[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 August 2019

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 30, 2019
* NYNY1908.30

- Birds Mentioned

BROWN BOOBY+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cory’s Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Eastern Kingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
LARK SPARROW
Grasshopper Sparrow
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
DICKCISSEL

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
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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
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, August 30, 2019
at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, WESTERN KINGBIRD, HENSLOW’S
SPARROW, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, MANX
SHEARWATER, LARK SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Monday morning produced another BROWN BOOBY sighting, this a bird moving
west past Robert Moses State Park Field 2.  There is also a report of one
landing on a fishing boat Tuesday off Atlantic Beach, and this has also
apparently happened previously with boats out of Point Lookout fishing in
the same general area.

The WESTERN KINGBIRD at Croton Point Park in Westchester County was last
seen last Saturday.

A banding team at Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island this morning reported a
HENSLOWS’ S SPARROW while studying GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS.  This area is off
limits to the general public, but hopefully others might be found elsewhere.

An AMERICAN AVOCET visiting Mecox Bay where it meets the outer beach since
last week was joined by a second AVOCET Thursday, one of these perhaps the
individual that has moved over to Sagg Pond just east of Mecox Bay in
Bridgehampton.  Both sites do have daily parking restrictions.

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Field 7 at Hechscher State Park for a few
hours this morning before flying off, and six MARBLED GODWITS were still at
Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes at least through Wednesday.

Robert Moses State Park this week, besides the BROWN BOOBY, also produced a
number of other good finds. On Monday both MANX SHEARWATER and PARASITIC
JAEGER were seen offshore, and then on Tuesday an adult LARK SPARROW was
found on the north side of Lot 2, staying there through Thursday and
overlapping with a DICKCISSEL in the same area Thursday and today.  Another
DICKCISSEL was heard today at Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn.

A MANX SHEARWATER also appeared off Sagg Pond last Sunday, and CORY’S
SHEARWATER was also spotted off a couple of eastern Long Island south shore
sites.

A WHIMBREL was still out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday, and other recent
shorebirds have featured PECTORAL, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS.

CASPIAN TERNS today included 3 at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach and 2 at Robert
Moses State Park, and a nice high count of ROYAL TERNS featured 71 around
Fire Island Inlet last Saturday.

The RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS along Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road just north
of Jones Pond in Manorville have recently been seen with an immature bird.

Finishing the non-passerines, COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have begun their southward
push and have been appearing in decent numbers recently at appropriate
locations in the evening.

Among the FLYCATCHERS, OLIVE-SIDEDS have been seen at various locations
including Caumsett State Park Sunday and Robert Moses State Park today, and
a few YELLOW-BELLIEDS have also arrived.

A small number of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS included one visiting a penthouse
terrace in Manhattan for a while Saturday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found last Friday at the Lido Beach Passive
Nature Area and reported again Saturday.

WARBLER variety continues to increase, though numbers generally remain low,
and notable among these have been WORM-EATING, CAPE MAY, BLACKBURNIAN,
BLACK-THROATEDS BLUE and GREEN, CANADA and HOODED.

An EASTERN KINGBIRD flight today featured 862 over Coney Island Creek and
307 at Robert Moses State Park.

To phone in reports please call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a
message.

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] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch -Setauket

[TURNER]

After batting zero in Wednesday's rainy watch, we were hoping the skies would 
be filled with nighthawks on Thursday night. Alas, this was not to be with only 
12 birds tallied...but a better result tonight with 148 nighthawks seen, 
many of which were actively feeding overhead. 


John Turner


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[nysbirds-l] Announcing a 34+ Hour Brooklyn Pelagic on Sat-Sun, Sep 21-22

[Paul Guris]

Our long trip from Pt. Pleasant was so successful that we decided to try to
run one for New York on our old favorite the Brooklyn VI. We will be
limiting the trip to fewer people for comfort though we might be willing to
add a few more from the waiting list last minute if the forecast looks like
it’s going to be nice.

The trip is scheduled to leave Sat, Sep 21 at 8:00 AM and return Sun, Sep
22 at 6:30 PM. The cost is $360.

The length of this trip allows us to maximize our time in deep water and
explore multiple areas. Our plan is to explore on our way out, set up a
chum slick which we can bird until dark, have our slick set back up
pre-dawn, and bird until it’s time to come home. The amount of time this
trip gives us our best chance of finding something rare and provide more
chances to observe those species that are more regular.

This time of year should still provide the same species we see in the
summer as we’ve had Black-capped Petrel as late as October and there are
multiple records of White-faced Storm-Petrel for September. The time of
year gives us an increased chance for all 3 species of jaeger, terns,
potentially greater numbers of Leach’s Storm-Petrel, and it could even be a
good time of year to pick up a Sabine’s Gull.

As usual people will be allowed to board and pick their sleeping spaces in
the order that they sign up. Sleeping accommodations are benches and
floors, so expect to be camping on the high seas. There is a galley so hot
food will be available.

Let's see if we can get this trip out!


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Re: [nysbirds-l] American Golden Plover, Heckscher State Park, Suffolk County

[lisa . nasta]

The American Golden Plover has returned to field 7. Pat Lindsay has the bird 
there now. 


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On Friday, August 30, 2019, 2:36 PM, lisa.na...@gmail.com wrote:

American Golden Plover was seen until approx 1:15pm in which it took off 
calling, flying high above the tree lines in a west north-westerly direction 
until it was out of sight. 


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On Friday, August 30, 2019, 11:59 AM, suefeus...@optonline.net 
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Being seen in parking field 7.

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., Aug. 30, 2019: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Cape May, Black-throated Green & 10 More Wood Warbler Species

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Friday, August 30, 2019
Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.


Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo (FOS), Cape May Warbler (FOS), Black-throated 
Green Warbler, and 10 More Wood Warbler Species. 

Canada Goose - around 8 flyovers
Gadwall - 4 Reservoir (Bob - early)
Mallard
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - west side of Wildflower Meadow (first-of-season)
Chimney Swift - only a few
Herring Gull - 10 Reservoir (Bob - early)
Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Reservoir (Bob - early)
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flyovers
Osprey - southbound over the Bronx (Bob - 6:24am)
Cooper's Hawk - second-cycle (one-year-old) south end Great Hill
Red-tailed Hawk - immature south end of Great Hill
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Fort Clinton, east of Blockhouse)
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 8
Blue Jay - 3
Carolina Wren - 1 east of Blockhouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
American Robin
Gray Catbird - around 20
Northern Mockingbird - North Meadow Ball Fields
Cedar Waxwing - flock of 12 flyover Fort Clinton
House Finch - 3 fort Clinton
American Goldfinch - 2 Wildflower Meadow
Baltimore Oriole - 3 (all immature)
Common Grackle - 2 or 3 flyovers
Ovenbird - east side of Wildflower Meadow
Blue-winged Warbler - 8
Black-and-white Warbler - around 6
American Redstart - around 30
Cape May Warbler - 1 east of Blockhouse (FOS)
Northern Parula - 1 Blockhouse
Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Green Bench, Jug Handle)
Yellow Warbler - 2 (Fort Clinton, e. of Great Hill)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 6 (5 hatch-year birds)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Jug Handle
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Ft.Clinton-Bob & David Barrett, e. of Great 
Hill)
Canada Warbler - around 5 (2 adult males)
Northern Cardinal - around 6

-- 
Yesterday (8/29) David Barrett saw the first Broad-winged Hawks of the season 
(2 over Inwood). 

On Tuesday (8/27) we visited Inwood Hill Park, finding 4 or 5 Eastern 
Screech-Owls (adults & hatch-year birds), but only 3 species of Wood Warblers: 
Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, and Black-and-white Warbler), and of 
course the young male Harbor Seal holding court for his many admirers.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] American Golden Plover, Heckscher State Park, Suffolk County

[lisa . nasta]

American Golden Plover was seen until approx 1:15pm in which it took off 
calling, flying high above the tree lines in a west north-westerly direction 
until it was out of sight. 


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On Friday, August 30, 2019, 11:59 AM, suefeus...@optonline.net 
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Being seen in parking field 7.

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Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: August 29, 2019

[Alison Dundy]

Green Heron

Inwood Hill Park

A green heron has been observed by myself and others twice this week,
perched overlooking the southwest end of the salt marsh, beyond the willow
tree.

Bright yellow eye, rust and white streaked neck, greenish/blackish back.

A Belted Kingfisher has been hanging around the same area too, usually
first detected by its “ack-ack-ack”.


On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:07 AM & [NYSBIRDS] digest <
nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:

> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, August 29, 2019.
>
> 1. Nancy Grant, Binge Birding - BirdCallsRadio
> 2. Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
> 3. White Ibis, Montezuma NWR
> 4. Hudson Yards Habitat Loss
>
> --
>
> Subject: Nancy Grant, Binge Birding - BirdCallsRadio
> From: Mardi Dickinson 
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:24:37 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Birders et al,
>
> Thought many of you would be interested in my next guest Nancy Grant,
> Binge Birding https://bit.ly/2akUsxp
>
> Happy Birding!
>
> Cheers,
> Mardi Dickinson
>
>
> --
>
> Subject: Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
> From: TURNER 
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:20:57 -0400 (EDT)
> X-Message-Number: 2
>
> The 2019 "Frank Melville Park Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch" in Setauket
> kicked off last night with 20 Common Nighthawks seen. Thousands of grackles
> swarmed to the reed beds in the park to roost for the night and eight wood
> ducks were seen on the ponds.  Many DC Cormorants were seen, virtually all
> flying from the northeast to the southwest, presumably moving from feeding
> grounds to roosting grounds at the Stony Brook Mill Pond.
>
> The watch will continue, weather permitting, every night until October 6th
> from 5:30 p.m. to dusk.
>
>
> John Turner
> --
>
> Subject: White Ibis, Montezuma NWR
> From: Jay McGowan 
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:11:55 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 3
>
> Tim Lenz found an immature WHITE IBIS on the flats at Knox-Marsellus Marsh
> (as seen from East Road) at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge late this
> evening. It was hanging around some cranes on the far eastern edge of the
> marsh and still visible in the fading light at 8pm. The continuing LAUGHING
> GULL and AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN were also present, along with a wide
> assortment of ducks and shorebirds.
>
> Jay McGowan
> Ithaca, NY
>
> --
>
> Subject: Hudson Yards Habitat Loss
> From: Alan Drogin 
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:06:12 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 4
>
> I discovered this week that my favorite birding spot in Hudson Yards, just
> north of 36th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, was bulldozed.  I guess
> it was inevitable that to most people this steep slope of overgrown weeds
> and trees between railroad tracks and an abandoned  auto shop would be
> considered an eyesore, but it was favored by birds over the manicured
> high-tech “green spaces” of Bella Abzug Park and the Vessel Plaza. It’s
> that the swiftness of its demise is just a shock.  A bulldozer sits in the
> vacant lot behind the chain-link fence festooned with new “active driveway”
> signs.  The beautiful fan of ivy that covered the auto shop was cut at the
> roots and turning brown.  All I could see was a pair of Gray Catbirds
> chasing each other through one of the last remaining trees, filled with its
> final season's bounty of black berries.
>
> On a better note - I spotted the first returning warbler, a Common
> Yellowthroat across the tracks in the bushes.  On the south side of the
> street, in an abandoned parking lot where the grasses have been slowly
> taking over around a couple of stagnant pools, my first Northern
> Mockingbird for the area, a juvenile, doing its robotic shoulder shrug -
> bringing the count to 31 species.
>
> Alan Drogin
>
>
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> END OF DIGEST
>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park this morning

[Larry Trachtenberg]

There are several people who have been instrumental in aiding in the 
restoration of the Croton Point Park landfill, working with the County and the 
meadow landscaper, etc. They have put in countless hours over the last few 
years of volunteer time (I am not one of them). I won’t shout them out by name 
since I don’t know if they want to be named but anyone who has or will bird at 
Croton Point thanks you. Hopefully when the project is completed the CPP 
grassland, a unique birding spot in Westchester, will be even better.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining

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On Aug 30, 2019, at 11:40 AM, Anne Swaim 
mailto:annesw...@gmail.com>> wrote:


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In case helpful to pass along, this week's planned mowing of the Croton Point 
Park capped landfill grasslands is part of a two-year restoration plan designed 
by Larry Weaner Landscape Associates. (Vegetation has not been removed from the 
site.)

Quick overview of project (from local media story last spring before project 
start)
https://patch.com/new-york/ossining/croton-point-grasslands-restoration-project-timeline-talk
 
[patch.com]

Further details from Westchester County Soil & Water Conservation District's 
2019 Work Plan
Croton Point Park Grassland Restoration Project: The restoration of nearly 100 
acres of grassland covering the former Croton Landfill at Croton Point Park in 
Croton-on-Hudson was designed in late 2018. Construction will begin in 2019.The 
grassland, or meadow, is currently characterized as a mosaic of plant 
populations and communities with most dominated by ecologically undesirable 
vegetation, such as non-native cool season grasses and invasive and non-native 
mugwort. The goal is to transform the meadow into an ecologically diverse 
community of plants, which will encourage overall biological diversity, 
especially of beneficial insects and birds.The restoration of each patch of 
vegetation will have to be handled differently in order to achieve the best 
overall results. For example, some patches will need to be frequently mowed on 
a temporary basis while others will need to be treated with herbicide to 
eradicate dominant plants. Most patches will need to be re-seeded with mixes of 
desirable grasses and forbs. The grassland is viewed by naturalists as 
critically important to many species of birds using the Atlantic Flyway, the 
migratory route for birds traveling up and down the East Coast. Many other 
birds, including the bald eagle, also use Croton Point Park, the largest 
peninsula in the Hudson River. The project is funded by a $500,000 state grant 
to the District,which will be used for construction. The District is using 
additional state funding and other revenue to finance project planning, design 
and construction management.A Planning Department staff person will manage the 
project on behalf of the District and Westchester County

Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon
www.sawmillriveraudubon.org 
[sawmillriveraudubon.org]


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:18 AM Robert Lewis 
mailto:rfer...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
Very few birds around this lovely morning.  There was a cooperative adult 
Red-tail, apparently a new individual, very worn looking.  Four Osprey, two 
Bald Eagles, one Raven.  Very very few land birds.

The big news is that in the last few days most of the cap has been clearcut.  I 
didn't walk it all but I would guess at least 80% is clearcut.  Only small 
swaths between some of the gravel paths remain.  The area that the Western 
Kingbird had frequented is stubble about two inches high, if that.  All of that 
vegetation has been cut and removed.

What will be the impact on the rodent population?

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY






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[nysbirds-l] American Golden Plover, Heckscher State Park, Suffolk County

[suefeustel]

Being seen in parking field 7.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park this morning

[Anne Swaim]

In case helpful to pass along, this week's planned mowing of the Croton
Point Park capped landfill grasslands is part of a two-year restoration
plan designed by Larry Weaner Landscape Associates. (Vegetation has not
been removed from the site.)

*Quick overview of project* (from local media story last spring before
project start)
https://patch.com/new-york/ossining/croton-point-grasslands-restoration-project-timeline-talk

*Further details from Westchester County Soil & Water Conservation
District's 2019 Work Plan*
*Croton Point Park Grassland Restoration Project: The restoration of nearly
100 acres of grassland covering the former Croton Landfill at Croton Point
Park in Croton-on-Hudson was designed in late 2018. Construction will begin
in 2019.The grassland, or meadow, is currently characterized as a mosaic of
plant populations and communities with most dominated by ecologically
undesirable vegetation, such as non-native cool season grasses and invasive
and non-native mugwort. The goal is to transform the meadow into an
ecologically diverse community of plants, which will encourage overall
biological diversity, especially of beneficial insects and birds.The
restoration of each patch of vegetation will have to be handled differently
in order to achieve the best overall results. For example, some patches
will need to be frequently mowed on a temporary basis while others will
need to be treated with herbicide to eradicate dominant plants. Most
patches will need to be re-seeded with mixes of desirable grasses and
forbs. The grassland is viewed by naturalists as critically important to
many species of birds using the Atlantic Flyway, the migratory route for
birds traveling up and down the East Coast. Many other birds, including the
bald eagle, also use Croton Point Park, the largest peninsula in the Hudson
River. The project is funded by a $500,000 state grant to the
District,which will be used for construction. The District is using
additional state funding and other revenue to finance project planning,
design and construction management.A Planning Department staff person will
manage the project on behalf of the District and Westchester County*

Anne Swaim
Saw Mill River Audubon
www.sawmillriveraudubon.org


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:18 AM Robert Lewis  wrote:

> Very few birds around this lovely morning.  There was a cooperative adult
> Red-tail, apparently a new individual, very worn looking.  Four Osprey, two
> Bald Eagles, one Raven.  Very very few land birds.
>
> The big news is that in the last few days most of the cap has been
> clearcut.  I didn't walk it all but I would guess at least 80% is
> clearcut.  Only small swaths between some of the gravel paths remain.  The
> area that the Western Kingbird had frequented is stubble about two inches
> high, if that.  All of that vegetation has been cut and removed.
>
> What will be the impact on the rodent population?
>
> Bob Lewis
> Sleepy Hollow NY
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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[nysbirds-l] Henslow’s Sparrow - Freshkills Park [No Access]

[José R . Ramírez-Garofalo]

Shannon Curley and I just had an adult Henslow’s Sparrow at Fresh Kills
Park while netting Grasshopper Sparrows. Trying to net the Henslow’s now.

Jose Ramirez-Garofalo & Shannon Curley
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José R. Ramírez-Garofalo
Biology Department
The City University of New York/College of Staten Island

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