- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * July 2, 2010 * NYNY1007.02
- Birds Mentioned: MISSISSIPPI KITE+ (Montgomery County, NY) (+ Details requested by NYSARC) CORY'S SHEARWATER GREATER SHEARWATER Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher GULL-BILLED TERN Royal Tern Black Skimmer Alder Flycatcher Blackpoll Warbler White-throated Sparrow 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 nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 2nd, at 5:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are CORY'S SHEARWATER, GREATER SHEARWATER, GULL-BILLED TERNS, and returning shorebirds. Except perhaps for those traveling north to the town of Root in Montgomery County to see the pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES, this past week was relatively lackluster from a birding point of view. A slight break in the lack of pelagics seen recently off the south shore of Long Island was provided Monday, when a brief watch off Robert Moses State Park parking field 2 reported one each of GREATER and CORY'S SHEARWATERS. But otherwise, birds have remained well off shore, and these northwest winds have probably not helped the situation. There is already evidence of some returning southbound shorebirds such as on the flats at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes, where visits during the week have noted a few BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, RED KNOT, RUDDY TURNSTONES, SANDERLING, DUNLIN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, along with a breeding plumaged LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER reported there on Tuesday and the regular breeders. Some of these individuals never made it farther north, but they will be joined soon by other southbound migrants. ROYAL TERN was also present on the Cupsogue flats on Tuesday. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the water level on the East Pond remains high. The refuge personnel are attending to the outlet valve to get the water down to an appropriate level for shorebirds. Arrivals present last Sunday on the West Pond included three LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a LEAST SANDPIPER, and 18 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were counted at the bay yesterday, with 14 of these on the East Pond on only a sliver of shoreline at the Raunt. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were present Sunday along south end of the West Pond, with another seen feeding along the edge of the East Pond, and some BLACK SKIMMERS are also appearing around the south end of the West Pond. If you visit Jamaica Bay, remind those at the front desk as to how important it is to get the East Pond lowered. During this period of possible floaters and other vagrants, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was noted singing in Riverside Park in northern Manhattan Saturday and Sunday. And even more inexplicable, a male BLACKPOLL WARBLER was still present and singing in Bryant Park in central Manhattan through Thursday. A good find was an ALDER FLYCATCHER singing at the Calverton Ponds Preserve off Old River Road in Calverton on Sunday. Remember when visiting sensitive nesting areas to keep any disturbance to an absolute minimum, especially when unusual species are present, as this is a very crucial time in their life cycle. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. Have a Happy 4th! This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
