Category: Rare Bird Alerts

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

– Birds Mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 23, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 16, 2022
* NYNY2209.16

– Birds mentioned
COMMON RINGED PLOVER+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EARED GREBE
Sora
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Great Blue Heron (white morph “Great White Heron”)
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
Clay-colored Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Connecticut Warbler
Summer Tanager
Dickcissel

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 16th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, LARK SPARROW and much more.

But first, we very sadly report that, after a very courageous fight against an aggressive form of lung cancer this Friday morning, Shane Blodgett passed away. A good friend to many regional birders, his energy, his expertise and especially his companionship will be deeply missed.

Last Sunday afternoon on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge what was thought to be a COMMON RINGED PLOVER was carefully identified at the pond’s north end. A search for the PLOVER Monday was unsuccessful but the nice variety of birds there did include 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a SORA along the pond’s edge and up to 9 CASPIAN TERNS. An AMERICAN AVOCET showed up there as of Wednesday with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Friday and the long lingering BLACK-HEADED GULL also remains. Over on the West Pond an EARED GREBE was found last Sunday and has continued at least to Thursday.

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

The immature WHITE IBIS on Staten Island was seen again last weekend in the marshes off River Road in the northwestern section of the island. That area on Sunday also provided a WESTERN KINGBIRD last seen near the Amazon fulfillment facility. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen today at Robert Moses State Park at the hawkwatch site just east of field 5.

A BROWN PELICAN was photographed Thursday a little southwest of Fisher’s Island and the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Thursday.

Other notable shorebirds featured an AMERICAN AVOCET at Glenwood Landing in Nassau County last Saturday when a MARBLED GODWIT was found at Rockaway Beach with 2 MARBLEDS at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area Wednesday along with a SORA. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Croton Point Park on Tuesday and 5 GOLDENS flew by Moses Park today. An UPLAND SANDPIPER flew over restricted Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers Tuesday and a WHIMBREL was spotted at Rockaway Beach Thursday. Another SORA was found in Central Park’s north end today.

Several RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included Friday sightings of 3 moving by Moses Park plus singles at Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Fort Tilden.

In a major movement of hawks today at a Quaker Ridge hawk site in northwestern Greenwich just over the New York line counted 14,823 BROAD-WINGEDS among its total of over 15,100 raptors.

The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen last Friday evening and again Saturday morning at Croton Point Park.

Unusual sparrows this week included single LARK SPARROWS at Timber Point Golf Course in Great River last Sunday and at Moses Park field 2 today along with single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Prospect Park last Saturday and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park near Meadow Lake Wednesday.

This week’s migrants included several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday and among decent numbers of warblers were several CONNECTICUTS.

A SUMMER TANAGER was found Wednesday in Willowbrook Park on Staten Island and quite a few DICKCISSELS included 3 at Breezy Point Thursday while today provided 2 at Caumsett State Park and singles at Jones Beach West End, Moses Park and Fire Island.

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 9, 2022
* NYNY2209.09

– Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
ANHINGA+ (Rockland County)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Black-legged Kittiwake
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 9th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, BROWN BOOBY, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, MARBLED GODWIT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Wednesday morning the season’s first NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found along the edge of Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers but access there is strictly limited and unfortunately birders were unable to search for this bird.

An adult BROWN BOOBY was spotted from Governors Island last Wednesday morning moving south but a short time later also seen milling about in the fog so it is possible the BOOBY may continue in that area of Lower New York Bay.

Two lingering rarities to our north featured a female ANHINGA still present last Monday on Lake Tappan in Rockland County. Look for it on the east side of the lake north of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road and the Orange County NEOTROPIC CORMORANT still today using the pilings and structures off the Global Marine Terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

A BROWN PELICAN was reported last Saturday moving over Napeague Bay on the south fork while the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still present on the south side of Piermont Pier today.

An AMERICAN AVOCET spotted Monday was still in the tidal channel along the Lloyd Harbor Road causeway on Wednesday the same day one was present in the marsh at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area.

Sod fields out on Long Island’s north fork have recently been attracting some grassland shorebirds. Fields in Cutchogue along Oregon Road and Duck Pond Road have produced up to 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS along with an UPLAND SANDPIPER Tuesday and Wednesday, a reported BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and a few AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS. When visiting please remember to be mindful of the local residents and stay out of the farmers fields. Single BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were also noted at Robert Moses State Park Monday and Heckscher State Park Tuesday and a seawatch at Moses Monday produced 29 CORY’S and 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge also remains a mecca for shorebirds with the East Pond still hosting 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS to Monday with one on Wednesday plus a WILSON’S PHALAROPE continuing to Monday along with some PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and STILT SANDPIPERS. Also at the bay have been a SORA at the south end of the East Pond and occasional visits by BLACK and CASPIAN TERNS and out in Jamaica Bay proper at Yellow Bar Hassock last Saturday shorebirds included a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBREL.

An immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was a surprise visitor to western Long Island Sound being seen at distance from the Fort Totten area on Wednesday and yesterday.

The Bronx has also recently produced a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and BLACK TERNS and a CASPIAN TERN was in Rye Monday.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery Monday the same day a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared in Central Park’s north end. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was spotted at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Thursday and other unusual warblers included an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER reported on Randall’s Island Wednesday and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER photographed in Green-wood Cemetery Sunday. Other migrants included YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and single DICKCISSELS on Saturday at Mecox and on Fire Island.

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

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

– End transcript

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

– Birds Mentioned

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

AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Tern
BROWN PELICAN
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 2, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 26, 2022
* NYNY2208.26

– Birds Mentioned

ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 26, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.

Both the ANHINGA and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT were still present today. The ANHINGA remains at Lake Tappan in Rockland County, most often spotted perching in trees on the east side of the lake looking north from Convent Road or south from Blauvelt Road, while the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT is usually found along the Hudson River in Newburgh, Orange County, sitting on pilings or other structures off the Global Oil Terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

A few WHITE IBIS also continue locally – the Staten Island immature was noted today around the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood, while up in Stony Brook on Long Island at least two of the peak of seven immatures from last week were still present today at the West Meadow Wetlands Preserve along Trustees Road, which becomes a bike and walking road past the parking lot for West Meadow Beach, where a fee is charged.  Watch for the IBIS in the marsh on the east side of the road beyond the parking lot, where they at times perch in surrounding trees. The Ernst Conservation Center about a half mile down the road has a small pier from which the marsh can be nicely viewed.

Certainly fortuitous was a sighting of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE reported moving west over Far Rockaway last Saturday.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge a nice selection of birds continues to feature a BLACK-HEADED GULL and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT continuing at the north end of the East Pond plus such shorebirds as STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.  Two WHIMBRELS were out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday, and also spotted this week have been GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, though the WILSON’S PHALAROPE was last noted on Tuesday.

Another HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at Plumb Beach today, and a small number of BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS have appeared recently, with two out in Mattituck yesterday in a field off Duck Pond Road, followed by singles today on Staten Island’s Miller Field in New Dorp and on the Ossining waterfront in Westchester County.  Two CASPIAN TERNS were also noted off Ossining on Monday, some coastal ROYAL TERNS included eight at Plumb Beach Thursday, and a BLACK TERN paid a surprise visit to Prospect Park Lake on Tuesday.  But most unexpected was an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE photographed as it briefly appeared at Orient Point last Saturday.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today, often in the bay on the south side.

RED HEADED WOODPECKERS were still present this week at Connetquot River State Park and along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.

A DICKCISSEL was photographed as it was trapped in the restaurant at the East Bathhouse at Jones Beach State Park on Wednesday.

A decent number of migrants recently have included increasing numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS in the evening, both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, such FLYCATCHERS as OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED, and a good variety of WARBLERS, including GOLDEN-WINGED, with two reported in Central Park last Saturday and one in Prospect Park Monday

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 19, 2022
* NYNY2208.19

– Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon’s Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”)
Cattle Egret
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 19th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, pelagic trip results including WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS and BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

For continuing rarities both the ANHINGA and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT were seen today with the ANHINGA continuing on Lake Tappan in Rockland County very often seen while perched in trees on the east side of the lake just north of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road. The CORMORANT is usually found in Newburgh, Orange County sitting on offshore structures at the Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

Last Sunday evening the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn heading well out into the Atlantic for Monday birding in the warm waters around McMaster and then Hudson Canyon’s before returning Monday night. Seabird highlights featured 5 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1,050 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 2 WHITE-FACED STORM-PETRELS one seen wonderfully well, 40 LEACH’S and 15 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS along with over 100 STORM-PETRELS not identified to species and 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and to the SHEARWATERS: 15 CORY’S, 40 GREAT, 2 MANX and 5 AUDUBON’S. A great mammal show was highlighted by a small pod of 4 Sowerby’s Beaked Whales and also included 4 Finned and 20 Pilot Whales plus some Striped, Offshore, Bottle-nosed, Rizzo’s and Common Dolphins.

On Staten Island an immature WHITE IBIS was still visiting the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood today and a CATTLE EGRET was also seen briefly in that area last Saturday. This anticipated more young WHITE IBIS appeared overnight Long Island with 4 spotted together up in Stony Brook last Sunday evening. By Monday 7 were present at the West Meadow Wetlands Preserve along Trustees Road which becomes a bike and walking road just beyond the entrance to West Meadow Beach. The IBIS, especially at higher tides, have been frequenting the section of marsh on the east side of the road between the beach parking area and the Ernst Conservation Center about a half mile south down the road. The IBIS sometimes perching in the marsh trees along that stretch. There is a parking fee here.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on the East Pond a MARBLED GODWIT was last reported last Sunday but 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continued at least to Wednesday with one today. Other shorebirds have featured a WILSON’S PHALAROPE today plus small numbers of STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Also BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE’S GULLS continue on the East Pond and there have been occasional sightings of GULL-BILLED and ROYAL TERNS with 3 GULL-BILLEDS and 2 WHIMBREL also out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday.

A white morph GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Wednesday and a CASPIAN TERN visited Croton Point Park Tuesday while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was identified at Orient Point last Saturday.

Among some landbird migrants this week have been a few OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Welwyn Preserve in Glen Cove today. Various warblers including WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON’S and single DICKCISSELS Sunday at Croton Point and Monday on Fire Island.

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

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

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 RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 12, 2022
* NYNY2208.12

– Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”)
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada 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, August 12th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, KING EIDER, MANX SHEARWATER, LARK SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Firstly, updates on our lingering rarities: BAR-TAILED GODWIT staying at Cupsogue Beach County Park was seen at least to Wednesday on the mudflats north of the parking lot. Remember, a fee is charged at this facility after 8:30am. The ANHINGA was still present Monday on Lake Tappan in Rockland County visiting the section of lake north of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road often seen perched in lakeside trees and the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was still in Newburgh, Orange County yesterday sitting on the offshore structures at the Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

Our latest rarity involves an immature WHITE IBIS found on Staten Island on Wednesday and present through today. The bird has been frequenting the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood which is just northeast of Great Kills Park. Given the number of WHITE IBIS just to our south in New Jersey and some vagrants showing up north of our area their post breeding dispersal could bring more individuals up to New York so keep an eye out.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to attract good numbers and variety of shorebirds to the East Pond these including two AMERICAN AVOCETS last weekend that stayed around the north end to Monday the day the first MARBLED GODWIT arrived. Since Monday one or two MARBLEDS as well as one or two HUDSONIAN GODWITS have all been visiting the East Pond usually around the north end but also appearing down at the south end especially after a visit by one of the hunting Peregrine Falcons. Multiple WILSON’S PHALAROPES have also been present at the bay either at the north or south end on the East Pond but with one or two also feeding around the southeast corner of the West Pond where good numbers of shorebirds and waterfowl have been gathering. Also at the bay the BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a BONAPARTE’S GULL have been staying around the East Pond usually below Dead Man’s Cove and other pond highlights have featured a flyover WHIMBREL and a GULL-BILLED TERN Wednesday and small numbers of such shorebirds as STILT, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.

The white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today and the Staten Island KING EIDER was still at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park on the west side of Great Kills Harbor yesterday with another at Orient Point Saturday.

A CRESLI whale boat out of Montauk on Wednesday counted 60 CORY’S, 200 GREAT, 1 MANX and 2 SOOTY SHEARWATERS.

Other shorebirds this week included an AMERICAN AVOCET at Mecox last weekend and another seen at Watch Hill on Fire Island on Saturday and a WHIMBREL at Timber Point today.

Last Monday 8 CASPIAN TERNS were at Piermont Pier with 2 more at Croton Point while a BLACK TERN was seen Wednesday at Governors Island along with a DICKCISSEL. Two LARK SPARROWS were spotted today at Watch Hill on Fire Island and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue around the Calverton Grasslands. Migrant warblers recently have included such regional breeders as WORM-EATING, BLUE-WINGED, HOODED, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE and CANADA. They’re on their way.

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
* Aug. 5, 2022
* NYNY2208.05

– Birds Mentioned

BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph)
Peregrine Falcon
LARK SPARROW
DICKCISSEL


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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 5, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, UPLAND SANDPIPER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and WILSON’S PHALAROPE, LARK SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, and more.

Three major rarities continue locally, including the BAR-TAILED GODWIT frequenting the mud flats north of the parking lot at Cupsogue Beach County Park since July 19th. The GODWIT usually visits the flats once the tide starts falling, but might move off for a while around dead low tide.  An entry fee is charged starting around 8:30 a.m.

The female-type ANHINGA was still present recently on Lake Tappan in Rockland County, usually seen perched on dead trees or fishing in the section of lake bordered by Convent Road on the south and Blauvelt Road on the north; both roads provide views of this section of the lake.

And north of there the adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues on the Hudson River in the Newburgh area of Orange County, usually around the pilings and structures off the private Global Oil Terminal off River Road, but at least once this week it crossed over to the Beacon side in Dutchess County near the Ferry Terminal there.

A LOGGERHEAD STRIKE last Tuesday hunted along the landfill all day at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, but, like the one that visited there back on June 17th, it did not reappear the following day. |

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge conditions remain excellent for shorebirds and other waders on the East Pond, but birders visiting the pond need to remember that these conditions were created for the shorebirds, and visitors there should stay as close as possible to the phragmites edge, keeping any disturbance to a minimum.  ThPEREGRINE FALCONS there are already pushing the birds around quite a bit. Telescopes and long lenses for cameras are highly recommended, and do not try to cross the north end of the pond due to treacherous mud conditions.

Last Sunday an AMERICAN AVOCET in nice plumage showed up on the West Pond at the Bay but by Wednesday had moved over to the East Pond, where last week’s HUDSONIAN GODWIT was joined by two others by Sunday. The north end also hosted two WILSON’S PHALAROPES on Sunday, with at least one to Thursday, and one GODWIT was still present today.  Among the other shorebirds there have been a RED KNOT, STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and other highlights have included a WHITE-FACED IBIS still present at least to last Saturday at the north end, single BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE’S GULLS lingering together towards the north end, a CASPIAN TERN Thursday and a small number of GULL-BILLED TERNS.

A second AMERICAN AVOCET visited Mecox Bay from Saturday to Tuesday, an UPLAND SANDPIPER migrated over Coney Island Creek Park last Sunday morning, and a few WHIMBRELS included three at Cupsogue today.

The white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still today around the creek or marsh south of Piermont Pier, where two WHIMBREL were seen Tuesday.

A LARK SPARROW was nicely photographed at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx last Saturday, and a DICKCISSEL was photographed Monday as it briefly stopped by the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn’s Marine 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.

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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 29, 2022
* NYNY2207.29

– Birds Mentioned

BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph)
Red-headed Woodpecker
BLUE GROSBEAK

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, July 29,
2022 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-HEADED GULL, KING EIDER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and WHIMBREL, MANX SHEARWATER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Some exceptional rarities continue in our area, including the BAR-TAILED GODWIT still frequenting the mudflats just north of the parking lot at Cupsogue Beach County Park.  These are best reached by walking west on the beach access road, then cutting over to the inlet beach near the RV camping lot and working along the water’s edge to the flats.  The GODWIT is usually not visible at higher tides but moves onto the flats as the water subsides.  Low tide will be very early or in the later afternoon this weekend, and there is a fee at this County Park, collected starting around 8:30 a.m.  Good numbers of WHIMBREL moving by Cupsogue this week included 15 last Sunday and at least 43 Monday, with more today.  A nice variety of shorebirds continues there, but be careful when walking on the mud flats.

The ANHINGA also remains on Lake Tappan in Orangeburg, Rockland County, usually on the section between Blauvelt Road on the north side and Convent Road on the south, often perching on bare trees along the east side of this section of the lake.

The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT is still visiting Newburgh, Orange County, often on the pilings and related structures around the private Global Oil Terminal off River Road, south of the Newburgh Ferry Terminal.
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Most of this week’s BROWN PELICANS were seen last Saturday, with one off Jones Beach, two off Fire Island and five on the bar at Shinnecock Inlet, these followed by two moving west past Robert Moses State Park Tuesday.

The excellent conditions on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge have been producing a nice variety of birds, many in good numbers.  Among the shorebirds, an HUDSONIAN GODWIT usually around the pond’s north end was joined by a second as of yesterday, and among the other unusual species have been WESTERN, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.  Other East Pond highlights have been a continuing adult WHITE-FACED IBIS, now in almost full non-breeding plumage, up at the north end, an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL also molting into winter plumage, a BONAPARTE’S GULL, and a few GULL-BILLED TERNS, with a CASPIAN TERN also last Sunday.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON has been present recently in Piermont, Rockland County, usually somewhere along Sparkill Creek off Ferdon Avenue south of the pier.

The drake KING EIDER, now in eclipse plumage, was relocated last Sunday at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park on the west side of Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island.

A CRESLI whale watching trip out of Montauk on Wednesday went about 17 miles southwest of the Point and encountered decent numbers of
SHEARWATERS, including 120 CORY’S, 380 GREAT, 8 SOOTY and 12 MANX as well as 60 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, a PARASITIC JAEGER and 3 PHALAROPES thought to be REDS.

Continuing out on Eastern Long Island are RED-HEADED WOODPECKER along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville and BLUE GROSBEAK at the former
Grumman Airport grasslands

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
* Jul. 22, 2022
* NYNY2207.22

– Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+ (Rockland County)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
BROWN PELICAN
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

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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, July 22nd 2022 at 11pm. Another vacation shortened report. The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and other Jamaica Bay specialties, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and more.

A large shorebird photographed in Moriches Inlet late Tuesday was identified as a BAR-TAILED GODWIT which has been obligingly present around the sand flats on the bay side of Cupsogue Beach County Park through today. The bird moves around, based on the tide conditions, between the bars that form along the inlet and further in to the more extensive flats as they appear. A WHIMBREL was among the other shorebirds present today. Note that there is an admission charge at Cupsogue between 8:30am and 6pm and be careful of attempting to negotiate the channels to the flats and watch the incoming tide.

Another great find this week was an ANHINGA spotted Wednesday on Lake Tappan in Orangeburg, Rockland County and still around today. The bird is sometimes seen perched on branches along the lake and sometimes in flight as it changes locations, occasionally soaring high as it does so. Roads from which it has been seen have especially included Convent Road which bisects the lake giving views both north and south.

The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was also still present today up in Newburgh, Orange County continuing to use the offshore pilings and related structures around the private Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

BROWN PELICAN sightings slowed down this week. The one Sunday was seen going east early off Breezy Point and later off Shinnecock Inlet.

The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge remains very productive. One or two WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen mostly at the north end during this week. Their plumage fading slowly as has been the head pattern of the long staying BLACK-HEADED GULL. It and the BONAPARTE’S GULLS still present today. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT in decent plumage found last Saturday was still lingering in the north end today, usually around Dead Man’s Cove. A good variety of shorebirds and up to 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS have also been frequenting the East Pond.

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

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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