NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/29/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 29, 2026
* NYNY2605.29

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

BLACK-NECKED STILT
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
ARCTIC TERN
SANDWICH TERN
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN BOOBY
Glossy Ibis
WHITE-FACED IBIS
MISSISSIPPI KITE
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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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, May 29,
2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY,
SANDWICH TERN, WHITE IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK-NECKED STILT,
WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, PHILADELHIA VIREO,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Certainly unexpected was an adult BROWN BOOBY sitting on a rock just
off the Olympia Boulevard bridge over the New Creek Watershed on
Staten Island for a while on Tuesday, the striking bird ultimately
flying off to the northeast.

An historic incursion of WHITE IBIS into New York took place last
Tuesday when a large flock of adults was seen heading past Sandy Hook,
New Jersey, and towards Staten Island,  The flock ultimately settled
down on Hoffman Island in New York Bay east of Staten Island, where
birders taking long-distance photos and estimated counts were coming
up with between 42 and 57 individuals.  By Wednesday, however, totals
had dropped to just 3 on Hoffman Island and these also soon moved on,
ending this momentous event, but providing perhaps just a preview of
longer-lasting future visits.

A non-breeding SANDWICH TERN was photographed on the flats at Cupsogue
Beach County Park last Saturday.

MISSISSIPPI KITES, with certainly a few but unknown number of
individuals involved, continued appearances over Brooklyn especially
at least to Thursday. Sightings came from Staten Island Wednesday and
Thursday, and in Brooklyn from Calvert Vaux Park and near Prospect
Park on Monday and around Prospect and Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday,
the latter nicely photographed.

The BLACK-NECKED STILT visiting the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge stayed through Monday, while a WILSON’S PHALAROPE hanging
around the south end of the pond was noted to Monday and then again
today.

Among the GLOSSY IBIS visiting the East Pond recently has been an
individual that raised some issues about being a hybrid, but photos
taken today certainly seem to portray a good WHITE-FACED IBIS.

Following reports of single ARCTIC TERNS off Montauk Point and
Shinnecock last Saturday were 2 seen today, an adult and an immature,
at Moriches Bay, joined there by a BLACK TERN.

Birds off Montauk Point last Saturday featured single MANX and SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, with an ICELAND GULL there Sunday, and a GLAUCOUS GULL
was spotted over Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday.  Two CASPIAN TERNS at
Prospect Park Thursday followed 1 at Plumb Beach Monday.

Single PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were photographed in Prospect Park Monday
and on Governors Island Wednesday, and single PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS
visited Sands Point Preserve Tuesday and Hempstead Lake State Park
today.

Single SUMMER TANAGERS appeared in Alley Pond Park Monday and in
Prospect Park today, while BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton
area, including at the Prestons Pond Complex, with 1 also at Caumsett
State Park Saturday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/22/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 22, 2026
* NYNY2605.22

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

BLACK-NECKED STILT
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
LITTLE GULL
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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
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, May 22,
2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED
and MISSISSIPPI KITES, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL,
YELLOW BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

As spring migration begins to wind down, it is only fitting that one
of the world’s greatest birds shows up – last Saturday a
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted flying over Old Country Road out in
Calverton, this followed by two seen together as they moved
north-easterly past Croton Point Park in Westchester.  Both sightings
were brief but raised hopes of more to come.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE has recently been somewhat more accommodating,
flying over several Brooklyn sites on a daily basis since last Monday,
often at reasonable height, with sightings today from both Prospect
Park and Green-Wood Cemetery.

Following the recent eastern Long Island sighting of an adult WHITE
IBIS spending a few days out in Southampton comes a flock of eight
adults spotted last Sunday as they dropped down in the State Boat
Channel north of Gilgo State Park – this group has yet to be refound.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT was spotted this morning among a few shorebirds
at the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and,
given the weather predictions, might stick there for a little while.
Other recent sightings at the Bay feature a WILSON’S PHALATOPE plus a
WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER, both on the East Pond last Sunday.

There is a report of a LITTLE GULL near the now closed cut at Mecox
Bay as of last Sunday, but there seems to be no additional
information.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on the Jones Beach median
strip last Sunday.

A few recent YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS featured singles last Sunday in
Green-Wood Cemetery and at the Mount Loretto Unique Area, followed by
others Tuesday and Wednesday at the New Creek Watershed in Midland
Beach, Staten Island, and along the North County Rail Trail in
Yorktown Heights in Westchester.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard singing at Rockefeller State Park
Preserve in Westchester last Saturday, with another in Prospect Park
Wednesday, several MOURNING WARBLERS were encountered during the week,
and a KENTUCKY WARBLER was found in Prospect Park Wednesday.

SUMMER TANAGERS this week included reports today of singles in Central
Park and Green-Wood Cemetery and two in Alley Pond Park, while BLUE
GROSBEAKS featured birds late this week in Green-Wood Cemetery, along
Hulse Landing Road in Calverton, and on the restricted Brookhaven
National Laboratory complex .

A DICKCISSEL was photographed last Sunday at Sunken Meadow Park, and
other expected migrants this week also featured YELLOW-BELLIED,
ACADIAN and OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHERS and BICKNELL’S and GRAY CHEEKED
THRUSHES.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/15/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 15, 2026
* NYNY2605.15

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
WHITE IBIS+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
SWAINSON’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Glaucous Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Gray-cheeked Thrush
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
PAINTED BUNTING

– 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, May 15th, 2026, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S WARBLER, WHITE IBIS, PAINTED BUNTING, MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, TUFTED DUCK, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, KENTUCKY, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER and WESTERN TANAGERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and more.

An interesting week with some nice rarities, including a SWAINSON’S WARBLER found in Prospect Park on Wednesday, while very difficult to pin down but was still at Lookout Hill today.

The adult WHITE IBIS found last week along Meadow Lane east of Shinnecock Inlet in Southampton was still present there at least to Monday, often seen from the Meadow Lane boardwalk.

A female type PAINTED BUNTING was described from Cunningham Park in Queens Monday morning, but we know of no follow-up.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen soaring over Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Saturday morning, apparently moving on, while an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN found late Wednesday at Piermont Pier on the Hudson stayed into Thursday morning, but then headed south downriver.

The drake TUFTED DUCK lingering at Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick was reported there again last Saturday.

Another CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was found in Central Park last Saturday.

A late GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at Great Kills Park Saturday, while single CASPIAN TERNS visited Great Kills and Plumb Beach on Monday, the same day a BLACK TERN appeared at Nickerson Beach.

Shorebird highlights featured a flock of 15 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS flying past Fort Tilden last Sunday.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was nicely photographed in Central Park’s Ramble on Tuesday, and single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were reported from Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack last Saturday and Prospect Park Sunday and Monday.

Among the less common warblers, a PROTHONOTARY visited Central Park Tuesday, single KENTUCKY WARBLERS were noted in Prospect Park Wednesday and in Van Cortlandt Park Thursday, a MOURNING WARBLER appeared in Prospect Park as of last Saturday, with a CERULEAN WARBLER identified in Alley Pond Park today, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS occurred in Brooklyn Botanic Garden last Saturday and in Forest Park today.

A WESTERN TANAGER visiting a private feeder in Wading River was last noted Sunday, while several SUMMER TANAGER reports during the week, chronologically including birds in Forest Park, Rocky Point, Jones Beach, Central Park, East Hampton, and Manorville, among others.

BLUE GROSBEAKS also had a banner week, sightings coming from Hunter’s Point, Central Park, and the Battery, Yaphank, Forest Park, and the breeding areas around Calverton.

Among the other arrivals this week were COMMON NIGHTHAWK, GULL-BILLED and ROYAL TERNS, our 5 empidonax flycatchers (LEAST, WILLOW, ALDER, ACADIAN and YELLOW-BELLIED) and GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL’S THRUSHES.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/8/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 8, 2026
* NYNY2605.08

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Caspian Tern
WHITE-FACED IBIS
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Grasshopper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
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, May 8th, 2026, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE IBIS and WHITE-FACED IBIS, TUFTED DUCK, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER and WESTERN TANAGERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and more.

An adult WHITE IBIS, presumably an overshoot from the good numbers colonizing southern New Jersey, was found Tuesday along Dune Road, east of Shinnecock Inlet near Road D, and was still in that vicinity Thursday. There was also a report from last Sunday of a nicely plumaged WHITE-FACED IBIS with a group of Glossy Ibis out at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton.

A drake TUFTED DUCK continues its presence at Cammann’s Pond in Merrick, reported there Sunday and Thursday.

A roosting CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was found today in the north end of Central Park, and a couple of EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were also uncovered in Central Park and on Governors Island.

Also notable were an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER spotted Wednesday on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park and single CASPIAN TERNS in Prospect Park Monday and on Randall’s Island Tuesday.

Besides the adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continuing at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, several other sightings during the week included birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and in Prospect Park, plus at more likely nesting areas like the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and Connetquot River State Park.

GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were noted this week in Van Cortlandt Park Sunday and Owl’s Head Park in Brooklyn Monday while YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen Monday at Fort Tryon Park and on Tuesday in Central Park and at Canarsie Beach Park.

As the variety of warblers locally continues to increase, the rarities do as well. PROTHONOTARY was still at Sheldrake Lake in Larchmont Saturday, followed by one in Westbury Monday and another at the Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack Wednesday. Some YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS included 2 at Hoyt Farm Saturday, followed by singles at Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, in Green-wood Cemetery Monday, and at Calvert Vaux Park and Sixteen Diamonds Ballfields in Brooklyn today. KENTUCKY WARBLERS visited Central Park Wednesday, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Thursday, and the Trap House on Staten Island today, while a MOURNING WARBLER was photographed today at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park. CERULEAN WARBLERS included reports from Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, Central Park Tuesday, and Green-wood Cemetery today, and an ORANGE-CROWNED was photographed in Mattituck yesterday. Other warbler arrivals have included TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, CANADA, and WILSON’S.

Increasing SUMMER TANAGERS included migrants in Forest Park Sunday to Tuesday and at Valley Stream State Park today and out on eastern Long Island, where nesting is likely at the Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve from Tuesday on. A WESTERN TANAGER continued to visit a private feeder in Wading River all week, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to arrive at eastern Long Island breeding areas such as Preston Ponds Complex and other sites in the Calverton area, including one at Hulse Landing Road on Thursday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/1/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 1, 2026
* NYNY2605.01

– Birds Mentioned

TUFTED DUCK
Black-billed Cuckoo
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (Gambel’s-type)
Bobolink
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cape May Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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, May 1, 2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUFTED DUCK, WESTERN TANAGER, GLAUCOUS GULL, CLAY-COLORED and Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, PROTHONOTARY, ORANGE-CROWNED, CERULEAN and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The drake TUFTED DUCK was last reported at Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick last Sunday and, similar to most waterfowl, likely has moved on.  But a nice surprise was a male WESTERN TANAGER in non-breeding plumage visiting a private feeder in Wading River recently.

It was possibly the immature GLAUCOUS GULL spending much of the winter at or near Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn that paid a visit to Governor’s Island last Sunday.  An ICELAND GULL also continues around Bush Terminal Piers Park, and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was photographed at Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed today in Prospect Park, and an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed Saturday at Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park in Great River, while the Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still visiting Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday, with another found Monday at The Pool in Central Park.  Interesting were 2 PINE SISKINS photographed in Prospect Park yesterday.

At least 5 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS present locally this week featured 1 from last week staying to Monday at Hempstead Lake State Park, a sharp male found Sunday at Sheldrake Lake in Larchmont that was replaced by a somewhat duller bird Tuesday through today, and singles in Prospect Park Wednesday and at a Queens private residence Thursday.  

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was encountered around the waterhole in Forest Park in Queens Tuesday and Wednesday, while on Thursday a CERULEAN WARBLER was found in Prospect Park and a KENTUCKY WARBLER visited Central Park.  Other arriving WARBLERS noted this week included CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, and PRAIRIE.

An impressive influx of SUMMER TANAGERS this week started last weekend with 1 both days at Owls Head Park in Brooklyn and singles Sunday in Central Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, followed by 1 Tuesday and Wednesday in Green-Wood Cemetery and singles Thursday in Prospect Park, Forest Park, and at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

A female-type BLUE GROSBEAK was reported in Central Park last Saturday. while other arrivals included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, WOOD and SWAINSON’S THRUSHES, BOBOLINK and ROSE-BREASTED 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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/24/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 24, 2026
* NYNY2604.24

– Birds Mentioned

TUFTED DUCK
HARLEQUIN DUCK
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Semipalmated Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Least Sandpiper
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Bank Swallow
Veery
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s-type)
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting

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 24,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TUFTED and HARLEQUIN DUCKS,
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, GLAUCOUS GULL, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER,
various spring migrants and more.

In a week that once again has not provided the best conditions for
spring migration regionally, our highlights feature among them some
lingering waterfowl, especially the drake TUFTED DUCK still present at
Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick through today, this pond off Lindenmere
Drive, just south of Merrick Road.

Also late are three HARLEQUIN DUCKS spotted today on Long Island Sound
off Duck Pond Point and Beach on the North Fork in Cutchogue.

A nice surprise in Central Park’s Ramble Thursday was a
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, observed roosting quietly until it flew off in the
late evening.  That same evening over in Prospect Park an EASTERN
WHIP-POOR-WILL was recorded singing shortly after sunset,
interestingly, this followed on Friday evening by two additional
encounters with singing WHIP-POOR-WILLS, one at the Salt Marsh Nature
Center in Brooklyn’s Marine Park and the other in Forest Park, Queens
.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL continues in Brooklyn, moving between Bush
Terminal Piers Park and the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, and a young
ICELAND GULL also remains around those piers, both seen through today.
A CASPIAN TERN was spotted today moving up the Hudson River off
Manhattan.

A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET visited Oakwood Beach on Staten Island last
Sunday and Monday, and an AMERICAN BITTERN paid a visit to Central
Park’s north end on Wednesday.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues its stay at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye.

On Long Island two RED CROSSBILLS were encountered last Monday at
Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest, and two PINE SISKINS visited a
feeder in Mill Neck yesterday.

The lingering Brooklyn Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still
at Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday.

WARBLER highlights this week featured a PROTHONOTARY visiting Prospect
Park Lake Saturday through Monday, followed by one found today at the
south end of Hempstead Lake State Park, a YELLOW-THROATED discovered
Sunday at Claremont Park in the Bronx and staying there through
Monday, and a HOODED spotted in Prospect Park last Monday.  Also
notable, a changing male SUMMER TANAGER was found in Central Park
today.

A decent list of recent arrivals includes RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LEAST SANDPIPER, LITTLE
BLUE HERON, EASTEN KINGBIRD, EASTERN WARBLING and RED-EYED VIREOS,
BANK SWALLOW, VEERY, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, ORCHARD ORIOLE, AMERICAN
REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER and INDIGO BUNTING.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/17/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 17, 2026
* NYNY2604.17

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (extralimital)
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
Willet
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Northern House Wren
Marsh Wren
White-crowned Sparrow (western subspecies “Gambel’s” form)
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Northern Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER

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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, April 17th, 2026, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, an extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, TUFTED DUCK, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, arriving Spring migrants, and more.

In a week featuring a rather confusing set of conditions for northbound migrants, one birder was lucky enough to look up in time to spot one of the world’s great birds, a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, as it soared high over Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket this morning, even snapping a nice photo before the KITE moved on. A late-day report from northeastern Westchester also needs to be checked out, and on a slightly extralimital note, a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was spotted Tuesday on the Hudson River in Newburgh, likely the same bird returning for a 5th year. It was also noted Wednesday on the Beacon side of the river.

A drake TUFTED DUCK visiting Cammann’s Pond Park off Lindenmere Drive in Merrick was seen there several days this week through today.

A couple of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS appeared this week, the first at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn on Tuesday followed by one at Crocheron Park in Bayside Queens on Thursday while several reports of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS featured one near the dam at Cross River Reservoir in Westchester from Saturday through Monday followed by one in Central Park Wednesday and singles Thursday appearing in Prospect Park and Inwood Hill Park and another prized Spring migrant was a male SUMMER TANAGER found Thursday in Prospect Park.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen most days this week to Friday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn. One or two ICELAND GULLS noted there several days, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL also there Wednesday.

A few AMERICAN BITTERNS this week featured one in Prospect Park Tuesday and two at Mount Loretto on Staten Island Wednesday.

The adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continued all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A Gambel’s type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still being seen in Green-wood Cemetery to Tuesday, and a VESPER SPARROW visited Central Park last Sunday.

A long list of Spring migrants this week included RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, COMMON GALLINULE, WILLET, TRICOLORED and GREEN HERONS, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, NORTHERN HOUSE WREN and MARSH WREN, SEASIDE SPARROW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and among the warblers OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED, NORTHERN YELLOW, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/10/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 10, 2026
* NYNY2604.10

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
COMMON GROUND DOVE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Chimney Swift
SANDHILL CRANE
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Broad-winged Hawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Purple Martin
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
RED CROSSBILL
Snow Bunting
LARK SPARROW
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula

– 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, April 10th,
2026*, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SANDHILL CRANE,
BOHEMIAN WAXWING, a deceased COMMON GROUND DOVE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED,
and HARLEQUIN DUCKS, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW,
RED CROSSBILL, some new Spring arrivals, and more.

A couple of interesting overhead sightings this week involved two SANDHILL
CRANES moving west over the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester
yesterday afternoon and a BOHEMIAN WAXWING reported migrating with a flock
of Cedar Waxwings over Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning.

Not moving by but instead delivered recently to the American Museum of
Natural History was an apparently wild but deceased COMMON GROUND DOVE
found in late March in Kew Gardens, Queens.

Interesting waterfowl included a drake EURASIAN WIGEON seen again Thursday
on Agawam Lake off Pond Lane in Southampton, a drake TUFTED DUCK visiting
Cammann’s Pond Park Saturday to Monday off Merrick Road in Nassau, and 13
HARLEQUIN DUCKS counted Saturday off Montauk Point.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted again today at Bush Terminal Piers Park, with
another at Rockaway Beach last Sunday, while an ICELAND GULL and 3 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Fort Tilden on Tuesday.

The 6-hour inshore pelagic trip Saturday aboard the American Princess also
recorded an ICELAND GULL plus 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, along with a
RAZORBILL and well over one-thousand NORTHERN GANNETS plus some nice whales.

A CASPIAN TERN was seen moving south past Fort Tryon Park Sunday. An
AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed roosting in Brooklyn’s Green-wood
Cemetery Saturday. A RED-NECKED GREBE was still off City Island in the
Bronx last weekend, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye. A female RED CROSSBILL was seen feeding at Croton Point
Park Thursday afternoon, and a late SNOW BUNTING visited Heckscher State
Park field 7 last Saturday, and an apparent LARK SPARROW appeared at a
Riverhead feeder Wednesday as well as an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was
recorded singing at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens last Saturday.

Among the various recent arrivals have been CHIMNEY SWIFT, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER’S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PURPLE MARTIN, and, among
the warblers, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in Central Park Saturday and a
NORTHERN PARULA in Prospect Park today.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/3/2026

RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 03, 2026
* NYNY2604.03

– Birds Mentioned

HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Virginia Rail
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
ICELAND GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Marsh Wren
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (GAMBEL’S-type)
Black-throated Green Warbler

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 3,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS,
CASPIAN TERN, HARLEQUIN DUCK, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, GAMBEL’S-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and various earlier
spring migrants.

A slow week, with the doldrums hopefully coming to an end soon.  Our
most interesting rarity possibly was the adult BLACK-HEADED GULL still
present around Frank Melville Memorial Park and Pond in Setauket at
least to Monday. An ICELAND GULL was also still visiting the Brooklyn
Army Terminal Pier 4 as of Thursday, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS continue to be reported, while an interesting arrival featured a
CASPIAN TERN spotted Tuesday in the bay by the Croton-Harmon train
station in Westchester..

Out at Montauk Point, 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were spotted offshore
Saturday, and back at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 2 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS were noted visiting the West Pond Saturday through Monday.

NORTHERN GANNETS have been streaming east along Long Island’s south
shore in good numbers recently, but very few appearing in western Long
Island Sound have featured 5 off City Island in the Bronx Tuesday,
with just a few other scattered GANNET sightings this week, though a
RED-NECKED GREBE  was also spotted off City Island today.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues near the shore at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye, and a GAMBEL’S-type WHITE CROWNED SPARROW was
still visiting Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery today, lingering in
bushes east of Sylvan Waters .

Among the recently arriving migrants this week have been VIRGINIA
RAIL, SOLITARY and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, LITTLE BLUE HERON, WHITE-EYED
and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, MARSH WREN, and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, this in Prospect Park Monday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/27/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 27, 2026
* NYNY2603.27

– Birds Mentioned

TRUMPETER SWAN+
(+Details requested by NYSARC)

Mute Swan
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
American Wigeon
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Red-necked Grebe
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
Glossy Ibis
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
RED CROSSBILL
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (GAMBEL’S-type)
Louisiana Waterthrush

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, March 27,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TRUMPETER and TUNDRA SWANS,
EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS,
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL, GAMBEL’S
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and more.

The New York City TRUMPETER SWAN visiting the East River since late
February was last reported Wednesday the 25th in Brooklyn off the
North 5th Street Pier and Park, where it and an accompanying MUTE SWAN
had spent most of the week up to that point.

A TUNDRA SWAN found last Friday at Moravian Cemetery in central Staten
Island stayed there through Saturday but moved on Sunday morning.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON noted March 13th off Shirley was seen again
Sunday with a group of AMERICAN WIGEON in Bellport Bay off Shirley
Beach on the west side of Shirley.

An immature male KING EIDER was spotted again Sunday near Shinnecock
Inlet and a little west of there near the Ponquogue Bridge,
accompanying a flock of COMMON EIDER, while a female COMMON EIDER was
unusual Monday off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL in virtually full breeding plumage was seen up to
Thursday at Frank Melville Memorial Park and Pond in Setauket, this
north of Old Field Road.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was seen last weekend at Bush Terminal Piers
Park and nearby Bush Army Terminal Pier 4, with 1 also at Staten
Island’s Miller Field last Sunday, and lingering ICELAND GULLS were
noted at both Bush Terminal Parks above as well as at Calvert Vaux
Park Tuesday and Jerome Reservoir in the Bronx Wednesday.

A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, perhaps wintering, was photographed along
Dune Road on Tuesday, and single RED-NECKED GREBES included 1 off
Breezy Point Saturday and 1 continuing off Floyd Bennett Field at
least to Tuesday.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A small group of RED CROSSBILLS was encountered today near Jones Pond
off the Paumanok Trail in Manorville; this species has nested in this
area before, so please do not disturb them.  Access to the area is
from Schultz Road.

An immature GAMBEL’S-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues in
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery.

Some arrivals noted during the week have featured PECTORAL SANDPIPER,
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GLOSSY IBIS, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN
SWALLOWS, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.

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.

– End transcript