[nysbirds-l] Recent results at the Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch

[TURNER]

September 4th – 69 nighthawks

September 5th - 179 nighthawks (with 25 coursing back and forth over the north 
pond at dusk)

September 6th – 3 nighthawks (windy and rainy)

September 7th – 91 nighthawks 


We're coming into what should be the best week at the watch. On tomorrow's date 
in 2017 we set the all-time total of 573 nighthawks.. 


John Turner
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[nysbirds-l] Recent results at the Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch

[TURNER]

September 4th – 69 nighthawks

September 5th - 179 nighthawks (with 25 coursing back and forth over the north 
pond at dusk)

September 6th – 3 nighthawks (windy and rainy)

September 7th – 91 nighthawks 


We're coming into what should be the best week at the watch. On tomorrow's date 
in 2017 we set the all-time total of 573 nighthawks.. 


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[nysbirds-l] Fort Tilden

[Steve Walter]

Now for a happier post. For the first time in years, I tried hawk watching
at Fort Tilden in early September. It was a bit different than back in the
day. The highlight was a surprisingly good flight of Ospreys for what I
consider still an early date - 102 counted, until I had to leave at 2 P.M.
It used to be that Kestrels were relied on for anything resembling a decent
flight this early. But only 3 of them among the 9 non-Osprey raptors. Why so
many Ospreys so soon (246 at Cape May)? I hope it's because there are more
of them. Whatever the reason, it makes me think about the contributions to
our database that could be made by more frequent coverage at Fort Tilden (at
least on northerly winds). If anyone is interested in watching for hawks
there, please contact me.

 

And there's more than hawks to be seen. Copying and pasting below my notes
entered at hawkcount.org . 

 

Fair numbers of Tree Swallow, still some Barn Swallows, and even 1 Cliff
Swallow. Fair numbers of Chimney Swift and Cedar Waxwing on the move. Also
seen were 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 2 Eastern
Kingbirds, and a flock of about 20 Bobolink. A couple of Royal Terns over
the ocean. Developing Dragonfly flight: species noted in order of abundance:
Green Darner, Wandering Glider, Black Saddlebags, Spot-winged Glider,
Carolina Saddlebags, Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Swamp Darner, Blue Dasher. Lots
of butterfly activity. Red Admiral and at least on Question Mark migrating
south, 3 Cloudless Sulphurs emigrating north. Few Monarchs at this point.
Lots of Buckeyes around.

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Fort Tilden

[Steve Walter]

Now for a happier post. For the first time in years, I tried hawk watching
at Fort Tilden in early September. It was a bit different than back in the
day. The highlight was a surprisingly good flight of Ospreys for what I
consider still an early date - 102 counted, until I had to leave at 2 P.M.
It used to be that Kestrels were relied on for anything resembling a decent
flight this early. But only 3 of them among the 9 non-Osprey raptors. Why so
many Ospreys so soon (246 at Cape May)? I hope it's because there are more
of them. Whatever the reason, it makes me think about the contributions to
our database that could be made by more frequent coverage at Fort Tilden (at
least on northerly winds). If anyone is interested in watching for hawks
there, please contact me.

 

And there's more than hawks to be seen. Copying and pasting below my notes
entered at hawkcount.org . 

 

Fair numbers of Tree Swallow, still some Barn Swallows, and even 1 Cliff
Swallow. Fair numbers of Chimney Swift and Cedar Waxwing on the move. Also
seen were 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 2 Eastern
Kingbirds, and a flock of about 20 Bobolink. A couple of Royal Terns over
the ocean. Developing Dragonfly flight: species noted in order of abundance:
Green Darner, Wandering Glider, Black Saddlebags, Spot-winged Glider,
Carolina Saddlebags, Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Swamp Darner, Blue Dasher. Lots
of butterfly activity. Red Admiral and at least on Question Mark migrating
south, 3 Cloudless Sulphurs emigrating north. Few Monarchs at this point.
Lots of Buckeyes around.

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Rich Kelly Arrangements

[Steve Walter]

First, let me echo the sentiments expressed by Tom and Andrew. Rich was not
only a member of the birding community, but his interests spanned many
aspects of nature. He had great expertise in botany, butterflies, herps, and
shells, but even that was not the limit of his interests. As such, he will
be greatly missed by so many. 

 

Here are the wake and funeral specifics as I received them from his son
Brian. I'm pretty sure that should be P.M. on the second wake time slot, but
I'm trying to get confirmation on that.

 

 

Richard Kelly's wake will be at the New Hyde Park Funeral Home on Tuesday
September 10, 2019. From 2:00-4:40pm and 7:00-9:30am.

Funeral Mass is on Wednesday September 11, 2019  at 9;30am at the nearby
Holy Spirit Church Interment - St. Charles Cemetery.

 

 

Funeral Home- 506 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park, NY

https://www.nhpfh.com/directions

 

Holy Spirit Church - 500 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, NY

>From Funeral Home- Turn right out of the parking lot on Lowell.   Turn left
at the light. 

You come to a T section between two banks turn right.  At the next light
turn left on Covert Ave.

At the light turn right.  There are 2 lots. One on the west side on one to
the east across 6th Street. 

 

WARNING:The grade crossing with the LIRR is completely closed off while they
turn it into a underpass.

If you come from that direction plan your route around it. 

 

St. Charles Cemetery-
http://www.ccbklyn.org/our-cemeteries/st-charles-resurrection-cemeteries/dri
ving-directions-st-charles-resurrection/

 

WARNING:S. Charles in nowhere near the other locations. It's quite a long
drive away. Just over an hour is you take highways. One way.

 

 

Steve Walter


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[nysbirds-l] Rich Kelly Arrangements

[Steve Walter]

First, let me echo the sentiments expressed by Tom and Andrew. Rich was not
only a member of the birding community, but his interests spanned many
aspects of nature. He had great expertise in botany, butterflies, herps, and
shells, but even that was not the limit of his interests. As such, he will
be greatly missed by so many. 

 

Here are the wake and funeral specifics as I received them from his son
Brian. I'm pretty sure that should be P.M. on the second wake time slot, but
I'm trying to get confirmation on that.

 

 

Richard Kelly's wake will be at the New Hyde Park Funeral Home on Tuesday
September 10, 2019. From 2:00-4:40pm and 7:00-9:30am.

Funeral Mass is on Wednesday September 11, 2019  at 9;30am at the nearby
Holy Spirit Church Interment - St. Charles Cemetery.

 

 

Funeral Home- 506 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park, NY

https://www.nhpfh.com/directions

 

Holy Spirit Church - 500 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, NY

>From Funeral Home- Turn right out of the parking lot on Lowell.   Turn left
at the light. 

You come to a T section between two banks turn right.  At the next light
turn left on Covert Ave.

At the light turn right.  There are 2 lots. One on the west side on one to
the east across 6th Street. 

 

WARNING:The grade crossing with the LIRR is completely closed off while they
turn it into a underpass.

If you come from that direction plan your route around it. 

 

St. Charles Cemetery-
http://www.ccbklyn.org/our-cemeteries/st-charles-resurrection-cemeteries/dri
ving-directions-st-charles-resurrection/

 

WARNING:S. Charles in nowhere near the other locations. It's quite a long
drive away. Just over an hour is you take highways. One way.

 

 

Steve Walter


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[nysbirds-l] Still Spaces Open for Brooklyn Mega-Pelagic, Sat 9/21 - Sun, 9/22

[Paul Guris]

We still have spaces available for the 34-35 hour Brooklyn pelagic
scheduled for 9/21-22. The summer species we search for should still be in
the area but it should be a better time for migration of jaegers, terns,
and phalaropes as well. The trip is scheduled to leave Sat, Sep 21 at 8:00
AM and return Sun, Sep 22 at 6:30 PM. The cost is $360.

The extra long trip allows us time to work the Hudson Canyon waters on the
way out, spend hours in the deep water before dark, and have our normal
full pelagic the next day. This extra time gives us more chances of finding
good birds and other marine life.

As usual people will be allowed to board and pick their sleeping spaces in
the order that they sign up. Sleeping accommodations are benches and
floors, so expect to be camping on the high seas. There is a galley so hot
food will be available.

Go to our website to sign up or contact us for more information if you have
questions. Hope some more of you can make it.


-PAG

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[nysbirds-l] Still Spaces Open for Brooklyn Mega-Pelagic, Sat 9/21 - Sun, 9/22

[Paul Guris]

We still have spaces available for the 34-35 hour Brooklyn pelagic
scheduled for 9/21-22. The summer species we search for should still be in
the area but it should be a better time for migration of jaegers, terns,
and phalaropes as well. The trip is scheduled to leave Sat, Sep 21 at 8:00
AM and return Sun, Sep 22 at 6:30 PM. The cost is $360.

The extra long trip allows us time to work the Hudson Canyon waters on the
way out, spend hours in the deep water before dark, and have our normal
full pelagic the next day. This extra time gives us more chances of finding
good birds and other marine life.

As usual people will be allowed to board and pick their sleeping spaces in
the order that they sign up. Sleeping accommodations are benches and
floors, so expect to be camping on the high seas. There is a galley so hot
food will be available.

Go to our website to sign up or contact us for more information if you have
questions. Hope some more of you can make it.


-PAG

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[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Mecox Inlet

[AA Fawkes]

In addition to the continuing avocet I just saw a buff-breasted sandpiper
in the shrubby area at the western end of the inlet. It was spooked after a
few minutes by 2 young peregrines and flew east down the beach and out of
sight but has returned so it may stick around.
Ebird checklist will back-of-the-camera photo here
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Happy Birding!
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[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Mecox Inlet

[AA Fawkes]

In addition to the continuing avocet I just saw a buff-breasted sandpiper
in the shrubby area at the western end of the inlet. It was spooked after a
few minutes by 2 young peregrines and flew east down the beach and out of
sight but has returned so it may stick around.
Ebird checklist will back-of-the-camera photo here
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Anya Auerbach

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Sept. 7, 2019: 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Olive-sided Flycatcher

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Saturday September 7, 2019
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. 

Highlights: 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

Mallard - 12
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 7
Ruby-throated Hummingird - Tupelo Field
Herring Gull - 2 flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult Oven
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard
Downy Woodpecker - heard
Northern Flicker - 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - 6
Olive-sided Flycatcher - on tall snag east of Azalea Pond (Bob - early)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 8
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe
Warbling Vireo - 2 (Upper Lobe & Humming Tombstone)
Red-eyed Vireo - 13
Blue Jay - 3
House Wren - 2 (Ramble & Maintenance Field)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Tupelo Field (Karen Evans)
Veery - 12
Wood Thrush - heard Upper Lobe Lawn
American Robin - many
Gray Catbird - 10-15
Northerm MOckingbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 5 (2 adult males, 3 hatch-year)
Ovenbird - 6
Worm-eating Warbler - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans)
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Upper Lobe & Ramble)
Blue-winged Warbler - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - a dozen
Common Yellowthroat - 12
American Redstart - 40 including 8 adult males
Northern Parula - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Blackburnian Warbler - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans)
Yellow Warbler - 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males in Ramble
Prairie Warbler - 2 (Castle, Bow Bridge Island)
Canada Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Triplet's Bridge (David Barrett)

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Sept. 7, 2019: 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Olive-sided Flycatcher

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Saturday September 7, 2019
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. 

Highlights: 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

Mallard - 12
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 7
Ruby-throated Hummingird - Tupelo Field
Herring Gull - 2 flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult Oven
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard
Downy Woodpecker - heard
Northern Flicker - 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - 6
Olive-sided Flycatcher - on tall snag east of Azalea Pond (Bob - early)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 8
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe
Warbling Vireo - 2 (Upper Lobe & Humming Tombstone)
Red-eyed Vireo - 13
Blue Jay - 3
House Wren - 2 (Ramble & Maintenance Field)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Tupelo Field (Karen Evans)
Veery - 12
Wood Thrush - heard Upper Lobe Lawn
American Robin - many
Gray Catbird - 10-15
Northerm MOckingbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 5 (2 adult males, 3 hatch-year)
Ovenbird - 6
Worm-eating Warbler - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans)
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Upper Lobe & Ramble)
Blue-winged Warbler - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - a dozen
Common Yellowthroat - 12
American Redstart - 40 including 8 adult males
Northern Parula - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Blackburnian Warbler - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans)
Yellow Warbler - 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males in Ramble
Prairie Warbler - 2 (Castle, Bow Bridge Island)
Canada Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Triplet's Bridge (David Barrett)

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted sandpiper, Nickerson beach

[matthieu . benoit76]

There is a Buff-breasted sandpiper now along the fence facing the shore line of 
the restricted area which is in front of the East terrase.
Matthieu


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
 Original message From: Ben Cacace  Date: 
9/7/19  5:20 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L  Subject: 
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019 
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06

- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically 
and use the NYSARC online submission form found at 
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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, September 6th 2019 
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED 
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE EGRET, 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.

But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich Kelly 
has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile now. An 
excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's extensive 
knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we will miss him 
dearly.

Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning during 
a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses State 
Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature 
NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block 
Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one WHITE-FACED, 
2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a 
PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported 
off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off 
Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to 
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday at 
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN 
GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and another flew over 
Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice visitor to Heckscher was 
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at field 7 from Saturday to 
Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5 regular peeps side-by-side 
including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited 
Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County 
Park in West Hampton Dunes on Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS 
were found at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at 
least 4 very faded adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a 
few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday produced 
multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS but the 
conditions were very difficult due to the much too high water level this 
keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below desired levels. Please 
express your disapproval of the East Pond's management to Gateway personnel. A 
CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also 
present.

Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at Miller 
Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach and 5 
WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh 

[nysbirds-l] Buff-breasted sandpiper, Nickerson beach

[matthieu . benoit76]

There is a Buff-breasted sandpiper now along the fence facing the shore line of 
the restricted area which is in front of the East terrase.
Matthieu


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
 Original message From: Ben Cacace  Date: 
9/7/19  5:20 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L  Subject: 
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019 
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06

- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler

- 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, September 6th 2019 
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED 
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE EGRET, 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.

But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich Kelly 
has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile now. An 
excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's extensive 
knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we will miss him 
dearly.

Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning during 
a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses State 
Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature 
NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block 
Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one WHITE-FACED, 
2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a 
PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported 
off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off 
Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to 
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday at 
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN 
GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and another flew over 
Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice visitor to Heckscher was 
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at field 7 from Saturday to 
Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5 regular peeps side-by-side 
including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited 
Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County 
Park in West Hampton Dunes on Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS 
were found at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at 
least 4 very faded adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a 
few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday produced 
multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS but the 
conditions were very difficult due to the much too high water level this 
keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below desired levels. Please 
express your disapproval of the East Pond's management to Gateway personnel. A 
CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also 
present.

Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at Miller 
Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach and 5 
WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh 

Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019

[matthieu . benoit76]

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
 Original message From: Ben Cacace  Date: 
9/7/19  5:20 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L  Subject: 
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019 
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06

- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler

- 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, September 6th 2019 
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED 
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE EGRET, 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.

But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich Kelly 
has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile now. An 
excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's extensive 
knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we will miss him 
dearly.

Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning during 
a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses State 
Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature 
NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block 
Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one WHITE-FACED, 
2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a 
PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported 
off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off 
Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to 
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday at 
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN 
GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and another flew over 
Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice visitor to Heckscher was 
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at field 7 from Saturday to 
Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5 regular peeps side-by-side 
including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited 
Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County 
Park in West Hampton Dunes on Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS 
were found at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at 
least 4 very faded adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a 
few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday produced 
multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS but the 
conditions were very difficult due to the much too high water level this 
keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below desired levels. Please 
express your disapproval of the East Pond's management to Gateway personnel. A 
CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also 
present.

Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at Miller 
Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach and 5 
WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last Saturday. 
COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening conditions 
have been suitable.

Among the 

Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019

[matthieu . benoit76]

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
 Original message From: Ben Cacace  Date: 
9/7/19  5:20 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L  Subject: 
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019 
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06

- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler

- 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, September 6th 2019 
at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED 
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE EGRET, 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.

But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich Kelly 
has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile now. An 
excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's extensive 
knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we will miss him 
dearly.

Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning during 
a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses State 
Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature 
NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block 
Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one WHITE-FACED, 
2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a 
PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported 
off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off 
Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to 
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday at 
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN 
GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and another flew over 
Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice visitor to Heckscher was 
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at field 7 from Saturday to 
Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5 regular peeps side-by-side 
including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited 
Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County 
Park in West Hampton Dunes on Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS 
were found at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at 
least 4 very faded adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a 
few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday produced 
multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS but the 
conditions were very difficult due to the much too high water level this 
keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below desired levels. Please 
express your disapproval of the East Pond's management to Gateway personnel. A 
CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also 
present.

Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at Miller 
Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach and 5 
WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last Saturday. 
COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening conditions 
have been suitable.

Among the 

Re: [nysbirds-l] AMAV Mecox -yes

[Jane Ross]

Avocet very actively feeding  at Mecox where rising tide has almost covered the 
gut...perhaps there will be a break to open the pond shortly? Some sanderlings, 
16 black bellied plover

Jane F. Ross, PhD
1112 Park Ave. New York, NY 10128
mobile:  917-992-6708






On Sep 7, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Christopher Gangemi 
mailto:cjgang...@icloud.com>> wrote:

Made it through the stormy weather. Still there as of 7:30 this morning. Cut 
still closed, so no other shorebirds besides Sanderlings.

-Chris

Sent from my iPod

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Re: [nysbirds-l] AMAV Mecox -yes

[Jane Ross]

Avocet very actively feeding  at Mecox where rising tide has almost covered the 
gut...perhaps there will be a break to open the pond shortly? Some sanderlings, 
16 black bellied plover

Jane F. Ross, PhD
1112 Park Ave. New York, NY 10128
mobile:  917-992-6708






On Sep 7, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Christopher Gangemi 
mailto:cjgang...@icloud.com>> wrote:

Made it through the stormy weather. Still there as of 7:30 this morning. Cut 
still closed, so no other shorebirds besides Sanderlings.

-Chris

Sent from my iPod

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[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler Vale of Cashmere PP Brooklyn

[Gabriel Willow]

I just had a rather handsome adult CT Warbler at the NE edge of the Vale of 
Cashmere in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Rather early for the species I believe?

It was in dense undergrowth on the path leading east from the Vale on the slope 
covered in pokeweed where the bamboo used to grow.

Also 13 other Warbler species (including multiple Blackburnian), Veery, Scarlet 
Tanager, etc.

Good Birding,

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon 

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[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler Vale of Cashmere PP Brooklyn

[Gabriel Willow]

I just had a rather handsome adult CT Warbler at the NE edge of the Vale of 
Cashmere in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Rather early for the species I believe?

It was in dense undergrowth on the path leading east from the Vale on the slope 
covered in pokeweed where the bamboo used to grow.

Also 13 other Warbler species (including multiple Blackburnian), Veery, Scarlet 
Tanager, etc.

Good Birding,

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon 

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[nysbirds-l] AMAV Mecox -yes

[Christopher Gangemi]

Made it through the stormy weather. Still there as of 7:30 this morning. Cut 
still closed, so no other shorebirds besides Sanderlings.

-Chris

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[nysbirds-l] AMAV Mecox -yes

[Christopher Gangemi]

Made it through the stormy weather. Still there as of 7:30 this morning. Cut 
still closed, so no other shorebirds besides Sanderlings.

-Chris

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Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019

[Andrew Baksh]

I am greatly saddened to learn of Rich Kelly’s passing. If anyone knows 
anything about funeral arrangements, please do share.

Rich was a brilliant naturalist. He was a genuine man with no pretentiousness 
and I enjoyed the time spent with him in the field due to his brilliance and 
sarcastic sense of humor.

Some of my fondest memories of him include working together as a team on the 
2016 Jamaica Bay Bio Blitz and our encounters during meetings of the NYC 
Butterfly Club. The atmosphere there was like episodes out of Seinfeld and 
there was never a night where I did not laugh. Many times due to interactions 
between Rich, Steve Walter and Guy Tudor.

I last saw Rich during the 2018 Southern Nassau CBC as I gave him my numbers 
for the areas covered while getting him on a Lapland Longspur at Nickerson 
Beach. He was quite happy at seeing that bird and he looked good then but you 
never know with cancer. Rich is a huge loss for our community. This was not 
easy to write. I will miss him.

With deepest sorrow and condolences to all of his friends and family.


"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

> On Sep 7, 2019, at 5:20 AM, Ben Cacace  wrote:
> 
> - RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * Sep. 6, 2019
> * NYNY1909.06
> 
> - Birds mentioned
> LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
> WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
> BROWN BOOBY+
> BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
> 
> Parasitic Jaeger
> Lesser Black-backed Gull
> Caspian Tern
> Cory's Shearwater
> Wilson's Storm-Petrel
> Northern Gannet
> Blue-winged Teal
> CATTLE EGRET
> AMERICAN AVOCET
> Short-billed Dowitcher
> LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
> Stilt Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> White-rumped Sandpiper
> Western Sandpiper
> MARBLED GODWIT
> Greater Yellowlegs
> BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
> Whimbrel
> AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
> Common Nighthawk
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> DICKCISSEL
> PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Mourning Warbler
> YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
> Hooded Warbler
> 
> - 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, September 6th 
> 2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED 
> STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED 
> SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE 
> EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
> 
> But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich 
> Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile 
> now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's 
> extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we 
> will miss him dearly.
> 
> Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning 
> during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses 
> State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature 
> NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block 
> Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one 
> WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT 
> SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S 
> STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen 
> in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
> 
> Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to 
> Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday 
> at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN 
> GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and 

Re: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019

[Andrew Baksh]

I am greatly saddened to learn of Rich Kelly’s passing. If anyone knows 
anything about funeral arrangements, please do share.

Rich was a brilliant naturalist. He was a genuine man with no pretentiousness 
and I enjoyed the time spent with him in the field due to his brilliance and 
sarcastic sense of humor.

Some of my fondest memories of him include working together as a team on the 
2016 Jamaica Bay Bio Blitz and our encounters during meetings of the NYC 
Butterfly Club. The atmosphere there was like episodes out of Seinfeld and 
there was never a night where I did not laugh. Many times due to interactions 
between Rich, Steve Walter and Guy Tudor.

I last saw Rich during the 2018 Southern Nassau CBC as I gave him my numbers 
for the areas covered while getting him on a Lapland Longspur at Nickerson 
Beach. He was quite happy at seeing that bird and he looked good then but you 
never know with cancer. Rich is a huge loss for our community. This was not 
easy to write. I will miss him.

With deepest sorrow and condolences to all of his friends and family.


"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu  The Art of War

> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (") 
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

> On Sep 7, 2019, at 5:20 AM, Ben Cacace  wrote:
> 
> - RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * Sep. 6, 2019
> * NYNY1909.06
> 
> - Birds mentioned
> LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
> WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
> BROWN BOOBY+
> BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
> 
> Parasitic Jaeger
> Lesser Black-backed Gull
> Caspian Tern
> Cory's Shearwater
> Wilson's Storm-Petrel
> Northern Gannet
> Blue-winged Teal
> CATTLE EGRET
> AMERICAN AVOCET
> Short-billed Dowitcher
> LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
> Stilt Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> White-rumped Sandpiper
> Western Sandpiper
> MARBLED GODWIT
> Greater Yellowlegs
> BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
> Whimbrel
> AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
> Common Nighthawk
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> DICKCISSEL
> PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Mourning Warbler
> YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
> Hooded Warbler
> 
> - 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, September 6th 
> 2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED 
> STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED 
> SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE 
> EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.
> 
> But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich 
> Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile 
> now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's 
> extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we 
> will miss him dearly.
> 
> Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning 
> during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert Moses 
> State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several immature 
> NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday visiting Block 
> Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters reported one 
> WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S and 5 GREAT 
> SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a WILSON'S 
> STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen 
> in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
> 
> Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to 
> Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last Friday 
> at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an AMERICAN 
> GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06

- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler

- 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, September 6th
2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE
EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.

But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich
Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile
now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's
extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we
will miss him dearly.

Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning
during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert
Moses State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several
immature NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday
visiting Block Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters
reported one WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S
and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT
SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last
Friday at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and
another flew over Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice
visitor to Heckscher was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at
field 7 from Saturday to Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5
regular peeps side-by-side including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED
GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes on
Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found at Santapogue
Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at least 4 very faded
adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a few juvenile
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday
produced multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS but the conditions were very difficult due to the much too high
water level this keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below
desired levels. Please express your disapproval of the East Pond's
management to Gateway personnel. A CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also present.

Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at
Miller Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach and 5 WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last
Saturday. COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening
conditions have been suitable.

Among the passerines a good find was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Brooklyn's
Green-wood Cemetery on Monday while the day before produced at Jones Beach
West End a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a DICKCISSEL. Unexpected was a
DICKCISSEL visiting Great Gull Island 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2019

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2019
* NYNY1909.06

- Birds mentioned
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BROWN BOOBY+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Blue-winged Teal
CATTLE EGRET
AMERICAN AVOCET
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Greater Yellowlegs
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
DICKCISSEL
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler

- 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, September 6th
2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CATTLE
EGRET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and DICKCISSEL.

But first some terribly sad news. Today we lost a wonderful friend. Rich
Kelly has finally succumbed to the cancer he had been fighting for awhile
now. An excellent all round naturalist and a great field companion. Rich's
extensive knowledge was equally matched by his clever sense of humor and we
will miss him dearly.

Continuing the recent trend of shore based sightings last Monday morning
during a seawatch an adult BROWN BOOBY was seen moving east off Robert
Moses State Park field 2 and was carefully differentiated from the several
immature NORTHERN GANNETS also going by. On a fishing boat last Tuesday
visiting Block Canyon on the eastern edge of New York pelagic waters
reported one WHITE-FACED, 2 LEACH'S and 24 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S
and 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. From onshore last Monday a
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was reported off Rockaway Beach and a GREAT
SHEARWATER was seen in Long Island Sound off Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN AVOCET continued at Mecox Bay at least to
Wednesday while the first local BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER appeared last
Friday at Rockaway Beach in Edgemere. Somewhat behind schedule this year an
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Heckscher State Park last weekend and
another flew over Hillview reservoir in Yonkers Wednesday. Another nice
visitor to Heckscher was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting the puddles at
field 7 from Saturday to Wednesday and Sunday the puddles included our 5
regular peeps side-by-side including single WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS. A WHIMBREL also visited Heckscher Sunday and at least 4 MARBLED
GODWITS were still at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes on
Wednesday. Last Sunday LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found at Santapogue
Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon with at least 4 very faded
adults present there with dozens of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a few juvenile
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A visit to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday
produced multiples of WESTERN SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS but the conditions were very difficult due to the much too high
water level this keeping the overall shorebird numbers to well below
desired levels. Please express your disapproval of the East Pond's
management to Gateway personnel. A CASPIAN TERN and numbers of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were also present.

Other shorebirds of note today featured a lingering STILT SANDPIPER at
Miller Field on Staten Island, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach and 5 WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Nickerson Beach. Twenty-six LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at Robert Moses State Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center last
Saturday. COMMON NIGHTHAWK numbers have been peaking recently when evening
conditions have been suitable.

Among the passerines a good find was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Brooklyn's
Green-wood Cemetery on Monday while the day before produced at Jones Beach
West End a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a DICKCISSEL. Unexpected was a
DICKCISSEL visiting Great Gull Island