– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 6, 2023
* NYNY2310.06
– Birds mentioned
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Prothonotary Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
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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: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 6th, 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN PELICAN, WESTERN KINGBIRD, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, MANX SHEARWATER, and other pelagics, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The long-staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park as viewed from Everit Avenue was still present at least to Tuesday with parking available at Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.
An interesting late incursion of BROWN PELICANS took place last Sunday when birders at Breezy Point spotted small flocks of mostly immatures heading east on the ocean. The total of 39 birds was duplicated a little later with 40 birds counted off Fort Tilden. On Monday 7 PELICANS were seen passing by central Fire Island and Tuesday produced 3 moving west off Cupsogue County Park but there have been no subsequent reports.
A nice fall specialty was a WESTERN KINGBIRD reported briefly last Tuesday at Great Kills Park on Staten Island.
Last week’s large gathering of MARBLED GODWITS in Jones Inlet continued into the week with up to 16 still present Monday and at least 8 to Wednesday. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was also noted accompanying them on Monday. The GODWITS first appear on the bar off the West End Coast Guard Station as the tide drops and they soon head out to the bar across the inlet especially if there is disruptive activity on the adjacent shoreline. Another HUDSONIAN GODWIT was still present at least to Tuesday around field 8 at Heckscher State Park. Five WHIMBREL were noted the past few days at Davis Park out on Fire Island with singles at Plumb Beach yesterday and at Staten Island’s Miller Field and out in East Hampton last Saturday. Last Saturday 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were still at the sod fields off Route 51 just east of Route 111 in Eastport and that day another was on the Riverhead sod fields along with 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS. Saturday also produced a GOLDEN-PLOVER at Fort Tilden while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER visited Breezy Point yesterday.
Last Sunday seawatches off Robert Moses State Park field 2 tallied single MANX and SOOTY SHEARWATERS in the afternoon plus a few CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS and some active PARASITIC JAEGERS.
Montauk Point Saturday produced larger numbers of CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS while PARASITIC JAEGER was also seen off Fort Tilden and Breezy Point last weekend.
One or two BLACK TERNS were off Breezy Point during the week and a few CASPIAN TERNS were scattered along the coast.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found in Central Park’s north end yesterday with single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted to Thursday in Green-wood Cemetery and in Central Park today with 2 in Bushwick Inlet Park in Brooklyn Wednesday. On Monday YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were uncovered in Massapequa Preserve and at Sunken Meadow State Park the latter also present Tuesday and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was still at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket to Sunday.
A SUMMER TANAGER was photographed off the boardwalk at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday and BLUE GROSBEAKS occurred on Governors Island Sunday, Pelham Bay Monday and off Route 120 along the edge of the Westchester County Airport Thursday and today. Several DICKCISSELS were noted including 2 each at Coney Island Creek and Breezy Point on Sunday and a few PINE SISKINS have occurred recently.
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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