- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jul. 6, 2012 * NYNY1207.06
- Birds mentioned BROWN BOOBY+ RUFF+ ARCTIC TERN+ SANDWICH TERN+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) BROWN PELICAN WHIMBREL MARBLED GODWIT White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher BLACK-HEADED GULL Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Royal Tern Cliff Swallow - 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 6th 2012 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, RUFF, BROWN PELICAN, SANDWICH TERN, ARCTIC TERN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT and a WHIMBREL. Certainly the surprise during the week of excellent birds was a BROWN BOOBY that on Thursday flew around the mudflats and adjacent bay at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes. The bird shortly headed east and has not yet been relocated but watch the pilings around eastern Long Island inlets as it may still be around. Other of the numerous recent highlights at Cupsogue have featured a SANDWICH TERN on the mudflats on Sunday with an immature ARCTIC TERN as well as 3 BLACK TERNS, 2 ROYAL TERNS and some ROSEATE TERNS there on Wednesday. While shorebirds on Thursday included a MARBLED GODWIT, a WHIMBREL and 7 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A fee is charged to park at Cupsogue County Park if you arrive after the booths open and the flats are reached from the north side of the parking lot. A few BROWN PELICANS have also been cruising along the south side of Long Island this week. Last Tuesday 4 were reported flying east past the western tip of Fire Island and a single pelican on Wednesday also flew east past Robert Moses State Park this the highlight of an early morning seawatch. Last Sunday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge a black and white RUFF still with remnants of breeding plumage was found at the north end of the East Pond. This RUFF was still present Wednesday when a second RUFF also appeared on the East Pond this a black and chestnut male retaining somewhat more plumage than the first bird. Both were also present Thursday but we only have a report of the second bird from today. The East Pond is in good shape given the early point in the shorebird season but boots are definitely needed and be careful at the deeper north end. Good numbers of shorebirds there make a visit worthwhile these including LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER last Wednesday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL paid an unexpected visit to the south end of the East Pond last Saturday and watch for GULL-BILLED TERN especially south of the West Pond. Since we have mentioned no landbirds suffice it to say that locally CLIFF SWALLOW has joined the other migrating swallow flocks. For the next 2 weeks, Tony Lauro will handle the chores of the RBA. Please call Tony with your reports at (631) 734-4126. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
