- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep. 11, 2009 * NYNY0909.11
- Birds mentioned Northern Wheatear+ (Stratford, Connecticut) Cory's Shearwater Yellow-crowned Night-Heron AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET WHIMBREL Stilt Sandpiper BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER WILSON'S PHALAROPE Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Royal Tern Parasitic Jaeger Tennessee Warbler Cape May Warbler Blackburnian Warbler CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Bobolink - 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 nysa...@nybirds.org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, 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 11th 2009 at 10:30pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Seventeen species of shorebirds were seen Tuesday at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge highlighted by an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 5 STILT SANDPIPERS and 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Two WHIMBRELS, reported last week at Drier Offerman Park in Brooklyn, were present through last Monday. Also seen at Drier Offerman Park on Saturday were 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and 100 BOBOLINKS. Another CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen last Saturday at parking field 2 of Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found last Saturday at Jones Beach West End. Fifteen ROYAL TERNS were seen at Pike's Beach in Westhampton Dunes last Sunday and 9 birds were still present on Tuesday. Today, a northeast storm system drove over 2,000 COMMON TERNS, 1 CORY'S SHEARWATER, and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS in an easterly direction off Amagansett during a short seawatch. On Wednesday 15 species of warblers were seen in Central Park highlighted by TENNESSEE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. A 3rd year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found today at Heckscher State Park in Great River. The NORTHERN WHEATEAR, found last weekend in Stratford Connecticut, in Sikorsky Airport along Great Meadow Road was still present today. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
