-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 22, 2024 * NYNY2411.22
- Birds Mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ WESTERN FLYCATCHER+ SAGE THRASHER+ MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE “Black” form of Brant EURASIAN WIGEON AMERICAN AVOCET Marbled Godwit Parasitic Jaeger Razorbill Bonaparte’s Gull LITTLE GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Cory’s Shearwater Great Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Northern Gannet AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Golden Eagle American Goshawk ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER CAVE SWALLOW SEDGE WREN LAPLAND LONGSPUR 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 22, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are SAGE THRASHER, WESTERN FLYCATCHER, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULLS, AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more. A SAGE THRASHER seen at Field 5 in Robert Moses State Park back on November 8th, but not noted on subsequent days, did apparently remain in that area and has since last Sunday been providing excellent views through today. It often forages in the open along the grassy area at the southwest corner of the Field 5 parking lot, but at times it will seek shelter in the adjacent hedgerow. Last Monday a WESTERN FLYCATCHER was fortuitously photographed at Angle Fly Preserve in Somers, Westchester County, located off Primrose Street Route 139. On Tuesday the Flycatcher circulated quietly around a hilly wooded area, permitting varying opportunities for observation before disappearing in mid-afternoon, not to be seen thereafter. On Staten Island the MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER found last Friday at Heritage Farm in the southeast section of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden was still being seen Wednesday, and a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was spotted Saturday around the gardens and a feeder at Snug Harbor; both continued there through Wednesday, though there have been no reports since. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD out in Eastport, Suffolk County, was still present today, visiting feeders and plantings at 353 Old Country Road. The homeowners graciously welcome visitors, who should park on Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353, entering the yard carefully just past the house near shrubs marked with streamers to view the feeders. A SEDGE WREN was found Wednesday in the marsh at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area and enjoyed there throughout the day but not thereafter. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was still visiting the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at least to Saturday, and another was photographed at Shore Road Park in Brooklyn on Tuesday. | A CAVE SWALLOW flew past Robert Moses State Park Field 5 last Saturday, and another was seen at Floyd Bennett Field today; with some still occurring north of our area, more opportunities should come our way. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still present on the East Pond today, while the drake EURASIAN WIGEON has been reported from both the East and West Ponds lately. An adult LITTLE GULL was a nice find off Smith Point County Park on Wednesday, flying with some BONAPARTE’S GULLS, and a BLACK-HEADED GULL was noted off Montauk Point Saturday. Other recent highlights from Montauk Point have been some arriving RAZORBILLS, with 8 Sunday and 24 today, plus some lingering SHEARWATERS, totals from last Sunday including 8 CORY’S, 80 GREAT and 1 each of SOOTY and MANX, plus a PARASITIC JAEGER and 260 NORTHERN GANNETS. An AMERICAN AVOCET visited Georgica Inlet last Sunday, and 3 MARBLED GODWITS appeared Tuesday on the bar at Jones Beach West End. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found Saturday at Floyd Bennett Field, where a “Black” BRANT was photographed Sunday, and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED visiting Staten Island from Monday was at Miller Field on Wednesday. An AMERICAN GOSHAWK was photographed over the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Monday, with a GOLDEN EAGLE over Fort Tryon Park last Saturday. Wednesday ICELAND GULLS included 1 at Breezy Point, 2 at Floyd Bennett Field and 1 at Smith Point County Park. Some LAPLAND LONGSPURS included 2 at Jones Beach West End Saturday and 2 or more at Robert Moses State Park Monday. 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 -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") 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