- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep. 8, 2023 * NYNY2309.08
- Birds mentioned COMMON RINGED PLOVER+ BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+ FRANKLIN'S GULL+ WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+ BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+ ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Western Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LONG-TAILED JAEGER Caspian Tern Black Tern Royal Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT CONNECTICUT WARBLER KENTUCKY WARBLER Blue Grosbeak - Transcript 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: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, September 8th, 2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, pelagic trip results including LONG-TAILED JAEGER, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, FRANKLIN'S GULL, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT and KENTUCKY WARBLERS. A COMMON RINGED PLOVER continues around Old Inlet in Bellport Bay but the bird seen recently through today is apparently a different individual from the one found initially back on August 19th and may have been present since August 27th when this slightly differently plumaged bird was first noted. Reaching this site requires about a 2-mile walk west along the beach from the parking lot at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and the bird is at times on flats a half-mile or so farther to the northwest depending on the tidal situation but there are lots of birds there to keep one occupied. This week's highlights included counts of up to 15 or so MARBLED GODWITS and 13 WHIMBREL, 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, a single BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and WILSON'S PHALAROPE as well as a few CASPIAN TERNS mixed in with the many ROYAL TERNS. Last Saturday evening a ROSEATE SPOONBILL was found on Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park and has been roosting at that location through today. The pond viewing point is along Everit Avenue, a street on which there is no parking. The closest parking is likely at Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away but that could be a problem when the school is open. A pelagic trip aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay last Monday evening and made its way to the mouth of the Hudson Canyon before returning to Brooklyn Tuesday night. The trip's avian highlights included 2 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, 1 WHITE-FACED, 8 BAND-RUMPED and over 4,300 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 14 CORY'S, 34 GREAT and 6 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, 29 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 6 BLACK TERNS and a WHIMBREL. Also seen were two Sperm Whales, some Common, Bottle-nosed and Rizzo's Dolphins, Pilot Whales, some Hammerhead Sharks and quite a few Loggerhead Sea Turtles. An adult FRANKLIN'S GULL visited the Ossining waterfront on the Hudson River for a while last Saturday before moving south. Sightings of BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER this week included a couple on sod fields along Route 51 in Eastport just east of Route 111 or on Head of the Neck Road just west of there, these present today, with 2 others at Nickerson Beach yesterday. Single BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were reported today at Plumb Beach and Nickerson Beach and on Wednesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, the Route 51 fields and Croton Point Park. MARBLED GODWIT was still out in Jamaica Bay last Sunday and some WESTERN SANDPIPERS are showing up. A large gathering of shearwaters a few miles south of Napeague Monday included mostly GREAT and some CORY'S. Key landbirds this week included CLAY-COLORED SPARROW noted at Floyd Bennett Field to Thursday and at Jamaica Bay and Croton Point Park today. The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted in Orient Monday. Single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were reported in Alley Pond Park and at Conference House Park Monday and at Sunken Meadow State Park Tuesday with a KENTUCKY WARBLER in Forest Park Monday. Two BLUE GROSBEAKS were in the restricted East Hampton town dump last Sunday. 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
