Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– 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

-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

-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

– 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

– 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 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

– 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

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

-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.

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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 06, 2026
* NYNY2603.06

– Birds Mentioned
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+Details requested by NYSARC)

Mute Swan
TRUMPETER SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
THICK-BILLED MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
PACIFIC LOON
AMERICAN GOSHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Tree Swallow
LAPLAND LONGSPUR

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

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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 6, 2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, PACIFIC LOON, TRUMPETER SWAN, THICK-BILLED MURRE, AMERICAN GOSHAWK, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.

The adult SWAINSON’S HAWK currently wintering in Brooklyn was present at least to Wednesday around the SIMS Municipal Recycling Center located around 29th Street, west of Second Avenue – access to this facility is restricted but the area can be viewed from outside the surrounding fencing.  Also watch for it flying around the local neighborhood, including over Green-Wood Cemetery.

A PACIFIC LOON apparently still hanging around Jones Inlet was seen off Jones Beach West End on Tuesday and reported there again today.

Causing quite a stir recently has been a TRUMPETER SWAN lingering in the East River along the Brooklyn and Queens shorelines with an accompanying MUTE SWAN.  This pair has been moving up as far as Hunters Point in Queens on the north end of their travels and then down river as far as Wallabout Channel in Brooklyn, today spending some time around the Austin Nichols House a little north of the Williamsburg Bridge.

A THICK-BILLED MURRE was photographed last Saturday as it fed along the west side of Shinnecock Inlet, but more challenging has been a fairly elusive immature AMERICAN GOSHAWK seen briefly several times over the last week or so as it travels around the vegetation in the dunes at Jones Beach West End.

Among the waterfowl, a EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen on Agawam Lake in Southampton, a female KING EIDER was spotted Wednesday in Gardiners Bay with a group of COMMON EIDERS, and 12 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were counted off Point Lookout last Saturday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed again Saturday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn, with another continuing in Jones Inlet, often seen at the Point Lookout side.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted Saturday in Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, along with a couple of ICELAND GULLS, and among several other ICELANDS were birds noted at Great Kills Park, Floyd Bennett Field, Crab Meadow Beach, Robert Moses State Park and Oldfield Point and Lighthouse.  Some LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also continue locally at coastal sites where gulls gather.

A couple of RED-NECKED GREBES were present Sunday and Wednesday off City Island in the Bronx, and a single was viewed Wednesday and today off Floyd Bennett Field.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen Sunday to Wednesday at Smith Point County Park.

Recent arrivals regionally, hopefully showing good judgment, included a few AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, a PIPING PLOVER at Jones Beach, a few vocalizing AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and a TREE SWALLOW or two.

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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