New York City RBA
August 27, 2010
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 27, 2010
* NYNY1008.27
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cory's Shearwater
Common Moorhen
AMERICAN AVOCET
Willet (subspecies "Western Willet")
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Stilt Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
GLAUCOUS GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Common Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK
WHITE-TAILED KITE (extralimital: Stratford, Connecticut)
- 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
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 27th 2010
at 11:45pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, GLAUCOUS GULL, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW,
LINCOLN'S SPARROW and BLUE GROSBEAK.
The previously reported AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still present Thursday at
the East Pond at Jamaica Bay where high water levels last week apparently
hindered shorebirding efforts.
The AMERICAN AVOCET also lingered through the week up to today at Oceanside
Marine Nature Study Area at the western border along Biddle Creek.
Single WHIMBRELS were reported at Napeague Bay on Sunday and at West End
Jones Beach on Wednesday.
Birders had a gorgeous godwit day last Sunday at Cupsogue County Park where
10 MARBLED GODWITS and 12 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were encountered. Another
MARBLED GODWIT was reported last Sunday from Mecox Bay among 15 species of
shorebirds including 29 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 5 STILT SANDPIPERS, a
WESTERN SANDPIPER and 2 BLACK TERNS.
A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was found at the cricket field at Floyd Bennett Field on
Thursday along with about 100 Semipalmated Plovers.
Last Saturday a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found in the swale area in front
of the bathhouse at parking field 2 West End Jones Beach among over 200
assorted shorebirds.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was still present through Wednesday at the ferry slip at
Orient Point.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW were found Thursday at the
Great Hill area of Central Park. The LINCOLN'S SPARROW was still there on
Friday.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen Thursday at the Vale of Cashmere area at Prospect
Park where 13 species of warblers were found in the park highlighted by a
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. Migrating warbler numbers and species increased last
week with 12 to 18 species of warblers reported today by several parties at
Central Park highlighted by TENNESSEE WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and
WILSON'S WARBLER.
Yesterday 12 species of warblers were counted at Central Park featuring a
WORM-EATING WARBLER. Another WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen with another 12
species of warbler at Prospect Park along with a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
on Tuesday with 12 species of warbler reported last Saturday at Prospect
Park.
Other Central Park arrivals on Thursday were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.
Other interesting sightings last week were 2 COMMON MOORHENS at the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay on Thursday, 160 to 170 BLACK TERNS at Napeague Bay last
Saturday, 44 "Western" WILLETS, 26 STILT SANDPIPERS and a GULL-BILLED TERN
at West End Jones Beach last Sunday, a COMMON RAVEN and a GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER Monday at Alley Pond Park, 8 CORY'S SHEARWATERS at Robert Moses
State Park at Fire Island seawatch last Monday, 2 CASPIAN TERNS at Robert
Moses State Park at Fire Island on Wednesday.
A WHITE-TAILED KITE was still present today at the Audubon property at
Stratford Point in Stratford Connecticut.
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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