- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 16, 2009 * NYNY0910.16
- Birds mentioned MISSISSIPPI KITE+ (Greenwich, Connecticut) Swainson's Hawk+ (Greene County, New York State) Ipswich Sparrow+ (Savannah Sparrow subspecies) Common Eider Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Northern Flicker Barn Swallow SEDGE WREN Golden-crowned Kinglet American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Tennessee Warbler ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Yellow-rumped Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow LARK SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK Indigo Bunting DICKCISSEL Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird 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 [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 16th 2009 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are MISSISSIPPI KITE, Rufous-type Hummingbird, SEDGE WREN, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, BLUE GROSBEAK, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER & RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. But first a SWAINSON'S HAWK update. The immature SWAINSON'S HAWK first noted in New Baltimore in Greene County on October 3rd was present in that area through the early afternoon on Wednesday then presumably moved on. Staying with hawks, two MISSISSIPPI KITES, an adult and an immature passed over the Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch early Wednesday afternoon. This watch is at the Greenwich Audubon Center in northwestern Greenwich and the birds were moving southwest into Westchester County but have not been reported subsequently. A Rufous-type Selasphorus Hummingbird, visiting a yard in the Grimes Hill section of Staten Island since last Saturday, was still present Wednesday. The homeowner had graciously invited birders to look for the hummingbird at his home but we have no information as to the hummingbird's continuing presence. A good find last Saturday was a SEDGE WREN spotted at the Great Hill in the northern end of Central Park present for most of Saturday we are unaware of any Sunday sightings. Another very interesting sighting during a rather active week was a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER found in the trees surrounding the restaurant at Montauk Point State Park last Sunday. This bird judged to be of the coastal race due to its yellow lores. Other birds around the point featured about 40 COMMON EIDERS and a few migrating PEREGRINE FALCONS and MERLINS. Peregrines had a good day at the Fire Island Hawkwatch last Saturday with 65 migrants tallied. An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was spotted over the Belt Parkway Wednesday near Cross Bay Boulevard. BALD EAGLES also continue to pass by inland watches along with other seasonal hawks. Many of the sightings of unusual passerines were concentrated not unexpectedly along the south shore of Long Island especially in the Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park area. A LARK SPARROW was present Sunday along the roadway at Oak Beach west of the main parking lot and another visited Jones Beach West End on Wednesday. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at the volleyball court at Robert Moses State Park parking field 2 on Sunday was followed by one at Cedar Beach Marina Monday and one reported Monday by the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station hedgerow where a large congregation of sparrows Thursday featured single CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. A dullish DICKCISSEL found at Gilgo Saturday was followed by a brighter individual there on Sunday. A BLUE GROSBEAK appeared in Calvert Vaux Park also known as Drier Offerman Park in Brooklyn Thursday. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS have begun showing up with 2 in Calvert Vaux Park Thursday preceded by one at Alley Pond Park last Saturday and 1 at Jones Beach West End on Wednesday. Birds at Kissena Park in Queens Sunday included a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, VESPER SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. A few ROYAL TERNS have also been hanging around the coast from Jones Beach West End to as far east as Easthampton. Three CASPIAN TERNS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were on Sagg Pond today with an IPSWICH SPARROW also there. Recent shorebirds out east have included 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at Mecox and 1 White-rumped and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at the Montauk Horse Farm, these all today. Besides seasonally abundant migrants along the beaches such as NORTHERN FLICKER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER other birds now moving on flight days have included AMERICAN PIPIT, CEDAR WAXWING, various warblers including TENNESSEE WARBLER, BOBOLINK, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, INDIGO BUNTING, PURPLE FINCH, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and other sparrows. A BARN SWALLOW was at Robert Moses State Park Sunday joining one of the many huge Tree Swallow congregations. 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/ --
