-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sept. 11, 2026 * NYNY2609.11
- Birds Mentioned: WHITE IBIS+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Virginia Rail Sora AMERICAN AVOCET American Golden-Plover UPLAND SANDPIPER Hudsonian Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT Wilson’s Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER Western Sandpiper Parasitic Jaeger Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Cory’s Shearwater Scopoli’s Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater Manx Shearwater Great Egret MISSISSIPPI KITE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Philadelphia Vireo SEDGE WREN EVENING GROSBEAK LARK SPARROW YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER 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: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 11, 2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, SEDGE WREN, shorebirds including AMERICAN AVOCET, UPLAND, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, and MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EVENING GROSBEAK, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER and more. An immature WHITE-IBIS appeared Thursday on the North Fork out at Orient Beach State Park and was relocated Friday feeding with mostly GREAT EGRETS at the Brown’s Point marsh off Narrow River Road. An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE was spotted and photographed last Saturday as it flew over Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and a SEDGE WREN found last Sunday at Caumsett State Park was still heard today at the grassland restoration site. Good shorebird variety this week featured an AMERICAN AVOCET continuing to visit the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area at least to Wednesday and an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday, with singles today at Jerome Reservoir in the Bronx and out at Heckscher State Park Field 7. A MARBLED GODWIT was seen again Sunday off Jones Beach Field 10, with 15 more today out at Old Inlet in Bellport Bay, west of Smith Point County Park, where they were joined by good numbers of shorebirds including 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 6 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a couple of WESTERN SANDPIPERS, along with 3 CASPIAN TERNS. Single HUDSONIAN GODWITS were on Jamaica Bay’s East Pond to Wednesday and at the end of Piermont Pier Monday, and an UPLAND SANDPIPER was heard Sunday at Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island. Lone BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were noted on eastern Long Island, with singles at Sagg Pond Saturday and Monday, at Cupsogue Saturday and at Mecox Sunday, and single BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were noted at Sagg Pond Sunday and Mecox Wednesday. WILSON’S PHALAROPES on Jamaica Bay’s East Pond since Tuesday peaked with 4 or 5 there today around the north end, that pond also featuring SORA and VIRGINIA RAIL. The GLAUCOUS GULL often seen at Coney Island Beach was still there Wednesday, and a BLACK TERN was off City Island in the Bronx Wednesday. A boat trip off Montauk Monday featured a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, a PARASITIC JAEGER, and some CORY’S, SCOPOLI’S, GREAT, MANX and SOOTY SHEARWATERS. Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS visited Conference House Park on Staten Island Saturday and Caumsett State Park Sunday. Quite a surprise was a female EVENING GROSBEAK photographed in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery last Sunday. LARK SPARROWS this week featured 2 at Fresh Kills Park Sunday, 1 at Heckscher State Park Monday, and 1 seen in Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday and Thursday. Several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported during the week, and single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS appeared in Pelham Bay Park last Saturday, followed by 1 in Brookfield Park on Staten Island Sunday, and another in Central Park’s Ramble Monday. A nice variety of WARBLERS included GOLDEN-WINGED in Blydenburgh Park Saturday and Prospect Park Sunday and CONNECTICUT today at Alley Pond Park and Green-Wood Cemetery. A female-type SUMMER TANAGER was found today in the north end of Central Park. 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. 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