- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec. 23, 2011 * NYNY1112.23
- Birds mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH+ (Greene County) (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goose Eurasian Wigeon KING EIDER Common Eider Harlequin Duck BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe EARED GREBE Northern Gannet American Bittern Green Heron Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk BLACK RAIL Marbled Godwit Long-billed Dowitcher RED PHALAROPE BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull DOVEKIE Razorbill BLACK GUILLEMOT SNOWY OWL Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe NORTHERN SHRIKE Common Raven House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Yellow-breasted Chat Chipping Sparrow CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Dickcissel Baltimore Oriole - 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 [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 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, December 23rd 2011 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK GUILLEMOT, DOVEKIE, RED PHALAROPE, EARED GREBE, BLACK RAIL, BLACK-HEADED GULL, SNOWY OWL, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and much more. The Christmas Count season has begun with some great finds locally but probably the best find occurred Thursday in Greene County when a GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was photographed on Black Dome Mountain in Windham this a new addition to the New York State list if accepted by NYSARC. The Brooklyn Christmas Count last Saturday recorded 132 species including a drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE an EARED GREBE and some RED-NECKED GREBES all in Jamaica Bay, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON a RED PHALAROPE along the Brooklyn waterfront, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, RAZORBILL, SNOWY OWL, LONG-EARED OWL, a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Floyd Bennett Field, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in Prospect Park, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CHIPPING SPARROW and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Count period birds featured MARBLED GODWIT and AMERICAN REDSTART. Look for the BARROW'S in the bay north of the West Pond it also tends to overnight on the West Pond. The EARED GREBE was still present today just off the Broad Channel community and the NORTHERN SHRIKE was still along the most northerly runway at Floyd Bennett Field today. The Montauk Count Saturday tallied 123 species including the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at the Deep Hollow Ranch off Route 27, EURASIAN WIGEON on Gardiner's Island, 2 drake KING EIDERS one off Camp Hero and 1 at Gardiner's, 6 RED-NECKED GREBES, 4 BALD EAGLES and 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS on Gardiner's, 2 ICELAND GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 96 RAZORBILLS, a BLACK GUILLEMOT flying west off Montauk Village, SHORT-EARED OWL, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Accabonac and "NORTHERN" ORIOLE. The Northern Nassau Count Saturday featured 111 species including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, a female KING EIDER off Glen Cove, 18 NORTHERN GANNETS, 5 RED-NECKED GREBES, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 5 RAZORBILLS, BALD EAGLE, 2 COMMON RAVENS, 3 HOUSE WRENS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. On Sunday the Sagaponack Count netted 117 species both 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and 2 CACKLING GEESE, a drake KING EIDER off Mecox, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Hook Pond, 4 RAZORBILLS, SHORT-EARED OWL and 3 LONG-EARED OWLS, a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS. The Captree Count Sunday totaled 116 species with 3 CACKLING GEESE, RED-NECKED GREBE, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, BLACK RAIL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 4 RAZORBILLS, a SNOWY OWL on Fire Island, SHORT-EARED OWL, HOUSE WREN, VESPER SPARROW and SEASIDE SPARROW. The Greenwich-Stamford Count Sunday had 101 species including a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, NORTHERN GANNET, RAZORBILL, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Highlights in Manhattan included the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continuing at least to Thursday at the American Museum of Natural History usually in flowers to the left of the planetarium entrance off 81st Street, 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS and LINCOLN'S SPARROW lingering in Bryant Park and a DICKCISSEL with House Sparrows at Inwood Hill Park. In Central Park an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been around the Hallett Sanctuary in the southeast section of the park and other notable recent species have included EASTERN PHOEBE, NASHVILLE WARBLER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE with 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS in Manhattan last Sunday. The adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was still present today in Brooklyn where it sometimes frequents the Owl's Head waste water treatment plant and can be viewed from the hillside at Owl's Head Park or from Veteran's Memorial Pier. The GLAUCOUS GULL was near the Breezy Point jetty Tuesday. At Jones Beach West End Thursday 2 COMMON RAVENS were being harassed by some crows, a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS and 2 RAZORBILLS were still around Jones Inlet and 9 SNOW GEESE joined some COMMON EIDERS on a bar inside the inlet. Out at Montauk Point a DOVEKIE was spotted Wednesday off Camp Hero and then off the lighthouse. Last Monday in East Hampton 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were on Hook Pond along with the one continuing down Further Lane. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK has been along the western jetty at Shinnecock Inlet since Saturday and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been at the Northport High School recently. 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. Happy Holidays. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
