[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon in Seneca Falls area
I had heard some reports that the Gyrfalcon had returned to the area south of Seneca Falls New York. I confirmed those reports shortly before sunset at the Seneca Stone Company Quarry at Canoga and Hoster roads. Be advise that this is a difficult bird to chase, as it hunts over a wide territory during the day, from my prior experience with it. Good luck to any who try :) -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Gyrfalcon in Seneca Falls area
I had heard some reports that the Gyrfalcon had returned to the area south of Seneca Falls New York. I confirmed those reports shortly before sunset at the Seneca Stone Company Quarry at Canoga and Hoster roads. Be advise that this is a difficult bird to chase, as it hunts over a wide territory during the day, from my prior experience with it. Good luck to any who try :) -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Pileated Woodpecker
Still hammering away on a tree in the northeast quadrant of Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park as of 330 pm...Martin Carney -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Pileated Woodpecker
Still hammering away on a tree in the northeast quadrant of Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park as of 330 pm...Martin Carney -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 December 2018
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 13, 2018
* NYNY1812.13
- Birds mentioned
BARNACLE GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Red-necked Grebe
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
American Bittern
SANDHILL CRANE
Pileated Woodpecker
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Orange-crowned Warbler
- 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 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: Ben Cacace
[Editor's note: My apologies for the delay in transcribing the RBA which
was posted on Thursday evening.]
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 13th
2018 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK GUILLEMOT, SANDHILL
CRANE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and
winter finches.
At Montauk Point, our most consistent site for viewing alcids, a watch from
the restaurant last Sunday was rewarded with a BLACK GUILLEMOT flying by to
the east and 22 RAZORBILLS. The RAZORBILL total however was only a warm up
for today's amazing spectacle with an estimated 540 RAZORBILLS surrounded
the point outnumbering the unexpectedly low numbers of our 3 scoter
species. A precursor of this phenomenon was a report from Smith Point
County Park in Shirley which mentioned 200 plus RAZORBILLS feeding offshore
on Tuesday. Hopefully these numbers will continue.
A SANDHILL CRANE was photographed last Sunday at Jones Beach West End as it
appeared to be coming down for a landing near field 2 but it was not
subsequently relocated.
A couple of BARNACLE GEESE were still out on eastern Long Island last
Saturday, one north of Riverhead was seen twice in flight moving around the
sod fields from Roanoke Avenue to the Northville Turnpike and a second was
still in Southold on the north fork just east of Peconic on the north side
of Route 48. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Westchester County was
roosting on Playland Lake in Rye from Monday to today but the geese do move
out to local golf courses to feed.
Continuing drake EURASIAN WIGEONS include one at the Marine Park Salt Marsh
Nature Center in Brooklyn last Saturday, one on Staten Island at the
Cemetery of the Resurrection moving over to Lemon Creek Pier last Sunday
and one again Wednesday on Avon Lake in Amityville. A HARLEQUIN DUCK was
spotted on Shelter Island last Sunday but this species is best looked for
at sites like the jetties at Point Lookout.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to visit the bar off the Jones Beach
West End Coast Guard Station seen there today and an immature GLAUCOUS GULL
has been staying along Dune Road near Triton Lane in Hampton Bays through
today. AMERICAN BITTERN has also been seen regularly along Dune Road
recently and is expected there whereas a PILEATED WOODPECKER at Pelham Bay
Park in the Bronx is unusual there.
RED-NECKED GREBES were spotted last weekend at Pelham Bay as well as at
Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen again Tuesday with Horned Larks in the traffic
circle at Smith Point County Park.
Much reduced numbers of winter finches in our area lately did feature a RED
CROSSBILL at Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday and a male EVENING GROSBEAK
in Central Park’s north end on Wednesday.
Two ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were found in Kissena Park in Queens Saturday
and hopefully a few more of these as well as other late warblers and other
passerines will be uncovered during the upcoming Christmas Counts. We'd be
happy to report the highlights of regional counts so please call them in.
On Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or call Tom Burke at (914)
967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 December 2018
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 13, 2018
* NYNY1812.13
- Birds mentioned
BARNACLE GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Red-necked Grebe
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
American Bittern
SANDHILL CRANE
Pileated Woodpecker
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Orange-crowned Warbler
- 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 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: Ben Cacace
[Editor's note: My apologies for the delay in transcribing the RBA which
was posted on Thursday evening.]
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 13th
2018 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK GUILLEMOT, SANDHILL
CRANE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and
winter finches.
At Montauk Point, our most consistent site for viewing alcids, a watch from
the restaurant last Sunday was rewarded with a BLACK GUILLEMOT flying by to
the east and 22 RAZORBILLS. The RAZORBILL total however was only a warm up
for today's amazing spectacle with an estimated 540 RAZORBILLS surrounded
the point outnumbering the unexpectedly low numbers of our 3 scoter
species. A precursor of this phenomenon was a report from Smith Point
County Park in Shirley which mentioned 200 plus RAZORBILLS feeding offshore
on Tuesday. Hopefully these numbers will continue.
A SANDHILL CRANE was photographed last Sunday at Jones Beach West End as it
appeared to be coming down for a landing near field 2 but it was not
subsequently relocated.
A couple of BARNACLE GEESE were still out on eastern Long Island last
Saturday, one north of Riverhead was seen twice in flight moving around the
sod fields from Roanoke Avenue to the Northville Turnpike and a second was
still in Southold on the north fork just east of Peconic on the north side
of Route 48. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Westchester County was
roosting on Playland Lake in Rye from Monday to today but the geese do move
out to local golf courses to feed.
Continuing drake EURASIAN WIGEONS include one at the Marine Park Salt Marsh
Nature Center in Brooklyn last Saturday, one on Staten Island at the
Cemetery of the Resurrection moving over to Lemon Creek Pier last Sunday
and one again Wednesday on Avon Lake in Amityville. A HARLEQUIN DUCK was
spotted on Shelter Island last Sunday but this species is best looked for
at sites like the jetties at Point Lookout.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to visit the bar off the Jones Beach
West End Coast Guard Station seen there today and an immature GLAUCOUS GULL
has been staying along Dune Road near Triton Lane in Hampton Bays through
today. AMERICAN BITTERN has also been seen regularly along Dune Road
recently and is expected there whereas a PILEATED WOODPECKER at Pelham Bay
Park in the Bronx is unusual there.
RED-NECKED GREBES were spotted last weekend at Pelham Bay as well as at
Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen again Tuesday with Horned Larks in the traffic
circle at Smith Point County Park.
Much reduced numbers of winter finches in our area lately did feature a RED
CROSSBILL at Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday and a male EVENING GROSBEAK
in Central Park’s north end on Wednesday.
Two ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were found in Kissena Park in Queens Saturday
and hopefully a few more of these as well as other late warblers and other
passerines will be uncovered during the upcoming Christmas Counts. We'd be
happy to report the highlights of regional counts so please call them in.
On Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or call Tom Burke at (914)
967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
--
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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:
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