-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 23, 2022
* NYNY2209.23
– Birds Mentioned
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Philadelphia Vireo
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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 23, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, GRAY KINGBIRD, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LARK and CLAY COLORED SPARROWS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and more.
On Wednesday a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was spotted along Bay Parkway near Field 10 at Jones Beach State Park and nicely photographed through late afternoon, but it could not be relocated the following day.
An even more brief sighting involved a GRAY KINGBIRD photographed Thursday afternoon near the playground at Miller Field on Staten Island but not seen thereafter, despite some searching.
The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT enjoying its stay up in Newburgh, Orange County, was still present today around the Global Oil Terminal off River Road.
An immature WHITE IBIS was spotted Wednesday feeding with a gathering of Herons and Egrets at the Cedar Beach marsh behind the RV campground.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was photographed last Saturday as it circled over Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
The BLACK-HEADED GULL was still on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last weekend, as was an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and other birds reported on the pond during the week included a WHIMBREL Saturday, a few STILT, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SORA and up to four CASPIAN TERNS.
Other notable shorebirds during the week featured an AMERICAN AVOCET at the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Brookhaven Saturday and a MARBLED GODWIT Saturday at Rockaway Beach, where a WHIMBREL visited
Wednesday and Thursday. There were also six WHIMBRELS at Captree Island last Saturday. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS recently included up to three on the Mecox flats, singles at Fire Island Saturday, Croton Point Monday and Randall’s Island Wednesday, and an exciting flock of 44 photographed as they flew over Pelham Bay Park on Thursday.
Also notable has been a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER visiting Randall’s Island since Wednesday, with others including three Wednesday still out along Oregon Road in Cutchogue, one at Nickerson Beach Saturday and another at Riis Park Sunday. Two BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were present at Mecox Tuesday and Wednesday, and singles were also noted this week on Fire Island and at Robert Moses State Park.
In Central Park a SORA has continued at the North end at least to Thursday, with one of two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the park also noted there. Other RED-HEADEDS this week were reported from Green-Wood Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park, Conference House Park on Staten Island and at Tobay.
Elmjack Field in Queens provided a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW last Saturday followed by a LARK SPARROW on Thursday, and single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen in Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday and Monday, in
Kissena Park Sunday and at Jones Beach West End today.
Decent numbers of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were noted during the week, and at least seven YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS included birds in Central Park Monday, Croton Point Park and Tackapausha Preserve in Seaford Thursday, and at Robert Moses State Park today.
The good variety of WARBLERS lately has included several CONNECTICUTS, including birds in Central, Prospect and Pelham Bay Parks and at the Massapequa Preserve, among others.
A SUMMER TANAGER was photographed Wednesday in Tompkins Square Park in lower Manhattan, while a small number of BLUE GROSBEAKS included one at Rockaway Beach Saturday and one at Hunter’s Point in Queens Thursday.
A few DICKCISSELS recently included singles Wednesday at Sunken Meadow State Park and Crab Meadow Beach.
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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