– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 4, 2022
* NYNY2211.04
– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
TUNDRA SWAN
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Great Blue Heron
Golden Eagle
Red-headed Woodpecker
Vesper Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
– Transcript
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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, November 4th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, BROWN BOOBY, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The quite elusive MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville was not reported all week until it was spotted this morning at its only known haunt along Ketcham’s Creek Freshwater Wetland. It appeared along the west side of the creek just south of the culvert off Lake Drive a little north of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. The duck disappeared into heavy vegetation on the creek’s west side. The sight lines here further hampered by a thick set of reeds lining the lake drive side. So it seems both patience and luck are required.
Last Saturday a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found along Oak Beach Road and photographed feasting on Juniper berries for much of the day but extensive searches for it on Sunday and subsequent days were unsuccessful.
A subadult BROWN BOOBY, perhaps a lingering bird, was spotted last Sunday and still present today actively patrolling [the] bay off the northwest shore of Staten Island. The bird has been viewed from Staten Island by looking north into the bay from the area where Northfield Avenue ends at Richmond Terrace. Whether the bird itself has been spending its time in New York or New Jersey waters doesn’t seem to have been adequately addressed.
Three SANDHILL CRANES flying over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch last Saturday comprised one of a few sightings of overhead cranes in that region recently. Chestnut Ridge is at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, Westchester County and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were among the raptors passing by there today.
In Tuesday’s fog 4 TUNDRA SWANS considered dropping in on Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers but instead passed close overhead and continued on.
In Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the long staying BLACK-HEADED GULL was still on the East Pond Wednesday along with 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS. A variety of waterfowl there continues to increase while the diminishing number of shorebirds this week did include STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. A group of MARBLED GODWITS lingering at Jones Beach West End did include 3 Wednesday seen on the bar across the inlet north of the Coast Guard Station and a WHIMBREL was spotted there last Saturday with good numbers of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, FORSTER’S TERNS and BLACK SKIMMERS also continuing there. Another WHIMBREL was at Tiana Beach off Dune Road Wednesday a day a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was spotted in Amityville Creek.
A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today. A SORA was photographed in Prospect Park today. Both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen on Governors Island on Thursday, good numbers of ROYAL TERNS continue and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Central Park to yesterday. A decent variety of late warblers did include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS. A VESPER SPARROW visited Prospect Park last Sunday and a BLUE GROSBEAK was photographed at Breezy Point the day before. A few DICKCISSELS were noted along the coast and 2 were also present today at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.
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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