- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 25, 2009 * NYNY0907.25
- Birds mentioned Cory's Shearwater Greater Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel BROWN PELICAN LEAST BITTERN CATTLE EGRET AMERICAN AVOCET Willet (subspecies "Western Willet") Western Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Royal Tern Parasitic Jaeger - 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: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 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 Saturday, July 25th 2009 at 1am. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, LEAST BITTERN, CATTLE EGRET, AMERICAN AVOCET and pelagic birds. BROWN PELICANS were seen along the south shore of Long Island from the Jones Beach area east to the Moriches Inlet area. The birds noted were as follows: 2 birds off Moriches inlet on Saturday, 5 birds moving west off Fort Tilden on Sunday, another 5 birds near Cupsogue County Park on Wednesday, 2 birds off West End Field 2 at Jones Beach on Friday. Two LEAST BITTERNS have been seen through the week at the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Also at the East Pond a CATTLE EGRET was seen last Saturday as was an adult plumage AMERICAN AVOCET at the same location. Pelagic sightings for the period are as follows. From a boat south of Montauk Point on Sunday 113 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 270 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 13 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 1 MANX SHEARWATER and 410 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. On Sunday from Democrat Point, Fire Island, 1 MANX SHEARWATER and 2 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. On Sunday from Cupsogue County Park 12 CORY'S SHEARWATERS. On Wednesday from land at Montauk Point 74 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 1 GREATER SHEARWATER and 1 PARASITIC JAEGER. At Cupsogue County Park on the flats north of the main parking lot produced on Sunday 3 adult "Western" WILLETS, 1 BLACK TERN and 1 ROYAL TERN and on Wednesday 1 CASPIAN TERN, 1 BLACK TERN and 7 ROSEATE TERNS and at nearby Pike's Beach an adult WESTERN SANDPIPER was found also on Wednesday. Two STILT SANDPIPERS were seen last Wednesday at the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and 2 GULL-BILLED TERNS are still being seen sporadically around the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tom Burke will be away this week. Please call in reports to Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
