-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 23, 2024
* NYNY2408.23
– Birds Mentioned
RED-FOOTED BOOBY+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Olive-sided Flycatcher
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada 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, August 23,
2024 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are RED-FOOTED BOOBY, WHITE IBIS, KING
EIDER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS,
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
DICKCISSEL and more.
Perhaps one of the most fortuitous sightings of a potential new NYS
record occurred early Thursday morning when a dawn rooftop watch from
an Astoria, Queens, apartment building produced a flyby sighting of
what appears to be an immature RED-FOOTED BOOBY. Several photos were
obtained as the bird headed in a northeasterly direction, low enough
to provide reasonable detail for study and NYSARC review.
The incursion of WHITE IBIS continues, with two birds found this
morning at Cow Meadow Park Preserve in Freeport. By late afternoon at
least two more had joined the original pair, but photos of the birds
in flight might indicate they did change location.
The female KING EIDER at Breezy Point was still present last weekend
and, in flightless condition, could be around a while longer.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an adult AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was
identified today at the north end of the East Pond, where up to three
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES have been present since one appeared there on
Tuesday. Another RED-NECKED was spotted yesterday by boat in Post
Marsh east of Lawrence in Nassau.
An HUDSONIAN GODWIT paid a brief visit to Oak Beach Tuesday afternoon,
and three MARBLED GODWITS flew by Twin Island at Pelham Bay Park last
Sunday around noon.
BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were found last Monday on sod fields off Depot Lane
in Cutchogue, with three on one field and two on another nearby, and
another was noted flying by Robert Moses State Park Wednesday morning.
Also at Moses Park a BLACK-HEADED GULL in decent plumage was present
at Field 2 last weekend.
A few CASPIAN TERNS included five last Saturday on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Refuge, with two there today, and a BLACK TERN visited
Plumb Beach last Saturday.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was photographed at Strack Pond in Forest Park
today, and a few reports of YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT included singles at
the Salt Marsh Nature Center Monday, at Snug Harbor Cultural Center on
Staten Island Tuesday, at Tiana Beach off Dune Road Wednesday, and at
Croton Point Park today.
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was in Forest Park Wednesday and Thursday, and
a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was spotted in Arshamomaque Preserve in
Greenport West on Wednesday. Other migrant WARBLERS recently have
included WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE. MOURNING, HOODED, good
numbers of CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, CANADA and WILSON’S.
Other recent migrants have included both YELLOW-BILLED and
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, with 45 over Rye Thursday, and
OLIVE-SIDED and various Empidonax FLYCATCHERS, plus single DICKCISSELS
reported moving over lower Manhattan Wednesday morning and Robert
Moses State Park early 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