– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 6, 2024
* NYNY2409.06
– Birds mentioned
LONG-TAILED JAEGER+
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER+
WHITE IBIS+
LARK BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Eastern Whip-poor-will
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN BOOBY
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
DICKCISSEL
– Transcript
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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 6th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are LARK BUNTING, BROWN
BOOBY, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, WHITE IBIS,
AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GOLDEN-WINGED, CONNECTICUT and other warblers,
DICKCISSEL and much more.
An interesting but puzzling bird spotted midday Monday at Shirley Chisholm
State Park was subsequently identified as a LARK BUNTING and fortunately
continued along the trail there through much of Tuesday morning before
disappearing. A second LARK BUNTING in similar brownish plumage was also
spotted Tuesday morning along the median adjacent to field 2 at Robert
Moses State Park but that bird vanished rather quickly and neither has been
seen subsequently.
Today a seawatch off Shinnecock Inlet produced an adult BROWN BOOBY moving
east not far offshore. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen off nearby
Tiana Beach and spotted further east off Mecox Bay were one SOOTY and 9
CORY’S SHEARWATERS plus 22 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN showed up on the
East Pond last Saturday and has continued there through today, usually
lingering with many Mute Swans just north of Raunt. Shorebirds on the East
Pond this week have included an AMERICAN AVOCET all week at the north end,
2 MARBLED GODWITS today, a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER Monday and small numbers of
PECTORAL, STILT, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and a few LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS. A BLACK TERN spent Monday regularly circling the pond with up
to 10 CASPIAN TERNS staying mostly at the north end. An AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER was out in Jamaica Bay Monday.
A boat trip into Long Island Sound last Saturday produced a crisp juvenile
LONG-TAILED JAEGER about one and a half miles off Eaton’s Neck with some
great photos obtained. The four immature WHITE IBIS that have been visiting
Cow Meadow Park in Freeport were still present there as of Wednesday either
roosting on the pond by the parking lot or out feeding in the surrounding
marsh. Another immature spotted about a week ago was seen again today on
Flax Pond in Old Field northwest of Port Jefferson.
Two BROWN PELICANS appeared off Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday and
the next day 8 were seen off Breezy Point Tip moving out to sea.
Old Inlet on Fire Island, 2 miles west of Smith Point County Park, has
featured […] 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS through Thursday with 2 MARBLED GODWITS
also stopping by Sunday, with 3 HUDSONIANS visiting Mecox Bay Monday.
The Cresli whale watching trip on the Viking Star out of Montauk have been
productive for seabirds recently. The trip last Sunday produced a WHIMBREL,
6 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 15 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 50 plus CORY’S and
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS along with 12 GREAT, one SOOTY and 7 MANX
SHEARWATERS. With the AOS recently recognizing the split of SCOPOLI’S
SHEARWATER from CORY’S and NYSARC now revealing the implications of this on
the New York list it’s time to sharpen one’s skills to recognize the subtle
differences between the two. Not necessarily a simple task.
An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was in Central Park Monday and an immature
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Inwood Hill Park Sunday.
Notable landbirds recently have featured OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, at least 5 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS and various warblers
including reports in Central Park of GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT and
DICKCISSELS over at Jamaica Bay, Coney Island Creek and out in the Bronx.
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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