-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 15, 2022
* NYNY2204.15
– Birds Mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Mallard
KING EIDER
Chimney Swift
SANDHILL CRANE
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Bonaparte’s Gull
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
LEAST BITTERN
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
VESPER SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
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: Gail Benson
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 15, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, WHITE IBIS, LITTLE GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, VESPER SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK and other spring migrants and more.
The drake MOTTLED DUCK first spotted in Amityville back on April 5th on Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland has proven to be a difficult bird to pin down. After pleasing many birders a week ago, it was missed Saturday, stayed for only 5 minutes early Sunday and was seen late Tuesday and again Thursday afternoon before staying around for much of today. When seen, this bird and its accompanying MALLARD mate are along Ketchum’s Creek just west of Lake Drive in the vicinity of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive, the pair moving in and out of the streamside vegetation with other waterfowl. Please respect the rights of the local homeowners when visiting there.
A sub-adult WHITE IBIS was photographed last Tuesday morning as it flew over Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn, ending up who knows where?
An adult LITTLE GULL was seen again Saturday and Sunday with BONAPARTE’S GULLS off Conference House Park on Staten Island, and another was photographed last Saturday on the Hudson River off the Rockland Hall section of Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.
Of a few SANDHILL CRANES moving through over general region recently, one was photographed Wednesday over Rockefeller State Park Preserve.
A LEAST BITTERN found at Prospect Park Lake last Saturday was still present today in the phragmites near the Wellhouse.
The drake KING EIDER remains around the mud flats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island.
A GLAUCOUS GULL spotted on Governors Island Saturday morning may be the same one seen again Thursday at the Verrazano Bridge Scenic View just north of the bridge, while single ICELAND GULLS were present today at Plumb Beach and at Conference House Park.
Several hundred NORTHERN GANNETS paid a surprise visit to western Long Island Sound last Monday, making it all the way to the Bronx.
The Spring’s first BLUE GROSBEAK appeared on Randall’s Island last Saturday, and a VESPER SPARROW visited Flushing Meadow Corona Park Thursday and today.
Most notable among increasing numbers of migrant WARBLERS were single PROTHONOTARIES found at Oakland Lake in Queen Saturday, in Central Park’s north end Sunday and in Prospect Park Tuesday, while a few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS include one staying in Central Park to Tuesday, another at Hempstead Lake State Park Saturday to Tuesday, one at Westchester’s Cranberry Lake Park Tuesday, and the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.
Wintering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week at Randall’s Island, Governors Island and Battery Park City, while arriving. WARBLERS included WORM-EATING Sunday, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED Monday, BLACK-AND-WHITE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED Wednesday, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.
Other migrants this week featured CHIMNEY SWIFT, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WILLET, FORSTER’S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and YELLOW-THROATED and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS.
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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