-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 9, 2021
* NYNY2107.09
– Birds Mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
Acadian Flycatcher
Worm-eating Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://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
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 9, 2021 at 10:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, BROWN PELICAN, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, ARCTIC and GULL-BILLED TERNS, various Shearwaters, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the East Pond continues to attract interesting birds, but, unfortunately, the adult PURPLE GALLINULE has not been seen there since last Saturday. However, the adult WHITE-FACED IBIS does continue to be seen, though now generally north of the Raunt on the east side of the pond, perhaps even up to the north end. Today an HUDSONIAN GODWIT in nice plumage was seen just north of the Raunt, also visible from the end of the Big John’s Pond path. A GULL-BILLED TERN has been visiting the East Pond occasionally during the week, and on Tuesday a MARBLED GODWIT was spotted in Joco Marsh east of the East Pond subway tracks by a kayaker.
An earlier HUDSONIAN GODWIT had also been reported last Sunday morning, this a flyby at Mother’s Beach out in Bellport.
An incursion of BROWN PELICANS commenced last Monday, when 9 were seen flying east over the ocean in the Zach’s Bay area of Jones Beach. On Tuesday and Wednesday 1 was also noted in Jones Inlet and on Wednesday at Nickerson Beach, and this all led up to today, when 5 were
initially seen flying west from Davis Park on central Fire Island, 4 of these shortly thereafter spotted off Robert Moses State Park on western Fire Island and then 4 hours later noted still moving southwest off Breezy Point. These won’t be the last to be seen along the south shore.
Out at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes an adult ARCTIC TERN was photographed on the mud flats Monday, with other birds there also including a briefly seen flock of 10 WHIMBREL and an AMERICAN BITTERN.
Last week’s WHITE-WINGED DOVE was still being noted Saturday at a private home out in Hampton Bays, with another or the same bird reported Monday in Huntington Station, these residential sites both areas with restricted access and information.
The tropical storm moving through our area this morning provided most of its oceanic activity well out on eastern Long Island, especially off Montauk Point, where totals from this morning’s sea watch included 80 CORY’S, 49 GREAT and 5 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 258 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and lots of ROSEATE TERNS. Much further west Robert Moses State Park only produced single GREAT and SOOTY SHEARWATERS and a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, though 8 WHIMBRELS were also noted passing by. A BLACK TERN was off Smith Point County Park today.
Last Monday a peak of 16 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS was present off Breezy Point, where 34 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted Thursday.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER remains in Prospect Park, and among some floaters this week were a couple of WORM-EATING WARBLERS in Central
Park.
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton Grasslands, and the three singing male DICKCISSELS on the landfill at Croton Point Park have happily attracted a female or two, so please remain on the main trail and do not disturb these birds in any manner.
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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