- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 1, 2011 * NYNY1107.01
- Birds mentioned ARCTIC TERN+ SANDWICH TERN+ HOODED CROW+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) CORY'S SHEARWATER GREAT SHEARWATER Wilson's Storm-Petrel Red Knot Short-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern GULL-BILLED TERN Black Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer COMMON RAVEN SUMMER TANAGER Grasshopper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark - 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, July 1st 2011 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are a HOODED CROW update, SANDWICH TERN, ARCTIC TERN, GREAT SHEARWATER, CORY'S SHEARWATER, SUMMER TANAGER, GULL-BILLED TERN and eastern Long Island RAVENS. A HOODED CROW of unknown provenance was still present on Thursday at Crooke's Point at Great Kills Park on Staten Island but on Thursday the crow was found trapped in some fishing line. It was caught and was freed of the line and then flew away. It was reported again Thursday evening but the shock of this episode may have altered its routine. We know of no Friday reports. The bird could at times be difficult to find as it roamed between the end of the parking lot and adjoining woods and the outer beach where it often foraged for food and got some relief from the harassing Mockingbirds. To look for the crow enter Great Kills Park from Hylan Boulevard and follow Buffalo Street to the end of the pavement. Park in the lot on the left and walk on the gravel road to Crooke's Point. At the end of this road is a permit required parking lot for fisherman and the crow has been around this parking lot and adjoining woods and beach. Also at the site a few BONAPARTE'S GULLS are staying along the beach and 4 ROYAL TERNS flew by last Sunday afternoon. Out at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes excitement increased notably with the appearance of a SANDWICH TERN on the mud flats north of the parking lot last Saturday. This was followed on Wednesday by two immature ARCTIC TERNS on the flats joined later in the day by a different SANDWICH TERN. Other terns there have included 2 ROYALS on Sunday and 1 Wednesday, BLACK TERN Sunday and Wednesday, a few adult ROSEATE TERNS and varying ages of LEAST TERN, FORSTER'S TERN and COMMON TERN and some BLACK SKIMMERS. One immature COMMON TERN last weekend may've been of the Siberian subspecies "longipennis". Reports from Cupsogue Thursday featured an ARCTIC TERN. A good variety of shorebirds also continues to use the flats including several RED KNOTS and some incoming SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and SEASIDE SPARROWS and SALTMARSH SPARROWS are still singing in the surrounding marshes. Seawatching from the boardwalk at Cupsogue has also proven to be productive. Last Saturday some CORY'S SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were joined by a GREAT SHEARWATER. CORY'S SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were also noted on the following days with Wednesday's count 5 CORY'S SHEARWATER and 40 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was also on the beach there Sunday. A seawatch Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park netted 2 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 2 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and an immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. A GULL-BILLED TERN was at Nickerson Beach west of Point Lookout on Wednesday. Another COMMON RAVEN nesting has taken place on Long Island this much farther east than the previously known sites. The birds are using a water tower in Hampton Bays. Rather surprising was a female SUMMER TANAGER appearing on Great Gull Island in eastern Long Island Sound last Friday. A trip along the runways at Calverton Grasslands last Saturday produced an impressive number of GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, several EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and good numbers of other expected grasslands species reaffirming the productivity of this valuable habitat. 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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