– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 17, 2020
* NYNY2007.17
– Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
BROWN PELICAN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
WESTERN SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Cattle Egret
Short-billed Dowitcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
WHIMBREL
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Louisiana Waterthrush
– 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, July 17th 2020 at 9pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, WHIMBREL, WESTERN SANDPIPER and WESTERN KINGBIRD. This tape shortened due to vacation constraints.
Tropical Storm Fay last Friday brought some exciting birds to the south shore of Long Island. Received too late for last week’s tape for Friday’s sightings of an immature BROWN BOOBY and 52 GREAT SHEARWATERS off Jacob Riis Park. A few reports of GREAT and CORY’S SHEARWATERS offshore Saturday included an interesting GREAT on the Hudson River off Riverside Park in northern Manhattan. Some BROWN PELICANS were also noted early in the week off Staten Island and Breezy Point.
The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen again last Saturday at the Captree Island marsh.
Great news about the valve at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge finally getting unclogged. So hopefully many of the shorebirds now coming through can stop off there soon.
Highlights at Cupsogue on Monday featured 2 WHIMBREL, hundreds of SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 46 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 8 WESTERN SANDPIPERS with up to 14 WESTERNS counted there Tuesday. Staten Island produced a WHIMBREL Saturday and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER on Monday as well as a CATTLE EGRET on Tuesday.
Two CASPIAN TERNS were observed Sunday at Croton Point in Westchester County with one again on Tuesday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain near the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.
Certainly the surprise landbird of the week was a WESTERN KINGBIRD reported flying east on Saturday by Robert Moses State Park field 2 and notable also was an early LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH spotted Wednesday at Camp Hero in Montauk.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
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