– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 12, 2026
* NYNY2606.12
– Birds mentioned
Virginia Rail
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Whimbrel
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
– Transcript
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: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 12th 2026 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Two BLACK-NECKED STILTS found Saturday out on the Tiana Beach flats off Dune Road in Hampton Bays were also seen there Sunday but not thereafter.
A WHITE-FACED IBIS recently visiting the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was seen there most days this week through Thursday while last Saturday one was also photographed in flight with some Glossy Ibis at Plumb Beach and on Monday one was spotted with 8 Glossys in a pool at Cupsogue Beach County Park.
A few sightings of single BROWN PELICANS this week included on Sunday off Nickerson Beach, off Robert Moses State Park Monday, at Roosevelt Beach on Staten Island Tuesday and off Breezy Point and Jones Beach field 6 Wednesday, and more will come.
An ARCTIC TERN was reported from Cupsogue today and other terns noted this week included a CASPIAN at Croton Point Monday, single BLACK TERNS at Breezy Point and Nickerson Beach Sunday and a GULL-BILLED also at Nickerson Sunday plus a few ROSEATES off the Long Island coast and more ROYALS arriving.
A nicely plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE visited the sand spit off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Wednesday and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE spent Thursday and today at the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge while 2 HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL were noted Saturday at Breezy Point, nearby Fort Tilden and Plumb Beach.
A nice collection of tubenoses was recorded on a seawatch from Montauk Point last Saturday, reported totals mentioning 28 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 49 CORY’S, over 230 GREAT and 350 SOOTY and 7 MANX SHEARWATERS.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park today and single MOURNING WARBLERS were noted Monday in Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery.
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in decent numbers in the Calverton area around the old Grumman airport.
The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count last weekend including much of eastern Westchester County tallied 125 species including two LITTLE BLUE HERONS, some GLOSSY IBIS, VIRGINIA RAIL, OLIVE-SIDED and ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, MAGNOLIA, HOODED and MOURNING WARBLERS and BLUE GROSBEAK.
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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