– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 5, 2021
* NYNY2111.05
– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
SAY’S PHOEBE+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
American Golden-Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
GOLDEN EAGLE
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 5th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SAY’S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN BOOBY, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, CATTLE EGRET, GOLDEN EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
The fall’s first ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was spotted Wednesday at Jones Beach West End and relocated there again today. The bird has usually been along the roadway closer to field 1 then field 2, today using both sides and the median strip sometimes perching on the Christmas light displays and also moving over to the north edge of the field 1 parking lot and adjacent bike path just west of the lot.
Also still present today was the SAY’S PHOEBE at Caumsett State Park still frequenting the fences around the corral area between the parking lots and the tree line to the north. Also at Caumsett a WESTERN KINGBIRD was found Wednesday and continued through today along the trail out to Lloyd Point, a decent hike north from the parking lots. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD was spotted yesterday flying west over Heckscher State Park.
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK paid an unexpected visit last Sunday to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River where it was photographed on a pond with Mallards. A BROWN BOOBY was photographed last Tuesday afternoon as it flew along side the Orient ferry while crossing Long Island Sound. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still present to Monday on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay. The Staten Island male KING EIDER has remained at Midland Beach at least through Monday and another male KING was seen at the inlet to Lake Montauk last Saturday.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still at Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday with possibly the same GOLDEN spotted in Jamaica Bay last Sunday while another immature was on the wharf with other shorebirds at the West Boat Marina at Point Lookout today. A MARBLED GODWIT continued at Jones Beach West End at least to Sunday and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS featured one in the Nickerson Beach parking lot roost last Saturday and one on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon to Tuesday.
A nice assembly of birds last Saturday off Robert Moses State Park included in the morning flight one GREAT and 8 CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 27 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 20 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 500 NORTHERN GANNETS and an estimated 6,000 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. Another 21 KITTIWAKES were also moving east just offshore in the late afternoon. A PARASITIC JAEGER was a highlight off Playland Park in Rye Saturday morning. An immature ICELAND GULL was found at Breezy Point last Saturday and an AMERICAN BITTERN visited Prospect Park Wednesday.
A recent invasion of CATTLE EGRETS included singles Thursday at Cedar Beach and at Miller Field on Staten Island.
GOLDEN EAGLES are now appearing over local hawkwatches on a consistent basis including 5 at the Butler Sanctuary watch in Bedford Thursday.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew by Moses Park this morning. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS late this week were noted at Randall’s Island, Forest Park and Jones Beach West End and the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Verizon Plaza just west of Bryant Park yesterday. VESPER SPARROWS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were each noted at several locations this week. A few DICKCISSELS included one at 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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