- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 20, 2021 * NYNY2108.20
- Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+ WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD+ WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+ BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+ BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER UPLAND SANDPIPER Whimbrel MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher WILSON'S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Pomarine Jaeger Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Royal Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER BROWN PELICAN Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Purple Martin Cliff Swallow SEDGE WREN Worm-eating Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Bay-breasted 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 20th 2021* at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic research vessel findings including WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD, WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER plus BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND SANDPIPER, SEDGE WREN, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. A NOAA research vessel transecting through New York waters 150 miles or so out in the Atlantic early on Tuesday had the good fortune of spotting an adult WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD as it flew high above their boat and away. Other highlights in New York from transects on Tuesday and again today included 3 sightings of WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, one on Tuesday and 2 today, 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 2 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS today and combined totals of 7 LEACH'S and 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 22 CORY'S, 9 GREAT and 8 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS and 3 POMARINE JAEGERS. Back on shore the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually at the Cove in the southwest corner of the pond. Also on the East Pond have been at least 2 continuing WILSON'S PHALAROPES while the 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES stayed for the shorebird festival last Saturday but then moved on. The East Pond does though continue to provide a good variety of shorebirds including STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, WESTERN SANDPIPER and an occasional LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER among the more numerous species. Visiting GULL-BILLED TERNS and BLACK TERNS and lots of waterfowl. A MARBLED GODWIT was still near Ruffel Bar out at Jamaica Bay to Monday and yesterday 7 BROWN PELICANS showed up in the bay to out into Jamaica Bay as well. Other BROWN PELICANS during the week included 2 off Cupsogue County Park last Saturday and 4 off Huguenot Beach on Staten Island Sunday. Cupsogue also hosted a MARBLED GODWIT and 2 WHIMBRELS last Saturday while single MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL visited Mecox Sunday. Two more WHIMBRELS were seen at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday along with 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS. On Staten Island, at restricted Freshkills Park, notable sightings included an UPLAND SANDPIPER Saturday along with 2 SEDGE WRENS and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS with 4 SEDGE WRENS counted there Wednesday. CASPIAN TERNS featured a couple at Croton Point Park Monday with one there yesterday this only increasing coastal numbers of ROYAL TERNS included up to 4 at Plumb Beach. Also on Staten Island 2 immature male KING EIDERS continue along the shore between Great Kills Park and Wolfe's Pond Park while another young male was seen Wednesday around Montauk Harbor Inlet from the Cresli Whale Watching boat which also recorded 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS and 25 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Central Park since the 11th was still around the Ramble today. Among the other warbler migrants this week, most still in rather low numbers, were a MOURNING or two in Central Park plus species such as WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S and HOODED while other migrants included YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN and CLIFF SWALLOW. Besides the DICKCISSELS now feeding young at Croton Point Park another was spotted Sunday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 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/ --
