– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 13, 2024
* NYNY2409.13
– Birds mentioned
PURPLE GALLINULE+
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Sora
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Least Bittern
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
– Transcript
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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, September 13th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PURPLE GALLINULE,
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED
GODWITS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS,
WILSON’S PHALAROPE, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Late Sunday afternoon an immature PURPLE GALLINULE was found disoriented in
a grassy strip along 154th Street in Whitestone Queens and taken in for
rehabilitation. Similarly that morning a LEAST BITTERN landed on an upper
floor terrace on East 52nd Street in Manhattan and subsequently flushed
into a nearby window. While such birds have been lingering, MOURNING
WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Bryant Park in Manhattan have also
presumably been compromised by flying into alien habitat and suffering the
consequences. Still more obviously needs to be done to provide more
protection for our declining bird populations.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge prime conditions on the East Pond continue
to attract excellent variety including the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN present
all week usually just north of the Raunt. The AMERICAN AVOCET staying at
the north end of the pond attracted a second one last Sunday and both have
continued through today [while 4] WILSON’S PHALAROPES have also appeared on
the pond. Other shorebirds present include a couple of MARBLED GODWITS last
weekend down to one today, a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER last Monday and many other
expected species. Other birds featured at least 2 SORAS, one seen regularly
at the south end and still up to 6 or so CASPIAN TERNS plus a few ROYAL
TERNS usually at the north end.
At least 3 immature WHITE IBIS were still visiting Cow Meadow Park in
Freeport up to last Monday and the one at Flax Pond in Old Field was seen
again last Sunday.
Other shorebirds include an AMERICAN AVOCET noted Saturday at Flushing
Creek in Queens, one HUDSONIAN and 2 MARBLED GODWITS at Cupsogue Beach
County Park today and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Fire Island’s Democrat
Point Wednesday and Thursday. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 3 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS were out at Old Inlet on Fire Island on Wednesday along with a
GULL-BILLED TERN and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was reported from Lazy Point at
Napeague last weekend.
A few SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS were reported again last Sunday from the Cresli
whale trip aboard the Viking Star out of Montauk.
Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted in Central Park Monday and
Tuesday, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn Monday and at Lenoir Preserve
in Yonkers Wednesday.
[…] PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported while LARK SPARROWS were spotted
Sunday at Randall’s Island, Monday and Tuesday in Green-wood Cemetery and
Tuesday at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center while a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW visited the Fire Island hawkwatch at field 5 Monday.
Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred in Prospect Park Sunday and at SUNY
Purchase starting Saturday. Some CONNECTICUT WARBLERS during the week
included birds in Central, Prospect and Kissena Parks, Green-wood Cemetery
and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a good variety of warbler species
continues while numbers have been far from overwhelming.
Single BLUE GROSBEAKS were on Monday in Green-wood Cemetery and out at Fire
Island in field 5 and DICKCISSELS, mostly noted during early morning
flights, were reported from Manhattan, Brooklyn and Pelham Bay with 2
passing over Moses Park Sunday.
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have begun appearing in decent numbers at regional
hawkwatches with over 1,600 over the Greenwich Audubon Center on Tuesday.
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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