[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 4 October 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 4, 2024
* NYNY2410.04
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Cory's Shearwater
Scopoli's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN BOOBY
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
SEDGE WREN
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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, October 4th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, AMERICAN
WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, AMERICAN AVOCET, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, BLACK-THROATED GRAY,
PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A good week for unusual birds began last Saturday when an immature BROWN
BOOBY was spotted in the Davis Park Marina on central Fire Island. The
BOOBY has continued roosting in and feeding around the marina all week
through today. Regular ferries for the short ride over to Davis Park are
available from Patchogue.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still
residing on the East Pond at least to Wednesday and other highlights there
featured 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS to Thursday with one there today, a MARBLED
GODWIT all week and occasional AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE Wednesday and Thursday. Other local shorebirds featured a
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on the Hudson River in Bay Ridge Brooklyn Wednesday,
an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER seen occasionally to Thursday at Randall's
Island, 2 MARBLED GODWITS at Jones Beach West End Thursday and a WHIMBREL
there last Saturday. The West End also provided a BLACK-HEADED GULL all
week off the Coast Guard Station and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE along with 19
CORY'S, 3 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS and 22 NORTHERN GANNETS were tallied
off Robert Moses State Park Sunday.
Another seawatch Tuesday from Davis Park on Fire Island noted decent
numbers of CORY'S SHEARWATERS with a few of the recently split SCOPOLI'S
SHEARWATER also believed to be present along with 3 GREAT SHEARWATERS.
On Thursday 8 BROWN PELICANS were spotted from Bay Point Marina in Blue
Point flying east by Fire Island.
A few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were also noted this week.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed Monday morning at Floyd Bennett Field
before it quickly moved off to the southwest and a SEDGE WREN was spotted
briefly Sunday afternoon at Prospect Point out in Sands Point in Nassau.
A nice selection of warblers was topped by a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
photographed this morning at Flax Pond in Old Field north of Stony Brook.
Also unexpected were a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER spotted at Clove Lakes Park on
Staten Island Monday and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present Tuesday through
Thursday at Corlears Hook Park near Pier 42 in lower Manhattan. Other
notables included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER in Central Park's north end Thursday
and today plus 2 more at the Wildflower Meadow today, these after one at
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden last Saturday which was followed there by a
CERULEAN WARBLER Sunday. The first of this Fall's ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
have begun to arrive and a few CONNECTICUTS continue to be seen.
Single LARK SPARROWS were seen in Edgemere Queens last weekend and at Hot
Dog Beach off Dune Road today while CLAY-COLORED SPARROW lingered on
Governors Island to Sunday with others at Pelham Bay Park Sunday, Inwood
Hill Park Monday and Freshkills Park Thursday and today. A GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW found Wednesday at Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Brooklyn was
still there today.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island
Monday and another was a window strike casualty in Melville Thursday.
Multiple DICKCISSELS were noted earlier this week at Governors and
Randall's Islands with one also at
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 September 2024
- 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
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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 reg
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 September 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2024
* NYNY2409.06
- Birds mentioned
LONG-TAILED JAEGER+
SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER+
WHITE IBIS+
LARK BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Eastern Whip-poor-will
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN BOOBY
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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 6th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are LARK BUNTING, BROWN
BOOBY, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, WHITE IBIS,
AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GOLDEN-WINGED, CONNECTICUT and other warblers,
DICKCISSEL and much more.
An interesting but puzzling bird spotted midday Monday at Shirley Chisholm
State Park was subsequently identified as a LARK BUNTING and fortunately
continued along the trail there through much of Tuesday morning before
disappearing. A second LARK BUNTING in similar brownish plumage was also
spotted Tuesday morning along the median adjacent to field 2 at Robert
Moses State Park but that bird vanished rather quickly and neither has been
seen subsequently.
Today a seawatch off Shinnecock Inlet produced an adult BROWN BOOBY moving
east not far offshore. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen off nearby
Tiana Beach and spotted further east off Mecox Bay were one SOOTY and 9
CORY'S SHEARWATERS plus 22 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN showed up on the
East Pond last Saturday and has continued there through today, usually
lingering with many Mute Swans just north of Raunt. Shorebirds on the East
Pond this week have included an AMERICAN AVOCET all week at the north end,
2 MARBLED GODWITS today, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Monday and small numbers of
PECTORAL, STILT, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and a few LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS. A BLACK TERN spent Monday regularly circling the pond with up
to 10 CASPIAN TERNS staying mostly at the north end. An AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER was out in Jamaica Bay Monday.
A boat trip into Long Island Sound last Saturday produced a crisp juvenile
LONG-TAILED JAEGER about one and a half miles off Eaton's Neck with some
great photos obtained. The four immature WHITE IBIS that have been visiting
Cow Meadow Park in Freeport were still present there as of Wednesday either
roosting on the pond by the parking lot or out feeding in the surrounding
marsh. Another immature spotted about a week ago was seen again today on
Flax Pond in Old Field northwest of Port Jefferson.
Two BROWN PELICANS appeared off Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday and
the next day 8 were seen off Breezy Point Tip moving out to sea.
Old Inlet on Fire Island, 2 miles west of Smith Point County Park, has
featured [...] 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS through Thursday with 2 MARBLED GODWITS
also stopping by Sunday, with 3 HUDSONIANS visiting Mecox Bay Monday.
The Cresli whale watching trip on the Viking Star out of Montauk have been
productive for seabirds recently. The trip last Sunday produced a WHIMBREL,
6 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 50 plus CORY'S and
SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATERS along with 12 GREAT, one SOOTY and 7 MANX
SHEARWATERS. With the AOS recently recognizing the split of SCOPOLI'S
SHEARWATER from CORY'S and NYSARC now revealing the implications of this on
the New York list it's time to sharpen one's skills to recognize the subtle
differences between the two. Not necessarily a simple task.
An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was in Central Park Monday and an immature
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Inwood Hill Park Sunday.
Notable landbirds recently have featured OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, at least 5 YELLOW-BREASTED C
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 August 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 16, 2024
* NYNY2408.16
- Birds mentioned
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
AMERICAN AVOCET
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Stilt Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
BLACK TERN
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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, August 16th,
2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN
AVOCET, RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, BUFF-BREASTED and UPLAND
SANDPIPERS, KING EIDER, GULL-BILLED and BLACK TERNS, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET,
LARK SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, Fall warblers and more.
A report from East Patchogue last Monday described an immature WHITE IBIS
flying north over Swan Lake Preserve just following an immature
photographed back on August 3rd during its brief visit to Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach which report was inadvertently missed on last week's RBA and today
another immature was photographed in the marsh at Watch Hill in the central
section of Fire Island. Presumably these birds are originating from the
quite successful breeding colonies in southern New Jersey and it would be
reasonable to expect that others could be on the way.
With shorebirds moving south through our area for a while now numbers and
varieties should continue to increase. The AMERICAN AVOCET recently
lingering around the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge was present at least to Monday but not reported lately. Among the
decent numbers of shorebirds on the East Pond have been a WILSON'S
PHALAROPE since last weekend and a few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS plus STILT,
PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and several other species
along with a few GULL-BILLED and up to 4 CASPIAN TERNS. A BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER appeared at Riis Park Saturday but disappeared Sunday morning
while an UPLAND SANDPIPER flew over Jones Beach West End Tuesday morning. A
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE visited Plumb Beach for a short while Tuesday morning
and 4 were seen together from a fishing boat off Montauk on Thursday this
venture also producing some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS plus 3 CORY'S and 8
GREAT SHEARWATERS. Additional single WILSON'S PHALAROPES were spotted at
Captree Island on Monday and at Jones Beach West End Tuesday and a few
WHIMBREL were noted by boat out in Great South Bay on Saturday.
A female KING EIDER continues around the Breezy Point tip often on the
bayside. A GULL-BILLED TERN visited Plumb Beach Monday and Tuesday with a
BLACK TERN there Wednesday.
Two WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS were spotted moving up the Hudson River from
Manhattan's Riverside Park on Monday.
Four RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still present along the Paumanok Trail
near Jones Pond in Manorville on Tuesday and one was spotted Wednesday at
the Blue Mountain Reservation in northern Westchester.
Single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were noted Wednesday at Jones Beach West End
and in Prospect and Pelham Bay Parks and several YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS
and other empidonax flycatchers were also reported.
A LARK SPARROW visited the landfill at Croton Point Park from Saturday
through Monday.
Increasing numbers of warblers featured single GOLDEN-WINGED in lower
Manhattan Monday and Alley Pond Park Thursday and single MOURNINGS in
Central Park Sunday and on Wednesday in Alley Pond Park, the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum in Great River and in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's North Garden.
Other notable warblers included WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, HOODED, CAPE MAY,
BAY-BREASTED, CANADA and WILSON'S.
Four BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted in the Calverton area Sunday and another was
reported at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester starting on
Tuesday. Flyover
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 August 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 9, 2024
* NYNY2408.09
- Birds mentioned
King Eider
AMERICAN AVOCET
UPLAND SANDPIPER
WHIMBREL
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Stilt Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN
Royal Tern
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
- Transcript
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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
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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
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, August 9th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS,
AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, UPLAND and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, RED-NECKED
and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS, LARK
SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
As we await any unusual rarities from this current storm system Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge does continue to provide a nice variety of seasonal
highlights including an AMERICAN AVOCET recently hanging around the south
end of the West Pond. The East Pond has been attracting good numbers of
shorebirds as well as the WHITE-FACED IBIS now in non-breeding plumage but
continuing to frequent the north end of the pond. WILSON'S PHALAROPE at the
bay since last Saturday peeked with 2 Wednesday at the north end of the
East Pond which has also provided counts of up to 9 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
and over 150 STILT SANDPIPERS as well as some PECTORAL and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS plus as many as 12 GULL-BILLED TERNS using the pond. WHIMBREL
and BLACK TERN have also been noted south of the West Pond with the latter
and 2 each of CASPIAN and ROYAL TERNS on the East Pond today.
Other shorebird highlights this week featured an UPLAND SANDPIPER in the
dunes at Jones Beach West End on Monday followed today by a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER flying by Robert Moses State Park field 2 this afternoon and a
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE briefly visiting the Pier i area of Riverside Park
South off West 69th Street in Manhattan. Three WHIMBREL also flew by
northern Manhattan today.
Two ROYAL TERNS were offshore visitors to Playland Park in Rye last Tuesday
and CASPIAN TERNS have been seen fairly regularly along the Hudson River up
to Croton Point Park and especially around Piermont Pier on the Rockland
County side. BLACK TERNS too have been popping up at various coastal sites.
At Breezy Point a female KING EIDER was seen again today and 13 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted along the beach Wednesday.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still along the Paumanok Trail near Jones
Pond in Manorville last Sunday, this site off Schultz Road.
A LARK SPARROW was a nice find Monday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in
Brooklyn and a BLUE GROSBEAK was spotted Sunday at Pine Meadow County Park
off Route 51 in Eastport.
Other migrants this week included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Monday in
Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday while
warblers featured a CERULEAN in Central Park Monday as well as a few each
of WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, CAPE MAY and WILSON'S plus others.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 19 July 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 19, 2024
* NYNY2407.19
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN FLAMINGO+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
LITTLE GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
DICKCISSEL
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electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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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, July 19th 2024*
at 11 pm. The highlights of today's vacation shortened tape are AMERICAN
FLAMINGO, LITTLE GULL, BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, MARBLED GODWIT and
WHIMBREL, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, DICKCISSEL and more.
The AMERICAN FLAMINGO did reappear again last Sunday at Georgica Pond in
Wainscott, Long Island. We're assuming this to be a single wandering
individual. It was back up in Massachusetts Monday through Wednesday before
paying a visit to Rhode Island on Thursday. Next stop, who knows?
An immature LITTLE GULL was a notable find at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn on
Tuesday photographed nicely before it moved on.
A recent incursion of BROWN PELICANS started with Sunday sightings of one
around Jones Inlet, one off Fire Island and 5 over Dune Road in Quogue
heading out to the ocean. On Tuesday one was near the Ponquogue Bridge at
Shinnecock continuing in Shinnecock Bay to Wednesday and today singles
appeared in Brooklyn flying over into Jamaica Bay and off Robert Moses
State Park.
A WHITE-FACED IBIS at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has been seen around the
East Pond most days this week, often in the pond's north end but also a
little south of there. Decent numbers of shorebirds have also returned to
the East Pond including some STILT, and a few PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and a
couple of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and up to 3 GULL-BILLED TERNS continue to
visit the East Pond as well. A MARBLED GODWIT was spotted in a marsh in
Great South Bay Tuesday and a few WHIMBREL included 9 at Plumb Beach
Wednesday and 2 at Fort Tilden the day before. Plumb Beach also featured a
GULL-BILLED TERN Tuesday and a CASPIAN TERN Wednesday.
A boat off Montauk last Sunday reported 98 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and over
160 CORY'S, 26 GREAT, and 5 SOOTY SHEARWATERS and a DICKCISSEL was reported
flying over Jones Beach West End today.
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 12, 2024
* NYNY2407.12
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN FLAMINGO+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
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AMERICAN AVOCET
Semipalmated Plover
Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Least Bittern
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, July 12th 2024*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's vacation shortened tape are AMERICAN
FLAMINGO, WHITE-FACED IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, and
southbound shorebirds, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The now famous AMERICAN FLAMINGO which was first spotted at Georgica Pond
in Wainscott back on May 31st was still noted there last Friday July 5th
with likely this same bird making brief trips up to Massachusetts and down
to Delaware during that period may have left our area after one more
Georgica visit last Monday but don't rule out another reappearance.
A lot of work and effort put into improving the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge has certainly already begun proving its worth, just in time
for the commencement of Fall migration. A WHITE-FACED IBIS has been [...]
regularly mixing in with Glossy Ibis feeding either at the north end or
along the east shore down to the Raunt and today 4 AMERICAN AVOCETS
appeared at the pond's south end joining a variety of other southbound
shorebirds that this week have included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and STILT, PECTORAL,
WHITE-RUMPED, SOLITARY, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. Also watch for
one or more GULL-BILLED TERNS now visiting both ponds and last Saturday a
kayaker also spotted a WILSON'S PHALAROPE out on Ruffle Bar in Jamaica Bay.
It's shaping up for a great Fall at the bay.
A CASPIAN TERN was seen last Monday out at Great Gull Island and 12 Common
Eider are also lingering there but the great news is that the Great Gull
tern colony now contains about 40,000 COMMON and 6,000 ROSEATE TERNS.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum and BLUE
GROSBEAKS seem to be doing nicely in the Calverton area.
Apparently already on the move a LEAST BITTERN needing assistance in
Manhattan was retrieved Tuesday at West 125th Street and Broadway and taken
to the Wild Bird Fund for rehabilitation.
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 21, 2024
* NYNY2406.21
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
AMERICAN FLAMINGO+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
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Common Eider
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Number: (212) 979-3070
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Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 21st 2024*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN FLAMINGO,
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN
PELICAN, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS,
BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The AMERICAN FLAMINGO seems to have settled in at Georgica Pond in
Wainscott, present there all week despite potentially disturbing incidents
and hopefully it will continue at least for the short term. The best
approach to seeing the FLAMINGO on Georgica Pond stills seems to be to park
in the small lot at the end of Beach Lane west of the pond and walk east
along the beach to the overview of the pond. For those without local
parking permits, plan your visit for early in the morning because expensive
tickets are being issued once the beach activity picks up usually around 10
am.
The SWALLOW-TAILED KITE provided a nice but brief view Sunday morning as it
cruised over the beach at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island just south of the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS moving from the East Pond to the West
Pond last Friday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continued on the West Pond
for Saturday but then moved on. An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS occasionally seen
as it visits the south end of the East Pond was reported there again on
Wednesday and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE also appeared around the south end on
Wednesday and Thursday. A LEAST BITTERN has been in the same area as the
East Pond but has been seen best as it feeds around Big John's Pond, nicely
viewed from the bird-blind on the way to the Raunt overlook. One or two
GULL-BILLED TERNS also continue to visit the south ends of both the East
and West Ponds and a female COMMON EIDER was still on the West Pond last
Saturday.
Possibly the same BROWN PELICAN was seen Monday evening near the ferry
terminal at Davis Park on central Fire Island and then briefly on the
mudflats off Oak Beach in Fire Island Inlet Tuesday morning.
A young male COMMON EIDER was still in the Fort Tilden to Breezy Point
stretch of coastline at least to Wednesday.
A nice count of 18 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a BLACK TERN were out at
Breezy Point Tuesday with another BLACK TERN also at Nickerson Beach Monday
while a CASPIAN TERN visited Georgica Pond last Saturday.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Connetquot River State Park Wednesday has
continued in the same location and may be nesting there.
Single ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS recently in Brooklyn were seen at Calvert Vaux
Park Saturday and at Green-wood Cemetery Sunday.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was spotted Sunday at Blydenburgh County Park in
Hauppauge east of Stump Pond. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and a late MOURNING WARBLER
appeared in Brooklyn Bridge Park last Monday.
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue out in the Calverton area concluding around the
Preston Ponds complex.
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* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 14, 2024
* NYNY2406.14
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
AMERICAN FLAMINGO+
ARCTIC TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
PACIFIC LOON+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
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Common Eider
Eastern Whip-poor-will
White-rumped Sandpiper
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Least Bittern
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Hooded Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 14th 2024*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN FLAMINGO,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, WHITE-FACED IBIS,
PACIFIC LOON, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
SUMMER TANAGER and more.
After wandering about the northeast for a short time, by Monday the
AMERICAN FLAMINGO had returned to Georgica Pond in Wainscott where it has
remained through today. Since Georgica Pond is surrounded by private
property except along the beachfront the best approach for looking for the
Flamingo seems to be parking in a small lot at the end of Beach Lane west
of the pond and walking east on the beach to view the pond. The issue there
is the potential for a parking ticket so best to be there early before the
beach crowd starts building up.
Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS found on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Sunday continued around the pond's south end through
Thursday but today flew over to the south end of the West Pond. An adult
WHITE-FACED IBIS has also been noted occasionally along the southeast
shoreline of the East Pond starting on Monday and Tuesday this area
attracting a revolving set of Ibis constantly coming in and staying for a
short while. The southern section of the East Pond has also produced a
couple of sightings of LEAST BITTERN usually in flight and some lingering
shorebirds including 50 or more WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS gathered there
Wednesday. A female COMMON EIDER remains on the West Pond and one or two
GULL-BILLED TERNS continue to appear at both the West and East Ponds.
An adult SANDWICH TERN was spotted Tuesday morning at the Fire Island Old
Inlet in Bellport Bay west of Smith Point County Park and single ARCTIC
TERNS were photographed at Nickerson Beach last Sunday, this an adult,
followed by an immature at Cupsogue Beach County Park on Tuesday.
A CASPIAN TERN in Pelham Bay Park's Orchard Beach last Saturday was
followed by one today flying over the Cliffdale Farm's section of Teatown
Reservation in northern Westchester.
PACIFIC LOON was photographed and identified as it flew by a boat off Jones
Beach last Saturday.
A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was found Sunday at Nickerson Beach and unexpected was
an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL calling at Jones Beach Sunday evening.
ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were on Saturday at Heckscher State Park and Connetquot
River State Park and Wednesday and Thursday in Prospect Park and
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great
River.
A SUMMER TANAGER was spotted in Cunningham Park Monday and single BLUE
GROSBEAKS were present at Bayswater Point State Park including Saturday and
at Cliffdale Farm on Tuesday while nesting pairs are also in residence out
in the Calverton area.
The Captree Summer Bird Count last Saturday netted 129 species including an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum and a healthy gathering of nesting birds at Democrat Point with
good numbers of COMMON and LEAST TERNS and BLACK SKIMMERS plus a few
ROSEATE TERNS.
The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count including much of eastern
Westchester recorded 130 species last weekend including WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, HOODED WARBLER and
count period BLUE GROSBEAK.
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 24, 2024
* NYNY2405.24
- Birds mentioned
ARCTIC TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
PACIFIC LOON+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Common Loon
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 24th, 2024*
at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS,
PACIFIC LOON, MISSISSIPPI KITE, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS,
YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and
more.
With migration winding down and overall numbers continuing to be on the low
side some terns are now showing up to make things more interesting. This
morning at Nickerson Beach and Lido Beach an adult SANDWICH TERN paid a
brief visit to the eastern Black Skimmer and Common Tern nesting area
before moving on. Other terns occurring there include ROSEATE and
GULL-BILLED with two early ROYAL TERNS reported Tuesday. Nickerson has in
recent Springs been a good location to search for ARCTIC TERNS with the
only reports so far this Spring has been an adult photographed last Sunday
at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
A surprise last Saturday was a PACIFIC LOON photographed as it flew by
Randall's Island as part of a small COMMON LOON flight.
MISSISSIPPI KITES appeared this week over three NYC parks. The first a
subadult spotted over Brooklyn's Prospect Park Monday evening followed
shortly thereafter by presumably the same one over nearby Green-wood
Cemetery and then one occurred Thursday over Forest Park in Queens.
Rather unexpected was a CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW recorded singing for a short
while last Monday evening at Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center
in Yorktown Heights one of very few Westchester records.
A variety of interesting birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge have included
a nicely plumaged RED-NECKED PHALAROPE around the south end of the West
Pond from Monday through today. With other shorebirds there including 2
WHIMBREL out on the bay Sunday as well as WHITE-RUMPED and PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS also present on the West Pond today. GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN
TERNS have been reported there recently while a female COMMON EIDER was
still there last Sunday with a female HARLEQUIN DUCK continuing off Sunset
Cove Park just south of the refuge at least to Wednesday. A lingering
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also seen in the South Garden today.
Breeding plumaged AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed at the Lido Beach
Passive Nature Area last Monday.
Among the flycatchers a few OLIVE-SIDED include one at Strack Pond at the
west end of Forest Park Saturday and one at Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday.
Some currently migrating species including ACADIAN, ALDER and
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, BICKNELL'S and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES and
PHILADELPHIA VIREO can require extra scrutiny to ensure proper
identification.
A KENTUCKY WARBLER lingered on Governors Island from Saturday at least
through Wednesday and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum in Great River while MOURNING WARBLERS have been found in
several parks.
A few SUMMER TANAGERS include birds in Central Park last week and Forest
Park Wednesday and Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay Thursday and a
BLUE GROSBEAK was at Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday others continuing
out around Calverton.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 17 May 2024
- RBA
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 17, 2024
* NYNY2405.17
- Birds mentioned
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Sooty Shearwater
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Grasshopper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 17th, 2024*
at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are WESTERN TANAGER, YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW,
YELLOW-THROATED, GOLDEN-WINGED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK, other Spring migrants and more.
Not a dynamic week thanks to the weather but a male WESTERN TANAGER was
found and photographed Wednesday afternoon in Hudson River Park in the
Chelsea section of downtown Manhattan where it was also reported calling
early Thursday morning but could not be relocated thereafter.
A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD found last Friday in Queens was still present
today at Sunset Cove Park which is located off Cross Bay Boulevard on the
southwest side of Broad Channel. The female HARLEQUIN DUCKS spotted
offshore at this park last week has continued there at least through
Thursday. Another female HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen last Sunday off Robert
Moses State Park where a seawatch also produced a PARASITIC JAEGER and a
SOOTY SHEARWATER plus 15 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 5 ROSEATE TERNS. Two
CASPIAN TERNS were spotted off Breezy Point Tuesday and 2 also reported off
the lower West Side of Manhattan Tuesday and Wednesday.
A STILT SANDPIPER visited the dune pools at Jones Beach West End field 2 at
least to Tuesday joined there by a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER appeared in Central Park last Saturday with another
in Manhattan noted Tuesday and Thursday in a small park east of 1st Avenue
between 58th and 59th Streets. Another RED-HEADED spent the week at least
to Thursday in the North Garden at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge with one
also at Connetquot River State Park on Tuesday. They also continue along
the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville.
A LARK SPARROW was found Monday on the East Pond side of Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW visited Bayswater Point State
Park in Queens last Sunday while thrushes now feature a few GRAY-CHEEKED
and BICKNELL'S these requiring careful effort for separation.
The flycatcher mix has improved with the arrival of more OLIVE-SIDEDS and
was as ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen in Green-wood Cemetery yesterday and
this morning and a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited Prospect Park last
Saturday while today single KENTUCKY WARBLERS were found in Cabrini Woods
at the south end of Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan and at Strack
Pond at the western end of Forest Park in Queens. A good variety of other
warblers this week, many in fairly low numbers, did feature some TENNESSEE,
a few MOURNING and HOODED, some CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and BLACKBURNIAN and
increasing BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON'S.
Several SUMMER TANAGERS this week included multiples in Central Park with
others in Forest Park Monday and Inwood Hill Park and on Staten Island
today as well as a few on eastern Long Island and appropriate breeding
areas. BLUE GROSBEAKS have also settled into desired eastern Long Island
nesting territories so please make sure not to disturb these birds during
this critical time in their life-cycle.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org Shared Location - Village View (East 2nd-6th; 1st Ave.-Ave. A)
A marker was created for '*Village View (East 2nd-6th; 1st Ave.-Ave. A)*' in New York County. The hotspot should be available within 12 hours. - This hotspot (or the '*East Village (B'way-E. River; 14th-Houston St.)*' hotspot) will be useful for the Blue Grosbeak observations. Thanks to Karen Fung for the suggestion. If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here are the steps: — Sign in to eBird.org — Go to 'My eBird' & select 'Manage My... Locations' in the left panel — To see all of your personal locations drop-down on 'Type' and select 'Personal' — ... or use the Search bar to find the personal location — ... or select directly from the list which can be sorted using the 'Sort by' drop-down on the upper right — ... Personal locations are missing the "people" icon to the right of the location name — Select the personal location and click the 'Merge' button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons with flames — ... Keep the checkmark for 'Delete after merging' selected — Click the Hotspot (red icon) where you want the green personal location to be merged into — ... you'll see the hotspot location name above the merge button showing the # of checklists to be merged — Click the 'Merge' button — Answer Yes to the 'Are you sure?' query All checklists for your personal location will be combined with the hotspot. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- (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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 April 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 26, 2024
* NYNY2404.26
- Birds mentioned
SWAINSON'S WARBLER+
LAZULI BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Brant
HARLEQUIN DUCK
RED-NECKED GREBE
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Caspian Tern
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Red-headed Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Baltimore Oriole
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cape May Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, April 26th,
2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are LAZULI BUNTING,
SWAINSON'S WARBLER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-NECKED GREBE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET,
PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY and CERULEAN WARBLERS, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more.
Thanks to a posting on Facebook the presence of a LAZULI BUNTING coming to
feeders in a residential section of Flanders just south of Riverhead became
known and as of last Sunday birders were permitted to visit this site and
enjoy this colorful young male as it made periodic appearances there.
Visitors continued through Monday afternoon but unfortunately were not
repeated Tuesday or thereafter. The homeowners and surrounding neighbors
deserve a hardy thank you for welcoming the throng of birders into their
neighborhood. This handsome bird will constitute a second New York State
record after acceptance by NYSARC.
A SWAINSON'S WARBLER found on the 19th at Brooklyn Bridge Park was still
present there Thursday but was not reported today. On Thursday the bird was
foraging actively and would sing occasionally in the overgrown triangle
next to the Pier 5 uplands lawn just south of the public restrooms.
Hopefully, it might remain there.
Among lingering waterfowl, a black-type BRANT was reported Monday out of
Captree State Park and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was still off Orient Point County
Park on Monday. Three RED-NECKED GREBES were still in the waters off Dead
Horse Point just west of Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday and a Staten
Island CASPIAN TERN was at Wolfe's Pond Park on Wednesday and Freshkills
Park the next day.
The AMERICAN BITTERN in the Central Park Ramble on Wednesday and Thursday
was followed by an even more unusual LITTLE BLUE HERON in the Ramble today
and a WESTERN CATTLE EGRET visited West Mill Pond in Forge River back on
Wednesday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in
Manorville and at Croton Point Park.
Single PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS reported one continuing in Prospect Park to
last Saturday, one visiting Alley Pond Park Monday, and one Wednesday
around Turtle Pond in Central Park. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at
the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and one visited Central Park's
Ramble today. Also today a KENTUCKY WARBLER appeared at Clove Lakes Park on
Staten Island while a CERULEAN WARBLER appeared at the Rockefeller State
Park Preserve in Westchester Monday.
Several reports of SUMMER TANAGER included two birds in Central Park
Thursday as well as singles in Prospect Park Wednesday through today, at
Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station Tuesday through today and on
Wednesday in Green-wood Cemetery and in Wantagh. Several BLUE GROSBEAKS
have included one moving around Manhattan's East Village through today, one
in Riverside Park Thursday, one continuing to Thursday in Brooklyn's Fort
Greene Park, one in Heckscher State Park Thursday and one in Connetquot
River State Park at least to Thursday and one at Montauk's Camp Hero Sunday.
Other seasonal migrants included YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, RED-EYED VIREO, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and SCARLET
TANAGER plus such warblers as BLUE-WINGED, TENNESSEE, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.
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.
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There was an existing stakeout hotspot so I merged the one I created with the first one called: - stakeout Lazuli Bunting, Royal Ave., Flanders (2024) <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L30828562> On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 4:35 PM Ben Cacace wrote: > A marker was created for '*stakeout Lazuli Bunting, Flanders, Suffolk > County (2024)*' in Suffolk County based on the location in the following > checklist https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S169674986>> from > Brendan Fogarty. The hotspot should be available within 12 hours. > > If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here > are the steps: > > — Sign in to eBird.org > — Go to 'My eBird' & select 'Manage My... Locations' in the left panel > — To see all of your personal locations drop-down on 'Type' and select > 'Personal' > — ... or use the Search bar to find the personal location > — ... or select directly from the list which can be sorted using the 'Sort > by' drop-down on the upper right > — ... Personal locations are missing the "people" icon to the right of the > location name > — Select the personal location and click the 'Merge' button and you'll see > all nearby hotspots as red icons with flames > — ... Keep the checkmark for 'Delete after merging' selected > — Click the Hotspot (red icon) where you want the green personal location > to be merged into > — ... you'll see the hotspot location name above the merge button showing > the # of checklists to be merged > — Click the 'Merge' button > — Answer Yes to the 'Are you sure?' query > > All checklists for your personal location will be combined with the > hotspot. > -- > Ben Cacace > Manhattan, NYC > -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- (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/ --
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 19 April 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 19, 2024
* NYNY2404.19
- Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SWAINSON'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
RED-NECKED GREBE
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Sora
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Common Tern
NORTHERN FULMAR
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Wood Thrush
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Seaside Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, April 19th,
2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S WARBLER,
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, NORTHERN FULMAR, BROWN PELICAN, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET,
RED-NECKED GREBE, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW,
PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
Spring migrants and more.
This morning a male SWAINSON'S WARBLER was found in Brooklyn Bridge Park
where it spent the day foraging in brushy areas from Pier 4 down to Pier 6.
It would disappear for a while at times but would occasionally sing aiding
in relocating the wandering bird. Hopefully, it will remain to Saturday.
The Prospect Park RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD made what may be a final visit Monday
morning to the area where it had wintered near Breeze Hill spotted sitting
fairly high up in the vegetation.
A nice flight off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning featuring
an account of over 2,700 NORTHERN GANNETS as well as decent numbers of
waterfowl and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also provided a light phase
NORTHERN FULMAR moving east not too far offshore.
An immature BROWN PELICAN, perhaps the one seen back on the 8th, was
spotted last Sunday moving by Lido Beach and shortly thereafter heading
past Jones Beach West End then back out to sea.
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was spotted last Saturday on a lawn at Hawley's
Place Park just north of Route 27A in West Islip.
Three RED-NECKED GREBES were still off Dead Horse Point just west of Floyd
Bennett Field this morning.
Single ICELAND GULLS were noted Saturday at Fort Tilden, Monday at Great
Kills Park, and then Wednesday at Governors Island, and the next day off
nearby Brooklyn. While CASPIAN TERN visited Pelham Bay Park last Sunday.
[...] LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Sunday and an AMERICAN BITTERN visited Prospect Park
from Monday to Thursday.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found in Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday with a
more colorful find that day was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER spotted in nearby
Prospect Park. This bird still present today around West Island in Prospect
Park Lake. Besides the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum in Great River other YELLOW-THROATEDS include singles
found at Southaven County Park Sunday and Central Park Monday and in
Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday. The SUMMER TANAGER at Southaven County Park
Saturday was followed by one Monday in Green-wood Cemetery where a BLUE
GROSBEAK was present from Saturday through today. Other BLUE GROSBEAKS
included one in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn since Sunday, one moving
around the East Village in lower Manhattan from Tuesday on and one at
Connetquot River State Park on Thursday.
A good number of Spring arrivals finally this week included such species as
COMMON NIGHTHAWK, CHIMNEY SWIFT, SORA, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILLET and COMMON
and LEAST TERNS as well as GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD,
YELLOW-THROATED and WARBLING VIREOS, VEERY and WOOD THRUSH, more SEASIDE
and SALTMARSH SPARROWS and ORCHARD ORIOLE.
Among the arriving warblers have been OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, NASHVILLE, more HOODED, AMERICAN REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED and
PRAIRIE while a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS included singles seen in Central Park
and Green-wood Cemetery.
To phone in report
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 March 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 29, 2024
* NYNY2403.29
- Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
BRANT (subspecies "Black Brant")
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (western subspecies "Audubon's" form)
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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, March 29th,
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD,
PAINTED BUNTING, WESTERN GREBE, black form of BRANT, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, Audubon's form of
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, Spring migrants and more.
Prospect Park continues to host the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD first seen there
back on February 10th. It is still visiting the honeysuckle plants and
nearby hummingbird feeder located along the path on the Prospect Park lake
side of Breeze Hill. It has been roosting in the plantings there when not
actively feeding.
The fairly elusive female type PAINTED BUNTING first noted at Hempstead
Lake State Park on February 22nd was only reported once this week that
being today. To search for the BUNTING park in field 3 across from the
southwest corner of Hempstead Lake and take the path towards McDonald's
Pond which goes along the bottom of a grassy slope dropping down from Lake
Drive across from the south end of the lake. The bird lurks within these
grasses as far as McDonald's Pond and who knows where else.
The WESTERN GREBE recently along the southwestern shore of Staten Island
was reported last Sunday south of the pavilion at Conference House Park and
may still be around.
A dark form of BRANT referred to as "Black Brant" was found with a small
group of our Atlantic Brant feeding last Saturday in a traffic circle at
field 5 at Robert Moses State Park but we have no further reports.
There were still 15 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Point Lookout last Sunday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL in crisp breeding plumage was noted along Plumb Beach
especially towards the western end of the beach for most of the week
through today and one was also spotted off Point Lookout last Sunday. An
immature ICELAND GULL was in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn last Sunday
and one also visited Plumb Beach Tuesday. Coastal counts of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS last Saturday featured 18 at Robert Moses State Park and
7 at Floyd Bennett Field.
Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still around the south end of the West
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER visited
the ponding at field 6 at Heckscher State Park on Wednesday while 4
RAZORBILLS were seen off Jacob Riis Park last Saturday.
Two RED-NECKED GREBES were off Dead Horse Point west of Floyd Bennett Field
on Tuesday and 3 were reported off Pelham Bay Park today.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park, another at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye all getting closer to full adult plumage.
A Jones Beach West End Audubon's form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER present all
Winter was seen last Sunday along the main roadway just east of the
entrance road to the Coast Guard Station but does move around the area.
Several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS also continue locally.
There was not much notable movement of migrants this week at least into our
area but a few more NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS were seen and
some northbound PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS also occurred.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 March 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 22, 2024
* NYNY2403.22
- Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form "Common Teal")
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Northern Gannet
Snowy Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Marsh Wren
- 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, March 22nd,
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD,
PAINTED BUNTING, WESTERN GREBE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, Eurasian form of
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and more.
As we proceed slowly through the March doldrums awaiting a fresh burst of
Spring migrants many of our current highlights are lingering rarities.
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD staying in Brooklyn's Prospect Park continues in its
same location along the path on the Prospect Park lakeside of Breeze Hill
where it visits the hummingbird feeder and nearby flowering honeysuckle
plants often roosting within the bushes themselves.
A female-type PAINTED BUNTING was still present at least to Wednesday at
Hempstead Lake State Park where it continues to visit the grassy downslope
below Lake Drive at the south end of Hempstead Lake. Park at field 3 across
from the southwest corner of Hempstead Lake and take the path below the
downslope checking the heavy grasses along the slope as far as McDonald's
Pond. Patience is often required.
The WESTERN GREBE was still visiting the waters off Conference House Park
at the south end of Staten Island at least to Monday often viewed from the
park's pavilion. It had also previously been drifting north up to the
Tottenville train station off the end of Bentley Street.
An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL seen last Sunday at Gilgo Beach was followed
by an adult spotted today at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach. A few ICELAND GULLS
noted during the week included one at Point Lookout Saturday, one moving
down the East River Sunday, 2 at Great Kills Park Monday, and one visiting
Prospect Park Lake today.
A Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen again Sunday on Short's Pond
off Scuttlehole Road in Manorville and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still out at
Orient Point State Park on Monday. A RED-NECKED GREBE was off Dead Horse
Point west of Floyd Bennett Field on Sunday and a few lingering RAZORBILLS
featured 3 off Breezy Point Sunday and one off Plumb Beach Tuesday.
A major incursion of NORTHERN GANNETS into western Long Island Sound took
place Wednesday when over 520 were counted streaming west past Playland
Park in Rye in the late morning to early afternoon. As the strong winds
died many of the birds reversed course and headed back east.
COMMON GALLINULE continues at the Mill Pond Preserve on the north side of
Merrick Road in Wantagh and 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still around the
south end of the West Pond of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Westchester at Croton Point Park and at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye as well as out in Manorville along the
Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road near Jones Pond.
Among the few new Spring arrivals recently have been reports of SNOWY EGRET
and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON as well as BARN SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER and MARSH WREN.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 1 March 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 1, 2024
* NYNY2403.01
- Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (western subspecies "Audubon's" form)
SUMMER TANAGER
- Transcript
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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, March 1st,
2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD,
PAINTED BUNTING, SWAINSON'S HAWK, SANDHILL CRANE, DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED
MURRE, TUFTED DUCK along with GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, KING EIDER and
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
"Audubon's" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
Brooklyn's first RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues in Prospect Park still today
visiting a hummingbird feeder as well as nearby honeysuckle plants near the
hairpin turn on the Prospect Park Lake side of Breeze Hill.
Also remaining around its chosen area this week has been the female type
PAINTED BUNTING at Hempstead Lake State Park. This bird continues through
today feeding around the tall grasses on the downward slope of Lake Drive
as it transverses the southern end of Hempstead Lake. Park in field 3
across from the southwest corner of the lake and take a path that goes
along the bottom of the downward slope below Lake Drive. Watch for the
BUNTING in the often accompanying sparrow flock especially as the path gets
closer to McDonald's Pond.
And likely returning for its second late winter in Brooklyn the immature
SWAINSON'S HAWK was first spotted last Monday over Green-wood Cemetery but
since then has moved a little west over to the area around the Sim's
Municipal Recycling Center, a favorite area last winter, located at the end
of 29th Street just west of 2nd Avenue. Watch for the hawk sitting on
buildings, structures, or garbage piles in this area though it might also
fly around the surrounding neighborhood or back towards Green-wood Cemetery.
Getting their return into the northeast on Tuesday a flock of 7 SANDHILL
CRANES were first spotted midday over Green-wood Cemetery and then a little
later over Brooklyn's Park Slope as the birds continued in a northerly
direction.
A DOVEKIE was a nice find off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West
End last Saturday, the bird moving out Jones Inlet. A THICK-BILLED MURRE
was photographed Sunday morning at Crooke's Point at Great Kills Park on
Staten Island and coastal RAZORBILLS continuing locally included 58 off
Breezy Point last Saturday and 34 around Jones Inlet Sunday.
A TUFTED DUCK was found this morning at the Ludlow's Creek Tidal Wetlands
in Oakdale on Long Island. The duck has been moving along the creek with a
flock of scaup. There's a small parking area near the end of Franklin Road
that is next to the trail giving access to the creek. Other waterfowl
feature 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE seen again Tuesday at the Buffalo
Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead and another still on the pond off
Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook. A drake KING EIDER was again present in
Gardiners Bay on Monday and a peak of 26 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were counted off
the Jones Beach West End jetties Sunday with 4 more still off Orient Point
Tuesday. Three RED-NECKED GREBES were off Pelham Bay Park Saturday.
The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around the beach at Jones Beach
West End last weekend and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was off Montauk Point
Saturday. A GLAUCOUS GULL has continued around the Fulton Fish Market at
Hunts Point in the Bronx this week occasionally joined by an ICELAND GULL
with another ICELAND still at Bush Terminal Piers Park last Saturday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain in Westchester at Croton Point Park and
Marshlands Conservancy. Last Sunday a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was reported in a
Horned Lark flock at Jones Beach West End and the "Audubon's" YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER was also seen there that day. A female SUMMER TANAG
[nysbirds-l] New York State Portal on birdinghotspots.org
Hello all,
Recently the birdinghotspots.org website added NYS as a portal. The site
currently hosts 38 states plus the District of Columbia and includes
other locations outside the United States. The site is updated
automatically with new hotspots daily and is an excellent place for finding
detailed descriptions supplied by editors and visitors to the website. Each
hotspot includes the following sections:
- Tips for Birding
- Birds of Interest
- About this location
- Notable Trails
There are additional checkboxes for 'Restrooms on site', 'Wheelchair
accessible trail', 'Roadside viewing', and 'Entrance fee' and there's a
dedicated place for displaying a map and a section for links related to the
hotspot.
- Editors are welcome as there are currently two for NYS.
One of the editors, Ann Johnson, has created videos that are aimed at
helping birders use Birding Hotspots. See her webpage at:
- https://ajendeavors.com/Extras/BirdingHotspots.aspx
Two birders are responsible for Birding Hotspots: Ken Ostermiller <
ken.ostermil...@gmail.com> created the site and Adam Jackson has done a
fantastic job producing the code for the project. Anyone can make
suggestions by clicking on the 'Suggest Edit' link below each of the
hotspot names. You can also upload photos for each hotspot including
habitat images which can be used for the hotspot's banner.
- Take a look at the NYS portal here:
https://birdinghotspots.org/region/US-NY
- Here's an example of a recently added location that has been fleshed
out for 'Chittenden Overlook, Hudson Heights (W 186th-187th St.)
<https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L22353081>'.
On each hotspot page:
- you can view the hotspot's 'Overview' by clicking the icon displaying
the # of species
- get directions via Google Maps
- access links to eBird by clicking on the 'eBird Links' icon which has
several sections:
- *Explore in eBird* — Illustrated Checklist, Recent Visits & Hotspot
Map
- *Bar Charts* — Year and Seasons
- *My eBird* — Location Life List & Submit Data
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 January 2024
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 26, 2024
* NYNY2401.26
- Birds mentioned
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
MARBLED GODWIT
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Rough-legged Hawk
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (western subspecies "Audubon's" form)
- 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, January 26th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are a slightly extralimital
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, PACIFIC LOON, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS
GULLS, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
MARBLED GODWIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, "Audubon's"
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and more.
Last Saturday afternoon a subadult GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was first spotted
and identified on floating docks at the Newburgh waterfront in Orange
County but as of Sunday the gull would cross the Hudson River to roost on
the Beacon side in Dutchess County on ice forming near the train station.
Sightings were limited to the Beacon side until the ice disappeared and by
late Thursday afternoon the gull was back to using the floating docks in
Newburgh. Where the GLAUCOUS-WINGED would spend its feeding time however
was not determined until today when it was spotted off Mohonk Road
northwest of New Paltz visiting one of a few regional gull feeding areas
most of which are not accessible for public viewing. Later today it was
found feeding in a New Paltz cornfield along Route 299 just west of the
bridge over the Wallkill River but it subsequently left with other gulls
and headed back presumably towards the Newburgh-Beacon area so the best
strategy might be to look for gull feeding areas during midday though local
knowledge would be very helpful but check the Newburgh waterfront early and
late in the day especially the floating docks off Second Street east of
Water Street or if ice gathers again on the river try the Beacon waterfront
by the train station.
A PACIFIC LOON was still present at least to Wednesday off the northeastern
side of Floyd Bennett Field often viewed from the kayak launch site. A
DOVEKIE was seen Tuesday near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West
End and RAZORBILLS continue along the Atlantic coast and were seen even
into western Long Island Sound.
Single adult and immature BLACK-HEADED GULLS were both noted during the
week from Jones Beach West End and along the inlet to Point Lookout.
Multiple GLAUCOUS GULLS featured one regular in Sheepshead Bay at least to
Wednesday and off Calvert Vaux Park Thursday, an immature at Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park Wednesday followed by an adult there today and one at
Randall's Island last weekend. A few ICELAND GULLS were noted from Miller
Field on Staten Island today out to Montauk Harbor Inlet last Saturday with
a THAYER'S GULL reported from Prospect Park late Tuesday.
The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen several times around the Buffalo
Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead and one continues in lower Westchester
noted on Playland Lake a few times up to yesterday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON
continues on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park and HARLEQUIN
DUCKS include up to 9 around Jones Inlet and off Point Lookout and a couple
in Moriches Inlet Tuesday. Six MARBLED GODWITS were still around Jones
Beach field 10 Saturday, a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Calvert Vaux Park
Wednesday, one or two AMERICAN BITTERNS continue along Dune Road and a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted Sunday near the Long Island Expressway in
Brookhaven.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Robert Moses State Park today and a VESPER
SPARROW was found at Great Kills Park last Sunday while the YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT occurred at Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island last weekend. The
"Audubon's" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was still around the Jones Beach West End
parking area by the Coast Guard Station on Wednesday and a decent number of
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS remain in the area.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-492
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 December 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 29, 2023
* NYNY2312.29
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD+
MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Eurasian Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
TUFTED DUCK
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Marbled Godwit
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Chipping Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Transcript
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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, December 29th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MACGILLIVRAY'S and
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN
TANAGER, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Christmas Count results and more.
The 100th Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count Saturday recorded 121
species including 2 new to the count the most striking of which was the
MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER found in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. This
handsome bird has continued there through today but due to the volume of
people visiting this residential neighborhood birders have been requested
to park only along public streets and bird from sidewalks along those
streets. A key area is the south side of West 231st Street just west of
Independence Avenue just beyond the non-public parking lot at this corner
bordered by a hedgerow there's a private home and driveway and then an
overgrown small field. The MACGILLIVRAY'S appears both in the hedgerow at
times coming up West 231st Street and in the small field where it can be
quite elusive requiring patience. The two new count ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHERS included a bird at Pelham Bay landfill and one lingering in
Mount Vernon recently most frequently seen a short way down South 8th
Avenue just south of West 2nd Street. Other count highlights included 3
RED-NECKED GREBES, ICELAND GULL, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Marshlands
Conservancy, 4 CHIPPING SPARROWS, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and 7 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS.
A TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, perhaps present in Forest Park Queens since November,
has been seen since Wednesday often in the gully but today also in
evergreens just north of Forest Park Drive. A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD spotted
Monday at Heckscher State Park was still present today often along the
roadway median just north of the park cottages at the northeast sector of
the park's circle road. Other ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS this week were noted
in Brooklyn at Calvert Vaux Park Sunday and Owl's Head Park today and at
Bayswater State Park in Queens to Wednesday. A WESTERN TANAGER at Jones
Beach West End near the Coast Guard Station was still present at least to
Wednesday.
Single PINK-FOOTED GEESE were spotted today at Planting Fields Arboretum
near Oyster Bay and at Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga. The EURASIAN
GREEN-WINGED TEAL was found on Short's Pond off Scuttle Hole Road in
Watermill last Sunday and a male TUFTED DUCK was still in Stony Brook
Harbor today often viewed from Cordwood Park off Harbor Road. Last Sunday
single young male KING EIDERS were seen off the Jones Inlet jetty and off
Montauk Point and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue off the Jones jetty, another
at Orient Point with 4 at Old Field Point Wednesday.
Eleven MARBLED GODWITS were present Sunday off field 10 at Jones Beach
State Park with single BLACK-HEADED GULLS at Calvert Vaux Park Monday,
Setauket Harbor Tuesday and on Wednesday at Coney Island Creek which also
had an ICELAND GULL today.
Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were spotted in Watermill Sunday and single
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were at Marshlands Conservancy Tuesday and Hither
Hills State Park today.
Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred today at Mecox Inlet and Big Reed
Pond in Montauk.
The Captree Christmas Count on Sunday the 17th netted 133 species including
a new BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER plus EURASIAN WIGEON at Connetquot River
State Park, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, ICELAND GULL and 5 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS.
The Northern Nassau Count on Saturday
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 8 December 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 8, 2023
* NYNY2312.08
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
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
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, December 8th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-CHINNED
HUMMINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, PAINTED BUNTING,
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL
and more.
On Randall's Island the BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit the
feeders still maintained at the Urban Farm seen there today among the
plantings surrounding the public restroom off Wards Meadow Loop in the
southeastern section of the island. There is a parking lot adjacent to this
site.
But last week's ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn was
not seen after Saturday. That same day one was found in lower Manhattan
where it has continued all week. This bird has bounced around the West
Village seen today around the Bleecker Playground between Bleecker and
Hudson Streets above West 11th Street but also ranging up to Abingdon
Square Park just north of there as well as moving around the adjoining
neighborhood. A DICKCISSEL is also traveling with House Sparrows in the
same area.
Two WESTERN TANAGERS showed up on Tuesday, a female type at Morningside
Park in northern Manhattan has been present near the park entrance around
West 115th Street off Morningside Drive while a brighter one continues at
Jones Beach West End frequenting the hedgerow adjacent to the Coast Guard
Station or along the road to the Fisherman's parking lot.
A male PAINTED BUNTING was reported on Saturday from Fort Tryon Park but no
details were provided and a female type was seen only briefly at Pelham Bay
Park Tuesday.
Among the waterfowl, the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found last Friday at Planting
Fields Arboretum west of Oyster Bay was also seen Saturday but not
thereafter. A male TUFTED DUCK in decent but not quite full plumage was
spotted last Saturday on Fort Pond in Montauk and was still present today
on the south end of the pond. Other birds in Montauk included 4 RED-NECKED
GREBES Saturday off Culloden Point and 220 RAZORBILLS, 5 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES and 225 NORTHERN GANNETS off Montauk Point. A TUNDRA SWAN
visited Miller Field on Staten Island last Sunday while single GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted at Morris Port High School Sunday, again at
the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead Tuesday and in lower
Westchester in the Rye area including on Playland Lake today. A drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again Saturday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge and another continues on the main pond at Connetquot River
State Park and 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still at Orient Point Saturday. A
female KING EIDER appeared briefly with some Canada Geese off Pelham Bay
Park in the Bronx Wednesday before flying off.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were identified from the middle parking lot along
Gravesend Bay last Saturday, at Breezy Point on Wednesday and off the Jones
Beach West End Coast Guard Station today.
In Westchester multiple RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point
Park joined by one at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was
reported again Monday at Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island while LAPLAND
LONGSPURS included one at Heckscher State Park last Saturday and 2 visiting
Smith Point County Park yesterday and today.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday when
one was also spotted at Coney Island Beach. Besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS
interesting late warblers included BLACK-AND-WHITE, PRAIRIE and WILSON'S.
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 1 December 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 1, 2023
* NYNY2312.01
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
SUMMER TANAGER
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, December 1st
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-CHINNED
HUMMINGBIRD, HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, BLACK GUILLEMOT,
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BROWN BOOBY, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN
WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, SUMMER TANAGER,
LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
The BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues on Randall's Island still visiting
the feeder and plantings at the Urban Farm which surrounds a public
restroom off the Ward's Meadow Loop in the southeast section of Randall's
Island. There is a parking area adjacent to this site.
Last Saturday a small empidonax flycatcher was spotted at Rockland Lake
State Park off Route 9W identified as a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER based on
various field characters and voice. The bird would appear in a large
leafless oak tree at the south end of parking field 6 on the west side of
the lake. This tree is adjacent to a fishing pier and each day to Thursday
the bird would reappear in this tree to mid-morning but was otherwise not
located once it moved from that location. The HAMMOND'S was not reported
Friday but if still around it will be best to check this oak tree early in
the morning.
This morning a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted in the small flock of Canada
Geese at the Planting Fields Arboretum south of Planting Fields Road in
upper Brookville west of Oyster Bay. The flock was later flushed at midday
but presumably is still in the area.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT spotted Saturday along the west jetty at Shinnecock Inlet
was unfortunately found dead there the next day.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found in Brooklyn's Owl's Head Park on Monday
was still present there today.
A BROWN BOOBY hanging out around Bayonne, New Jersey for a while was seen
from Brooklyn from the Veteran's Memorial Pier Saturday and from the 9/11
Memorial site on northern Staten Island on Sunday.
Local GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE featured one at the Reeves Avenue Buffalo
Farm in Riverhead Saturday, two at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and
one returning to lower Westchester Monday appearing on Playland Lake in Rye
before relocating to the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook for the rest of
the week. Single EURASIAN WIGEON included one continuing on the main pond
at Connetquot River State Park at least to Tuesday, one reported again on
the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday and one on Marion
Lake in East Marion to Tuesday. A young male KING EIDER was spotted at
Montauk Point Sunday and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still off Orient Point
Monday. In Montauk five RED-NECKED GREBES were seen Sunday, four at
Culloden Point and 406 RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point.
An ICELAND GULL was at Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park, another at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again last
Sunday at Freshkills Park on Staten Island. Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were
spotted along Daniel's Lane in Sagaponack and in Riverhead Saturday and at
Robert Moses State Park Tuesday and Friday while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
visited Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday and again today. A female type SUMMER
TANAGER was an interesting find at Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga
Thursday and a DICKCISSEL was still at Randall's Island last Saturday.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 November 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 10, 2023
* NYNY2311.10
- Birds mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
NORTHERN SHRIKE
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Dickcissel
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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, November 10th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are PAINTED BUNTING, PURPLE
GALLINULE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, NORTHERN SHRIKE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and more.
Around midday last Saturday a nicely plumaged male PAINTED BUNTING appeared
briefly and then disappeared quickly back into bushes near the 113th Street
entrance to Morningside Park in northern Manhattan evading further efforts
to pin it down as it apparently headed south.
The immature PURPLE GALLINULE first noted around Prospect Park Lake on
October 15th and has not been reported there since last Sunday.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER spotted in Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday was
followed by one seen in nearby Owl's Head Park on Wednesday this joined by
a second one Thursday and Friday while farther out on Long Island another
ASH-THROATED was also present yesterday and today at the Suffolk County
Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found Tuesday out near the dog run at Nickerson
Beach and was still around that area and the nearby ponds today.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was identified today at Freshkills Park on Staten Island
in the North Park, Phase 1 section hopefully it will linger.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON, in still changing plumage, was found Thursday at
Connetquot River State Park in a flock of American Wigeon on the main pond
near the visitors center and continued there today. Out at Orient Point up
to 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been present off the point since last Saturday.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still present at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last
Saturday and the continuing flock of MARBLED GODWITS around Jones Inlet
included 11 reported on the outer bar across from the Coast Guard Station
Wednesday.
A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE moving down the Hudson River was reported off Fort
Washington Park in northern Manhattan last Tuesday and later also seen off
Brooklyn and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still being reported today
around the edge of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
A seawatch at Montauk Point last Sunday reported 26 CORY'S and 8 GREAT
SHEARWATERS, a PARASITIC JAEGER and small numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS and
FORSTER'S and COMMON TERNS while 850 NORTHERN GANNETS were estimated off
Fort Tilden today.
Besides the 2 immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS present all week next to the
model airplane field at the Croton Point Park in Westchester another has
been present all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.
Unusually late was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO photographed Tuesday at the Mount
Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Fort Totten Park in Queens Sunday was followed by
one at Marshlands Conservancy Monday and Tuesday and another at Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park on Wednesday while a VESPER SPARROW was spotted at
Brooklyn Bridge Park last Sunday.
Some late warblers still being encoun
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 November 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 3, 2023
* NYNY2311.03
- Birds mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
HARRIS'S SPARROW+
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
SANDHILL CRANE
American Golden-Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Golden Eagle
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Lapland Longspur
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mourning Warbler
DICKCISSEL
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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, November 3rd
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are HARRIS'S and LECONTE'S
SPARROWS, PURPLE GALLINULE, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, MARBLED
GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL
and more.
Last Saturday an immature HARRIS'S SPARROW was spotted in a mixed group of
sparrows at Hot Dog Beach along Dune Road in Quogue. Some high water on the
roadway at times hampered searching but the HARRIS'S was still findable
through Monday though apparently not thereafter. Another nice sparrow find
was a LECONTE'S spotted last Monday in the grasslands at Planting Fields
Arboretum in Oyster Bay but this bird could not be relocated on following
days.
Immature PURPLE GALLINULE in Prospect Park was present around Prospect Park
Lake all week, usually spotted off the peninsula or around the Music Island.
The Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford and the
Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch just south of there at the Audubon Center in
northwestern Greenwich have both been enjoying good Fall raptor seasons.
Thursday produced 2 SANDHILL CRANES in addition to 3 GOLDEN EAGLES over the
Chestnut Ridge watch and 6 SANDHILLS plus another GOLDEN at Quaker Ridge
where the season hawk total now exceeds 42,000 with over 36,000 encountered
at Chestnut Ridge.
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was reported from Alley Pond Park last Saturday with
another on Staten Island in the vicinity of Wolfe's Pond Park and Mount
Loretto from Sunday to Tuesday.
Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS continued at Plumb Beach to Tuesday while at
Jones Beach West End at least 7 MARBLED GODWITS were still around the inlet
off the Coast Guard Station Saturday this number dropping to 2 by Monday.
A seawatch off Fort Tilden Sunday produced 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a BLACK
TERN as well as 75 ROYAL TERNS and 40 NORTHERN GANNETS and a watch off
Robert Moses State Park Wednesday featured a GREAT SHEARWATER and 700
NORTHERN GANNETS.
AMERICAN BITTERNS were noted last weekend at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge and along Dune Road with another in Central Park's Ramble Thursday.
Single migrant SHORT-EARED OWLS were spotted over Fort Washington Park in
northern Manhattan Wednesday and over Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers and
subsequently at the Pelham Bay landfill Thursday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS on the move were spotted at Jones Beach West End
Saturday and Moses Park Sunday with another visiting Croton Point Park
Saturday through at least Thursday.
LAPLAND LONGSPUR was identified at Moses Park Tuesday and besides a few
VESPER SPARROWS a LARK SPARROW was still in Green-wood Cemetery Saturday
with another at Fort Tilden Thursday, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Floyd
Bennett Field Saturday was followed by one in Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday
to Thursday and another at Croton Point Park today and a GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW plus a DICKCISSEL were both at the Hallockville Museum Farm in
Northville Monday. Other DICKCISSELS included singles at Highbridge Park in
northern Manhattan Monday and at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday and
Tuesday.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continued in Central Park to Saturday and one visited
Manhattan Beach Park Monday.
Other migrants this week included PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH, AMERICAN
PIPIT, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and some late warblers including several
ORANGE-CROWNEDS plus some MOURNING lingering in Battery Park to 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
Natio
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 October 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 13, 2023
* NYNY2310.13
- Birds mentioned
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Wilson's 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, October 13th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN
PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED and
HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The long staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL, visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay
Park, has not been reported since Sunday and it seems likely that a bird
flying east over Flax Pond in Oldfield Monday morning was presumably the
same bird. There have been no subsequent reports.
This week's only BROWN PELICAN report was moving southwest off Coney Island
Pier last Sunday and another brief sighting mentioned two AMERICAN AVOCETS
on the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Wednesday
morning.
Separate WESTERN KINGBIRDS on Wednesday included one on Governors Island
and another in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn; this one first spotted last
Sunday.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON found on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge Monday was still around the southwest corner of the pond Wednesday.
Shorebird numbers have been dropping off recently but up to 11 MARBLED
GODWITS were still around Jones Inlet Tuesday with 6 still visiting the
Coast Guard bar today and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Breezy Point last
Saturday as was an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER while one or two WHIMBREL were
noted at a few sites on eastern Long Island last weekend.
Last Saturday a GREAT SHEARWATER was reported off Riis Park and a CORY'S
SHEARWATER off Fort Tilden and single PARASITIC JAEGERS were off Riis and
Breezy Point Saturday with another off Fort Tilden Monday. A CASPIAN TERN
visited Floyd Bennett Field Sunday.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS on Monday were still along Paumanok Trail near
Jones Pond in Manorville, this site off Schultz Road.
Some PINE SISKINS have been appearing lately mostly as overhead migrants.
LARK SPARROWS this week were noted at Green-wood Cemetery mid-week, Marine
Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Thursday and Randall's Island and Robert
Moses State Park today while a few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included singles
in Central Park last Saturday, Randall's Island Tuesday, Jones Beach West
End Wednesday, Carl Schurz Park at 87th Street and East End Avenue in
Manhattan Thursday and in Green-wood Cemetery today. Single VESPER SPARROWS
were on Governors Island Wednesday and Randall's Island today and NELSON'S
SPARROWS are appearing now in many saltmarshes.
Some YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS lately have included singles in Green-wood
Cemetery to Tuesday and Rockefeller Preserve State Park and in Manhasset
Wednesday and at Croton Point Park and Moses Park today.
A male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was a good find in Manhasset last Sunday and a
CONNECTICUT WARBLER was walking around Jones Beach West End Monday. Other
warblers have included a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS plus late HOODED,
BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY, BLACKBURNIAN and WILSON'S.
Single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Governors Island Sunday to Wednesday and
Green-wood Cemetery Thursday and today while several DICKCISSELS included
birds at Governors Island and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center
off Yaphank Avenue on Wednesday and at Green-wood Cemetery and Moses Park
today.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 October 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 6, 2023
* NYNY2310.06
- Birds mentioned
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Prothonotary 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, October 6th,
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN
PELICAN, WESTERN KINGBIRD, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED and
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, MANX SHEARWATER, and other pelagics, CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The long-staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park
as viewed from Everit Avenue was still present at least to Tuesday with
parking available at Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.
An interesting late incursion of BROWN PELICANS took place last Sunday when
birders at Breezy Point spotted small flocks of mostly immatures heading
east on the ocean. The total of 39 birds was duplicated a little later with
40 birds counted off Fort Tilden. On Monday 7 PELICANS were seen passing by
central Fire Island and Tuesday produced 3 moving west off Cupsogue County
Park but there have been no subsequent reports.
A nice fall specialty was a WESTERN KINGBIRD reported briefly last Tuesday
at Great Kills Park on Staten Island.
Last week's large gathering of MARBLED GODWITS in Jones Inlet continued
into the week with up to 16 still present Monday and at least 8 to
Wednesday. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was also noted accompanying them on Monday.
The GODWITS first appear on the bar off the West End Coast Guard Station as
the tide drops and they soon head out to the bar across the inlet
especially if there is disruptive activity on the adjacent shoreline.
Another HUDSONIAN GODWIT was still present at least to Tuesday around field
8 at Heckscher State Park. Five WHIMBREL were noted the past few days at
Davis Park out on Fire Island with singles at Plumb Beach yesterday and at
Staten Island's Miller Field and out in East Hampton last Saturday. Last
Saturday 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were still at the sod fields off Route
51 just east of Route 111 in Eastport and that day another was on the
Riverhead sod fields along with 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS. Saturday also
produced a GOLDEN-PLOVER at Fort Tilden while a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER visited
Breezy Point yesterday.
Last Sunday seawatches off Robert Moses State Park field 2 tallied single
MANX and SOOTY SHEARWATERS in the afternoon plus a few CORY'S and GREAT
SHEARWATERS and some active PARASITIC JAEGERS.
Montauk Point Saturday produced larger numbers of CORY'S and GREAT
SHEARWATERS while PARASITIC JAEGER was also seen off Fort Tilden and Breezy
Point last weekend.
One or two BLACK TERNS were off Breezy Point during the week and a few
CASPIAN TERNS were scattered along the coast.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday. A GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW was found in Central Park’s north end yesterday with single
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted to Thursday in Green-wood Cemetery and in
Central Park today with 2 in Bushwick Inlet Park in Brooklyn Wednesday. On
Monday YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were uncovered in Massapequa Preserve and at
Sunken Meadow State Park the latter also present Tuesday and a PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER was still at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket to Sunday.
A SUMMER TANAGER was photographed off the boardwalk at Robert Moses State
Park last Sunday and BLUE GROSBEAKS occurred on Governors Island Sunday,
Pelham Bay Monday and off Route 120 along the edge of the Westchester
County Airport Thursday and today. Several DICKCISSELS were noted including
2 each at Coney Island Creek and Breezy Point on Sunday and a few PINE
SISKINS have occurred recently.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 September 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 22, 2023
* NYNY2309.22
- Birds mentioned
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
BELL'S VIREO+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Golden-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut 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 22nd
2023* at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BELL'S
VIREO, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, the continuing slightly extralimital
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was still visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park
today, usually visible from Everit Avenue. Nearby parking is available at
Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.
A BELL'S VIREO was identified from photos taken last Saturday at Welwyn
Preserve in Glen Cove. This quite bright individual could not subsequently
be relocated.
A female type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen briefly near the Ponquogue
Bridge west of Shinnecock Inlet last Tuesday but quickly disappeared.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues along the Hudson River in the Newburgh area
occasionally crossing over to the Beacon waterfront but more often seen
near the Newburgh ferry dock or south of there near the Global Oil terminal
along River Road.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was still visiting the sod fields along Route 51
out in Eastport last Sunday and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was spotted at Floyd
Bennett Field on Monday. The water level remains quite high on the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted at
the pond's north end last Saturday. Perhaps this same bird photographed at
the south end today.
Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted in Prospect Park Sunday and
Central Park yesterday with 3 still present along Paumanok Trail near Jones
Pond Saturday this off Schultz Road in Manorville.
Single LARK SPARROWS were spotted at Rockaway Beach last Saturday and on
Roosevelt Island yesterday while recent CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included one
in Prospect Park Wednesday and singles Thursday in Van Cortlandt Park and
Bushwick Inlet Park in Brooklyn. A VESPER SPARROW was at Croton Point Park
Thursday and quite a few LINCOLN'S SPARROWS arrived recently.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday and Croton
Point Park Thursday and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find at the Frank
Melville Memorial Park in Setauket present there Thursday and today. Single
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS were reported last weekend at Clove Lakes Park on
Staten Island Saturday and in Central Park and Prospect Park on Sunday and
several reports of CONNECTICUT WARBLER included singles in Central Park
Wednesday and Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Thursday.
SUMMER TANAGER was reported in Central Park both from the Ramble and at the
north end between Saturday and Tuesday and quite a few BLUE GROSBEAKS were
noted in the NYC area including one each in Prospect Park and Bush Terminal
Piers Park Tuesday and one in Kissena Park and 2 on Roosevelt Island on
Wednesday. Several DICKCISSELS have also been noted recently mostly as
calling flybys and among the other more notable migrants lately have been a
few OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS plus several empidonax species and a decent
number of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS.
The raptor migration has also produced a nice number of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
this week. Between Tuesday and Thursday the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the
Butler Sanctuary in Bedford and the Quaker Ridge site at the Audubon Center
in northwestern Greenwich, which contained virtually no overlap, counted a
combined 46,500 BROAD-WINGEDS.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 8 September 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 8, 2023
* NYNY2309.08
- Birds mentioned
COMMON RINGED PLOVER+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
FRANKLIN'S GULL+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Western Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Blue Grosbeak
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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 8th,
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER,
ROSEATE SPOONBILL, pelagic trip results including LONG-TAILED JAEGER,
WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER and
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, FRANKLIN'S GULL, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT and KENTUCKY
WARBLERS.
A COMMON RINGED PLOVER continues around Old Inlet in Bellport Bay but the
bird seen recently through today is apparently a different individual from
the one found initially back on August 19th and may have been present since
August 27th when this slightly differently plumaged bird was first noted.
Reaching this site requires about a 2-mile walk west along the beach from
the parking lot at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and the bird is at
times on flats a half-mile or so farther to the northwest depending on the
tidal situation but there are lots of birds there to keep one occupied.
This week's highlights included counts of up to 15 or so MARBLED GODWITS
and 13 WHIMBREL, 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, a single
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and WILSON'S PHALAROPE as well as a few CASPIAN
TERNS mixed in with the many ROYAL TERNS.
Last Saturday evening a ROSEATE SPOONBILL was found on Willow Pond in
Hewlett Bay Park and has been roosting at that location through today. The
pond viewing point is along Everit Avenue, a street on which there is no
parking. The closest parking is likely at Hewlett High School a couple of
blocks away but that could be a problem when the school is open.
A pelagic trip aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay last Monday
evening and made its way to the mouth of the Hudson Canyon before returning
to Brooklyn Tuesday night. The trip's avian highlights included 2
LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, 1 WHITE-FACED, 8 BAND-RUMPED and over 4,300 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 14 CORY'S, 34 GREAT and 6 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, 29
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 6 BLACK TERNS and a WHIMBREL. Also seen were two
Sperm Whales, some Common, Bottle-nosed and Rizzo's Dolphins, Pilot Whales,
some Hammerhead Sharks and quite a few Loggerhead Sea Turtles.
An adult FRANKLIN'S GULL visited the Ossining waterfront on the Hudson
River for a while last Saturday before moving south.
Sightings of BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER this week included a couple on sod
fields along Route 51 in Eastport just east of Route 111 or on Head of the
Neck Road just west of there, these present today, with 2 others at
Nickerson Beach yesterday. Single BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were reported today at
Plumb Beach and Nickerson Beach and on Wednesday at the Oceanside Marine
Nature Study Area, the Route 51 fields and Croton Point Park. MARBLED
GODWIT was still out in Jamaica Bay last Sunday and some WESTERN SANDPIPERS
are showing up.
A large gathering of shearwaters a few miles south of Napeague Monday
included mostly GREAT and some CORY'S.
Key landbirds this week included CLAY-COLORED SPARROW noted at Floyd
Bennett Field to Thursday and at Jamaica Bay and Croton Point Park today.
The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted in Orient Monday. Single CONNECTICUT
WARBLERS were reported in Alley Pond Park and at Conference House Park
Monday and at Sunken Meadow State Park Tuesday with a KENTUCKY WARBLER in
Forest Park Monday. Two BLUE GROSBEAKS were in the restricted East Hampton
town dump last Sunday
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 August 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 18, 2023
* NYNY2308.18
- Birds mentioned
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
BRIDLED TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Downy Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Red Crossbill
Lark Sparrow
Worm-eating Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Dickcissel
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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, August 18th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic trip results
including RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BRIDLED TERN, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETRELS and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER plus SANDWICH TERN, AMERICAN AVOCET,
MARBLED GODWIT, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, GULL-BILLED TERN,
RED CROSSBILL, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.
A pelagic trip leaving Sheepshead Bay Sunday evening aboard the American
Princess by dawn was in deep water over McMaster Canyon then working
southwesterly to Hudson Canyon before returning Monday night. Pelagic birds
seen during the day included 42 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a BRIDLED and 2
BLACK TERNS, about 4,300 WILSON'S, one WHITE-FACED and 21 BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETRELS and 32 CORY'S, 32 GREAT and 38 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS. Other
migrating birds included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and LEAST and SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS, a DOWNY WOODPECKER, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, BARN and CLIFF
SWALLOWS and CEDAR WAXWING all well offshore. Also spectacular were the
cetaceans and other sea creatures including 2 Cuvier's and 4 Sowerby's
Beaked Whales, 20 Pilot Whales, pods of Common Bottlenose and Rizzo's
Dolphins, 6 Fin and Minke and 2 Humpback Whales as well as 3 Loggerhead Sea
Turtles, a Whale Shark, 3 species of Rays and more.
Back on shore a SANDWICH TERN seen on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County
Park Sunday and Monday was followed by an adult SANDWICH accompanied by a
juvenile noted yesterday along the north side of Moriches Bay seen off
Speonk and then off Shore Road and West Hampton. Fifty-two LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at a breeding point Thursday while other
terns featured a few CASPIAN around as well as up to 6 GULL-BILLED seen out
at Yellow Bar Hassock in Jamaica Bay and occasionally visiting the Wildlife
Refuge with 2 more at Plumb Beach today.
Among the shorebirds 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were uncovered on the flats at
Mecox Bay Inlet on Wednesday and were still present Thursday but not
reported today. A MARBLED GODWIT on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge last Saturday was seen Wednesday up at the north end where walking
can be treacherous due to fairly high water levels. Two other MARBLED
GODWITS were present out on Yellow Bar Hassock south of the West Pond both
Sunday and Thursday; these joined by 6 WHIMBRELS last Sunday, just 1 on
Thursday. This area can be visited by boat. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was
reported flying past the Fire Island Hawkwatch site at Robert Moses State
Park Tuesday morning and a juvenile WILSON'S PHALAROPE was on the Cupsogue
flats last Sunday.
RED CROSSBILL was noted at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge Tuesday morning and
the LARK SPARROW first spotted at Shinnecock Inlet a week ago Friday was
still present today in vegetation around the parking lot on the west side
of the inlet.
A male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was photographed today at the North Fork
Preserve in Northville and a DICKCISSEL was heard at Croton Point Park last
Tuesday. A decent variety of migrating warblers this week most still in
quite low numbers have featured some WORM-EATING, HOODED and CAPE MAY, as
well as occasional MOURNING, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON'S with other notable
migrants including OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS
To phone in reports, call Tom
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 11 August 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 11, 2023
* NYNY2308.11
- Birds mentioned
RED-NECKED GREBE
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
DICKCISSEL
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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, August 11th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, MARBLED
GODWIT, RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, RED-NECKED GREBE, GULL-BILLED
TERN, MANX SHEARWATER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, fall warblers,
DICKCISSEL and more.
Last Sunday morning up to six BROWN PELICANS were fishing for awhile in
waters north of Breezy Point as viewed from Plumb and Manhattan Beaches but
otherwise there have been no recent reports.
As the shorebird migration continues to build, a MARBLED GODWIT showed up
on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park Thursday and was seen there
again today. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week's RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE was still around the southeast corner of the West Pond last
Saturday where it was joined by up to 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES as well as good
numbers of other shorebirds and two WHIMBREL were out in Jamaica Bay proper
on Sunday. A harassing Peregrine Falcon was constantly putting up the birds
causing major reshuffling both on the West and East Ponds. The East Pond is
still dealing with higher than desired water levels but a decent number of
birds have been gathering at the south end of the Raunt and there's a few
roosting sites up towards the north end. There's some WHITE-RUMPED,
PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS among them. Two WILSON'S PHALAROPES were seen
on the East Pond Saturday were likely part of a group pushed from the West
Pond but the PHALAROPES have not been reported there recently. A RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE was photographed today out at Mecox Inlet.
The summering RED-NECKED GREBE was still present Wednesday off Pelham Bay
Park in the Bronx where an off course PIPING PLOVER showed up last Tuesday.
A couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS have been around the West Pond area at
Jamaica Bay recently occasionally visiting the East Pond and a few CASPIAN
TERNS continue along the Hudson River including at Piermont Pier with one
also at Heckscher State Park Monday. Also watch for increasing numbers of
ROYAL TERN and one or two scattered ROSEATE TERNS along the southern
beaches and inlets.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still along the Paumanok Trail near Jones
Pond last Saturday, this area off Schultz Road in Manorville. An immature
LARK SPARROW showed up today along the north side of the parking lot on the
west side of Shinnecock Inlet. On Thursday at Montauk Point a DICKCISSEL
was recorded as it flew by and seen offshore were 30 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS
and 1 MANX, 1 GREAT and 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS.
Recent migrants have included both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS,
OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a selection of roughly 2
dozen warblers including WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, MOURNING in Central Park
and Green-wood Cemetery, HOODED, CAPE MAY, a CERULEAN in Prospect Park
Saturday, MAGNOLIA, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CANADA and WILSON'S.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 21 July 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 21, 2023
* NYNY2307.21
- Birds mentioned
FRANKLIN'S GULL+ (Putnam County)
BROWN BOOBY+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
POMARINE JAEGER
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LARK SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
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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, July 21st 2023*
at 11pm in a shortened vacation format. The highlights of today's tape are
BROWN BOOBY, slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, FRANKLIN'S GULL,
AMERICAN AVOCET, BROWN PELICAN, POMARINE JAEGER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, LARK
SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Yesterday a boat party off Little Gull Island at the entrance to Long
Island Sound encountered a juvenile BROWN BOOBY which was nicely
photographed as it circled about and then headed over towards Great Gull
Island.
Interesting birds just to our north are the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continuing
around the Newburgh waterfront in Orange County and an adult FRANKLIN'S
GULL photographed on Wednesday, only, at Dockside Park in Cold Spring,
Putnam County where an AMERICAN AVOCET was present briefly today before
flying north.
BROWN PELICANS were noted this week at numerous sites along the Atlantic
shore from Staten Island to Fire Island with peak numbers including 19 at
Great Kills Park on Staten Island and 12 off Plumb Beach in Brooklyn both
on Tuesday.
Another report of a beached POMARINE JAEGER involved a bird on Sagg Main
Town Beach out in Sagaponack last Saturday.
Shorebirds this week included a WESTERN SANDPIPER at Plumb Beach early in
the week, STILT SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Heckscher State Park
last weekend and a WHIMBREL at Fort Tilden today.
Single CASPIAN TERNS were spotted at Edgemere in Queens this Saturday and
at Kensico Lake in Westchester yesterday.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed at O'Hara Nature Center in Irvington,
Westchester County on Wednesday but like many of these early Fall season
strays, such as last week's KINGBIRD in Prospect Park, these are often one
day wonders.
A LARK SPARROW plus 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS were reported last Saturday at Mount
Loretto on Staten Island.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 14 July 2023
- RBA
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 14, 2023
* NYNY2307.14
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
TROPICAL/COUCH'S KINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
RED CROSSBILL
Yellow-throated Warbler
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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, July 14th 2023*
at 11pm in a shortened vacation format. The highlights of today's tape are
a TROPICAL or a COUCH'S type KINGBIRD, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN,
AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, RED CROSSBILL and more.
Today, about 2pm, a yellow bellied kingbird having the features of a
TROPICAL or a COUCH'S KINGBIRD including a large bill and notched brownish
tail was spotted in Prospect Park Brooklyn initially around the peninsula
meadow. Later it was refound along Breeze Hill but ultimately disappeared
again. If present Saturday try to record any vocalizations as these could
be key in determining this bird's specific identity.
Last Saturday at Captree Island a WHITE-FACED IBIS was uncovered among the
Glossy's there. This bird had not retained its white facial feathering but
did have red eyes and pink facial skin as well as red knees.
BROWN PELICANS had a good week along the coast being spotted every day and
from at least 9 different locations from Staten Island east to Cupsogue
Beach County Park. Higher numbers featured 7 in Fire Island Inlet today and
up to 8 off southern Staten Island last weekend.
Shorebirds now heading south included an AMERICAN AVOCET visiting the south
end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday, 3 WHIMBREL at
Breezy Point last Sunday and another at Cupsogue Tuesday and 4 STILT
SANDPIPERS at Jamaica Bay's West Pond as of Saturday with a WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER there Tuesday.
Out along the Paumanok Trail on Thursday were 3 continuing RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS and 7 RED CROSSBILLS. This area is reached off Schultz Road in
Manorville near Jones Pond.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS remain at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great
River.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 16, 2023
* NYNY2306.16
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
ARCTIC TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
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WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
POMARINE JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Glossy Ibis
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
RED CROSSBILL
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, June 16th 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN
PELICANS, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, POMARINE JAEGER, RED-NECKED and
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more.
Last Sunday afternoon an immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was spotted sitting
with Double-crested Cormorants on the west side of the pond at Wolfe's Pond
Park on Staten Island. The bird was relocated there on Tuesday midday and
again Wednesday morning but has not been found there since. Also on Staten
Island last Saturday 3 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were photographed in
the later afternoon at a pond off Freedom Street in the New Creek Watershed
but were not seen the following days.
An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE passing over the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers
last Saturday was today followed by another spotted over Blue Heron Park in
the southeast Annadale section of Staten Island.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, first noted off Sandy Hook in New Jersey on
Thursday, could later that day be seen from Staten Island around Raritan
Bay and today was still lingering in the same area moving into Lower Bay
south of the Verrazzano Bridge where it was also visible from Brooklyn
sites at Gravesend Bay. A few continuing sightings of BROWN PELICANS
offshore on the Atlantic Ocean included 3 off Jones Beach and one off
Staten Island Sunday, 6 off Nickerson Beach Monday and one moving by Fire
Island today.
At Breezy Point today an adult SANDWICH TERN came in and sat on the beach
in a mixed tern flock but moved on shortly thereafter. Nickerson Beach this
week provided good tern variety with single ARCTIC TERNS reported there
Saturday through Monday along with a peak of 3 BLACK TERNS last Saturday
and continual sightings of GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and ROYAL TERNS around the
colony. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were also off the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Saturday. A CASPIAN TERN visited Wolfe's Pond Park
Monday, a BLACK TERN appeared at Breezy Point Monday and an adult
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE passed by Mecox Inlet Sunday.
A POMARINE JAEGER was photographed Sunday on the beach east of Smith Point
County Park and other pelagics featured some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS
offshore including 9 off Breezy Point Monday as well as a few SOOTY and
CORY'S SHEARWATERS and PARASITIC JAEGERS.
A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was also reported moving off Cupsogue Beach County
Park last Sunday. The female WILSON'S PHALAROPE visited Jamaica Bay's West
Pond last Friday.
Two RED CROSSBILLS were noted again in the Paumanok Trail and surrounding
area in Calverton on Wednesday with RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS also in that
region. Two YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum, single SUMMER TANAGERS were noted in Central Park Tuesday and at
Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton
Grasslands.
The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count held last weekend including much
of eastern Westchester tallying 132 species including GLOSSY IBIS, 2 BLACK
TERNS, ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, MAGNOLIA,
BLACKPOLL and HOODED WARBLERS and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 June 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 2, 2023
* NYNY2306.02
- Birds mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
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Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
PARASITIC JAEGER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
CORY'S SHEARWATER
SOOTY SHEARWATER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
RED CROSSBILL
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, June 2nd 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, MISSISSIPPI
KITE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, GULL-BILLED TERN and such
pelagic birds as SOOTY and CORY'S SHEARWATERS and PARASITIC JAEGER,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and
more.
The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted Monday with Glossy Ibis at the Lido
Beach Passive Nature Area off Lido Boulevard was seen again there Wednesday
but not since but could still be in that area.
An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE was photographed over Croton Point Park in
Westchester last Saturday.
A decent influx of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES took place along the coast
recently with one at Jones Beach West End and 2 off Dune Road on Tuesday
and these followed the next day by 6 off Robert Moses State Park and a nice
31 estimated off Cupsogue Beach County Park with another 8 off Moses Park
today. Other pelagic species have also begun to appear along the Atlantic
coastline lately. Robert Moses State Park on Wednesday producing 24
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1 CORY'S and 20 SOOTY SHEARWATERS and 11 PARASITIC
JAEGERS followed by counts today of 23 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and 2 CORY'S
and 6 SOOTY SHEARWATERS. There were also 26 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS counted
off Breezy Point today. Both numbers and species should increase in the
next couple of weeks so find a good ocean viewing spot while winds are
southerly especially southeast and enjoy. Patience are often required.
Success tends to be better earlier in the morning or later in the afternoon
and seems to increase the further east you go on Long Island.
A MARBLED GODWIT showed up at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday when
Breezy Point also produced 2 WHIMBREL and 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but
unfortunately the Jones Beach CURLEW SANDPIPER was not seen after last
Friday. A GULL-BILLED TERN was seen at the Lido Beach Preserve on Wednesday.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted today along the Paumanok Trail near
Jones Pond in Manorville, this site off Schultz Road. This trail also
produced a RED CROSSBILL last Sunday and quite notable were 5 RED
CROSSBILLS including a couple of fresh juveniles seen and photographed
Monday at Hubbard County Park located east of Flanders. SUMMER TANAGERS
this week featured one at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday plus one at
Canal Park in lower Manhattan and another in Central Park Thursday. BLUE
GROSBEAKS continue on nesting sites out in the Calverton area and the
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER remains at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great
River.
Most all of the warblers have now moved through our area, last weekend
still providing such species as TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY and
WILSON'S and a few MOURNINGS are still to come.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 26 May 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 26, 2023
* NYNY2305.26
- Birds mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
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Common Nighthawk
WHIMBREL
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
ICELAND GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Royal Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Nelson's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 26th 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are CURLEW SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, EVENING GROSBEAK,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants.
A very striking adult CURLEW SANDPIPER in full breeding plumage was spotted
Wednesday on the sand spit just east of the Coast Guard Station at Jones
Beach West End and it was still present there this afternoon. Feasting on
horseshoe crab eggs with hundreds of other shorebirds, the CURLEW was often
seen on the rising tide as the birds are forced onto shrinking amounts of
available shoreline. At higher tides even occurring along the main
shoreline as it extends east of the sand spit. Birders arriving at the West
End today were for a while prevented from entering due to the weekend air
show but the parks department corrected that issue and stated that birders
will be able to access the West End this weekend. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
was present at the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge from Saturday to Monday and two WHIMBREL visited Great Kills Park on
Staten Island last Sunday.
An immature ICELAND GULL was still at Cupsogue Beach County Park last
Sunday. CASPIAN TERN was reported from Captree Island Monday and Staten
Island Thursday with one around Jamaica Bay and 2 at Croton Point Park
today and the first arriving ROYAL TERNS were noted along the coast
commencing Thursday.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was back along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond
off Schultz Road in Manorville yesterday.
A male EVENING GROSBEAK was photographed at Coney Island Creek Park Tuesday
and other winter finches included a few PURPLE FINCHES still moving through
and a PINE SISKIN at Kissena Park Monday.
A NELSON'S SPARROW was reported at Plumb Beach Wednesday and the
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Croton Point Park the day before.
Among the decent variety but disturbingly low numbers of warblers still
moving through were a KENTUCKY in Central Park last Saturday and some
MOURNINGS.
SUMMER TANAGERS included up to 3 present in Central Park last weekend and
one in Forest Park Queens Thursday. Besides the breeding pairs out in the
Calverton Grasslands a BLUE GROSBEAK was also found at Brookhaven State
Park Tuesday.
As landbird migration closes down, still coming through are such species as
COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL'S THRUSHES and LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 5 May 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 5, 2023
* NYNY2305.05
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ANHINGA+
WESTERN TANAGER+
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Common Nighthawk
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
WHIMBREL
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Least Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Grasshopper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Wilson's Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, May 5th 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, BLACK-NECKED STILT,
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WESTERN TANAGER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and WHIMBREL,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Despite another week of rather abysmal weather for migration locally some
good things still managed to happen. Topping the list would be the
continuing stay of an ANHINGA in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. First arriving
on April 25th, this bird can usually be found perched on or near Three
Sisters Island in Prospect Park Lake where it's been through today.
Appearing at Breezy Point during last Monday's weather event was a
BLACK-NECKED STILT last seen flying easterly so possibly still in the area
along the south shore. A WHIMBREL also moved by in the high winds.
A nicely plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found yesterday at
Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford with no word from today. Another recent
shorebird of note was an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in non-breeding plumage
spotted at Nickerson Beach Tuesday and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER has joined
the list of recent arrivals.
A WESTERN TANAGER was still visiting feeders at a private Brooklyn
residence on Tuesday.
Besides Brooklyn's Marine Park RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, still present near
the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T, another was found Monday
at Morningside Park in northern Manhattan where it has continued through
today.
A LARK SPARROW was nicely photographed at St. Michael's Cemetery in East
Elmhurst today.
Three PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS present today included singles found in Queens
at both Alley Pond Park and Kissena Park and another at Conference House
Park at the southern end of Staten Island. A nice run of YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS this week included birds still present today in Central Park's
north end and Prospect Park, singles today at Astoria Park in Queens and
Garvey's Point Preserve in Nassau and earlier birds in Forest Park and
Alley Pond Park. KENTUCKY WARBLERS were noted Monday through Friday in both
Prospect Park and Forest Park. The CERULEAN WARBLERS appeared in Central
Park Tuesday and Kissena Park today. Other warblers arriving recently have
included BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL and WILSON'S and ORANGE-CROWNEDS have
recently occurred in Central and Forest Parks and Green-wood Cemetery.
Several recent SUMMER TANAGERS featured two each at Breezy Point Monday,
Hempstead Lake State Park Tuesday and in Central Park Wednesday with
singles also at Fort Greene Park, Cunningham Park, Brooklyn's Salt Marsh
Nature Center and today at Oscawana Island Nature Preserve in Westchester.
Some BLUE GROSBEAKS included two in Kissena Park Wednesday and singles in
Central Park, Green-wood Cemetery, Fort Greene Park and Hempstead Lake
State Park among others. EVENING GROSBEAK was still in Central Park's north
end today and two RED CROSSBILLS were spotted today in the Rocky Point Pine
Barrens.
Other recent arrivals have included COMMON NIGHTHAWK, LEAST FLYCATCHER,
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 April 2023
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 28, 2023
* NYNY2304.28
- Birds mentioned
ANHINGA+
SWAINSON'S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
RED CROSSBILL
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting
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Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
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Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 28th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, SWAINSON'S
WARBLER, PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, EVENING GROSBEAK
and RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Despite quite poor weather for migration this week New York State did
benefit with the arrival of an unprecedented 22 ANHINGAS appearing last
Saturday up in Rome in Oneida County and as those birds dispersed to
unknown sites up north on Tuesday one was found on Prospect Park Lake in
Brooklyn often staying partially hidden on Three Sisters Island the bird
could be viewed from the peninsula and though taking off on Thursday the
ANHINGA did return to the lake and was still present today at the same
location. Hopefully it will stay through the weekend.
On Tuesday a warbler decently photographed just north of soccer fields in
Veterans Park in East Northport was subsequently identified through the
Internet as a SWAINSON'S WARBLER, always a good find locally. It has not
been seen since.
The PAINTED BUNTING in the north end of Central Park since April 18th was
heard singing last Sunday making it a first year male but unfortunately
that was also the last day it was seen.
An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was identified Monday in the marshes off
River Road in northwestern Staten Island and on Sunday an ICELAND GULL was
still at Fort Tilden and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at the
Breezy Point tip.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed Saturday at the Lido Beach
Passive Nature Area where a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen Monday and a
WHIMBREL visited the Timber Point Golf Course East Marina Saturday.
A single CASPIAN TERN was noted at Swan Lake in Patchogue Monday with 2 at
Randall's Island Wednesday and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is still in
Brooklyn's Marine Park near the Stewart Street and Avenue T intersection.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted at the Frank Melville Memorial Park
in Setauket on Sunday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.
The EVENING GROSBEAKS present in Central and Prospect Parks were last noted
on Saturday and Monday respectively while a RED CROSSBILL was still along
the Paumanok Trail in Manorville Tuesday with 2 earlier on Saturday at the
Quogue Wildlife Refuge and later 8 photographed Thursday in the Rocky Point
Pine Barrens State Forest. A male SUMMER TANAGER was photographed nicely in
Prospect Park last Monday and a female BLUE GROSBEAK appeared in Central
Park the next day.
Among the warblers ORANGE-CROWNED were still being seen at at least 4
locations and 5 HOODEDS were reported in Central Park Thursday while other
species arriving locally included BLUE-WINGED, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN,
CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and CANADA.
Other migrants also showing up recently have featured YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
LEAST and COMMON TERNS, BLACK SKIMMER, WARBLING VIREO, VEERY and SWAINSON'S
THRUSH and INDIGO BUNTING.
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 7, 2023
* NYNY2304.07
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL+
WESTERN MEADOWLARK+
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Chimney Swift
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Forster's Tern
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Broad-winged Hawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Bank Swallow
House Wren
Purple Finch
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
LARK SPARROW
FOX SPARROW ("Sooty" type)
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Boat-tailed Grackle
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
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125 Pine Springs Drive
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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, April 7th 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are an apparent GLAUCOUS-WINGED
GULL, MOTTLED DUCK, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, "SOOTY" FOX SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, spring migrants and more.
An interesting gull was photographed last Friday afternoon March 31st in
the parking lot at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park and over last weekend
was analyzed by several birders who came to the conclusion that this was an
immature GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. Unfortunately once this information was
circulated subsequent searches were unsuccessful in refinding this gull. If
accepted by NYSARC this would be a first NYS record.
The drake MOTTLED DUCK continues in Amityville where it is usually seen
around the southern end of Avon Lake often hiding in shrubbery along the
west side and thus best viewed from East Lake Drive.
The apparent WESTERN MEADOWLARK was still present yesterday at Brooklyn's
Bush Terminal Piers Park. Look for it around the [...] vacant lot on the
left as you walk into the park where it does perch in trees before flying
over to the shoreline vegetation along the cove on the right side of the
walkway.
The SOOTY-type FOX SPARROW was last reported on Monday in Brooklyn Bridge
Park where it's seen usually in the denser vegetation around the southwest
corner of the Pier 3 lawn.
Today at Croton Point Park up in Westchester a female YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD was spotted feeding with other birds on the eastern side of the
landfill as you enter the park but could not be relocated later among
hundreds of icterids gathering there. However, there were also one or two
male LAPLAND LONGSPURS in decent plumage circulating around the landfill
area.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed yesterday at the Bellport Bay Yacht
Club and late ICELAND GULLS were spotted in northern Manhattan Saturday,
Queens on Sunday and in the Bronx Wednesday.
Single CASPIAN TERNS appeared at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona
Park Wednesday and at Alley Pond Park Thursday. Recently NORTHERN GANNETS
have been present in high numbers off Long Island's south shore some also
visiting western Long Island Sound where a RAZORBILL was seen off Rye last
Saturday and visiting Marshlands Conservancy yesterday and today have been
a BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE and 5 GLOSSY IBIS.
The previously noted LARK and VESPER SPARROWS at Pelham Bay Park were seen
together there on Monday but not since.
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still at Marine Park in Brooklyn last Sunday
near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were back at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great
River as of Tuesday with another on Shelter Island today.
Among an increasing number of new arrivals this week have been CHIMNEY
SWIFT, LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER'S TERN, LITTLE BLUE,
TRICOLORED and GREEN HERONS, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and BROAD-WINGED
HAWK. Among the passerines BLUE-HEADED and WHITE-EYED VIREOS, BANK SWALLOW,
HOUSE WREN, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and NORTHERN PARULA plus some PURPLE
FINCHES.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 31 March 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 31, 2023
* NYNY2303.31
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
WESTERN MEADOWLARK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
HARLEQUIN DUCK
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Marsh Wren
Brown Thrasher
FOX SPARROW ("Sooty" subspecies)
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
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sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, March 31st
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOTTLED DUCK, WESTERN
MEADOWLARK, SWAINSON'S HAWK, "SOOTY" FOX SPARROW, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND
GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, early spring migrants and more.
As the March doldrums slowly show more signs of coming to an end with new
migrants trickling in, some lingering rarities continue to provide most of
our highlights.
A drake MOTTLED DUCK continues in Amityville where it is usually seen
around the southern end of Avon Lake best viewed from East Lake Drive.
In Brooklyn the apparent WESTERN MEADOWLARK has been reported through today
at Bush Terminal Piers Park. The parking lot for the park is reached at the
end of 43rd Street west of 1st Avenue. The MEADOWLARK often remains hidden
in the fenced in vacant lot on the left side of the walkway as you enter
the park but does perch in surrounding trees and flies over to the
shoreline vegetation along the cove on the right side of the walkway.
Please do not try to enter the vacant lot or leave the path along the
shoreline.
The immature SWAINSON'S HAWK that had been frequenting the Sims Waste
Recovery Plant a little north of the MEADOWLARK site has not been reported
since last Sunday but could still be around. Look for it around the
buildings, light fixtures and scrap piles inside the fenced-in facility at
the end of 29th Street just west of 2nd Avenue.
The "Sooty" type FOX SPARROW was still present today in Brooklyn Bridge
Park, usually spotted in the denser vegetation around the southwest corner
of the Pier 3 lawn.
With much of our wintering waterfowl on its way north there still were 5
HARLEQUIN DUCKS along the jetty at Jones Beach West End on Monday.
NORTHERN GANNETS are also moving through and nice gatherings have been seen
along Long Island's south shore and also up in Gardiners Bay with a small
number even making it well into western Long Island Sound.
An adult ICELAND GULL noted Monday off the Austin Nichols House in Brooklyn
was followed by an immature off Governors Island Tuesday while the low
numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS regionally should soon see a notable
influx along the coast.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was present around Duck Island at Prospect Park Lake
today and the immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Brooklyn's Marine
Park near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T.
Among a few overwintering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are two still at
Randall's Island Sunday and the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was still present at
Brooklyn Bridge Park Tuesday.
For arrivals CASPIAN TERN was present along the Hudson River this week
while passerines featured PURPLE MARTIN, BARN and CLIFF SWALLOWS, MARSH
WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BROWN THRASHER and the first LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH found on Wednesday at Bayard Cutting Arboretum.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 March 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 10, 2023
* NYNY2303.10
- Birds mentioned
TRUMPETER SWAN+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
WESTERN MEADOWLARK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
EARED GREBE
Virginia Rail
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
House Wren
RED CROSSBILL
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
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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, March 10th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S HAWK, WESTERN
MEADOWLARK, EARED GREBE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN,
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL and more.
Both of Brooklyn's recently residing major highlights were still present
today. The immature SWAINSON'S HAWK remains around the waste recovery plant
located at 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue. Look for it around the buildings
and light structures as well as garbage piles in that vicinity and a little
south of there the apparent WESTERN MEADOWLARK continues at Bush Terminal
Piers Park where the bird can be quite elusive moving about between the
shoreline and a vacant lot and other spots providing sufficient cover.
The EARED GREBE was still around the mouth of Hendrick's Creek at the north
end of Jamaica Bay at least to Sunday. This favored area near the pier at
the southeastern corner of Shirley Chisholm State Park. Two GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were present Thursday and today in Brightwaters
visiting Lower Cascade Lake as viewed from Lakeview Avenue North while the
one in the Rye area was last seen last Saturday. The TRUMPETER SWAN in
Montauk was still in residence on the northwestern section of Fort Pond
last Sunday and also continuing have been the drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at
Crab Meadow Beach in Northport at least to Tuesday and a few HARLEQUIN
DUCKS along the jetty at Jones Beach West End to yesterday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around Setauket Harbor on Tuesday and single
ICELAND GULLS were seen at Randall's Island and Breezy Point last Saturday
and Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island Tuesday and on Central Park
Reservoir today.
Two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were present on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge at least to Monday and another was still around yesterday
on Smith Pond in Rockville Centre.
This week one or two RAZORBILLS were noted off Governors Island and off
Breezy Point, in Gravesend Bay, off Staten Island's Lemon Creek Pier and
off City Island in the Bronx as well as out in Montauk.
The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continued in Brooklyn's Marine Park to
yesterday often in the vicinity of Stewart Street and Avenue T.
RED CROSSBILLS remain in the Calverton area with 3 near Preston's Pond on
Tuesday and another flew over Lemon Creek Pier yesterday.
Besides some lingering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS also apparently successfully
over wintering so far has been the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Brooklyn Bridge
Park and among various species showing up recently have been VIRGINIA RAIL,
PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, HOUSE
WREN and CHIPPING SPARROW.
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 3, 2023
* NYNY2303.03
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
WESTERN MEADOWLARK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form "Common Teal")
KING EIDER
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Long-billed Dowitcher
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
SUMMER TANAGER
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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, March 3rd 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S HAWK, WESTERN
MEADOWLARK, EARED GREBE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and KING EIDER, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
But first, another very sad announcement. Cesar Castillo very recently
passed away much too soon due to a long ailment. Cesar was an excellent
birder and photographer and was always a highlight to encounter him in the
field. Our deepest condolences to his wife and family.
Two top highlight birds are currently residing in Brooklyn. An immature
SWAINSON'S HAWK, conceivably the bird first sighted on Staten Island back
on January 8th, was last Sunday spotted over Green-wood Cemetery and
subsequently refound frequenting the shoreline a little west of there. Most
recently, including today, it has been seen sitting on garbage piles, light
structures and buildings at the municipal recycling center located at 29th
Street west of 2nd Avenue. If not visible there look at similar structures
just south of there. Also, a little farther south of there, a non-breeding
plumaged MEADOWLARK thought to be a WESTERN based on plumage analysis has
been present at Bush Terminal Piers Park actually since December. This bird
has not been heard to vocalize which could pin down this identification.
Look for it around the field areas or along the shoreline but try not to
disturb it.
The EARED GREBE was still frequenting Hendrick's Creek off the southeastern
side of Shirley Chisholm State Park last weekend. The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
continued with Canada Geese at the north end of Hempstead Lake State Park
at least to Tuesday and the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still roosting
on the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook Monday when the TRUMPETER SWAN
was also still present around the northwestern corner of Fort Pond in
Montauk. EURASIAN WIGEON included a drake on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, a female at Bush Terminal Piers Park
yesterday and 2 males along Long Creek north of Grand Avenue Bridge in
Mattituck today. The Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still on Smith
Pond in Rockville Centre Monday where the LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen
the day before. The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow
Beach in Northport last Saturday and the drake KING EIDER continued around
Shinnecock Inlet to Sunday.
Two DOVEKIES along with 150 RAZORBILLS and 30 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were
reported off Montauk Point last Sunday with a RED-NECKED GREBE also off
Culloden Point that day.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted at Randall's Island Saturday and in
Setauket Harbor Saturday to Monday while single ICELAND GULLS occurred at
Shinnecock Inlet near the Ponquogue Bridge Sunday, at Brooklyn Army
Terminal Pier 4 Monday and over Astoria Wednesday.
Six RED CROSSBILLS were still along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in
Manorville last Wednesday and a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS was reported along
the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow last Saturday but not since. SUMMER
TANAGER was still visiting an Islip feeder last Saturday.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 February 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 10, 2023
* NYNY2302.10
- Birds mentioned
TRUMPETER SWAN+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
EARED GREBE
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, February 10th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S HAWK, EARED
GREBE, DOVEKIE, TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN
WIGEON, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
SUMMER TANAGER and more.
Going back to last Friday, February 3rd, an immature SWAINSON'S HAWK was
photographed over Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery in mid-afternoon and
subsequently identified but apparently not spotted thereafter.
The EARED GREBE visiting Hendrick's Creek at the north end of Jamaica Bay
was still along the east side of Shirley Chisholm State Park at least to
Monday.
Continuing a decent run recently of coastal alcids a DOVEKIE was identified
Wednesday flying out of Jones Inlet where a total of 122 RAZORBILLS were
also counted. Another nice gathering of RAZORBILLS totaled 208 off Riis
Park last Sunday.
The TRUMPETER SWAN was still around the northwestern portion of Fort Pond
out in Montauk at least through Monday. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was
seen on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport on Sunday and Tuesday while the
Westchester WHITE-FRONTED has been spending most days recently on Playland
Lake in Rye. The female EURASIAN WIGEON was still around Brooklyn Army
Terminal Pier 4 to Wednesday and a drake KING EIDER continues in the Common
Eider flock usually inside Shinnecock Inlet.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted in Port Jefferson Harbor last Saturday with one
also seen in the vicinity of Wainscott Pond both Sunday and yesterday while
single ICELAND GULLS were reported from Governors Island Sunday, at
Veterans Memorial Pier in Brooklyn Wednesday and at Pelham Bay Park in the
Bronx Thursday.
A PIPING PLOVER was among the shorebirds at Point Lookout Tuesday with 2
WESTERN SANDPIPERS reported there Wednesday among the roosting flock also
featuring 3 RED KNOTS. One or two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WILSON'S
SNIPE were still being seen at least to Tuesday on Smith Pond in Rockville
Centre.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Brooklyn's Marine Park
usually encountered near the intersection of Stuart Street and Avenue T.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR stayed at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field with Horned
Larks from Sunday through today.
Brooklyn Bridge Park's NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was still present today and a
decent number of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS remain in the area while the
SUMMER TANAGER continues to visit a private Islip feeder.
The status and timing of next week's tape are currently unknown due to
impending travel. Stay tuned.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 February 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 3, 2023
* NYNY2302.03
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Eared Grebe
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dovekie
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Red Crossbill
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Summer Tanager
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125 Pine Springs Drive
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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, February 3rd
2023* at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic trip results
including ATLANTIC PUFFIN, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, NORTHERN FULMAR plus
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EARED GREBE, BLACK GUILLEMOT and THICK-BILLED MURRE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BARROW'S GOLDENEYE,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
A 12 hour pelagic last Saturday aboard the American Princess left
Sheepshead Bay at 6am and got out to waters warm enough to produce nice
numbers of DOVEKIES with just over 13 hundred counted along with 11
ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 2 COMMON MURRES, 33 RAZORBILLS and a NORTHERN FULMAR.
Other highlights included 2 ICELAND and 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and
175 NORTHERN GANNETS.
Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE were found together last Saturday morning roosting at
Crab Meadow Beach in Northport and were also spotted in that area near
Blanchard Lake Sunday but haven't been seen since.
The EARED GREBE at the north end of Jamaica Bay was still being seen around
the mouth of Hendrick's Creek off Shirley Chisholm State Park last weekend
and likely continues there.
Completing the sweep of the eastern alcids for the week a BLACK GUILLEMOT
was reported flying past Montauk Point last Sunday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE
was still frequenting Fort Pond Bay often off Navy Beach at least to
Thursday. There were also reports of a COMMON MURRE off Montauk Point
Tuesday and of a couple of DOVEKIES with 29 RAZORBILLS off Jones Beach West
End Wednesday with 2 more DOVEKIES last Saturday at Montauk Point.
A TRUMPETER SWAN continues around the northwest corner of Fort Pond in
Montauk and single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE remain near Tung Ting Pond
in Centerport and the Rye area in Westchester County. A female type
EURASIAN WIGEON on the Brooklyn shore was seen at both Brooklyn Army
Terminal Pier 4 and Bush Terminal Piers Park later in the week with a drake
seen Saturday at Puppy Cove, a western arm of Huntington Harbor, while the
Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues at Santapogue Creek in West
Babylon. Also continuing are a drake KING EIDER in a Common Eider flock
around Shinnecock Inlet, up to 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Ditch Plains in
Montauk and a drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE off Crab Meadow Beach.
BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted this week off Astoria Park in Queens Sunday
and Jones Inlet Wednesday and around Setauket Harbor yesterday. A
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE remained around Lake Montauk inlet to Thursday and
local ICELAND GULLS were spotted in Brooklyn and Staten Island during the
week.
A PIPING PLOVER was at Jones Beach West End Sunday and 2 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS have continued at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre at least to
yesterday.
The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Marine Park in
Brooklyn to Wednesday usually near the intersection of Stewart Street and
Avenue T. Up to 8 TREE SWALLOWS at Breezy Point from Saturday to Thursday
might regret their decision to be here. RED CROSSBILLS this week included a
few at Jones Beach West End to Thursday and 5 at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge
Sunday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was a nice find Saturday at Fleets Cove
Beach Park in Huntington.
Among some lingering warblers have been one each of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH,
OVENBIRD and ORANGE-CROWNED at Brooklyn Bridge Park and a SUMMER TANAGER
continues to visit a private feeder in Islip.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 January 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 13, 2023
* NYNY2301.13
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
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GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
American Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
RED CROSSBILL
Vesper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
SUMMER TANAGER
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, January 13th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S HAWK, DOVEKIE,
COMMON and THICK-BILLED MURRES, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
Last Sunday a juvenile SWAINSON'S HAWK was spotted along the waterfront
adjacent to Front Street in the Clifton section of northeastern Staten
Island spending much of its time sitting along the shoreline. It continued
there into late Monday morning when it suddenly took flight and disappeared
to the northwest.
Alcids continue to occur along the Atlantic coast especially RAZORBILLS
with over 250 counted moving west off Jones Beach West End last Tuesday.
Some DOVEKIES have also occurred coastally. Single birds this week
occurring off the Montauk Harbor mouth last Sunday, off Dune Road at
Dolphin Beach Monday, in Jones Inlet Tuesday and off the jetty at Jones
today with 2 off Robert Moses State Park yesterday. A COMMON MURRE was
photographed again off Breezy Point last Saturday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE
was reported off Orient Point the same day with another photographed off
Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Wednesday.
A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was noted again last Saturday at Tung Ting Pond in
Centerport, this technically private pond also featuring a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at least to Wednesday. The southern Westchester
WHITE-FRONTED had been daily on the Bowman Avenue Pond in Rye Brook until
it moved over to Playland Lake in Rye today. A few CACKLING GEESE have been
identified in various regional Canada flocks and a TRUMPETER SWAN was still
at the western side of Fort Pond in Montauk Sunday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON
was being seen at least to Wednesday on Long Creek by looking north from
the Grand Avenue bridge in Mattituck when another was on the south section
of Patchogue Lake on Tuesday. A drake KING EIDER was photographed leaving
Shinnecock Inlet on Wednesday and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was at Ditch Plains
Beach in Montauk Monday with another still around the Jones Beach West End
jetty today. The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow Beach
in Northport Tuesday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL flew by Randall's Island last Sunday with another at
Brooklyn's Plumb Beach Tuesday and an adult still in Setauket Harbor
Wednesday. Three BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were spotted off Montauk Point
today.
Single RED-NECKED GREBES were off Breezy Point Thursday and continuing in
Fort Pond Bay today.
A COMMON GALLINULE remains at the Mill Pond Preserve off Merrick Road in
Wantagh and AMERICAN BITTERN is most regularly seen along Dune Road.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Brooklyn's Marine Park
yesterday and today near the Avenue T entrance on the west side.
Up to 30 or so RED CROSSBILLS continue around Jones Beach West End with
others also out along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road
in Manorville.
A VESPER SPARROW was at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off
Yaphank Avenue last weekend with another near the west end of Hulse Landing
Road in Calverton.
Both OVENBIRD and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH continue on Brooklyn Bridge Park and
the SUMMER TANAGER remains at feeders at a private Islip home.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 January 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 6, 2023
* NYNY2301.06
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Wilson's Snipe
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
NORTHERN FULMAR
Bald Eagle
Northern Saw-whet Owl
House Wren
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler
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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, January 6th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SHORT-BILLED GULL,
PACIFIC LOON, NORTHERN FULMAR, BLACK GUILLEMOT, COMMON and THICK-BILLED
MURRES, DOVEKIE, EARED GREBE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULLS, LARK
SPARROW, Christmas Count results and much more.
It took another day of lousy weather but the SHORT-BILLED GULL did pay
another visit to the fields at Randall's Island this on Tuesday though it
had been searched for continuously since first spotted there on December
23rd. Other Randall's highlights this week featured a BLACK-HEADED GULL on
Tuesday and Thursday and continuing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
A PACIFIC LOON was spotted Wednesday morning off Kings Point in Queens and
seen from Stepping Stones Park until flying off to the northeast. There had
also been an earlier report of a PACIFIC LOON in Fort Pond Bay out in
Montauk last Sunday.
The Southern Nassau Christmas Bird Count on Saturday the 31st reported 134
species including its first record of NORTHERN FULMAR seen moving by off
Long Beach on the west side of Jones Inlet. Other count highlights included
6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, WILSON'S SNIPE, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, 3
DOVEKIES and well over 1,500 RAZORBILLS, 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, HOUSE
WREN, 14 RED CROSSBILLS at Jones Beach a PINE SISKIN and 7 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS.
In Montauk a BLACK GUILLEMOT has continued in Fort Pond Bay at least to
Wednesday and 2 were noted there last Monday these sightings usually from
Edward Vincent Ecker Sr. County Park on the west side of the bay. A
RED-NECKED GREBE has also has been residing there and a TRUMPETER SWAN
continues around the north end of Fort Pond. Other recent alcid reports
featured a COMMON MURRE off Breezy Point Sunday, single THICK-BILLED MURRES
at Montauk Point Monday and off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, a few
scattered DOVEKIES from Montauk Point west to Jones Beach West End during
the week and a good flight of RAZORBILLS noted off Moses Park Monday.
An EARED GREBE was photographed off Shirley Chisholm State Park yesterday.
Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE visited Midland Beach on Staten Island last Saturday
until being flushed off and another flew west by Geisler Beach Park in Fort
Salonga Wednesday morning. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit
Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the Rye WHITE-FRONTED is back to using the
pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook. One or two EURASIAN WIGEON have been
seen lately on Long Creek as viewed to the north from the Grand Avenue
Bridge in Mattituck and the BARROW'S GOLDENEYE continues off Crab Meadow
Beach in Northport.
One or two LITTLE GULLS were present in large Bonaparte's Gull
concentrations at least Wednesday and Thursday in the Verrazzano-Narrows
and adjacent Gravesend Bay.
The Central Suffolk Count on Tuesday the 27th netted 120 species including
EURASIAN WIGEON, 22 BALD EAGLES, 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 10 RED
CROSSBILLS, 6 PINE SISKINS and 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. A BLACK-HEADED
GULL was in Setauket Harbor Wednesday with an ICELAND GULL in Prospect Park
Thursday. A LARK SPARROW was still at Heckscher State Park Monday, another
at Sunken Meadow State Park Wednesday and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was
spotted at Midland Beach Monday.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 December 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 16, 2022
* NYNY2212.16
- Birds mentioned
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER+ (Sullivan County)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
MARBLED GODWIT
Western Sandpiper
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
RED CROSSBILL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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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
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, December 16th
2022* at 1am. The highlights of today's tape are TOWNSEND'S WARBLER,
PAINTED BUNTING, an extralimital HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS and
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RED CROSSBILL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
Of three excellent rarities in our region recently two seemed to have moved
on these being the female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING appearing at the feeders
at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area on Thursday the 8th and last
reported there last Sunday and the HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER occurring slightly
to our north up at Bashakill in Sullivan County found on Friday the 9th and
also relocated and photographed the following day. However, one rarity
thought to have moved on, as it had not been reported since November 24th,
this the TOWNSEND'S WARBLER at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn was relocated
there last Saturday and still present Thursday making it into the Christmas
Count period and hopefully staying on for the count.
The Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE usually seen on the Bowman
Avenue pond in Rye Brook appeared on Playland Lake with some Canada Geese
Thursday morning.
At least 3 MARBLED GODWITS have continued to Wednesday around the bar off
the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End where other interesting
birds last Saturday featured a BLACK-HEADED GULL flying by with some
Bonaparte's Gulls and 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Other interesting gulls include
Brooklyn ICELAND GULLS with an adult on the East River at the Austin
Nichols House last Sunday followed by an immature at Veterans Memorial Pier
Tuesday. A few lingering LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS along the coast and a
small number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES seen most regularly out in the
Montauk area.
RED CROSSBILLS last weekend featured 4 at Jones Beach West End and singles
in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery and at Heckscher State Park where a LARK
SPARROW was seen and nicely photographed on Monday and Tuesday. A
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on private property out in Mattituck reminds us to
continue to look over sparrow flocks closely.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen Tuesday along Riverside Drive near West
111th Street the same day a SUMMER TANAGER was photographed at Cedar's in
Islip.
Several late lingering warblers, besides a decent number of
ORANGE-CROWNEDS, provides some potential excitement for local Christmas
Counts these including OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY,
NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, so good luck.
Please call in count results so we can mention them here.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 December 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 9, 2022
* NYNY2212.09
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Common Gallinule
Piping Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Bittern
RED CROSSBILL
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
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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, December 9th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are PAINTED BUNTING,
PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT and more.
A fairly bright female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING showed up Thursday at the
feeders at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area and was still being seen
there today. The park entrance is at the end of Slice Drive and Oceanside.
Out in Northport on Long Island the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, first seen at the
Northport High School back on November 27th, was still present last weekend
but it and the accompanying Canada Goose flock do range considerably around
that area. The PINK-FOOTED has also been seen southwest of there at
Greenlawn Memorial Park and over on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. So the
flocks, which also include single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GEESE,
can require some effort to track them down. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
also continues to visit and roost on a small pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye
Brook, Westchester County by the Rye Bridge shopping center. A drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was still on a Mill Pond east of Lake Avenue in Oyster Bay
Sunday and a HARLEQUIN DUCK has been seen recently at Point Lookout where 2
PIPING PLOVERS were still around on Wednesday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was reported out at the tip of Breezy Point last Sunday
along with 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS a few of the latter still lingering
around.
Five MARBLED GODWITS remain in Jones Inlet often seen on the bar off the
West End Coast Guard Station. A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was also reported
there Tuesday and up to 9 RED CROSSBILLS have been feeding in the West End
pines all week. Other LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue at Santapogue Creek
in West Babylon.
A decent number of RAZORBILLS were seen today out at Orient Point by
passengers on the Orient to New London Ferry. A COMMON GALLINULE has been
present recently on the Mill Pond north of Merrick Road in Wantagh and
AMERICAN BITTERNS have returned to the marshes along Dune Road.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was reported at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on
Sunday and besides several lingering ORANGE-CROWNEDS some other warblers
noted this week included OVENBIRD, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART in Prospect
Park, a CAPE MAY in Union Square Park, a YELLOW at Calvert Vaux Park and
BLACK-THROATED BLUE.
As Christmas Count season is about to begin please call in count results
for inclusion here.
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* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 18, 2022
* NYNY2211.18
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
LIMPKIN+ (extralimital)
BROWN BOOBY+
CAVE SWALLOW+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Golden Eagle
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, November 18th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD,
BLACK-THROATED GRAY and TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, MOTTLED DUCK, BROWN BOOBY,
CAVE SWALLOW, BROWN PELICAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN
GODWITS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, winter finches and more.
The male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was still present today in a private yard in
Eastport and the homeowners continue to welcome visitors into their
backyard to look for this great bird but the weather will likely play a
part in the length of its stay. The address is 353 Old Country Road but you
should park on Union Avenue just east of the house and walk back west just
past the house entering the backyard where indicated by ribbons. Watch the
hummingbird feeders by the trellis next to the house as well as the nearby
salvia and trees on the west side of the house. Do not enter the fenced
area around the house.
Two nice western warblers were found during the week. First the
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was spotted Tuesday afternoon at the Oceanside
Marine Nature Study Area where it was also noted irregularly on Wednesday.
Also on Wednesday a young male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was found in Brooklyn's
Fort Greene Park where it continued there through today moving around quite
a bit.
The elusive MOTTLED DUCK was reported a few times from Saturday through
Tuesday along Ketcham's Creek Freshwater Wetland in Amityville. Best to
look for it from a culvert off Lake Drive just north of Kenmore Avenue or
from an opening in the dense phragmites just south of there.
One or two BROWN BOOBYS were still present yesterday in waters off the
northwestern shores of Staten Island. Successful sightings have frequently
been had scanning the water and offshore structures viewed from Richmond
Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue. The fall's second
CAVE SWALLOW was spotted moving by Fort Tilden last Monday. A BROWN PELICAN
was seen Sunday and Monday around Rockaway Inlet and along the ocean from
Long Beach down to Breezy Point. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was present
Thursday and Friday on a Sayville Mill Pond on the north side of North Main
Street, Route 85. Another drake WIGEON lingering on the West Pond of
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and thought by many to be a hybrid between
EURASIAN and AMERICAN WIGEONS. A CACKLING GOOSE visited Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park Thursday.
An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's East Pond last
Saturday and 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were there yesterday. Another
HUDSONIAN was seen Monday at Jones Beach West End where up to 5 MARBLED
GODWITS have been present recently. Up to 7 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have
been reported along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon recently.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and PARASITIC JAEGER were noted last Saturday from
both Montauk Point and Orient Point and immature ICELAND GULLS stopped by
Breezy Point Saturday.
But expected at inland hawkwatches this time of year signaling more unusual
was a GOLDEN EAGLE over Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst on Thursday.
Along with some PINE SISKINS lately other winter finch reports have
featured single EVENING GROSBEAKS in Melville Tuesday and Green-wood
Cemetery Wednesday and a few RED CROSSBILLS including 3 at Fort Tilden and
8 at Jones Beach West End Monday, 6 at Jones Wednesday and 1 in Prospect
Park yesterday. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Fort Tilden Monday and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found in Babylon today.
The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday.
Extralimitally the LIMPKIN, present recently up in Lewiston, was picked up
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 4 November 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 4, 2022
* NYNY2211.04
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
TUNDRA SWAN
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Great Blue Heron
Golden Eagle
Red-headed Woodpecker
Vesper Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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, November 4th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOTTLED DUCK, TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE, BROWN BOOBY, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The quite elusive MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville was not reported all week
until it was spotted this morning at its only known haunt along Ketcham's
Creek Freshwater Wetland. It appeared along the west side of the creek just
south of the culvert off Lake Drive a little north of where Kenmore Avenue
ends at Lake Drive. The duck disappeared into heavy vegetation on the
creek's west side. The sight lines here further hampered by a thick set of
reeds lining the lake drive side. So it seems both patience and luck are
required.
Last Saturday a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found along Oak Beach Road and
photographed feasting on Juniper berries for much of the day but extensive
searches for it on Sunday and subsequent days were unsuccessful.
A subadult BROWN BOOBY, perhaps a lingering bird, was spotted last Sunday
and still present today actively patrolling [the] bay off the northwest
shore of Staten Island. The bird has been viewed from Staten Island by
looking north into the bay from the area where Northfield Avenue ends at
Richmond Terrace. Whether the bird itself has been spending its time in New
York or New Jersey waters doesn't seem to have been adequately addressed.
Three SANDHILL CRANES flying over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch last
Saturday comprised one of a few sightings of overhead cranes in that region
recently. Chestnut Ridge is at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, Westchester
County and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were among the raptors passing by there today.
In Tuesday's fog 4 TUNDRA SWANS considered dropping in on Hillview
Reservoir in Yonkers but instead passed close overhead and continued on.
In Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the long staying BLACK-HEADED GULL was still
on the East Pond Wednesday along with 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS. A variety of
waterfowl there continues to increase while the diminishing number of
shorebirds this week did include STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. A group of
MARBLED GODWITS lingering at Jones Beach West End did include 3 Wednesday
seen on the bar across the inlet north of the Coast Guard Station and a
WHIMBREL was spotted there last Saturday with good numbers of AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS, FORSTER'S TERNS and BLACK SKIMMERS also continuing there.
Another WHIMBREL was at Tiana Beach off Dune Road Wednesday a day a
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was spotted in Amityville Creek.
A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today. A
SORA was photographed in Prospect Park today. Both YELLOW-BILLED and
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen on Governors Island on Thursday, good
numbers of ROYAL TERNS continue and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still
visiting Central Park to yesterday. A decent variety of late warblers did
include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS. A VESPER SPARROW visited Prospect Park
last Sunday and a BLUE GROSBEAK was photographed at Breezy Point the day
before. A few DICKCISSELS were noted along the coast and 2 were also
present today at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank
Avenue.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 14 October 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 14, 2022
* NYNY2210.14
- Birds mentioned
COMMON GROUND DOVE+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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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, October 14th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SULPHUR-BELLIED
FLYCATCHER, COMMON GROUND DOVE, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN and SUMMER TANAGERS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
But first we sadly mention the recent passing of Putnam resident Ralph
O'Dell. An influential motivator on regional birding and environmental
matters and a mentor to many. Ralph will be deeply missed.
Last Saturday morning a SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was spotted and
photographed at the Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center in the
Bronx. The bird subsequently teased birders with brief appearances in the
neighborhood just north of the park. Spotted a few times but never for long
this first New York State record, if approved by NYSARC, was not
encountered after later afternoon. Matters however were complicated by a
persistent tape player with subsequent inconclusive reports of a singing
bird. Nonetheless searches on Sunday were unsuccessful and no further
sightings are known.
Late Thursday afternoon a COMMON GROUND DOVE was found on the ground at the
Kings Point Academy, a restricted site in northern Nassau County. Despite
better weather today the dove could not be relocated.
To correct last week's tape the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Orange County was
last seen on Sunday the 9th along the Newburgh waterfront.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the lingering adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was on
Monday joined on the East Pond by an immature BLACK-HEADED. Also still
present on the pond were an AMERICAN AVOCET at least to Tuesday, 3 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS to Sunday and Monday, 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS to Sunday, 2
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS Saturday and 2 SORAS Sunday. Another AMERICAN AVOCET
visited the Wading River Marsh Preserve Thursday and 2 or 3 GOLDEN-PLOVERS
were present at Floyd Bennett Field Monday to Thursday. Three or four
MARBLED GODWITS continued at least to Wednesday at the Jones Beach West End.
Single CASPIAN TERNS visited sites from Coney Island and Fort Tilden out to
Napeague while good numbers of ROYAL TERNS coastally included counts
Thursday of up to 45 at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
A white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still present at Piermont Pier today
and a SORA at Turtle Pond in Central Park was seen today.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted during the week in Central Park and at
Robert Moses State Park and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Jones Beach West End
Tuesday.
Sparrows this week included a GRASSHOPPER near Central Park’s Turtle Pond
to today and another at Randall's Island Thursday with 2 LARK SPARROWS seen
together in Prospect Park Tuesday. Several VESPER and NELSON'S SPARROWS
have been present and several CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have included birds at
Prospect and Brooklyn Bridge Parks, Green-wood Cemetery, Floyd Bennett
Field and Jones Beach West End.
Today single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen at Sunken Meadow State Park
and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue with
another yesterday at Brooklyn Bridge Park while warblers featured a few
ORANGE-CROWNED and CONNECTICUT.
A WESTERN TANAGER briefly stopped near the Fire Island Hawkwatch platform
last Sunday morning and a SUMMER TANAGER visited Green-wood Cemetery the
day before.
A BLUE GROSBEAK has stayed around Sunken Meadow State Park for several days
through today with another in Green-wood Cemetery Sunday. Multiple
DICKCISSELS recently included 2 at Sunken Meadow State Park yesterday when
2 were
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 7 October 2022
RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 7, 2022
* NYNY2210.07
- Birds mentioned
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Nighthawk
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Connecticut Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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, October 7th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, RED
PHALAROPE, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN
GODWITS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-HEADED GULL and BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The remnants of Hurricane Ian impacted our area for several days early in
the week but apparently did not produce any tropical rarities though a few
nice birds were seen as a result of the storm.
Out at Montauk Point Monday morning a LEACH'S STORM-PETREL was spotted
moving close by the point this followed soon after by a RED PHALAROPE also
moving out of Long Island Sound. Other highlights included 2 adult
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 2 CORY'S SHEARWATERS and 56
NORTHERN GANNETS. In western Long Island Sound a LEACH'S STORM-PETREL was
identified Monday from Belden Point on City Island in the Bronx this site
also producing a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE over the weekend with one or two
KITTIWAKES also noted Monday from the Bronx and from Nassau County on the
other side. A PARASITIC JAEGER also appeared off Playland in Rye on
Saturday and Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island on Wednesday produced
such seabirds as PARASITIC JAEGER, 7 CORY'S, 3 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS
and 42 NORTHERN GANNETS plus 125 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a flyby
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.
Shorebirds featured an AMERICAN AVOCET present to today at the north end of
the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, an HUDSONIAN GODWIT there to
Sunday, 3 MARBLED GODWITS present recently at Jones Beach West End and a
WHIMBREL at East Moriches to Monday. On Wednesday an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
visited Fort Tilden with 2 more at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach where over 30
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were counted. A BLACK-HEADED GULL seen again on the
East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday and counts of ROYAL
TERNS Wednesday included over 30 at Plumb Beach and 75 around Coney Island
Pier.
A SORA was spotted in Central Park Wednesday and recent RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS were in Green-wood Cemetery Thursday and at Moses Park today.
As a note, the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Newburgh was last seen on Monday
ending a great stay beginning with its first sighting back on May 28th
while the white morph GREAT BLUE HERON was noted Tuesday at Piermont Pier.
Due to recent sustained poor weather some COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have been
feeding actively even around midday.
The week's most intriguing landbird was a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD present
at Heckscher State Park in East Islip last Saturday and Sunday. An early
LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew by Plumb Beach on Wednesday while notable sparrows
featured 2 LARK SPARROWS at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and one at
Pelham Bay Park over the weekend, one at Moses Park Thursday and another in
Green-wood Cemetery today while CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have also been
reported around Jones Beach West End and a few other sites. On Wednesday
single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted on Randall's Island and near
Coney Island Pier while single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were noted on Wednesday
at Randall's Island and Green-wood Cemetery followed Thursday by one in
Central Park and another at the Avalon Nature Preserve in Stony Brook. BLUE
GROSBEAKS continue to be reported from various sites including as flybys
and DICKCISSELS, with their notably distinctive flight
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 September 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 16, 2022
* NYNY2209.16
- Birds mentioned
COMMON RINGED PLOVER+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EARED GREBE
Sora
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Great Blue Heron (white morph "Great White Heron")
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
Clay-colored Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Connecticut Warbler
Summer Tanager
Dickcissel
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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 16th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER,
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, LARK SPARROW and much more.
But first, we very sadly report that, after a very courageous fight against
an aggressive form of lung cancer this Friday morning, Shane Blodgett
passed away. A good friend to many regional birders, his energy, his
expertise and especially his companionship will be deeply missed.
Last Sunday afternoon on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge what
was thought to be a COMMON RINGED PLOVER was carefully identified at the
pond's north end. A search for the PLOVER Monday was unsuccessful but the
nice variety of birds there did include 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, STILT,
WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a SORA along the pond's edge
and up to 9 CASPIAN TERNS. An AMERICAN AVOCET showed up there as of
Wednesday with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Friday and the long lingering
BLACK-HEADED GULL also remains. Over on the West Pond an EARED GREBE was
found last Sunday and has continued at least to Thursday.
The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT up in Newburgh, Orange County was still present
yesterday around the Global Oil Terminal off River Road.
The immature WHITE IBIS on Staten Island was seen again last weekend in the
marshes off River Road in the northwestern section of the island. That area
on Sunday also provided a WESTERN KINGBIRD last seen near the Amazon
fulfillment facility. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen today at Robert
Moses State Park at the hawkwatch site just east of field 5.
A BROWN PELICAN was photographed Thursday a little southwest of Fisher's
Island and the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier
Thursday.
Other notable shorebirds featured an AMERICAN AVOCET at Glenwood Landing in
Nassau County last Saturday when a MARBLED GODWIT was found at Rockaway
Beach with 2 MARBLEDS at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area Wednesday along
with a SORA. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Croton Point Park on Tuesday
and 5 GOLDENS flew by Moses Park today. An UPLAND SANDPIPER flew over
restricted Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers Tuesday and a WHIMBREL was spotted
at Rockaway Beach Thursday. Another SORA was found in Central Park's north
end today.
Several RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included Friday sightings of 3
moving by Moses Park plus singles at Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park and
Fort Tilden.
In a major movement of hawks today at a Quaker Ridge hawk site in
northwestern Greenwich just over the New York line counted 14,823
BROAD-WINGEDS among its total of over 15,100 raptors.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen last Friday evening and again Saturday
morning at Croton Point Park.
Unusual sparrows this week included single LARK SPARROWS at Timber Point
Golf Course in Great River last Sunday and at Moses Park field 2 today
along with single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Prospect Park last Saturday and
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park near Meadow Lake Wednesday.
This week's migrants included several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS while a
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday
and among decent numbers of warblers were several CONNECTICUTS.
A SUMMER TANAGER was found Wednesday in Willowbrook Park on Staten Island
and quite a few DICKCISSELS included 3 at Breezy Point Thursday while today
provided 2 at Caumse
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 September 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 9, 2022
* NYNY2209.09
- Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
ANHINGA+ (Rockland County)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Black-legged Kittiwake
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph "Great White Heron")
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL
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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
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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 9th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, BROWN
BOOBY, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, white morph of GREAT
BLUE HERON, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED and
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, MARBLED GODWIT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.
Last Wednesday morning the season's first NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found along
the edge of Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers but access there is strictly
limited and unfortunately birders were unable to search for this bird.
An adult BROWN BOOBY was spotted from Governors Island last Wednesday
morning moving south but a short time later also seen milling about in the
fog so it is possible the BOOBY may continue in that area of Lower New York
Bay.
Two lingering rarities to our north featured a female ANHINGA still present
last Monday on Lake Tappan in Rockland County. Look for it on the east side
of the lake north of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road and the Orange
County NEOTROPIC CORMORANT still today using the pilings and structures off
the Global Marine Terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry
terminal.
A BROWN PELICAN was reported last Saturday moving over Napeague Bay on the
south fork while the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still present on
the south side of Piermont Pier today.
An AMERICAN AVOCET spotted Monday was still in the tidal channel along the
Lloyd Harbor Road causeway on Wednesday the same day one was present in the
marsh at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area.
Sod fields out on Long Island's north fork have recently been attracting
some grassland shorebirds. Fields in Cutchogue along Oregon Road and Duck
Pond Road have produced up to 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS along with an
UPLAND SANDPIPER Tuesday and Wednesday, a reported BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and a
few AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS. When visiting please remember to be mindful of
the local residents and stay out of the farmers fields. Single BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS were also noted at Robert Moses State Park Monday and Heckscher
State Park Tuesday and a seawatch at Moses Monday produced 29 CORY'S and 2
GREAT SHEARWATERS.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge also remains a mecca for shorebirds with the
East Pond still hosting 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS to Monday with one on Wednesday
plus a WILSON'S PHALAROPE continuing to Monday along with some PECTORAL,
WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and STILT SANDPIPERS. Also at the bay have been a
SORA at the south end of the East Pond and occasional visits by BLACK and
CASPIAN TERNS and out in Jamaica Bay proper at Yellow Bar Hassock last
Saturday shorebirds included a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBREL.
An immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was a surprise visitor to western Long
Island Sound being seen at distance from the Fort Totten area on Wednesday
and yesterday.
The Bronx has also recently produced a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and
BLACK TERNS and a CASPIAN TERN was in Rye Monday.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery
Monday the same day a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared in Central Park’s north
end. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was spotted at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Thursday and other unusual wa
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 19 August 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 19, 2022
* NYNY2208.19
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph "Great White Heron")
Cattle Egret
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
DICKCISSEL
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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, August 19th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC
CORMORANT, pelagic trip results including WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETRELS and BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white
morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
For continuing rarities both the ANHINGA and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT were seen
today with the ANHINGA continuing on Lake Tappan in Rockland County very
often seen while perched in trees on the east side of the lake just north
of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road. The CORMORANT is usually found
in Newburgh, Orange County sitting on offshore structures at the Global Oil
terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.
Last Sunday evening the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn
heading well out into the Atlantic for Monday birding in the warm waters
around McMaster and then Hudson Canyon's before returning Monday night.
Seabird highlights featured 5 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1,050 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 2 WHITE-FACED STORM-PETRELS one seen wonderfully well, 40
LEACH'S and 15 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS along with over 100 STORM-PETRELS
not identified to species and 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and to the
SHEARWATERS: 15 CORY'S, 40 GREAT, 2 MANX and 5 AUDUBON'S. A great mammal
show was highlighted by a small pod of 4 Sowerby's Beaked Whales and also
included 4 Finned and 20 Pilot Whales plus some Striped, Offshore,
Bottle-nosed, Rizzo's and Common Dolphins.
On Staten Island an immature WHITE IBIS was still visiting the marsh off
the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood today and a CATTLE EGRET was
also seen briefly in that area last Saturday. This anticipated more young
WHITE IBIS appeared overnight Long Island with 4 spotted together up in
Stony Brook last Sunday evening. By Monday 7 were present at the West
Meadow Wetlands Preserve along Trustees Road which becomes a bike and
walking road just beyond the entrance to West Meadow Beach. The IBIS,
especially at higher tides, have been frequenting the section of marsh on
the east side of the road between the beach parking area and the Ernst
Conservation Center about a half mile south down the road. The IBIS
sometimes perching in the marsh trees along that stretch. There is a
parking fee here.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on the East Pond a MARBLED GODWIT was last
reported last Sunday but 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continued at least to
Wednesday with one today. Other shorebirds have featured a WILSON'S
PHALAROPE today plus small numbers of STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and
WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Also BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE'S GULLS continue on the
East Pond and there have been occasional sightings of GULL-BILLED and ROYAL
TERNS with 3 GULL-BILLEDS and 2 WHIMBREL also out in Jamaica Bay last
Saturday.
A white morph GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Wednesday and a
CASPIAN TERN visited Croton Point Park Tuesday while a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
was identified at Orient Point last Saturday.
Among some landbird migrants this week have been a few OLIVE-SIDED and
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Welwyn Preserve
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 12 August 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 12, 2022
* NYNY2208.12
- Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte's Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph "Great White Heron")
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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, August 12th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT,
ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED and
HUDSONIAN GODWITS, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of
GREAT BLUE HERON, KING EIDER, MANX SHEARWATER, LARK SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK,
DICKCISSEL and more.
Firstly, updates on our lingering rarities: BAR-TAILED GODWIT staying at
Cupsogue Beach County Park was seen at least to Wednesday on the mudflats
north of the parking lot. Remember, a fee is charged at this facility after
8:30am. The ANHINGA was still present Monday on Lake Tappan in Rockland
County visiting the section of lake north of Convent Road and south of
Blauvelt Road often seen perched in lakeside trees and the NEOTROPIC
CORMORANT was still in Newburgh, Orange County yesterday sitting on the
offshore structures at the Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the
Newburgh ferry terminal.
Our latest rarity involves an immature WHITE IBIS found on Staten Island on
Wednesday and present through today. The bird has been frequenting the
marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood which is just
northeast of Great Kills Park. Given the number of WHITE IBIS just to our
south in New Jersey and some vagrants showing up north of our area their
post breeding dispersal could bring more individuals up to New York so keep
an eye out.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to attract good numbers and variety
of shorebirds to the East Pond these including two AMERICAN AVOCETS last
weekend that stayed around the north end to Monday the day the first
MARBLED GODWIT arrived. Since Monday one or two MARBLEDS as well as one or
two HUDSONIAN GODWITS have all been visiting the East Pond usually around
the north end but also appearing down at the south end especially after a
visit by one of the hunting Peregrine Falcons. Multiple WILSON'S PHALAROPES
have also been present at the bay either at the north or south end on the
East Pond but with one or two also feeding around the southeast corner of
the West Pond where good numbers of shorebirds and waterfowl have been
gathering. Also at the bay the BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a BONAPARTE'S
GULL have been staying around the East Pond usually below Dead Man's Cove
and other pond highlights have featured a flyover WHIMBREL and a
GULL-BILLED TERN Wednesday and small numbers of such shorebirds as STILT,
WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.
The white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today and
the Staten Island KING EIDER was still at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park on
the west side of Great Kills Harbor yesterday with another at Orient Point
Saturday.
A CRESLI whale boat out of Montauk on Wednesday counted 60 CORY'S, 200
GREAT, 1 MANX and 2 SOOTY SHEARWATERS.
Other shorebirds this week included an AMERICAN AVOCET at Mecox last
weekend and another seen at Watch Hill on Fire Island on Saturday and a
WHIMBREL at Timber Point today.
Last Monday 8 CASPIAN TERNS were at Piermont Pier with 2 more at Croton
Point while a BLACK TERN was seen Wednesday at Governors Island along with
a DICKCISSEL. Two LARK SPARROWS were spotted today at Watch Hill on Fire
Island and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue around the Calverton Grasslands. Migrant
warblers recently have included such regional breeders as WORM-EATING,
BLUE-WINGED, HOODED, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE and CANADA. The
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 July 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 22, 2022
* NYNY2207.22
- Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+ (Rockland County)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Bonaparte's Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
BROWN PELICAN
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
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electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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, July 22nd 2022*
at 11pm. Another vacation shortened report. The highlights of today's tape
are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN,
WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and other Jamaica Bay
specialties, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and more.
A large shorebird photographed in Moriches Inlet late Tuesday was
identified as a BAR-TAILED GODWIT which has been obligingly present around
the sand flats on the bay side of Cupsogue Beach County Park through today.
The bird moves around, based on the tide conditions, between the bars that
form along the inlet and further in to the more extensive flats as they
appear. A WHIMBREL was among the other shorebirds present today. Note that
there is an admission charge at Cupsogue between 8:30am and 6pm and be
careful of attempting to negotiate the channels to the flats and watch the
incoming tide.
Another great find this week was an ANHINGA spotted Wednesday on Lake
Tappan in Orangeburg, Rockland County and still around today. The bird is
sometimes seen perched on branches along the lake and sometimes in flight
as it changes locations, occasionally soaring high as it does so. Roads
from which it has been seen have especially included Convent Road which
bisects the lake giving views both north and south.
The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was also still present today up in Newburgh, Orange
County continuing to use the offshore pilings and related structures around
the private Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry
terminal.
BROWN PELICAN sightings slowed down this week. The one Sunday was seen
going east early off Breezy Point and later off Shinnecock Inlet.
The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge remains very productive. One
or two WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen mostly at the north end during this week.
Their plumage fading slowly as has been the head pattern of the long
staying BLACK-HEADED GULL. It and the BONAPARTE'S GULLS still present
today. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT in decent plumage found last Saturday was still
lingering in the north end today, usually around Dead Man's Cove. A good
variety of shorebirds and up to 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS have also been
frequenting the East Pond.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great
River.
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.
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Here's a list of hotspots (shared locations) for Washington Heights in New York County with checklist #s in square brackets [complete & incomplete lists]. *Recently created shared locations*: - Amelia Gorman Park <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L20126638> [new] - Castle Village, Washington Heights <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L20155457> [new] - Holcombe Rucker Park <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L20140109> [new] - Jacob Javits Playground, Washington Heights <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L19683361> [new] - Success Academy and St. Francis Cabrini Shrine <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L19628004?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> (has several active Chimney Swift roosts) [3] *Other shared locations in Washington Heights:* - Bennett Park <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L8998369?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [22] - Fort Tryon Park <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L591127?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [2,277] - Fort Washington Park (W 155th St. to Dyckman St.) <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3018307?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [163] - Fort Washington Park--N of GWB (Dyckman St. to GW Bridge) <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L15759455?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [41] - Fort Washington Park--S of GWB (Little Red Lighthouse-155th St.) <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L15759448?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [22] - Highbridge Park--N of Alexander Hamilton Bridge <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2741557?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [113] - Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2741553?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [302] - J. Hood Wright Park <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3511956?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [64] - Roger Morris Park (Morris-Jumel Mansion) <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4576148?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [42] - Washington Heights (N to Inwood-S to 155th St.) <https://ebird.org/hotspot/L17347429?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec> [4] If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here are the steps: — Sign into eBird.org — Go to 'My eBird' & select 'Manage My... Locations' in the left panel — To see all of your personal locations drop down on 'Type' and select 'Personal' — ... or use the Search bar to find the personal location — ... or select directly from the list which can be sorted using the drop down on the right — ... Personal locations are missing the "people" icon to the right of the location name — Click 'Merge' and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons with flames — ... Keep the checkmark for 'Delete after merging' selected — Click the Hotspot (red icon) where you want the green personal location to be merged into — ... you'll see the hotspot location name above the merge button showing the # of checklists to be merged — Click the 'Merge' button — Answer Yes to the 'Are you sure?' query All checklists for your personal location will be combined with the hotspot. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 15 July 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 15, 2022
* NYNY2207.15
- Birds mentioned
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte's Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, July 15th 2022*
at 11pm. A vacation shortened edition. The highlights of today's tape are
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, GULL-BILLED TERN, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT present along the Hudson River since May 28th
in the Newburgh-Beacon area was this week generally found around the
pilings and other structures off the private Global Oil terminal off River
Road south of the Newburgh ferry dock. If looking in that area please be
mindful of both the vehicle and train traffic.
The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge had a very good week both
shorebird-wise and otherwise. On Tuesday an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was
spotted among Glossy Ibis and was seen again both Wednesday and Thursday up
at the north end of the pond. Also lingering on the East Pond are single
BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE'S GULLS usually present around the Raunt. While
the north end mostly has been hosting a decent number of GULL-BILLED TERNS.
It's the shorebirds that are the main attraction drawn in due to the pond's
excellent condition. On Wednesday about 5,000 shorebirds were estimated to
be using the East Pond which is best at high tide. Most prevalent among
these were SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and LEAST SANDPIPER but less common
species present during the week included over a dozen STILT SANDPIPERS and
fewer of WESTERN and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS plus one or two LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE appeared there today.
BROWN PELICANS had another decent string of appearances off Long Island's
ocean coast. Last Saturday produced perhaps the same 9 off Fire Island
Pines and then off East Hampton with 5 or more also moving by Robert Moses
State Park. On subsequent days off Moses Park sightings included at least 5
Sunday, 7 Monday and 8 Wednesday. Perhaps the latter 8 also the ones off
Jones Beach that day. Single birds were also noted at Shinnecock Saturday
and Cupsogue Sunday.
Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Fort Tilden Monday while a CASPIAN
TERN on Staten Island Sunday was followed by a couple at Calvert Vaux Park
in Brooklyn Tuesday and one at Plumb Beach Wednesday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond in
Manorville, this off Schultz Road and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue around the
former Grumman airport complex in Calverton.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 24 June 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 24, 2022
* NYNY2206.24
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WESTERN SANDPIPER+
SANDWICH TERN+
PACIFIC LOON+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
White-rumped Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Least Bittern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, June 24th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are the slightly extralimital
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, SANDWICH TERN,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, MANX and other shearwaters, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues along the Hudson River waterfront
up in Newburgh, Orange County where it is usually seen on pilings with some
Double-crested Cormorants south of the ferry dock often off the private
Global Terminal along River Road. Thus, finding suitable locations to
search from can be difficult. River Road can be quite busy and the adjacent
train tracks are also active so be careful.
The only report this week of BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK came from last
Tuesday when two were spotted on a private pond in Mattituck on the north
fork. These two flying off shortly thereafter.
This afternoon an adult SANDWICH TERN was spotted flying around Breezy
Point and other birds out there yesterday featured 3 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, a WESTERN SANDPIPER and ROSEATE TERN.
The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still being seen on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today, usually around the south end. Among the
other species at the bay this week have been a continuing LEAST BITTERN on
the East Pond at least to Saturday, a lingering GULL-BILLED TERN and 5
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS still there Sunday.
Seabirds continue to be seen along the south shore of Long Island under
proper conditions especially when winds are out of the southeast. Under
these conditions Wednesday morning off Robert Moses State Park field 2 the
flight featured 27 CORY'S, 1 GREAT, 1 SOOTY and 4 MANX SHEARWATERS, a
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL and 3 ROSEATE TERNS. Also spotted was a loon in
rather unusual wore plumage that observers thought was possibly a PACIFIC
LOON but photos under difficult conditions need to be further examined. A
lesser, but similar flight there Thursday shut down as winds shifted to the
southwest.
Also noted this week were an ICELAND GULL reported again at Mecox to
Monday, a CASPIAN TERN at Croton Point Park in Westchester Wednesday and
slowly increasing numbers of ROYAL TERNS.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in
Westchester and near Jones Pond north of Paumanok Trail located off Schultz
Road in Manorville.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still singing in Prospect Park last Saturday and
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS remain on territory at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum in Great River.
A SUMMER TANAGER and a small contingent of BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to
frequent the Calverton Grasslands around the former Grumman airport and to
supplement these a young male SUMMER TANAGER was found today in the
northern section of Riverside Park around West 122nd Street and additional
BLUE GROSBEAKS featured a young male at Croton Point Park last Saturday and
a singing male at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on
Monday and Tuesday.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 17, 2022
* NYNY2206.17
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
KING RAIL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 17th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are a slightly extralimital
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BROWN
PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MANX
SHEARWATER, YELLOW-THROATED and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK and more.
The adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues through today with accompanying
Double-crested Cormorants along the Newburgh waterfront up in Orange County
usually found near the Hudson River Ferry to Beacon Terminal or just south
of there around the Global Industrial tanks off River Road. Global location
is private and River Road can be quite busy so observation sites
overlooking the shoreline, pilings and pier structures should be chosen
carefully.
The 4 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were relocated last Sunday at the
Avalon Gardens in Stony Brook but unfortunately one was injured when its
leg was grabbed by a snapping turtle and the other 3 moved to the nearby
Grist Mill Pond and their whereabouts since then is unknown.
Today a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found on the landfill at Croton Point Park in
Westchester and remained there to dusk favoring the east side of the mound
and moving about actively, perching on the scattered kestrel poles and
mullein plants. When looking for the SHRIKE please remember to stay on the
designated landfill paths which are limited to only the main path over the
top of the landfill and the path around the base of the landfill and do not
disturb the SHRIKE.
This week's BROWN PELICAN sightings include the single birds off Nickerson
Beach and Robert Moses State Park last Saturday and 2 reported moving west
off Jones Beach field 6 today.
An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted again last Saturday on the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where a WILSON'S PHALAROPE paid a brief
visit on Thursday and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE continued over last weekend
among the many shorebirds gathered at Jones Beach West End.
An excellent flight of seabirds took place Thursday afternoon on southeast
winds off Robert Moses State Park where over 800 shearwaters at varying
distances offshore were fairly evenly split between CORY'S and GREAT
SHEARWATERS and also featured 6 MANX SHEARWATERS as well as 3 PARASITIC
JAEGERS, 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 2 ROSEATE TERNS. Today's more
modest flight, as the winds moved around to the southwest, did include some
CORY'S and GREAT and one SOOTY SHEARWATER, a WILSON'S STORM-PETREL and
another PARASITIC JAEGER.
The Captree Summer Bird Count last Saturday recorded 132 species featuring
BROWN PELICAN, KING RAIL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Connetquot, 1 ALDER and
2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at
the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.
The Greenwich-Stamford Count including eastern Westchester netted about 128
species including 6 COMMON EIDER, a probable KING RAIL and ALDER FLYCATCHER.
A singing PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported from Clove Lakes Park on Staten
Island last Saturday and a few BLUE GROSBEAKS plus a male SUMMER TANAGER
continue around the Calverton Grasslands.
Also notable this week were ICELAND GULL and ROYAL TERN at Mecox last
Monday and a LEAST BITTERN still at Jamaica Bay Thursday.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 27 May 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 27, 2022
* NYNY2205.27
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
RED PHALAROPE
DOVEKIE
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Nelson's Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, May 27th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, a
pelagic trip that included BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, DOVEKIE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN
and RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE
GULL, MISSISSIPPI KITE, KENTUCKY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and others.
The young MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was spotted soaring over Long Island's
north fork Tuesday afternoon and followed for several hours as it moved
between Greenport and Orient especially around Truman's Beach in the East
Marion to Orient causeway but unfortunately it was not refound Wednesday
but there is a rumor though that a FRIGATEBIRD was seen today in the
vicinity of Gardiners Island presumably in Gardiners Bay but unfortunately
rather vague information.
Sunday evening the American Princess left Brooklyn headed for deep waters
around Hudson Canyon compiling a nice list of pelagic birds before
returning Monday evening. Sightings included 5 RED and 6 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, a DOVEKIE and 2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS,
1 BAND-RUMPED, 2 LEACH'S and 137 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 BLACK-CAPPED
PETRELS and 3 CORY'S, 1 GREAT, 31 SOOTY and 4 MANX SHEARWATERS. While
cetaceans featured a pod of Striped Dolphins among others. Both SOOTY
SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS are also now appearing along Long
Island's south shore.
A male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER found in Green-wood Cemetery last Friday was also
seen there Saturday and Brooklyn added a breeding plumaged male WESTERN
TANAGER in Prospect Park near the Maryland Monument on Wednesday.
The Staten Island BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still at Miller Field
today and a BROWN PELICAN was spotted last Saturday and Sunday in lower New
York Bay off Great Kills Park.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was on the south fork at Scallop Pond Preserve in
North Sea but last reported on Tuesday and an immature LITTLE GULL was
photographed Wednesday at Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island.
Multiple sightings of MISSISSIPPI KITE early in the week included birds
over Central Park Saturday and Monday, another over Green-wood Cemetery
last Saturday and singles Monday by Kensico Reservoir in Westchester and
also at Sterling Forest over in Orange County.
Nickerson Beach hosted an ICELAND GULL Monday and Wednesday and a
GULL-BILLED TERN also on Monday with another GULL-BILLED noted at Plumb
Beach Wednesday. A ROYAL TERN visited Dune Road last Saturday and a CATTLE
EGRET dropped in on Miller Field Monday.
Reports of RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Thursday came from Rockefeller State Park
Preserve in Westchester, at Connetquot River State Park and at the Paumanok
Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville.
KENTUCKY WARBLERS this week included one in Prospect Park Monday and
another at the Westmoreland Sanctuary in Westchester Tuesday while a
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continued at Bayard Cutting Arboretum and
Connetquot River State Park. Warbler numbers this week did include a few
MOURNING WARBLERS.
Mature male SUMMER TANAGERS were found in Forest Park Wednesday and at
Connetquot River State Park Saturday through Wednesday and BLUE GROSBEAKS
remain in their one stronghold out at the ve
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 May 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 20, 2022
* NYNY2205.20
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Whimbrel
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
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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, May 20th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are TOWNSEND'S WARBLER,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BROWN
PELICAN, PAINTED BUNTING, LITTLE GULL and much more.
Despite a rather poor week for migration in general, with overall numbers
remaining somewhat depressed and spotty, some very nice rarities did appear
perhaps easier to find given fewer birds overall.
Today a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was spotted in Green-wood Cemetery in
Brooklyn with birders able to track this singing bird as it moved about in
tall oaks near Cypress and Grape Avenues.
On Staten Island a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was found Wednesday by a
wet area at Miller Field. The duck was still present on the ballfield by
New Dorp High School today.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT, first noted Wednesday out on the south fork, has
continued through today at the Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea north of
Southampton. The STILT has been frequenting the marshy area just south of K
Road.
A few sightings of MISSISSIPPI KITE this week started last Saturday with
one over Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan followed by one on Staten
Island Tuesday spotted over Mount Loretto Unique Area. Subsequent reports
noted one at Tackapausha Nature Preserve in Massapequa on Wednesday and
then perched along Middle Country Road in Ridge Friday afternoon. Hopefully
more will follow.
The season's first BROWN PELICAN was spotted Thursday flying east off Smith
Point County Park in Shirley.
A female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING, discovered Thursday in Central Park's
north end, apparently disappeared quickly before other birders could be
notified.
An immature LITTLE GULL was photographed Wednesday at Nickerson Beach. Last
Sunday a little movement on the ocean off Robert Moses State Park included
the seasons first WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS. An
ICELAND GULL visited Sagg Pond last Saturday while notable terns this week
featured a GULL-BILLED at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a ROSEATE at Breezy
Point and a ROYAL at Plumb Beach, all last Sunday, plus single CASPIAN
TERNS at Prospect Park Lake Sunday and Randall's Island today.
Increasing numbers of shorebirds included a WHIMBREL at Smith Point County
Park as well as some WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, RED KNOTS, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS and others.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Hempstead Lake State Park Wednesday and 3
were at the Paumanok Trail location next to Jones Pond off Schultz Road in
Manorville today.
Flycatchers featured some OLIVE-SIDED plus ACADIAN, ALDER and
YELLOW-BELLIED among the empidonax.
A BICKNELL'S THRUSH was still singing in Central Park's north end Monday,
one of a few noted or suspected locally and decent numbers of PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS were reported this week.
Warblers included PROTHONOTARY at Riverside Park and at Alley Pond Park
last weekend and KENTUCKYS in Prospect Park Saturday and in Forest Park
Tuesday as well as several MOURNING and many BAY-BREASTED. Besides in
Calverton, BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted at Connetquot River State Park and at
the Brookhaven Lab and at least 5 SUMMER TANAGERS included birds in Central
Park, Tompkins Square Park and Randall's Island.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 April 2022
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* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 29, 2022
* NYNY2204.29
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Solitary Sandpiper
ICELAND GULL
Least Tern
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
LEAST BITTERN
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Lincoln's Sparrow
Bobolink
Ovenbird
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 29th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOTTLED DUCK,
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, KING EIDER, ICELAND GULL,
GULL-BILLED TERN, LEAST BITTERN, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS,
SUMMER TANAGER and spring migrants.
The MOTTLED DUCK, found on April 5th, and a potential first record for New
York State pending NYSARC acceptance, was reported both days last weekend
at Ketcham's Creek freshwater wetland in Amityville but not since, perhaps
due to waning interest. It is also not clear that the duck was always being
critically identified so please provide supporting evidence if the MOTTLED
is seen again.
Once again a brief appearance by a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE locally left a few
observers quite pleased though it did not stick around for others to enjoy.
This sighting took place last Wednesday morning at Jones Beach West End.
But certainly the bonus bird of the week was a male BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER nicely found early yesterday morning in the Midwood off Center
Drive in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Many observers on hand continued to
search throughout the day and were able to refind the bird at various times
but follow-up searches today were not successful.
A drake KING EIDER was still present at Great Kills Park on Staten Island
last Sunday and late ICELAND GULLS were noted at Fort Tilden last Saturday
and at Plumb Beach Monday. A GULL-BILLED TERN was photographed at Plumb
Beach on Tuesday the same day single CASPIAN TERNS visited Hempstead Lake
State Park and Southard's Pond in Babylon.
A Prospect Park LEAST BITTERN was still present Thursday along the western
side of Prospect Park Lake. In Westchester a CATTLE EGRET flew by the
nature center at Croton Point Park Tuesday afternoon headed northwest and
an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at the Rockefeller State Park
Preserve.
A growing number of migrant non-passerines this week included YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST and COMMON TERNS
and BLACK SKIMMER.
Among the passerines the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continued at Central Park's
north end to last Sunday and a few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS included
singles at Hempstead Lake State Park and Oakland Lake Thursday and at
Fuch's Pond in Northport today as well as one at Croton Point Park from
Tuesday through today and the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum in Great River. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER has lingered in Central
Park since Monday and other arriving warblers have included OVENBIRD,
NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN,
CHESTNUT-SIDED and BLACK-THROATED BLUE with more to come.
A SUMMER TANAGER visited a home up in Harlem late last week last seen on
the 22nd and other passerines occurring this week featured GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, RED-EYED VIREO, VEERY,
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, BOBOLINK and SCARLET TANAGER.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 April 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 22, 2022
* NYNY2204.22
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
Short-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
LEAST BITTERN
CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Warbling Vireo
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Wood Thrush
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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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, April 22nd
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOTTLED DUCK,
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, KING EIDER, LEAST BITTERN, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS and
ICELAND GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY
and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and spring migrants.
A drake MOTTLED DUCK was seen as recently as Wednesday along the Ketcham's
Creek freshwater wetland in Amityville. The sightings Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday were all only in the later afternoon. The duck and accompanying
female Mallards should be looked for along the creek on the west side of
Lake Drive. When present, the birds initially were around the north end
near where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive but recently they have also
ventured south of there.
On Thursday afternoon a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted over Todt Hill on
Staten Island heading in a northwest direction towards High Rock Park but
like most local sightings for this species it seems only the initial
observers that get to see the bird. A drake KING EIDER was still present at
Great Kills Park today.
A lingering LEAST BITTERN has been present all week in phragmites on the
west side of Prospect Park Lake near the Wellhouse and another was reported
at Randall's Island last weekend while a CATTLE EGRET visited East Quogue
last Sunday.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was still around the Hunt's Point section of the Bronx last
Sunday and on Tuesday single ICELAND GULLS were spotted at Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach and at the north end of Jamaica Bay.
In Westchester a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been at Rockefeller State Park
Preserve yesterday and today and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was photographed at
Cranberry Lake Preserve today.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has continued at Central Park's north end all week and
another was present near the lake at Connetquot River State Park last
weekend. Besides the continuing pair of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River single birds occurred in Prospect
Park for most of the week, at Crotona Park in the Bronx yesterday, at
Massapequa Preserve Wednesday and Thursday and at Oscawana Island in
Westchester last Sunday. Other arriving warblers this week included an
ORANGE-CROWNED at Massapequa Preserve Tuesday and 3 HOODEDS with singles at
the north end of Central Park last Sunday and more recently in Riverside
Park and at Valley Stream State Park.
Various non-passerines noted during the week have included more CHIMNEY
SWIFTS, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, scattered VIRGINIA RAILS, SORAS and
COMMON GALLINULES, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREEN HERON and GLOSSY IBIS.
The variety of passerines has also been increasing with such additions as
WARBLING VIREO, BANK and CLIFF SWALLOWS, WOOD THRUSH, ORCHARD and BALTIMORE
ORIOLES, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and INDIGO BUNTING.
And a comment on an unusual fallout. Last Monday night's poor weather
conditions produced an interesting accumulation of birds along the Hudson
River from upper Westchester and especially just north of us up in the
Newburgh-Beacon area where flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS included several
hundred individuals sitting on the river along with a count of over 100
RED-NECKED GREBES, many HORNED GREBES, numbers of WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and
LONG-TAILED DUCK and various other waterbirds temporarily forced down.
Quite a spectacle.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 1 April 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 1, 2022
* NYNY2204.01
- Birds mentioned
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE
STILT SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Pine Siskin
VESPER SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Louisiana Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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
This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 1st 2022* at 11pm.
The highlights of today's tape are LECONTE'S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER,
SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL,
STILT SANDPIPER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW and more.
As more spring migrants begin appearing there's no telling what the status
is of the LECONTE'S SPARROW seen briefly on top of Croton Point landfill
early Thursday morning. Was this the same individual that was also present
in the same spot back in November and December? Whether yes or no it was
looked for but not seen there this morning.
Manhattan's WESTERN TANAGER visiting Carl Schurz Park was still present
today, usually seen as it appears at the feeders located in the park off
East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street.
A SANDHILL CRANE was watched as it circled over Piermont Pier in Rockland
County last Sunday morning eventually moving off to the west.
A drake KING EIDER was still present yesterday around the sandflats at
Great Kills Park on Staten Island and the drake at Shinnecock was seen
again just east of the Ponquogue Bridge last Sunday.
An early CATTLE EGRET visited the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
yesterday.
At the same time an AMERICAN BITTERN was drawing lots of attention in
Central Park’s north end.
Among the northbound shorebirds a STILT SANDPIPER was found yesterday off
Dune Road near Ponquogue Bridge and single PECTORAL SANDPIPERS visited
Governors Island last Saturday and Tanner Park in Copiague from Monday on.
A few LESSER YELLOWLEGS are also beginning to show up.
Some RAZORBILLS, still being seen off Breezy Point, included 15 last
Saturday.
A GLAUCOUS GULL continued near the Verrazzano Bridge viewing area just
north of the bridge to last Sunday while an ICELAND GULL was still being
seen today at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach where a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was
also present last Sunday.
The highlight among the few species of warblers so far reaching our area
was a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER spotted today in Central Park’s Ramble. Also
today LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were found in at least 3 locations and some
PALM WARBLERS are also returning now joining the scattered PINE WARBLER and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS already here. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was still
at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River this week.
Today VESPER SPARROWS were found in Captree State Park and near the
Ponquogue Bridge and another again at Caumsett State Park Tuesday and a
wintering LINCOLN'S SPARROW was still at Greeley Square Park in Manhattan
today. This park is on the east side of 6th Avenue between West 32nd and
West 33rd Streets. Among other passerines appearing this week have been
BARN SWALLOW and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and PINE SISKINS were reported at
the feeders in Forest Park Queens on Wednesday.
Oh, and as an update ... there have unfortunately been no further sightings
of the STELLER'S SEA-EAGLE on Staten Island
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 25 March 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 25, 2022
* NYNY2203.25
- Birds mentioned
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White-eyed Vireo
Purple Martin
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Purple Finch
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Chipping Sparrow
VESPER SPARROW
Swamp Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler
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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, March 25th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WESTERN TANAGER, KING
EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, VESPER SPARROW and more.
Since the March doldrums seem to be loosening up, so never as quickly as
hoped for, new migrants are slowly appearing.
Locally though, Manhattan's two WESTERN TANAGERS continue to garner top
billing. The more reliable female at Carl Schurz Park, still present today,
usually seen visiting feeders just inside the park off East End Avenue just
south of East 86th Street. The west side TANAGER was spotted again last
Saturday still around the private Clinton Community Garden off West 48th
Street east of 10th Avenue.
Waterfowl are now moving north in good numbers while a decent variety
continues locally these including the drake KING EIDER remaining at Great
Kills Park on Staten Island and another drake KING spotted again Wednesday
out near the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock. Two drake HARLEQUIN DUCKS were
also still out on the north fork at Southold on Thursday these seen off
Horton Point at the end of Lighthouse Road.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed last Saturday at Brooklyn's Plumb
Beach where an ICELAND GULL was also present and a BLACK-HEADED in decent
plumage was spotted last Sunday at Old Field Point and Lighthouse Park
north of Stony Brook where a GLAUCOUS GULL was also still hanging around.
Other GLAUCOUS GULLS featured one still around the Brooklyn side of the
Verrazzano Bridge Wednesday and one seen off Playland Park in Rye last
Sunday morning while another ICELAND GULL was spotted Monday at the Dyckman
Street Pier in northern Manhattan. Among the few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
were 2 at Floyd Bennett Field on Thursday and another at Jones Beach West
End Monday.
Up to 4 RAZORBILLS were spotted off Breezy Point during the week one
venturing in towards Brighton Beach Thursday.
A LEAST SANDPIPER was seen again at Great Kills Park Sunday and other
shorebirds noted this week included some more PIPING PLOVERS as well as
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, WILSON'S SNIPE and lots
of displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was still around the JFK/Tobay Sanctuary Tuesday while
other arriving non-passerines included LAUGHING GULL, SNOWY EGRET and
YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS plus numbers of vultures,
hawks and falcons.
A breeding plumaged LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted Monday with Horned Larks
along the runway at the old Grumman airport in Calverton and 2 VESPER
SPARROWS were still at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off
Yaphank Avenue on Monday.
Earlier were single WHITE-EYED VIREOS found at Sands Point Tuesday and
Ketcham's Creek in Amityville Wednesday while other passerines on the move
included PURPLE MARTIN, BROWN CREEPER, HOUSE and MARSH WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET, PURPLE FINCH and CHIPPING and SWAMP SPARROWS.
Late week ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted at Randall's Island and Marine
Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn and the Bayard Cutting Arboretum
in Great River.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 4 March 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 4, 2022
* NYNY2203.04
- Birds mentioned
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Gallinule
Piping Plover
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Horned Lark
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Lincoln's Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, March 4th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN
SHRIKE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS GULL and other gulls,
LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.
Manhattan's two WESTERN TANAGERS were still present this week. The more
reliable one, especially in the morning, continues at Carl Schurz Park
visiting the feeders located in the park off East End Avenue just south of
East 86th Street while more elusive is the one moving around in the
vicinity of private Clinton Community Garden off West 48th Street east of
10th Avenue.
The NORTHERN SHRIKE at North Fork Preserve out in Northville was seen as
recently as Monday. The park is on the northside of Sound Avenue and the
SHRIKE is usually found in fields west of the entrance road just beyond a
small pond.
A THICK-BILLED MURRE was reported last Saturday off the Jones Beach West
End jetty but most of the recent alcid activity is centered around
RAZORBILLS with Breezy Point providing regular sightings including a peak
of 11 offshore on Wednesday.
Waterfowl have begun moving north recently in good numbers and WOOD DUCKS
for instance have increased noticeably but among the lingering rarities
still noted this week were single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Tung Ting
Pond in Centerport and on Bowman Avenue Pond in Rye Brook. Single drake
EURASIAN WIGEON at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn and on the West
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a drake KING EIDER at Great Kills Park
on Staten Island and up to 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS still at Jones Beach West End
Saturday.
Two BLACK-HEADED GULLS were seen together at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach last
Saturday with one on Sunday and another visited the Old Field Point and
Lighthouse Park site again on Saturday, this area north of Stony Brook. The
Old Field Point site this week also featured a GLAUCOUS, 2 ICELAND and one
or two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but the main attraction remains a Herring
type gull with bright yellow legs and feet and a wing pattern that strongly
suggests a European form of HERRING GULL though a few other possibilities
are still being considered as well. A GLAUCOUS GULL was also seen at Great
Kills Park on Tuesday while an ICELAND GULL visited Plumb Beach last
weekend. A few LAUGHING GULLS have also begun to appear.
Two PIPING PLOVERS were seen out on Dune Road today and a LEAST SANDPIPER
seen last weekend at Great Kills Park may have been the one first seen
there back on February 8th.
AMERICAN WOODCOCK are now displaying at most appropriate sites. A
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK visited the Short's Pond area in Watermill last Saturday.
Lingering birds include the COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore,
EASTERN PHOEBE and BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and
the LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Greeley Square Park in Manhattan. A LAPLAND
LONGSPUR was found at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and seen again
Wednesday and another LAPLAND was with 90 Horned Larks at Nickerson Beach
last Sunday.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 25 February 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 25, 2022
* NYNY2202.25
- Birds mentioned
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
PACIFIC LOON+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
American Woodcock
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Herring Gull complex (unidentified to species)
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
VESPER SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, February 25th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are PACIFIC LOON, WESTERN
TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, DOVEKIE, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, VESPER SPARROW and more.
Last Saturday afternoon a winter plumaged PACIFIC LOON was spotted and
photographed in the Connetquot River off the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in
Great River but moving quickly downstream the LOON soon disappeared and has
evaded subsequent relocation attempts.
Manhattan's two WESTERN TANAGERS were both still present this week. The
Carl Schurz Park bird was seen through Thursday around the feeders located
in the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street. This bird
certainly most reliable in the morning while the west side bird can with
patience often be spotted in the vicinity of the private Clinton Community
Garden off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.
The NORTHERN SHRIKE wintering at the North Fork Preserve out in Northville
was seen as recently as Tuesday in this park located on the north side of
Sound Avenue. The bird often spotted in fields west of the entrance road
just beyond a small pond.
Alcids this week featured a DOVEKIE spotted Sunday off Camp Hero at Montauk
Point where a peak of 5 RAZORBILLS plus a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and 2
female HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen on Wednesday.
Last Sunday morning a THICK-BILLED MURRE was spotted in Brooklyn's
Gravesend Bay but moved south quickly last seen in the vicinity of Coney
Island Creek. Up to 5 RAZORBILLS occurred off Breezy Point during the week.
Single lingering GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still present mid-week at
Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook
and also continuing were single EURASIAN WIGEONS at Bush Terminal Piers
Park in Brooklyn and on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and
the drake KING EIDER at Great Kills Park on Staten Island.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was present Sunday out on Old Field Point north
of Stony Brook where other gulls also noted this week have included
GLAUCOUS, 2 ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED plus an unusual gull in the
greater HERRING GULL complex featuring bright yellow legs and feet and a
somewhat darker mantle and remains unidentified as to species. Other
ICELAND GULLS occurred around Sheepshead Bay and up in Peekskill.
AMERICAN BITTERN continues in the Tobay area and AMERICAN WOODCOCK are now
displaying in appropriate areas where the weather is right.
A VESPER SPARROW was still at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center
off Yaphank Avenue on Monday and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS continue at
Randall's Island and at Battery Park City.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 4 February 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 4, 2022
* NYNY2202.04
- Birds mentioned
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SLATY-BACKED GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Gallinule
PIPING PLOVER
Red Knot
Short-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Eastern Phoebe
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Orange-crowned Warbler
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Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, February 4th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SLATY-BACKED GULL,
WESTERN TANAGER, THICK-BILLED MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN
WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL,
PIPING PLOVER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and more.
Certainly this week's highlight was the SLATY-BACKED GULL on Central Park's
Reservoir that was identified from photos taken there on Tuesday. Once this
tricky identification was sorted out involving separation from several
similar blackish backed gulls including Lesser Black-backed a good number
of observers got to view the SLATY-BACKED during the period it was on the
reservoir early Wednesday morning and again in mid-afternoon. Unfortunately
the gull was not spotted either Thursday or today but incoming colder
conditions could again bring the gull back to the reservoir or it might be
visiting other local gull roosting sites such as Randall's Island or along
the Brooklyn shoreline. Central Park's Reservoir has been attracting a good
variety of other gulls including an adult BLACK-HEADED on Wednesday and
Thursday as well as GLAUCOUS, ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
Also on Manhattan are the 2 lingering WESTERN TANAGERS one still at Carl
Schurz Park along East End Avenue at the feeders adjacent to East 86th
Street and the other more elusive bird near private Clinton Community
Garden around West 47th and 48th Streets east of 10th Avenue.
Besides a few coastal RAZORBILLS this week a THICK-BILLED MURRE was found
today at Great Kills Park on Staten Island in the harbor on the north side
as viewed from the harbor parking lot. Another THICK-BILLED was reported
again Wednesday off Tiana Beach along Dune Road.
The lower Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was last seen on now
frozen Playland Lake in Rye last Sunday the same day one was seen again on
Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. A female type EURASIAN WIGEON continues along
the Brooklyn shoreline near Bush Terminal Piers Park and a drake KING EIDER
was still around Shinnecock Inlet Monday. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was
reported off north fork Sunday and a few HARLEQUINS should still be around
the Point Lookout jetties.
Seasonally unusual shorebirds featured 3 PIPING PLOVERS seen in Fire Island
Inlet along with 3 RED KNOTS on Wednesday when a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was
also reported from Nickerson Beach.
AMERICAN BITTERNS continue along Dune Road and at Tobay and a COMMON
GALLINULE remains at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore.
Also unusual at this season was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Tuesday and 2 or 3
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS early in the week at the Calverton Grasslands on the
Epcal complex. These grasslands are definitely worthy of preservation. A
VESPER SPARROW was spotted at Caumsett State Park Wednesday.
An EASTERN PHOEBE and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE were still present in Brooklyn's
Green-wood Cemetery before the storm and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was
found in Shirley Chisholm State Park Sunday.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 January 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 28, 2022
* NYNY2201.28
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
PIPING PLOVER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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, January 28th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WESTERN TANAGER,
THICK-BILLED MURRE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, PIPING PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER,
LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.
There are two WESTERN TANAGERS in Manhattan, the one wintering around Carl
Schurz Park continues to visit the feeder area there with some regularity
this site located along East End Avenue near East 86th Street. The TANAGER
near the private Clinton Community Garden noted last Saturday should be
looked for between West 47th & 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.
Following last week's two occurrences, sightings this week of THICK-BILLED
MURRE commenced last Saturday with one in Shinnecock Inlet where perhaps
the same bird was photographed today floating into the bay around midday.
Another THICK-BILLED was photographed last Monday moving slowly westward
off Fort Tilden. More expected RAZORBILLS were also present off Montauk
Point with a good count of 51 on Tuesday with a few others along Long
Island's south shore. In addition a small number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES
were seen offshore out east where other species of alcids can also occur
though sufficient documentation to substantiate such findings can be
difficult to obtain.
NORTHERN SHRIKE was still present Monday at the North Fork Preserve in
Northville where it is usually noted along fields west of the entrance road
located on the north side of Sound Avenue.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE continues at Stony Brook University on a pond near the
Charles B. Wang Center. Today 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were spotted at
Sunken Meadow State Park west of the entrance bridge and another was today
again roosting on the lake at Playland Park in Rye. Continuing single
female type EURASIAN WIGEON were seen as recently as today both at Bush
Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn and on Patchogue Lake the north end of
which contains a good variety of water birds including a drake BLUE-WINGED
TEAL. Single drake KING EIDER were still today at both Great Kills Park on
Staten Island and at Shinnecock Inlet and 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS can be found
along the Point Lookout jetties. A PIPING PLOVER was also present at Point
Lookout yesterday.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to frequent the waters around the
Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End where a single LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER was seen again Tuesday that bay also producing a LAPLAND LONGSPUR
there. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS also remain along Santapogue Creek in West
Babylon. GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen today at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
and at Bellport Bay Yacht Club while several ICELAND GULLS include birds on
Central Park's Reservoir and at Randall's Island plus a few sites in
Brooklyn and out at Shinnecock Inlet.
Other notable non-passerines include a RED-NECKED GREBE continuing at
Culloden Point in Montauk, a COMMON GALLINULE still at Mill Pond in
Bellmore and a couple of AMERICAN BITTERN along Dune Road and another at
Tobay.
Out in Montauk 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen today, one around the
parking lot at the point and the another at Theodore Roosevelt County Park.
Up to 3 VESPER SPARROWS still reside at the Suffolk County Farm and
Education Center off Yaphank Avenue and an EASTERN PHOEBE plus a BALTIMORE
ORIOLE both remain in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
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Re:[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 7 January 2022 [correction]
Correction: I received a note that the Orange County and Dutchess County *Franklin's Gull* reported on the RBA *does not require* details submitted to NYSARC. Only downstate birds fit the requirements and this is not downstate enough. - Birds mentioned FRANKLIN'S GULL+ (extralimital) ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+ WESTERN TANAGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 7 January 2022
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 7, 2022
* NYNY2201.07
- Birds mentioned
FRANKLIN'S GULL+ (extralimital)
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
ROSS'S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Common Gallinule
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Red Crossbill
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
DICKCISSEL
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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, January 7th
2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSS'S GOOSE,
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE,
TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, DICKCISSEL, Christmas Count
results, extralimital FRANKLIN'S GULL and more.
The lackluster accumulation of waterfowl regionally so far this season has
shown some signs of improving recently. For instance the discovery
yesterday of 2 ROSS'S GEESE on the Eastport pond off Route 27 on the east
side of town. However the 2 geese did soon take off together and have not
been seen since. Fitting this pattern too were 4 TUNDRA SWANS photographed
flying over Croton Point Park in Westchester last Sunday. Among other
notable waterfowl have been single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE with one
seen again last Sunday at Dix Hills High School West and another still
roosting on the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook yesterday while the pond's
icing over might be a problem. Drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue to be seen on
the Mill Pond in Oyster Bay on Patchogue Lake and a drake BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE has recently returned to Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga
generally seen in the offshore Common Goldeneye flock. A drake KING EIDER
remains at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and a young male was spotted
at Shinnecock Inlet Monday.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was still present in Brooklyn's Owl's Head Park
today seen along the northeast side of the hill and 2 WESTERN TANAGERS
continue in Manhattan, one at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue around
86th Street and the other near private Clinton Community Garden around West
48th Street east of 10th Avenue but this one does move around a bit.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues at Jones Beach West End often around
the bar off the Coast Guard Station but also moving well out into the
channel to feed. ICELAND GULLS this week have been seen on Central Park's
Reservoir, at Randall's Island and at Plumb Beach and around Sheepshead Bay.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be seen at the North Fork Preserve reported
yesterday in this park located north of Sound Avenue out in Northville.
Four VESPER SPARROWS were uncovered yesterday at the Suffolk County Farm
and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue. A RED CROSSBILL was spotted early
in the week at Jones Beach West End and a DICKCISSEL was still visiting the
Prospect Park feeders Tuesday.
The quite successful Southern Nassau Christmas Count last Sunday recorded
139 species among its highlights were CACKLING GOOSE, 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS
continuing at Point Lookout, a COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in
Bellmore, single SEMIPALMATED and PIPING PLOVERS, WESTERN SANDPIPER, a
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Jones Beach West End, 7 AMERICAN WOODCOCK and a
WILSON'S SNIPE, the BLACK-HEADED GULL and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 2
AMERICAN BITTERNS, NELSON'S, 2 SALTMARSH and LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 2
BALTIMORE ORIOLES and 5 ORANGE-CROWNED, 3 PALM and 2 PINE and single
NASHVILLE and CAPE MAY WARBLERS.
A little to our north in Orange and Dutchess Counties an immature
FRANKLIN'S GULL remains mostly along the Hudson River in Newburgh but also
crossing over occasionally to the Beacon Waterfront where an immature
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was also seen offshore last Tu
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 31 December 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 31, 2021
* NYNY2112.31
- Birds mentioned
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Egret
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Chipping Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Boat-tailed Grackle
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Black-throated Blue Warbler
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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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, December 31st
2021* at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are SHORT-BILLED GULL,
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LECONTE'S
SPARROW, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
DICKCISSEL, Christmas Count results and more.
The SHORT-BILLED GULL first spotted on Tuesday, December 21st, near Bush
Terminal Piers Park continued in that section of Brooklyn for a while but
today was relocated south of there around Gravesend Bay. During the day the
bird was viewed from the parking lots at BJ's and Ceasar's Bay Bazaar down
to Calvert Vaux Park and across to Coney Island Creek Park so this may
become its favorite area.
Two ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS continue locally, one at Brooklyn's Owl's Head
Park and the other in Westchester at the Rockwood Hall section of
Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Mount Pleasant.
With the 2 WESTERN TANAGERS in Manhattan, one was still today visiting the
feeder area at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue around East 86th Street
while the other at private Clinton Community Garden has not been reported
since Saturday this site along West 48th Street between 9th and 10th
Avenues.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE remains in the North Fork Preserve seen today at this
park located north of Sound Avenue in Northville but the SHRIKE at the
Norman Levy Preserve located just east of the Meadowbrook Parkway in
Merrick has not been reported since Monday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER do continue there.
LECONTE'S SPARROW continues to be reported on the landfill at Croton Point
Park occurring on the top with Savannah Sparrows.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL in Brooklyn was present Thursday and today at Brooklyn
Army Terminal Pier 4 and earlier at Gravesend Bay on Wednesday and another
has returned to Setauket Harbor. A GLAUCOUS GULL was at BJ's in Brooklyn
today and near Randall's Island Sunday and an ICELAND GULL or 2 were also
in the area.
Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue at the Bowman Avenue pond in
Rye Brook, at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and at Rockland Lake State Park.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON remained on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge and on the Oyster Bay Mill Pond. A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was
spotted Sunday at Cedar Point County Park in Northwest Harbor north of East
Hampton and a drake KING EIDER continues around the mudflats at Great Kills
Park on Staten Island. A surprise was provided by a flock of 7 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS seen Tuesday flying south along the Brooklyn coast in the Red Hook
area.
A DICKCISSEL has been visiting the feeders in Prospect Park since Wednesday
with an AMERICAN REDSTART also continuing in the park.
On the Bronx-Westchester Christmas Count last Sunday recorded 110 species
including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 2 CLAPPER RAILS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Pelham Bay Park, CHIPPING SPARROW,
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 2 new count species, 8 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES and
a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER.
The Smithtown Count Monday netted 101 species with highlights including the
Setauket BLACK-HEADED GULL, VIRGINIA RAILS, SNOWY EGRET, 4 NORTHERN
SAW-WHET OWLS, 22 CHIPPING SPARROWS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and BALTIMORE
ORIOLE.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and have a great New
Year!
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 December 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 10, 2021
* NYNY2112.10
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Wood Thrush
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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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, December 10th
2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, HENSLOW'S
SPARROW, LECONTE'S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED
GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
The GRAY KINGBIRD found November 29th at Great Kills Park on Staten Island
and staying generally just north of Moonbeam Marina until Tuesday was
relocated Wednesday farther south along the white trail out to Crooke's
Point but unfortunately has not been reported since though it could still
be in the area. A drake KING EIDER at Great Kills does continue to visit
the mudflat area there.
A HENSLOW'S SPARROW located in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday
has remained in the same general area through today. The bird frequents low
grasses near the intersection of Central and Oak Leaf Avenues. It's
uncharacteristic behavior is probably the result of its being compromised
in some manner. Please give this bird sufficient space to subsist in and
also respect the sanctity of the cemetery. Two LECONTE'S SPARROWS, first
noted at Croton Point Park on December 2nd, were still present Wednesday
but unlike the HENSLOW'S are very elusive with one or both only glimpsed
very occasionally on top of the landfill and usually missed altogether.
A WESTERN TANAGER continues to visit the feeder area at Manhattan's Carl
Schurz Park. The feeder is located just off East End Avenue adjacent to
about 86th Street.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was still being seen at least to Tuesday at the North
Fork Preserve, the bird occasionally perching prominently in the preserve
located north of Sound Avenue in Northville.
A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE on Short's Pond off Scuttlehole Road in Bridgehampton
on Monday may be the same one reported Thursday on the Wainscott pond.
Remember, these areas are private so remain on the roadways.
Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE recently include one still roosting at
the Rye Brook Pond off Bowman Avenue in southern Westchester and one at
Rockland Lake State Park. Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue on the West
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on the Mill Pond in Oyster Bay and
a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been along the jetties at Point Lookout
recently.
A GLAUCOUS GULL has been roosting recently in the Point Lookout Town Park
parking lot and today immatures were also spotted on Randall's Island and
at Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island. Immature ICELAND GULLS recently have
been reported on Prospect Park Lake yesterday, in Sheepshead Bay in
Brooklyn all week and also just north of the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday.
Recent shorebird reports featured a WESTERN SANDPIPER on the beach at Point
Lookout and 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at the traditional site on Santapogue
Creek in West Babylon.
The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen Wednesday and today along the Hudson
River Greenway along West Street just south of Watts Street and another
also on Manhattan at Bella Abzug Park along with a WOOD THRUSH and an
OVENBIRD this park off West 34th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues. Two
DICKCISSELS have been visiting the feeders lately at the Oceanside Marine
Nature Study Area with another still at Inwood Hill Park last Sunday.
At least 8 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were spotted recently and other
lingering warblers and various other passerines hopefully will still be
around for the Christmas Counts.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 December 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 3, 2021
* NYNY2112.03
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
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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, December 3rd
2021* at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, PINK-FOOTED
GOOSE, LECONTE'S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL,
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, DICKCISSEL and more.
A rather obliging GRAY KINGBIRD found last Monday at Great Kills Park on
Staten Island was still present there today. It has been staying mostly in
shrubby areas across from the Moonbeam Marina. So from Hylan Boulevard
enter Great Kills on Buffalo Street and continue towards Crooke's Point.
Park near the Moonbeam Marina and search the vegetated areas across from
the marina including near the bathhouse for the KINGBIRD. A drake KING
EIDER also continues along the shore at Great Kills.
Last Sunday a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was found in a Canada Goose flock out in
Bridgehampton in a field on the south side of Route 27 (Montauk Highway).
On Monday the flock was with the PINK-FOOTED and relocated a little north
of there on Short's Pond on the western side of Scuttlehole Road but we
have no further reports since Monday. This PINK-FOOTED follows one on
Wappinger's Lake in Dutchess County that departed last Saturday.
Two LECONTE'S SPARROWS were seen together on top of the landfill at Croton
Point Park on Thursday morning with one reappearing there in the afternoon.
This is the same area where a LECONTE'S was also present in early November.
A WESTERN TANAGER was still appearing in Carl Schurz Park in mid-Manhattan
today visiting the feeder area located just off East End Avenue adjacent to
about 86th Street.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again yesterday and today at the North Fork
Preserve which is north of Sound Avenue in Northville.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still present midday today on the pond
adjacent to the Rye Ridge shopping center off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook
and another was reported today on the lake at Rockland Lake State Park.
A few CACKLING GEESE include the one at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream.
Single drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were continuing on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay on
Patchogue Lake and additional drake KING EIDERS included one last weekend
continuing on the Montauk Harbor Inlet and another Sunday at Shinnecock
Inlet.
An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted last Saturday at Jones Beach West End
followed by one Monday at Fort Tilden. Dwindling numbers of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 4 Saturday at Robert Moses State Park lot 2 and
an AMERICAN BITTERN was still around Prospect Park Lake last Saturday
A report of 6 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS moving by Robert Moses State Park
this morning provide good encouragement of perhaps a good winter ahead.
Last Sunday single flyover LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted at both Randall's
Island and Breezy Point.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen in Inwood Hill Park all week and Union
Square Park Saturday and out at Montauk last weekend and late warblers
featured AMERICAN REDSTART and WILSON'S in Prospect Park to Thursday.
Two DICKCISSELS have been visiting the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
recently through today with another lingering in Inwood Hill Park through
last weekend.
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* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 12, 2021
* NYNY2111.12
- Birds mentioned
SAY'S PHOEBE+
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Bittern
Cattle Egret
Golden Eagle
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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, November 12th
2021* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SAY'S PHOEBE, WESTERN
KINGBIRD, LECONTE'S SPARROW, SANDHILL CRANE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A nice combination of flycatchers at Caumsett State Park both continued at
their respective locations at least through Tuesday but we have no word
since then but both might continue there. The SAY'S PHOEBE had been
frequenting the corral area between the parking lots and the tree line to
the north but over the weekend was pushed a little farther east to corral
fencing near the yellow barn while the overflow parking areas were being
used. The WESTERN KINGBIRD up to Tuesday remained along the spit at Lloyd
Point requiring a 2 mile walk north to that area.
Last Saturday a LECONTE'S SPARROW was spotted at Croton Point Park and on
Tuesday it was relocated along the path over the landfill where it
continued but was quite secretive at least to Thursday morning requiring
much patience as it would only occasionally pop briefly out of the
vegetation along the path. Other highlight species at Croton have included
single GRASSHOPPER and "Ipswich" SAVANNAH SPARROWS atop the landfill.
With the hawk season winding down but with some more GOLDEN EAGLES expected
over local watches, providing a nice surprise were the 3 SANDHILL CRANES
moving by the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford
last Saturday morning.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has returned to the Rye area [...] on
Playland Lake last Monday and has also been seen on the pond off Bowman
Avenue in Rye Brook at the [...] roosting site where it disappears with the
Canadas at one of the several golf courses in the area. A drake EURASIAN
WIGEON has recently been seen on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge along with a good variety of waterfowl and a drake KING EIDER was
still present off Midland Beach on Staten Island last Tuesday. Conceivably
the same lingering immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was reported Wednesday
at Floyd Bennett Field and then Thursday at nearby Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
Two BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES off Robert Moses State Park today were joined
by 4 continuing LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a PARASITIC JAEGER with
another PARASITIC also seen off Orient Point last Saturday.
Though the influx has definitely tapered off a CATTLE EGRET was still
present Wednesday out at Hook Pond in East Hampton while an AMERICAN
BITTERN was noted this week in Prospect Park. Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were
reported from Ferry Point Park in the Bronx last weekend and Sammy's Beach
in East Hampton Tuesday and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center
off Yaphank Avenue on Wednesday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was along the
Hudson River Greenway south of Watts Street in Manhattan Monday.
Last week ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen in Central Park at Point
Lookout and out at Big Reed Pond in Montauk while a variety of late
warblers have recently included OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE,
AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATEDEDS BLUE
and GREEN, CANADA and WILSON'S.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center
Saturday and a DICKCISSEL has been lingering at the Dyckman Fields in
Inwood Hill Park all week.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914)
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 5 November 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 5, 2021
* NYNY2111.05
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
SAY'S PHOEBE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
American Golden-Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
GOLDEN EAGLE
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
DICKCISSEL
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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, November 5th
2021* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER,
SAY'S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN BOOBY,
EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, CATTLE
EGRET, GOLDEN EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
The fall's first ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was spotted Wednesday at Jones
Beach West End and relocated there again today. The bird has usually been
along the roadway closer to field 1 then field 2, today using both sides
and the median strip sometimes perching on the Christmas light displays and
also moving over to the north edge of the field 1 parking lot and adjacent
bike path just west of the lot.
Also still present today was the SAY'S PHOEBE at Caumsett State Park still
frequenting the fences around the corral area between the parking lots and
the tree line to the north. Also at Caumsett a WESTERN KINGBIRD was found
Wednesday and continued through today along the trail out to Lloyd Point, a
decent hike north from the parking lots. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD was
spotted yesterday flying west over Heckscher State Park.
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK paid an unexpected visit last Sunday to the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River where it was photographed on a pond
with Mallards. A BROWN BOOBY was photographed last Tuesday afternoon as it
flew along side the Orient ferry while crossing Long Island Sound. The
drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still present to Monday on Mill Pond in Oyster
Bay. The Staten Island male KING EIDER has remained at Midland Beach at
least through Monday and another male KING was seen at the inlet to Lake
Montauk last Saturday.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still at Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday with
possibly the same GOLDEN spotted in Jamaica Bay last Sunday while another
immature was on the wharf with other shorebirds at the West Boat Marina at
Point Lookout today. A MARBLED GODWIT continued at Jones Beach West End at
least to Sunday and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS featured one in the Nickerson
Beach parking lot roost last Saturday and one on Santapogue Creek in West
Babylon to Tuesday.
A nice assembly of birds last Saturday off Robert Moses State Park included
in the morning flight one GREAT and 8 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 27 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES, 20 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 500 NORTHERN
GANNETS and an estimated 6,000 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. Another 21
KITTIWAKES were also moving east just offshore in the late afternoon. A
PARASITIC JAEGER was a highlight off Playland Park in Rye Saturday morning.
An immature ICELAND GULL was found at Breezy Point last Saturday and an
AMERICAN BITTERN visited Prospect Park Wednesday.
A recent invasion of CATTLE EGRETS included singles Thursday at Cedar Beach
and at Miller Field on Staten Island.
GOLDEN EAGLES are now appearing over local hawkwatches on a consistent
basis including 5 at the Butler Sanctuary watch in Bedford Thursday.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew by Moses Park this morning. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS
late this week were noted at Randall's Island, Forest Park and Jones Beach
West End and the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Verizon Plaza just west
of Bryant Park yesterday. VESPER SPARROWS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were
each noted at several locations this week. A few DICKCISSELS included one
at Jones Beach West End today.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 15 October 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 15, 2021
* NYNY2110.15
- Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
SAY'S PHOEBE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EARED GREBE
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Baird's Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Caspian Tern
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON
SEDGE WREN
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
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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, October 15th
2021* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, SAY'S
PHOEBE, BROWN BOOBY, EARED GREBE, SEDGE WREN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,
white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT,
HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and
more.
A GRAY KINGBIRD was spotted Wednesday morning during a field trip to the
Fire Island Lighthouse, but after being photographed the bird quickly
disappeared. The searches there and at adjacent Robert Moses State Park
were unsuccessful in relocating it. Another flycatcher though has been more
accommodating. This a SAY'S PHOEBE found Thursday at Caumsett State Park.
This somewhat dull immature was still around a corral area near the parking
lots today often near an Eastern Phoebe for comparison.
Saturday morning a seawatch off Robert Moses State Park field 2 produced a
BROWN BOOBY moving east well offshore. This was followed Wednesday morning
by a BROWN BOOBY spotted heading west leading to a suggestion that these
and the westbound bird back on October 5th may involve the same individual.
The Saturday watch also produced 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS with one on Wednesday.
An EARED GREBE was photographed Wednesday in Shinnecock Bay near the
Ponquogue Bridge. A SEDGE WREN was a surprise find on top of the landfill
at Croton Point Park Wednesday morning but has not been relocated there
since. In contrast a female type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD continues to be
seen by persistent searchers around Nickerson Beach west of Point Lookout
usually with a flock of Cowbirds and Starlings.
A GREAT WHITE HERON continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye normally
roosting during high tide around the central island in the marsh moving to
feed at lower tides in the cove west of the causeway out to Marie's Neck.
Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still reported today
among the flock lingering at Floyd Bennett Field and a MARBLED GODWIT was
still visiting the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End
today. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT appeared in Watermill last Sunday with one also
at Mecox Bay Sunday and Monday and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was at Plumb Beach
to Monday while a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was a highlight on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last weekend.
A few CASPIAN TERNS continue along the coast.
Birds seen off Montauk Point last Saturday featured 2 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES, a PARASITIC JAEGER and 1 MANX, 1 GREAT and 37 CORY'S
SHEARWATERS while Sunday produced a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 2 PARASITIC
JAEGERS and 20 CORY'S.
Among the sparrows this week were a CLAY-COLORED at the Lido Beach Passive
Area Sunday and Monday, a VESPER at Floyd Bennett Field Monday and some
NELSON'S of both the coastal and inland races at various coastal locations.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen near the GRAY KINGBIRD on Fire Island
Wednesday while warblers included CONNECTICUTS on Staten Island Monday and
Manhattan's TriBeCa area to Wednesday and in Prospect Park Thursday though
a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS and other lingering species also noted.
Continued sightings of BLUE GROSBEAKS include one on Randall's Island on
Saturday and one on Governors Island today while late week DICKCISSELS were
at Moses Park yesterday and moving over mid-Manhattan this morning.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 8 October 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 8, 2021
* NYNY2110.08
- Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
VARIED THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Baird's Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph "Great White Heron")
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, October 8th
2021* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are VARIED THRUSH, BROWN
BOOBY, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, KING
EIDER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK
SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Certainly a surprise was the appearance of a VARIED THRUSH last Tuesday at
the Sands Point Preserve. A bird decently photographed before it
disappeared during a day when the park was closed.
A seawatch off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday morning produced an immature
BROWN BOOBY moving west followed by a PARASITIC JAEGER doing the same.
Twenty-two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted on the beach at
Moses that morning.
An elusive YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD usually seen mostly with cowbirds and
starlings around Nickerson Beach including last Sunday, Monday and
yesterday. It was also reported Tuesday near the Point Lookout Town Park at
the end of Lido Boulevard thus expanding the search range.
A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, also referred to as GREAT WHITE HERON,
remains in Rye at Marshlands Conservancy through today. At high tide the
heron has been roosting by an island in the middle section of the marsh
moving south 200 yards at lower tides to feed in the cove off Murray's Neck.
The KING EIDER was still around Midland Beach on Staten Island Monday and
another immature male was off Napeague State Park Tuesday and Wednesday.
Immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at Plumb Beach Wednesday, at
Floyd Bennett Field Wednesday through today and also at Heckscher State
Park today.
A couple of MARBLED GODWITS have been visiting the bar off the Coast Guard
Station at Jones Beach West End at least to yesterday while an HUDSONIAN
GODWIT was seen again on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last
Saturday. Continuing WHIMBREL have included 5 on Fire Island Wednesday and
up to 6 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and 3 still at Fort Tilden
yesterday and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was spotted at Plumb Beach last Sunday.
Some CASPIAN TERNS peaked Thursday with 5 at Mecox and 6 in Gardiners Bay
in East Hampton.
A LARK SPARROW visited Plumb Beach Monday and another was seen again today
near the Fire Island hawkwatch. Among the few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were
singles in Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn last Saturday,
at Plumb Beach Tuesday and at Jones Beach West End today.
Both GRASSHOPPER and VESPER SPARROWS were found at Randall's Island last
Saturday and on Governors Island Sunday with another GRASSHOPPER at Pelham
Bay Park Sunday. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and BLUE GROSBEAK were also on
Governors Island Saturday with other BLUE GROSBEAKS at Central Park's north
end Wednesday and in Orient today. DICKCISSELS include singles at
Marshlands Conservancy and in Mattituck yesterday and at Central Park's
north end to today along with Friday birds also at Governors Island and
Heckscher State Park.
Warblers this week have featured ORANGE-CROWNED, CONNECTICUT, MOURNING,
HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and several other species.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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Tom / all, Tom, thanks for posting the details on the Governors Island sighting. The # of Bobolink seen was noted down in error. It was just one individual clearly seen. It was associating with other birds but when this one settled on the southside of Fort Jay I was able to ID this one. There were several other sightings near the SW corner of Fort Jay but only one was seen simultaneously. I'm in the process of reviewing the checklist now and when reviewed my lists will have check marks showing the process was completed. This was an oversight on my part. Apologies ... my mistake. Will have to do a quick look after on the notable birds seen. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 17 September 2021
- 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
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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
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 10 September 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 10, 2021
* NYNY2109.10
- Birds mentioned
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
SWAINSON'S HAWK+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Eastern Whip-poor-will
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph "Great Blue Heron")
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
LARK SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
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 10th
2021* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are TOWNSEND'S WARBLER,
ROSEATE SPOONBILL, SWAINSON'S HAWK, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON,
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LARK SPARROW,
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.
A female type TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, a great find yesterday in Brooklyn's
Green-wood Cemetery, was still present today, seen in some Bald Cypress in
the north-central part of the park. Use the main entrance on 25th Street.
Other good birds in the cemetery this week have included a LARK SPARROW
Wednesday, CONNECTICUT WARBLER Tuesday and Wednesday and 2 DICKCISSELS
Wednesday with one still there today along with a nice selection of other
species.
A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was found last Sunday at Beaver Lake in Mill Neck and
has stayed in that area through today. Often present on Beaver Lake located
just south of Cleft Road the bird has also been seen along Mill Neck Creek
south of the lake.
Hawkwatching season has begun and got off to a great start when last
Saturday afternoon an adult SWAINSON'S HAWK was photographed as it flew
over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford. We
are now entering the prime time for major BROAD-WINGED flights and a good
mix of species.
A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, often referred to as Great White Heron,
was present in the marsh at low tide Tuesday at Marshlands Conservancy in
Rye. This also likely the same bird reported there back on August 21st.
An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was also heard after sunset at Marshlands as well
singing again there this evening.
Highlights among the shorebirds this week included a BUFF-BREASTED and up
to 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS on Oregon Road in Deep Hollow ... fields in
Cutchogue during the week with 2 more BUFF-BREASTEDS off Head of the Neck
Road in Eastport Thursday and a BAIRD'S at the Brooklyn Golf Center on
Flatbush Avenue to today. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was a surprise visitor to
Rockaway Beach in Edgemere Monday. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was spotted on
the Lullwater at Prospect Park Lake today and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE was at
Ruffle Bar in Jamaica Bay last Sunday. Four MARBLED GODWITS were reported
on islands north of Jones Beach Tuesday and a WHIMBREL was at the Lido
Beach last Saturday with 4 more on Mecox Bay Tuesday while other shorebirds
this week included some WESTERN, PECTORAL, STILT and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS.
Early Saturday an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was spotted moving south
over Astoria Park in Queens, possibly the same bird seen later that day on
the ocean off Lido Beach.
Three CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS were also noted during the week along with
decent numbers of ROYAL TERNS.
A LARK SPARROW was spotted at the north end of Hempstead Lake today.
Arriving recently a few CONNECTICUT WARBLERS today included birds in
Central and Alley Pond Parks and at Jones Beach West End. Other warblers
featured a late LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at Alley Pond Park Saturday, a
CERULEAN WARBLER at Conference House Park on Staten Island today and among
the roughly 30 species present locally a few MOURNING plus HOODED, CAPE
MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WORM-EATING WARBLER.
DICKCISSELS continue to move through and other migrants this week have
included OLIVE
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 August 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 20, 2021
* NYNY2108.20
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Pomarine Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
SEDGE WREN
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's 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, August 20th
2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic research vessel
findings including WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETRELS, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER plus
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED and
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPER, SEDGE WREN,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A NOAA research vessel transecting through New York waters 150 miles or so
out in the Atlantic early on Tuesday had the good fortune of spotting an
adult WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD as it flew high above their boat and away.
Other highlights in New York from transects on Tuesday and again today
included 3 sightings of WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, one on Tuesday and 2
today, 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 2 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS today and
combined totals of 7 LEACH'S and 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 22 CORY'S, 9
GREAT and 8 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS and 3 POMARINE JAEGERS.
Back on shore the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually at the Cove in the southwest corner
of the pond. Also on the East Pond have been at least 2 continuing WILSON'S
PHALAROPES while the 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES stayed for the shorebird
festival last Saturday but then moved on. The East Pond does though
continue to provide a good variety of shorebirds including STILT,
WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, WESTERN SANDPIPER and an occasional LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER among the more numerous species. Visiting GULL-BILLED TERNS and
BLACK TERNS and lots of waterfowl. A MARBLED GODWIT was still near Ruffel
Bar out at Jamaica Bay to Monday and yesterday 7 BROWN PELICANS showed up
in the bay to out into Jamaica Bay as well.
Other BROWN PELICANS during the week included 2 off Cupsogue County Park
last Saturday and 4 off Huguenot Beach on Staten Island Sunday. Cupsogue
also hosted a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBRELS last Saturday while single
MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL visited Mecox Sunday. Two more WHIMBRELS were
seen at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday along with 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS.
On Staten Island, at restricted Freshkills Park, notable sightings included
an UPLAND SANDPIPER Saturday along with 2 SEDGE WRENS and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS
with 4 SEDGE WRENS counted there Wednesday.
CASPIAN TERNS featured a couple at Croton Point Park Monday with one there
yesterday this only increasing coastal numbers of ROYAL TERNS included up
to 4 at Plumb Beach.
Also on Staten Island 2 immature male KING EIDERS continue along the shore
between Great Kills Park and Wolfe's Pond Park while another young male was
seen Wednesday around Montauk Harbor Inlet from the Cresli Whale Watching
boat which also recorded 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS and 25 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Central Park since the 11th was still around the
Ramble today. Among the other warbler migrants this week, most still in
rather low numbers, were a MOURNING or two in Central Park plus species
such as WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S and HOODED while
other migrants included YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN and CLIFF
SWALLOW.
Besides the DICKCISSELS now feeding young at Croton Point Park anoth
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 August 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 13, 2021
* NYNY2108.13
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
WOOD STORK+
BROWN BOOBY+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Sora
American Avocet (Dutchess County)
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Olive-sided Flycatcher
SEDGE WREN
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's 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, August 13th
2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WOOD
STORK, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, offshore pelagic
species including BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, BROWN
BOOBY, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, MARBLED
GODWIT, SEDGE WREN, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
DICKCISSEL and more.
We start with two updates. The Cold Spring Harbor ROSEATE SPOONBILL was
last seen early [last] Saturday morning flying north out of the harbor. It
may be the individual showing up later in Connecticut while the Staten
Island WOOD STORK was unfortunately found dead Monday afternoon having
apparently choked on a 3 foot piece of plastic foam.
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK reappeared Monday on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continuing there through today in the cove at
the southwest corner of the pond. Good numbers and varieties of shorebirds
still continue on the East Pond including 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 2-3
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, they have been recently hanging around the south end.
Other shorebirds included decent numbers of STILT and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, an occasional PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPER and a LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER among the more uncommon species. The pond has also produced SORA,
LEAST BITTERN, ROYAL TERN and a few GULL-BILLED TERNS. More GULL-BILLEDS
plus MARBLED GODWIT and up to 6 WHIMBREL have been present in the bay west
of the West Pond seen mostly from boats. Another MARBLED GODWIT was on the
flats at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes yesterday.
Two BROWN PELICANS were seen today moving east off Fire Island near Smith
Point County Park in Shirley.
Two NOAA research vessels, apparently cruising Atlantic waters well
offshore during the week in New York waters, encountered 2 BROWN BOOBIES
last Sunday south of Suffolk County as well as a BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL
and 5 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS today, another 5 AUDUBON'S last Sunday and
GREAT SHEARWATER today and some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. A few WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS have also been seen recently off Breezy Point and also from
the Coney Island Pier.
Two male KING EIDER were still present off Staten Island and usually seen
between Great Kills Park and Wolfe's Pond Park.
Twelve LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted today at Breezy Point and
single CASPIAN TERNS were spotted this week at Plumb Beach, Southold, Fire
Island and Croton Point Park.
Researchers at currently closed Freshkills Park on Staten Island on
Thursday reported a couple of SEDGE WRENS and a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW.
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER visited Central Park last Sunday and the
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER appearing Wednesday at Turtle Pond in Central Park was
still present there today.
Among the other warblers seen this week were WORM-EATING, BLUE-WINGED,
TENNESSEE, HOODED, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE,
CANADA and WILSON'S.
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton Grasslands as do the DICKCISSELS
breeding at Croton Point Park. Please continue to respect the needs of
these birds and do not disturb them in any way.
Some interesting slightly extralimital birds seen last Wednesday
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 23 July 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 23, 2021
* NYNY2107.23
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ (Orange County)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
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, July 23rd 2021*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK,
SANDHILL CRANE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET and other
shorebirds, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's single BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues
on the East Pond where it has been seen usually in the Cove roosting with
other waterfowl on the southwest side of the pond as viewed from the south
end. Be careful as you navigate the edges of the pond especially if
venturing up to the Raunt or beyond. WHITE-FACED IBIS has, at least through
Wednesday, been mostly now up at the north end of the pond. The big numbers
and variety of shorebirds, though, are generally well dispersed along the
pond's edges. These recently included 1 or 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 31
STILT SANDPIPERS, a WESTERN and up to 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and decent
totals for the more expected species. Also noted on the East Pond this week
were up to 3 GULL-BILLED TERNS and a CASPIAN TERN last Sunday.
The SANDHILL CRANE present on the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn on
the 15th was likely the one also seen out at the tip of Breezy Point early
last Saturday.
A BROWN PELICAN was spotted off Miller Field Beach on Staten Island last
Sunday.
AMERICAN AVOCET, found at Nickerson Beach last Sunday, was still present
today in the rain pools west of the main tern colony. Remember there is a
fee to enter Nickerson if you arrive after the booths open up.
A WHIMBREL was at Breezy Point Tuesday and Wednesday where this week's high
count of 59 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS took place today and a CASPIAN TERN
appeared at Plumb Beach Monday.
A few WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS have been seen from shore along the coast
recently but pelagics have been sparse.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in
Westchester last Saturday and please remember to use utmost caution so as
not to disturb such sensitive species as the BLUE GROSBEAKS using the
wonderful Calverton Grasslands or the DICKCISSELS attempting to nest on the
Croton Point Park landfill.
There were sightings of single ROSEATE SPOONBILLS in the Orange County
Black Dirt Region at Liberty Loop on the 14th and yesterday to early this
morning at Wappinger's Falls in Dutchess County and hopefully it will be
soon that one appears in the NYC region.
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.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 July 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 16, 2021
* NYNY2107.16
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
ARCTIC TERN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Great Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
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, July 16th 2021
at 9pm. The highlights of this vacation shortened week are BLACK-BELLIED
WHISTLING-DUCK, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE, SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER, MANX SHEARWATER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT,
MARBLED GODWIT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to produce
interesting birds highlighted by a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK found at
the south end of the pond last Sunday that was still present today. This
bird is most often seen with other ducks along the west side of the south
end but may wander. Other highlights on the East Pond this week have
included the adult WHITE-FACED IBIS now usually seen more towards the north
end of the pond well above the Raunt plus an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 1 or 2
GULL-BILLED TERNS during the week, 1 or 2 CASPIAN TERNS since Tuesday and
on Sunday a couple of SORAS along the reed edge near the Raunt.
Southbound adult shorebirds have also made a decent push into the area with
the East Pond hosting a nice variety including up to 4 STILT SANDPIPERS.
Also seen from a kayak in the bays surrounding the refuge were 2 WHIMBREL
on the west side Saturday and a MARBLED GODWIT again at Joco Marsh on the
east side Sunday.
Also of note were 4 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS found on a private cattle
farm out in Mattituck on Thursday.
The only BROWN PELICAN sightings locally apparently came from last Saturday
with 2 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and singles from Fire Island
Pines and Robert Moses State Park.
An immature ARCTIC TERN was spotted Monday at the tern colony in Nickerson
Beach.
Apparently not publicized due to possible sensitivity a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
was present for a short while last Saturday in the northern section of East
Hampton and it has not been seen since.
And another surprise, a SANDHILL CRANE was photographed on the 18th green
at Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn early Thursday morning.
The young male KING EIDER was present off Star Island in Montauk Harbor
last weekend.
A seawatch off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday noted 10 GREAT and 2 MANX
SHEARWATERS. The counts of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in field 2 reached 88
Tuesday all non-adults of varying ages and a GULL-BILLED TERN also came in
off the ocean to visit Moses Tuesday.
At Plumb Beach among the arriving shorebirds this week have been a few
WESTERN SANDPIPERS peaking at 4 Wednesday.
BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Calverton Grasslands and nesting behavior
continues among the small group of DICKCISSELS at Croton Point Park. Please
refrain from doing anything that might disturb these or any other breeding
birds at this critical time of their lives.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 25 June 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 25, 2021
* NYNY2106.25
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Blue-winged Teal
MARBLED GODWIT
STILT SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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, June 25th 2021*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, MARBLED
GODWIT, STILT SANDPIPER, GLAUCOUS GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, CASPIAN
TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER,
BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS, recently visiting the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge, was noted at least to Tuesday around the south end of the
pond where it has been dropping in for short stays in the company of a
small number of Glossy Ibis. STILT SANDPIPER was also between the Raunt and
the south end with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs to Tuesday.
Another interesting shorebird was a MARBLED GODWIT photographed in flight
while passing by Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes last Sunday and
a small number of WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS have been among late lingering
shorebirds at suitable coastal locations. Good numbers of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been gathering recently at various south shore
locations including an impressive 79 counted out at Sagg Pond in
Bridgehampton last Saturday with 68 Sunday and still 46 today. Other sites
such as Robert Moses State Park have also featured decent numbers.
A GLAUCOUS GULL, perhaps the continuing immature slowly moving down the
coast, was seen at Pike's Beach in West Hampton Dunes yesterday.
ROYAL TERNS are showing up, still in low numbers, along the Atlantic Coast
and 2 CASPIAN TERNS paid a quick visit to Croton Point Park in Westchester
Thursday.
A pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL on Central Park Reservoir Wednesday was
unexpected there.
Offshore pelagic flights have not been terribly rewarding lately but today
29 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were counted off Robert Moses State Park. Most
moving east.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included one at Oak Wood Beach on Staten
Island yesterday, at least one continuing along the Paumanok Trail off
Schultz Road in Manorville and another still present at the Rockefeller
Preserve State Park in Westchester.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER also continues to stay in Prospect Park while among
the warblers a YELLOW-THROATED remains at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in
Great River and the singing KENTUCKY was reported in Alley Pond Park
Tuesday. Other late warblers noted locally have included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA and BLACKPOLL.
Several BLUE GROSBEAKS remain in the productive grasslands around the
former Grumman airport in Calverton and 2 or 3 DICKCISSELS continue to sing
atop the former landfill at Croton Point Park. Both locations also contain
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS and other desirable grassland birds.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 June 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 18, 2021
* NYNY2106.18
- Birds mentioned
ARCTIC TERN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Sandhill Crane
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
PARASITIC JAEGER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Brown Creeper
EVENING GROSBEAK
Grasshopper Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Canada Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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, June 18th 2021*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN,
MANX SHEARWATER, PARASITIC JAEGER and other pelagics, GLAUCOUS GULL,
CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EVENING GROSBEAK, BLUE GROSBEAK,
DICKCISSEL and more.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in an effort to restore the East Pond to the
productivity levels it has enjoyed in the past is well underway and has
already provided one dividend when last Sunday an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS
was spotted at the pond's south end. This bird has been seen daily since
then in the company of some Glossy Ibis but there is a caveat. This group
of ibis does seem to be easily scared off causing rather short stays so if
visiting the area try to remain somewhat concealed and quiet for best
results.
The Captree June Bird Count held last Saturday tallied a record 138 species
with several great finds. At Robert Moses State Park 2 ARCTIC TERNS were
found and photographed while seawatching at various points along the shore
netted 1 MANX, 1 GREAT, 16 CORY'S and 17 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 15 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS and 62 NORTHERN GANNETS. Other town
highlights included 1 each of GREEN-WINGED TEAL and HOODED MERGANSER, some
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS in Connetquot River State Park, 16 species of
shorebirds including RED KNOT, STILT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 41 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 11 ROSEATE TERNS and among the landbirds a HOODED
WARBLER on territory, and providing both good and bad news a pair of
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum unfortunately
feeding a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was photographed at Nickerson Beach on Tuesday and 2
CASPIAN TERNS visited Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last Sunday when a ROYAL
TERN was seen in Moriches Bay.
Three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were among the shorebirds at Cupsogue County
Park last Sunday and out on eastern Long Island last week a LEAST BITTERN
was spotted along Narrow River Road in Orient Saturday and an AMERICAN
BITTERN appeared at Sammy's Beach in East Hampton Sunday.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still present yesterday at Rockefeller State
Park Preserve in Westchester County and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still
singing in Prospect Park Tuesday.
Very interesting was a male EVENING GROSBEAK visiting feeders at Fire
Island Pines on central Fire Island from last Friday at least to Tuesday.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was singing at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center
Sunday and others remain out in the Calverton Grasslands.
A DICKCISSEL visited the restricted access Edgemere Landfill in Queens back
on Thursday the 10th and at least 2 males continue to display on the Croton
Point Park landfill. At Croton please remain on the main path over the
landfill and do not use any audio devices.
The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count which includes parts of eastern
Westchester County last weekend recorded 124 species including a record
number of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, ALDER and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, 1 CANADA and 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLERS and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW plus a SANDHILL CRANE over northwestern
Greenwich in count period.
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- End transcr
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 28 May 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 28, 2021
* NYNY2105.28
- Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Whimbrel
Wilson's Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sooty Shearwater
Tricolored Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
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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, May 28th 2021*
at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN BOOBY, a very slightly
extralimital SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, WILSON'S
PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BICKNELL'S
THRUSH, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Interesting yesterday afternoon was an adult BROWN BOOBY flying around
Newark Bay in New York and New Jersey waters off the north side of Staten
Island near Richmond Terrace Park but we've seen no reports from today.
Tuesday afternoon a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted over the Greenwich
Audubon Center in northwestern Greenwich heading quickly into Westchester
County. Not unusual though for this species but there have been no
subsequent sightings.
On Monday a female KING EIDER was still in a small flock of Common Eider at
Jones Beach West End and a drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was spotted Thursday at
Cupsogue County Park.
Among the increasing numbers and variety of shorebirds were 2 WHIMBREL
photographed on an island off Rye yesterday and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE
visiting a private farm pool in Mattituck on Wednesday.
A seawatch Tuesday afternoon from Jacob Riis Park produced 3 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS with another seen Tuesday in lower New York Bay these hopefully
signaling the beginning of a good seawatching season. For watching, earlier
morning and later afternoon are usually the more productive times and winds
are best with a southerly component. Generally too, the farther east you go
on Long Island's south shore the better the results.
Among some occurring along the coast were 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at
Nickerson Beach Wednesday.
Single TRICOLORED HERONS were noted at Captree Island marsh Sunday and at
Timber Point Golf Course yesterday and Thursday also produced sightings of
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn and at the Spring
Lake Golf Course in Middle Island.
Recent migrant flycatchers have featured a few OLIVE-SIDED including in
both Central Park and Prospect Parks and various empidonax species
including singing ALDER, ACADIAN and YELLOW-BELLIED while thrushes have
featured some GRAY-CHEEKED and a BICKNELL'S singing in Forest Park Monday.
Other BICKNELL'S should be passing through though identifying non-singing
birds can be a challenge not everyone is up to.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was photographed in Central Park last Sunday while
among decreasing numbers of warblers have been the expected late season
push of MOURNING and BLACKPOLL and the recent influx of KENTUCKYS including
in Central Park and Forest Park today. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues
in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while BLUE GROSBEAKS also
remain around the Calverton Grasslands and please remember not to disturb
nesting birds in any way. This season is absolutely crucial to their
survival.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 21 May 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 21, 2021
* NYNY2105.21
- Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFF+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
WOOD STORK+
BROWN BOOBY+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW
Common Gallinule
Stilt Sandpiper
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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, May 21st 2021*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WOOD STORK, RUFF, a NOAA
offshore boat report including BROWN BOOBY and ATLANTIC PUFFIN, KING EIDER,
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL,
GULL-BILLED TERN, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Of last Friday's three exceptional rarities only the WOOD STORK was seen
subsequently and this only Saturday morning off Baycrest Avenue in West
Hampton with no reports of the WESTERN GREBE or BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER. However on Monday and Tuesday a RUFF in changing plumage was
photographed on Moriches Island in East Moriches. We have no subsequent
reports.
A NOAA research vessel last Saturday made a transect through New York
waters 50 or so miles offshore and among the birds recorded were an adult
BROWN BOOBY, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 5 DOVEKIES, a RAZORBILL and 9 ATLANTIC
PUFFINS, 3 NORTHERN FULMAR, 76 SOOTY and 7 MANX SHEARWATERS and 18 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS.
Lingering KING EIDER included the pair at Great Kills Park last weekend and
a female off Nickerson Beach Wednesday to today. Also at Nickerson this
week among the Common Terns and Black Skimmers were 2 GULL-BILLED TERNS and
a BLACK TERN Wednesday and 1 or 2 ROSEATE TERNS. Another GULL-BILLED TERN
was noted Wednesday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge but surprising on
Thursday were a single immature GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS roosting on the
mudflats south of the West Pond. A COMMON GALLINULE has also been on the
East Pond at the refuge lately. A ROYAL TERN flew by Hewlett Hassock in
Hewlett Bay Tuesday.
A LEAST BITTERN was a nice find in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Wednesday
and Thursday.
Shorebirds visiting Miller Field in New Dorp on Staten Island recently
featured a WILSON'S PHALAROPE on Wednesday and a STILT SANDPIPER Thursday.
A CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW has been heard calling recently near the tip of Breezy
Point.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in
Westchester today.
With most of the spring's migrant warblers hustling through our area in
recent days due to the consistently good conditions, numbers locally have
been in sharp decline. This week's rarer warblers did include a
YELLOW-THROATED in lower Manhattan's Canal Park Saturday followed by one in
Central Park Sunday as well as the continuing bird at Bayard Cutting
Arboretum in Great River while a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen around the
lake in Central Park Sunday through Tuesday. A KENTUCKY WARBLER was
photographed Monday in Laurel Hollows south of Cold Spring. Also coming
through were a nice number of BAY-BREASTED and several MOURNING WARBLERS
plus a CERULEAN in Central Park Thursday and an ORANGE-CROWNED reported
from Prospect Park last Saturday.
Other migrants have featured OLIVE-SIDED and various empidonax flycatchers
including ALDER and ACADIAN and various thrushes including GRAY-CHEEKED /
BICKNELL'S types.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was photographed Wednesday in Central Park where a
couple of SUMMER TANAGERS and up to 3 BLUE GROSBEAKS were present to
Tuesday and beyond and there still have been small numbers of PINE SISKINS
and PURPLE FINCHES while RED CROSSBILLS included 5 at Hunter's Garden in
Eastport Monday
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 April 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 30, 2021
* NYNY2104.30
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
BURROWING OWL+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Iceland Gull
Common Tern
CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
GOLDEN EAGLE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Bobolink
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
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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, April 30th 2021
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BURROWING OWL, BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER, WHITE-FACED IBIS, KING EIDER, GOLDEN EAGLE, CATTLE EGRET,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
EVENING GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL and much more.
Two quite unexpected reports, both occurring last Wednesday but surfacing
in unusual ways, were a BURROWING OWL photographed on a fence at the Lowe's
in King's Plaza off Avenue U in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and a
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER described from the Tobay Sanctuary off Ocean
Parkway. Despite searching neither bird has been relocated.
An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS appeared today with a good sized group of Glossy
Ibis in the marsh north of Captree Island. Please respect private property
if looking for this bird.
Lingering KING EIDER included a female off Riis Park Sunday and a male
still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday.
An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was a nice surprise Wednesday passing over an
informal hawkwatch conducted next to Alley Creek at the north end of Alley
Pond Park. Also interesting was a CATTLE EGRET appearing at Pelham Bay Park
Sunday evening.
Some movement of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS today produced adults in Prospect
Park and at Sunset Cove Park in Far Rockaway while a pair remains along
Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville. An ICELAND GULL visited
Rockaway Beach Wednesday and both YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOOS began appearing in Central Park this week.
And finally, a week with some nicely diversified movement among the
passerines despite continual barrage of northwest winds. Noteworthy birds
included a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visiting a Montrose home in Westchester
County last Tuesday. A fine selection of warblers this week included
PROTHONOTARYS lingering in Prospect Park to today, at Hempstead Lake State
Park Sunday and Monday and another seen at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens
and one today on Randall's Island. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS also appeared
at Ridgewood Reservoir last Sunday and then in Central Park Tuesday through
today as well as at Bush Terminal Piers Park on Thursday while a KENTUCKY
WARBLER in Central Park's north end to Saturday was replaced by another
near mid-park Sunday to Tuesday. Other new and increasing warblers this
week featured WORM-EATING, NASHVILLE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, one or two
CERULEAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, PRAIRIE and
BLACK-THROATEDS BLUE and GREEN.
A few SUMMER TANAGERS this week featured appearances in Central and
Prospect Parks from Wednesday as well as at Bayard Cutting Arboretum from
Tuesday and Green-wood Cemetery today.
BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park last Saturday and Alley Pond
Park Sunday to Tuesday and in Central Park's Ramble today.
Other recent arrivals have included COMMON TERN, GREEN HERON, an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Central Park Thursday, BOBOLINK, SCARLET TANAGER,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and INDIGO BUNTING.
And also coming through have been some winter finches returning north
including several EVENING GROSBEAKS visiting the city parks along with some
scattered RED CROSSBILLS, PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES. Good variety.
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (9
[nysbirds-l] New York County Checklists: 29-Apr-2021 (181 lists / 130 spp.)
ckle *Family Parulidae — Wood-Warblers * 1. Ovenbird 2. Worm-eating Warbler 3. Louisiana Waterthrush 4. Northern Waterthrush 5. Blue-winged Warbler 6. Black-and-white Warbler 7. Nashville Warbler 8. Common Yellowthroat 9. Hooded Warbler 10. American Redstart 11. Cape May Warbler 12. Northern Parula 13. Magnolia Warbler 14. Blackburnian Warbler 15. Yellow Warbler 16. Chestnut-sided Warbler 17. Blackpoll Warbler 18. Black-throated Blue Warbler 19. Palm Warbler 20. Pine Warbler 21. Yellow-rumped Warbler 22. Yellow-throated Warbler 23. Prairie Warbler 24. Black-throated Green Warbler *Family Cardinalidae — Tanagers, Cardinals and Allies* - Scarlet Tanager - Northern Cardinal - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Indigo Bunting -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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/ --
