Re: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: coastal gannet and scoter flight

[Brent Bomkamp]

Pete Morris and I spent three hours seawatching from Field 2 at Robert
Moses State Park this morning starting at 07:00.  Despite challenging
conditions, decent seabird movement was evident.  Like Angus we saw a
strong movement of scoters with over 17,000 counted during the period,
nearly all heading east to west.  Approximately 90% were Black Scoter, with
much smaller numbers of Surf and only double-digits of White-winged.

Unlike observers to the east we encountered fair numbers of terns and
jaegers, with a handful of Forster's, Common, and Royal Terns generally
moving east to west.  Additionally, at least three Parasitic Jaegers were
seen, all early in the morning.  About 15 Bonaparte's Gulls were present,
showing no clear movement in either direction.

Though no tubenoses were noted during our watch, Taylor Sturm observed a
very close Manx Shearwater from the same vantage at approximately 17:00
heading from east to west.  With strong easterlies projected to continue
until 03:00, even the southwesterly winds forecast for tomorrow morning may
be productive if birds are attempting to exit the New York Bight early in
the AM.

eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40200631

Brent Bomkamp
Eatons Neck

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Angus Wilson 
wrote:

> The onshore winds produced a good East to West flight of sea duck and
> gannets this morning but with modest diversity. Highlights of a 1 hr count
> from East Hampton (Suffolk) were 2 RAZORBILLS (more typical of December)
> and a single Corys Shearwater. Absence of jaegers and terns seems
> noteworthy.
>
> Angus Wilson
> New York City, USA
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Re: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: coastal gannet and scoter flight

[Brent Bomkamp]

Pete Morris and I spent three hours seawatching from Field 2 at Robert
Moses State Park this morning starting at 07:00.  Despite challenging
conditions, decent seabird movement was evident.  Like Angus we saw a
strong movement of scoters with over 17,000 counted during the period,
nearly all heading east to west.  Approximately 90% were Black Scoter, with
much smaller numbers of Surf and only double-digits of White-winged.

Unlike observers to the east we encountered fair numbers of terns and
jaegers, with a handful of Forster's, Common, and Royal Terns generally
moving east to west.  Additionally, at least three Parasitic Jaegers were
seen, all early in the morning.  About 15 Bonaparte's Gulls were present,
showing no clear movement in either direction.

Though no tubenoses were noted during our watch, Taylor Sturm observed a
very close Manx Shearwater from the same vantage at approximately 17:00
heading from east to west.  With strong easterlies projected to continue
until 03:00, even the southwesterly winds forecast for tomorrow morning may
be productive if birds are attempting to exit the New York Bight early in
the AM.

eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40200631

Brent Bomkamp
Eatons Neck

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Angus Wilson 
wrote:

> The onshore winds produced a good East to West flight of sea duck and
> gannets this morning but with modest diversity. Highlights of a 1 hr count
> from East Hampton (Suffolk) were 2 RAZORBILLS (more typical of December)
> and a single Corys Shearwater. Absence of jaegers and terns seems
> noteworthy.
>
> Angus Wilson
> New York City, USA
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[nysbirds-l] Bird Island Pier 10/28 & 10/29

[Joseph Fell]

Yesterday I had 1 Snow Bunting, 4 Sanderlings and 1 Spotted Sandpiper on
the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo. Today there were 5 Sanderlings, the
Spotted Sandpiper, but no bunting.

There were relatively few duck and gulls either day.

Good birding!

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[nysbirds-l] Bird Island Pier 10/28 & 10/29

[Joseph Fell]

Yesterday I had 1 Snow Bunting, 4 Sanderlings and 1 Spotted Sandpiper on
the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo. Today there were 5 Sanderlings, the
Spotted Sandpiper, but no bunting.

There were relatively few duck and gulls either day.

Good birding!

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[nysbirds-l] Pics/videos of Long-billed Dowitcher at Heckscher SP today

[GQ]

Sorry, apparently, there is no provision for videos on eBird.

I have uploaded some frames of the Long-billed Dowitcher to my eBird checklist 
here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40193011

I have uploaded the original MP4 videos to Flickr here:

https://flic.kr/p/CPQtpw

https://flic.kr/p/ZR7881

(all media is from a cheap camcorder, so it’s quite grainy)

Cheers!!

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[nysbirds-l] Pics/videos of Long-billed Dowitcher at Heckscher SP today

[GQ]

Sorry, apparently, there is no provision for videos on eBird.

I have uploaded some frames of the Long-billed Dowitcher to my eBird checklist 
here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40193011

I have uploaded the original MP4 videos to Flickr here:

https://flic.kr/p/CPQtpw

https://flic.kr/p/ZR7881

(all media is from a cheap camcorder, so it’s quite grainy)

Cheers!!

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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: October 29, 2017

[Kenneth Mc Dermott]

I'm VERY sorry that a posting that I sent out yesterday wound up on this site. 
It certainly does NOT belong there and I regret that it ever made it to be 
posted. Please ignore it.
 
Kenneth Mc Dermott
 
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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: October 29, 2017

[Kenneth Mc Dermott]

I'm VERY sorry that a posting that I sent out yesterday wound up on this site. 
It certainly does NOT belong there and I regret that it ever made it to be 
posted. Please ignore it.
 
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[nysbirds-l] Heckscher SP - Suffolk LB Dowitcher

[David La Magna]

In the puddles of field 7 one Long Billed Dowitcher is observed along with at 
least one American Golden Plover and other shorebirds (BB Plover, Dunlin, G 
Yellowlegs)

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[nysbirds-l] Heckscher SP - Suffolk LB Dowitcher

[David La Magna]

In the puddles of field 7 one Long Billed Dowitcher is observed along with at 
least one American Golden Plover and other shorebirds (BB Plover, Dunlin, G 
Yellowlegs)

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[nysbirds-l] Heckscher SP (Suffolk): American Golden Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher

[GQ]

I went to Heckscher SP (Suffolk) from 11:30 AM to about 1PM today. It rained 
steadily but it was 64 degrees. There was a nice variety of shorebirds 
providing very close views.
The highlights were 3 American Golden Plovers and a very nondescript 
Long-billed Dowitcher that I initially could not pin down to species. Later, 
Ken Thompson and Mike Cooper showed up and also couldn’t provide a positive ID 
on a very wet bird.
Finally, the bird picked up and Mike was able to hear and make an audible 
identification. Thanks Mike!!
Also present were roughly 40+ Dunlin, 1 Semipalmated Plover, and many Killdeer, 
Greater Yellowlegs, and Black-bellied Plovers. A female Pintail was also in the 
main pool.
I posted a few lousy photos to the eBird checklist of the Golden Plover and 
Dunlin.
I tried to post a decent video of the dowitcher, too, but eBird would not 
accept MP4 format. I tried converting to MP3 but it only took the audio portion.
If anyone knows how to convert MP4/upload to ebird, let me know and I’ll post 
it.

Cheers,

Glenn Quinn
Hauppauge, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Heckscher SP (Suffolk): American Golden Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher

[GQ]

I went to Heckscher SP (Suffolk) from 11:30 AM to about 1PM today. It rained 
steadily but it was 64 degrees. There was a nice variety of shorebirds 
providing very close views.
The highlights were 3 American Golden Plovers and a very nondescript 
Long-billed Dowitcher that I initially could not pin down to species. Later, 
Ken Thompson and Mike Cooper showed up and also couldn’t provide a positive ID 
on a very wet bird.
Finally, the bird picked up and Mike was able to hear and make an audible 
identification. Thanks Mike!!
Also present were roughly 40+ Dunlin, 1 Semipalmated Plover, and many Killdeer, 
Greater Yellowlegs, and Black-bellied Plovers. A female Pintail was also in the 
main pool.
I posted a few lousy photos to the eBird checklist of the Golden Plover and 
Dunlin.
I tried to post a decent video of the dowitcher, too, but eBird would not 
accept MP4 format. I tried converting to MP3 but it only took the audio portion.
If anyone knows how to convert MP4/upload to ebird, let me know and I’ll post 
it.

Cheers,

Glenn Quinn
Hauppauge, NY

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Brown Booby continues on Lake Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

Despite a sharp drop off in resighting reports, the adult BROWN BOOBY continues 
jus south of Star Island on green navigation marker #11. Most of the yachts it 
has used as a roost have gone including Maui and the ‘blue’ boat. 

Angus Wilson
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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Brown Booby continues on Lake Montauk

[Angus Wilson]

Despite a sharp drop off in resighting reports, the adult BROWN BOOBY continues 
jus south of Star Island on green navigation marker #11. Most of the yachts it 
has used as a roost have gone including Maui and the ‘blue’ boat. 

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[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black- backed Gulls- RMSP Suffolk

[Mike]

A scan through the Gull flock in the parking lot at Field 5 RMSP yielded at 
least 26 Lessers.   

Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI NY

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[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black- backed Gulls- RMSP Suffolk

[Mike]

A scan through the Gull flock in the parking lot at Field 5 RMSP yielded at 
least 26 Lessers.   

Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI NY

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: coastal gannet and scoter flight

[Angus Wilson]

The onshore winds produced a good East to West flight of sea duck and gannets 
this morning but with modest diversity. Highlights of a 1 hr count from East 
Hampton (Suffolk) were 2 RAZORBILLS (more typical of December) and a single 
Corys Shearwater. Absence of jaegers and terns seems noteworthy. 

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[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: coastal gannet and scoter flight

[Angus Wilson]

The onshore winds produced a good East to West flight of sea duck and gannets 
this morning but with modest diversity. Highlights of a 1 hr count from East 
Hampton (Suffolk) were 2 RAZORBILLS (more typical of December) and a single 
Corys Shearwater. Absence of jaegers and terns seems noteworthy. 

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[nysbirds-l] LeConte's still around?

[Andrew Block]

Does anyone know if the LeConte's in Pelham Bay Park is still around?  And 
where exactly in Turtle cove is it being seen?  I was down in NJ seeing the 
Greenshank so missed seeing the sparrow yesterday.  I just got a LeConte's in 
CT a week or so ago and would love to see this one, a great sighting.  Thanks.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
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[nysbirds-l] LeConte's still around?

[Andrew Block]

Does anyone know if the LeConte's in Pelham Bay Park is still around?  And 
where exactly in Turtle cove is it being seen?  I was down in NJ seeing the 
Greenshank so missed seeing the sparrow yesterday.  I just got a LeConte's in 
CT a week or so ago and would love to see this one, a great sighting.  Thanks.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
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