[nysbirds-l] 6/18- Queens: SABINE'S GULL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER and other goodies.
This afternoon and evening, Sean Sime and I had a rather pleasant walk on the beach out at Breezy Point, in Queens. Parking for this location is by permit only, at the parking lot at Beach 222nd St., which is actually just the terminus of the main drag that you enter Breezy Point on. You can obtain a one-day parking permit from the Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn (which is on the way out to Breezy). According to the website, the permit office is open 7 days a week from 9 AM to 4 PM, though you might call in advance to check. They typically only give you a permit for the day you go into the office to ask. Highlights were as follows (more details on the eBird checklist): *SABINE'S GULL*- Immature (1st-cycle/spring//2CY) bird, though maybe undergoing a slightly late molt, as it was still growing in P10. This bird was initially standing in the surf just to the east of the 4x4 road from the parking lot to the beach, roughly here: (40.546739, -73.930068), but when we left it, it was up to a half mile to the east, hanging around the beach in front of the tern colony closer to here: (40.550618, -73.921318). This is one of less than 5 NYC records. The only ones I've heard tell of are the well documented Staten Island record from 1986, and potentially an old Brooklyn record or two that I'm waiting to hear back about. It seems to be the first Queens record though. *LONG-TAILED JAEGER*- Adult bird moving west over the ocean, fairly high up. We picked it up while it was still a ways to the east, and it wasn't moving particularly fast. It eventually passed the jetty and angled to the NW over the mouth of Rockaway Inlet before adjusting back to the south a little before we lost resolution on the bird. We don't think that it quite made it to Brooklyn airspace, based on our back of the envelope calculations, but it came close. There is an old Brooklyn record or two that I've heard mention of, but don't have any further details on. Besides that, I don't believe there are any prior NYC records, and no prior Queens records. *Purple Martin*- 2 or 3 birds, heading roughly south along the bay side. 2 female-types together were preceded by a possible male PUMA seen a bit earlier from the parking lot. *Black Tern*- 2 (adult and young bird) Bonaparte's Gull- 1 immature bird standing on the beach for most of our time Roseate Tern- 1 adult seen about 5 separate times. Black Scoter- 1, presumably continuing, young male on the beach on the bayside Lesser Black-backed Gull- 2 young birds Photos of the Sabine's Gull and other goodies here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/18755042288 Complete eBird list here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23968163 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, 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] Queens County LONG-TAILED JAEGER
An adult Long-tailed Jaeger just flew west past the Breezy Point jetty and was last seen over the mouth of the Rockaway Inlet. The bird was in view for 6-8 minutes as it slowly moved west being harassed by Common Terns and Laughing Gulls along the way. Good birding, Sean Sime and Doug Gochfeld Brooklyn, NY 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] Breezy Point Sabine's Gull update
The Sabine's Gull is now 400-500 yards east of where 4x4 trail hits the beach, adjacent to the heart of the tern colony. Also, it doesn't appear to be a young bird. It is essentially an adult in basic plumage except that it is still molting in P10. -Doug Gochfeld -- 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] SABINE'S GULL-Queens RIGHT NOW
Anyone going to chase who could swing past Brighton Beach Subway en route? Desperate, but figured I'd ask. Great find, guys! -Tim H > On Jun 18, 2015, at 6:20 PM, Doug Gochfeld wrote: > > Immature SABINE'S GULL standing in surf on beach (ocean side) at Breezy > Point, just east of footpath to 222nd street parking lot. Just west of the > lifeguard towers. Park at 222nd street lot at your own risk as permit is > technically required, and it is obtaine during business hours a Floyd Bennett > Field in Brooklyn. > > -Doug Gochfeld and Sean Sime > > -- > 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] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Jun 2015
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/18/2015 * NYBU1506.18 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMER. WHITE PELICAN BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE BRANT PINE SISKIN SWAINSON'S THRUSH COMMON NIGHTHAWK CEDAR WAXWING - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/18/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Reports of rare and unexpected species, June 11 through June 18, from the Niagara Frontier Region. On Lake Ontario, June 14, four AMER. WHITE PELICANS feeding off Ransomville Road, in the Niagara County Town of Porter. The count of four pelicans matches only one previous high count in the BOS archives. Also at Lake Ontario in Niagara County, June 13, a BLACK- BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK still at the mouth of 12 Mile Creek, at the west side of Wilson-Tuscarora State Park. Nearby, in the Village of Wilson, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE continues in the harbor area, often at the Boathouse Restaurant. June 11, an unexpected BRANT on the east branch of the Niagara River at Gratwick Park in North Tonawanda. The BRANT appeared healthy, and was feeding with resident MALLARDS. Rare in June, a PINE SISKIN this week at a feeder in the Orleans County Village of Medina. Other reports this week - From the night sky over the Central Park neighborhood in Buffalo - two, late migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSHES heard after midnight. Scarce COMMON NIGHTHAWKS - two over Central Park and one over East Amherst. And at Sunset Beach, on Lake Ontario at Johnson Creek, flocks of CEDAR WAXWINGS feeding on over-abundant mosquitoes. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 25. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- 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] SABINE'S GULL-Queens RIGHT NOW
Immature SABINE'S GULL standing in surf on beach (ocean side) at Breezy Point, just east of footpath to 222nd street parking lot. Just west of the lifeguard towers. Park at 222nd street lot at your own risk as permit is technically required, and it is obtaine during business hours a Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. -Doug Gochfeld and Sean Sime -- 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] White faced ibis Captree Suff. Co.
Original message From: Arie Gilbert Date: 06/18/2015 3:26 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Subject: White faced ibis Captree Suff. Co. A white faced ibis is currently being seen on captree island. With Phil Uruburu. 06/18/2015 @ 3:25 PM Arie Gilbert No. Babylon NY www.powerbirder.blogspot www.qcbirdclub.org The link below shows the sighting location. https://www.google.com/maps/place/40.6446273753115+-73.26665014028549 -- Sent using GPS Share: http://goo.gl/VOcnaD Sent from "Loretta IV" in the field -- 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] 6/18- Queens: SABINE'S GULL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER and other goodies.
This afternoon and evening, Sean Sime and I had a rather pleasant walk on the beach out at Breezy Point, in Queens. Parking for this location is by permit only, at the parking lot at Beach 222nd St., which is actually just the terminus of the main drag that you enter Breezy Point on. You can obtain a one-day parking permit from the Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn (which is on the way out to Breezy). According to the website, the permit office is open 7 days a week from 9 AM to 4 PM, though you might call in advance to check. They typically only give you a permit for the day you go into the office to ask. Highlights were as follows (more details on the eBird checklist): *SABINE'S GULL*- Immature (1st-cycle/spring//2CY) bird, though maybe undergoing a slightly late molt, as it was still growing in P10. This bird was initially standing in the surf just to the east of the 4x4 road from the parking lot to the beach, roughly here: (40.546739, -73.930068), but when we left it, it was up to a half mile to the east, hanging around the beach in front of the tern colony closer to here: (40.550618, -73.921318). This is one of less than 5 NYC records. The only ones I've heard tell of are the well documented Staten Island record from 1986, and potentially an old Brooklyn record or two that I'm waiting to hear back about. It seems to be the first Queens record though. *LONG-TAILED JAEGER*- Adult bird moving west over the ocean, fairly high up. We picked it up while it was still a ways to the east, and it wasn't moving particularly fast. It eventually passed the jetty and angled to the NW over the mouth of Rockaway Inlet before adjusting back to the south a little before we lost resolution on the bird. We don't think that it quite made it to Brooklyn airspace, based on our back of the envelope calculations, but it came close. There is an old Brooklyn record or two that I've heard mention of, but don't have any further details on. Besides that, I don't believe there are any prior NYC records, and no prior Queens records. *Purple Martin*- 2 or 3 birds, heading roughly south along the bay side. 2 female-types together were preceded by a possible male PUMA seen a bit earlier from the parking lot. *Black Tern*- 2 (adult and young bird) Bonaparte's Gull- 1 immature bird standing on the beach for most of our time Roseate Tern- 1 adult seen about 5 separate times. Black Scoter- 1, presumably continuing, young male on the beach on the bayside Lesser Black-backed Gull- 2 young birds Photos of the Sabine's Gull and other goodies here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/18755042288 Complete eBird list here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23968163 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, 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] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Jun 2015
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/18/2015 * NYBU1506.18 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMER. WHITE PELICAN BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE BRANT PINE SISKIN SWAINSON'S THRUSH COMMON NIGHTHAWK CEDAR WAXWING - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/18/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Reports of rare and unexpected species, June 11 through June 18, from the Niagara Frontier Region. On Lake Ontario, June 14, four AMER. WHITE PELICANS feeding off Ransomville Road, in the Niagara County Town of Porter. The count of four pelicans matches only one previous high count in the BOS archives. Also at Lake Ontario in Niagara County, June 13, a BLACK- BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK still at the mouth of 12 Mile Creek, at the west side of Wilson-Tuscarora State Park. Nearby, in the Village of Wilson, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE continues in the harbor area, often at the Boathouse Restaurant. June 11, an unexpected BRANT on the east branch of the Niagara River at Gratwick Park in North Tonawanda. The BRANT appeared healthy, and was feeding with resident MALLARDS. Rare in June, a PINE SISKIN this week at a feeder in the Orleans County Village of Medina. Other reports this week - From the night sky over the Central Park neighborhood in Buffalo - two, late migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSHES heard after midnight. Scarce COMMON NIGHTHAWKS - two over Central Park and one over East Amherst. And at Sunset Beach, on Lake Ontario at Johnson Creek, flocks of CEDAR WAXWINGS feeding on over-abundant mosquitoes. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 25. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- 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] SABINE'S GULL-Queens RIGHT NOW
Anyone going to chase who could swing past Brighton Beach Subway en route? Desperate, but figured I'd ask. Great find, guys! -Tim H On Jun 18, 2015, at 6:20 PM, Doug Gochfeld fresha2...@gmail.com wrote: Immature SABINE'S GULL standing in surf on beach (ocean side) at Breezy Point, just east of footpath to 222nd street parking lot. Just west of the lifeguard towers. Park at 222nd street lot at your own risk as permit is technically required, and it is obtaine during business hours a Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. -Doug Gochfeld and Sean Sime -- 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] Breezy Point Sabine's Gull update
The Sabine's Gull is now 400-500 yards east of where 4x4 trail hits the beach, adjacent to the heart of the tern colony. Also, it doesn't appear to be a young bird. It is essentially an adult in basic plumage except that it is still molting in P10. -Doug Gochfeld -- 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] White faced ibis Captree Suff. Co.
Original message From: Arie Gilbert ariegilb...@optonline.net Date: 06/18/2015 3:26 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Subject: White faced ibis Captree Suff. Co. A white faced ibis is currently being seen on captree island. With Phil Uruburu. 06/18/2015 @ 3:25 PM Arie Gilbert No. Babylon NY www.powerbirder.blogspot www.qcbirdclub.org The link below shows the sighting location. https://www.google.com/maps/place/40.6446273753115+-73.26665014028549 -- Sent using GPS Share: http://goo.gl/VOcnaD Sent from Loretta IV in the field -- 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] SABINE'S GULL-Queens RIGHT NOW
Immature SABINE'S GULL standing in surf on beach (ocean side) at Breezy Point, just east of footpath to 222nd street parking lot. Just west of the lifeguard towers. Park at 222nd street lot at your own risk as permit is technically required, and it is obtaine during business hours a Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. -Doug Gochfeld and Sean Sime -- 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] Queens County LONG-TAILED JAEGER
An adult Long-tailed Jaeger just flew west past the Breezy Point jetty and was last seen over the mouth of the Rockaway Inlet. The bird was in view for 6-8 minutes as it slowly moved west being harassed by Common Terns and Laughing Gulls along the way. Good birding, Sean Sime and Doug Gochfeld Brooklyn, NY 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/ --
