[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 8 September 2017
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 8, 2017
* NYNY1709.08
- Birds mentioned
BRIDLED TERN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 8th
2017 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BRIDLED TERN, AMERICAN
AVOCET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, CONNECTICUT WARBLER,
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and
more.
A handsome and unexpected visitor to Great Gull Island, located northeast
of Orient Point and Plum Island, was an adult BRIDLED TERN first spotted
around the tern colony last Saturday afternoon and subsequently also noted
on the island Sunday and Tuesday. It is possible that this may have been
the same BRIDLED TERN that had visited Falkner Island off the eastern
Connecticut coast to mid August.
The continuing excellent variety of shorebirds in our area got a nice boost
this morning with the appearance of an AMERICAN AVOCET at the north end of
the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge while the south end of the
pond provided reports of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. The
East Pond has also been producing decent numbers of STILT, WESTERN,
WHITE-RUMPED and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and earlier in the week a WILSON'S
PHALAROPE visited the north end briefly Tuesday preceded by 2 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS found at the south end last Saturday with one HUDSONIAN also
present late Sunday and only early Monday at the north end. The larger
shorebirds have been quite sparse this year at the north end presumably due
to the high water condition and the often present adult Bald Eagle. Two to
three CASPIAN TERNS have also been using the East Pond this week.
Three MARBLED GODWITS were still around Old Inlet in Bellport Bay last
Saturday. This site on Fire Island west of Smith Point County Park. A nice
concentration of birds at Old Inlet Saturday also featured an ICELAND GULL,
9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 150 ROYAL TERNS.
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS out on the Riverhead sod fields last weekend
included up to 4 off Doctor's Path, 1 to 3 off Hulse Landing Road to Monday
and 2 west of Osborne Road Sunday while single BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS occurred
at Doctor's Path and Hulse Landing Road Saturday and at Georgica Inlet in
East Hampton Monday with a flyby at Robert Moses State Park today. An
UPLAND SANDPIPER was also spotted off Hulse Landing Road Sunday. Two
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Sunday joined by 3
BLACK TERNS and 2 CASPIAN TERNS visited Pike's Beach in West Hampton Dunes
Saturday. Up to 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have been reported recently along
Santapogue Creek in West Babylon seen off Venetian Boulevard near Beachmont
Avenue.
It was also a productive week for warblers and other sought after
passerines. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER found last Friday in Alley Pond Park
near Little Alley Pond was still there Monday and a second was located at
Southard's Pond Park in Babylon Saturday. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found
in Prospect Park Monday and noted up to Thursday and 2 reports from today
mentioned one at Upland Farms Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor and a flyby
at the Robert Moses Migratory Watch this morning. Over 2 dozen warbler
species this week also featured WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, MOURNING, HOODED,
CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON'S.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was reported near Moses Park field 2 Wednesday a day
before finding the season's first CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at that same site. A
BLUE GROSBEAK was at C
[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
The magic continues. A crowd of fourteen people observed 573 nighthawks at the "stone bridge nighthawk watch" tonight. One flock, which looked like a kettle of Broad-winged hawks, contained 144 birds. John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., Sep. 8, 2107 - 16 species of Warblers incl. Cape May & Tennessee, & Flycatchers
Central Park NYC - North EndFriday, September 8, 2107 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m. ob.Highlights: 16 species of Wood Warblers including Cape May, Tennessee, Wilson's, and Blackpoll Warblers. Flycatchers including Least, Great Crested, and Eastern-Wood-Pewee, and half-a-dozen Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.Mallard - 10 MeerMourning Dove - 20Chimney Swift - 5 over Harlem MeerRuby-throated Hummingbird - 6 (west side of Loch & near Lily Ponds)Herring Gull - flyoverBlack-crowned Night-Heron - Meer Island (Jeffrey M. Ward)Red-bellied Woodpecker - heardDowny Woodpecker - flyoverEastern Wood-Pewee - 4Least Flycatcher - Pool (David Barrett, photo from John Antory)Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (Great Hill & Loch)Great Crested Flycatcher - Wildflower MeadowWarbling Vireo - 2 (west side of the Pool, Loch)Red-eyed Vireo - 15House Wren - 2 (Fort Clinton, Lily Ponds)Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 at the LochSwainson's Thrush - LochAmerican RobinGray CatbirdNorthern Mockingbird - 3 Green BenchCedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 9 Wildflower MeadowHouse Finch - 10American Goldfinch - 3 Wildflower MeadowChipping Sparrow - in basic plumage south side of Dead Road (photo by Jonathan) *Baltimore Oriole - 2 (North Woods & west of Fort Clinton)Ovenbird - 4Northern Waterthrush - 3 or 4 (Loch & Pool)Black-and-white Warbler - 4Tennessee Warbler - 2 (Grassy Knoll (Jeff Ward), east of Blockhouse near Lily Ponds)Common Yellowthroat - 15 (adult male, hatch-year male, females/immatures)American Redstart - 20 including 4 adult malesCape May Warbler - 4 (great looks of one at the Pool, 3 at various locations (Bob - early a.m.))Northern Parula - 5 (Green Bench & the Loch)Magnolia Warbler - 15Yellow Warbler - 5Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Loch & Fort Clinton)Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (east side of Great Hill, west side of Pool)Black-throated Blue Warbler - male west side of Dead Road (Bob - early a.m.)Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Loch & Fort Clinton)Canada Warbler - 3 (west side of Pool, Loch, Jug handle north of east side of the Pool)Wilson's Warbler - west side of Wildflower MeadowNorthern Cardinal*During the summer a male Chipping Sparrow occupied the area of the Grassy Knoll and Green Bench. Despite the bird's continued presence and constant singing, we never found any evidence of nesting. Reports of nesting Green Herons are also problematic, with the last report of Green Heron for Central Park on June 2. For the singing male Wood Thrush at the south end of the park in Hallett Sanctuary throughout the summer, we could find no evidence of a mate, nest, or young despite repeated visits. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler - Uplands Farm Preserve (Suffolk Co.)
A first fall Connecticut Warbler was present along the east side of the hedgerow just southeast of the main parking lot this morning at 8:00 AM. The bird was initially see about 50 meters south of where the trail leaving the east side of the parking lot reaches the main field. Despite extensive searching by several observers it has not been seen since. However, about 45 minutes later some promising call notes were heard at the southern end of the hedgerow so it is possible that the bird moved south since the first encounter. Brent Bomkamp Eatons Neck, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] American Avocet, Jamaica Bay
In the north end of the East Pond. Good Birding, Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Baird's Sandpiper, Jamaica Bay WR
Subject bird is at the south end of the east pond now. -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774 -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montezuma Shorebird Walk at Knox-Marcellus+Puddler's Marshes Saturday September 9th 7 am
All, Tomorrow *Saturday September 9th at 7 am*, I will be leading another shorebird walk on the dikes between Knox-Marcellus Marsh and Puddler's marsh Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. We will meet at the Montezuma Visitor's Center at 7 am and drive over to East Road and walk down the dikes. If you want to go directly to East Road, be there by 715 am. Bring binoculars, spotting scope (if you have one) and make sure you wear sturdy boots, bring sunscreen, insect repellent, plenty of water, and snacks. The walk should last until 11 am to noon or so, depending on how much we see. The weather is looks very good: Mostly sunny. high near 64. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning. See you there, Dave -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
