- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep. 13, 2024 * NYNY2409.13
- Birds mentioned PURPLE GALLINULE+ SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER+ WHITE IBIS+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Sora AMERICAN AVOCET AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT WILSON'S PHALAROPE BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Least Bittern Broad-winged Hawk Red-headed Woodpecker Philadelphia Vireo CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler 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 13th 2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. Late Sunday afternoon an immature PURPLE GALLINULE was found disoriented in a grassy strip along 154th Street in Whitestone Queens and taken in for rehabilitation. Similarly that morning a LEAST BITTERN landed on an upper floor terrace on East 52nd Street in Manhattan and subsequently flushed into a nearby window. While such birds have been lingering, MOURNING WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Bryant Park in Manhattan have also presumably been compromised by flying into alien habitat and suffering the consequences. Still more obviously needs to be done to provide more protection for our declining bird populations. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge prime conditions on the East Pond continue to attract excellent variety including the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN present all week usually just north of the Raunt. The AMERICAN AVOCET staying at the north end of the pond attracted a second one last Sunday and both have continued through today [while 4] WILSON'S PHALAROPES have also appeared on the pond. Other shorebirds present include a couple of MARBLED GODWITS last weekend down to one today, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER last Monday and many other expected species. Other birds featured at least 2 SORAS, one seen regularly at the south end and still up to 6 or so CASPIAN TERNS plus a few ROYAL TERNS usually at the north end. At least 3 immature WHITE IBIS were still visiting Cow Meadow Park in Freeport up to last Monday and the one at Flax Pond in Old Field was seen again last Sunday. Other shorebirds include an AMERICAN AVOCET noted Saturday at Flushing Creek in Queens, one HUDSONIAN and 2 MARBLED GODWITS at Cupsogue Beach County Park today and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Fire Island's Democrat Point Wednesday and Thursday. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were out at Old Inlet on Fire Island on Wednesday along with a GULL-BILLED TERN and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was reported from Lazy Point at Napeague last weekend. A few SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATERS were reported again last Sunday from the Cresli whale trip aboard the Viking Star out of Montauk. Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted in Central Park Monday and Tuesday, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn Monday and at Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers Wednesday. [...] PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported while LARK SPARROWS were spotted Sunday at Randall's Island, Monday and Tuesday in Green-wood Cemetery and Tuesday at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center while a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited the Fire Island hawkwatch at field 5 Monday. Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred in Prospect Park Sunday and at SUNY Purchase starting Saturday. Some CONNECTICUT WARBLERS during the week included birds in Central, Prospect and Kissena Parks, Green-wood Cemetery and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a good variety of warbler species continues while numbers have been far from overwhelming. Single BLUE GROSBEAKS were on Monday in Green-wood Cemetery and out at Fire Island in field 5 and DICKCISSELS, mostly noted during early morning flights, were reported from Manhattan, Brooklyn and Pelham Bay with 2 passing over Moses Park Sunday. BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have begun appearing in decent numbers at regional hawkwatches with over 1,600 over the Greenwich Audubon Center on Tuesday. 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 ".") 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