- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jan. 29, 2010 * NYNY1001.29
- Birds mentioned MEW GULL+ (European subspecies "Common Gull") YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ Greater White-fronted Goose Cackling Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan KING EIDER Common Eider BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe+ (not seen) Northern Gannet Red Knot Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Black-legged Kittiwake DOVEKIE Thick-billed Murre+ (not seen) RAZORBILL Short-eared Owl Yellow-breasted Chat Lapland Longspur - 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, January 29th 2010 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are MEW GULL, DOVEKIE and RAZORBILL flights, KING EIDER, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. The MEW GULL in Brooklyn continues its random but regular visits along the shore at Gravesend's Bay adjacent to the Belt Parkway. This European form, known abroad as Common Gull, is usually seen feeding on the grass with Ring-billed Gulls and feeding along the shoreline rocks near the pedestrian bridge that crosses over the Belt Parkway and connects with the promenade along the bay's shoreline. This bridge is adjacent to Bay 16th Street where street side parking is usually available near the bridge. There have been no further sightings of the WESTERN GREBE or THICK-BILLED MURRE that were a little east of this site. Two alcid flights of notable proportions took place this week. A large storm moving through Monday brought with it a number of DOVEKIES caught in the storm and deposited along the coast and other mostly unfortunate locations. At least 20 individuals have been accounted for many now deceased most brought to rehabilitators including 8 to the Hamptons Wildlife Rescue Center with 7 also brought to Riverhead and 2 to Bayshore. The more unusual locations have been 1 in Manorville, another found dead on a beach in New Suffolk on the north fork and 1 in Miller Field on Staten Island. One fortunate DOVEKIE, still swimming as of today, has pleased birders at the West Marina at Tudor Point in Great Rivers east of Heckscher State Park. To reach this site from the Heckscher Parkway take exit 45E and follow Great River Road south to its end following signs to the West Marina. Prior to this Montauk Point on Sunday experienced its 2nd large RAZORBILL flight in a week. Flocks were already moving by when the 1st birders arrived shortly after 7am numbers intensifying quickly thereafter and continuing in a steady stream until after 9am. Flocks were rounding the point coming in from the ocean and were also moving in streams on a westerly course out of Block Island Sound some close to shore and others at varying distances north of the point. An estimate of 4,000 was probably very conservative and many RAZORBILLS were just sitting around the point. Joining the fray were also a good number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES with an estimate of 300 present. Both these species joined in the feeding frenzy of NORTHERN GANNETS, COMMON EIDER and other sea ducks and gulls just east of the point that was quite a spectacle. Also at the point a GLAUCOUS GULL was on the restaurant beach Sunday with at least 2 drake KING EIDERS on the south side as viewed from the Camp Hero overlook. While on Monday a female KING EIDER was spotted off the restaurant with a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT along the road west of the restaurant. A drake KING EIDER was still at Ditch Plains on Sunday. Also Sunday RAZORBILLS were along the beaches west of Montauk Harbor inlet and single adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were on the ice at Fort Pond and at Lazy Point in Napeague with a RED-NECKED GREBE spotted in Fort Pond Bay. A RED KNOT was also at Napeague with them on Sunday. Three drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE remain in the area, 1 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where it is usually seen with Common Goldeneyes on the bay west of the West Pond sometimes flying onto the pond, one off Bayville Avenue east of Bayville by the entrance to Centre Island and 1 along the Route 25 causeway between East Marion and Orient on the north fork. A young male KING EIDER was spotted at Iron Pier in Northville Sunday with an ICELAND GULL there Saturday. Further Lane in Easthampton continues to feature up to 4 immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and 7 CACKLING GEESE when the large flocks are there. SHORT-EARED OWLS were along Dune Road Sunday afternoon between the Ponquogue Bridge and Shinnecock Inlet. TUNDRA SWANS include 2 continuing in Massapequa Preserve on the pond east of the east end of Pittsburgh Avenue and 1 still at Connequot River State Park. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was spotted Tuesday at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay if not there check the Oyster Bay Mill Pond where it was seen back on the 10th. The 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, non-countable in New York, continue on Upper Lake in Yaphank and LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station Saturday. In northern Westchester the male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD continues its sporadic appearances at the Pruyn Audubon Center at 275 Millwood Road Route 133 in Chappaqua seen as recently as Thursday. 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
