New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, November 11, 2022:

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 11, 2022
* NYNY2211.11


- Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
CAVE SWALLOW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

MARBLED GODWIT
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Great Blue Heron (White morph)
Cattle Egret
WESTERN KINGBIRD
EVENING GROSBEAK
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
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

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

The highlights of today's tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, MOTTLED DUCK, CAVE SWALLOW, BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, EVENING GROSBEAK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Sunday afternoon an adult male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was spotted visiting Saliva flowers in a private yard in Eastport, Suffolk County, and the bird was still present there today. The homeowners are very graciously permitting birders to enter their property to look for the hummingbird between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The address is 353 Old Country Road, but birders should park along Union Avenue just east of the house and walk back west just past the house, entering the backyard where indicated by pink ribbons; watch the hummingbird feeders by the trellis next to the house as well as the surrounding Salvia and also the Crepe Myrtle tree along the fence line on the west side of the house, this latter a favorite perch and insect-hunting tree. The CALLIOPE will disappear between feeding sessions, but please do not enter the fenced area around the house, but do sign the guest register on the table next to the chairs.

The MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville has been reported a few days this week, including today, on Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland. Look for it just south of the culvert off Lake Drive just north of Kenmore Avenue or from an opening in the phragmites just south of there, though it can be very difficult to see.

Following recent reports from northern New York, a CAVE SWALLOW was photographed from Coney Island Pier Tuesday morning, with hopefully others to follow.

The BROWN BOOBY lingering in the waters off the northwest shore of Staten Island has apparently recently been joined by a second one. Observers have had some luck spotting the BOOBIES along the waterways as viewed from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue, but they do move around.

A BROWN PELICAN was photographed Wednesday afternoon sitting on the sand at Long Beach.

Another brief sighting involved an immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD feeding late Tuesday afternoon with BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS along a grassy stretch in Riverbank State Park in northern Manhattan.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed Sunday afternoon at Sunken Meadow State Park.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Sunday, and 27 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted Thursday at Atlantic Beach.

The white morph GREAT BLUE HERON continued at Piermont Pier at least to Tuesday, and single CATTLE EGRETS were seen Wednesday at Governors Island and Croton Point Park.

Among the gathering of shorebirds at Jones Beach West End were five MARBLED GODWITS last Saturday, down to two on Wednesday.

Two EVENING GROSBEAKS at Millers Field on Staten Island yesterday were part of a current southbound winter Finch movement that locally also includes PINE SISKINS, with more species on their way.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited Croton Point Park last Sunday, and on Tuesday VESPER SPARROWS were seen in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery and on Governors Island.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present in Brooklyn Bridge Park from Tuesday through today, and various late WARBLERS include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS, while scattered DICKCISSELS were noted at least to Tuesday.

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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