– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 11, 2023
* NYNY2308.11
– Birds mentioned
RED-NECKED GREBE
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
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
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 11th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN PELICAN, MARBLED GODWIT, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, RED-NECKED GREBE, GULL-BILLED TERN, MANX SHEARWATER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, fall warblers, DICKCISSEL and more.
Last Sunday morning up to six BROWN PELICANS were fishing for awhile in waters north of Breezy Point as viewed from Plumb and Manhattan Beaches but otherwise there have been no recent reports.
As the shorebird migration continues to build, a MARBLED GODWIT showed up on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park Thursday and was seen there again today. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week’s RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was still around the southeast corner of the West Pond last Saturday where it was joined by up to 4 WILSON’S PHALAROPES as well as good numbers of other shorebirds and two WHIMBREL were out in Jamaica Bay proper on Sunday. A harassing Peregrine Falcon was constantly putting up the birds causing major reshuffling both on the West and East Ponds. The East Pond is still dealing with higher than desired water levels but a decent number of birds have been gathering at the south end of the Raunt and there’s a few roosting sites up towards the north end. There’s some WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS among them. Two WILSON’S PHALAROPES were seen on the East Pond Saturday were likely part of a group pushed from the West Pond but the PHALAROPES have not been reported there recently. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was photographed today out at Mecox Inlet.
The summering RED-NECKED GREBE was still present Wednesday off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx where an off course PIPING PLOVER showed up last Tuesday.
A couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS have been around the West Pond area at Jamaica Bay recently occasionally visiting the East Pond and a few CASPIAN TERNS continue along the Hudson River including at Piermont Pier with one also at Heckscher State Park Monday. Also watch for increasing numbers of ROYAL TERN and one or two scattered ROSEATE TERNS along the southern beaches and inlets.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond last Saturday, this area off Schultz Road in Manorville. An immature LARK SPARROW showed up today along the north side of the parking lot on the west side of Shinnecock Inlet. On Thursday at Montauk Point a DICKCISSEL was recorded as it flew by and seen offshore were 30 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 1 MANX, 1 GREAT and 3 CORY’S SHEARWATERS.
Recent migrants have included both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a selection of roughly 2 dozen warblers including WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, MOURNING in Central Park and Green-wood Cemetery, HOODED, CAPE MAY, a CERULEAN in Prospect Park Saturday, MAGNOLIA, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CANADA and WILSON’S.
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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