[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 May 2019
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 10, 2019 * NYNY1905.10 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-NECKED STILT+ COMMON GREENSHANK+ RUFF+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Red-necked Grebe American Bittern Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Greater Yellowlegs Stilt Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Roseate Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Eastern Whip-poor-will Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak Purple Finch Vesper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Worm-eating Warbler GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler Mourning Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler Cape May Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER TOWNSEND’S WARBLER (Extralimital) SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK 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 Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, May 10, 2019 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are COMMON GREENSHANK, RUFF, BLACK-NECKED STILT, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY, GOLDEN-WINGED and extralimital TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more. Well, it is Warbler time, but what a fine week for Shorebirds! Last Sunday at the rain pools on Timber Point Golf Course in Great River a COMMON GREENSHANK was discovered feeding with GREATER YELLOWLEGS and other Shorebirds and Gulls on what was fortunately a rather unpleasant rainy day that kept golf course activity to an absolute minimum. For all of Sunday birders were able to enjoy nice views of what, pending NYSARC acceptance, will be a first NYS record. With conditions improving overnight, golf course play resumed Monday, and the bird was only seen very early and not thereafter and has not been uncovered since. This morning at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye a nicely plumaged male white and black RUFF appeared on the mud flats with some GREATER YELLOWLEGS, but after a 40 minute stay it suddenly took off and joined a migrating flock of shorebirds moving overhead. The flock circled as though considering landing on the flats but then rose higher and continued southwest down the Westchester coast towards New York City. Among the other shorebirds at Marshlands today were three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A BLACK-NECKED STILT extended its stay at the Lido Beach Passive Natural Area at least to Tuesday, and a second one was found Sunday out on eastern Long Island at Georgica Pond in East Hampton, this one not reported after Sunday. Another Shorebird of note was a STILT SANDPIPER reported from the lagoon at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx today. Among the Herons, two lingering CATTLE EGRETS were at Oakwood Beach on Staten Island Saturday, an AMERICAN BITTERN was flushed at Southards Pond Park in Babylon Sunday, and a TRICOLORED HERON was at Captree Island Monday. Last Saturday single CASPIAN TERNS were at Jones Beach West End and Sagg Pond, and among scattered numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were 61 counted last Sunday along the beachfront at Robert Moses State Park off Fields 2 and 5. Six RED-NECKED GREBES were off Playland Park in Rye on Monday. Single EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were seen at Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery Monday and in Central Park Wednesday and heard in northern Manhattan early Friday morning. Despite some continuing rather poor migration weather locally, some Warbler highlights have included PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Central and Prospect Parks Saturday and later, with two in Prospect Tuesday, in Massapequa Preserve and one at Southards Pond Wednesday. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was noted in Central Park Monday and again today and at Rye Nature Center during the week. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited the Forest Park waterhole Sunday. KENTUCKY WARBLERS were in Central Park Wednesday and Thursday and Forest Park Thursday, and Central Park provided a MOURNING WARBLER Sunday and Tuesday. The excellent Warbler variety also included an ORANGE-CROWNED at Robert Moses State Park Saturday; CERULEAN WARBLERS in Central and Prospect Parks and at Southards Pond, and such other species as WORM-EATING, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY, HOODED and twenty or so other species. And there was also an extralimital TOWNSEND’S WARBLER at Bashakill in Sullivan County last Saturday. Over a dozen SUMMER TANAGERS this week included birds in Central and Prospect Parks, Forest Park, with two there Wednesday, Alley Pond Park and Hempstead Lake State Park, Cunningham Park, the Bronx Zoo, Jones Beach West End
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., May 10, 2019 - 20 Species of Wood Warblers, 5 Vireo Species, Osprey, E. Wood-Pewee
Central Park NYC Friday May 10, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: 20 Species of Wood Warblers, 5 Vireo Species, Osprey, Eastern Wood-Pewee (First-of-season), Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - 6 Wood Duck - male 59th St. Pond Gadwall - pair SE Reservoir Mallard - 8 Bufflehead - male SE Reservoir Mourning Dove - many including juvenile at Sparrow Rock Chimney Swift - 3 or 4 Herring Gull - 10 Reservoir & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 2 reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10 Osprey - flyover North woods Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern flicker - 2 American Kestrel - male Great Hill Eastern Kingbird - 3 (pair Harlem Meer (Lisa Capella), 1 Turtle Pond) Eastern Wood-Pewee - West side of Wildflower Meadow (FOS) White-eyed Vireo - east side of Great Hill Yellow-throated Vireo - North Woods (Ryan Serio) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 7 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 10+ House Wren - 2 (Green Bench & North woods) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Swainson's Thrush - 3 Hermit Thrush - Mugger's Woods Wood Thrush - 5 American Robin - many Gray Catbird - many Cedar Waxwing - flock of 10-15 Sparrow Rock House Finch - 5 or 6 Turtle Pond American Goldfinch - 5 Nutter's Battery Eastern Towhee - 2 singing males Summit Rock Song Sparrow - pair 59th St. Pond White-throated Sparrow - 10+ Baltimore Oriole - 6 Red-winged Blackbird - 6 Common Grackle - 15 Ovenbird - 7 Worm-eating Warbler - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 2 Blue-winged Warbler - Blockhouse (Ryan Serio) Black-and-white Warbler - 13 Tennessee Warbler - heard North Woods (David Barrett) Nashville Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 9 Hooded Warbler 3 (female w. of Blockhouse, 2 males heard Great Hill) American Redstart - 12 (all plumages) Northern Parula - 20+ Magnolia Warbler - 11 Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 Great Hill (Gillian Henry) Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 6 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 males (the Point & Shakespeare Garden) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 14 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 females (Great Hill, 59th Street Pond) Prairie Warbler - SE Great Hill near the Pool Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 Harlem Meer (Ryan Serio) Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male at the Loch, female Mugger's Woods) Northern Cardinal - empty nest at the Pond (3 nestlings last week) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (female Great Hill, male Gill Overlook, male Summit Rock) Indigo Bunting - 4 Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Turtle Cove birds, Pelham Bay Park
Went to look for the previously reported Stilt Sandpiper at PBP in the rain this afternoon. Didn't see it but did have several Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plovers, and Least Sandpipers in the Turtle Cove. Also had a large raccoon in the flats feeding. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] White Pelican on Staten Island
Just had a White Pelican flying over my house in St George (northern tip of the island) and last saw it drifting north towards NY Harbor. Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Summer Tanager
At around 12:30 there was an adult male Summer Tanager along the Big Woods trail in Southampton. This trail is also known as the Marguerite Crabbe Greeff Wildlife Sanctuary. In case anyone chooses to take a look, I marked two “Xs” on the trail with sticks where the bird was, about 100 yards from where it intersects with a trail down to the Scallop Pond marsh. Should you decide to continue down towards the marsh, make sure you have your permethrin-treated clothing on. Sent from my iPod -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler - Forest Lawn Cemetery - Buffalo NY
The Prothonotary Warbler found this morning by Rose Antos was re-found by Sue Barth along the creek behind the chapel. It put on a good show for me and several others present! I understand that it subsequently headed back towards Mirror Lake where it was originally found. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY jfell2000 at gmail dot com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Park Dr stilt location
Park Dr Park Dr, The Bronx, NY 10464 https://maps.google.com/?q=Park+Dr%2C+The+Bronx%2C+NY+10464&ftid=0x89c28cf4a593fb4f:0x86438fb4fe92c436 Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Stilt sandpiper
As I was scanning the mud flats at the lagoon in pehlam bay park I happened to come across one stilt sandpiper.the bird is left side of the rocks immediately in front of the traffic circle at orchard beach.a good bird for the bronx if anyone is in the area. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] RUFF - Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, Westchester County
To clarify, the bird took off west. On Fri, May 10, 2019, 08:06 Sean Camillieri wrote: > There is a beautiful Ruff feeding off the main causeway on Marie's Neck at > Marshlands Conservancy in Rye NY. Photos to be posted to ebird later > > Sean Camillieri > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] RUFF - Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, Westchester County
The bird flew off with some Yellowlegs. On Fri, May 10, 2019, 08:06 Sean Camillieri wrote: > There is a beautiful Ruff feeding off the main causeway on Marie's Neck at > Marshlands Conservancy in Rye NY. Photos to be posted to ebird later > > Sean Camillieri > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] RUFF - Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, Westchester County
There is a beautiful Ruff feeding off the main causeway on Marie's Neck at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye NY. Photos to be posted to ebird later Sean Camillieri -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
