Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 2, 2022
* NYNY2212.02

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
BROWN BOOBY+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form)
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dovekie
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Golden Eagle
Northern Goshawk
RED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
DICKCISSEL


If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found athttp://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, December 2, 2022 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, a Selasphorus RUFOUS-like HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN and SUMMER TANAGERS, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Out in Northport a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE last Sunday joined the gathered Geese on the High School fields where a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED had previously been found among the CANADAS, these also including a CACKLING GOOSE. Based on feeding needs and amount of disturbance, the Goose flocks move around this area, with the rarer ones sometimes being relocated at a few other similar local locations as well as at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. The Westchester GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit a pond in Rye Brook located off Bowman Avenue.

A Selasphorus HUMMINGBIRD, likely a RUFOUS, continued at a private feeder in Rocky Point at least to Monday, and such vagrants should be looked for at feeders and still blooming Salvia plantings.

The last report of a BROWN BOOBY off Richmond Terrace on northwestern Staten Island came from last Saturday.

Small flocks of SANDHILL CRANES over Westchester recently included a group of 12 over the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch in Bedford last Monday, followed by 16 noted over Armonk 2 hours later, and 5 more just north of White Plains on Wednesday.

Two rare and unexpected TANAGERS this week featured a SUMMER TANAGER found in Georgica thickets last Saturday, followed by a WESTERNTANAGER photographed at Fort Tilden on Sunday.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON were seen this week on 2 separate Mill Ponds, 1 in Oyster Bay east of Lake Avenue and 1 in Sayville just north of Montauk Highway, Route 85.

A drake Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was photographed Monday along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon, and a female HARLEQUIN DUCK was spotted off Breezy Point Sunday.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, presumably a returning winter visitor, was spotted Wednesday in Setauket Harbor. Other GULLS featured an ICELAND and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED at the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock last Saturday and occasional BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, including 1 off Mecox Saturday and 2 off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday.

A deceased DOVEKIE was found Sunday at Orient Beach State Park.

Notable shorebirds featured up to five MARBLED GODWITS at Jones Beach West End and a few LONG -BILLED DOWITCHERS continuing at SantapogueCreek, with 2 others at Jones Beach West End Thursday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE appeared at Orient Point Sunday, and we belatedly report an EARED GREBE photographed off Glen Island Park in Westchester back on November 23rd.

On the raptor front, with most migrants having passed through, this week included reports of a NORTHERN GOSHAWK over Inwood Hill Park Saturday and a GOLDEN EAGLE photographed over Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx Monday.

Continuing small numbers of RED CROSSBILLS featured 11 at Robert Moses State Park and 2 at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge Saturday, 4 at Jones Beach Monday and 7 in Prospect Park Tuesday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was reported from Heckscher State Park Thursday, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was spotted at Moses Park Saturday, with aYELLOW-BREASTED CHAT noted at Mecox and a DICKCISSEL at Orient Point County Park, both also on Saturday. 

Warblers still include some ORANGE-CROWNEDS as well as a CAPE MAY in Union Square Park

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 25, 2022
* NYNY2211.25

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Evening Grosbeak
RED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found athttp://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, November 25, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD and two SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, BROWN BOOBY, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, REDCROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, DICKCISSEL and more.

The delightful male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at a private home in Eastport has not been seen since Wednesday, and we’d like to thank very much the homeowners for so graciously hosting a throng of grateful birders!

Two SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS also showed up this week, these likely RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, but careful analysis is required to rule out the very similar Allen’s Hummingbird, a species still not recorded in New York. Both birds were at private homes, one in Babylon on Monday only, the other up in Rocky Point for the last four days.

The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER found November 16th was still present Thursday in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park but was not reported today, though it might still be present.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was photographed late morning Thursday in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery but quickly disappeared and has not been relocated.

Another quickie was a WHITE-WINGED DOVE photographed while visiting a terrace feeder in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant section Tuesday morning before moving on.

A BROWN BOOBY was still being seen in waters north of Staten Island as recently as Wednesday. One scanning site that has proven rather successful has been from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE had returned to a roosting pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook, Westchester County, as of Sunday, hopefully staying around for the winter. Another was spotted today on Northport High School fields off Laurel Hill Road, possibly continuing there as well, and one is also back at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport.

Single CACKLING GEESE included one still at Flushing Meadows Corona Park today and another at Van Cortlandt Park Tuesday through Thursday, while a young TUNDRA SWAN was identified Monday at Jones Beach West End. There seems to be some debate as to whether drake EURASIAN WIGEON – looking ducks at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the Saltmarsh Nature Center in Brooklyn and on the Sayville Mill Pond are pure EURASIANS or contain some AMERICAN WIGEON genes.

A few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES have been appearing coastally recently, and a BLACK-HEADED GULL has been noted along the East River off Randall’s Island from last Saturday up to Wednesday. As many as five MARBLED GODWITS remain around the bars at Jones Beach West End, and several LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue to roost along SantipogueCreek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still visiting Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday, and late WARBLERS this week included a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS as well as NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKPOLL and WILSON’S.

This week also featured a few scattered RED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR in Wading River today, and a DICKCISSEL at Battery Park in southern Manhattan last Sunday.

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. 18, 2022
* NYNY2211.18

– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
LIMPKIN+ (extralimital)
BROWN BOOBY+
CAVE SWALLOW+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Golden Eagle
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat

– 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 18th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK-THROATED GRAY and TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS, MOTTLED DUCK, BROWN BOOBY, CAVE SWALLOW, BROWN PELICAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, winter finches and more.

The male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was still present today in a private yard in Eastport and the homeowners continue to welcome visitors into their backyard to look for this great bird but the weather will likely play a part in the length of its stay. The address is 353 Old Country Road but you should park on Union Avenue just east of the house and walk back west just past the house entering the backyard where indicated by ribbons. Watch the hummingbird feeders by the trellis next to the house as well as the nearby salvia and trees on the west side of the house. Do not enter the fenced area around the house.

Two nice western warblers were found during the week. First the BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was spotted Tuesday afternoon at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area where it was also noted irregularly on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday a young male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was found in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park where it continued there through today moving around quite a bit.

The elusive MOTTLED DUCK was reported a few times from Saturday through Tuesday along Ketcham’s Creek Freshwater Wetland in Amityville. Best to look for it from a culvert off Lake Drive just north of Kenmore Avenue or from an opening in the dense phragmites just south of there.

One or two BROWN BOOBYS were still present yesterday in waters off the northwestern shores of Staten Island. Successful sightings have frequently been had scanning the water and offshore structures viewed from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue. The fall’s second CAVE SWALLOW was spotted moving by Fort Tilden last Monday. A BROWN PELICAN was seen Sunday and Monday around Rockaway Inlet and along the ocean from Long Beach down to Breezy Point. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was present Thursday and Friday on a Sayville Mill Pond on the north side of North Main Street, Route 85. Another drake WIGEON lingering on the West Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and thought by many to be a hybrid between EURASIAN and AMERICAN WIGEONS. A CACKLING GOOSE visited Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Thursday.

An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond last Saturday and 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were there yesterday. Another HUDSONIAN was seen Monday at Jones Beach West End where up to 5 MARBLED GODWITS have been present recently. Up to 7 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have been reported along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon recently.

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and PARASITIC JAEGER were noted last Saturday from both Montauk Point and Orient Point and immature ICELAND GULLS stopped by Breezy Point Saturday.

But expected at inland hawkwatches this time of year signaling more unusual was a GOLDEN EAGLE over Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst on Thursday.

Along with some PINE SISKINS lately other winter finch reports have featured single EVENING GROSBEAKS in Melville Tuesday and Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday and a few RED CROSSBILLS including 3 at Fort Tilden and 8 at Jones Beach West End Monday, 6 at Jones Wednesday and 1 in Prospect Park yesterday. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Fort Tilden Monday and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found in Babylon today.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday.

Extralimitally the LIMPKIN, present recently up in Lewiston, was picked up by a rehabilitator this Friday afternoon so don’t go.

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. 11, 2022
* NYNY2211.11

– Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
CAVE SWALLOW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

MARBLED GODWIT
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Great Blue Heron (White morph)
Cattle Egret
WESTERN KINGBIRD
EVENING GROSBEAK
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 11, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, MOTTLED DUCK, CAVE SWALLOW, BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, EVENING GROSBEAK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Sunday afternoon an adult male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was spotted visiting Saliva flowers in a private yard in Eastport, Suffolk County, and the bird was still present there today.  The homeowners are very graciously permitting birders to enter their property to look for the hummingbird between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.  The address is 353 Old Country Road, but birders should park along Union Avenue just east of the house and walk back west just past the house, entering the backyard where indicated by pink ribbons; watch the hummingbird feeders by the trellis next to the house as well as the surrounding Salvia and also the Crepe Myrtle tree along the fence line on the west
side of the house, this latter a favorite perch and insect-hunting tree.  The CALLIOPE will disappear between feeding sessions, but please do not enter the fenced area around the house, but do sign the guest register on the table next to the chairs.

The MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville has been reported a few days this week, including today, on Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland.  Look for it just south of the culvert off Lake Drive just north of Kenmore Avenue or from an opening in the phragmites just south of there, though it can be very difficult to see.

Following recent reports from northern New York, a CAVE SWALLOW was photographed from Coney Island Pier Tuesday morning, with hopefully others to follow.

The BROWN BOOBY lingering in the waters off the northwest shore of Staten Island has apparently recently been joined by a second one. Observers have had some luck spotting the BOOBIES along the waterways as viewed from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue, but they do move around.

A BROWN PELICAN was photographed Wednesday afternoon sitting on the sand at Long Beach.

Another brief sighting involved an immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD feeding late Tuesday afternoon with BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS along a grassy stretch in Riverbank State Park in northern Manhattan.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed Sunday afternoon at Sunken Meadow State Park.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Sunday, and 27 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted Thursday at Atlantic Beach.

The white morph GREAT BLUE HERON continued at Piermont Pier at least to Tuesday, and single CATTLE EGRETS were seen Wednesday at Governors Island and Croton Point Park.

Among the gathering of shorebirds at Jones Beach West End were five MARBLED GODWITS last Saturday, down to two on Wednesday.

Two EVENING GROSBEAKS at Millers Field on Staten Island yesterday were part of a current southbound winter Finch movement that locally also includes PINE SISKINS, with more species on their way.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited Croton Point Park last Sunday, and on Tuesday VESPER SPARROWS were seen in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery and on Governors Island.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present in Brooklyn Bridge Park from Tuesday through today, and various late WARBLERS include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS, while scattered DICKCISSELS were noted at least to Tuesday.

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. 4, 2022
* NYNY2211.04

– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Great Blue Heron
Golden Eagle
Red-headed Woodpecker
Vesper Sparrow
Orange-crowned 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, November 4th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, BROWN BOOBY, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The quite elusive MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville was not reported all week until it was spotted this morning at its only known haunt along Ketcham’s Creek Freshwater Wetland. It appeared along the west side of the creek just south of the culvert off Lake Drive a little north of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. The duck disappeared into heavy vegetation on the creek’s west side. The sight lines here further hampered by a thick set of reeds lining the lake drive side. So it seems both patience and luck are required.

Last Saturday a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found along Oak Beach Road and photographed feasting on Juniper berries for much of the day but extensive searches for it on Sunday and subsequent days were unsuccessful.

A subadult BROWN BOOBY, perhaps a lingering bird, was spotted last Sunday and still present today actively patrolling [the] bay off the northwest shore of Staten Island. The bird has been viewed from Staten Island by looking north into the bay from the area where Northfield Avenue ends at Richmond Terrace. Whether the bird itself has been spending its time in New York or New Jersey waters doesn’t seem to have been adequately addressed.

Three SANDHILL CRANES flying over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch last Saturday comprised one of a few sightings of overhead cranes in that region recently. Chestnut Ridge is at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, Westchester County and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were among the raptors passing by there today.

In Tuesday’s fog 4 TUNDRA SWANS considered dropping in on Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers but instead passed close overhead and continued on.

In Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the long staying BLACK-HEADED GULL was still on the East Pond Wednesday along with 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS. A variety of waterfowl there continues to increase while the diminishing number of shorebirds this week did include STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. A group of MARBLED GODWITS lingering at Jones Beach West End did include 3 Wednesday seen on the bar across the inlet north of the Coast Guard Station and a WHIMBREL was spotted there last Saturday with good numbers of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, FORSTER’S TERNS and BLACK SKIMMERS also continuing there. Another WHIMBREL was at Tiana Beach off Dune Road Wednesday a day a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was spotted in Amityville Creek.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today. A SORA was photographed in Prospect Park today. Both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen on Governors Island on Thursday, good numbers of ROYAL TERNS continue and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Central Park to yesterday. A decent variety of late warblers did include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS. A VESPER SPARROW visited Prospect Park last Sunday and a BLUE GROSBEAK was photographed at Breezy Point the day before. A few DICKCISSELS were noted along the coast and 2 were also present today at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

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. 28, 2022
* NYNY2210.28

– Birds Mentioned

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

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

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

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 28, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– Birds Mentioned

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

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

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

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to 
nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 21, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park on Tuesday. 

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

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

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

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

Several DICKCISSELS during the week included birds at Inwood Hill Park and Breezy Point Saturday, Coney Island Creek Sunday, Crab Meadow Monday and Sunken Meadow Wednesday.

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 14, 2022
* NYNY2210.14

– Birds mentioned
COMMON GROUND DOVE+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 14th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, COMMON GROUND DOVE, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN and SUMMER TANAGERS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

But first we sadly mention the recent passing of Putnam resident Ralph O’Dell. An influential motivator on regional birding and environmental matters and a mentor to many. Ralph will be deeply missed.

Last Saturday morning a SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was spotted and photographed at the Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center in the Bronx. The bird subsequently teased birders with brief appearances in the neighborhood just north of the park. Spotted a few times but never for long this first New York State record, if approved by NYSARC, was not encountered after later afternoon. Matters however were complicated by a persistent tape player with subsequent inconclusive reports of a singing bird. Nonetheless searches on Sunday were unsuccessful and no further sightings are known.

Late Thursday afternoon a COMMON GROUND DOVE was found on the ground at the Kings Point Academy, a restricted site in northern Nassau County. Despite better weather today the dove could not be relocated.

To correct last week’s tape the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Orange County was last seen on Sunday the 9th along the Newburgh waterfront.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the lingering adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was on Monday joined on the East Pond by an immature BLACK-HEADED. Also still present on the pond were an AMERICAN AVOCET at least to Tuesday, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS to Sunday and Monday, 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS to Sunday, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS Saturday and 2 SORAS Sunday. Another AMERICAN AVOCET visited the Wading River Marsh Preserve Thursday and 2 or 3 GOLDEN-PLOVERS were present at Floyd Bennett Field Monday to Thursday. Three or four MARBLED GODWITS continued at least to Wednesday at the Jones Beach West End.

Single CASPIAN TERNS visited sites from Coney Island and Fort Tilden out to Napeague while good numbers of ROYAL TERNS coastally included counts Thursday of up to 45 at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.

A white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still present at Piermont Pier today and a SORA at Turtle Pond in Central Park was seen today.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted during the week in Central Park and at Robert Moses State Park and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Jones Beach West End Tuesday.

Sparrows this week included a GRASSHOPPER near Central Park’s Turtle Pond to today and another at Randall’s Island Thursday with 2 LARK SPARROWS seen together in Prospect Park Tuesday. Several VESPER and NELSON’S SPARROWS have been present and several CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have included birds at Prospect and Brooklyn Bridge Parks, Green-wood Cemetery, Floyd Bennett Field and Jones Beach West End.

Today single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen at Sunken Meadow State Park and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue with another yesterday at Brooklyn Bridge Park while warblers featured a few ORANGE-CROWNED and CONNECTICUT.

A WESTERN TANAGER briefly stopped near the Fire Island Hawkwatch platform last Sunday morning and a SUMMER TANAGER visited Green-wood Cemetery the day before.

A BLUE GROSBEAK has stayed around Sunken Meadow State Park for several days through today with another in Green-wood Cemetery Sunday. Multiple DICKCISSELS recently included 2 at Sunken Meadow State Park yesterday when 2 were also at Croton Point Park.

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

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

– End transcript

RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 7, 2022
* NYNY2210.07

– Birds mentioned
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER+
LEACH’S STORM-PETREL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Connecticut Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 7th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are LEACH’S STORM-PETREL, RED PHALAROPE, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-HEADED GULL and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The remnants of Hurricane Ian impacted our area for several days early in the week but apparently did not produce any tropical rarities though a few nice birds were seen as a result of the storm.

Out at Montauk Point Monday morning a LEACH’S STORM-PETREL was spotted moving close by the point this followed soon after by a RED PHALAROPE also moving out of Long Island Sound. Other highlights included 2 adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 2 CORY’S SHEARWATERS and 56 NORTHERN GANNETS. In western Long Island Sound a LEACH’S STORM-PETREL was identified Monday from Belden Point on City Island in the Bronx this site also producing a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE over the weekend with one or two KITTIWAKES also noted Monday from the Bronx and from Nassau County on the other side. A PARASITIC JAEGER also appeared off Playland in Rye on Saturday and Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island on Wednesday produced such seabirds as PARASITIC JAEGER, 7 CORY’S, 3 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS and 42 NORTHERN GANNETS plus 125 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a flyby BAIRD’S SANDPIPER.

Shorebirds featured an AMERICAN AVOCET present to today at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, an HUDSONIAN GODWIT there to Sunday, 3 MARBLED GODWITS present recently at Jones Beach West End and a WHIMBREL at East Moriches to Monday. On Wednesday an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Fort Tilden with 2 more at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach where over 30 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were counted. A BLACK-HEADED GULL seen again on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday and counts of ROYAL TERNS Wednesday included over 30 at Plumb Beach and 75 around Coney Island Pier.

A SORA was spotted in Central Park Wednesday and recent RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were in Green-wood Cemetery Thursday and at Moses Park today.

As a note, the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Newburgh was last seen on Monday ending a great stay beginning with its first sighting back on May 28th while the white morph GREAT BLUE HERON was noted Tuesday at Piermont Pier.

Due to recent sustained poor weather some COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have been feeding actively even around midday.

The week’s most intriguing landbird was a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD present at Heckscher State Park in East Islip last Saturday and Sunday. An early LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew by Plumb Beach on Wednesday while notable sparrows featured 2 LARK SPARROWS at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and one at Pelham Bay Park over the weekend, one at Moses Park Thursday and another in Green-wood Cemetery today while CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have also been reported around Jones Beach West End and a few other sites. On Wednesday single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted on Randall’s Island and near Coney Island Pier while single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were noted on Wednesday at Randall’s Island and Green-wood Cemetery followed Thursday by one in Central Park and another at the Avalon Nature Preserve in Stony Brook. BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to be reported from various sites including as flybys and DICKCISSELS, with their notably distinctive flight call, have been identified at several locations.

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

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

– End transcript

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

– Birds Mentioned

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

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

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

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 30, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript