[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 May 2014

2014-05-30 Thread Ben Cacace 
- 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

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Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
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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] Ruff/Reeve: No (still), Kings County

2014-05-30 Thread Sean Sime 
Rob Jett and I were handed the baton from Shane Blodgett and stayed at
Plumb Beach till 2pm along with Bobbi Manion, the original finder. No luck
with the target species, but a flyover Red-throated loon in serious molt
proved exciting!
For those wondering, no marsh sparrows were seen or heard during our time
there and none were reported by birders there since first light.

Also, earlier at Marine Park a late Cliff Swallow was seen flying south and
away along the channel.

Good birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Ruff/Reeve No as of 12:30.

2014-05-30 Thread Sean Sime 
Plumb beach, brooklyn.

Birders have been present since first light and the bird in question has not 
been seen. Shorebird numbers are down substantially. 
Rob Jett and I checked Marine park at high tide. No luck.

Sean Sime 
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA visits RTPI July 11-12, 2014

2014-05-30 Thread Scott Kruitbosch 
The New York State Ornithological Association's next field trip will 
feature a tour of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History 
(www.rtpi.org) in Jamestown, NY along with a field experience led by the 
Institute's bird experts. RTPI currently houses most of the late Roger 
Tory Peterson's papers, books, and art work. A field trip to nearby 
grassland habitat will search for Henslow's Sparrow as well as other 
grassland associated birds. The tour and field trip are planned for 
Saturday, July 12, 2014. A presentation will be held at the institute at 
7 pm on Friday, July 11, 2014. During this presentation, RTPI staff will 
overview the Institute's holdings and purposes as well as preview the 
field experience planned for Saturday morning.

Friday's presentation is open to all who are interested. For a quality 
experience, it is necessary to limit the RTPI tour and field trip to 25 
participants; therefore first preference is given to those who are 
individual, student, or family members of NYSOA or youth members 
(accompanied by a parent) of the NYS Young Birders Club (NYSYBC). Those 
who are not in one of the above categories may register for the RTPI 
tour and field trip and will be accommodated should there be space 
available. For membership information, please visit the NYSOA web site 
at www.nybirds.org or the NYSYBC web site at www.nysyoungbirders.org.

Jamestown is located in southwestern New York State approximately 60 
miles south of Buffalo, NY off Interstate 86/Southern Tier Expressway. 
Visit RTPI's contact page (http://rtpi.org/contact/) for our location 
and additional information. There are several motels located within a 
few minutes of RTPI including Comfort Inn, Hampton Inn, and Red Roof 
Inn. Preregistration is required. For more information and to register, 
please contact Tim Baird via e-mail at timbair...@gmail.com, or by phone 
at: 716-945-2539.

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Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
311 Curtis Street
Jamestown, NY 14701-9620
Tel. (716) 665-2473 ext. 224
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Reeve at Plum Beach, Brooklyn today

2014-05-30 Thread Andrew Baksh 
I would recommend that birders include the, Salt Marsh Nature Center on Avenue 
in their search for the Ruff. There is plenty of habitat there and only a short 
flight from Plum Beach.

Andrew

> On May 29, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Sean Sime  wrote:
> 
> Please note that the long closed parking lot at Plumb Beach is now open 
> during the day for those who thought they may have to walk all the way from 
> Knapp Street. Good luck to those trying early and please get the word out 
> (positive or negative).
> 
> Great find!
> 
> Sean Sime
> Brooklyn, NY
> 
> 
>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Roberta Manian 
>>  wrote:
>> i had a Reeve (or young Ruff) at Plum today, in the marsh.  A million thanks 
>> to Dennis H, Rob J, Keir R, Mike Y for all the remote help.  We couldn't ID 
>> it definitely till i got home and sent everyone a link to quality pics.  
>> 
>> bird first seen inside marsh at falling high tide (10:30ish) , across the 
>> water, roosting w/ Black Bellied Plovers.  Spooked by Oystercatchers, 
>> refound a few hours later by mouth of marsh foraging w/ Dunlin.
>> 
>> First viewing
>> 
>> First viewing
>> View on www.flickr.com
>> Preview by Yahoo
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff/Reeve Plum Beach Brooklyn NO

2014-05-30 Thread Shane Blodgett 
No sign of yesterday's Ruff on the incoming tide. Very few shorebirds period. 
High tide is 9:47 a.m.
Was initially found roosting on slack/falling tide yesterday about 1.5 hours 
after high so worth checking again though last night's SW winds could have 
moved some birds out.
Congratulations to Roberta Manian on an awesome Kings County find!

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

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[nysbirds-l] Ruff/Reeve Plum Beach Brooklyn NO

2014-05-30 Thread Shane Blodgett 
No sign of yesterday's Ruff on the incoming tide. Very few shorebirds period. 
High tide is 9:47 a.m.
Was initially found roosting on slack/falling tide yesterday about 1.5 hours 
after high so worth checking again though last night's SW winds could have 
moved some birds out.
Congratulations to Roberta Manian on an awesome Kings County find!

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Reeve at Plum Beach, Brooklyn today

2014-05-30 Thread Andrew Baksh 
I would recommend that birders include the, Salt Marsh Nature Center on Avenue 
in their search for the Ruff. There is plenty of habitat there and only a short 
flight from Plum Beach.

Andrew

 On May 29, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Sean Sime s...@seansime.com wrote:
 
 Please note that the long closed parking lot at Plumb Beach is now open 
 during the day for those who thought they may have to walk all the way from 
 Knapp Street. Good luck to those trying early and please get the word out 
 (positive or negative).
 
 Great find!
 
 Sean Sime
 Brooklyn, NY
 
 
 On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Roberta Manian 
 bobbi.man...@alumni.lafayette.edu wrote:
 i had a Reeve (or young Ruff) at Plum today, in the marsh.  A million thanks 
 to Dennis H, Rob J, Keir R, Mike Y for all the remote help.  We couldn't ID 
 it definitely till i got home and sent everyone a link to quality pics.  
 
 bird first seen inside marsh at falling high tide (10:30ish) , across the 
 water, roosting w/ Black Bellied Plovers.  Spooked by Oystercatchers, 
 refound a few hours later by mouth of marsh foraging w/ Dunlin.
 
 First viewing
 
 First viewing
 View on www.flickr.com
 Preview by Yahoo
 
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA visits RTPI July 11-12, 2014

2014-05-30 Thread Scott Kruitbosch 
The New York State Ornithological Association's next field trip will 
feature a tour of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History 
(www.rtpi.org) in Jamestown, NY along with a field experience led by the 
Institute's bird experts. RTPI currently houses most of the late Roger 
Tory Peterson's papers, books, and art work. A field trip to nearby 
grassland habitat will search for Henslow's Sparrow as well as other 
grassland associated birds. The tour and field trip are planned for 
Saturday, July 12, 2014. A presentation will be held at the institute at 
7 pm on Friday, July 11, 2014. During this presentation, RTPI staff will 
overview the Institute's holdings and purposes as well as preview the 
field experience planned for Saturday morning.

Friday's presentation is open to all who are interested. For a quality 
experience, it is necessary to limit the RTPI tour and field trip to 25 
participants; therefore first preference is given to those who are 
individual, student, or family members of NYSOA or youth members 
(accompanied by a parent) of the NYS Young Birders Club (NYSYBC). Those 
who are not in one of the above categories may register for the RTPI 
tour and field trip and will be accommodated should there be space 
available. For membership information, please visit the NYSOA web site 
at www.nybirds.org or the NYSYBC web site at www.nysyoungbirders.org.

Jamestown is located in southwestern New York State approximately 60 
miles south of Buffalo, NY off Interstate 86/Southern Tier Expressway. 
Visit RTPI's contact page (http://rtpi.org/contact/) for our location 
and additional information. There are several motels located within a 
few minutes of RTPI including Comfort Inn, Hampton Inn, and Red Roof 
Inn. Preregistration is required. For more information and to register, 
please contact Tim Baird via e-mail at timbair...@gmail.com, or by phone 
at: 716-945-2539.

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Conservation  Outreach Coordinator
Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
311 Curtis Street
Jamestown, NY 14701-9620
Tel. (716) 665-2473 ext. 224
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff/Reeve No as of 12:30.

2014-05-30 Thread Sean Sime 
Plumb beach, brooklyn.

Birders have been present since first light and the bird in question has not 
been seen. Shorebird numbers are down substantially. 
Rob Jett and I checked Marine park at high tide. No luck.

Sean Sime 
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Ruff/Reeve: No (still), Kings County

2014-05-30 Thread Sean Sime 
Rob Jett and I were handed the baton from Shane Blodgett and stayed at
Plumb Beach till 2pm along with Bobbi Manion, the original finder. No luck
with the target species, but a flyover Red-throated loon in serious molt
proved exciting!
For those wondering, no marsh sparrows were seen or heard during our time
there and none were reported by birders there since first light.

Also, earlier at Marine Park a late Cliff Swallow was seen flying south and
away along the channel.

Good birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 May 2014

2014-05-30 Thread Ben Cacace 
- 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

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If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
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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