-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 20, 2023
* NYNY2310.20
– Birds Mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Common Raven
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s 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
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 20, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, PURPLE GALLINULE, EARED GREBE, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED GODWIT, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Thursday morning a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was spotted along a trail around the landfill at Croton Point Park in Westchester, and it remained near that same location at least through mid-day today despite occasional heavy rain. The site is just off the southeast corner of the main trail around the landfill along a rocky culvert just before the trail turns to the north back towards the entrance road. The Park does request that visitors stay on the trails and do not enter the restored grasslands.
An immature PURPLE GALLINULE was found last Sunday around Prospect Park Lake and has continued there through today. Though sometimes rather elusive, the GALLINULE has been seen regularly around the Peninsula or near Music Island.
Last Saturday morning an EARED GREBE was identified in Jones Inlet as viewed from the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station area, the bird drifting towards the outer inlet. It has not been reported there since but could easily still be in that area.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was reported Wednesday on Smith Pond, located just north of Route 27 in Rockville Centre. Many species of wintering waterfowl have been arriving recently, including reports of CACKLING and SNOW GEESE.
Some lingering shorebirds have featured up to six MARBLED GODWITS still visiting the Jones Beach West End sand bar off the Coast Guard Station last Saturday, with at least two noted there Wednesday. A WHIMBREL was spotted at Fort Tilden Sunday, as were a SHORT-EARED OWL migrating overhead and a PARASITIC JAEGER chasing Terns on the ocean.
A few ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS have been seen this past week at inland hawk watches, and one was spotted Tuesday moving back north over Jones Beach West End, with three COMMON RAVENS in pursuit.
And immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was moving by Robert Moses State Park last Monday, with one also seen in Green-Wood Cemetery Monday and Tuesday.
A few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS this week featured singles at Rockaway Beach Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery Saturday to Monday, the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center and Jones Beach West End Monday, and Randall’s Island Tuesday and Wednesday, while GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found at Caumsett State Park Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery Monday.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in Central Park Sunday through today, with two reported Thursday. Among the many species of WARBLER still being seen, a CONNECTICUT was photographed in Prospect Park last Sunday and several ORANGE-CROWNEDS are occurring, along with such late species as TENNESSEE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE and WILSON’S.
Single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Randall’s Island and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center to Tuesday, and several DICKCISSELS included birds noted Thursday at Randall’s Island, in Green-Wood Cemetery to Thursday, and at Sunken Meadow State Park last Monday.
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
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