– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 16, 2022
* NYNY2209.16
– Birds mentioned
COMMON RINGED PLOVER+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EARED GREBE
Sora
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Great Blue Heron (white morph “Great White Heron”)
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
Clay-colored Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Connecticut Warbler
Summer Tanager
Dickcissel
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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, September 16th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, LARK SPARROW and much more.
But first, we very sadly report that, after a very courageous fight against an aggressive form of lung cancer this Friday morning, Shane Blodgett passed away. A good friend to many regional birders, his energy, his expertise and especially his companionship will be deeply missed.
Last Sunday afternoon on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge what was thought to be a COMMON RINGED PLOVER was carefully identified at the pond’s north end. A search for the PLOVER Monday was unsuccessful but the nice variety of birds there did include 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a SORA along the pond’s edge and up to 9 CASPIAN TERNS. An AMERICAN AVOCET showed up there as of Wednesday with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Friday and the long lingering BLACK-HEADED GULL also remains. Over on the West Pond an EARED GREBE was found last Sunday and has continued at least to Thursday.
The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT up in Newburgh, Orange County was still present yesterday around the Global Oil Terminal off River Road.
The immature WHITE IBIS on Staten Island was seen again last weekend in the marshes off River Road in the northwestern section of the island. That area on Sunday also provided a WESTERN KINGBIRD last seen near the Amazon fulfillment facility. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen today at Robert Moses State Park at the hawkwatch site just east of field 5.
A BROWN PELICAN was photographed Thursday a little southwest of Fisher’s Island and the white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Thursday.
Other notable shorebirds featured an AMERICAN AVOCET at Glenwood Landing in Nassau County last Saturday when a MARBLED GODWIT was found at Rockaway Beach with 2 MARBLEDS at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area Wednesday along with a SORA. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Croton Point Park on Tuesday and 5 GOLDENS flew by Moses Park today. An UPLAND SANDPIPER flew over restricted Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers Tuesday and a WHIMBREL was spotted at Rockaway Beach Thursday. Another SORA was found in Central Park’s north end today.
Several RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included Friday sightings of 3 moving by Moses Park plus singles at Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Fort Tilden.
In a major movement of hawks today at a Quaker Ridge hawk site in northwestern Greenwich just over the New York line counted 14,823 BROAD-WINGEDS among its total of over 15,100 raptors.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen last Friday evening and again Saturday morning at Croton Point Park.
Unusual sparrows this week included single LARK SPARROWS at Timber Point Golf Course in Great River last Sunday and at Moses Park field 2 today along with single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Prospect Park last Saturday and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park near Meadow Lake Wednesday.
This week’s migrants included several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday and among decent numbers of warblers were several CONNECTICUTS.
A SUMMER TANAGER was found Wednesday in Willowbrook Park on Staten Island and quite a few DICKCISSELS included 3 at Breezy Point Thursday while today provided 2 at Caumsett State Park and singles at Jones Beach West End, Moses Park and Fire Island.
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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