- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 18, 2012 * NYNY1205.18
- Birds Mentioned: WHITE-FACED IBIS+ WHITE-WINGED DOVE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Eider Sooty Shearwater Northern Gannet Cattle Egret Gull-billed Tern Roseate Tern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Tennessee Warbler Cape May Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Kentucky Warbler Mourning Warbler SUMMER TANAGER Vesper Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK 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 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 18th at 10:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, and spring migrants. Last Sunday an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was found at Scoy Pond on the Grace Estate at Northwest Woods on Long Island's South Fork in East Hampton. Though this is technically a limited access park, the ibis has not been seen there recently but may be drifting around eastern Long Island. The adult previously on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has not been reported since early last week and may have moved east. Last Sunday afternoon a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen flying east past Jones Beach West End parking lot 2, but subsequent searches around West End could not relocate this bird. Four GULL-BILLED TERNS were on the bar off the West End Coast Guard Station last Sunday, and a good variety of shorebirds have been present around the bar at higher tides. SOOTY SHEARWATERS have begun to appear along the south shore of Long Island, with seven being counted from Robert Moses State Park Tuesday morning. Other pelagics noted there on Tuesday's seawatch were 1 black and 10 ROSEATE TERNS, and 50 or so NORTHERN GANNETS. Thursday found 3 more Sootys off Moses field 2 and several off Shinnecock Inlet, where a handful of COMMON EIDER also continue. A few SOOTYS and a bonus Right Whale were off Sagg Pond today. Additional pelagic species will be appearing offshore over the next month or two, and among the places to watch, from west to east, are Jones Beach field 6, Robert Moses field 2, Cupsogue County Park, Shinnecock Inlet, East Main Beach in East Hampton, and Montauk Point. The best times to watch are early in the morning and after 4pm, though any time could produce pelagics. The CATTLE EGRET at Mecox was still present Thursday, usually in the field off Mecox Road, across from the end of Halsey Lane. Another CATTLE EGRET put in a brief appearance at Argyle Pond in Babylon on Thursday. In the city parks, as the migration winds down, perhaps earlier than we would like, a decent variety of some nice rarities do continue to occur. A KENTUCKY WARBLER was seen at Lookout Hill in Prospect Park last Monday, and at Forest Park, the rapidly shrinking waterhole last Saturday did attract a young male SUMMER TANAGER and numerous species of warblers at eye-level views, including TENNESSEE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WORM-EATING WARBLER. KENTUCKY WARBLER was also noted at Hempstead Lake State Park last Saturday. Also appearing now are a variety of empidonax flycatchers, including YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, and the later variety of warblers, including MOURNING WARBLER. Out east at Montauk last Saturday, birds featured a BLUE GROSBEAK plus a VESPER SPARROW. These two species are among a group of uncommon to rare local breeders that are struggling to hold on in our area, so when visiting their nesting areas, please avoid any disturbances whatsoever. 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. Thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --