- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 10, 2023 * NYNY2311.10
- Birds mentioned PURPLE GALLINULE+ ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+ PAINTED BUNTING+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) EURASIAN WIGEON HARLEQUIN DUCK AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER MARBLED GODWIT Long-billed Dowitcher Parasitic Jaeger Black-legged Kittiwake Common Tern Forster's Tern Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater Northern Gannet RED-HEADED WOODPECKER WESTERN KINGBIRD PHILADELPHIA VIREO NORTHERN SHRIKE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler American Redstart Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Prairie Warbler Wilson's Warbler Dickcissel - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nybirds.org%2FNYSARC%2Fgoodreport.htm&data=05%7C01%7CNYSBIRDS-L%40list.cornell.edu%7Cdd03c85a697942a8252f08dbe28f6a37%7C5d7e43661b9b45cf8e79b14b27df46e1%7C0%7C0%7C638352877815516532%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Gt3n2%2BaFAZSg7eS1AgwbOjgfOFJbTVhLT7g5oNLTIlo%3D&reserved=0 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, November 10th 2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are PAINTED BUNTING, PURPLE GALLINULE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, NORTHERN SHRIKE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and more. Around midday last Saturday a nicely plumaged male PAINTED BUNTING appeared briefly and then disappeared quickly back into bushes near the 113th Street entrance to Morningside Park in northern Manhattan evading further efforts to pin it down as it apparently headed south. The immature PURPLE GALLINULE first noted around Prospect Park Lake on October 15th and has not been reported there since last Sunday. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER spotted in Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday was followed by one seen in nearby Owl's Head Park on Wednesday this joined by a second one Thursday and Friday while farther out on Long Island another ASH-THROATED was also present yesterday and today at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found Tuesday out near the dog run at Nickerson Beach and was still around that area and the nearby ponds today. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was identified today at Freshkills Park on Staten Island in the North Park, Phase 1 section hopefully it will linger. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON, in still changing plumage, was found Thursday at Connetquot River State Park in a flock of American Wigeon on the main pond near the visitors center and continued there today. Out at Orient Point up to 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been present off the point since last Saturday. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still present at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday and the continuing flock of MARBLED GODWITS around Jones Inlet included 11 reported on the outer bar across from the Coast Guard Station Wednesday. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE moving down the Hudson River was reported off Fort Washington Park in northern Manhattan last Tuesday and later also seen off Brooklyn and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still being reported today around the edge of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A seawatch at Montauk Point last Sunday reported 26 CORY'S and 8 GREAT SHEARWATERS, a PARASITIC JAEGER and small numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS and FORSTER'S and COMMON TERNS while 850 NORTHERN GANNETS were estimated off Fort Tilden today. Besides the 2 immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS present all week next to the model airplane field at the Croton Point Park in Westchester another has been present all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. Unusually late was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO photographed Tuesday at the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Fort Totten Park in Queens Sunday was followed by one at Marshlands Conservancy Monday and Tuesday and another at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Wednesday while a VESPER SPARROW was spotted at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Sunday. Some late warblers still being encountered occasionally locally besides a few ORANGE-CROWNED this week also included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, PRAIRIE and WILSON'S. A few DICKCISSELS continue to be reported mostly coastally. 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 -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") 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