[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 21 August 2015
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 21, 2015
* NYNY1508.21
- Birds mentioned
FEA'S PETREL+
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
BRIDLED TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
AMERICAN AVOCET
Solitary Sandpiper
WHIMBREL
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Olive-sided Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
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Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 21st
2015 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are far offshore FEA'S PETREL,
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, BRIDLED TERN and onshore SANDWICH TERN, AMERICAN
AVOCET, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WHIMBREL and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
A fishing boat venturing out Tuesday to about 76 nautical miles south
southeast of Shinnecock had the good fortune of encountering a FEA'S PETREL
which circled the boat close enough for some very nice photographs to be
taken. Also noted well offshore were CORY'S SHEARWATER, 4 LEACH'S and 30
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and a BRIDLED TERN. Back onshore a SANDWICH TERN was
spotted at Shinnecock Thursday morning during the rising tide, the bird
seen from Road K sitting on flats on the western side of the island that is
west of the Ponquogue Bridge. A WHIMBREL was also at Tiana Beach with 5
BLACK TERNS in Shinnecock Inlet.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN AVOCET found on the East Pond
back on the 12th was still present around the north end today. Other
shorebirds utilizing the pond especially during the higher tide cycle have
included a small number of STILT, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and more recently
WESTERN SANDPIPERS. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER and RED KNOT have also been noted
this week. Single adult and immature GULL-BILLED TERNS continue to feed
over the pond daily and 3 BLACK TERNS were there today.
A surprising Kinkajou spotted at the bay a few times since last Thursday
presumably released there was captured in Broad Channel Wednesday and
hopefully will now be properly cared for.
A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER found Monday in the mostly dried pools between field 2
and the Roosevelt Nature Center at Jones Beach West End was still
frequenting that site today among the nice concentration of shorebirds.
Also at the West End today a dozen or more BLACK TERNS were present in
Jones Inlet with 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on the beach, 4 more LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Robert Moses State Park today and 4 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS were spotted offshore there.
A WHIMBREL was among 16 species of shorebirds at Cupsogue County Park in
Westhampton Dunes last Sunday with a BLACK and 4 ROYAL TERNS also there.
Among the birds at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton Monday afternoon were 4
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
Recent ROYAL TERNS include 2 at Riis Park Saturday and 2 at Plumb Beach in
Brooklyn to Wednesday.
At least one of the breeding YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS was still at
Connetquot River State Park in Oakdale on Sunday. Other warblers in the
city parks this week featured a MOURNING WARBLER midweek in Central Park
along with 20 or so other species mostly still in very low numbers and
featuring such less common species as WORM-EATING, HOODED and WILSON'S. A
decent variety of flycatchers was also reported in Central including
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and various empidonax which in the Fall can pose
some identification issues. Prospect Park tipped in with a BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO on Monday.
To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.
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] Central Park NYC add'l. & signature, 8/21
There was some additional - diurnal - migration in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) as seen from Belvedere Castle this afternoon (21 Aug.); a steady northerly wind helping in that - Wood Duck (4, perhaps coming into the lake, perhaps going farther on) Osprey (2, fairly close in time to each other, ~ 3:45 pm) Bald Eagle (1, adult or near-adult, rather distant to west, moving south) American Kestrel (2, perhaps local breeders, after 4 pm) /Peregrine Falcon also seen, surely a 'local". Greater Yellowlegs (6, calling & at about 75 yds. up, right overhead, ~ 4:50 - unlikely to come down in CP!) "shorebird species" (8, quite far to the east, moving south, mid-size & thus not peep (ie not Calidris sp.) Laughing Gull (actually moving east-ish, not migrants now) Also the 3 most typical gull spp. ambling about) Chimney Swift (modest no's. but in high double-digits) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (3 overhead going south) Eastern Kingbird (8, a fair no. for an afternoon watch, all southbound) Tree Swallow, N. Rough-winged Swallow (very modest no's. moving, fewer than 10) Barn Swallow (46, actual count, but likely more too distant, generally drifting south/southwest. In addition a good many lingering in the park.) Incidentally noted, but just local flights, most likely: Cedar Waxwing, House Finch, American Goldfinch (few). and in other critters, some assorted dragonflies, as well as 3 Monarch butterflies (which have been in the park in modest no's. much of the summer, highs of up to a dozen on a few occasions. Presumably, a bit late in day for any potential icterid flight (& a lot of birds also likely getting wet or staying under cover at first light, then drying out a bit for the morning.) this and earlier week's report - with good weekend-birding to all - Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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] Central Park, NYC 8/21 & prior migration
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City The past week, to today Friday, 21 August 2015, has featured some of the same species as were around the previous week, and numbers fluctuating just a bit thru Wed. & Thurs. - a total for the week of 21 warbler species were found, although only about a dozen of those spp. were regular or seen by many. One 'new' addition to these species was Mourning Warbler, which was noted both Wed. & Thurs. in a couple of areas in the Ramble & vicinity. The park as a whole was a lot less active for migrants by Thurs. and this morning seems not to have changed a lot, although some diurnal migrants were coming thru on the heels of the rain, & an arriving front. In general, the southern half of the park was getting more active, although the n. end held its own with good sightings as well. The overall migratory mix was again dominated by warblers, with flycatchers also putting in a good showing, & vireos continuing to move as well. The first appearances of a few more boreal-nesting birds were a sign that bigger movements of some passerines are just about to start in. The one or two White-throated Sparrows around are not necessarily recent arrivals, as a couple had been in the park for part of, or perhaps all summer, and that is actually rather typical, just non-breeding birds that lingered on from late spring. The reservoir dike is worth a look anytime: this a.m. a Least Sandpiper, as well as several Spotted Sandpipers were there (near the n. end), and Gadwalls & N. Shovelers were again present, although 7 (of 8 Shovelers that had been in the park quite a while) took off and left behind just 1, perhaps not part of that clique. There will likely be more shovelers and perhaps other dabbling-type ducks, as migration picks up. With any shorebirds in Central, the stopovers may be very transient, & even at the reservoir, turnover can be rapid and different within an hour. Some Yellow Warblers & Common Yellowthroats have been appearing in vegetation along the reservoir shores and adjacent plantings in the past week. This is coming into the prime time for Common Nighthawk migration, which has been picking up a bit in many areas in the region, most esp. to the north & west. Raptors will be starting to get up southbound 'steam' as well, and a modest number had already passed Manhattan on their journeys southward. Even with a lot less movement overnight to Friday a.m., there was activity in patches, & I found at least 4 waterthushes just in the area by the Pond in the park's far SE corner - 3 definitively Northerns plus 1 or more undetermined, waterthrush/ sp. - and there was a lively warbler-flock in Strawberry Fields early. There are also a few migrants about in most other areas. Sightings in the past 7 days - Black Vulture & Turkey Vulture Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret (poss. fewer) Snowy Egret (poss. fewer) Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck (a few lingering) Gadwall American Black Duck (few) Mallard Northern Shoveler (few so far) Osprey Bald Eagle (subadult) Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Solitary Sandpiper (still rather scarce) Spotted Sandpiper (increased numbers) Least Sandpiper (one, 8/21) Laughing Gull (typical late-summer no's.) Ring-billed Gull (daily at Reservoir) Herring Gull " Great Black-backed Gull ( " ) Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird (increasing) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher (several) Eastern Wood-Pewee (increase) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Willow or Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher (increase) Eastern Kingbird (many moving, diurnal migrant) Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Common Raven (now-regular in Manhattan) American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow (numerous) Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch (unexpectedly 'early') White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird (multiple) Northern Waterthrush (many) Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Warbler (2+) Common Yellowthroat (multiple) Blue-winged Warbler (multiple) Northern Parula (several) Yellow Warbler (multiple) Magnolia Warbler (several+) Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler (1) Black-and-white Warbler (many) American Redstart (common) Worm-eating Warbler (multiple) Hooded Warbler (several) Wilson's Warbler (multiple) Canada Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Green Warbler (few so far) Chestnut-sided Warbler (modest numbers) Blackburnian Warbler (more likely to pass)
[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond, Queens
The American Avocet is still here, on east shore near the cut-around by the MTA tracks. Also, 3 black terns and continuing Gull-billed. As for shorebirds, 5+ white-rumped and 1 juv Western among the hundreds of Semis and couple dozen Leasts. Mike Yuan 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] Coastal Storm Birding (Suffolk & Nassau Counties)
We began the morning’s birding at Robert Moses State Park, where a sea watch produced four Wilson’s Storm Petrels but not much else. There were a total of four Lesser Black-backed Gulls in RMSP Fields 2 & 5. After a few unproductive stops we headed west to Jones Beach State Park/West End 2. Bob Anderson told us that he had seen two Black Terns feeding in Jones Inlet off the jetty so we headed down the beach. On the way down the beach we had two Black Terns, with an additional twelve feeding in the inlet with Laughing Gulls and Common Terns. Also present on the beach were four Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Rainfall was very spotty, with Robert Moses State Park showing a good number of parking lot puddles, while at Heckscher State Park rainfall seemed more modest (although there were good numbers of mosquitoes). We never got down to the ponds between WE2 and the Nature Center, so we are unsure of how much rain coastal Nassau County received. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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] Jones Beach
Jones Beach West End 21 August With the passing of the front, Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) started and ended checking the sand bar at the marina. In the flats between the parking lots, the rain had softened the ground and produced some scattered pools. While the pools attracted a bit of a concentration, more than a 1,000 shorebirds were sprinkled across the flats from one end to the other. About half were SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (450), and the balance SEMIPALMATED (300) and LEAST SANDPIPERS (75). A lot of birds to look through. Among them were the continuing BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on the "J" field; 9 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS; and feeding in one of the puddles were 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a sole WESTERN SANDPIPER that soon flew off. A single BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER flew in, probably from the group on the bar. The bar held a different grouping from mud flats, namely: 10 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 75 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, some SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 10 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 3 RED KNOT, 5 SANDERLING, a few SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. The edges of the fields are covered with a mass planting of the small purple flowers of Saltmarsh Fleabane. A nice bright touch to the marsh. Sy -- 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] Coastal Storm Birding (Suffolk Nassau Counties)
We began the morning’s birding at Robert Moses State Park, where a sea watch produced four Wilson’s Storm Petrels but not much else. There were a total of four Lesser Black-backed Gulls in RMSP Fields 2 5. After a few unproductive stops we headed west to Jones Beach State Park/West End 2. Bob Anderson told us that he had seen two Black Terns feeding in Jones Inlet off the jetty so we headed down the beach. On the way down the beach we had two Black Terns, with an additional twelve feeding in the inlet with Laughing Gulls and Common Terns. Also present on the beach were four Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Rainfall was very spotty, with Robert Moses State Park showing a good number of parking lot puddles, while at Heckscher State Park rainfall seemed more modest (although there were good numbers of mosquitoes). We never got down to the ponds between WE2 and the Nature Center, so we are unsure of how much rain coastal Nassau County received. Ken Sue Feustel -- 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] Central Park, NYC 8/21 prior migration
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City The past week, to today Friday, 21 August 2015, has featured some of the same species as were around the previous week, and numbers fluctuating just a bit thru Wed. Thurs. - a total for the week of 21 warbler species were found, although only about a dozen of those spp. were regular or seen by many. One 'new' addition to these species was Mourning Warbler, which was noted both Wed. Thurs. in a couple of areas in the Ramble vicinity. The park as a whole was a lot less active for migrants by Thurs. and this morning seems not to have changed a lot, although some diurnal migrants were coming thru on the heels of the rain, an arriving front. In general, the southern half of the park was getting more active, although the n. end held its own with good sightings as well. The overall migratory mix was again dominated by warblers, with flycatchers also putting in a good showing, vireos continuing to move as well. The first appearances of a few more boreal-nesting birds were a sign that bigger movements of some passerines are just about to start in. The one or two White-throated Sparrows around are not necessarily recent arrivals, as a couple had been in the park for part of, or perhaps all summer, and that is actually rather typical, just non-breeding birds that lingered on from late spring. The reservoir dike is worth a look anytime: this a.m. a Least Sandpiper, as well as several Spotted Sandpipers were there (near the n. end), and Gadwalls N. Shovelers were again present, although 7 (of 8 Shovelers that had been in the park quite a while) took off and left behind just 1, perhaps not part of that clique. There will likely be more shovelers and perhaps other dabbling-type ducks, as migration picks up. With any shorebirds in Central, the stopovers may be very transient, even at the reservoir, turnover can be rapid and different within an hour. Some Yellow Warblers Common Yellowthroats have been appearing in vegetation along the reservoir shores and adjacent plantings in the past week. This is coming into the prime time for Common Nighthawk migration, which has been picking up a bit in many areas in the region, most esp. to the north west. Raptors will be starting to get up southbound 'steam' as well, and a modest number had already passed Manhattan on their journeys southward. Even with a lot less movement overnight to Friday a.m., there was activity in patches, I found at least 4 waterthushes just in the area by the Pond in the park's far SE corner - 3 definitively Northerns plus 1 or more undetermined, waterthrush/ sp. - and there was a lively warbler-flock in Strawberry Fields early. There are also a few migrants about in most other areas. Sightings in the past 7 days - Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret (poss. fewer) Snowy Egret (poss. fewer) Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck (a few lingering) Gadwall American Black Duck (few) Mallard Northern Shoveler (few so far) Osprey Bald Eagle (subadult) Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Solitary Sandpiper (still rather scarce) Spotted Sandpiper (increased numbers) Least Sandpiper (one, 8/21) Laughing Gull (typical late-summer no's.) Ring-billed Gull (daily at Reservoir) Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ( ) Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird (increasing) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher (several) Eastern Wood-Pewee (increase) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Willow or Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher (increase) Eastern Kingbird (many moving, diurnal migrant) Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Common Raven (now-regular in Manhattan) American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow (numerous) Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch (unexpectedly 'early') White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird (multiple) Northern Waterthrush (many) Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Warbler (2+) Common Yellowthroat (multiple) Blue-winged Warbler (multiple) Northern Parula (several) Yellow Warbler (multiple) Magnolia Warbler (several+) Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler (1) Black-and-white Warbler (many) American Redstart (common) Worm-eating Warbler (multiple) Hooded Warbler (several) Wilson's Warbler (multiple) Canada Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Green Warbler (few so far) Chestnut-sided Warbler (modest numbers) Blackburnian Warbler (more likely to pass) Prairie Warbler
[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond, Queens
The American Avocet is still here, on east shore near the cut-around by the MTA tracks. Also, 3 black terns and continuing Gull-billed. As for shorebirds, 5+ white-rumped and 1 juv Western among the hundreds of Semis and couple dozen Leasts. Mike Yuan 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] Jones Beach
Jones Beach West End 21 August With the passing of the front, Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) started and ended checking the sand bar at the marina. In the flats between the parking lots, the rain had softened the ground and produced some scattered pools. While the pools attracted a bit of a concentration, more than a 1,000 shorebirds were sprinkled across the flats from one end to the other. About half were SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (450), and the balance SEMIPALMATED (300) and LEAST SANDPIPERS (75). A lot of birds to look through. Among them were the continuing BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on the J field; 9 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS; and feeding in one of the puddles were 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a sole WESTERN SANDPIPER that soon flew off. A single BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER flew in, probably from the group on the bar. The bar held a different grouping from mud flats, namely: 10 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 75 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, some SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 10 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 3 RED KNOT, 5 SANDERLING, a few SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. The edges of the fields are covered with a mass planting of the small purple flowers of Saltmarsh Fleabane. A nice bright touch to the marsh. Sy -- 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] Central Park NYC add'l. signature, 8/21
There was some additional - diurnal - migration in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) as seen from Belvedere Castle this afternoon (21 Aug.); a steady northerly wind helping in that - Wood Duck (4, perhaps coming into the lake, perhaps going farther on) Osprey (2, fairly close in time to each other, ~ 3:45 pm) Bald Eagle (1, adult or near-adult, rather distant to west, moving south) American Kestrel (2, perhaps local breeders, after 4 pm) /Peregrine Falcon also seen, surely a 'local. Greater Yellowlegs (6, calling at about 75 yds. up, right overhead, ~ 4:50 - unlikely to come down in CP!) shorebird species (8, quite far to the east, moving south, mid-size thus not peep (ie not Calidris sp.) Laughing Gull (actually moving east-ish, not migrants now) Also the 3 most typical gull spp. ambling about) Chimney Swift (modest no's. but in high double-digits) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (3 overhead going south) Eastern Kingbird (8, a fair no. for an afternoon watch, all southbound) Tree Swallow, N. Rough-winged Swallow (very modest no's. moving, fewer than 10) Barn Swallow (46, actual count, but likely more too distant, generally drifting south/southwest. In addition a good many lingering in the park.) Incidentally noted, but just local flights, most likely: Cedar Waxwing, House Finch, American Goldfinch (few). and in other critters, some assorted dragonflies, as well as 3 Monarch butterflies (which have been in the park in modest no's. much of the summer, highs of up to a dozen on a few occasions. Presumably, a bit late in day for any potential icterid flight ( a lot of birds also likely getting wet or staying under cover at first light, then drying out a bit for the morning.) this and earlier week's report - with good weekend-birding to all - Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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: 21 August 2015
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 21, 2015
* NYNY1508.21
- Birds mentioned
FEA'S PETREL+
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
BRIDLED TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
AMERICAN AVOCET
Solitary Sandpiper
WHIMBREL
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Olive-sided Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
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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
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 21st
2015 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are far offshore FEA'S PETREL,
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, BRIDLED TERN and onshore SANDWICH TERN, AMERICAN
AVOCET, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WHIMBREL and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
A fishing boat venturing out Tuesday to about 76 nautical miles south
southeast of Shinnecock had the good fortune of encountering a FEA'S PETREL
which circled the boat close enough for some very nice photographs to be
taken. Also noted well offshore were CORY'S SHEARWATER, 4 LEACH'S and 30
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and a BRIDLED TERN. Back onshore a SANDWICH TERN was
spotted at Shinnecock Thursday morning during the rising tide, the bird
seen from Road K sitting on flats on the western side of the island that is
west of the Ponquogue Bridge. A WHIMBREL was also at Tiana Beach with 5
BLACK TERNS in Shinnecock Inlet.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN AVOCET found on the East Pond
back on the 12th was still present around the north end today. Other
shorebirds utilizing the pond especially during the higher tide cycle have
included a small number of STILT, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and more recently
WESTERN SANDPIPERS. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER and RED KNOT have also been noted
this week. Single adult and immature GULL-BILLED TERNS continue to feed
over the pond daily and 3 BLACK TERNS were there today.
A surprising Kinkajou spotted at the bay a few times since last Thursday
presumably released there was captured in Broad Channel Wednesday and
hopefully will now be properly cared for.
A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER found Monday in the mostly dried pools between field 2
and the Roosevelt Nature Center at Jones Beach West End was still
frequenting that site today among the nice concentration of shorebirds.
Also at the West End today a dozen or more BLACK TERNS were present in
Jones Inlet with 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on the beach, 4 more LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Robert Moses State Park today and 4 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS were spotted offshore there.
A WHIMBREL was among 16 species of shorebirds at Cupsogue County Park in
Westhampton Dunes last Sunday with a BLACK and 4 ROYAL TERNS also there.
Among the birds at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton Monday afternoon were 4
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
Recent ROYAL TERNS include 2 at Riis Park Saturday and 2 at Plumb Beach in
Brooklyn to Wednesday.
At least one of the breeding YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS was still at
Connetquot River State Park in Oakdale on Sunday. Other warblers in the
city parks this week featured a MOURNING WARBLER midweek in Central Park
along with 20 or so other species mostly still in very low numbers and
featuring such less common species as WORM-EATING, HOODED and WILSON'S. A
decent variety of flycatchers was also reported in Central including
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and various empidonax which in the Fall can pose
some identification issues. Prospect Park tipped in with a BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO on Monday.
To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
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