Well now, it appears Thick-billed Murre, is now so common that it is not longer
necessary to report early or to even share with the listserves?
This is the tamest comment I could come up with. All other iterations were too
acerbic to make public.
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"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
> On Apr 1, 2016, at 8:10 PM, Ben Cacace <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> - RBA
> * New York
> * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
> * Apr. 1, 2016
> * NYNY1604.01
>
> - Birds mentioned
> NORTHERN GIANT PETREL+
> THICK-BILLED MURRE+
> (+ Details requested by NYSARC)
>
> EURASIAN WIGEON
> GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form "Common Teal")
> KING EIDER
> HARLEQUIN DUCK
> Little Blue Heron
> Bald Eagle
> Broad-winged Hawk
> Lesser Black-backed Gull
> GLAUCOUS GULL
> Short-eared Owl
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> Barn Swallow
> Brown Creeper
> Winter Wren
> Marsh Wren
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> Hermit Thrush
> Louisiana Waterthrush
> ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
> Palm Warbler
> Pine Warbler
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Eastern Towhee
> Chipping Sparrow
> Field Sparrow
> LARK SPARROW
> Swamp Sparrow
> Eastern Meadowlark
> 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
> 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, April 1st 2016 at
> 6pm. The highlights of today's tape are NORTHERN GIANT PETREL, THICK-BILLED
> MURRE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, Eurasian form of
> GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GLAUCOUS GULL, LARK SPARROW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
>
> Spring migration continues to proceed slowly with a couple of nice rarities
> still appearing the first a follow-up on the previously reported NORTHERN
> GIANT PETREL. The Captain Lou Fleet has called to say they are postponing the
> special birders pelagic they had setup for tomorrow to see the Giant Petrel
> that had been around their charter boats just off Jones Inlet for the past
> two days because it was not seen there this morning. If the Giant Petrel does
> reappear they will reinstate the trip but they did say that photos of the
> Giant Petrel will be up on their website soon showing the nice rosy tips of
> the bill confirming its identity as a Northern.
>
> Also, the National Weather Service has confirmed their proclamation that
> Spring has been canceled this year in the northeast saying just check the
> weather for the next couple of days if you don't believe them.
>
> Wednesday was a good day locally for THICK-BILLED MURRE continuing its recent
> sporadic coastal appearances. One was seen and photographed in the South
> Channel at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near Little Egg Marsh and another flew
> out of Shinnecock Inlet eventually disappearing out in the ocean. Other
> highlights at Shinnecock Wednesday included a female KING EIDER spotted in
> the Common Eider and mixed scoter flock near the inlet and a LESSER
> BLACK-BACKED GULL in the gull flock there. Another LESSER BLACK-BACKED
> appeared at Floyd Bennett Field Monday and the immature GLAUCOUS GULL was
> seen again yesterday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn.
>
> Among the lingering waterfowl the EURASIAN WIGEON was still on Leed's Pond
> south of Rock Hollow Road in Plandome on Wednesday and the Eurasian form of
> GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still on Mill Pond in Setauket recently. Six HARLEQUIN
> DUCKS were around the jetty at Jones Beach West End on Tuesday. The LARK
> SPARROW at Jones Beach West End was reported as recently as Tuesday and the
> one at Croton Point Park in Westchester County was still present Wednesday.
>
> A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has continued at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island at
> least to Sunday. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was photographed in Prospect Park
> in Brooklyn on Wednesday one that likely lingered in the region and among the
> early Spring warbler migrants some PALMS are now appearing along with the
> more widespread PINES and YELLOW-RUMPEDS have begun moving around a bit.
> There have already been reports of LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH north of our area.
>
> Interesting were about 50 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS reported Thursday streaming
> northeast over Collect Pond Park in southern Manhattan. A few BALD EAGLES
> have also been drifting through the region recently and a SHORT-EARED OWL was
> still at the grasslands at the former Grumman airport in Calverton Wednesday
> evening.
>
> Other Spring migrants generally anticipated about this time of year have
> featured a LITTLE BLUE HERON in Brooklyn today, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
> SWALLOW, a BARN SWALLOW as of Tuesday, BROWN CREEPER, MARSH and WINTER WRENS,
> BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and increasing numbers of RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, HERMIT
> THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, a few PURPLE FINCHES and various sparrows including
> CHIPPING, FIELD and SWAMP and EASTERN MEADOWLARK was spotted moving over
> eastern Manhattan this morning.
>
> To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
> during the day except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.
>
> This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
> National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
>
> - End transcript
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