman's parking lot > at end of gravel road. ( Follow signs to Crookes Point) Still on the beach > when we left at 7:10. > Eileen Schwinn > Mike Higgiston > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Hooded crow - Yes
Currently in parking lot at end of gravel road (5 min walk). Also on beach on southside. Two 1st summer Lesser Black-backed Gulls on beach at point. Angus Wilson, New York City The Springs, NY http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com On Jun 23, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Eileen Schwinn beach...@optonline.net wrote: 7:00AM - on the south east beach, which is to left of fisherman's parking lot at end of gravel road. ( Follow signs to Crookes Point) Still on the beach when we left at 7:10. Eileen Schwinn Mike Higgiston Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bashakill Flooding and Least Bitterns Confirmed
It was a real mixed bag at the Bashakill today. We have had three days of torrential rains at the worst possible time. Common Moorhen eggs should have been hatching in the next couple of days. When I arrived at the Bashakill around 9 am I found Haven road under a foot of water. This means the water level is three to four feet above flood stage. We were poised to have one of the best marsh bird breeding seasons in years. I found six pairs (12 birds) of Common Moorhen from Haven Road. All had lost their nests and some were still frantically trying to salvage nests underwater. One pair continued to add vegetation to the nest oblivious to the fact that their eggs were gone. I then kayaked the channel from the main boat launch on South Road. I found another four pairs (8 birds) that had lost their nests. I also heard an additional five birds that I could not see. At the south end of the channel, I found four birds that were all very far apart, not acting unusual nor being frantic in any way. This area is shallower than the rest of the Bash and the vegetation grows higher out of the water. I suspect these birds nests may have been safe. That was a total of 28 COMH today. As I completed the circuit of the channel, I saw a Least Bittern fly out of a bush and land in some vegetation. Just as I located the bird, an adult Least Bittern joined it. I first thought the bird was a female, but as I studied and photographed it, it became pretty clear it was a juvenile. I had to check my books and the internet with my photos when I got home, and it was indeed a juvenile Least Bittern. This is the first time that a juvenile has been found in the county and breeding confirmed. I know that we have at least 3 pairs of LB this year, so this is a great find, especially since a first nesting could have been lost to the floods. As I left the area, I heard a Pied-billed Grebe calling. Lastly, when I first arrived this morning I found a winter plumage BLACK TERN off Haven Road. The bird remained then entire day, allowing for Arlene Borko, Scott Baldinger and finally this afternoon, Lance Verderame to get to see it. The situation is very sad for the Moorhens, but it is only June 24th and they have time to nest again this year. Hopefully these rains will stop before they have eggs again. I put some pics of the two Least Bitterns on my blog today. If anyone is interested in seeing them go to http://bashakillbirder.wordpress.comJohn Haas PS. no Sora, Virginia Rails, American Bittern nor American Coot were seen today. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 24 June 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 24, 2011 * NYNY1106.24 - Birds Mentioned: HOODED CROW+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Eider CORY'S SHEARWATER SOOTY SHEARWATER MANX SHEARWATER Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet American Bittern Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper WILSON'S PHALAROPE GLAUCOUS GULL Black Tern Roseate Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern 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, hard copy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hard copy 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 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 24th, at 6:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are the presence of a HOODED CROW on Staten Island; WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MANX SHEARWATER, CORY'S SHEARWATER, SOOTY SHEARWATER, and GLAUCOUS GULL. Certainly most of this past week's attention has centered around a HOODED CROW, present through today at Great Kills Park on Staten Island. An only slightly migratory Eurasian species, this crow's occurrence here is equally as enigmatic as appearances of various exotic waterfowl and other odd jobs in our area. The only two plausible explanations for its presence are that it escaped from somewhere, as they have been kept in captivity, or it hopped a ship and got a ride across the Atlantic either under its own volition or in some restrained manner. Nevertheless, it is a striking crow. To look for it, enter Great Kills Park from Hylan Boulevard, and follow Buffalo Street to the end of the pavement. Park in the lot on the left, and walk the gravel road to Crooke's Point. At the end of this road is a permit-required parking lot for fishermen, and the crow has been around this lot or adjoining woods and beach. It apparently has been present for two weeks or more. NYSARC will ultimately address this bird's status. If at Great Kills, also look for the adult WHITE IBIS that had been in the marshy area on the right, just before the Ranger Station, not reported since May 28th. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, three WILSON'S PHALAROPES showed up at the south end of the West Pond last Sunday, these including a striking female along with two males. At least five WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were also on the West Pond. On Wednesday evening two ROYAL TERNS and a few ROSEATE TERNS were at Democrat Point at the western tip of Fire Island, and a couple of WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were off Robert Moses State Park, lot 2, on Saturday. Further east, on the North Fork, the lingering GLAUCOUS GULL was seen as recently as Monday around the ferry terminal at Orient Point. At Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, morning and evening sea watches last Saturday produced a MANX SHEARWATER in the morning and SOOTY SHEARWATER and some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. On the Cupsogue flats in the afternoon were two ROYAL TERNS and two BLACK TERNS, and at least 15 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were among the shorebirds lingering between there and Pike's Beach just to the east. On Monday the continually shifting numbers of shorebirds and nonbreeding terns included fewer WHITE-RUMPS, but two LEAST SANDPIPERS, plus one BLACK TERN, four ROSEATE TERNS, and seven FORSTER'S TERNS. On Tuesday an AMERICAN BITTERN was flushed from the marsh there. At Montauk Point Sunday, a moderate number of birds included a CORY'S SHEARWATER working among some fishing boats and 54 COMMON EIDER, with six more COMMON EIDER around Montauk Harbor. Four WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and two NORTHERN GANNETS were off Culloden Point and about 30 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were present off the Camp Hero Overlook at Montauk today. 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. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please
