[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 January 2018

2018-01-26 Thread Gail Benson 
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 26, 2018
* NYNY1801.26

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
COMMON MURRE+
MEW GULL+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
American Bittern
Black Vulture
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl

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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

Compilers: Tom Burke and 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 26,
2018 at 8:00 pm.

Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we have not been able to
record the tape recently.

The highlights of today’s tape are MEW GULL, COMMON MURRE, TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE, PINK-FOOTED, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, EARED GREBE,
BLACK-HEADED GULL and more.

Surprise of the week was the MEW GULL spending an hour mid-day last
Saturday on Prospect Park Lake, this determined to be the western North
American race brachyrhynchus but a different bird than the one spotted on
the 16th at Veterans Memorial Pier.  Neither has been seen after departing.

Another unexpected surprise was a COMMON MURRE photographed in the creek at
Alley Pond Environmental Center last Monday, the delayed awareness of this
sighting effectively preventing any successful follow-up.

The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present last Saturday at the Tiffany
Creek Preserve in Oyster Bay.  The Preserve parking area is off the west
side of Sandy Hill Road, with the Solitaire field farther down on the east
side of Sandy Hill just beyond a private road.  Watch especially the
junipers and bittersweet on the east side of the field for this elusive
bird.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE out at Montauk was seen again Sunday and Monday on
the pastures of Deep Hollow Ranch on the south side of Route 27 east of
town.  If not in the front fields, check those behind the barns.  If not
there, the PINK-FOOTED has also been seen at the Montauk Downs Golf Club.

Several ROSS’S GEESE seem to be in the area – one was seen at Belmont Lake
State Park this morning and then later on St. Charles Cemetery in
Farmingdale.  Two ROSS’S visiting Tung Ting Pond in Centerport last Sunday,
that day also finding two on Hook Pond in East Hampton.  One noted
Wednesday at Fort Totten in northeastern Queens Wednesday may have been the
possible hybrid previously at Baisley Pond.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still roosting on the Restoration Pond at
Alley Pond Park in Queens last weekend, another was at Northport High
School Tuesday, perhaps the one also visiting Tung Ting Pond in Centerport
regularly, one appeared on Eastport Lake north of Montauk Highway today,
and one was spotted on the East side of Doctors Path north of Riverhead
last Sunday.

Scattered CACKLING GEESE include singles at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in
Valley Stream Wednesday and one at Belmont Lake State Park Thursday.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were seen again on Hook Pond Sunday, a usual location, but
more unexpected is the one that has been on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge this week.

A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE apparently has returned to the waters off the
Sands Point Preserve, seen there last Sunday, and a female BARROW’S was
re-found Sunday in Fire Island inlet off the west end of the Cedar Beach
road and was seen there as recently as yesterday in a COMMON GOLDENEYE
flock.

The drake KING EIDER still at the Point Lookout jetties through Saturday
may be the same one found off the jetty at Breezy Point on Sunday and still
there Monday.  Young male and female KINGS continue at Point Lookout, along
with up to ten or more HARLEQUIN DUCKS.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue on the Mill Pond in Sayville and on
Eastport Lake, and another was seen again at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport
yesterday and today.

An EARED GREBE relocated at Oak Beach Sunday, as viewed near the docks off
the west end of the road, was still there yesterday, and a RED-NECKED GREBE
remains in Brooklyn in the waters near Floyd Bennett Field.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Five Islands Park in New Rochelle last
weekend.

Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were noted at Orient

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 January 2018

2018-01-26 Thread Gail Benson 
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 26, 2018
* NYNY1801.26

- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
COMMON MURRE+
MEW GULL+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
American Bittern
Black Vulture
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl

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

Compilers: Tom Burke and 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 26,
2018 at 8:00 pm.

Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we have not been able to
record the tape recently.

The highlights of today’s tape are MEW GULL, COMMON MURRE, TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE, PINK-FOOTED, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, EARED GREBE,
BLACK-HEADED GULL and more.

Surprise of the week was the MEW GULL spending an hour mid-day last
Saturday on Prospect Park Lake, this determined to be the western North
American race brachyrhynchus but a different bird than the one spotted on
the 16th at Veterans Memorial Pier.  Neither has been seen after departing.

Another unexpected surprise was a COMMON MURRE photographed in the creek at
Alley Pond Environmental Center last Monday, the delayed awareness of this
sighting effectively preventing any successful follow-up.

The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present last Saturday at the Tiffany
Creek Preserve in Oyster Bay.  The Preserve parking area is off the west
side of Sandy Hill Road, with the Solitaire field farther down on the east
side of Sandy Hill just beyond a private road.  Watch especially the
junipers and bittersweet on the east side of the field for this elusive
bird.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE out at Montauk was seen again Sunday and Monday on
the pastures of Deep Hollow Ranch on the south side of Route 27 east of
town.  If not in the front fields, check those behind the barns.  If not
there, the PINK-FOOTED has also been seen at the Montauk Downs Golf Club.

Several ROSS’S GEESE seem to be in the area – one was seen at Belmont Lake
State Park this morning and then later on St. Charles Cemetery in
Farmingdale.  Two ROSS’S visiting Tung Ting Pond in Centerport last Sunday,
that day also finding two on Hook Pond in East Hampton.  One noted
Wednesday at Fort Totten in northeastern Queens Wednesday may have been the
possible hybrid previously at Baisley Pond.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still roosting on the Restoration Pond at
Alley Pond Park in Queens last weekend, another was at Northport High
School Tuesday, perhaps the one also visiting Tung Ting Pond in Centerport
regularly, one appeared on Eastport Lake north of Montauk Highway today,
and one was spotted on the East side of Doctors Path north of Riverhead
last Sunday.

Scattered CACKLING GEESE include singles at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in
Valley Stream Wednesday and one at Belmont Lake State Park Thursday.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were seen again on Hook Pond Sunday, a usual location, but
more unexpected is the one that has been on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge this week.

A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE apparently has returned to the waters off the
Sands Point Preserve, seen there last Sunday, and a female BARROW’S was
re-found Sunday in Fire Island inlet off the west end of the Cedar Beach
road and was seen there as recently as yesterday in a COMMON GOLDENEYE
flock.

The drake KING EIDER still at the Point Lookout jetties through Saturday
may be the same one found off the jetty at Breezy Point on Sunday and still
there Monday.  Young male and female KINGS continue at Point Lookout, along
with up to ten or more HARLEQUIN DUCKS.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue on the Mill Pond in Sayville and on
Eastport Lake, and another was seen again at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport
yesterday and today.

An EARED GREBE relocated at Oak Beach Sunday, as viewed near the docks off
the west end of the road, was still there yesterday, and a RED-NECKED GREBE
remains in Brooklyn in the waters near Floyd Bennett Field.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Five Islands Park in New Rochelle last
weekend.

Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were noted at Orient

[nysbirds-l] Harlem River, 107th-125th St.: Fri. 26-Jan-2018

2018-01-26 Thread Ben Cacace 
*NY County Highlights (Winter season): *
• Brant (2), Gadwall (3), Bufflehead (6), Red-breasted Merganser (5) &
Great Blue Heron.

*1st hour*: *14 spp.*; *2nd*: *+2*; *3rd*: *+0** (9 min.)* = *16 spp.*

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[nysbirds-l] Harlem River, 107th-125th St.: Fri. 26-Jan-2018

2018-01-26 Thread Ben Cacace 
*NY County Highlights (Winter season): *
• Brant (2), Gadwall (3), Bufflehead (6), Red-breasted Merganser (5) &
Great Blue Heron.

*1st hour*: *14 spp.*; *2nd*: *+2*; *3rd*: *+0** (9 min.)* = *16 spp.*

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[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake and Pt. Lookout

2018-01-26 Thread Sy Schiff 
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at Belmont Lake 45 minutes after Doug’s 
post.  There was a continuous outward movement of small flocks of Canada Geese. 
Apparently the Cackling and Ross’s went with them before we came.

We arrived at Point Lookout at low tide to find the areas between the jetties 
filled almost exclusively with Greater Scaup, an estimated 4-5000 of them. 
About 100 BRANT were scattered about. The mixed age and sex COMMON  EIDER group 
was off the 2nd jetty, with some SURF SCOTERS and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER mixed 
in. No King that we could determine. Of to the inlet. On the way back, we  
found  a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS  on the end of the 3rd jetty.  A few HORNED 
GREBES and LONG-TAILED DUCKS were also present. Along the shore; SANDERLING, 
DUNLIN and a single RUDDY TURNSTONE.

No wind, bright sun and a lovely morning walk along the shore.   Sy
















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[nysbirds-l] Belmont Lake and Pt. Lookout

2018-01-26 Thread Sy Schiff 
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at Belmont Lake 45 minutes after Doug’s 
post.  There was a continuous outward movement of small flocks of Canada Geese. 
Apparently the Cackling and Ross’s went with them before we came.

We arrived at Point Lookout at low tide to find the areas between the jetties 
filled almost exclusively with Greater Scaup, an estimated 4-5000 of them. 
About 100 BRANT were scattered about. The mixed age and sex COMMON  EIDER group 
was off the 2nd jetty, with some SURF SCOTERS and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER mixed 
in. No King that we could determine. Of to the inlet. On the way back, we  
found  a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS  on the end of the 3rd jetty.  A few HORNED 
GREBES and LONG-TAILED DUCKS were also present. Along the shore; SANDERLING, 
DUNLIN and a single RUDDY TURNSTONE.

No wind, bright sun and a lovely morning walk along the shore.   Sy
















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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Ross’s Goose Belmont Lake (Suffolk)

2018-01-26 Thread Brendan Fogarty 
Ross’ Goose currently foraging at St Charles Cenetery. 1:30 pm. No
Cackling. Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was the only bird of note at
Belmont.

Brendan Fogarty

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:13 AM d Futuyma  wrote:

> Adult, Belmont Lake State Park; also, Cackling Goose, as described
> yesterday by Shai Mitra.
> Doug Futuyma
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[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Ross’s Goose Belmont Lake (Suffolk)

2018-01-26 Thread Brendan Fogarty 
Ross’ Goose currently foraging at St Charles Cenetery. 1:30 pm. No
Cackling. Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was the only bird of note at
Belmont.

Brendan Fogarty

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:13 AM d Futuyma  wrote:

> Adult, Belmont Lake State Park; also, Cackling Goose, as described
> yesterday by Shai Mitra.
> Doug Futuyma
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] Ross’s Goose Belmont Lake (Suffolk)

2018-01-26 Thread d Futuyma 
Adult, Belmont Lake State Park; also, Cackling Goose, as described yesterday by 
Shai Mitra.
Doug Futuyma

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[nysbirds-l] Ross’s Goose Belmont Lake (Suffolk)

2018-01-26 Thread d Futuyma 
Adult, Belmont Lake State Park; also, Cackling Goose, as described yesterday by 
Shai Mitra.
Doug Futuyma

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