Doesn't the fact the Chucks-will's-widow was flushed a "few times before disappearing" suggest it was being unduly disturbed and perhaps even harassed?
John Turner ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Cacace Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016 11:18 am Subject: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 May 2016 To: NYSBIRDS-L > - RBA > * New York > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > * May. 20, 2016 > * NYNY1605.20 > > - Birds mentioned > Bicknell's Thrush + > (+ Details requested by NYSARC) > > Least Bittern > Stilt Sandpiper > White-rumped Sandpiper > Wilson's Phalarope > Chuck-will's-widow > Eastern Whip-poor-will > Red-headed Woodpecker > Olive-sided Flycatcher > Yellow-bellied Flycatcher > Acadian Flycatcher > Alder Flycatcher > Philadelphia Vireo > Gray-cheeked Thrush > Worm-eating Warbler > Louisiana Waterthrush > Golden-winged Warbler > Prothonotary Warbler > Tennessee Warbler > Mourning Warbler > Kentucky Warbler > Hooded Warbler > Cape May Warbler > Cerulean Warbler > Bay-breasted Warbler > Blackburnian Warbler > Palm Warbler > Yellow-throated Warbler > Wilson's Warbler > Summer Tanager > Blue Grosbeak > > - 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, May > 20th 2016 > at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are WILSON'S PHALAROPE, > CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, LEAST BITTERN, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, > PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, > MOURNING WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BICKNELL'S THRUSH and RED-HEADED > WOODPECKER. > > A good week with very good variety but no exceptional rarities. > Among the > non-passerines probably the most excitement surrounded the LEAST > BITTERNthat remained in decent view perched in a tree last > Sunday in Prospect Park > Brooklyn and last Sunday a male WILSON'S PHALAROPE, the less > colorful sex > in Phalaropes, was spotted in the Captree marsh west of the > Robert Moses > Causeway. Also present there among the fairly large assemblage of > shorebirds were 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS > were seen > there again Tuesday. Last Saturday at Jones Beach West End a > CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW was flushed a few times before disappearing and > interestingly an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was found singing there Monday > evening. Finishing the non-passerines last Sunday single RED-HEADED > WOODPECKERS were seen at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and on > the north > fork at the Ruth Aleva Preserve in East Marion and 2 continue at > Willowbrook Park on Staten Island. > > Last Saturday single SUMMER TANAGERS were found at Jones Beach > West End at > Marcy Woods south of Belmont Lake State Park and at Long Gardens > in Stony > Brook and in the days following at Kissena Park in Queens Sunday > and then > on Wednesday in Central Park and at the Rye Nature Center in > Westchester.The Marcy Woods bird was still there today. A BLUE > GROSBEAK was spotted at > Connetquot River State Park last Sunday but could not later be > relocated. > A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found at the Bronx Zoo last Saturday > and another > appeared at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Sunday and Monday > and today > one was reported appearing briefly at the Forest Park waterhole. > A female > GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn > last Saturday > and a female CERULEAN WARBLER was spotted in Central Park > yesterday. A > MOURNING WARBLER in Forest Park last Saturday and Sunday was > followed by > others in Central Park from Sunday on, at Green-wood Cemetery > Sunday, at > Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday and at Southards Pond Park > in Babylon > yesterday. KENTUCKY WARBLERS appeared suddenly on Thursday with > 2 in > Prospect Park and another in Central Park and one was at Valley > Stream Park > today. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue in Connetquot River > State Park and > at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Otherwise among the 33 species > of warblers > in the region have been some WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, HOODED, > CAPE MAY, > BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN and WILSON'S as well as the more > common species > at this point in the migration plus one or two late lingering > species like > LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and PALM. > > Among the vireos 6 species occurred this week including a rather > uncommonSpring visit by a PHILADELPHIA noted in Central Park at > least to Wednesday. > Flycatcher variety has increased thanks to the arrival of some > late season > empidonax species starting with ACADIAN in Green-wood Cemetery last > Saturday, ALDER mostly north of the city and a YELLOW-BELLIED at > the Rye > Nature Center since Monday. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER appeared this > week in > Central and Prospect Parks as well as at Southards Pond in > Babylon and the > Upland Farm Preserve in Cold Spring Harbor. Among the thrushes some > GRAY-CHEEKEDS have joined the mix in low but widespread numbers > and a > BICKNELL'S was identified by song in Prospect Park starting > Tuesday. This > species distinction is tricky but doable under the right > circumstances. > 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. 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