[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Prothonotary Warbler[s] - 8/21
Saturday, Aug. 21st - While a majority of observers at Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) continue to note & report one Prothonotary Warbler in areas where one had regularly been seen (starting from Aug. 11th), there are ongoing reports to 8/21 of at least two birds of this species, and at least a few reports noting more than two of them. In any event, the species is ongoing, in the Ramble, Lake shore areas of the park, with multiple observers - and photos (of a single brightly-plumaged individual) also again being placed in publicly-accessible archives. As noted before by many, one warbler can easily be moving about from location to location in any given day, esp. with the locations all being within 1/2 mile -& often much less- from each other (referring to these various sightings). ... While all will hopefully make safety their main concern of the coming storm (“Henri”), that storm may bring possibly-unusual birds over the next 48 or more hours! (which could include any fresh-water areas in the region, as well as even puddles of any size, and potentially in ‘odd’ locations where ordinarily not many birds normally are found. Please take care, for your own but also for everyone’s sake, in particular all of our first-responders! good birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City & beyond -- 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] Central Park NYC - Prothonotary Warbler[s] - 8/21
Saturday, Aug. 21st - While a majority of observers at Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) continue to note & report one Prothonotary Warbler in areas where one had regularly been seen (starting from Aug. 11th), there are ongoing reports to 8/21 of at least two birds of this species, and at least a few reports noting more than two of them. In any event, the species is ongoing, in the Ramble, Lake shore areas of the park, with multiple observers - and photos (of a single brightly-plumaged individual) also again being placed in publicly-accessible archives. As noted before by many, one warbler can easily be moving about from location to location in any given day, esp. with the locations all being within 1/2 mile -& often much less- from each other (referring to these various sightings). ... While all will hopefully make safety their main concern of the coming storm (“Henri”), that storm may bring possibly-unusual birds over the next 48 or more hours! (which could include any fresh-water areas in the region, as well as even puddles of any size, and potentially in ‘odd’ locations where ordinarily not many birds normally are found. Please take care, for your own but also for everyone’s sake, in particular all of our first-responders! good birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City & beyond -- 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] Central Park, NYC: Fri. & Sat. Aug. 20-21, 2021- 13 Species of Wood Warbler incl. Prothonotary (2), Great Crested Flycatcher
Central Park, NYC Friday Saturday August 20-21, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 13 Species of Wood Warbler including at least two Prothonotary Warblers, migrant Great Crested Flycatchers. Birds in the list below are from Saturday, unless noted otherwise. Canada Goose - 38 flyovers in two flocks Mourning Dove - 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Tupelo Field Ring-billed Gull - 4 Reservoir (Friday) Herring Gull - 3-4 flyovers Osprey - male perched at the Green Bench Friday Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-4 Northern Flicker - 5-7 American Kestrel - 2 Friday Nutter's Battery, 1 flyover Saturday Ramble Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Great Hill Friday, 1 Humming Tombstone Saturday (Karen Evans) Eastern Kingbird - 3 Lake (Karen Evans also reported a family group just south of Hernshead Wednesday) Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 7 Blue Jay - 3-5 American Crow - heard-only Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 east of Azalea Pond Carolina Wren - 1 Oven Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Oven American Robin - 20-25 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 8 House Finch - 3 American Goldfinch - 2 (male female) east side of Great Hill Friday White-throated Sparrow - 3 Indian Cave Baltimore Oriole - 10-15 Common Grackle - 3-5 Ovenbird - 2 Ramble Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Oven Northern Waterthrush - 3-5 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Oven Humming Tombstone) Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10 Prothonotary Warbler - at least 2 at 3 locations (Oven, Mugger's Woods near Gill Overlook, Oak Bridge). The bird seen in Mugger's Woods today has the noticeably darker crown of a first-fall bird compared with the other two birds which are males in fall plumage. Common Yellowthroat - 2 North Woods Friday American Redstart - 5-7 Magnolia Warbler - 1 at the Pool Friday Yellow Warbler - 2 (Bow Bridge the Oven) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3-5 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Friday at the Pool bathing rock Canada Warbler - 4 Northern Cardinal - 6-7 Deb Allen -- 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] Central Park, NYC: Fri. & Sat. Aug. 20-21, 2021- 13 Species of Wood Warbler incl. Prothonotary (2), Great Crested Flycatcher
Central Park, NYC Friday Saturday August 20-21, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 13 Species of Wood Warbler including at least two Prothonotary Warblers, migrant Great Crested Flycatchers. Birds in the list below are from Saturday, unless noted otherwise. Canada Goose - 38 flyovers in two flocks Mourning Dove - 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Tupelo Field Ring-billed Gull - 4 Reservoir (Friday) Herring Gull - 3-4 flyovers Osprey - male perched at the Green Bench Friday Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-4 Northern Flicker - 5-7 American Kestrel - 2 Friday Nutter's Battery, 1 flyover Saturday Ramble Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Great Hill Friday, 1 Humming Tombstone Saturday (Karen Evans) Eastern Kingbird - 3 Lake (Karen Evans also reported a family group just south of Hernshead Wednesday) Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 7 Blue Jay - 3-5 American Crow - heard-only Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 east of Azalea Pond Carolina Wren - 1 Oven Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Oven American Robin - 20-25 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 8 House Finch - 3 American Goldfinch - 2 (male female) east side of Great Hill Friday White-throated Sparrow - 3 Indian Cave Baltimore Oriole - 10-15 Common Grackle - 3-5 Ovenbird - 2 Ramble Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Oven Northern Waterthrush - 3-5 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Oven Humming Tombstone) Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10 Prothonotary Warbler - at least 2 at 3 locations (Oven, Mugger's Woods near Gill Overlook, Oak Bridge). The bird seen in Mugger's Woods today has the noticeably darker crown of a first-fall bird compared with the other two birds which are males in fall plumage. Common Yellowthroat - 2 North Woods Friday American Redstart - 5-7 Magnolia Warbler - 1 at the Pool Friday Yellow Warbler - 2 (Bow Bridge the Oven) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3-5 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Friday at the Pool bathing rock Canada Warbler - 4 Northern Cardinal - 6-7 Deb Allen -- 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] Fifth Annual Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch to begin soon
It's that time again! Four Harbor Audubon Society's 5th annual "Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch" will officially open at 5:30 p.m. on August 27th. We will meet at the stone bridge at the southern end of Frank Melville Park in Setauket and count southbound nighthawks. It runs from 5:30 to dusk every evening through October 6th. Here's the four year totals: 2017 - 2,046 nighthawks seen. 2018 - 2,018 nighthawks seen. 2019 - 2,757 nighthawks seen 2020 - 2,242 nighthawks seen. We hope to see you there!!! John Turner -- 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] Fifth Annual Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch to begin soon
It's that time again! Four Harbor Audubon Society's 5th annual "Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch" will officially open at 5:30 p.m. on August 27th. We will meet at the stone bridge at the southern end of Frank Melville Park in Setauket and count southbound nighthawks. It runs from 5:30 to dusk every evening through October 6th. Here's the four year totals: 2017 - 2,046 nighthawks seen. 2018 - 2,018 nighthawks seen. 2019 - 2,757 nighthawks seen 2020 - 2,242 nighthawks seen. We hope to see you there!!! John Turner -- 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: 20 August 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 20, 2021
* NYNY2108.20
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Pomarine Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
SEDGE WREN
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
- 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
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, August 20th
2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic research vessel
findings including WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETRELS, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER plus
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED and
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPER, SEDGE WREN,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A NOAA research vessel transecting through New York waters 150 miles or so
out in the Atlantic early on Tuesday had the good fortune of spotting an
adult WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD as it flew high above their boat and away.
Other highlights in New York from transects on Tuesday and again today
included 3 sightings of WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, one on Tuesday and 2
today, 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 2 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS today and
combined totals of 7 LEACH'S and 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 22 CORY'S, 9
GREAT and 8 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS and 3 POMARINE JAEGERS.
Back on shore the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually at the Cove in the southwest corner
of the pond. Also on the East Pond have been at least 2 continuing WILSON'S
PHALAROPES while the 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES stayed for the shorebird
festival last Saturday but then moved on. The East Pond does though
continue to provide a good variety of shorebirds including STILT,
WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, WESTERN SANDPIPER and an occasional LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER among the more numerous species. Visiting GULL-BILLED TERNS and
BLACK TERNS and lots of waterfowl. A MARBLED GODWIT was still near Ruffel
Bar out at Jamaica Bay to Monday and yesterday 7 BROWN PELICANS showed up
in the bay to out into Jamaica Bay as well.
Other BROWN PELICANS during the week included 2 off Cupsogue County Park
last Saturday and 4 off Huguenot Beach on Staten Island Sunday. Cupsogue
also hosted a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBRELS last Saturday while single
MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL visited Mecox Sunday. Two more WHIMBRELS were
seen at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday along with 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS.
On Staten Island, at restricted Freshkills Park, notable sightings included
an UPLAND SANDPIPER Saturday along with 2 SEDGE WRENS and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS
with 4 SEDGE WRENS counted there Wednesday.
CASPIAN TERNS featured a couple at Croton Point Park Monday with one there
yesterday this only increasing coastal numbers of ROYAL TERNS included up
to 4 at Plumb Beach.
Also on Staten Island 2 immature male KING EIDERS continue along the shore
between Great Kills Park and Wolfe's Pond Park while another young male was
seen Wednesday around Montauk Harbor Inlet from the Cresli Whale Watching
boat which also recorded 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS and 25 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Central Park since the 11th was still around the
Ramble today. Among the other warbler migrants this week, most still in
rather low numbers, were a MOURNING or two in Central Park plus species
such as WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S and HOODED while
other migrants included YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN and CLIFF
SWALLOW.
Besides the DICKCISSELS now feeding young at Croton Point Park another was
spotted Sunday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 August 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 20, 2021
* NYNY2108.20
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Pomarine Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
SEDGE WREN
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
- 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
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, August 20th
2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic research vessel
findings including WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETRELS, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER plus
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED and
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPER, SEDGE WREN,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A NOAA research vessel transecting through New York waters 150 miles or so
out in the Atlantic early on Tuesday had the good fortune of spotting an
adult WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD as it flew high above their boat and away.
Other highlights in New York from transects on Tuesday and again today
included 3 sightings of WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, one on Tuesday and 2
today, 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 2 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS today and
combined totals of 7 LEACH'S and 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 22 CORY'S, 9
GREAT and 8 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS and 3 POMARINE JAEGERS.
Back on shore the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually at the Cove in the southwest corner
of the pond. Also on the East Pond have been at least 2 continuing WILSON'S
PHALAROPES while the 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES stayed for the shorebird
festival last Saturday but then moved on. The East Pond does though
continue to provide a good variety of shorebirds including STILT,
WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, WESTERN SANDPIPER and an occasional LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER among the more numerous species. Visiting GULL-BILLED TERNS and
BLACK TERNS and lots of waterfowl. A MARBLED GODWIT was still near Ruffel
Bar out at Jamaica Bay to Monday and yesterday 7 BROWN PELICANS showed up
in the bay to out into Jamaica Bay as well.
Other BROWN PELICANS during the week included 2 off Cupsogue County Park
last Saturday and 4 off Huguenot Beach on Staten Island Sunday. Cupsogue
also hosted a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBRELS last Saturday while single
MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL visited Mecox Sunday. Two more WHIMBRELS were
seen at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday along with 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS.
On Staten Island, at restricted Freshkills Park, notable sightings included
an UPLAND SANDPIPER Saturday along with 2 SEDGE WRENS and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS
with 4 SEDGE WRENS counted there Wednesday.
CASPIAN TERNS featured a couple at Croton Point Park Monday with one there
yesterday this only increasing coastal numbers of ROYAL TERNS included up
to 4 at Plumb Beach.
Also on Staten Island 2 immature male KING EIDERS continue along the shore
between Great Kills Park and Wolfe's Pond Park while another young male was
seen Wednesday around Montauk Harbor Inlet from the Cresli Whale Watching
boat which also recorded 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS and 25 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Central Park since the 11th was still around the
Ramble today. Among the other warbler migrants this week, most still in
rather low numbers, were a MOURNING or two in Central Park plus species
such as WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S and HOODED while
other migrants included YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN and CLIFF
SWALLOW.
Besides the DICKCISSELS now feeding young at Croton Point Park another was
spotted Sunday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke
