[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 22 September 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 22, 2023
* NYNY2309.22
- Birds mentioned
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
BELL'S VIREO+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Golden-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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 22nd
2023* at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BELL'S
VIREO, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, the continuing slightly extralimital
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was still visiting Willow Pond in Hewlett Bay Park
today, usually visible from Everit Avenue. Nearby parking is available at
Hewlett High School a couple of blocks away.
A BELL'S VIREO was identified from photos taken last Saturday at Welwyn
Preserve in Glen Cove. This quite bright individual could not subsequently
be relocated.
A female type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen briefly near the Ponquogue
Bridge west of Shinnecock Inlet last Tuesday but quickly disappeared.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues along the Hudson River in the Newburgh area
occasionally crossing over to the Beacon waterfront but more often seen
near the Newburgh ferry dock or south of there near the Global Oil terminal
along River Road.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was still visiting the sod fields along Route 51
out in Eastport last Sunday and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was spotted at Floyd
Bennett Field on Monday. The water level remains quite high on the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted at
the pond's north end last Saturday. Perhaps this same bird photographed at
the south end today.
Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted in Prospect Park Sunday and
Central Park yesterday with 3 still present along Paumanok Trail near Jones
Pond Saturday this off Schultz Road in Manorville.
Single LARK SPARROWS were spotted at Rockaway Beach last Saturday and on
Roosevelt Island yesterday while recent CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included one
in Prospect Park Wednesday and singles Thursday in Van Cortlandt Park and
Bushwick Inlet Park in Brooklyn. A VESPER SPARROW was at Croton Point Park
Thursday and quite a few LINCOLN'S SPARROWS arrived recently.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday and Croton
Point Park Thursday and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was a nice find at the Frank
Melville Memorial Park in Setauket present there Thursday and today. Single
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS were reported last weekend at Clove Lakes Park on
Staten Island Saturday and in Central Park and Prospect Park on Sunday and
several reports of CONNECTICUT WARBLER included singles in Central Park
Wednesday and Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Thursday.
SUMMER TANAGER was reported in Central Park both from the Ramble and at the
north end between Saturday and Tuesday and quite a few BLUE GROSBEAKS were
noted in the NYC area including one each in Prospect Park and Bush Terminal
Piers Park Tuesday and one in Kissena Park and 2 on Roosevelt Island on
Wednesday. Several DICKCISSELS have also been noted recently mostly as
calling flybys and among the other more notable migrants lately have been a
few OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS plus several empidonax species and a decent
number of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS.
The raptor migration has also produced a nice number of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
this week. Between Tuesday and Thursday the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the
Butler Sanctuary in Bedford and the Quaker Ridge site at the Audubon Center
in northwestern Greenwich, which contained virtually no overlap, counted a
combined 46,500 BROAD-WINGEDS.
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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NYSbirds-L List
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Sept. 22, 2023: 13 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Friday September 22, 2023 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Yellow, and Prairie Warblers. Canada Goose - 25 Northern Shoveler - 1 Harlem Meer (Deb-early) Gadwall - around 20 Mallard - around 40 Green-winged Teal - 2 at the Pool Mourning Dove - 20-25 Chimney Swift - a few overhead in several locations Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda) Solitary Sandpiper - 1 continuing at the west end of the Pool Herring Gull - a dozen flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 island in Harlem Meer (Deb-early) Great Egret - 1 at the Pool Red-tailed Hawk - 2 along the Loch (1 adult, 1 immature) Eurasian Eagle Owl - 1 "Flaco" zoo escape in Oak at East Drive and 102nd Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 3 flyovers Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4 Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 probable Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at the Pool (Paul Curtis) Eastern Phoebe - 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Great Hill (Dan Stevenson) Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 4, others heard American Crow - flock of 23-24 Carolina Wren - heard Compost and Harlem Meer House Wren - 2 (Loch, Great Hill) Gray Catbird - a dozen Brown Thrasher - 2 at the Pool (Caren Jahre) Northern Mockingbird - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 3 American Robin - around 20 House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 3 Song Sparrow - 1 Grassy Knoll Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 2 heard at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Nashville Warbler - 1 Compost (Scott Brevda) Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 19 or 20 Northern Parula - 4 or 5 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Mary Kate Horbac) Yellow Warbler - 1 Grassy Knoll (Scott Brevda) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Grassy Knoll (Dan Stevenson) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Pool Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male (Loch) Palm Warbler - 1 "Western" Plant Nursery (Caren Jahre) Prairie Warbler - 1 male Grassy Knoll Scarlet Tanager - 1 adult male Great Hill Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8 including a begging juvenile Deb Allen -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - highlights: Lark Sparrow, Blue Grosbeaks, Red-headed WP, etc.
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan with Roosevelt Island and other islands of the county, as well as skies above and adjacent waters. On Thursday Sept. 21, a Lark Sparrow was seen and photographed in the Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island which is a part of N.Y. County- that park is at the south side of that island in the East River estuary, and is the largest bit of open habitat on that otherwise quite residential island. The park may or may not be officially open at very early hours, and in some instances over many years, birds found at Roosevelt Island may or may-not stay in place there. The island is reached via several modes of transit, including an aerial tramway from Manhattan, as well as NYC subway, and by roadway from a bridge out of northwest Queens County NYC. Two BLUE Grosbeaks, up from one previously there were noted from this same park on Wed, 9/20, sightings noted by J. Marinov, with photos also confirmed and in eBird, Macaulay Library etc. At Central Park in Manhattan on 9/21, a young Red-headed Woodpecker, lacking the adults red hood, was seen passing thru the Strawberry Fields area - J. Nance - and that, at least the 2nd of that species this month, could also potentially linger within the park - a park where up to 10 of that species at least once spent the greater part of one fall-winter and many into spring not so many years ago - these may find wintering territories to which they can be very loyal, and in that Park, the territories can be potentially almost anywhere in semi wooded places, from the southern end of that park thru to the northern portion and from east to west as well. The species also has wintered in and near Riverside Park on Manhattans western side more than once. Philadelphia Vireos have continued to be seen, including in Central Park into Thursday, 9/21, one nicely photographed and eBirded as such, in Centrals north end -T. Zahner- as well as sightings by others then and over multiple days. As to the Connecticut Warbler in Central Parks nw quadrant, there were up to 15+ observers of that individual on Wed, 9/20 and the local GroupMe bird alerts system helped bring some of those observers; the skulking warbler having moved slightly in the various hour spaces of its sightings; the original finder has not been noted by anyone reporting to NYSBirds. As on many many prior days, migrants were seen in great diversity and numbers all around the county into all of Thursday. Some slightly-late Great Crested Flycatchers were being found recently a tiny Central Park, and as many know, we ought to scrutinize any birds in the genus Myiarchus for the possibilities of western vagrants, the most regular to our region being Ash-throated, among the potential for flycatchers in autumn, which will begin on the calendar shortly! A number of observers went to Randalls Island -in N.Y. County- and among many migrants there, Greater Yellowlegs were seen again, 2 or more days in a row into 9/21, an uncommon species to linger within the county. More than 15 warbler spp. were also found thru just Thursday on Randalls Island, similarly to what was noted in many of the countys various many other parks - and to some extent also in smaller greenspaces. Thanks to the many quiet, keen active observers as well as many leaders of not-for-profit walks to benefit conservation and science-based orgs, plus many independent observers and photographers out and about thru the county, for a vast many sightings and reports, plus photos, in high-volume migration times recently. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/ --
