There are 2 second-hand reports of White Ibis sightings from Staten Island, N.Y. City this past week, both posted on the SI NaturaList, the second of these (top report below) from a different location than the original (and photo-documented) sighting at Mount Loretto: Great Kills National Recreation Area, which is also on the outer harbor & not that far north from Mt. Loretto (which is more on Raritan Bay below the outer NYC harbor area), and is also off the SE side of Hylan Boulevard. This more recent report is from Friday, 29 April (and I had just noticed it this Saturday 7:30 a.m., that is the report - not the bird ;-)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/2253 Since White Ibis is a "review" species in New York state, it would be great if any photos and field notes, any documentation of sightings by the observer[s], can be submitted to NYSARC (NY State Avian Records Committee), which can be done on-line. Of course, a lot of folks would be interested to know of additional & current sightings! Incidentally, in a quick search of other out-of-expected-range recent records of this species, I did not find any, but there could be some additional reports "out there". Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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/ --
