– 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
– Transcript
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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.
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