Well now, it appears Thick-billed Murre, is now so common that it is not longer necessary to report early or to even share with the listserves?
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Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Apr 1, 2016, at 8:10 PM, Ben Cacace <bcac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > - RBA > * New York > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > * Apr. 1, 2016 > * NYNY1604.01 > > - Birds mentioned > NORTHERN GIANT PETREL+ > THICK-BILLED MURRE+ > (+ Details requested by NYSARC) > > EURASIAN WIGEON > GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form "Common Teal") > KING EIDER > HARLEQUIN DUCK > Little Blue Heron > Bald Eagle > Broad-winged Hawk > Lesser Black-backed Gull > GLAUCOUS GULL > Short-eared Owl > RED-HEADED WOODPECKER > Northern Rough-winged Swallow > Barn Swallow > Brown Creeper > Winter Wren > Marsh Wren > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > Hermit Thrush > Louisiana Waterthrush > ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER > Palm Warbler > Pine Warbler > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Eastern Towhee > Chipping Sparrow > Field Sparrow > LARK SPARROW > Swamp Sparrow > Eastern Meadowlark > Purple Finch > > - 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 > 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 > > 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, April 1st 2016 at > 6pm. The highlights of today's tape are NORTHERN GIANT PETREL, THICK-BILLED > MURRE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, Eurasian form of > GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GLAUCOUS GULL, LARK SPARROW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and > RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. > > Spring migration continues to proceed slowly with a couple of nice rarities > still appearing the first a follow-up on the previously reported NORTHERN > GIANT PETREL. The Captain Lou Fleet has called to say they are postponing the > special birders pelagic they had setup for tomorrow to see the Giant Petrel > that had been around their charter boats just off Jones Inlet for the past > two days because it was not seen there this morning. If the Giant Petrel does > reappear they will reinstate the trip but they did say that photos of the > Giant Petrel will be up on their website soon showing the nice rosy tips of > the bill confirming its identity as a Northern. > > Also, the National Weather Service has confirmed their proclamation that > Spring has been canceled this year in the northeast saying just check the > weather for the next couple of days if you don't believe them. > > Wednesday was a good day locally for THICK-BILLED MURRE continuing its recent > sporadic coastal appearances. One was seen and photographed in the South > Channel at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near Little Egg Marsh and another flew > out of Shinnecock Inlet eventually disappearing out in the ocean. Other > highlights at Shinnecock Wednesday included a female KING EIDER spotted in > the Common Eider and mixed scoter flock near the inlet and a LESSER > BLACK-BACKED GULL in the gull flock there. Another LESSER BLACK-BACKED > appeared at Floyd Bennett Field Monday and the immature GLAUCOUS GULL was > seen again yesterday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn. > > Among the lingering waterfowl the EURASIAN WIGEON was still on Leed's Pond > south of Rock Hollow Road in Plandome on Wednesday and the Eurasian form of > GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still on Mill Pond in Setauket recently. Six HARLEQUIN > DUCKS were around the jetty at Jones Beach West End on Tuesday. The LARK > SPARROW at Jones Beach West End was reported as recently as Tuesday and the > one at Croton Point Park in Westchester County was still present Wednesday. > > A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has continued at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island at > least to Sunday. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was photographed in Prospect Park > in Brooklyn on Wednesday one that likely lingered in the region and among the > early Spring warbler migrants some PALMS are now appearing along with the > more widespread PINES and YELLOW-RUMPEDS have begun moving around a bit. > There have already been reports of LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH north of our area. > > Interesting were about 50 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS reported Thursday streaming > northeast over Collect Pond Park in southern Manhattan. A few BALD EAGLES > have also been drifting through the region recently and a SHORT-EARED OWL was > still at the grasslands at the former Grumman airport in Calverton Wednesday > evening. > > Other Spring migrants generally anticipated about this time of year have > featured a LITTLE BLUE HERON in Brooklyn today, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED > SWALLOW, a BARN SWALLOW as of Tuesday, BROWN CREEPER, MARSH and WINTER WRENS, > BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and increasing numbers of RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, HERMIT > THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, a few PURPLE FINCHES and various sparrows including > CHIPPING, FIELD and SWAMP and EASTERN MEADOWLARK was spotted moving over > eastern Manhattan this morning. > > To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or > during the day except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. > > This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the > National Audubon Society. 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