-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct 1, 2021
* NYNY2110.01

TROPICAL KINGBIRD+
NORTHERN WHEATEAR+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Rusty Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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, October 1,
2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today's tape are TROPICAL KINGBIRD, NORTHERN
WHEATEAR, WESTERN TANAGER, MARBLED GODWIT, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S
SANDPIPERS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and
more.

Certainly this week's highlight was the discovery of a TROPICAL
KINGBIRD at the Mount Loretto Unique Area off Hylan Boulevard on
Staten Island last Sunday, photographed and heard there less than a
year after New York's first record found in Westchester County last
October.  Unfortunately, the KINGBIRD only stayed the one day, but
visitors to Mount Loretto Sunday were also treated to a SUMMER
TANAGER, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and a DICKCISSEL among other
species.

And the Staten Island good fortune continued on to Wednesday when a
NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found late in the day at Miller Field along New
Dorp Lane, accompanied there by an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER.  The
WHEATEAR was not seen Thursday, but the season's first sighting of a
LAPLAND LONGSPUR took place there today.

Last Sunday a WESTERN TANAGER was photographed at Coney Island Creek
Park in Brooklyn, and another SUMMER TANAGER visited Brooklyn Bridge
Park today.

On the shorebird front, a MARBLED GODWIT has continued at Nickerson
Beach, and another has been visiting the island off the Coast Guard
Station at Jones Beach West End recently.  Good numbers of WHIMBRELS
this week featured 9 at Fort Tilden Wednesday and 12 at Smith Point
County Park Wednesday, with 9 counted there Thursday.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER briefly visited Sammy’s Beach in Northwest
Harbor Tuesday, while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen again at Heckscher
State Park last Saturday.

A GULL-BILLED TERN was still using the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, while CASPIAN TERNS included 2 Tuesday
at Playland Park in Rye and 2 at Jones Beach West End Thursday

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited the Fire Island hawk watch Monday, and
another was still at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester
last Saturday.

A LARK SPARROW stopped by Robert Moses State Park last Saturday, while
at least 6 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS this week included single birds at
Inwood Hill Park and Pelham Bay Park Wednesday, Jones Beach Wednesday
to Friday, Prospect Park and Calvert Vaux Park Thursday, and Croton
Point Park today.

A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was uncovered at Robert Moses State Park last
Sunday, and other SPARROWS noted recently have included VESPER,
NELSON'S, WHITE CROWNED and LINCOLN'S.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found in Central Park Thursday.

Single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were reported at Canal Park in Manhattan
Monday and another in Prospect Park Thursday, while early
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week at Kissena Park on
Saturday and later at Robert Moses State Park and Alley Pond Park.

Still a decent variety of WARBLERS this week also included MOURNING,
HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON'S.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS this week were seen at Governors Island all
week, at Croton Point Park Tuesday, and on Thursday at both the Avalon
Gardens in Stony Brook and the Suffolk County Farm and Education
Center off Yaphank Avenue.

Several DICKCISSELS this week occurred at Governors Island, Prospect
Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park, Jones Beach, Captree State
Park and Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

Other notable migrants featured PHILADELPHIA VIREO, AMERICAN PIPIT,
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH.

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

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