Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 17, 2023
* NYNY2311.17

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
CAVE SWALLOW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
American Golden-Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Western Cattle Egret
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Snow Bunting
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 17, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are a likely BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, GRAY KINGBIRD, WESTERN KINGBIRD and ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, PURPLE GALLINULE, SANDHILL CRANE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, EURASIAN WIGEON and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and more.

A Hummingbird first spotted yesterday and then well photographed today on Randall’s Island appears to be a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, though, cautiously, more analysis would be appropriate for certain confirmation.  If accepted by NYSARC, this would be a new species for New York.  Hopefully the Hummer will reappear tomorrow around the plantings at the Urban Farm surrounding the public bath room off the Wards Meadow Loop in the southeast section of Randall’s Island.

A GRAY KINGBIRD found Tuesday in Brooklyn’s Canarsie Park was still present today, often found around Cricket Field 2 or nearer the Belt Parkway.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was still being reported near the dog run at Nickerson Beach up to Tuesday, while four separate ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS included one last reported Saturday at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center, one continuing at Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park at least to Thursday, another Tuesday at the Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in Brooklyn, and one at Bayswater Park in Queens Tuesday to at least Thursday.

A CAVE SWALLOW was a surprise Tuesday afternoon, seen and photographed flying west over Robert Moses State Park.

An immature PURPLE GALLINULE in a poor state of condition was spotted Monday at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne and rescued for rehabilitation by the Green Chimneys Farm and Wildlife Center.

Last Saturday a flock of 28 SANDHILL CRANES was spotted moving west past the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, and three more flew by the Fort Tilden area.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was still being seen Monday at Freshkills Park on Staten Island.

A changing drake EURASIAN WIGEON was present all week on the main pond near the visitors center at Connetquot River State Park, with another reported again Saturday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still off Orient Point Sunday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted off Randall’s Island last Sunday, and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE appeared during a sea watch off Fire Island Sunday, joined by a PARASITIC JAEGER, while a RAZORBILL appeared off Southold Town Beach Monday

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was around Field Seven at Heckscher State Park all week, and single LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were noted at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon and on Tuesday at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre, with three Monday on Jamaica Bay’s West Pond.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK visited Croton Point Park Monday, and a WESTERN CATTLE EGRET flew by Bayswater Park yesterday.

Immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park and at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was noted Sunday at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton, while CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS appeared at Freshkills Park Monday and in Prospect Park Tuesday to Thursday.

A few DICKCISSELS continue to be seen, some SNOW BUNTINGS are arriving, and WARBLERS still include some ORANGE-CROWNEDS and several other late species, including PRAIRIE, CAPE MAY and WILSON’S.

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
* 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

– 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, 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 encountered occasionally locally besides a few ORANGE-CROWNED this week also included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, PRAIRIE and WILSON’S.

A few DICKCISSELS continue to be reported mostly coastally.

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
* 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

– 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, 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 National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 27, 2023
* NYNY2310.27 

– Birds Mentioned 

PURPLE GALLINULE+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
MARBLED GODWIT
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD 
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow|
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
LARK SPARROW 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 27, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, PURPLE GALLINULE, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Last week’s NORTHERN WHEATEAR at Croton Point Park was unfortunately not seen after Saturday, but some other great birds have been around.

The immature PURPLE GALLINULE on Prospect Park Lake continues its presence near the Peninsula or nearby Music Island, and a second young PURPLE GALLINULE found Wednesday at Rockland Lake State Park was also still present today around the north end of the lake.

Also in Prospect Park, a HENSLOW’S SPARROW was found today in the grasses around Ballfield 4 along with a couple of VESPER SPARROWS.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found last Saturday spent the week in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, and another was reported from Central Park’s north end on Wednesday, while a WESTERN KINGBIRD was present from Monday through Wednesday around the ball fields at 27 Straight Path in Southampton, eluding detection since then.

A BROWN BOOBY, present for a while now off Bayonne, has been visible on its New Jersey roost near Robbins Reef Lighthouse or moving around the adjacent waters either from Veteran’s Memorial Pier in Brooklyn or from the 9/11 Memorial on northern Staten Island .

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, as our bird is now called, was spotted today on the lawn at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island .

A nice flock of up to 17 MARBLED GODWITS was still around Jones Beach West End today, flying onto the outer bar across from the Coast Guard Station as the tide was dropping.

An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted last Sunday at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach, where three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were noted Monday to Wednesday, with two still there Thursday, and another HUDSONIAN was reported at Freshkills Park on Staten Island yesterday.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was a nice find on Governors Island last Sunday.

An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Croton Point Park today near the airplane field, and another was still along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond in Manorville last weekend.

A LARK SPARROW visited Freshkills Park last Saturday, with another reported from Green-Wood Cemetery today, and single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were spotted last Monday in Green-Wood and at Jones Beach West End.

On Wednesday two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were noted at Freshkills Park, with another at Bush Terminal Piers Park.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT remained in Central Park at least to yesterday, and one was found in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park today, while quite low numbers of several WARBLER species continue to move through, including some ORANGE-CROWNEDS. 

DICKCISSELS are still occurring overhead during morning flights, as are some PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES, as the season moves on.

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. 20, 2023
* NYNY2310.20

– Birds Mentioned

PURPLE GALLINULE+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Common Raven
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 20, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, PURPLE GALLINULE, EARED GREBE, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED GODWIT, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Thursday morning a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was spotted along a trail around the landfill at Croton Point Park in Westchester, and it remained near that same location at least through mid-day today despite occasional heavy rain. The site is just off the southeast corner of the main trail around the landfill along a rocky culvert just before the trail turns to the north back towards the entrance road. The Park does request that visitors stay on the trails and do not enter the restored grasslands.

An immature PURPLE GALLINULE was found last Sunday around Prospect Park Lake and has continued there through today. Though sometimes rather elusive, the GALLINULE has been seen regularly around the Peninsula or near Music Island.

Last Saturday morning an EARED GREBE was identified in Jones Inlet as viewed from the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station area, the bird drifting towards the outer inlet. It has not been reported there since but could easily still be in that area.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was reported Wednesday on Smith Pond, located just north of Route 27 in Rockville Centre. Many species of wintering waterfowl have been arriving recently, including reports of CACKLING and SNOW GEESE.

Some lingering shorebirds have featured up to six MARBLED GODWITS still visiting the Jones Beach West End sand bar off the Coast Guard Station last Saturday, with at least two noted there Wednesday. A WHIMBREL was spotted at Fort Tilden Sunday, as were a SHORT-EARED OWL migrating overhead and a PARASITIC JAEGER chasing Terns on the ocean.

A few ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS have been seen this past week at inland hawk watches, and one was spotted Tuesday moving back north over Jones Beach West End, with three COMMON RAVENS in pursuit.

And immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was moving by Robert Moses State Park last Monday, with one also seen in Green-Wood Cemetery Monday and Tuesday.

A few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS this week featured singles at Rockaway Beach Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery Saturday to Monday, the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center and Jones Beach West End Monday, and Randall’s Island Tuesday and Wednesday, while GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found at Caumsett State Park Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery Monday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in Central Park Sunday through today, with two reported Thursday. Among the many species of WARBLER still being seen, a CONNECTICUT was photographed in Prospect Park last Sunday and several ORANGE-CROWNEDS are occurring, along with such late species as TENNESSEE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE and WILSON’S.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Randall’s Island and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center to Tuesday, and several DICKCISSELS included birds noted Thursday at Randall’s Island, in Green-Wood Cemetery to Thursday, and at Sunken Meadow State Park last 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

 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 National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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– 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

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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, 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 Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 29, 2023
* NYNY2309.29

– Birds Mentioned

RUFF+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Baird’s Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
LEACH’S STORM-PETREL
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 29, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, RUFF, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LEACH’S STORM-PETREL, MANX SHEARWATER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and much more.

Certainly unexpected was a female-type BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK seen and heard calling at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island Thursday morning, but follow-up attempts to find this bird were apparently not successful.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park was still present at least to Wednesday, usually visible from Everit Avenue, with parking available at Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.

A non-breeding RUFF was photographed Wednesday with some GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, flying off shortly thereafter.

A decent week for shorebirds regionally, thanks in part to the lingering storm system, did include a nice flock of 23 HUDSONIAN GODWITS moving by Robert Moses State Park last Saturday, while singles were also seen at Fort Tilden Sunday, on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Tuesday, and at Field 7 at Heckscher State Park
Wednesday and today.

MARBLED GODWITS included a group of up to 18 counted on the bar off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station on Wednesday, with at least 10 still there yesterday.

Single WHIMBREL visited Randall’s Island Sunday, Moses Park Monday, Heckscher Park Tuesday and Thursday, and Miller Field on Staten Island Tuesday and today.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was spotted on the Route 51 sod fields just east of route 111 in Eastport yesterday and today, and another was in a field along Sound Avenue in Riverhead on Tuesday, where it was
difficult to find amongst a huge flock of an estimated 380 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.  An earlier large flock of 226 PECTORALS was counted Saturday at Floyd Bennett Field.  Two BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were on the route 51 sod fields last Sunday, with two others visiting Heckscher State Park Monday and another today at Robert Moses State Park.

And there were also a few AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS early in the week, including three each at Breezy Point Sunday, Moses Park Monday, and Plumb Beach Tuesday, plus one at Croton Point Park Monday and Tuesday.

On Sunday a MANX SHEARWATER was reported off Fort Tilden, and more unusual that day were reports of single LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS off City Island in the Bronx and off Conference House Park on Staten Island. A few SHEARWATERS seen from Robert Moses State Park and other shore points to the west included a few CORY’S and GREAT and even a late SOOTY or two, as well as a few PARASITIC JAEGERS, including six off Moses Park and four off Fort Tilden last Sunday.

Seven CASPIAN TERNS were counted at Breezy Point Sunday, and three BLACK TERNS were off City Island Tuesday, with another photographed at Flushing Meadows Corona Park Wednesday.  One hundred thirty-two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted around Moses Park on Monday, with others scattered about.

A YELLOW BREASTED CHAT was still at Croton Point Park Saturday, and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was still lingering at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket at least to yesterday.

Other landbirds included OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, some incoming ORANGE-CROWNED and a few CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, and VESPER, NELSON’S and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS .

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted at Heckscher State Park Thursday and on Governor’s Island Sunday, and DICKCISSELS included singles in Brooklyn Botanical Garden and Bush Terminal Piers Park yesterday.

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. 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.

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. 15, 2023
* NYNY2309.15

– Birds Mentioned

COMMON RINGED PLOVER+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
American Golden-Plover
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Western Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 15, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, NORTHERN WHEATEAR, SAY’S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BUFF-BREASTED, BAIRD’S and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, PROTHONOTARY and GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and much more.

The second of apparently two different COMMON RINGED PLOVERS out at Old Inlet in Bellport Bay was reported there last weekend but not definitively recently and may have also departed. Good numbers of shorebirds still there last Sunday did include 17 MARBLED GODWITS, a WHIMBREL and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, plus 4 CASPIAN TERNS. This site requires a 2 mile walk out along the beach from the parking lot at Smith Point County Park in Shirley.

On the other hand, the ROSEATE SPOONBILL on Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park was still present today, roosting on the pond as viewed from Everit Avenue. The closest parking is at Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.

On Wednesday evening a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was seen briefly on top of the landfill at Croton Point Park in Westchester, this preceded the day before by a SAY’S PHOEBE tracked for a while as it moved around the landfill late in the day at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, while on Monday a WESTERN KINGBIRD was spotted at Caumsett State Park in Suffolk. All three birds were photographed, but none could be relocated subsequently.

This morning a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was photographed at the Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve, where a subsequent visit this afternoon also uncovered a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER.

Among the shorebird highlights this week were an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a WHIMBREL visiting Heckscher State Park today, an UPLAND SANDPIPER at Croton Point Park Thursday, a MARBLED GODWIT plus a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER at Breezy Point last Saturday, up to four BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in the sod fields along Route 51 in Manorville last weekend, with three more at Nickerson Beach Tuesday, and two WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Plumb Beach Saturday.

Two CASPIAN TERNS visited Timber Point Thursday and Heckscher State Park today, while an accommodating SORA fed on the pond by the Van Cortlandt Park golf clubhouse early in the week. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER appeared in Central Park’s north end Tuesday.

Several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported this week, and a recent CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was in Flushing Meadows Corona Park yesterday.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS this week were found yesterday in Central Park, at Sunken Meadow State Park, and in Davis Park on Fire Island.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find Monday and Tuesday at the Frank Melville Memorial Park and Mill Pond in Setauket, and today a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted last Sunday. Among the many other WARBLERS were a few CONNECTICUTS, including singles reported at Pelham Bay Tuesday, in Central Park’s north end Thursday, and in Forest Park today.

Several BLUE GROSBEAKS included two at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue Monday, one in Green-Wood Cemetery and two at Robert Moses State Park Thursday, and one at Caumsett State Park today, while a DICKCISSEL was found in Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday.

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