[nysbirds-l] Post-storm birding Brooklyn inc. probable tropicbird

[Shane Blodgett]

I spent most of the day scoping Gravesend Bay from 3 different vantage points. 
Highlights included:

1 Tropicbird sp.
1 Cory's Shearwater
2 Wilson's Storm Petrel
3 Leach's Storm Petrel
1 Red Phalarope
6 Parasitic Jaeger
2 Royal Tern

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At around 10:00 a.m. I spotted a brilliant white bird about half the size of 
the adult Gannets it was among just south of the mid-span of the Verrazanno.  
Unfortunately we were at the end of Bay Parkway at that point putting us a good 
1.5 miles away but I was able to follow the bird for about 2 minutes in which 
time I was not able to discern any dark markings either above or below on the 
bird and no black wingtips (in case it was a runt Gannet).

 The shape struck me right away as tropic-bird-like with an attenuated rear 
though I could not make out tail streamers at that distance. The bird 
hover/kited into the wind and then dove toward the water and then swooping back 
up to hover again. It was facing into the wind when hovering and only 
flapped intermittently. It repeated this 3x cutting across east across the bay 
toward the Belt Parkway. On the third swoop down I lost it and was not able to 
relocate. Another band of rain moved in right at that point and viewing 
conditions quickly deteriorated.

Given the size of the bird and the very white plumage I would think Red-billed 
might actually be more likely than White-tailed but honestly given the distant 
I was going mostly on GIS and the distinctive bright white plumage. Those who 
know me know that I tend to second guess myself a lot and the fact that only 
Rob Jett and I actually ever got on the bird and then we were not able to find 
it again gives me pause and I can't say I am 100% ceratain about the i.d. but 
wanted to put it out there anyway.

Regards,
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn NY
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[nysbirds-l] Braddock Bay, Point Breeze and Lakeside Beach 10/30/12

[Joetf1973]

 
I had hope to head to Hamlin Beach, but the park was closed due to the  
storm. Nice to see many Brant, and the Osprey was nice at this late date as  
well.
 

Joe Fell
Buffalo, NY
 


Braddock Bay, Monroe, US-NY
Oct 30, 2012 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Protocol:  Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: 50 F cloudy with light drizzle
21  species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan  (Cygnus olor) 21
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 2
Greater/Lesser Scaup  (Aythya marila/affinis) 20 conservative estimate
Pied-billed Grebe  (Podilymbus podiceps) 8
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  X
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)  1
American Coot (Fulica americana) 210 conservative estimate
Bonaparte's  Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 16
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile  atricapillus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 40 conservative  estimate
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 60 conservative  estimate
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3
Rusty Blackbird  (Euphagus carolinus) 30 conservative estimate
House Sparrow (Passer  domesticus) 20 conservative estimate
 

Point Breeze, Orleans, US-NY
Oct 30, 2012 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Protocol:  Stationary
Comments: 50 F cloudy with light drizzle
10  species

Brant (Branta bernicla) 450 conservative estimate - several  flocks - one 
of over 100 birds, with several smaller flocks of 40 - 50 birds  flying very 
low and heading east
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 127
Mute  Swan (Cygnus olor) 5
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
White-winged Scoter  (Melanitta fusca) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  7
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 67
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  24
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  11
 

Lakeside Beach SP, Orleans, US-NY
Oct 30, 2012 4:50 PM
Protocol:  Stationary
Comments: 49 F cloudy. Kurt Fox was in the park and had seen quite  a few 
Brant prior to my arrival.
7 species

Brant (Branta bernicla) 40  conservative estimate
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Ring-billed Gull  (Larus delawarensis) 10 Conservative estimate - possibly 
more, but I think the  same birds kept coming near shore and circling. - few 
more were oout on the  lake
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia  sialis) 8
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 19
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco  hyemalis) 1

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[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Storm Birds

[Peter Post]

As many as 15 or more birders spent part or most of the day on the  
Upper West Side of Manhattan (the 70's) on the Hudson River. Since no  
one else has posted the results to this list I thought I would list  
the highlights.


American Oystercatcher. 1 flying down river. A first (?) for NY County.
A number of Forster's Terns.
A group of 3 unidentified Jaegers (spotted by Andrew Farnsworth)  
believed to be a Pomarine and 2 Parasitics.
Not seen by me: A Herring Gull capturing a Leach's Petrel and flying  
off with it.



Peter Post
New York City
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[nysbirds-l] Lake Ontario 10/30 - Shadigee, Town of Yates, Orleans County

[Brett Ewald]

I watched Lake Ontario for almost 4 hours today (10:53-12:53, 2:55-4:35) at 
Shadigee in the Town of Yates (North end of Rt. 63) and saw lots of movement. 
Highlights included numbers of Brant, Black Scoter, and Purple Sandpipers.

Red-throated Loon - 6
Common Loon - 8
Red-necked Grebe - 3
Horned Grebe - 48
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Snow Goose - 2 (1 Blue)
Brant - 2,823
Mallard - 61
American Black Duck - 5
Northern Pintail - 119
American Wigeon - 7
Lesser Scaup - 3
White-winged Scoter - 231
Black Scoter - 202
Surf Scoter - 5
dark-winged Scoter - 13
Common Goldeneye - 27
Bufflehead - 20
Long-tailed Duck - 521
Red-breasted Merganser - 262
Common Merganser - 2
Hooded Merganser - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Herring Gull - 25
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Purple Sandpiper - 2
Dunlin - 1
Snow Bunting - 1

Brett
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[nysbirds-l] Aarghh!

[Fred Baumgarten]

The lack of geographic specificity is killing me!  Come on, people!!

Fred Baumgarten
Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY
And points in between
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[nysbirds-l] Storm birds

[Isaac Grant]

All seen from Alice Austin House in Staten Island. This looks out onto NY 
harbor.

Summary of birds seen during the day:

3 pomarine jaeger

Minimum of 11 parasitic jaegers. 11 were seen at once. Many more were seen but 
some were reluctant to fly under the bridge and were circling. Not sure how 
many did fly under.

2 Leach's Storm petrels
2 Wilson's storm petrels 

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[nysbirds-l] Verrazano Narrows

[Paul R Sweet]

John Ascher and I checked out the Verrazano Narrows from the Brooklyn side. The 
best bird was a single Royal Tern seen from the Bay Parkway Mall. 30 plus 
Gannets were in the Narrows, some ranging north of the bridge. Good numbers of 
Laughing Gulls plus a few Boneparte's Gulls and Common Terns were seen among 
the more usual larids.


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[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Birds/ Orange County

[Curt McDermott]

Today from 9am to 2pm, I was able to get out and bird the Hudson River between 
Newburgh and Cornwall in Orange County.  All the normal stuff until about 
12:30. After 12:30, I had the following:

4 - Common Loon in a group
10- Surf Scoter
1- Shearwater Species ( too far out to ID/rain) Painful!!!
2- Peregrine Falcon ( 1 appeared to be eating on the wing-something I did not 
think was possible for them.)
1- Immature Bald Eagle
Several Flocks of Brant flying

All birds seen from Cornwall.  Also 1 Brant next to Torches Restaurant in 
Newburgh, first seen yesterday.
  
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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Petrel location

[Jim Clinton]

Sorry for not having more information on the location.  I was in the field 
viewing the bird and had my wife make the post. 

River Rd. is just south of Port Ewen which is south of Kingston.
Viewed the Wilson's Petrel from 12:00-12:50.  Spent only about 15 minutes in 
the air.  Most of the time it was sitting on the water.  If it stayed on the 
water I am sure I would have never spotted it.  It look like a small log with a 
pointy end upriver.  When sitting on the water one could see the light markings 
on the wing, the bill and occasionally the rump.

Jim Clinton

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[nysbirds-l] Brant on the Hudson, Westchester County

[Robert Lewis]

About 1:00 pm, from Sleepy Hollow, a flock of about 50 brant flying south in 
the middle of the Hudson.   Nothing else but 2 gulls way off.

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY

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Re: [nysbirds-l] wilsons petrel

[Robert Lewis]

Please be specific. Where is "River Road"?

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY

--- On Tue, 10/30/12, Jim Clinton  wrote:

> From: Jim Clinton 
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] wilsons  petrel
> To: "nysbirds-L" 
> Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 12:16 PM
> Wilsons Petrel - River Rd - light
> house park
> 12:15
> must enter from south end of river rd.  north end is
> closed. 
> Jim Clinton
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[nysbirds-l] Avocet on Queens

[Corey Finger]

There is an American avocet at flushing meadows park in queens. From the 
parking lot at the north end of the lake walk onto the little bridge and look 
left. It is huddled down against the flooded marsh grass.

Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] wilsons petrel

[Jim Clinton]

Wilsons Petrel - River Rd - light house park
12:15
must enter from south end of river rd.  north end is closed. 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Suffolk Co, LI Post-Sandy Birding

[Michael McBrien]

Spent most of the early morning in a futile attempt to find a spot to  
look over the bay.  Most roads were either heavily flooded or had  
downed trees blocking them.
A search of the large Patchogue lakes yielded nothing much in the way  
of storm birds.
We finally found a vantage point to scope Bellport Bay.  In an hour of  
scoping, from 10:30 - 11:30am, I recorded 1 Leach's Storm Petrel, 1  
Northern Gannet, 2 distant shearwater sp, and many scoters moving  
around.
Hopefully more to come later.
Good and safe storm birding,
Michael McBrien
East Patchogue


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[nysbirds-l] Storm birds

[Isaac Grant]

1 leach's storm petrel
1 Wilson's storm petrel
5 parasitic jaeger
Between 11:00 and 12
Isaac grant and Ed Johnson 


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Leach's storm petrel

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This could end up being a duplicate post, but wanted to get the word out for 
another good Upstate bird:

Brad Walker has spotted a Leach's Storm-Petrel out from Myers Point Town Park 
on the Eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. This is located in the Town of Lansing, 
NY, about 20 minutes North of Ithaca, NY.

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brad Walker mailto:bm...@cornell.edu>>
Date: October 30, 2012 11:53:56 AM EDT
To: Cayugabirds mailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Leach's storm petrel
Reply-To: Brad Walker mailto:bm...@cornell.edu>>


At Myer s. Out onto lake

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[nysbirds-l] Ross's Gull on Cayuga Lake

[Scott Haber]

Chris Wood just reported on Cayugabirds that he is watching an adult ROSS'S
GULL on Cayuga Lake from Long Point State Park, in Aurora. He described the
bird as being "across the lake". Long Point is on the eastern shore of
Cayuga Lake. I'm sure we'll be getting more details soon.

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[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallow at Montauk Point.

[Anthony Collerton]

11:15am with Peter Polshek.
Anthony Collerton.

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[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope at Spuyten Duyvil

[Joseph DiCostanzo]

About 9 am I had a Red Phalarope land in the ship canal visible from my
apartment window at West 218th Street next to Inwood Hill Park in northern
Manhattan. The bird drifted westward towards Spuyten Duyvil and the Hudson
River. We tried to bird the Hudson from the west end of Dyckmann Street, but
police closed off the area.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

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[nysbirds-l] Jaegers

[Isaac Grant]

At Alice Austin house looking into NY Harbor. I've had 3 pomarine and 2 
parasitic jaegers. 

2 leach's storm petrels were reported from the Brooklyn side of the harbor.

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[nysbirds-l] Storm birds Greene County = NONE

[Richard Guthrie]

Between clean-up chores around the house and neighborhood, I watched for any
storm driven birds out over the Hudson River.

 

Bottom Line - None 

 

Here along the Hudson River, we did have some minor flooding (unless it was
your basement that took on water or road flooded). There had been some
evacuations locally. But the situation is now calm.

 

I'll be keeping an eye out through the day and report any or no sightings.

 

Rich Guthrie

New Baltimore

The Greene County

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[nysbirds-l] Red Phalarope at Spuyten Duyvil

[Joseph DiCostanzo]

About 9 am I had a Red Phalarope land in the ship canal visible from my
apartment window at West 218th Street next to Inwood Hill Park in northern
Manhattan. The bird drifted westward towards Spuyten Duyvil and the Hudson
River. We tried to bird the Hudson from the west end of Dyckmann Street, but
police closed off the area.

 

Joe DiCostanzo

www.greatgullisland.org

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallow at Montauk Point.

[Anthony Collerton]

11:15am with Peter Polshek.
Anthony Collerton.

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[nysbirds-l] Storm birds

[Isaac Grant]

1 leach's storm petrel
1 Wilson's storm petrel
5 parasitic jaeger
Between 11:00 and 12
Isaac grant and Ed Johnson 


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Leach's storm petrel

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This could end up being a duplicate post, but wanted to get the word out for 
another good Upstate bird:

Brad Walker has spotted a Leach's Storm-Petrel out from Myers Point Town Park 
on the Eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. This is located in the Town of Lansing, 
NY, about 20 minutes North of Ithaca, NY.

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edumailto:bm...@cornell.edu
Date: October 30, 2012 11:53:56 AM EDT
To: Cayugabirds cayugabird...@cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Leach's storm petrel
Reply-To: Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edumailto:bm...@cornell.edu


At Myer s. Out onto lake

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[nysbirds-l] Central Suffolk Co, LI Post-Sandy Birding

[Michael McBrien]

Spent most of the early morning in a futile attempt to find a spot to  
look over the bay.  Most roads were either heavily flooded or had  
downed trees blocking them.
A search of the large Patchogue lakes yielded nothing much in the way  
of storm birds.
We finally found a vantage point to scope Bellport Bay.  In an hour of  
scoping, from 10:30 - 11:30am, I recorded 1 Leach's Storm Petrel, 1  
Northern Gannet, 2 distant shearwater sp, and many scoters moving  
around.
Hopefully more to come later.
Good and safe storm birding,
Michael McBrien
East Patchogue


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[nysbirds-l] wilsons petrel

[Jim Clinton]

Wilsons Petrel - River Rd - light house park
12:15
must enter from south end of river rd.  north end is closed. 
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[nysbirds-l] Avocet on Queens

[Corey Finger]

There is an American avocet at flushing meadows park in queens. From the 
parking lot at the north end of the lake walk onto the little bridge and look 
left. It is huddled down against the flooded marsh grass.

Good birding,
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Re: [nysbirds-l] wilsons petrel

[Robert Lewis]

Please be specific. Where is River Road?

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY

--- On Tue, 10/30/12, Jim Clinton jc...@earthlink.net wrote:

 From: Jim Clinton jc...@earthlink.net
 Subject: [nysbirds-l] wilsons  petrel
 To: nysbirds-L nysbirds-L@cornell.edu
 Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 12:16 PM
 Wilsons Petrel - River Rd - light
 house park
 12:15
 must enter from south end of river rd.  north end is
 closed. 
 Jim Clinton
 
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[nysbirds-l] Brant on the Hudson, Westchester County

[Robert Lewis]

About 1:00 pm, from Sleepy Hollow, a flock of about 50 brant flying south in 
the middle of the Hudson.   Nothing else but 2 gulls way off.

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[nysbirds-l] Wilson's Petrel location

[Jim Clinton]

Sorry for not having more information on the location.  I was in the field 
viewing the bird and had my wife make the post. 

River Rd. is just south of Port Ewen which is south of Kingston.
Viewed the Wilson's Petrel from 12:00-12:50.  Spent only about 15 minutes in 
the air.  Most of the time it was sitting on the water.  If it stayed on the 
water I am sure I would have never spotted it.  It look like a small log with a 
pointy end upriver.  When sitting on the water one could see the light markings 
on the wing, the bill and occasionally the rump.

Jim Clinton

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[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Birds/ Orange County

[Curt McDermott]

Today from 9am to 2pm, I was able to get out and bird the Hudson River between 
Newburgh and Cornwall in Orange County.  All the normal stuff until about 
12:30. After 12:30, I had the following:

4 - Common Loon in a group
10- Surf Scoter
1- Shearwater Species ( too far out to ID/rain) Painful!!!
2- Peregrine Falcon ( 1 appeared to be eating on the wing-something I did not 
think was possible for them.)
1- Immature Bald Eagle
Several Flocks of Brant flying

All birds seen from Cornwall.  Also 1 Brant next to Torches Restaurant in 
Newburgh, first seen yesterday.
  
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[nysbirds-l] Verrazano Narrows

[Paul R Sweet]

John Ascher and I checked out the Verrazano Narrows from the Brooklyn side. The 
best bird was a single Royal Tern seen from the Bay Parkway Mall. 30 plus 
Gannets were in the Narrows, some ranging north of the bridge. Good numbers of 
Laughing Gulls plus a few Boneparte's Gulls and Common Terns were seen among 
the more usual larids.


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[nysbirds-l] Storm birds

[Isaac Grant]

All seen from Alice Austin House in Staten Island. This looks out onto NY 
harbor.

Summary of birds seen during the day:

3 pomarine jaeger

Minimum of 11 parasitic jaegers. 11 were seen at once. Many more were seen but 
some were reluctant to fly under the bridge and were circling. Not sure how 
many did fly under.

2 Leach's Storm petrels
2 Wilson's storm petrels 

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[nysbirds-l] Aarghh!

[Fred Baumgarten]

The lack of geographic specificity is killing me!  Come on, people!!

Fred Baumgarten
Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY
And points in between
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[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Storm Birds

[Peter Post]

As many as 15 or more birders spent part or most of the day on the  
Upper West Side of Manhattan (the 70's) on the Hudson River. Since no  
one else has posted the results to this list I thought I would list  
the highlights.


American Oystercatcher. 1 flying down river. A first (?) for NY County.
A number of Forster's Terns.
A group of 3 unidentified Jaegers (spotted by Andrew Farnsworth)  
believed to be a Pomarine and 2 Parasitics.
Not seen by me: A Herring Gull capturing a Leach's Petrel and flying  
off with it.



Peter Post
New York City
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[nysbirds-l] Post-storm birding Brooklyn inc. probable tropicbird

[Shane Blodgett]

I spent most of the day scoping Gravesend Bay from 3 different vantage points. 
Highlights included:

1 Tropicbird sp.
1 Cory's Shearwater
2 Wilson's Storm Petrel
3 Leach's Storm Petrel
1 Red Phalarope
6 Parasitic Jaeger
2 Royal Tern

Full list here:

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At around 10:00 a.m. I spotted a brilliant white bird about half the size of 
the adult Gannets it was among just south of the mid-span of the Verrazanno.  
Unfortunately we were at the end of Bay Parkway at that point putting us a good 
1.5 miles away but I was able to follow the bird for about 2 minutes in which 
time I was not able to discern any dark markings either above or below on the 
bird and no black wingtips (in case it was a runt Gannet).

 The shape struck me right away as tropic-bird-like with an attenuated rear 
though I could not make out tail streamers at that distance. The bird 
hover/kited into the wind and then dove toward the water and then swooping back 
up to hover again. It was facing into the wind when hovering and only 
flapped intermittently. It repeated this 3x cutting across east across the bay 
toward the Belt Parkway. On the third swoop down I lost it and was not able to 
relocate. Another band of rain moved in right at that point and viewing 
conditions quickly deteriorated.

Given the size of the bird and the very white plumage I would think Red-billed 
might actually be more likely than White-tailed but honestly given the distant 
I was going mostly on GIS and the distinctive bright white plumage. Those who 
know me know that I tend to second guess myself a lot and the fact that only 
Rob Jett and I actually ever got on the bird and then we were not able to find 
it again gives me pause and I can't say I am 100% ceratain about the i.d. but 
wanted to put it out there anyway.

Regards,
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn NY
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