- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * September 4, 2009 * NYNY0909.04
- Birds Mentioned: Wilson's Storm-Petrel SORA American Golden-Plover AMERICAN AVOCET WHIMBREL White-rumped Sandpiper BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER WILSON'S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Black-legged Kittiwake Black Tern Parasitic Jaeger OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Yellow-throated Vireo Philadelphia Vireo COMMON RAVEN WORM-EATING WARBLER MOURNING WARBLER BLUE GROSBEAK 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: Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) (Tom Burke is away for the next week) Compilers: Tony Lauro, Tom Burke 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, September 4th, 2009, at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are seabirds seen from shore in the wake of Tropical Storm Danny; SORA, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, AMERICAN AVOCETS, WHIMBRELS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVENS, WORM-EATING WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, and BLUE GROSBEAK. Last weekend's Tropical Storm Danny produced good numbers of BLACK TERNS and other seabirds. 261 BLACK TERNS were counted last Sunday at Napeague Bay, and also seen Sunday were 75 BLACK TERNS at the Shinnecock Inlet. Other notables reported were six PARASITIC JAEGERS from Main Beach, East Hampton last Saturday, and another PARASITIC JAEGER at the Shinnecock Inlet on Sunday; a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at Main Beach, East Hampton, on Sunday, and about 50-60 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS at various sites along the south shore of Long Island. An adult SORA and 14 species of shorebirds including two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen last Saturday at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The avocets were present through today (Friday). Two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were present at the soccer field at Fort Tilden (Queens) on Sunday and Monday. A single BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found along Oregon Road in Cutchogue on Tuesday. Another BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen Monday at the sod fields west of Route 105 in Riverhead. Two WHIMBRELS were present at Dreier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn on Monday and Tuesday. [Transcriber's Note: They were also reported there today (Friday), with a link to a map at http://tinyurl.com/m8vt7q .] Two other WHIMBRELS were found along the jetty at Jones Beach West End on Thursday. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen Tuesday along Depot Lane in Cutchogue. Another BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen last Sunday at Jones Beach West End. Two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay on Tuesday. A WILSON'S PHALAROPE, along with 16 species of shorebirds, were noted today (Friday) at the East Pond. Two COMMON RAVENS were still present at the Frick Estate, which is the Nassau County Art Museum, in Roslyn on Tuesday. An excellent passerine migration took place in Central Park on Monday, highlighted by 20 warbler species featuring WORM-EATING WARBLER and MOURNING WARBLER. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and PHILADELPHIA VIREO were also noted. Eight species of warblers were counted at Alley Pond Park, Queens, on Monday. An adult BLUE GROSBEAK was found last Sunday at Fort Hero in Montauk. Four AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen last Monday off the Northville Turnpike between Doctors Path and Route 105 in Riverhead. Another AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay on Tuesday. Nine PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and six WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at the horse ranch in Montauk last Sunday. Tom Burke will be away for the next week. Please call in reports to Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126. 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 Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
