New York City RBA
February 19, 2010
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb 19, 2010
* NYNY1002.19
- Birds Mentioned:
MEW GULL+ (European subspecies "Common Gull")
WESTERN GREBE+
Yellow-headed Blackbird+ (not reported this week)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Purple Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Red-headed Woodpecker
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
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) 372-1483 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Karen Fung
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February
19th, at 7:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are MEW GULL,
WESTERN GREBE, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, TUNDRA SWANS, EURASIAN
WIGEON and KING EIDER.
The MEW GULL in Brooklyn was still present last Saturday along the
promenade between the Belt Parkway and Gravesend Bay, this time being
seen just north of the pedestrian bridge over the Belt Parkway,
occurring first offshore and then along the rocks on the shoreline.
It is likely that the gull continues in this vicinity. Parking is
usually available around Bay 16th Street, providing a quick access to
the pedestrian bridge.
Last Sunday morning a WESTERN GREBE was present for a short while off
Riis Park, ultimately disappearing from sight under some difficult
viewing conditions. The grebe was seen well off the fishermen's
parking lot at the western end of Riis Park.
Two TUNDRA SWANS remain at Massapequa Preserve, staying on the pond
east of the eastern end of Pittsburgh Avenue.
At Jones Beach West End, the number of LAPLAND LONGSPURS feeding on
the lawn just east of the Coast Guard Station parking lot has
increased to three by Thursday, these still there today.
The drake EURASIAN WIGEON on Santapogue Creek in Lindenhurst was still
present Sunday, this time a little upstream from the mouth of the
river, seen from local streets on the west side of the creek, north of
Venetian Shores Park.
An ICELAND GULL was on Argyle Pond in Babylon on Sunday.
Farther east, five HARLEQUIN DUCKS remained along the jetties at
Shinnecock Inlet at least to Monday, and an AMERICAN BITTERN was
present in the marsh of the inlet on Monday, with a SALTMARSH SPARROW
off Dune Road last Saturday.
Six TUNDRA SWANS were among the Mutes on Sag Pond in Bridgehampton
Monday, and a WILSON'S SNIPE was on the Route 25A pond in Eastport
Saturday.
A very interesting seabird flight took place off Amagansett last
Saturday afternoon. An hour count produced a total of 700+ large
alcids, those that could be identified to species all being
RAZORBILLS, and one group of RAZORBILLS was accompanied by three
DOVEKIES. Also noted there were 49 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 18
NORTHERN GANNETS. About 80 RAZORBILLS had been noted off Montauk
Point earlier on Saturday.
Adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS continue in Fort Pond Bay in Montauk
and at Lazy Point in Napeague.
On Sunday an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off the beach at Ditch
Plains in Montauk, perhaps the same bird present up to the 7th around
Shinnecock Inlet. Also at Ditch Plains Sunday were a female KING
EIDER, 22 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and some PURPLE SANDPIPERS. A small
number of RAZORBILLS was also seen Sunday from Montauk Point to
Amagansett.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still at Croton Point Park
Monday, around the parking lot by the model airplane field.
There have, to our knowledge, been no recent sightings of the
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in Chappaqua.
To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126,
or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is
sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon
Society. Thank you for calling.
[~END TAPE~]
~ End Transcript ~
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