[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 September 2017

2017-09-22 Thread Gail Benson 
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 22, 2017
* NYNY1709.22

- Birds Mentioned

FRANKLIN’S GULL+
SOOTY TERN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
Common Gallinule
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Laughing Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Philadelphia Vireo
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
DICKCISSEL

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

Compilers: Tom Burke and 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, September 22,
2017 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are reports of SOOTY TERN and FRANKLIN’S
GULL, such shorebirds as AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and WILSON’S
PHALAROPE, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS,
LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL and more.

Although former Hurricane Jose has lingered offshore in the Atlantic Ocean,
impacting our weather for several days, it has not produced much of
interest as far as southern vagrants are concerned.  With otherwise no
unusual seabirds noted from Cape May to Cape Cod, quite unexpected was the
report of an immature SOOTY TERN moving by Midland Beach on Staten Island
Wednesday morning in a group of COMMON TERNS.  A high count of 241 ROYAL
TERNS was also noted there.  More typical of Jose were coastal counts such
as at Robert Moses State Park Wednesday that featured some CORY’S
SHEARWATERS and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS.

A good find on the north shore of Long Island was a FRANKLIN’S GULL
described Wednesday at Cedar Beach in Miller Place east of Port Jefferson,
sitting in with a large group of LAUGHING GULLS.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an AMERICAN AVOCET continues to visit the
East Pond through today, though it does disappear occasionally, perhaps
just moving down below Dead Man’s Cove for a while, as it does spend most
of its time at the north end.  On Thursday an HUDSONIAN GODWIT hung out at
the north end near Dead Man’s Cove, along with 6 STILT, 6 WHITE-RUMPED and
single PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, plus 3 CASPIAN TERNS.  Earlier in
the week on the East Pond a WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited on Sunday, 29 STILT
SANDPIPERS were counted Saturday, and on Monday and Tuesday a SORA was seen
at the south end.

Out at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes a sea watch last Sunday
featured an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, along with 15 CORY’S
SHEARWATERS, 6 NORTHEN GANNETS, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS and 24 ROYAL and 19 BLACK TERNS.  At Mecox Inlet the same day were 20
CORY’S SHEARWATERS and 7 BLACK TERNS.

Along the city coasts there were single AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Plumb
Beach Tuesday and Coney Island Park Wednesday, Plumb Beach also adding a
CASPIAN TERN Tuesday and Wednesday and 17 ROYAL TERNS Wednesday, while on
Thursday Breezy Point produced 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS along with 2
CASPIAN TERNS and 3 ROYAL TERNS.

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on Wednesday included 13 at Jones Beach West End
and 12 at Robert Moses State Park, and 7 BLACK TERNS were counted at Jones
Beach Field 6 Tuesday.

An ICELAND GULL was seen again at Smith Point County Park last Saturday,
joined by a WHIMBREL and 13 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.

Up to 9 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have been counted recently at their roost
along Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon.

A COMMON GALLINULE was found recently at Mill Pond Park north of Route 27
in Bellmore.

Single adult and immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted in Central
Park last Sunday.

Wednesday produced a few reports of CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, including singles
in Kissena Park and Calvert Vaux Park and 2 in Central Park, with 1 in
Alley Pond Park today, while last Saturday male and female GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLERS were spotted in Alley Pond Park.  Other WARBLERS continue to
feature such species as MOURNING, WORM-EATING, CAPE MAY, and HOODED.

PHILADELPHIA VIREOS during the week were reported from Central Park and
Prospect Park, Greenwood Cemetery, Owl’s

[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Fri. 22-Sep-2017

2017-09-22 Thread Ben Cacace 
*NY County Highlights (Fall season): *

Sharp-shinned Hawk (2), Common Raven, Palm Warbler (26+), Black-throated
Green Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow (4) & Brown-headed Cowbird (13+).

*1st hour*: *19 spp.*; *2nd*: *+8*; *3rd*: *+5*; *4th*: *+4* = *36 spp.*

Full checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39335388
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., Sept., 22, 2017 - 16 Species of Wood Warblers, & more

2017-09-22 Thread Deborah Allen 
Central Park NYC - North End
Friday, September 22, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.


Highlights: The number of birds was down today, but diversity was still good 
with 16 species of Wood Warblers and a slight uptick in later fall migrants 
(more Eastern Phoebes today than Eastern Wood-Pewees), Winter Wrens, Lincoln's, 
Chipping, and White-crowned Sparrows.

Canada Goose - 16 Meer (150-200 flying north from the Reservoir - Bob early 
this morning)
Gadwall - 12 (2 at the Pool, at least 10 on the Meer)
Mallard - 50+ (at least 50 at the Meer, many others at the Pool)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - a few over the Green Bench (David Barrett)
Herring Gull - flyovers
Great Blue Heron - hatch-year at the Meer
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 immatures, 1 adult)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - near Blockhouse
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (hatch-year south side of the Pool (David 
Barrett), Conservatory Garden (Bob - early am))
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Conservatory Garden, near Blockhouse)
Northern Flicker - 7
American Kestrel - 2 flying east to west (Bob - early)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Loch, Lily Ponds (David Barrett))
Eastern Phoebe - 5 (2 Loch, 1 West side of the Pool (David Barrett), 1 
Children's Glade, 1 Great Hill)
Blue-headed Vireo - Lily Ponds
Red-eyed Vireo - at least 7
Blue Jay
House Wren - 2 Lily Ponds, also 8 (Bob - early am)
Winter Wren - 2 (Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow - Bob early am)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 (Gillian Henry & David Barrett)
Gray-cheeked Thrush - west side of Pool (Deb)
Swainson's Thrush - 5 to 10 seen well, many (50+) others
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher - 2 (west side of Pool & Children's Glade (David Barrett))
Northern Mockingbird - 5
Cedar Waxwing - 11 or 12 (1 or 2 south of Nutter's Battery, flock of 10 over 
Wildflower Meadow)
House Finch - hatch-year male Fort Clinton
American Goldfinch - 3 (Grassy Knoll & Wildflower Meadow)
Chipping Sparrow - 2 (hatch-year Grassy Knoll, 1 between Pool and south 
Blowdown)
Lincoln's Sparrow - Wildflower Meadow (Bob - early am)
Swamp Sparrow - Grassy Knoll
White-throated Sparrow - many
White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year at McGowan's Pass (Deb)
Common Grackle
Northern Waterthrush - west side of the Pool
Black-and-white Warbler - 7 or 8
Tennessee Warbler - Meer Island
Nashville Warbler - Grassy Knoll
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (Meer Island, Pool, male west side of Loch (Patty Pike))
American Redstart - 15
Cape May Warbler - west side of the Pool
Northern Parula - 10
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Bay-breasted Warbler - Conservatory Garden
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Loch
Black-throated Blue Warbler - hatch-year female Conservatory Garden
Palm Warbler - McGowan's Pass & Grassy Knoll (David Barrett)
Pine Warbler - 2 (Nutter's Battery, in Pine between Green Bench & Wildflower 
Meadow)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 in pine at Green Bench
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 (pine near Green Bench, Children's Glade, Meer)
Scarlet Tanager - 5 Lasker Pool/Rink (Bob - 6:50am)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - hatch-year male lily Ponds ((David Barrett), another 
heard near the Pool
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Insects: Monarch (butterfly), Green Darner (dragonfly), and eastern Cicada 
killer (wasp) flying with Cicada and entering burrow at the Green Bench.



Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Golden Plovers

2017-09-22 Thread Anupam Khanna 
4 American Golden plovers in a flock of at least 25 BBPL at west end
today.. saw a good flock (maybe 30) of dunlins.. couple of lesser black
backed gulls, ruddy turnstones, several kestrels, couple of northern
harriers and about a 100 sanderlings ...
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay update -Hudsonian Godwit, Avocet not seen

2017-09-22 Thread Felipe Pimentel 
I am here in the East Pond and the Avocet is here. It is further south (in the 
middle of the pond). I have not seen the Godwit, very few shorebirds today.

Felipe

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On Sep 22, 2017, at 1:02 PM, David Klauber 
mailto:davehawk...@msn.com>> wrote:


The north end of the east pond was virtually shorebird-less, and the strong 
winds and a Peregrine didn't help. Just 2 Greater Yellowlegs in the NE corner, 
and a Least along the phrags. There were 2 Caspian Terns with the gulls by the 
cove.

The south end was better, with 3 juvenile Stilt Sandpipers, about 10 
White-rumps and a couple of Dunlin with the Semipalmated sandpipers. Another 
Caspian Tern was there. At Big John's Pond there were 2 Solitary Sandpipers 
with a Greater Yellowlegs.

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay update -Hudsonian Godwit, Avocet not seen

2017-09-22 Thread David Klauber 
The north end of the east pond was virtually shorebird-less, and the strong 
winds and a Peregrine didn't help. Just 2 Greater Yellowlegs in the NE corner, 
and a Least along the phrags. There were 2 Caspian Terns with the gulls by the 
cove.

The south end was better, with 3 juvenile Stilt Sandpipers, about 10 
White-rumps and a couple of Dunlin with the Semipalmated sandpipers. Another 
Caspian Tern was there. At Big John's Pond there were 2 Solitary Sandpipers 
with a Greater Yellowlegs.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Dickcissel, Interesting Nashville Warbler, Migration Notes

2017-09-22 Thread Timothy Healy 
I heard the nocturnal flight calls of several Swainson's Thrushes over my house 
last night, and despite minimal radar activity there were some nice birds at 
Jones Beach. A heard-only Dickcissel that called a few times as it flew 
northwest past the start of the fisherman's road was the "rarest" bird I saw, 
but there was an enjoyable spread of other species. Large flights of flickers 
continue, with plenty of raptors working the vegetation edge. Phoebes are 
moving through in some numbers, and the increased high tide ended up chasing 
most of the 100+ Red Knots and 350+ oystercatchers off the flooded spit. 10 
species of warblers were highlighted by a nice bright Blackburnian and a 
Nashville Warbler whose greener lower back, prominent white vent, and longish, 
constantly pumping tail gave me pause. I'd like people with more expertise to 
review my photos, but I wonder if this was an individual of the 
Western/"Calaveras" subspecies that was proposed for a split this year. The 
motion failed by one vote, if I recall correctly, so this could be a pair to 
watch for in the future. The bird was observed in the brush north of the hill 
next to the Coast Guard fence, just before the shoreline. I know Bob Anderson 
also got some shots, which are most assuredly better than mine. Mosquitos 
remain especially ferocious. Spray up.

Cheers!
-Tim H



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