- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 11, 2024 * NYNY2410.11
- Birds mentioned NORTHERN WHEATEAR+ LECONTE'S SPARROW+ BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+ TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Eurasian Wigeon AMERICAN AVOCET AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Whimbrel MARBLED GODWIT Caspian Tern BROWN BOOBY AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN American Bittern Red-headed Woodpecker Philadelphia Vireo LAPLAND LONGSPUR Grasshopper Sparrow CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW Yellow-breasted Chat GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Bay-breasted 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, October 11th 2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are NORTHERN WHEATEAR, LECONTE'S SPARROW, BROWN BOOBY, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. Last Sunday a NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found out on the north fork at Truman's Beach just west of Orient. The bird was reported through today often seen foraging near some wood piles east of the parking lot or along the beach. A LECONTE'S SPARROW was photographed late Tuesday afternoon at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan but could not be relocated the next day. The immature BROWN BOOBY hanging out around the Davis Park Marina on central Fire Island has not been reported there since last Saturday and has presumably moved on. This site is reachable by ferry from Patchogue. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and the 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were still present around the north end of the East Pond on Thursday but the MARBLED GODWIT there has not been reported since last Saturday and the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was last noted on Tuesday. A few CASPIAN TERNS are among the decent variety of birds continuing to frequent the East Pond while 3 or more WHIMBREL were still present last Saturday around the islands in Jamaica Bay south of the West Pond. A MARBLED GODWIT has been frequenting the sandbar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End since Wednesday. Among the few reports recently of AMERICAN BITTERN was one in Prospect Park Thursday around the lake as viewed from the peninsula. A molting WIGEON noted on the main lake at Connetquot River State Park since last Sunday is believed to be a WIGEON but the possibility of a hybrid has also been mentioned. Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in Brooklyn just west of Prospect Park on Tuesday, at the Point Lookout Wednesday and Caumsett State Park Wednesday and Thursday. LAPLAND LONGSPUR was photographed at Southampton last Friday the 4th and another was reported calling as it flew by Robert Moses State Park yesterday. LARK SPARROW visited Randall's Island last weekend while CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted during the week in Central Park and on Staten Island Saturday, at Arverne East Nature Preserve in Queens Sunday, at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Sunday and Monday, at Timber Point Monday and Kissena Park Tuesday, and at Robert Moses State Park Thursday among others. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continued at Marsha Johnson State Park in Brooklyn to Saturday and one was found at Freshkills Park on Staten Island today. A few PHILADELPHIA VIREOS continue to move through and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found in Prospect Park Monday. Among the warblers were 2 GOLDEN-WINGEDS still in Central Park Saturday, a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS starting to show up, single CONNECTICUTS spotted in Prospect Park and in Sunken Meadow State Park Sunday and other later migrants featuring HOODED, MOURNING and BAY-BREASTED among others while reports of a possibly lingering BLACK-THROATED GRAY at Flax Pond and a possible TOWNSEND'S at Floyd Bennett Field need to be resolved. A BLUE GROSBEAK was found in Far Rockaway last Saturday and a few DICKCISSELS include 2 at Croton Point Park Tuesday, and singles at Fort Totten Park late week and Jones Beach West End today. To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. 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