-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct 22, 2021 * NYNY2110.22
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+ SAY’S PHOEBE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cackling Goose Canada Goose American Golden-Plover Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT Long-billed Dowitcher Parasitic Jaeger BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Laughing Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Cory’s Shearwater Great Shearwater GREAT BLUE HERON (WHITE MORPH) CATTLE EGRET WESTERN KINGBIRD European Starling CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Brown-headed Cowbird PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL 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, October 22, 2021 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, SAY’S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, CATTLE EGRET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. A NOAA research vessel cruising offshore waters last Saturday encountered a somewhat late WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL well south of Westhampton, a return trip Thursday noting four WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS. The SAY’S PHOEBE found at Caumsett State Park on October 14th was still present today, continuing around the same corral fencing between the parking area and the tree line on the north side of the fields there. The first WESTERN KINGBIRD of the fall season was reported Tuesday flying by the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island. The female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was still present today in the Point Lookout area, usually found with mostly BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS and some EUROPEAN STARLINGS around the campground area at Nickerson Beach, but it has also been seen ranging east along Lido Boulevard towards the Point Lookout community. Patience and perseverance are often needed when looking for this bird. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find last Saturday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, where a CATTLE EGRET was also reported on Wednesday. The GREAT “WHITE” HERON remains at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, usually feeding in the cove on the west side of the causeway out to Marie’s Neck, but at higher tides moving to roost in the marsh around the island to the east of the causeway. A sea watch from Robert Moses State Park Field 2 last Saturday morning netted a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE as well as single GREAT and CORY’S SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen Saturday afternoon harassing LAUGHING GULLS off Jones Beach Field 6. Among the shorebirds, an immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still being seen to Tuesday on the pilings at Floyd Bennett Field. Two HUDSONIAN GODWITS visited the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, while at Jones Beach West End three MARBLED GODWITS visited the bar off the Coast Guard Station from last Saturday through Wednesday, with two there today, and a WHIMBREL was also reported there on Saturday. Up to two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were noted during the week along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. Still scattered along the coast, four LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also at Coney Island Beach today. Last Saturday CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Jamaica Bay, Point Lookout and Mecox, while ROYAL TERNS are still well represented along the coast. Waterfowl numbers are currently on the rise, and a CACKLING GOOSE was spotted in an overhead CANADA GOOSE flock last Monday over Mount Loretto Unique Area. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Jones Beach West End last Tuesday, and another was at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday and today, while VESPER SPARROWS have been seen at several sites recently. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Moses Park Sunday, while a number of later migrating WARBLERS have also featured a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS lately. A BLUE GROSBEAK was still out in Orient Sunday, and a few DICKCISSELS included two at Moses Park Saturday and one at Jones Beach West End Wednesday. 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/[email protected]/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/ --
