Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 28, 2022
* NYNY2210.28

– Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
TROPICAL KINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
Red-necked Grebe
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN AVOCET
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Great Blue Heron (White form)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Evening Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, October 28, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TROPICAL KINGBIRD, MOTTLED DUCK, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

This morning out at the tip of Breezy Point in Queens a KINGBIRD with bright yellow underparts and a relatively large bill was also heard to call and as a result identified as a TROPICAL KINGBIRD, potentially a third for New York State pending NYSARC acceptance.  The KINGBIRD spent the afternoon moving around the vegetation near the tip, but its
likelihood of remaining overnight is anyone’s guess.

The MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville was reported a few times during the week, mostly without photographs, but also missed during numerous searches along Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland.  The edge of the Creek on the west side of Lake Drive is very heavily vegetated, with just a few vantage points, including from a culvert just north of where Kenmore Avenue meets Lake Drive, a gap off Lake Drive and at the south end.

Photos of a small flock of GEESE flying over Fort Tilden on Thursday on analysis uncovered two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE moving with some CANADAS.

Also on Thursday a SANDHILL CRANE was spotted late in the day flying in a northerly direction over the Trapp House on the east side of Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge both adult and immature BLACK-HEADED GULLS were still present last Sunday on the East Pond, where lingering shorebirds also featured an AMERICAN AVOCET and two HUDSONIAN GODWITS to Sunday as well as SORA Saturday and CASPIAN TERN Sunday.

At Jones Beach West End on Sunday 7 MARBLE GODWITS were counted on the bar across from the Coast Guard Station, and two PARASITIC JAEGERS were spotted on the ocean, while a late BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was noted there Monday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted off Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Monday, and on Thursday 54 ROYAL TERNS were counted there.

A small number of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continues to roost along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER flew by the Fire Island Hawk Watch last Saturday.

The white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Thursday

At Staten Island’s Trapp House on Thursday a female EVENING GROSBEAK stopped by briefly, this species now visiting several areas just to our north, and PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES are also occurring locally as well.

A LARK SPARROW visited Conference House Park on Staten Island last Saturday, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was spotted in Prospect Park Monday, while VESPER SPARROWS continue their decent numbers this Fall.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still being seen in Central Park to Thursday, and among the later WARBLERS were some ORANGE-CROWNEDS, including on Governors Island and at Croton Point Park, plus such species as TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY and several others.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was present in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to Thursday, and DICKCISSELS continue to be encountered, often as flybys, especially early in the morning along the coast.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 21, 2022
* NYNY2210.21 

– Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
BERMUDA PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern 
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater 
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
Great Blue Heron (White form)
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
SEDGE WREN
Lapland Longspur
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW 
Vesper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Western/Summer Tanager
BLUE GROSBEAK 
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, October 21, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BERMUDA PETREL and pelagic trip results including BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER, the returning MOTTLED DUCK, SEDGE WREN, AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Fortunately for New York, after two prior weather postponements, the pelagic trip aboard the American Princess departed Brooklyn last Sunday evening and by dawn Monday was out at Hudson Canyon. Despite poor weather, the day turned glorious when a BERMUDA PETREL appeared near the boat and spent about 3 minutes circling close by, permitting some excellent photography. Also known as a CAHOW and once on the verge of extinction, this sighting is a first for New York State, pending NYSARC acceptance. Also spotted on the trip were 31 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS, 1 AUDUBON’S, 16 CORY’S and 424 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 7 POMARINE and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LEACH’S and 31 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 4 NORTHERN GANNETS and 14 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.

The drake MOTTLED DUCK, present for much of April in Amityville, was spotted on Tuesday back at the same location as previously and seen there to Thursday but apparently not today. The site is the Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland, and the bird has favored the stretch of Ketchum’s Creek on the west side of Lake Drive in the vicinity of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. Please respect the rights of the local homeowners when visiting there.

A SEDGE WREN was discovered last Saturday at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport and seen again Sunday but not since. 

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an AMERICAN AVOCET was still hanging around the north end of the East Pond at least to Tuesday. Other birds there this week featured an HUDSONIAN GODWIT and three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS Saturday, plus the adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, SORA and such shorebirds as PECTORAL, STILT and WHITE- RUMPED SANDPIPERS, among others. 

Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon Thursday, and a large group of 85 ROYAL TERNS was counted at Coney Island Beach Tuesday.

The Rockland County white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier today, and a CATTLE EGRET flew over Pelham Bay Park Wednesday

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park on Tuesday. 

A LARK SPARROW was still being seen at Jones Beach West End today, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported at Jamaica Bay Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to Tuesday, which was the last day for the GRASSHOPPER SPARROW in Central Park. Some VESPER SPARROWS included four in Prospect Park Thursday, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was noted at the Breezy Point tip last Saturday. 

At least five YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred during the week, including on Staten Island, at Brooklyn Bridge Park and out in Quogue. 

An interesting TANAGER in Green-Wood Cemetery recently has birders bouncing between SUMMER and WESTERN and needs more investigative analysis, though tertial markings might point to the latter. 

A BLUE GROSBEAK remained at Sunken Meadow State Park through last weekend, and other reports came from Jacob Riis Park Sunday, and on Thursday from the Javits Center in lower Manhattan and from Green-Wood Cemetery. 

Several DICKCISSELS during the week included birds at Inwood Hill Park and Breezy Point Saturday, Coney Island Creek Sunday, Crab Meadow Monday and Sunken Meadow 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 National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

– 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

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 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 also at Croton Point Park.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

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

– 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 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 call, have been identified at several locations.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 30, 2022
* NYNY2209.30

– Birds Mentioned

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron (White morph)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, September 30, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, SWAINSON’S HAWK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GOLDEN-WINGED and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

For starters, the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues in Newburgh, Orange County, usually around the shoreline structures at the Global Oil Terminal off River Road.

An immature WHITE IBIS was photographed today from a boat surveying the marshes north of Oak Beach, the IBIS spotted with other waders off the west side of Captree Island.

On Thursday an immature dark morph SWAINSON’S HAWK passed over the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch in northwest Greenwich (and possibly over Marshlands Conservancy in Rye shortly thereafter) and should be looked for locally.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the East Pond, despite diminishing numbers, continues to provide excellent variety.  The BLACK-HEADED GULL was still present today, as was an AMERICAN AVOCET first noted in the north end Tuesday.  Two HUDSONIAN GODWITS were also still there Tuesday, with one continuing today.  An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited the East Pond today as well, and other highlights this week featured up to four CASPIAN TERNS and a SORA as well as such lingering shorebirds as STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A MARBLED GODWIT was spotted at Jones Beach West End last Sunday, single WHIMBRELS occurred in East Moriches Monday and Breezy Point today, and a late UPLAND SANDPIPER flew into Pelham Bay Park Thursday, while two BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were still at Mecox Inlet last Sunday.

The white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON remains over at Piermont Pier in Rockland County, and a LEAST BITTERN was seen around Prospect Lake Park Tuesday and Wednesday.

Some RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week featured one at Randall’s Island Saturday to Tuesday, separate Wednesday birds at Battery Park, Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and two at Coney Island Creek, and one Thursday in Prospect Park.

A decent week for Sparrows included a couple of LARK SPARROWS at Jones Beach West End yesterday and today, these near the parking lot entrance, and another today at Robert Moses State Park Field Two.

A few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured one Tuesday at Randall’s Island and birds Thursday and today at both Green-Wood Cemetery and Jones Beach West End.  A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was near Prospect Park Lake last Saturday, and VESPER SPARROWS were noted on Governor’s Island Monday, Randall’s Island Tuesday and in Central Park to Friday. NELSON’S SPARROWS have also appeared recently in regional salt marshes.

At least four YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS featured birds in both Central and Great Kills Parks on Tuesday and at Arshamomaque Preserve in Greenport West to Wednesday.

Among the decent selection of WARBLERS this week was a report of a PROTHONOTARY, lacking details, in Central Park today, a few each of CONNETICUT and MOURNING, and such other favorites as WORM-EATING, a GOLDEN-WINGED in Kissena Park Thursday and Bedford last Saturday, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON’S.

A male SUMMER TANAGER was identified in Central Park Tuesday, and a small number of BLUE GROSBEAKS featured birds in Central Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Van Cortland Park, Rockefeller State Park Preserve and Sunken Meadow State Park.

Single DICKCISSELS visited Robert Moses and Sunken Meadow Tuesday and Pelham Bay Wednesday, while other interesting migrants included a few each of OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and PHILADELPHIA VIREO plus a PINE SISKIN in Yonkers 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 National Audubon Society.  Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 23, 2022
* NYNY2209.23

– Birds Mentioned

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Philadelphia Vireo
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, September 23, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, GRAY KINGBIRD, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LARK and CLAY COLORED SPARROWS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and more.

On Wednesday a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was spotted along Bay Parkway near Field 10 at Jones Beach State Park and nicely photographed through late afternoon, but it could not be relocated the following day.

An even more brief sighting involved a GRAY KINGBIRD photographed Thursday afternoon near the playground at Miller Field on Staten Island but not seen thereafter, despite some searching.

The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT enjoying its stay up in Newburgh, Orange County, was still present today around the Global Oil Terminal off River Road.

An immature WHITE IBIS was spotted Wednesday feeding with a gathering of Herons and Egrets at the Cedar Beach marsh behind the RV campground.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE was photographed last Saturday as it circled over Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

The BLACK-HEADED GULL was still on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last weekend, as was an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and other birds reported on the pond during the week included a WHIMBREL Saturday, a few STILT, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SORA and up to four CASPIAN TERNS.

Other notable shorebirds during the week featured an AMERICAN AVOCET at the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Brookhaven Saturday and a MARBLED GODWIT Saturday at Rockaway Beach, where a WHIMBREL visited
Wednesday and Thursday.  There were also six WHIMBRELS at Captree Island last Saturday.  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS recently included up to three on the Mecox flats, singles at Fire Island Saturday, Croton Point Monday and Randall’s Island Wednesday, and an exciting flock of 44 photographed as they flew over Pelham Bay Park on Thursday.

Also notable has been a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER visiting Randall’s Island since Wednesday, with others including three Wednesday still out along Oregon Road in Cutchogue, one at Nickerson Beach Saturday and another at Riis Park Sunday.  Two BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were present at Mecox Tuesday and Wednesday, and singles were also noted this week on Fire Island and at Robert Moses State Park.

In Central Park a SORA has continued at the North end at least to Thursday, with one of two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the park also noted there.  Other RED-HEADEDS this week were reported from Green-Wood Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park, Conference House Park on Staten Island and at Tobay.

Elmjack Field in Queens provided a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW last Saturday followed by a LARK SPARROW on Thursday, and single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen in Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday and Monday, in
Kissena Park Sunday and at Jones Beach West End today.

Decent numbers of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS  were noted during the week, and at least seven YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS included birds in Central Park Monday, Croton Point Park and Tackapausha Preserve in Seaford Thursday, and at Robert Moses State Park today.

The good variety of WARBLERS lately has included several CONNECTICUTS, including birds in Central, Prospect and Pelham Bay Parks and at the Massapequa Preserve, among others.

A SUMMER TANAGER was photographed Wednesday in Tompkins Square Park in lower Manhattan, while a small number of BLUE GROSBEAKS included one at Rockaway Beach Saturday and one at Hunter’s Point in Queens Thursday.

A few DICKCISSELS recently included singles Wednesday at Sunken Meadow State Park and Crab Meadow Beach.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

– 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

– 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 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 Caumsett State Park and singles at Jones Beach West End, Moses Park and Fire Island.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

– 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

– 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 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 warblers included an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER reported on Randall’s Island Wednesday and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER photographed in Green-wood Cemetery Sunday. Other migrants included YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and single DICKCISSELS on Saturday at Mecox and on Fire Island.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 02, 2022
* NYNY2209.02

– Birds Mentioned

ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
CRESTED CARACARA+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Tern
BROWN PELICAN
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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, September 2, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CRESTED CARACARA, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more.

This Friday morning a CRESTED CARACARA stunned two observers out in Montauk as it cruised by them along the bluffs at Camp Hero, sat briefly and then continued on in an easterly direction.  The bird was not relocated, but if a long over-water flight was not to its liking, the CARACARA could certainly still be in the Montauk area.

The long staying ANHINGA was still visiting Lake Tappan in Rockland County on Wednesday, usually on the stretch of lake between Convent Road on the south and Blauvelt Road to the north, and the Newburgh NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was yesterday still roosting on pilings off the Global Oil Terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

The immature WHITE IBIS on Staten Island was last reported Tuesday in the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood, while another paid a brief visit to the Dobbs Ferry waterfront in Westchester County on Monday afternoon, but at least two immatures were still visiting the marsh at the West Meadows Wetlands Preserve in Stony Brook yesterday.  This site is accessed from Trustees Road. Walk down this road to the Ernst Conservation Center for good views of the marsh and surrounding roosting trees.

Six BROWN PELICANS were reported Sunday from Moriches Bay, with one off Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton Monday afternoon, and an AMERICAN AVOCET was spotted in Cold Spring Harbor Thursday.  A few adult AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS this week included one on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Wednesday and flybys on Thursday of two at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach and another at Randall’s Island.

Both BUFF-BREASTED and UPLAND SANDPIPERS were reported from the Eastport sod fields east of Route 51 and just north of Route 111 late in the week; other BUFFIES Thursday and Friday included one or two at Mecox and another at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton, where birds seen Friday also included a WHIMBREL, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, an offshore PARASITIC JAEGER, 28 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and two BLACK TERNS.

Other UPLAND SANDPIPERS were heard over Crab Meadow Beach and Sag Harbor on Thursday, while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER visited Plumb Beach Thursday, and one or two have been present along the Ossining waterfront through today, the latter feeding on rocks next to the Hudson River adjacent to the train station.

Shorebirds on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge recently have featured two HUDSONIAN GODWITS and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE at least to Wednesday, plus a continuing good variety.

Notable passerines this week have included a LARK SPARROW in Central Park’s north end Sunday to Wednesday and single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS today at Conference House Park on Staten Island and in Hampton Bays.

Among this week’s WARBLERS, a PROTHONOTARY was found yesterday at Terrell River County Park in East Moriches, and a CONNECTICUT was reported Saturday in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, while single GOLDEN-WINGEDS occurred in Sound View Dunes Park in Southold Sunday and Connetquot River State Park Monday.  A SUMMER TANAGER was noted in Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve Friday, and a DICKCISSEL flew by Robert Moses Park Thursday.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

-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.

– End transcript