Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton train station and Croton Point Park
The two Caspian Terns were still there around 2:30. 41.189078, -73.879924 Half an hour later a Merlin joined the usual two Kestrels moving around the cap, perching on the little poles. I got a horrible photo of it from great distance. Around 4:30 the very tame adult male (I think) Red-tail again put in a sustained appearance on the west side of the cap near the main path and the maintenance buildings. It's incredible how tame this bird is. I saw several hikers get within twenty feet of it as it perched on a pole right off the man path. One little girl asked "is it real"? Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 12:20:15 PM EDT, Larry Trachtenberg wrote: 2 CASPIAN TERNS (should stick through low tide) 2 snowy egret 17 green winged teal All near jetty. Thanks Sean L. Trachtenberg Ossining 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton train station and Croton Point Park
The two Caspian Terns were still there around 2:30. 41.189078, -73.879924 Half an hour later a Merlin joined the usual two Kestrels moving around the cap, perching on the little poles. I got a horrible photo of it from great distance. Around 4:30 the very tame adult male (I think) Red-tail again put in a sustained appearance on the west side of the cap near the main path and the maintenance buildings. It's incredible how tame this bird is. I saw several hikers get within twenty feet of it as it perched on a pole right off the man path. One little girl asked "is it real"? Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 12:20:15 PM EDT, Larry Trachtenberg wrote: 2 CASPIAN TERNS (should stick through low tide) 2 snowy egret 17 green winged teal All near jetty. Thanks Sean L. Trachtenberg Ossining 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/ --
RE:[nysbirds-l] Black Vulture in Queens
Another Black Vulture at Alley Creek today, heading east. I saw a post from Tim Healy of two Black Vultures over Hempstead Lake State Park. Is there something going on? Actually, I wonder what took them so long to discover Long Island. They're quite comfortable in coastal areas in Florida. They do like fish. Other interesting moment of the day - a high kettle of 17 (seemingly migrating) Fish Crows (or at least their version of a kettle). Steve Walter From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2019 6:32 PM To: NYSBIRDS (nysbird...@list.cornell.edu) Subject: Black Vulture in Queens Finally, after all these years, I got a Black Vulture in Queens County. Of course, it took a lot of deliberately looking up in the sky at what I dare call the Alley Creek Hawk Watch. Yea, there are a few coming through here, although the kind of Turkey Vulture flight seen last year has not materialized this season (no more than 10 in a day). Today's flight was led by 18 Ospreys and 7 Northern Harriers. While there was actually a better day for Harriers last year, I was surprised to see 4 in the sky at once. 3 were in a kettle. As some of you know, that's call a Three Ring Circus. While the heading of most migrants here averages east-northeast, the Black Vulture was heading west. That may very well be valid for a migrant on Long Island. I've considered the wintering populations of Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, which are more common in winter than summer, and what route they might take to move to summer territories. Aside from raptors, there was a continuous movement of Double-crested Cormorants, although most groups were small. A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons added to the flight. In non-migrant notes, the Killdeer pair is nesting again on the lawn. I assume there are the standard four eggs, but don't want to disturb them to confirm. A single Common Raven has been coming around with some regularity, sometimes quite low right over me. There is also a pair that I haven't seen in over a week, potentially moving to a nesting location not too far away. Steve Walter Bayside, 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/ --
RE:[nysbirds-l] Black Vulture in Queens
Another Black Vulture at Alley Creek today, heading east. I saw a post from Tim Healy of two Black Vultures over Hempstead Lake State Park. Is there something going on? Actually, I wonder what took them so long to discover Long Island. They're quite comfortable in coastal areas in Florida. They do like fish. Other interesting moment of the day - a high kettle of 17 (seemingly migrating) Fish Crows (or at least their version of a kettle). Steve Walter From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2019 6:32 PM To: NYSBIRDS (nysbird...@list.cornell.edu) Subject: Black Vulture in Queens Finally, after all these years, I got a Black Vulture in Queens County. Of course, it took a lot of deliberately looking up in the sky at what I dare call the Alley Creek Hawk Watch. Yea, there are a few coming through here, although the kind of Turkey Vulture flight seen last year has not materialized this season (no more than 10 in a day). Today's flight was led by 18 Ospreys and 7 Northern Harriers. While there was actually a better day for Harriers last year, I was surprised to see 4 in the sky at once. 3 were in a kettle. As some of you know, that's call a Three Ring Circus. While the heading of most migrants here averages east-northeast, the Black Vulture was heading west. That may very well be valid for a migrant on Long Island. I've considered the wintering populations of Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, which are more common in winter than summer, and what route they might take to move to summer territories. Aside from raptors, there was a continuous movement of Double-crested Cormorants, although most groups were small. A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons added to the flight. In non-migrant notes, the Killdeer pair is nesting again on the lawn. I assume there are the standard four eggs, but don't want to disturb them to confirm. A single Common Raven has been coming around with some regularity, sometimes quite low right over me. There is also a pair that I haven't seen in over a week, potentially moving to a nesting location not too far away. Steve Walter Bayside, 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] Central Park, NYC - Fri. & Sat. April 12-13, 2019 - N. Parula, Pine, Palm, & Yellow-rumped Warblers, Field & Fox Sparrows, Coyote
Central Park, NYC Friday & Saturday April 12-13, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights (Saturday): Palm Warbler, Northern Parula (FOS), Field, Swamp, & Fox Sparrows, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper. The Coyote made a brief appearance at the Swampy Pin Oak. Saturday's List: Canada Goose - several pairs Reservoir incl. nest, pair Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 53 Reservoir Mallard - 19 Reservoir, others on Turtle Pond & the Lake Bufflehead - 10 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 8 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 8 American Coot - 3 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir Herring Gull - 9 Reservior & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Reservoir Double-crested cormorant - 7 (6 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Lake (Warbler Walk n. of Bow Bridge) Cooper's Hawk - immature Tupelo Field Red-tailed Hawk - flyover adult Red-bellied Woodpecker - several Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 8 Downy Woodpecker - several locations Northern Flicker - at least 6 Eastern Phoebe - 3 Blue Jay - several locations Black-capped Chickadee - 2 at feeders Tufted Titmouse - 20+ Red-breasted Nuthatch - Pinetum & feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - several locations Brown Creeper - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - King of Poland Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 Hermit Thrush - 8 House Finch - 4 feeders American Goldfinch - 6 feeders Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 20+ Field Sparrow - 6 Fox Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 8 Swamp Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - 100+ Dark-eyed Junco - 6 Red-winged Blackbird - singing at Turtle Pond Common Grackle - 30-40 Northern Parula - Summer House (Jeff Ward)- First-of-Season Palm Warbler - 3 (2 w. of Cleopatra's Needle (Jeff Ward), 1 Warbler Rock) Northern Cardinal - pairs in several locations The Coyote, looking fit and healthy, made a brief appearance at the Swampy Pin Oak. -- On Friday the hot spot at the North End was the east end of the Loch just west of Huddlestone Arch where Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets and Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers fed on rocks and the trunks of small trees below eye level. Also nearby: Brown Creeper and Winter Wren. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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. & Sat. April 12-13, 2019 - N. Parula, Pine, Palm, & Yellow-rumped Warblers, Field & Fox Sparrows, Coyote
Central Park, NYC Friday & Saturday April 12-13, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights (Saturday): Palm Warbler, Northern Parula (FOS), Field, Swamp, & Fox Sparrows, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper. The Coyote made a brief appearance at the Swampy Pin Oak. Saturday's List: Canada Goose - several pairs Reservoir incl. nest, pair Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 53 Reservoir Mallard - 19 Reservoir, others on Turtle Pond & the Lake Bufflehead - 10 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 8 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 8 American Coot - 3 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir Herring Gull - 9 Reservior & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Reservoir Double-crested cormorant - 7 (6 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Lake (Warbler Walk n. of Bow Bridge) Cooper's Hawk - immature Tupelo Field Red-tailed Hawk - flyover adult Red-bellied Woodpecker - several Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 8 Downy Woodpecker - several locations Northern Flicker - at least 6 Eastern Phoebe - 3 Blue Jay - several locations Black-capped Chickadee - 2 at feeders Tufted Titmouse - 20+ Red-breasted Nuthatch - Pinetum & feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - several locations Brown Creeper - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - King of Poland Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 Hermit Thrush - 8 House Finch - 4 feeders American Goldfinch - 6 feeders Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 20+ Field Sparrow - 6 Fox Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 8 Swamp Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - 100+ Dark-eyed Junco - 6 Red-winged Blackbird - singing at Turtle Pond Common Grackle - 30-40 Northern Parula - Summer House (Jeff Ward)- First-of-Season Palm Warbler - 3 (2 w. of Cleopatra's Needle (Jeff Ward), 1 Warbler Rock) Northern Cardinal - pairs in several locations The Coyote, looking fit and healthy, made a brief appearance at the Swampy Pin Oak. -- On Friday the hot spot at the North End was the east end of the Loch just west of Huddlestone Arch where Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets and Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers fed on rocks and the trunks of small trees below eye level. Also nearby: Brown Creeper and Winter Wren. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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] Cross river reservoir
Cliff swallows, pine warblers & a ra 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] Cross river reservoir
Cliff swallows, pine warblers & a ra 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] Croton train station
2 CASPIAN TERNS (should stick through low tide) 2 snowy egret 17 green winged teal All near jetty. Thanks Sean L. Trachtenberg Ossining 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] Croton train station
2 CASPIAN TERNS (should stick through low tide) 2 snowy egret 17 green winged teal All near jetty. Thanks Sean L. Trachtenberg Ossining 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] NYC Area RBA: 12 April 2019
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 12, 2019
* NYNY1904.12
- Birds mentioned
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Blue-winged Teal
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Redhead
Virginia Rail
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
SNOWY OWL
Boat-tailed Grackle
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Chipping Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Transcript
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 nysarc44
(at)nybirds{dot}org.
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: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 12th 2019
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SNOWY OWL, RED CROSSBILL, DICKCISSEL,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and a few more spring arrivals.
With spring migration only slowly building in intensity a few surprises
keep us going. The RED CROSSBILLS in the Manorville area have continued
their nest building activities and thus will hopefully be around for a
month or more with a successful outcome. Several CROSSBILLS and some PINE
SISKINS as well have been frequenting the pitch pines along the Paumanok
Path off the west side of Schultz Road about a mile and a half north of
exit 69 on the Long Island Expressway. Paumanok Path starts at a small
parking area and continues on the north side of Jones Pond with the birds
occurring a short distance along the trail.
Last Saturday a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was also found singing in the same
area of the CROSSBILLS but it proved to be much more elusive Sunday. The
good news is that a male YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, first seen last Saturday,
is again on territory at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River
usually near the parking area. In both cases, the CROSSBILLS and the
WARBLER, as well as with any unusual nesters in our area, please be extra
careful to not disrupt their breeding activities.
Certainly surprising was one birder's chance encounter with a singing
DICKCISSEL along 108th Street in Forest Hills Queens last Saturday this
area a little west of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
A winter plumaged AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed on Wednesday in
Westchester County the bird briefly visiting the landfill at Croton Point
Park. This early bird offset by a late SNOWY OWL still around the West Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday.
Also lingering, the Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still on
Santapogue Creek just south of Route 27A in West Babylon last Saturday.
Some BLUE-WINGED TEAL now moving through included a pair seen last weekend
on South Pond at Hempstead Lake State Park where some REDHEADS also
remained with other REDHEADS also continuing on Jamaica Bay's East Pond.
As a migrant that can show up almost anywhere it seems a VIRGINIA RAIL was
photographed last Monday evening as it stood on top of a car on 5th Avenue
in Manhattan.
Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were spotted Monday at Heckscher State
Park and today on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton.
A BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE at Pelham Bay Park last Saturday was unusual there.
Newer arrivals have included FORSTER'S TERN, MARSH WREN and more BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS and now widespread CHIPPING SPARROWS and among the warblers
some more LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES and the first BLACK-THROATED GREEN and
PRAIRIE WARBLERS along with the now much more plentiful PINE, PALM and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 12 April 2019
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 12, 2019
* NYNY1904.12
- Birds mentioned
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Blue-winged Teal
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Redhead
Virginia Rail
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
SNOWY OWL
Boat-tailed Grackle
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Chipping Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Transcript
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 nysarc44
(at)nybirds{dot}org.
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: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 12th 2019
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SNOWY OWL, RED CROSSBILL, DICKCISSEL,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and a few more spring arrivals.
With spring migration only slowly building in intensity a few surprises
keep us going. The RED CROSSBILLS in the Manorville area have continued
their nest building activities and thus will hopefully be around for a
month or more with a successful outcome. Several CROSSBILLS and some PINE
SISKINS as well have been frequenting the pitch pines along the Paumanok
Path off the west side of Schultz Road about a mile and a half north of
exit 69 on the Long Island Expressway. Paumanok Path starts at a small
parking area and continues on the north side of Jones Pond with the birds
occurring a short distance along the trail.
Last Saturday a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was also found singing in the same
area of the CROSSBILLS but it proved to be much more elusive Sunday. The
good news is that a male YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, first seen last Saturday,
is again on territory at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River
usually near the parking area. In both cases, the CROSSBILLS and the
WARBLER, as well as with any unusual nesters in our area, please be extra
careful to not disrupt their breeding activities.
Certainly surprising was one birder's chance encounter with a singing
DICKCISSEL along 108th Street in Forest Hills Queens last Saturday this
area a little west of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
A winter plumaged AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed on Wednesday in
Westchester County the bird briefly visiting the landfill at Croton Point
Park. This early bird offset by a late SNOWY OWL still around the West Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday.
Also lingering, the Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still on
Santapogue Creek just south of Route 27A in West Babylon last Saturday.
Some BLUE-WINGED TEAL now moving through included a pair seen last weekend
on South Pond at Hempstead Lake State Park where some REDHEADS also
remained with other REDHEADS also continuing on Jamaica Bay's East Pond.
As a migrant that can show up almost anywhere it seems a VIRGINIA RAIL was
photographed last Monday evening as it stood on top of a car on 5th Avenue
in Manhattan.
Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were spotted Monday at Heckscher State
Park and today on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton.
A BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE at Pelham Bay Park last Saturday was unusual there.
Newer arrivals have included FORSTER'S TERN, MARSH WREN and more BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS and now widespread CHIPPING SPARROWS and among the warblers
some more LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES and the first BLACK-THROATED GREEN and
PRAIRIE WARBLERS along with the now much more plentiful PINE, PALM and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
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