- RBA * New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sept 25, 2009 * NYNY0909.25 - Birds Mentioned: Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Common Moorhen American Golden-Plover American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Royal Tern Philadelphia Vireo Common Raven Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Lincoln's Sparrow Bobolink European Goldfinch (escaped) 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 [email protected] . 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, September 25th, at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN AVOCET; AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS; such warblers as GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT; PHILADELPHIA VIREO; and hawk migration. The somewhat slow past week was highlighted by the continuing presence of an AMERICAN AVOCET on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually seen around the north end of the pond. Two immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were also noted on the East Pond Tuesday, though the grassland shorebirds have been very infrequent at the expected sites this fall. An UPLAND SANDPIPER noted on a private field in Dix Hills on Wednesday was also rather late for this species. Also continuing at Jamaica Bay, mostly on the East Pond, are a decent variety of shorebirds in much-diminished numbers, including some STILT SANDPIPERS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Numbers of ducks at the bay are on the increase, and various herons and egrets still continue around the ponds. And just in, regarding grassland shorebirds: six AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were found today, north of Riverhead on the sod fields north of the Northville Turnpike and west of Route 105, south of Sound Avenue. In Central Park a rather late GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was spotted Wednesday. This followed a MOURNING WARBLER last Saturday and brief views of CONNECTICUT WARBLER on Monday. Other more expected warblers and various other passerines also continue to move through. At Alley Pond Park a PHILADELPHIA VIREO was present last weekend, with a MOURNING WARBLER there Saturday, and a variety of warblers that included TENNESSEE WARBLER also noted. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Robert Moses State Park, parking lot 2 last Saturday, and another CHAT and a MOURNING WARBLER were banded at Gilgo on Sunday. A ROYAL TERN was off Jones Beach West End Sunday. Last Saturday at Floyd Bennett Field a moderate number of birds featured LINCOLN'S SPARROW, BOBOLINK, and an escaped EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH. On the north shore of Long Island, two COMMON RAVENS were spotted last Saturday in Glen Cove at the end of Garvey's Point Road, and a COMMON MOORHEN was at the same spot Monday and Tuesday. The ravens may be the same birds also seen occasionally at the Nassau County Art Museum property in Roslyn Harbor. Hawks, with the right wind conditions, have been passing by local hawk watches lately, with the Broad-winged HAWK numbers apparently peaking with about 3300 at the Quaker Ridge watch in northwestern Greenwich last Saturday. Eleven BALD EAGLES and various other raptors were also recorded that day and have been seen at other sites such as the Butler Sanctuary site in Mount Kisco and Hook Mountain above Rockland Lake. Hawk migration will continue into November, but most of the BROAD-WINGS have departed. 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 TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
