- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 21, 2009 * NYNY0908.21
- Birds mentioned SANDWICH TERN+ Cory's Shearwater AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET Willet WHIMBREL MARBLED GODWIT Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Long-billed Dowitcher WILSON'S PHALAROPE Lesser Black-backed Gull Black Tern Roseate Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher COMMON RAVEN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Hooded Warbler - Transcript 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 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 21st 2009 at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SANDWICH TERN, AMERICAN AVOCET, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, Long Island COMMON RAVENS and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. As hoped for the shorebird variety at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has been improving recently. On the East Pond an AMERICAN AVOCET found at the north end Wednesday was present Friday and the less reliable MARBLED GODWIT was also spotted on the East Pond Wednesday and Thursday. A single WILSON'S PHALAROPE residing at the north end of the East Pond Wednesday was joined by 2 others by Friday and the adult AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER found last week on the pond was still sitting in with the Black-bellied Plovers at the north end today. Other shorebirds on the East Pond lately have featured a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER or two and a small number of PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and several WESTERN SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPERS. Shorebirds out east included the first BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER of the fall, this an adult seen on the beach at Georgica Pond in Easthampton last Sunday. At Mecox Bay, still open to the ocean and with good flats at least until this storm, on Thursday, 2 MARBLED GODWITS were present with 1 remaining to today. Also on the flats this evening, perhaps partly due to the storm, were 2 SANDWICH TERNS and 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS these joined by 3 ROSEATE TERNS, 5 BLACK TERNS and 25 FORSTER'S TERNS. Other shorebirds have included WESTERN SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a couple of CORY'S SHEARWATERS were seen offshore this evening. Last Saturday birds at Mecox included 2 WHIMBRELS, 6 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 juvenile Eastern WILLETS and a BLACK TERN. At Pike's Beach and adjacent Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes on Wednesday there were 30 ROYAL TERNS and 4 BLACK TERNS. Most interesting among the land birds lately has been the immature PROTHONOTARY WARBLER lingering in Prospect Park Brooklyn first found Friday. It stayed in the foliage around Lily Pond at least Wednesday. Land bird highlights in Central Park featured YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER at the north end Tuesday and a HOODED WARBLER staying up there from Saturday to Tuesday. Perhaps the most interesting of the passerines however were the 2 COMMON RAVENS seen again in Roslyn Harbor back on the 11th. When seen around the Nassau County Art Museum or the William Bryant Preserve these ravens are usually on or near the black tower off Northern Boulevard west of Glen Cove Road. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Piermont Pier in Rockland County Monday afternoon. For the next 3 weeks Tony Lauro will be handling the rare bird alert. Please call Tony with your reports at (631) 734-4126. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
