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Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com Begin forwarded message: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gail Benson <gbenso...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:52 PM > Subject: NYC Area RBA: 27 November 2015 > To: nysbirds-l <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu>, Gail Benson <gbenso...@gmail.com> > > > -RBA > * New York > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > * Nov. 27, 2015 > * NYNY1511.27 > > - Birds Mentioned > > PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ > BARNACLE GOOSE+ > WHITE-WINGED DOVE+ > “WESTERN” FLYCATCHER+ > (+ Details requested by NYSARC) > > GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE > ROSS’S GOOSE > Cackling Goose > TUNDRA SWAN > Eurasian Wigeon > AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN > Western Sandpiper > Long-billed Dowitcher > DOVEKIE > Black-legged Kittiwake > SABINE’S GULL > Bonaparte’s Gull > BLACK-HEADED GULL > Red-headed Woodpecker > Great Crested Flycatcher > Orange-crowned Warbler > ‘AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER > > 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 > 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 > > 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 27, 2015 > at 8:00 pm. > > The highlights of today’s tape are “WESTERN” FLYCATCHER, SABINE’S GULL, > AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, DOVEKIE, PINK-FOOTED, BARNACLE, > ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, TUNDRA SWAN, > “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and more. > > Of the two unidentified Flycatchers in Central Park last Friday, the > Myiarchus was confirmed as a late GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, but the Empidonax > was indeed a great one, a “WESTERN” complex FLYCATCHER, either a PACIFIC > SLOPE OR CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER. However, as these two very closely related > and almost identical species are extremely difficult to separate away from > their breeding ranges, the exact specific identity of the Central Park bird > may not be determinable. New York’s only previous record of this complex, > from Fire Island in 1995, was netted and measured but unfortunately not > sufficiently to confirm either species. The Central Park “Western” was seen > nicely Saturday and Sunday, and also on Monday, with calls recorded and even > some droppings collected, so on-going analysis might provide some more > specific evidence, though some folks do question whether these two actually > deserve separate species ranking. > > Other exciting birds this week included an adult SABINE’S GULL Sunday moving > east offshore passed Dolphin Lane off Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet – > this bird couldn’t be later relocated. > > An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge up > to Saturday morning was joined by a 2nd Pelican as of mid-day Saturday, and > both have continued there at the north end of the pond. Interestingly, at 8 > am Saturday morning a Pelican was spotted flying west by Sherwood Island on > the Connecticut coast, presumably the bird winding up at Jamaica Bay. > > A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was spotted around the northwest side of the capped > landfill at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx on Monday but could not be found > Tuesday. > > On Wednesday, a DOVEKIE was reported flying east passed the Montauk harbor > inlet. > > A nice selection of Geese this week featured a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found in > Riverhead Thursday on the east side of Route 105 north of the Northville > Turnpike and south of Sound Avenue, but it was not seen there today. > > Also north of Riverhead on Thursday and today a ROSS’S GOOSE was present off > Reeves Avenue just west of Roanoke Avenue and the Buffalo farm, this most > likely the same Ross’s spotted Tuesday off Oakleigh Avenue north of Sound > Avenue in Calverton. > > A BARNACLE GOOSE was still visiting Marratooka Lake off New Suffolk Avenue in > Mattituck last Saturday, presumably the same one present Tuesday on a field > off Alvah’s Lane in Cutchogue. > > A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on Short’s Pond off Scuttle Hole Road in > Watermilll Wednesday, and a few CACKLING GEESE have also been noted on > eastern Long Island. > > Four TUNDRA SWANS were back visiting Hook Pond in East Hampton as of > Wednesday and were still present today. > > An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was a good find in Brooklyn last weekend, > frequenting Gravesend Bay near Coney Island with some BONAPARTE’S GULLS. > > A female “AUDUBON’S” form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was discovered last Sunday > around the eastern parking lot at Sunken Meadows State Park, this the 3rd > year in the last four that this subspecies has been seen at Sunken Meadows. > > A nice coastal flight of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES was noted moving east off > Hither Hills State Park last Saturday morning, with 25 counted in less than > an hour > > Up to 12 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still along Santapogue Creek in > Lindenhurst during the week, and 1 was Saturday still on the East Pond at > Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS were noted last Sunday, > at least one regular there; another EURASIAN was off Route 25A in Centerport > Monday. > > RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Central Park and Brooklyn’s Greenwood > Cemetery, and 2 were in Willowbrook Park on Staten Island last Saturday. > > Among a few reports, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were at Jones Beach West End > today, along with WESTERN SANDPIPER on the bar. > > 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. > > - End transcript > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --