[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 December 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec 30, 2011 * NYNY1112.30 - Birds Mentioned: RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Greater White-fronted Goose EURASIAN WIGEON KING EIDER Harlequin Duck BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe EARED GREBE Northern Gannet BROWN PELICAN American Bittern Great Egret Green Heron Black Vulture Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Clapper Rail Virginia Rail American Woodcock Iceland Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Razorbill SNOWY OWL Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe NORTHERN SHRIKE Common Raven House Wren Marsh Wren Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Chipping Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Dickcissel Baltimore Oriole Pine Siskin 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, December 30th, at 9:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, EARED GREBE, SNOWY OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, EURASIAN WIGEON, and more. Before doing the Christmas Count summaries, a female-type MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was first spotted Monday and was still present today, southeast of Wading River and just north of the Calverton Grasslands in Suffolk County. To reach this site from Route 25, west of Riverhead, take Route 25A west a short distance to Hulse Landing Road, on the right. A parking turnout is available, just as you turn onto Hulse Landing Road. The bluebird often uses the snow fence in the field east of and parallel to 25A before you reach Hulse Landing Road. It has also been seen using fencing at the Haunted House, a few hundred yards down 25A, after Hulse Landing Road. It also disappears at times, today flying due north from the field, landing on distant utility wires before dropping down into back fields but it does seem to return regularly to the snow fence along 25A. The Bronx-Westchester Christmas Count Monday recorded 115 species, highlights including a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on the Van Cortlandt golf course, a EURASIAN WIGEON on Premium Mill Pond in Larchmont, a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE off City Island, 55 NORTHERN GANNETS, 8 GREAT EGRETS, 7 BLACK VULTURES, 8 BALD EAGLES and 9 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, CLAPPER RAIL, VIRGINIA RAIL, 7 RAZORBILLS, 4 COMMON RAVENS, 2 MARSH WRENS, 2 HOUSE WRENS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, and SALTMARSH SPARROW. The Central Suffolk Count on Tuesday featured a few AMERICAN BITTERNS and RED-NECKED GREBES, BLACK VULTURE, over 125 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 80 RAZORBILLS, a SNOWY OWL at Moriches Inlet, EASTERN PHOEBE, the previously mentioned MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and 3 PINE SISKINS. The SNOWY OWL was noted again around Moriches Inlet, west of Cupsogue County Park, on Thursday. The Smithtown Count on Tuesday noted 107 species, including a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on the Stony Brook Mill Pond, RED-NECKED GREBE, 36 NORTHERN GANNETS, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, BALD EAGLE, 3 VIRGINIA RAILS, 14 RAZORBILLS, HOUSE WREN, 3 MARSH WRENS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, and CHIPPING SPARROW. A female-type RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, lingering in Manhattan, was still present today around plantings just east or left of the entrance to the planetarium off 81st Street at the American Museum of Natural History. Also in Manhattan: -- A DICKCISSEL continues in Inwood Hill Park with House Sparrows, seen recently in fields off Dyckman Street. -- Bryant Park, below 42nd Street at the New York Public Library, continues to produce two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, with other recent highlights including two OVENBIRDS and two COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. -- An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains in the northwestern part of the Hallett Sanctuary in the southeastern corner of Central Park, and other notables recently in the park featured a BARRED OWL, EASTERN PHOEBE, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. -- Swindler's Cove Park in upper Manhattan produced AMERICAN WOODCOCK and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on Mond
[nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird Continues
The Mountain Bluebird continues this morning in Calverton. It was not present at its usual location along Rt. 25A when we first arrived. However, we relocated the bluebird in a small field on the east side of Hulse Landing Road north of the treeline. It was frequenting the metal trellises just off the road, as well as the metal fenceline further out in the field. Good Birding and Happy New Year, Michael McBrien -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Mountain Bluebird Continues
After a long absence, the MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD reappeared at the spot described by Michael McBrien (thanks, Mike!). This is between #337 and #386 on the curve of Hulse Landing Road just before Sound Ave. The MBB was hawking off some wire tree guards. Angus Wilson, New York City & The Springs, NY http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com On Dec 31, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Michael McBrien wrote: > The Mountain Bluebird continues this morning in Calverton. It was not > present at its usual location along Rt. 25A when we first arrived. However, > we relocated the bluebird in a small field on the east side of Hulse Landing > Road north of the treeline. It was frequenting the metal trellises just off > the road, as well as the metal fenceline further out in the field. >Good Birding and Happy New Year, >Michael McBrien > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] RN Grebe+, Rye
Hi all, Yesterday's RED-NECKED GREBE is still off the point at Read Sanctuary, Rye--and it's much closer in than it was yesterday. Very satisfying scope looks in between dives. And the HOUSE WREN that was thoroughly searched for unsuccessfully on Monday's CBC does in fact, continue, chattering away by the log bench on the east side of the lake. Good birding, Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Coney Island Gannets and RNGR
Once the morning fog lifted at Coney Island I realized that there was an unusually large number of Northern Gannets sitting in the water off of the Steeplechase Pier. I counted 131, but there were lots more flying around much farther offshore. In addition there were large numbers of Long-tailed Ducks and Red-breasted Mergansers resting in the glass-calm water. While I was scanning the water a Common Loon, in some sort of disagreement with a male Black Scoter, chased the later under the pier directly beneath me. There were a few thousand gulls sitting on the beach between the pier and the western jetty, but I was unable to pick out anything unusual. The previously reported Red-necked Grebe was still present near the jetty at the western most end of Coney Island. Happy New Year and good birding, Rob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Palm Warbler, Tarrytown
Hi all, Christine Smith and Charlie Roberto found a Palm Warbler today in Tarrytown. They asked me to post this picture: http://flic.kr/p/b52yDV Happy New Year! Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Northern shrike
For the 6th year in a row we have a northern shrike on our property outside walton ny delaware county Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
