[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 OCTOBER 2014

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 3, 2014
* NYNY1410.03

- Birds Mentioned

NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
American Golden-Plover
American Oystercatcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
Pine Siskin

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
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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, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 3rd at
7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, WESTERN KINGBIRD,
BAIRD’S and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, EURASIAN WIGEON, BLUE GROSBEAK, and
GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS.

Perhaps providing signs of better things to come, a WESTERN KINGBIRD
appeared Monday at the Mount Loretto Unique Area off Hylan Boulevard on
Staten Island.

And better things did come with the discovery Wednesday of a NORTHERN
WHEATEAR at Brooklyn’s Plum Beach.  Ranging up and down the beachfront both
Wednesday and Thursday at Plum Beach, the WHEATEAR was missed most of
today, but apparently was refound this evening near the east end of the
marsh, so may linger into tomorrow.

Though landbird numbers generally remain fairly unimpressive, a nice later
fall variety is becoming evident in most regional parks.  And today seemed
to mark the transition from warblers over to sparrows.  A few CONNECTICUT
WARBLERS have been reported lately, including from Monday and Wednesday in
Central Park, Tuesday in Madison Square Park in lower Manhattan, and today
at Strack Pond at the western end of Forest Park in Queens.  A male
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER spotted in Alley Pond Park last Sunday was joined
there by WORM-EATING and CAPE MAY WARBLERS, and a MOURNING WARBLER was at
Crocheron Park in Queens Monday.  Though the bulk of the warblers has
presumably moved through, the good variety still being seen has included
TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN and HOODED, with species like
NORTHERN PARULA and BLACKPOLL occurring in good numbers this week, while
YELLOW-RUMPEDS are just beginning to appear.  An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was
noted in Kissena Park in Queens last Sunday, and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO or
two are still being reported.

Kissena Park also produced two BLUE GROSBEAKS near the Velodrome last
Sunday, and it is good to see small numbers of PINE SISKINS moving through
the area, with certainly more to come, though this may be the only winter
finch to get this far south this winter.

Other species moving into our area recently have included YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, WINTER WREN, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER and various
sparrows, including LINCOLN’S and WHITE-CROWNED.  Some NELSON’S SPARROWS
are also appearing in salt marshes in the area, including at Plum Beach.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, though shorebird numbers have been low
recently, the drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still being seen on the East Pond
at least through Wednesday.

At Jones Beach West End a nice gathering of birds recently at high tide on
the bar next to the Coast Guard Station has included over 450 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS and 150 BLACK SKIMMERS, with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
joining the other shorebirds there last weekend.  Also noted last Saturday
were a ROYAL TERN and 8 PINE SISKINS overhead.

The sodfields of Riverhead last Saturday produced 8 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS
and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in fields along Edward’s Avenue and another
GOLDEN-PLOVER on the west side of Route 105 just south of Sound Avenue,
with a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER reported at the Route 105 fields Sunday.

A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was noted at the Georgica Pond inlet last Sunday, while
at Mecox inlet last Saturday were one ROYAL TERN and four CASPIAN TERNS and
a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483 <%28212%29%20372-1483>.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Plum Beach, Brooklyn Northern Wheatear YES.

[Andrew Baksh]

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> Brian Moore and I are at the east end of the marsh about 100 yards west of 
> the pink, graffiti boat. The bird is perched on a low wooden platform. 6pm
> 
> Also m and f Black Scoters by the boat.
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[nysbirds-l] Northern Wheater-YES

[Shane Blodgett]

This just came into my inbox from ebirdsnyc:

Brian Moore and I are at the east end of the marsh about 100 yards west of the 
pink, graffiti boat. The bird is perched on a low wooden platform. 6pm

Also m and f Black Scoters by the boat.

Jeff Bowen

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Connecticut Warbler in Queens

[Andrew Baksh]

If anyone nearby, is thinking of trying for this Connecticut Warbler, I
suggest you do it.

This is a very cooperative bird that is working a small area about 30 yards
from the entrance to Strack Pond this is on the side from the bandshell
parking lot.

This bird was the highlight of a 14 warbler day all seen in a small area
near the pond. It is still being seen as of a few minutes ago.

Cheers,

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林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
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On Oct 3, 2014, at 2:17 PM, "Corey Finger here...@yahoo.com [ebirdsnyc]" <
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At Strack Pond on the right side of the paved path leading down for the
pond.

Found earlier today by Danny Melore, who tentatively identified it, and
just refound by Andrew Baksh.

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler in Queens

[Corey Finger]

At Strack Pond on the right side of the paved path leading down for the pond.

Found earlier today by Danny Melore, who tentatively identified it, and just 
refound by Andrew Baksh.

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow, Randall's Island (New York County)

[David Barrett]

Andrew Farnsworth and I birded the northeast shore of Randall's Island at
noon today and had our first NELSON'S SPARROW of the season in the
saltmarsh directly north of baseball field #42. To see it, we had to take
advantage of low tide and climb along the rocks that line the shore,
heading west to roughly the middle of the saltmarsh. This species, along
with Saltmarsh Sparrow, which we did not see today, has become a regular
visitor to this area of the island over the last few years in October. We
also noted many Savannah Sparrows along the shore.

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] Plum Beach, Brooklyn: Northern Wheatear - NO this morning

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
This morning David Krauss and I went to Plum Beach to look for the Northern
Wheatear. We arrived shortly after 7am and spent 3 1/2 hours searching for
it. I walked on the beach between the rock jetty and the east end, and
along the trail inside the dunes, three times each and found no Wheatear.

Last night when I saw the skies clear and felt the the air getting cooler I
thought, this bird is going to fly tonight. Our friends in Cape May may be
the next lucky birders to see this bird.

beautiful morning though,

Anders Peltomaa
Mannahatta

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Re: [nysbirds-l] wheatear status today? So far, NO.

[Ardith Bondi]

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> On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:04 AM, David Klauber  wrote:
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>  Any reports today, positive or negative?
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Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Phil Jeffrey]

Coloration-wise, sure.  However there are at least a few European N.
Wheatear photos on the web - tagged as first fall for whatever reason -
that show more pointed primary and retrix profiles than comparable adults.
My own photos of European/Greenland ssp aren't good enough for this
comparison.  I also have no idea how feather profile varies with population
- Greenland ssp being an extreme migrant, but the European and Alaskan ones
being no slouches either.  The Portland Bill entry for 26th March 2011
suggests that feather shape could be a useful feature, with the usual
caveat that you've got to get really good photographs to make that call:
http://www.portlandbirdobs.org.uk/latest_mar2011.htm

It might be really interesting to look at good tail-end-on photos of this
Wheatear in terms of feather shape rather than color.

First approximation likelihood on age would be: proportion of adult males
seen in the prior Wheatear invasions into the NorthEast ?

Phil Jeffrey
NJ


On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Shaibal Mitra 
wrote:

>  This is more difficult than it might seem. Although we can probably
> exclude an adult male, distinguishing the other three age/sex combos in the
> field is very difficult.
>
>  This puts us around the same place we found ourselves back in 2001, when
> Angus and others of us staked out the then state of the art in Long Island
> wheatear analysis:
>
>  http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.html
>
>  Another (also possibly unanswerable) question is whether this bird is a
> Greenland Wheatear, from eastern Arctic Canada, or possibly an Alaskan
> Wheatear, beating along the trail from Beringia to Plumb Beach, as though
> it were a Yellow Wagtail!
>
>  Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
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> *From:* bounce-118101240-11143...@list.cornell.edu [
> bounce-118101240-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Elliotte Rusty
> Harold [elh...@ibiblio.org]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2014 6:55 AM
> *To:* Arie Gilbert
> *Cc:* NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu
> *Subject:* Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES
>
>   Could more details be given about the birs itself? E.g is it male or
> female?
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[nysbirds-l] wheatear status today?

[David Klauber]

 Any reports today, positive or negative?   
  
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RE: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Larry Trachtenberg]

I think there was similar debate in 2011 for the N. wheatear that spent a few 
days at croton train station
http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/rare-bird-sighted-croton-train-station

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining

From: bounce-118101662-10490...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118101662-10490...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 8:46 AM
To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

This is more difficult than it might seem. Although we can probably exclude an 
adult male, distinguishing the other three age/sex combos in the field is very 
difficult.

This puts us around the same place we found ourselves back in 2001, when Angus 
and others of us staked out the then state of the art in Long Island wheatear 
analysis:

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.html

Another (also possibly unanswerable) question is whether this bird is a 
Greenland Wheatear, from eastern Arctic Canada, or possibly an Alaskan 
Wheatear, beating along the trail from Beringia to Plumb Beach, as though it 
were a Yellow Wagtail!

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: 
bounce-118101240-11143...@list.cornell.edu
 [bounce-118101240-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Elliotte Rusty 
Harold [elh...@ibiblio.org]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 6:55 AM
To: Arie Gilbert
Cc: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES
Could more details be given about the birs itself? E.g is it male or female?




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RE: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Shaibal Mitra]

This is more difficult than it might seem. Although we can probably exclude an 
adult male, distinguishing the other three age/sex combos in the field is very 
difficult.

This puts us around the same place we found ourselves back in 2001, when Angus 
and others of us staked out the then state of the art in Long Island wheatear 
analysis:

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.html

Another (also possibly unanswerable) question is whether this bird is a 
Greenland Wheatear, from eastern Arctic Canada, or possibly an Alaskan 
Wheatear, beating along the trail from Beringia to Plumb Beach, as though it 
were a Yellow Wagtail!

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-118101240-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-118101240-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Elliotte Rusty Harold 
[elh...@ibiblio.org]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 6:55 AM
To: Arie Gilbert
Cc: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

Could more details be given about the birs itself? E.g is it male or female?




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Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Elliotte Rusty Harold]

Could more details be given about the birs itself? E.g is it male or
female?

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Arie Gilbert 
wrote:

> .on wooden structures in marsh
>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Elliotte Rusty Harold]

Could more details be given about the birs itself? E.g is it male or
female?

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Arie Gilbert ariegilb...@optonline.net
wrote:

 .on wooden structures in marsh

 For this location, click on the link below, or copy it and place it in a
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 directions that you can print out.


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RE: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Shaibal Mitra]

This is more difficult than it might seem. Although we can probably exclude an 
adult male, distinguishing the other three age/sex combos in the field is very 
difficult.

This puts us around the same place we found ourselves back in 2001, when Angus 
and others of us staked out the then state of the art in Long Island wheatear 
analysis:

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.html

Another (also possibly unanswerable) question is whether this bird is a 
Greenland Wheatear, from eastern Arctic Canada, or possibly an Alaskan 
Wheatear, beating along the trail from Beringia to Plumb Beach, as though it 
were a Yellow Wagtail!

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.htmlShai Mitra
Bay Shore

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RE: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Larry Trachtenberg]

I think there was similar debate in 2011 for the N. wheatear that spent a few 
days at croton train station
http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/rare-bird-sighted-croton-train-station

L. Trachtenberg
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This is more difficult than it might seem. Although we can probably exclude an 
adult male, distinguishing the other three age/sex combos in the field is very 
difficult.

This puts us around the same place we found ourselves back in 2001, when Angus 
and others of us staked out the then state of the art in Long Island wheatear 
analysis:

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.html

Another (also possibly unanswerable) question is whether this bird is a 
Greenland Wheatear, from eastern Arctic Canada, or possibly an Alaskan 
Wheatear, beating along the trail from Beringia to Plumb Beach, as though it 
were a Yellow Wagtail!

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

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[David Klauber]

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Re: [nysbirds-l] N. Wheater YES

[Phil Jeffrey]

Coloration-wise, sure.  However there are at least a few European N.
Wheatear photos on the web - tagged as first fall for whatever reason -
that show more pointed primary and retrix profiles than comparable adults.
My own photos of European/Greenland ssp aren't good enough for this
comparison.  I also have no idea how feather profile varies with population
- Greenland ssp being an extreme migrant, but the European and Alaskan ones
being no slouches either.  The Portland Bill entry for 26th March 2011
suggests that feather shape could be a useful feature, with the usual
caveat that you've got to get really good photographs to make that call:
http://www.portlandbirdobs.org.uk/latest_mar2011.htm

It might be really interesting to look at good tail-end-on photos of this
Wheatear in terms of feather shape rather than color.

First approximation likelihood on age would be: proportion of adult males
seen in the prior Wheatear invasions into the NorthEast ?

Phil Jeffrey
NJ


On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu
wrote:

  This is more difficult than it might seem. Although we can probably
 exclude an adult male, distinguishing the other three age/sex combos in the
 field is very difficult.

  This puts us around the same place we found ourselves back in 2001, when
 Angus and others of us staked out the then state of the art in Long Island
 wheatear analysis:

  http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.html

  Another (also possibly unanswerable) question is whether this bird is a
 Greenland Wheatear, from eastern Arctic Canada, or possibly an Alaskan
 Wheatear, beating along the trail from Beringia to Plumb Beach, as though
 it were a Yellow Wagtail!

  http://www.oceanwanderers.com/NYWhtear.htmlShai Mitra
 Bay Shore
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Re: [nysbirds-l] wheatear status today? So far, NO.

[Ardith Bondi]

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[nysbirds-l] Plum Beach, Brooklyn: Northern Wheatear - NO this morning

[Anders Peltomaa]

Hi all,
This morning David Krauss and I went to Plum Beach to look for the Northern
Wheatear. We arrived shortly after 7am and spent 3 1/2 hours searching for
it. I walked on the beach between the rock jetty and the east end, and
along the trail inside the dunes, three times each and found no Wheatear.

Last night when I saw the skies clear and felt the the air getting cooler I
thought, this bird is going to fly tonight. Our friends in Cape May may be
the next lucky birders to see this bird.

beautiful morning though,

Anders Peltomaa
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[nysbirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow, Randall's Island (New York County)

[David Barrett]

Andrew Farnsworth and I birded the northeast shore of Randall's Island at
noon today and had our first NELSON'S SPARROW of the season in the
saltmarsh directly north of baseball field #42. To see it, we had to take
advantage of low tide and climb along the rocks that line the shore,
heading west to roughly the middle of the saltmarsh. This species, along
with Saltmarsh Sparrow, which we did not see today, has become a regular
visitor to this area of the island over the last few years in October. We
also noted many Savannah Sparrows along the shore.

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[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler in Queens

[Corey Finger]

At Strack Pond on the right side of the paved path leading down for the pond.

Found earlier today by Danny Melore, who tentatively identified it, and just 
refound by Andrew Baksh.

Good Birding,
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Connecticut Warbler in Queens

[Andrew Baksh]

If anyone nearby, is thinking of trying for this Connecticut Warbler, I
suggest you do it.

This is a very cooperative bird that is working a small area about 30 yards
from the entrance to Strack Pond this is on the side from the bandshell
parking lot.

This bird was the highlight of a 14 warbler day all seen in a small area
near the pond. It is still being seen as of a few minutes ago.

Cheers,

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At Strack Pond on the right side of the paved path leading down for the
pond.

Found earlier today by Danny Melore, who tentatively identified it, and
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Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Northern Wheater-YES

[Shane Blodgett]

This just came into my inbox from ebirdsnyc:

Brian Moore and I are at the east end of the marsh about 100 yards west of the 
pink, graffiti boat. The bird is perched on a low wooden platform. 6pm

Also m and f Black Scoters by the boat.

Jeff Bowen

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Plum Beach, Brooklyn Northern Wheatear YES.

[Andrew Baksh]

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 OCTOBER 2014

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 3, 2014
* NYNY1410.03

- Birds Mentioned

NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
American Golden-Plover
American Oystercatcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
Pine Siskin

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
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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, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 3rd at
7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, WESTERN KINGBIRD,
BAIRD’S and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, EURASIAN WIGEON, BLUE GROSBEAK, and
GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS.

Perhaps providing signs of better things to come, a WESTERN KINGBIRD
appeared Monday at the Mount Loretto Unique Area off Hylan Boulevard on
Staten Island.

And better things did come with the discovery Wednesday of a NORTHERN
WHEATEAR at Brooklyn’s Plum Beach.  Ranging up and down the beachfront both
Wednesday and Thursday at Plum Beach, the WHEATEAR was missed most of
today, but apparently was refound this evening near the east end of the
marsh, so may linger into tomorrow.

Though landbird numbers generally remain fairly unimpressive, a nice later
fall variety is becoming evident in most regional parks.  And today seemed
to mark the transition from warblers over to sparrows.  A few CONNECTICUT
WARBLERS have been reported lately, including from Monday and Wednesday in
Central Park, Tuesday in Madison Square Park in lower Manhattan, and today
at Strack Pond at the western end of Forest Park in Queens.  A male
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER spotted in Alley Pond Park last Sunday was joined
there by WORM-EATING and CAPE MAY WARBLERS, and a MOURNING WARBLER was at
Crocheron Park in Queens Monday.  Though the bulk of the warblers has
presumably moved through, the good variety still being seen has included
TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN and HOODED, with species like
NORTHERN PARULA and BLACKPOLL occurring in good numbers this week, while
YELLOW-RUMPEDS are just beginning to appear.  An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was
noted in Kissena Park in Queens last Sunday, and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO or
two are still being reported.

Kissena Park also produced two BLUE GROSBEAKS near the Velodrome last
Sunday, and it is good to see small numbers of PINE SISKINS moving through
the area, with certainly more to come, though this may be the only winter
finch to get this far south this winter.

Other species moving into our area recently have included YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, WINTER WREN, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER and various
sparrows, including LINCOLN’S and WHITE-CROWNED.  Some NELSON’S SPARROWS
are also appearing in salt marshes in the area, including at Plum Beach.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, though shorebird numbers have been low
recently, the drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still being seen on the East Pond
at least through Wednesday.

At Jones Beach West End a nice gathering of birds recently at high tide on
the bar next to the Coast Guard Station has included over 450 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS and 150 BLACK SKIMMERS, with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
joining the other shorebirds there last weekend.  Also noted last Saturday
were a ROYAL TERN and 8 PINE SISKINS overhead.

The sodfields of Riverhead last Saturday produced 8 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS
and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in fields along Edward’s Avenue and another
GOLDEN-PLOVER on the west side of Route 105 just south of Sound Avenue,
with a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER reported at the Route 105 fields Sunday.

A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was noted at the Georgica Pond inlet last Sunday, while
at Mecox inlet last Saturday were one ROYAL TERN and four CASPIAN TERNS and
a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483 %28212%29%20372-1483.

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