- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 13, 2021 * NYNY2108.13
- Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+ BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+ WOOD STORK+ BROWN BOOBY+ ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER Sora American Avocet (Dutchess County) Whimbrel MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher WILSON'S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel Great Shearwater AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER BROWN PELICAN Least Bittern Olive-sided Flycatcher SEDGE WREN HENSLOW'S SPARROW Worm-eating Warbler Blue-winged Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Hooded Warbler Northern Parula Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Prairie Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler BLUE GROSBEAK 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, August 13th 2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WOOD STORK, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, offshore pelagic species including BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, BROWN BOOBY, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, SEDGE WREN, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. We start with two updates. The Cold Spring Harbor ROSEATE SPOONBILL was last seen early [last] Saturday morning flying north out of the harbor. It may be the individual showing up later in Connecticut while the Staten Island WOOD STORK was unfortunately found dead Monday afternoon having apparently choked on a 3 foot piece of plastic foam. A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK reappeared Monday on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continuing there through today in the cove at the southwest corner of the pond. Good numbers and varieties of shorebirds still continue on the East Pond including 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 2-3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, they have been recently hanging around the south end. Other shorebirds included decent numbers of STILT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, an occasional PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPER and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER among the more uncommon species. The pond has also produced SORA, LEAST BITTERN, ROYAL TERN and a few GULL-BILLED TERNS. More GULL-BILLEDS plus MARBLED GODWIT and up to 6 WHIMBREL have been present in the bay west of the West Pond seen mostly from boats. Another MARBLED GODWIT was on the flats at Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes yesterday. Two BROWN PELICANS were seen today moving east off Fire Island near Smith Point County Park in Shirley. Two NOAA research vessels, apparently cruising Atlantic waters well offshore during the week in New York waters, encountered 2 BROWN BOOBIES last Sunday south of Suffolk County as well as a BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and 5 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS today, another 5 AUDUBON'S last Sunday and GREAT SHEARWATER today and some WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. A few WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS have also been seen recently off Breezy Point and also from the Coney Island Pier. Two male KING EIDER were still present off Staten Island and usually seen between Great Kills Park and Wolfe's Pond Park. Twelve LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted today at Breezy Point and single CASPIAN TERNS were spotted this week at Plumb Beach, Southold, Fire Island and Croton Point Park. Researchers at currently closed Freshkills Park on Staten Island on Thursday reported a couple of SEDGE WRENS and a singing HENSLOW'S SPARROW. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER visited Central Park last Sunday and the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER appearing Wednesday at Turtle Pond in Central Park was still present there today. Among the other warblers seen this week were WORM-EATING, BLUE-WINGED, TENNESSEE, HOODED, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE, CANADA and WILSON'S. BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton Grasslands as do the DICKCISSELS breeding at Croton Point Park. Please continue to respect the needs of these birds and do not disturb them in any way. Some interesting slightly extralimital birds seen last Wednesday were an AMERICAN AVOCET at the Beacon Waterfront in Dutchess County and a BROWN BOOBY at Kingston in Ulster 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. - 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/ --
