Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 12, 2021
* NYNY2111.12

– Birds mentioned
SAY’S PHOEBE+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Bittern
Cattle Egret
Golden Eagle
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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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 12th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SAY’S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, LECONTE’S SPARROW, SANDHILL CRANE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

A nice combination of flycatchers at Caumsett State Park both continued at their respective locations at least through Tuesday but we have no word since then but both might continue there. The SAY’S PHOEBE had been frequenting the corral area between the parking lots and the tree line to
the north but over the weekend was pushed a little farther east to corral fencing near the yellow barn while the overflow parking areas were being used. The WESTERN KINGBIRD up to Tuesday remained along the spit at Lloyd Point requiring a 2 mile walk north to that area.

Last Saturday a LECONTE’S SPARROW was spotted at Croton Point Park and on Tuesday it was relocated along the path over the landfill where it continued but was quite secretive at least to Thursday morning requiring much patience as it would only occasionally pop briefly out of the vegetation along the path. Other highlight species at Croton have included single GRASSHOPPER and “Ipswich” SAVANNAH SPARROWS atop the landfill.

With the hawk season winding down but with some more GOLDEN EAGLES expected over local watches, providing a nice surprise were the 3 SANDHILL CRANES moving by the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford last Saturday morning.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has returned to the Rye area […] on Playland Lake last Monday and has also been seen on the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook at the […] roosting site where it disappears with the Canadas at one of the several golf courses in the area. A drake EURASIAN
WIGEON has recently been seen on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge along with a good variety of waterfowl and a drake KING EIDER was still present off Midland Beach on Staten Island last Tuesday. Conceivably the same lingering immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was reported Wednesday at Floyd Bennett Field and then Thursday at nearby Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.

Two BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES off Robert Moses State Park today were joined by 4 continuing LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a PARASITIC JAEGER with another PARASITIC also seen off Orient Point last Saturday.

Though the influx has definitely tapered off a CATTLE EGRET was still present Wednesday out at Hook Pond in East Hampton while an AMERICAN BITTERN was noted this week in Prospect Park. Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported from Ferry Point Park in the Bronx last weekend and Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton Tuesday and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue on Wednesday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was along the Hudson River Greenway south of Watts Street in Manhattan Monday.

Last week ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen in Central Park at Point Lookout and out at Big Reed Pond in Montauk while a variety of late warblers have recently included OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATEDEDS BLUE and GREEN, CANADA and WILSON’S.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center Saturday and a DICKCISSEL has been lingering at the Dyckman Fields in Inwood Hill Park all week.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 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. 5, 2021
* NYNY2111.05

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
American Golden-Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
GOLDEN EAGLE
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
DICKCISSEL

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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 5th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SAY’S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN BOOBY, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, CATTLE EGRET, GOLDEN EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The fall’s first ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was spotted Wednesday at Jones Beach West End and relocated there again today. The bird has usually been along the roadway closer to field 1 then field 2, today using both sides and the median strip sometimes perching on the Christmas light displays and also moving over to the north edge of the field 1 parking lot and adjacent bike path just west of the lot.

Also still present today was the SAY’S PHOEBE at Caumsett State Park still frequenting the fences around the corral area between the parking lots and the tree line to the north. Also at Caumsett a WESTERN KINGBIRD was found Wednesday and continued through today along the trail out to Lloyd Point, a decent hike north from the parking lots. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD was spotted yesterday flying west over Heckscher State Park.

A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK paid an unexpected visit last Sunday to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River where it was photographed on a pond with Mallards. A BROWN BOOBY was photographed last Tuesday afternoon as it flew along side the Orient ferry while crossing Long Island Sound. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still present to Monday on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay. The Staten Island male KING EIDER has remained at Midland Beach at least through Monday and another male KING was seen at the inlet to Lake Montauk last Saturday.

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still at Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday with possibly the same GOLDEN spotted in Jamaica Bay last Sunday while another immature was on the wharf with other shorebirds at the West Boat Marina at Point Lookout today. A MARBLED GODWIT continued at Jones Beach West End at least to Sunday and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS featured one in the Nickerson Beach parking lot roost last Saturday and one on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon to Tuesday.

A nice assembly of birds last Saturday off Robert Moses State Park included in the morning flight one GREAT and 8 CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 27 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 20 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 500 NORTHERN GANNETS and an estimated 6,000 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. Another 21 KITTIWAKES were also moving east just offshore in the late afternoon. A PARASITIC JAEGER was a highlight off Playland Park in Rye Saturday morning. An immature ICELAND GULL was found at Breezy Point last Saturday and an AMERICAN BITTERN visited Prospect Park Wednesday.

A recent invasion of CATTLE EGRETS included singles Thursday at Cedar Beach and at Miller Field on Staten Island.

GOLDEN EAGLES are now appearing over local hawkwatches on a consistent basis including 5 at the Butler Sanctuary watch in Bedford Thursday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew by Moses Park this morning. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS late this week were noted at Randall’s Island, Forest Park and Jones Beach West End and the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Verizon Plaza just west of Bryant Park yesterday. VESPER SPARROWS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were each noted at several locations this week. A few DICKCISSELS included one at Jones Beach West End today.

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

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 29, 2021
* NYNY2110.29

SAY’S PHOEBE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Red-necked Grebe
American Golden-Plover
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-legged Kittiwake
Lesser Black-backed Gull
NORTHERN FULMAR
Cory’s Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON (WHITE MORPH)
CATTLE EGRET
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN SHRIKE
European Starling
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
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 29, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SAY’S PHOEBE, NORTHERN FULMAR, NORTHERN SHRIKE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, CATTLE EGRET, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The accommodating SAY’S PHOEBE was still present at least through yesterday at Caumsett State Park, still frequenting the fences around the corral area between the parking lots and the tree line to the north. Another surprise at that site was the brief appearance Saturday afternoon of a NORTHERN STRIKE, photographed before it disappeared, and perhaps the same SHRIKE photographed west of there on Thursday morning at Pryibil Beach off Eastland Drive in Glen Cove.

This second storm event in a row that we are currently experiencing produced some nice birds today on the ocean off Robert Moses State Park, the highlight being a NORTHERN FULMAR this afternoon moving west off Field 2.  Most of the other birds, generally moving east on the strong winds, included 32 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and some not well seen SHEARWATERS that appeared to be four CORY’S and a MANX.  Five KITTIWAKES were also spotted this afternoon off Coney Island in Brooklyn.  A RED-NECKED GREBE was a flyby at Moses Park yesterday.

A female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was still being seen at least to Monday around the Nickerson Beach area, usually with BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS and some EUROPEAN STARLINGS.

As an update, the GREAT “WHITE” HERON has not been seen at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye since Wednesday and may have moved on.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON spotted Monday on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was still present north of the Raunt yesterday, and another drake has returned to Mill Pond in Oyster Bay as of Wednesday, hopefully to stay for the winter. The drake KING EIDER, acquiring nice plumage, was still at Midland Beach on Staten Island on Tuesday. Other recently arriving waterfowl included a CACKLING GOOSE visiting Caumsett yesterday.

At least one MARBLED GODWIT appeared on the bar off the Coast Guard station at Jones Beach West End today, with two there Sunday, and three HUDSONIAN GODWITS were still on Jamaica Bay’s East Pond Monday.

Other shorebirds include the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER continuing at Floyd Bennett Field and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon last weekend.

A huge count of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS during the previous storm Tuesday totaled 310 at Robert Moses State Park.

A CATTLE EGRET was seen at Shirley Chisholm State Park last Saturday, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, missed on last week’s tape, was photographed over Bay Shore back on the 18th.

A male WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL photographed at Jones Beach West End today was a nice surprise, as were two LAPLAND LONGSPURS moving by Moses Park today.

A good assortment of SPARROWS this week featured single CLAY COLOREDS in Central Park and at Jones Beach West End Monday, single GRASSHOPPERS at Floyd Bennett Field and the Sands Point Preserve Sunday, and over 15 VESPERS scattered among numerous locations.

A very accommodating YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT found Tuesday at Verizon Plaza a half block west of Bryant Park in mid-Manhattan was still present today.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was still in Stony Brook Sunday, and at least four DICKCISSELS were noted during the week.

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 22, 2021
* NYNY2110.22

WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON (WHITE MORPH)
CATTLE EGRET
WESTERN KINGBIRD
European Starling
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned 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
22, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, SAY’S
PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE,
CATTLE EGRET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

A NOAA research vessel cruising offshore waters last Saturday
encountered  a somewhat late WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL well south of
Westhampton, a return trip Thursday noting four WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS.

The SAY’S PHOEBE found at Caumsett State Park on October 14th was
still present today, continuing around the same corral fencing between
the parking area and the tree line on the north side of the fields
there.

The first WESTERN KINGBIRD of the fall season was reported Tuesday
flying by the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island.

The female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was still present today in the
Point Lookout area, usually found with mostly BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS
and some EUROPEAN STARLINGS around the campground area at Nickerson
Beach, but it has also been seen ranging east along Lido Boulevard
towards the Point Lookout community.  Patience and perseverance are
often needed when looking for this bird.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find last Saturday at the Oceanside
Marine Nature Study Area, where a CATTLE EGRET was also reported on
Wednesday.

The GREAT “WHITE” HERON remains at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye,
usually feeding in the cove on the west side of the causeway out to
Marie’s Neck, but at higher tides moving to roost in the marsh around
the island to the east of the causeway.

A sea watch from Robert Moses State Park Field 2 last Saturday morning
netted a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE as well as single GREAT and CORY’S
SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER.  Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also
seen Saturday afternoon harassing LAUGHING GULLS off Jones Beach Field
6.

Among the shorebirds, an immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still
being seen to Tuesday on the pilings at Floyd Bennett Field.  Two
HUDSONIAN GODWITS visited the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, while at Jones Beach West End three
MARBLED GODWITS visited the bar off the Coast Guard Station from last
Saturday through Wednesday, with two there today, and a WHIMBREL was
also reported there on Saturday.  Up to two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were noted during the week along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.

Still scattered along the coast, four LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were
also at Coney Island Beach today.

Last Saturday CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Jamaica Bay, Point Lookout
and Mecox, while ROYAL TERNS are still well represented along the
coast.

Waterfowl numbers are currently on the rise, and a CACKLING GOOSE was
spotted in an overhead CANADA GOOSE flock last Monday over Mount
Loretto Unique Area.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Jones Beach West End last Tuesday,
and another was at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday and today, while
VESPER SPARROWS have been seen at several sites recently.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Moses Park Sunday, while a number
of  later migrating WARBLERS have also featured a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS
lately.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was still out in Orient Sunday, and  a few DICKCISSELS
included two at  Moses Park Saturday and one at Jones Beach West End
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. 15, 2021
* NYNY2110.15

– Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EARED GREBE
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Baird’s Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON
SEDGE WREN
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

– 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 15th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, SAY’S PHOEBE, BROWN BOOBY, EARED GREBE, SEDGE WREN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

A GRAY KINGBIRD was spotted Wednesday morning during a field trip to the Fire Island Lighthouse, but after being photographed the bird quickly disappeared. The searches there and at adjacent Robert Moses State Park were unsuccessful in relocating it. Another flycatcher though has been more accommodating. This a SAY’S PHOEBE found Thursday at Caumsett State Park. This somewhat dull immature was still around a corral area near the parking lots today often near an Eastern Phoebe for comparison.

Saturday morning a seawatch off Robert Moses State Park field 2 produced a BROWN BOOBY moving east well offshore. This was followed Wednesday morning by a BROWN BOOBY spotted heading west leading to a suggestion that these and the westbound bird back on October 5th may involve the same individual. The Saturday watch also produced 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS with one on Wednesday.

An EARED GREBE was photographed Wednesday in Shinnecock Bay near the Ponquogue Bridge. A SEDGE WREN was a surprise find on top of the landfill at Croton Point Park Wednesday morning but has not been relocated there since. In contrast a female type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD continues to be seen by persistent searchers around Nickerson Beach west of Point Lookout usually with a flock of Cowbirds and Starlings.

A GREAT WHITE HERON continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye normally roosting during high tide around the central island in the marsh moving to feed at lower tides in the cove west of the causeway out to Marie’s Neck.

Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still reported today among the flock lingering at Floyd Bennett Field and a MARBLED GODWIT was still visiting the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End today. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT appeared in Watermill last Sunday with one also at Mecox Bay Sunday and Monday and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was at Plumb Beach to Monday while a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was a highlight on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last weekend.

A few CASPIAN TERNS continue along the coast.

Birds seen off Montauk Point last Saturday featured 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, a PARASITIC JAEGER and 1 MANX, 1 GREAT and 37 CORY’S SHEARWATERS while Sunday produced a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and 20 CORY’S.

Among the sparrows this week were a CLAY-COLORED at the Lido Beach Passive Area Sunday and Monday, a VESPER at Floyd Bennett Field Monday and some NELSON’S of both the coastal and inland races at various coastal locations.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen near the GRAY KINGBIRD on Fire Island Wednesday while warblers included CONNECTICUTS on Staten Island Monday and Manhattan’s TriBeCa area to Wednesday and in Prospect Park Thursday though a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS and other lingering species also noted.

Continued sightings of BLUE GROSBEAKS include one on Randall’s Island on Saturday and one on Governors Island today while late week DICKCISSELS were at Moses Park yesterday and moving over mid-Manhattan this morning.

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

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. 8, 2021
* NYNY2110.08

– Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
VARIED THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Baird’s Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

– 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 8th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are VARIED THRUSH, BROWN BOOBY, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, KING EIDER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Certainly a surprise was the appearance of a VARIED THRUSH last Tuesday at the Sands Point Preserve. A bird decently photographed before it disappeared during a day when the park was closed.

A seawatch off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday morning produced an immature BROWN BOOBY moving west followed by a PARASITIC JAEGER doing the same. Twenty-two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted on the beach at Moses that morning.

An elusive YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD usually seen mostly with cowbirds and starlings around Nickerson Beach including last Sunday, Monday and yesterday. It was also reported Tuesday near the Point Lookout Town Park at the end of Lido Boulevard thus expanding the search range.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, also referred to as GREAT WHITE HERON, remains in Rye at Marshlands Conservancy through today. At high tide the heron has been roosting by an island in the middle section of the marsh moving south 200 yards at lower tides to feed in the cove off Murray’s Neck.

The KING EIDER was still around Midland Beach on Staten Island Monday and another immature male was off Napeague State Park Tuesday and Wednesday.

Immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at Plumb Beach Wednesday, at Floyd Bennett Field Wednesday through today and also at Heckscher State Park today.

A couple of MARBLED GODWITS have been visiting the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End at least to yesterday while an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen again on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday. Continuing WHIMBREL have included 5 on Fire Island Wednesday and up to 6 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and 3 still at Fort Tilden yesterday and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was spotted at Plumb Beach last Sunday.

Some CASPIAN TERNS peaked Thursday with 5 at Mecox and 6 in Gardiners Bay in East Hampton.

A LARK SPARROW visited Plumb Beach Monday and another was seen again today near the Fire Island hawkwatch. Among the few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were singles in Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn last Saturday, at Plumb Beach Tuesday and at Jones Beach West End today.

Both GRASSHOPPER and VESPER SPARROWS were found at Randall’s Island last Saturday and on Governors Island Sunday with another GRASSHOPPER at Pelham Bay Park Sunday. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and BLUE GROSBEAK were also on Governors Island Saturday with other BLUE GROSBEAKS at Central Park’s north end Wednesday and in Orient today. DICKCISSELS include singles at Marshlands Conservancy and in Mattituck yesterday and at Central Park’s north end to today along with Friday birds also at Governors Island and Heckscher State Park.

Warblers this week have featured ORANGE-CROWNED, CONNECTICUT, MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and several other species.

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

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 1, 2021
* NYNY2110.01

TROPICAL KINGBIRD+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Rusty Blackbird
Orange-crowned 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, October 1,
2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TROPICAL KINGBIRD, NORTHERN WHEATEAR, WESTERN TANAGER, MARBLED GODWIT, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Certainly this week’s highlight was the discovery of a TROPICAL KINGBIRD at the Mount Loretto Unique Area off Hylan Boulevard on Staten Island last Sunday, photographed and heard there less than a year after New York’s first record found in Westchester County last October. Unfortunately, the KINGBIRD only stayed the one day, but visitors to Mount Loretto Sunday were also treated to a SUMMER TANAGER, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and a DICKCISSEL among other species.

And the Staten Island good fortune continued on to Wednesday when a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found late in the day at Miller Field along New Dorp Lane, accompanied there by an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. The WHEATEAR was not seen Thursday, but the season’s first sighting of a LAPLAND LONGSPUR took place there today.

Last Sunday a WESTERN TANAGER was photographed at Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn, and another SUMMER TANAGER visited Brooklyn Bridge Park today.

On the shorebird front, a MARBLED GODWIT has continued at Nickerson Beach, and another has been visiting the island off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End recently. Good numbers of WHIMBRELS this week featured 9 at Fort Tilden Wednesday and 12 at Smith Point County Park Wednesday, with 9 counted there Thursday.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER briefly visited Sammy’s Beach in Northwest Harbor Tuesday, while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen again at Heckscher State Park last Saturday.

A GULL-BILLED TERN was still using the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, while CASPIAN TERNS included 2 Tuesday at Playland Park in Rye and 2 at Jones Beach West End Thursday

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited the Fire Island hawk watch Monday, and another was still at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester last Saturday.

A LARK SPARROW stopped by Robert Moses State Park last Saturday, while at least 6 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS this week included single birds at Inwood Hill Park and Pelham Bay Park Wednesday, Jones Beach Wednesday to Friday, Prospect Park and Calvert Vaux Park Thursday, and Croton Point Park today.

A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was uncovered at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday, and other SPARROWS noted recently have included VESPER, NELSON’S, WHITE CROWNED and LINCOLN’S.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found in Central Park Thursday.

Single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were reported at Canal Park in Manhattan Monday and another in Prospect Park Thursday, while early ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week at Kissena Park on Saturday and later at Robert Moses State Park and Alley Pond Park.

Still a decent variety of WARBLERS this week also included MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON’S.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS this week were seen at Governors Island all week, at Croton Point Park Tuesday, and on Thursday at both the Avalon Gardens in Stony Brook and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

Several DICKCISSELS this week occurred at Governors Island, Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park, Jones Beach, Captree State Park and Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

Other notable migrants featured PHILADELPHIA VIREO, AMERICAN PIPIT, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH.

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. 24, 2021
* NYNY2109.24

WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Stilt Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded 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, September 24, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, WHIMBREL, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

As it turns out, the ROSEATE SPOONBILL out in Mill Neck stayed at least to last Saturday, when it was seen again on Beaver Lake as viewed from Cleft Road – we know of no subsequent reports.

Early Monday morning a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was photographed while perched in a tree at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn, but it soon disappeared.

Still scarce this fall, two immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS appeared today in the dunes past the west end of Fort Tilden, where some WHIMBREL have also been present for much of this week, the peak of 25 occurring today during high tide.

A MARBLED GODWIT has been at Nickerson Beach since Wednesday, and it’s great to see some shorebirds are again back around the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – today’s gathering featured an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, six STILT and three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a RED KNOT, a few DUNLIN and an immature LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER among other expected species.

A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was still in the Lot 7 puddles at Heckscher State Park last Saturday, and another LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from Miller Field on Staten Island yesterday.

Scattered CASPIAN TERNS during the week, mostly birds along Long Island’s south shore, included sightings at Jones Beach West End, Robert Moses State Park, Watch Hill on Fire Island and Mecox, while ROYAL TERNS were much more commonly encountered.

Last Saturday single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted at Fort Tilden and at the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers.

Other migrants during this not overly dynamic week have included a few of both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS and various FLYCATCHERS, including OLIVE-SIDED, plus YELLOW-BELLIED among some occurrences of mostly silent Empidonax species. Among the six species of VIREOS have been a few PHILADELPHIA and the occasional WHITE-EYED.

Increasing numbers of SPARROWS featured a LARK SPARROW last Saturday at the All Faiths Cemetery in Queens, while single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were encountered at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday and in Manhasset on Wednesday, with another staying at Pelham Bay Park from Saturday to at least Wednesday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was a nice find on Governors Island last Saturday. Among decreasing numbers of WARBLERS were a few reports of CONNECTICUT, with one found at Sunken Meadow State Park on Tuesday and another at the Salt Marsh Nature Center Wednesday. Other WARBLERS included MOURNING and HOODED.

BLUE GROSBEAKS this week included 2 on Governors Island Saturday, with one still there on Monday, another at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Saturday, and one at Croton Point Park yesterday and today. Also on Governors Island was a DICKCISSEL from Saturday through Tuesday, with one at Coney Island Creek Sunday, and one or two still at Croton Point Park through 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
* Sep. 17, 2021
* NYNY2109.17

– Birds mentioned
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
BROWN BOOBY+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”) 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Lincoln’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org.

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

       Gary Chapin – Secretary
       NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
       125 Pine Springs Drive
       Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 17th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN BOOBY, SAY’S PHOEBE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL found in Mill Neck on Sunday the 5th was still being seen around Beaver Lake south of Cleft Road up to Wednesday though we have no reports since then.

A BROWN BOOBY first spotted in Arthur Kill off the southwestern section of Staten Island last Saturday was still being seen there up to yesterday often sitting on buoy #4. This area can be viewed from near the intersection of Allentown Lane and Windward Court just north of the Outerbridge Crossing.

The SAY’S PHOEBE was found early last Saturday west of the parking lot at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes and lingered there for a couple of hours before moving on.

The female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD first noted back on August 25th at Nickerson Beach was seen there again last Saturday in dune grasses near the west tern colony.

Another bird only seen infrequently has been the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye spotted again last Saturday along the marsh edge.

Scarce so far this year an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER appeared at Heckscher State Park yesterday.

At Cutchogue fields off Oregon Road and Depot Lane hosted 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS Monday with a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER there Tuesday and another BUFF-BREASTED visited the Route 51 fields in Centerport just east of Route 111 also on Monday. Another BAIRD’S dropped by the field 7 pools at Heckscher State Park yesterday where a WILSON’S PHALAROPE was also seen last Saturday and again Wednesday. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted in Fire Island Inlet on Wednesday and up to 5 WHIMBREL were noted this week at Fort Tilden with 3 more out in Jamaica Bay Sunday.

A few CASPIAN TERNS were present this week sometimes in company with the much more plentiful ROYAL TERNS.

Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted Tuesday in Central Park and Inwood Hill Park. Four immature LARK SPARROWS were found this week with one at Watch Hill on Fire Island Sunday, one at Oak Beach Tuesday and another near there around Fire Island Inlet Wednesday with a fourth at Floyd Bennett Field today. Single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS appeared at Central Park’s north end Monday, at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn yesterday and in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park today. On Wednesday 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were noted, one in Central Park’s north end and the other at Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack.

A few CONNECTICUT WARBLERS this week included birds reported from Central Park Monday and Thursday, Battery Park Tuesday and Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery today. A large variety of other warblers have included a few MOURNINGS and about 26 other species this week.

SUMMER TANAGERS were reported from Central Park Monday and Prospect Park Tuesday while single BLUE GROSBEAKS were found on Governors Island Wednesday and in Green-wood Cemetery yesterday and today. A DICKCISSEL also visited Governors Island last Saturday.

Other migrants have included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and LINCOLN’S SPARROW.

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

This service is 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
* Sep. 10, 2021
* NYNY2109.10
– Birds mentioned

BAIRD’S SANDPIPER+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Eastern Whip-poor-will
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great Blue Heron”)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
LARK SPARROW
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
DICKCISSEL

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If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at) nybirds{dot}org.

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

       Gary Chapin – Secretary
       NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
       125 Pine Springs Drive
       Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 10th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, SWAINSON’S HAWK, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LARK SPARROW, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.

A female type TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, a great find yesterday in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery, was still present today, seen in some Bald Cypress in the north-central part of the park. Use the main entrance on 25th Street. Other good birds in the cemetery this week have included a LARK SPARROW Wednesday, CONNECTICUT WARBLER Tuesday and Wednesday and 2 DICKCISSELS Wednesday with one still there today along with a nice selection of other species.

A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was found last Sunday at Beaver Lake in Mill Neck and has stayed in that area through today. Often present on Beaver Lake located just south of Cleft Road the bird has also been seen along Mill Neck Creek south of the lake.

Hawkwatching season has begun and got off to a great start when last Saturday afternoon an adult SWAINSON’S HAWK was photographed as it flew over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford. We are now entering the prime time for major BROAD-WINGED flights and a good mix of species.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, often referred to as Great White Heron, was present in the marsh at low tide Tuesday at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. This also likely the same bird reported there back on August 21st.

An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was also heard after sunset at Marshlands as well singing again there this evening.

Highlights among the shorebirds this week included a BUFF-BREASTED and up to 3 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS on Oregon Road in Deep Hollow … fields in Cutchogue during the week with 2 more BUFF-BREASTEDS off Head of the Neck Road in Eastport Thursday and a BAIRD’S at the Brooklyn Golf Center on Flatbush Avenue to today. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was a surprise visitor to Rockaway Beach in Edgemere Monday. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was spotted on the Lullwater at Prospect Park Lake today and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE was at Ruffle Bar in Jamaica Bay last Sunday. Four MARBLED GODWITS were reported on islands north of Jones Beach Tuesday and a WHIMBREL was at the Lido Beach last Saturday with 4 more on Mecox Bay Tuesday while other shorebirds this week included some WESTERN, PECTORAL, STILT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS.

Early Saturday an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was spotted moving south over Astoria Park in Queens possibly the same bird seen later that day on the ocean off Lido Beach.

Three CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS were also noted during the week along with decent numbers of ROYAL TERNS.

A LARK SPARROW was spotted at the north end of Hempstead Lake today.

Arriving recently a few CONNECTICUT WARBLERS today included birds in Central and Alley Pond Parks and at Jones Beach West End. Other warblers featured a late LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at Alley Pond Park Saturday, a CERULEAN WARBLER at Conference House Park on Staten Island today and among the roughly 30 species present locally a few MOURNING plus HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WORM-EATING WARBLER.

DICKCISSELS continue to move through and other migrants this week have included OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, PHILADELPHIA VIREO at at least 8 locations and LINCOLN’S SPARROW.

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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