- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 18, 2012
* NYNY1205.18
- Birds Mentioned:
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Cattle Egret
Gull-billed Tern
Roseate Tern
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Vesper Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
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
~ Transcript ~
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126
Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Karen Fung
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 18th
at 10:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS,
WHITE-WINGED DOVE, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, and spring migrants.
Last Sunday an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was found at Scoy Pond on the
Grace Estate at Northwest Woods on Long Island's South Fork in East
Hampton. Though this is technically a limited access park, the ibis
has not been seen there recently but may be drifting around eastern
Long Island. The adult previously on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge has not been reported since early last week and may
have moved east.
Last Sunday afternoon a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen flying east past
Jones Beach West End parking lot 2, but subsequent searches around
West End could not relocate this bird. Four GULL-BILLED TERNS were on
the bar off the West End Coast Guard Station last Sunday, and a good
variety of shorebirds have been present around the bar at higher
tides.
SOOTY SHEARWATERS have begun to appear along the south shore of Long
Island, with seven being counted from Robert Moses State Park Tuesday
morning. Other pelagics noted there on Tuesday's seawatch were 1
black and 10 ROSEATE TERNS, and 50 or so NORTHERN GANNETS. Thursday
found 3 more Sootys off Moses field 2 and several off Shinnecock
Inlet, where a handful of COMMON EIDER also continue. A few SOOTYS and
a bonus Right Whale were off Sagg Pond today. Additional pelagic
species will be appearing offshore over the next month or two, and
among the places to watch, from west to east, are Jones Beach field 6,
Robert Moses field 2, Cupsogue County Park, Shinnecock Inlet, East
Main Beach in East Hampton, and Montauk Point. The best times to
watch are early in the morning and after 4pm, though any time could
produce pelagics.
The CATTLE EGRET at Mecox was still present Thursday, usually in the
field off Mecox Road, across from the end of Halsey Lane. Another
CATTLE EGRET put in a brief appearance at Argyle Pond in Babylon on
Thursday.
In the city parks, as the migration winds down, perhaps earlier than
we would like, a decent variety of some nice rarities do continue to
occur. A KENTUCKY WARBLER was seen at Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
last Monday, and at Forest Park, the rapidly shrinking waterhole last
Saturday did attract a young male SUMMER TANAGER and numerous species
of warblers at eye-level views, including TENNESSEE WARBLER, CAPE MAY
WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WORM-EATING WARBLER. KENTUCKY
WARBLER was also noted at Hempstead Lake State Park last Saturday.
Also appearing now are a variety of empidonax flycatchers, including
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER,
and the later variety of warblers, including MOURNING WARBLER.
Out east at Montauk last Saturday, birds featured a BLUE GROSBEAK plus
a VESPER SPARROW. These two species are among a group of uncommon to
rare local breeders that are struggling to hold on in our area, so
when visiting their nesting areas, please avoid any disturbances
whatsoever.
To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126,
or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
[~END TAPE~]
~ End Transcript ~
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