[nysbirds-l] 6/18- Queens: SABINE'S GULL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER and other goodies.
This afternoon and evening, Sean Sime and I had a rather pleasant walk on the beach out at Breezy Point, in Queens. Parking for this location is by permit only, at the parking lot at Beach 222nd St., which is actually just the terminus of the main drag that you enter Breezy Point on. You can obtain a one-day parking permit from the Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn (which is on the way out to Breezy). According to the website, the permit office is open 7 days a week from 9 AM to 4 PM, though you might call in advance to check. They typically only give you a permit for the day you go into the office to ask. Highlights were as follows (more details on the eBird checklist): *SABINE'S GULL*- Immature (1st-cycle/spring//2CY) bird, though maybe undergoing a slightly late molt, as it was still growing in P10. This bird was initially standing in the surf just to the east of the 4x4 road from the parking lot to the beach, roughly here: (40.546739, -73.930068), but when we left it, it was up to a half mile to the east, hanging around the beach in front of the tern colony closer to here: (40.550618, -73.921318). This is one of less than 5 NYC records. The only ones I've heard tell of are the well documented Staten Island record from 1986, and potentially an old Brooklyn record or two that I'm waiting to hear back about. It seems to be the first Queens record though. *LONG-TAILED JAEGER*- Adult bird moving west over the ocean, fairly high up. We picked it up while it was still a ways to the east, and it wasn't moving particularly fast. It eventually passed the jetty and angled to the NW over the mouth of Rockaway Inlet before adjusting back to the south a little before we lost resolution on the bird. We don't think that it quite made it to Brooklyn airspace, based on our back of the envelope calculations, but it came close. There is an old Brooklyn record or two that I've heard mention of, but don't have any further details on. Besides that, I don't believe there are any prior NYC records, and no prior Queens records. *Purple Martin*- 2 or 3 birds, heading roughly south along the bay side. 2 female-types together were preceded by a possible male PUMA seen a bit earlier from the parking lot. *Black Tern*- 2 (adult and young bird) Bonaparte's Gull- 1 immature bird standing on the beach for most of our time Roseate Tern- 1 adult seen about 5 separate times. Black Scoter- 1, presumably continuing, young male on the beach on the bayside Lesser Black-backed Gull- 2 young birds Photos of the Sabine's Gull and other goodies here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/18755042288 Complete eBird list here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23968163 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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] 6/18- Queens: SABINE'S GULL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER and other goodies.
This afternoon and evening, Sean Sime and I had a rather pleasant walk on the beach out at Breezy Point, in Queens. Parking for this location is by permit only, at the parking lot at Beach 222nd St., which is actually just the terminus of the main drag that you enter Breezy Point on. You can obtain a one-day parking permit from the Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn (which is on the way out to Breezy). According to the website, the permit office is open 7 days a week from 9 AM to 4 PM, though you might call in advance to check. They typically only give you a permit for the day you go into the office to ask. Highlights were as follows (more details on the eBird checklist): *SABINE'S GULL*- Immature (1st-cycle/spring//2CY) bird, though maybe undergoing a slightly late molt, as it was still growing in P10. This bird was initially standing in the surf just to the east of the 4x4 road from the parking lot to the beach, roughly here: (40.546739, -73.930068), but when we left it, it was up to a half mile to the east, hanging around the beach in front of the tern colony closer to here: (40.550618, -73.921318). This is one of less than 5 NYC records. The only ones I've heard tell of are the well documented Staten Island record from 1986, and potentially an old Brooklyn record or two that I'm waiting to hear back about. It seems to be the first Queens record though. *LONG-TAILED JAEGER*- Adult bird moving west over the ocean, fairly high up. We picked it up while it was still a ways to the east, and it wasn't moving particularly fast. It eventually passed the jetty and angled to the NW over the mouth of Rockaway Inlet before adjusting back to the south a little before we lost resolution on the bird. We don't think that it quite made it to Brooklyn airspace, based on our back of the envelope calculations, but it came close. There is an old Brooklyn record or two that I've heard mention of, but don't have any further details on. Besides that, I don't believe there are any prior NYC records, and no prior Queens records. *Purple Martin*- 2 or 3 birds, heading roughly south along the bay side. 2 female-types together were preceded by a possible male PUMA seen a bit earlier from the parking lot. *Black Tern*- 2 (adult and young bird) Bonaparte's Gull- 1 immature bird standing on the beach for most of our time Roseate Tern- 1 adult seen about 5 separate times. Black Scoter- 1, presumably continuing, young male on the beach on the bayside Lesser Black-backed Gull- 2 young birds Photos of the Sabine's Gull and other goodies here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/18755042288 Complete eBird list here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23968163 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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/ --
