[nysbirds-l] Four Harbors Audubon Society Winter Lecture, Tuesday, January 22, 2019

[Patrice Domeischel]

FOUR HARBORS AUDUBON SOCIETY WINTER LECTURE

BIRD MORTALITY FROM COLLISIONS WITH GLASS: 
 WHAT WE'VE LEARNED,
WHAT WE NEED 
TO KNOW, WHAT YOU CAN DO

Speaker: Christine Sheppard, Ph.D., Director, Glass Collisions Program, 
American Bird Conservancy
Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main Street, Setauket, NY  11733

As many as a billion birds die each year in the U.S., nearly half of them after 
colliding with home windows. But new methods are being developed to curb bird 
injuries and death, not only for existing windows but with special materials 
and design to create new, bird-friendly buildings. Dr. Christine Sheppard will 
discuss the tools we have to solve the problem and the big job ahead getting 
those solutions implemented. However, this is one conservation issue where 
individuals can take immediate action and see immediate results.

Christine Sheppard earned her B.A. and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary 
Biology at Cornell University. Working with Dr. Tom Cade, who used captive 
breeding to restore the Peregrine Falcon to the eastern U.S., she developed her 
interest in captive propagation as a tool to save endangered species. This led 
her to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo, where she started as 
curatorial intern in 1978, and ended as Curator and Chair of the Ornithology 
Department. Zoos deal not only with issues of their buildings causing mortality 
of wild birds; glass exhibit walls, windows and handrails bring bird collision 
problems inside and curators have a vested interest in finding ways to make 
glass safe for birds. Interest in the issue led Dr. Sheppard to join the Board 
of the Bird-safe Glass Foundation as Science Advisor in 2007; she became 
President in 2017. She is also conducting basic research into quantifying the 
effectiveness of different materials and patterns in preventing bird 
collisions. In 2009, she moved to the American Bird Conservancy as Collisions 
Program Director. She authored both editions of ABC’s publication, 
Bird-friendly Building Design. She has also created AIA/LEED continuing 
education classes on Bird-friendly Design. She helped create San Francisco’s 
Standards for Bird-safe Buildings and has subsequently been involved in 
creating code and legislation in many different jurisdictions. She led the team 
that developed USGBC LEED Pilot Credit 55: Reducing Bird Mortality. She was 
named an Engineering News-Record Top 25 Newsmaker for 2014 because of her work 
on glass testing and has worked with most major glass manufacturers on design 
and evaluation of bird-friendly materials.

Free and Open to All.  Light refreshments will be served.  For additional 
information, email: fourharborshe...@gmail.com

Patrice Domeischel
Four Harbors Audubon Society


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[nysbirds-l] Four Harbors Audubon Society Winter Lecture, Tuesday, January 22, 2019

[Patrice Domeischel]

FOUR HARBORS AUDUBON SOCIETY WINTER LECTURE

BIRD MORTALITY FROM COLLISIONS WITH GLASS: 
 WHAT WE'VE LEARNED,
WHAT WE NEED 
TO KNOW, WHAT YOU CAN DO

Speaker: Christine Sheppard, Ph.D., Director, Glass Collisions Program, 
American Bird Conservancy
Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main Street, Setauket, NY  11733

As many as a billion birds die each year in the U.S., nearly half of them after 
colliding with home windows. But new methods are being developed to curb bird 
injuries and death, not only for existing windows but with special materials 
and design to create new, bird-friendly buildings. Dr. Christine Sheppard will 
discuss the tools we have to solve the problem and the big job ahead getting 
those solutions implemented. However, this is one conservation issue where 
individuals can take immediate action and see immediate results.

Christine Sheppard earned her B.A. and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary 
Biology at Cornell University. Working with Dr. Tom Cade, who used captive 
breeding to restore the Peregrine Falcon to the eastern U.S., she developed her 
interest in captive propagation as a tool to save endangered species. This led 
her to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo, where she started as 
curatorial intern in 1978, and ended as Curator and Chair of the Ornithology 
Department. Zoos deal not only with issues of their buildings causing mortality 
of wild birds; glass exhibit walls, windows and handrails bring bird collision 
problems inside and curators have a vested interest in finding ways to make 
glass safe for birds. Interest in the issue led Dr. Sheppard to join the Board 
of the Bird-safe Glass Foundation as Science Advisor in 2007; she became 
President in 2017. She is also conducting basic research into quantifying the 
effectiveness of different materials and patterns in preventing bird 
collisions. In 2009, she moved to the American Bird Conservancy as Collisions 
Program Director. She authored both editions of ABC’s publication, 
Bird-friendly Building Design. She has also created AIA/LEED continuing 
education classes on Bird-friendly Design. She helped create San Francisco’s 
Standards for Bird-safe Buildings and has subsequently been involved in 
creating code and legislation in many different jurisdictions. She led the team 
that developed USGBC LEED Pilot Credit 55: Reducing Bird Mortality. She was 
named an Engineering News-Record Top 25 Newsmaker for 2014 because of her work 
on glass testing and has worked with most major glass manufacturers on design 
and evaluation of bird-friendly materials.

Free and Open to All.  Light refreshments will be served.  For additional 
information, email: fourharborshe...@gmail.com

Patrice Domeischel
Four Harbors Audubon Society


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Re:[nysbirds-l] RBA's

[John Gluth]

I ran into the same issue (404 error) with the ABA’s listserv archive a few 
days ago. I also contacted them, but got a prompt response.
I was advised to clear my browser cache/history, which solved the problem.

John Gluth, sent from my iPhone

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Re:[nysbirds-l] RBA's

[John Gluth]

I ran into the same issue (404 error) with the ABA’s listserv archive a few 
days ago. I also contacted them, but got a prompt response.
I was advised to clear my browser cache/history, which solved the problem.

John Gluth, sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagles back in Yorktown

[Andrew Block]

Love is in the air again at FDR Park in Yorktown.  I passed by the Bald Eagle 
nest along the Taconic and saw one adult fly off the nest and the other sitting 
in the nest.  I guess they're getting ready for another family if not already 
on eggs.  So cool to have them there.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
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[nysbirds-l] Bald Eagles back in Yorktown

[Andrew Block]

Love is in the air again at FDR Park in Yorktown.  I passed by the Bald Eagle 
nest along the Taconic and saw one adult fly off the nest and the other sitting 
in the nest.  I guess they're getting ready for another family if not already 
on eggs.  So cool to have them there.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] RBA's

[Ben Cacace]

I make use of Kansas State University's LISTSERVE which has a nice search
feature. I often use the 'Advanced options' to narrow down the search.

• BIRDEAST: https://listserv.ksu.edu/cgi-bin?A0=birdeast

... placing the following in 'Subject contains' on the Advanced options
page should return 1,039 RBAs in the archives:

"NYC Area RBA" or "NYC area RBA" or "NYC Ares RBA" or "RBA: New York City"
or "NYC RBA" or "RBA NYC"

You will need to subscribe to the lists.

Ben

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 11:54 AM Phil Jeffrey 
wrote:

> http://birding.aba.org/mobiledigest/RBA01
> perhaps ?
> There's also 02 (Central) and 03 (Western)
>
> Phil Jeffrey
> NJ
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 10:35 AM John Kent  wrote:
>
>> I don't know, but there's another one at http://digest.sialia.com
>>
>> John Kent
>> Selkirk
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2019 9:08 AM, Andrew Block  wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all
>> the RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page
>> isn't there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard
>> anything.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> *Andrew v. F. Block*
>> *Consulting Naturalist*
>> 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
>> Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
>> www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
>> --
>> *NYSbirds-L List Info:*
>> Welcome and Basics 
>> Rules and Information 
>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave
>> 
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>> The Mail Archive
>> 
>> Surfbirds 
>> ABA 
>> *Please submit your observations to **eBird*
>> *!*
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>>
>>
>> --
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>
>
> --
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Re: [nysbirds-l] RBA's

[Ben Cacace]

I make use of Kansas State University's LISTSERVE which has a nice search
feature. I often use the 'Advanced options' to narrow down the search.

• BIRDEAST: https://listserv.ksu.edu/cgi-bin?A0=birdeast

... placing the following in 'Subject contains' on the Advanced options
page should return 1,039 RBAs in the archives:

"NYC Area RBA" or "NYC area RBA" or "NYC Ares RBA" or "RBA: New York City"
or "NYC RBA" or "RBA NYC"

You will need to subscribe to the lists.

Ben

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 11:54 AM Phil Jeffrey 
wrote:

> http://birding.aba.org/mobiledigest/RBA01
> perhaps ?
> There's also 02 (Central) and 03 (Western)
>
> Phil Jeffrey
> NJ
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 10:35 AM John Kent  wrote:
>
>> I don't know, but there's another one at http://digest.sialia.com
>>
>> John Kent
>> Selkirk
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2019 9:08 AM, Andrew Block  wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all
>> the RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page
>> isn't there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard
>> anything.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> *Andrew v. F. Block*
>> *Consulting Naturalist*
>> 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
>> Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
>> www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
>> --
>> *NYSbirds-L List Info:*
>> Welcome and Basics 
>> Rules and Information 
>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave
>> 
>> *Archives:*
>> The Mail Archive
>> 
>> Surfbirds 
>> ABA 
>> *Please submit your observations to **eBird*
>> *!*
>> --
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>
>
> --
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[nysbirds-l] Geese @ Roslyn Pond

[Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)]

There is a Greater White-fronted Goose, along with two Cackling Geese, at
the pond in Roslyn. This is the pond at the end of the Papermill Road.

Good birding,

Avery Scott

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[nysbirds-l] Geese @ Roslyn Pond

[Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds)]

There is a Greater White-fronted Goose, along with two Cackling Geese, at
the pond in Roslyn. This is the pond at the end of the Papermill Road.

Good birding,

Avery Scott

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Re: [nysbirds-l] RBA's

[Phil Jeffrey]

http://birding.aba.org/mobiledigest/RBA01
perhaps ?
There's also 02 (Central) and 03 (Western)

Phil Jeffrey
NJ

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 10:35 AM John Kent  wrote:

> I don't know, but there's another one at http://digest.sialia.com
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk
>
> On Jan 19, 2019 9:08 AM, Andrew Block  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all
> the RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page
> isn't there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard
> anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
> *Andrew v. F. Block*
> *Consulting Naturalist*
> 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
> Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
> www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
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>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] RBA's

[Phil Jeffrey]

http://birding.aba.org/mobiledigest/RBA01
perhaps ?
There's also 02 (Central) and 03 (Western)

Phil Jeffrey
NJ

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 10:35 AM John Kent  wrote:

> I don't know, but there's another one at http://digest.sialia.com
>
> John Kent
> Selkirk
>
> On Jan 19, 2019 9:08 AM, Andrew Block  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all
> the RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page
> isn't there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard
> anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
> *Andrew v. F. Block*
> *Consulting Naturalist*
> 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
> Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
> www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
> --
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>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] RBA's

[John Kent]

I don't know, but there's another one at http://digest.sialia.comJohn KentSelkirkOn Jan 19, 2019 9:08 AM, Andrew Block  wrote:Hi all,Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all the RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page isn't there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard anything.  Thanks,Andrew Andrew v. F. BlockConsulting Naturalist20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums

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Re: [nysbirds-l] RBA's

[John Kent]

I don't know, but there's another one at http://digest.sialia.comJohn KentSelkirkOn Jan 19, 2019 9:08 AM, Andrew Block  wrote:Hi all,Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all the RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page isn't there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard anything.  Thanks,Andrew Andrew v. F. BlockConsulting Naturalist20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums

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[nysbirds-l] Alcids and the North Atlantic Oscillation

[Jose Ramirez-Garofalo]

For those interested in the influx of Alcids to our area: Here is a recent
paper by Dick Veit and Lisa Manne on the relationship between winter
abundance of alcids and the North Atlantic Oscillation.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2015.00038/full

Cheers-
Jose



Jose R. Ramirez-Garofalo
Department of Biology
The City University of New York
College of Staten Island
2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island
New York 10314, USA

Phone: +1 (718)-877-1513

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[nysbirds-l] Alcids and the North Atlantic Oscillation

[Jose Ramirez-Garofalo]

For those interested in the influx of Alcids to our area: Here is a recent
paper by Dick Veit and Lisa Manne on the relationship between winter
abundance of alcids and the North Atlantic Oscillation.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2015.00038/full

Cheers-
Jose



Jose R. Ramirez-Garofalo
Department of Biology
The City University of New York
College of Staten Island
2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island
New York 10314, USA

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[nysbirds-l] RBA's

[Andrew Block]

Hi all,
Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all the 
RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page isn't 
there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard anything.  
Thanks,
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 
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[nysbirds-l] RBA's

[Andrew Block]

Hi all,
Does anyone know what happened to the ABA page on their site that had all the 
RBAs?  I've been using that for years and now all of a sudden the page isn't 
there.  I tried contacting therm but of course haven't heard anything.  
Thanks,
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 
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[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murres around NY - and a request

[Doug Gochfeld]

The Thick-billed Murre I found in Brooklyn yesterday is just another chip
off the very large iceberg that is the exponentially higher numbers than
usual of several species of ocean-dwelling birds close to shore. I was glad
that some of my fellow urbanites who typically don't have access to farther
afield were able to go see it before dark yesterday. That said, the murre
did not seem to be particularly content, judging but the fact that is
basically paddled nonstop for four miles, in roughly two hours, barely
foraging and occasionally being dive-bombed by Ring-billed Gulls:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51806842

This year's alcid irruption is yet another historically unprecedented one,
coming six years after an unprecedented Razorbill irruption. Six years ago,
Razorbills irrupted farther south than had ever been recorded. This year,
however, the largest variations from the annual norm seem to have been
around Long Island, southern New England, and the Mid-Atlantic (notably the
New Jersey coast). Even if the cause of them leaving their normal winter
haunts was the same in both cases (presumably a food shortage, though it
could be more complicated than that), there are other factors at play that
we don't fully understand yet.

To that end, I would encourage anyone, especially those who have easy
access to our local beaches on a regular basis, to keep an eye out for, and
indeed even actively search for, dead or moribund alcids washed up on
shore. If there does end up being some kind of appreciable mortality event
(as happened with Great Shearwaters two summers ago), it is possible that
analysis of the bodies will help us understand a little bit more about what
is happening. If you do find a specimen, the most helpful thing to do would
be preserving it (via freezing) for transport to an institution that could
study them, such as the American Museum of Natural History.

Good Birding (and sciencing),
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murres around NY - and a request

[Doug Gochfeld]

The Thick-billed Murre I found in Brooklyn yesterday is just another chip
off the very large iceberg that is the exponentially higher numbers than
usual of several species of ocean-dwelling birds close to shore. I was glad
that some of my fellow urbanites who typically don't have access to farther
afield were able to go see it before dark yesterday. That said, the murre
did not seem to be particularly content, judging but the fact that is
basically paddled nonstop for four miles, in roughly two hours, barely
foraging and occasionally being dive-bombed by Ring-billed Gulls:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51806842

This year's alcid irruption is yet another historically unprecedented one,
coming six years after an unprecedented Razorbill irruption. Six years ago,
Razorbills irrupted farther south than had ever been recorded. This year,
however, the largest variations from the annual norm seem to have been
around Long Island, southern New England, and the Mid-Atlantic (notably the
New Jersey coast). Even if the cause of them leaving their normal winter
haunts was the same in both cases (presumably a food shortage, though it
could be more complicated than that), there are other factors at play that
we don't fully understand yet.

To that end, I would encourage anyone, especially those who have easy
access to our local beaches on a regular basis, to keep an eye out for, and
indeed even actively search for, dead or moribund alcids washed up on
shore. If there does end up being some kind of appreciable mortality event
(as happened with Great Shearwaters two summers ago), it is possible that
analysis of the bodies will help us understand a little bit more about what
is happening. If you do find a specimen, the most helpful thing to do would
be preserving it (via freezing) for transport to an institution that could
study them, such as the American Museum of Natural History.

Good Birding (and sciencing),
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.

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[nysbirds-l] Both Murre species at Shinnecock

[Anthony Collerton]

Both present close to the jetty again this morning

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Both Murre species at Shinnecock

[Anthony Collerton]

Both present close to the jetty again this morning

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 January 2019

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 18, 2019
* NYNY1901.18

- Birds mentioned
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
KING EIDER
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Eastern Phoebe
Evening Grosbeak
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Tree Swallow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Wood Thrush
VARIED THRUSH

- Transcript

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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

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 18th
2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
VARIED THRUSH, THICK-BILLED MURRE, COMMON MURRE, DOVEKIE, BARNACLE GOOSE,
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS
GULL, ICELAND GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Last Saturday an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was spotted at Hayground Cove in
Watermill hanging out with a large troop of Mute Swans and it was still
present there at least to Wednesday sometimes flying off for a spell. The
PELICAN would nonetheless best be looked for in this cove which is nicely
viewable from the end of Cove Lane reached from Rose Hill Road on the west
side of Hayground Cove.

A VARIED THRUSH resurfaced on Staten Island on Wednesday presumably the
same bird first seen at Clove Lakes Park back on December 5th. This
wandering bird has been viewed near Brooks Pond in the northern section of
the park, though briefly, through today.

The extraordinary recent push of RAZORBILLS along Long Island's south shore
due to currently unknown factors has provided additional excitement as
well. Peak numbers of RAZORBILLS this week were tallied last Saturday with
estimates of around 5 thousand in the Montauk area and over 1,100 off at
Shinnecock Inlet. This phenomenon has also produced a few COMMON MURRES
around Shinnecock Inlet though only seen one at a time with at least one
THICK-BILLED MURRE also occurring in the inlet through at least Thursday.
These two species often providing great views as they move up and down the
inlet. Also, farther west, a THICK-BILLED MURRE was photographed off Jones
Beach West End yesterday and today one was followed as it swam along
Gravesend Bay up to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in Brooklyn. A DOVEKIE
was also reported flying by Breezy Point last Sunday. This RAZORBILL
abundance has out east also produced a number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES
these gulls often attracted to feeding flocks of RAZORBILLS with a peak of
90 estimated off Montauk last Saturday and others also gathering off
Shinnecock Inlet.

Also at Shinnecock a drake KING EIDER was seen last Saturday usually hiding
in the bay with a few thousand Common Eider. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK has
been around the inlet jetties and up to 3 RED-NECKED GREBES have been
frequenting the inlet.

A large gathering of Canada Geese on the sod fields north of Riverhead has
recently included a BARNACLE GOOSE and at least 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE as well as CACKLING and SNOW GEESE. These fields extend south from
Sound Avenue between Doctor's Path on the west and Northville Turnpike on
the east and are bisected by Route 105 often a good spot to begin a search.
A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still off Hunter's Island at Pelham Bay Park
in the Bronx today and another drake continues off Crab Meadow Beach in
Northport and a female was reported from Sands Point Preserve Sunday. A
drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues on Avon Lake in Amityville.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Jones Beach West End last weekend with one
also spotted off Coney Island Creek Tuesday. Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were in
Bellport Bay Tuesday and Great Kills Park Wednesday as well as at Triton
Lane and an ICELAND GULL remains at the Montauk Harbor entrance with
another spotted Monday over the East River in mid Manhattan.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Robert Moses State Park Sunday and yesterday a
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was relocated at Hither Hills State Park and an
EVENING GROSBEAK was still in Riverside Park.

A very late WOOD THRUSH was first spotted in the Quogue Wildlife 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 January 2019

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 18, 2019
* NYNY1901.18

- Birds mentioned
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
KING EIDER
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Eastern Phoebe
Evening Grosbeak
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Tree Swallow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Wood Thrush
VARIED THRUSH

- 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

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 18th
2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
VARIED THRUSH, THICK-BILLED MURRE, COMMON MURRE, DOVEKIE, BARNACLE GOOSE,
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS
GULL, ICELAND GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Last Saturday an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was spotted at Hayground Cove in
Watermill hanging out with a large troop of Mute Swans and it was still
present there at least to Wednesday sometimes flying off for a spell. The
PELICAN would nonetheless best be looked for in this cove which is nicely
viewable from the end of Cove Lane reached from Rose Hill Road on the west
side of Hayground Cove.

A VARIED THRUSH resurfaced on Staten Island on Wednesday presumably the
same bird first seen at Clove Lakes Park back on December 5th. This
wandering bird has been viewed near Brooks Pond in the northern section of
the park, though briefly, through today.

The extraordinary recent push of RAZORBILLS along Long Island's south shore
due to currently unknown factors has provided additional excitement as
well. Peak numbers of RAZORBILLS this week were tallied last Saturday with
estimates of around 5 thousand in the Montauk area and over 1,100 off at
Shinnecock Inlet. This phenomenon has also produced a few COMMON MURRES
around Shinnecock Inlet though only seen one at a time with at least one
THICK-BILLED MURRE also occurring in the inlet through at least Thursday.
These two species often providing great views as they move up and down the
inlet. Also, farther west, a THICK-BILLED MURRE was photographed off Jones
Beach West End yesterday and today one was followed as it swam along
Gravesend Bay up to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in Brooklyn. A DOVEKIE
was also reported flying by Breezy Point last Sunday. This RAZORBILL
abundance has out east also produced a number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES
these gulls often attracted to feeding flocks of RAZORBILLS with a peak of
90 estimated off Montauk last Saturday and others also gathering off
Shinnecock Inlet.

Also at Shinnecock a drake KING EIDER was seen last Saturday usually hiding
in the bay with a few thousand Common Eider. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK has
been around the inlet jetties and up to 3 RED-NECKED GREBES have been
frequenting the inlet.

A large gathering of Canada Geese on the sod fields north of Riverhead has
recently included a BARNACLE GOOSE and at least 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE as well as CACKLING and SNOW GEESE. These fields extend south from
Sound Avenue between Doctor's Path on the west and Northville Turnpike on
the east and are bisected by Route 105 often a good spot to begin a search.
A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still off Hunter's Island at Pelham Bay Park
in the Bronx today and another drake continues off Crab Meadow Beach in
Northport and a female was reported from Sands Point Preserve Sunday. A
drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues on Avon Lake in Amityville.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Jones Beach West End last weekend with one
also spotted off Coney Island Creek Tuesday. Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were in
Bellport Bay Tuesday and Great Kills Park Wednesday as well as at Triton
Lane and an ICELAND GULL remains at the Montauk Harbor entrance with
another spotted Monday over the East River in mid Manhattan.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Robert Moses State Park Sunday and yesterday a
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was relocated at Hither Hills State Park and an
EVENING GROSBEAK was still in Riverside Park.

A very late WOOD THRUSH was first spotted in the Quogue Wildlife