[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Hurricane Irene redux on eBird

[Thomas Robben]

We have just witnessed an incredible hurricane, with historic bird
consequences.  We need everybody's help to capture their observations into
eBird, as Marshall Iliff describes below
There is a lot to be learned from a panoramic
Florida-to-Maine-&-the-Maritmes view of what this hurricane did, so please
enter your field observations into eBird as soon as possible, within a week
or so.
(And additionally do not forget your state avian records committee if your
bird is that level of rarity.)
There is really quite an amazing story here, so lets try to document all of
it, please.
Tom Robben

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From: Marshall Iliff 
 Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:30 PM
Subject: Fwd: Hurricane Irene redux on eBird
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Would welcome cross-posts on this...we really have an opportunity to have
all the storm watches in eBird if we act now...

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From: Marshall Iliff 
Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Subject: Hurricane Irene redux on eBird
To: Massbird , bostonbi...@googlegroups.com

Massbird,

With news still coming in for reports from Hurricane Irene, I have posted a
tentative summary of some of the news with visualizations from eBird etc.
See the story here:

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/hurricane-irene-redux

We already have a couple hundred Sooty Tern sightings in eBird but there are
many more that we still need to get in the system. Only about half of the
tropicbirds are in, so the Delaware, upstate New York, New Hampshire, and
one of the New York City sightings still need to be entered. Many Rhode
Island and eastern Massachusetts finds are yet to be entered as well, and it
would be great to be able to see a full picture for any species within the
next week or so. So again, please encourage your friends who got out storm
birding to help us compile all the sightings in one place.

We are very interested in using eBird to gain a better understanding of this
storm, so we invite all birders who got out seeking storm-blown seabirds to
please please PLEASE submit those sightings to eBird (whether or not you
connected with anyrarities--the negative data is helpful too). We hope to be
able to produce an animated summary of Sooty Tern sightings, showing the
progression of the storm and where and when sooty Terns appeared. If we can
get this together quick enough (it will depend on New England birders making
sure all Sooty Tern sightings have been entered with correct times), then
maybe the visualization will help us all make better storm birding plans for
Hurricane Katia
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/024712.shtml?5-daynl.

Thanks, and if anyone has questions about how to get their storm birding
list into eBird, please get in touch with me directly.

Best,

Marshall Iliff


Marshall J. Iliff
miliff AT aol.com
West Roxbury, MA

eBird/AKN Project Leader
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[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

[David Martin]

This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week 
ending  31 Aug 2011.  Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk 
Region to birdl...@hmbc.net


Sixty-five species were reported this week.


The best birds were:

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD: Hudson 8/28.

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: Cohoes Flats 8/24-8/28; Vischer Ferry Power 
Plant 8/29.

GLOSSY IBIS: Cohoes Flats 8/25.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: Schenectady 8/27 (2).

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Saratoga 8/30.

MERLIN: Cohoes Flats 8/25.

WILLET (Western ssp.): Cohoes Flats 8/26-8/28.

RUDDY TURNSTONE: Vischer Ferry Power Plant 8/30 (2).

YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: Saratoga 8/27.

CLIFF SWALLOW: Meadowdale 8/25 (2).


Other notable reports:

Blue-winged Teal: Coxsackie Grasslands 8/26.

Great Egret: Ferry Drive 8/25 (2); Cohoes Flats 8/27; Vischer Ferry 
Power Plant 8/30 (4); Schenectady 8/27.

Osprey: Cohoes Flats 8/24, 8/27.

Bald Eagle: Cohoes Flats 8/24, 8/27.

Peregrine Falcon: Empire State Plaza 8/25 (3).

Semipalmated Plover: Cohoes Flats 8/27.

Greater Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 8/27 (2).

Lesser Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 8/27.

Semipalmated Sandpiper: Cohoes Flats 8/27 (2).

Barred Owl: Saratoga 8/25, 8/27.

Common Nighthawk: Slingerlands 8/25 (11); Guilderland 8/25 (3), Saratoga 
8/25; South Glens Falls 8/26 (45); Brunswick 8/27 (2); Niskayuna 8/27 (6).

Least Flycatcher: Albany 8/30.

Common Raven: Saratoga 8/29 (3).

Carolina Wren: Rexford 8/25 (2); Guilderland 8/25; Old Chatham 8/26.

Northern Parula: Saratoga 8/31.

Magnolia Warbler: Saratoga 8/29, 8/31.

Black-throated Blue Warbler: Saratoga 8/29 (2).

Black-throated Green Warbler: Stillwater 8/27; Saratoga 8/29, 8/31.

Pine Warbler: Saratoga 8/30.

Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler),  Steve Abrahamsen 
(Saratoga), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), 
Susan Beaudoin (Stillwater), Bruce Dudek (Cohoes Flats ), Elisabeth 
Grace (Old Chatham), Bernie Grossman (Cohoes Flats , Ferry Drive, 
Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Cohoes Flats, Coxsackie Grasslands), John 
Hershey (Cohoes Flats ), Jesse Jaycox (Stephentown), John Kent (Empire 
State Plaza), Nancy Kern (Cohoes Flats, Vischer Ferry Power Plant), 
Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Cohoes 
Flats, Niskayuna), Larry Main (Vischer Ferry Power Plant), Jackson 
Mesick (Cohoes Flats ), Steve Mesick (Slingerlands), Curt Morgan (Cohoes 
Flats), Timothy O'Connor (Hudson), Will Raup (Cohoes Flats, Albany), 
Alan Schroeder (Guilderland), Brad Walker (Brunswick) and anonymous 
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 September 2011

[Karen Fung]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep 2, 2011
* NYNY1109.02

- Birds Mentioned:

BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD+
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
Brown Pelican
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
WHITE IBIS+
American Golden-Plover
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
American Avocet
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
SOOTY TERN+
BRIDLED TERN+
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
SANDWICH TERN+
SOUTH POLAR SKUA+
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
LONG-TAILED JAEGER+
Yellow-throated Warbler
Lark Sparrow

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

~ Transcript ~

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126

Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Karen Fung

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September
2nd, at 7:00pm.  The highlights of today's tape are numerous, thanks
to Hurricane Irene.

Though the storm produced an unfortunate amount of inconvenience and
destruction for many, from a birding standpoint one can only say
"WOW!!".  It was unprecedented in the number and variety of displaced
birds that were concentrated in the New York area, these occurring
almost entirely during the storm's passage on Sunday and almost all
gone by Monday.

Top prize probably goes to WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD, with at least five
or six in New York.  What may have been the same adult was seen over
the Hudson River from W.70th Street in Manhattan, and then
photographed off W.23rd Street.  An immature was also reported moving
south from W.180th Street where it was first spotted.  Another adult
was nicely photographed moving west over Point Lookout in the
direction of where one was found deceased on Rockaway Beach.  Another
dead Tropicbird on the North Fork in East Marion is on its way to the
American Museum of Natural History for positive identification.  Most
unexpected among these sightings was a White-tailed found way up the
Hudson River in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, this bird
unfortunately passing away at a rehabilitator's.

Also up the Hudson River was the storm's only MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD,
a female-type seen in the town of Hudson, Columbia County, on Sunday.

Another superlative bird was a BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, spotted and
photographed Sunday afternoon as it soared back and forth over Mecox
Bay.  Though it seemed to settle in on the Bay, it was not seen Monday
morning.

Unlike the above, both BRIDLED TERNS and SOOTY TERNS were quite
widespread along coastal areas, providing good opportunities for
birders venturing out and able to find shore vantage points to see and
appreciate the identification pitfalls in separating these two
species.  An incomplete tally shows about 56 BRIDLED and 25 SOOTY
TERNS ranging from the Hudson River up to the Tappan Zee Bridge, along
the Brooklyn shoreline, into western Long Island Sound, and around
Long Island inlets from Jones out to Montauk -- an unprecedented
showing for these two species.

SANDWICH TERNS were also quite widespread, with many remaining Monday,
and a few later, in tern and gull gatherings.  While the Sootys had
pulled out altogether by Monday, only two Bridleds were seen early
Monday off Brooklyn.

BLACK TERNS were abundant, as were ROYAL TERNS, and some GULL-BILLED
TERNS and CASPIAN TERNS were also present.

Storm-Petrels were also noted, with WILSON'S STORM-PETREL the most
common, and at least 19 LEACH'S STORM-PETREL also present, from the
Hudson River in Brooklyn to Jones Beach and way out to Montauk.  Also
reported were three BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS from Jones Beach West
End, the Hudson River, and Long Island Sound, this a difficult
identification separation from Leach's Storm-Petrel under the given
viewing conditions.

Four SOUTH POLAR SKUAS were seen: one sitting in the Jones Beach West
End #2 parking lot; one rescued on a Sea Cliff Beach and released the
next morning; and two flying together over Hook Pond in East Hampton.

Jaegers featured an immature LONG-TAILED JAEGER at Playland Park in
Rye, a POMARINE JAEGER in Hook Pond, and at least 11 PARASITIC
JAEGERS.

Shearwater numbers were unexpectedly low, given the above, but over
200 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were reported during the storm, moving b

[nysbirds-l] LI Birds: Brown Pelicans, White Ibis+

[Shaibal Mitra]

When Pat and I pulled up at the Lake Montauk Inlet around 8:00 this morning, we 
were elated to see a juvenile Brown Pelican on the east jetty. Scoping further, 
Pat noticed an older individual on the west jetty, and I found a one year-old 
Great Cormorant, our first of the fall, near the first pelican. The juv pelican 
soon got up and began feeding inside the northern part of Lake Montauk. In the 
airspace above, we heard a few Dendroica zints and one Bobolink; more 
surprising was a late Orchard Oriole that dropped out of the sky, paused in a 
bayberry clump for a few seconds, then flew off to the east.

Montauk Pt was quiet in terms of birds, but it was a great pleasure to gaze 
upon the ocean again. A duo of yellowlegs, one of each species, were a curious 
sight as they flew eastward toward Block Island.

When we returned to the inlet around mid-day, both pelicans were together on 
the west jetty, but they were soon disturbed by people and flew into Lake 
Montauk.

The day started out feeling like fall but regressed back to summer. Several 
early migrant species showed notable reductions compared to recent days: Barn 
Swallows and Least Terns were scarce, and we saw just one each of Purple Martin 
and Bank Swallow. Black Terns also seemed fewer than during and immediately 
after Irene: we saw two at Deep Hollow, about 60 at Napeague Harbor, and just 3 
at Mecox Bay, whereas much larger numbers had been present at these places a 
few days ago.

Because we were afield all day without smart phone technology, it wasn't until 
4:30 that we learned of Jim Ash's White Ibis. We pulled up at Bridge Lane on 
Sagaponack Pond with Doug Futuyma around 5:00, and it took Pat's keen eye only 
a few moments to detect the ibis (rather distant and obscured by heat shimmer) 
along the southern edge of the ploughed field--joined at times by a Green Heron.

Photos of some of these bird can be seen at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011

Shai Mitra
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[nysbirds-l] WHITE IBIS @ Sagaponack - NO

[Angus Wilson]

The ibis was seen by Doug Fuytuma, Patricia Lindsay and Shai Mitra in the
late afternoon, but unfortunately had vanished by the time I reached the
spot (Bridge Lane, E side of Sag Pond) shortly after 6 PM. Together with Bob
Wilson and Beth Barth, I carefully scanned the periphery of the field and
also viewed the banks (such as they are) of the pond from Sagg Mains. There
was a lot of human activity in the area, with are large party of kayakers
assembling at the bridge and more significantly perhaps a number of cars at
the the McMansion that splits the field in two. Indeed a person from the
house was walking around the eastern half of the plowed field. Obviously the
bird might still in the area and reports (positive or negative) would be
appreciated.

As a welcome consolation, we watched a handsome adult GULL-BILLED TERN
hawking over the south end of the pond and resting on the sand bar before it
was flushed with everything else by dog walkers. Also over the pond were
single CASPIAN and ROYAL TERNS and a number of Black and Forster's Terns.

Angus Wilson



On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Hugh McGuinness wrote:

> Jim Ash found an immature WHITE IBIS at Sagaponack Pond (eastern Suffolk
> Co.) this morning. It was still present as of 10:45am.
>
> The bird was seen in a farm field south of Bridge Lane just east of the
> pond. To reach this spot take Rt 27 east through Bridgehampton. Turn right
> at the eastern end of town (at the light) onto Ocean Rd, and follow this
> road about 1.5-2 miles to Bridge Lane on the left. Take Bridge Lane over the
> pond and park immediately. The bird was feeding in a deep swale in the
> southwest corner of the farm field that borders the pond, so patience was
> required to allow the bird to come into view. This field is private, so
> please look for the bird from the road. My guess is that early morning and
> perhaps late afternoon will be the best time to look for it.
>
> Hugh
>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Whimbrel

[Jim Osterlund]

Does NYS DEC know of this infestation of Water Chestnut?

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[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel

[Peter Schoenberger]

Susan Rogers and I were kayaking in the Hudson River, just south of  
Saugerties lighthouse in Saugerties, Ulster Co. There is a blue roofed  
house that sits on a narrow peninsula . Just south of it, there is a  
bay on the western shore. In that bay we were watching peeps on the  
water chestnut when we noticed a larger bird way out. We were amazed  
to find a Whimbrel working the water chestnut. The bird moved around a  
bit, but stayed in the area. It was still there as it was getting dark.


Peter

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[nysbirds-l] Heckscher S.P. shorebirds: 12 species, but no Buff-breasted

[John Gluth]

A search of the wet and grassy areas in and around Fields 7 and 8, as well
as the roadway median
at Heckscher State Park failed to turn up the Buff-breasted Sandpiper seen
yesterday. But in the process
I observed 12 other species of shorebird. Aside from Sanderlings along the
bay beachfront and a
Solitary Sandpiper in a wet spot in the median, all the species seen were in
or near the grassy rain pools
in Field 7. The number and diversity of shorebirds were the highest I've
ever experienced at HSP.
The sound of calling and squabbling shorebirds reminded me of Jamaica Bay.
The birds were so intent
on feeding that passing cars, bicyclists, and even me on foot, did not seem
to faze them much. 
Lesser Yellowlegs were the most abundant species present, with both adults
and juveniles well represented.
Peeps were too abundant (especially Least) and moving around through the
grass too much to get
an accurate count.

Semipalmated Plover  3
Killdeer   10
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  5
Lesser Yellowlegs  40
Sanderling  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper   X
Least Sandpiper  X
White-rumped Sandpiper  1 (1 adult)
Pectoral Sandpiper  2 (1 adult, 1 juvenile)
Short-billed Dowitcher   2 (juveniles)
Wilson¹s Snipe  1

Photos of 6 of the above species can be viewed here:
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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelican at Great Gull Island, Suffolk Co., (again)

[Joseph DiCostanzo]

Ann and I left Great Gull Island yesterday (got home a few minutes ago).  On
the way home Helen Hays called to say she had a Brown Pelican flying over
the island (east of Orient Point at the entrance to Long Island Sound) at
11:30 am this morning.  

 

Also on the island we have had at least one Sandwich Tern coming in to roost
with the island's Common and Roseate terns every day since Irene, through
yesterday.  There was also at least one Royal Tern everyday through August
31.

 

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[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue Beach, L.I. Update for Friday ,Sept. 2nd

[Carl Starace]

Hello Everyone,   A cool northeasterly wind greeted me this early
morning at Cupsogue flats. There was a single Marbled Godwit way out on the
long bar that starts just inside Moriches Inlet. I then looked east to a
surprisingly empty bay front. I had'nt yet seen the 3 Whimbrel walking along
the rise there within the shadows of the sea grass. They soon took flight
swinging closer to the ocean dune line heading west towards Robert Moses
S.P. The next open view of the flats revealed the 12 other Marbled Godwits
of the flock we had seen 2 days past. Far out on the big flat I counted 7
juvenile Black Skimmers. The Red Knots,[20+] continue they're extended stay
but I did not come up with any Black Terns today. I did have a total of 4
Stilt Sandpipers feeding alongside the Marbled Godwits and Western
Willets,[5]. Good September Birding to all,Carl Starace


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Re:[nysbirds-l] WHITE IBIS @ Sagaponack

[Hugh McGuinness]

One clarification: the Ibis is in the plowed field south of Bridge Lane.

Hugh

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Hugh McGuinness wrote:

> Jim Ash found an immature WHITE IBIS at Sagaponack Pond (eastern Suffolk
> Co.) this morning. It was still present as of 10:45am.
>
> The bird was seen in a farm field south of Bridge Lane just east of the
> pond. To reach this spot take Rt 27 east through Bridgehampton. Turn right
> at the eastern end of town (at the light) onto Ocean Rd, and follow this
> road about 1.5-2 miles to Bridge Lane on the left. Take Bridge Lane over the
> pond and park immediately. The bird was feeding in a deep swale in the
> southwest corner of the farm field that borders the pond, so patience was
> required to allow the bird to come into view. This field is private, so
> please look for the bird from the road. My guess is that early morning and
> perhaps late afternoon will be the best time to look for it.
>
> Hugh
>
> --
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> The Ross School
> 18 Goodfriend Drive
> East Hampton, NY 11937
>



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[nysbirds-l] WHITE IBIS @ Sagaponack

[Hugh McGuinness]

Jim Ash found an immature WHITE IBIS at Sagaponack Pond (eastern Suffolk
Co.) this morning. It was still present as of 10:45am.

The bird was seen in a farm field south of Bridge Lane just east of the
pond. To reach this spot take Rt 27 east through Bridgehampton. Turn right
at the eastern end of town (at the light) onto Ocean Rd, and follow this
road about 1.5-2 miles to Bridge Lane on the left. Take Bridge Lane over the
pond and park immediately. The bird was feeding in a deep swale in the
southwest corner of the farm field that borders the pond, so patience was
required to allow the bird to come into view. This field is private, so
please look for the bird from the road. My guess is that early morning and
perhaps late afternoon will be the best time to look for it.

Hugh

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Hugh McGuinness
The Ross School
18 Goodfriend Drive
East Hampton, NY 11937

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[nysbirds-l] 2 Brown Pelicans at Montauk

[Anthony Collerton]

Ryan Walker just found a second pelican.  Both are currently sitting on the 
East jetty at Montauk Inlet.  Viewed from the Gin Beach parking lot.

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelican at Montauk

[Anthony Collerton]

Still on the East Jetty at the inlet (10:10am).  

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