[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 15 February 2019

2019-02-15 Thread Gail Benson 
 -RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 15, 2019
* NYNY1902.15

- Birds Mentioned

BARNACLE GOOSE+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Blue-winged Teal
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Spotted Sandpiper
Razorbill
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
ICELAND GULL
Pileated Woodpecker
VESPER SPARROW
EVENING 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
nysarc44nybirdsorg

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

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 15,
2019 at 9:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PACIFIC LOON, BARNACLE, ROSS’S and
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, LITTLE,
BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, VESPER SPARROW and
EVENING GROSBEAK.

The very enjoyable and accommodating PACIFIC LOON in Oyster Bay was still
being seen today near the boat slips and piers at the Sagamore Yacht Club
and along the surrounding shoreline.  Enter Oyster Bay on Route 106 and
continue on South Street, staying to the left at the end by the white tanks
to enter the yacht club and adjacent Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park,
where a large parking lot is available.

A BARNACLE GOOSE continues in the Riverhead area, seen today on the favored
sod fields along Route 105 and the Northville Turnpike south of Sound
Avenue.  This week it has also been seen roosting on Merritts Pond, located
east of Roanoke Avenue in Riverhead, this pond mostly surrounded by private
homes.  A couple of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were also seen on Merritts
Pond Sunday and again Thursday, with one at least also on fields off the
Northville Turnpike and as far west as Reeves Avenue during the week, while
another continues to circulate around the Rye area in southern Westchester
County.

Last Saturday evening in Westchester an adult ROSS’S GOOSE flew into the
estuary by the Croton Point train station as a nice conclusion to Eagle
Fest. The Goose departed early Sunday morning and was conceivably the same
individual appearing briefly in Ulster and, later, Orange Counties during
the week.

A high count of 5 CACKLING GEESE on Merritts Pond in Riverhead last Sunday
was unusual for our region, with singles noted from a few other scattered
locations.

A EURASIAN WIGEON continued at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn for the
week.

A pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS continues off Orient Point County Park, and
another pair appeared in Moriches Inlet yesterday.

An adult LITTLE GULL spotted off the restaurant at Montauk Point last
Sunday was still frequenting the same area yesterday in the company of some
BONAPARTE’S GULLS.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL continued at the south end of Lake Montauk off South
Lake Drive at least through Thursday, and another was seen again today at
Brooklyn’s Gravesend Bay.

A couple of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were also seen off Montauk Point
Sunday, following 2 at Ditch Plains Saturday.

Two ICELAND GULLS were reported in Gravesend Bay last Sunday, with 1 at
Calvert Vaux Park Wednesday and another off the northwestern shore of
Brooklyn during the week.  An ICELAND was also still at Crab Meadow Beach
in Fort Salonga Sunday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was off Montauk’s Culloden Point Sunday, and the count
of RAZORBILLS off  Montauk Point included 9 Sunday and 15 Thursday.

Unexpected were a BLUE-WINGED TEAL on Patchogue’s Robinson Pond recently, a
PILEATED WOODPECKER in Oyster Bay’s Shu Swamp Sunday, and a SPOTTED
SANDPIPER recently at the West Meadow Wetlands Preserve in Stony Brook.

VESPER SPARROWS were still being seen during the week at the Suffolk County
Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue, and an EVENING GROSBEAK
continues its usually long stay at Riverside Park in northern Manhattan.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.  Thank you for calling.

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Shared Location - stakeo.. Townsend's Solitaire, Copake Falls (2019)

2019-02-15 Thread Ben Cacace 
A marker was created for 'stakeo.. Townsend's Solitaire, Copake Falls
(2019)' in Colombia County. The hotspot should be available within 12 hours.

[NYSBirds-L wouldn't allow stakeout Townsend's in the subject because it
thought it was the instruction 'O-U-T T-O-W-N' so I had to resend.]

If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here
are the steps:

— Sign into eBird.org
— Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel
— At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one
page
— You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location,
Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists
— Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by
clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line
— Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons
— Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected
— Click the icon that best fits your location
— ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along
with the # of checklists you'll be merging
— Click on the 'Merge' button
— Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query

All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot
with this process.
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Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC

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[nysbirds-l] Oystercatchers - Huguenot Beach Staten Island

2019-02-15 Thread Shanley III, Michael 
Just heard two Oystercatchers from my office window 830pm. End of Huguenot Ave. 
 New early date for me.


-M


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[nysbirds-l] Townsend's Solitare - a note:

2019-02-15 Thread Richard Guthrie 
A note about that Solitaire: it has been seen most often in a hedgerow in a
cornfield on the top of a steep hill. The ground is covered by snow with a
treacherous coating of ice. Unless we get a significant thaw, ice cleats or
crampons are recommended for anyone trying for this bird.

I know. My knee wishes I had thought of that yesterday.

Rich Guthrie
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[nysbirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire, Columbia Co. NY (2/14-15); & Evening Grosbeak, Manhattan NYC

2019-02-15 Thread Thomas Fiore 
Friday, 15 February, 2019 -

A Townsend’s Solitaire (!) which was first reported & photographed on Thursday, 
2/14/’19 by Kathryn Schneider, Marian Sole, Michael Nicosia - & also seen by 
others - has again been seen & photographed Friday, 2/15 at Taconic State Park 
in the township of Copake Falls, Columbia County, N.Y. - An eBird checklist 
from Thursday is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52692761

Friday morning, Matthew Rymkiewicz was able to re-find the Solitaire, and it 
has also been seen again by others. The bird may be moving as it feeds, & could 
take some time & patience to observe.  Many would likely appreciate any reports 
on this rarity and that could include both positive & ‘negative’ reports of 
sightings, movements, etc.

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A male Evening Grosbeak has continued, now a full 2-months stay, in Riverside 
Park, Manhattan (N.Y. City) where it has been most regular in the same general 
area, along & near an unpaved path thru the (signed, “forever wild" NYC Parks 
Dept. white signs) path in the Sanctuary area, which runs from about near W. 
116th to about W. 120 St., as well as having a more northerly extension beyond 
W. 120 St., this being a short way inside this park, just w. of Riverside 
Drive.  On both Thurs. & Friday early mornings, the male Eve. Grosbeak was not 
too far from a small, lately fast-running streamlet, along the noted footpath, 
about mid-way along thru the Sanctuary.  However, this bird is also prone to 
wander a little, & can be surprisingly inconspicuous at times, as it will feed 
on the ground, &/or amongst vegetation in the very sloping terrain. It’s also 
been seen, with careful looking, later in the days when it may be roosting; 
check older posts to this list &/or eBird checklist reports, particularly Karen 
Fung’s, for details.  Some other birds lingering in the area, although not 
typically seen with the grosbeak, have been Gray Catbird (an overwintering 
individual, in deeper thickets up-slope & east of the tennis courts, sometimes 
seen from the path by Riverside Drive (north of W. 120 St.), as well as Hermit 
Thrush (overwintering), & up to 15 or more additional species, with Peregrine 
Falcon rather regular at or near the large landmark Riverside Church at W. 
120th St. & Riverside Drive. 

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good birding, & good luck seeking,

Tom Fiore
manhattan














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[nysbirds-l] Ovenbird at Bronx Zoo

2019-02-15 Thread Todd Olson 
A foraging Ovenbird was seen today near the Bronx Zoo's  Chilean Flamingo
exhibit -  near the Dancing Crane Café in the grove of White Pines.

No Barred Owl seen this morning, but there's an abundance of potential
roosting spots near Snow Leopard exhibit.

eBird checklist here:
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Todd Olson, Greater NYC

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[nysbirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire: yes! (Copake Falls, Columbia County)

2019-02-15 Thread Karen Fung 
Hi everyone,
Matthew Rymkiewicz asked me to post the following to the NYS list:

TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE continues this morning... seen continually from 8:30am
on a quarter mile up High Valley Road in Copake Falls.  Foraging regularly
in the line of trees smothered in bittersweet in the middle of the field.

This was as of 9:52 am.  Note that Matthew was the one looking at the bird,
not me (I'm not there).

The TOSO was first reported by others yesterday, via eBird.

Good luck if you go,

Karen Fung
NYC

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