[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 14 June 2013
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 14, 2013 * NYNY1306.14 - Birds Mentioned: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+ WHITE-FACED IBIS+ MISSISSIPPI KITE+ ARCTIC TERN+ LONG-TAILED JAEGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Loon Cory's Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet Glossy Ibis Black Vulture Bald Eagle Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper American Woodcock Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Forster's Tern POMARINE JAEGER Barred Owl Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Common Raven Northern Parula YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK 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: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 486 High Street Victor, NY 14564 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 ** NOTE: Due to a technical problem, the RBA could not be recorded this evening. ** To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 14th, at 7:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are MISSISSIPPI KITE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, POMARINE JAEGER, ARCTIC TERN, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, and BLUE GROSBEAK. On Staten Island, the subadult MISSISSIPPI KITE was still enjoying the abundance of 17-year cicadas today at the Cemetery of the Resurrection, putting in periodic appearances as it effortlessly picks flying cicadas from the air. To look for the kite, enter the cemetery from Sharrott Avenue, just off Sharrott from its terminus at Hylan Boulevard. Work to the back of the cemetery and watch over the humming trees for the kite. Just down Hylan Boulevard at Mount Loretto Unique Area, a pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS is hopefully attempting to nest, and an AMERICAN WOODCOCK with two young was seen there on Wednesday. Also in the area have been adult BALD EAGLE, BLACK VULTURE, and three species of Buteos. The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was finally spotted again at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, this on Wednesday. The bird was roosting in trees at high tide on the north side of Big John's Pond with about 30 Glossy Ibis. A GULL-BILLED TERN was at the West Pond on Tuesday. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spent much of Tuesday at Piermont Pier in Rockland County, and then was seen very early Wednesday morning moving south down the Hudson River past Dobbs Ferry. It may have kept going, as it was also likely to have been the pelican present Sunday evening in Poughkeepsie. Pelagic variety has been picking up recently. Out at Amagansett last Saturday morning, a sea watch recorded a subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 33 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, 412 COMMON LOONS, 103 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. And yesterday, an evening watch off Robert Moses State Park field 2 noted 4 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 1 MANX SHEARWATER, and 6 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, and what was felt to be a subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER based on its plumage and relative size. ARCTIC TERN reports have also increased this week, with an immature mentioned from Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, west of Point Lookout, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Around the tern and skimmer colony there recently have also been up to three BLACK TERNS, a GULL-BILLED TERN, and on Tuesday evening, a brief visit by an adult POMARINE JAEGER sitting on the beach for a short time before motoring off. Most of the ARCTIC TERNS, not unexpectedly, have been reported from Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, where the mudflats north of the parking lot have hosted up to five or more different individuals. This is also a good spot to see ROSEATE TERNS, SALTMARSH SPARROWS, and SEASIDE SPARROWS. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER remains on territory at Connetquot River State Park, but a KENTUCKY WARBLER seen Tuesday at the DEC property in Rocky Point has not been noted since. Other interesting birds recently at Connetquot have included ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and NORTHERN PARULA. A BLUE GROSBEAK around Line Road just south of Grumman Boulevard may be nesting there and, like all sensitive nesters, should not be harassed. Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were noted Saturday on the beach at Jones Beach West End, and
[nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach Birds (Nassau Co.)
We spent a cold, but enjoyable morning with Andrew Baksh at Nickerson Beach this morning, watching the many terns bathing/loafing in and around the rainfall pools located on the beach off the southwestern corner of the parking lot. Among the many Common Terns were two Roseate Terns and a Gull-billed Tern. An added treat was seeing an immature Bald Eagle fly over the tern colony and watching the terns and skimmers rise up en masse. A photo of the eagle is on my flickr site. The previously reported Arctic and Black Terns were not seen. An impressive number of Black Scoters, with a few Surf Scoters mixed in, have been observed off the beach recently, todays number being estimated at two hundred fifty birds. Ken Feustel http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ -- 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] Staten Island Mississippi Kite
This morning at roughly 11am the Mississippi Kite put in a brief showing over the trees to the west of what it called the "Perpendicular Pond" at the Cemetery of the Resurrection in Staten Island. The Cicada show was somewhat tempered compared to descriptions I have read and videos I have watched, but it was still impressive. An hour long walk at Mount Loretto turned up my highest single location count for Orchard Orioles with 8 (6 seen, 2 heard) and a brief look at a male Blue Grosbeak. Watching a Laughing Gull hawk Cicadas was an added bonus. Cheers, Sean Sime Allendale, NJ -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] turkey vultures Calverton LI
A kettle of 16turkey vultures currently over the Grumman Calverton property. Mike Cooper Ridge LI Sent from my iPhone On Jun 13, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Shaibal Mitra wrote: > Black-billed Cuckoos have been very scarce throughout Long Island for several > years in a row, so it's easy to forget that they were not always so. > Furthermore, they were once the expected breeding species on the outer beach, > as counter-intuitive as that might seem, given their generally more northerly > distribution than Yellow-billed. This intriguing pattern was described by > John Bull in his 1964 book, and my own experience over the years has been > mostly consistent with his conclusion. For instance, I can't ever recall > seeing a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Fire Island during June or July, whereas > Black-billed at least formerly bred out there. Your bird could have a been a > late migrant, too, as Chris T-H was picking up nocturnal flight calls of BB > Cuckoo over central NYS, through the first week of June at least. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > > From: Brendan Fogarty [birde...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:25 PM > To: NYSBirds listserve > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Arctic Tern, Pomarine Jaeger - Nickerson Beach (Nassau > Co.) 6/11 > > >First sighting was a cuckoo flying across the Loop Parkway around 7 AM. > >Field marks suggested Black-billed, but I feel like they would be less > >likely at this time of year. Perhaps a late migrant? > > > > > Washington Monthly magazine ranks the College of Staten Island as one of > “America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges” > -- > 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 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] Rocky Point (Suffolk Co) Kentucky Warbler - No
I have been asked a couple times privately, so I thought it was worth posting that I have been back to the same spot in the Rocky Point DEC property every day since I posted about this bird, and I have detected no Kentucky Warblers. Also, in case it matters to anyone, I typed "West" when I meant "East" in the original post; the map coordinates were correct. Richard Kaskan Shoreham, NY -- kas...@ieee.org (512) 748-8660 -- 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] Staten Island Mississippi Kite News?
Hi All, I'll be driving through Staten Island tomorrow and am interested in knowing if the Kite is still being seen. Thanks, Hugh -- Hugh McGuinness Washington, D.C. -- 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] Oil City Rd Black Tern
There is a Black Tern foraging over the southern impoundment. Sean Camillieri Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Oil City Rd Black Tern
There is a Black Tern foraging over the southern impoundment. Sean Camillieri Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Staten Island Mississippi Kite News?
Hi All, I'll be driving through Staten Island tomorrow and am interested in knowing if the Kite is still being seen. Thanks, Hugh -- Hugh McGuinness Washington, D.C. -- 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] Rocky Point (Suffolk Co) Kentucky Warbler - No
I have been asked a couple times privately, so I thought it was worth posting that I have been back to the same spot in the Rocky Point DEC property every day since I posted about this bird, and I have detected no Kentucky Warblers. Also, in case it matters to anyone, I typed West when I meant East in the original post; the map coordinates were correct. Richard Kaskan Shoreham, NY -- kas...@ieee.org (512) 748-8660 -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] turkey vultures Calverton LI
A kettle of 16turkey vultures currently over the Grumman Calverton property. Mike Cooper Ridge LI Sent from my iPhone On Jun 13, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu wrote: Black-billed Cuckoos have been very scarce throughout Long Island for several years in a row, so it's easy to forget that they were not always so. Furthermore, they were once the expected breeding species on the outer beach, as counter-intuitive as that might seem, given their generally more northerly distribution than Yellow-billed. This intriguing pattern was described by John Bull in his 1964 book, and my own experience over the years has been mostly consistent with his conclusion. For instance, I can't ever recall seeing a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Fire Island during June or July, whereas Black-billed at least formerly bred out there. Your bird could have a been a late migrant, too, as Chris T-H was picking up nocturnal flight calls of BB Cuckoo over central NYS, through the first week of June at least. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: Brendan Fogarty [birde...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:25 PM To: NYSBirds listserve Subject: [nysbirds-l] Arctic Tern, Pomarine Jaeger - Nickerson Beach (Nassau Co.) 6/11 First sighting was a cuckoo flying across the Loop Parkway around 7 AM. Field marks suggested Black-billed, but I feel like they would be less likely at this time of year. Perhaps a late migrant? Washington Monthly magazine ranks the College of Staten Island as one of “America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges” -- 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 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] Staten Island Mississippi Kite
This morning at roughly 11am the Mississippi Kite put in a brief showing over the trees to the west of what it called the Perpendicular Pond at the Cemetery of the Resurrection in Staten Island. The Cicada show was somewhat tempered compared to descriptions I have read and videos I have watched, but it was still impressive. An hour long walk at Mount Loretto turned up my highest single location count for Orchard Orioles with 8 (6 seen, 2 heard) and a brief look at a male Blue Grosbeak. Watching a Laughing Gull hawk Cicadas was an added bonus. Cheers, Sean Sime Allendale, NJ -- 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] Nickerson Beach Birds (Nassau Co.)
We spent a cold, but enjoyable morning with Andrew Baksh at Nickerson Beach this morning, watching the many terns bathing/loafing in and around the rainfall pools located on the beach off the southwestern corner of the parking lot. Among the many Common Terns were two Roseate Terns and a Gull-billed Tern. An added treat was seeing an immature Bald Eagle fly over the tern colony and watching the terns and skimmers rise up en masse. A photo of the eagle is on my flickr site. The previously reported Arctic and Black Terns were not seen. An impressive number of Black Scoters, with a few Surf Scoters mixed in, have been observed off the beach recently, todays number being estimated at two hundred fifty birds. Ken Feustel http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 14 June 2013
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 14, 2013 * NYNY1306.14 - Birds Mentioned: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+ WHITE-FACED IBIS+ MISSISSIPPI KITE+ ARCTIC TERN+ LONG-TAILED JAEGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Loon Cory's Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet Glossy Ibis Black Vulture Bald Eagle Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper American Woodcock Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Forster's Tern POMARINE JAEGER Barred Owl Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Common Raven Northern Parula YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK 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: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 486 High Street Victor, NY 14564 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 ** NOTE: Due to a technical problem, the RBA could not be recorded this evening. ** To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 14th, at 7:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are MISSISSIPPI KITE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, POMARINE JAEGER, ARCTIC TERN, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, and BLUE GROSBEAK. On Staten Island, the subadult MISSISSIPPI KITE was still enjoying the abundance of 17-year cicadas today at the Cemetery of the Resurrection, putting in periodic appearances as it effortlessly picks flying cicadas from the air. To look for the kite, enter the cemetery from Sharrott Avenue, just off Sharrott from its terminus at Hylan Boulevard. Work to the back of the cemetery and watch over the humming trees for the kite. Just down Hylan Boulevard at Mount Loretto Unique Area, a pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS is hopefully attempting to nest, and an AMERICAN WOODCOCK with two young was seen there on Wednesday. Also in the area have been adult BALD EAGLE, BLACK VULTURE, and three species of Buteos. The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was finally spotted again at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, this on Wednesday. The bird was roosting in trees at high tide on the north side of Big John's Pond with about 30 Glossy Ibis. A GULL-BILLED TERN was at the West Pond on Tuesday. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spent much of Tuesday at Piermont Pier in Rockland County, and then was seen very early Wednesday morning moving south down the Hudson River past Dobbs Ferry. It may have kept going, as it was also likely to have been the pelican present Sunday evening in Poughkeepsie. Pelagic variety has been picking up recently. Out at Amagansett last Saturday morning, a sea watch recorded a subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 33 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, 412 COMMON LOONS, 103 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. And yesterday, an evening watch off Robert Moses State Park field 2 noted 4 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 1 MANX SHEARWATER, and 6 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, and what was felt to be a subadult LONG-TAILED JAEGER based on its plumage and relative size. ARCTIC TERN reports have also increased this week, with an immature mentioned from Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, west of Point Lookout, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Around the tern and skimmer colony there recently have also been up to three BLACK TERNS, a GULL-BILLED TERN, and on Tuesday evening, a brief visit by an adult POMARINE JAEGER sitting on the beach for a short time before motoring off. Most of the ARCTIC TERNS, not unexpectedly, have been reported from Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, where the mudflats north of the parking lot have hosted up to five or more different individuals. This is also a good spot to see ROSEATE TERNS, SALTMARSH SPARROWS, and SEASIDE SPARROWS. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER remains on territory at Connetquot River State Park, but a KENTUCKY WARBLER seen Tuesday at the DEC property in Rocky Point has not been noted since. Other interesting birds recently at Connetquot have included ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and NORTHERN PARULA. A BLUE GROSBEAK around Line Road just south of Grumman Boulevard may be nesting there and, like all sensitive nesters, should not be harassed. Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were noted Saturday on the beach at Jones Beach West End, and
