- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 28, 2013
* NYNY1311.28
- Birds Mentioned:
KING EIDER
Red-necked Grebe
NORTHERN FULMAR
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Bald Eagle
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
SNOWY OWL
Short-eared Owl
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Orange-crowned Warbler
LARK SPARROW
Lapland Longspur
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)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
~ 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/Editor: Karen Fung
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday,
November 28th, at 8:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are SNOWY
OWLS, Pelagic Trip Results including NORTHERN FULMAR, WESTERN
KINGBIRD, KING EIDER, LARK SPARROW, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
Suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of a fairly extensive SNOWY
OWL invasion, with mostly young birds showing up especially at coastal
locations, but also at other areas where they could mostly still be in
transit. It may be awhile before the owls are settled in and we can
determine the extent of the incursion, but we should remind birders
now to please not disturb these Snowys; they are here due to stressful
conditions farther north, and we should not add further to their
stress. Owls have been showing up at some traditional locations, such
as singles recently at Jones Beach West End and Floyd Bennett Field on
western Long Island, with up to four along Dune Road, west of
Shinnecock Inlet, and up to three around Napeague Harbor on eastern
Long Island. They will also presumably show up at sites from Breezy
Point to Smith Point Park as well as scattered inland locations. One
was this week along the Westchester coast, and two have even been in
the Black Dirt region of Orange County, the beginning of an exciting
and perhaps even unprecedented event.
The See Life Paulagics pelagic trip, with the Captain Lou fleet out of
Freeport last Saturday, enjoying a nice ride out about 40 miles but a
rougher return in strong winds, had great views of a few of the six
NORTHERN FULMARS seen and various gulls in the chum slick, including
three ICELAND GULLS, two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and 26
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES. The GREAT SHEARWATER, one of five seen, also
visited the slick, and other birds noted included singles of CORY'S
SHEARWATER and SOOTY SHEARWATER, and 550 NORTHERN GANNETS.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen off Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton on
Monday, that same day finding a drake KING EIDER in a large scoter and
eider flock off the Camp Hero Overlook at Montauk Point State Park.
Also at Montauk, two ICELAND GULLS were around the Montauk Harbor
Inlet, and at Napeague the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Lazy Point was
seen again on Monday.
SHORT-EARED OWL has also been present at Napeague, and two immature
BALD EAGLES were spotted at Fort Pond in Montauk Monday.
A Selasphorus hummingbird, unidentified to species, was reported from
Bryant Park in Manhattan last Saturday.
A LARK SPARROW found Monday at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn was
still around at the berm just east of the cricket field today.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Heckscher State Park, field 7, last Sunday.
Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Jones Beach field 6 last
Sunday, off Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn Wednesday, and at Breezy Point
today.
Single ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were in Prospect Park in Brooklyn
Tuesday and at Oakland Lake in Queens today.
At least one RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still around Turtle Cove at
Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx last weekend, and two RED-NECKED GREBES
were still off Playland Park in Rye on Tuesday.
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, and Happy
Thanksgiving!
[~END TAPE~]
~ End Transcript ~
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