-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 27, 2024
* NYNY2409.27
– Birds Mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
SEDGE WREN
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Golden-winged Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, September 27, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are CURLEW SANDPIPER, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BUFF-BREASTED and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, SEDGE WREN, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to attract an impressive variety of birds, this week topped by the immature CURLEW SANDPIPER visiting the north end of the East Pond last Saturday, where it was nicely photographed. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN also continued on the East Pond at least up to Wednesday, and other notable species there have included two AMERICAN AVOCETS and a MARBLED GODWIT staying to Monday, a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE stopping by last Sunday, and a lingering variety of other shorebirds, though numbers are diminishing. A WHIMBREL was also out in Jamaica Bay south of the West Pond Sunday.
Following a report of 4 BROWN PELICANS flying over Island Park in Nassau County last Tuesday afternoon were 3 more seen distantly this morning from Plumb Beach as they moved east along the ocean coastline passed Breezy Point.
Single AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were noted at Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga Wednesday and Thursday and at Plumb Beach Thursday.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was present Tuesday at Fire Island’s Democrat Point, where other highlights included two WHIMBRELS, a MARBLED GODWIT and 67 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, the two WHIMBRELS still there Thursday. Another WHIMBREL visited Jones Beach West End today.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was a good find in the grass at Floyd Bennett Field today. Two HUDSONIAN GODWITS were on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park last Saturday, and a MARBLED GODWIT was spotted at Oak Beach today.
A sea watch Sunday afternoon from the bluffs at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk recorded two PARASITIC JAEGERS and one MANX, one SOOTY, 3 GREAT and 30 CORY’S SHEARWATERS. “
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER appeared at Jones Beach West End Monday, while an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER put in a latish appearance at Prospect Park yesterday.
A SEDGE WREN was photographed at Kissena Park Thursday and followed by a report of one at SUNY Purchase today.
PHILADELPHIA VIREOS have been fairly widespread recently, occurring in several regional parks.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW found on Governors Island on Tuesday was still present yesterday and perhaps continues there.
Among the various WARBLERS still moving through were a male GOLDEN-WINGED seen on private property Sunday in Mattituck and a decent number of CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, including since Tuesday a couple in Central Park and singles at Inwood Hill and Kissena Parks, plus one lingering in Bryant Park.
Single BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted on multiple days during the week in Kissena Park and at Jones Beach West End, with one at Middle Village Cemetery in Queens today.
A few DICKCISSELS featured one Saturday in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, one on Governors Island Tuesday, and today birds noted at Randall’s Island, Plumb Beach and Breezy Point.
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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