-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 22, 2021
* NYNY2110.22
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON (WHITE MORPH)
CATTLE EGRET
WESTERN KINGBIRD
European Starling
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned 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, October
22, 2021 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, SAY’S
PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE,
CATTLE EGRET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A NOAA research vessel cruising offshore waters last Saturday
encountered a somewhat late WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL well south of
Westhampton, a return trip Thursday noting four WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS.
The SAY’S PHOEBE found at Caumsett State Park on October 14th was
still present today, continuing around the same corral fencing between
the parking area and the tree line on the north side of the fields
there.
The first WESTERN KINGBIRD of the fall season was reported Tuesday
flying by the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island.
The female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was still present today in the
Point Lookout area, usually found with mostly BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS
and some EUROPEAN STARLINGS around the campground area at Nickerson
Beach, but it has also been seen ranging east along Lido Boulevard
towards the Point Lookout community. Patience and perseverance are
often needed when looking for this bird.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find last Saturday at the Oceanside
Marine Nature Study Area, where a CATTLE EGRET was also reported on
Wednesday.
The GREAT “WHITE” HERON remains at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye,
usually feeding in the cove on the west side of the causeway out to
Marie’s Neck, but at higher tides moving to roost in the marsh around
the island to the east of the causeway.
A sea watch from Robert Moses State Park Field 2 last Saturday morning
netted a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE as well as single GREAT and CORY’S
SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also
seen Saturday afternoon harassing LAUGHING GULLS off Jones Beach Field
6.
Among the shorebirds, an immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still
being seen to Tuesday on the pilings at Floyd Bennett Field. Two
HUDSONIAN GODWITS visited the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, while at Jones Beach West End three
MARBLED GODWITS visited the bar off the Coast Guard Station from last
Saturday through Wednesday, with two there today, and a WHIMBREL was
also reported there on Saturday. Up to two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were noted during the week along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.
Still scattered along the coast, four LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were
also at Coney Island Beach today.
Last Saturday CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Jamaica Bay, Point Lookout
and Mecox, while ROYAL TERNS are still well represented along the
coast.
Waterfowl numbers are currently on the rise, and a CACKLING GOOSE was
spotted in an overhead CANADA GOOSE flock last Monday over Mount
Loretto Unique Area.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Jones Beach West End last Tuesday,
and another was at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday and today, while
VESPER SPARROWS have been seen at several sites recently.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Moses Park Sunday, while a number
of later migrating WARBLERS have also featured a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS
lately.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was still out in Orient Sunday, and a few DICKCISSELS
included two at Moses Park Saturday and one at Jones Beach West End
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