-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 21, 2022
* NYNY2210.21
– Birds Mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
BERMUDA PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
Great Blue Heron (White form)
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
SEDGE WREN
Lapland Longspur
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Western/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 21, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are BERMUDA PETREL and pelagic trip results including BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER, the returning MOTTLED DUCK, SEDGE WREN, AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Fortunately for New York, after two prior weather postponements, the pelagic trip aboard the American Princess departed Brooklyn last Sunday evening and by dawn Monday was out at Hudson Canyon. Despite poor weather, the day turned glorious when a BERMUDA PETREL appeared near the boat and spent about 3 minutes circling close by, permitting some excellent photography. Also known as a CAHOW and once on the verge of extinction, this sighting is a first for New York State, pending NYSARC acceptance. Also spotted on the trip were 31 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS, 1 AUDUBON’S, 16 CORY’S and 424 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 7 POMARINE and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LEACH’S and 31 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 4 NORTHERN GANNETS and 14 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
The drake MOTTLED DUCK, present for much of April in Amityville, was spotted on Tuesday back at the same location as previously and seen there to Thursday but apparently not today. The site is the Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland, and the bird has favored the stretch of Ketchum’s Creek on the west side of Lake Drive in the vicinity of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. Please respect the rights of the local homeowners when visiting there.
A SEDGE WREN was discovered last Saturday at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport and seen again Sunday but not since.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an AMERICAN AVOCET was still hanging around the north end of the East Pond at least to Tuesday. Other birds there this week featured an HUDSONIAN GODWIT and three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS Saturday, plus the adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, SORA and such shorebirds as PECTORAL, STILT and WHITE- RUMPED SANDPIPERS, among others.
Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon Thursday, and a large group of 85 ROYAL TERNS was counted at Coney Island Beach Tuesday.
The Rockland County white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier today, and a CATTLE EGRET flew over Pelham Bay Park Wednesday
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park on Tuesday.
A LARK SPARROW was still being seen at Jones Beach West End today, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported at Jamaica Bay Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to Tuesday, which was the last day for the GRASSHOPPER SPARROW in Central Park. Some VESPER SPARROWS included four in Prospect Park Thursday, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was noted at the Breezy Point tip last Saturday.
At least five YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred during the week, including on Staten Island, at Brooklyn Bridge Park and out in Quogue.
An interesting TANAGER in Green-Wood Cemetery recently has birders bouncing between SUMMER and WESTERN and needs more investigative analysis, though tertial markings might point to the latter.
A BLUE GROSBEAK remained at Sunken Meadow State Park through last weekend, and other reports came from Jacob Riis Park Sunday, and on Thursday from the Javits Center in lower Manhattan and from Green-Wood Cemetery.
Several DICKCISSELS during the week included birds at Inwood Hill Park and Breezy Point Saturday, Coney Island Creek Sunday, Crab Meadow Monday and Sunken Meadow 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
