Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Patricia Lindsay]

For those that like to plan well ahead, please note your calendars that next 
season's Southern Nassau CBC will be held on Saturday January 2nd 2021.


> -- Original Message --
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> Date: January 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results
> 
> Saturday 28 December 2019 was a fine day for the 80th iteration of the 
> Southern Nassau County CBC, with mild temperatures, light winds, and no 
> precipitation. The total of 135 species recorded on count day was above our 
> recent average of about 130. This count has an impressive resume of genuine 
> rarities discovered on count-day, and our participants added to this legacy 
> twice again this year: a Painted Bunting found near the Gatsby restaurant at 
> Jones Beach by Pete Morris and Taylor Sturm, and a Townsend's Warbler found 
> at the Florence Avenue Beach, along the bay shore in Massapequa, by John 
> Gluth. By my calculations, the overall count probably missed three or four 
> species that would otherwise have been found, as a result of effort 
> re-directed to admiring these little green birds.
> 
> As usual, there were many other notable species as well:
> 
> Blue-winged Teal at Bellmore Mill Pond
> Red-necked Grebe from Jones Beach
> Clapper Rail from the boat
> Common Gallinule at Bellmore Mill Pond
> 12 Red Knots at Point Lookout
> 36 Purple Sandpipers at and westward from Point Lookout
> 99 Razorbills along the oceanfront
> Black-headed Gull at Jones Beach West End
> American Bittern at Tobay
> 2 Barn Owls somewhere near water of some kind
> Short-eared Owl also, curiously, somewhere near water of some kind
> Northern Saw-whet Owl somewhere
> 6 Eastern Phoebes at various places in Jones Beach, Hempstead Lake, and 
> Mitchell
> House Wren in Massapequa
> 3 Marsh Wrens from Jones Beach and the boat
> a count-week Grasshopper Sparrow at Point Lookout
> 3 Eastern Meadowlarks in the Five Towns
> Nashville Warbler in Baldwin
> 3 Orange-crowned Warblers from Jones Beach, Tobay, and the Five Towns
> Common Yellowthroat in the Five Towns
> Palm Warbler at Jones Beach
> 
> As often is the case on good-weather days, high counts were recorded for many 
> species: 
> 23 Cooper's Hawk
> 40 Red-tailed Hawk
> 213 Blue Jay
> 130 Carolina Wren
> 24 Gray Catbird
> 190 Northern Mockingbird
> 17 Hermit Thrush
> 660 Song Sparrow
> 66 Swamp Sparrow
> 288 Boat-tailed Grackle (this impressive number being the remainder after 
> careful excision of potential duplicate flocks)
> 16 Common Ravens (again, after adjustment for possible duplications; 
> meanwhile, Bald Eagle has aged out of being notable!)
> 7 Chipping Sparrows
> 
> Only two species were recorded in unusually low numbers:
> 25 Snow Bunting
> 2573 Herring Gull 
> 
> And only three more or less regular species were missed:
> Purple Finch
> Lapland Longspur
> Rusty Blackbird
> 
> --though Snowy Owl should be cued here, too, given their documented presence 
> (and torment) within the circle, both before and right after the CBC.
> 
> There are many lessons to be learned from these data, but I'd like to take 
> this opportunity to point attention to just two questions. First, it is not 
> by chance that all three of our rarest species (Grasshopper Sparrow, Painted 
> Bunting, and Townsend's Warbler) have shown distinct waves of occurrence in 
> the Northeast this season. Those who dismiss vagrancy as a passive 
> consequence of weather systems ought to ponder why so many other species, 
> present in the same source regions and experiencing the same weather 
> patterns, have NOT been lining up along our shores lately, as these species 
> have.
> 
> But perhaps even more mysterious is the great Chipping Sparrow flood of 2019. 
> Although our tally of 7 was admittedly smaller than the rounding errors 
> suffered by Hugh McGuinness et al. in Accabonnac, it is still a very large 
> number for urban western Long Island. And all of the counts I know of or 
> participated in this season, from southern New England to Long Island, 
> encountered this species in much higher than usual numbers--close to triple 
> digits in some cases. There are a lot of parallels between Chipping Sparrow 
> and White-crowned Sparrow: both are good CBC species at our latitude, but 
> unlike other half-hardies, both show a preference for inland and rural 
> settings vs. coastal/urban migrant traps. And this December's Chipping 
> Sparrow phenomenon reminds me a lot of last year's large numbers of 
> White-crowned Sparrows on all the CBCs. How does this happen?
> 
> Many thanks to our 90+ participants and to Otto's Freeport fo

Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Patricia Lindsay]

For those that like to plan well ahead, please note your calendars that next 
season's Southern Nassau CBC will be held on Saturday January 2nd 2021.


> -- Original Message --
> From: Shaibal Mitra 
> To: "NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)" 
> Date: January 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results
> 
> Saturday 28 December 2019 was a fine day for the 80th iteration of the 
> Southern Nassau County CBC, with mild temperatures, light winds, and no 
> precipitation. The total of 135 species recorded on count day was above our 
> recent average of about 130. This count has an impressive resume of genuine 
> rarities discovered on count-day, and our participants added to this legacy 
> twice again this year: a Painted Bunting found near the Gatsby restaurant at 
> Jones Beach by Pete Morris and Taylor Sturm, and a Townsend's Warbler found 
> at the Florence Avenue Beach, along the bay shore in Massapequa, by John 
> Gluth. By my calculations, the overall count probably missed three or four 
> species that would otherwise have been found, as a result of effort 
> re-directed to admiring these little green birds.
> 
> As usual, there were many other notable species as well:
> 
> Blue-winged Teal at Bellmore Mill Pond
> Red-necked Grebe from Jones Beach
> Clapper Rail from the boat
> Common Gallinule at Bellmore Mill Pond
> 12 Red Knots at Point Lookout
> 36 Purple Sandpipers at and westward from Point Lookout
> 99 Razorbills along the oceanfront
> Black-headed Gull at Jones Beach West End
> American Bittern at Tobay
> 2 Barn Owls somewhere near water of some kind
> Short-eared Owl also, curiously, somewhere near water of some kind
> Northern Saw-whet Owl somewhere
> 6 Eastern Phoebes at various places in Jones Beach, Hempstead Lake, and 
> Mitchell
> House Wren in Massapequa
> 3 Marsh Wrens from Jones Beach and the boat
> a count-week Grasshopper Sparrow at Point Lookout
> 3 Eastern Meadowlarks in the Five Towns
> Nashville Warbler in Baldwin
> 3 Orange-crowned Warblers from Jones Beach, Tobay, and the Five Towns
> Common Yellowthroat in the Five Towns
> Palm Warbler at Jones Beach
> 
> As often is the case on good-weather days, high counts were recorded for many 
> species: 
> 23 Cooper's Hawk
> 40 Red-tailed Hawk
> 213 Blue Jay
> 130 Carolina Wren
> 24 Gray Catbird
> 190 Northern Mockingbird
> 17 Hermit Thrush
> 660 Song Sparrow
> 66 Swamp Sparrow
> 288 Boat-tailed Grackle (this impressive number being the remainder after 
> careful excision of potential duplicate flocks)
> 16 Common Ravens (again, after adjustment for possible duplications; 
> meanwhile, Bald Eagle has aged out of being notable!)
> 7 Chipping Sparrows
> 
> Only two species were recorded in unusually low numbers:
> 25 Snow Bunting
> 2573 Herring Gull 
> 
> And only three more or less regular species were missed:
> Purple Finch
> Lapland Longspur
> Rusty Blackbird
> 
> --though Snowy Owl should be cued here, too, given their documented presence 
> (and torment) within the circle, both before and right after the CBC.
> 
> There are many lessons to be learned from these data, but I'd like to take 
> this opportunity to point attention to just two questions. First, it is not 
> by chance that all three of our rarest species (Grasshopper Sparrow, Painted 
> Bunting, and Townsend's Warbler) have shown distinct waves of occurrence in 
> the Northeast this season. Those who dismiss vagrancy as a passive 
> consequence of weather systems ought to ponder why so many other species, 
> present in the same source regions and experiencing the same weather 
> patterns, have NOT been lining up along our shores lately, as these species 
> have.
> 
> But perhaps even more mysterious is the great Chipping Sparrow flood of 2019. 
> Although our tally of 7 was admittedly smaller than the rounding errors 
> suffered by Hugh McGuinness et al. in Accabonnac, it is still a very large 
> number for urban western Long Island. And all of the counts I know of or 
> participated in this season, from southern New England to Long Island, 
> encountered this species in much higher than usual numbers--close to triple 
> digits in some cases. There are a lot of parallels between Chipping Sparrow 
> and White-crowned Sparrow: both are good CBC species at our latitude, but 
> unlike other half-hardies, both show a preference for inland and rural 
> settings vs. coastal/urban migrant traps. And this December's Chipping 
> Sparrow phenomenon reminds me a lot of last year's large numbers of 
> White-crowned Sparrows on all the CBCs. How does this happen?
> 
> Many thanks to our 90+ participants and to Otto's Freeport fo

[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

Saturday 28 December 2019 was a fine day for the 80th iteration of the Southern 
Nassau County CBC, with mild temperatures, light winds, and no precipitation. 
The total of 135 species recorded on count day was above our recent average of 
about 130. This count has an impressive resume of genuine rarities discovered 
on count-day, and our participants added to this legacy twice again this year: 
a Painted Bunting found near the Gatsby restaurant at Jones Beach by Pete 
Morris and Taylor Sturm, and a Townsend's Warbler found at the Florence Avenue 
Beach, along the bay shore in Massapequa, by John Gluth. By my calculations, 
the overall count probably missed three or four species that would otherwise 
have been found, as a result of effort re-directed to admiring these little 
green birds.

As usual, there were many other notable species as well:

Blue-winged Teal at Bellmore Mill Pond
Red-necked Grebe from Jones Beach
Clapper Rail from the boat
Common Gallinule at Bellmore Mill Pond
12 Red Knots at Point Lookout
36 Purple Sandpipers at and westward from Point Lookout
99 Razorbills along the oceanfront
Black-headed Gull at Jones Beach West End
American Bittern at Tobay
2 Barn Owls somewhere near water of some kind
Short-eared Owl also, curiously, somewhere near water of some kind
Northern Saw-whet Owl somewhere
6 Eastern Phoebes at various places in Jones Beach, Hempstead Lake, and Mitchell
House Wren in Massapequa
3 Marsh Wrens from Jones Beach and the boat
a count-week Grasshopper Sparrow at Point Lookout
3 Eastern Meadowlarks in the Five Towns
Nashville Warbler in Baldwin
3 Orange-crowned Warblers from Jones Beach, Tobay, and the Five Towns
Common Yellowthroat in the Five Towns
Palm Warbler at Jones Beach

As often is the case on good-weather days, high counts were recorded for many 
species: 
23 Cooper's Hawk
40 Red-tailed Hawk
213 Blue Jay
130 Carolina Wren
24 Gray Catbird
190 Northern Mockingbird
17 Hermit Thrush
660 Song Sparrow
66 Swamp Sparrow
288 Boat-tailed Grackle (this impressive number being the remainder after 
careful excision of potential duplicate flocks)
16 Common Ravens (again, after adjustment for possible duplications; meanwhile, 
Bald Eagle has aged out of being notable!)
7 Chipping Sparrows

Only two species were recorded in unusually low numbers:
25 Snow Bunting
2573 Herring Gull 

And only three more or less regular species were missed:
Purple Finch
Lapland Longspur
Rusty Blackbird

--though Snowy Owl should be cued here, too, given their documented presence 
(and torment) within the circle, both before and right after the CBC.

There are many lessons to be learned from these data, but I'd like to take this 
opportunity to point attention to just two questions. First, it is not by 
chance that all three of our rarest species (Grasshopper Sparrow, Painted 
Bunting, and Townsend's Warbler) have shown distinct waves of occurrence in the 
Northeast this season. Those who dismiss vagrancy as a passive consequence of 
weather systems ought to ponder why so many other species, present in the same 
source regions and experiencing the same weather patterns, have NOT been lining 
up along our shores lately, as these species have.

But perhaps even more mysterious is the great Chipping Sparrow flood of 2019. 
Although our tally of 7 was admittedly smaller than the rounding errors 
suffered by Hugh McGuinness et al. in Accabonnac, it is still a very large 
number for urban western Long Island. And all of the counts I know of or 
participated in this season, from southern New England to Long Island, 
encountered this species in much higher than usual numbers--close to triple 
digits in some cases. There are a lot of parallels between Chipping Sparrow and 
White-crowned Sparrow: both are good CBC species at our latitude, but unlike 
other half-hardies, both show a preference for inland and rural settings vs. 
coastal/urban migrant traps. And this December's Chipping Sparrow phenomenon 
reminds me a lot of last year's large numbers of White-crowned Sparrows on all 
the CBCs. How does this happen?

Many thanks to our 90+ participants and to Otto's Freeport for hosting our 
compilation.

Happy New Year and the best of birding in 2020!
Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore
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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

Saturday 28 December 2019 was a fine day for the 80th iteration of the Southern 
Nassau County CBC, with mild temperatures, light winds, and no precipitation. 
The total of 135 species recorded on count day was above our recent average of 
about 130. This count has an impressive resume of genuine rarities discovered 
on count-day, and our participants added to this legacy twice again this year: 
a Painted Bunting found near the Gatsby restaurant at Jones Beach by Pete 
Morris and Taylor Sturm, and a Townsend's Warbler found at the Florence Avenue 
Beach, along the bay shore in Massapequa, by John Gluth. By my calculations, 
the overall count probably missed three or four species that would otherwise 
have been found, as a result of effort re-directed to admiring these little 
green birds.

As usual, there were many other notable species as well:

Blue-winged Teal at Bellmore Mill Pond
Red-necked Grebe from Jones Beach
Clapper Rail from the boat
Common Gallinule at Bellmore Mill Pond
12 Red Knots at Point Lookout
36 Purple Sandpipers at and westward from Point Lookout
99 Razorbills along the oceanfront
Black-headed Gull at Jones Beach West End
American Bittern at Tobay
2 Barn Owls somewhere near water of some kind
Short-eared Owl also, curiously, somewhere near water of some kind
Northern Saw-whet Owl somewhere
6 Eastern Phoebes at various places in Jones Beach, Hempstead Lake, and Mitchell
House Wren in Massapequa
3 Marsh Wrens from Jones Beach and the boat
a count-week Grasshopper Sparrow at Point Lookout
3 Eastern Meadowlarks in the Five Towns
Nashville Warbler in Baldwin
3 Orange-crowned Warblers from Jones Beach, Tobay, and the Five Towns
Common Yellowthroat in the Five Towns
Palm Warbler at Jones Beach

As often is the case on good-weather days, high counts were recorded for many 
species: 
23 Cooper's Hawk
40 Red-tailed Hawk
213 Blue Jay
130 Carolina Wren
24 Gray Catbird
190 Northern Mockingbird
17 Hermit Thrush
660 Song Sparrow
66 Swamp Sparrow
288 Boat-tailed Grackle (this impressive number being the remainder after 
careful excision of potential duplicate flocks)
16 Common Ravens (again, after adjustment for possible duplications; meanwhile, 
Bald Eagle has aged out of being notable!)
7 Chipping Sparrows

Only two species were recorded in unusually low numbers:
25 Snow Bunting
2573 Herring Gull 

And only three more or less regular species were missed:
Purple Finch
Lapland Longspur
Rusty Blackbird

--though Snowy Owl should be cued here, too, given their documented presence 
(and torment) within the circle, both before and right after the CBC.

There are many lessons to be learned from these data, but I'd like to take this 
opportunity to point attention to just two questions. First, it is not by 
chance that all three of our rarest species (Grasshopper Sparrow, Painted 
Bunting, and Townsend's Warbler) have shown distinct waves of occurrence in the 
Northeast this season. Those who dismiss vagrancy as a passive consequence of 
weather systems ought to ponder why so many other species, present in the same 
source regions and experiencing the same weather patterns, have NOT been lining 
up along our shores lately, as these species have.

But perhaps even more mysterious is the great Chipping Sparrow flood of 2019. 
Although our tally of 7 was admittedly smaller than the rounding errors 
suffered by Hugh McGuinness et al. in Accabonnac, it is still a very large 
number for urban western Long Island. And all of the counts I know of or 
participated in this season, from southern New England to Long Island, 
encountered this species in much higher than usual numbers--close to triple 
digits in some cases. There are a lot of parallels between Chipping Sparrow and 
White-crowned Sparrow: both are good CBC species at our latitude, but unlike 
other half-hardies, both show a preference for inland and rural settings vs. 
coastal/urban migrant traps. And this December's Chipping Sparrow phenomenon 
reminds me a lot of last year's large numbers of White-crowned Sparrows on all 
the CBCs. How does this happen?

Many thanks to our 90+ participants and to Otto's Freeport for hosting our 
compilation.

Happy New Year and the best of birding in 2020!
Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore
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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The Southern Nassau County CBC was conducted yesterday, 30 Dec 2017, by 89 
participants, for the 78th time since 1932.

Conditions were challenging, with cold temperatures (18-26 F) and snow on count 
day, and sustained sub-freezing temperatures prior to the count. On the plus 
side, there was little wind, and coverage was excellent.

A total of 132 species was recorded, including a White-winged Dove reported 
from a feeder in Malverne. 

Highlights included the following:

Cackling Goose—two individuals, Massapequa & Baldwin
King Eider—2 Short
Eared Grebe—Atlantic
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron—Baldwin
Rough-legged Hawk—Short
Clapper Rail—Atlantic
Lesser Yellowlegs—two individuals, Hempstead & Short
Iceland Gull—Short
Short-eared Owl—Short
Snowy Owl—three individuals, Atlantic, Short, Tobay
Northern Saw-whet Owl—Short
Common Raven—2 Hempstead
Lapland Longspur—5 Short
Northern Waterthrush—Baldwin
Orange-crowned Warbler—two individuals, Atlantic & Tobay
Palm Warbler—Atlantic
Chipping Sparrow—Baldwin
White-crowned Sparrow—Atlantic

High Counts were relatively few and mostly involved species continuing strong, 
recent upward trends:

Great Horned Owl—5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker—16
American Kestrel—4
Monk Parakeet—290
Fish Crow—2488
Ipswich Sparrow—36
Rusty Blackbird—31
Boat-tailed Grackle—243

Misses and Low Counts were relatively many. These included a predictable suite 
of freshwater and ice-intolerant species, but also several species exhibiting 
declining trends in recent years. Wood Duck, Redhead, Ring-necked Pheasant, 
American Bittern, American Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Barn Owl, 
and American Pipit were missed. Low Counts (all ten-year minima) were recorded 
for:

Brant—18607
Mute Swan—54
American Wigeon—30
Black Duck—2213
Northern Shoveler—126
Northern Pintail—18
Ring-necked Duck—29
Hooded Merganser—714
Ruddy Duck—160
Pied-billed Grebe—12
Great Blue Heron—58
Peregrine Falcon—8
European Starling—1827

The only count-week species that I am aware was missed yesterday was Redhead, 
but others among those listed above as missed are likely to be recorded during 
the count period.

Thanks to all for another excellent count, and for good company during the 
compilation at Otto’s in Freeport.

Happy New Year!

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The Southern Nassau County CBC was conducted yesterday, 30 Dec 2017, by 89 
participants, for the 78th time since 1932.

Conditions were challenging, with cold temperatures (18-26 F) and snow on count 
day, and sustained sub-freezing temperatures prior to the count. On the plus 
side, there was little wind, and coverage was excellent.

A total of 132 species was recorded, including a White-winged Dove reported 
from a feeder in Malverne. 

Highlights included the following:

Cackling Goose—two individuals, Massapequa & Baldwin
King Eider—2 Short
Eared Grebe—Atlantic
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron—Baldwin
Rough-legged Hawk—Short
Clapper Rail—Atlantic
Lesser Yellowlegs—two individuals, Hempstead & Short
Iceland Gull—Short
Short-eared Owl—Short
Snowy Owl—three individuals, Atlantic, Short, Tobay
Northern Saw-whet Owl—Short
Common Raven—2 Hempstead
Lapland Longspur—5 Short
Northern Waterthrush—Baldwin
Orange-crowned Warbler—two individuals, Atlantic & Tobay
Palm Warbler—Atlantic
Chipping Sparrow—Baldwin
White-crowned Sparrow—Atlantic

High Counts were relatively few and mostly involved species continuing strong, 
recent upward trends:

Great Horned Owl—5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker—16
American Kestrel—4
Monk Parakeet—290
Fish Crow—2488
Ipswich Sparrow—36
Rusty Blackbird—31
Boat-tailed Grackle—243

Misses and Low Counts were relatively many. These included a predictable suite 
of freshwater and ice-intolerant species, but also several species exhibiting 
declining trends in recent years. Wood Duck, Redhead, Ring-necked Pheasant, 
American Bittern, American Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Barn Owl, 
and American Pipit were missed. Low Counts (all ten-year minima) were recorded 
for:

Brant—18607
Mute Swan—54
American Wigeon—30
Black Duck—2213
Northern Shoveler—126
Northern Pintail—18
Ring-necked Duck—29
Hooded Merganser—714
Ruddy Duck—160
Pied-billed Grebe—12
Great Blue Heron—58
Peregrine Falcon—8
European Starling—1827

The only count-week species that I am aware was missed yesterday was Redhead, 
but others among those listed above as missed are likely to be recorded during 
the count period.

Thanks to all for another excellent count, and for good company during the 
compilation at Otto’s in Freeport.

Happy New Year!

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC, Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The 77th Southern Nassau County CBC was conducted on Sunday, 1 January 2017, by 
78 participants. The weather was quite good for a CBC, and the only 
weather-related frustration was that bright sun and a brisk westerly wind 
hampered ocean viewing during the morning.

The fine weather on a New Year’s morning attracted many scores of 
non-participant birders to our species-rich circle, and several long-staying 
rarities were reported and updated redundantly throughout the day. Praise is 
due to our many duty-conscious participants who champed their bits and stayed 
on task, even as news of delectable and hard-to-find year-birds hummed through 
their mobile devices. Pardons have been issued to those who spat their bits 
only briefly, and who limited their poaching runs to sites within the circle.

A very interesting feature of this CBC is the great regularity with which 
really rare birds are found on count day by active participants, and memories 
of species such as Grace’s Warbler, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and Harris’s 
Sparrow are still fresh for many. This year’s count was true to form, with 
discoveries of Ash-throated Flycatcher, Audubon’s Warbler, and Eared Grebe. In 
my opinion, the greater frequency of such discoveries on count-day vs. other 
close dates, and the higher proportion of participants vs. year-listers among 
the finders, both point to the merits of the CBC-style approach to birding: 
patience, thoroughness, and receptivity to all birds one might encounter yield 
more exciting discoveries than trap-lining staked-out novelties.

The day came together very well, and our total of 140 species was our highest 
since we totaled 143 on 30 December 2007. Ash-throated Flycatcher was a new 
addition to the cumulative species list, as was Northern Waterthrush. Audubon’s 
Warbler was recorded for just the second time, as was Osprey. Third records 
included Eared Grebe, Common Raven, and Nashville Warbler (2!). Fourth records 
included Cackling Goose and Sora. For the record, and to provide some 
perspective on relative rarity, this year’s Black-headed Gull constituted the 
22nd record for this CBC.

The many additional highlights included such standouts as Blue-winged Teal, 
Red-necked Grebe, Tricolored Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Bald Eagle, 
Razorbill, Lapland Longspur, Palm Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, and Chipping 
Sparrow. There were no really bad misses, the worst being Ring-necked Pheasant, 
Wilson’s Snipe, Barn Owl, and Snowy Owl.

High counts included 777 Red-throated Loons, 7184 Ring-billed Gulls, 63 
Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 11 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 9 Merlins, 2488 Fish 
Crows (vs. 107 American and 5 Ravens), 217 Black-capped Chickadees, 63 
Red-breasted Nuthatches, 62 White-breasted Nuthatches, 734 Snow Buntings, and 
3659 Common Grackles. Low counts included 1 Redhead, 46 Lesser Scaup, 196 Ruddy 
Ducks, 1 Great Cormorant, 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls (difficult to believe), and 3425 
Herring Gulls.

Turkey Vulture and Snowy Owl were present during count week but not found on 
the day of the count. News of others (Rough-legged Hawk?) would be appreciated.

Many thanks to all, and best wishes for good birding in this new year.

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore
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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC, Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The 77th Southern Nassau County CBC was conducted on Sunday, 1 January 2017, by 
78 participants. The weather was quite good for a CBC, and the only 
weather-related frustration was that bright sun and a brisk westerly wind 
hampered ocean viewing during the morning.

The fine weather on a New Year’s morning attracted many scores of 
non-participant birders to our species-rich circle, and several long-staying 
rarities were reported and updated redundantly throughout the day. Praise is 
due to our many duty-conscious participants who champed their bits and stayed 
on task, even as news of delectable and hard-to-find year-birds hummed through 
their mobile devices. Pardons have been issued to those who spat their bits 
only briefly, and who limited their poaching runs to sites within the circle.

A very interesting feature of this CBC is the great regularity with which 
really rare birds are found on count day by active participants, and memories 
of species such as Grace’s Warbler, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and Harris’s 
Sparrow are still fresh for many. This year’s count was true to form, with 
discoveries of Ash-throated Flycatcher, Audubon’s Warbler, and Eared Grebe. In 
my opinion, the greater frequency of such discoveries on count-day vs. other 
close dates, and the higher proportion of participants vs. year-listers among 
the finders, both point to the merits of the CBC-style approach to birding: 
patience, thoroughness, and receptivity to all birds one might encounter yield 
more exciting discoveries than trap-lining staked-out novelties.

The day came together very well, and our total of 140 species was our highest 
since we totaled 143 on 30 December 2007. Ash-throated Flycatcher was a new 
addition to the cumulative species list, as was Northern Waterthrush. Audubon’s 
Warbler was recorded for just the second time, as was Osprey. Third records 
included Eared Grebe, Common Raven, and Nashville Warbler (2!). Fourth records 
included Cackling Goose and Sora. For the record, and to provide some 
perspective on relative rarity, this year’s Black-headed Gull constituted the 
22nd record for this CBC.

The many additional highlights included such standouts as Blue-winged Teal, 
Red-necked Grebe, Tricolored Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Bald Eagle, 
Razorbill, Lapland Longspur, Palm Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, and Chipping 
Sparrow. There were no really bad misses, the worst being Ring-necked Pheasant, 
Wilson’s Snipe, Barn Owl, and Snowy Owl.

High counts included 777 Red-throated Loons, 7184 Ring-billed Gulls, 63 
Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 11 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 9 Merlins, 2488 Fish 
Crows (vs. 107 American and 5 Ravens), 217 Black-capped Chickadees, 63 
Red-breasted Nuthatches, 62 White-breasted Nuthatches, 734 Snow Buntings, and 
3659 Common Grackles. Low counts included 1 Redhead, 46 Lesser Scaup, 196 Ruddy 
Ducks, 1 Great Cormorant, 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls (difficult to believe), and 3425 
Herring Gulls.

Turkey Vulture and Snowy Owl were present during count week but not found on 
the day of the count. News of others (Rough-legged Hawk?) would be appreciated.

Many thanks to all, and best wishes for good birding in this new year.

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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The Southern Nassau County CBC enjoyed five hours of good weather before the 
rains hit yesterday. Coverage was excellent by 78 participants (plus three 
feeder-watchers), 39 of whom attended the festive compilation, back at Otto's 
in Freeport for the first time since Sandy.

The preliminary species total was 133, above our ten-year average of 130.

Very few regularly detected species were missed, the most notable being:

Snow Goose (recorded 9 of last 10 years)
American Bittern (8)
Great Egret (6)
Wilson's Snipe (10, but our only consistently reliable site was lost several 
years ago)
Barn Owl (7, but no boat effort this year)

Conversely, there were many notable finds:

Wood Duck (Mitchell & Massapequa)
King Eider (Atlantic)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Mitchell)
Red-necked Grebe (Atlantic)
Little Blue Heron (Baldwin)
Bald Eagle (Tobay)
Northern Goshawk (Short & Tobay, but presumably the same continuing bird in 
these contiguous territories)
Virginia Rail (Tobay)
Greater Yellowlegs (Five Towns)
Red Knot (Short)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Short, potentially new to count)
American Woodcock (Tobay)
Black-headed Gull (Short)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Hempstead)
Razorbill (Short)
Great Horned Owl (Five Towns, Hempstead, & Massapequa)
Eastern Phoebe (Baldwin)
Tree Swallow (Tobay)
Marsh Wren (Tobay & Massapequa)
House Wren (Baldwin)
Brown Thrasher (Baldwin)
Cedar Waxwing (Massapequa)
Lapland Longspur (Short)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Atlantic & Massapequa)
Nashville Warbler (Massapequa, just the second ever for the count, the other 
dating back to 1971-72)
Common Yellowthroat (Tobay & Massapequa)
Chipping Sparrow (Five Towns)
Sharp-tailed Sparrow, sp. (Baldwin)
Purple Finch (Short)
Pine Siskin (Hempstead)

Count-week species included Iceland Gull and Snowy Owl.

Thanks to all for another great effort!

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

Correction number 1:

The Dovekie was at Tobay, on the ocean, not at Hempstead, in the hinterland. 
Hempstead had so many good birds, I guess my typing fingers fell into a 
pattern

Shai

From: bounce-111405883-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-111405883-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 9:35 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

The Southern Nassau County CBC progressed slowly and steadily through the 
pleasant day of 28 December 2013, finishing with 131 species detected through 
the efforts of 83 observers. This total, very slightly above our ten-year 
average of 130, was particularly gratifying given the absence of boreal finches 
this year and given that several southeastern estuarine species that have been 
regular in recent years appeared to have been pushed south early by hard 
weather this season (e.g., Great Egret and American Oystercatcher). Forty-four 
of us enjoyed a festive compilation dinner at the Wander Inn in Baldwin. Bill 
Reeves, a true gentleman and a pillar of the count for many years, was not with 
us, but he was remembered with great fondness and affection.

Notable records among our regularly detected species included the following:

Snow Goose  1 Baldwin
Eurasian Wigeon2 Five Towns & 1 Massapequa
Harlequin Duck6 Atlantic
American Bitternsingles Atlantic & Tobay
American Kestrelsingles Tobay, Massapequa, & Baldwin
Killdeer24 in 5 territories!
Wilson’s Snipe1 Baldwin
Lesser BB Gullsingles Tobay & Baldwin
Razorbill6 Short & 5 Tobay
Barn Owl3 Boat
E. Screech-Owl4 Massapequa
YB Sapsucker10 in four territories—vastly increased in 
recent years
Tree Swallow5 Atlantic & 4 Short
RC Kingletsingles Tobay & Massapequa
Am. Pipit4 Short
Lapland Longspur11 Short & 1 Massapequa
Orange-cr. Warbler2 Loop
Ipswich Sparrow1 Short
Sharp-tl Sparrow sp.2 Tobay
Rusty BlackbirdMitchell & 2 Massapequa
Common Grackle41 Tobay & 2509 Hempstead
Boat-tl Grackle63 Short & 1 Five Towns

The following species were more unusual in the context of our long history, 
although a few are clearly trending upward and others were known to be present 
this year:

Cackling Goose1 Five Towns
Wood Duck2 Hempstead
Red-necked Grebe1 Short
Bald Eagle1 Tobay & 2 Hempstead
Red-sh. Hawk1 Hempstead
Clapper Rail1 Baldwin
Piping Plover1 Atlantic
Black-headed Gull1 Five Towns
Glaucous Gull1 Baldwin
Dovekie1 Hempstead
Snowy Owl1 Atlantic, 4 Short, & 2 Tobay
Great Horned Owl2 Hempstead & 1 Massapequa
Co. Raven2 Hempstead
W. Palm Warbler2 Baldwin & 1 Five Towns
E. Meadowlark6 Five Towns
Purple Finch1 Massapequa

Bad misses were few, judged by the standard of the last ten years:

Am. Oystercatcher (10/10)
Ring-necked Pheasant; (9/10)
Great Egret (7/10)
American Woodcock (7/10)
Brown Thrasher (7/10)
Red Knot (6/10)
Iceland Gull (6/10)
White-crowned Sparrow (6/10)
Virginia Rail (5/10)

A very tentative list of count-week species missed Saturday is presented here, 
as a prompt for those who know more to contact us:

RN Pheasant, Mitchell
Iceland Gull, Five Towns
Northern Shrike, Short

This was my sixth and Pat’s fifth CBC of a busy season. A few photos from this 
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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The Southern Nassau County CBC progressed slowly and steadily through the 
pleasant day of 28 December 2013, finishing with 131 species detected through 
the efforts of 83 observers. This total, very slightly above our ten-year 
average of 130, was particularly gratifying given the absence of boreal finches 
this year and given that several southeastern estuarine species that have been 
regular in recent years appeared to have been pushed south early by hard 
weather this season (e.g., Great Egret and American Oystercatcher). Forty-four 
of us enjoyed a festive compilation dinner at the Wander Inn in Baldwin. Bill 
Reeves, a true gentleman and a pillar of the count for many years, was not with 
us, but he was remembered with great fondness and affection.

Notable records among our regularly detected species included the following:

Snow Goose  1 Baldwin
Eurasian Wigeon2 Five Towns & 1 Massapequa
Harlequin Duck6 Atlantic
American Bitternsingles Atlantic & Tobay
American Kestrelsingles Tobay, Massapequa, & Baldwin
Killdeer24 in 5 territories!
Wilson’s Snipe1 Baldwin
Lesser BB Gullsingles Tobay & Baldwin
Razorbill6 Short & 5 Tobay
Barn Owl3 Boat
E. Screech-Owl4 Massapequa
YB Sapsucker10 in four territories—vastly increased in 
recent years
Tree Swallow5 Atlantic & 4 Short
RC Kingletsingles Tobay & Massapequa
Am. Pipit4 Short
Lapland Longspur11 Short & 1 Massapequa
Orange-cr. Warbler2 Loop
Ipswich Sparrow1 Short
Sharp-tl Sparrow sp.2 Tobay
Rusty BlackbirdMitchell & 2 Massapequa
Common Grackle41 Tobay & 2509 Hempstead
Boat-tl Grackle63 Short & 1 Five Towns

The following species were more unusual in the context of our long history, 
although a few are clearly trending upward and others were known to be present 
this year:

Cackling Goose1 Five Towns
Wood Duck2 Hempstead
Red-necked Grebe1 Short
Bald Eagle1 Tobay & 2 Hempstead
Red-sh. Hawk1 Hempstead
Clapper Rail1 Baldwin
Piping Plover1 Atlantic
Black-headed Gull1 Five Towns
Glaucous Gull1 Baldwin
Dovekie1 Hempstead
Snowy Owl1 Atlantic, 4 Short, & 2 Tobay
Great Horned Owl2 Hempstead & 1 Massapequa
Co. Raven2 Hempstead
W. Palm Warbler2 Baldwin & 1 Five Towns
E. Meadowlark6 Five Towns
Purple Finch1 Massapequa

Bad misses were few, judged by the standard of the last ten years:

Am. Oystercatcher (10/10)
Ring-necked Pheasant; (9/10)
Great Egret (7/10)
American Woodcock (7/10)
Brown Thrasher (7/10)
Red Knot (6/10)
Iceland Gull (6/10)
White-crowned Sparrow (6/10)
Virginia Rail (5/10)

A very tentative list of count-week species missed Saturday is presented here, 
as a prompt for those who know more to contact us:

RN Pheasant, Mitchell
Iceland Gull, Five Towns
Northern Shrike, Short

This was my sixth and Pat’s fifth CBC of a busy season. A few photos from this 
year’s CBCs can be viewed here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/CBC114

A Gallery of CBC photos from recent years:

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[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The Southern Nassau County CBC progressed slowly and steadily through the 
pleasant day of 28 December 2013, finishing with 131 species detected through 
the efforts of 83 observers. This total, very slightly above our ten-year 
average of 130, was particularly gratifying given the absence of boreal finches 
this year and given that several southeastern estuarine species that have been 
regular in recent years appeared to have been pushed south early by hard 
weather this season (e.g., Great Egret and American Oystercatcher). Forty-four 
of us enjoyed a festive compilation dinner at the Wander Inn in Baldwin. Bill 
Reeves, a true gentleman and a pillar of the count for many years, was not with 
us, but he was remembered with great fondness and affection.

Notable records among our regularly detected species included the following:

Snow Goose  1 Baldwin
Eurasian Wigeon2 Five Towns  1 Massapequa
Harlequin Duck6 Atlantic
American Bitternsingles Atlantic  Tobay
American Kestrelsingles Tobay, Massapequa,  Baldwin
Killdeer24 in 5 territories!
Wilson’s Snipe1 Baldwin
Lesser BB Gullsingles Tobay  Baldwin
Razorbill6 Short  5 Tobay
Barn Owl3 Boat
E. Screech-Owl4 Massapequa
YB Sapsucker10 in four territories—vastly increased in 
recent years
Tree Swallow5 Atlantic  4 Short
RC Kingletsingles Tobay  Massapequa
Am. Pipit4 Short
Lapland Longspur11 Short  1 Massapequa
Orange-cr. Warbler2 Loop
Ipswich Sparrow1 Short
Sharp-tl Sparrow sp.2 Tobay
Rusty BlackbirdMitchell  2 Massapequa
Common Grackle41 Tobay  2509 Hempstead
Boat-tl Grackle63 Short  1 Five Towns

The following species were more unusual in the context of our long history, 
although a few are clearly trending upward and others were known to be present 
this year:

Cackling Goose1 Five Towns
Wood Duck2 Hempstead
Red-necked Grebe1 Short
Bald Eagle1 Tobay  2 Hempstead
Red-sh. Hawk1 Hempstead
Clapper Rail1 Baldwin
Piping Plover1 Atlantic
Black-headed Gull1 Five Towns
Glaucous Gull1 Baldwin
Dovekie1 Hempstead
Snowy Owl1 Atlantic, 4 Short,  2 Tobay
Great Horned Owl2 Hempstead  1 Massapequa
Co. Raven2 Hempstead
W. Palm Warbler2 Baldwin  1 Five Towns
E. Meadowlark6 Five Towns
Purple Finch1 Massapequa

Bad misses were few, judged by the standard of the last ten years:

Am. Oystercatcher (10/10)
Ring-necked Pheasant; (9/10)
Great Egret (7/10)
American Woodcock (7/10)
Brown Thrasher (7/10)
Red Knot (6/10)
Iceland Gull (6/10)
White-crowned Sparrow (6/10)
Virginia Rail (5/10)

A very tentative list of count-week species missed Saturday is presented here, 
as a prompt for those who know more to contact us:

RN Pheasant, Mitchell
Iceland Gull, Five Towns
Northern Shrike, Short

This was my sixth and Pat’s fifth CBC of a busy season. A few photos from this 
year’s CBCs can be viewed here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/CBC114file://localhost/109808209543611018404/CBC114

A Gallery of CBC photos from recent years:

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

Correction number 1:

The Dovekie was at Tobay, on the ocean, not at Hempstead, in the hinterland. 
Hempstead had so many good birds, I guess my typing fingers fell into a 
pattern

Shai

From: bounce-111405883-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-111405883-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 9:35 AM
To: Birdingonthe.net
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC--Preliminary Results

The Southern Nassau County CBC progressed slowly and steadily through the 
pleasant day of 28 December 2013, finishing with 131 species detected through 
the efforts of 83 observers. This total, very slightly above our ten-year 
average of 130, was particularly gratifying given the absence of boreal finches 
this year and given that several southeastern estuarine species that have been 
regular in recent years appeared to have been pushed south early by hard 
weather this season (e.g., Great Egret and American Oystercatcher). Forty-four 
of us enjoyed a festive compilation dinner at the Wander Inn in Baldwin. Bill 
Reeves, a true gentleman and a pillar of the count for many years, was not with 
us, but he was remembered with great fondness and affection.

Notable records among our regularly detected species included the following:

Snow Goose  1 Baldwin
Eurasian Wigeon2 Five Towns  1 Massapequa
Harlequin Duck6 Atlantic
American Bitternsingles Atlantic  Tobay
American Kestrelsingles Tobay, Massapequa,  Baldwin
Killdeer24 in 5 territories!
Wilson’s Snipe1 Baldwin
Lesser BB Gullsingles Tobay  Baldwin
Razorbill6 Short  5 Tobay
Barn Owl3 Boat
E. Screech-Owl4 Massapequa
YB Sapsucker10 in four territories—vastly increased in 
recent years
Tree Swallow5 Atlantic  4 Short
RC Kingletsingles Tobay  Massapequa
Am. Pipit4 Short
Lapland Longspur11 Short  1 Massapequa
Orange-cr. Warbler2 Loop
Ipswich Sparrow1 Short
Sharp-tl Sparrow sp.2 Tobay
Rusty BlackbirdMitchell  2 Massapequa
Common Grackle41 Tobay  2509 Hempstead
Boat-tl Grackle63 Short  1 Five Towns

The following species were more unusual in the context of our long history, 
although a few are clearly trending upward and others were known to be present 
this year:

Cackling Goose1 Five Towns
Wood Duck2 Hempstead
Red-necked Grebe1 Short
Bald Eagle1 Tobay  2 Hempstead
Red-sh. Hawk1 Hempstead
Clapper Rail1 Baldwin
Piping Plover1 Atlantic
Black-headed Gull1 Five Towns
Glaucous Gull1 Baldwin
Dovekie1 Hempstead
Snowy Owl1 Atlantic, 4 Short,  2 Tobay
Great Horned Owl2 Hempstead  1 Massapequa
Co. Raven2 Hempstead
W. Palm Warbler2 Baldwin  1 Five Towns
E. Meadowlark6 Five Towns
Purple Finch1 Massapequa

Bad misses were few, judged by the standard of the last ten years:

Am. Oystercatcher (10/10)
Ring-necked Pheasant; (9/10)
Great Egret (7/10)
American Woodcock (7/10)
Brown Thrasher (7/10)
Red Knot (6/10)
Iceland Gull (6/10)
White-crowned Sparrow (6/10)
Virginia Rail (5/10)

A very tentative list of count-week species missed Saturday is presented here, 
as a prompt for those who know more to contact us:

RN Pheasant, Mitchell
Iceland Gull, Five Towns
Northern Shrike, Short

This was my sixth and Pat’s fifth CBC of a busy season. A few photos from this 
year’s CBCs can be viewed here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/CBC114file://localhost/109808209543611018404/CBC114

A Gallery of CBC photos from recent years:

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