[nysbirds-l] Bashakill, Sullivan Co., Saturday evening, May 27

[Joseph DiCostanzo]

After a successful run at the Dickcissel and the Henslow's Sparrow at 
Shawangunk Grasslands this afternoon, Ann Shaw and I went over to the Bashakill 
WMA for some evening birding. A Least Bittern was heard calling briefly at the 
Main Boat Launch and an American Bittern fairly regularly at the Haven Road 
Causeway. After sunset at least 10 Common Nighthawks were feeding over the 
causeway. A Pied-billed Grebe was also heard here. As it got dark we heard 
Whip-poor-will and a distant calling Barred Owl.

Joe DiCostanzo

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Wallkill Zoo

[Rick]

Sorry, wrong url

 

https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/Nature/Shawangunk-Wonderland/ 

 

From: bounce-121564688-3714...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-121564688-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:46 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L 
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Wallkill Zoo

 

The experience at Shawangunk Grasslands today was more like a stroll through
zoo exhibits than the usual gritty scramble for target strays.  Both birds
spent most of the morning perched up singing, mainly oblivious to the
(thankfully well-behaved) minions there to watch them. And both stayed
within photo range most of the time, close to the mown paths. They could
have put up interpretative labels by the trailside.

 

Too easy?  No, never too easy.

 

>From the shots below (as many others posted be various observers), it is
clear that the Henslow's puts a great deal of physical energy into its song.
Yet all that comes out is a less-than-operatic "tsi-di-lick." What was good
about this sighting, in my opinion, was its proximity, in which context the
song actually was quite audible (versus the usual distant-wispy). As I
approached I said to my wife, "Well, either that's it or somebody's playing
a tape." One of the birders already present grinned and said, "A lot of
people said the same thing - sounds pretty loud from here!"

 

50 years of birding, always something new to learn.

 

Good luck if you go (and stay to see meadowlarks, Bobolinks, Grasshopper
Sparrows, Purple Martins, etc., etc.). What a treasure of a habitat!

 

Rick Cech

 

https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/organize/Nature/Shawangunk-Wonderland 

 

P.S. The pale-colored sulphurs flying around in the fields are mainly
spring-form Orange Sulphurs, which are mostly pale yellow, not Clouded
Sulphurs. Didn't see any skippers yet.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Wallkill Zoo

[Rick]

The experience at Shawangunk Grasslands today was more like a stroll through
zoo exhibits than the usual gritty scramble for target strays.  Both birds
spent most of the morning perched up singing, mainly oblivious to the
(thankfully well-behaved) minions there to watch them. And both stayed
within photo range most of the time, close to the mown paths. They could
have put up interpretative labels by the trailside.

 

Too easy?  No, never too easy.

 

>From the shots below (as many others posted be various observers), it is
clear that the Henslow's puts a great deal of physical energy into its song.
Yet all that comes out is a less-than-operatic "tsi-di-lick." What was good
about this sighting, in my opinion, was its proximity, in which context the
song actually was quite audible (versus the usual distant-wispy). As I
approached I said to my wife, "Well, either that's it or somebody's playing
a tape." One of the birders already present grinned and said, "A lot of
people said the same thing - sounds pretty loud from here!"

 

50 years of birding, always something new to learn.

 

Good luck if you go (and stay to see meadowlarks, Bobolinks, Grasshopper
Sparrows, Purple Martins, etc., etc.). What a treasure of a habitat!

 

Rick Cech

 

https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/organize/Nature/Shawangunk-Wonderland 

 

P.S. The pale-colored sulphurs flying around in the fields are mainly
spring-form Orange Sulphurs, which are mostly pale yellow, not Clouded
Sulphurs. Didn't see any skippers yet.

 


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[nysbirds-l] Dickcissel

[Carney, Martin]

Just to clarify: In my last post I reported: Dickcissel near blind.  As far
as I know, it sees perfectly well...

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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Fri. 26-May-2017

[Ben Cacace]

NY County highlights from yesterday: Semipalmated Sandpiper (2), Least
Sandpiper (4), Common Tern (42+), Lincoln's Sparrow & Killdeer (6).

The SESA and LESA were on the open field to the west of Hammock Grove
around the puddles formed after the previous night's rain. Not at the
typical spot to the east of Slide Hill on the maintenance area grounds
behind the fencing.

*1st hour:* *16 spp.*; *2nd:* *+12*; *3rd:* *+6*; *4th:* *+5*; *5th:* *+3*
= 42 spp.

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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's yes

[d Futuyma]

After not showing for more than two hours, the Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk 
Grassland reappeared at 6:20 pm, and sang for ca. 3 minutes.
Doug Futuyma,
 With Bob Proniewych and Ed Becher

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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Inlet (Suffolk County) Glaucous Gull

[Donna Schulman]

I was surprised to see a 1st Summer Glaucous Gull at Mecox Inlet, Suffolk
County, this morning. There are some May dates for this bird on Long Island
in eBird, but I think this is particularly late. Photos can be seen on
Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/TWjQdj; https://flic.kr/p/TWjQyQ
(And, thanks to the ABA What's This Bird? Facebook group for providing a
platform in which the identification could be confirmed.)

Besides the gull, the only other notable birds that I saw while I was there
last evening and this morning was a Bank Swallow, flying with the Barn
Swallows, and two Piping Plovers. They don't appear to have nested yet. I
chanced on the young man in charge of endangered bird protection for the
summer for the town of Southampton, and he told me the water levels are too
high and that the nesting area keeps getting flooded out. The town is
scheduled to create the break to the ocean this coming week, which should
help and also create more mud flats for shorebirds. (I only saw Sanderlings
and Least Sandpipers and two Skimmers, who simply skimmed through.)

Donna Schulman
Forest Hills, N.Y.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., May 27, 2017 13 Wood Warbler Species, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Olive-sided & Acadian Flycatchers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC
Saturday, May 27, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many other observers


Highlights: 13 Wood Warbler Species, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Olive-sided & 
Acadian Flycatchers

Canada Goose - pair with 3 two-week-old goslings Reservoir & flyovers
Gadwall - pair Reservoir
Mallard - residents Turtle Pond & Reservoir
Mourning Dove - residents
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench (early  - Bob), Warbler 
Rock (David Barrett) [same bird??]
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Humming Tombstone (Bob)
Herring Gull - 6 Reservoir (early) & flyover
Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir (early)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 to 6 Reservoir (early) & 2 flyovers
Great Blue Heron - flyover around 8:30am (Bob)
Great Egret - 2 Reservoir (early) & flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (Upper Lobe & Reservoir)
Turkey Vulture - 2 together over Tupelo then Maintenance Field (David Barrett)
Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Maintenance Field
Downy Woodpecker - male Shakespeare Garden
Northern Flicker - Gill Overlook
Peregrine Falcon - flyover Mugger's Woods
Olive-sided Flycatcher - just north of the source of the Gill (Deb)
Eastern Wood-Pewee- 2 (Maintenance Field & Humming Tombstone (David Barrett)
Acadian Flycatcher - seen early a.m. (Roger Pasquier), later heard Summer House 
Meadow (David Barrett)
Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (Humming Tombstone & Upper Lobe, another earlier Great 
Lawn)
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Maintenance Field/Tupelo Field, Gill Overlook)
Eastern Kingbird - Belvedere Castle
Warbling Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 10 to 12
Blue Jay - residents - one inspecting an empty nest that had belonged to a 
Northern Cardinal
Barn Swallow - 3 Turtle Pond
Tufted Titmouse - Azalea Pond
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 5 singing in the Ramble early a.m. (Bob) another n. of 
Gill Source (Mitchell Horowitz)
Swainson's Thrush - the Point
Gray Carbird - residents
Cedar Waxwing - at least 8 (showing some interest in Tuliptree flowers)
Northern Waterthrush - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 females (Tom Ahlf)
Common Yellowthroat - 6 (2 males, 4 females)
American Redstart - 12 including 2 adult males
Cape May Warbler - female Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench (Mitchell Horowitz)
Northern Parula - 5
Magnolia Warbler - 14 to 15 including 2 -3 adult males
Blackburnian Warbler - 7 (five males, 2 females)
Yellow Warbler - 4 to 5 (2 males, 2 or 3 females)
Blackpoll Warbler - 6 to 7 (one or two males, 5 females)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 females
Black-throated Green Warbler - Summit Rock
Wilson's Warbler - 2 males (Castle & S. side Turtle Pond)
White-throated Sparrow - Point/Oven
Northern Cardinal - residents
Red-winged Blackbird - first-spring male singing here & there in Ramble
Common Grackle - residents - adult feeding fledgling at south end Reservoir
Brown-headed Cowbird - top of Oven/chez Armando (David Barrett)
Baltimore Oriole - 5 (3 adult males, 2 females)

Meredith Barges reported a Blue-headed Vireo at the Gill Overlook on Friday 
(5/26/17). 

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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow

[Carney, Martin]

Still there, 50 yards before the blind, to the left as you approach blind.
Dickcissel near blind.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Any sightings of the Swainson's Warbler Saturday?

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

As Josh reported several members of the Brooklyn Bird Club sat walk and I heard 
the bird singing briefly in the same area it was seen in the mid wood but never 
got eyes on it. It was not singing as frequently as it was yesterday and 
covered a fair amount of ground between songs. It was a brief steak out maybe 
30 min or so as most of us had a chance to see bird earlier in the week. 

Good Luck,

Dennis Hrehowsik
Brooklyn NY 

> On May 27, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Joshua Malbin  wrote:
> 
> Dennis Hrhowsik reported on the local WhatsApp group that it was heard 
> singing twice in the same area as before, just before 1 pm.
> 
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>> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 11:17 AM Roberta  wrote:
>> Just passed a birder leaving the Midwood reporting negative after a five 
>> hour stakeout.  
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On May 27, 2017, at 7:33 AM, zach schwartz-weinstein  
>>> wrote:
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>>>  I'm guessing that no news is bad news, but it would be good to know either 
>>> way.  Driving down from Albany.
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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow

[Carney, Martin]

Any updates?

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Any sightings of the Swainson's Warbler Saturday?

[Joshua Malbin]

Dennis Hrhowsik reported on the local WhatsApp group that it was heard
singing twice in the same area as before, just before 1 pm.


On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 11:17 AM Roberta  wrote:

> Just passed a birder leaving the Midwood reporting negative after a five
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> On May 27, 2017, at 7:33 AM, zach schwartz-weinstein 
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> either way.  Driving down from Albany.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Any sightings of the Swainson's Warbler Saturday?

[Roberta]

Just passed a birder leaving the Midwood reporting negative after a five hour 
stakeout.  

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 27, 2017, at 7:33 AM, zach schwartz-weinstein  wrote:
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[nysbirds-l] Henslow's Sparrow, Dickcissel YES

[Pepaul]

Both are being seen very well at the shawangunk grasslands near the blind just 
south of the parking lot. 

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[nysbirds-l] Any sightings of the Swainson's Warbler Saturday?

[zach schwartz-weinstein]

 I'm guessing that no news is bad news, but it would be good to know either
way.  Driving down from Albany.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 May 2017

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 26, 2017
* NYNY1705.26

- Birds mentioned
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
SWAINSON'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Henslow's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
Dickcissel

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
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use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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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

Compiler: Tom Burke
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 26th 2017
at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S WARBLER, MISSISSIPPI
KITE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER and PHILADELPHIA VIREO and more.

With migration winding down now is when we hope for some nice seasonal
rarities and right on queue a SWAINSON'S WARBLER has appeared in Prospect
Park. Found Wednesday in the Midwood section of the park the SWAINSON'S was
today still singing and offering brief views in the same general area.

Last Saturday at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island there was a report of a
MISSISSIPPI KITE flyover and this is a species to watch for as dragonfly
numbers increase especially inland. Also on Staten Island a RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE visited the pond at the Cemetery of the Resurrection near Mount
Loretto Unique Area yesterday.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last
Tuesday and an ICELAND GULL along with 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at
Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday where a seawatch in the late afternoon only
produced 2 SOOTY SHEARWATERS and a handful of NORTHERN GANNETS.

A reasonable but diminishing variety of warblers continues to move through
our area. Of the rarer species the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still
present at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River last weekend. A
KENTUCKY WARBLER was in Prospect Park Saturday and a few MOURNING WARBLERS
have been showing up right on schedule. Most species are already on
territory to our north including GOLDEN-WINGED, CERULEAN and HOODED plus
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and please remember when visiting nesting areas
especially a regionally unusual species to keep disturbance to an absolute
minimum. This is a very critical time for these birds.

In the city parks such warblers as CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, HOODED and
WILSON'S were still being encountered this week. One or more SUMMER
TANAGERS remained in Central Park to mid-week and a few reports of
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, rather unusual in our area in Spring, included one in
Central Park last Saturday. Singing BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, perhaps the best
way to separate them from GRAY-CHEEKED as well as Hermit Thrushes, were
reported this week from Prospect Park last Sunday and Inwood Hill Park and
Forest Park during the week. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH on Governors Island
Wednesday was very unusual there.

Among the late moving flycatchers this week have been a few OLIVE-SIDED as
well as the balance of the empidonax group including ALDER, ACADIAN and
YELLOW-BELLIED.

One to three NELSON'S SPARROWS were reported from Plumb Beach in Brooklyn
early in the week.

Lingering RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted this week at Pelham Bay Park in
the Bronx Sunday and on Staten Island at both Clove Lakes Park and at the
Cemetery of the Resurrection.

To our north HENSLOW'S SPARROW and DICKCISSEL both singing on territory at
the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County are
further examples of birds to enjoy without creating any disturbance
especially the sparrow as one of the goals of the grassland restoration
project has been to reestablish the former HENSLOW'S colony there. Let's
help make that happen.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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