[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 17 April 2015

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 17, 2015
* NYNY1504.17

- Birds Mentioned

CRESTED CARACARA+
COMMON MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
Red-necked Grebe
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Tricolored Heron
Black Vulture
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Least Tern
Forster’s Tern
Razorbill
SNOWY OWL
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
White-eyed Vireo
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat

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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

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 17 at
8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CRESTED CARACARA, pelagic trip results
including COMMON MURRE, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, SNOWY OWL, EURASIAN WIGEON and
spring migrants, including YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.

A CRESTED CARACARA, the northern Crested species, has been present in the
Montgomery area of Orange County since first being spotted there last
Friday, the 10th.  Though moving about a bit, the bird has recently been
staying around Scott’s Corners Golf Course, especially along the entrance
road to the golf course, where it has been consuming a former possum.  The
unfortunate bit of news, though, is that the CARACARA was looked for
extensively today but could not be found.  The CARACARA is missing its left
eye, which might cause it to stay around longer.  The golf course entrance
road is off of the west side of Route 208 about a quarter mile or so north
of Route 17K, east of Montgomery.  Please do not park along this narrow
road, but park at the golf course itself if you are looking for the bird
there.

A pelagic trip last Saturday sponsored by See Life Paulagics aboard the
Brooklyn VI out of Sheepshead Bay encountered very cool waters for this
time of year, presumably limiting the number and variety of birds seen.
Highlights included three COMMON MURRES, one sitting bird in nice full
breeding plumage, a small number of RAZORBILLS, 11 RED-NECKED GREBES, and a
single SOOTY SHEARWATER.  Over 100 NORTHERN GANNETS were tallied, and a
decent following of gulls included an immature GLAUCOUS, 3 ICELANDS and 9
or so LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS in varying plumages.

Another interesting lingering bird has been a CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW roosting
during the day in bare trees in Bryant Park in central Manhattan, first
seen there last Monday and still present today.  It’s easy to conjecture
that the Chuck’s stay in what seems rather unlikely habitat for this
species might be due to an unpleasant encounter with one of the surrounding
buildings while migrating.  This park is off 6th Avenue on the south side
of 42nd Street, and the Chuck has been in trees in the northeast corner of
the park.  An AMERICAN WOODCOCK, perhaps also a building strike victim, was
very visible just off the southeast corner of the lawn Monday; a number of
injured WOODCOCKS have been treated in the city recently, some with better
results than others.

Among the winter species this week, a SNOWY OWL was still near Shinnecock
Inlet Wednesday, a drake EURASIAN WIGEON was on Playland Lake in Rye,
Westchester County, on Thursday, and single GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen on
Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, Saturday and on Wednesday at Jones Beach Field 6
and at Orient Point County Park.

Besides at Connetquot River State Park, two other YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS
featured one still around the south end of Valley Stream State Park
Saturday and one at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island starting on
Saturday.  EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were singing in Amagansett on eastern
Long Island last Tuesday and should be returning to most breeding areas
shortly.  Four BLACK VULTURES were noted together over the east side of
Manhattan last Saturday.

Other seasonal migrants continue to drift into our area, some new reports
include TRICOLORED HERON Thursday in Oceanside, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at
Cedar Beach, LEAST TERN along with more FORSTER’S TERNS, additional CHIMNEY
SWIFTS, a WHITE-EYED VIREO last Saturday in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn,
HOUSE WREN from Monday and MARSH WREN on Tuesday, and a few more BANK and
CLIFF SWALLOWS; new Warblers have featured YELLOW WARBLER in Westchester
Monday, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUS

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/17, & prev. dates

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -

Perhaps some fresh migration tonight / tomorrow to further liven the  
season... a lot of individuals passed this week (& the past weekend)  
but many species also were represented by just one or a few  
individuals at Central Park.  A smattering of modestly-early arrivals,  
also a definite push of migrants that overshot CP and a lot more that  
found their way farther north. Incidentally, raptor migration has been  
in full swing, with Broad-winged Hawks & other spp. moving, as seen  
from traditional watch-sites around the region.  At least a few birds  
were reported in addition to the list below: Glossy Ibis, Killdeer,  
American Woodcock, Yellowlegs [sp.!], Belted Kingfisher, Merlin,  
Common Raven & likely a few others. This list also leaves out some  
common / resident species that have been around all year along with  
the 3 "feral" urban species (Rock Pigeon, Euro. or "common" Starling,  
and House Sparrow.)

Central Park sightings from Sun. 4/12 thru today: Friday, 17 April 2015

Common Loon (reservoir; breeding plumage, present thru today 4/17)
Pied-billed Grebe (seen earlier in week, reservoir)
Double-crested Cormorant (many, reservoir, etc.)
Great Blue Heron (singles)
Great Egret (multiple)
Snowy Egret (a few low flyovers & 1 or 2 at reservoir on some mornings)
Green Heron (Meer, today, 4/17)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (multiple)
Black Vulture (at least 2 earlier in the week, and the past weekend)
Turkey Vulture (multiple)
Wood Duck (several still around)
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Northern Shoveler (few remaining at reservoir)
Bufflehead (fairly good no's. lingering)
Red-breasted Merganser (earlier in week, res.)
Hooded Merganser (several thru at least Wed.)
Ruddy Duck (at least 2 lingering to today, res.)
Osprey (few fly-overs)
Bald Eagle (several fly-overs in the past 6 days)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk (several, & 1 in park 4/14)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot (few at reservoir earlier in week)
Solitary Sandpiper (sunrise; Meer, Thurs. 4/16)
Spotted Sandpiper (several sightings, reservoir)
Laughing Gull (1, reservoir earlier in week, not first of year)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (very few, from 4/15)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Ramble Wed. 4/15)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (most passed thru now)
Yellow-shafted Flicker (many thru the week)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe (few; almost none lingering)
Blue-headed Vireo (1 as of 4/14; few more today)
Tree Swallow (earlier in week & prior dates)
N. Rough-winged Swallow (multiple)
Bank Swallow (at least 1 today, Meer, also earlier)
Barn Swallow (multiple, including many fly-overs)
Cliff Swallow (1 today, after missing for 5 days, Meer)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch (small numbers)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (mostly passed thru now)
Carolina Wren
House Wren (1, poss. 2, Ramble & vic.)
Winter Wren (at least several thru the week)
Blue Jay (many)
American Crow
Fish Crow (pr. active across n. end recently)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (few lingering)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (multiple)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (multiple)
Hermit Thrush (multiple, more expected soon)
Brown Thrasher (more than a few spring arrivals; few had wintered)
Cedar Waxwing (small numbers, so far)

Northern Parula (1 seen singing, Summit Rock, early a.m. today 4/17)
[Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warbler (modest no's. so far)
Pine Warbler (multiple, esp. in areas in south half of park)
Palm Warbler (many thru week)
Black-and-white Warbler (1 or 2, north end, from 4/14-16)
Northern Waterthrush (singing, from 4/15)
Louisiana Waterthrush (a few continuing)
Common Yellowthroat (at least 2 continuing, modestly early)

Eastern Towhee (many earlier in week & continuing today)
Field Sparrow (small no's. this week)
Chipping Sparrow (fair no's., now diminished)
Savannah Sparrow (few this week)
"red" Fox Sparrow (last seen 4/13?)
Song Sparrow (lingering nesters etc.)
Swamp Sparrow (still modest no's.)
White-throated Sparrow (many migrants, overwintered ones moved on)
Dark-eyed Junco (still a few in north end, 4/17)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Eastern Meadowlark (Monday 4/13, one, Great Lawn)
Rusty Blackbird (several thru week, & most moved on)
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole (adult male, early, 4/14, n. of reservoir by tennis  
courts)
Pine Siskin (a few, earlier in week)
Purple Finch (many on passage as fly-thrus, also a few in Ramble area)
American Goldfinch (modest no's.)

Good spring birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Montgomery Caracara

[Ken McDermott]

 Today I spent from about 1:30pm to 4:00pm looking for the Caracara at the golf course, up the road from there where I has perched and across the river at its' ORIGINAL location without finding the bird.  There were other birders also in the area and none were successful today. Not good news for those who were not able to get here during the week and were counting on a weekend trip. If any good reports come in we will let all know.Best wishes and GOOD BIRDING, Ken McDermott

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[nysbirds-l] blue winged teal, FOS barnswallows and chipping sparrows

[Jane Ross]

Beginning to look a lot more spring-like in East Hampton these days. Georgica 
Cove has a pair of blue winged teal that seem to have arrived this morning, 
multiple barn swallows and lots of female red-winged blackbirds, joining the 
tree swallows and male red wings who arrived a few weeks ago. Chipping sparrow 
have replaced the juncos, although a few white throated sparrows remain. 

Jane F. Ross 
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New York, New York 10128 
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[nysbirds-l] Tricolored Heron

[Robert A. Proniewych]

This is a second hand report that the Tricolored Heron found yesterday at
the Oceanside Marine Study preserve in the town of Oceanside was refound by
Bob Berlingeri as it flew into the eastside of the preserve by the golf
course bulkheads. I had the bird this morning fly out from the westside to
the marshes across from the Osprey platform.
Robert A. Proniewych

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Chuck will's-widow YES

[Anders Peltomaa]

As of right now The Chuck is still in exactly the same spot as this morning.

TGIF birding,

Anders Peltomaa

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On Apr 17, 2015 12:17 PM, "'Karen.ohearn' karen.ohe...@yahoo.com
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> able to walk right into the park and spot the bird almost immediately.
> Unfortunately there were eight or so guys up in the trees cutting dead
> branches very near to where the bird was roosting. I hope he doesn't get
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Letter to Riverhead Town Board RE- EPCAL by Luke Orman

[AndyatWH]

Thank you Luke, for sending this well done letter to Riverhead Town  Board.
 
I have been bothered about this for some time. When I inquired, of the  
Riverhead Police Dept., I was told that if I wanted to have permission to  go 
birding in the parks and town open fields all I needed to get was a  hunting 
license. It seems that when one has a hunting license you have  permission 
to go anywhere in and around these public areas that  traditionally permitted 
hunting.
 
Is not this insane? It simply reflects the traditional nature of this   
Suffolk area population and its politics.
 
We could and should get this up dated  changed!  It is out  of date!! There 
are a lot more people birding out here than hunting and they all  probably 
vote more than the remaining number of  traditional hunters.
 
Andrew Murphy
 
 
In a message dated 4/17/2015 9:29:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
andya...@aol.com writes:



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Date:  April 16, 2015 at 9:55:37 PM EDT
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Subject:  [nysbirds-l] Letter to Riverhead Town Board RE-  EPCAL
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All:  


I have drafted and sent a letter to the Riverhead Town Board regarding  
runway access to EPCAL and have included some of my favorite images.   The 
letter and images can be seen by viewing the link below.  I  encourage all of 
you who have visited EPCAL over the years to contact the  Board.  If our 
voices are strong, we cannot be ignored.   Intimidating people who are birding 
on 
public land with the threat of JAIL  is absurd and preposterous.  Thank you.


http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2015/04/epcal-letter-to-riverhead-town
-board.html



On a note related to actual birds, I saw a Merlin devouring a small  bird 
this morning while on my morning run in East Patchogue.  





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Re: [nysbirds-l] Caracara Reports? - Montgomery Co.

[Curt McDermott]

Hi All,
   In the past 45 min., I have checked both the Scott's Corners Golf 
Course as well as the original spot on River Road where the bird was first 
found.  At this time I have not located the bird but will continue to check 
likely local locations.  For those slightly north, Blue Chip Farm and the the 
surrounding area, would be an ideal spot for this bird.

Curt McDermott

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> On Apr 17, 2015, at 11:58 AM, "Phillip Magnussen"  
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> I wonder if anyone has reports (positive or negative) regarding the Crested 
> Caracara in Montgomery County.
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> Með Kveðju,
> Phillip W Magnussen
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[nysbirds-l] Caracara Reports? - Montgomery Co.

[Phillip Magnussen]

Good day,

I wonder if anyone has reports (positive or negative) regarding the Crested
Caracara in Montgomery County.

Með Kveðju,
Phillip W Magnussen

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[nysbirds-l] Broad-winged Hawks/Palm Warblers/Pine Warblers/White-throated Sparrow, etc.

[Joan Collins]

4/17/15 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) * First-of-the-season

 

Bufflehead - on the Little Tupper Lake outlet (they have been moving through
for nearly a week now)

Ruffed Grouse - 2 along Sabattis Circle Road (one drumming)

Common Loon - one on Long Lake

Great Blue Heron - at the small (yearly) rookery on Minnow Pond along Route
30 in Long Lake.  The bird was sitting up in the nest in foggy conditions
with Minnow Pond below - still totally frozen!  (Photo on Facebook.)

*Broad-winged Hawk - 2; 1 perched along Route 30 in Long Lake (photos on my
Facebook page below) and 1 outside our home

Hermit Thrush - singing that lovely song at dawn outside our home!

*Palm Warbler - at least 4 singing at Sabattis Bog

Chipping Sparrow - flocks still moving through

Fox Sparrow - we've had a singing Fox Sparrow outside our home for 4 days
now and there was one singing along Sabattis Road.

*White-throated Sparrow - singing outside our home this morning

Rusty Blackbird - 3 flew over Sabattis Bog vocalizing

 

4/16/15 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) & Newcomb (Essex Co.)

 

*Common Loon - arrival on Long Lake - report from Bill Labes, Long Lake

*Belted Kingfisher - at the Newcomb Adirondack Interpretive Center (AIC)
between Rich Lake and Belden Lake

*Pine Warbler - 2; one singing in the pines at the parking area for the
Newcomb AIC and one singing near Belden Lake

Fox Sparrow - singing near the parking area for the Newcomb AIC

 

Joan Collins

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Long Lake, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Addition to last post

[robert adamo]

(6) FOS N. Gannet,  in fairly close to shore, seen from Shinnicock Inlet,
Hampton Bays.

Bob

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, NYC: Chuck-will's-widow continues

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
Before going to work I spent a few minutes looking for The Chuck. It's
still here.

Today it is roosting on a branch right above the most northern path inside
the park. If you stand on that path near the bathrooms in the NE corner,
look West and up above the path, you'll find the Chuck.

good urban birding,

Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] From The Sound to The Ocean

[robert adamo]

On Thursday, I spent from ~ 1015 to 1330 getting some good exercise, but
 not many birds, at the North Fork Preserve, Jamesport. There were at least
3 Turkey Vultures, with the possibility of that # swelling up to 6, unless
"Lonesome George" was responsible for #'s 3 to 6. The only other bird of
interest was an E. Phoebe.

After a stop at home for lunch, I proceeded down to Dune Road (Post Lane to
Shinnicock Inlet) and saw the following species: FOS Great Cormorant ; FOS
Black-crowned Night-Heron; FOS   Greater Yellowlegs (5-6) ; FOS Boat-tailed
Grackle( (4) no females) all singing.

Cheers,
Bob

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