[nysbirds-l] More on Gulls+

[Robert Berlingeri]

As a follow-up to Shai's post, it's worthy to note my findings from
yesterday (9-19-17) while car birding the south shore between
5:30-6:45 covering these locations respectively: RMSP (Fields 2 and
5), Captree SP (all lots) and JBWE lots. I tallied a total of 25
LBBG's at these locations, though none were found at Captree. 12 birds
were found at Moses and 13 were at JBWE. As the breakdown in
compliance to age specifics, these are the results:

HY (3)
SY (2)
TY (7)
4Y (5)
Adults (8)

7 of the adults were at Jones Beach. Even in fading dull light
conditions, these birds were as immaculate as I've ever seen for this
species, all appearing to be in high breeding plumage to the max. Very
impressive!

Of herring, GBBG and RBGulls: numbers added up to about 300 total.
Roughly 40% GBBG, 35% Herring and 25% RB Gull. Only 4 or 5 Laughing
Gulls were in any of these lots, but a good number of them were seen
moving east while heading north on the Meadowbrook Pkwy just past the
tolls along with about 15 Forster's Terns.

Other interesting sightings were 12 Killdeer hunkered down near the
entrance booth at JBWE and most interestingly, a Red-throated Loon was
struggling against the wind flying east on the bayside at Cedar Beach
as seen from Ocean Pkwy, giving the impression of it being almost
suspended in flight.

Bobby Berlingeri
Elmont, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Storm Birding - Nothing Crazy From Breezy Point

[Andrew Baksh]

Nothing crazy to report from Breezy Point. Save for the breaches on the beach - 
in several places.

I spent a few hours this morning combing the beach and scanning the ocean. The 
highlights were 13-15 Dolphins frolicking around just off the tip.

279 Herring Gulls, 78 Great Black-backed Gulls, 14 Ring-billed Gulls and 27 
Laughing Gulls were the only Gulls close enough to identify clearly with most 
loafing on the beach.

11 Common Terns and 5 Forster's Terns were the only Tern action. 550 
Sanderlings, 13 Semipalmated Plovers, 15 Black-belied Plovers and 37 American 
Oystercatchers were the only shorebirds I noted on the beach.

Land birds were quite scarce. All in all a very non eventful morning at Breezy 
Point in Queens.

Earlier, a quick stop on the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay resulted 
in the continuing Caspian Terns and a few shorebirds - all reported recently. 
No Avocet was seen from that end.

Cheers,


Land birds were all but scarce.


"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

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> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

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[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler Kissena Park q co ny.

[Arie Gilbert]

.found by Eric Miller earlier today
Staying faithful to this location behind the fence near the baci ball court. 
Seen by m. Obs. 
viewed from this location at 5.15pm on 09-20-2017
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.74915682,-73.80674907
40.74915682,-73.80674907
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No. Babylon NY 
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[nysbirds-l] Storm-birding Update

[Shaibal Mitra]

As Jose churns away far offshore, the south shore of LI has experienced 
persistent favorable winds for seawatching, from southeasterly on Sunday 
evening, to easterly on Monday evening, to northeasterly Tuesday morning, and, 
most recently, to north-northeasterly this morning.

I've observed modest numbers of Cory's Shearwaters during each of my efforts, 
along with smaller numbers of Northern Gannets, several small flocks of Black 
Scoters, and a total of 5 Parasitic Jaegers (3 from Cupsogue on Sunday evening 
and 2 from Robert Moses SP this morning). The gannets and scoters have been 
moving e to w, whereas Common and Forster's Terns have been moving mostly w to 
e, and the COSH have been going in all directions. Other migrants have included 
small numbers of Merlins, Kestrels, Ospreys, a Whimbrel, and a Great Blue Heron 
flying e to w far offshore.

The most interesting highlight for me today--and I'm aware that I've probably 
never said this before--was a definite migratory flight from east to west of 
juvenile Herring Gulls. Probably associated with this were no fewer than 8 
fresh juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls, along with one adult and one older 
immature. Notably, the ragged one- and two-year-old LBBGs that have been 
present here in numbers since May were not observed in this offshore flight, 
but instead were present (just two that I saw) as usual in the loafing flocks 
in the parking lots. There were also one-two juvenile and two near-adult LBBGs 
at RMSP yesterday, an adult at Cupsogue on Sunday, and a juvenile (my first of 
the year) at Heckscher SP on Saturday.

It is important to carefully note the age and behavior of these birds because 
their migration schedules vary by age class and, presumably, according to 
geographic origin. At this date it is possible, under favorable circumstances 
to distinguish five different age classes, as follows:

HY--fresh juveniles hatched this June
SY--ragged yearlings molting from first summer to second winter plumage
TY--ragged two-year-olds molting from second summer to third winter plumage
4Y--fourth calendar year birds molting from third summer to adult winter 
plumage (these can look very, very much like true adults)
adults--generally still in beautiful breeding plumage and with all adult-like 
flight feathers and coverts.

Right now we are witnessing the storm-influenced southbound migration of 
juveniles, adults, and near-adults--and possibly a diminution in the summer 
population of SYs.

Shai Mitra
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[nysbirds-l] Smith Point CP (Suffolk)

[Glenn Quinn]

Took a quick drive to Smith Point CP on my lunch hour today, from 1-1:30PM.
At least three Lesser-Black Backed Gulls on the beach.
Nothing much on the ocean except an Osprey fighting its way back to shore.
About 100 Sanderling on the beach in front of the observation tower.
Impressive surf.


Glenn


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[nysbirds-l] Lesser black-backed @ Robert mosses

[Cesar Castillo]

Two individuals seen, one in each of the parking fields I visited, numbers two 
and five. 

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[nysbirds-l] Royal Terns

[Isaac Grant]

In addition to the Sooty Tern there were 241 Royal Terns. Most roosting on the 
beach at the same time. This should be a new state high count. Surely we're 
more birds to be seen as there was a steady stream of them flying in from the 
south. 

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[nysbirds-l] Sooty Tern - Staten Island

[Jose Ramirez-Garofalo]

Issac Grant and I just had a juvenile sooty tern flying towards the narrows
from midland beach on Staten Island-

Jose

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College of Staten Island

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[nysbirds-l] FYI Jones Beach closed

[Tyler Goldstein]

all fields including west end are closed

Tyler Goldstein
Jericho, NY

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[nysbirds-l] American Golden-Plover Brooklyn now

[Doug Gochfeld]

There is currently an adult American Golden-Plover on the beach at Coney
Island Creek Park, just west of the park proper, adjacent to (and north of)
the eastern edge of Sea Gate. It seems to now be fairly settled into the
wrack/debris line, and the tide is rising, so perhaps it will stay a while.

Good Birding
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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond, Queens County

[Sean Sime]

Walking the East Pond on the tail end of high tide Tuesday morning was
productive. There are still some shorebirds around and ducks are building.

Highlights included:

American Avocet
Pectoral Sandpiper(2)
White-rumped Sandpiper (11)
Stilt Sandpiper(8)
Dunlin

There were hundreds of teal, the majority of which were Green-winged, but
with modest numbers of Blue-winged mixed in. Northern Shoveler numbers are
up as well with 225 seen from the Raunt south. A Caspian Tern rounded out
the highlights.

The full Ebird checklist with images can be viewed at the following link.

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Good birding,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots: New/Renamed Locations (13-Sep-'17)

[Ben Cacace]

Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running
smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working
on shared location suggestions.

*New and renamed shared locations* (hotspots) have been updated for the *62
county wiki pages*. You can find a summary of the changes below with
clickable links where pages exist for a dedicated hotspot.

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/NewHotspots
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/RenamedHotspots

The above links now appear on the home page (see below) on the 'Shared
Location Updates' line eliminating the need to refer back to this message:

Home page: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

The alphabetized page with all hotspots (5,882) has also been updated.
Links to both the New and Renamed pages appears on the 'Shared Location
Updates' line:

Alphabetical list of hotspots:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/AlphaHotspots

If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here
are the steps:

— Sign into eBird.org
— Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel
— At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one
page
— You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location,
Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists
— Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by
clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line
— Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons
— Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected
— Click the icon that best fits your location
— ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along
with the # of checklists you'll be merging
— Click on the 'Merge' button
— Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query

All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot
with this process.
-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
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