[nysbirds-l] Sooty Shearwater, RMSP, LI

[Shaibal Mitra]

Patricia Lindsay just called to report a Sooty Shearwater at Robert Moses SP, 
Suffolk, LI, passing close by, heading eastward.

Shai Mitra, Bay Shore



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[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses SP seawatch Suffolk Co.

[Patricia Lindsay]

To follow up on Shai Mitra's post, a rather slow but steady seawatch from
Robert Moses Field 2 this morning from 7:30 to 9:50 produced the following
birds:

 

16 Black Scoter - all one flock

51 Common Loon

7 Sooty Shearwater

51 Northern Gannet

7 Laughing Gull

17 Herring Gull

1 Great Black-backed Gull

33 Least Tern

1 Black Tern (alternate plumage)

10 Roseate Tern

~180 Common Tern

1 Forster's Tern (ad)

 

Joan Quinlan joined me about 8:40 and got to see the last two shearwaters.
Almost everything was migrating/feeding west to east; for the last half hour
or so there were some (returning?) east-to-west No. Gannets and Common
Terns.  No jaegers or shorebirds of any kind were seen. A few Barn Swallows
were passing, mostly east to west, and an Osprey was attracted to the
feeding flocks of Common Terns near shore at two points.

 

The wind was moderate out of the southeast, eventually turning more east,
with only a few slight showers and very good visibility.

 

Patricia Lindsay

Bay Shore


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[nysbirds-l] 2000 Brant

[Richard Guthrie]

A flight of an estimated 2,000 BRANT just went by New Baltimore, northbound
(8 15 AM). They went by quickly, so I had to try to get as good an estimate
as I could by counting by hundreds. 

 

Rich Guthrie

New Baltimore

The Greene County

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[nysbirds-l] Various Spring migrants over the past few days

[gabriel willow]

I have been a bit lax about posting my sightings lately, but haven't spotted 
any real rarities so figured it wasn't too time-sensitive.
I wanted to mention the incredible movement of thrushes I noticed over the 
weekend: I led an NYC Audubon walk to the NY Botanical Garden on Saturday 
(concurrent with Debbie's walk) and we had at least a dozen, maybe as many as 
20 Swainson's Thrushes, they seemed to be in or under every shrub.  I also saw 
about 5 Veerys and heard numerous Wood Thrushes singing.  I don't ever recall 
seeing so many Swainson's, they must've flown in the night before.  I also had 
one singing at Wave Hill the following day (this past Sunday), which is unusual 
during migration, especially at 11 AM.
There was also a big oriole movement, with Baltimore Orioles all over the place 
at NYBG on Saturday and at Wave Hill on Sunday, and a male Orchard Oriole 
spotted at Wave Hill too.
Many birds seemed to be reveling in the sunny weather over the weekend (as was 
I): we witnessed the entertaining and odd behavior of birds sun-bathing.  A 
male Yellow-rumped Warbler was sprawled out lengthwise along a twig, with his 
neck extended so his chin and bill lay along the branch, and his wings were 
spread on either side of it.  Later we saw a Swainson's Thrush on the ground in 
a patch of sun, feathers fluffed and wings spread in a similar fashion.  It 
could have been anting, but I suspect it was simply enjoying the warmth.
Other sightings of note recently have included a lingering Swamp Sparrow and a 
Lincoln's Sparrow yesterday in Bryant Park, along with huge numbers of newly 
arrived Common Yellowthroats (at least 20, mostly in the treetops, which was 
strange for this species) numerous Ovenbirds, Redstarts, a Northern Waterthrush 
(unusual for Bryant Park), and a singing male Blackpoll Warbler. 
In Central Park yesterday evening my group had several Magnolia Warblers, many 
Northern Parulas, a singing male Chestnut-sided Warbler, and a White-eyed 
Vireo, among other species.
I have another tour in Central Park tonight, but don't have high hopes given 
the rain.
Good birding,
Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon
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