New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, October 28, 2022:

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 28, 2022
* NYNY2210.28


- Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
TROPICAL KINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
Red-necked Grebe
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN AVOCET
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Great Blue Heron (White form)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Evening Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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 nysarc44nybirdsorg

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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 28, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today's tape are TROPICAL KINGBIRD, MOTTLED DUCK, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

This morning out at the tip of Breezy Point in Queens a KINGBIRD with bright yellow underparts and a relatively large bill was also heard to call and as a result identified as a TROPICAL KINGBIRD, potentially a third for New York State pending NYSARC acceptance. The KINGBIRD spent the afternoon moving around the vegetation near the tip, but its likelihood of remaining overnight is anyone's guess.

The MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville was reported a few times during the week, mostly without photographs, but also missed during numerous searches along Ketchum's Creek Freshwater Wetland. The edge of the Creek on the west side of Lake Drive is very heavily vegetated, with just a few vantage points, including from a culvert just north of where Kenmore Avenue meets Lake Drive, a gap off Lake Drive and at the south end.

Photos of a small flock of GEESE flying over Fort Tilden on Thursday on analysis uncovered two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE moving with some CANADAS.

Also on Thursday a SANDHILL CRANE was spotted late in the day flying in a northerly direction over the Trapp House on the east side of Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge both adult and immature BLACK-HEADED GULLS were still present last Sunday on the East Pond, where lingering shorebirds also featured an AMERICAN AVOCET and two HUDSONIAN GODWITS to Sunday as well as SORA Saturday and CASPIAN TERN Sunday.

At Jones Beach West End on Sunday 7 MARBLE GODWITS were counted on the bar across from the Coast Guard Station, and two PARASITIC JAEGERS were spotted on the ocean, while a late BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was noted there Monday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted off Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Monday, and on Thursday 54 ROYAL TERNS were counted there.

A small number of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continues to roost along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER flew by the Fire Island Hawk Watch last Saturday.

The white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Thursday

At Staten Island's Trapp House on Thursday a female EVENING GROSBEAK stopped by briefly, this species now visiting several areas just to our north, and PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES are also occurring locally as well.

A LARK SPARROW visited Conference House Park on Staten Island last Saturday, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was spotted in Prospect Park Monday, while VESPER SPARROWS continue their decent numbers this Fall.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still being seen in Central Park to Thursday, and among the later WARBLERS were some ORANGE-CROWNEDS, including on Governors Island and at Croton Point Park, plus such species as TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY and several others.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was present in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to Thursday, and DICKCISSELS continue to be encountered, often as flybys, especially early in the morning along the coast.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.