– 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
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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
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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.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
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