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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 New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 3,
2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are ARCTIC WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, WOOD STORK,
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, EARED GREBE, AMERICAN AVOCET,
EVENING GROSBEAK, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Quite extraordinary was the discovery last Saturday morning of an Old
World Phylloscopus WARBLER in trees off Wards Meadow Loop near the
Urban Farm on Randalls Island. This genus, not at all closely related
to the New World Wood Warblers, contains several drab and difficult to
identify species, only one of which breeds in North America, the
Arctic Warbler found in Alaska in summer. This warbler led observers
on a merry chase around the area, disappearing or staying aloft in the
London Plane trees, but patience did produce some decent photos and
recordings of its call, sufficient to suggest its identity as an
ARCTIC WARBLER. The bird disappeared in the early afternoon but
fortunately was relocated in the same area Sunday morning, allowing
many excited observers to catch up with this new NYS record, pending
NYSARC approval. The bird was still being seen in the same area into
Sunday afternoon but could not be found on Monday or subsequently.
Also on Randalls were a nice variety of warblers including a
CONNECTICUT in the Urban Garden as well as BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL
and more.
Among other rarities also found early in the week were a
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER photographed Saturday at Maidstone Park in
East Hampton and a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER identified from photos taken
Monday at the Marjorie Post Community Park in Massapequa. Also
reported was a WOOD STORK noted Sunday and Monday on Plum Island, an
island with restricted access east of Orient Point. And a female-type
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was photographed Saturday in Far Rockaway but
could not be relocated.
BROWN BOOBY was spotted again Sunday from the north shore of Staten
Island, these birds lingering in Newark Bay in New Jersey.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the EARED GREBE was still on the West
Pond at least to Monday, and an AMERICAN AVOCET appearing there
Saturday moved to the East Pond for Monday and Tuesday, while 2
AMERICAN AVOCETS arriving Tuesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study
Area were still there yesterday.
Other notable shorebirds featured both two MARBLED GODWITS at Jamaica
Bay and two HUDSONIAN GODWITS at Old Inlet east of Smith Point County
Park last Saturday, single AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Jamaica Bay
Saturday, Governors Island Sunday, Coney Island Creek Monday and Plumb
Beach Wednesday, and a few scattered WHIMBRELS and LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS.
A female-type EVENING GROSBEAK photographed flying over the South
Bronx Thursday morning was unexpected.
LARK SPARROWS were found Tuesday on Randalls Island and at Croton
Point Park, and CLAY COLORED SPARROWS appeared at Jones Beach
Wednesday and in Central Park today, with a VESPER SPARROW at Randalls
Island yesterday. Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, seemingly not faring
well with New York City buildings, were at Morningside Park Saturday
and near Bryant Park today.
WARBLER highlights included a PROTHONOTARY in the Central Park Ravine
Tuesday, an ORANGE-CROWNED in Prospect Park Wednesday, and still a few
CONNECTICUTS.
BLUE GROSBEAKS included 2 in Kissena Park Saturday and 1 on Governors
Island Wednesday, and, expectedly, a few DICKCISSELS were noted,
including at Breezy Point Thursday and Inwood Hill Park Wednesday.
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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