[nysbirds-l] W. Tanager (Manhattan, NYC) & other birds in N.Y. County, 12/12
N.Y. County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan & Randall’s Island; Saturday, Dec. 12 - A Western TANAGER is continuing - seen for more than 8 days in a row now, along West 22nd Street, east of Tenth Ave. in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan’s west side. It’s gone into Clement Clarke Moore Park (which is primarily a chldren’s play area) at times, and also into the fruit-bearing trees across from that park, and further east of there on the street, as well as making some forays farther & occasionally not being seen for periods. Please be considerate of and to others in this quiet residential area, if visiting. Around N.Y. County, a Wood Thrush was still at Bryant Park, & spread around a number of locations both at Manhattan & Randall’s Island, at least 7 species of warblers have lingered, including Nashville, Cape May, Orange-crowned, Palm, Yellow-rumped [Myrtle], Common Yellowthroat, and Ovenbird: some & perhaps even all, of more than 1 individual. There is also a report of Tennessee Warbler (a species that’s been seen in possibly-unprecented numbers in the past 2 weeks in the greater northeast) from an observer at Randall’s Island on 12/12. Randall’s Island also has held on to a long-lingering Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. (There are many other birds being seen all through the county, and with a mild Sunday, still more may be discovered.) …... With the viral pandemic still very much all around us, PLEASE do use and take all possible precautions to keep yourself and all others around safe! Thank You & Be Well. - - - - - "This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” - Teddy Roosevelt (26th president of the U.S.A.) "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass (1818-1895; U.S. statesman, orator, writer) Good birding to all - and thanks to the many who also keep the birds’ best interests at heart when out in the field - and limit any possible disturbances to the birds’ requirements for food, shelter, & safety, including for the many migrants a safe passage on their often long journeys as well as for birds on roost sites. Tom Fiore, manhattan -- 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] W. Tanager (Manhattan, NYC) & other birds in N.Y. County, 12/12
N.Y. County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan & Randall’s Island; Saturday, Dec. 12 - A Western TANAGER is continuing - seen for more than 8 days in a row now, along West 22nd Street, east of Tenth Ave. in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan’s west side. It’s gone into Clement Clarke Moore Park (which is primarily a chldren’s play area) at times, and also into the fruit-bearing trees across from that park, and further east of there on the street, as well as making some forays farther & occasionally not being seen for periods. Please be considerate of and to others in this quiet residential area, if visiting. Around N.Y. County, a Wood Thrush was still at Bryant Park, & spread around a number of locations both at Manhattan & Randall’s Island, at least 7 species of warblers have lingered, including Nashville, Cape May, Orange-crowned, Palm, Yellow-rumped [Myrtle], Common Yellowthroat, and Ovenbird: some & perhaps even all, of more than 1 individual. There is also a report of Tennessee Warbler (a species that’s been seen in possibly-unprecented numbers in the past 2 weeks in the greater northeast) from an observer at Randall’s Island on 12/12. Randall’s Island also has held on to a long-lingering Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. (There are many other birds being seen all through the county, and with a mild Sunday, still more may be discovered.) …... With the viral pandemic still very much all around us, PLEASE do use and take all possible precautions to keep yourself and all others around safe! Thank You & Be Well. - - - - - "This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” - Teddy Roosevelt (26th president of the U.S.A.) "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass (1818-1895; U.S. statesman, orator, writer) Good birding to all - and thanks to the many who also keep the birds’ best interests at heart when out in the field - and limit any possible disturbances to the birds’ requirements for food, shelter, & safety, including for the many migrants a safe passage on their often long journeys as well as for birds on roost sites. Tom Fiore, manhattan -- 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] Manhattan, Upper East Side: Cackling Goose?
While I was watching a perched Cooper's Hawk a small flock of Canada Geese flew just north of me heading west towards Central Park. This was just before 4:50pm. The flock included an unmistakably small Canada-type goose that could possibly be a CACKLING GOOSE with the 6 Canadas. Maybe they'll settle on the reservoir? -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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] Manhattan, Upper East Side: Cackling Goose?
While I was watching a perched Cooper's Hawk a small flock of Canada Geese flew just north of me heading west towards Central Park. This was just before 4:50pm. The flock included an unmistakably small Canada-type goose that could possibly be a CACKLING GOOSE with the 6 Canadas. Maybe they'll settle on the reservoir? -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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: 11 December 2020
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 11, 2020
* NYNY2012.11
- Birds mentioned
MEW GULL+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Razorbill
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Bonaparte's Gull
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Wood Thrush
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
Snow Bunting
Lincoln's Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll 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
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 11th
2020 at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are MEW GULL, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, EARED GREBE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, RED
CROSSBILL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.
Last Tuesday a first winter gull spotted at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier
4 was photographed and identified as a Eurasian form of MEW GULL, also
referred to as Common Gull, this variety and age requiring careful
separation from the same aged Ring-billed Gull. A MEW GULL may have also
been seen at Pier 4 near noon today and should be looked for among the many
gulls gathering there.
Last Sunday a bright WESTERN TANAGER, but not the individual seen
previously in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery, was found in the Chelsea
section of lower Manhattan and has remained there through today. This
TANAGER has been feeding in fruiting trees along West 22nd Street between
9th and 10th Avenues usually closer to 10th including near a small
playground park.
Just two ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS this week with the one at Nissequogue
River State Park in King's Park where it was being seen at least to
Wednesday and the one in Green-wood Cemetery to last Sunday.
The EARED GREBE was still on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
today.
Two BARNACLE GEESE spotted December 1st were still being seen with Canada
Geese along Deerfield Road north of Mill Pond in Watermill at least through
yesterday. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Hook Pond in East
Hampton yesterday and today while the one in Rye Brook has recently become
quite elusive. Single EURASIAN WIGEON this week were noted at the Marine
Park Salt Marsh Nature Center to Monday and Hempstead Lake State Park to
Thursday, on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay Sunday and on Pepperidge Lake north of
East Moriches Boulevard Monday. A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was last
reported last Saturday on the pond at Frank Melville Memorial Park in
Setauket the previous day providing a drake flying by Crab Meadow Beach. A
female HARLEQUIN DUCK was still present Wednesday at Shinnecock Inlet where
2 KING EIDER have been seen recently. Other recent KINGS have been spotted
off Fort Tilden, Jacob Riis Park and Robert Moses State Park.
The GLAUCOUS GULL was photographed at Shinnecock Inlet Tuesday while last
Saturday an ICELAND GULL visited the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4. At
Robert Moses State Park wind conditions on Monday provided 13 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES offshore with another 11 counted Wednesday. Other high totals at
Moses featured 940 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 121 HORNED LARKS and 173 SNOW
BUNTINGS on Monday with another 520 BONAPARTES and 320 NORTHERN GANNETS
Wednesday.
A RED-NECKED GREBE has been on Meadow Lake at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
since Tuesday. Sixty-five RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point last
Tuesday when a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was also seen again there.
Tuesday brought some COMMON REDPOLLS into our area while small numbers of
RED CROSSBILLS today included 15 at Heckscher State Park and 25 along the
Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville where a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
continues.
The variety of lingering passerines currently includes WOOD THRUSH,
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and various warblers including
ORANGE-CROWNED plus NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE,
CAPE MAY, BLACKPOLL and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.
To phone
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 December 2020
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 11, 2020
* NYNY2012.11
- Birds mentioned
MEW GULL+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Razorbill
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Bonaparte's Gull
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Wood Thrush
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
Snow Bunting
Lincoln's Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll 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
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 11th
2020 at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are MEW GULL, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, EARED GREBE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, RED
CROSSBILL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.
Last Tuesday a first winter gull spotted at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier
4 was photographed and identified as a Eurasian form of MEW GULL, also
referred to as Common Gull, this variety and age requiring careful
separation from the same aged Ring-billed Gull. A MEW GULL may have also
been seen at Pier 4 near noon today and should be looked for among the many
gulls gathering there.
Last Sunday a bright WESTERN TANAGER, but not the individual seen
previously in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery, was found in the Chelsea
section of lower Manhattan and has remained there through today. This
TANAGER has been feeding in fruiting trees along West 22nd Street between
9th and 10th Avenues usually closer to 10th including near a small
playground park.
Just two ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS this week with the one at Nissequogue
River State Park in King's Park where it was being seen at least to
Wednesday and the one in Green-wood Cemetery to last Sunday.
The EARED GREBE was still on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
today.
Two BARNACLE GEESE spotted December 1st were still being seen with Canada
Geese along Deerfield Road north of Mill Pond in Watermill at least through
yesterday. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Hook Pond in East
Hampton yesterday and today while the one in Rye Brook has recently become
quite elusive. Single EURASIAN WIGEON this week were noted at the Marine
Park Salt Marsh Nature Center to Monday and Hempstead Lake State Park to
Thursday, on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay Sunday and on Pepperidge Lake north of
East Moriches Boulevard Monday. A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was last
reported last Saturday on the pond at Frank Melville Memorial Park in
Setauket the previous day providing a drake flying by Crab Meadow Beach. A
female HARLEQUIN DUCK was still present Wednesday at Shinnecock Inlet where
2 KING EIDER have been seen recently. Other recent KINGS have been spotted
off Fort Tilden, Jacob Riis Park and Robert Moses State Park.
The GLAUCOUS GULL was photographed at Shinnecock Inlet Tuesday while last
Saturday an ICELAND GULL visited the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4. At
Robert Moses State Park wind conditions on Monday provided 13 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES offshore with another 11 counted Wednesday. Other high totals at
Moses featured 940 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 121 HORNED LARKS and 173 SNOW
BUNTINGS on Monday with another 520 BONAPARTES and 320 NORTHERN GANNETS
Wednesday.
A RED-NECKED GREBE has been on Meadow Lake at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
since Tuesday. Sixty-five RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point last
Tuesday when a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was also seen again there.
Tuesday brought some COMMON REDPOLLS into our area while small numbers of
RED CROSSBILLS today included 15 at Heckscher State Park and 25 along the
Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville where a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
continues.
The variety of lingering passerines currently includes WOOD THRUSH,
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and various warblers including
ORANGE-CROWNED plus NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE,
CAPE MAY, BLACKPOLL and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.
To phone
