-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 02, 2022
* NYNY2209.02
– Birds Mentioned
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
CRESTED CARACARA+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Tern
BROWN PELICAN
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
DICKCISSEL
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://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
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 2, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are CRESTED CARACARA, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more.
This Friday morning a CRESTED CARACARA stunned two observers out in Montauk as it cruised by them along the bluffs at Camp Hero, sat briefly and then continued on in an easterly direction. The bird was not relocated, but if a long over-water flight was not to its liking, the CARACARA could certainly still be in the Montauk area.
The long staying ANHINGA was still visiting Lake Tappan in Rockland County on Wednesday, usually on the stretch of lake between Convent Road on the south and Blauvelt Road to the north, and the Newburgh NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was yesterday still roosting on pilings off the Global Oil Terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.
The immature WHITE IBIS on Staten Island was last reported Tuesday in the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood, while another paid a brief visit to the Dobbs Ferry waterfront in Westchester County on Monday afternoon, but at least two immatures were still visiting the marsh at the West Meadows Wetlands Preserve in Stony Brook yesterday. This site is accessed from Trustees Road. Walk down this road to the Ernst Conservation Center for good views of the marsh and surrounding roosting trees.
Six BROWN PELICANS were reported Sunday from Moriches Bay, with one off Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton Monday afternoon, and an AMERICAN AVOCET was spotted in Cold Spring Harbor Thursday. A few adult AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS this week included one on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Wednesday and flybys on Thursday of two at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach and another at Randall’s Island.
Both BUFF-BREASTED and UPLAND SANDPIPERS were reported from the Eastport sod fields east of Route 51 and just north of Route 111 late in the week; other BUFFIES Thursday and Friday included one or two at Mecox and another at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton, where birds seen Friday also included a WHIMBREL, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, an offshore PARASITIC JAEGER, 28 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and two BLACK TERNS.
Other UPLAND SANDPIPERS were heard over Crab Meadow Beach and Sag Harbor on Thursday, while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER visited Plumb Beach Thursday, and one or two have been present along the Ossining waterfront through today, the latter feeding on rocks next to the Hudson River adjacent to the train station.
Shorebirds on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge recently have featured two HUDSONIAN GODWITS and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE at least to Wednesday, plus a continuing good variety.
Notable passerines this week have included a LARK SPARROW in Central Park’s north end Sunday to Wednesday and single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS today at Conference House Park on Staten Island and in Hampton Bays.
Among this week’s WARBLERS, a PROTHONOTARY was found yesterday at Terrell River County Park in East Moriches, and a CONNECTICUT was reported Saturday in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, while single GOLDEN-WINGEDS occurred in Sound View Dunes Park in Southold Sunday and Connetquot River State Park Monday. A SUMMER TANAGER was noted in Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve Friday, and a DICKCISSEL flew by Robert Moses Park Thursday.
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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