[nysbirds-l] March 4, and once more

[robert adamo]

This afternoon at ~ 1435, the Ross's Goose was again at the horse pasture
on the s/s of Middle Rd., between Northville Tpke and Ostrander Ave,
Riverhead !

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 March 2018

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 02, 2018
* NYNY1803.02

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
MEW GULL+

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

ROSS’S GOOSE
Cackling Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
TUFTED DUCK
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
KING EIDER
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Woodcock
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Osprey
Eastern Phoebe
Orange-crowned Warbler


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
nysarc44nybirdsorg

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

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 2, 2018
at 8:00 pm.  [Recorded late due to storm complications.]

The highlights of today’s tape are MEW, LITTLE, and BLACK-HEADED GULLS,
PINK-FOOTED and ROSS’S GEESE, TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER and EURASIAN WIGEON,
a TUNDRA SWAN invasion, EARED GREBE and more.

Perhaps the only beneficial impact of this recent storm was the discovery
of an adult MEW GULL Friday morning at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, found at
the middle parking lot off the Belt Parkway among a gathering of Gulls.

An adult LITTLE GULL has continued at least to mid-week in a BONAPARTE’S
GULL flock off Ditch Plains east of the town of Montauk.

Two sightings of BLACK-HEADED GULL in Brooklyn included an immature at the
Gravesend Bay middle parking lot on Monday and an adult at the Marine Park
Salt Marsh Nature Center on Tuesday.

To complete the Gulls, an adult ICELAND GULL visited the Central Park
reservoir Monday and Tuesday, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Crab
Meadow Beach in Northport last Sunday.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE out in Montauk was still being seen at least to
Thursday on the fields at Deep Hollow Ranch on the south side of Route 27.

A ROSS’S GOOSE spent the week out in the Riverhead area, using fields on
the south side of Middle Road west of Northville Turnpike, and four
CACKLING GEESE were reported from Miller Field on Staten Island last
weekend.

A very impressive incursion of TUNDRA SWANS into our region commenced last
Saturday with a couple of flocks totaling over 40 birds seen from Floyd
Bennett Field as they dropped into Jamaica Bay for a while.  Also Saturday
morning roughly 150 cruised over an astonished group of birders at Playland
Park in Rye.  Other larger numbers included 48 at Canarsie Pier and 64 plus
in Rye Sunday followed by 24 on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge and roughly 100 over Canarsie Pier on Monday.  Smaller groups
occurring farther east on Long Island included 20 plus over Dix Hills and 4
at Hicksville Sunday, while 6 were even reported over the Bronx Zoo
Monday.  All this was quite unusual, the Swans apparently pushed much more
easterly as they headed north - we are normally treated to just one or two
in a spring season.

On Thursday, a drake TUFTED DUCK was found in a mixed flock of LESSER and
GREATER SCAUP on Playland Lake in Rye, but it could not be relocated once
the storm arrived.

At Shinnecock a young male KING EIDER was seen last Sunday, followed by a
female there Tuesday, and another female was still at Orient Point Thursday.

Single Brooklyn EURASIAN WIGEON males were seen off the Brooklyn waterfront
by BJ’s Tuesday and at Bush Terminal Piers Park Wednesday.

The Fire Island inlet EARED GREBE was still present off the west end of Oak
Beach Road last Sunday, while the RED-NECKED GREBE continues on the Alley
Pond Park Restoration Pond. The RED-NECKED GREBE on Lake Ronkonkoma was
last noted last Saturday, but a good variety of waterfowl continues there.

A couple of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were reported from the New York
Botanical Garden last Saturday, and recent arrivals, besides the now
displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCK, have included OSPREY as of Thursday and
EASTERN PHOEBE, with two in Central Park Friday.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message.

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

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[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon - Tonawanda WMA (Genesee Co.)

[Joseph Fell]

I was able to see the Eurasian Wigeon reported yesterday by Peter Yeorg at
North Feeder Marsh, Tonawanda WMA, in Alabama, NY. The bird was associating
with 2 dozen American Wigeon. It was identifiable without a scope, however
a scope would be helpful. I was told these birds left just before 5:00 pm,
but perhaps it will return tomorrow.

Joe Fell

Buffalo, NY
jfell2...@gmail.com

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[nysbirds-l] NYS Breeding Bird Atlas III Logo Design Contest!

[Joan Collins]

Hi Everyone,

 

Please see the following website for details regarding the NYS Breeding Bird
Atlas III logo design contest (win $250!):

 

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ontest-win-250/ 

 

There are examples of other states' BBA logos listed on this site.

 

Please feel free to forward (post) this information to other regional NYS
list serves, or to artists who may be interested.  Thank you!

 

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Long Lake, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Montauk pink footed and snow geese

[Jane Ross]

This morning 9:00 am there was a pink footed goose (presumably the same 
reported over the past few weeks) and two snow geese in a flock of about 300 
Canada geese in the field on the south side of Rte 27 opposite the riding stable

Jane F. Ross
1112 Park Ave. New York, NY 10128
mobile:  917-992-6708






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[nysbirds-l] Canvasback - World’s Fair Marina - NO

[matt klein]

But it is extremely windy.

... to be continued.

On Mar 3, 2018, at 11:32 PM, robert adamo 
mailto:radamo4...@gmail.com>> wrote:

This afternoon, at 1710, the Ross's Goose was the only avian specie in the 
horse pasture on the s/s of Middle Rd., between Northville Tpke & Ostrander 
Ave, Riverhead.

Cheers,
Bob
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