- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May. 28, 2010 * NYNY1005.28
- Birds mentioned PACIFIC LOON+ WHITE-FACED IBIS+ WILSON'S PLOVER+ ARCTIC TERN+ BICKNELL'S THRUSH+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Sooty Shearwater MANX SHEARWATER White-rumped Sandpiper WILSON'S PHALAROPE LITTLE GULL Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Black Skimmer Parasitic Jaeger Olive-sided Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Kentucky Warbler Mourning Warbler SUMMER TANAGER Grasshopper Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 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, May 28th 2010 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are WILSON'S PLOVER, PACIFIC LOON, WHITE-FACED IBIS, LITTLE GULL, ARCTIC TERN, MANX SHEARWATER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER and more. The landbird migration seemed to shut down fairly quickly early in the week. Some nice rarities have remained in the area. Out on east end Long Island a female WILSON'S PLOVER, appearing to be a different bird than the one previously at Jones Beach West End, was discovered last Friday at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton but could not be relocated over the weekend. However, on Sunday afternoon, an adult ARCTIC TERN was found on the flats north of the parking lot at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes. A seawatch Sunday at Cupsogue produced several SOOTY SHEARWATERS and an adult PARASITIC JAEGER and then on Monday morning a PACIFIC LOON in breeding plumage was seen migrating east off Cupsogue with 4 Common Loons. The marsh at Cupsogue Sunday also produced a NELSON'S SPARROW along with several SALTMARSH SPARROW and SEASIDE SPARROWS and an immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at nearby Pike's Beach. Shorebird numbers in that area were decent but should be increasing this week. At Shinnecock Inlet a morning seawatch Sunday was highlighted by an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and later in the afternoon at the same location a large feeding flock of Common Terns attracted an immature LITTLE GULL while passing by were single MANX SHEARWATER along with a few SOOTY SHEARWATERS. Other birds at Sagg Pond from Friday to Sunday featured up to 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a couple of BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 5 BLACK SKIMMERS. GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS are back at Gabreski Airport in West Hampton and the former Grumman Airport in Calverton. The 2 sites out east produced BLUE GROSBEAK with an immature male at the Route 51 bike trail in Eastport Sunday and a pair at the Cutchogue dump which has restricted access with permission required to enter. At Democrat Point on the western tip of Fire Island Sunday waterbirds included SOOTY SHEARWATER, BLACK TERN and over a dozen ROSEATE TERNS as well as an immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. A watch there this morning recorded 2 SOOTY SHEARWATERS and 3 BLACK TERNS. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge what appeared to be 2 different adult WHITE-FACED IBIS visited the north end of the West Pond Saturday morning. The photographs were not absolutely conclusive and a White-faced was still being seen there in mid-week. The best area seems to be along the West Pond's shoreline at the north end between benches 11 & 12. Though sightings have taken place around the pond including in the marsh south of the pond. Four GULL-BILLED TERNS also visited the flats south of the West Pond Saturday. Following a sighting of a WILSON'S PHALAROPE on the West Pond last Friday, on Saturday a pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES, including a very sharp looking female, spent much of the day feeding around algae mats on the East Pond as viewed from the pond overlook past Big John's Pond. They were still being seen at least through Sunday. Four more GULL-BILLED TERNS and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at Jones Beach West End Saturday and a GLAUCOUS GULL was still at Breezy Point on Sunday. The city parks were quieter but still productive this week. Last Saturday highlights in Prospect Park included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, a KENTUCKY WARBLER and a SUMMER TANAGER and a BICKNELL'S THRUSH was spotted singing in Alley Pond Park on Saturday. On Sunday in Forest Park the waterhole attracted a MOURNING WARBLER and a pair of SUMMER TANAGERS with a young male displaying to the female. Two ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were in Central Park Tuesday and to show that landbird migration is not totally over a MOURNING WARBLER was in Bryant Park in mid-Manhattan this morning. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or 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. - End transcript -- 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/ --
