-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 26, 2022
* NYNY2208.26
– Birds Mentioned
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin – Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Gail Benson
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 26, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.
Both the ANHINGA and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT were still present today. The ANHINGA remains at Lake Tappan in Rockland County, most often spotted perching in trees on the east side of the lake looking north from Convent Road or south from Blauvelt Road, while the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT is usually found along the Hudson River in Newburgh, Orange County, sitting on pilings or other structures off the Global Oil Terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.
A few WHITE IBIS also continue locally – the Staten Island immature was noted today around the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood, while up in Stony Brook on Long Island at least two of the peak of seven immatures from last week were still present today at the West Meadow Wetlands Preserve along Trustees Road, which becomes a bike and walking road past the parking lot for West Meadow Beach, where a fee is charged. Watch for the IBIS in the marsh on the east side of the road beyond the parking lot, where they at times perch in surrounding trees. The Ernst Conservation Center about a half mile down the road has a small pier from which the marsh can be nicely viewed.
Certainly fortuitous was a sighting of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE reported moving west over Far Rockaway last Saturday.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge a nice selection of birds continues to feature a BLACK-HEADED GULL and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT continuing at the north end of the East Pond plus such shorebirds as STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Two WHIMBRELS were out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday, and also spotted this week have been GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, though the WILSON’S PHALAROPE was last noted on Tuesday.
Another HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at Plumb Beach today, and a small number of BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS have appeared recently, with two out in Mattituck yesterday in a field off Duck Pond Road, followed by singles today on Staten Island’s Miller Field in New Dorp and on the Ossining waterfront in Westchester County. Two CASPIAN TERNS were also noted off Ossining on Monday, some coastal ROYAL TERNS included eight at Plumb Beach Thursday, and a BLACK TERN paid a surprise visit to Prospect Park Lake on Tuesday. But most unexpected was an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE photographed as it briefly appeared at Orient Point last Saturday.
A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today, often in the bay on the south side.
RED HEADED WOODPECKERS were still present this week at Connetquot River State Park and along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.
A DICKCISSEL was photographed as it was trapped in the restaurant at the East Bathhouse at Jones Beach State Park on Wednesday.
A decent number of migrants recently have included increasing numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS in the evening, both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, such FLYCATCHERS as OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED, and a good variety of WARBLERS, including GOLDEN-WINGED, with two reported in Central Park last Saturday and one in Prospect Park Monday
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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