-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 27, 2023
* NYNY2310.27
– Birds Mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
MARBLED GODWIT
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow|
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
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 27, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, PURPLE GALLINULE, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.
Last week’s NORTHERN WHEATEAR at Croton Point Park was unfortunately not seen after Saturday, but some other great birds have been around.
The immature PURPLE GALLINULE on Prospect Park Lake continues its presence near the Peninsula or nearby Music Island, and a second young PURPLE GALLINULE found Wednesday at Rockland Lake State Park was also still present today around the north end of the lake.
Also in Prospect Park, a HENSLOW’S SPARROW was found today in the grasses around Ballfield 4 along with a couple of VESPER SPARROWS.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found last Saturday spent the week in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, and another was reported from Central Park’s north end on Wednesday, while a WESTERN KINGBIRD was present from Monday through Wednesday around the ball fields at 27 Straight Path in Southampton, eluding detection since then.
A BROWN BOOBY, present for a while now off Bayonne, has been visible on its New Jersey roost near Robbins Reef Lighthouse or moving around the adjacent waters either from Veteran’s Memorial Pier in Brooklyn or from the 9/11 Memorial on northern Staten Island .
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, as our bird is now called, was spotted today on the lawn at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island .
A nice flock of up to 17 MARBLED GODWITS was still around Jones Beach West End today, flying onto the outer bar across from the Coast Guard Station as the tide was dropping.
An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted last Sunday at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach, where three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were noted Monday to Wednesday, with two still there Thursday, and another HUDSONIAN was reported at Freshkills Park on Staten Island yesterday.
A SHORT-EARED OWL was a nice find on Governors Island last Sunday.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Croton Point Park today near the airplane field, and another was still along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond in Manorville last weekend.
A LARK SPARROW visited Freshkills Park last Saturday, with another reported from Green-Wood Cemetery today, and single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were spotted last Monday in Green-Wood and at Jones Beach West End.
On Wednesday two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were noted at Freshkills Park, with another at Bush Terminal Piers Park.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT remained in Central Park at least to yesterday, and one was found in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park today, while quite low numbers of several WARBLER species continue to move through, including some ORANGE-CROWNEDS.
DICKCISSELS are still occurring overhead during morning flights, as are some PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES, as the season moves on.
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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