- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 12, 2013 * NYNY1304.12
- Birds mentioned Blue-winged Teal TUFTED DUCK HARLEQUIN DUCK Northern Gannet Broad-winged Hawk Piping Plover Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper American Woodcock ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RAZORBILL Short-eared Owl Chimney Swift Northern Flicker Blue-headed Vireo Common Raven Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher American Robin Northern Parula Yellow Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow LAPLAND LONGSPUR Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - 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 nysa...@nybirds.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) 486 High Street Victor, NY 14564 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, April 12th 2013 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are TUFTED DUCK, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, RAZORBILL, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and Spring migration. The TUFTED DUCK was still present through Thursday at Heckscher Museum Pond Park in Huntington. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen last Saturday at Point Lookout and a single HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen also on Saturday at Montauk Point where today in heavy weather 143 RAZORBILLS and 55 NORTHERN GANNETS were counted. An ICELAND GULL appeared Sunday at the 35th Street overlook at Coney Island in Brooklyn and yesterday a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Maidstone Golf Course in East Hampton. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was closely observed Monday at the picnic area at Hempstead Lake State Park, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR seen last week at the gazebo area near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End was joined by another LAPLAND LONGSPUR in full breeding plumage last Saturday. Spring migration was fair during the early part of the week with good numbers of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, lesser numbers of RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, fair numbers of PALM WARBLERS and PINE WARBLERS with reports of 7 individual LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. All five swallow species were seen Hempstead Lake on Saturday along with good numbers of CHIMNEY SWIFTS. NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT appeared this week. An early hawkwatch at Hook Mountain in Rockland County counted over 150 hawks highlighted by 60 to 70 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. Interesting migrants in an unusual habitat were 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCK found in Bryant Park in Manhattan on Monday. One bird was lingering through Thursday. There were 4 reports of BLUE-HEADED VIREO from Clove Lakes Park in Staten Island, Central Park and Prospect Park and 4 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS were seen in Central Park on Tuesday when a BALTIMORE ORIOLE also seen. RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, CHIPPING SPARROWS, NORTHERN FLICKERS and AMERICAN ROBINS have passed through our area in good numbers during the week. COMMON RAVENS have appeared throughout the entire area this week from Montauk to the Hamptons to Brooklyn to Staten Island. The 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were still present last Saturday at Hempstead Lake and another BLUE-WINGED TEAL was at the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Sunday. A remarkable number of 31 PIPING PLOVERS were seen Sunday at Point Lookout and there were 3 reports of multiple LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the area. A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens on Wednesday, PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area on Sunday and 2 lingering PURPLE SANDPIPERS were at Point Lookout on Saturday. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen Sunday at Croton Point Park where a VESPER SPARROW also appeared. Lingering WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were: 3 at the Bronx Zoo on Wednesday, 4 at Marshlands Conservancy last Saturday, 7 at Prospect Park Thursday along with a COMMON REDPOLL on Saturday. There was a PINE SISKIN at Central Park on Tuesday and a PURPLE FINCH was at Hoyt Farm in Commack Monday and Tuesday. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or during weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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/ --
