[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 November 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 11, 2011 * NYNY.11 - Birds mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Redhead Common Loon EARED GREBE BROWN PELICAN American Bittern Purple Sandpiper BLACK-HEADED GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Royal Tern WESTERN KINGBIRD Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat American Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lapland Longspur Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch - 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 Friday, Eleven Eleven Eleven at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are EARED GREBE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD and several GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. A good week for unusual birds starting it off with an EARED GREBE identified last Friday and confirmed Saturday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Still present at least through Tuesday the EARED GREBE has been staying with a dozen or more Horned Grebes in the bay south of the West Pond as viewed from the trail along the south side of the West Pond. As the tide drops the grebe flock can move pretty far offshore towards the islands in the bay but tends to move closer on the rising tide. A telescope is strongly recommended. Also at the bay an AMERICAN BITTERN has been frequenting the West Pond since Sunday and a growing number of ducks now include 2 REDHEADS on the West Pond. The Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers, Westchester County, has attracted another selasphorous hummingbird this appearing to be an immature female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. The hummingbird has been frequenting the feeders and Pineapple Sage in the butterfly garden between the Nature Center and the hawkwatch site. The hummingbird seems to be sensitive to disturbance and may not come in if there is a good amount of activity so choose your observation point with that in mind. If entering the butterfly garden please be sure the entrance gate is firmly closed. To reach Lenoir: from the Sawmill River Parkway take Exit 9, Executive Boulevard, to its end at North Broadway, go right on North Broadway a short distance to Dudley Street on the left. The Lenoir parking lot is on the left off Dudley Street. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL has returned as of Sunday to the Owl's Head waste water treatment plant in Bay Ridge Brooklyn near the Verrazzano Bridge. It can take patience to see the gull flying about the plant while viewing from outside the facility and finding higher ground helps. It might also be worth checking any gulls roosting on the nearby Veteran's Memorial Pier. Also in the New York City area a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still frequenting Bryant Park to Wednesday when it was seen in the northwest corner of the park and a thrush believed to be a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was also there. Birds Sunday at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn featured ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and EASTERN BLUEBIRD. It was a good weekend for bluebirds locally as they were present at many locations. In the Bronx a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on the lake at Van Cortlandt Park Thursday and today. This white-front joins at least 4 others scattered around eastern Long Island and these include 1 seen on the athletic field at East Northport High School on Monday, 1 continuing to visit Marratooka Lake off New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck and 2 lingering on the South Fork, 1 off Further Lane in East Hampton and the other at the Deep Hollow Ranch on the south side of Route 27 east of Montauk. Also in Montauk an immature BROWN PELICAN continues to be seen along the north shoreline usually around the Montauk Harbor jetties but on Monday it was also spotted in Fort Pond Bay to the west of the Montauk Harbor entrance. On Thursday a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen in Oldfield north of Setauket on the north shore of Suffolk County. The bird was around the Oldfield lighthouse around noon. At Montauk Point Saturday birds featured 2 adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES but few terns were remaining while 285 COMMON LOONS were counted
[nysbirds-l] Stony Brook Mill Pond - Snow Goose (Suffolk Cty, LI)
A rather tame but apparently wild SNOW GOOSE was among the throngs of hand-fed Canada Geese at the Mill Pond in Stony Brook this afternoon. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scullybirds/6335146981/in/photostream Cheers, Peter -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hummingbird continues at Lenoir Preserve, Yonkers and Greater White-fronted Goose continues at Van Cortlandt, Bronx
The selasphorus hummingbird continues at the Beverly Smith Butterfly garden at Lenoir Nature Preserve in Yonkers, Westchester County. It now seems to prefer the feeder just inside the gate near the pineapple sage, but will use the other feeders and sage if people approach to close. I’m still leaning to an immature female Rufous but I have yet to see good photos of the tail feathers. Also seen today at the hawk watch and overhead were a pair of Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagle, many Turkey Vultures and a few Black Vultures. The Greater White-fronted Goose continues not too far away at Van Cortlandt Lake, Bronx at the north end Directions to Lenoir In the southwest portion of Westchester County (The city of Yonkers) - Take the Saw Mill River Parkway to Exit 9, Executive Blvd. Take Executive Blvd. to its end at North Broadway and turn right (north). Go 1/4 mile and turn left onto Dudley Street. Lenoir's parking lot is on the left. ( some parking is available at the mansion, second driveway on the left from the light at North Broadway and Executive Blvd). You can also take metro North to the Yonkers train station and then take the # 6 bus which will drop you off at Dudley Street. See http://www.hras.org/wtobird/lenoir.html for a map of the park. PLEASE make sure the gate to the butterfly garden is locked when you leave. Michael Bochnik -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hecksher S.P. - Suffolk
A drive through Hecksher turned up 2 Wilson's snipe probing within the median just north of entrance to field 5. The birds were hunkered down and camoflouged in the dark substrate when I left the park around 11. Nice close viewing. Worth a look if you're nearby. -Derek Rogers Sayville Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 9 November 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Eight-three species were reported this week including 32 waterfowl species. Most reported species include Bald Eagle (7 reports),American Tree Sparrow (6) and Eastern Bluebird (6). The best birds were: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: Fort Miller 11/5. CACKLING GOOSE: Germantown 11/4 (2). LONG-TAILED DUCK: New Baltimore 11/5; Tomhannock 11/7, 11/8. RED-THROATED LOON: Tomhannock 11/7. RED-NECKED GREBE: Lake George 11/1-3 (2); Tomhanock 11/7 (2). BLACK VULTURE: Slingerlands 11/4 (2). NORTHERN SHRIKE: Ephratah 11/8. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Vischer Ferry 11/4. Other notable reports: Snow Goose: Herrington Pond 11/2; Stuyvesant 11/2 (20). Brant: Valatie 11/4; Tomhannock 11/7 (18). Mute Swan: Germantown 11/4 (2); Tomhannock 11/7 (6), 11/8 (6); Nassau Lake 11/9 (5). Greater Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/7 (8). Lesser Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/7 (2). White-winged Scoter: Lake George 11/1-3 (5). Black Scoter: Coxsackie Reservoir 11/4 (12). Bufflehead: Stillwater 11/5 (6). Common Loon:Tomhannock 11/2 (5), 11/7 (5); Lake George 11/1-3 (3); Saratoga Lake 11/7. Pied-billed Grebe: Vischer Ferry 11/4. Horned Grebe: Lake George 11/1-3 (2); Tomhannock 11/2 (3), 11/7 (4); Saratoga Lake 11/7 (2). Northern Harrier: Stuyvesant 11/2; Claverack 11/9. American Coot: Vischer Ferry 11/4, 11/5. Barred Owl: Lake George 11/1-3 (5). Common Raven: Lake George 11/1-3 (2). Winter Wren: Vischer Ferry 11/5. Gray Catbird: Claverack 11/6. American Pipit: Stuyvesant 11/2 (30). Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 11/4, 11/5; Claverack 11/6. Purple Finch: Stillwater 11/9 (2). Pine Siskin: Brunswick 11/8. Thanks toPhil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Susan Beaudoin (Saratoga Lake, Stillwater), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Fort Miller, Coxsackie Reservoir, Stillwater, Cohoes Flats, New Baltimore), John Hershey (Vischer Ferry, Tomhannock 11/7), Honey Hollen (Ephratah), John Kent (Bethlehem), Nancy Kern (Stuyvesant, Chatham, Germantown, Tomhannock 11/7, Valatie), Naomi King (Tomhannock 11/8), Bill Lee (Tomhannock 11/2, 11/7), Alan Mapes (Lake George), Steve Mesick (Slingerlands), Curt Morgan (Schodack Landing, Schodack Island), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway) and Chad Witko (Claverack). -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 9 November 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Eight-three species were reported this week including 32 waterfowl species. Most reported species include Bald Eagle (7 reports),American Tree Sparrow (6) and Eastern Bluebird (6). The best birds were: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: Fort Miller 11/5. CACKLING GOOSE: Germantown 11/4 (2). LONG-TAILED DUCK: New Baltimore 11/5; Tomhannock 11/7, 11/8. RED-THROATED LOON: Tomhannock 11/7. RED-NECKED GREBE: Lake George 11/1-3 (2); Tomhanock 11/7 (2). BLACK VULTURE: Slingerlands 11/4 (2). NORTHERN SHRIKE: Ephratah 11/8. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Vischer Ferry 11/4. Other notable reports: Snow Goose: Herrington Pond 11/2; Stuyvesant 11/2 (20). Brant: Valatie 11/4; Tomhannock 11/7 (18). Mute Swan: Germantown 11/4 (2); Tomhannock 11/7 (6), 11/8 (6); Nassau Lake 11/9 (5). Greater Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/7 (8). Lesser Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/7 (2). White-winged Scoter: Lake George 11/1-3 (5). Black Scoter: Coxsackie Reservoir 11/4 (12). Bufflehead: Stillwater 11/5 (6). Common Loon:Tomhannock 11/2 (5), 11/7 (5); Lake George 11/1-3 (3); Saratoga Lake 11/7. Pied-billed Grebe: Vischer Ferry 11/4. Horned Grebe: Lake George 11/1-3 (2); Tomhannock 11/2 (3), 11/7 (4); Saratoga Lake 11/7 (2). Northern Harrier: Stuyvesant 11/2; Claverack 11/9. American Coot: Vischer Ferry 11/4, 11/5. Barred Owl: Lake George 11/1-3 (5). Common Raven: Lake George 11/1-3 (2). Winter Wren: Vischer Ferry 11/5. Gray Catbird: Claverack 11/6. American Pipit: Stuyvesant 11/2 (30). Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 11/4, 11/5; Claverack 11/6. Purple Finch: Stillwater 11/9 (2). Pine Siskin: Brunswick 11/8. Thanks toPhil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Susan Beaudoin (Saratoga Lake, Stillwater), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Fort Miller, Coxsackie Reservoir, Stillwater, Cohoes Flats, New Baltimore), John Hershey (Vischer Ferry, Tomhannock 11/7), Honey Hollen (Ephratah), John Kent (Bethlehem), Nancy Kern (Stuyvesant, Chatham, Germantown, Tomhannock 11/7, Valatie), Naomi King (Tomhannock 11/8), Bill Lee (Tomhannock 11/2, 11/7), Alan Mapes (Lake George), Steve Mesick (Slingerlands), Curt Morgan (Schodack Landing, Schodack Island), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway) and Chad Witko (Claverack). -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hecksher S.P. - Suffolk
A drive through Hecksher turned up 2 Wilson's snipe probing within the median just north of entrance to field 5. The birds were hunkered down and camoflouged in the dark substrate when I left the park around 11. Nice close viewing. Worth a look if you're nearby. -Derek Rogers Sayville Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 November 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 11, 2011 * NYNY.11 - Birds mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Redhead Common Loon EARED GREBE BROWN PELICAN American Bittern Purple Sandpiper BLACK-HEADED GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Royal Tern WESTERN KINGBIRD Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat American Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lapland Longspur Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch - 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 Friday, Eleven Eleven Eleven at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are EARED GREBE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD and several GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. A good week for unusual birds starting it off with an EARED GREBE identified last Friday and confirmed Saturday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Still present at least through Tuesday the EARED GREBE has been staying with a dozen or more Horned Grebes in the bay south of the West Pond as viewed from the trail along the south side of the West Pond. As the tide drops the grebe flock can move pretty far offshore towards the islands in the bay but tends to move closer on the rising tide. A telescope is strongly recommended. Also at the bay an AMERICAN BITTERN has been frequenting the West Pond since Sunday and a growing number of ducks now include 2 REDHEADS on the West Pond. The Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers, Westchester County, has attracted another selasphorous hummingbird this appearing to be an immature female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. The hummingbird has been frequenting the feeders and Pineapple Sage in the butterfly garden between the Nature Center and the hawkwatch site. The hummingbird seems to be sensitive to disturbance and may not come in if there is a good amount of activity so choose your observation point with that in mind. If entering the butterfly garden please be sure the entrance gate is firmly closed. To reach Lenoir: from the Sawmill River Parkway take Exit 9, Executive Boulevard, to its end at North Broadway, go right on North Broadway a short distance to Dudley Street on the left. The Lenoir parking lot is on the left off Dudley Street. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL has returned as of Sunday to the Owl's Head waste water treatment plant in Bay Ridge Brooklyn near the Verrazzano Bridge. It can take patience to see the gull flying about the plant while viewing from outside the facility and finding higher ground helps. It might also be worth checking any gulls roosting on the nearby Veteran's Memorial Pier. Also in the New York City area a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still frequenting Bryant Park to Wednesday when it was seen in the northwest corner of the park and a thrush believed to be a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was also there. Birds Sunday at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn featured ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and EASTERN BLUEBIRD. It was a good weekend for bluebirds locally as they were present at many locations. In the Bronx a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on the lake at Van Cortlandt Park Thursday and today. This white-front joins at least 4 others scattered around eastern Long Island and these include 1 seen on the athletic field at East Northport High School on Monday, 1 continuing to visit Marratooka Lake off New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck and 2 lingering on the South Fork, 1 off Further Lane in East Hampton and the other at the Deep Hollow Ranch on the south side of Route 27 east of Montauk. Also in Montauk an immature BROWN PELICAN continues to be seen along the north shoreline usually around the Montauk Harbor jetties but on Monday it was also spotted in Fort Pond Bay to the west of the Montauk Harbor entrance. On Thursday a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen in Oldfield north of Setauket on the north shore of Suffolk County. The bird was around the Oldfield lighthouse around noon. At Montauk Point Saturday birds featured 2 adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES but few terns were remaining while 285 COMMON LOONS were counted
