[nysbirds-l] Link to Central Park Western Flycatcher photo

[pwpost]

> From: Sharron Crocker 
> Date: November 20, 2015 at 10:20:49 PM EST
> To: Peter Post 
> Subject: Link to flycatcher photo
> 
> I posted this on New York Birders - they agree with you about Western 
> Flycatcher ...
> 
> https://untamednewyork.smugmug.com/Birds/Flycatchers/i-kqKfXhQ/A
> 
> S
> -- 
> Sharron Lee Crocker
> Visit my website at: UntamedNewYork.com

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 November 2015

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 20, 2015
* NYNY1511.20

- Birds Mentioned

BARNACLE GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
SANDHILL CRANE
Long-billed Dowitcher
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
Lapland Longspur
Orange-crowned Warbler
DICKCISSEL

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
nysarc44nybirdsorg

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

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 20,
2015 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, SANDHILL CRANE,
CAVE SWALLOW, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 2
Central Park Flycatchers, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and DICKCISSEL.

Ah, we do like November - nice assortment of rarities this week began
Saturday with an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN seen flying over the West Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge; it wasn’t until Tuesday noon, however, that
the Pelican was relocated on the East Pond, where it has continued through
today, usually way up in the north end, where it is best viewed with a
telescope from the Big John’s Pond overlook.  A good variety of waterfowl
is also on the pond, and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were spotted flying in to
the south end Wednesday.

Another good flyover Saturday was a SANDHILL CRANE moving west passed
Venetian Shores Park in Lindenhurst, photographed as it continued high
overhead.

Observers were at Venetian Shores and elsewhere along the coast looking for
any of last Friday’s Franklin Gull’s, which apparently disappeared very
quickly, but the consolation prize was CAVE SWALLOW.  The very strong
northwest weekend winds pushed decent numbers of CAVE SWALLOWS to coastal
locations - on Saturday up to 9 were counted at Coney Island Creek in
Brooklyn, with 7 at Venetian Shores, and smaller numbers included some on
Staten Island, at Breezy Point and Fort Tilden, plus Broad Channel and
Captree State Park, and Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and in Rye on the
Westchester coast.  Sunday added some CAVE SWALLOWS again at Coney Island,
Breezy Point and Venetian Shores along with sightings at Edgemere Landfill
in Queens and at Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island.  A nice flight
that disappeared once the winds changed.

Another highlight at the Edgemere Landfill Sunday was a WESTERN KINGBIRD.

And speaking of Flycatchers, Central Park has had two intriguing sightings
recently - on Wednesday, a Yellow-bellied or “Western” type Empidonax
Flycatcher was seen briefly and finally relocated in the Ramble area today,
and also today near the Great Hill in the north end a Myiarchus Flycatcher,
quite possibly an Ash-throated Flycatcher, was spotted.  Both birds have
been photographed, and hopefully analysis of the photos and subsequent
follow-up can put a definite species tag on both of these birds.  A
DICKCISSEL was also up near the Great Hill at least through last Sunday,
and an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Central Park in the
Ramble area.

Out on Long Island, a BARNACLE GOOSE was present on Marratooka Lake off New
Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck last weekend, and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
was seen Saturday at the Avalon Pond East Farm Preserve in Stony Brook.
CACKLING GOOSE was also noted at both locations.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was on Mill Pond in Setauket Saturday.

Up to 7 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS remain along Santapogue Creek in
Lindenhurst, the creek just east of Venetian Shores Park.

Other recent highlights have included an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Cow
Meadow Park in Freeport Sunday and 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS at Fort Tilden last
Saturday.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays 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.

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[nysbirds-l] I-84 Overlook HawkWatch [Orange County]

[AJIT ANTONY]

At the I-84 Overlook HawkWatch in Orange County [2.5 miles east of Port Jervis 
in the eastbound lane] in 4 hours we had 3 Golden Eagle [1 adult, 2 juvenile], 
7 Bald Eagle [4 adult, 3 juvenile of which one was a non-migrant], 1 Peregrine 
Falcon and 1 adult Red-shouldered Hawk.
This spot can be good for Eagles in November on Northwest winds.
If you go to this spot, please send me the hawks you saw on a HMANA form with 
weather data and I can enter it into Hawkcount.org. 
Ajit Antony with Gerhard Patsch and Bob Senerchia
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Empidonax

[Peter Post]

There has been an Empidonax Flycatcher in Central Park since at least  
Wednesday. I had good looks at the bird this evening, thanks to Fritz  
Muller, although it was late and in poor light. The eye-ring is  
large, white and with the characteristic teardrop shape of a Western- 
type Empidonax; unlike that of any eastern Empid I've ever seen. It  
is constantly flicking it wings and long tail. I couldn't see the  
yellowish wash that others have reported due to the poor light. But  
the wings appear to be very gray with prominent white wing-bars. The  
lower mandible is pale. The bird has a tuft on it's head that  
apparently is due to some missing feathers.

Sharron Crocker got some photos which, hopefully, she will post on  
her website.

It's an interesting bird that others may want to look for. It was  
hanging around near the Oven in the same area as the Red-headed  
Woodpecker. For those not familiar with the area, follow the path  
north of the Boathouse around The Lake to the area just west of The  
Point..

Peter

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New York City
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Myiarchus flycatcher - Great Hill, Central Park

[Anders Peltomaa]

Steve had relocated flycatcher. South side of Great Hill, easy of
Children's Glade.

good birding,

Anders

‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.'
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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From: "Stephen Chang spc2...@hotmail.com [ebirdsnyc]" <
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Date: Nov 20, 2015 2:36 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Myiarchus flycatcher - Great Hill, Central Park
To: "ebirdsnyc" 
Cc:



Seen at 1:20pm on path near south blowdown meadow.
Possible Ash-throated flycatcher, unable to relocate.
Steve Chang
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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay White Pelican: YES

[Sean Sime]

The American White Pelican was present this morning just south of the
island at the north end of the east pond. Distant scope views are
obtainable from the Big John's Pond overlook.
The bird actively fed the entire time it was in view by plunging it's head
under water while swimming. When the bird's head was underwater it was
virtually indistinguishable from the many Mute Swans present.
Other waterfowl of note were 3 drake Redhead, 5 Pintail, both scaup and
over 300 American Coot.
I searched in vain for the drake Eurasian Wigeon, but there were well over
2000 waterfall to sift through and many coves out of view.

The gardens were devoid of birds.

Cheers,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Any sightings of the Jamaica Bay White Pelican today?

[Robert Taylor]

Wondering if any looked for it/ seen it today

Thanks

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RE:[nysbirds-l] [HMBirds] Harris's Sparrow

[Will Raup]

It has been seen daily.
Will Rauo


Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Mega® 2, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

 Original message 
From: "Robert Lewis rfer...@yahoo.com [hmbirds]" 

Date: 11/20/2015  12:10 PM  (GMT-05:00)
To: j.taf...@yahoo.com, hmbi...@yahoogroups.com, NYSBIRDS-L 

Subject: Re: [HMBirds] Harris's Sparrow

Any recent sightings?  I might finally get time to go up tomorrow.
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY
  From: "j.taf...@yahoo.com [hmbirds]" 
 To: hmbi...@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 6:37 PM
 Subject: [HMBirds] Harris's Sparrow

Yes it's still there. I saw it around 1:00 this afternoon. It was with 
White-throats Junco's etc. Put Canned goods near the doorway is what I was told 
by another birder who also got it as a Life Bird. PS it's skittish at times. 
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