[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 August 2016
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 26, 2016 * NYNY1608.26 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+ WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+ BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+ LONG-TAILED JAEGER+ BRIDLED TERN+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Blue-winged Teal Cory’s Shearwater Great Shearwater AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Leach’s Storm-Petrel Virginia Rail Sora Piping Plover Whimbrel MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPER White-rumped Sandpiper BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper Western Sandpiper “Western” Willet RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Royal Tern Common Nighthawk Red-breasted Nuthatch GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Cape May Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Wilson’s Warbler 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 nysarc44nybirdsorg 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, August 26, 2016 at 7:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results including BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, BRIDLED TERN, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, AUDUBON SHEARWATER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, plus BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, MARBLED GODWIT, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and more. But firstly, we sadly mention the recent passing of Jeff Nulle, former President and Director of the Linnaean Society and a strong advocate for Riverside Park and conservation in general. Jeff’s activism in New York City will definitely be missed and his contributions to the birding community will be remembered gratefully. Participants in a fishing tournament that took them 70 miles or so south of Shinnecock last Friday did luckily take the time to enjoy some great deep water birds. Tallied that day were a BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, 2 WHITE-FACED, 7 BAND-RUMPED, 1 LEACH’S and 285 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 10 AUDUBON’S and 2 CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER and a BRIDLED TERN. Previous trips out there had also encountered a WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL on the 15th and 2 on the 18th along with 6 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS. A whale-watching trip off Montauk last Sunday also noted 12 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES along with 1 GREAT and 3 CORY’S SHEARWATERS and 46 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS. The recently quite productive pools in the dunes at Jones Beach West End between parking field 2 and the Roosevelt Sanctuary provided another report of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, the 8 there late Wednesday afternoon apparently not staying long. Nonetheless Thursday morning did find 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS visiting the shoreline of the eastern pool by the blind. The activity there during the week has also provided a SORA and 2-3 VIRGINIA RAILS along the edges of the ponds, some BLUE-WINGED TEAL among other waterfowl, and a variety of other shorebirds including up to 5 STILT, 3 PECTORAL, 12 WHITE-RUMPED and 1 or 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Please do not enter the pools, but stay in the dunes to reduce disturbance. Another BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was on Staten Island at Miller Field at the end of New Dorp Avenue Wednesday and Thursday. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the east pond has been providing the usual assortment of shorebirds, including some STILT, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and 2 CASPIAN TERNS were still there at least to Sunday. While on the East Pond, stay close to the phragmites edge and the birds will permit much closer approach At Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes last Sunday the 20 species of shorebirds counted featured 3 WHIMBREL, 2 WHITE-RUMPED, a WESTERN and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 2 “Western” WILLETS as well as a BLACK TERN, and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were on the beach there. Last Friday a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was at Georgica Pond in East Hampton, and now would be a good time to start checking the sod fields north and east of Riverhead. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Monday, with 2 ROYAL TERNS there Tuesday, and a PIPING PLOVER has also been lingering there, and a MARBLED GODWIT paid a brief visit there this morning before flying off. Landbird activity has slowly been building up, with modest recent flights followed by days of dropping numbers. Warbler variety for August has been decent though numbers generally have been low. Highlights have included a male
[nysbirds-l] Also Stilt Sandpiper Re: MAGO at Plum beach Brooklyn
Stilt sandpiper landed on rising tide flats and flew off. It look like it circled the eastern tip of the beach. Possibly in the marsh or Marina Park Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Roberta wrote: > > I just had a marbled godwit fly in on the low tide mud flats at Plum Beach. > It circled, landed, fed for about five minutes and took off in the direction > of Floyd Bennett Field > > Bobbi > Brooklyn ny > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 9:38 AM, Ken wrote: >> >> Now four Buffies on south side of main pond ( pond with blind). >> Ken Feustel >> >> >> 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 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 West End Report
Birded the Jones Beach ponds this AM with Rob Taylor, here are the highlights: Stilt Sandpiper (at least 5) Pectoral Sandpiper (at least 5) Western Sandpiper (2, thanks to John Gluth) White-rumped Sandpiper (multiple) Virginia Rail, got a great look at this guy who came out feet in front of us and put on a show. No sign of any buff-breasted sandpipers or red-necked phalaropes. Mike Z. 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] MAGO at Plum beach Brooklyn
I just had a marbled godwit fly in on the low tide mud flats at Plum Beach. It circled, landed, fed for about five minutes and took off in the direction of Floyd Bennett Field Bobbi Brooklyn ny Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 25, 2016, at 9:38 AM, Ken wrote: > > Now four Buffies on south side of main pond ( pond with blind). > Ken Feustel > > > 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 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] CentraI Park, NYC 8/25-24-23-22
Monday-Tues.-Wed.-Thursday, 22 thru 25 August, 2016 CentraI Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Just as has been seen in aII the 5 boroughs of N.Y. City by those seeking them, migrants that incIude many of the neotropicaI-wintering species have been on the move in good to very good numbers, even if sIightIy sIowed since the big push that was seen a week earIier here. As some were aware, such boreaI migrants as Tennessee, Cape May, BIackpoII, and other warbIers have aII been moving, & a very nice observation came from Prospect Park Iast Thurs., with a GoIden-winged WarbIer found by PhiIip Payne and seen by others there as weII; a different GoIden-winged WarbIer just showed for 2 Staten IsIand birders on Wed. (yesterday). For the week since Mon so far, CentraI had a diminishing show, yet there were birds of interest into Thursday and these incIuded a number arriving on first-Iight at the n. end of the park, & stiII more of some of the reguIars in diurnaI movement, esp. Chimney Swifts (passage), E. Kingbirds (passage), & some icterid fIight with BoboIinks a significant portion of that famiIy's movements; Ruby-throated Hummingbirds aIso were noted in modest number thru the first hour of these days. In CentraI Park, there have been at Ieast 23 WarbIer species reported & found in the past 4 days - however the even more interesting spp. of migrants may have been (for CentraI, that is) the [waders] sandpipers and swaIIows and mutipIe fIycatchers and some thrushes that were moving, aIong with expected species such as BoboIinks which are partIy- diurnaI, and - especiaIIy on Wed. & this eve. - Common Nighthawks which were seen in doubIe-digit numbers from the n. end of the park each of these 2 evenings - with some as earIy as 6 p.m. & most after 7.AIso moving in numbers now have been E. Kingbirds - fIights of up to 25 at a time (in bursts) & Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, sporadic but a bit more obvious in earIier a.m. hours, esp. from certain view- points. Some Iight raptor movement (incIuding the now-very-expected BaId EagIes of Iate August) have been going, & Ruby-crowned Kingets just getting started, an indicator of Iots more to come out of the boreaI pIaces as we receive fresh cooI fronts. A number of Red- breasted Nuthatches continue to pass, a phenomenon noted through the summer in much of the coastal northeast & inland as well. About ten spp. of warbIer have been fairIy common, a few common, & one (semi)"rarity" might be a Brewster's type hybrid, aIthough the increasing frequency of such hybrids in recent years points directIy to the decrease in the gene-pooI for true GoIden-winged WarbIer and some argue there are few of them stiII passing this region on migration, many being crossed with their congener BIue-wingeds. Thanks to the many who have observed quietIy aIIowing the birds their own necessary rest and renewaI in the urban wiIds. And kudos to reservoir-watchers: patience! 4 days in CentraI Park, starting Mon. & thru Thursday/25th: Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Northern Shoveler Osprey Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Lesser Yellowlegs (reservoir, not Iingering) Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper (reservoir) Laughing Gull (reservoir but intermittent) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo (singIes at RambIe & north end) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (muItipIe) Common Nighthawk (numerous - Wed. & Thurs. evenings) Chimney Swift (many, incI. passage migrants) Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher (severaI) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Empidonax [genus] Flycatcher (IikeIy of severaI expected spp.) Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo (Tuesday, RambIe) Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow (few over reservoir) Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch (more than a couple) White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet (severaI as of Wed.) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery (few) Swainson's Thrush (few so far) Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing "Brewster's" [hybrid] Warbler (Tues. at the north end) Blue-winged Warbler NashviIIe Warbler Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart (most numerous warbIer past 3-4 weeks) Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler
