Re: [nysbirds-l] Update Iceland Gull, Croton/OssinIng Hudson River shorelines

[Robert Lewis]

 There is a discussion about this bird on North American Gulls on facebook.  
Looks like it's a nominate race glaucoides.  Pretty cool.
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY



On Saturday, November 9, 2019, 5:58:53 PM EST, Robert Lewis 
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  I've posted some photos of the Iceland Gull I took at the Boathouse 
Restaurant in Ossining.  

Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY

eBird Checklist - 9 Nov 2019 - Boathouse Restaurant - 2 species

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On Saturday, November 9, 2019, 5:11:00 PM EST, Anne Swaim 
 wrote:  
 
 Great team effort tracking this bird with ongoing reports shared on the LoHud 
Birds WhatsApp group. 

Thanks to Peter Post for 1st report at Croton RR station!

After Larry Tractenberg re found it to the S at OssinIng waterfront behind 
Boathouse Restaurant, the bird then flew back N. 

Bob Lewis relocated it back at Croton RR station in waters b/n salt shed and Rt 
9/9a bridge. (Some of us had nice looks there.)

 Around 4:50pm, the bird flew back S again toward OssinIng.

 Thanks to all for reports! 

Hope others re-find to view tomorrow. 

Pics being posted by a few ppl on eBird. 

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www.sawmillriveraudubon.org



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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Nov. 9, 2019: Baltimore Oriole, Red-shouldered Hawk, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warbler

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Saturday November 9, 2019
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: Baltimore Oriole, Red-shouldered Hawk, Common Yellowthroat, 
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Wood Duck, Field & Fox Sparrows, House & Winter Wrens. 

Although we've seen many Eastern Towhees and Brown Thrashers in Central Park 
this fall, we have yet to find a Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, or 
Red-breasted Nuthatch and White-breasted Nuthatches and Cedar Waxwings have 
been scarce. 


Canada Goose - 155 including southbound flyover flock of 125
Wood Duck - 3 males at the Oven (Bob - early)
Northern Shoveler - 46 Reservoir
Gadwall - male Reservoir
American Black Duck - 1 south end Reservoir
Mallard - 40
Bufflehead - 10 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - 5 Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 71 Reservoir
Mourning Dove - 10
Ring-billed Gull - around 150 Reservoir
Herring Gull - a few on the Reservoir & flyovers
Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir
Cooper's Hawk - 2 immature males (together at Maintenance Field & 1 at Castle)
Red-shouldered Hawk - adult over Tupelo Field
Red-tailed Hawk - adult over Tupelo Field (Sandra Critelli)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Gill Overlook (Andy)
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 1 Sparrow Rock
Eastern Phoebe - 3 (2 Pinetum (David Barrett, 1 Castle)
Blue Jay - 10
American Crow - flyover flock of around 20
Brown Creeper - 2 (Pinetum (Karen Evans), Balancing Rock)
House Wren - 1 Maintenance Field
Winter Wren - 1 Warbler Rock (Bob - early)
Carolina Wren - 3 (pair (Castle & Shakespeare Garden), plus 1 heard)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 Pinetum (David Barrett)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Hermit Thrush - 7
American Robin - 25-30
Brown Thrasher - 3
House Finch - 4 Evodia Field feeders
American Goldfinch - 3 (2 Shakespeare Garden, 1 Maintenance Field)
Field Sparrow - Sparrow Rock (Karen Evans)
Fox Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 10
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Karen Evans)
White-throated Sparrow - around 100
Dark-eyed Junco - 15
Eastern Towhee - 5 (4 males, 1 female)
Baltimore Oriole - immature male Maintenance Field (Karen Evans)
Red-winged Blackbird - immature male Evodia Field
Common Grackle - 5
Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Castle (Deb)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 east end of Turtle Pond (Peter Haskel)
Northern Cardinal - 3 pairs

A Lincoln's Sparrow at the Green Bench Friday morning was inadvertently omitted 
from Friday's list. 

Deb Allen
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Update Iceland Gull, Croton/OssinIng Hudson River shorelines

[Robert Lewis]

 I've posted some photos of the Iceland Gull I took at the Boathouse Restaurant 
in Ossining.  

Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY

eBird Checklist - 9 Nov 2019 - Boathouse Restaurant - 2 species

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On Saturday, November 9, 2019, 5:11:00 PM EST, Anne Swaim 
 wrote:  
 
 Great team effort tracking this bird with ongoing reports shared on the LoHud 
Birds WhatsApp group. 

Thanks to Peter Post for 1st report at Croton RR station!

After Larry Tractenberg re found it to the S at OssinIng waterfront behind 
Boathouse Restaurant, the bird then flew back N. 

Bob Lewis relocated it back at Croton RR station in waters b/n salt shed and Rt 
9/9a bridge. (Some of us had nice looks there.)

 Around 4:50pm, the bird flew back S again toward OssinIng.

 Thanks to all for reports! 

Hope others re-find to view tomorrow. 

Pics being posted by a few ppl on eBird. 

Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon
www.sawmillriveraudubon.org



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[nysbirds-l] Update Iceland Gull, Croton/OssinIng Hudson River shorelines

[Anne Swaim]

Great team effort tracking this bird with ongoing reports shared on the LoHud 
Birds WhatsApp group. 

Thanks to Peter Post for 1st report at Croton RR station!

After Larry Tractenberg re found it to the S at OssinIng waterfront behind 
Boathouse Restaurant, the bird then flew back N. 

Bob Lewis relocated it back at Croton RR station in waters b/n salt shed and Rt 
9/9a bridge. (Some of us had nice looks there.)

 Around 4:50pm, the bird flew back S again toward OssinIng.

 Thanks to all for reports! 

Hope others re-find to view tomorrow. 

Pics being posted by a few ppl on eBird. 

Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Iceland Gull, Croton

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Now on dock by boathouse ossining

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[nysbirds-l] Iceland Gull, Croton

[Peter]

Now at the train station 

Peter Post

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[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle near Stony Brook

[Noah Strycker]

Hi all,

This morning at Setauket Woods (about three miles east of Stony Brook
University), I watched a raven harass an immature GOLDEN EAGLE soaring in
beautiful sunshine for a few minutes. This appears to be the first GOEA in
Suffolk County in a couple of years, at least on eBird.

At least 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were also in the park. Some photos:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S61300773

After moving to Stony Brook in August (to begin a 2-year Master's program
studying Antarctic penguins), it has been fun to start exploring Long
Island this fall. Looking forward to the next few seasons here ;)

Noah Strycker

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[nysbirds-l] Montauk Brown Pelican - Yes

[Eileen Schwinn]

Brown Pelican previously reported here in Montauk, currently being see with 
Gulls along the western jetty of Montauk Inlet(N end of Lake Montauk)
Eileen Schwinn 

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[nysbirds-l] Western Meadowlark, Northport, Suffolk co.

[Taylor Sturm]

Hi all,

Just a little while ago I had a probable western meadowlark at Crab Meadow 
Beach in Northport, Suffolk Co.  I made some recordings of its vocalizations 
which seemed (along with its plumage) consistent with Western and at odds with 
Eastern. 

The bird was initially spotted atop Juniper and Ailanthus trees by the gazebo 
in the park’s southeast corner but flew over the trees (roughly southwest) 
towards the marsh. It looked like it was going to put down there, but I was 
unable to relocate it. 

There’s no fee at this time of year. 

Best,
Taylor Sturm

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelican, Brooklyn

[Michael Yuan]

One, presumably lingering from last week, circled around Gravesend Bay around 
8am this morning. Flew over to Coney Island Beach and could be hanging around 
the Lower Bay. 

Mike Yuan
Brooklyn, NY
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[nysbirds-l] CBC Season begins in just 6 weeks!

[Carena Pooth]

Hello CBCers! 

 

Thanks to those coordinators who have sent in information
about their counts, the CBC calendar is taking shape on the
NYSOA website at http://www.nybirds.org/ProjCBC.htm.

Although the Audubon website will eventually have all the
information, a lot of people still refer to the CBC calendar
on the NYSOA website when they are planning their busy
holiday season.

  

If you are a CBC compiler/coordinator, please help me build
an accurate 2019/2020 Christmas Bird Count schedule.to
help get as many volunteers involved in your count as
possible. I'll post your information as soon as I get it
(unless I'm out birding).  

 

All I need is the following information, which you can send
by simply replying to this email. Alternatively, you can
fill out the form on the NYSOA website at any time - go to
http://www.nybirds.org/ProjCBC.htm and click on the link in
the turquoise-colored box at the top of the page.

 

Name of CBC circle 

4-letter ID of CBC circle

CBC date  

Contact Name  

Contact email  

Contact phone number 

 

Thanks!

 

Carena Pooth

New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA)

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 8 November 2019

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 8, 2019
* NYNY1911.08

- Birds mentioned
BROWN PELICAN+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

RAZORBILL
PARASITIC JAEGER
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
AMERICAN AVOCET
Long-billed Dowitcher
Purple Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
American Oystercatcher
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Common Raven
Snow Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT

- Transcript

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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

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 8th
2019 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, PAINTED
BUNTING, BROWN PELICAN, WESTERN KINGBIRD, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED GODWIT,
EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, RAZORBILL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, PARASITIC
JAEGER, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Once again befitting its very unpredictable nature a PURPLE GALLINULE
appeared Saturday on Turtle Pond in Central Park. This immature
unfortunately only stayed there one day. Long enough to provide the park
with its second record following one back in 1928.

Late Sunday afternoon a female type PAINTED BUNTING was found near the
visitors center at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. After being pursued around
the parking lot for a couple of hours Monday morning the BUNTING flew south
and was not seen again.

An immature BROWN PELICAN continues its stay around the inlet to Montauk
Harbor actually seen today roosting with gulls on the lawn of the Coast
Guard Station and last Sunday 2 immature BROWN PELICANS were seen flying by
Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn with one noted at Coney Island Beach on
Monday while Tuesday also produced one out east along Dune Road.

Last Saturday 2 WESTERN KINGBIRDS were uncovered in and occasionally seen
simultaneously at Jones Beach West End. One or two were found daily from
Sunday at least through Thursday but we so far have no reports from today.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the large numbers of waterfowl gathering
there continue to feature a drake EURASIAN WIGEON usually at the south end
of the East Pond or near the Raunt. A few shorebird species remaining there
do include 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS still on Tuesday mixing with the many Greater
Yellowlegs at the pond's south end. Another AMERICAN AVOCET visited
Santapogue Creek in West Babylon Monday and Tuesday this site still
producing a couple of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and yet another AVOCET was
also seen from a boat in the bay north of Lido Beach on Wednesday. Two
MARBLED GODWITS were still visiting the island off the Jones Beach West End
Coast Guard Station yesterday along with a large flock of AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS.

Last Sunday a female KING EIDER dropped down onto a grassy oval at parking
lot 5 in Robert Moses State Park and stayed for awhile and on Wednesday
another drake EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted on Long Pond in Sayre Park,
Bridgehampton.

Seawatching off Robert Moses State Park field 2 on Tuesday produced the
fall's first RAZORBILL, an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and 2 PARASITIC
JAEGERS. Other PARASITIC JAEGERS during the week included 2 noted off Jones
Beach Sunday and again yesterday and one cruising by Coney Island Beach
Monday. Lingering along the coast have been some LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
with 3 at Coney Island Beach Sunday as well as some ROYAL, FORSTER'S and
even some COMMON TERNS and various shorebirds including some arriving
PURPLE SANDPIPERS.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Sayville last Saturday preceded one in Central
Park today while this week's warbler list was similar to last week's
including a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS.

A LARK SPARROW was seen in Heckscher State Park Wednesday and yesterday
while several VESPER SPARROWS included 2 each in Brooklyn's Calvert Vaux
Park and at Jones Beach West End Sunday and on Governors Island Wednesday.
Some NELSON'S SPARROWS coastally were joined by one reported from Central
Park last weekend. Some SNOW BUNTINGS have also arrived recently and
indicative of their dramatic increase in numbers in recent years a group of
9 COMMON RAVENS flew by the Fire Island Hawkwatch last Saturday.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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