RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 13, 2023
* NYNY2310.13
– Birds mentioned
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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 13th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The long staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL, visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park, has not been reported since Sunday and it seems likely that a bird flying east over Flax Pond in Oldfield Monday morning was presumably the same bird. There have been no subsequent reports.
This week’s only BROWN PELICAN report was moving southwest off Coney Island Pier last Sunday and another brief sighting mentioned two AMERICAN AVOCETS on the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Wednesday morning.
Separate WESTERN KINGBIRDS on Wednesday included one on Governors Island and another in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn; this one first spotted last Sunday.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON found on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday was still around the southwest corner of the pond Wednesday.
Shorebird numbers have been dropping off recently but up to 11 MARBLED GODWITS were still around Jones Inlet Tuesday with 6 still visiting the Coast Guard bar today and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Breezy Point last Saturday as was an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER while one or two WHIMBREL were noted at a few sites on eastern Long Island last weekend.
Last Saturday a GREAT SHEARWATER was reported off Riis Park and a CORY’S SHEARWATER off Fort Tilden and single PARASITIC JAEGERS were off Riis and Breezy Point Saturday with another off Fort Tilden Monday. A CASPIAN TERN visited Floyd Bennett Field Sunday.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS on Monday were still along Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, this site off Schultz Road.
Some PINE SISKINS have been appearing lately mostly as overhead migrants.
LARK SPARROWS this week were noted at Green-wood Cemetery mid-week, Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Thursday and Randall’s Island and Robert Moses State Park today while a few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included singles in Central Park last Saturday, Randall’s Island Tuesday, Jones Beach West End Wednesday, Carl Schurz Park at 87th Street and East End Avenue in Manhattan Thursday and in Green-wood Cemetery today. Single VESPER SPARROWS were on Governors Island Wednesday and Randall’s Island today and NELSON’S SPARROWS are appearing now in many saltmarshes.
Some YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS lately have included singles in Green-wood Cemetery to Tuesday and Rockefeller Preserve State Park and in Manhasset Wednesday and at Croton Point Park and Moses Park today.
A male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was a good find in Manhasset last Sunday and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER was walking around Jones Beach West End Monday. Other warblers have included a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS plus late HOODED, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY, BLACKBURNIAN and WILSON’S.
Single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Governors Island Sunday to Wednesday and Green-wood Cemetery Thursday and today while several DICKCISSELS included birds at Governors Island and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue on Wednesday and at Green-wood Cemetery and Moses 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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