- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 3, 2023 * NYNY2311.03
- Birds mentioned PURPLE GALLINULE+ HARRIS'S SPARROW+ LECONTE'S SPARROW+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) SANDHILL CRANE American Golden-Plover MARBLED GODWIT Parasitic Jaeger Black Tern Royal Tern Great Shearwater Northern Gannet American Bittern WESTERN CATTLE EGRET Golden Eagle Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird American Pipit Purple Finch Pine Siskin Lapland Longspur Grasshopper Sparrow CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW Vesper Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Orange-crowned Warbler Mourning Warbler DICKCISSEL - Transcript 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: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, November 3rd 2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are HARRIS'S and LECONTE'S SPARROWS, PURPLE GALLINULE, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, MARBLED GODWIT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more. Last Saturday an immature HARRIS'S SPARROW was spotted in a mixed group of sparrows at Hot Dog Beach along Dune Road in Quogue. Some high water on the roadway at times hampered searching but the HARRIS'S was still findable through Monday though apparently not thereafter. Another nice sparrow find was a LECONTE'S spotted last Monday in the grasslands at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay but this bird could not be relocated on following days. Immature PURPLE GALLINULE in Prospect Park was present around Prospect Park Lake all week, usually spotted off the peninsula or around the Music Island. The Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford and the Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch just south of there at the Audubon Center in northwestern Greenwich have both been enjoying good Fall raptor seasons. Thursday produced 2 SANDHILL CRANES in addition to 3 GOLDEN EAGLES over the Chestnut Ridge watch and 6 SANDHILLS plus another GOLDEN at Quaker Ridge where the season hawk total now exceeds 42,000 with over 36,000 encountered at Chestnut Ridge. A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was reported from Alley Pond Park last Saturday with another on Staten Island in the vicinity of Wolfe's Pond Park and Mount Loretto from Sunday to Tuesday. Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS continued at Plumb Beach to Tuesday while at Jones Beach West End at least 7 MARBLED GODWITS were still around the inlet off the Coast Guard Station Saturday this number dropping to 2 by Monday. A seawatch off Fort Tilden Sunday produced 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a BLACK TERN as well as 75 ROYAL TERNS and 40 NORTHERN GANNETS and a watch off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday featured a GREAT SHEARWATER and 700 NORTHERN GANNETS. AMERICAN BITTERNS were noted last weekend at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and along Dune Road with another in Central Park's Ramble Thursday. Single migrant SHORT-EARED OWLS were spotted over Fort Washington Park in northern Manhattan Wednesday and over Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers and subsequently at the Pelham Bay landfill Thursday. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS on the move were spotted at Jones Beach West End Saturday and Moses Park Sunday with another visiting Croton Point Park Saturday through at least Thursday. LAPLAND LONGSPUR was identified at Moses Park Tuesday and besides a few VESPER SPARROWS a LARK SPARROW was still in Green-wood Cemetery Saturday with another at Fort Tilden Thursday, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday was followed by one in Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday to Thursday and another at Croton Point Park today and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW plus a DICKCISSEL were both at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Northville Monday. Other DICKCISSELS included singles at Highbridge Park in northern Manhattan Monday and at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday and Tuesday. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continued in Central Park to Saturday and one visited Manhattan Beach Park Monday. Other migrants this week included PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH, AMERICAN PIPIT, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and some late warblers including several ORANGE-CROWNEDS plus some MOURNING lingering in Battery Park to Wednesday. To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. 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