[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 December 2018
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec. 28, 2018 * NYNY1812.28 - Birds Mentioned MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+ COMMON MURRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cackling Goose Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form) Common Eider HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe CATTLE EGRET Bald Eagle Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe RAZORBILL BLACK GUILLEMOT BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Barred Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Merlin Peregrine Falcon Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Marsh Wren Ovenbird Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Cape May Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Chipping Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird RED CROSSBILL Pine Siskin (+ Details requested by NYSARC) 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, December 28, 2018 at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, COMMON MURRE, BLACK GUILLEMOT and RAZORBILL numbers, BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, CATTLE EGRET, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL and more. A great find any time in the northeast, a young MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was spotted Saturday morning at Point Judith on a Rhode Island Christmas Bird Count. As the bird continued west, birders contemplated sites along Long Island Sound’s north shore to look for it. The FRIGATEBIRD instead turned left and was next seen moving by the Coast Guard Station on the north side of the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock around 3 pm in the afternoon, still heading west but, unfortunately, not seen again. For local Christmas Bird Counts, the Bronx Westchester last Sunday recorded 116 species, including two RED-NECKED GREBES, a WILSON’S SNIPE, nine BALD EAGLES, a RAZORBILL off Rye, one NORTHERN SAW-WHET and ten BARRED OWLS, a RED-HEADLED WOODPECKER at Pelham Bay, four EASTERN PHOEBES, three PINE SISKINS, eight CHIPPING, one LINCOLN’S and four WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and ninety-one RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. The Smithtown Count held yesterday netted 98 species, highlights including a EURASIAN form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, four COMMON EIDERS, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, nine NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON, four COMMON RAVENS, two MARSH WRENS and two PINE SISKINS. The impressive RAZORBILL invasion on Eastern Long Island continues, with over 9,000 estimated yesterday off Montauk Point and adjacent Camp Hero, these numbers continuing to build over the last two weeks. Very few other alcids, though, have joined this movement. A COMMON MURRE was seen briefly off Camp Hero last Sunday afternoon and reported again off the Point Monday morning, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT was photographed as it few into Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday afternoon. Farther west on Long Island, 677 RAZORBILLS were counted moving by Robert Moses State Park Field 2 Wednesday morning. Also at Montauk Point Thursday were a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, with a RED-NECKED GREBE at Culloden Point. An ICELAND GULL continues around the Montauk harbor entrance, and a CATTLE EGRET was seen in flight along Route 27 west of the town of Montauk last Sunday, while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Hither Hills State Park Thursday. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were present at Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday, along with a GLAUCOUS GULL, perhaps the same bird frequenting the area around Triton Lane at least to Wednesday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to be seen around the bar adjacent to the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End, and two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, with one at West End Wednesday. Other ICELAND GULLS were noted in Manhattan last Saturday and in Brooklyn Tuesday. A few CACKLING GEESE have been noted locally, but we have no report of the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE since December 20th. Single RED-NECKED GREBES were seen last Sunday off Coney Island Pier and Floyd Bennett Field. It seems few winter finches continue to linger in our area, but among them were four or more RED CROSSBILLS seen Sunday in Brookhaven State Park. Among a fairly low variety of late
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 December 2018
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec. 28, 2018 * NYNY1812.28 - Birds Mentioned MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+ COMMON MURRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cackling Goose Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form) Common Eider HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe CATTLE EGRET Bald Eagle Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe RAZORBILL BLACK GUILLEMOT BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Barred Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Merlin Peregrine Falcon Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Marsh Wren Ovenbird Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Cape May Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Chipping Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird RED CROSSBILL Pine Siskin (+ Details requested by NYSARC) 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, December 28, 2018 at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, COMMON MURRE, BLACK GUILLEMOT and RAZORBILL numbers, BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, CATTLE EGRET, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL and more. A great find any time in the northeast, a young MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was spotted Saturday morning at Point Judith on a Rhode Island Christmas Bird Count. As the bird continued west, birders contemplated sites along Long Island Sound’s north shore to look for it. The FRIGATEBIRD instead turned left and was next seen moving by the Coast Guard Station on the north side of the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock around 3 pm in the afternoon, still heading west but, unfortunately, not seen again. For local Christmas Bird Counts, the Bronx Westchester last Sunday recorded 116 species, including two RED-NECKED GREBES, a WILSON’S SNIPE, nine BALD EAGLES, a RAZORBILL off Rye, one NORTHERN SAW-WHET and ten BARRED OWLS, a RED-HEADLED WOODPECKER at Pelham Bay, four EASTERN PHOEBES, three PINE SISKINS, eight CHIPPING, one LINCOLN’S and four WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and ninety-one RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. The Smithtown Count held yesterday netted 98 species, highlights including a EURASIAN form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, four COMMON EIDERS, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, nine NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON, four COMMON RAVENS, two MARSH WRENS and two PINE SISKINS. The impressive RAZORBILL invasion on Eastern Long Island continues, with over 9,000 estimated yesterday off Montauk Point and adjacent Camp Hero, these numbers continuing to build over the last two weeks. Very few other alcids, though, have joined this movement. A COMMON MURRE was seen briefly off Camp Hero last Sunday afternoon and reported again off the Point Monday morning, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT was photographed as it few into Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday afternoon. Farther west on Long Island, 677 RAZORBILLS were counted moving by Robert Moses State Park Field 2 Wednesday morning. Also at Montauk Point Thursday were a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, with a RED-NECKED GREBE at Culloden Point. An ICELAND GULL continues around the Montauk harbor entrance, and a CATTLE EGRET was seen in flight along Route 27 west of the town of Montauk last Sunday, while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Hither Hills State Park Thursday. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were present at Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday, along with a GLAUCOUS GULL, perhaps the same bird frequenting the area around Triton Lane at least to Wednesday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to be seen around the bar adjacent to the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End, and two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, with one at West End Wednesday. Other ICELAND GULLS were noted in Manhattan last Saturday and in Brooklyn Tuesday. A few CACKLING GEESE have been noted locally, but we have no report of the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE since December 20th. Single RED-NECKED GREBES were seen last Sunday off Coney Island Pier and Floyd Bennett Field. It seems few winter finches continue to linger in our area, but among them were four or more RED CROSSBILLS seen Sunday in Brookhaven State Park. Among a fairly low variety of late
[nysbirds-l] Smithtown Count results, Suffolk County, Long Island
The Smithtown Count in Suffolk County on Long Island was held on Thursday, December 27 amid bright sunshine, light breezes, and temperatures topping out in the low 40’s. Unfortunately, the pleasant conditions did not encourage the birds to come out and greet us as we recorded 98 species which is several species less than our typical average. The highlights of the count included: 5 Green-winged Teal that included a single Eurasian (Common) Teal 1 Canvasback 4 Common Eider 42 Common Merganser 2 Wild turkey 2 Black Bellied Plover 2 Purple Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 4 Common Raven 2 Marsh Wren 2 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 3 Purple Finch 2 Pine Siskin Kestrel (count week) Misses: Ruddy Duck Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Black-crowned Night Heron Virginia Rail Coot Kildeer Razorbill Bonapart’s Gull Brown Thrasher Snow Bunting Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Rich Gostic Compiler -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Smithtown Count results, Suffolk County, Long Island
The Smithtown Count in Suffolk County on Long Island was held on Thursday, December 27 amid bright sunshine, light breezes, and temperatures topping out in the low 40’s. Unfortunately, the pleasant conditions did not encourage the birds to come out and greet us as we recorded 98 species which is several species less than our typical average. The highlights of the count included: 5 Green-winged Teal that included a single Eurasian (Common) Teal 1 Canvasback 4 Common Eider 42 Common Merganser 2 Wild turkey 2 Black Bellied Plover 2 Purple Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 4 Common Raven 2 Marsh Wren 2 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 3 Purple Finch 2 Pine Siskin Kestrel (count week) Misses: Ruddy Duck Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Black-crowned Night Heron Virginia Rail Coot Kildeer Razorbill Bonapart’s Gull Brown Thrasher Snow Bunting Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Rich Gostic Compiler -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Fork, LI Field Trip Report (Suffolk Co.)
The highlight of birding at Montauk Pt. Thursday morning was the large, continuing flight of Razorbills. In 2.5 hours of birding at the Point and Camp Hero State Park we recorded 9,015 Razorbills, the number once again exceeding the total count of the three scoters and Common Eider at this location. Unlike earlier reports, the Razorbills did not linger near shore, although easily visible with a spotting scope. One would think that there must be another species of alcid in this blizzard of birds, however we managed to miss out on this possibility. Birds of interest included a single Black-legged Kittiwake and a single Iceland Gull at the Point, a Red-necked Grebe at Culloden Point, and a Yellow-breasted Chat at Hither Hills State Park east campground (Site i8). We missed Bonaparte’s Gull and Horned Grebe completely until we got to Hither Hills. All in all a beautiful day on the south fork, and an ideal day for those lucky birders doing their annual CBC’s. Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Fork, LI Field Trip Report (Suffolk Co.)
The highlight of birding at Montauk Pt. Thursday morning was the large, continuing flight of Razorbills. In 2.5 hours of birding at the Point and Camp Hero State Park we recorded 9,015 Razorbills, the number once again exceeding the total count of the three scoters and Common Eider at this location. Unlike earlier reports, the Razorbills did not linger near shore, although easily visible with a spotting scope. One would think that there must be another species of alcid in this blizzard of birds, however we managed to miss out on this possibility. Birds of interest included a single Black-legged Kittiwake and a single Iceland Gull at the Point, a Red-necked Grebe at Culloden Point, and a Yellow-breasted Chat at Hither Hills State Park east campground (Site i8). We missed Bonaparte’s Gull and Horned Grebe completely until we got to Hither Hills. All in all a beautiful day on the south fork, and an ideal day for those lucky birders doing their annual CBC’s. Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
