- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep. 17, 2021 * NYNY2109.17
- Birds mentioned BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+ ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ BROWN BOOBY+ SAY'S PHOEBE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER WILSON'S PHALAROPE Caspian Tern Royal Tern GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph "Great White Heron") Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL - 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 nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, September 17th 2021* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN BOOBY, SAY'S PHOEBE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL found in Mill Neck on Sunday the 5th was still being seen around Beaver Lake south of Cleft Road up to Wednesday though we have no reports since then. A BROWN BOOBY first spotted in Arthur Kill off the southwestern section of Staten Island last Saturday was still being seen there up to yesterday often sitting on buoy #4. This area can be viewed from near the intersection of Allentown Lane and Windward Court just north of the Outerbridge Crossing. The SAY'S PHOEBE was found early last Saturday west of the parking lot at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes and lingered there for a couple of hours before moving on. The female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD first noted back on August 25th at Nickerson Beach was seen there again last Saturday in dune grasses near the west tern colony. Another bird only seen infrequently has been the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye spotted again last Saturday along the marsh edge. Scarce so far this year an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER appeared at Heckscher State Park yesterday. At Cutchogue fields off Oregon Road and Depot Lane hosted 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS Monday with a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER there Tuesday and another BUFF-BREASTED visited the Route 51 fields in Centerport just east of Route 111 also on Monday. Another BAIRD'S dropped by the field 7 pools at Heckscher State Park yesterday where a WILSON'S PHALAROPE was also seen last Saturday and again Wednesday. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted in Fire Island Inlet on Wednesday and up to 5 WHIMBREL were noted this week at Fort Tilden with 3 more out in Jamaica Bay Sunday. A few CASPIAN TERNS were present this week sometimes in company with the much more plentiful ROYAL TERNS. Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted Tuesday in Central Park and Inwood Hill Park. Four immature LARK SPARROWS were found this week with one at Watch Hill on Fire Island Sunday, one at Oak Beach Tuesday and another near there around Fire Island Inlet Wednesday with a fourth at Floyd Bennett Field today. Single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS appeared at Central Park's north end Monday, at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn yesterday and in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park today. On Wednesday 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were noted, one in Central Park's north end and the other at Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack. A few CONNECTICUT WARBLERS this week included birds reported from Central Park Monday and Thursday, Battery Park Tuesday and Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery today. A large variety of other warblers have included a few MOURNINGS and about 26 other species this week. SUMMER TANAGERS were reported from Central Park Monday and Prospect Park Tuesday while single BLUE GROSBEAKS were found on Governors Island Wednesday and in Green-wood Cemetery yesterday and today. A DICKCISSEL also visited Governors Island last Saturday. Other migrants have included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
