NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 12/14/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 14, 2023
* NYNY2312.14

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

“Black” Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
TUFTED DUCK
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Marbled Godwit
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
DOVEKIE
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Evening Grosbeak
Lapland Longspur
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
“AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday December 14, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, pelagic trip results including COMMON MURRE, DOVEKIE and RED PHALAROPE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and much more.

The Randall’s Island BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was still visiting the feeder at the Urban Farm through Wednesday at least; this site, with plantings surrounding a public restroom, is off Wards Meadow Loop in the southeast section of the island, with an adjacent parking area.

On Sunday morning a calling MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER was followed for a short while as it moved around a weedy field off Delwit Avenue at Oakwood Beach on Staten Island, but it soon disappeared for good.

Back on Friday the 8th, a Bluebird photographed at Overlook Beach out at Gilgo was subsequently identified as a female-plumaged MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD but could not later be relocated.

The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER frequenting Manhattan’s West Village was still present at least to Monday near the Bleeker Playground, with a DICKCISSEL also continuing in that area, and another ASH-THROATED was seen again Tuesday and today at Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park; additionally an ASH-THROATED has also been reported Wednesday and today in a Mount Vernon neighborhood in Westchester, though details as to the location and accessibility have been sparse.

Both previously noted WESTERN TANAGERS were still present today, one at Morningside Drive around West 113th Street in northern Manhattan and one hanging around the hedge rows and fruiting trees near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End.

In addition to the TANAGER, the West End has also been producing a number of other interesting birds.  Last Saturday an “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was found near the now closed restroom building by the Coast Guard Station and has continued there to date, while other notables included a “BLACK” BRANT photographed on the bar last Saturday, followed by an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL and up to 16 or so MARBLED GODWITS visiting there on Wednesday.

A pelagic trip aboard The Hunter out of Brooklyn last Saturday recorded two flocks of RED PHALAROPES totaling 50 individuals, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 67 RAZORBILLS, 5 DOVEKIES and 2 COMMON MURRES, 10 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1 ICELAND and 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 141 NORTHERN GANNETS, plus a female KING EIDER just off Breezy Point.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted today in a private area off Horseshoe Road in Mill Neck, likely the one previously at Planting Fields Arboretum.  Continuing are the drake EURASIAN WIGEON on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park and the male TUFTED DUCK staying at the south end of Fort Pond in Montauk.  A young male KING EIDER was off Montauk Point Sunday, and recent HARLEQUIN DUCKS included 2 around Mount Sinai Inlet and 3 at Orient Point.

On Sunday single DOVEKIES were reported off Montauk Point and Robert Moses State Park.  Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted in Setauket Harbor from Monday and at Calvert Vaux Park on Monday, and single GLAUCOUS GULLS occurred off Riis Park Sunday and in Gravesend Bay Monday, with a few ICELAND GULLS also noted.

An EVENING GROSBEAK was reported over northern Staten Island Saturday, 1 or 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were spotted at Smith Point County Park recently, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Montauk Point Tuesday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 12/8/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 8, 2023
* NYNY2312.08

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 8th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, PAINTED BUNTING, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

On Randall’s Island the BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit the feeders still maintained at the Urban Farm seen there today among the plantings surrounding the public restroom off Wards Meadow Loop in the southeastern section of the island. There is a parking lot adjacent to this site.

But last week’s ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Owl’s Head Park in Brooklyn was not seen after Saturday. That same day one was found in lower Manhattan where it has continued all week. This bird has bounced around the West Village seen today around the Bleecker Playground between Bleecker and Hudson Streets above West 11th Street but also ranging up to Abingdon Square Park just north of there as well as moving around the adjoining neighborhood. A DICKCISSEL is also traveling with House Sparrows in the same area.

Two WESTERN TANAGERS showed up on Tuesday, a female type at Morningside Park in northern Manhattan has been present near the park entrance around West 115th Street off Morningside Drive while a brighter one continues at Jones Beach West End frequenting the hedgerow adjacent to the Coast Guard Station or along the road to the Fisherman’s parking lot.

A male PAINTED BUNTING was reported on Saturday from Fort Tryon Park but no details were provided and a female type was seen only briefly at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday.

Among the waterfowl, the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found last Friday at Planting Fields Arboretum west of Oyster Bay was also seen Saturday but not thereafter. A male TUFTED DUCK in decent but not quite full plumage was spotted last Saturday on Fort Pond in Montauk and was still present today on the south end of the pond. Other birds in Montauk included 4 RED-NECKED GREBES Saturday off Culloden Point and 220 RAZORBILLS, 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 225 NORTHERN GANNETS off Montauk Point. A TUNDRA SWAN visited Miller Field on Staten Island last Sunday while single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted at Morris Port High School Sunday, again at the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead Tuesday and in lower Westchester in the Rye area including on Playland Lake today. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again Saturday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and another continues on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park and 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still at Orient Point Saturday. A female KING EIDER appeared briefly with some Canada Geese off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx Wednesday before flying off.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were identified from the middle parking lot along Gravesend Bay last Saturday, at Breezy Point on Wednesday and off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station today.

In Westchester multiple RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park joined by one at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported again Monday at Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island while LAPLAND LONGSPURS included one at Heckscher State Park last Saturday and 2 visiting Smith Point County Park yesterday and today.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday when one was also spotted at Coney Island Beach. Besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS interesting late warblers included BLACK-AND-WHITE, PRAIRIE 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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 12/1/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 1, 2023
* NYNY2312.01

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
SUMMER TANAGER
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 1st 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, BLACK GUILLEMOT, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BROWN BOOBY, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, SUMMER TANAGER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues on Randall’s Island still visiting the feeder and plantings at the Urban Farm which surrounds a public restroom off the Ward’s Meadow Loop in the southeast section of Randall’s Island. There is a parking area adjacent to this site.

Last Saturday a small empidonax flycatcher was spotted at Rockland Lake State Park off Route 9W identified as a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER based on various field characters and voice. The bird would appear in a large leafless oak tree at the south end of parking field 6 on the west side of the lake. This tree is adjacent to a fishing pier and each day to Thursday the bird would reappear in this tree to mid-morning but was otherwise not located once it moved from that location. The HAMMOND’S was not reported Friday but if still around it will be best to check this oak tree early in the morning.

This morning a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted in the small flock of Canada Geese at the Planting Fields Arboretum south of Planting Fields Road in upper Brookville west of Oyster Bay. The flock was later flushed at midday but presumably is still in the area.

A BLACK GUILLEMOT spotted Saturday along the west jetty at Shinnecock Inlet was unfortunately found dead there the next day.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found in Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park on Monday was still present there today.

A BROWN BOOBY hanging out around Bayonne, New Jersey for a while was seen from Brooklyn from the Veteran’s Memorial Pier Saturday and from the 9/11 Memorial site on northern Staten Island on Sunday.

Local GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE featured one at the Reeves Avenue Buffalo Farm in Riverhead Saturday, two at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and one returning to lower Westchester Monday appearing on Playland Lake in Rye before relocating to the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook for the rest of the week. Single EURASIAN WIGEON included one continuing on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park at least to Tuesday, one reported again on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday and one on Marion Lake in East Marion to Tuesday. A young male KING EIDER was spotted at Montauk Point Sunday and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still off Orient Point Monday. In Montauk five RED-NECKED GREBES were seen Sunday, four at Culloden Point and 406 RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point.

An ICELAND GULL was at Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park, another at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again last Sunday at Freshkills Park on Staten Island. Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were spotted along Daniel’s Lane in Sagaponack and in Riverhead Saturday and at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday and Friday while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday and again today. A female type SUMMER TANAGER was an interesting find at Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga Thursday and a DICKCISSEL was still at Randall’s Island last Saturday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/24/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 24, 2023
* NYNY2311.24 

– Birds Mentioned 

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider 
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
Parasitic Jaeger
DOVEKIE 
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Horned Lark
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Snow Bunting

|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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 24, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, PAINTED BUNTING, WESTERN TANAGER, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BROWN BOOBY, DOVEKIE, BLACK GUILLEMOT, SANDHILL CRANE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.
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The quite accommodating HUMMINGBIRD at Randall’s Island has now been well documented as a BLACK-CHINNED as it continues to visit the feeder and flowering plants at the Urban Farm, which surrounds a public restroom off the Wards Meadow Loop in the southeast section of Randall’s Island.  There is a parking area adjacent to this site.

A male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was seen only briefly but identifiably photographed last Sunday morning in Forest Park, Queens, while out at Montauk Point the same morning an immature-type PAINTED BUNTING popped up in a weedy area at Camp Hero just long enough for photos to be taken before it disappeared.  And last Saturday morning a female-type WESTERN TANAGER appeared in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, just west of Green-Wood Cemetery, where it too was captured on film before moving on.  None of these three rarities has been reported since.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER spotted at Shirley Chisholm State Park last Saturday was last reported there Monday.

What is likely the long-staying immature BROWN BOOBY around Bayonne, New Jersey, was reported again Tuesday from Brooklyn as viewed from the Shore Road Promenade’s 80th Street overpass adjacent to the Belt Parkway.   

Reports from Montauk included two PARASITIC JAEGERS, a DOVEKIE, and one each of ICELAND GULL and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE on Wednesday and a CORY’S SHEARWATER the prior Saturday. Today a BLACK GUILLEMOT was spotted along the west jetty at Shinnecock Inlet, providing excellent views.

A couple of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted on private Tung Ting Pond in Centerport starting on last Monday, with another last weekend on the pond in Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream, where two CACKLING GEESE have been reported since Monday.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was on the main pond near the visitors center at Connetquot River State Park all week, with another seen again Monday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, these joined by another spotted yesterday out on the North Fork on Marion Lake in East Marion.

A female KING EIDER was sitting with COMMON EIDER on the bar inside Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday, and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still at Orient Point Thursday, with a female also off Sunset Cove Park in Broad Channel since last Saturday.

On Monday a SANDHILL CRANE flew over the North Park section of Freshkills Park on Staten Island, the NORTHERN SHRIKE also being reported there through today.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park and Marshlands Conservancy in Westchester and out along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond in Manorville.

One or two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were present with HORNED LARKS as of Wednesday along Daniels Lane in Sagaponack, with singles also noted at Robert Moses State Park Sunday and Monday, and another with SNOW BUNTINGS at Playland Park in Rye last weekend.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/17/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 17, 2023
* NYNY2311.17

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
CAVE SWALLOW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
American Golden-Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Western Cattle Egret
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Snow Bunting
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 17, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are a likely BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, GRAY KINGBIRD, WESTERN KINGBIRD and ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, PURPLE GALLINULE, SANDHILL CRANE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, EURASIAN WIGEON and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and more.

A Hummingbird first spotted yesterday and then well photographed today on Randall’s Island appears to be a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, though, cautiously, more analysis would be appropriate for certain confirmation.  If accepted by NYSARC, this would be a new species for New York.  Hopefully the Hummer will reappear tomorrow around the plantings at the Urban Farm surrounding the public bath room off the Wards Meadow Loop in the southeast section of Randall’s Island.

A GRAY KINGBIRD found Tuesday in Brooklyn’s Canarsie Park was still present today, often found around Cricket Field 2 or nearer the Belt Parkway.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was still being reported near the dog run at Nickerson Beach up to Tuesday, while four separate ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS included one last reported Saturday at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center, one continuing at Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park at least to Thursday, another Tuesday at the Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in Brooklyn, and one at Bayswater Park in Queens Tuesday to at least Thursday.

A CAVE SWALLOW was a surprise Tuesday afternoon, seen and photographed flying west over Robert Moses State Park.

An immature PURPLE GALLINULE in a poor state of condition was spotted Monday at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne and rescued for rehabilitation by the Green Chimneys Farm and Wildlife Center.

Last Saturday a flock of 28 SANDHILL CRANES was spotted moving west past the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, and three more flew by the Fort Tilden area.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was still being seen Monday at Freshkills Park on Staten Island.

A changing drake EURASIAN WIGEON was present all week on the main pond near the visitors center at Connetquot River State Park, with another reported again Saturday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still off Orient Point Sunday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted off Randall’s Island last Sunday, and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE appeared during a sea watch off Fire Island Sunday, joined by a PARASITIC JAEGER, while a RAZORBILL appeared off Southold Town Beach Monday

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was around Field Seven at Heckscher State Park all week, and single LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were noted at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon and on Tuesday at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre, with three Monday on Jamaica Bay’s West Pond.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK visited Croton Point Park Monday, and a WESTERN CATTLE EGRET flew by Bayswater Park yesterday.

Immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park and at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was noted Sunday at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton, while CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS appeared at Freshkills Park Monday and in Prospect Park Tuesday to Thursday.

A few DICKCISSELS continue to be seen, some SNOW BUNTINGS are arriving, and WARBLERS still include some ORANGE-CROWNEDS and several other late species, including PRAIRIE, CAPE MAY 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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/10/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 10, 2023
* NYNY2311.10

– Birds mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
NORTHERN SHRIKE
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Dickcissel

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 10th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PAINTED BUNTING, PURPLE GALLINULE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, NORTHERN SHRIKE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and more.

Around midday last Saturday a nicely plumaged male PAINTED BUNTING appeared briefly and then disappeared quickly back into bushes near the 113th Street entrance to Morningside Park in northern Manhattan evading further efforts to pin it down as it apparently headed south.

The immature PURPLE GALLINULE first noted around Prospect Park Lake on October 15th and has not been reported there since last Sunday.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER spotted in Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday was followed by one seen in nearby Owl’s Head Park on Wednesday this joined by a second one Thursday and Friday while farther out on Long Island another ASH-THROATED was also present yesterday and today at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found Tuesday out near the dog run at Nickerson Beach and was still around that area and the nearby ponds today.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was identified today at Freshkills Park on Staten Island in the North Park, Phase 1 section hopefully it will linger.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON, in still changing plumage, was found Thursday at Connetquot River State Park in a flock of American Wigeon on the main pond near the visitors center and continued there today. Out at Orient Point up to 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been present off the point since last Saturday.

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still present at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday and the continuing flock of MARBLED GODWITS around Jones Inlet included 11 reported on the outer bar across from the Coast Guard Station Wednesday.

A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE moving down the Hudson River was reported off Fort Washington Park in northern Manhattan last Tuesday and later also seen off Brooklyn and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still being reported today around the edge of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

A seawatch at Montauk Point last Sunday reported 26 CORY’S and 8 GREAT SHEARWATERS, a PARASITIC JAEGER and small numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS and FORSTER’S and COMMON TERNS while 850 NORTHERN GANNETS were estimated off Fort Tilden today.

Besides the 2 immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS present all week next to the model airplane field at the Croton Point Park in Westchester another has been present all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

Unusually late was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO photographed Tuesday at the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Fort Totten Park in Queens Sunday was followed by one at Marshlands Conservancy Monday and Tuesday and another at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Wednesday while a VESPER SPARROW was spotted at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Sunday.

Some late warblers still being encountered occasionally locally besides a few ORANGE-CROWNED this week also included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, PRAIRIE and WILSON’S.

A few DICKCISSELS continue to be reported mostly coastally.

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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NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/3/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 3, 2023
* NYNY2311.03

– Birds mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
HARRIS’S SPARROW+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

SANDHILL CRANE
American Golden-Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Golden Eagle
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Lapland Longspur
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mourning Warbler
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 3rd 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are HARRIS’S and LECONTE’S SPARROWS, PURPLE GALLINULE, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Saturday an immature HARRIS’S SPARROW was spotted in a mixed group of sparrows at Hot Dog Beach along Dune Road in Quogue. Some high water on the roadway at times hampered searching but the HARRIS’S was still findable through Monday though apparently not thereafter. Another nice sparrow find was a LECONTE’S spotted last Monday in the grasslands at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay but this bird could not be relocated on following days.

Immature PURPLE GALLINULE in Prospect Park was present around Prospect Park Lake all week, usually spotted off the peninsula or around the Music Island.

The Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford and the Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch just south of there at the Audubon Center in northwestern Greenwich have both been enjoying good Fall raptor seasons. Thursday produced 2 SANDHILL CRANES in addition to 3 GOLDEN EAGLES over the Chestnut Ridge watch and 6 SANDHILLS plus another GOLDEN at Quaker Ridge where the season hawk total now exceeds 42,000 with over 36,000 encountered at Chestnut Ridge.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was reported from Alley Pond Park last Saturday with another on Staten Island in the vicinity of Wolfe’s Pond Park and Mount Loretto from Sunday to Tuesday.

Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS continued at Plumb Beach to Tuesday while at Jones Beach West End at least 7 MARBLED GODWITS were still around the inlet off the Coast Guard Station Saturday this number dropping to 2 by Monday.

A seawatch off Fort Tilden Sunday produced 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a BLACK TERN as well as 75 ROYAL TERNS and 40 NORTHERN GANNETS and a watch off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday featured a GREAT SHEARWATER and 700 NORTHERN GANNETS.

AMERICAN BITTERNS were noted last weekend at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and along Dune Road with another in Central Park’s Ramble Thursday.

Single migrant SHORT-EARED OWLS were spotted over Fort Washington Park in northern Manhattan Wednesday and over Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers and subsequently at the Pelham Bay landfill Thursday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS on the move were spotted at Jones Beach West End Saturday and Moses Park Sunday with another visiting Croton Point Park Saturday through at least Thursday.

LAPLAND LONGSPUR was identified at Moses Park Tuesday and besides a few VESPER SPARROWS a LARK SPARROW was still in Green-wood Cemetery Saturday with another at Fort Tilden Thursday, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday was followed by one in Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday to Thursday and another at Croton Point Park today and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW plus a DICKCISSEL were both at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Northville Monday. Other DICKCISSELS included singles at Highbridge Park in northern Manhattan Monday and at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday and Tuesday.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continued in Central Park to Saturday and one visited Manhattan Beach Park Monday.

Other migrants this week included PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH, AMERICAN PIPIT, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and some late warblers including several ORANGE-CROWNEDS plus some MOURNING lingering in Battery Park to Wednesday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 10/27/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 27, 2023
* NYNY2310.27 

– Birds Mentioned 

PURPLE GALLINULE+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

American Golden-Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
MARBLED GODWIT
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD 
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow|
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
LARK SPARROW 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 27, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, PURPLE GALLINULE, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Last week’s NORTHERN WHEATEAR at Croton Point Park was unfortunately not seen after Saturday, but some other great birds have been around.

The immature PURPLE GALLINULE on Prospect Park Lake continues its presence near the Peninsula or nearby Music Island, and a second young PURPLE GALLINULE found Wednesday at Rockland Lake State Park was also still present today around the north end of the lake.

Also in Prospect Park, a HENSLOW’S SPARROW was found today in the grasses around Ballfield 4 along with a couple of VESPER SPARROWS.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found last Saturday spent the week in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, and another was reported from Central Park’s north end on Wednesday, while a WESTERN KINGBIRD was present from Monday through Wednesday around the ball fields at 27 Straight Path in Southampton, eluding detection since then.

A BROWN BOOBY, present for a while now off Bayonne, has been visible on its New Jersey roost near Robbins Reef Lighthouse or moving around the adjacent waters either from Veteran’s Memorial Pier in Brooklyn or from the 9/11 Memorial on northern Staten Island .

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, as our bird is now called, was spotted today on the lawn at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island .

A nice flock of up to 17 MARBLED GODWITS was still around Jones Beach West End today, flying onto the outer bar across from the Coast Guard Station as the tide was dropping.

An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted last Sunday at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach, where three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were noted Monday to Wednesday, with two still there Thursday, and another HUDSONIAN was reported at Freshkills Park on Staten Island yesterday.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was a nice find on Governors Island last Sunday.

An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Croton Point Park today near the airplane field, and another was still along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond in Manorville last weekend.

A LARK SPARROW visited Freshkills Park last Saturday, with another reported from Green-Wood Cemetery today, and single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were spotted last Monday in Green-Wood and at Jones Beach West End.

On Wednesday two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were noted at Freshkills Park, with another at Bush Terminal Piers Park.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT remained in Central Park at least to yesterday, and one was found in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park today, while quite low numbers of several WARBLER species continue to move through, including some ORANGE-CROWNEDS. 

DICKCISSELS are still occurring overhead during morning flights, as are some PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES, as the season moves on.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 10/20/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 20, 2023
* NYNY2310.20

– Birds Mentioned

PURPLE GALLINULE+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Common Raven
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 20, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, PURPLE GALLINULE, EARED GREBE, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED GODWIT, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Thursday morning a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was spotted along a trail around the landfill at Croton Point Park in Westchester, and it remained near that same location at least through mid-day today despite occasional heavy rain. The site is just off the southeast corner of the main trail around the landfill along a rocky culvert just before the trail turns to the north back towards the entrance road. The Park does request that visitors stay on the trails and do not enter the restored grasslands.

An immature PURPLE GALLINULE was found last Sunday around Prospect Park Lake and has continued there through today. Though sometimes rather elusive, the GALLINULE has been seen regularly around the Peninsula or near Music Island.

Last Saturday morning an EARED GREBE was identified in Jones Inlet as viewed from the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station area, the bird drifting towards the outer inlet. It has not been reported there since but could easily still be in that area.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was reported Wednesday on Smith Pond, located just north of Route 27 in Rockville Centre. Many species of wintering waterfowl have been arriving recently, including reports of CACKLING and SNOW GEESE.

Some lingering shorebirds have featured up to six MARBLED GODWITS still visiting the Jones Beach West End sand bar off the Coast Guard Station last Saturday, with at least two noted there Wednesday. A WHIMBREL was spotted at Fort Tilden Sunday, as were a SHORT-EARED OWL migrating overhead and a PARASITIC JAEGER chasing Terns on the ocean.

A few ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS have been seen this past week at inland hawk watches, and one was spotted Tuesday moving back north over Jones Beach West End, with three COMMON RAVENS in pursuit.

And immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was moving by Robert Moses State Park last Monday, with one also seen in Green-Wood Cemetery Monday and Tuesday.

A few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS this week featured singles at Rockaway Beach Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery Saturday to Monday, the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center and Jones Beach West End Monday, and Randall’s Island Tuesday and Wednesday, while GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found at Caumsett State Park Saturday and Green-Wood Cemetery Monday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in Central Park Sunday through today, with two reported Thursday. Among the many species of WARBLER still being seen, a CONNECTICUT was photographed in Prospect Park last Sunday and several ORANGE-CROWNEDS are occurring, along with such late species as TENNESSEE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE and WILSON’S.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Randall’s Island and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center to Tuesday, and several DICKCISSELS included birds noted Thursday at Randall’s Island, in Green-Wood Cemetery to Thursday, and at Sunken Meadow State Park last Monday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 10/13/23

 RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 13, 2023
* NYNY2310.13

– Birds mentioned
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 13th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The long staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL, visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park, has not been reported since Sunday and it seems likely that a bird flying east over Flax Pond in Oldfield Monday morning was presumably the same bird. There have been no subsequent reports.

This week’s only BROWN PELICAN report was moving southwest off Coney Island Pier last Sunday and another brief sighting mentioned two AMERICAN AVOCETS on the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Wednesday morning.

Separate WESTERN KINGBIRDS on Wednesday included one on Governors Island and another in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn; this one first spotted last Sunday.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON found on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday was still around the southwest corner of the pond Wednesday.

Shorebird numbers have been dropping off recently but up to 11 MARBLED GODWITS were still around Jones Inlet Tuesday with 6 still visiting the Coast Guard bar today and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Breezy Point last Saturday as was an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER while one or two WHIMBREL were noted at a few sites on eastern Long Island last weekend.

Last Saturday a GREAT SHEARWATER was reported off Riis Park and a CORY’S SHEARWATER off Fort Tilden and single PARASITIC JAEGERS were off Riis and Breezy Point Saturday with another off Fort Tilden Monday. A CASPIAN TERN visited Floyd Bennett Field Sunday.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS on Monday were still along Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, this site off Schultz Road.

Some PINE SISKINS have been appearing lately mostly as overhead migrants.

LARK SPARROWS this week were noted at Green-wood Cemetery mid-week, Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Thursday and Randall’s Island and Robert Moses State Park today while a few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included singles in Central Park last Saturday, Randall’s Island Tuesday, Jones Beach West End Wednesday, Carl Schurz Park at 87th Street and East End Avenue in Manhattan Thursday and in Green-wood Cemetery today. Single VESPER SPARROWS were on Governors Island Wednesday and Randall’s Island today and NELSON’S SPARROWS are appearing now in many saltmarshes.

Some YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS lately have included singles in Green-wood Cemetery to Tuesday and Rockefeller Preserve State Park and in Manhasset Wednesday and at Croton Point Park and Moses Park today.

A male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was a good find in Manhasset last Sunday and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER was walking around Jones Beach West End Monday. Other warblers have included a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS plus late HOODED, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY, BLACKBURNIAN and WILSON’S.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Governors Island Sunday to Wednesday and Green-wood Cemetery Thursday and today while several DICKCISSELS included birds at Governors Island and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue on Wednesday and at Green-wood Cemetery and Moses Park today.

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.

– End transcript