New York City RBA
August 20, 2010
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 20, 2010
* NYNY1008.20
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Semipalmated Plover
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
GLAUCOUS GULL
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Common Nighthawk
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Common Raven
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
Mourning Warbler
LARK SPARROW
Bobolink
- Transcript
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically
and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc3@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
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
[Completed tape rerecorded on Sunday morning.]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 20th 2010
at 11:45pm. The highlights of today's tape AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, BROWN
PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, MARBLED GODWIT, WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, GLAUCOUS GULL and LARK SPARROW.
The previously reported AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still present today at
the East Pond at Jamaica Bay and a BROWN PELICAN was seen last Sunday at
Cupsogue County Park.
An AMERICAN AVOCET appeared on Wednesday and Thursday at the Oceanside
Marine Nature Study Area at the west side of the south pond along with two
ROYAL TERNS on Thursday.
A WHIMBREL was at the East Pond at Jamaica Bay on Wednesday along with a
WILSON'S PHALAROPE and 12 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Also present today was a
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE also at the East Pond.
Six MARBLED GODWITS were seen at Cupsogue County Park from Sunday through
Tuesday an another MARBLED GODWIT was at the East Pond at Jamaica Bay on
Monday.
The previously reported GLAUCOUS GULL was still present last Friday and
Saturday at the ferry dock at Orient Point and 2 LARK SPARROWS were found on
Friday, 1 at Floyd Bennett Field near the tree nursery on Archery Road and
the other at Fort Tilden just west of the hawkwatch area.
The East Pond at Jamaica Bay continues to be the most productive shorebird
area in our region with over 5,000 shorebirds present each day through the
week with 15 to 20 species to be found including 40 STILT SANDPIPERS, 2
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 5 WESTERN SANDPIPERS as seen today.
Nine species of warblers plus 4 species of vireo (RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO, WHITE-EYED VIREO and BLUE-HEADED VIREO) were seen Thursday at Central
Park highlighted by a MOURNING WARBLER at the wildflower area. Also seen
were a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, 4 VEERYS and a WOOD THRUSH. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS
were reported over the city last week with 15 at Central Park on Tuesday and
4 at Riverside Park on Thursday.
A COMMON RAVEN was seen at the tower at the Nassau County Art Museum in
Roslyn on Wednesday.
A seawatch at Cupsogue County Park on Sunday afternoon produced 87 CORY'S
SHEARWATERS, 2 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 1 MANX SHEARWATER, 8 NORTHERN GANNETS
and a BLACK TERN.
Twenty BOBOLINKS were seen today at the south end of Broad Channel Island
and at Breezy Point 4,000 SANDERLINGS, 2,000 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and 400
BLACK SKIMMERS were seen today resting on the shoreline.
Please call in reports to Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, messages may be left
with 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.
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