[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 May 2014
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 30, 2014
* NYNY1405.30
- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
RUFF+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
NORTHERN FULMAR
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Red Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
RED PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
LARK SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
- Transcript
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
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
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compiler: Tom Burke, 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, May 30th 2014
at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, RUFF, pelagic
trip results including NORTHERN FULMAR, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, RED PHALAROPE
and ATLANTIC PUFFIN; ARCTIC TERN, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and
more.
An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted Wednesday morning at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge was seen again there Thursday morning. Look for the WHITE-FACED in
the marsh south of the former West Pond in the vicinity of the Osprey
platform where it cycles in and out of the marsh with the Glossy Ibis.
WHITE-FACED has become an annual visitor to the bay in recent years and in
the past has also occurred in the north marsh and at both the East and Big
John's Ponds. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS and various herons have also been
around the south marsh with the expected shorebirds including some RED
KNOTS also using the tidal flats there and when at the bay please insist at
the visitors center that they fill the West Pond breach and restore the
freshwater pond.
A female RUFF appeared at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Thursday morning but has
not been relocated since the initial sightings.
This season's first ARCTIC TERN was identified at Cupsogue County Park in
Westhampton Dunes Thursday occurring on the flats with a gathering of
Common and other terns. ARCTIC TERN has been so well documented at this
location in recent years that NYSARC no longer reviews records of this
species from that specific location.
Seawatching along the south shore of Long Island produced one MANX and two
SOOTY SHEARWATERS off Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday afternoon and one
CORY'S and 11 SOOTY SHEARWATERS off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday
morning. While on Friday morning a watch off Moses lot 2 produced two
CORY'S and 20 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 4 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and a PARASITIC
JAEGER. These however were only the tip of the iceberg as a private fishing
boat last Sunday ventured out as far as the continental shelf south of
Shinnecock and recorded 45 NORTHERN FULMARS, two MANX, one CORY'S, 14 GREAT
and 383 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, one LEACH'S and 937 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, one
RED and 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 3 POMARINE and 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 3
ATLANTIC PUFFINS and single BLACK and ROSEATE TERNS plus some nice
cetaceans.
In the local parks the water drip at Riverside Park in northern Manhattan
paid off this week with MOURNING WARBLER there Wednesday to Friday and a
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER first noted Tuesday at the drip and still singing
near there on Thursday. To view the drip enter Riverside Park at 120th
Street and Riverside Drive and go just south of the tennis courts.
A LARK SPARROW was found in Green-wood Cemetery Brooklyn last Saturday and
a BLUE GROSBEAK was reported again in Prospect Park on Sunday.
This week the later appearing migrants featured a decent number of MOURNING
WARBLERS and a good assortment of flycatchers including OLIVE-SIDED, ALDER,
ACADIAN and YELLOW-BELLIED. Also noted were various thrushes including some
GRAY-CHEEKED and a report or two of BICKNELL'S plus both cuckoos in better
numbers than earlier.
A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was a Bryant Park highlight Wednesday and a COMMON
NIGHTHAWK was roosting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday.
Three LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Robert Moses State Park this
morning and an early ROYAL
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 May 2014
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 30, 2014
* NYNY1405.30
- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
RUFF+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
NORTHERN FULMAR
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Red Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
RED PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
LARK SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
- Transcript
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
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
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compiler: Tom Burke, 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, May 30th 2014
at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, RUFF, pelagic
trip results including NORTHERN FULMAR, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, RED PHALAROPE
and ATLANTIC PUFFIN; ARCTIC TERN, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and
more.
An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted Wednesday morning at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge was seen again there Thursday morning. Look for the WHITE-FACED in
the marsh south of the former West Pond in the vicinity of the Osprey
platform where it cycles in and out of the marsh with the Glossy Ibis.
WHITE-FACED has become an annual visitor to the bay in recent years and in
the past has also occurred in the north marsh and at both the East and Big
John's Ponds. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS and various herons have also been
around the south marsh with the expected shorebirds including some RED
KNOTS also using the tidal flats there and when at the bay please insist at
the visitors center that they fill the West Pond breach and restore the
freshwater pond.
A female RUFF appeared at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Thursday morning but has
not been relocated since the initial sightings.
This season's first ARCTIC TERN was identified at Cupsogue County Park in
Westhampton Dunes Thursday occurring on the flats with a gathering of
Common and other terns. ARCTIC TERN has been so well documented at this
location in recent years that NYSARC no longer reviews records of this
species from that specific location.
Seawatching along the south shore of Long Island produced one MANX and two
SOOTY SHEARWATERS off Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday afternoon and one
CORY'S and 11 SOOTY SHEARWATERS off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday
morning. While on Friday morning a watch off Moses lot 2 produced two
CORY'S and 20 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 4 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and a PARASITIC
JAEGER. These however were only the tip of the iceberg as a private fishing
boat last Sunday ventured out as far as the continental shelf south of
Shinnecock and recorded 45 NORTHERN FULMARS, two MANX, one CORY'S, 14 GREAT
and 383 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, one LEACH'S and 937 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, one
RED and 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 3 POMARINE and 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 3
ATLANTIC PUFFINS and single BLACK and ROSEATE TERNS plus some nice
cetaceans.
In the local parks the water drip at Riverside Park in northern Manhattan
paid off this week with MOURNING WARBLER there Wednesday to Friday and a
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER first noted Tuesday at the drip and still singing
near there on Thursday. To view the drip enter Riverside Park at 120th
Street and Riverside Drive and go just south of the tennis courts.
A LARK SPARROW was found in Green-wood Cemetery Brooklyn last Saturday and
a BLUE GROSBEAK was reported again in Prospect Park on Sunday.
This week the later appearing migrants featured a decent number of MOURNING
WARBLERS and a good assortment of flycatchers including OLIVE-SIDED, ALDER,
ACADIAN and YELLOW-BELLIED. Also noted were various thrushes including some
GRAY-CHEEKED and a report or two of BICKNELL'S plus both cuckoos in better
numbers than earlier.
A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was a Bryant Park highlight Wednesday and a COMMON
NIGHTHAWK was roosting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday.
Three LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Robert Moses State Park this
morning and an early ROYAL
