RE: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Andrew and all,

Banding birds at the Fire Island Lighthouse, I encountered a few juncos with 
white wingbars. Invariably they were like Slate-colored hyemalis in other 
respects, whereas genuine aikeni White-winged Juncos are much larger and with 
significantly more white in the rectrices. In other words, it's a rare but 
regular variation among Slate-colored Juncos.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-127064654-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-127064654-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Andrew Block 
[ablock22...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 5:00 PM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos

Hi all,

Does anyone know how common Slate-colored Juncos with white wing bars are?  
Over the years I've seen a few in NY that have them but otherwise look like 
Slate-coloreds.  Today I had another I observered for awhile at Ward Acres Park 
in New Rochelle that sure looked good for White-winged Juco, but I always have 
Slate-coloreds with wing bars in the back of my mind.  Any ideas?

Andrew

Andrew Block
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RE: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Andrew and all,

Banding birds at the Fire Island Lighthouse, I encountered a few juncos with 
white wingbars. Invariably they were like Slate-colored hyemalis in other 
respects, whereas genuine aikeni White-winged Juncos are much larger and with 
significantly more white in the rectrices. In other words, it's a rare but 
regular variation among Slate-colored Juncos.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-127064654-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-127064654-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Andrew Block 
[ablock22...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 5:00 PM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos

Hi all,

Does anyone know how common Slate-colored Juncos with white wing bars are?  
Over the years I've seen a few in NY that have them but otherwise look like 
Slate-coloreds.  Today I had another I observered for awhile at Ward Acres Park 
in New Rochelle that sure looked good for White-winged Juco, but I always have 
Slate-coloreds with wing bars in the back of my mind.  Any ideas?

Andrew

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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos

[Andrew Block]

Hi all,
Does anyone know how common Slate-colored Juncos with white wing bars are?  
Over the years I've seen a few in NY that have them but otherwise look like 
Slate-coloreds.  Today I had another I observered for awhile at Ward Acres Park 
in New Rochelle that sure looked good for White-winged Juco, but I always have 
Slate-coloreds with wing bars in the back of my mind.  Any ideas?
Andrew
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[nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos

[Andrew Block]

Hi all,
Does anyone know how common Slate-colored Juncos with white wing bars are?  
Over the years I've seen a few in NY that have them but otherwise look like 
Slate-coloreds.  Today I had another I observered for awhile at Ward Acres Park 
in New Rochelle that sure looked good for White-winged Juco, but I always have 
Slate-coloreds with wing bars in the back of my mind.  Any ideas?
Andrew
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Yonkers, New York www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
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[nysbirds-l] The 83rd Southern Nassau County CBC, 31 Dec 2022

[Shaibal Mitra]

Dating to 1932 , the Southern Nassau County CBC encompasses some of the most 
intensively birded sites in New York State. About 80 observers conducted this 
count in coastal southwestern Long Island for the 83rd time on Saturday, 31 Dec 
2022. For the first time since 28 December 2019, we gathered for an in-person 
compilation. Otto’s Sea Grill was not available, but the Green Turtle in 
Uniondale had plenty of space for us to catch up and run the numbers. We keenly 
felt the absence of Sy Schiff, the Dean of South Nassau birding, for whom that 
December 2019 compilation was his last. We also marked the loss of longtime 
participant Shane Blodgett, who passed away this past September. One measure of 
this count is the breadth and depth of its personnel, which includes some of 
the most knowledgeable and talented birders from a large portion of 
southeastern New York, from Dutchess, Westchester, and Manhattan to Shane’s 
home county of Brooklyn (which was strongly represented this year), as well as 
Queens and Suffolk Counties. 
In recent decades the Long Island region has experienced an odd 
micro-seasonal pattern in early winter, in which the early portion of the CBC 
period (ca. 14-20 Dec) has tended to be markedly cold and windy in contrast to 
the latter portion (ca. 30 Dec-5 Jan), which has tended to be warm and wet in 
many years. This pattern was very strongly marked this year, with adverse 
consequences of various kinds for many regional counts. In addition to the 
strong front preceding the weekend of 17-18 Dec, a powerful bomb cyclone passed 
on 23 Dec, leaving unusually cold temperatures in its wake. The deep freeze was 
of short duration, however, and it had at most subtle direct impacts on this 
circle’s avifauna, probably reducing numbers of various shorebirds and 
waterfowl (but see below). Indirect impacts arose from the chilled ocean and 
bays and extensive ice cover on the ponds, which cooked up fog for us under 
100% humidity and temperatures as high as 52 F. Saturday’s count was yet 
another one spent hoping, that forecast rain would hold off for a few hours, 
and struggling, in foggy and rainy conditions. A belt of heavy rain at 06:45 
impacted nocturnal birding, but over most of the circle, rain remained trace to 
light until about 2:30 p.m.
The fog greatly reduced detection of many common and abundant species, 
including many waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, and raptors, and it was directly 
responsible for two of our worst misses, Common Goldeneye and Common Merganser, 
which were known to be present but could not be seen.* Otherwise, bad misses 
were relatively few, involving just five additional species recorded on more 
than half of recent counts: Redhead (8/10 years), Snow Goose (7/10), Red-necked 
Grebe (7/10), Wood Duck (6/10), and Chipping Sparrow (6/10).
With one spectacular exception, the many highlights of the day were not 
really surprises. they consisted mainly of either irruptive species (such as 3 
Dovekies spaced along the three ocean-front territories, 14 Red Crossbills in 
Atlantic, and a Pine Siskin in Five Towns), or else they were scarce species 
that are routinely sought on this count.** Deserving of emphasis in the latter 
category are Black-headed Gull (found this time in Atlantic), a regionally rare 
species that we have recorded in eight of the past ten years; Common Gallinule 
(returning for a fourth year in Massapequa--and, remarkably, found to have been 
joined by a second, immature bird, the day after the count); and Yellow-crowned 
Night-Heron (recorded in six of the past ten years, all in Baldwin). Like the 
small number of bad misses, the long list of good finds listed under ** is a 
testament to the skill and perseverance of our participants. The mind-bending 
exception, possibly a first CBC record for Long Island, was a Northern Fulmar 
seen by two observers in Atlantic.
Despite the weather and the negative population trends shown by many 
species in our region, there were also many ten-year maxima (13 species) and 
other high counts greater than 140% of recent averages (10 species). The raw 
total of 1968 Razorbills involved at least 1500 birds and is consistent with a 
region-wide incursion this season. Similarly, 2145 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 
reminiscent of a bygone age of abundance, are part of a region-wide event this 
year. Astonishing, but part of a year-over-year upward trend, were 404 
Double-crested Cormorants. Like the Red Crossbills and Pine Siskin mentioned 
above, many of the high counts involved irruptive forest birds that show 
correlated abundance on our counts: 232 Blue Jay (ten-year max), 41 Tufted 
Titmouse (ten-year max and the most since the epic irruption of 1995-1996), 65 
White-breasted Nuthatch, 61 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 13 Brown Creeper, 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet, and 3 Purple Finch (a save in Baldwin). The icterids 
tend to swing between feast and famine here, and this year was good for Rusty 

[nysbirds-l] The 83rd Southern Nassau County CBC, 31 Dec 2022

[Shaibal Mitra]

Dating to 1932 , the Southern Nassau County CBC encompasses some of the most 
intensively birded sites in New York State. About 80 observers conducted this 
count in coastal southwestern Long Island for the 83rd time on Saturday, 31 Dec 
2022. For the first time since 28 December 2019, we gathered for an in-person 
compilation. Otto’s Sea Grill was not available, but the Green Turtle in 
Uniondale had plenty of space for us to catch up and run the numbers. We keenly 
felt the absence of Sy Schiff, the Dean of South Nassau birding, for whom that 
December 2019 compilation was his last. We also marked the loss of longtime 
participant Shane Blodgett, who passed away this past September. One measure of 
this count is the breadth and depth of its personnel, which includes some of 
the most knowledgeable and talented birders from a large portion of 
southeastern New York, from Dutchess, Westchester, and Manhattan to Shane’s 
home county of Brooklyn (which was strongly represented this year), as well as 
Queens and Suffolk Counties. 
In recent decades the Long Island region has experienced an odd 
micro-seasonal pattern in early winter, in which the early portion of the CBC 
period (ca. 14-20 Dec) has tended to be markedly cold and windy in contrast to 
the latter portion (ca. 30 Dec-5 Jan), which has tended to be warm and wet in 
many years. This pattern was very strongly marked this year, with adverse 
consequences of various kinds for many regional counts. In addition to the 
strong front preceding the weekend of 17-18 Dec, a powerful bomb cyclone passed 
on 23 Dec, leaving unusually cold temperatures in its wake. The deep freeze was 
of short duration, however, and it had at most subtle direct impacts on this 
circle’s avifauna, probably reducing numbers of various shorebirds and 
waterfowl (but see below). Indirect impacts arose from the chilled ocean and 
bays and extensive ice cover on the ponds, which cooked up fog for us under 
100% humidity and temperatures as high as 52 F. Saturday’s count was yet 
another one spent hoping, that forecast rain would hold off for a few hours, 
and struggling, in foggy and rainy conditions. A belt of heavy rain at 06:45 
impacted nocturnal birding, but over most of the circle, rain remained trace to 
light until about 2:30 p.m.
The fog greatly reduced detection of many common and abundant species, 
including many waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, and raptors, and it was directly 
responsible for two of our worst misses, Common Goldeneye and Common Merganser, 
which were known to be present but could not be seen.* Otherwise, bad misses 
were relatively few, involving just five additional species recorded on more 
than half of recent counts: Redhead (8/10 years), Snow Goose (7/10), Red-necked 
Grebe (7/10), Wood Duck (6/10), and Chipping Sparrow (6/10).
With one spectacular exception, the many highlights of the day were not 
really surprises. they consisted mainly of either irruptive species (such as 3 
Dovekies spaced along the three ocean-front territories, 14 Red Crossbills in 
Atlantic, and a Pine Siskin in Five Towns), or else they were scarce species 
that are routinely sought on this count.** Deserving of emphasis in the latter 
category are Black-headed Gull (found this time in Atlantic), a regionally rare 
species that we have recorded in eight of the past ten years; Common Gallinule 
(returning for a fourth year in Massapequa--and, remarkably, found to have been 
joined by a second, immature bird, the day after the count); and Yellow-crowned 
Night-Heron (recorded in six of the past ten years, all in Baldwin). Like the 
small number of bad misses, the long list of good finds listed under ** is a 
testament to the skill and perseverance of our participants. The mind-bending 
exception, possibly a first CBC record for Long Island, was a Northern Fulmar 
seen by two observers in Atlantic.
Despite the weather and the negative population trends shown by many 
species in our region, there were also many ten-year maxima (13 species) and 
other high counts greater than 140% of recent averages (10 species). The raw 
total of 1968 Razorbills involved at least 1500 birds and is consistent with a 
region-wide incursion this season. Similarly, 2145 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 
reminiscent of a bygone age of abundance, are part of a region-wide event this 
year. Astonishing, but part of a year-over-year upward trend, were 404 
Double-crested Cormorants. Like the Red Crossbills and Pine Siskin mentioned 
above, many of the high counts involved irruptive forest birds that show 
correlated abundance on our counts: 232 Blue Jay (ten-year max), 41 Tufted 
Titmouse (ten-year max and the most since the epic irruption of 1995-1996), 65 
White-breasted Nuthatch, 61 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 13 Brown Creeper, 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet, and 3 Purple Finch (a save in Baldwin). The icterids 
tend to swing between feast and famine here, and this year was good for Rusty 

[nysbirds-l] Central Suffolk Christmas Bird Count - Results

[beachmed]

The Central Suffolk (Long Island) Christmas Bird Count was held on Tuesday, 27 
December 2022, with clear weather, light winds and cool temperatures - ranging 
from 27 - 35 degrees throughout the day. Because the Count Day followed a 
stretch of below freezing days, most fresh water locations were nearly frozen 
over, including the normal duck hot-spot of Eastport Pond.  Many south shore 
creeks and inlets, as well as parts of Moriches Bay, had frozen sections.  
Started with the Count of 1953, and five participants, this circle is has its 
center in Manorville, LI, and covers the area of Calverton/Riverhead, 
Westhampton, Cupsogue County Park, Smith Point County Park and Yaphank.  This 
year, there were 18 parties and 43 participants, and a total of 120 species and 
21,535 individuals birds seen.  As with every Count, there were certain 
highlights:

1 Snow Goose
1 Eurasian Wigeon
125 Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle - an amazing total of 22 were reported, but with the limited area 
covered, there may have been some duplication of individuals.  Full adults and 
juveniles were seen
3 American Woodcock
310 Bonaparte’s Gull
Among the owls, 3 Northern Saw-whet, 14 Eastern Screech Owl, and 5 Great Horned 
Owls were heard during pre-dawn hours.
9 Common Raven
71 Horned Lark
3 Orange-crowned Warbler
74 Snow Bunting
1 Eastern Meadowlark
4 Rusty Blackbird
16 Red-crossbill
6 Pine Siskin

Missed on this Count, but usually seen in the past, were Wood Duck, American 
Bittern, Snowy Owl, Cedar Waxwing, White-crowned Sparrow. Common Grackle

A compilation dinner was held at a local fraternal hall in Eastport, with 
thanks to Eastern Long Island Audubon Society for subsiding the catered meal.

Thank you to all the participants this year - and every year!  Without your 
dedication and commitment - and long hours in the cold - this event wouldn’t be 
possible.  Our 60th Count will be on 27 Dec 2023 - Save The Date!!
The best in the year ahead, and, as always - Good Birds in our collective 
futures!
Eileen Schwinn
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[nysbirds-l] Central Suffolk Christmas Bird Count - Results

[beachmed]

The Central Suffolk (Long Island) Christmas Bird Count was held on Tuesday, 27 
December 2022, with clear weather, light winds and cool temperatures - ranging 
from 27 - 35 degrees throughout the day. Because the Count Day followed a 
stretch of below freezing days, most fresh water locations were nearly frozen 
over, including the normal duck hot-spot of Eastport Pond.  Many south shore 
creeks and inlets, as well as parts of Moriches Bay, had frozen sections.  
Started with the Count of 1953, and five participants, this circle is has its 
center in Manorville, LI, and covers the area of Calverton/Riverhead, 
Westhampton, Cupsogue County Park, Smith Point County Park and Yaphank.  This 
year, there were 18 parties and 43 participants, and a total of 120 species and 
21,535 individuals birds seen.  As with every Count, there were certain 
highlights:

1 Snow Goose
1 Eurasian Wigeon
125 Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle - an amazing total of 22 were reported, but with the limited area 
covered, there may have been some duplication of individuals.  Full adults and 
juveniles were seen
3 American Woodcock
310 Bonaparte’s Gull
Among the owls, 3 Northern Saw-whet, 14 Eastern Screech Owl, and 5 Great Horned 
Owls were heard during pre-dawn hours.
9 Common Raven
71 Horned Lark
3 Orange-crowned Warbler
74 Snow Bunting
1 Eastern Meadowlark
4 Rusty Blackbird
16 Red-crossbill
6 Pine Siskin

Missed on this Count, but usually seen in the past, were Wood Duck, American 
Bittern, Snowy Owl, Cedar Waxwing, White-crowned Sparrow. Common Grackle

A compilation dinner was held at a local fraternal hall in Eastport, with 
thanks to Eastern Long Island Audubon Society for subsiding the catered meal.

Thank you to all the participants this year - and every year!  Without your 
dedication and commitment - and long hours in the cold - this event wouldn’t be 
possible.  Our 60th Count will be on 27 Dec 2023 - Save The Date!!
The best in the year ahead, and, as always - Good Birds in our collective 
futures!
Eileen Schwinn
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[nysbirds-l] Little Gull, Verrazano Narrows

[Joshua Malbin]

Anthony Ferino and I are looking at an adult Little Gull in a big flock of
Bonaparte’s feeding in the Verrazano Narrows.

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[nysbirds-l] Little Gull, Verrazano Narrows

[Joshua Malbin]

Anthony Ferino and I are looking at an adult Little Gull in a big flock of
Bonaparte’s feeding in the Verrazano Narrows.

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[nysbirds-l] Pacific Loon - Western LI Sound (Bronx/Nassau Co), 4 Jan

[mcb...@verizon.net]

A Pacific Loon is present this morning in the western end of the Long Island 
Sound. I originally found it as it was floating north past my office at the US 
Merchant Marine Academy (where access is unfortunately restricted). However the 
bird is publicly visible from Stepping Stones Park in Kings Point, Nassau Co. 
The bird is slowly floating northbound through the Stepping Stones channel on 
the ebbing tide — it would likely be visible from City Island (looking east) 
and potentially from  Larchmont, Mamaroneck or Sands Point very soon if it 
continues moving north. 
For those potentially following up from the Nassau side, the shoal around the 
Stepping Stones Lighthouse has had some large groups of ducks, as well as an 
assortment of gulls. A small, dark mantled and shawled gull (resembling 
Short-billed) was present earlier this morning.
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[nysbirds-l] Pacific Loon - Western LI Sound (Bronx/Nassau Co), 4 Jan

[mcb...@verizon.net]

A Pacific Loon is present this morning in the western end of the Long Island 
Sound. I originally found it as it was floating north past my office at the US 
Merchant Marine Academy (where access is unfortunately restricted). However the 
bird is publicly visible from Stepping Stones Park in Kings Point, Nassau Co. 
The bird is slowly floating northbound through the Stepping Stones channel on 
the ebbing tide — it would likely be visible from City Island (looking east) 
and potentially from  Larchmont, Mamaroneck or Sands Point very soon if it 
continues moving north. 
For those potentially following up from the Nassau side, the shoal around the 
Stepping Stones Lighthouse has had some large groups of ducks, as well as an 
assortment of gulls. A small, dark mantled and shawled gull (resembling 
Short-billed) was present earlier this morning.
Best regards,Mike McBrien

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