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: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra [[email protected]] 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 Wigeon 2 Five Towns & 1 Massapequa Harlequin Duck 6 Atlantic American Bittern singles Atlantic & Tobay American Kestrel singles Tobay, Massapequa, & Baldwin Killdeer 24 in 5 territories! Wilson’s Snipe 1 Baldwin Lesser BB Gull singles Tobay & Baldwin Razorbill 6 Short & 5 Tobay Barn Owl 3 Boat E. Screech-Owl 4 Massapequa YB Sapsucker 10 in four territories—vastly increased in recent years Tree Swallow 5 Atlantic & 4 Short RC Kinglet singles Tobay & Massapequa Am. Pipit 4 Short Lapland Longspur 11 Short & 1 Massapequa Orange-cr. Warbler 2 Loop Ipswich Sparrow 1 Short Sharp-tl Sparrow sp. 2 Tobay Rusty Blackbird Mitchell & 2 Massapequa Common Grackle 41 Tobay & 2509 Hempstead Boat-tl Grackle 63 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 Goose 1 Five Towns Wood Duck 2 Hempstead Red-necked Grebe 1 Short Bald Eagle 1 Tobay & 2 Hempstead Red-sh. Hawk 1 Hempstead Clapper Rail 1 Baldwin Piping Plover 1 Atlantic Black-headed Gull 1 Five Towns Glaucous Gull 1 Baldwin Dovekie 1 Hempstead Snowy Owl 1 Atlantic, 4 Short, & 2 Tobay Great Horned Owl 2 Hempstead & 1 Massapequa Co. Raven 2 Hempstead W. Palm Warbler 2 Baldwin & 1 Five Towns E. Meadowlark 6 Five Towns Purple Finch 1 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<file://localhost/109808209543611018404/CBC114> A Gallery of CBC photos from recent years: https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/CBCGallery<file://localhost/109808209543611018404/CBCGallery> Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore, NY ________________________________ The Campaign for CSI: For College and Community<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/foundation/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- ________________________________ The Campaign for CSI: For College and Community<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/foundation/> -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
