-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 2, 2024 * NYNY2408.02
- Birds Mentioned SANDWICH TERN+ WHITE-FACED IBIS+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER Common Eider AMERICAN AVOCET WHIMBREL Stilt Sandpiper Western Sandpiper LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER Parasitic Jaeger GULL-BILLED TERN Caspian Tern Black Tern Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater BROWN PELICAN Glossy Ibis RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 2, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, SANDWICH TERN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET. KING EIDER, WHIMBREL and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GULL-BILLED TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, DICKCISSEL and more. BROWN PELICANS early in the week featured one flying by Fort Tilden Saturday followed by up to five hanging around Breezy Point Monday and into Tuesday before moving on. Also at Breezy Point, a female KING EIDER was seen Monday to Wednesday and may still be around, and Tuesday there also produced a WHIMBREL and a GULL-BILLED TERN among a good selection of birds. More surprising, though, was a SANDWICH TERN photographed Thursday as it flew by Plumb Beach, only identified during subsequent review of photos taken; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to provide exciting birds, including a WHITE-FACED IBIS lingering around the north end of the East Pond, usually with GLOSSY IBIS but now somewhat faded and requiring closer scrutiny to spot its red eye and facial skin. An AMERICAN AVOCET visited the West Pond at the Bay today, where a summering COMMON EIDER was still present Sunday. Five WHIMBREL were spotted Sunday at Yellow Bar Hassock south of the West Pond, and a WESTERN SANDPIPER was photographed on the West Pond Monday. Good numbers of shorebirds on the East Pond have featured up to 8 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and close to 80 STILT SANDPIPERS, these counted Thursday, when a dozen GULL-BILLED TERNS were also noted at the north end. Other WHIMBREL this week included two Monday at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and three Wednesday at Miller Field beach on Staten Island. On the Hudson River 2 CASPIAN TERNS visited Harbor Square Park in Ossining Wednesday and Thursday, while across the Hudson at Piermont Pier in Rockland County on Wednesday a lingering group of up to 15 CASPIAN TERNS were also joined for a short while by a group of 6 BLACK TERNS. Birders on a CRESLI whale-watching boat out of Montauk last Sunday noted a PARASITIC JAEGER and some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, while SHEARWATERS included some CORY’S and GREAT plus three SOOTY and a MANX. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in the Calverton area, including along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville. Various early migrants among the passerines this week have included an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER appearing in Rye last Sunday, such WARBLERS as TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA and BLACK-THROATED GREEN, and a DICKCISSEL flying over northern Staten Island Wednesday morning. 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 -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
