[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 April 2010
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 2, 2010 * NYNY1004.02 - Birds mentioned TUNDRA SWAN KING EIDER Common Eider Northern Gannet Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron CATTLE EGRET SANDHILL CRANE Piping Plover Purple Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Razorbill Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush White-crowned 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 nysa...@nybirds.org. 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, April 2nd 2010 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, KING EIDER, CATTLE EGRET, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL & Spring migrants. Two SANDHILL CRANES were relocated last Saturday on the south fork of Long Island where they have been feeding in corn fields east of Sag Pond in Bridgehampton. They have been frequenting fields along Daniel's Lane especially between Fairfield Pond Lane and Gibson Lane. The cranes have also been seen on fields a little to the west and nearer Sag Pond and also they have been noted roosting once or twice on Sag Pond. It is not inconceivable that this pair could attempt to nest in our area so extra care should be taken not to disturb them and please do not enter the fields which are private property. The cranes were still present along Daniel's Lane today. Birds seen in the last week at Sag Pond have included 2 TUNDRA SWANS last Saturday and up to 5 PIPING PLOVERS and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and ICELAND GULL. Also out east 3 CATTLE EGRETS showed up on Wednesday along Dune Road east of Shinnecock Inlet. One appeared today along Route 27 in Montauk just west of Hither Hills State Park. An hour's seawatch from Amagansett Sunday morning featured an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 2 RAZORBILLS and a count of 665 NORTHERN GANNETS streaming northeast with another count of 482 gannets later at Ditch Plains. Also Sunday a female KING EIDER was off Gin Beach at Montauk. A LITTLE BLUE HERON was still at Little Reed Pond and 8 PURPLE SANDPIPERS continued on the Montauk Harbor jetties where an ICELAND GULL was noted Saturday. Other adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on Sunday were the 1 continuing at Lazy Point in Napeague and 1 on the flats at Mecox. At Shinnecock a few hundred COMMON EIDER continue in the inlet. SNOWY EGRET has joined several Great Egrets along Dune Road and another 5 PIPING PLOVERS were at Pikes Beach in West Hampton Dunes Sunday. Four BARN SWALLOWS joined a large congregation of Tree Swallows on Long Pond in Sag Harbor on Sunday. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still present Sunday at Caumsett State Park in the woods west of Fresh Pond. At Calverton Sunday were 24 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and some EASTERN MEADOWLARKS around the Grumman Airport and 6 WILSON'S SNIPE off Wading River Road. The recent front has started a flow of passerines into the city parks. In Prospect Park the warbler total today reached 5 with arriving PALM WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH joining some YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER that has been lingering around the Lullwater. In Central Park a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW appeared Sunday with a WILSON'S SNIPE on the Sheep Meadow in the rain Tuesday. Another snipe was at Four Sparrow Marsh in Brooklyn on Sunday. Another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen again at Hempstead Lake State Park today and a WHITE-EYED VIREO was spotted yesterday at Sunken Meadow State Park. Further indication of recent migration were the 25 EASTERN PHOEBES estimated today at Jones Beach West End joining YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and PINE WARBLER there. More migrants are on their way. 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 -- NYSbirds-L List
[nysbirds-l] Sullivan County
Every once in a while, a birding day goes so well, you just can't believe how much you enjoy it. Arlene Borko and I started out early this morning, meeting a group of our friends at the Bashakill. Scott Baldinger, Ed Morse, Gary VanHouten, Ken McDermott, Steve Sckyler and a few others all got together to try for some of the birds seen over the last couple of days. We were not disappointed. At the Pine Boat Launch at the Bashakill we had PINE WARBLER and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. On the Birch Trail we added several PALM WARBLERS. All the usually expected ducks, Ring-necked, Black, Bufflehead, Common and Hooded Merganser etc were seen. The Barred Owl which has been at the launch the last couple of weeks did not call this mornging, but we still had it yesterday. The Snow Goose at the Main Boat Launch apparently headed out overnight. The drake CANVASBACK was still present just west of the Nature Trail. A flock of CHIPPING SPARROWS was a first of the year for all of us. From there we headed up-county to try for some things we have missed in the valley. A breeding plumaged HORNED GREBE was among the many Common Mergansers on Kiamesha Lake. Morningside Park had relatively few birds with a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT being the only bird of note. After a rest this afternoon, a few friends went out for dinner. Arlene and I then headed to Pine Kill Road to try for AMERICAN WOODCOCK, which Arlene didn't have yet. When we stepped out of the car, there were Woodcock peenting and fluttering all around. The sound that struck me however was quite different. I excitedly proclaimed NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL!! The owl called incessantly over the next half an hour. Scott and Paula Baldinger were able to come and hear the bird for fifteen minutes until we finally pulled ourselves away. A great day! John Haas -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake State Park, Jones Beach and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge...
As Ken Feustel noted in his earlier post of today; birding this morning at Hempstead Lake Park was slow, but as it got warmer the birding picked up albeit the variety was slim. Species of note included both Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper and an *Orange-crowned Warbler* all observed by Joan Quinlan, Gurta Fritz, Bobby Kurtz and I. Over at Jones Beach, Joan, Gurta and I found the Pine Warbler, that was seen and reported earlier in the day by Ken and Sue Feustel. Additional birds of note were 2 immature White-crowned Sparrows, a Field Sparrow (seen around the Coast Guard Station) and a plethora of Eastern Phoebes. I stopped counting after 30, but I'm confident that we had well over 50 Phoebes around the areas we covered. My last stop was at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where I noted a few new spring arrivals, Tricolored Heron (1), Little Blue Heron (1) and Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2). All were seen in the marshes across from the West Pond Trail before bench 1. The North and South gardens had both Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Good Spring Birding! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Riverhead/Grumman
5 Turkey Vultures in the Riverhead area from 105 to the County Center Osprey Grumman area turned up 8 Pine Warblers 10 Bluebirds Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Phoebes Numerous singing Horned Larks Numerous singing Meadowlarks Fish Crows Singing Field Sparrows Jim Clinton Jr. and Sr. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Cattle Egret near Montauk
41.005026,-72.022269 - Google Maps -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Cattle Egret near Montauk
Luke Ormand just emailed to say that he'd found a *CATTLE EGRET* feeding in the marshy area on the south side of Montauk Hwy (Route 27), just west of the fork that splits the new Montauk Hwy from Old Montauk Hwy. This is along the stretch of road between the villages of Amagansett and Montauk in Suffolk Co. To my knowledge, there have been no additional sightings of the three Cattle Egret reported by Bob Adamo and Dick Belanger on the eastern shore of Shinnecock Bay near Southampton. -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hempstead Lake State Park & West End/Jones Beach (Nassau Co.)
Birding was slow at HLSP early this morning, where there were more birders than birds. Other than Golden-crowned Kinglets there were few migrants. However, later in the morning the birding picked up (after we left). At West End there were good numbers of Eastern Phoebe's (approx. 25), a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and our FOS Pine Warbler. Seen by Others at HLSP: Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet Red-headed Woodpecker Update: The previously reported RHW at Caumsett State Park was not seen last Saturday by birders, but was observed on Sunday by another group of birders in the woods west of Fresh Pond. Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sagaponack Sandhill Cranes - Yes
Stella Miller and I relocated the 2 SANDHILL CRANES at 10:00 am this morning (4/2) along Daniels Ln. They were in the very back of a mowed cornfield. GPS: 40.921165,-72.272141 (copy and paste into Google Maps for directions) We could not, however, find the Cattle Egrets on the east side of Shinnecock Inlet that were reported on Wednesday. There were Tree Swallows, Common Eiders, and an American Oystercatcher in the vicinity though. Good birding, Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
