New York City RBA
March 7, 2008
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* March 7, 2008
* NYNY0803.07
- Birds Mentioned:
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal ("Eurasian form")
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
Rough-legged Hawk
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Iceland Gull
Short-eared Owl
Tree Swallow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
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@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) 297-4804 (during the day except
Sunday)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester
County
Transcriber: Karen Fung
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for
Friday, March 7th at 5:00 p.m. The highlights of
today's tape are PINK-FOOTED, ROSS'S, BARNACLE,
CACKLING, and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE; BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE; and KING EIDER.
New York's eight species of geese, with PINK-FOOTED
pending acceptance by NYSARC, were all present on Long
Island last weekend. The Montauk PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
has not been reported recently, but the Stony Brook
PINK-FOOTED continues to visit the mill pond along the
west side of Main Street, just south of Harbor Road.
Roosting overnight on the pond, the goose can return
fairly late, for instance after 6:00 p.m. on Thursday,
and at 5:40 p.m. last Sunday, but it should also be
present early in the morning before flying out with
the Canadas, and has also been seen there at various
times during the day.
The latest arrival in this goose collection is an
adult ROSS'S GOOSE found Sunday and still present
today on Shorts Pond along the west side of Scuttle
Hole road in Watermill. On Sunday and again on
Wednesday the ROSS'S, which flies with Canada Geese
and not Snow Geese, was also seen feeding in fields
along Cooks Lane a little southwest of Shorts Pond.
Scuttle Hole Road runs north from Route 27 between
Watermill and Bridgehampton. Shorts Pond is about two
miles north of Route 27, and Cooks Lane goes left off
Scuttle Hole Road a half mile before Shorts Pond. If
not at either of these locations look for feeding
Canadas in the other extensive farm fields in that
area. A couple of CACKLING GEESE are also among the
Canadas on Shorts Pond and the surrounding area, and a
flock of up to 29 SNOW GEESE are also there.
The BARNACLE GOOSE at Montauk was seen Sunday at
Rita's Horse Farm on the north side of Route 27 across
from the entrance to Ditch Plains. The amazing
spectacle of tens of thousands of SCOTERS staging off
Montauk Point also continues.
Up to three single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE noted,
the westernmost was at Massapequa Preserve Sunday, on
the pond adjacent to the east end of Pittsburgh
Avenue. Also continuing on this pond were a drake
Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, five LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, and four WILSON'S SNIPE. The second
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still at Hendrickson
Park in Valley Stream on Sunday. This pond is on the
north side of West Merrick Road just east of the
Valley Stream High School. A third GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED remains on the reservoir at Silver Lake
Preserve on Staten Island at least to Monday, when an
ICELAND GULL was seen again at Great Kills Park.
The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE remains in Bayville still
around the northwest side of Centre Island as viewed
from the causeway at the eastern end of Bayville
Avenue. The immature male KING EIDER and a few COMMON
EIDER also continue a little east of Ransom Beach in
Bayville near the rocky point visible from Ransom
Beach.
Two RED-NECKED GREBES were spotted Monday off Brighton
Beach, Brooklyn, as viewed from the end of Coney
Island Avenue.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK and a RED-NECKED GREBE were on the
Point Lookout side of Jones Inlet Sunday, and a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was still around Jones Beach West
End.
At the former Grumman airport property in Calverton,
SHORT-EARED OWLS continue to hunt along the runways in
the evening, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK were displaying
there Sunday near Line Road. Woodcocks should be
performing now at most traditional local sites. A few
TREE SWALLOWS still at Gilgo have successfully
overwintered there, and signs of approaching Spring:
if you haven't noticed the hordes of RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES, and BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRDS, include some WOOD DUCKS appearing at various
locations.
To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at
(631) 734-4126, or during the day except Sunday call
Tom Burke at (212) 297-4804. This service is
sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
[~ END TAPE ~]
~ End Transcript ~
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