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07 Aug Cupsogue Marsh, Westhampton, Birds, . August 7th [Carl Starace ] 7 Aug Shawangunk Grasslands [Curt McDermott ] 06 Aug Wilson's Phalaropes at Jamaica Bay, etc. ["Peter W. Post" ] 06 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Wilson's Phalaropes at Jamaica Bay, etc. ["Peter W. Post" ] 06 Aug JBWR: Hudsonian & Marbled Godwits, American Avocet, Wilson's Phalaropes etc. [] 06 Aug Re: Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th [Mike ] 06 Aug JBWR: American Avocet and Marbled Godwits NOW [] 06 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) JBWR: American Avocet and Marbled Godwits NOW [] 6 Aug RE: Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th ["McIntyre, Annie (LI)" ] 6 Aug 3 Marbled Godwits still at Cupsogue, Suffolk County [David Klauber ] 5 Aug RE: Marbled Godwits [Shaibal Mitra ] 5 Aug Marbled Godwits [Hugh McGuinness ] 5 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Marbled Godwits [Hugh McGuinness ] 04 Aug Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th [Carl Starace ] 4 Aug JBWR BBWD - No [Rob Jett ] 04 Aug Robert Moses State Park (RMSP) Sea Watch (Suffolk Co.) [Ken Feustel ] 3 Aug Rockaways & Jamaica Bay, etc., Queens County 8/3 [Tom Fiore ] 03 Aug Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge [Sy Schiff ] 3 Aug NNYBirds: the shorebirds are coming ["philbrown AT juno.com" ] 3 Aug update on white tailed kite in Stratford, CT ["Marty Swanhall" ] 3 Aug Black-bellied Whistling Duck/NO [Shane Blodgett ] 3 Aug (CT) White-tailed Kite - moving about in Stratford CT area, 8/3 [Tom Fiore ] 3 Aug (CT) White-tailed Kite still there, Stratford, CT 8/3 [Tom Fiore ] 2 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-Bellied Whistling Duck @ JBWR... [] 2 Aug Black-Bellied Whistling Duck @ JBWR... [] 2 Aug Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 2 Aug (Metro Birding Briefs) Mississippi Kite over JBWR... [] 2 Aug Mississippi Kite over JBWR... [] 2 Aug (CT) Stratford CT White-tailed Kite (as posted to NJ Birds) [Tom Fiore ] 2 Aug (CT) White-tailed Kite continues, Stratford CT 8/2 - early a.m. [Tom Fiore ] 1 Aug Re: White-tailed Kite, Stratford CT [Robert Lewis ] 1 Aug Jamaica Bay [] 1 Aug CT White-tailed Kite Photos [Benjamin Van Doren ] 1 Aug CT White-tailed Kite Photos [Benjamin Van Doren ] 1 Aug WHITE-TAILED Kite report, CT (60 miles from NYC), 8/1 [Tom Fiore ] 1 Aug Offshore from Montauk - July 31st. [Anthony Collerton ] 1 Aug JBWR/Black-bellied Whistling Duck/NO [Shane Blodgett ] 31 Jul Central Park, NYC 7/30-31 (and the CP Bird Checklist on-line) [Tom Fiore ] 31 Jul Re: Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay UPDATE... [Andrew Baksh ] 31 Jul RE: Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay [Shaibal Mitra ] 31 Jul Pikes Beach ,Westhampton Dunes, L.I. Birds, July 30th [Carl Starace ] 31 Jul Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay [] 31 Jul waaaaay out of our area - but amazing for SD [Tom Fiore ] 31 Jul NYC Area RBA: 31 July 2010 [Karen Fung ] 30 Jul Hamlin Beach (Monroe County) - Little Gull, Red-necked Grebe [Andy Guthrie ] 30 Jul 7/30- Brooklyn/Queens- Whimbrels, 21 species of shorebird, Hudsonian Godwit etc. [] 30 Jul South Shore Beaches-Nassau Co [Sy Schiff ] 30 Jul NNYBirds: DEC issues tickets for loon harassment ["philbrown AT juno.com" ] 30 Jul FW: american white pelican continues at jbwr ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 30 Jul "the bird flew west" -Fwd: CT [Daily] "Rufous Hummingbird" [Tom Fiore ] 29 Jul Jamaica Bay & the Rockaways, Queens, NYC 7/29 (w/a surprise: Pine Siskin) [Tom Fiore ] 29 Jul Jamaica Bay- East Pond [] 29 Jul revised schedule for Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival ["Lloyd Spitalnik" ] 28 Jul Re: JBWR: American White Pelican and Wilson's Phalarope [Robert Lewis ] 28 Jul changes in A.O.U. taxonomy [Tom Fiore ] 28 Jul JBWR: Wilson's Phalarope YES, American White Pelican YES [Alexander Burdo ] 28 Jul Shinnicock Inlet, Suffolk Co. ["ROBERT ADAMO" ] 27 Jul Re: Jamaica Bay Questions [] 27 Jul Re:Jamaica Bay Questions [Tom Fiore ] 27 Jul Jamaica Bay Questions [Alexander Burdo ] 27 Jul Change of seasons [Sy Schiff ] 27 Jul LI Bird Notes, 23-24 July [Shaibal Mitra ] 27 Jul 2 WHITE PELICANS [Mardi Dickinson ] 26 Jul 7/26- JBWR (8,500+ individual shorebirds across 19 species) [] 26 Jul Shearwaters [Jim Clinton ] 26 Jul Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 25 Jul White Pelican at Jamaica Bay - photo and video [John Gluth ] 25 Jul RE:2nd American White Pelican @ JBWR [Rob Jett ] 25 Jul RE:2nd American White Pelican @ JBWR [Keith Michael ] 25 Jul 2nd American White Pelican @ JBWR [Keith Michael ] 24 Jul NYC Area RBA: 24 July 2010 [Ben Cacace ] 24 Jul Re: JBWR 7/24 [Shane Blodgett ] 24 Jul JBWR 7/24 [Shane Blodgett ] 24 Jul Cupsogue and Shinnecock - Brown Pelican+ ["Seth Ausubel" ] 24 Jul Orange County birds and White Plains [] 24 Jul Re: nysbirds-l digest: July 23, 2010 [] Subject: Cupsogue Marsh, Westhampton, Birds, . August 7th From: Carl Starace <castarace AT optonline.net> Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:47:33 -0400 Hello All, The 3 Marbled Godwits continued this morning at Cupsogue. They were still there when we left at 1pm. At about 8 am, Eileen Schwinn, Eric Salzman and others from the Eastern L.I. Audubon had a passing juvenile Bald Eagle. Other fly by's were an Adult Peregrine Falcon and good numbers of Yellowlegs. Also found were Forster's and Black Tern and a Clapper Rail. The Semipalmated Sandpipers were really scarce today. Guess their all down at JB. .Dowitchers and Ruddy Turnstones were the two most common species. Good August Birding, Carl Starace -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Shawangunk Grasslands From: Curt McDermott <tele-tek AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 02:28:11 -0400 Hi all, The following message was posted on the E.A. Mearns Bird Club's yahoo group site earlier today by Lynn Barber, President of Orange Audubon. Thought it would be of interest to others. Good morning. I live on Hoagerburgh Road in Wallkill which is such a scenic road looking over at the Ridge with beautiful views all along the way. We residents have been fighting the installation of a 120’ cell tower that will be on Old Hoagerburgh Road, across from the Shawangunk Grasslands. This monstrosity will be seen from miles away and certainly not affect just Hoagerburgh residents but all those who treasure the views that we are so fortunate to have as well as being located in the wrong place for all the birds the grasslands was established for . It is an established fact that cell towers also affect migratory birds killing millions every year. A decision is to be made within a few weeks. Please – if you can write a letter as soon as possible The address is: Town of Shawangunk Planning Board 14 Central Avenue, POBox 247 Wallkill, NY 12589 Thank you very much, Joan McAdam nys Curt McDermott 845-392-3289 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Wilson's Phalaropes at Jamaica Bay, etc. From: "Peter W. Post" <pwpost AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:07:31 -0400 Late this afternoon and early evening I had 3 Wilson's Phalaropes on the E. Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. One at the N. end and two together half-way down the west side of the pond. Although there were many shorebirds past that point I had to turn back because, despite knee high boots, it got quite muddy. The first phalarope was still present at the N. end on my way out. By the time I got the the W. Pond, at about 6:00 PM, the previously reported Marbled Godwits has left (they were seen flying out earlier). And I couldn't find the Avocet. I spent the morning at Breezy Point where there were hundreds of Sanderlings and Semipalmated Plovers on the beach, forming a line as far as the eye could see. There must have been at least 2,000 Sanderlings and a 1,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers. Peter Post New York City -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Wilson's Phalaropes at Jamaica Bay, etc. From: "Peter W. Post" <pwpost AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:07:31 -0400 Late this afternoon and early evening I had 3 Wilson's Phalaropes on the E. Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. One at the N. end and two together half-way down the west side of the pond. Although there were many shorebirds past that point I had to turn back because, despite knee high boots, it got quite muddy. The first phalarope was still present at the N. end on my way out. By the time I got the the W. Pond, at about 6:00 PM, the previously reported Marbled Godwits has left (they were seen flying out earlier). And I couldn't find the Avocet. I spent the morning at Breezy Point where there were hundreds of Sanderlings and Semipalmated Plovers on the beach, forming a line as far as the eye could see. There must have been at least 2,000 Sanderlings and a 1,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers. Peter Post New York CitySubject: JBWR: Hudsonian & Marbled Godwits, American Avocet, Wilson's Phalaropes etc. From: fresha2411 AT aol.com Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:44:11 -0400 The American Avocet and 3 Marbled Godwits that Bob Kurtz found on the West Pond a couple of hours before High Tide this afternoon stayed around until ~4:00 PM, at which point the Godwits flew off to the East and appeared to land in the vicinity of the Raunt on the East Pond. Further investigation revealed that they had indeed landed there, and they remained at the Raunt at least until I left at ~7:30 or so this evening (Viewing them from the North End, although I'm sure they were putting on quite a show for those down by the Raunt and Big John's Pond overlook). We left the American Avocet on the shore of the West Pond around Benches 6 & 7 at ~4:15 PM, and I did not hear any further word on it. There was obvious turnover with the passage of this front, and that manifested itself most obviously in the numbers of Plovers. Numbers of both Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plovers on the East Pond have increased dramatically, and there are now several juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers hanging present. Still no juv. Semipalmated Sandpipers that I saw, nor any Red Knots yet. This evenings highlights, mostly from the north end of the East Pond: American Avocet- 1 (West Pond (west and then south shores)) Marbled Godwit- 3 (First on the West Pond (west and then south shores), then East Pond at The Raunt) Hudsonian Godwit- 1 (Continuing presumed female, north end of East Pond (2nd and 3rd spits)) Wilson's Phalarope- 3 (2 juveniles, 1 of unknown age, north end of East Pond: west side and 2nd Spit) Long-billed Dowitcher- 3 Short-billed Dowitcher- 3,750 (8 juveniles) Semipalmated Sandpiper- 2,100 Least Sandpiper- ~40 (~20 juveniles, there were many more this morning at the south end) White-rumped Sandpiper- 1 Pectoral Sandpiper- 3 Semipalmated Plover- 270 Black-bellied Plover- 48 Lesser Yellowlegs- 95 (~35 juveniles) Greater Yellowlegs- 4 (there were many more this morning at the south end) "Eastern" Willet- 5 (2 adults, 3 juveniles: West Pond) "Western" Willet- 2 (Juveniles, East Pond, 3rd Spit) Stilt Sandpiper- 18 (All adults this time) Ruddy Turnstone- 2 (North Island) American White Pelican- 1(East Pond) Northern Harrier- 1 (West Pond, the cause of the initial flushing of the AMAV and MAGOs) Double-crested Cormorant- ~400 (All roosting on the North Island as dusk approached) Blue-winged Teal- 2 (E. Pond) Green-winged Teal- ~8 (E. Pond) Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Re: Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th From: Mike <mikec02 AT optonline.net> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:39:01 -0400 On the subjeect of banded and flagged shorebirds- Last Sunday at Pike's BEach in Westhampton Dunes, LI, I found an ad. Semi Sandpiper with a light green flag on the left leg and an aluminum band on the right, both above the knee. The flag read "9HE". Mike Cooper Ridge, LI, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: McIntyre, Annie (LI) To: 'Carl Starace' ; NYS Birds Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:44 AM Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th Just a reminder to all - please check Piping Plovers for leg bands as well. The ID comes from the combination of colors/ where they are located on the legs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: bounce-6153805-10774062 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-6153805-10774062 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Starace Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:19 PM To: NYS Birds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th Hello All, This morning Dick Belanger and I spent a couple of hours checking out the Pikes bar on a slowly incoming tide. Yesterday Dick had seen 18 Red Knots on the sandbar directly out from the Overlook Platform. One of those had a different colored band on each leg. He was not able to get any numbers on the bird. Today we were unsuccessful in locating that individual but the flock there had increased to 52 birds. Dick is getting in touch with the Red Knot banding group. A second noted increase was in Royal Terns. From a high of 21 the last few days to 36 birds, most of which were out on the west facing tip of the large sand spit. There were not overly large numbers of Short billed Dowitchers, Semip. Sands, Black Bellied Plover, Semip. Plover, and Ruddy Turnstone. We did have 11 Piping Plover ,10 Lesser Yellowlegs and a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. Good August Birding to all, Carl Starace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3054 - Release Date: 08/06/10 07:37:00 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: JBWR: American Avocet and Marbled Godwits NOW From: fresha2411 AT aol.com Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:32:22 -0400 Bob Kurtz called me about 15 minutes ago to report that an American Avocet had just flown into the Brooklyn corner of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. He then called me just now to report that 3 Marbled Godwits have now landed next to the Avocet. Also of interest, early this morning the American White Pelican and the juvenile Black Tern continued around the Raunt on the East Pond. T-3 hours to High Tide, let's hope stuff keeps comin' in! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) JBWR: American Avocet and Marbled Godwits NOW From: FRESHA2411 AT aol.com Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:32:22 -0400 Bob Kurtz called me about 15 minutes ago to report that an American Avocet had just flown into the Brooklyn corner of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. He then called me just now to report that 3 Marbled Godwits have now landed next to the Avocet. Also of interest, early this morning the American White Pelican and the juvenile Black Tern continued around the Raunt on the East Pond. T-3 hours to High Tide, let's hope stuff keeps comin' in! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: RE: Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th From: "McIntyre, Annie (LI)" <Annie.McIntyre AT oprhp.state.ny.us> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:44:11 -0400 Just a reminder to all - please check Piping Plovers for leg bands as well. The ID comes from the combination of colors/ where they are located on the legs. ________________________________ From: bounce-6153805-10774062 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-6153805-10774062 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Starace Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:19 PM To: NYS Birds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th Hello All, This morning Dick Belanger and I spent a couple of hours checking out the Pikes bar on a slowly incoming tide. Yesterday Dick had seen 18 Red Knots on the sandbar directly out from the Overlook Platform. One of those had a different colored band on each leg. He was not able to get any numbers on the bird. Today we were unsuccessful in locating that individual but the flock there had increased to 52 birds. Dick is getting in touch with the Red Knot banding group. A second noted increase was in Royal Terns. From a high of 21 the last few days to 36 birds, most of which were out on the west facing tip of the large sand spit. There were not overly large numbers of Short billed Dowitchers, Semip. Sands, Black Bellied Plover, Semip. Plover, and Ruddy Turnstone. We did have 11 Piping Plover ,10 Lesser Yellowlegs and a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. Good August Birding to all, Carl Starace. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: 3 Marbled Godwits still at Cupsogue, Suffolk County From: David Klauber <davehawkowl AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:22:43 -0400 Just got a call from Bobby Rosetti who is looking at the 3 previously reported Marbled Godwits at Cupsogue Park at the west end of Dune Road -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: RE: Marbled Godwits From: Shaibal Mitra <Shaibal.Mitra AT csi.cuny.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:31:25 -0400 After I spoke with Hugh, Pat found a third Marbled Godwit on the "pelican bar," about half a mile west of the main flats at Cupsogue, and north of the camper colony along the 4-wheel drive track that leads to the inlet. Later we learned that Jim Cullen had seen the two godwits on the main flats earlier in the day. These two birds fed actively in the deepening water at the northeast peak of the main flats, then moved as the tide rose, first to the southeast corner, and finally to the grassy patch near the southwest corner--the very spot favored by the Hudsonian Godwit a few weeks ago. Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/LongIslandMiscellany2010# Perhaps arriving with the Modwits from the Canadian prairies were my first two juvenile Western Willets of the season (four-five adults were also present). We also finally found good numbers of juvenile Eastern Willets (six at Cupsogue, 13 at Pikes Beach). I wonder whether these were locals, or whether they might have come from down the beach (e.g., southeastern New England). An adult Black Tern and a fresh juv Forster's Tern were at Cupsogue, and the number of Royal Terns at Pikes Beach swelled to 49. A nice day at the beach! Best, Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-6155972-11143133 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-6155972-11143133 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Hugh McGuinness [hmcguinness AT ross.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:14 PM To: nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu; Metro Birding Briefs Subject: [nysbirds-l] Marbled Godwits Shai Mitra called to say that he has just arrived at the flats at Cupsogue where there are 2 MARBLED GODWITS. Pat Lindsay is watching the ocean where at least a dozen CORY'S SHEARWATERS have flown by. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Think green before you print this email. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Marbled Godwits From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:14:02 -0400 Shai Mitra called to say that he has just arrived at the flats at Cupsogue where there are 2 MARBLED GODWITS. Pat Lindsay is watching the ocean where at least a dozen CORY'S SHEARWATERS have flown by. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Marbled Godwits From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:14:02 -0400 Shai Mitra called to say that he has just arrived at the flats at Cupsogue where there are 2 MARBLED GODWITS. Pat Lindsay is watching the ocean where at least a dozen CORY'S SHEARWATERS have flown by. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.orgSubject: Pikes Beach, Westhampton Dunes, L.I., August 4th From: Carl Starace <castarace AT optonline.net> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:19:07 -0400 Hello All, This morning Dick Belanger and I spent a couple of hours checking out the Pikes bar on a slowly incoming tide. Yesterday Dick had seen 18 Red Knots on the sandbar directly out from the Overlook Platform. One of those had a different colored band on each leg. He was not able to get any numbers on the bird. Today we were unsuccessful in locating that individual but the flock there had increased to 52 birds. Dick is getting in touch with the Red Knot banding group. A second noted increase was in Royal Terns. From a high of 21 the last few days to 36 birds, most of which were out on the west facing tip of the large sand spit. There were not overly large numbers of Short billed Dowitchers, Semip. Sands, Black Bellied Plover, Semip. Plover, and Ruddy Turnstone. We did have 11 Piping Plover ,10 Lesser Yellowlegs and a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. Good August Birding to all, Carl Starace. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: JBWR BBWD - No From: Rob Jett <citybirder AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:08:01 -0400 The Black-belled Whistling-Duck was NOT relocated at the West Pond despite a careful search of the pond, shoreline, marsh (and trees) between 11:30am & 1:00pm. Good birding, Rob The City Birder Weblog http://citybirder.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Robert Moses State Park (RMSP) Sea Watch (Suffolk Co.) From: Ken Feustel <feustel AT optonline.net> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:36 -0400 A sea watch from RMSP Field 2 from 7:30AM to 8:30AM this morning yielded five Cory's Shearwaters and two Wilson's Storm-Petrels. One of the Cory's Shearwaters was fifty yards from shore, feeding with a group of terns. Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Rockaways & Jamaica Bay, etc., Queens County 8/3 From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 23:48:56 -0400 Tuesday, 3 August, 2010 - Rockaway peninsula and Jamaica Bay area, Queens County, N.Y. City There were a couple of big highlights for me today - 2 pelican species - A Brown Pelican flew SW from near the Rockaway inlet, seen from the beach by Beach 25th. The access is a little odd out that way right now, there is a lot of work being done to renovate the old boardwalks... But the beach does have access in that area. A strong onshore wind from the S. and even a bit SE, at first but it switched to straight S., then SW. Timing for this was in the early afternoon, but on a falling tide by then. The other pelican is of course the lingering American White Pelican at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge still up within the E. Pond's north section. First time ever seeing these two species in NY on one day in 1 county for me. Today was also (approximately) my 1,000th visit to the refuge. There was 1 year in the 1990's when I visited on well over 150 days... Also seen, at 6:30 p.m. along the West Pond trail at Jamaica Bay near Bench #8, or actually viewed from #8, but closest to bench #10, was a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck which also came (it seemed to me) out of the vegetation near that wide and somewhat sandy area (inside of the trail on the pond's edge) and almost immediately took off as had many of the Mallards & a few other ducks, from the shores, seeming to fly at least part-way out over the bay & possibly all the way over to Brooklyn. Which could have been the ultimate direction the Brown Pelican took - although it also could have ended up passing anywhere - from Coney Island, NYC to Sandy Hook N.J. ... and so many points between them. I had joined 2 of the stalwart Bay-watchers and regular NYS reporters who were specifically looking for the whistling-duck again today, and I noted that a photographer showed up just minutes too late to get the duck's image in flight, perhaps... although the bird flew out quickly. It \also called a couple of times as it went right by over the trail and out. Water levels at the Jamaica Bay Refuge's East Pond have finally got down to where at least some may venture forth without "knee-high's", but (for most folks) boots, preferably mud and water resistant, will be desired. Mud at the edges is drying but there are still some soft spots so caution is still urged and again - never go on the north edge mud, at the east pond. That area is permanently treacherous to all people. There were a lot of shorebirds again at Jamaica Bay Refuge including the Hudsonian Godwit (apparently the same individual adult still there) as well as two basic (non-breeding) plumaged Wilson's Phalaropes, & at least 18 additional shorebirds - Killdeer, Black-bellied Plover, Semi- palmated Plover, American Oystercatcher, Willet (definitely 'Western'), Pectoral, Stilt, Western (few), Semipalmated (thousands), Least, and Spotted Sandpiper, Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Short-billed Dowitch- er (over 1,500 adults, perhaps a couple of juveniles as with a couple of other species such as Lesser Yellowlegs), Greater Yellowlegs and a single American Woodcock, flushed unintentionally (in the Refuge). There were a few (perhaps 5) Dowitchers that i'd identified as Long- billed, on the East Pond's south section, before the peak of the tide. Altogether I easily estimated 6-8,000 shorebirds and again the high counts were for Semipalmated Sandpiper, & Short-billed Dowitcher, to a lesser extent. There were times when 2,000+ peep were in one view - "peep" being a generic for smaller birds in the genus Calidris. A Black Tern was among Forster's Terns at the East Pond's n. end. Besides the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, there were also a number of Wood Ducks all in rather drab plumage, Green-winged, and Blue- winged Teals, N. Shjovelers, Gadwall & Ametican Wigeons, besides all the Mallards and American Black Ducks. There was a N. Harrier, that for a minute or two forgot that it was the raptor, and allowed a substantial flock of (200+) peep - perhaps Semipalm. Sandpipers - to harass it in flight, until it gained a little height and 'showed them'. All of the typical herons & egrets of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge - at this time of year - Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Great & Snowy Egrets, Black-crowned, & Yellow-crowned Night-Herons & Tricolored Heron, plus Glossy Ibis were all seen in good numbers. Boat-tailed Grackle family goings-on were rather unavaiodable at the West Pond trail's edges. The North Garden while mainly very quiet at the hour I visited, had a few warblers on it's outer edges - the more notable one a bright Blue-winged Warbler. A number of American Redstarts (more than those that may have bred there) were also flitting in that area, & a Ruby-throated Hummingbird is being seen lately, which fits with other local NYC reports of them returning in areas where they probably had not nested ... There seemed to be far fewer Yellow Warblers or Willow Flycatchers - but the winds may have kept a lot of birds activities in literal low profile, this afternoon & evening. Black Skimmers are in rather good numbers and often most common very early & late in day. Jamaica Bay and it's surrounds are pretty special places to see. Good birding; keep an eye to the sky while out there: kite crazy! Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge From: Sy Schiff <icterus AT optonline.net> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:47:29 -0400 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 3 Aug Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the refuge this morning starting by walking to Bench 7 on the West Pond. No Whistling Duck!!. But this was a birding trip. By the time we got back to the car and changed into waders, we had seen 40 species. The East Pond (it was low tide--better at high tide) gave us plenty to look at as we walked in at the south end and then north on the east side as far as the raunt. We then proceeded to the north end. While the water is still high, there is a small dry area at the end of the trail where we could scope the adjacent .area. Way down, on a place just coming out of the water were several thousand shorebirds. On the east pond we added another 15 species. In all, we saw 14 species of shorebirds, an American Oystercatcher on the west pond only; Killdeer, Pectoral and Spotted Sandpipers from the south end only; and Black-bellied Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper and Wilson's Phalarope from the north end only. The balance of the species were everywhere. Terns included Least and Black Skimmer on the west pond and Black Tern on the south end of the east pond. Forster's and Common Terns were on both ponds. The American Pelican seen from both the south and north ends. A Marsh Wren was singing at Bench 1 and a Carolina Wren was calling as we entered on the north end of the east pond. There were several young (white) Little Blue Herons on the west pond. (Check all the Snowys.) A good birding day. SY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: NNYBirds: the shorebirds are coming From: "philbrown AT juno.com" <philbrown@juno.com> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:30:37 GMT Brian McAllister writes that the southern migration of shorebirds from the tundra of Canada. Many stop over in the Champlain Valley. Click the link below to read Brian's latest post on his blog for the Adirondack Explorer. http://adirondackexplorer.org/notes-from-the-field/2010/08/02/shorebirds-on-the-move/ Phil Brown Lost Pond Press Saranac Lake, NY 12983 www.lostpondpress.com 518.891.3918 ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: update on white tailed kite in Stratford, CT From: "Marty Swanhall" <mswanhall AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:36:19 -0400 Just got this update from Scott ... Marty The White-tailed Kite is currently in an unknown location between Short Beach and Milford Point. The group at Short Beach said they lost it after it left the trees over the playscape and headed towards the Housatonic River/Milford Point. I am at Stratford Point right now with a group of birders watching for it on this property and scoping the distance in all areas. Frank Gallo is checking at Milford Point. Considering it seems like it had a full breakfast perhaps it will duck down in a tree in the shade to rest a bit, as it did for quite a while yesterday afternoon. Check every tree and perch in between those spots if you are looking for it. We will keep many eyes out for it here. -- Scott Kruitbosch Stratford, CT Connecticut Audubon Society http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Black-bellied Whistling Duck/NO From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:18:22 -0400 As of 9:00 this morning the BBWD has not reappeared on the West Pond of Jamaica Bay. I believe that on both Saturday and Monday it was seen initially 2-3 hours after high tide. That would be ~ 5-6 p.m. today and I might suggest trying again then. I know a lot of people were looking for the bird on Sunday morning, but does anyone know if it was looked for at a similar time in the tide cycle, i.e., 4:00 or so? Regards, Shane B. Brooklyn NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (CT) White-tailed Kite - moving about in Stratford CT area, 8/3 From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 08:59:20 -0400 Tuesday, 3 August 2010 - the CONNECTICUT White-tailed Kite at Stratford CT has been mobile: http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100802/020590.html The best source for CT W.-t. Kite updates will continue via: http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/ You may choose (from the top-most line) the choice "date" and then scroll down to the latest post. At least in my web browser and applications. the latest postings appear at the bottom of date lists. And always of great value, for tracking rare birds in Connecticut: http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ ctdailyreport_lists.ctbirding.org/ (the CT Daily report - evenings) You may choose (from the top-most line) the choice "date" and then scroll down to the latest post. Good luck, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (CT) White-tailed Kite still there, Stratford, CT 8/3 From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:16:41 -0400 Tuesday, 3 August - the Stratford CONNECTICUT White-tailed Kite continues, in very early a.m. - http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100802/020584.html (CAS office refers to Connecticut Audubon Society building at the main location of past two days) Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Black-Bellied Whistling Duck @ JBWR... From: birdingdude AT gmail.com Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:18:34 +0000 Black-bellied Whistling Duck on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
across from bench 7. Good luck if you go.
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Subject: Black-Bellied Whistling Duck @ JBWR...From: birdingdude AT gmail.com Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:18:34 +0000 Black-bellied Whistling Duck on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
across from bench 7. Good luck if you go.
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Subject: Syracuse RBAFrom: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:50:22 -0700 (PDT) RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* August 02, 2010
* NYSY 0208.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 26, 2009 - August 02, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland
compiled:August 02 AT 3:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#215 -Monday August 02, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 26 ,
2010
Highlights:
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BLUE-WINGED TEAL
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Extralimital)
SANDHILL CRANE
MERLIN
STILT SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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7/26: Knox-Marsellus Marsh continues to host a wealth of shorebirds. Birds
seen this day and most of the week were STILT SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER,
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Also seen on the 26th. were BLACK
TERN, GREAT EGRET, TRUMPETER SWAN and six species of duck including BLUE-WINGED
TEAL.
7/31: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was added to the mix at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was again spotted in the trees near May’s Point Pool. 7
SANDHILL CRANES were seen near the intersection Rt.89 and Armitage Road.
Onondaga County
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7/27: KILDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
were seen in the pond at Three Rivers WMA where the Eagles nest is.
Extralimital
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8/1: A WHITE-TAILED KITE was located at Stratford Point in Stratford
Connecticut on the Long Island Sound. The bird was relocated today and was
observed by many birders. Stratford is near Bridgeport. For further details go
to Connecticut Birds using Birdingonthe.net.
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Subject: (Metro Birding Briefs) Mississippi Kite over JBWR...From: birdingdude AT gmail.com Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:24:38 +0000 Heads up folks. Just ran into Rich Kelly who had a Mississippi Kite flying over
the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge North Marsh AT approximately 11:25 a.m. Other
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Subject: Mississippi Kite over JBWR...From: birdingdude AT gmail.com Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:24:38 +0000 Heads up folks. Just ran into Rich Kelly who had a Mississippi Kite flying over
the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge North Marsh AT approximately 11:25 a.m. Other
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Subject: (CT) Stratford CT White-tailed Kite (as posted to NJ Birds)From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 08:22:47 -0400 White-tailed Kite continuing as of early a.m., in Stratford, (coastal) CONNECTICUT - FYI - the gate to the former "Remington Gun Club" has been opened Monday, 2 Aug. The following NJ Birds post gives a bit more detail. It's nearly the far end of the road. https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1008&L=JerseyBi&T=0&F=&S=&P=889 Many of the most recent updates (for all CT Birds) will be here - and will be 'stored' - http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100802/date.html Good luck, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: (CT) White-tailed Kite continues, Stratford CT 8/2 - early a.m. From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 07:15:09 -0400 Monday, 2 August 2010 - WHITE-TAILED KITE continues at Straford, CONNECTICUT (coastal) - http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100802/020552.html http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100802/020553.html As always, please be respectful of the birds and all rules and regulations on that sanctuary land. Good luck to all who go, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Re: White-tailed Kite, Stratford CT From: Robert Lewis <rfermat AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:59:01 -0700 (PDT) I too was there from about 3:35 to 4:00 when the WT Kite reappeared. Stunning
views.
The location is at: �41.153584, -73.103542�
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Subject: Jamaica BayFrom: vanhaas AT citlink.net Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 22:45:14 +0000 (UTC) I traveled to Jamaica Bay today to try for the Black-bellied Whistling Duck. I spent the morning searching for it to no avail. To my knowledge, the bird was never relocated. The only bird of note I had today was a Wilson's Phalarope on the north end of the east pond. I did not see the American White Pelican nor the Hudsonian Godwit. Perhaps others had better luck. John Haas -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: CT White-tailed Kite Photos From: Benjamin Van Doren <nimajneb3 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:55:10 -0400 Here is a link to some photos I took of the White-tailed Kite in Stratford, CT this morning. http://warblings.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/white-tailed-kite/ Good luck to anyone who goes! Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: CT White-tailed Kite Photos From: Benjamin Van Doren <nimajneb3 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:55:10 -0400 Here is a link to some photos I took of the White-tailed Kite in Stratford, CT this morning. http://warblings.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/white-tailed-kite/ Good luck to anyone who goes! Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.orgSubject: WHITE-TAILED Kite report, CT (60 miles from NYC), 8/1 From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:49:03 -0400 From CONNECTICUT Birds list-serve rare sighting alert, Sunday, August 1st, 2010 - 8 a.m.+ afterwards- A WHITE-TAILED Kite is reported from Stratford, CT - at the former "Gun Club" coastal peninsula property which is now managed by CT Audubon. http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100726/020531.html (may need to scroll down to * White-tailed Kite *) http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20100726/020528.html (also recent update, a.m.) The former gun club is fenced & gated & is not open at all times or all days.It is on Prospect Drive. Keep in mind the cautions on NOT SCARING the bird and be respectful of all rules & regulations. Connecticut Audubon (the former Remington Gun Club) 1207 Prospect Drive, Stratford, CT Good luck to any that may go, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Offshore from Montauk - July 31st. From: Anthony Collerton <icollerton AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 09:09:39 -0400 Philip Dempsey, Michael Duffy, Ryan Walker and I spend most of the morning 18-20 miles South of Montauk around "Butterfish", mostly looking for sharks. Water temps were around 71-degrees. Sea bird numbers were disappointing other than lots of WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS in the chum line, with 20-30 visible at all times and lots of coming and going. We had a single SOOTY SHEARWATER on the way out, 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS around the boat for a couple of hours, and single CORY'S SHEARWATER fly by twice. On the way back we had a single RED-NECKED PHALAROPE about 8 miles South of Montauk and had 2 BLACK TERNS near Gardiner's Island. On the non-bird front, a very friendly pod of 40-50 COMMON DOLPHINS were a treat, and we had single breaching "OFFSHORE" BOTTLENOSED DOLPHINS on two occasions. Fish included OCEAN SUNFISH, 2-3 SHORT-FINNED MAKO SHARKS, including one in the 3-400lb range, 3 BLUE SHARKS, and a mid-sized HAMMERHEAD SHARK sp. (would expect Scalloped in the summer but this looked a lot more like Smooth - not an expert though and it didn't stick around for closer examination). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: JBWR/Black-bellied Whistling Duck/NO From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:09:06 -0400 As of 7:10 this morning the BBWD has not been relocated on or around the West Pond of Jamaica Bay where it was seen yesterday. Shane B. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Central Park, NYC 7/30-31 (and the CP Bird Checklist on-line) From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:25:58 -0400 Central Park, Manhattan N.Y. City Migration notes, some warblers continued to be seen in Central Park, Manhattan Friday, 30 July 2010, including American Redstart[s] (at the edge of the Ramble, fide Jack Meyer) and at the Loch, and Northern Waterthrush at the small stream near W. 77 Street (observed with another birder) & also at the Loch, and a "first-of-fall" (to me, in Central) Blue-winged Warbler at the wildflower meadow, as well as a number of Yellow Warblers seen in up to 5 separate locations in Central, from the Pond near the park's south end thru the Ramble area & to the north end at the Pool & Meer. The other migrants & summer breeders & visitors include a slightly increased number of Chimney Swifts in the north (compared with a week ago) & a Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the Conservatory Garden by East 104 Street in Central, & also a few Spotted Sandpipers flitting around at the CP reservoir. Saturday, 31 July, a look around the north end provided an early Tennessee Warbler, seen well at about 6:15 a.m. from the Great Hill, & other warblers encountered in the park before noon included: Yellow (a few esp. in the Ramble & Lake areas), Black-and-white (at the Loch, and at the woods just north of Tanner's Spring (s. edge of Summit Rock), American Redstart (6+ including 3 seen simultaneously at the Great Hill), and Northern Waterthrush (4, including 2 seen together at the SW cove of the Lake, & also at the Loch, and by the outlet of a stream at Balcony Bridge - Lake side). Incidentally, the Tennessee Warbler I observed closely appeared to be an adult with worn flight feathers. While on the early side & my own earliest sighting of this species in fall migration in NY, it falls well within known date ranges of the species fall migration, in general. A birding couple I met in the Ramble late Saturday morning asked where they might pick up a copy of the Checklist of Birds of Central Park - this seems not to be available in hard copy anymore from the visitor centers in the park, but it is available as a PDF file, on-line: http://www.joinnewyork.us/uploads/birds%20of%20cpark%20doc%20oficial.pdf (The Checklist was prepared & edited by Rebekah Creshkoff and Marie Winn, with some assistance from a number of the regular birders of the park over many years.) - - - For those who may not follow the Brooklyn bird reports, Alex Wilson reports a Blue-winged and Yellow Warbler[s] along with Northern Waterthrush from Prospect Park, with further additions to the Yellow warblers there, and nice sightings of Forster;s Terns at Prospect Lake, these via Peter Dorosh's "Prospect Park & Regional Bird Sightings" blog updated regularly, especially for Prospect & various rarities, in addition to the migrations. Prior sightings from A.W. were on Wednesday, 7/28. And on Monday, 7/26, a duo of waterthrush species (Louisiana as well as Northern) were found in Prospect as reported by Rob Bate. Lots of Yellow Warblers seen at Prospect Park as well. The migrants are moving, and not all are shorebirds... nor even straying ducks :-) Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Re: Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay UPDATE... From: Andrew Baksh <birdingdude AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:44:21 -0400 When I left this evening around 6:45 p.m. the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck was still around, but had moved further to the right of bench # 6. I have uploaded photos on my blog, that includes a few showing the hind toes intact (see the link below) http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2010/07/black-bellied-whistling-duck-jamaica.html Other notables at Jamaica Bay *American White Pelican* (continues mostly at the North End of the East Pond) *Hudsonian Godwit* " " *Wilson's Phalarope* (2) " " Good birding! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Shaibal MitraSubject: RE: Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay From: Shaibal Mitra <Shaibal.Mitra AT csi.cuny.edu> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:25 -0400 The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck was still present by bench 6 along the south shore of Jamaica Bay's West Pond when Pat and I left around 5:00 pm. Many other birders were there when we left, and others were expected to arrive later. My guess is that there is a good chance it will still be present tomorrow morning. The bird was not banded and did not appear to be mutilated in any of the ways that captive birds often are--both hind toes and wingtips appeared intact. Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-6144286-3714944 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-6144286-3714944 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of JGIUNTA746 AT aol.com [JGIUNTA746 AT aol.com] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 3:10 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L AT cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay Isabel Conte and Ann Lazarus just called to report a Black-bellied Whistling Duck at Jamaica Bay, West Pond, Bench #7. As always good luck and good birding, Joe Giunta Think green before you print this email. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Pikes Beach ,Westhampton Dunes, L.I. Birds, July 30th From: Carl Starace <castarace AT optonline.net> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:52:40 -0400 Hello All, Sally Swain and I had 14 Royal Terns and 21 Red Knots this morning at the flats in front of the Overlook parking area just east of Pikes Beach. There were also several dozen Ruddy Turnstones, Shortbilled Dowitcher and increasing numbers of Semip. Sands and Sanderlings. Rich Kaskan arrived and related he'd had an adult Black Tern and a few Cory's Shearwaters at Cupsogue Park earlier. Good August Birding and How about that Blackbellied Whistling Duck at Jamaica Bay!!! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Black-bellied Whistling Duck- Jamaica Bay From: JGIUNTA746 AT aol.com Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:10:20 EDT Isabel Conte and Ann Lazarus just called to report a Black-bellied Whistling Duck at Jamaica Bay, West Pond, Bench #7. As always good luck and good birding, Joe Giunta -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: waaaaay out of our area - but amazing for SD From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:01:33 -0400 out of northeast but a very interesting N. American bird: Check this un-ordered list and guess where (not near NY!) Western Tanager, Song Sparrow, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Ovenbird, Swainson's Thrush, Black-capped Chickadee, American Redstart, Warbling Vireo, Plumbeous Vireo, Cordilleran Flycatcher, White-throated Swift, Canyon Wren, Turkey Vulture, American Dipper, Cedar Waxwing, Black-headed Grosbeak, Audubon's [Yellow-rumped] Warbler, Cassin's Finch, Townsend's Solitaire, Red-eyed Vireo, Spotted Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Violet-green Swallow, Tree Swallow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Red- naped Sapsucker... and the stunner - present for weeks now - Orange-billed Nightingale- Thrush. The location is in South Dakota's Black Hills! The thrush still around into Saturday, 7/31 &a huge motorcycle rally set to begin in a week (riders already arriving) in that area... Details are in the South Dakota Birding list - http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/ Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: NYC Area RBA: 31 July 2010 From: Karen Fung <easternbluebird AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:06:00 -0400 - RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 31, 2010
* NYNY1007.31
- Birds Mentioned:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater [AOU name change: Great Shearwater]
Sooty Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
LEAST BITTERN
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
"Western" Willet
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Cliff Swallow
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
PINE SISKIN
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
nysarc1 AT 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:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
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 Saturday, July
31, 2010, at 11:00 am. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN
PELICAN, AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, LEAST BITTERNS, WHIMBRELS, HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, WILSON'S PHALAROPES, shorebird migration, and PINE SISKIN.
A BROWN PELICAN was found last Saturday at Cupsogue County Park and
was last seen flying out to the ocean.
Four AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen last week. A new arrival on
Sunday apparently joined the lingering past reported bird at the East
Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Apparently the new arrival has
replaced the last reported bird, and two other birds were seen flying
west over Long Island Sound at Norwalk, CT on Tuesday.
Two LEAST BITTERNS were present during the week at the East Pond of
Jamaica Bay, one an apparent juvenile.
Four WHIMBRELS were reported last week: two at Plumb Beach (Brooklyn)
yesterday, one at Cupsogue County Park last Saturday, and one
yesterday at West End, Jones Beach.
Over 8,000 shorebirds were counted at Jamaica Bay yesterday,
consisting of 21 species highlighted by HUDSONIAN GODWIT, two WILSON'S
PHALAROPES, two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, two
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and over 4,000 each of SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
A very early PINE SISKIN was seen Thursday at the Marine Park Golf
Course in Brooklyn.
Interesting terns reported last week were: three GULL-BILLED TERNS at
Jamaica Bay on Tuesday; another GULL-BILLED at Marine Park on
Thursday; and two other GULL-BILLED at West End Jones Beach on Friday.
Seven ROYAL TERNS were at Pike's Beach in West Hampton Dunes last
Saturday, and two other ROYAL TERNS were at Cupsogue County Park also
on Saturday. Good numbers of FORSTER'S TERNS along with juveniles
were present at Jamaica Bay through the week, and a BLACK TERN was
present through the week at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay.
Sea watches at the barrier beach from the Moriches Inlet to the
Shinnecock Inlet through the week included 15-25 CORY'S SHEARWATERS,
and a few SOOTY SHEARWATERS and GREATER SHEARWATERS.
Other interesting birds reported last week were good numbers of
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES moving through the area, with a maximum number
of nine at Jamaica Bay yesterday, along with modest numbers of YELLOW
WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, and PRAIRIE WARBLERS.
A CLIFF SWALLOW was seen yesterday at Jamaica Bay, and a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was present at Plumb Beach yesterday.
Over 25 "Western" WILLETS were present through the week at the Coast
Guard Station sandbar at West End Jones Beach.
Two first year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at field 2, West
End Jones Beach yesterday.
A birder has reported that the water level is low at the North Pond at
Cow Meadow Park in Freeport, and good numbers of shorebirds were seen
yesterday. This site should be checked out on a regular basis.
Please call in reports to Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126. Messages can
also be left for 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~]
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Subject: Hamlin Beach (Monroe County) - Little Gull, Red-necked GrebeFrom: Andy Guthrie <guthrand AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:48:13 -0400 Highlights from this morning at Hamlin Beach were an adult LITTLE GULL and 1-2 RED-NECKED GREBE. The Little Gull, still hooded, was moving west with a small line of Bonaparte's Gulls. There have been good numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls, 70+ yesterday and today, including a handful of fresh juveniles. I had two sightings of Red-necked Grebe today, one flying west and then one flying east about 30 minutes later - possibly the same bird. Passing ducks included four Gadwalls and five Green-winged Teals today and a Black Duck yesterday. Yesterday there was a SANDERLING on the beach east of the pavilion at parking area #4 along with a Semipalmated Sandpiper and three Spotted Sandpipers. Cheers, Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: 7/30- Brooklyn/Queens- Whimbrels, 21 species of shorebird, Hudsonian Godwit etc. From: fresha2411 AT aol.com Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:01:40 -0400 I birded Plum Beach this morning starting around 6:00 AM, which was on an incoming tide at least 30 minutes after dead low. There were several non-local species present, as well as some obvious north-->south migration overhead. Highlights: Whimbrel- 2 (flew over and then dropped onto the flats) Northern Rough-winged Swallow- 1 Green Heron- 1 (They are not resident in the marsh there, and this is one of only a couple I've seen there over the last couple of years) Great Egret- 17 (15 of these were obvious migrants, in groups of 3 and 12) Northern Waterthrush- 2 Double-crested Cormorant- ~15-20 High flying migrants. Greater Scaup- 4 (Dead Horse Bay beach) Brant- 13 (Dead Horse Bay beach) Yellow-crowned Night Heron- 1 Semipalmated Plover- 32 Greater Yellowlegs- 4 Short-billed Dowitcher- 2 Ruddy Turnstone- 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper- 21 Least Sandpiper- 15 Sanderling- 45 Killdeer- 1 American Oystercatcher- 4 I then headed over to bird the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where I was joined for the duration by Corey Finger and Bob Kurtz. Shorebird numbers were up, and it was interesting to note the continuation of both the banded Semipalmated Sandpipers that I first found last week, meaning they've been here for at least 8 days. Highlights/Counts: Hudsonian Godwit- 1 (continuing towards the north end) Wilson's Phalarope- 2 (One adult molting to basic plumage AT NW corner, and one juvenile already growing some basic feathers AT the south end). Semipalmated Sandpiper- 4,441 (No juveniles yet) Least Sandpiper- 98 (5 juveniles) Western Sandpiper- 3 (Adults in various stages of molt, Raunt) White-rumped Sandpiper- 2 (North Island) Short-billed Dowitcher- 4,009 (No juveniles yet, probably my personal high count for the East Pond) Long-billed Dowitcher- 3 Lesser Yellowlegs- 137 (15 juveniles) Greater Yellowlegs- 12 Black-bellied Plover- 5 (4 On the third spit south of the NW corner, and 1 on the second spit) Semipalmated Plover- 107 Killdeer- 2 (South end) Pectoral Sandpiper- 7 Stilt Sandpiper- 21 Willet- 1 (Juvenile flyby) Ruddy Turnstone- 1 (North Island) Spotted Sandpiper- 7 American Oystercatcher- 5 (Including the one young bird on The Island) American White Pelican- 1 Black Tern- 1 (Continuing juvenile, initially pointed out sitting at the Raunt by Ken Feustel, seen later in flight farther north) American Coot- 1 Ruddy Duck- 1 Bank Swallow- 12-15 (South End) Glossy Ibis- 80+ Northern Waterthrush- 9 Little Blue Heron- 2 Corey also mentioned that he had Cliff Swallow and Prairie Warbler on the West Pond Trail earlier. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: South Shore Beaches-Nassau Co From: Sy Schiff <icterus AT optonline.net> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:05:47 -0400 South Shore Beaches 30 July. Visited Malibu Beach Park (before the 8:00 AM opening charge), the next beach to the west of the Point Lookout Town Beach. It's at the first traffic light going west after coming off the loop parkway and opposite the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area. The roped off area holds the smaller of the two Tern/Skimmer colonies with an estimated 1-200 skimmer pairs and a estimated 200 Common Tern pairs. To the west, a roped off area at Nickerson Beach Park holds about twice as many of each. In addition there are Piping Plover, American Oystercatchers and Least Terns nesting on the beach. There is lots of activity and commotion at the colonies and the terns will dive bomb you if you venture too close to the rope. I chose to stay near the water where Sanderlings were enjoying the edge with occasional joggers. A seawatch observed numerous fishing Common Terns, a Gull-billed Tern and a Royal Tern. A quick stop at the Nature Area produced few shorebirds, but a Northern Waterthrush and two Yellow Warblers along the path to the bay. Short Beach Island opposite the Jones Beach West End Marina held some 4-500 Shorebirds; Black-bellied Plover, 2; Semipalmated Plover, ~20; American Oystercatcher, ~150; Willet,, 26 mostly "Western"; Ruddy Turnstone, ~15; Red Knot, ~25, about half with color; Sanderling, ~75, they flew off to the far bar; Semipalmated Sandpiper, ~20; Short-billed Dowitcher, ~40. Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: NNYBirds: DEC issues tickets for loon harassment From: "philbrown AT juno.com" <philbrown@juno.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:27:48 GMT Disturbing news ... http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2010/07/30/1324/ Phil Brown Lost Pond Press Saranac Lake, NY 12983 www.lostpondpress.com 518.891.3918 ____________________________________________________________ LCD 42" TV for $26.42? Macbook Pro for $91.73? Are these prices real? You WON'T Believe What We Found! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c5336129b794542504st02vuc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: FW: american white pelican continues at jbwr From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:48:49 -0400 From: Lloyd Spitalnik [mailto:lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:48 AM To: btblue AT yahoogroups.com Subject: american white pelican continues at jbwr Hi all, The American White Pelican is still being seen at the north end of the East Pond just south of the island. Water levels are getting better but still coming up to mid calf. I don't have to tell you, but boots are highly advised. This report comes from Joe Borker. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik Photography www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: "the bird flew west" -Fwd: CT [Daily] "Rufous Hummingbird" From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:21:42 -0400 From the CT Daily birding list-serve (7/29) NB: "west" is Greenwich, CT... & NY state. (CT = Connecticut) Tom Fiore, Manhattan - - - >>>>>> Subject: 07/29/2010 Rufous Hummingbird From: Roy HarveySubject: Jamaica Bay & the Rockaways, Queens, NYC 7/29 (w/a surprise: Pine Siskin) From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:45 -0400 Thursday, 29 July 2010 - Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and the western
Rockaway peninsula,
Queens County, N.Y.C.
Quite a good bird migration is in progress this Thursday night with a
lot of movement throughout NY state and adjacent states and provinces...
In my wanderings, the biggest surprise by far was a bright PINE SISKIN
at the south edge of Marine Park golf course, actually outside the
golf course at the edge of the patch of pines and other small trees
near the driving range & a police highway patrol building, along
Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn - a bright, breeding-plumaged Pine Siskin,
about as unexpected a species as I might imagine in that spot at this
time of year... wonder what the story with THAT bird is? I didn't put
in too much time looking in at the trees there as this was near the
end of my birding day. I also had checked at Floyd Bennett Field in
Brooklyn, with a few rain puddles drying up now, and the "Return-a-
Gift" pond there also rather dry though not completely so. I saw a few
Killdeer and a couple of Least Sandpipers there and little else. One
pond blind is OK & the other is nearly useless. There were 12 basic-
plumaged Bobolinks "pinking" (calling) along the western runway edge
as I went along there, at Floyd Bennett Field. There were also a
number of local breeders and such, with the possibility that some
migrants are joining up with their kinds... a number of Willow
Flycatchers, etc. A single male Purple Martin joined a lot of Swallow
activity including many Tree & Barn & lesser no's. of Bank & N. Rough-
winged.
I birded the East & West Ponds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today,
centered around the peak mid-day tide cycle. I later visited the
Rockaway peninsula of western Long Island, mostly the portion at the
far western end of the barrier beach island known as Breezy Point, a
part of which is on federally-managed land as is the Refuge in the
bay. Incidentally, the Jamaica Bay Refuge (as it's called) is NOT a
National Wildlife Refuge, and never was - before becoming a unit of
the NYC & northern N.J. Gateway National Recreation Area, the Refuge
was city-owned and managed and was in a somewhat different status. The
refuge as it is now is not managed in exactly the same ways that a
national wildlife refuge would be. There are many sides to this and
this may not be the forum to get into all that. I just wanted to
correct the impression that some visitors and others have when they
read that this is a wildlife refuge. It is that, just a bit
differently-managed from the many state & federal wildlife refuges in
the country. It has been (and hopefully long will continue to be)
among the best places in the world to observe migrant shorebirds (aka
waders as called in much of the rest of the English-speaking world),
and a wide variety of other birds and wildlife.
As noted by Joe G., CALF-HIGH or KNEE-HIGH BOOTS will be required by
most birders who don't like sticky gook all over their footwear, for
the East Pond, especially the northern ends. I wear a knee-high rubber
waterproof brand and I am 5'10", and I got into an area at the north
end where water went all inside my tall boots - it's over 18" deep in
some shoreside spots! That said, with care it's also traversable by
most birders... just use care especially if venturing along the east
edges or anywhere the bottom is not easily visible. The water is
dropping at the East Pond and (barring a big deluge of rain) the
situation should continue to improve daily.
I can add just one shorebird species to the list provided by Joe G.
earlier today for the East Pond at Jamaica Bay, a couple of Pectoral
Sandpipers - at least 2 on the East Pond during the early afternoon
and also one at the West Pond in the mid-day. The overall numbers of
shorebirds were excellent again with Semipalmated Sandpipers leading
the charge, well over 4,000 being present in the refuge including a
fair number at the W. Pond... and also a very high number (of them and
a few other species) seen moving out around the 3 p.m. hour, headed SW
& S., to points unknown but visibly leaving the refuge from the west
pond trail vantage point, and flying out over the bay far past the
bay's visible islands west or south of the Refuge. Since I was later
at Breezy Point & a few other parts of the Rockaway peninsula, it was
clear that a lot of Semipalmated Sandpipers also had come in there
along the shores. They almost dominated the beach and bay out there,
rivaling Sanderlings in numbers, which also were present in the
thousands (more than 2,000 along the 4+ miles of shores I looked at
later on). So for my Refuge visit, I tallied 14 shorebird species
there alone.
A Hudsonian Godwit (faded adult) was continuing to feed near the point
that's developing (with a very slight receding of water levels) down
the west side of the East Pond from the NW corner entry trail. There
were 2 Wilson's Phalaropes present, one at the NW corner of the East
Pond which appears to be a male (by size & plumage) and is in any case
in a very drab basic (non-breeding) plumage, and the second also in
basic plumage but not as small or quite as drab, was north of the
Raunt area on the east side of the East Pond by about 1/8 mile. A lot
of shorebirds were using many sections of the east pond and also were
flying around a lot in the post-peak tide cycle in mid-afternoon...
At Jamaica Bay Refuge there also were signs of fresh waterfowl
movement, with some Wood Ducks on the West Pond as well as a fairly
big bunch of Northern Shovelers, and also some American Wigeon, to go
with the many Gadwall, American Black Duck, Mallards, and modest
numbers of Green-winged & also Blue-winged Teal... there were also
various ducks on the East Pond, and I have to admit I gave them short
shrift in preference of viewing the shorebird spectacle. I even almost
forgot to look for the American White Pelican which was present on the
E. Pond north of the Raunt area, at the time I saw it, after 3 p.m.
This was the "second" pelican and has a more pronounced bill
coloration as well as no problems visible in either eye. The typical
heron and egret species were all present in good numbers as were
Glossy Ibis. A Gull-billed Tern gave a great show at the south end of
the East Pond around 1:30 p.m. or so, and the other terns rather
easily seen at the Refuge include numbers of Forster's, a smaller
number of Least, and a few Common Terns that came in to the East Pond
(more of those and the Least Terns may often be found out at the West
Pond trail's bay side or sometimes far out in the bay, especially the
west side. Boat-tailed Grackles were around the W. Pond trail as well
as a variety of the other breeding land birds of the Refuge. A quick
visit to the gardens areas, which were relatively quiet at the hour I
went there. The Big John's Pond is, as was mentioned by others on this
list, mainly dried up just now and was not too active, yet it is still
worth a look anytime and could still produce a "surprise".
A couple of Northern Waterthrushes were around the East Pond edges,
and another was at the miniscule fresh-water pond at Fort Tilden,
somewhat near the hawk-watch platform. (In Central Park, Manhattan
recently there have been a couple of migrant warblers including a few
Northern Waterthrushes, multiple Yellow Warblers, Black-and-white
Warbler, & American Redstart. It's likely at least a few more migrant
species will be seen in the next few days there - & all around the
region.) Sometimes the "blind" pond is a good spot to check at Jam. Bay.
At Breezy Point, besides the thousands of Semipalmated Sandpipers and
Sanderlings, were 15 Piping Plovers I counted (seeing none that
appeared banded), and 200+ Semipalmated Plovers, 2 dozen American
Oystercatchers, a few Black-bellied Plovers, & 4 Ruddy Turnstones on
the bay side. Also at the bay side were a few Short-billed
Dowitchers. Incidentally, at the Refuge earlier, I'd tried for any
possible Long-billed-looking Dowitchers and was unable to come up with
one, but did note a small number of "hendersoni" ("Prairie") Short-
billed in with the many hundreds of the remaining Short-billed. It
looked to me as though dowitchers had moved out to a small extent.
There were some juveniles around, too but not all that many. It will
be very interesting to see what the current cold fronts bring in and
cause to depart, with birds likely moving in very good numbers
overnight - and a little bit of a "fall" feeling by the early a.m.
these next couple of mornings...
- - -
btw, you who are a big chicken with the J. Bay log, say it in person
if you need to express something... and otherwise don't vandalize the
refuge property. It just might be a federal crime! The Jamaica Bay
mud-monster will get you, too....
- - -
Good birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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Subject: Jamaica Bay- East PondFrom: JGIUNTA746 AT aol.com Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:43:46 EDT Date: July 29, 2010 Location: Jamaica Bay, East Pond Observers: The ‘200’ Challenge Club Reported By: Joe Giunta Our group of eight birders visited the East Pond, north end, of Jamaica Bay. We started at 10am and we were in pursuit of adding birds to our year list. We saw a total of 47 species including 13 shorebirds. The shorebird list was: Wilson’s Phalarope, Hudsonian Godwit, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs. In addition to the shorebirds other birds of interest that we saw were: White Pelican, Boat-tailed Grackle and Blue-winged Teal. We finished the walk at about 2:30pm on the south end of the East Pond. The water conditions are very high and you will need knee boots to navigate the walk. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: revised schedule for Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival From: "Lloyd Spitalnik" <lloyd AT lloydspitalnikphotos.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:38:25 -0400 August 14th - 5th Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival agenda Please note new starting time of 8:30am 8:30am Coffee and Donuts 9:o0am Don Riepe slide show presentation on history of the bay and problems we're facing. 9:30am Lloyd Spitalnik slide show on "The Shorebirds of Jamaica Bay" 10am - 12:00pm Guided walks to both the East and West Pond. 12pm Break for lunch (bring you own, there are picnic tables or both Howard Beach and Broad Channel have several places to find food and drink. 12:45pm Guided walk on the north end of the East Pond (bring rubber boots or the like. 4pm Kevin Karlson will present Shorebirds by Impression: A Different Approach to Field ID, (60 minutes) Agenda is subject to change Suggested donation of $20.00 per person to cover our costs. Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik Photography www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Re: JBWR: American White Pelican and Wilson's Phalarope From: Robert Lewis <rfermat AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:43:10 -0700 (PDT) From around 5:30 - 6:00 pm another birder and I saw both these birds at the
north end of the East Pond. I too entered at the NW corner path through the
phragmites. The water level is fairly high, and I did go beyond that NW corner.
The pelican was maybe 800 feet away, but we got good looks in the Questar. I
did not see anything wrong with the left eye. The upper mandible has the
prominent "breeding bulge" about 1/3 of the way up from the tip.
The phalarope was quite close at one point, then flew down by the pelican.
Earlier I searched the bay north of the East Pond and saw no pelicans.
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Subject: changes in A.O.U. taxonomyFrom: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:31:00 -0400 Wednesday, 28 July, 2010 - Changes to North American Bird Check-list of the American Ornithological Union (A.O.U.) Many subscribers to this list are probably 'on top' of these developments in North American bird taxonomy and nomenclature - but for those not, and/or with interest in some of the ways the changes are discussed: There are others who may write eloquently on these changes which will affect how many "life" birds a lot of North American birders count in their personal listings. The changes also involve re-namings and a little shuffling of the taxonomic cards. Those who have traveled a bit more might get a few lifers from these new changes - perhaps without even getting up off the proverbial old couch! Here are thoughts from just one rather well-traveled bird tour leader and writer... I have no affiliation with that company nor this writer other than the pleasure of meeting in the field. http://birdaz.com/blog/2010/07/28/the-fifty-first-supplement-to-the-aou-check-list/#comments I''m a member of the American Birding Association, but again have no $ stake in their group [#1]: http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2010/07/latest-news-from-the-aou.html Another take (again I've not a penny invested with this business): http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CHAT.html#1280252847 (scroll to *MISCELLANEA* in the web page for the relevant topic) from the "EarBirding blog, lots of discussions about this taxonomy: http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/1837 http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/2259 and from Birder's World mag. (I wrote an unpaid article for them): http://bit.ly/b6MJ4C "Sources" of these: http://www.aou.org/ Below is actual copy in PDF file format that can be downloaded. It is the complete 19 page treatise from "The Auk", Volume 127, pages 726 - 744 inclusive, unedited and as supplied. (I take no responsibility for the file): http://ptoomey.com/MOB_Montana/AOU%2051st%20NA%20Supplement.pdf (A tip of the hat to David Mark, writing on the Genesee Birds list) - - - - - - A few thoughts on the birds that move on in July - NOT all are sea & shore birds... here are some musings and observations from a Cornell- area birder which give a local sense (central New York state) to the notion: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html#1280344420 Lately, a LOT of birds have been moving - MANY are "land" birds. - - - different topic (sort of)- there are Black-bellied Whistling Ducks reported from Maine, & Ontario (Canada), and New Jersey (Cape May), and there are Scissor-tailed Flycatchers reported in Massachusetts and New Jersey (yes, Cape May NJ again... after a mid_July report of a Scissor-tailed from northern NJ). There are many other interesting mid-summer wanderers and we can all be on the lookout, from shores to meadows! [#1]: as a non-profit org. ABA membership is tax-deduct., so can't be construed as an "investment" in the "bird biz". I'm a traveling birder, spend more on bird-finding than I do on 96" TV monitors. Not quite shocking. Birds & more birds! Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: JBWR: Wilson's Phalarope YES, American White Pelican YES From: Alexander Burdo <alexanderburdo AT mac.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:29:31 -0400 From Alex Burdo and James Orrico: We just want to thank everyone who responded to my post yesterday. We couldn't have done it without you! Although the North End is pretty much non-acessable, we got terrific looks at the WILSON'S PHALAROPE from the end of the trail through the Phragmites, off North Dike Rd. I noticed the bird almost immediately when the pond came into view and it remained very close to the end of the trail for the whole time we watched it. We were able to observe the bird "spinning" as well as preening. Later, we viewed the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN from "The Raunt" accessed from the trail at the South End off Cross Bay Blvd. Although far off, the bird remained in view through the scope the entire time we watched it. Other shorebird highlights have been previously posted. Semipalmated Sandpipers dominated the scene for small peeps with over 2,000 seen. We also noted 2 juvenile Least Sandpipers. There were also many large flocks of Short-billed Dowitchers (another birder had a Long-billed) and groups of foraging Stilt Sandpipers and Lesser Yellowlegs. We also saw Semipalmated Plovers every so often, who are getting more common and conspicuous. Other non shorebird highlights included both Night-Herons, many Forster's Terns including begging juveniles, a few calling Willow Flys and great looks at a female Gadwall with ducklings. It was a great day to be out there!!! (I'll post some shots of the American White Pelican and the Wilson's Phalarope soon: http://floridascrubjay.wordpress.com/) -Alex Burdo Fairfield, CT http://floridascrubjay.wordpress.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Shinnicock Inlet, Suffolk Co. From: "ROBERT ADAMO" <radamo2 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:15:31 -0400 Yesterday, 7/27, I tried for the neat birds seen by Jim Clinton, Jr. on 7/26. Between 9:15-1145 AM, first from the w/s of the inlet, and then from the e/s of the inlet where most of the birds were (albeit fewer & farther out, than reported by Jim). The only specie of note was Cory's Shearwater, with their # down to 4 (possibly 6). The trip to the opposite side of the inlet was benefical to Dave Nearf (sp?), as well as to myself. It provided Dave with the "longer & closer view" he wanted/needed to put the Cory's down as a "lifer", and for me the good feeling of "giving back"....as it must have been for Gil Raynor, back on 10/1/77. Checking my "Birding Bible", on that day, a group of 6 Moriches Bay A/S birders, led by Gil, found this specie flying at a distance off of Shinnicock Inlet. I can't remember how many of us, besides myelf, were seeing this bird for the first time- but I do know that Jim Clinton,Sr. & Jim Clinton, Jr. made up 1/3 of that group! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Re: Jamaica Bay Questions From: fresha2411 AT aol.com Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:49:27 -0400 Here is a Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=110201563682422141302.0004536f3da46abb03a60&ll=40.617992,-73.816967&spn=0.042674,0.097075&t=h&z=14 The Cove, and the 2nd and 3rd Spit have been where the highest number of shorebirds have been, mostly at the time leading up to High Tide and at High Tide. The area labeled "Stint Spot" has been good too. There was a new Wilson's Phalarope (a different bird than the one previously lingering at the north end) at the south end and the Raunt today. High Tide is roughly 11:00 AM tomorrow, if you use the Grassy Bay High Tide. It may be a few minutes earlier for placed to the south. Shorebirds have also been congregating on the West Pond at times, although higher numbers will be on the East Pond. Where you begin depends on how much time you want to devote to each location. If you start at the south end and walk all the way up you want to start 3 hours before HT (I do at least), or you can cover the south end and then go back and drive to the north end. Big John's Pond is mostly dry I believe. Good Luck -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -----Original Message----- From: Tom FioreSubject: Re:Jamaica Bay Questions From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Hi Alex & all, Some attempt at answering your questions below, hopefully of some help. Tom Fiore, Manhattan - - ---> -----Original Message----- >From: Alexander BurdoSubject: Jamaica Bay Questions From: Alexander Burdo <alexanderburdo AT mac.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:27:58 -0400 Hi all- I know this is last minute but I'm visiting Jamaica Bay NWR tomorrow and have a few quick questions the birding spots. 1. Does anyone have a good map to JamBay? I downloaded one from the Brooklyn Bird Club website and am curious if it's adequate. 2. East Pond is probably the top spot I want to visit. Should I access the pond from the trail along Cross Bay Blvd., the trail to Big John's pond or a trail along North Dike Road? 3. I know the Raunt but are there any other good sites with large congregations of shorbs? 4. Is the American White Pelican or Wilson's Phalarope still there? Can you provide details on where they are? 5. Any other good spots within Jamaica Bay to visit? West Pond? Big John's Pond, etc?? 6. Since high tide is around 10:30 tomorrow, should I arrive early and do West Pond and then East Pond when the tide's high? Thanks so much for any help you can provide!!!!! -Alex Burdo Fairfield, CT -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Change of seasons From: Sy Schiff <icterus AT optonline.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:45:43 -0400 Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside; 27 July The shorebirds have picked up a bit, but still only the usual common early migrants. Willets have just about left, but there was a recently fledged bird. Both Egrets and both Night-Herons were joined by a pair of Green Herons. Also, Clapper Rail and marsh sparrows continue, with only Seaside Sparrows still singing atop the marsh grass. Attempted nesting by Gull-billed Terns on the bay island failed. Three nest were either flooded out or destroyed by predators. Consequently, young, usually found on the preserve by now, will be absent this year. The first of the migrant land birds were a Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a Least Flycatcher. Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: LI Bird Notes, 23-24 July From: Shaibal Mitra <Shaibal.Mitra AT csi.cuny.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:27:57 -0400 Here are a few notes from last weekend on birds not mentioned or emphasized in previous reports. At Jones Beach, Nassau Co., on Friday afternoon, the inclement weather discouraged human activity enough to allow birds to use the Short Beach island and Field 2 parking areas without much disturbance. At the former, the many shorebirds included nine Western (and zero Eastern) Willets�my largest tally of inornatus yet this year. Also present there were three adult Gull-billed Terns, resting and eating crabs, and at least seven brand-new Least Tern juvs. The flock of American Oystercatchers had already grown to 90 birds�all adults or older immatures (= zero juvs). A breeding-plumaged Black Tern foraged over the bay. On the ocean side, a surprisingly large group of ragged brown gulls (few adults and no juvs) were enjoying a peaceful afternoon on Field 2, at low tide no less. Among these were two Lesser-black-backed Gulls, a yearling and a two year-old, continuing the trend of summer prevalence that I emphasized back in June: http://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/LongIslandMiscellany2010# A smaller gull flock at Captree SP, a few miles east along the beach in Suffolk Co., featured several brand-new Herring Gulls�undoubtedly from the small colonies on the nearby bay islands but reminders of the great colony at Captree itself, which was very famous in an earlier era. At Jamaica Bay on Saturday, it�s worth noting that the previously reported juv Least Bittern was undoubtedly a local product, a hint as to how many interesting things probably went undetected on and around the bloated and fetid East Pond earlier this summer. Juv Forster�s Terns can be studied to great advantage there, along with their still-attentive parents, offering terrific opportunities to learn vocalizations, plumage features, and habits distinguishing this species from the very similar Common Tern. The only Common Tern I noticed on the East Pond on Saturday was a fly-over adult that happened to call. Five of us (Pat, Joan, Gerta, Andrew) ran out to Cupsogue later on Saturday, where we didn�t add much to the many notable observations recorded by Seth Ausubel et al. earlier in the day. This was my first visit out there in two weeks, and the most immediately obvious changes involved the fledging of many juv Common Terns (80+) and the abrupt and nearly complete withdrawal of Eastern Willets. It was heartening to see that the local terns managed to bring off so many young despite relentless pressure from campers and their dogs. In contrast to the gangs of 90+ adult Willets present just two weeks ago, we found just two adults today, along with the only full-grown juv I�ve seen yet this season. While searching unsuccessfully for Seth et al.�s Brown Pelican, we turned up three juv Oystercatchers, and Royal Terns are finally starting to build up in numbers: we saw seven at Pikes Beach plus two more at Cupsogue. Last summer, our marsh-nesting birds suffered almost complete nesting failure, due to flood tides. Throughout our visit, actively migrating shorebirds were conspicuous�mostly SB Dows and Semi Sands, but also a Whimbrel and several other species. Some of the over-summering shorebirds were still present also, including both winter-plumaged (= first summer?) Dunlin, but we did not see Schnauzer the tumor-afflicted Knot. The most interesting shorebird we saw was a tiny-billed Western Sandpiper (photos at site cited above), which will be sure to trouble our sleep when we�re gleaning through October�s lingering peeps. Shai Mitra Bay Shore Think green before you print this email. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: 2 WHITE PELICANS From: Mardi Dickinson <mardi1 AT optonline.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:16:09 -0400 From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson: 7/27- Norwalk -- 7:38AM by boat, 2 WHITE PELICANS flew over us heading West along the coast on LI Sound waters in Norwalk towards NY. These birds showed beautifully & clean. Keep your eyes out as they make there way down towards the New York border from CT. Cheers, Mardi Dickinson Norwalk, CT Twitter: AT MardiDickinson -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: 7/26- JBWR (8,500+ individual shorebirds across 19 species) From: fresha2411 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:53:34 -0400 I birded the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens, NY) for several hours around high tide this morning with Shane Blodgett and Andrew Baksh. The passage of last night's cold front definitely brought some new birds into town. Most notably we found a HUGE increase in shorebird numbers, with over 8,500 and our first migrant juveniles of the season (Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs). An American White Pelican was on the pond, and it appeared to be the bird that arrived yesterday (perhaps also the one seen over Connecticut flying west previously). The lingering individual with the injured eye was nowhere to be found. We tallied 19 species of shorebird. Highlights follow (shorebirds first): Hudsonian Godwit- 1 (Ranging from ~1/4 mile north of The Raunt on the east side to the cove at the north end on the west side. Wilson's Phalarope- 1 (NE corner) Semipalmated Sandpiper- 4,275 (Including the same flagged individual from Friday, originally banded ~18 months ago in French Guiana) Least Sandpiper- 171 (Including 1 stunning juvenile, the first of the season here) Western Sandpiper- 2 (Raunt) White-rumped Sandpiper- 1 (Raunt area) Short-billed Dowitcher- 3,875 Long-billed Dowitcher- 2 Semipalmated Plover- 48 (they are becoming quite conspicuous, especially at the north end) Black-bellied Plover- 1 (Actually on the shore of the bay just north of the East Pond) Killdeer- 1 Lesser Yellowlegs- 178 (Including 4-5 juveniles) Greater Yellowlegs- 18 Stilt Sandpiper- 34 (At least 29 at the north end) Pectoral Sandpiper- 2 Dunlin- 1 (Rare on the pond, an individual in worn basic plumage towards the NE corner, perhaps a first-summer bird. Probably the most unexpected bird of the day) American Oystercatcher- 36 Willet- 1 Spotted Sandpiper- 6 American White Pelican- 1 Black Tern- 1 (continuing juvenile) Northern Harrier- 1 Clapper Rail- 1 (Adult on the east side just south of the Raunt. The first one any of us had ever seen on the East Pond) Laughing Gull- Many, including one deceased and hanging from a tree on fishing line on the Island Mute Swan- 230+ (yech) There were also singles of Black & White Warbler and American Redstart in the bushes/trees just behind the Visistor's Center first thing. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Shearwaters From: Jim Clinton <jcbrd AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:36:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00) I was at Shinecock inlet from 7 to 8 am today and there was a good group of shearwaters and terns just out of the inlet. 117 Cory's Shearwaters 3 Greater Shearwaters 2 Sooty Shearwaters 2 Arctic Terns 1 Black Tern Jim Clinton Jr -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Syracuse RBA From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:23:22 -0700 (PDT) RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* July 26, 2010
* NYSY 2607.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 19, 2009 - July 26, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland
compiled:July 26 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#214 -Monday July 26, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 19 ,
2010
Highlights:
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BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
MERLIN
VIRGINIA RAIL
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BONAPARTE’S GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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7/19: Upwards of 2,000 shorebirds have convened on the mudflats at
Knox-Marsellus Marsh. They are viewsd best from Towpath Road. Species seen were
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER,
KILDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER,
SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE.
Also
seen were 2 SANDHILL CRANES. Most if not all species have been seen through
Sunday (725).
7/21: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East road
7/22: 2 SANDHILL CRANES, and an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen
at Knox-Marsellus Marsh along with the large group of aforementioned
shorebirds.
7/23: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Rt. 89 between East Road and Rt.31.
7/24: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was added to the mix of shorebirds at
Knox-Marsellus Marsh. also seen was an adult plumaged BONAPARTE’S GULL.
7/25: Another positive sighting of the WILSON’S PHALAROPE along with the
shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
Oswego County
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7/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted flying over Derby Hill.
7/26: A VIRGINIA RAIL was seen at the Rt. 6 wetland north of Rt.3.
Oneida County
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7/22: A family of 4 MERLINS was found in the Sangerfield area. One young
was lost to a car collision but the other 3 were still being observed over the
weekend.
Onondaga County
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7/22: 2 adult and 1 juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in the swamp
along Fenner Road west of Baldwinsville.
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Subject: White Pelican at Jamaica Bay - photo and videoFrom: John Gluth <jgluth AT optonline.net> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:51:01 -0400 A digiscoped photo and video clip of today's pelican can be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgluth_brb/ Scroll down a bit to see a photo taken last weekend of the earlier pelican. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: RE:2nd American White Pelican @ JBWR From: Rob Jett <citybirder AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:42:06 -0400 Just to add to the previous postings, this new pelican's bill coloration and markings were more typical of a breeding bird. I've added a pair of comparison photos of the individual that was hanging around Grassy Bay, taken on Friday, and the one from this morning on the East Pond. http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2010/07/another-queens-pelican.html Unfortunately, it seems to have just been a 15 minute visit. Good birding, Rob "Just like the Three-wattled Bellbird sings a song, sounds like she's singing .................... bonk ...................." - Painless Kitchen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: RE:2nd American White Pelican @ JBWR From: Keith Michael <kmichael AT juilliard.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:56:56 -0400 Correction: The second American White Pelican touched down on the JBWR East Pond around 11:50 am and flew south (while I was on my cell with Andrew Baksh) around 12:05 pm. Later appearing briefly soaring, then again departed. 15 minute wonder? Good birding, Keith Michael Manhattan ________________________________________ From: Keith Michael Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:32 PM To: nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu Subject: 2nd American White Pelican AT JBWR Around 12:30 pm this afternoon a SECOND American White Pelican winged onto the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, about 100 yards north of the West Side blind. It swam for several minutes then, again, took flight, circling over the south end of the East Pond then headed south. It was definitely a different bird than the one that has been holding court on the beach north of the East Pond. This bird had the breeding "keel" on the top of the bill and John Gluth confirmed that it's left eye was also "good". Rob Jett and others confirmed the sighting. It will be interesting to see if this new bird stays around. Other "good" birds of the morning were the continuing Hudsonian Godwit, Wilson's Phalarope, juvenile Black Tern and Least Bittern. Birding surprises abound, Keith Michael Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: 2nd American White Pelican @ JBWR From: Keith Michael <kmichael AT juilliard.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:32:38 -0400 Around 12:30 pm this afternoon a SECOND American White Pelican winged onto the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, about 100 yards north of the West Side blind. It swam for several minutes then, again, took flight, circling over the south end of the East Pond then headed south. It was definitely a different bird than the one that has been holding court on the beach north of the East Pond. This bird had the breeding "keel" on the top of the bill and John Gluth confirmed that it's left eye was also "good". Rob Jett and others confirmed the sighting. It will be interesting to see if this new bird stays around. Other "good" birds of the morning were the continuing Hudsonian Godwit, Wilson's Phalarope, juvenile Black Tern and Least Bittern. Birding surprises abound, Keith Michael Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: NYC Area RBA: 24 July 2010 From: Ben Cacace <bcacace AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:32:43 -0400 - RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 24, 2010
* NYNY1007.24
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Piping Plover
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
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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:
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Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, July 24th 2010
at 11am. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
WHIMBREL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
Yesterday over 3 thousand shorebirds of about 16 species were counted at the
East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge including 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT, a
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 9 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, about 1,700 each of
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. The AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN was still present yesterday at the East Pond.
Six WHIMBRELS were reported last week, 3 at Nassau Point Park at Southold on
Friday, 1 at the mussel flats near the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock on
Tuesday and 2 birds at Cupsogue County Park on Tuesday. Also at Nassau Point
yesterday was a flagged PIPING PLOVER reportedly tagged in the Bahamas.
Other interesting reports last week included a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
along Dune Road at Quogue on Tuesday, a GULL-BILLED TERN at the Coast Guard
Station at Jones Beach on Thursday, another GULL-BILLED TERN at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday along with BLACK TERN.
Two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge on Tuesday.
Tom Burke will be away next week. Please call in reports to Tony Lauro at
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Subject: Re: JBWR 7/24From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:20:16 -0400 Just to clarify, the directions and link to a google map in my last post were for the Least Bittern. Shane On Jul 24, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Shane BlodgettSubject: JBWR 7/24 From: Shane Blodgett <shaneblodgett AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Was on the East Pond at JBWR by 6:45 a.m. this morning. High tide was ~8:00 a.m. Andrew Baksh arrived at same time and together we made our way up the east side of the pond as far as ~200 yards from the island at the north end. Water at times came within 2 inches of top of my knee high rubber boots. Shorebird numbers I reported to eBird: Semipalmated Plover� ���20 Killdeer� ���1 American Oystercatcher� ���3 Spotted Sandpiper� ���7 Greater Yellowlegs� ���15 Willet (Eastern)� ���1 Lesser Yellowlegs� ���110 Hudsonian Godwit� ���1 Semipalmated Sandpiper� ���1200 Western Sandpiper� ���1 Least Sandpiper� ���75 Stilt Sandpiper� ���24 Short-billed Dowitcher� ���955 Wilson's Phalarope� ���1� My estimates are definitely on the conservative side. As is often the case on the East Pond, a marauding Peregrine kept the birds in motion, making it difficult to assess numbers accurately. The HUGO and the WIPH were both seen at the north end by Andrew and I, though others reported the godwit from the south end after one of the peregrine passes. Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsey alerted us to the presence of 2 Least Bitterns in the phragmites on the West side of the pond(thanks guys!). We were able to find only one of them, a still downy juvenile. Shai also reported 3 Western Sandpipers and a Long-billed Dowitcher. This was just around the corner of the north edge of the large cove (traditionally referred to as Yellowlegs Cove) in the SW corner of the pond, past the pilings that BC Night Herons often roost on, and directly across from the last bit of shore on the east side of the pond before the water gets deep. (again near the top of my boots!). Approximately here: http://tinyurl.com/29vfdxc Also saw the previously reported juvenile Black Tern flying around near the north end. See you afield, Shane B. Brooklyn NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Cupsogue and Shinnecock - Brown Pelican+ From: "Seth Ausubel" <sausubel AT nyc.rr.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:36:08 -0400 I birded Cupsogue County Park and Shinnecock today with Corey Finger, Dave Klauber, and Bobby Rossetti. The highlight was a Brown Pelican at Cupsogue at about 9:00 a.m. It was around the island in Moriches Bay that can best be viewed from the end of the path accessed along the four-wheel drive road, less that � mile west of the parking lot. Unfortunately, the bird flew out to the ocean after a few minutes. A sea watch at Cupsogue from 8-8:45 a.m. produced 18 Cory�s Shearwaters, all flying west. Birds on the flats north of the parking lot on the falling tide included a Whimbrel, a Black Tern, two Royal Terns, and a Pectoral Sandpiper. There were 28 Red Knots in the area. Another two Royal Terns were at nearby Pikes Beach. A sea watch at Shinnecock from 12:30-1:30 p.m. produced about 25 Cory�s Shearwaters and one Sooty Shearwater. These birds were feeding with large numbers of terns just off the inlet. Seth Ausubel Forest Hills, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Orange County birds and White Plains From: PeregrineJV AT aol.com Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:15:26 EDT Found a Blue Grosbeak in Orange County (Indiana Road) recently in the same location of the previously reported Dickcissil. Other birds in the area include Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Bobolinks (Numerous) Kestrels Harriers (Fledglings) Stopped by White Plains (Galleria Mall) to check on the Peregrines. Had little luck finding the Peregrines but found it interesting to see Woodchucks on top of the roof. Curious how this mammal managed to get on top of the galleria mall? Here are my theories: 1. Released from someone? 2. Golden Eagle dropped it here by accident? 3. it climbed the parking garage? 4. Placed here on purpose to control weed growth on the mall? The Ravens nested successfully in White Plains on the radio tower. James -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --Subject: Re: nysbirds-l digest: July 23, 2010 From: ShozGirl AT aol.com Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:29:51 EDT Thanks Glenn...I will call at least! In a message dated 7/24/2010 2:04:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gphillips AT nycaudubon.org writes: In NYC call 311. Instructions for how to make sure your message gets through are on www.nycaudubon.org/home/home/goose2010.shtml so far we've logged fewer than 100 calls... I guess most New Yorkers don't agree with us. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ____________________________________ From: ShozGirl AT aol.com Sender: bounce-6128899-13190451 AT list.cornell.edu Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:39:46 EDT To: |