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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 CORRECTED New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday,
August 29, 2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S and
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, SCOPOLI'S and SARGASSO SHEARWATERS, LARK
SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GOLDEN-WINGED, PROTHONOTARY and
CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, DICKCISSEL and more.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to be a very productive
destination despite the continuing higher than desired water level on
the East Pond. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues usually at the
north end of the pond, lurking there among the MUTE SWANS, though it
does go elsewhere on occasion. Decent numbers of shorebirds on the
pond, especially during high tide, have featured up to 3 each of
RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, moving between the north and south
ends, and a good variety including a couple of MARBLED GODWITS, RED
KNOT and STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. A SORA
also continues along the western shore of the south end, and watch for
GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and other TERNS there. Also check the West Pond.
A couple of MARBLED GODWITS were on the flats at Mecox Wednesday, with
another back at Jones Beach Field 10 today, and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT
last Sunday visited Cupsogue Beach County Park, where today one BLACK,
2 CASPIAN and 125 ROYAL TERNS were present.
Hawk season is beginning, and single SANDHILL CRANES have already
flown by 2 local watches, the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler
Sanctuary in Bedford Monday and the Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch at the
Greenwich Audubon Center Tuesday.
Other shorebirds this week featured 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Crab
Meadow Beach in Northport today, single WHIMBRELS out on Jamaica Bay
Sunday, at Plumb Beach Monday and at Croton Point Park in Westchester
Thursday, and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the flats Sunday at Great
Kills Park, where a young GULL-BILLED TERN visited during the week.
Birders on the CRESLI whale-watching boats from Montauk last Sunday
and Monday enjoyed decent numbers of pelagic birds, their combined
totals including over 290 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, and for the
SHEARWATERS about 85 CORY’S, 1 SCOPOLI’S, 3 SOOTY, over 130 GREAT, 2
MANX and 1 SARGASSO plus 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 3 PARASITIC
JAEGERS. The SARGASSO SHEARWATER is the former AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
caught up in the unfortunate recent trend of changing long-established
bird names.
A LARK SPARROW found Wednesday near Meadow Lake in Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park was still present there Thursday.
Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted in Central Park Sunday and
Tuesday, with another found deceased Tuesday in lower Manhattan.
A good selection of WARBLERS this week featured single GOLDEN-WINGEDS
in Central Park Tuesday and Wednesday and another Wednesday in Battery
Park, a male PROTHONOTARY in Central Park's Ramble Monday, and a
CONNECTICUT nicely photographed at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye
today. Decent numbers also included some arriving MOURNING, HOODED,
BAY-BREASTED, and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS,
This week's large variety of migrants included increasing numbers of
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS in evening flights, several OLIVE-SIDED and some
YELLOW-BELLIED and other FLYCATCHERS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BOBOLINK,
and a few usually coastal DICKCISSELS often noted as they pass
overhead early on, detected by their distinctive but sometimes
embarrassing calls.
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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