NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 12/12/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 12, 2024
* NYNY2412.12

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SAGE THRASHER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll 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 Thursday, December
12, 2024 at 10:00 p.m., a day early due to travel.

The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER,
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The SAGE THRASHER was still present this morning at Robert Moses State
Park Field 5, where it continues to frequent the brush and grassy edge
of the southwestern corner of the parking lot.  It sometimes
disappears into the Russian Olives, so be patient.

Last Saturday a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was found at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and it was still present today,
recently often favoring an Eastern Red Cedar on Breezy Island, where
it was nicely photographed today.

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Eastport was still present today at 353 Old
Country Road.  The homeowners continue to welcome visitors to their
backyard to view the Hummer, and with luck you might also spot the
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER noted there again today. To visit, park on
Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353, entering the
yard carefully just past the house near shrubs marked with streamers
to view the feeder area.  The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at a private home in
Rocky Point was also seen today.

Last Saturday an immature BROWN PELICAN was spotted moving around Star
Island in Montauk Harbor for a while before moving off, and then on
Tuesday presumably the same bird was spotted flying around Reeves Bay
and adjacent Flanders Bay just east of Riverhead before flying away.

During a large overhead flight of GEESE last Saturday a BARNACLE GOOSE
was picked out and photographed in a small CANADA flock from two
different locations as the group moved southwest over western
Brooklyn.  Some SNOW GEESE were also moving, and a CACKLING GOOSE or
two were also reported.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been an interesting visitor to
Prospect Park Lake since Sunday, still present there today.  Another
WHITE-FRONTED continues to roost with CANADAS during the day on the
pond off Bowman Avenue next to the Rye Ridge Plaza shopping center in
Rye Brook.

A female KING EIDER was still in a COMMON EIDER flock around the
jetties at Point. Lookout at least to Monday, and up to six HARLEQUIN
DUCKS also continue there.

Five adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES occurred off Smith Point County
Park last Wednesday, the same day an injured immature was found on the
beach at Coney Island. Wednesday also produced ICELAND GULLS at Coney
Island Creek Park and Pelham Bay Park.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still at Green-Wood Cemetery and Sunken
Meadow State Park during the week.

Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported flying over Randall’s Island last
Saturday, and a DICKCISSEL was still present today in Riverside Park
in northern Manhattan just south of the tennis courts at about West
119th Street.

Recent late WARBLERS, besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS, have also included
TENNESSEE, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACKPOLL 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, 12/6/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 6, 2024
* NYNY2412.06

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SAGE THRASHER+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
RED PHALAROPE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
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, December
6, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.  The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE
THRASHER, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, RED PHALAROPE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, MARBLED GODWIT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The SAGE THRASHER, providing great views since relocated at Field 5 of
Robert Moses State Park back on November 17th, continued its presence
there at least to Thursday, though no reports from today have yet
surfaced.  To look for it, check especially the southwest corner of
Field 5, where the THRASHER has been often foraging on the grassy edge
of the parking lot or roosting in the adjacent plantings.

The MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER on Staten Island was last reported on
Sunday at the Heritage Farm section of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center
and Botanical Garden, and there were no reports of the previous RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD.

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD visiting feeders out in Eastport was still
present today at 353 Old Country Road.  The homeowners continue to
welcome visitors to their backyard to view this accommodating rarity.
To visit, park on Union Street just east of the house and walk back to
353, entering the yard carefully just past the house near shrubs
marked with streamers to view the feeder area.  An ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER was also noted there Tuesday to Thursday.

Presumably the same AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was photographed over
Breezy Point last Saturday and then seen again on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Sunday but not reported since.

An apparently injured RED PHALAROPE was found Thursday on the beach on
Fire Island at or near Smith Point County Park in Shirley but not
encountered thereafter.

Single GREAT WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted again at Miller Field on
Staten Island on Saturday and at Mills Pond south of Route 25A in St.
James Tuesday, and in Westchester we welcome back once again the
returning GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE to Rye Brook, seen today on the
pond off Bowman Avenue by the Rye Ridge Plaza shopping center.

A few CACKLING GEESE include one seen during the week at Flushing
Meadows Corona Park and two at Miller Field Sunday.

A female EURASIAN WIGEON was noted at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
Tuesday to Thursday, and a female KING EIDER was still frequenting the
COMMON EIDER flock around the jetties at Point Lookout at least to
Wednesday.  Up to four HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been around those jetties
as well.

One or two MARBLED GODWITS have recently been noted at Jones Beach
West End at least to Tuesday, usually with the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
flock.  A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was noted Saturday along Santapogue
Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon, and an ICELAND GULL was
reported from Jones Beach West End 2 on Thursday.

Birds noted at Montauk Sunday included a RED-NECKED GREBE, up to 24
RAZORBILLS, 4 lingering GREAT SHEARWATERS and 85 NORTHERN GANNETS.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported at Gilgo Tuesday, and several
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include one in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn,
one at Sunken Meadow State Park near the entry bridge, and one still
at Caumsett State Park Tuesday.

A DICKCISSEL found last Saturday in Riverside Park on northern
Manhattan was still present today near the old water drip area just
south of the tennis courts at about West 119th Street.

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, 11/22/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 22, 2024
* NYNY2411.22

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WESTERN FLYCATCHER+
SAGE THRASHER+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
“Black” form of Brant
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN AVOCET
Marbled Godwit
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill
Bonaparte’s Gull
LITTLE GULL
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Golden Eagle
American Goshawk
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
CAVE SWALLOW
SEDGE WREN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR

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
22, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, WESTERN FLYCATCHER,
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LITTLE and
BLACK-HEADED GULLS, AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.

A SAGE THRASHER seen at Field 5 in Robert Moses State Park back on
November 8th, but not noted on subsequent days, did apparently remain
in that area and has since last Sunday been providing excellent views
through today.  It often forages in the open along the grassy area at
the southwest corner of the Field 5 parking lot, but at times it will
seek shelter in the adjacent hedgerow.

Last Monday a WESTERN FLYCATCHER was fortuitously photographed at
Angle Fly Preserve in Somers, Westchester County, located off Primrose
Street Route 139.  On Tuesday the Flycatcher circulated quietly around
a hilly wooded area, permitting varying opportunities for observation
before disappearing in mid-afternoon, not to be seen thereafter.

On Staten Island the MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER found last Friday at
Heritage Farm in the southeast section of the Snug Harbor Cultural
Center and Botanical Garden was still being seen Wednesday, and a
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was spotted Saturday around the gardens and a
feeder at Snug Harbor; both continued there through Wednesday, though
there have been no reports since.

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD out in Eastport, Suffolk County, was still
present today, visiting feeders and plantings at 353 Old Country Road.
The homeowners graciously welcome visitors, who should park on Union
Street just east of the house and walk back to 353, entering the yard
carefully just past the house near shrubs marked with streamers to
view the feeders.

A SEDGE WREN was found Wednesday in the marsh at the Oceanside Marine
Nature Study Area and enjoyed there throughout the day but not
thereafter.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was still visiting the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden at least to Saturday, and another was photographed at Shore
Road Park in Brooklyn on Tuesday. |

A CAVE SWALLOW flew past Robert Moses State Park Field 5 last
Saturday, and another was seen at Floyd Bennett Field today; with some
still occurring north of our area, more opportunities should come our
way.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still
present on the East Pond today, while the drake EURASIAN WIGEON has
been reported from both the East and West Ponds lately.

An adult LITTLE GULL was a nice find off Smith Point County Park on
Wednesday, flying with some BONAPARTE’S GULLS, and a BLACK-HEADED GULL
was noted off Montauk Point Saturday.  Other recent highlights from
Montauk Point have been some arriving RAZORBILLS, with 8 Sunday and 24
today, plus some lingering SHEARWATERS, totals from last Sunday
including 8 CORY’S, 80 GREAT and 1 each of SOOTY and MANX, plus a
PARASITIC JAEGER and 260 NORTHERN GANNETS.

An AMERICAN AVOCET visited Georgica Inlet last Sunday, and 3 MARBLED
GODWITS appeared Tuesday on the bar at Jones Beach West End.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found Saturday at Floyd Bennett
Field, where a “Black” BRANT was photographed Sunday, and a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED visiting Staten Island from Monday was at Miller Field
on Wednesday.

An AMERICAN GOSHAWK was photographed over the Marine Park Salt Marsh
Nature Center Monday, with a GOLDEN EAGLE over Fort Tryon Park last
Saturday.

Wednesday ICELAND GULLS included 1 at Breezy Point, 2 at Floyd Bennett
Field  and 1 at Smith Point County Park.

Some LAPLAND LONGSPURS included 2 at Jones Beach West End Saturday and
2 or more at Robert Moses State Park 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, 11/15/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 15, 2024
* NYNY2411.15

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WOOD STORK+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
Whimbrel
Parasitic Jaeger
ICELAND GULL
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Western Cattle Egret
RED-TAILED HAWK, Krider’s form
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Red-headed Woodpecker
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Tree Swallow
CAVE SWALLOW
EVENING GROSBEAK
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
BLUE GROSBEAK

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
15, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, MACGILLIVRAY’S
WARBLER, CAVE SWALLOW, WOOD STORK, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA
SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND GULL, Krider’s form of
RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, EVENING GROSBEAK, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit feeders in Eastport, Suffolk
County, and the homeowners welcome birders to their backyard to view
this exciting vagrant.  The address is 353 Old Country Road, and
visitors should park on Union Street just east of the house and walk
back to 353, entering the yard carefully just past the house near
shrubs marked by streamers to view the feeders and Salvia near the
building.

On Staten Island today a MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER was spotted on the
north section of the island at Heritage Farm and later relocated north
of there at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden.
Though calling regularly, this bird could be difficult to relocate if
it continues to move around.

After sweeping through northern New York over to the New England
coast, some CAVE SWALLOWS began appearing along southern New York as
they head back south. Sightings last Saturday at Robert Moses State
Park and at Fort Tilden were followed by birds at Breezy Point Monday
and off Coney Island Wednesday, so watch for them at coastal sites
especially, and any other areas still attracting TREE SWALLOWS.

The more recent immature WOOD STORK on Staten Island was still at Blue
Heron Park in Annadale on Saturday, but in poor condition, and
hopefully has been taken in by a rehabilitator.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still
visiting the East Pond today, but it does fly around, and a drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the East Pond last weekend, perhaps
continuing.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found Wednesday in the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden was still present today, and a WESTERN KINGBIRD has continued
all week at Jones Beach West End around the median strip or near the
turnaround, while a second continued at Bush Terminal Piers Park
through Monday at least.

A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted high over Great Kills Park on Monday,
seven TUNDRA SWANS stopped by Hook Pond in East Hampton Monday, one
still reported there Tuesday, and a HARLEQUIN DUCK continued at Orient
Point County Park to Monday.

Two WHIMBRELS stopped by the sandbar at Jones Beach West End briefly
today, and an ICELAND GULL appeared at the Breezy Point tip Monday,
while single WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS were noted out in Water Mill last
Sunday and up at the Croton Railroad Station in Westchester Monday.

Out at Montauk Point good numbers of SHEARWATERS offshore have
included a few hundred GREAT and decent numbers of CORY’S, with a few
SCOPOLI’S likely mixed in, as well as a lingering SOOTY and a few
MANX, plus multiple PARASITIC JAEGERS and many NORTHERN GANNETS.

And interesting Krider’s form of RED-TAILED HAWK was photographed over
Alley Pond Park Environmental Center Monday, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
visited Croton Point Park last Saturday.  Several RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS are still around.

An EVENING GROSBEAK stopped by Jones Beach West End last Sunday, with
a LAPLAND LONGSPUR there today, and a BLUE GROSBEAK was still in
Brentwood Wednesday and 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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/8/2024

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 8, 2024
* NYNY2411.08

– Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WOOD STORK+
SAGE THRASHER+
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Long-billed Dowitcher
White-rumped Sandpiper
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Rough-legged Hawk
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD

– 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 8th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, BULLOCK’S
ORIOLE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, WOOD STORK, AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD and more.

This morning out at Robert Moses State Park a SAGE THRASHER was found at
field 5 and though it disappeared for a while it was refound at dusk along
the northern edge of the parking lot a little east of the toll booths.
There’s nothing to determine whether this is the same individual as the
earlier Fire Island record at Smith Point County Park on October 22nd.

The male BULLOCK’S ORIOLE at Stillwell Woods Park in Woodbury was last
reported on Wednesday but it still may be worth checking the fruiting trees
east of the ballfields.

A female type RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was spotted last Saturday visiting feeders
out in Eastport, Suffolk County and has continued there through today. The
homeowner is very graciously permitting birders to view the feeders located
behind their house. The address is 353 Old Country Road. Visitors should
park on Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353 entering
the yard carefully near shrubs marked by streamers to view the feeders.

The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER in Bay Ridge Brooklyn has not been reported since
Tuesday. To check the site look around 85th Street just west of 3rd Avenue.

The Staten Island WOOD STORK previously visiting North Mount Loretto State
Forest was last reported apparently back on October 29th but it appears a
different immature was photographed today at Blue Heron Park in Annadale
seen on Blue Heron Pond west of Barkley Avenue.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spotted flying over the William Floyd Estate in
Mastic Beach last Saturday was a different individual from the one
frequenting the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge still reported
there today. Other Jamaica Bay birds this week included at least one drake
EURASIAN WIGEON usually seen on the East Pond but also reported from the
West Pond Thursday plus low shorebird numbers still including LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER along with CASPIAN TERN there on
Wednesday and a report of LAPLAND LONGSPUR Monday.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was reported from the Sparrow Bowl in Prospect
Park last Saturday with a VESPER SPARROW also in the park that day.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD has spent the week at Jones Beach West End usually seen
near the inner turnaround and another was at Bush Terminal Piers Park in
Brooklyn yesterday and today.

Two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were back at Orient Point County Park as of Tuesday.

A good showing of shearwaters still lingering around Montauk Point last
weekend include a decent number of CORY’S with SCOPOLI’S also possibly
mixed in. Good luck with that. Similar numbers of GREAT and at least one
SOOTY and a couple of MANX. BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was also seen and 58
PINE SISKINS were counted Saturday.

Six RED CROSSBILLS were reported Thursday over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch
in Bedford with a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK there Sunday.

A LARK SPARROW visited the Fire Island hawkwatch site at Robert Moses State
Park last weekend and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were at Fort Tilden Saturday
and Prospect Park Sunday among others.

Two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were noted in Brooklyn this week including one in
Prospect today and a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was spotted flying west
over Jones Beach West End with Red-wingeds Thursday morning.

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, 11/1/2024

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 1, 2024
* NYNY2411.01

– Birds mentioned
WOOD STORK+
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
Red-necked Grebe
Long-billed Dowitcher
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Golden Eagle
Red-headed Woodpecker
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
Cedar Waxwing
Purple Finch
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Orange-crowned 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 1st
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, WOOD
STORK, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
EURASIAN WIGEON, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and
more.

On Wednesday an adult male BULLOCK’S ORIOLE was found at Stillwell Woods
Park in Woodbury, Nassau County and it was still frequenting that location
today. The Oriole has occasionally been seen sitting on top of various
leafless trees sometimes with a female Baltimore Oriole but more often
better views have been had as the BULLOCK’S feeds among the berry rich
trees that are also attracting numerous other birds including some PURPLE
FINCHES and many CEDAR WAXWINGS. Thus it can require some patience to
locate the BULLOCK’S. To reach the site from the Jericho Turnpike, Route 25
go north on South Woods Road about a mile to the park entrance on the right
and proceed towards the ballfields along the south side of the park. The
fruiting trees begin on the east side of these ballfields and a path east
through the trees crosses a bike path and leads to another overgrown field.
Check this section of trees, especially along the edges of the fields which
provide better visibility.

The Staten Island WOOD STORK was still present today at the same wetland in
North Mount Loretto State Forest. Park at the end of Cunningham Road by the
school, walk north past the gate on Cunningham and take the first path on
the right watching for the wetland on the right.

A TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was spotted Thursday in a residential section of Bay
Ridge Brooklyn and with patience was relocated there again today. The area
was along 84th Street just west of Third Avenue at one point near number
235 and later at number 264.

An apparent ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was photographed Thursday at the
Maintenance Meadow in Central Park but we have no further follow up.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still hanging
out on the East Pond today along with decreasing numbers of shorebirds that
today did include six LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Also on the East Pond today
were two or possibly three EURASIAN WIGEONS including a full drake and a
possible second male at mid-pond plus a female at the south end.

Last Monday a WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was spotted by the police station at
Jones Beach West End but soon flew off into the dunes.

In Westchester two GOLDEN EAGLES flew by the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch in
Bedford this afternoon and a RED-NECKED GREBE appeared on Playland Lake in
Rye with various migrating ducks last Sunday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were encountered this week in Green-wood Cemetery to
Friday, on Governors Island Monday and Tuesday, at Caumsett State Park
Wednesday and at two separate Westchester locations.

CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported Monday from Calvert Vaux Park and out
near the Ponquogue Bridge in Shinnecock as well as in Central Park Tuesday
to Thursday while the GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was at Fort Totten Park Saturday
and a VESPER SPARROW visited the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center
Sunday.

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are still being uncovered in a variety of locations
while over 16 other species of warblers also continue to drift through. A
DICKCISSEL has lingered at Fort Totten through today and another was noted
at Breezy Point 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.

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NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 10/25/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 25, 2024
* NYNY2410.25

– Birds Mentioned

PURPLE GALLINULE+
WOOD STORK+
SAGE THRASHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Caspian Tern
Cory’s/Scopoli’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s type)
Vesper Sparrow
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 25, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.  

The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, WOOD STORK, PURPLE GALLINULE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Tuesday morning a SAGE THRASHER was spotted and photographed near the campground at Smith Point County Park in Shirley but soon disappeared; later in the afternoon it was refound nearer the main parking lot, but searches on subsequent days were unsuccessful in relocating the bird.

The immature WOOD STORK continues on Staten Island, present today in a small wetland in North Mount Loretto State Forest.  To reach the site, from Hylan Boulevard adjacent to the Mount Loretto Unique Area, take Cunningham Road north and park in a gravel lot on the left side of the road opposite the school.  Walk north on the extension of Cunningham Road past a gate and take the first path on the right.  Watch for the wetland on the right side of the path, and please approach quietly.

Last Saturday an immature PURPLE GALLINULE was found at the north end of Fort Pond in Montauk, spending much of its time on the grassy edge of Industrial Road.  It continued its precarious existence there through Monday afternoon but was not seen thereafter.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD spotted last Saturday at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue in Yaphank stayed there at least through Wednesday but has not been reported since.  It had favored the northwest corner of the field complex there, adjacent to the Long Island Expressway.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still present on the East Pond both days last weekend but not reported since, while an AMERICAN AVOCET was still being seen at the East Pond’s north end through today, with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER also continuing there along with a variety of other shorebirds.  Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and a WHIMBREL were also present out in Jamaica Bay south of the West Pond last Sunday.

One or two MARBLED GODWITS were still present last weekend on the sandbars off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station, and lingering CASPIAN TERNS included two each on Jamaica Bay’s East Pond Sunday and at Mecox Inlet Tuesday.

Good numbers of SHEARWATERS off Montauk Point last Sunday were estimated at 300 GREAT, 150 CORY’S/SCOPOLI’S types and 16 MANX.

A few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS included one in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn all week, one at Jones Beach West End Saturday to Monday, and another at Caumsett State Park Tuesday and Wednesday, with one in Westchester at Siscowit Reservoir in Pound Ridge for a while to Thursday.

With many SPARROWS now on the move, single CLAY-COLOREDS were seen today at Ferry Point Park in the Bronx and a lingering one in Prospect Park, with others during the week noted on Governors Island and at Fort Tilden plus elsewhere.  A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found Monday in Stillwell Woods Park in Woodbury, with singles also found today at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton and the Dwarf Pine Barrens Preserve in Westhampton.  A few VESPER SPARROWS were also noted during the week, and a Gambel’s type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was photographed today at Gilgo Beach.

Among the lingering WARBLERS have been a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS, and among the DICKCISSELS on the move were birds noted yesterday at Fort Totten Park and Croton Point Park.  Recent migrants have also featured some AMERICAN PIPITS, PURPLE FINCHES and even a few PINE SISKINS.

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, 10/18/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 18, 2024
* NYNY2410.18

– Birds Mentioned

WOOD STORK+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
American Bittern
GOLDEN EAGLE
Broad-winged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded 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
18, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are WOOD STORK, NORTHERN WHEATEAR,
WESTERN KINGBIRD, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, GOLDEN EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Late Saturday morning an immature WOOD STORK was found on Staten
Island, and it has continued in North Mount Loretto State Forest
through today, staying on a small wetland within the park.  To reach
this area, from Hylan Boulevard adjacent to the Mount Loretto Unique
area, take Cunningham Road north and park in a gravel lot on the left
side of the road opposite the school.  Walk north on the extension of
Cunningham Road past a gate and take the first path on the right.
Watch for the wetland on the right side of the path, and please
approach quietly.

Last week’s NORTHERN WHEATEAR at Truman’s Beach in Orient was last
reported there Saturday, trying to cope with very strong winds, but
those winds did on Monday bring a WESTERN KINGBIRD in for a brief
visit to Owl’s Head Park in Brooklyn.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN recently residing on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was last noted there on Monday, but there
is a report of the PELICAN seen on the West Pond today.  The 2
AMERICAN AVOCETS on the East Pond were present at least to Tuesday, a
day after the 2 MARBLED GODWITS were last reported there, while other
birds still visiting the East Pond this week included 2 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, up to 20 STILT and a few PECTORAL and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, and three or more CASPIAN TERNS.

 Other shorebirds featured an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER flying past Fort
Tilden Saturday and 2 more over the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch in
Bedford Tuesday,  MARBLED GODWITS increasing to 4 this week on the
Jones Beach West End flats by the Coast Guard Station, and a WHIMBREL
at Napeague Tuesday.

A collection of birds at the Mecox inlet flats on Sunday featured a
WESTERN and 38 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS plus many LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS and 2 CASPIAN TERNS, but also exciting were the seabirds off
Mecox last weekend, with SHEARWATER counts on the 2 days peaking with
220 GREAT and fewer CORY’S, plus 4 MANX Saturday and a SOOTY Sunday.
Also noted were 6 PARASITIC JAEGERS Saturday, 3 more Sunday, while
numbers off Montauk Point Sunday included 55 GREAT and 30 CORY’S
SHEARWATERS and 14 PARASITIC JAEGERS.

An AMERICAN BITTERN stayed around Prospect Park Lake to Wednesday.

The BROAD-WINGED HAWK season at local hawk watches was quite
disappointing this year, but this week single GOLDEN EAGLES flew by
the Chestnut Ridge watch at the Butler Sanctuary both Sunday and
Monday, with another Wednesday at the Quaker Ridge site at the
Greenwich Audubon Center, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was photographed
over central Staten Island Sunday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted at several sites this week,
including birds lingering in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and at
Jones Beach West End.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Robert Moses State Park Field 2
Saturday, and notable SPARROWS featured a LARK on Randall’s Island
Saturday, a few CLAY-COLOREDS, a GRASSHOPPER at Inwood Hill Park
Thursday, and at least 4 VESPERS, the latest at Brooklyn Bridge Park
today.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was reported at Hofstra University in Uniondale
Saturday, followed by 1 at Fort Tilden Sunday, and besides an
increasing number of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, others still moving
through have included a few CONNECTICUTS plus late WORM-EATING,
MOURNING and HOODED.  Some DICKCISSELS are also still on the move,
with one at Sunken Meadow State 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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 10/11/2024

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 11, 2024
* NYNY2410.11

– Birds mentioned
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Eurasian Wigeon
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Caspian Tern
BROWN BOOBY
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
American Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Philadelphia Vireo
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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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 11th
2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR,
LECONTE’S SPARROW, BROWN BOOBY, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET,
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, BLUE
GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Sunday a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found out on the north fork at Truman’s
Beach just west of Orient. The bird was reported through today often seen
foraging near some wood piles east of the parking lot or along the beach.

A LECONTE’S SPARROW was photographed late Tuesday afternoon at Inwood Hill
Park in northern Manhattan but could not be relocated the next day.

The immature BROWN BOOBY hanging out around the Davis Park Marina on
central Fire Island has not been reported there since last Saturday and has
presumably moved on. This site is reachable by ferry from Patchogue.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and the 2
AMERICAN AVOCETS were still present around the north end of the East Pond
on Thursday but the MARBLED GODWIT there has not been reported since last
Saturday and the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was last noted on Tuesday. A few
CASPIAN TERNS are among the decent variety of birds continuing to frequent
the East Pond while 3 or more WHIMBREL were still present last Saturday
around the islands in Jamaica Bay south of the West Pond. A MARBLED GODWIT
has been frequenting the sandbar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach
West End since Wednesday.

Among the few reports recently of AMERICAN BITTERN was one in Prospect Park
Thursday around the lake as viewed from the peninsula.

A molting WIGEON noted on the main lake at Connetquot River State Park
since last Sunday is believed to be a WIGEON but the possibility of a
hybrid has also been mentioned.

Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in Brooklyn just west of Prospect
Park on Tuesday, at the Point Lookout Wednesday and Caumsett State Park
Wednesday and Thursday.

LAPLAND LONGSPUR was photographed at Southampton last Friday the 4th and
another was reported calling as it flew by Robert Moses State Park
yesterday. LARK SPARROW visited Randall’s Island last weekend while
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted during the week in Central Park and on
Staten Island Saturday, at Arverne East Nature Preserve in Queens Sunday,
at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Sunday and Monday, at Timber Point Monday
and Kissena Park Tuesday, and at Robert Moses State Park Thursday among
others. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continued at Marsha Johnson State Park in
Brooklyn to Saturday and one was found at Freshkills Park on Staten Island
today.

A few PHILADELPHIA VIREOS continue to move through and a YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT was found in Prospect Park Monday.

Among the warblers were 2 GOLDEN-WINGEDS still in Central Park Saturday, a
few ORANGE-CROWNEDS starting to show up, single CONNECTICUTS spotted in
Prospect Park and in Sunken Meadow State Park Sunday and other later
migrants featuring HOODED, MOURNING and BAY-BREASTED among others while
reports of a possibly lingering BLACK-THROATED GRAY at Flax Pond and a
possible TOWNSEND’S at Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park need to be resolved.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was found in Far Rockaway last Saturday and a few
DICKCISSELS include 2 at Croton Point Park Tuesday, and singles at Fort
Totten Park late week and Jones Beach West End 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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 10/4/2024

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 4, 2024
* NYNY2410.04

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN BOOBY
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
SEDGE WREN
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED 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 4th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, AMERICAN
WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, AMERICAN AVOCET, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, BLACK-THROATED GRAY,
PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

A good week for unusual birds began last Saturday when an immature BROWN
BOOBY was spotted in the Davis Park Marina on central Fire Island. The
BOOBY has continued roosting in and feeding around the marina all week
through today. Regular ferries for the short ride over to Davis Park are
available from Patchogue.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still
residing on the East Pond at least to Wednesday and other highlights there
featured 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS to Thursday with one there today, a MARBLED
GODWIT all week and occasional AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE Wednesday and Thursday. Other local shorebirds featured a
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on the Hudson River in Bay Ridge Brooklyn Wednesday,
an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER seen occasionally to Thursday at Randall’s
Island, 2 MARBLED GODWITS at Jones Beach West End Thursday and a WHIMBREL
there last Saturday. The West End also provided a BLACK-HEADED GULL all
week off the Coast Guard Station and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE along with 19
CORY’S, 3 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS and 22 NORTHERN GANNETS were tallied
off Robert Moses State Park Sunday.

Another seawatch Tuesday from Davis Park on Fire Island noted decent
numbers of CORY’S SHEARWATERS with a few of the recently split SCOPOLI’S
SHEARWATER also believed to be present along with 3 GREAT SHEARWATERS.

On Thursday 8 BROWN PELICANS were spotted from Bay Point Marina in Blue
Point flying east by Fire Island.

A few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were also noted this week.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed Monday morning at Floyd Bennett Field
before it quickly moved off to the southwest and a SEDGE WREN was spotted
briefly Sunday afternoon at Prospect Point out in Sands Point in Nassau.

A nice selection of warblers was topped by a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
photographed this morning at Flax Pond in Old Field north of Stony Brook.
Also unexpected were a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER spotted at Clove Lakes Park on
Staten Island Monday and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present Tuesday through
Thursday at Corlears Hook Park near Pier 42 in lower Manhattan. Other
notables included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER in Central Park’s north end Thursday
and today plus 2 more at the Wildflower Meadow today these after one at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden last Saturday which was followed there by a
CERULEAN WARBLER Sunday. The first of this Fall’s ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
have begun to arrive and a few CONNECTICUTS continue to be seen.

Single LARK SPARROWS were seen in Edgemere Queens last weekend and at Hot
Dog Beach off Dune Road today while CLAY-COLORED SPARROW lingered on
Governors Island to Sunday with others at Pelham Bay Park Sunday, Inwood
Hill Park Monday and Freshkills Park Thursday and today. A GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW found Wednesday at Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Brooklyn was
still there today.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island
Monday and another was a window strike casualty in Melville Thursday.
Multiple DICKCISSELS were noted earlier this week at Governors and
Randall’s Islands with one also at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn
yesterday while single BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Jones Beach West End to
Tuesday and the Planting Fields Arboretum 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