Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 8, 2021
* NYNY2110.08

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

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

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 8th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are VARIED THRUSH, BROWN BOOBY, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, KING EIDER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 1, 2021
* NYNY2110.01

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

American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Rusty Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 1,
2021 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 24, 2021
* NYNY2109.24

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

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Stilt Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 24, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 17, 2021
* NYNY2109.17

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 10, 2021
* NYNY2109.10
– Birds mentioned

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

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

– 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 10th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, SWAINSON’S HAWK, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LARK SPARROW, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 3, 2021
* NYNY2109.03

BRIDLED TERN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
Common Nighthawk
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
Red-headed Woodpecker
SEDGE WREN
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted 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, September 3, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, a belated pelagic BRIDLED TERN, a pelagic trip featuring AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER and RED-NECKED PHALOROPE, a nice selection of shorebirds including AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS and WILSON’S PHALAROPE, SEDGE WREN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKIRD, LARK SPARROW, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and more.

The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was still around the southwest corner of the pond last Sunday, but several more inches of rain dumped on the pond by Hurricane Ida have really set back the shorebird season there despite heroic efforts to keep the pond draining properly.

A pelagic voyage well south of Suffolk County aboard the ship Seas the Day on Friday August 27th provided nice photos of a BRIDLED TERN. Then on Monday observers aboard the whale boat the American Princess out near Hudson Canyon recorded 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 125 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY’S, 60 GREAT and 29 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS, plus a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT that circled the boat.  Also seen were 110 Short-Finned Pilot Whales, a Humpback Whale, and about 60 Common, 6 Risso’s and 30 Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins.  As a note, too, a Northern Right Whale was photographed off Nickerson Beach Saturday. Sea watching from Robert Moses State Park and Shinnecock Inlet last weekend also produced very small numbers of CORY’S, GREAT and MANX SHEARWATERS and WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS.

A good week for shorebirds featured an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Monday and Tuesday followed by 6 flying by Robert Moses State Park today.  Some BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS this week included 3 on the Stargazer fields along Route 51 in Centerport Sunday, 1 there Tuesday, and then 2 Tuesday and Thursday off Oregon Road just east of Depot Lane in Cutchogue.  These Oregon Road fields also provided counts of up to 5 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS today, and 4 were also reported flying by Robert Moses State Park today.

A MARBLED GODWIT at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach last Saturday was followed by 1 Monday and 2 Tuesday at Old Inlet, the cut west of Smith Point County Park, where an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was also present those two
days. Two more HUDSONIANS flew by Robert Moses State Park Wednesday. 104 ROYAL TERNS were also counted at Old Inlet on Monday.

Single WHIMBREL were seen at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday, Shinnecock Sunday and Plumb Beach Tuesday, and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited Heckscher State Park last Saturday.

A GULL-BILLED TERN was still at Jamaica Bay Sunday, and CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS were spotted at numerous locations after the storm. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are now migrating through.

Today RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at Central Park’s north end and in Astoria Park, Queens.

A female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was reported again Wednesday at Nickerson Beach, and 6 SEDGE WRENS were counted at Freshkills Park on Staten Island Monday.

Two immature LARK SPARROWS found Thursday along the edge of Field 2 at Robert Moses State Park were still present today and another was at Brooklyn Bridge Park, these following 1 at Croton Point Park Tuesday.

A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in Central Park yesterday was the highlight among the WARBLERS that this week also included WORM-EATING, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, HOODED and WILSON’S.

Single DICKCISSELS in Brooklyn Monday and at Crab Meadow Beach Tuesday were followed by 5 at Robert Moses State Park today.

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

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

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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 27, 2021
* NYNY2108.27

– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
SEDGE WREN
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
PROTHONOTARY 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, August 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are LONG-TAILED JAEGER, BROWN BOOBY, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, KING EIDER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, SEDGE WREN, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more.

Hopes were high, but Hurricane Henri surprisingly failed to produce any tropical surprises during its passage through our area last Sunday into Monday.  What it did do was alter the timing and routes of a few southbound species, most notably on Monday, when the best rarities appeared off Riis Park with the brief visit of a juvenile LONG-TAILED JAEGER photographed as it passed by and headed out to sea and a BROWN BOOBY moving west out on the ocean.  The biggest surprise, though, was the occurrence on Monday of several very substantial flocks of HUDSONIAN GODWITS – out at Orient Point birders spotted 6 separate flocks in the morning varying in size from 20 to 110 individuals, totaling 424 birds in all, and late morning at Robert Moses State Park a flock of 151 was videoed as it moved by.  Even taking into account some estimates and duplications, this represents by far the highest daily count ever for this species in New York.  Other flocks moving down the Connecticut coast would only add to this total, though only 2 birds were seen from Rye, the rest choosing unknown pathways south.

Also pushed south by Henri Monday were over 30 CASPIAN TERNS and several BLACK TERNS noted moving down the Hudson River, with a few of each also at coastal sites, while a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 1 or 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS also occurred along the coast.  Also notable on Monday were counts of 65 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Breezy Point and a very high 165 at Robert Moses State Park.

The hurricane unfortunately pretty well filled up the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still present today at the southwest corner of the pond. Prior to the storm, last Saturday shorebirds on the pond still featured 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPES along with STILT, PECTORAL and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS.

Highlights among the shorebirds this week have been a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach Thursday and only very early today, and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in the Pelham Bay Orchard Beach parking lot Wednesday through today, with another BAIRD’S plus PECTORAL, STILT and WESTERN SANDPIPERS today at the Brooklyn Golf Center off Flatbush Avenue across from Floyd Bennett Field.  A MARBLED GODWIT flew by Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited Heckscher State Park today.

Two KING EIDERS were still at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island Monday, and a BROWN PELICAN was reported off Moses Park last Saturday.

A SEDGE WREN was still at restricted Freshkills Park on Staten Island Saturday, and a female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found at Nickerson Beach Wednesday.  Single LARK SPARROWS were reported in Central Park’s north end Saturday and at Moses Park Tuesday, the latter site also recording a DICKCISSEL Tuesday.  PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted in Central Park Tuesday, and, belatedly, a SUMMER TANAGER was photographed in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery last Friday.

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

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

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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 20, 2021
* NYNY2108.20

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD+
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Pomarine Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
SEDGE WREN
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 20th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic research vessel findings including WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER plus BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPER, SEDGE WREN, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

A NOAA research vessel transecting through New York waters 150 miles or so out in the Atlantic early on Tuesday had the good fortune of spotting an adult WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD as it flew high above their boat and away. Other highlights in New York from transects on Tuesday and again today included 3 sightings of WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, one on Tuesday and 2 today, 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 2 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS today and combined totals of 7 LEACH’S and 15 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 22 CORY’S, 9 GREAT and 8 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS and 3 POMARINE JAEGERS.

Back on shore the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually at the Cove in the southwest corner of the pond. Also on the East Pond have been at least 2 continuing WILSON’S PHALAROPES while the 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES stayed for the shorebird festival last Saturday but then moved on. The East Pond does though continue to provide a good variety of shorebirds including STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, WESTERN SANDPIPER and an occasional LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER among the more numerous species. Visiting GULL-BILLED TERNS and BLACK TERNS and lots of waterfowl. A MARBLED GODWIT was still near Ruffel Bar out at Jamaica Bay to Monday and yesterday 7 BROWN PELICANS showed up in the bay to out into Jamaica Bay as well.

Other BROWN PELICANS during the week included 2 off Cupsogue County Park last Saturday and 4 off Huguenot Beach on Staten Island Sunday. Cupsogue also hosted a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBRELS last Saturday while single MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL visited Mecox Sunday. Two more WHIMBRELS were seen at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday along with 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS.

On Staten Island, at restricted Freshkills Park, notable sightings included an UPLAND SANDPIPER Saturday along with 2 SEDGE WRENS and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS with 4 SEDGE WRENS counted there Wednesday.

CASPIAN TERNS featured a couple at Croton Point Park Monday with one there yesterday this only increasing coastal numbers of ROYAL TERNS included up to 4 at Plumb Beach.

Also on Staten Island 2 immature male KING EIDERS continue along the shore between Great Kills Park and Wolfe’s Pond Park while another young male was seen Wednesday around Montauk Harbor Inlet from the Cresli Whale Watching boat which also recorded 11 CORY’S SHEARWATERS and 25 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Central Park since the 11th was still around the Ramble today. Among the other warbler migrants this week, most still in rather low numbers, were a MOURNING or two in Central Park plus species such as WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON’S and HOODED while other migrants included YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN and CLIFF SWALLOW.

Besides the DICKCISSELS now feeding young at Croton Point Park another was spotted Sunday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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. 13, 2021
* NYNY2108.13

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
WOOD STORK+
BROWN BOOBY+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
Sora
American Avocet (Dutchess County)
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Olive-sided Flycatcher
SEDGE WREN
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie 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, August 13th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WOOD STORK, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, offshore pelagic species including BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER, BROWN BOOBY, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, SEDGE WREN, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

We start with two updates. The Cold Spring Harbor ROSEATE SPOONBILL was last seen early [last] Saturday morning flying north out of the harbor. It may be the individual showing up later in Connecticut while the Staten Island WOOD STORK was unfortunately found dead Monday afternoon having apparently choked on a 3 foot piece of plastic foam.

A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK reappeared Monday on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continuing there through today in the cove at the southwest corner of the pond. Good numbers and varieties of shorebirds still continue on the East Pond including 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 2-3 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, they have been recently hanging around the south end. Other shorebirds included decent numbers of STILT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, an occasional PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPER and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER among the more uncommon species. The pond has also produced SORA, LEAST BITTERN, ROYAL TERN and a few GULL-BILLED TERNS. More GULL-BILLEDS plus MARBLED GODWIT and up to 6 WHIMBREL have been present in the bay west of the West Pond seen mostly from boats. Another MARBLED GODWIT was on the flats at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes yesterday.

Two BROWN PELICANS were seen today moving east off Fire Island near Smith Point County Park in Shirley.

Two NOAA research vessels, apparently cruising Atlantic waters well offshore during the week in New York waters, encountered 2 BROWN BOOBIES last Sunday south of Suffolk County as well as a BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and 5 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS today, another 5 AUDUBON’S last Sunday and GREAT SHEARWATER today and some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS. A few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS have also been seen recently off Breezy Point and also from the Coney Island Pier.

Two male KING EIDER were still present off Staten Island and usually seen between Great Kills Park and Wolfe’s Pond Park.

Twelve LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted today at Breezy Point and single CASPIAN TERNS were spotted this week at Plumb Beach, Southold, Fire Island and Croton Point Park.

Researchers at currently closed Freshkills Park on Staten Island on Thursday reported a couple of SEDGE WRENS and a singing HENSLOW’S SPARROW.

An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER visited Central Park last Sunday and the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER appearing Wednesday at Turtle Pond in Central Park was still present there today.

Among the other warblers seen this week were WORM-EATING, BLUE-WINGED, TENNESSEE, HOODED, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE, CANADA and WILSON’S.

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton Grasslands as do the DICKCISSELS breeding at Croton Point Park. Please continue to respect the needs of these birds and do not disturb them in any way.

Some interesting slightly extralimital birds seen last Wednesday were an AMERICAN AVOCET at the Beacon Waterfront in Dutchess County and a BROWN BOOBY at Kingston in Ulster County.

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. 6, 2021
* NYNY2108.06

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WOOD STORK+
BROWN BOOBY+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

WHIMBREL
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Gull-billed Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
Olive-sided Flycatcher
LARK SPARROW
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Blackburnian 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, August 6, 2021 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WOOD STORK, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, WHIMBREL, LARK SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

This nice list of rarities this week still features the immature ROSEATE SPOONBILL continuing around Cold Spring Harbor.  Look for the SPOONBILL along the shore of the inner reaches of the harbor, a little north of Rte. 25A, where parking can be found along Harbor Road, or check St. John’s Pond just south of 25A, where there is a platform to view the pond next to a parking lot by St. John’s Church and the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery. This bird moves around for feeding and roosting purposes.

A WOOD STORK was found on Staten Island last Saturday and was still present today in the Bloomfield section of northwestern Staten Island. Today’s location was a pond in Matrix Global Logistics Park as approached from Gulf Avenue, just south of 5th Street and east of Chelsea Avenue.  This bird may require some searching in that area around the Amazon complex.

The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually around the cove at the southwestern corner of the East Pond, though apparently spending the night at the north end.

Also at the Bay, a WILSON’S PHALAROPE appeared on the East Pond at the north end Tuesday, numbers increasing to at least 3 by today, and these were joined at the north end by a couple of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, also still present today, one or more of the PHALAROPES also occasionally visiting the south end.  Other shorebirds on the East Pond this week have featured WESTERN, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS, plus a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER today.  Up to 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS have been visiting the East Pond, and out in Jamaica Bay west of the West Pond 5 WHIMBRELS were present on an island last Sunday.

On Thursday, a passenger on the Staten Island Ferry spotted an adult BROWN BOOBY flying by, and this was followed by an adult seen today from a NOAA research vessel south of Fire Island.

A BROWN PELICAN off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning was presumably the same one moving west off Tobay shortly thereafter.

An adult male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD visited a feeder at a private home in East Quogue yesterday, so keep an eye out.

Up to 4 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS were seen today off the Coney Island pier in Brooklyn.

An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was photographed in Pelham Bay Park last Saturday, when an adult LARK SPARROW was also seen on the landfill at Croton Point Park.

Migrant WARBLERS noted this week included WORM-EATING, OVENBIRD, LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, BLACK-AND-WHITE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLUE-WINGED and BLACKBURNIAN.

BLUE GROSBEAKS, including young, remain around the Calverton grasslands, and young DICKCISSELS has also been confirmed at Croton Point Park.

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

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

– End transcript