– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 16, 2020
* NYNY2010.16
– Birds mentioned
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
EURASIAN WIGEON
Cackling Goose
AMERICAN BITTERN
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Lincoln’s Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Prairie Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Canada Warbler
American Pipit
– Transcript
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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 16th 2020 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are EURASIAN WIGEON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, AMERICAN BITTERN, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Among the decent variety of waterfowl at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was a report last Saturday of the continuing EURASIAN WIGEON on the East Pond where lingering shorebirds mentioned there this week included STILT, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. With the absence once again of any flocks of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS this fall at least single immatures have recently been lingering in the area with one at Randall’s Island since last Friday, still present today, and another found at Floyd Bennett Field on Wednesday seen again there today this possibly the one also noted at Plumb Beach on Wednesday. One also flew by Robert Moses State Park Monday morning.
The first CACKLING GOOSE of the season was reported from Marratooka Lake in Mattituck today. Single AMERICAN BITTERN were spotted at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday and at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore yesterday. Larger totals of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS featured 26 at Moses Park Monday and about 30 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley Wednesday the latter site also hosting 85 ROYAL TERNS. Wednesday was a good day for CASPIAN TERNS with 2 each at Jamaica Bay, Plumb Beach and Breezy Point and another out east at Sagg Pond.
Five LAPLAND LONGSPURS were also enjoying Smith Point County Park Wednesday with one still there today. A LARK SPARROW was identified at Davis Park on central Fire Island last Sunday while single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured one at Moses Park Saturday and another seen again Sunday at Read Sanctuary in Playland Park in Rye. VESPER SPARROWS were noted in Prospect Park Tuesday, Dyker Beach Park in Brooklyn Wednesday and at Floyd Bennett Field yesterday and today. NELSON’S SPARROWS are now appearing in decent numbers in regional coastal saltmarshes joining some lingering SALTMARSH SPARROWS there. As the NELSON’S are represented by both coastal and inland forms separation of species must usually be done with care.
In that regard a variety of thrushes continue moving through the region including the possibility of BICKNELL’S such as the bird closely studied at Moses Park last Saturday.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was photographed in Manhattan’s Battery Park last Saturday. Expectedly diminishing reports of CONNECTICUT WARBLERS included 2 on Sunday, 1 at the Hudson River Greenway in Manhattan and the other at Fire Island’s Davis Park. A decent continuing variety of other warblers did include TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, ORANGE-CROWNED, BLUE-WINGED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, HOODED, PRAIRIE, CANADA, WILSON’S and others.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was still in Central Park Wednesday with another spotted today at East Farm Preserve in Stony Brook. DICKCISSELS featured one at Read Sanctuary in Rye to Sunday, another flying by Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga Wednesday and one at Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal Piers Park yesterday..
Tons of PINE SISKINS continue to pass through and hopefully some will stay and other migrants have featured YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, some AMERICAN PIPITS and various sparrows including LINCOLN’S and WHITE-CROWNED.
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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