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> NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, September 17, 2023. > > 1. NYC Area RBA: 15 September 2023 > 2. Central Park, NYC - Friday, 9/15 - 6 Vireo spp., 24 Warbler spp., > 3. =?utf-8?Q?Bell=E2=80=99s_Vireo_Welwyn_Preserve_Glen_Cove_LI?= > 4. > =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=5Bnysbirds=2Dl=5D_Bell=E2=80=99s_Vireo_Welwyn_Preserve_Glen?= > =?UTF-8?Q?_Cove_LI?= > 5. Central Park NYC, Sat. Sept. 16, 2023: Philadelphia Vireo, Lincoln's > Sparrow, 16 Wood Warbler Species > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: NYC Area RBA: 15 September 2023 > From: Gail Benson <gbenso...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 02:57:55 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > -RBA > * New York > * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County > * Sept. 15, 2023 > * NYNY2309.15 > > - Birds Mentioned > > COMMON RINGED PLOVER+ > ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ > SAY’S PHOEBE+ > NORTHERN WHEATEAR > TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+ > (+ Details requested by NYSARC) > > Sora > American Golden-Plover > UPLAND SANDPIPER > Whimbrel > Marbled Godwit > BAIRD’S SANDPIPER > BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER > Western Sandpiper > Caspian Tern > Red-headed Woodpecker > WESTERN KINGBIRD > Philadelphia Vireo > CLAY-COLORED SPARROW > Yellow-breasted Chat > GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER > PROTHONOTARY WARBLER > Orange-crowned 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 > 15, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. > > The highlights of today's tape are COMMON RINGED PLOVER, ROSEATE > SPOONBILL, NORTHERN WHEATEAR, SAY’S PHOEBE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, > TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BUFF-BREASTED, BAIRD’S and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, > PROTHONOTARY and GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE > GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and much more. > > The second of apparently two different COMMON RINGED PLOVERS out at > Old Inlet in Bellport Bay was reported there last weekend but not > definitively recently and may have also departed. Good numbers of > shorebirds still there last Sunday did include 17 MARBLED GODWITS, a > WHIMBREL and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, plus 4 CASPIAN TERNS. This site > requires a 2 mile walk out along the beach from the parking lot at > Smith Point County Park in Shirley. > > On the other hand, the ROSEATE SPOONBILL on Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay > Park was still present today, roosting on the pond as viewed from > Everit Avenue. The closest parking is at Hewlett High School a couple > of blocks away. > > On Wednesday evening a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was seen briefly on top of > the landfill at Croton Point Park in Westchester, this preceded the > day before by a SAY’S PHOEBE tracked for a while as it moved around > the landfill late in the day at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, while on > Monday a WESTERN KINGBIRD was spotted at Caumsett State Park in > Suffolk. All three birds were photographed, but none could be > relocated subsequently. > > This morning a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was photographed at the Rocky Point > State Pine Barrens Preserve, where a subsequent visit this afternoon > also uncovered a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. > > Among the shorebird highlights this week were an AMERICAN > GOLDEN-PLOVER and a WHIMBREL visiting Heckscher State Park today, an > UPLAND SANDPIPER at Croton Point Park Thursday, a MARBLED GODWIT plus > a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER at Breezy Point last Saturday, up to four > BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in the sod fields along Route 51 in > Manorville last weekend, with three more at Nickerson Beach Tuesday, > and two WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Plumb Beach Saturday. > > Two CASPIAN TERNS visited Timber Point Thursday and Heckscher State > Park today, while an accommodating SORA fed on the pond by the Van > Cortlandt Park golf clubhouse early in the week. A RED-HEADED > WOODPECKER appeared in Central Park’s north end Tuesday. > > Several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported this week, and a recent > CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was in Flushing Meadows Corona Park yesterday. > > YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS this week were found yesterday in Central Park, > at Sunken Meadow State Park, and in Davis Park on Fire Island. > > A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find Monday and Tuesday at the Frank > Melville Memorial Park and Mill Pond in Setauket, and today a > GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where an > ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted last Sunday. Among the many other > WARBLERS were a few CONNECTICUTS, including singles reported at Pelham > Bay Tuesday, in Central Park’s north end Thursday, and in Forest Park > today. > > Several BLUE GROSBEAKS included two at the Suffolk County Farm and > Education Center off Yaphank Avenue Monday, one in Green-Wood Cemetery > and two at Robert Moses State Park Thursday, and one at Caumsett State > Park today, while a DICKCISSEL was found in Brooklyn Bridge Park > yesterday. > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Central Park, NYC - Friday, 9/15 - 6 Vireo spp., 24 Warbler spp., > From: Tom Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:38:00 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Friday, Sept. 15th > > All six northeastern-breeding species of Vireo were found in Central Park > on Friday, that of course including Philadelphia Vireo, of which several > were present including one photographed and seen by a number of observers > at The Loch in the parks north end. Also present were many Red-eyed, and > some Warbling, as well as White-eyed, Yellow-throated, and Blue-headed > Vireos for the park overall. A few Worm-eating Warblers were again seen, > one or more by many observers, and other warblers present included > Bay-breasted in the multiple, also multiple Palm as well, as Mourning and > others in varying numbers. N. Parula was among the more numerous of > warbler species. > > --- > However besides Central Park, many other locations of the same county > which include Manhattans Inwood Hill, Fort Tryon, Highbridge, Fort > Washington, Riverside, Carl Schurz, Bryant, Union Square, Madison Square, > Battery, Corlears Hook, and still-more parks, and also Randalls Island and > Governors Island in the same county, all had excellent migrant sightings on > the day. The non-profit Linnaean Society of New York had a very successful > guided walk at Governors Island on Friday with many migrants. More on > county-wide birds at a future date. > > Good birding to all, > > Tom Fiore > manhattan > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Bell=E2=80=99s_Vireo_Welwyn_Preserve_Glen_Cove_LI?= > From: Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 14:34:28 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > I do not see this cross posted. > This morning Ashley Pichon photographed what was later determined to > be Bell’s Vireo at Welwyn Preserve. The following, is from Ashley with > regards on how to navigate the area. > “ For those of you who don’t know Welwyn, the easiest way is to take > the paved path down to the Sound. Go right alongside the water. When > you see the end of the sea wall on your left, take the path on your > right. It will lead you to a semi paved path. Make a right on that > and cross the bridge. About 100 feet on the right side of the path is > where it was. Wear tick clothing or at least socks over your pants. > The paths are cut back but we have our share of them.” > Ashley also provided a link to aid in finding the location which I am > sharing here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GZjyRuU1YTt6XWZh9?g_st=iw[1] > Good job by Zach Schwartz-Weinstein who was spot on with his > assessment on the ID. Congratulations to Ashley on an excellent find > and documentation. > Good luck to all who twitch and please remember to cross post to the > various birding reporting mechanisms. > A blessed Rosh Hashanah to all who observe. > > --------“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves > could free our mind.” ~ Bob Marley > “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but > manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran > "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the > ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own > abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass > 風 Swift as the wind林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountainSun Tzu[2] _The Art of War_[3] > > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > > Andrew Bakshwww.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > [1] https://maps.app.goo.gl/GZjyRuU1YTt6XWZh9?g_st=iw > [2] http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu > [3] http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: > =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=5Bnysbirds=2Dl=5D_Bell=E2=80=99s_Vireo_Welwyn_Preserve_Glen?= > =?UTF-8?Q?_Cove_LI?= > From: Jennifer Wilson-Pines <jwpi...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 14:53:57 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > Also be aware that Welwyn has tons of poison ivy, particularly along those > paths. > Jennifer > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 2:35 PM Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I do not see this cross posted. > > > > This morning Ashley Pichon photographed what was later determined to be > > Bell’s Vireo at Welwyn Preserve. The following, is from Ashley with > regards > > on how to navigate the area. > > > > “ For those of you who don’t know Welwyn, the easiest way is to take the > > paved path down to the Sound. Go right alongside the water. When you see > > the end of the sea wall on your left, take the path on your right. It > will > > lead you to a semi paved path. Make a right on that and cross the bridge. > > About 100 feet on the right side of the path is where it was. Wear tick > > clothing or at least socks over your pants. The paths are cut back but we > > have our share of them.” > > > > Ashley also provided a link to aid in finding the location which I am > > sharing here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GZjyRuU1YTt6XWZh9?g_st=iw > > > > Good job by Zach Schwartz-Weinstein who was spot on with his assessment > on > > the ID. Congratulations to Ashley on an excellent find and documentation. > > > > Good luck to all who twitch and please remember to cross post to the > > various birding reporting mechanisms. > > > > A blessed Rosh Hashanah to all who observe. > > > > -------- > > “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free > > our mind.” ~ Bob Marley > > > > “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but > > manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran > > > > "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the > > ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own > > abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass > > > > 風 Swift as the wind > > 林 Quiet as the forest > > 火 Conquer like the fire > > 山 Steady as the mountain > > Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* > > <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> > > > > (\__/) > > (= '.'=) > > > > (") _ (") > > > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > > > > > Andrew Baksh > > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > -- > > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > > > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Central Park NYC, Sat. Sept. 16, 2023: Philadelphia Vireo, > Lincoln's Sparrow, 16 Wood Warbler Species > From: Deborah Allen <dalle...@earthlink.net> > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 23:25:47 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > Central Park NYC > Saturday September 16, 2023 > OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. > > > Highlights: Philadelphia Vireo, Lincoln's Sparrow, 16 Wood Warbler Species > including Tennessee, Cape May, Blackburnian and Prairie Warblers. > > > Canada Goose - 25-30 > Mallard - 6-10 > Mourning Dove - 30-40 > Chimney Swift - 8-12 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3-5 > Herring Gull - 4-6 flyovers > Osprey - 1 flyover Belvedere Castle > Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 flyover Belvedere Castle > Red-tailed Hawk - 1 immature perched Top of the Point > Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Ramble > Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 > Northern Flicker - 6-8 > American Kestrel - 1 flyover Shakespeare Garden > Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Belvedere Castle, east side of Turtle Pond) > Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 or 2 (Captain's Bench, Top of the Point) > Philadelphia Vireo - 1 Belvedere Castle, photographed by several > Warbling Vireo - 1 Belvedere Castle > Red-eyed Vireo - 5-7 > Blue Jay - 8-12 > American Crow - flock of 12-18 > Cedar Waxwing - 10-15 > Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 > House Wren - 3 or 4 > Gray Catbird - 8-10 > Brown Thrasher - 3 or 4 > Veery - 2 or 3 > Swainson's Thrush - 40-50 > Wood Thrush - 2 or 3 > American Robin - 50-60 > Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field (Bob - early a.m.)* > Common Grackle - 20-25 > Ovenbird - 1 Pinetum > Northern Waterthrush - 1 Azalea Pond > Black-and-white Warbler - 6-8 > Tennessee Warbler - 1 east of Belvedere Castle > Common Yellowthroat - 2 or 3 > American Redstart - 10-15 > Cape May Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle Overlook > Northern Parula - 6-8 > Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 > Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Top of the Point > Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Top of the Point > Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 or 3 > Pine Warbler - 3 or 4 > Prairie Warbler - 2 Belvedere Castle (Paul Curtis) > Canada Warbler - 3 > Wilson's Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Belvedere Castle) > Scarlet Tanager - 3 or 4 > Northern Cardinal - 8-10 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 6-8 > > > *Early but not a record early date for the season. > -- > Deb Allen > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/ --
