[nysbirds-l] Jaeger species - no__ Gull species - yes (5)

[robert adamo]

Excited by today's earlier posts, and aided by an 1 & 1/2 hour break
between setting tables up and serving dinner at a Riverhead Soup Kitchen, I
bolted down to the Tiana Beach Area along Dune Rd., Hampton Bays in pursuit
of a pelagic or two ! While striking out on that hunt, I did have a single,
3rd winter, Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Tiana Beach Parking Lot, and an
adult, Peregrine Falcon feeding on a small bird, while atop a pole less
than 1/4 mile e/o that same parking lot.

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] NY DEC is accepting comments on the waste water treatment facility application

[Pamela Bates]

This was in today's Star Gazette and might be of interest to some here. If not 
allowed, please delete.


  Waste treatment facility threatens eagles, other birds
 Did you know that there’s an active bald eagle nest in the Catharine Marsh 
between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls?



 The bad news is that plans for a new waste treatment facility place it within 
a couple hundred feet of Schuyler County’s only active bald eagle nest. There 
were 10 initial sites, but the worse one for the environment, located in the 
Finger Lakes’ only remaining headwater marsh, was chosen.


 The fact that the marsh is an IBA (a globally designated Important Bird Area) 
and state-designated CEA (Critical Environmental Area) did not protect it from 
being selected.


 Not only do bald eagles nest in the marsh, but also other rarities such as 
sandhill cranes, a newcomer to our state and least bittern, which is a 
threatened species in New York state, are also found there.


 The NY DEC is accepting comments on the waste water treatment facility 
application (Project Seneca Regional Wastewater Facility) until July 7.


 If you think the waste treatment plant should not be located as planned, write 
to: Scott Sheeley, NYSDEC Regional Headquarters 8, 6274 E. Avon-Lime Road, 
Avon, NY 14414.
 DIANE KARASEVICZ
 ALPINE


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[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

[Shaibal Mitra]

As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist joining 
Doug and him for some more effort. 

Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers for 
Robert Moses SP yesterday:

Great Shearwater  669
Cory's Shearwater 48
Manx Shearwater 8
Sooty Shearwater 9
Wilson's Sturm-Petrel 6
Northern Gannet 5
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Black Scoter 4

To put the Great Shearwater total in perspective, my previous high count from 
land on Long Island over 21+ years was 45, on 23 June 2001, at Democrat Point. 
The general pattern is for Great to be vastly outnumbered by Sooties during 
good early season flights, then by Cory's on good days later. In fact, in my 
Long Island seawatching experience, the overall frequency and abundance of 
Great from land has generally been very similar to that of the 
perceived-as-rare Manx: one or a few single-digit counts per year, versus many 
more and larger counts of Sooty and Cory's.

We await more data from other areas, but it is already obvious that the numbers 
of Greats from the Jones Inlet area were far in excess of any counts there in 
recent memory, and it appears that numbers from further east on the island were 
unexpectedly low (usually they increase steadily eastward). The occurrence of 
exhausted birds (including the Brown Booby) suggests a prolonged storm far 
offshore during prior days that was positioned in such a way as to trap birds 
in the New York Bight (if weather-savvy folks could check on this, I'd 
appreciate it). Locally at least, the wind speeds were never in the range that 
would cause shearwaters any difficulties.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore


Following up on Steve's report and after hearing about the Jones Beach flight, 
Shai and i returned to Robert Moses and put in another hour (4:22-5:22). 
Spectacular views on many birds as they passed by close to shore.  
Great Shearwater  177
Cory's Shearwater. 5
Manx Shearwater. 4
Sooty Shearwater. 1
Parasitic Jaeger. 1
Black Scoter. 4
No. Gannet 2

Doug Futuyma just arrived to take up the vigil here.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore
Sent from my iPhone

From: bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter 
[swalte...@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:40 PM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. Sea Watching 6/18

I spent the morning sea watching at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from about 
6:30 (not seriously until the fog eased around 8:30) to 12:30 (when the fog 
thickened again). Also joining in the effort were (until about 10:30) Brent 
Bomkamp, Pat Palladino, and Taylor Sturm, and (from about 11 to 12) Pat 
Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and Peter Morris. Actually, I have to give them more 
credit than that, as they picked out a lot more birds than I did. But I think I 
did a decent job of being the scribe. So here is what I scribed.

Great Shearwater – 119
Cory’s Shearwater – 23
Sooty Shearwater – 1
Shearwater sp. – 21 (most earlier on when denser fog added to the ID 
difficulty; Brent thought one may have been a Manx, but too difficult to 
confirm).
Wilson’s Sturm-Petrel – 6

One amusing sequence involved two Great Shearwaters, closer in than expected, 
and a swimmer, further out than expected. The shearwaters slowed down to 
investigate the swimmer, with the second one actually landing very close to 
him. It flapped its wings at him (or something like that) a bit before moving 
on.

Afterwards in the parking lot, a few Larus fuscus americanus (well, they might 
be in a few thousand years).

I didn’t know about the Brown Booby until I was already at Robert Moses. As 
I’ve mentioned before, I get the reports off the archives. I don’t know how 
well that always works. I’m pretty sure I checked last night and the booby 
reports hadn’t made it to the archives yet. I know that when I looked this 
morning, it was obvious why I choose not to get the e-mails. I see a lot of 
reports of things like Yellow Warbler getting in the way of the reports I 
really need. Why? Okay, Steve, be nice, stop your rant right there.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
http://stevewalternature.com  (currently featuring the Henslow’s Sparrow)


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[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

[Chase]

A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link 
(I'm not sure if links work / are allowed).   This may have been a factor 
regarding the movement of the shearwaters?

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/large-swell-lights-up-africa-continues-on-to-east-coast-of-usa-yes-north-america-significant-south-atlantic-st_147731/



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Re:[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

[Chase]

Also, I saw my first Long Island land based great shearwater yesterday thanks 
to those posting. Thanks for the reports. 

Chase
Babylon

> On Jun 19, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chase  wrote:
> 
> A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link 
> (I'm not sure if links work / are allowed).   This may have been a factor 
> regarding the movement of the shearwaters?
> 
> http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/large-swell-lights-up-africa-continues-on-to-east-coast-of-usa-yes-north-america-significant-south-atlantic-st_147731/
> 
> 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

[Seth Ausubel]

This morning, 90 minutes of seawatching from Shinnecock Inlet and Tiana Beach 
produced but a lone shearwater sp., evidence that the recent anomalous 
distribution is continuing.  We did however have 7 Parasitic Jaegers from Tiana 
Beach, 3 of which teamed up to harass a Herring Gull very close to shore. These 
birds were hanging around, not moving decidedly in one direction.

Seth Ausubel
Mary Normandia
> On Jun 19, 2017, at 11:45 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of 
> Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast 
> which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New 
> England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength is 
> anomalous for this time of year owing to the southward displacement the jet 
> stream for June. There has been an easterly wind anomaly of between 25 and 30 
> mph that is strongest from well offshore right to Long Island. This could 
> explain some of what you have observed. 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Shaibal Mitra  > wrote:
> As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist 
> joining Doug and him for some more effort.
> 
> Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers 
> for Robert Moses SP yesterday:
> 
> Great Shearwater  669
> Cory's Shearwater 48
> Manx Shearwater 8
> Sooty Shearwater 9
> Wilson's Sturm-Petrel 6
> Northern Gannet 5
> Parasitic Jaeger 1
> Black Scoter 4
> 
> To put the Great Shearwater total in perspective, my previous high count from 
> land on Long Island over 21+ years was 45, on 23 June 2001, at Democrat 
> Point. The general pattern is for Great to be vastly outnumbered by Sooties 
> during good early season flights, then by Cory's on good days later. In fact, 
> in my Long Island seawatching experience, the overall frequency and abundance 
> of Great from land has generally been very similar to that of the 
> perceived-as-rare Manx: one or a few single-digit counts per year, versus 
> many more and larger counts of Sooty and Cory's.
> 
> We await more data from other areas, but it is already obvious that the 
> numbers of Greats from the Jones Inlet area were far in excess of any counts 
> there in recent memory, and it appears that numbers from further east on the 
> island were unexpectedly low (usually they increase steadily eastward). The 
> occurrence of exhausted birds (including the Brown Booby) suggests a 
> prolonged storm far offshore during prior days that was positioned in such a 
> way as to trap birds in the New York Bight (if weather-savvy folks could 
> check on this, I'd appreciate it). Locally at least, the wind speeds were 
> never in the range that would cause shearwaters any difficulties.
> 
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> 
> Following up on Steve's report and after hearing about the Jones Beach 
> flight, Shai and i returned to Robert Moses and put in another hour 
> (4:22-5:22). Spectacular views on many birds as they passed by close to shore.
> Great Shearwater  177
> Cory's Shearwater. 5
> Manx Shearwater. 4
> Sooty Shearwater. 1
> Parasitic Jaeger. 1
> Black Scoter. 4
> No. Gannet 2
> 
> Doug Futuyma just arrived to take up the vigil here.
> 
> Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> From: bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
>  
> [bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
> ] on behalf of Steve 
> Walter [swalte...@verizon.net ]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:40 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu 
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. Sea Watching 6/18
> 
> I spent the morning sea watching at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from 
> about 6:30 (not seriously until the fog eased around 8:30) to 12:30 (when the 
> fog thickened again). Also joining in the effort were (until about 10:30) 
> Brent Bomkamp, Pat Palladino, and Taylor Sturm, and (from about 11 to 12) Pat 
> Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and Peter Morris. Actually, I have to give them more 
> credit than that, as they picked out a lot more birds than I did. But I think 
> I did a decent job of being the scribe. So here is what I scribed.
> 
> Great Shearwater – 119
> Cory’s Shearwater – 23
> Sooty Shearwater – 1
> Shearwater sp. – 21 (most earlier on when denser fog added to the ID 
> difficulty; Brent thought one may have been a Manx, but too difficult to 
> confirm).
> Wilson’s Sturm-Petrel – 6
> 
> One amusing sequence involved two Great Shearwaters, closer in than expected, 
> and a swimmer, further out than expected. The shearwaters slowed down to 
> investigate the swimmer, with the second one actually 

Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

[David Nicosia]

The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of
Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast
which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New
England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength
is anomalous for this time of year owing to the southward displacement the
jet stream for June. There has been an easterly wind anomaly of between 25
and 30 mph that is strongest from well offshore right to Long Island. This
could explain some of what you have observed.

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist
> joining Doug and him for some more effort.
>
> Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers
> for Robert Moses SP yesterday:
>
> Great Shearwater  669
> Cory's Shearwater 48
> Manx Shearwater 8
> Sooty Shearwater 9
> Wilson's Sturm-Petrel 6
> Northern Gannet 5
> Parasitic Jaeger 1
> Black Scoter 4
>
> To put the Great Shearwater total in perspective, my previous high count
> from land on Long Island over 21+ years was 45, on 23 June 2001, at
> Democrat Point. The general pattern is for Great to be vastly outnumbered
> by Sooties during good early season flights, then by Cory's on good days
> later. In fact, in my Long Island seawatching experience, the overall
> frequency and abundance of Great from land has generally been very similar
> to that of the perceived-as-rare Manx: one or a few single-digit counts per
> year, versus many more and larger counts of Sooty and Cory's.
>
> We await more data from other areas, but it is already obvious that the
> numbers of Greats from the Jones Inlet area were far in excess of any
> counts there in recent memory, and it appears that numbers from further
> east on the island were unexpectedly low (usually they increase steadily
> eastward). The occurrence of exhausted birds (including the Brown Booby)
> suggests a prolonged storm far offshore during prior days that was
> positioned in such a way as to trap birds in the New York Bight (if
> weather-savvy folks could check on this, I'd appreciate it). Locally at
> least, the wind speeds were never in the range that would cause shearwaters
> any difficulties.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
>
> Following up on Steve's report and after hearing about the Jones Beach
> flight, Shai and i returned to Robert Moses and put in another hour
> (4:22-5:22). Spectacular views on many birds as they passed by close to
> shore.
> Great Shearwater  177
> Cory's Shearwater. 5
> Manx Shearwater. 4
> Sooty Shearwater. 1
> Parasitic Jaeger. 1
> Black Scoter. 4
> No. Gannet 2
>
> Doug Futuyma just arrived to take up the vigil here.
>
> Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> From: bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:40 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. Sea Watching 6/18
>
> I spent the morning sea watching at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from
> about 6:30 (not seriously until the fog eased around 8:30) to 12:30 (when
> the fog thickened again). Also joining in the effort were (until about
> 10:30) Brent Bomkamp, Pat Palladino, and Taylor Sturm, and (from about 11
> to 12) Pat Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and Peter Morris. Actually, I have to give
> them more credit than that, as they picked out a lot more birds than I did.
> But I think I did a decent job of being the scribe. So here is what I
> scribed.
>
> Great Shearwater – 119
> Cory’s Shearwater – 23
> Sooty Shearwater – 1
> Shearwater sp. – 21 (most earlier on when denser fog added to the ID
> difficulty; Brent thought one may have been a Manx, but too difficult to
> confirm).
> Wilson’s Sturm-Petrel – 6
>
> One amusing sequence involved two Great Shearwaters, closer in than
> expected, and a swimmer, further out than expected. The shearwaters slowed
> down to investigate the swimmer, with the second one actually landing very
> close to him. It flapped its wings at him (or something like that) a bit
> before moving on.
>
> Afterwards in the parking lot, a few Larus fuscus americanus (well, they
> might be in a few thousand years).
>
> I didn’t know about the Brown Booby until I was already at Robert Moses.
> As I’ve mentioned before, I get the reports off the archives. I don’t know
> how well that always works. I’m pretty sure I checked last night and the
> booby reports hadn’t made it to the archives yet. I know that when I looked
> this morning, it was obvious why I choose not to get the e-mails. I see a
> lot of reports of things like Yellow Warbler getting in the way of the
> reports I really need. Why? Okay, Steve, be nice, stop your rant right
> there.
>
>
> Steve 

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters: The Wreck Factor

[Steve Walter]

Hearing and seeing for myself this morning the troubles encountered by many
shearwaters, I was puzzled as I thought just what Shai mentioned - that the
wind speeds were never in the range that would cause them difficulties. To
my recollection, few, if any, were seen after Hurricane Irene (when
everything else was seen). In my yesterday morning observations at Robert
Moses, there was no sign of any distress. Most of the birds could not be
considered to be especially close to shore. Yea, they were closer than they
like to be, but this sort of thing happens often enough. No harm with that.
Winds during the morning were under 15 mph, with the fog more likely the
reason that they were where they were.

 

So what happened after that? The winds did increase to at least 22 mph.
Let's say I'm being conservative and there were gusts up to 30 or 35 mph.
That's still nowhere the winds encountered in major storms. That in itself
shouldn't have been a big deal. Usually, winds like that would be expected
to scour out morning fog. But this fog kept fighting back into the
afternoon, even if more localized by then. Did the combination of fog and
strong wind push shearwaters into perilous situations? Considering that the
Point Lookout / Nickerson shoreline is inset from Jones Island, did flying
into an inlet cause a problem? What about difficult to see obstacles, such
as jetties? Shai suggested that birds could have already been exhausted
prior to Sunday. I haven't heard much information on when distressed birds
(other than the booby) began being found. And what was the extent of the
"wreck"? We know about Nickerson. I saw John Zarudski (from Hempstead Town's
Conservation and Waterways Dept., I believe) this morning and he mentioned
that birds were picked up at Jones, as well. Granted there is little
coverage much of the way until Robert Moses, but were there distressed birds
elsewhere?  

 

Let me throw in that to my current knowledge, only Great Shearwaters were
wrecked. Shai has pointed out that Greats are usually less common in these
inshore flights. Do they have a bigger problem inshore than other species?
Is the wreck sample just a function of the fact that the flight was
predominantly Great? Just something to pose, until someone notes that
distressed Cory's were also found.

 

Anyway, more shearwaters were found on Nickerson Beach this morning, both
dead and alive. Just single digits, so we have that to hold on to. I saw two
individuals on the water close to shore. One was able to fly a short
distance out a couple of times, only to be pushed back in by the waves. I
don't know its outcome. The other bird was eventually pushed into the
intertidal area. I picked this one up to keep it from being battered by
waves, baby sitting for it until it could be picked up to be sent to
rehabilitation (yea, I never imagined myself holding a shearwater in my
hands). I only saw one bird a safe distance out. My impression was that it
may have been recovering or fighting its way back  from a near shore
encounter. I did not see healthy migrants, but didn't really expect that in
today's clear conditions (even with the continuing wind).

 

 

Steve Walter 


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - June 19, 2017
*  NYSY  06.19.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 12, 2017 - 
June 19, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY 
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: June 19  AT 4 p.m. 
(EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 12, 2017.
Highlights--
LEAST BITTERNBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONLITTLE BLUE HERONRING-NECKED DUCKNORTHERN 
GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANEPIPING PLOVERUPLAND SANDPIPERBLACK TERNACADIAN 
FLYCATCHERPROTHONOTARY WARBLERPRAIRIE WARBLERYELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDORCHARD 
ORIOLE




Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     6/13: A LITTLE BLUE HERON and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER were both found at 
Carncross Road.     6/16: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was spotted along the 
Wildlife Drive.     6/17: The ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again found at Carncross 
Road. 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen at Brooder’s Pond on Howland Island.     6/18: 
2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue in the forested area on Armitage Road on the 
west side of the one lane bridge. A SANDHILL CRANE was heard in flight at the 
same area. A LEAST BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive.

Oswego County
     6/12:  A BLACK TERN was seen from the Rt. 3 Bridge at Port Ontario. A 
LEAST BITTERN was found at the marshy area of Selkirk Shores State Park.     
6/14: A rare PIPING PLOVER was seen at Sandy Island State Park on Lake Ontario. 
    6/17: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at Derby Hill. Decent flights of 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and TURKEY VULTURES are still occuring at Derby.

Onondaga County
     6/15: 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park.     6/16: An 
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville.     6/17: 
A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Green Lakes State Park. It was found at the 
Meadow View parking area.

Madison County
     6/14: A RING-NECKED DUCK continues to linger at Woodman Pond north of 
Hamilton.

Oneida County
     6/14: A very rare for the region YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was spotted and 
photographed at a private residence on Jug Point Road east of Verona Beach 
State Park. Unfortunately it has not returned.     6/16: An UPLAND SANDPIPER 
was again found at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland.     6/17: A 
PRAIRIE WARBLER was found on River Road north of Camden.
     
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[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

[Shaibal Mitra]

As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist joining 
Doug and him for some more effort. 

Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers for 
Robert Moses SP yesterday:

Great Shearwater  669
Cory's Shearwater 48
Manx Shearwater 8
Sooty Shearwater 9
Wilson's Sturm-Petrel 6
Northern Gannet 5
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Black Scoter 4

To put the Great Shearwater total in perspective, my previous high count from 
land on Long Island over 21+ years was 45, on 23 June 2001, at Democrat Point. 
The general pattern is for Great to be vastly outnumbered by Sooties during 
good early season flights, then by Cory's on good days later. In fact, in my 
Long Island seawatching experience, the overall frequency and abundance of 
Great from land has generally been very similar to that of the 
perceived-as-rare Manx: one or a few single-digit counts per year, versus many 
more and larger counts of Sooty and Cory's.

We await more data from other areas, but it is already obvious that the numbers 
of Greats from the Jones Inlet area were far in excess of any counts there in 
recent memory, and it appears that numbers from further east on the island were 
unexpectedly low (usually they increase steadily eastward). The occurrence of 
exhausted birds (including the Brown Booby) suggests a prolonged storm far 
offshore during prior days that was positioned in such a way as to trap birds 
in the New York Bight (if weather-savvy folks could check on this, I'd 
appreciate it). Locally at least, the wind speeds were never in the range that 
would cause shearwaters any difficulties.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore


Following up on Steve's report and after hearing about the Jones Beach flight, 
Shai and i returned to Robert Moses and put in another hour (4:22-5:22). 
Spectacular views on many birds as they passed by close to shore.  
Great Shearwater  177
Cory's Shearwater. 5
Manx Shearwater. 4
Sooty Shearwater. 1
Parasitic Jaeger. 1
Black Scoter. 4
No. Gannet 2

Doug Futuyma just arrived to take up the vigil here.

Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore
Sent from my iPhone

From: bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter 
[swalte...@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:40 PM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. Sea Watching 6/18

I spent the morning sea watching at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from about 
6:30 (not seriously until the fog eased around 8:30) to 12:30 (when the fog 
thickened again). Also joining in the effort were (until about 10:30) Brent 
Bomkamp, Pat Palladino, and Taylor Sturm, and (from about 11 to 12) Pat 
Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and Peter Morris. Actually, I have to give them more 
credit than that, as they picked out a lot more birds than I did. But I think I 
did a decent job of being the scribe. So here is what I scribed.

Great Shearwater – 119
Cory’s Shearwater – 23
Sooty Shearwater – 1
Shearwater sp. – 21 (most earlier on when denser fog added to the ID 
difficulty; Brent thought one may have been a Manx, but too difficult to 
confirm).
Wilson’s Sturm-Petrel – 6

One amusing sequence involved two Great Shearwaters, closer in than expected, 
and a swimmer, further out than expected. The shearwaters slowed down to 
investigate the swimmer, with the second one actually landing very close to 
him. It flapped its wings at him (or something like that) a bit before moving 
on.

Afterwards in the parking lot, a few Larus fuscus americanus (well, they might 
be in a few thousand years).

I didn’t know about the Brown Booby until I was already at Robert Moses. As 
I’ve mentioned before, I get the reports off the archives. I don’t know how 
well that always works. I’m pretty sure I checked last night and the booby 
reports hadn’t made it to the archives yet. I know that when I looked this 
morning, it was obvious why I choose not to get the e-mails. I see a lot of 
reports of things like Yellow Warbler getting in the way of the reports I 
really need. Why? Okay, Steve, be nice, stop your rant right there.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

[David Nicosia]

The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of
Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast
which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New
England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength
is anomalous for this time of year owing to the southward displacement the
jet stream for June. There has been an easterly wind anomaly of between 25
and 30 mph that is strongest from well offshore right to Long Island. This
could explain some of what you have observed.

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

> As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist
> joining Doug and him for some more effort.
>
> Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers
> for Robert Moses SP yesterday:
>
> Great Shearwater  669
> Cory's Shearwater 48
> Manx Shearwater 8
> Sooty Shearwater 9
> Wilson's Sturm-Petrel 6
> Northern Gannet 5
> Parasitic Jaeger 1
> Black Scoter 4
>
> To put the Great Shearwater total in perspective, my previous high count
> from land on Long Island over 21+ years was 45, on 23 June 2001, at
> Democrat Point. The general pattern is for Great to be vastly outnumbered
> by Sooties during good early season flights, then by Cory's on good days
> later. In fact, in my Long Island seawatching experience, the overall
> frequency and abundance of Great from land has generally been very similar
> to that of the perceived-as-rare Manx: one or a few single-digit counts per
> year, versus many more and larger counts of Sooty and Cory's.
>
> We await more data from other areas, but it is already obvious that the
> numbers of Greats from the Jones Inlet area were far in excess of any
> counts there in recent memory, and it appears that numbers from further
> east on the island were unexpectedly low (usually they increase steadily
> eastward). The occurrence of exhausted birds (including the Brown Booby)
> suggests a prolonged storm far offshore during prior days that was
> positioned in such a way as to trap birds in the New York Bight (if
> weather-savvy folks could check on this, I'd appreciate it). Locally at
> least, the wind speeds were never in the range that would cause shearwaters
> any difficulties.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
>
> Following up on Steve's report and after hearing about the Jones Beach
> flight, Shai and i returned to Robert Moses and put in another hour
> (4:22-5:22). Spectacular views on many birds as they passed by close to
> shore.
> Great Shearwater  177
> Cory's Shearwater. 5
> Manx Shearwater. 4
> Sooty Shearwater. 1
> Parasitic Jaeger. 1
> Black Scoter. 4
> No. Gannet 2
>
> Doug Futuyma just arrived to take up the vigil here.
>
> Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> From: bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter [
> swalte...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:40 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. Sea Watching 6/18
>
> I spent the morning sea watching at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from
> about 6:30 (not seriously until the fog eased around 8:30) to 12:30 (when
> the fog thickened again). Also joining in the effort were (until about
> 10:30) Brent Bomkamp, Pat Palladino, and Taylor Sturm, and (from about 11
> to 12) Pat Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and Peter Morris. Actually, I have to give
> them more credit than that, as they picked out a lot more birds than I did.
> But I think I did a decent job of being the scribe. So here is what I
> scribed.
>
> Great Shearwater – 119
> Cory’s Shearwater – 23
> Sooty Shearwater – 1
> Shearwater sp. – 21 (most earlier on when denser fog added to the ID
> difficulty; Brent thought one may have been a Manx, but too difficult to
> confirm).
> Wilson’s Sturm-Petrel – 6
>
> One amusing sequence involved two Great Shearwaters, closer in than
> expected, and a swimmer, further out than expected. The shearwaters slowed
> down to investigate the swimmer, with the second one actually landing very
> close to him. It flapped its wings at him (or something like that) a bit
> before moving on.
>
> Afterwards in the parking lot, a few Larus fuscus americanus (well, they
> might be in a few thousand years).
>
> I didn’t know about the Brown Booby until I was already at Robert Moses.
> As I’ve mentioned before, I get the reports off the archives. I don’t know
> how well that always works. I’m pretty sure I checked last night and the
> booby reports hadn’t made it to the archives yet. I know that when I looked
> this morning, it was obvious why I choose not to get the e-mails. I see a
> lot of reports of things like Yellow Warbler getting in the way of the
> reports I really need. Why? Okay, Steve, be nice, stop your rant right
> there.
>
>
> Steve Walter
> Bayside, NY
> 

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

[Chase]

A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link 
(I'm not sure if links work / are allowed).   This may have been a factor 
regarding the movement of the shearwaters?

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/large-swell-lights-up-africa-continues-on-to-east-coast-of-usa-yes-north-america-significant-south-atlantic-st_147731/



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Re:[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters Suffolk County

[Chase]

Also, I saw my first Long Island land based great shearwater yesterday thanks 
to those posting. Thanks for the reports. 

Chase
Babylon

> On Jun 19, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chase  wrote:
> 
> A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link 
> (I'm not sure if links work / are allowed).   This may have been a factor 
> regarding the movement of the shearwaters?
> 
> http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/large-swell-lights-up-africa-continues-on-to-east-coast-of-usa-yes-north-america-significant-south-atlantic-st_147731/
> 
> 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP Seawatching 6/18/17

[Seth Ausubel]

This morning, 90 minutes of seawatching from Shinnecock Inlet and Tiana Beach 
produced but a lone shearwater sp., evidence that the recent anomalous 
distribution is continuing.  We did however have 7 Parasitic Jaegers from Tiana 
Beach, 3 of which teamed up to harass a Herring Gull very close to shore. These 
birds were hanging around, not moving decidedly in one direction.

Seth Ausubel
Mary Normandia
> On Jun 19, 2017, at 11:45 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of 
> Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast 
> which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New 
> England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength is 
> anomalous for this time of year owing to the southward displacement the jet 
> stream for June. There has been an easterly wind anomaly of between 25 and 30 
> mph that is strongest from well offshore right to Long Island. This could 
> explain some of what you have observed. 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Shaibal Mitra  > wrote:
> As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist 
> joining Doug and him for some more effort.
> 
> Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers 
> for Robert Moses SP yesterday:
> 
> Great Shearwater  669
> Cory's Shearwater 48
> Manx Shearwater 8
> Sooty Shearwater 9
> Wilson's Sturm-Petrel 6
> Northern Gannet 5
> Parasitic Jaeger 1
> Black Scoter 4
> 
> To put the Great Shearwater total in perspective, my previous high count from 
> land on Long Island over 21+ years was 45, on 23 June 2001, at Democrat 
> Point. The general pattern is for Great to be vastly outnumbered by Sooties 
> during good early season flights, then by Cory's on good days later. In fact, 
> in my Long Island seawatching experience, the overall frequency and abundance 
> of Great from land has generally been very similar to that of the 
> perceived-as-rare Manx: one or a few single-digit counts per year, versus 
> many more and larger counts of Sooty and Cory's.
> 
> We await more data from other areas, but it is already obvious that the 
> numbers of Greats from the Jones Inlet area were far in excess of any counts 
> there in recent memory, and it appears that numbers from further east on the 
> island were unexpectedly low (usually they increase steadily eastward). The 
> occurrence of exhausted birds (including the Brown Booby) suggests a 
> prolonged storm far offshore during prior days that was positioned in such a 
> way as to trap birds in the New York Bight (if weather-savvy folks could 
> check on this, I'd appreciate it). Locally at least, the wind speeds were 
> never in the range that would cause shearwaters any difficulties.
> 
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> 
> 
> Following up on Steve's report and after hearing about the Jones Beach 
> flight, Shai and i returned to Robert Moses and put in another hour 
> (4:22-5:22). Spectacular views on many birds as they passed by close to shore.
> Great Shearwater  177
> Cory's Shearwater. 5
> Manx Shearwater. 4
> Sooty Shearwater. 1
> Parasitic Jaeger. 1
> Black Scoter. 4
> No. Gannet 2
> 
> Doug Futuyma just arrived to take up the vigil here.
> 
> Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> From: bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
>  
> [bounce-121607595-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
> ] on behalf of Steve 
> Walter [swalte...@verizon.net ]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:40 PM
> To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu 
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses S.P. Sea Watching 6/18
> 
> I spent the morning sea watching at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from 
> about 6:30 (not seriously until the fog eased around 8:30) to 12:30 (when the 
> fog thickened again). Also joining in the effort were (until about 10:30) 
> Brent Bomkamp, Pat Palladino, and Taylor Sturm, and (from about 11 to 12) Pat 
> Lindsay, Shai Mitra, and Peter Morris. Actually, I have to give them more 
> credit than that, as they picked out a lot more birds than I did. But I think 
> I did a decent job of being the scribe. So here is what I scribed.
> 
> Great Shearwater – 119
> Cory’s Shearwater – 23
> Sooty Shearwater – 1
> Shearwater sp. – 21 (most earlier on when denser fog added to the ID 
> difficulty; Brent thought one may have been a Manx, but too difficult to 
> confirm).
> Wilson’s Sturm-Petrel – 6
> 
> One amusing sequence involved two Great Shearwaters, closer in than expected, 
> and a swimmer, further out than expected. The shearwaters slowed down to 
> investigate the swimmer, with the second one actually landing very close to 
> him. It flapped its wings at him 

[nysbirds-l] Shearwaters: The Wreck Factor

[Steve Walter]

Hearing and seeing for myself this morning the troubles encountered by many
shearwaters, I was puzzled as I thought just what Shai mentioned - that the
wind speeds were never in the range that would cause them difficulties. To
my recollection, few, if any, were seen after Hurricane Irene (when
everything else was seen). In my yesterday morning observations at Robert
Moses, there was no sign of any distress. Most of the birds could not be
considered to be especially close to shore. Yea, they were closer than they
like to be, but this sort of thing happens often enough. No harm with that.
Winds during the morning were under 15 mph, with the fog more likely the
reason that they were where they were.

 

So what happened after that? The winds did increase to at least 22 mph.
Let's say I'm being conservative and there were gusts up to 30 or 35 mph.
That's still nowhere the winds encountered in major storms. That in itself
shouldn't have been a big deal. Usually, winds like that would be expected
to scour out morning fog. But this fog kept fighting back into the
afternoon, even if more localized by then. Did the combination of fog and
strong wind push shearwaters into perilous situations? Considering that the
Point Lookout / Nickerson shoreline is inset from Jones Island, did flying
into an inlet cause a problem? What about difficult to see obstacles, such
as jetties? Shai suggested that birds could have already been exhausted
prior to Sunday. I haven't heard much information on when distressed birds
(other than the booby) began being found. And what was the extent of the
"wreck"? We know about Nickerson. I saw John Zarudski (from Hempstead Town's
Conservation and Waterways Dept., I believe) this morning and he mentioned
that birds were picked up at Jones, as well. Granted there is little
coverage much of the way until Robert Moses, but were there distressed birds
elsewhere?  

 

Let me throw in that to my current knowledge, only Great Shearwaters were
wrecked. Shai has pointed out that Greats are usually less common in these
inshore flights. Do they have a bigger problem inshore than other species?
Is the wreck sample just a function of the fact that the flight was
predominantly Great? Just something to pose, until someone notes that
distressed Cory's were also found.

 

Anyway, more shearwaters were found on Nickerson Beach this morning, both
dead and alive. Just single digits, so we have that to hold on to. I saw two
individuals on the water close to shore. One was able to fly a short
distance out a couple of times, only to be pushed back in by the waves. I
don't know its outcome. The other bird was eventually pushed into the
intertidal area. I picked this one up to keep it from being battered by
waves, baby sitting for it until it could be picked up to be sent to
rehabilitation (yea, I never imagined myself holding a shearwater in my
hands). I only saw one bird a safe distance out. My impression was that it
may have been recovering or fighting its way back  from a near shore
encounter. I did not see healthy migrants, but didn't really expect that in
today's clear conditions (even with the continuing wind).

 

 

Steve Walter 


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - June 19, 2017
*  NYSY  06.19.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 12, 2017 - 
June 19, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY 
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: June 19  AT 4 p.m. 
(EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 12, 2017.
Highlights--
LEAST BITTERNBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONLITTLE BLUE HERONRING-NECKED DUCKNORTHERN 
GOSHAWKSANDHILL CRANEPIPING PLOVERUPLAND SANDPIPERBLACK TERNACADIAN 
FLYCATCHERPROTHONOTARY WARBLERPRAIRIE WARBLERYELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDORCHARD 
ORIOLE




Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     6/13: A LITTLE BLUE HERON and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER were both found at 
Carncross Road.     6/16: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was spotted along the 
Wildlife Drive.     6/17: The ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again found at Carncross 
Road. 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen at Brooder’s Pond on Howland Island.     6/18: 
2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue in the forested area on Armitage Road on the 
west side of the one lane bridge. A SANDHILL CRANE was heard in flight at the 
same area. A LEAST BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive.

Oswego County
     6/12:  A BLACK TERN was seen from the Rt. 3 Bridge at Port Ontario. A 
LEAST BITTERN was found at the marshy area of Selkirk Shores State Park.     
6/14: A rare PIPING PLOVER was seen at Sandy Island State Park on Lake Ontario. 
    6/17: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at Derby Hill. Decent flights of 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and TURKEY VULTURES are still occuring at Derby.

Onondaga County
     6/15: 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park.     6/16: An 
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville.     6/17: 
A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Green Lakes State Park. It was found at the 
Meadow View parking area.

Madison County
     6/14: A RING-NECKED DUCK continues to linger at Woodman Pond north of 
Hamilton.

Oneida County
     6/14: A very rare for the region YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was spotted and 
photographed at a private residence on Jug Point Road east of Verona Beach 
State Park. Unfortunately it has not returned.     6/16: An UPLAND SANDPIPER 
was again found at the Deerfield Grasslands south of Poland.     6/17: A 
PRAIRIE WARBLER was found on River Road north of Camden.
     
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[nysbirds-l] NY DEC is accepting comments on the waste water treatment facility application

[Pamela Bates]

This was in today's Star Gazette and might be of interest to some here. If not 
allowed, please delete.


  Waste treatment facility threatens eagles, other birds
 Did you know that there’s an active bald eagle nest in the Catharine Marsh 
between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls?



 The bad news is that plans for a new waste treatment facility place it within 
a couple hundred feet of Schuyler County’s only active bald eagle nest. There 
were 10 initial sites, but the worse one for the environment, located in the 
Finger Lakes’ only remaining headwater marsh, was chosen.


 The fact that the marsh is an IBA (a globally designated Important Bird Area) 
and state-designated CEA (Critical Environmental Area) did not protect it from 
being selected.


 Not only do bald eagles nest in the marsh, but also other rarities such as 
sandhill cranes, a newcomer to our state and least bittern, which is a 
threatened species in New York state, are also found there.


 The NY DEC is accepting comments on the waste water treatment facility 
application (Project Seneca Regional Wastewater Facility) until July 7.


 If you think the waste treatment plant should not be located as planned, write 
to: Scott Sheeley, NYSDEC Regional Headquarters 8, 6274 E. Avon-Lime Road, 
Avon, NY 14414.
 DIANE KARASEVICZ
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[nysbirds-l] Jaeger species - no__ Gull species - yes (5)

[robert adamo]

Excited by today's earlier posts, and aided by an 1 & 1/2 hour break
between setting tables up and serving dinner at a Riverhead Soup Kitchen, I
bolted down to the Tiana Beach Area along Dune Rd., Hampton Bays in pursuit
of a pelagic or two ! While striking out on that hunt, I did have a single,
3rd winter, Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Tiana Beach Parking Lot, and an
adult, Peregrine Falcon feeding on a small bird, while atop a pole less
than 1/4 mile e/o that same parking lot.

Cheers,
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