NYC Area RBA: 6 November 2009

[Ben Cacace-2]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 6, 2009
* NYNY0911.06

- Birds mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+

CACKLING GOOSE
KING EIDER
Common Eider
CORY'S SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
Rough-legged Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
American Golden-Plover
Western Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
PARASITIC JAEGER
Short-eared Owl
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Clay-colored Sparrow

- 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@....

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: [phone]

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke [phone] (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at [phone] (Long Island)

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 Friday, November 6th
2009 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, BARNACLE
GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, WESTERN KINGBIRD, CACKLING GOOSE,
KING EIDER, CORY'S SHEARWATER, and PARASITIC JAEGER.

With waterfowl migration now in full swing scrutiny of Canada Goose flocks
can definitely pay off. On Tuesday in a Canada flock at Sunken Meadow State
Park on the north shore of Long Island north of Smithtown birders found a
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE and later a BARNACLE GOOSE with a BARNACLE GOOSE seen
there again Wednesday and today. The birds were feeding on grassy areas
generally east of the entrance road. Also check the creek on the south side
of the parking lots. The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE has not been seen since Tuesday
but is presumably also still in the area. Please phone in any subsequent
sightings.

Another SANDHILL CRANE sighting at the Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch at the Audubon
Center in northwest Greenwich this time involved 2 birds passing by and
heading into Westchester County last Sunday.

Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Mount Kisco recorded a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Sunday.

The presumed immature male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was still sporadically
visiting feeders through Thursday at 122 Hillside Ave. on northeastern
Staten Island where birders are welcomed to look for the hummingbird.

Two CACKLING GEESE were still around Mount Loretto Park off Hylan Boulevard
on Staten Island on Wednesday.

A nice incursion of WESTERN KINGBIRDS recently included one still present at
least to Sunday at Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk. The bird usually sitting
along the eastern edge of the pasture on the south side of Route 27 but also
coming down to flycatch from the fences running across the pasture.

Also on Sunday two more WESTERN KINGBIRDS were found together in
Bridgehampton the birds staying along the south end of a large field complex
on the east side of Peter's Pond Lane which runs from Daniel's Lane down to
the ocean. The 2 kingbirds at times ventured down to the beachside of the
shrubbery at the end of the field or over to the trees on the east side of
the field. The 2 kingbirds were still present there at least to Monday.

Also in the Montauk area a female KING EIDER remains off Ditch Plains
staying with Common Eiders but sometimes difficult to spot among all the
surfers. A CACKLING GOOSE was again seen Saturday along Further Lane east of
Hook Pond in Easthampton.

PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were on the Deep Hollow pasture Sunday.

The CORY'S SHEARWATER, 600 NORTHERN GANNETS and 350 COMMON EIDER were among
the highlights off Montauk Point on Saturday.

Single PARASITIC JAEGERS were noted off the Camp Hero overlook and off Main
Beach in Easthampton on Sunday.

At Shinnecock Inlet Sunday there were 3 ROYAL TERNS and 6 FORSTER'S TERNS in
a large raft of Common Eider in the bay.

The numbers of COMMON EIDER have been noted at several sites along the south
shore of Long Island recently with 390 counted in Fire Island Inlet on
Monday.

The large high tide gathering of shorebirds on the beach at Jones Beach
field 6 on Monday contained an immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 3 WESTERN
SANDPIPERS. The count of ROYAL TERNS around Jones Inlet peaked at 73 last
Sunday.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was present at Smith Point County Park in Shirley this
morning and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge on Monday.

To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at [phone], or
weekdays call Tom Burke at [phone].

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.

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