- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 21, 2020
* NYNY2008.21
- Birds mentioned
BROWN PELICAN+
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Black Tern
American Bittern
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
WHIMBREL
Red-headed Woodpecker
Common Nighthawk
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
MOURNING WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
American Redstart
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Extralimital:
BROWN BOOBY+ (Hamilton County)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+ (Ulster County)
- Transcript
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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, August 21st
2020 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, MARBLED
GODWIT, WHIMBREL, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, BLUE GROSBEAK and fall landbirds
including OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, various warblers featuring MOURNING and
CERULEAN, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and more.
This week's only BROWN PELICAN report comes from Breezy Point with one seen
twice offshore last Saturday.
Highlights among the shorebirds this week include the MARBLED GODWIT still
on the Mecox flats last Saturday and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER frequenting
irrigated fields along Duck Pond Road out on the north fork in Cutchogue
yesterday and today. This area is north of the Oregon Road / Duck Pond Road
intersection. An AMERICAN BITTERN has also been among the birds at Mecox
lately and a BLACK TERN was noted there last Saturday. WHIMBRELS out in
Jamaica Bay this week included up to 8 noted last weekend and one over the
West Pond at the Wildlife Refuge today.
The water level on the East Pond is very slowly lowering now providing some
edge at the south end but it has quite a ways to go to reach the desired
level to attract large numbers of shorebirds. Among the small numbers now
appearing are WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
A COMMON GALLINULE was spotted at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday and was
present at least to Tuesday west of the entrance bridge pond.
Four RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still along the Paumanok Trail near Jones
Pond in Manorville today this reached from Schultz Road and COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS are now moving overhead in the evening as they've begun their
southbound journey.
Noted among the southbound passerines this week were single OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHERS at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday and in Prospect Park
yesterday and a good number of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES have been appearing.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed at Pelham Bay Park Wednesday
evening. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted in Central Park Wednesday and a
decent variety of warblers this week featured a MOURNING WARBLER in Central
Park last Saturday and a CERULEAN WARBLER at Teatown Reservation in
Westchester yesterday. Other warblers noted have included OVENBIRD,
WORM-EATING, LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE,
HOODED, AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE, YELLOW-RUMPED, PRAIRIE, CANADA and WILSON'S.
Last Saturday two BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted at Shirley Chisholm State
Park which is the landfill at the north end of Jamaica Bay just south of
the Belt Parkway.
North of us today an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was present on Ashokan
Reservoir in Ulster County and a BROWN BOOBY continues on Indian Lake up in
Hamilton County.
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.
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