- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 5, 2015
* NYNY1506.05
- Birds mentioned
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER+
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
ARCTIC TERN+
SOUTH POLAR SKUA+
LONG-TAILED JAEGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
FRANKLIN'S GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Lincoln's Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
- Transcript
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http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}org.
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
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, June 5th 2015
at 6pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic trip results including
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, LONG-TAILED
JAEGER and ARCTIC TERN plus FRANKLIN'S GULL, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and BLUE GROSBEAK.
A pelagic trip organized by See Life Paulagics aboard the Brooklyn VI
departed Sheepshead Bay last Sunday evening amidst terrible rainstorms and
rough seas and headed south with a boatload of concerned birders but by the
time the boat had reached its destination an over 70 degree warm water Gulf
Stream eddy 125 miles out towards the mouth of Hudson Canyon the seas had
moderated the stars were out and a great birding day was about to begin.
Well placed chum slicks in the warm water attracted good numbers of
tubenoses and a few inquisitive SOUTH POLAR SKUAS the area remaining very
active until it was time to head back. Even in the rough cooler waters
closer in towards land there were at least 3 large shearwater feeding
frenzies presumably occurring around schools of feeding Tuna and involved
hundreds of birds but time and weather did not permit close scrutiny. The
official trip list for the day with most species very well seen included
310 CORY'S, 70 GREAT, 465 SOOTY, 5 AUDUBON'S and 9 MANX SHEARWATERS, 26
LEACH'S and 215 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 SOUTH POLAR SKUAS and 1
unidentified Skua probably also SOUTH POLAR, an adult POMARINE JAEGER and a
1 year old LONG-TAILED JAEGER and 4 or more ARCTIC TERNS. Other true
highlights were a large Basking Shark jumping completely out of the water
several times and a pod of Risso's Dolphins around the boat. So, despite
initial reservations, the trip was very successful and a great thank you
goes out to the Brooklyn VI captain and crew and to the fearless See Life
Paulagics leaders.
The adult FRANKLIN'S GULL first spotted at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn on May
24th was last noted Tuesday afternoon making a brief appearance as it flew
by to the east. Given its previous amorous activities with local Laughing
Gulls it could still be in the area and should be looked for at Laughing
Gull feeding and gathering sites. An immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was
at Plumb Beach on Sunday.
Land bound seawatching has begun to improve. Thursday morning off Robert
Moses State Park there were 1 CORY'S and 4 SOOTY SHEARWATERS. Friday
morning produced 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES moving along the breakers. A few
ROSEATE TERNS are also out there.
With nesting season now in full swing and especially given what seems to be
an ever decreasing number of migrant breeders it becomes even more
important to remember that this critical period is extremely important for
our regional nesters. So please keep any disturbances to an absolute
minimum. This is not only true for such local rarities as the
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at Connetquot River State Park in Oakdale or an
even more unusual PROTHONOTARY WARBLER that has recently set up a territory
but also for all the declining neotropic migrants nesting in our area
especially given the additional hardships created by this recent very
unusual weather. BLUE GROSBEAK, another southern species slowly becoming
established locally has returned to some nesting areas on eastern Long
Island but the adult male Saturday at Drier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn was
probably a migrant there.
An adult ARCTIC TERN was on the flats at Cupsogue County Park in
Westhampton Dunes last Saturday, 6 COMMON EIDER were spotted Wednesday near
the entranc
