[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake Wilson's Warbler

[Pat Palladino]

As a supplement to Steve's post, in addition to his findings, in the late 
afternoon, a male Wilson's Warbler was present among a tremendous flock of 
warblers. Also notable was a brightly plumaged male Blackburnian Warbler.

Patrick F. Palladino


> On May 9, 2014, at 5:57 PM, "Steve Williams"  wrote:
> 
> Stopped by on my lunch break this afternoon.  There was a swarm of warblers 
> at the north west corner of the south pond.
> I saw dozens of Black and Whites, several chestnut sided and a few oven 
> birds.  Also many Magnolia, Northern Parula, Black Throated Blue and 
> Blackpolls and of course the Yellow Rumps abound.  Highlight for me was a 
> Nashville Warbler who came down low to give great views.  Other birds 
> included Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Scarlet Tananger.  No sign of the 
> Cerulian I saw there on Wednesday.  Also had a Turkey Vulture Flighing low 
> and getting chased away by crows. Only spent half an hour there today so 
> there so I probably missed a few gems.
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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 5/9

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 9 May, 2014 - Manhattan, N.Y. City

Birds. Many many birds. Migrants multiplied munificently.
More may be moving... are moving, tonight.

Seriously, when veteran observers, with thousands & ten-thousands of  
field-hours under their binocular-straps, state that this may have  
been the best they've seen of sheer volume of certain specieswhew.


Migrants were observed in just about any & every cranny & corner if  
there was someone looking for them today - far more than is just  
another fine day in mid-May...

Can this continue? Maybe!

super-peak-week-end birds-ing to all

and a place on high for those who've
flown for a better place.

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[nysbirds-l] ELIAS' 0800 Field Trip to Hunter's Garden, Eastport

[robert adamo]

The 5 intrepid birders who disregarded the heavy rain which fell on ground
zero starting at ~ 0715, were rewarded, when it tapered off to a drizzle,
as we arrived at the dead end/ parking area at ~ 0810, left the comfort of
our vehicles, and proceeded to see (not hear) some  birds ! The # of
species recorded, while much larger than what I had here yesterday
afternoon, was less than the total reported by Eric Salzman yesterday
morning. We had a total of 34 species in ~ 3 1/2 hours, including 12
 warblers, with Tennessee being the most notable, followed by Blackpoll &
Chestnut-sided. A singing Scarlet Tanager, although without the benefit of
the sun, was still bright enough to thrill us ! We only had 1 vireo, a
Red-eyed, and even though we had multiple sightings of Hermit Thrush &
Veery, we missed Wood Thrush.

We then traveled the short distance to Bald Hill, where we added Solitary
Sandpiper, Great-crested Flycatcher and Black-throated Green Warbler.

Cheers,
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 May 2014

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 9, 2014
* NYNY1405.09

- Birds mentioned
WILSON'S PLOVER+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Red-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Clapper Rail
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Marsh Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow

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Transcriber: Ben Cacace

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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 9th 2014 at
7pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WILSON'S
PLOVER, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and much more.

A pretty decent week with some nice rarities augmented by a good dose of
migration thanks mostly to the poor weather yesterday and today. This
effect should carry into the weekend.

What may have been last week's Prospect Park flyover BLACK-NECKED STILT was
found Sunday at Goethal's Bridge Pond on northwestern Staten Island and the
bird has been present through today. This pond is north of Route 278 and is
approached from Forest Avenue. Another good shorebird, a male WILSON'S
PLOVER, was seen again Tuesday at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes
the bird well out on the flats off the inlet beach at low tide.

A nice incursion of CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOWS into the city parks took place this
week. Last Sunday one was actually photographed perched on a gravestone in
Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and this was followed by one heard singing
Monday evening on Breeze Hill in nearby Prospect Park. Also on Monday in
Central Park one spent the day roosting around the maintenance area enjoyed
by many birders. On Tuesday one was noted at the Cemetery of the
Resurrection on Staten Island. More suitable habitat like that on eastern
Long Island or Fire Island where this species is unusually encountered.

A GULL-BILLED TERN on the bar east of the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard
Station Saturday and Sunday was followed by four at Nickerson Beach
Wednesday.

The previously reported MARBLED GODWIT count at nearby Lido Beach on May
1st was actually only one with some Short-billed Dowitchers also present.

A CATTLE EGRET at Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island last Friday
and Saturday may have been the one seen at Piermont Pier on the Hudson on
Monday.

Among the warblers an obliging KENTUCKY WARBLER hung around in Prospect
Park from Saturday through mid-week with other singles at Alley Pond Park
Saturday, in Central Park Sunday and Monday and at Southards Pond in
Babylon on Sunday. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER visited Madison Square Park at
23rd Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan Saturday through Tuesday with
another in Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS
featured one lingering in Central Park to last weekend with singles also in
Cunningham Park in Queens Saturday and Prospect Park Sunday. Otherwise the
33 species of warblers encountered this week also featured an
ORANGE-CROWNED singing around Central Park's Maintenance Meadow Saturday
through today, a CERULEAN WARBLER at Hempstead Lake State Park Sunday to
Wednesday and one in Prospect Park today and encouraging numbers of
WORM-EATING and HOODED WARBLERS. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER has been noted on
territory north of New York City and one was reported in Brooklyn today and
other arrivals have included CAPE MAY and WILSON'S starting Saturday,
TENNESSEE from Sunday and BAY-BREASTED as of Wednesday. The flight
yesterday and today also brought in among the regular warblers large
numbers of 

[nysbirds-l] Extralimital Willow Ptarmigan- VT

[Mike]

I haven't seen this posted but it seems that a Willow Ptarmigan was found and 
videos taken in St Johnsbury Vermont on May 9th. Kind of a long way from the NY 
bird, so is this an invasion?  

Mike Cooper
Ridge LI, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Kissena and Big Egg Marsh, Queens NY

[Cesar Castillo]

When I first entered Alley this morning it was relatively quiet, but as time 
wore on activity picked up.  I suppose the birds were falling out of the sky as 
the weather got wetter.  
at Alley I saw
3 Lincoln's Sparrows (1 by each of the two parking fields and one by where the 
Kentucky was spotted last Saturday)
2 Canada Warblers
1 Worm-eating Warbler
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
3-4 Blackpoll Warblers
9-12 Chestnut-sided Warblers
and a few Black-throated Blue's. 
As well as large numbers of Magnolia, Redstarts, Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Parula, 
Black-and-White, BT Green, Ovenbirds, N. Waterthrushes, 2 Palm Warblers, 1 
Blue-winged, 
A good number of Scarlet Tanagers, Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.  Lots 
of Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos. 

At Kissena there were Bobolinks (at least 12) first reported by Gina Goldstein 
in the Velodrome.  I also found 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Prairie, and 2 bright 
blue Indigo Buntings.

At Big Egg Marsh of note (at least for me) were I think 2 Clapper Rails, still 
trying to ID the photo having never seen either Clapper nor King Rail before I 
just want to make sure of what they are.  See photo below
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park (Queens, NY) Additions

[Donna Schulman]

I spent several mid-morning hours at Forest Park and went back for an
evening hour, probably right after Corey left. There was little activity at
the Waterhole (which I am now calling the Water-lake) in the morning other
than the Northern Waterthrushes (at least 3) and the Solitary Sandpiper (I
only saw one), but the whole park was buzzing with the sounds of Northern
Parulas and Blue-throated Warblers, and you couldn't walk six feet without
seeing an Ovenbird. Black-and-Whites were multiplying like Tribbles.

Most of the warbler activity was in the canopy, where id was impossible in
the clouded light, but I was able to pick out a Blackburnian (I see that
Corey had two). That orange-red breast shines like a beacon. There was a lovely
Worm-eating Warbler on the bridal path, bathing in a tiny puddle, a
Nashville at the railroad tracks, a Blue-winged Warbler on the blue trail,
and quite a few Magnolias and Black-throated Greens. At least 5 Scarlet
Tanagers, 3 Empidomax Flycatchers (none of which spoke to me), a Great
Crested Flycatcher by the railroad tracks, and several Veerys. I caught the
Lincoln's Sparrow in the evening, thanks to Lisa S. and Karlo M., plus a
couple of Swamp Sparrows.

Good Birding,
Donna

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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Corey Finger  wrote:

> I did a couple of hours in Forest Park this evening after work, much of it
> in the company of Danny Melore, and we had a pretty good showing despite
> the drizzlymist and the difficult light.
>
> Highlights included a flyover Common Nighthawk, three Worm-eating Warblers
> (two seen, one photographed), a Tennessee Warbler, my FOS Swainson's Thrush
> and Wilson's Warbler, as well as what would have been my FOS Lincoln's
> Sparrow if I had not run across two in Bryant Park this morning.
>
> We also had a total of four Canada Warblers and, perhaps most
> interestingly, I had three Solitary Sandpipers at the waterhole which is so
> large at this point that I wouldn't be surprised to come across gannets
> plunge-diving there.
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[nysbirds-l] An even better day at Croton Point Park

[Kyle Bardwell]

I have been home for three days and have been rewarded with two great days of 
birding at local spot, Croton Point in Westchester County. The radar was again 
alive with migrants last night.  Two strong rain storms came through the area. 
One in the early AM and another between 7:30-8:30am. The rain delayed Charlie 
Roberto and me until 8:30 to start birding. Right away birds were active. It 
wasn't fallout status like hooded warblers on boots in Texas, but there were 
dense amounts of migrants in a very foggy croton point. We started in the 
parking lot where the model airplanes are flown. This is a higher elevation 
area in the northeastern part of of the park where there are a bunch of 
scattered oaks as well a small part of thicker vegetation and
understory. Immediately there was an obvious abundance of migrants. Warblers 
seemed to be in every tree. There were three male scarlet tanagers in one tree, 
a species not abundant yesterday.  One Lincoln's sparrow yesterday was great, 
but there were atleast three today. There were also multiple white crowned 
sparrows around which I did not see yesterday. There were over 20 species of 
warbler in the park with highlights being multiple cape may, multiple wilsons, 
and a bay breasted. Another birder had blackburnian. I also had what I am 
almost positive is a western variance of the palm warbler. I have poor pictures 
of it. Other evidence of fallout like conditions were a huge flock of bobolink 
walking around the short grass even sometimes under trees near the airplane 
field. Least sandpipers and spotted sandpipers occupied almost every puddle in 
the park. Dunlin was an unusual sight at the croton train station.
All in all a great day
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park this Evening

[Corey Finger]

I did a couple of hours in Forest Park this evening after work, much of it in 
the company of Danny Melore, and we had a pretty good showing despite the 
drizzlymist and the difficult light.

Highlights included a flyover Common Nighthawk, three Worm-eating Warblers (two 
seen, one photographed), a Tennessee Warbler, my FOS Swainson's Thrush and 
Wilson's Warbler, as well as what would have been my FOS Lincoln's Sparrow if I 
had not run across two in Bryant Park this morning.

We also had a total of four Canada Warblers and, perhaps most interestingly, I 
had three Solitary Sandpipers at the waterhole which is so large at this point 
that I wouldn't be surprised to come across gannets plunge-diving there.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park and Jamaica Bay

[JGIUNTA746]

Date: May 9, 2014
 
The NYC Audubon "Peak Day" migration walk recorded 89 species.Some members  
of the group even saw more. We visited both Alley Pond Park in Queens and  
Jamaica Bay. Some highlights were:
 
Warblers (15 species)   Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia,  BT Blue, 
Yel-rump, BT Green, Blackpoll, B, Redstart, Blue-winged,  Ovenbird, 
N.Waterthrush, C.Yellowthroat (all seen at Alley Pond)
 
Vireos (4 species) Warbling, Red-eyed and at Jamaica Bay Blue-headed,  
White-eyed
 
Owls; Great Horned and Barn
 
Flycatchers: Gt. Crested, E.Kingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee
 
Shorebirds: Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Spotted and Least Sandpipers
 
Big and colorful: S.Tanager, RB Grosbeak, B. Oriole
 
other birds: Rusty Blackbird, RT Hummingbird, Swamp Sparrow, Tri-colored  
Heron
 
A great bird to be birding.
 
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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake Park Warblers

[Steve Williams]

Stopped by on my lunch break this afternoon.  There was a swarm of warblers
at the north west corner of the south pond.
I saw dozens of Black and Whites, several chestnut sided and a few oven
birds.  Also many Magnolia, Northern Parula, Black Throated Blue and
Blackpolls and of course the Yellow Rumps abound.  Highlight for me was a
Nashville Warbler who came down low to give great views.  Other birds
included Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Scarlet Tananger.  No sign of the
Cerulian I saw there on Wednesday.  Also had a Turkey Vulture Flighing low
and getting chased away by crows. Only spent half an hour there today so
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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Golden-winged Warbler

[Paige Linden]

Hi everyone,

I just had a female golden-winged warbler in my backyard for about an hour.
She was very active working the catkins on a red oak tree. I thought I
would be lucky to see one this spring, never thinking one would show up at
more doorstep in Boerum Hill.  I'll post pictures later today.

Other backyard birds included:

Glossy Ibis (8 - flyover)
Blue-winged warbler
Magnolia warbler
Black & White Warblers (2)
Blackburnian Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-eyed Vireo
White-throated Sparrows (several)
House Finches (several)
House Sparrows (several)
Mourning Doves (several)
American Crow (3)
Northern Cardinals (several)
Rock Pigeons (feral)

Good birding!

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, NYC: Wood Thrush, and a few new arrivals

[Taylor, Robert Michael]

Hi Everyone,

I stopped by Bryant Park with NYC birder Mike during our "lunch break" for a 
quick look by the shed...was quickly joined by another birder (I don't name 
names unless I hear otherwise) It has been slower than last year but hopefully 
picking up now...saw  Hermit Thrush, Ovenbirds, White Throated Sparrow, and a 
Common Yellowthroat.  A Wood Thrush also made a quick appearance.  Besides the 
Hermit  Thrush, most birds seemed skittish.

Wish I could have stayed longer - have a feeling there was more to find.

Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Cerulean Warbler (Kings)

[keir randall]

hi all
I arrived late at Prospect Park this morning (7.40am) and also found waves of 
passerines flying north overhead in the mist . Many more were still in the park 
with the highlight being a male Cerulean Warbler near the Maryland Monument 
(east side of Breeze Hill) found by Anne Murray with Adam Welz. It sang a 
little and foraged quite low. We lost it and didn't relocate it on Lookout Hill 
but most likely it is still be in the park.
Other recent arrivals were Eastern Wood-Pewee and Lincoln's Sparrow (Lookout 
Hill) while there seemed to be a marked upswing of Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided, 
Nashville and Tennessee Warblers (all singing vociferously).  I reluctantly 
left for work at 9.40am with the feeling that there was much more to be found...
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[nysbirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow Captree SP, Suffolk, LI

[Shaibal Mitra]

Rare on Long Island in spring, a Clay-colored Sparrow was an unexpected find at 
Captree SP, Suffolk, LI this morning.

Initially, it fed along the grassy margins of the northern edge of the main 
lot, between the bait and tackle shop east of the concession building and the 
hedge occupied by the cat colony:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2014#6011481797723496418

Later, it flew north over the bay, then arced back to the left and appeared to 
land a little bit west of the concession building.

As mentioned by Tom F, it was a very dynamic morning in this part of the state, 
with many Neotropical migrants moving around in the rain and fog.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] Black-necked stilt- 5/9 No

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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt continues, Staten Island, NYC 5/9

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 9 May, 2014 -

A Black-necked Stilt is continuing at Goethal's Bridge Pond on the NW  
sector of Staten Island, New York City (Richmond County, NY). This  
bird is reported to sometimes be hidden or evasive at the site, so  
some patience may be required. It is generally being found at many  
hours of the day, and has been seen as late as dusk on some prior  
days. A scope definitely desired!


Migration 'fall-out' continues today, in many areas in the region.

good luck to all who go seeking the B.-n. Stilt, & also elsewhere.

Tom Fiore
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[nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilt continues, Staten Island, NYC 5/9

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 9 May, 2014 -

A Black-necked Stilt is continuing at Goethal's Bridge Pond on the NW  
sector of Staten Island, New York City (Richmond County, NY). This  
bird is reported to sometimes be hidden or evasive at the site, so  
some patience may be required. It is generally being found at many  
hours of the day, and has been seen as late as dusk on some prior  
days. A scope definitely desired!


Migration 'fall-out' continues today, in many areas in the region.

good luck to all who go seeking the B.-n. Stilt,  also elsewhere.

Tom Fiore
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [SINaturaList] Black-necked stilt- 5/9 No

[Mike]

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  Stopped by at Goethals Bridge Pond this am to check for the stilt. Checked 
 both the DEC overlook and the tralier park acess spot, but did not find it.
 
  
 
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[nysbirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow Captree SP, Suffolk, LI

[Shaibal Mitra]

Rare on Long Island in spring, a Clay-colored Sparrow was an unexpected find at 
Captree SP, Suffolk, LI this morning.

Initially, it fed along the grassy margins of the northern edge of the main 
lot, between the bait and tackle shop east of the concession building and the 
hedge occupied by the cat colony:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2014#6011481797723496418

Later, it flew north over the bay, then arced back to the left and appeared to 
land a little bit west of the concession building.

As mentioned by Tom F, it was a very dynamic morning in this part of the state, 
with many Neotropical migrants moving around in the rain and fog.

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[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Cerulean Warbler (Kings)

[keir randall]

hi all
I arrived late at Prospect Park this morning (7.40am) and also found waves of 
passerines flying north overhead in the mist . Many more were still in the park 
with the highlight being a male Cerulean Warbler near the Maryland Monument 
(east side of Breeze Hill) found by Anne Murray with Adam Welz. It sang a 
little and foraged quite low. We lost it and didn't relocate it on Lookout Hill 
but most likely it is still be in the park.
Other recent arrivals were Eastern Wood-Pewee and Lincoln's Sparrow (Lookout 
Hill) while there seemed to be a marked upswing of Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided, 
Nashville and Tennessee Warblers (all singing vociferously).  I reluctantly 
left for work at 9.40am with the feeling that there was much more to be found...
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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, NYC: Wood Thrush, and a few new arrivals

[Taylor, Robert Michael]

Hi Everyone,

I stopped by Bryant Park with NYC birder Mike during our lunch break for a 
quick look by the shed...was quickly joined by another birder (I don't name 
names unless I hear otherwise) It has been slower than last year but hopefully 
picking up now...saw  Hermit Thrush, Ovenbirds, White Throated Sparrow, and a 
Common Yellowthroat.  A Wood Thrush also made a quick appearance.  Besides the 
Hermit  Thrush, most birds seemed skittish.

Wish I could have stayed longer - have a feeling there was more to find.

Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Golden-winged Warbler

[Paige Linden]

Hi everyone,

I just had a female golden-winged warbler in my backyard for about an hour.
She was very active working the catkins on a red oak tree. I thought I
would be lucky to see one this spring, never thinking one would show up at
more doorstep in Boerum Hill.  I'll post pictures later today.

Other backyard birds included:

Glossy Ibis (8 - flyover)
Blue-winged warbler
Magnolia warbler
Black  White Warblers (2)
Blackburnian Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-eyed Vireo
White-throated Sparrows (several)
House Finches (several)
House Sparrows (several)
Mourning Doves (several)
American Crow (3)
Northern Cardinals (several)
Rock Pigeons (feral)

Good birding!

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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake Park Warblers

[Steve Williams]

Stopped by on my lunch break this afternoon.  There was a swarm of warblers
at the north west corner of the south pond.
I saw dozens of Black and Whites, several chestnut sided and a few oven
birds.  Also many Magnolia, Northern Parula, Black Throated Blue and
Blackpolls and of course the Yellow Rumps abound.  Highlight for me was a
Nashville Warbler who came down low to give great views.  Other birds
included Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Scarlet Tananger.  No sign of the
Cerulian I saw there on Wednesday.  Also had a Turkey Vulture Flighing low
and getting chased away by crows. Only spent half an hour there today so
there so I probably missed a few gems.
 

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park and Jamaica Bay

[JGIUNTA746]

Date: May 9, 2014
 
The NYC Audubon Peak Day migration walk recorded 89 species.Some members  
of the group even saw more. We visited both Alley Pond Park in Queens and  
Jamaica Bay. Some highlights were:
 
Warblers (15 species)   Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia,  BT Blue, 
Yel-rump, BT Green, Blackpoll, BW, Redstart, Blue-winged,  Ovenbird, 
N.Waterthrush, C.Yellowthroat (all seen at Alley Pond)
 
Vireos (4 species) Warbling, Red-eyed and at Jamaica Bay Blue-headed,  
White-eyed
 
Owls; Great Horned and Barn
 
Flycatchers: Gt. Crested, E.Kingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee
 
Shorebirds: Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Spotted and Least Sandpipers
 
Big and colorful: S.Tanager, RB Grosbeak, B. Oriole
 
other birds: Rusty Blackbird, RT Hummingbird, Swamp Sparrow, Tri-colored  
Heron
 
A great bird to be birding.
 
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park this Evening

[Corey Finger]

I did a couple of hours in Forest Park this evening after work, much of it in 
the company of Danny Melore, and we had a pretty good showing despite the 
drizzlymist and the difficult light.

Highlights included a flyover Common Nighthawk, three Worm-eating Warblers (two 
seen, one photographed), a Tennessee Warbler, my FOS Swainson's Thrush and 
Wilson's Warbler, as well as what would have been my FOS Lincoln's Sparrow if I 
had not run across two in Bryant Park this morning.

We also had a total of four Canada Warblers and, perhaps most interestingly, I 
had three Solitary Sandpipers at the waterhole which is so large at this point 
that I wouldn't be surprised to come across gannets plunge-diving there.

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[nysbirds-l] An even better day at Croton Point Park

[Kyle Bardwell]

I have been home for three days and have been rewarded with two great days of 
birding at local spot, Croton Point in Westchester County. The radar was again 
alive with migrants last night.  Two strong rain storms came through the area. 
One in the early AM and another between 7:30-8:30am. The rain delayed Charlie 
Roberto and me until 8:30 to start birding. Right away birds were active. It 
wasn't fallout status like hooded warblers on boots in Texas, but there were 
dense amounts of migrants in a very foggy croton point. We started in the 
parking lot where the model airplanes are flown. This is a higher elevation 
area in the northeastern part of of the park where there are a bunch of 
scattered oaks as well a small part of thicker vegetation and
understory. Immediately there was an obvious abundance of migrants. Warblers 
seemed to be in every tree. There were three male scarlet tanagers in one tree, 
a species not abundant yesterday.  One Lincoln's sparrow yesterday was great, 
but there were atleast three today. There were also multiple white crowned 
sparrows around which I did not see yesterday. There were over 20 species of 
warbler in the park with highlights being multiple cape may, multiple wilsons, 
and a bay breasted. Another birder had blackburnian. I also had what I am 
almost positive is a western variance of the palm warbler. I have poor pictures 
of it. Other evidence of fallout like conditions were a huge flock of bobolink 
walking around the short grass even sometimes under trees near the airplane 
field. Least sandpipers and spotted sandpipers occupied almost every puddle in 
the park. Dunlin was an unusual sight at the croton train station.
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[nysbirds-l] Forest Park (Queens, NY) Additions

[Donna Schulman]

I spent several mid-morning hours at Forest Park and went back for an
evening hour, probably right after Corey left. There was little activity at
the Waterhole (which I am now calling the Water-lake) in the morning other
than the Northern Waterthrushes (at least 3) and the Solitary Sandpiper (I
only saw one), but the whole park was buzzing with the sounds of Northern
Parulas and Blue-throated Warblers, and you couldn't walk six feet without
seeing an Ovenbird. Black-and-Whites were multiplying like Tribbles.

Most of the warbler activity was in the canopy, where id was impossible in
the clouded light, but I was able to pick out a Blackburnian (I see that
Corey had two). That orange-red breast shines like a beacon. There was a lovely
Worm-eating Warbler on the bridal path, bathing in a tiny puddle, a
Nashville at the railroad tracks, a Blue-winged Warbler on the blue trail,
and quite a few Magnolias and Black-throated Greens. At least 5 Scarlet
Tanagers, 3 Empidomax Flycatchers (none of which spoke to me), a Great
Crested Flycatcher by the railroad tracks, and several Veerys. I caught the
Lincoln's Sparrow in the evening, thanks to Lisa S. and Karlo M., plus a
couple of Swamp Sparrows.

Good Birding,
Donna

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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Corey Finger here...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I did a couple of hours in Forest Park this evening after work, much of it
 in the company of Danny Melore, and we had a pretty good showing despite
 the drizzlymist and the difficult light.

 Highlights included a flyover Common Nighthawk, three Worm-eating Warblers
 (two seen, one photographed), a Tennessee Warbler, my FOS Swainson's Thrush
 and Wilson's Warbler, as well as what would have been my FOS Lincoln's
 Sparrow if I had not run across two in Bryant Park this morning.

 We also had a total of four Canada Warblers and, perhaps most
 interestingly, I had three Solitary Sandpipers at the waterhole which is so
 large at this point that I wouldn't be surprised to come across gannets
 plunge-diving there.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Kissena and Big Egg Marsh, Queens NY

[Cesar Castillo]

When I first entered Alley this morning it was relatively quiet, but as time 
wore on activity picked up.  I suppose the birds were falling out of the sky as 
the weather got wetter.  
at Alley I saw
3 Lincoln's Sparrows (1 by each of the two parking fields and one by where the 
Kentucky was spotted last Saturday)
2 Canada Warblers
1 Worm-eating Warbler
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
3-4 Blackpoll Warblers
9-12 Chestnut-sided Warblers
and a few Black-throated Blue's. 
As well as large numbers of Magnolia, Redstarts, Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Parula, 
Black-and-White, BT Green, Ovenbirds, N. Waterthrushes, 2 Palm Warblers, 1 
Blue-winged, 
A good number of Scarlet Tanagers, Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.  Lots 
of Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos. 

At Kissena there were Bobolinks (at least 12) first reported by Gina Goldstein 
in the Velodrome.  I also found 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Prairie, and 2 bright 
blue Indigo Buntings.

At Big Egg Marsh of note (at least for me) were I think 2 Clapper Rails, still 
trying to ID the photo having never seen either Clapper nor King Rail before I 
just want to make sure of what they are.  See photo below
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[nysbirds-l] Extralimital Willow Ptarmigan- VT

[Mike]

I haven't seen this posted but it seems that a Willow Ptarmigan was found and 
videos taken in St Johnsbury Vermont on May 9th. Kind of a long way from the NY 
bird, so is this an invasion?  

Mike Cooper
Ridge LI, NY


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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 May 2014

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 9, 2014
* NYNY1405.09

- Birds mentioned
WILSON'S PLOVER+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Red-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Clapper Rail
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Marsh Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow

- Transcript

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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

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
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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, May 9th 2014 at
7pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WILSON'S
PLOVER, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and much more.

A pretty decent week with some nice rarities augmented by a good dose of
migration thanks mostly to the poor weather yesterday and today. This
effect should carry into the weekend.

What may have been last week's Prospect Park flyover BLACK-NECKED STILT was
found Sunday at Goethal's Bridge Pond on northwestern Staten Island and the
bird has been present through today. This pond is north of Route 278 and is
approached from Forest Avenue. Another good shorebird, a male WILSON'S
PLOVER, was seen again Tuesday at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes
the bird well out on the flats off the inlet beach at low tide.

A nice incursion of CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOWS into the city parks took place this
week. Last Sunday one was actually photographed perched on a gravestone in
Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and this was followed by one heard singing
Monday evening on Breeze Hill in nearby Prospect Park. Also on Monday in
Central Park one spent the day roosting around the maintenance area enjoyed
by many birders. On Tuesday one was noted at the Cemetery of the
Resurrection on Staten Island. More suitable habitat like that on eastern
Long Island or Fire Island where this species is unusually encountered.

A GULL-BILLED TERN on the bar east of the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard
Station Saturday and Sunday was followed by four at Nickerson Beach
Wednesday.

The previously reported MARBLED GODWIT count at nearby Lido Beach on May
1st was actually only one with some Short-billed Dowitchers also present.

A CATTLE EGRET at Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island last Friday
and Saturday may have been the one seen at Piermont Pier on the Hudson on
Monday.

Among the warblers an obliging KENTUCKY WARBLER hung around in Prospect
Park from Saturday through mid-week with other singles at Alley Pond Park
Saturday, in Central Park Sunday and Monday and at Southards Pond in
Babylon on Sunday. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER visited Madison Square Park at
23rd Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan Saturday through Tuesday with
another in Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS
featured one lingering in Central Park to last weekend with singles also in
Cunningham Park in Queens Saturday and Prospect Park Sunday. Otherwise the
33 species of warblers encountered this week also featured an
ORANGE-CROWNED singing around Central Park's Maintenance Meadow Saturday
through today, a CERULEAN WARBLER at Hempstead Lake State Park Sunday to
Wednesday and one in Prospect Park today and encouraging numbers of
WORM-EATING and HOODED WARBLERS. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER has been noted on
territory north of New York City and one was reported in Brooklyn today and
other arrivals have included CAPE MAY and WILSON'S starting Saturday,
TENNESSEE from Sunday and BAY-BREASTED as of Wednesday. The flight
yesterday and today also brought in among the regular warblers large
numbers of 

[nysbirds-l] ELIAS' 0800 Field Trip to Hunter's Garden, Eastport

[robert adamo]

The 5 intrepid birders who disregarded the heavy rain which fell on ground
zero starting at ~ 0715, were rewarded, when it tapered off to a drizzle,
as we arrived at the dead end/ parking area at ~ 0810, left the comfort of
our vehicles, and proceeded to see (not hear) some  birds ! The # of
species recorded, while much larger than what I had here yesterday
afternoon, was less than the total reported by Eric Salzman yesterday
morning. We had a total of 34 species in ~ 3 1/2 hours, including 12
 warblers, with Tennessee being the most notable, followed by Blackpoll 
Chestnut-sided. A singing Scarlet Tanager, although without the benefit of
the sun, was still bright enough to thrill us ! We only had 1 vireo, a
Red-eyed, and even though we had multiple sightings of Hermit Thrush 
Veery, we missed Wood Thrush.

We then traveled the short distance to Bald Hill, where we added Solitary
Sandpiper, Great-crested Flycatcher and Black-throated Green Warbler.

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 5/9

[Thomas Fiore]

Friday, 9 May, 2014 - Manhattan, N.Y. City

Birds. Many many birds. Migrants multiplied munificently.
More may be moving... are moving, tonight.

Seriously, when veteran observers, with thousands  ten-thousands of  
field-hours under their binocular-straps, state that this may have  
been the best they've seen of sheer volume of certain specieswhew.


Migrants were observed in just about any  every cranny  corner if  
there was someone looking for them today - far more than is just  
another fine day in mid-May...

Can this continue? Maybe!

super-peak-week-end birds-ing to all

and a place on high for those who've
flown for a better place.

 tom fiore
manhattan







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[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake Wilson's Warbler

[Pat Palladino]

As a supplement to Steve's post, in addition to his findings, in the late 
afternoon, a male Wilson's Warbler was present among a tremendous flock of 
warblers. Also notable was a brightly plumaged male Blackburnian Warbler.

Patrick F. Palladino


 On May 9, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Steve Williams biods...@optonline.net wrote:
 
 Stopped by on my lunch break this afternoon.  There was a swarm of warblers 
 at the north west corner of the south pond.
 I saw dozens of Black and Whites, several chestnut sided and a few oven 
 birds.  Also many Magnolia, Northern Parula, Black Throated Blue and 
 Blackpolls and of course the Yellow Rumps abound.  Highlight for me was a 
 Nashville Warbler who came down low to give great views.  Other birds 
 included Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Scarlet Tananger.  No sign of the 
 Cerulian I saw there on Wednesday.  Also had a Turkey Vulture Flighing low 
 and getting chased away by crows. Only spent half an hour there today so 
 there so I probably missed a few gems.
  
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