– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 22, 2023
* NYNY2309.22
– Birds mentioned
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
BELL’S VIREO+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Golden-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, September 22nd 2023 at 9pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BELL’S VIREO, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, the continuing slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was still visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park today, usually visible from Everit Avenue. Nearby parking is available at Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.
A BELL’S VIREO was identified from photos taken last Saturday at Welwyn Preserve in Glen Cove. This quite bright individual could not subsequently be relocated.
A female type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen briefly near the Ponquogue Bridge west of Shinnecock Inlet last Tuesday but quickly disappeared.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues along the Hudson River in the Newburgh area occasionally crossing over to the Beacon waterfront but more often seen near the Newburgh ferry dock or south of there near the Global Oil terminal along River Road.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was still visiting the sod fields along Route 51 out in Eastport last Sunday and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was spotted at Floyd Bennett Field on Monday. The water level remains quite high on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted at the pond’s north end last Saturday. Perhaps this same bird photographed at the south end today.
Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted in Prospect Park Sunday and Central Park yesterday with 3 still present along Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond Saturday this off Schultz Road in Manorville.
Single LARK SPARROWS were spotted at Rockaway Beach last Saturday and on Roosevelt Island yesterday while recent CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included one in Prospect Park Wednesday and singles Thursday in Van Cortlandt Park and Bushwick Inlet Park in Brooklyn. A VESPER SPARROW was at Croton Point Park Thursday and quite a few LINCOLN’S SPARROWS arrived recently.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday and Croton Point Park Thursday and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find at the Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket present there Thursday and today. Single GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS were reported last weekend at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Saturday and in Central Park and Prospect Park on Sunday and several reports of CONNECTICUT WARBLER included singles in Central Park Wednesday and Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Thursday.
SUMMER TANAGER was reported in Central Park both from the Ramble and at the north end between Saturday and Tuesday and quite a few BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted in the NYC area including one each in Prospect Park and Bush Terminal Piers Park Tuesday and one in Kissena Park and 2 on Roosevelt Island on Wednesday. Several DICKCISSELS have also been noted recently mostly as calling flybys and among the other more notable migrants lately have been a few OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS plus several empidonax species and a decent number of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS.
The raptor migration has also produced a nice number of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS this week. Between Tuesday and Thursday the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford and the Quaker Ridge site at the Audubon Center in northwestern Greenwich, which contained virtually no overlap, counted a combined 46,500 BROAD-WINGEDS.
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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