RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 7, 2022
* NYNY2210.07
– Birds mentioned
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER+
LEACH’S STORM-PETREL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Nighthawk
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Connecticut Warbler
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
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 7th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are LEACH’S STORM-PETREL, RED PHALAROPE, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-HEADED GULL and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The remnants of Hurricane Ian impacted our area for several days early in the week but apparently did not produce any tropical rarities though a few nice birds were seen as a result of the storm.
Out at Montauk Point Monday morning a LEACH’S STORM-PETREL was spotted moving close by the point this followed soon after by a RED PHALAROPE also moving out of Long Island Sound. Other highlights included 2 adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 2 CORY’S SHEARWATERS and 56 NORTHERN GANNETS. In western Long Island Sound a LEACH’S STORM-PETREL was identified Monday from Belden Point on City Island in the Bronx this site also producing a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE over the weekend with one or two KITTIWAKES also noted Monday from the Bronx and from Nassau County on the other side. A PARASITIC JAEGER also appeared off Playland in Rye on Saturday and Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island on Wednesday produced such seabirds as PARASITIC JAEGER, 7 CORY’S, 3 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS and 42 NORTHERN GANNETS plus 125 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a flyby BAIRD’S SANDPIPER.
Shorebirds featured an AMERICAN AVOCET present to today at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, an HUDSONIAN GODWIT there to Sunday, 3 MARBLED GODWITS present recently at Jones Beach West End and a WHIMBREL at East Moriches to Monday. On Wednesday an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Fort Tilden with 2 more at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach where over 30 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were counted. A BLACK-HEADED GULL seen again on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday and counts of ROYAL TERNS Wednesday included over 30 at Plumb Beach and 75 around Coney Island Pier.
A SORA was spotted in Central Park Wednesday and recent RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were in Green-wood Cemetery Thursday and at Moses Park today.
As a note, the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in Newburgh was last seen on Monday ending a great stay beginning with its first sighting back on May 28th while the white morph GREAT BLUE HERON was noted Tuesday at Piermont Pier.
Due to recent sustained poor weather some COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have been feeding actively even around midday.
The week’s most intriguing landbird was a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD present at Heckscher State Park in East Islip last Saturday and Sunday. An early LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew by Plumb Beach on Wednesday while notable sparrows featured 2 LARK SPARROWS at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and one at Pelham Bay Park over the weekend, one at Moses Park Thursday and another in Green-wood Cemetery today while CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have also been reported around Jones Beach West End and a few other sites. On Wednesday single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted on Randall’s Island and near Coney Island Pier while single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were noted on Wednesday at Randall’s Island and Green-wood Cemetery followed Thursday by one in Central Park and another at the Avalon Nature Preserve in Stony Brook. BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to be reported from various sites including as flybys and DICKCISSELS, with their notably distinctive flight call, have been identified at several locations.
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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