-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sept. 24, 2021 * NYNY2109.24
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+ ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER WHIMBREL HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT Red Knot BAIRD’S SANDPIPER Stilt Sandpiper Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER Caspian Tern Royal Tern RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo White-eyed Vireo CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Hooded 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 [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 24, 2021 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, WHIMBREL, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. As it turns out, the ROSEATE SPOONBILL out in Mill Neck stayed at least to last Saturday, when it was seen again on Beaver Lake as viewed from Cleft Road – we know of no subsequent reports. Early Monday morning a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was photographed while perched in a tree at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn, but it soon disappeared. Still scarce this fall, two immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS appeared today in the dunes past the west end of Fort Tilden, where some WHIMBREL have also been present for much of this week, the peak of 25 occurring today during high tide. A MARBLED GODWIT has been at Nickerson Beach since Wednesday, and it’s great to see some shorebirds are again back around the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – today’s gathering featured an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, six STILT and three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a RED KNOT, a few DUNLIN and an immature LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER among other expected species. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was still in the Lot 7 puddles at Heckscher State Park last Saturday, and another LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from Miller Field on Staten Island yesterday. Scattered CASPIAN TERNS during the week, mostly birds along Long Island’s south shore, included sightings at Jones Beach West End, Robert Moses State Park, Watch Hill on Fire Island and Mecox, while ROYAL TERNS were much more commonly encountered. Last Saturday single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted at Fort Tilden and at the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers. Other migrants during this not overly dynamic week have included a few of both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS and various FLYCATCHERS, including OLIVE-SIDED, plus YELLOW-BELLIED among some occurrences of mostly silent Empidonax species. Among the six species of VIREOS have been a few PHILADELPHIA and the occasional WHITE-EYED. Increasing numbers of SPARROWS featured a LARK SPARROW last Saturday at the All Faiths Cemetery in Queens, while single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were encountered at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday and in Manhasset on Wednesday, with another staying at Pelham Bay Park from Saturday to at least Wednesday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was a nice find on Governors Island last Saturday. Among decreasing numbers of WARBLERS were a few reports of CONNECTICUT, with one found at Sunken Meadow State Park on Tuesday and another at the Salt Marsh Nature Center Wednesday. Other WARBLERS included MOURNING and HOODED. BLUE GROSBEAKS this week included 2 on Governors Island Saturday, with one still there on Monday, another at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Saturday, and one at Croton Point Park yesterday and today. Also on Governors Island was a DICKCISSEL from Saturday through Tuesday, with one at Coney Island Creek Sunday, and one or two still at Croton Point Park through today. 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/ --
