- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 9, 2009 * NYNY0910.09
- Birds mentioned SWAINSON'S HAWK+ (Greene County, NY) EURASIAN WIGEON White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern PARASITIC JAEGER Yellow-billed Cuckoo RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Cape May Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Hooded Warbler CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Grasshopper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Dickcissel - 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 [email protected]. 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 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, October 9th 2009 at 11:30pm. The highlights of today's tape are EURASIAN WIGEON, PARASITIC JAEGER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. A EURASIAN WIGEON was found last Sunday at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport which is located at Center Shore Road on Route 25A. On Saturday a seawatch from various points in the Hamptons during a storm produced many gulls and terns and was highlighted by a remarkable 22 PARASITIC JAEGERS. The jaegers were seen at Main Beach in East Hampton. Also seen was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. Three ROYAL TERNS, 5 FORSTER'S TERNS and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were found the same day at Mecox Bay. Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were reported last week. One last Saturday at Lookout Hill in Prospect Park Brooklyn and another at Fort Tilden on Thursday. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was discovered Tuesday at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island at parking field 2 and a late CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported Thursday from the hedge row at the Coast Guard Station at West End Jones Beach. Also seen here was a CAPE MAY WARBLER and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Six other CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported in the period last week. Two last Sunday at the volley ball courts at field 2 at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island, 2 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Tuesday, another bird at Smith Point County Park on Friday and finally 1 at West End Jones Beach today. Three LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were reported last Sunday. One observer noted one at Fort Pond Bay in Montauk, another at Main Beach in East Hampton and a 3rd at Maidstone Golf Course in East Hampton. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the shorebirds are declining both in number of total birds and species but decent numbers of waders were still present last Sunday highlighted by 8 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. Last Sunday at Robert Moses State Park 4 CASPIAN TERNS were noted flying along the bay side of the barrier beach while 3 ROYAL TERNS were seen flying along the ocean side. Three ROYAL TERNS were found Thursday at the Cedar Beach overlook on the Jones Beach strip. A good passerine migration was enjoyed last week at Fort Tilden and Floyd Bennett Field. Many birds were passing through the area and the highlights were DICKCISSEL, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Eleven species of warblers were counted including HOODED WARBLER. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW along with a MARSH WREN was reported at Kissena Park in Queens Tuesday. The SWAINSON'S HAWK was still present upstate today at New Baltimore in Greene County at the toll booth area at the exit from the New York State Thruway. 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. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
