-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 2, 2024
* NYNY2408.02
– Birds Mentioned
SANDWICH TERN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Common Eider
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Parasitic Jaeger
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Glossy Ibis
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green 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, August 2,
2024 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN PELICAN, SANDWICH TERN,
WHITE-FACED IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET. KING EIDER, WHIMBREL and
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GULL-BILLED TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER,
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, DICKCISSEL and more.
BROWN PELICANS early in the week featured one flying by Fort Tilden
Saturday followed by up to five hanging around Breezy Point Monday and
into Tuesday before moving on. Also at Breezy Point, a female KING
EIDER was seen Monday to Wednesday and may still be around, and
Tuesday there also produced a WHIMBREL and a GULL-BILLED TERN among a
good selection of birds.
More surprising, though, was a SANDWICH TERN photographed Thursday as
it flew by Plumb Beach, only identified during subsequent review of
photos taken;
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to provide exciting birds,
including a WHITE-FACED IBIS lingering around the north end of the
East Pond, usually with GLOSSY IBIS but now somewhat faded and
requiring closer scrutiny to spot its red eye and facial skin. An
AMERICAN AVOCET visited the West Pond at the Bay today, where a
summering COMMON EIDER was still present Sunday. Five WHIMBREL were
spotted Sunday at Yellow Bar Hassock south of the West Pond, and a
WESTERN SANDPIPER was photographed on the West Pond Monday. Good
numbers of shorebirds on the East Pond have featured up to 8
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and close to 80 STILT SANDPIPERS, these counted
Thursday, when a dozen GULL-BILLED TERNS were also noted at the north
end.
Other WHIMBREL this week included two Monday at Smith Point County
Park in Shirley and three Wednesday at Miller Field beach on Staten
Island.
On the Hudson River 2 CASPIAN TERNS visited Harbor Square Park in
Ossining Wednesday and Thursday, while across the Hudson at Piermont
Pier in Rockland County on Wednesday a lingering group of up to 15
CASPIAN TERNS were also joined for a short while by a group of 6 BLACK
TERNS.
Birders on a CRESLI whale-watching boat out of Montauk last Sunday
noted a PARASITIC JAEGER and some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, while
SHEARWATERS included some CORY’S and GREAT plus three SOOTY and a
MANX.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in the Calverton area, including along
the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.
Various early migrants among the passerines this week have included an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER appearing in Rye last Sunday, such WARBLERS as
TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA and BLACK-THROATED GREEN, and a DICKCISSEL flying
over northern Staten Island Wednesday 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