[nysbirds-l] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times
Hi All, As Derek mentioned in a previous post, the coastal low pressure system that set up from the night of the 6/17 through the 19th, resulted in a strong and persistent onshore wind, as well as strong gusts. This system resulted in strong southeast flow from new England all the way to key west (I was there at the time), these conditions can certainly help concentrate seabirds inshore where they are typically more scarce. In addition, as also mentioned, there is an abundance of bait offshore. Many of the charter and head boat captains I've chatted with (in NJ though) have mentioned the abundance of sand eels offshore, with fluke being caught on some of the Montauk boats spitting up sand eels on deck and some of the charters going for tuna seeing bait balls of sand eels.It's probable that large numbers of Shearwaters were already offshore due to food availability with the weather system helping to concentrate them inshore. If so much food is available offshore, why does it appear many are starving is a question though, and we can only speculate as to what may be causing this. Perhaps some of these birds arrived in the NY Bight in bad shape already and didn't have the energy to actively forage (sick from a virus, toxin load from algae??). Was anyone able to age the birds they were finding dead, or will the folks who are receiving the dead shearwaters be able to provide an age breakdown? Mortality tends to be high in first of year birds, if there was a high percentage of young birds in this unusual concentration off long Island it wouldn't be unusual finding a number of dead birds (with an onshore wind to bring the dead and dying to shore). A fact of nature is that seabirds sometimes wreck in large numbers, it's been happening long before we were around. tom brown Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- 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] Fwd: A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving - The New York Times
Hi All, As Derek mentioned in a previous post, the coastal low pressure system that set up from the night of the 6/17 through the 19th, resulted in a strong and persistent onshore wind, as well as strong gusts. This system resulted in strong southeast flow from new England all the way to key west (I was there at the time), these conditions can certainly help concentrate seabirds inshore where they are typically more scarce. In addition, as also mentioned, there is an abundance of bait offshore. Many of the charter and head boat captains I've chatted with (in NJ though) have mentioned the abundance of sand eels offshore, with fluke being caught on some of the Montauk boats spitting up sand eels on deck and some of the charters going for tuna seeing bait balls of sand eels.It's probable that large numbers of Shearwaters were already offshore due to food availability with the weather system helping to concentrate them inshore. If so much food is available offshore, why does it appear many are starving is a question though, and we can only speculate as to what may be causing this. Perhaps some of these birds arrived in the NY Bight in bad shape already and didn't have the energy to actively forage (sick from a virus, toxin load from algae??). Was anyone able to age the birds they were finding dead, or will the folks who are receiving the dead shearwaters be able to provide an age breakdown? Mortality tends to be high in first of year birds, if there was a high percentage of young birds in this unusual concentration off long Island it wouldn't be unusual finding a number of dead birds (with an onshore wind to bring the dead and dying to shore). A fact of nature is that seabirds sometimes wreck in large numbers, it's been happening long before we were around. tom brown Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern Near Breezy Point, Queens
We were on the NY side of Ambrose Channel, ambrose light tower is long gone, and was much further offshore. thanks for posting, Shai. cheers, Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Sat, Jul 23, 2016 3:25 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern Near Breezy Point, Queens While fishing near the Ambrose Light this morning, my colleague Tom Brown of College of Staten Island observed a Sandwich Tern. He reports that it was not far off of Breezy Point, Queens. Shai Mitra Bay Shore Take a picture. Write a caption. Win a prize. Where’s Danny the Dolphin today?<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/wheresdanny/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern Near Breezy Point, Queens
We were on the NY side of Ambrose Channel, ambrose light tower is long gone, and was much further offshore. thanks for posting, Shai. cheers, Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Shaibal Mitra To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Sent: Sat, Jul 23, 2016 3:25 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Sandwich Tern Near Breezy Point, Queens While fishing near the Ambrose Light this morning, my colleague Tom Brown of College of Staten Island observed a Sandwich Tern. He reports that it was not far off of Breezy Point, Queens. Shai Mitra Bay Shore Take a picture. Write a caption. Win a prize. Where’s Danny the Dolphin today?<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/wheresdanny/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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Re:[nysbirds-l] hey
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[nysbirds-l] More on the vireo
Hi All, This is just part of an email conversation Dick Veit and I had regarding the Vireo. I've attached a link to a picassa web album with photos Dick took, which may help with understanding our conversation. https://picasaweb.google.com/107960158037771512851/September132012# cheers, tom brown Although I do think it's a WEVI, there is much about it that still strikes me as odd. IN looking at photos 16 and 20 the bird is a bit confusing to me. It doesn't seem to have the enough yellow around the eyes, and the lores, although yellow, seem quite muted for a white-eyed. I've banded several white-eyes recently, and even the juvs have fairly dramatic spectacles, which I can pick out with my eyes 8-10 feet away before extracting them from a net. The bird in the photos don't show a very white chin, I've found that wevi's do have a pretty white chin, and although I know it can vary, the wingbars are pretty broad on wevi's; . I don't see any of those features in those photos. When I look at photo 26, the yellow does look more pronounced, but still not as much as I'd expect (or have been seeing) in wevi's (even in the HY's). The chin, although brighter than the other photos, is still very gray looking to me, and in this photo the overall jizz of the bird looks more bell's like--that's a very long tail for a wevi in my opinion (looks very gnatcatcher like). just my 3 cents/ tb On 09/13/12, Richard Veit wrote: the pale greenish wash extending to shoulders seem to indicate white-eyed rather than bells Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] Bell's Vireo at Mt Loretto, Staten Island.
Below is a description from Dick Veit. I sent out a message to NYSBirds early this morning, and I still don't see it listed on the aba website. Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Richard Veit To: sin ; Simon Perkins ; samanthamonier ; ellen jedrey ; Laney White ; Jonathan Shuster ; Angus Wilson ; Shaibal Mitra Cc: Lisa Manne Sent: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 11:00 am Subject: [SINaturaList] Bell's Vireo at Mt Loretto, Staten Island. There is a Bell's Vireo at Mt Loretto, south end of Staten Island, New York. This is potentially a third record for New York State, though there have been an increasing number of records in the northeast, especially near Cape May. To reach this bird, take a left on the marshlands trail after walking south from the parking lot (at Hylan Blvd, 1/2 mile south of Sharrotts). Walk to the point (1/4 mile?) where the trail makes a near 90 degree turn towards the priests house (old lighthouse) at the top of the hill. Where the trail curves, there are several large, dead, leafless trees. They are the largest dead trees in the area. the Bells Vireo has been hanging out around the base of the biggest dead trees. the bird is instantly recognizable as a Bell's Vireo, and actually does not look that much like a vireo - almost more like a wren or ant bird by virture of its upcocked tail and rather slow jerky action. It is gray-green above, with yellow flanks, grayish head with distinct blackish eyeline and solidly blackish eye with partial white eye ring. The characteristic wingbars are faint, and the lower one is more prominent than the upper and both are pencil-thin compared top even a hy white-eyed vireo (there are philadelphia, white-eyed and warbling vireos present in the area, plus several traill's flycatchers, so be careful!). When you see the bell's vireo there will be no question - the cocked tail and overall bland appearance are distinctive. I did not hear any vocalizations. I have three photographs that are just barely identifiable. I saw the bird first at 0645; then nothing until about 0830, when Seth Wollney and I saw it three times over about a 10-15 minute period. It is favoring the virginia creeper and other vines (smilax?) around the base of the dead tree. Richard R. Veit Professor Biology Department CSI/CUNY 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 718-982-4144 Fax 718-982-3852 __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Visit BirdingOnStatenIsland.com for information about where and when to go birding on Staten Island! Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bell's Vireo, Mt. Loretto (Staten Island)
Dick Veit just called to inform me of a Bell's Vireo found at Mt. Loretto, Staten Island. If you park in the lot off of Hylan Blvd, walk the road inside the preserve up a little bit and look for a trail head off to the left. Follow that trail a bit and it eventually starts to curve up towards a house on a bluff. The bird was before where the trail curves up towards the house, perched in a large tree (no leaves), in an area where there are some dense thickets. cheers, tom brown Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bell's Vireo, Mt. Loretto (Staten Island)
Dick Veit just called to inform me of a Bell's Vireo found at Mt. Loretto, Staten Island. If you park in the lot off of Hylan Blvd, walk the road inside the preserve up a little bit and look for a trail head off to the left. Follow that trail a bit and it eventually starts to curve up towards a house on a bluff. The bird was before where the trail curves up towards the house, perched in a large tree (no leaves), in an area where there are some dense thickets. cheers, tom brown Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] Bell's Vireo at Mt Loretto, Staten Island.
Below is a description from Dick Veit. I sent out a message to NYSBirds early this morning, and I still don't see it listed on the aba website. Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Richard Veit veitrr2...@yahoo.com To: sin sinatural...@yahoogroups.com; Simon Perkins simonperkins2...@yahoo.com; samanthamonier samanthamon...@yahoo.com; ellen jedrey elnj...@yahoo.com; Laney White lmwhit...@gmail.com; Jonathan Shuster shuster.jonat...@gmail.com; Angus Wilson oceanwander...@gmail.com; Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu Cc: Lisa Manne caloe...@gmail.com Sent: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 11:00 am Subject: [SINaturaList] Bell's Vireo at Mt Loretto, Staten Island. There is a Bell's Vireo at Mt Loretto, south end of Staten Island, New York. This is potentially a third record for New York State, though there have been an increasing number of records in the northeast, especially near Cape May. To reach this bird, take a left on the marshlands trail after walking south from the parking lot (at Hylan Blvd, 1/2 mile south of Sharrotts). Walk to the point (1/4 mile?) where the trail makes a near 90 degree turn towards the priests house (old lighthouse) at the top of the hill. Where the trail curves, there are several large, dead, leafless trees. They are the largest dead trees in the area. the Bells Vireo has been hanging out around the base of the biggest dead trees. the bird is instantly recognizable as a Bell's Vireo, and actually does not look that much like a vireo - almost more like a wren or ant bird by virture of its upcocked tail and rather slow jerky action. It is gray-green above, with yellow flanks, grayish head with distinct blackish eyeline and solidly blackish eye with partial white eye ring. The characteristic wingbars are faint, and the lower one is more prominent than the upper and both are pencil-thin compared top even a hy white-eyed vireo (there are philadelphia, white-eyed and warbling vireos present in the area, plus several traill's flycatchers, so be careful!). When you see the bell's vireo there will be no question - the cocked tail and overall bland appearance are distinctive. I did not hear any vocalizations. I have three photographs that are just barely identifiable. I saw the bird first at 0645; then nothing until about 0830, when Seth Wollney and I saw it three times over about a 10-15 minute period. It is favoring the virginia creeper and other vines (smilax?) around the base of the dead tree. Richard R. Veit Professor Biology Department CSI/CUNY 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 718-982-4144 Fax 718-982-3852 __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Visit BirdingOnStatenIsland.com for information about where and when to go birding on Staten Island! Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Wilson's Storm-Petrels continue in Block Island Sound
It's not unusual to find numbers of WIlson's Storm Petrels in the New York Bight, I've often had 70+ storm petrels between sandy hook and the rockaways, and as you head to the edge of the mudhole you tend to find bigger numbers. With the warm water this year there is likely a rich phyto and zooplankton component to the upper layer of the marine waters around here, but something I have always thought may help in drawing numbers of storm petrels to the area is the heavy chumming performed by charter/party/and private fishing boats. There are a number of party boats that heavily chum with ground menhaden (bunker) from late May through October, as well as boats out in the mudhole (and beyond) chumming heavily for sharks. It often isn't long until you have a steady stream of storm petrels behind your boat when you're chumming for bluefish or sharks, and if you're adding chunks of bunker (or mackerel) to your slick you'll often have great and cory's (depending on if it's a "cory's year") hanging around your slick as well. Add a little commercial bunker oil to the water and it's usually not long before there are storm petrels feeding on the slurry of oil on top of the water, even when there weren't any in sight to begin with. From Friday through Sunday there are probably thousands of boats between NJ and Long Island that are laying chum slicks out for bluefish and sharks (as well as for tuna and other gamefish further offshore), which probably adds up to thousands (possibly 100's of thousands) of gallons of ground menhaden being added to the water, certainly enough to concentrate storm petrels in the region (and other regions that harbor large fishing ports). Over the weekdays the numbers are certainly reduced, but still a number of boats out there. Tom Brown -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Wilson's Storm-Petrels continue in Block Island Sound
It's not unusual to find numbers of WIlson's Storm Petrels in the New York Bight, I've often had 70+ storm petrels between sandy hook and the rockaways, and as you head to the edge of the mudhole you tend to find bigger numbers. With the warm water this year there is likely a rich phyto and zooplankton component to the upper layer of the marine waters around here, but something I have always thought may help in drawing numbers of storm petrels to the area is the heavy chumming performed by charter/party/and private fishing boats. There are a number of party boats that heavily chum with ground menhaden (bunker) from late May through October, as well as boats out in the mudhole (and beyond) chumming heavily for sharks. It often isn't long until you have a steady stream of storm petrels behind your boat when you're chumming for bluefish or sharks, and if you're adding chunks of bunker (or mackerel) to your slick you'll often have great and cory's (depending on if it's a cory's year) hanging around your slick as well. Add a little commercial bunker oil to the water and it's usually not long before there are storm petrels feeding on the slurry of oil on top of the water, even when there weren't any in sight to begin with. From Friday through Sunday there are probably thousands of boats between NJ and Long Island that are laying chum slicks out for bluefish and sharks (as well as for tuna and other gamefish further offshore), which probably adds up to thousands (possibly 100's of thousands) of gallons of ground menhaden being added to the water, certainly enough to concentrate storm petrels in the region (and other regions that harbor large fishing ports). Over the weekdays the numbers are certainly reduced, but still a number of boats out there. Tom Brown -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE:[nysbirds-l] banded ring-billed gull
Peter, You may want to try the following for that ring-billed gull: http://goeland.uqam.ca/en/report-a-marked-gull cheers, tom brown Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE:[nysbirds-l] banded ring-billed gull
Peter, You may want to try the following for that ring-billed gull: http://goeland.uqam.ca/en/report-a-marked-gull cheers, tom brown Tshrike19 tshrik...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/25 (incl. YTWA report & much, much more, Varied Thrush also still there...)
Looking at my banding records going back to 1997 at sites on staten island and one at Fort Tilden, we have never banded a Yellow-bellied flycatcher before the third week of May. The earliest date is for a bird banded on May 23rd at Fort Tilden (2001), most of our records (including records from sandy hook, NJ, as of 2009) are actually from the first week of June. An April Yellow-bellied flycatcher is very early, but these things do happen. Tom Brown Middletown, NJ >From 1996 through 1999, in the course of near-constant effort banding at the >Fire Island Lighthouse, I captured 11 northbound Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, >on dates ranging from 19 May through 13 June. Four of these 11 were captured >19-20 May 1996, during one of coastal NY's largest spring landbird flights in >recent decades, whereas the other seven were captured on later spring dates. >Thus I would tend to agree with Scott's perception of this species as a very >late spring migrant--much later than Least, and similar in overall timing to >Willow and Alder. It should be noted that Least and Willow breed in southern NYS, and in large numbers at much more southerly latitudes, so it is not terribly surprising to see a few of these species here toward the early end of their respective passage distributions: e.g., a Least Flycatcher or two at the end of April, vs. the median date of 12 May for migrant Leasts at Fire Island; or an early Willow setting up territory around 10 May, vs. the median date of 1 June for migrant Willow/Alders at Fire Island. Yellow-bellied does not breed anywhere south of NYS (maybe a few in the Poconos), thus I would tend to think that the dates of territory occupancy in northern New York would follow closely upon the dates of migratory arrival in the New York City area. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-21703424-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-21703424-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Tom Fiore [tom...@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 2:28 PM To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/25 (incl. YTWA report & much, much more, Varied Thrush also still there...) I may respond on-list to Scott Haber's thoughful response to an early Empidonax sighting (by me) reported here & seen on Sunday, 4/24, a putative Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, the ID of which I'm reasonably sure of (seen & heard singing, not calling, at fairly close range in Riverside Park, Manhattan) - and am interested to try and look up records from the region of this and other Empidonax species, including any available specimen & banding records as well as any video-audio-photo records, and sight reports in the early season, particularly any before May 1st. This is not the first Yellow-bellied Flycatcher I have seen & heard singing &.or calling in New York City in the beginning stages of the spring push of neotropical-wintering migrants 9as opposed to shorter-distance migrant species that may primarily overwinter in the southern U.S. or nearby, such as Pine Warbler & any number of others that appear as early as March in our area almost each spring - I do not agree that Yellow-bellied is "among the last" and while I respect the writing of John M.C. Peterson as regards breeding information for New York, I do not think it reflects accurately on the status of migrants in the southern section of the state, with regards to this species of Empidonax. It would be interesting to read and hear from any others who have looked as well as listened carefully to the Empidonax group here in NY and nearby states. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
