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One more woodcock during Gabriel Willow's walk Thursday evening hiding in 
daffodil patch in the southeast corner perpendicular to garden shed and 
Gertrude Stein statue.  Also the FOS warblers- yellow rumps high in the London 
Plane trees on the south side.
Happy city birding.
Alan Drogin

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday April 20, 2017 -Yellow Warblers, Green Heron, etc.

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Thursday April 20, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, et al on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle 
Pond at 9am.

HIghlights: Yellow Warblers at 2 locations, Louisiana Waterthrush, & Green 
Heron.

Canada Goose - Turtle Pond
Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond
Gadwall - male Turtle Pond
Mallard - 5+ Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Turtle Pond
Great Egret - 2 Turtle Pond
Green Heron - with orange legs - Point near the Boathouse
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Crow - flyover Pinetum
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee - feeders
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 (Point & elsewhere - David Barrett)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10
Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3
American Robin
American Goldfinch - some singing
Louisiana Waterthrush - the Point
Yellow Warbler - 2 (Point & Turtle Pond)
Palm Warbler - 9 (5 Turtle Pond & 4 at the Point)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13 (7Turtle Pond, 6 the Point)
Eastern Towhee - 3 to 5
Chipping Sparrow - Sparrow Rock
Field Sparrow - sparrow Rock
Song Sparrow - pair island at Bow Bridge
Swamp Sparrow - 3 Turtle Pond
White-throated Sparrow - more today
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird - feeders
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 or 2
Common Grackle 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ruff at Timber Pt. East Marina, Great River (Suffolk Co.)

[Jonathan Stocker]

The Ruff is at the timber point east marina now. 


Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 20, 2017, at 12:56 PM, Ken Feustel  wrote:
> 
> This morning about 9:30AM a Ruff was observed in the marsh northeast of the 
> boat dock at Timber Pt. Marina. While calling birders about the observation 
> the bird flew east and landed in the marsh north of the marina parking lot. 
> Despite extensive searching it had not been relocated as of 11:30AM. The bird 
> in question is a breeding male with a black ruff. The white underwings were 
> prominently displayed in flight. Good luck if you go - 
> 
> Ken Feustel
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Ramble, Central Park, New York, NY: Construction woes

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
FYI. If you a planning a trip to Central Park for Spring migration birding,
you should know that some areas of the Ramble will be closed for
construction. In the last week we have received updated information about
the progress and delays of the project.

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which parts that will be fenced off in the coming weeks.

http://linnaeannewyork.org/news/news/20170407-Ramble-construction-phase-2.html

During weekdays it is sometimes noisy with heavy machinery in use and this
will probably continue through the month of May.

If you want to make comments about this work, send them directly to the
Central Park Conservancy.



Anders Peltomaa
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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret, Manhattan NYC 4/21

[Thomas Fiore]

A Western Cattle Egret continues on this Friday, April 21 in Manhattan (N.Y. 
City) at the n. side of W. 28th St., between Eighth & Ninth Ave’s.; around 
mid-day today the egret was not looking so well and was somewhat hunkered-in at 
an edging to freshly-plowed dirt, perhaps sheltering from a chill wind.

Brief stops at several midtown parks did not show a great many or variety of 
migrants, but there were a few. Some, & possibly many, of Thursday’s migrants 
at Central Park seem to have moved on again.  A Red-necked Grebe was still 
present on the Central Park reservoir today.

 - - - - - - -
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty 
of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold 
(1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best 
known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two 
million copies.

Good -and ethical- birding,

Tom Fiore
manhattan


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/20 - new arrivals & migration

[Thomas Fiore]

Thursday, 20 April, 2017 -
Central Park & elsewhere, Manhattan, N.Y. City

An interesting overnight & day of observed migration, with a number of 
apparently-new for 2017 arrivals to Central Park, & perhaps new to Manhattan 
this year as well.  Among these newest migrant arrivals are:

Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs (a vocal fly-over only as far as known, 
early morning in n. end by the Meer), E. Kingbird (Meer), & at least singletons 
of (at least) these warblers - Blue-winged Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, 
Nashville Warbler, Prairie Warbler, & Common Yellowthroat, with multiples of 
the following warbler species: Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated 
Green Warbler, as well as species seen in the multiple previously: 
Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, & many 
Palm and Myrtle (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped) Warblers….

Also apparently new to Central just today was Rose-breasted Grosbeak, & I’ve 
heard of 2 “orioles” mentioned which may have been of either expected species, 
but sounded to me like female & young male Orchard were being described. 

In addition to above were Pine Warbler, more House Wrens, many Yellow-shafted 
Flickers, at least a few Chimney Swifts, & a nice assortment of at least 7 
sparrow species (Field, Chipping, Savannah, Swamp, Song, White-throated, & 
still a now-late [Red] Fox Sparrow) plus many new E. Towhee arrivals, and a 
number of Rusty Blackbirds in high plumage (some with barely a tint of rust 
remaining, most not - up to seven of this usually-uncommon in Central species). 
 

There was also a pretty good further push of Hermit Thrush and with that, some 
of the calls made (of ID, that is: ‘proposed' identifications) for other 
Catharus-genus thrush species, besides Hermit, which may or may not be quite 
here just yet.  There was a good mix of other species arriving, as well as some 
movement to be detailed later or the next day. 
…….
I also had a fairly short run thru some of the downtown (lower Manhattan) small 
parks & church yards, & while I did not find any extraordinary birds in them, 
there were migrants, more so at Battery Park City Park as distinct from Battery 
Park itself; I did not stop off at West 28th St. to check up on the status 
(yes/no) of a Manhattan Cattle Egret so far today.

There is ongoing activity with the not-so-cool weather & insect activity, so an 
after-work look for those who can (and for any sorts of migrants, in the 
region) may be at least somewhat productive.  Red-headed Woodpecker, & 
Red-necked Grebe: each in same places as they’ve been in C.P. for some time 
now, and details later or next day.

Thanks to many of the ethical & responsible birders in Central, those who 
respect the birds & their other observers.

Tom Fiore
manhattan


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday April 21, 2017 - more Yellow Warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End
Friday April 21, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob., on bird walk starting from the Conservatory 
Garden at 9am.

Highlight: 3 Yellow Warblers, Chipping Sparrows.

Wood Duck - male Meer
Gadwall - pair Meer
Mallard - 5 Meer + Indian Runner Duck (domestic Mallard)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Meer
Great Egret - 2 (flyover & Meer)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker -residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - female Children's Glade
Downy Woodpecker - friendly bird at Loch 
Northern Flicker - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - below Fort Clinton
Blue Jay - residents
Crow - 2 together (pair?) with nesting material (flyovers) 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Meer
Black-capped Chickadee - Loch
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 Loch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 (Loch & Great Hill)
Hermit Thrush - 4 (Xander Vitarelli)
American Robin - residents
Yellow Warbler - 3 Loch
Palm Warbler - 2 Loch (the usual subspecies "Yellow")
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10-12 (3 Meer Island, 2-4 elsewhere on Meer, 5 Loch)
Eastern Towhee - 2 or 3 (both sexes)
Chipping Sparrow - 25 Blowdown south of Great Hill
Swamp Sparrow - 3 (2 Loch, 1 Pool)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - female
Common Grackle - 10

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Sandhill crane at Wainscott Pond and cattle egret at Mecox Dairy, Sufflok County

[Sandra Hunter]

Both birds seen today at about 2:45. The crane was flapping its wings at the 
edge of the pond in a direct line out from the No Trespassing sign.The egret 
was right beside a cow and then flew across the street to perch on a fence and 
raise its crest.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 21 April 2017

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 21, 2017
* NYNY1704.21

- Birds mentioned
RUFF+
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Lincoln's Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

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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

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compiler: Tom Burke, 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, April 21st 2017
at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, RUFF,
SANDHILL CRANE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, KENTUCKY
WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, CATTLE EGRET and Spring migrants.

Certainly spectacular was an adult SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER found midday
last Sunday at Drier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn. This nicely plumaged
individual moving around the fence line there before disappearing in the
late afternoon not to be seen again.

Also exceptional was a breeding plumaged RUFF spotted Thursday morning in
the marsh around the East Marina at Timber Point. Sporting a black ruff
this individual was not relocated after flying northward that afternoon but
then reappeared at the same location this morning.

Also notable was the SANDHILL CRANE still at Wainscott Pond today as viewed
from Wainscott Main Street.

Among the more unusual Spring warblers a PROTHONOTARY found back on the
12th was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center at least to Saturday
and a second also found Saturday was still present today at the Lido Beach
Passive Nature Area located on the north side of Lido Boulevard west of the
loop causeway. This preserve also produced an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER last
weekend and another ORANGE-CROWNED was seen around the Ramble in Central
Park up to Thursday. The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was spotted Sunday morning
at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and a KENTUCKY WARBLER was reported on
the Bronx Zoo property Tuesday. Other arriving warblers this week included
OVENBIRD and WORM-EATING from Saturday, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH Monday and
BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, YELLOW and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT Thursday.

Other passerines appearing locally this week featured EASTERN KINGBIRD
Tuesday, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO Saturday, ORCHARD ORIOLE Tuesday and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE Wednesday, LINCOLN'S SPARROW Tuesday, SCARLET TANAGER
Monday and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Thursday. A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen again
Monday and Wednesday at Jones Beach West End.

A CATTLE EGRET from last week was still present today in lower Manhattan in
grassy areas on the north side of 28th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.
A second CATTLE EGRET appeared at the Mecox dairy in Bridgehampton last
Saturday and was still in that area today in the pastures along Mecox Road
and Halsey Lane.

Single CASPIAN TERNS this week were seen at Croton Point Monday, Mecox Bay
Thursday and today at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn where 2 BLACK SKIMMERS
appeared Monday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was at Brighton Beach Brooklyn Sunday and ICELAND GULLS in
Brooklyn featured one around the Hudson Piers Monday and Thursday and one
at Plumb Beach Sunday.

Other arrivals include a GREEN HERON last Saturday and COMMON TERN out east
on Long Island Tuesday. Late was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK noted along the loop
causeway last Saturday. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included one
continuing in Central Park just west of East 68th Street, one at Sunken
Meadow State Park to Wednesday and 2 at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter
Island.

A boat trip last Saturday to the continental shelf south of Shinnecock
counted about 66 RAZORBILLS.

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One more woodcock during Gabriel Willow's walk Thursday evening hiding in 
daffodil patch in the southeast corner perpendicular to garden shed and 
Gertrude Stein statue.  Also the FOS warblers- yellow rumps high in the London 
Plane trees on the south side.
Happy city birding.
Alan Drogin

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday April 20, 2017 -Yellow Warblers, Green Heron, etc.

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Thursday April 20, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, et al on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle 
Pond at 9am.

HIghlights: Yellow Warblers at 2 locations, Louisiana Waterthrush, & Green 
Heron.

Canada Goose - Turtle Pond
Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond
Gadwall - male Turtle Pond
Mallard - 5+ Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Turtle Pond
Great Egret - 2 Turtle Pond
Green Heron - with orange legs - Point near the Boathouse
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Crow - flyover Pinetum
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee - feeders
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 (Point & elsewhere - David Barrett)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10
Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3
American Robin
American Goldfinch - some singing
Louisiana Waterthrush - the Point
Yellow Warbler - 2 (Point & Turtle Pond)
Palm Warbler - 9 (5 Turtle Pond & 4 at the Point)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13 (7Turtle Pond, 6 the Point)
Eastern Towhee - 3 to 5
Chipping Sparrow - Sparrow Rock
Field Sparrow - sparrow Rock
Song Sparrow - pair island at Bow Bridge
Swamp Sparrow - 3 Turtle Pond
White-throated Sparrow - more today
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird - feeders
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 or 2
Common Grackle 

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[nysbirds-l] Ramble, Central Park, New York, NY: Construction woes

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
FYI. If you a planning a trip to Central Park for Spring migration birding,
you should know that some areas of the Ramble will be closed for
construction. In the last week we have received updated information about
the progress and delays of the project.

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which parts that will be fenced off in the coming weeks.

http://linnaeannewyork.org/news/news/20170407-Ramble-construction-phase-2.html

During weekdays it is sometimes noisy with heavy machinery in use and this
will probably continue through the month of May.

If you want to make comments about this work, send them directly to the
Central Park Conservancy.



Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ruff at Timber Pt. East Marina, Great River (Suffolk Co.)

[Jonathan Stocker]

The Ruff is at the timber point east marina now. 


Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 20, 2017, at 12:56 PM, Ken Feustel  wrote:
> 
> This morning about 9:30AM a Ruff was observed in the marsh northeast of the 
> boat dock at Timber Pt. Marina. While calling birders about the observation 
> the bird flew east and landed in the marsh north of the marina parking lot. 
> Despite extensive searching it had not been relocated as of 11:30AM. The bird 
> in question is a breeding male with a black ruff. The white underwings were 
> prominently displayed in flight. Good luck if you go - 
> 
> Ken Feustel
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/20 - new arrivals & migration

[Thomas Fiore]

Thursday, 20 April, 2017 -
Central Park & elsewhere, Manhattan, N.Y. City

An interesting overnight & day of observed migration, with a number of 
apparently-new for 2017 arrivals to Central Park, & perhaps new to Manhattan 
this year as well.  Among these newest migrant arrivals are:

Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs (a vocal fly-over only as far as known, 
early morning in n. end by the Meer), E. Kingbird (Meer), & at least singletons 
of (at least) these warblers - Blue-winged Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, 
Nashville Warbler, Prairie Warbler, & Common Yellowthroat, with multiples of 
the following warbler species: Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated 
Green Warbler, as well as species seen in the multiple previously: 
Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, & many 
Palm and Myrtle (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped) Warblers….

Also apparently new to Central just today was Rose-breasted Grosbeak, & I’ve 
heard of 2 “orioles” mentioned which may have been of either expected species, 
but sounded to me like female & young male Orchard were being described. 

In addition to above were Pine Warbler, more House Wrens, many Yellow-shafted 
Flickers, at least a few Chimney Swifts, & a nice assortment of at least 7 
sparrow species (Field, Chipping, Savannah, Swamp, Song, White-throated, & 
still a now-late [Red] Fox Sparrow) plus many new E. Towhee arrivals, and a 
number of Rusty Blackbirds in high plumage (some with barely a tint of rust 
remaining, most not - up to seven of this usually-uncommon in Central species). 
 

There was also a pretty good further push of Hermit Thrush and with that, some 
of the calls made (of ID, that is: ‘proposed' identifications) for other 
Catharus-genus thrush species, besides Hermit, which may or may not be quite 
here just yet.  There was a good mix of other species arriving, as well as some 
movement to be detailed later or the next day. 
…….
I also had a fairly short run thru some of the downtown (lower Manhattan) small 
parks & church yards, & while I did not find any extraordinary birds in them, 
there were migrants, more so at Battery Park City Park as distinct from Battery 
Park itself; I did not stop off at West 28th St. to check up on the status 
(yes/no) of a Manhattan Cattle Egret so far today.

There is ongoing activity with the not-so-cool weather & insect activity, so an 
after-work look for those who can (and for any sorts of migrants, in the 
region) may be at least somewhat productive.  Red-headed Woodpecker, & 
Red-necked Grebe: each in same places as they’ve been in C.P. for some time 
now, and details later or next day.

Thanks to many of the ethical & responsible birders in Central, those who 
respect the birds & their other observers.

Tom Fiore
manhattan


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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret, Manhattan NYC 4/21

[Thomas Fiore]

A Western Cattle Egret continues on this Friday, April 21 in Manhattan (N.Y. 
City) at the n. side of W. 28th St., between Eighth & Ninth Ave’s.; around 
mid-day today the egret was not looking so well and was somewhat hunkered-in at 
an edging to freshly-plowed dirt, perhaps sheltering from a chill wind.

Brief stops at several midtown parks did not show a great many or variety of 
migrants, but there were a few. Some, & possibly many, of Thursday’s migrants 
at Central Park seem to have moved on again.  A Red-necked Grebe was still 
present on the Central Park reservoir today.

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"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty 
of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold 
(1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best 
known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two 
million copies.

Good -and ethical- birding,

Tom Fiore
manhattan


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday April 21, 2017 - more Yellow Warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End
Friday April 21, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob., on bird walk starting from the Conservatory 
Garden at 9am.

Highlight: 3 Yellow Warblers, Chipping Sparrows.

Wood Duck - male Meer
Gadwall - pair Meer
Mallard - 5 Meer + Indian Runner Duck (domestic Mallard)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Meer
Great Egret - 2 (flyover & Meer)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker -residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - female Children's Glade
Downy Woodpecker - friendly bird at Loch 
Northern Flicker - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - below Fort Clinton
Blue Jay - residents
Crow - 2 together (pair?) with nesting material (flyovers) 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Meer
Black-capped Chickadee - Loch
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 Loch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 (Loch & Great Hill)
Hermit Thrush - 4 (Xander Vitarelli)
American Robin - residents
Yellow Warbler - 3 Loch
Palm Warbler - 2 Loch (the usual subspecies "Yellow")
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10-12 (3 Meer Island, 2-4 elsewhere on Meer, 5 Loch)
Eastern Towhee - 2 or 3 (both sexes)
Chipping Sparrow - 25 Blowdown south of Great Hill
Swamp Sparrow - 3 (2 Loch, 1 Pool)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - female
Common Grackle - 10

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Sandhill crane at Wainscott Pond and cattle egret at Mecox Dairy, Sufflok County

[Sandra Hunter]

Both birds seen today at about 2:45. The crane was flapping its wings at the 
edge of the pond in a direct line out from the No Trespassing sign.The egret 
was right beside a cow and then flew across the street to perch on a fence and 
raise its crest.

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East Hampton
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 21 April 2017

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 21, 2017
* NYNY1704.21

- Birds mentioned
RUFF+
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Lincoln's Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

- 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

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compiler: Tom Burke, 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, April 21st 2017
at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, RUFF,
SANDHILL CRANE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, KENTUCKY
WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, CATTLE EGRET and Spring migrants.

Certainly spectacular was an adult SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER found midday
last Sunday at Drier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn. This nicely plumaged
individual moving around the fence line there before disappearing in the
late afternoon not to be seen again.

Also exceptional was a breeding plumaged RUFF spotted Thursday morning in
the marsh around the East Marina at Timber Point. Sporting a black ruff
this individual was not relocated after flying northward that afternoon but
then reappeared at the same location this morning.

Also notable was the SANDHILL CRANE still at Wainscott Pond today as viewed
from Wainscott Main Street.

Among the more unusual Spring warblers a PROTHONOTARY found back on the
12th was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center at least to Saturday
and a second also found Saturday was still present today at the Lido Beach
Passive Nature Area located on the north side of Lido Boulevard west of the
loop causeway. This preserve also produced an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER last
weekend and another ORANGE-CROWNED was seen around the Ramble in Central
Park up to Thursday. The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was spotted Sunday morning
at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and a KENTUCKY WARBLER was reported on
the Bronx Zoo property Tuesday. Other arriving warblers this week included
OVENBIRD and WORM-EATING from Saturday, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH Monday and
BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, YELLOW and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT Thursday.

Other passerines appearing locally this week featured EASTERN KINGBIRD
Tuesday, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO Saturday, ORCHARD ORIOLE Tuesday and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE Wednesday, LINCOLN'S SPARROW Tuesday, SCARLET TANAGER
Monday and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Thursday. A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen again
Monday and Wednesday at Jones Beach West End.

A CATTLE EGRET from last week was still present today in lower Manhattan in
grassy areas on the north side of 28th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.
A second CATTLE EGRET appeared at the Mecox dairy in Bridgehampton last
Saturday and was still in that area today in the pastures along Mecox Road
and Halsey Lane.

Single CASPIAN TERNS this week were seen at Croton Point Monday, Mecox Bay
Thursday and today at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn where 2 BLACK SKIMMERS
appeared Monday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was at Brighton Beach Brooklyn Sunday and ICELAND GULLS in
Brooklyn featured one around the Hudson Piers Monday and Thursday and one
at Plumb Beach Sunday.

Other arrivals include a GREEN HERON last Saturday and COMMON TERN out east
on Long Island Tuesday. Late was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK noted along the loop
causeway last Saturday. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included one
continuing in Central Park just west of East 68th Street, one at Sunken
Meadow State Park to Wednesday and 2 at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter
Island.

A boat trip last Saturday to the continental shelf south of Shinnecock
counted about 66 RAZORBILLS.

To phone in reports weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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