[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 October 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct 28, 2011 * NYNY1110.28 - Birds Mentioned: SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE BROWN PELICAN American Golden-Plover HUDSONIAN GODWIT Marbled Godwit Royal Tern Red-headed Woodpecker American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Yellow-breasted Chat CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow LARK SPARROW Nelson's Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Snow Bunting Dickcissel Rusty Blackbird 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 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 28th, at 7:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, BROWN PELICANS, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS. Another good October flycatcher, this time an immature SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, appeared at Captree State Park. Seen but not publicized last Friday, the flycatcher was enjoyed by many on Saturday once word got out. The bird frequented the swale, just north of the upper parking lot on the south side of Captree. Like most local scissor-tails, though, the bird's stay was brief, and it was not seen on Sunday. Also at Captree, the immature YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, traveling mostly in a Brown-headed Cowbird flock, was located Saturday along the Robert Moses Causeway cloverleafs around Ocean Parkway and just north of there, but it too could not be relocated on Sunday. An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted in Robert Moses State Park on Sunday. At Jones Beach West End, shorebirds gathered at the Coast Guard bar on Saturday included an immature HUDSONIAN GODWIT and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, with two MARBLED GODWITS reported there Sunday along with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. A good collection of birds at Fort Tilden last Saturday included LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a DICKCISSEL, and about 45 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were among the early morning migrants moving westward. Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday also produced a CLAY-COLORED and two VESPER SPARROWS, one of the Vespers lingering to Monday. Among the more common migrants moving recently along the coast have been good numbers of AMERICAN PIPITS, and as the season turns over, a few SNOW BUNTINGS are arriving. Plumb Beach in Brooklyn produced a decent number of NELSON'S SPARROWS and another CLAY-COLORED on Sunday. Nelson's have been outnumbering Saltmarsh Sparrows in many coastal marshes recently. This is typically the time when Nelson's moves through, mostly the coastal subvirgatus race, while many of the Saltmarsh have already headed south. Both though, as well as the two other races of Nelson's, could be present, so decent views are needed to determine which you are looking at. We also hope observers are looking closely at their Clay-colored Sparrows to rule out some very similar-looking immature Chipping Sparrows. Pay close attention to the loral area: an unmarked buffy in Clay-colored and with a dark loral line in Chipping. Another nice surprise was a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, seen for a short time Saturday in a dump at Sunken Meadow State Park. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported from Prospect Park in Brooklyn Sunday. Out east, an immature BROWN PELICAN, still hanging around the Montauk Harbor Inlet, was on the west jetty last Sunday, and east of the east jetty on the beach on Tuesday. Another BROWN PELICAN was spotted Saturday on the ocean moving east past Mecox. Eight ROYAL TERNS were at Mecox Sunday as they continue along the coast. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still present Tuesday with Canadas on the Deep Hollow Ranch pastures on the south side of Route 27, east of the town of Montauk. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was noted at Montauk Point on Tuesday. **Late additions from the Transcriber**: **A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT has been present in Bryant Park, midtown Manhattan, since Wednesday. **An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Central Park, north of the Hallet Sanctuary. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at
[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagles at Franklin Mt.
Today brought the best Golden Eagle flight of the season so far past the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch in Oneonta--nine birds, all of which passed between 1 and 3 p.m. Also in that time frame were 17 Bald Eagles. Steve Hall counted 231 red-tails, and a nice flight of 16 Red-shouldered Hawks added to the 388 total for the day. We are in the peak period for Golden Eagles, and north or northwest winds are the best conditions to see them. Sunday's forecast looks good in that regard, but the foot or so of snow forecast for Sat. p.m. could make travel a problem. It will certainly be a snowy hike uphill to the lookout. More info on the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch, including directions, is available at www.franklinmt.org. If you do visit, be sure to dress extra warmly. Andy Mason Andrew Mason 1039 Peck St. Jefferson, NY 12093 (607) 652-2162 andyma...@earthling.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] WOOD STORK & Hamlin beach SP Highlights
A very interesting day at Hamlin Beach SP today. I arrived at 9:00am after getting the kids off to school, and found myself alone at the overlook at parking lot #4. I set up my scope and quickly found SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, along with other expected waterfowl. After only 5-10 minutes I heard some loud whistling coming from the parking lot behind me. I saw Mike Tetlow there at a distance pointing frantically at the sky behind and south of me. I found what he was looking at about the same time I could finally hear his words from this distance. It was a juvenile WOOD STORK circling just inland. Luckily it was circling lazily, and initially moved north towards us and the parking lot, and then slowly headed ESE across the park. A big thank you to Mike for getting my attention! I suspect I never would have seen this rarity passing so far behind me. We followed the stork in my car through the park in order to allow Andy Guthrie to chase it from his house nearby. He was successful as he posted earlier today. We never relocated the bird after it left the park. I posted a couple of photos at my Flickr site at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brad_carlson/ Back at the lake watch, there were no other true rarities, but some interesting birds none the less. Two (2) CACKLING GEESE were among the large flock of Canada Geese at the beach. One of the RED-THROATED LOONS spent much of its time just off the beach. We had at least one RED-NECKED GREBE, a pair of SANDERLINGS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, small numbers of SNOW BUNTINGS, AND a number of nice flocks of PINE SISKINS. Around midday, Mike and I walked Yantee Creek trail at the east end of the park where we had an interesting mix of birds. Highlights were an early(ish) flock of six (6) COMMON REDPOLLS, another large flock of PINE SISKINS, a late BLACKPOLL WARBLER with Yellow-rumps, and a very brown juvenile NORTHERN SHRIKE. Regards, Brad Carlson Honeoye Falls, NY bradcarls...@hotmail.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] Snow Buntings at Sammy's Beach, East Hampton
Also had some SNOW BUNTINGS today - 2 at Sammy's Beach. Otherwise, waterfowl numbers building up - had 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Pied-billed Grebes and 5 American Coot at Ice House Pond in Montauk and a couple of Green-winged Teal at Teddy Roosevely County Park. White-winged Scoter are building up on the Bay-side in East Hampton and I saw a lot more Surf Scoters closer to Montauk, plus a few Great Cormorants. On the lingering end of the spectrum, had a Palm Warbler at Deep Hollow Ranch and 20+ Forster's Terns at Montauk Inlet. Sparrow numbers are markedly higher than last week in most places, but despite investing some time in locations like East Lake Drive, I wasn't able to come up with more than a scattering of Chipping Sparrows in among the hundreds of Junco's, White-throated and Song Sparrows. Yesterday we had 2 ROYAL TERNS and 2 RED-THROATED LOONS in Napeague Harbor (from the Walking Dunes side). An interesting contrast as the seasons change. -- 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] Smith Point Snow Buntings,other Long Island Birds, Friday, Oct. 28th
Hello All, Four FOS Snow Buntings dropped into the parking area this morning at Smith Point, Other birds seen by D.Belanger and myself were 1 Eastern Meadowlark, 5 Field Sparrow, Clay Colored Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow, good numbers of both Chipping and White Throated Sparrows, 5 Hermit Thrush, Kinglets, several Eastern Phoebe and 3 dozen Slate Colored Junco. Good October Birding, Carl Starace -- 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] Snow Goose
Oct. 27 Mill Road,Peconic. One adult Snow Goose grazing with a flock of Canada Geese. PG -- 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] WOOD STORK - Hamlin Beach (Monroe County)
Mike Tetlow called me at 9:30 as he and Brad Carlson were watching a WOOD STORK soaring over Area #4 at Hamlin Beach. I was able to dash out and catch up with them, and the Stork, as it continued to circle and drift east near Area #1. We watched as it slowly moved east, angling a bit toward the south. It seems likely this may be the same bird that Dave Tetlow found here on Monday - Brad & I took a lot of pictures of today's bird which may prove helpful in determining this. Whether it's the same one or a second bird, folks to the east along the lake should keep an eye out, and it would be well worth checking ponds etc. east of Hamlin (e.g., Braddock Bay area, Salmon Creek, Northrup Creek, etc). Cheers, Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY -- 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] Smith Point Snow Buntings,other Long Island Birds, Friday, Oct. 28th
Hello All, Four FOS Snow Buntings dropped into the parking area this morning at Smith Point, Other birds seen by D.Belanger and myself were 1 Eastern Meadowlark, 5 Field Sparrow, Clay Colored Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow, good numbers of both Chipping and White Throated Sparrows, 5 Hermit Thrush, Kinglets, several Eastern Phoebe and 3 dozen Slate Colored Junco. Good October Birding, Carl Starace -- 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] Snow Buntings at Sammy's Beach, East Hampton
Also had some SNOW BUNTINGS today - 2 at Sammy's Beach. Otherwise, waterfowl numbers building up - had 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Pied-billed Grebes and 5 American Coot at Ice House Pond in Montauk and a couple of Green-winged Teal at Teddy Roosevely County Park. White-winged Scoter are building up on the Bay-side in East Hampton and I saw a lot more Surf Scoters closer to Montauk, plus a few Great Cormorants. On the lingering end of the spectrum, had a Palm Warbler at Deep Hollow Ranch and 20+ Forster's Terns at Montauk Inlet. Sparrow numbers are markedly higher than last week in most places, but despite investing some time in locations like East Lake Drive, I wasn't able to come up with more than a scattering of Chipping Sparrows in among the hundreds of Junco's, White-throated and Song Sparrows. Yesterday we had 2 ROYAL TERNS and 2 RED-THROATED LOONS in Napeague Harbor (from the Walking Dunes side). An interesting contrast as the seasons change. -- 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] WOOD STORK Hamlin beach SP Highlights
A very interesting day at Hamlin Beach SP today. I arrived at 9:00am after getting the kids off to school, and found myself alone at the overlook at parking lot #4. I set up my scope and quickly found SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, along with other expected waterfowl. After only 5-10 minutes I heard some loud whistling coming from the parking lot behind me. I saw Mike Tetlow there at a distance pointing frantically at the sky behind and south of me. I found what he was looking at about the same time I could finally hear his words from this distance. It was a juvenile WOOD STORK circling just inland. Luckily it was circling lazily, and initially moved north towards us and the parking lot, and then slowly headed ESE across the park. A big thank you to Mike for getting my attention! I suspect I never would have seen this rarity passing so far behind me. We followed the stork in my car through the park in order to allow Andy Guthrie to chase it from his house nearby. He was successful as he posted earlier today. We never relocated the bird after it left the park. I posted a couple of photos at my Flickr site at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brad_carlson/ Back at the lake watch, there were no other true rarities, but some interesting birds none the less. Two (2) CACKLING GEESE were among the large flock of Canada Geese at the beach. One of the RED-THROATED LOONS spent much of its time just off the beach. We had at least one RED-NECKED GREBE, a pair of SANDERLINGS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, small numbers of SNOW BUNTINGS, AND a number of nice flocks of PINE SISKINS. Around midday, Mike and I walked Yantee Creek trail at the east end of the park where we had an interesting mix of birds. Highlights were an early(ish) flock of six (6) COMMON REDPOLLS, another large flock of PINE SISKINS, a late BLACKPOLL WARBLER with Yellow-rumps, and a very brown juvenile NORTHERN SHRIKE. Regards, Brad Carlson Honeoye Falls, NY bradcarls...@hotmail.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] Golden Eagles at Franklin Mt.
Today brought the best Golden Eagle flight of the season so far past the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch in Oneonta--nine birds, all of which passed between 1 and 3 p.m. Also in that time frame were 17 Bald Eagles. Steve Hall counted 231 red-tails, and a nice flight of 16 Red-shouldered Hawks added to the 388 total for the day. We are in the peak period for Golden Eagles, and north or northwest winds are the best conditions to see them. Sunday's forecast looks good in that regard, but the foot or so of snow forecast for Sat. p.m. could make travel a problem. It will certainly be a snowy hike uphill to the lookout. More info on the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch, including directions, is available at www.franklinmt.org. If you do visit, be sure to dress extra warmly. Andy Mason Andrew Mason 1039 Peck St. Jefferson, NY 12093 (607) 652-2162 andyma...@earthling.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 October 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct 28, 2011 * NYNY1110.28 - Birds Mentioned: SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE BROWN PELICAN American Golden-Plover HUDSONIAN GODWIT Marbled Godwit Royal Tern Red-headed Woodpecker American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Yellow-breasted Chat CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow LARK SPARROW Nelson's Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Snow Bunting Dickcissel Rusty Blackbird 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 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 28th, at 7:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, BROWN PELICANS, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS. Another good October flycatcher, this time an immature SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, appeared at Captree State Park. Seen but not publicized last Friday, the flycatcher was enjoyed by many on Saturday once word got out. The bird frequented the swale, just north of the upper parking lot on the south side of Captree. Like most local scissor-tails, though, the bird's stay was brief, and it was not seen on Sunday. Also at Captree, the immature YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, traveling mostly in a Brown-headed Cowbird flock, was located Saturday along the Robert Moses Causeway cloverleafs around Ocean Parkway and just north of there, but it too could not be relocated on Sunday. An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted in Robert Moses State Park on Sunday. At Jones Beach West End, shorebirds gathered at the Coast Guard bar on Saturday included an immature HUDSONIAN GODWIT and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, with two MARBLED GODWITS reported there Sunday along with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. A good collection of birds at Fort Tilden last Saturday included LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a DICKCISSEL, and about 45 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were among the early morning migrants moving westward. Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday also produced a CLAY-COLORED and two VESPER SPARROWS, one of the Vespers lingering to Monday. Among the more common migrants moving recently along the coast have been good numbers of AMERICAN PIPITS, and as the season turns over, a few SNOW BUNTINGS are arriving. Plumb Beach in Brooklyn produced a decent number of NELSON'S SPARROWS and another CLAY-COLORED on Sunday. Nelson's have been outnumbering Saltmarsh Sparrows in many coastal marshes recently. This is typically the time when Nelson's moves through, mostly the coastal subvirgatus race, while many of the Saltmarsh have already headed south. Both though, as well as the two other races of Nelson's, could be present, so decent views are needed to determine which you are looking at. We also hope observers are looking closely at their Clay-colored Sparrows to rule out some very similar-looking immature Chipping Sparrows. Pay close attention to the loral area: an unmarked buffy in Clay-colored and with a dark loral line in Chipping. Another nice surprise was a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, seen for a short time Saturday in a dump at Sunken Meadow State Park. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported from Prospect Park in Brooklyn Sunday. Out east, an immature BROWN PELICAN, still hanging around the Montauk Harbor Inlet, was on the west jetty last Sunday, and east of the east jetty on the beach on Tuesday. Another BROWN PELICAN was spotted Saturday on the ocean moving east past Mecox. Eight ROYAL TERNS were at Mecox Sunday as they continue along the coast. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still present Tuesday with Canadas on the Deep Hollow Ranch pastures on the south side of Route 27, east of the town of Montauk. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was noted at Montauk Point on Tuesday. **Late additions from the Transcriber**: **A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT has been present in Bryant Park, midtown Manhattan, since Wednesday. **An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Central Park, north of the Hallet Sanctuary. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at
