Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
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Original message From: Ben Cacace Date:
9/7/19 5:20 AM (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject:
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06
- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler
- 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
Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 6th 2019
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE EGRET,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich Kelly
has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile now. An
excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's extensive
knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we will miss him
dearly.
Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning during
a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses State
Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature
NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block
Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one WHITE-FACED,
2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a
PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported
off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off
Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday at
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and another flew over
Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice visitor to Heckscher was
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at field 7 from Saturday to
Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5 regular peeps side-by-side
including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited
Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County
Park in West Hampton Dunes on Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were found at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at
least 4 very faded adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a
few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday produced
multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS but the
conditions were very difficult due to the much too high water level this
keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below desired levels. Please
express your disapproval of the East Pond's management to Gateway personnel. A
CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also
present.
Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at Miller
Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach and 5
WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.
A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last Saturday.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening conditions
have been suitable.
Among
Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
Original message From: Ben Cacace Date:
9/7/19 5:20 AM (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject:
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06
- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler
- 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
Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 6th 2019
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE EGRET,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich Kelly
has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile now. An
excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's extensive
knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we will miss him
dearly.
Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning during
a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses State
Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature
NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block
Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one WHITE-FACED,
2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a
PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported
off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off
Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday at
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and another flew over
Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice visitor to Heckscher was
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at field 7 from Saturday to
Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5 regular peeps side-by-side
including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited
Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County
Park in West Hampton Dunes on Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were found at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at
least 4 very faded adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a
few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday produced
multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS but the
conditions were very difficult due to the much too high water level this
keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below desired levels. Please
express your disapproval of the East Pond's management to Gateway personnel. A
CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also
present.
Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at Miller
Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach and 5
WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.
A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last Saturday.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening conditions
have been suitable.
Among
Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
I am greatly saddened to learn of Rich Kelly’s passing. If anyone knows
anything about funeral arrangements, please do share.
Rich was a brilliant naturalist. He was a genuine man with no pretentiousness
and I enjoyed the time spent with him in the field due to his brilliance and
sarcastic sense of humor.
Some of my fondest memories of him include working together as a team on the
2016 Jamaica Bay Bio Blitz and our encounters during meetings of the NYC
Butterfly Club. The atmosphere there was like episodes out of Seinfeld and
there was never a night where I did not laugh. Many times due to interactions
between Rich, Steve Walter and Guy Tudor.
I last saw Rich during the 2018 Southern Nassau CBC as I gave him my numbers
for the areas covered while getting him on a Lapland Longspur at Nickerson
Beach. He was quite happy at seeing that bird and he looked good then but you
never know with cancer. Rich is a huge loss for our community. This was not
easy to write. I will miss him.
With deepest sorrow and condolences to all of his friends and family.
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
> On Sep 7, 2019, at 5:20 AM, Ben Cacace wrote:
>
> - RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * Sep. 6, 2019
> * NYNY1909.06
>
> - Birds mentioned
> LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
> WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
> BROWN BOOBY+
> BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
>
> Parasitic Jaeger
> Lesser Black-backed Gull
> Caspian Tern
> Cory's Shearwater
> Wilson's Storm-Petrel
> Northern Gannet
> Blue-winged Teal
> CATTLE EGRET
> AMERICAN AVOCET
> Short-billed Dowitcher
> LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
> Stilt Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> White-rumped Sandpiper
> Western Sandpiper
> MARBLED GODWIT
> Greater Yellowlegs
> BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
> Whimbrel
> AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
> Common Nighthawk
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> DICKCISSEL
> PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Mourning Warbler
> YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
> Hooded Warbler
>
> - 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
>
> Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 6th
> 2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
> STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED
> SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE
> EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
>
> But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich
> Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile
> now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's
> extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we
> will miss him dearly.
>
> Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning
> during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses
> State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature
> NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block
> Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one
> WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT
> SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S
> STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen
> in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
>
> Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
> Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday
> at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN
> GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and
Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
I am greatly saddened to learn of Rich Kelly’s passing. If anyone knows
anything about funeral arrangements, please do share.
Rich was a brilliant naturalist. He was a genuine man with no pretentiousness
and I enjoyed the time spent with him in the field due to his brilliance and
sarcastic sense of humor.
Some of my fondest memories of him include working together as a team on the
2016 Jamaica Bay Bio Blitz and our encounters during meetings of the NYC
Butterfly Club. The atmosphere there was like episodes out of Seinfeld and
there was never a night where I did not laugh. Many times due to interactions
between Rich, Steve Walter and Guy Tudor.
I last saw Rich during the 2018 Southern Nassau CBC as I gave him my numbers
for the areas covered while getting him on a Lapland Longspur at Nickerson
Beach. He was quite happy at seeing that bird and he looked good then but you
never know with cancer. Rich is a huge loss for our community. This was not
easy to write. I will miss him.
With deepest sorrow and condolences to all of his friends and family.
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
> On Sep 7, 2019, at 5:20 AM, Ben Cacace wrote:
>
> - RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * Sep. 6, 2019
> * NYNY1909.06
>
> - Birds mentioned
> LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
> WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
> BROWN BOOBY+
> BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
>
> Parasitic Jaeger
> Lesser Black-backed Gull
> Caspian Tern
> Cory's Shearwater
> Wilson's Storm-Petrel
> Northern Gannet
> Blue-winged Teal
> CATTLE EGRET
> AMERICAN AVOCET
> Short-billed Dowitcher
> LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
> Stilt Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> White-rumped Sandpiper
> Western Sandpiper
> MARBLED GODWIT
> Greater Yellowlegs
> BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
> Whimbrel
> AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
> Common Nighthawk
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> DICKCISSEL
> PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Mourning Warbler
> YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
> Hooded Warbler
>
> - 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
>
> Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 6th
> 2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
> STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED
> SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE
> EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
>
> But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich
> Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile
> now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's
> extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we
> will miss him dearly.
>
> Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning
> during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses
> State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature
> NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block
> Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one
> WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT
> SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S
> STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen
> in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
>
> Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
> Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday
> at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN
> GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06
- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler
- 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
Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 6th
2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE
EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich
Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile
now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's
extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we
will miss him dearly.
Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning
during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert
Moses State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several
immature NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday
visiting Block Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters
reported one WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S
and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT
SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last
Friday at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and
another flew over Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice
visitor to Heckscher was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at
field 7 from Saturday to Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5
regular peeps side-by-side including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED
GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes on
Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found at Santapogue
Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at least 4 very faded
adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a few juvenile
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday
produced multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS but the conditions were very difficult due to the much too high
water level this keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below
desired levels. Please express your disapproval of the East Pond's
management to Gateway personnel. A CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also present.
Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at
Miller Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach and 5 WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.
A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last
Saturday. COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening
conditions have been suitable.
Among the passerines a good find was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Brooklyn's
Green-wood Cemetery on Monday while the day before produced at Jones Beach
West End a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a DICKCISSEL. Unexpected was a
DICKCISSEL visiting Great Gull Island
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06
- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler
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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: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 6th
2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE
EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich
Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile
now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's
extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we
will miss him dearly.
Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning
during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert
Moses State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several
immature NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday
visiting Block Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters
reported one WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S
and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT
SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last
Friday at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and
another flew over Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice
visitor to Heckscher was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at
field 7 from Saturday to Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5
regular peeps side-by-side including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED
GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes on
Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found at Santapogue
Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at least 4 very faded
adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a few juvenile
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday
produced multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS but the conditions were very difficult due to the much too high
water level this keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below
desired levels. Please express your disapproval of the East Pond's
management to Gateway personnel. A CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also present.
Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at
Miller Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach and 5 WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.
A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last
Saturday. COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening
conditions have been suitable.
Among the passerines a good find was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Brooklyn's
Green-wood Cemetery on Monday while the day before produced at Jones Beach
West End a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a DICKCISSEL. Unexpected was a
DICKCISSEL visiting Great Gull Island
