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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gail Benson <gbenso...@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:52 PM
> Subject: NYC Area RBA: 27 November 2015
> To: nysbirds-l <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu>, Gail Benson <gbenso...@gmail.com>
>
>
> -RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * Nov. 27, 2015
> * NYNY1511.27
>
> - Birds Mentioned
>
> PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
> BARNACLE GOOSE+
> WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
> “WESTERN” FLYCATCHER+
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
>
> GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
> ROSS’S GOOSE
> Cackling Goose
> TUNDRA SWAN
> Eurasian Wigeon
> AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
> Western Sandpiper
> Long-billed Dowitcher
> DOVEKIE
> Black-legged Kittiwake
> SABINE’S GULL
> Bonaparte’s Gull
> BLACK-HEADED GULL
> Red-headed Woodpecker
> Great Crested Flycatcher
> Orange-crowned Warbler
> ‘AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
>
> 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, Tony Lauro
> Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
>
> Transcriber: Gail Benson
>
> [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
>
> Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 27, 2015
> at 8:00 pm.
>
> The highlights of today’s tape are “WESTERN” FLYCATCHER, SABINE’S GULL,
> AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, DOVEKIE, PINK-FOOTED, BARNACLE,
> ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, TUNDRA SWAN,
> “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and more.
>
> Of the two unidentified Flycatchers in Central Park last Friday, the
> Myiarchus was confirmed as a late GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, but the Empidonax
> was indeed a great one, a “WESTERN” complex FLYCATCHER, either a PACIFIC
> SLOPE OR CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER. However, as these two very closely related
> and almost identical species are extremely difficult to separate away from
> their breeding ranges, the exact specific identity of the Central Park bird
> may not be determinable. New York’s only previous record of this complex,
> from Fire Island in 1995, was netted and measured but unfortunately not
> sufficiently to confirm either species. The Central Park “Western” was seen
> nicely Saturday and Sunday, and also on Monday, with calls recorded and even
> some droppings collected, so on-going analysis might provide some more
> specific evidence, though some folks do question whether these two actually
> deserve separate species ranking.
>
> Other exciting birds this week included an adult SABINE’S GULL Sunday moving
> east offshore passed Dolphin Lane off Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet –
> this bird couldn’t be later relocated.
>
> An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge up
> to Saturday morning was joined by a 2nd Pelican as of mid-day Saturday, and
> both have continued there at the north end of the pond. Interestingly, at 8
> am Saturday morning a Pelican was spotted flying west by Sherwood Island on
> the Connecticut coast, presumably the bird winding up at Jamaica Bay.
>
> A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was spotted around the northwest side of the capped
> landfill at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx on Monday but could not be found
> Tuesday.
>
> On Wednesday, a DOVEKIE was reported flying east passed the Montauk harbor
> inlet.
>
> A nice selection of Geese this week featured a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found in
> Riverhead Thursday on the east side of Route 105 north of the Northville
> Turnpike and south of Sound Avenue, but it was not seen there today.
>
> Also north of Riverhead on Thursday and today a ROSS’S GOOSE was present off
> Reeves Avenue just west of Roanoke Avenue and the Buffalo farm, this most
> likely the same Ross’s spotted Tuesday off Oakleigh Avenue north of Sound
> Avenue in Calverton.
>
> A BARNACLE GOOSE was still visiting Marratooka Lake off New Suffolk Avenue in
> Mattituck last Saturday, presumably the same one present Tuesday on a field
> off Alvah’s Lane in Cutchogue.
>
> A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on Short’s Pond off Scuttle Hole Road in
> Watermilll Wednesday, and a few CACKLING GEESE have also been noted on
> eastern Long Island.
>
> Four TUNDRA SWANS were back visiting Hook Pond in East Hampton as of
> Wednesday and were still present today.
>
> An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was a good find in Brooklyn last weekend,
> frequenting Gravesend Bay near Coney Island with some BONAPARTE’S GULLS.
>
> A female “AUDUBON’S” form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was discovered last Sunday
> around the eastern parking lot at Sunken Meadows State Park, this the 3rd
> year in the last four that this subspecies has been seen at Sunken Meadows.
>
> A nice coastal flight of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES was noted moving east off
> Hither Hills State Park last Saturday morning, with 25 counted in less than
> an hour
>
> Up to 12 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still along Santapogue Creek in
> Lindenhurst during the week, and 1 was Saturday still on the East Pond at
> Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS were noted last Sunday,
> at least one regular there; another EURASIAN was off Route 25A in Centerport
> Monday.
>
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Central Park and Brooklyn’s Greenwood
> Cemetery, and 2 were in Willowbrook Park on Staten Island last Saturday.
>
> Among a few reports, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were at Jones Beach West End
> today, along with WESTERN SANDPIPER on the bar.
>
> 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 transcript
>
>
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