[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond 9/16

[Steve Walter]

By all accounts, it wasn't a great shorebird season on the East Pond, with a
lot of disappointing days. Part of that was due to the barrage of cold
fronts, which cause shorebirds to move on. Now when I need a cold front to
go hawk watching, I can't get it. So there I was back on the East Pond. I
did everything wrong for East Pond shorebird success. It's past peak now, I
went at low tide, and I only did the extreme south end. Yet somehow it was
one of my most pleasing outings of the year. Heck, even the Peregrine pass
turned beneficial, seemingly sending birds from other parts of the pond down
to the south end. And what I thought would be a quick check of the pond
turned into a 3 and 1/2 hour stay, with lots of great photo ops. Well maybe
I did one thing right - I was able to do my shorebirding many days after the
last cold front.

 

The result was 13 species of shorebirds - better than I did most days in the
peak of the season. A nice assemblage of Calidris included 29 Stilt, 2
Pectoral, 2 Western, 8 White-rumped, 3 Dunlin (strange to say, but that's a
lot for the East Pond), and 2 Red Knot (seen flying out with Black-bellied
Plovers). One interesting peep, almost certainly a Semipalmated, showed
yellowish-orange coloration from the forehead to the base of the upper
mandible. 3 juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers included a still orange-y
hendersonii. A Caspian Tern paid a visit too. 

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond 9/16

[Steve Walter]

By all accounts, it wasn't a great shorebird season on the East Pond, with a
lot of disappointing days. Part of that was due to the barrage of cold
fronts, which cause shorebirds to move on. Now when I need a cold front to
go hawk watching, I can't get it. So there I was back on the East Pond. I
did everything wrong for East Pond shorebird success. It's past peak now, I
went at low tide, and I only did the extreme south end. Yet somehow it was
one of my most pleasing outings of the year. Heck, even the Peregrine pass
turned beneficial, seemingly sending birds from other parts of the pond down
to the south end. And what I thought would be a quick check of the pond
turned into a 3 and 1/2 hour stay, with lots of great photo ops. Well maybe
I did one thing right - I was able to do my shorebirding many days after the
last cold front.

 

The result was 13 species of shorebirds - better than I did most days in the
peak of the season. A nice assemblage of Calidris included 29 Stilt, 2
Pectoral, 2 Western, 8 White-rumped, 3 Dunlin (strange to say, but that's a
lot for the East Pond), and 2 Red Knot (seen flying out with Black-bellied
Plovers). One interesting peep, almost certainly a Semipalmated, showed
yellowish-orange coloration from the forehead to the base of the upper
mandible. 3 juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers included a still orange-y
hendersonii. A Caspian Tern paid a visit too. 

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Sept. 16, 2017 - 17 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Tennessee, Nashville & Cape May

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday, September 16, 2017  
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, and 
Cape May. 

Mallard - Turtle Pond & Lake
Mourning Dove - Belvedere Castle & flyovers
Chimney Swifts - very few
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Herring Gull - flyovers
Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Point & Oven)
Northern Flicker - 2 (Tupelo Field, male at the Point (Mitch Horowitz))
Red-eyed Vireo - 3 (Shakespeare Garden, Upper Lobe, Maintenance Field)
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch - Humming Tombstone (humming again)
House Wren - 3
Veery - Humming Tombstone
Swainson's Thrush - Source of the Gill
American Robin
Gray Catbird - 1 or 2 in several locations
Brown thrasher - on lawn at Tupelo Field (Bob - early a.m.)
Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 8 Maintenance Field
House Finch - 6 (Upper Lobe & Sparrow/Tanner's Rock)
Ovenbird - 2 (Sparrow/Tanner's Rock, Rock Wall (near Stone Arch))
Northern Waterthrush - 2 or 3 (Oven & Upper Lobe)
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 
Tennessee Warbler - Maintenance Field (Bob - early a.m.)
Nashville Warbler - 2 (Top of the Point, Azalea Pond)
Common Yellowthroat - 5
American Redstart - 10
Cape May Warbler - 3 (Shakespeare Garden, Locust Grove, King of Poland)
Northern Parula - 35
Magnolia Warbler - 6
Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 (1 or 2 Locust Grove, 1 King of Poland)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (King of Poland, Balancing Rock, Maintenance Field)
Blackpoll Warbler - 3 (2 King-of Poland, 1 Locust Grove)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Source of the Gill
Palm Warbler - Maintenance Field (Bob - early a.m.)
Pine Warbler - hatch-year female King of Poland
Wilson's Warbler - King of Poland
Northern Cardinal - female feeding juvenile Top of the Point

Barbara Saunders and Junko Suzuki reported a female Hooded Warbler found by 
Megan Gavin in Mugger's Woods. 

Kyu Lee tweeted a male Hooded Warbler at Azalea Pond at 9:51am.


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[nysbirds-l] Update: MOWA vs CONW in Central Park -- new sighting of MOWA today

[Karen Fung]

All:
I'm getting off-line replies to my earlier query that favor CONW for
yesterday's sighting.

Am about to head to the North End now, because Tom Perlman just texted me
(9:30am) that he is looking at an adult Male Mourning Warbler (chest band,
no eye ring, hopping not walking) just north of the same spot I had my bird
yesterday.  This is at the south end of the Peter Sharp Garden (aka the
Children's Glade) on the Great Hill.  The closest park entrance is 103rd
and CPW, then take the path up (north) to the Great Hill.

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[nysbirds-l] Update: MOWA vs CONW in Central Park -- new sighting of MOWA today

[Karen Fung]

All:
I'm getting off-line replies to my earlier query that favor CONW for
yesterday's sighting.

Am about to head to the North End now, because Tom Perlman just texted me
(9:30am) that he is looking at an adult Male Mourning Warbler (chest band,
no eye ring, hopping not walking) just north of the same spot I had my bird
yesterday.  This is at the south end of the Peter Sharp Garden (aka the
Children's Glade) on the Great Hill.  The closest park entrance is 103rd
and CPW, then take the path up (north) to the Great Hill.

Karen Fung
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[nysbirds-l] Fourth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Shaibal Mitra]

The fourth Seatuck Birding Challenge was conducted from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
on 9 September 2017, under nearly perfect weather conditions. A flight 
overnight resulted in many nocturnal migrants arriving under calm morning 
conditions. A northwest breeze picked up later in the day, but overall it was a 
very pleasant and productive day. This year’s earlier date (vs. 24 & 26 Sep the 
last two years) also contributed to a much larger variety of Neotropical 
migrant species while costing us a decidedly smaller number of later migrants.

In all, 184 species were found, exceeding last year’s previous record of 166, 
and the cumulative total over four years rose to 219 species. Nine teams 
competed this year, and this robust level of participation was achieved despite 
a scheduling conflict that made it impossible to include high school teams, 
which have been a core component of past efforts. Continuing from past years 
were the Four Harbors Herons, Captree Counters, Nighthawks, Pteam Ptarmigeddon, 
Team Mennecke, and WT Hornadays. New to the Challenge this year were All Wings 
Considered, Gray Marsh Runners, and Jaegermeisters.

It was one of the new teams, All Wings Considered, that finally succeeded in 
dethroning the three-time champion Pteam Ptarmigeddon by recording an 
astonishing total of 139 species, demolishing the previous record of 118 set 
last year. The Captree Counters were second with 131, and Pteam Ptarmigeddon 
were third, also well ahead of the old mark, with 124 species.

There were many highlights, including American Bittern, Broad-winged Hawk, two 
American Avocets, American Golden-Plover, Marbled Godwit, Baird’s and 
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Olive-sided and Acadian Flycatchers, Western 
Kingbird, Connecticut and Yellow-throated Warblers, multiple Yellow-breasted 
Chats, and Clay-colored and Lincoln’s Sparrows. Of 36 total saves (compared to 
38 last year), nine were recorded by All Wings Considered, eight by the Captree 
Counters, and six by the Four Harbors Herons.

It was interesting to observe where the various routes intersected through the 
day, and it is evident that route efficiency has improved with several 
repetitions. But it also seems likely that a bold break from traditional 
tactics helped All Wings Considered to achieve their amazing species total. 
It’s not too early to start refining routes and strategies for next year!

More information about the Challenge and full results can be found at the 
Seatuck website:

https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/2017-birding-challenge-results

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[nysbirds-l] Fourth Annual Seatuck Long Island Birding Challenge

[Shaibal Mitra]

The fourth Seatuck Birding Challenge was conducted from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
on 9 September 2017, under nearly perfect weather conditions. A flight 
overnight resulted in many nocturnal migrants arriving under calm morning 
conditions. A northwest breeze picked up later in the day, but overall it was a 
very pleasant and productive day. This year’s earlier date (vs. 24 & 26 Sep the 
last two years) also contributed to a much larger variety of Neotropical 
migrant species while costing us a decidedly smaller number of later migrants.

In all, 184 species were found, exceeding last year’s previous record of 166, 
and the cumulative total over four years rose to 219 species. Nine teams 
competed this year, and this robust level of participation was achieved despite 
a scheduling conflict that made it impossible to include high school teams, 
which have been a core component of past efforts. Continuing from past years 
were the Four Harbors Herons, Captree Counters, Nighthawks, Pteam Ptarmigeddon, 
Team Mennecke, and WT Hornadays. New to the Challenge this year were All Wings 
Considered, Gray Marsh Runners, and Jaegermeisters.

It was one of the new teams, All Wings Considered, that finally succeeded in 
dethroning the three-time champion Pteam Ptarmigeddon by recording an 
astonishing total of 139 species, demolishing the previous record of 118 set 
last year. The Captree Counters were second with 131, and Pteam Ptarmigeddon 
were third, also well ahead of the old mark, with 124 species.

There were many highlights, including American Bittern, Broad-winged Hawk, two 
American Avocets, American Golden-Plover, Marbled Godwit, Baird’s and 
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Olive-sided and Acadian Flycatchers, Western 
Kingbird, Connecticut and Yellow-throated Warblers, multiple Yellow-breasted 
Chats, and Clay-colored and Lincoln’s Sparrows. Of 36 total saves (compared to 
38 last year), nine were recorded by All Wings Considered, eight by the Captree 
Counters, and six by the Four Harbors Herons.

It was interesting to observe where the various routes intersected through the 
day, and it is evident that route efficiency has improved with several 
repetitions. But it also seems likely that a bold break from traditional 
tactics helped All Wings Considered to achieve their amazing species total. 
It’s not too early to start refining routes and strategies for next year!

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Seatuck website:

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond - male Golden-winged Warbler (2nd bird)

[Michael Zito]

Just found a second Golden-winged Warbler along with the QCBC walk by the steps 
leading down to little Alley Pond, this time a male, probably a continuing 
bird. 

Mike Z. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 16, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> Female Golden-winged Warbler found on paved path east of 76th Ave. Entrance 
> by Eric Miller.
> 
> Mike Z.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond - male Golden-winged Warbler (2nd bird)

[Michael Zito]

Just found a second Golden-winged Warbler along with the QCBC walk by the steps 
leading down to little Alley Pond, this time a male, probably a continuing 
bird. 

Mike Z. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 16, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> Female Golden-winged Warbler found on paved path east of 76th Ave. Entrance 
> by Eric Miller.
> 
> Mike Z.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond - female Golden-winged Warbler

[Michael Zito]

Female Golden-winged Warbler found on paved path east of 76th Ave. Entrance by 
Eric Miller.

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond - female Golden-winged Warbler

[Michael Zito]

Female Golden-winged Warbler found on paved path east of 76th Ave. Entrance by 
Eric Miller.

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Mourning or Connecticut Warbler? Central Park North End Friday (15 Sept)

[Karen Fung]

All -
I had brief looks at a large yellow/brown warbler with a yellow throat and
complete eye ring in the Peter Sharp Garden (SW corner of the Great Hill)
yesterday.  It was in dense vegetation and never observed on the ground, so
I did not have the opportunity to see it hopping vs walking.  However, I
managed to get a few blurry photos and would like input on what y'all think
it is.

My eBird checklist is here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39193161

My conclusion was Mourning at the time of the sighting (due to the lack of
a "hood"), but now I'm leaning towards Connecticut and would welcome any
input.

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[nysbirds-l] Mourning or Connecticut Warbler? Central Park North End Friday (15 Sept)

[Karen Fung]

All -
I had brief looks at a large yellow/brown warbler with a yellow throat and
complete eye ring in the Peter Sharp Garden (SW corner of the Great Hill)
yesterday.  It was in dense vegetation and never observed on the ground, so
I did not have the opportunity to see it hopping vs walking.  However, I
managed to get a few blurry photos and would like input on what y'all think
it is.

My eBird checklist is here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39193161

My conclusion was Mourning at the time of the sighting (due to the lack of
a "hood"), but now I'm leaning towards Connecticut and would welcome any
input.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 15 September 2017

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 15, 2017
* NYNY1709.15

- Birds mentioned
RUFF+
FRANKLIN'S GULL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

- Transcript

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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}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)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

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

Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 15th
2017 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are such shorebirds as AMERICAN
AVOCET, RUFF, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, FRANKLIN'S GULL,
WESTERN KINGBIRD, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL, BLUE GROSBEAK, LARK SPARROW,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER and much
more.

A wonderful week for variety in our area including a nice array of
shorebirds though their numbers continue to diminish. Very interesting was
a shorebird photographed Sunday at the Raunt at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge's East Pond. The observer suggesting the bird was a female RUFF or
Reeve and long distance photos taken from across the pond did not fully
confirm but certainly did support the identification but unfortunately the
bird could not subsequently be relocated. The East Pond did provide an
AMERICAN AVOCET last Saturday and Sunday along with up to 17 STILTS, a few
WESTERN and some WHITE-RUMPED and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS as well as up to 3
CASPIAN TERNS Sunday. Another AMERICAN AVOCET was seen on the flats at
Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes Saturday but a sod field
shorebird not always seen in that habitat an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were off Doctor's Path north of Riverhead Saturday
and on Thursday 2 GOLDENS were on the Mecox Bay flats with 2 BLACK TERNS
and 2 more GOLDENS were at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton with 4 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was at Miller Field on Staten
Island Saturday through Thursday. This location also providing a very
intriguing report of a FRANKLIN'S GULL flying by there Wednesday though
details were sparse. A WHIMBREL Saturday at Turtle Pond at Pelham Bay Park
increased to 3 on Sunday and another was at Breezy Point Thursday. Up to 4
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard
in West Babylon Saturday finding them there with 5 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS,
3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and over 70 GREATER YELLOWLEGS.

A CASPIAN TERN was at Jones Beach West End last Sunday with 2 at Gilgo
Tuesday and 2 at Calvert Vaux Park also known as Drier-Offerman Park in
Brooklyn Thursday. Among the regions ROYAL TERNS were 20 counted at Plumb
Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday.

A highlight among the passerines was a WESTERN KINGBIRD spotted Saturday at
Robert Moses State Park and presumably the same later in flight at Cedar
Beach and then on Sunday and Monday at Jones Beach West End. Much more
unexpected by location was the WESTERN KINGBIRD found today at Governors
Island photographed on Grassy Hill north of Overlook Hill. Governors Island
is reached by ferry from lower Manhattan. Unusual seasonally were SUMMER
TANAGER reports from Jones Beach West End Saturday and Pelham Bay Sunday.
LARK SPARROWS featured at 2 different locations at Robert Moses State Park
Saturday and 1 at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Saturday to Monday and 1
in Central Park Sunday while single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted at
Green-wood Cemetery Sunday and Monday and at Calvert Vaux Park today. BLUE
GROSBEAKS occurred at Robert Moses State Park Sunday and Monday with 2
Tuesday and in the Rockaways on Monday. Following a good incursion into the
northeast this summer DICKCISSELS were at Robert Moses State Park Saturday
and Monday, Coney Island Creek Sunday and at Jones Beach West End and lower
Manhattan on Monday the latter