- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct 2, 2009 * NYNY0910.02
- Birds Mentioned: Common Eider Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter NORTHERN FULMAR CORY'S SHEARWATER GREATER SHEARWATER Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet American Bittern Common Moorhen Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Roseate Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Parasitic Jaeger Philadelphia Vireo Marsh Wren American Pipit Hooded Warbler CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL Bobolink 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, October 2nd, at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are NORTHERN FULMAR, a PARASITIC JAEGER flight, GREATER and CORY'S SHEARWATERS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, and BLUE GROSBEAK. A very exciting but rather localized seabird flight took place last Sunday along the south shore of eastern Long Island. From a vantage point sheltered from the rain, by the beach pavilion at Main Beach in East Hampton, a four-hour watch produced a count of 88 PARASITIC JAEGERS, these initially moving east, past the beach, and then later a count of 43 moving west, perhaps involving at least some of the same birds. Other passage migrants featured a light phased NORTHERN FULMAR, 17 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, a STORM-PETREL, presumably WILSON'S, 63 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE. Ducks featured moderate numbers of the three scotors (BLACK SCOTER, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER) and a COMMON EIDER. The Laughing Gulls and Common Terns gathered off Main Beach also included two FORSTER'S TERNS. A wet hour watch in mid afternoon off Montauk Point featured one GREATER SHEARWATER and six CORY'S SHEARWATERS, two ROSEATE TERNS among the many Common Terns and Laughing Gulls, and nine more PARASITIC JAEGERS. On Saturday off Montauk Point, ducks included 50 COMMON EIDERS. Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were spotted Sunday at Main Beach in East Hampton, on Maidstone Golf Course and along Further Lane, both in East Hampton, and at Montauk Point. A sea watch at Shinnecock Sunday, from late morning, produced only one CORY'S SHEARWATER and no jaegers, and very few Common Terns were present, the latter outnumbered by the eight ROYAL TERNS and ten FORSTER'S TERNS. Surprising at Shinnecock was an early adult "Kumlien's" ICELAND GULL. Some moderate passerine flight activity along the south shore of Long Island during the week featured single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS Monday at Jones Beach West End, Wednesday at Cedar Beach, and Thursday at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island. Single DICKCISSELS were noted at Robert Moses field 5 on Tuesday, and at Cedar Beach Marina Thursday, the latter site also including a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Other land birds along the beaches included a HOODED WARBLER at Jones Beach West End Monday, and various expected migrants. PHILADELPHIA VIREO was still at Alley Pond Park last Saturday, and recently at Kissena Park in Queens, Wednesday's highlights were an AMERICAN BITTERN and a MARSH WREN, while Friday produced a female-type BLUE GROSBEAK and a BOBOLINK. A COMMON MOORHEN was still at the end of Garvey's Point Road in Glen Cove Thursday. The sod fields north of Riverhead last Sunday harbored no interesting shorebirds, but did contain some AMERICAN PIPITS. 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/ --
