Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 16, 2021
* NYNY2112.16

WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
Long-billed Dowitcher
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
CATTLE EGRET
RED CROSSBILL
Grasshopper Sparrow
LECONTE’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, LECONTE’S SPARROW, SANDHILL CRANE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The locations for WESTERN TANAGER in Manhattan increased by one today when one was found at Central Park’s north end, north of the 97th Street Transverse.  This joins a WESTERN TANAGER continuing today at Carl Schurz Park, often visiting the feeder area just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.  And earlier this week on Monday and Tuesday a WESTERN TANAGER was seen at Clinton Community Garden, a private park viewable from West 48th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

In Westchester a LECONTE’S SPARROW was still being seen at Croton Point Park Tuesday, with two noted on Monday, sightings recently only occurring rather early in the morning.

Also today in Westchester, a SANDHILL CRANE was reported by motorists on the ground near the intersection of the Taconic and Saw Mill River Parkways but was gone when they returned soon afterwards.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to roost on the Rye Brook pond off Bowman Avenue in southern Westchester, with another still visiting Rockland Lake State Park today.  Several CACKLING GOOSE reports included one still at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream today and three at Caumsett State Park Sunday.

Lingering single drake EURASIAN WIGEON were noted on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to Tuesday and on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay to today.

The drake KING EIDER was still being seen on the flats at Great Kills Park today, and HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue around the Jones inlet jetties.

A CATTLE EGRET was an interesting find at Jones Beach West End last Saturday, and up to six LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continued along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon early in the week.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was noted up to Tuesday at Randall’s Island, with one also on Tuesday inside Shinnecock Inlet, and single ICELAND GULLS included one on Prospect Park Lake Sunday, one in Sheepshead Bay to Monday, and one continuing around Randall’s Island through today.

A single RED CROSSBILL was a good find at Jones Beach West End last Sunday, as was a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW spotted at Randall’s Island last Saturday.  A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was photographed on Governors Island Tuesday, while another continues along the Hudson River Greenway in Manhattan along West Street south of Watts Street.

Several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS this week included birds at Inwood Hill Park and Union Square Park in Manhattan, at Brooklyn Bridge Park and at Brooklyn’s Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center, while Prospect Park added AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA and WILSON’S WARBLER.

At least one DICKCISSEL was still present Wednesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area feeders.

We wish you good fortune on the upcoming Christmas Bird Counts.

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.

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 10, 2021
* NYNY2112.10

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Wood Thrush
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Orange-crowned 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, December 10th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The GRAY KINGBIRD found November 29th at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and staying generally just north of Moonbeam Marina until Tuesday was relocated Wednesday farther south along the white trail out to Crooke’s Point but unfortunately has not been reported since though it could still be in the area. A drake KING EIDER at Great Kills does continue to visit the mudflat area there.

A HENSLOW’S SPARROW located in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday has remained in the same general area through today. The bird frequents low grasses near the intersection of Central and Oak Leaf Avenues. It’s uncharacteristic behavior is probably the result of its being compromised in some manner. Please give this bird sufficient space to subsist in and also respect the sanctity of the cemetery. Two LECONTE’S SPARROWS, first noted at Croton Point Park on December 2nd, were still present Wednesday but unlike the HENSLOW’S are very elusive with one or both only glimpsed very occasionally on top of the landfill and usually missed altogether.

A WESTERN TANAGER continues to visit the feeder area at Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park. The feeder is located just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was still being seen at least to Tuesday at the North Fork Preserve, the bird occasionally perching prominently in the preserve located north of Sound Avenue in Northville.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE on Short’s Pond off Scuttlehole Road in Bridgehampton on Monday may be the same one reported Thursday on the Wainscott pond. Remember, these areas are private so remain on the roadways.

Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE recently include one still roosting at the Rye Brook Pond off Bowman Avenue in southern Westchester and one at Rockland Lake State Park. Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on the Mill Pond in Oyster Bay and a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been along the jetties at Point Lookout recently.

A GLAUCOUS GULL has been roosting recently in the Point Lookout Town Park parking lot and today immatures were also spotted on Randall’s Island and at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island. Immature ICELAND GULLS recently have been reported on Prospect Park Lake yesterday, in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn all week and also just north of the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday.

Recent shorebird reports featured a WESTERN SANDPIPER on the beach at Point Lookout and 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at the traditional site on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen Wednesday and today along the Hudson River Greenway along West Street just south of Watts Street and another also on Manhattan at Bella Abzug Park along with a WOOD THRUSH and an OVENBIRD this park off West 34th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues. Two DICKCISSELS have been visiting the feeders lately at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area with another still at Inwood Hill Park last Sunday.

At least 8 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were spotted recently and other lingering warblers and various other passerines hopefully will still be around for the Christmas Counts.

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
* Dec. 3, 2021
* NYNY2112.03

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
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, December 3rd 2021 at 8pm. The highlights of today’s tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, DICKCISSEL and more.

A rather obliging GRAY KINGBIRD found last Monday at Great Kills Park on Staten Island was still present there today. It has been staying mostly in shrubby areas across from the Moonbeam Marina. So from Hylan Boulevard enter Great Kills on Buffalo Street and continue towards Crooke’s Point. Park near the Moonbeam Marina and search the vegetated areas across from the marina including near the bathhouse for the KINGBIRD. A drake KING EIDER also continues along the shore at Great Kills.

Last Sunday a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was found in a Canada Goose flock out in Bridgehampton in a field on the south side of Route 27 (Montauk Highway). On Monday the flock was with the PINK-FOOTED and relocated a little north of there on Short’s Pond on the western side of Scuttlehole Road but we have no further reports since Monday. This PINK-FOOTED follows one on Wappinger’s Lake in Dutchess County that departed last Saturday.

Two LECONTE’S SPARROWS were seen together on top of the landfill at Croton Point Park on Thursday morning with one reappearing there in the afternoon. This is the same area where a LECONTE’S was also present in early November.

A WESTERN TANAGER was still appearing in Carl Schurz Park in mid-Manhattan today visiting the feeder area located just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again yesterday and today at the North Fork Preserve which is north of Sound Avenue in Northville.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still present midday today on the pond adjacent to the Rye Ridge shopping center off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook and another was reported today on the lake at Rockland Lake State Park.

A few CACKLING GEESE include the one at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were continuing on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay on Patchogue Lake and additional drake KING EIDERS included one last weekend continuing on the Montauk Harbor Inlet and another Sunday at Shinnecock Inlet.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted last Saturday at Jones Beach West End followed by one Monday at Fort Tilden. Dwindling numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 4 Saturday at Robert Moses State Park lot 2 and an AMERICAN BITTERN was still around Prospect Park Lake last Saturday

A report of 6 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS moving by Robert Moses State Park this morning provide good encouragement of perhaps a good winter ahead.

Last Sunday single flyover LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted at both Randall’s Island and Breezy Point.

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen in Inwood Hill Park all week and Union Square Park Saturday and out at Montauk last weekend and late warblers featured AMERICAN REDSTART and WILSON’S in Prospect Park to Thursday.

Two DICKCISSELS have been visiting the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area recently through today with another lingering in Inwood Hill Park through last weekend.

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 26, 2021
* NYNY2111.26

WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
Blue-headed Vireo
NORTHERN SHRIKE
House Wren
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
American Redstart
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL


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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 26, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of tape are SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, TUNDRA SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, CATTLE EGRET, WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Very interesting Tuesday morning were a large number of SANDHILL CRANES reported moving over Rye in Westchester County, with 30 estimated over Read Sanctuary at Playland Park and even more over Marshlands Conservancy shortly thereafter; these birds were not observed farther down the coast, but additional CRANES were seen at local hawk watches on following days, with five over the Quaker Ridge site at the Audubon Center in northwest Greenwich Wednesday and then six over the Chestnut Ridge watch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford Thursday.

Also notable is a WESTERN TANAGER reported late this week at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan, this the same site where one visited this park’s feeders all last winter.  The feeders are located just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted again on Long Island, this one on Wednesday at the North Fork Preserve, north of Sound Avenue in Northville.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed at Plumb Beach on Wednesday.

Waterfowl, still on the increase locally, this week included two TUNDRA SWANS in flight along Bellport Bay yesterday.

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in the Rye area of lower Westchester has still been visiting the pond behind the Rye Ridge shopping center, though on somewhat of an irregular basis, apparently spending most of its time with CANADAS on local golf courses.

A few CACKLING GOOSE reports have included one at Randall’s Island yesterday and another back at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream as of today.

Last Sunday drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were still on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on Patchogue Lake, and a drake KING EIDER was again around the entrance to Lake Montauk.

A CATTLE EGRET was seen from Sunday at least to Wednesday near Route 51 in Eastport in fields off Eastport-Manor Road and Head of Neck Road, and an AMERICAN BITTERN was still around Prospect Park Lake at least to Wednesday.

At least three WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were noted yesterday during the morning flight at Robert Moses State Park.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was spotted Tuesday at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center, while VESPER SPARROWS included singles at Bayswater Park and Rockaway Beach in Queens last weekend and two at Croton Point Park in Westchester Wednesday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited City Hall Park in lower Manhattan Tuesday and Wednesday.

At least six ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were reported during the week, and various late lingering WARBLERS this week included BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and PRAIRIE plus both CANADA and WILSON’S in Prospect Park.

Other late species have included BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN and BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and a DICKCISSEL was still visiting Inwood Hill Park 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.

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 19, 2021
* NYNY2111.19

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Red Knot
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
GOLDEN EAGLE
Bald Eagle
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
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 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 19, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, GOLDEN EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED and GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL and more.

This somewhat less spectacular week than we’d been enjoying recently was highlighted by the discovery today of an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Bayswater Park in Queens.  This is the third record of this species in the last few years for this park, the entrance to which is located near the intersection of Bay 32nd Street and Dwight Avenue.

Another good find from today during a strong westward flight of gulls off Fort Tilden was an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL spotted moving down the coast.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continuing in the Rye area of lower Westchester is most frequently seen on a pond off Bowman Avenue just behind the Rye Ridge shopping center.  The geese roost on this pond often during mid-day before flying off to feed on one of several local golf courses.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON have been continuing recently both on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay, while another recurring individual was back as of today on West Lake in Patchogue.

A young male HARLEQUIN DUCK has been present around the Point Lookout jetties since Wednesday.

An immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still around the pilings off Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday, this spot also attracting a decent number of RED KNOTS recently.  A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was still along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon last Saturday.

Smaller numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS still remain along Long Island’s south shore, along with some continuing ROYAL TERNS, and three BLACK SKIMMERS were hanging on at Jones Beach West End
Wednesday.

Depending on wind and weather conditions, some large concentrations and movement of NORTHERN GANNETS have been taking place recently, mostly along Long Island’s south shore but with smaller numbers also occurring in western Long Island Sound.  More unusual, though, was an immature GANNET spotted early Tuesday morning moving south on the Hudson River past Beacon in Dutchess County, a quick shout out on the internet enabling birders to later watch it fly by Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan.

Recent strong winds also brought a GOLDEN EAGLE over northern Manhattan today, while 11 BALD EAGLES were counted over Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn Tuesday.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn Tuesday.

A calling LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Fort Tilden Sunday, while unusual SPARROWS this week included a CLAY-COLORED at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island Sunday, preceded by a VESPER SPARROW in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx Saturday; two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS on Long Island featured one Saturday at the East Farm Preserve in Head of the Harbor near Stony Brook and one further east on private property in Mattituck
Wednesday.

A lingering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER continued in Central Park on the west side of the Reservoir at least to yesterday, and among other late warblers were OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKPOLL and BLACK-THROATED BLUE plus a WILSON’S in Prospect Park up to Thursday.

A PINE SISKIN was in Central Park Tuesday, and a DICKCISSEL continued in Inwood Hill Park to last Saturday

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. 12, 2021
* NYNY2111.12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 5, 2021
* NYNY2111.05

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 29, 2021
* NYNY2110.29

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 29, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 22, 2021
* NYNY2110.22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October
22, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 15, 2021
* NYNY2110.15

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

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

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

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

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

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

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

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

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

A few CASPIAN TERNS continue along the coast.

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript