[nysbirds-l] Bronx Zoo - Friday January 22, 2016 - Wilson's Warbler & Ruby-crowned Kinglet

[Deborah Allen]

Bronx Zoo 
Friday January 22, 2016 
OBS: Robert DeCandido & Deborah Allen

Today Bob DeCandido and I went to the Bronx Zoo to check on Todd Olson's 
Wilson's Warbler. We found the bird just inside the Asia Gate at the camel 
enclosure where there are plantings of bamboo and Leatherleaf Viburnum. A 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet was in the same area. 

Here's a link to a photo of the Wilson's Warbler (click to enlarge):

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Deb Allen
Bronx, NY

P. S. The closest subway station is West Farms Square (2 & 5).

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[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull on Staten Island

[isaac grant]

Shortly before 4:00 this afternoon I found a Mew Gull (most likely Common
Gull) off of Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. Bird was feeding off of the
jetty in a large flock of Ring-billed Gulls and some Bonaparte's Gulls.
This is basically on the Staten Island side of Gravesend Bay.  It is an
adult bird and was seen well at fairly close range in the scope.
Eventually lost the bird when I tried to get video of it with my phone.
Hopefully I can refind it but with this storm who knows.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 January 2016

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 22, 2016
* NYNY1601.22

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
CALIFORNIA GULL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
SNOWY OWL
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
House Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Dickcissel

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sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
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125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 22,
2016 at 6:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are a possible CALIFORNIA GULL, BARNACLE,
ROSS’S and PINK-FOOTED GEESE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, SNOWY OWL,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and more.

A bird looking likely for an advanced first winter CALIFORNIA GULL was
spotted in Brooklyn Tuesday along Gravesend Bay, seen by the middle parking
lot between the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and the Kohl’s shopping center,
these lots only accessible from the Belt Parkway going East.  Birders
searching for the Gull Wednesday and Thursday were not able to relocate it,
but if refound, more photos including spread wing and leg shots would be
desirable to assist in confirmation of the identification.

The good variety of Geese locally does continue, though they do continue to
move around.  Belmont Lake State Park in the early morning has with some
consistency been producing one of the ROSS’S GEESE, 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE and a CACKLING GOOSE among the variety of waterfowl roosting there
overnight.

A BARNACLE GOOSE has recently been lingering in Centerport, often seen on
small Tung Ting Pond, especially in the evening; this pond is off Route 25A
just west of the Chalet Motel and the Centerport Mill Pond, where a
EURASIAN WIGEON has been hanging out.  This BARNACLE was also seen Sunday
at the Elementary School on Pulaski Road.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted north of Riverhead last Sunday, located on
the south side of Reeves Avenue between Roanoke Avenue and Doctor’s Path.

Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been visiting Playland Lake in Rye
in the mornings recently, and CACKLING GEESE can occasionally be found
carefully scanning the Canada flocks, but there are a lot of small CANADA
GEESE out there too.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were still on Hook Pond in East Hampton yesterday, and
recently EURASIAN WIGEON have been seen Wednesday at the Marine Park Salt
Marsh Nature Center and Tuesday off Floyd Bennett Field, both in Brooklyn,
and on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday.

A drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was at the Point Lookout jetties Sunday, and a
female was found off Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island Monday.

Interesting were 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS reported flying west over the
ocean off Jones Beach West End Saturday morning.

During the week SNOWY OWLS were seen at Jones Beach and Shinnecock – if
lucky enough to encounter one, please refrain from pushing it around.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still being seen on Prospect Park Lake
Tuesday, and another was in New York Harbor Sunday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn Thursday, another has been
visiting Center Island Town Park east of Bayville, this one best on a lower
tide, and one was still being seen recently around the inlet to Lake
Montauk; an ICELAND GULL or two also continue there, and an ICELAND visited
Central Park Reservoir Saturday to Monday, with another at Brooklyn Bridge
Park Wednesday and Thursday.

Two RED-NECKED GREBES were off Floyd Bennett Field Saturday.

In Flushing Meadows Park the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still present Sunday
along with the LARK SPARROW, and single LARK SPARROWS were also by the
outer turnaround at Jones Beach West End to Thursday and at Croton Point
Park in Westchester to Thursday.

A DICKCISSEL continues at Southard’s Pond in Babylon by the parking lot at
the south end off Park Avenue.

At least 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still at Santapogue Creek in
Lindenhurst Tuesday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island and at
Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown.

A few lingering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are not as unusual as the 

[nysbirds-l] Bittern

[Michael Higgiston]

Now present opposite 83 Dune Road
Mike Higgiston
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[nysbirds-l] Snowy owl

[Michael Higgiston]

Now present on duck blind east side Tiana beach bayside
Mike Higgiston

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday January 21, 2016

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Thursday January 21, 2016
OBS: Deborah Allen

Canada Goose - 200+
Gadwall - 8 (4 males & 4 females) Reservoir
Mallard - 50+
Northern Shoveler - around 100 Reservoir
Ring-necked Duck - male continues at Reservoir (J. Spindel & M. Kinsey looking 
at the bird when I arrived)
Bufflehead - pair Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 8 (4 males, 4 females) Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - at least 150 - Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe - reported by J. Wassmer at NE Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - spotted by L. Hertzog at the Reservoir, Pale Male near Met 
Museum
American Coot - at least 5 Reservoir
Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls (very few of the GBBGs)
Great Horned Owl - back again, or has it been here all along (thanks to Jean 
Shum) - seen by many incl. L. Karim, K. Topping, & A. Shannahan
Red-billed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - adult male continues in Leatherleaf Viburnum near 
Met Museum
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow - 2 identified by voice plus 11 others silent so not identified 
to species
Black-capped Chickadee  - feeders & elsewhere
Tufted Titmouse - feeders & elsewhere
White-breasted Nuthatch - feeders & elsewhere
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - continues in Leatherleaf Viburnum near Met Museum
American Robin - small flock in Crab Apple near Sparrow Rock
Northern Mockingbird - 2 (one near Met Museum, one at Sparrow Rock)
Orange-crowned Warbler - continues in Leatherleaf Viburnum near Met Museum
American Goldfinch - feeders & elsewhere

Birds near the Met Museum (Orange-crowned Warbler, etc.) seen by many including 
T. Schuchkaskie, J. Shum, A. Cannarella, S. Shamilzadeh, E. Legones, B. Levy, 
and B. King.

No Snow Geese or white-winged gulls at the Reservoir, alas. 

My apologies for any misspelled names. 

Deborah Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Napatree CBC Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The 14th Napatree CBC, 27 December 2015

A formatted version of this summary, plus a spreadsheet detailing this year's 
results in comparison with prior years' results, will be sent to participants 
and are available on request.

The Napatree CBC recorded 117 species on 27 December 2015 in southwestern Rhode 
Island and southeastern Connecticut. Once again, there was no coverage in the 
circle’s portion of eastern Fisher’s Island, New York.

There were several new additions to the cumulative species list and other 
notable rarities. Most unusual were Western Tanager in Watch Hill (1st RINT 
record), a Pacific Loon off Weekapaug beach (3rd record), a Sterna tern at 
Quonochontaug (1st record), a continuing Red-headed Woodpecker at Burlingame 
(3rd record), 3 Laughing Gulls, at Quonnie and Weekapaug (1st record), and an 
American Oystercatcher at Napatree Point (1st record). Other species previously 
recorded on fewer than 50% of counts were 10 Redheads (2nd record, max) and 2 
Lesser Scaup (5th record), both on Chapman Pond, 7 Harlequin Ducks at Quonnie 
(7th record, max), a Greater Yellowlegs in eastern Stonington (5th record), a 
Black-headed Gull in western Stonington (5th RINT record), and Eastern Screech 
Owl in Watch Hill (7th record), 6 Fish Crows in Watch Hill (4th record, max), 
an Orange-crowned Warbler at Napatree (4th record), a Palm Warbler in Ashaway 
(7th record), 3 Common Yellowthroats in eastern Stonington (6th record), and 2 
Ipswich Sparrows in Weekapaug (4th record, max).

Beyond those mentioned above, new maxima were set for 12 species, 
disproportionately landbirds: 3 American Bitterns, 20 Black Vultures, 25 
Sharp-shinned Hawks, 73 Sanderlings, 611 Black-capped Chickadees, 76 
White-breasted Nuthatches, 17 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 506 Slate-colored Juncos, 
370 Northern Cardinals, 35 Rusty Blackbirds, 809 House Finches, 304 American 
Goldfinches, and 531 House Sparrows.

New minima were set for 11 species, mostly waterbirds:  Mute Swan (40), 
American Black Duck (181), Mallard (302), Long-tailed Duck (3), Horned Grebe 
(13), Merlin (1), Purple Sandpiper (4), Northern Saw-whet Owl (2), Carolina 
Wren (42), Golden-crowned Kinglet (7), and Brown Thrasher (missed for the first 
time). Many of these high- and low-lights are broadly consistent with trends 
seen on other counts in southern New England and Long Island, including the 
persistence of Laughing Gulls and of ice-sensitive shorebirds, such as American 
Oystercatcher and Greater Yellowlegs; continuing regional increases by Black 
Vulture and Fish Crow; low numbers of common freshwater waterfowl, a dearth of 
Horned Grebes, a reduction in Carolina Wrens, and a spectacularly inverted 
ratio of Ruby-crowned to Golden-crowned Kinglets—a particularly memorable 
feature of the 2015-2016 CBC season for those who participated in multiple 
circles.

Several additional species were recorded in unusual (but not record) numbers 
that also match the results of other regional counts. For instance, Fox 
Sparrows were recorded in high numbers in many places this year, and our total 
of 41 was well above our average of 28. Similarly, we recorded the following 
species in low numbers, in accord with other, nearby CBCs: Great Cormorant (9 
vs. an average of 79), American Tree Sparrow (38 vs. an average of 94), and 
Swamp Sparrow (10 vs. an average of 20).

Many thanks to our 31 participants! Next season’s count is scheduled for Sunday 
18 December 2016.

Shai Mitra & Glenn Williams, compilers.


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[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake Ross's Goose...

[John Gluth]

...Flew out at 8:40, with the first group of geese that I saw depart (I arrived 
at Belmont at 8:00). Heading was W-NW. Missed the Greater White-fronted and 
could not pull out a Cackling from among the ~1500 Canada Geese. Saw one of the 
previously reported 2 Common Mergansers.

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[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake State Park

[Michael Zito]

This morning:
1 Ross's Goose
2 Greater White-Fronted Goose
2 Common Mergansers

7:44 , leaving all birds mentioned still there

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[nysbirds-l] Bittern

[Michael Higgiston]

Now present opposite 83 Dune Road
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[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake State Park

[Michael Zito]

This morning:
1 Ross's Goose
2 Greater White-Fronted Goose
2 Common Mergansers

7:44 , leaving all birds mentioned still there

Mike Z. 

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 January 2016

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 22, 2016
* NYNY1601.22

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
CALIFORNIA GULL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
SNOWY OWL
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
House Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Dickcissel

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 22,
2016 at 6:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are a possible CALIFORNIA GULL, BARNACLE,
ROSS’S and PINK-FOOTED GEESE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, SNOWY OWL,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and more.

A bird looking likely for an advanced first winter CALIFORNIA GULL was
spotted in Brooklyn Tuesday along Gravesend Bay, seen by the middle parking
lot between the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and the Kohl’s shopping center,
these lots only accessible from the Belt Parkway going East.  Birders
searching for the Gull Wednesday and Thursday were not able to relocate it,
but if refound, more photos including spread wing and leg shots would be
desirable to assist in confirmation of the identification.

The good variety of Geese locally does continue, though they do continue to
move around.  Belmont Lake State Park in the early morning has with some
consistency been producing one of the ROSS’S GEESE, 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE and a CACKLING GOOSE among the variety of waterfowl roosting there
overnight.

A BARNACLE GOOSE has recently been lingering in Centerport, often seen on
small Tung Ting Pond, especially in the evening; this pond is off Route 25A
just west of the Chalet Motel and the Centerport Mill Pond, where a
EURASIAN WIGEON has been hanging out.  This BARNACLE was also seen Sunday
at the Elementary School on Pulaski Road.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted north of Riverhead last Sunday, located on
the south side of Reeves Avenue between Roanoke Avenue and Doctor’s Path.

Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been visiting Playland Lake in Rye
in the mornings recently, and CACKLING GEESE can occasionally be found
carefully scanning the Canada flocks, but there are a lot of small CANADA
GEESE out there too.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were still on Hook Pond in East Hampton yesterday, and
recently EURASIAN WIGEON have been seen Wednesday at the Marine Park Salt
Marsh Nature Center and Tuesday off Floyd Bennett Field, both in Brooklyn,
and on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday.

A drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was at the Point Lookout jetties Sunday, and a
female was found off Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island Monday.

Interesting were 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS reported flying west over the
ocean off Jones Beach West End Saturday morning.

During the week SNOWY OWLS were seen at Jones Beach and Shinnecock – if
lucky enough to encounter one, please refrain from pushing it around.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still being seen on Prospect Park Lake
Tuesday, and another was in New York Harbor Sunday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn Thursday, another has been
visiting Center Island Town Park east of Bayville, this one best on a lower
tide, and one was still being seen recently around the inlet to Lake
Montauk; an ICELAND GULL or two also continue there, and an ICELAND visited
Central Park Reservoir Saturday to Monday, with another at Brooklyn Bridge
Park Wednesday and Thursday.

Two RED-NECKED GREBES were off Floyd Bennett Field Saturday.

In Flushing Meadows Park the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still present Sunday
along with the LARK SPARROW, and single LARK SPARROWS were also by the
outer turnaround at Jones Beach West End to Thursday and at Croton Point
Park in Westchester to Thursday.

A DICKCISSEL continues at Southard’s Pond in Babylon by the parking lot at
the south end off Park Avenue.

At least 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still at Santapogue Creek in
Lindenhurst Tuesday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island and at
Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown.

A few lingering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are not as unusual as the 

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thursday January 21, 2016

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Thursday January 21, 2016
OBS: Deborah Allen

Canada Goose - 200+
Gadwall - 8 (4 males & 4 females) Reservoir
Mallard - 50+
Northern Shoveler - around 100 Reservoir
Ring-necked Duck - male continues at Reservoir (J. Spindel & M. Kinsey looking 
at the bird when I arrived)
Bufflehead - pair Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 8 (4 males, 4 females) Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - at least 150 - Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe - reported by J. Wassmer at NE Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - spotted by L. Hertzog at the Reservoir, Pale Male near Met 
Museum
American Coot - at least 5 Reservoir
Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls (very few of the GBBGs)
Great Horned Owl - back again, or has it been here all along (thanks to Jean 
Shum) - seen by many incl. L. Karim, K. Topping, & A. Shannahan
Red-billed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - adult male continues in Leatherleaf Viburnum near 
Met Museum
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow - 2 identified by voice plus 11 others silent so not identified 
to species
Black-capped Chickadee  - feeders & elsewhere
Tufted Titmouse - feeders & elsewhere
White-breasted Nuthatch - feeders & elsewhere
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - continues in Leatherleaf Viburnum near Met Museum
American Robin - small flock in Crab Apple near Sparrow Rock
Northern Mockingbird - 2 (one near Met Museum, one at Sparrow Rock)
Orange-crowned Warbler - continues in Leatherleaf Viburnum near Met Museum
American Goldfinch - feeders & elsewhere

Birds near the Met Museum (Orange-crowned Warbler, etc.) seen by many including 
T. Schuchkaskie, J. Shum, A. Cannarella, S. Shamilzadeh, E. Legones, B. Levy, 
and B. King.

No Snow Geese or white-winged gulls at the Reservoir, alas. 

My apologies for any misspelled names. 

Deborah Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Napatree CBC Results

[Shaibal Mitra]

The 14th Napatree CBC, 27 December 2015

A formatted version of this summary, plus a spreadsheet detailing this year's 
results in comparison with prior years' results, will be sent to participants 
and are available on request.

The Napatree CBC recorded 117 species on 27 December 2015 in southwestern Rhode 
Island and southeastern Connecticut. Once again, there was no coverage in the 
circle’s portion of eastern Fisher’s Island, New York.

There were several new additions to the cumulative species list and other 
notable rarities. Most unusual were Western Tanager in Watch Hill (1st RINT 
record), a Pacific Loon off Weekapaug beach (3rd record), a Sterna tern at 
Quonochontaug (1st record), a continuing Red-headed Woodpecker at Burlingame 
(3rd record), 3 Laughing Gulls, at Quonnie and Weekapaug (1st record), and an 
American Oystercatcher at Napatree Point (1st record). Other species previously 
recorded on fewer than 50% of counts were 10 Redheads (2nd record, max) and 2 
Lesser Scaup (5th record), both on Chapman Pond, 7 Harlequin Ducks at Quonnie 
(7th record, max), a Greater Yellowlegs in eastern Stonington (5th record), a 
Black-headed Gull in western Stonington (5th RINT record), and Eastern Screech 
Owl in Watch Hill (7th record), 6 Fish Crows in Watch Hill (4th record, max), 
an Orange-crowned Warbler at Napatree (4th record), a Palm Warbler in Ashaway 
(7th record), 3 Common Yellowthroats in eastern Stonington (6th record), and 2 
Ipswich Sparrows in Weekapaug (4th record, max).

Beyond those mentioned above, new maxima were set for 12 species, 
disproportionately landbirds: 3 American Bitterns, 20 Black Vultures, 25 
Sharp-shinned Hawks, 73 Sanderlings, 611 Black-capped Chickadees, 76 
White-breasted Nuthatches, 17 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 506 Slate-colored Juncos, 
370 Northern Cardinals, 35 Rusty Blackbirds, 809 House Finches, 304 American 
Goldfinches, and 531 House Sparrows.

New minima were set for 11 species, mostly waterbirds:  Mute Swan (40), 
American Black Duck (181), Mallard (302), Long-tailed Duck (3), Horned Grebe 
(13), Merlin (1), Purple Sandpiper (4), Northern Saw-whet Owl (2), Carolina 
Wren (42), Golden-crowned Kinglet (7), and Brown Thrasher (missed for the first 
time). Many of these high- and low-lights are broadly consistent with trends 
seen on other counts in southern New England and Long Island, including the 
persistence of Laughing Gulls and of ice-sensitive shorebirds, such as American 
Oystercatcher and Greater Yellowlegs; continuing regional increases by Black 
Vulture and Fish Crow; low numbers of common freshwater waterfowl, a dearth of 
Horned Grebes, a reduction in Carolina Wrens, and a spectacularly inverted 
ratio of Ruby-crowned to Golden-crowned Kinglets—a particularly memorable 
feature of the 2015-2016 CBC season for those who participated in multiple 
circles.

Several additional species were recorded in unusual (but not record) numbers 
that also match the results of other regional counts. For instance, Fox 
Sparrows were recorded in high numbers in many places this year, and our total 
of 41 was well above our average of 28. Similarly, we recorded the following 
species in low numbers, in accord with other, nearby CBCs: Great Cormorant (9 
vs. an average of 79), American Tree Sparrow (38 vs. an average of 94), and 
Swamp Sparrow (10 vs. an average of 20).

Many thanks to our 31 participants! Next season’s count is scheduled for Sunday 
18 December 2016.

Shai Mitra & Glenn Williams, compilers.


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[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake Ross's Goose...

[John Gluth]

...Flew out at 8:40, with the first group of geese that I saw depart (I arrived 
at Belmont at 8:00). Heading was W-NW. Missed the Greater White-fronted and 
could not pull out a Cackling from among the ~1500 Canada Geese. Saw one of the 
previously reported 2 Common Mergansers.

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[nysbirds-l] Snowy owl

[Michael Higgiston]

Now present on duck blind east side Tiana beach bayside
Mike Higgiston

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[nysbirds-l] Bronx Zoo - Friday January 22, 2016 - Wilson's Warbler & Ruby-crowned Kinglet

[Deborah Allen]

Bronx Zoo 
Friday January 22, 2016 
OBS: Robert DeCandido & Deborah Allen

Today Bob DeCandido and I went to the Bronx Zoo to check on Todd Olson's 
Wilson's Warbler. We found the bird just inside the Asia Gate at the camel 
enclosure where there are plantings of bamboo and Leatherleaf Viburnum. A 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet was in the same area. 

Here's a link to a photo of the Wilson's Warbler (click to enlarge):

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18176226 


Deb Allen
Bronx, NY

P. S. The closest subway station is West Farms Square (2 & 5).

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[nysbirds-l] Mew Gull on Staten Island

[isaac grant]

Shortly before 4:00 this afternoon I found a Mew Gull (most likely Common
Gull) off of Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. Bird was feeding off of the
jetty in a large flock of Ring-billed Gulls and some Bonaparte's Gulls.
This is basically on the Staten Island side of Gravesend Bay.  It is an
adult bird and was seen well at fairly close range in the scope.
Eventually lost the bird when I tried to get video of it with my phone.
Hopefully I can refind it but with this storm who knows.

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