In addition to the good birds noted. Noteworthy are: July 10th @ Breezy Point, a good number of Lesser Black-backed Gulls of various ages totaling 47.
July 13th 3 Wilson’s Storm Petrels @ Jacob Riis Park with 8 counted @ Breezy Point. Cheers, -------- “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Jul 17, 2021, at 4:52 AM, Ben Cacace <bcac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > - RBA > * New York > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > * Jul. 16, 2021 > * NYNY2107.16 > > - Birds mentioned > BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+ > ARCTIC TERN+ > WHITE-FACED IBIS+ > LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+ > (+ Details requested by NYSARC) > > KING EIDER > Sora > SANDHILL CRANE > Whimbrel > HUDSONIAN GODWIT > MARBLED GODWIT > Stilt Sandpiper > Western Sandpiper > Lesser Black-backed Gull > Gull-billed Tern > Caspian Tern > Great Shearwater > MANX SHEARWATER > BROWN PELICAN > BLUE GROSBEAK > DICKCISSEL > > - 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 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 > > Compiler: Tom Burke > Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > > Transcriber: Ben Cacace > > BEGIN TAPE > > Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 16th 2021 at > 9pm. The highlights of this vacation shortened week are BLACK-BELLIED > WHISTLING-DUCK, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, LOGGERHEAD > SHRIKE, SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER, MANX SHEARWATER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, > MARBLED GODWIT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. > > The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to produce interesting > birds highlighted by a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK found at the south end of > the pond last Sunday that was still present today. This bird is most often > seen with other ducks along the west side of the south end but may wander. > Other highlights on the East Pond this week have included the adult > WHITE-FACED IBIS now usually seen more towards the north end of the pond well > above the Raunt plus an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 1 or 2 GULL-BILLED TERNS during the > week, 1 or 2 CASPIAN TERNS since Tuesday and on Sunday a couple of SORAS > along the reed edge near the Raunt. > > Southbound adult shorebirds have also made a decent push into the area with > the East Pond hosting a nice variety including up to 4 STILT SANDPIPERS. Also > seen from a kayak in the bays surrounding the refuge were 2 WHIMBREL on the > west side Saturday and a MARBLED GODWIT again at Joco Marsh on the east side > Sunday. > > Also of note were 4 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS found on a private cattle > farm out in Mattituck on Thursday. > > The only BROWN PELICAN sightings locally apparently came from last Saturday > with 2 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and singles from Fire Island > Pines and Robert Moses State Park. > > An immature ARCTIC TERN was spotted Monday at the tern colony in Nickerson > Beach. > > Apparently not publicized due to possible sensitivity a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was > present for a short while last Saturday in the northern section of East > Hampton and it has not been seen since. > > And another surprise, a SANDHILL CRANE was photographed on the 18th green at > Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn early Thursday morning. > > The young male KING EIDER was present off Star Island in Montauk Harbor last > weekend. > > A seawatch off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday noted 10 GREAT and 2 MANX > SHEARWATERS. The counts of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in field 2 reached 88 > Tuesday all non-adults of varying ages and a GULL-BILLED TERN also came in > off the ocean to visit Moses Tuesday. > > At Plumb Beach among the arriving shorebirds this week have been a few > WESTERN SANDPIPERS peaking at 4 Wednesday. > > BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Calverton Grasslands and nesting behavior > continues among the small group of DICKCISSELS at Croton Point Park. Please > refrain from doing anything that might disturb these or any other breeding > birds at this critical time of their lives. > > To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. > > This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the > National Audubon Society. 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