Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Aug. 19, 2022
* NYNY2208.19

– Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon’s Shearwater
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”)
Cattle Egret
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

– 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, August 19th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, pelagic trip results including WHITE-FACED and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS and BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

For continuing rarities both the ANHINGA and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT were seen today with the ANHINGA continuing on Lake Tappan in Rockland County very often seen while perched in trees on the east side of the lake just north of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road. The CORMORANT is usually found in Newburgh, Orange County sitting on offshore structures at the Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

Last Sunday evening the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn heading well out into the Atlantic for Monday birding in the warm waters around McMaster and then Hudson Canyon’s before returning Monday night. Seabird highlights featured 5 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1,050 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 2 WHITE-FACED STORM-PETRELS one seen wonderfully well, 40 LEACH’S and 15 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS along with over 100 STORM-PETRELS not identified to species and 3 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and to the SHEARWATERS: 15 CORY’S, 40 GREAT, 2 MANX and 5 AUDUBON’S. A great mammal show was highlighted by a small pod of 4 Sowerby’s Beaked Whales and also included 4 Finned and 20 Pilot Whales plus some Striped, Offshore, Bottle-nosed, Rizzo’s and Common Dolphins.

On Staten Island an immature WHITE IBIS was still visiting the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood today and a CATTLE EGRET was also seen briefly in that area last Saturday. This anticipated more young WHITE IBIS appeared overnight Long Island with 4 spotted together up in Stony Brook last Sunday evening. By Monday 7 were present at the West Meadow Wetlands Preserve along Trustees Road which becomes a bike and walking road just beyond the entrance to West Meadow Beach. The IBIS, especially at higher tides, have been frequenting the section of marsh on the east side of the road between the beach parking area and the Ernst Conservation Center about a half mile south down the road. The IBIS sometimes perching in the marsh trees along that stretch. There is a parking fee here.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on the East Pond a MARBLED GODWIT was last reported last Sunday but 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continued at least to Wednesday with one today. Other shorebirds have featured a WILSON’S PHALAROPE today plus small numbers of STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Also BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE’S GULLS continue on the East Pond and there have been occasional sightings of GULL-BILLED and ROYAL TERNS with 3 GULL-BILLEDS and 2 WHIMBREL also out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday.

A white morph GREAT BLUE HERON was still at Piermont Pier Wednesday and a CASPIAN TERN visited Croton Point Park Tuesday while a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was identified at Orient Point last Saturday.

Among some landbird migrants this week have been a few OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Welwyn Preserve in Glen Cove today. Various warblers including WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON’S and single DICKCISSELS Sunday at Croton Point and Monday on Fire Island.

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
* Aug. 12, 2022
* NYNY2208.12

– Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph “Great White Heron”)
LARK SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

– 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, August 12th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, KING EIDER, MANX SHEARWATER, LARK SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Firstly, updates on our lingering rarities: BAR-TAILED GODWIT staying at Cupsogue Beach County Park was seen at least to Wednesday on the mudflats north of the parking lot. Remember, a fee is charged at this facility after 8:30am. The ANHINGA was still present Monday on Lake Tappan in Rockland County visiting the section of lake north of Convent Road and south of Blauvelt Road often seen perched in lakeside trees and the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was still in Newburgh, Orange County yesterday sitting on the offshore structures at the Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

Our latest rarity involves an immature WHITE IBIS found on Staten Island on Wednesday and present through today. The bird has been frequenting the marsh off the western end of Delwit Avenue in Oakwood which is just northeast of Great Kills Park. Given the number of WHITE IBIS just to our south in New Jersey and some vagrants showing up north of our area their post breeding dispersal could bring more individuals up to New York so keep an eye out.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to attract good numbers and variety of shorebirds to the East Pond these including two AMERICAN AVOCETS last weekend that stayed around the north end to Monday the day the first MARBLED GODWIT arrived. Since Monday one or two MARBLEDS as well as one or two HUDSONIAN GODWITS have all been visiting the East Pond usually around the north end but also appearing down at the south end especially after a visit by one of the hunting Peregrine Falcons. Multiple WILSON’S PHALAROPES have also been present at the bay either at the north or south end on the East Pond but with one or two also feeding around the southeast corner of the West Pond where good numbers of shorebirds and waterfowl have been gathering. Also at the bay the BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a BONAPARTE’S GULL have been staying around the East Pond usually below Dead Man’s Cove and other pond highlights have featured a flyover WHIMBREL and a GULL-BILLED TERN Wednesday and small numbers of such shorebirds as STILT, WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.

The white form of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today and the Staten Island KING EIDER was still at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park on the west side of Great Kills Harbor yesterday with another at Orient Point Saturday.

A CRESLI whale boat out of Montauk on Wednesday counted 60 CORY’S, 200 GREAT, 1 MANX and 2 SOOTY SHEARWATERS.

Other shorebirds this week included an AMERICAN AVOCET at Mecox last weekend and another seen at Watch Hill on Fire Island on Saturday and a WHIMBREL at Timber Point today.

Last Monday 8 CASPIAN TERNS were at Piermont Pier with 2 more at Croton Point while a BLACK TERN was seen Wednesday at Governors Island along with a DICKCISSEL. Two LARK SPARROWS were spotted today at Watch Hill on Fire Island and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue around the Calverton Grasslands. Migrant warblers recently have included such regional breeders as WORM-EATING, BLUE-WINGED, HOODED, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE and CANADA. They’re on their way.

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
* Aug. 5, 2022
* NYNY2208.05

– Birds Mentioned

BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph)
Peregrine Falcon
LARK SPARROW
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, August 5, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, UPLAND SANDPIPER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and WILSON’S PHALAROPE, LARK SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, and more.

Three major rarities continue locally, including the BAR-TAILED GODWIT frequenting the mud flats north of the parking lot at Cupsogue Beach County Park since July 19th. The GODWIT usually visits the flats once the tide starts falling, but might move off for a while around dead low tide.  An entry fee is charged starting around 8:30 a.m.

The female-type ANHINGA was still present recently on Lake Tappan in Rockland County, usually seen perched on dead trees or fishing in the section of lake bordered by Convent Road on the south and Blauvelt Road on the north; both roads provide views of this section of the lake.

And north of there the adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues on the Hudson River in the Newburgh area of Orange County, usually around the pilings and structures off the private Global Oil Terminal off River Road, but at least once this week it crossed over to the Beacon side in Dutchess County near the Ferry Terminal there.

A LOGGERHEAD STRIKE last Tuesday hunted along the landfill all day at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, but, like the one that visited there back on June 17th, it did not reappear the following day. |

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge conditions remain excellent for shorebirds and other waders on the East Pond, but birders visiting the pond need to remember that these conditions were created for the shorebirds, and visitors there should stay as close as possible to the phragmites edge, keeping any disturbance to a minimum.  ThPEREGRINE FALCONS there are already pushing the birds around quite a bit. Telescopes and long lenses for cameras are highly recommended, and do not try to cross the north end of the pond due to treacherous mud conditions.

Last Sunday an AMERICAN AVOCET in nice plumage showed up on the West Pond at the Bay but by Wednesday had moved over to the East Pond, where last week’s HUDSONIAN GODWIT was joined by two others by Sunday. The north end also hosted two WILSON’S PHALAROPES on Sunday, with at least one to Thursday, and one GODWIT was still present today.  Among the other shorebirds there have been a RED KNOT, STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and other highlights have included a WHITE-FACED IBIS still present at least to last Saturday at the north end, single BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE’S GULLS lingering together towards the north end, a CASPIAN TERN Thursday and a small number of GULL-BILLED TERNS.

A second AMERICAN AVOCET visited Mecox Bay from Saturday to Tuesday, an UPLAND SANDPIPER migrated over Coney Island Creek Park last Sunday morning, and a few WHIMBRELS included three at Cupsogue today.

The white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still today around the creek or marsh south of Piermont Pier, where two WHIMBREL were seen Tuesday.

A LARK SPARROW was nicely photographed at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx last Saturday, and a DICKCISSEL was photographed Monday as it briefly stopped by the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn’s Marine Park.

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
* July 29, 2022
* NYNY2207.29

– Birds Mentioned

BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
WHIMBREL
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
GREAT BLUE HERON (white morph)
Red-headed Woodpecker
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, July 29,
2022 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-HEADED GULL, KING EIDER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and WHIMBREL, MANX SHEARWATER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Some exceptional rarities continue in our area, including the BAR-TAILED GODWIT still frequenting the mudflats just north of the parking lot at Cupsogue Beach County Park.  These are best reached by walking west on the beach access road, then cutting over to the inlet beach near the RV camping lot and working along the water’s edge to the flats.  The GODWIT is usually not visible at higher tides but moves onto the flats as the water subsides.  Low tide will be very early or in the later afternoon this weekend, and there is a fee at this County Park, collected starting around 8:30 a.m.  Good numbers of WHIMBREL moving by Cupsogue this week included 15 last Sunday and at least 43 Monday, with more today.  A nice variety of shorebirds continues there, but be careful when walking on the mud flats.

The ANHINGA also remains on Lake Tappan in Orangeburg, Rockland County, usually on the section between Blauvelt Road on the north side and Convent Road on the south, often perching on bare trees along the east side of this section of the lake.

The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT is still visiting Newburgh, Orange County, often on the pilings and related structures around the private Global Oil Terminal off River Road, south of the Newburgh Ferry Terminal.
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Most of this week’s BROWN PELICANS were seen last Saturday, with one off Jones Beach, two off Fire Island and five on the bar at Shinnecock Inlet, these followed by two moving west past Robert Moses State Park Tuesday.

The excellent conditions on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge have been producing a nice variety of birds, many in good numbers.  Among the shorebirds, an HUDSONIAN GODWIT usually around the pond’s north end was joined by a second as of yesterday, and among the other unusual species have been WESTERN, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.  Other East Pond highlights have been a continuing adult WHITE-FACED IBIS, now in almost full non-breeding plumage, up at the north end, an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL also molting into winter plumage, a BONAPARTE’S GULL, and a few GULL-BILLED TERNS, with a CASPIAN TERN also last Sunday.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON has been present recently in Piermont, Rockland County, usually somewhere along Sparkill Creek off Ferdon Avenue south of the pier.

The drake KING EIDER, now in eclipse plumage, was relocated last Sunday at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park on the west side of Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island.

A CRESLI whale watching trip out of Montauk on Wednesday went about 17 miles southwest of the Point and encountered decent numbers of
SHEARWATERS, including 120 CORY’S, 380 GREAT, 8 SOOTY and 12 MANX as well as 60 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, a PARASITIC JAEGER and 3 PHALAROPES thought to be REDS.

Continuing out on Eastern Long Island are RED-HEADED WOODPECKER along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville and BLUE GROSBEAK at the former
Grumman Airport grasslands

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
* Jul. 22, 2022
* NYNY2207.22

– Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
ANHINGA+ (Rockland County)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
BROWN PELICAN
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

– 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, July 22nd 2022 at 11pm. Another vacation shortened report. The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, ANHINGA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT and other Jamaica Bay specialties, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and more.

A large shorebird photographed in Moriches Inlet late Tuesday was identified as a BAR-TAILED GODWIT which has been obligingly present around the sand flats on the bay side of Cupsogue Beach County Park through today. The bird moves around, based on the tide conditions, between the bars that form along the inlet and further in to the more extensive flats as they appear. A WHIMBREL was among the other shorebirds present today. Note that there is an admission charge at Cupsogue between 8:30am and 6pm and be careful of attempting to negotiate the channels to the flats and watch the incoming tide.

Another great find this week was an ANHINGA spotted Wednesday on Lake Tappan in Orangeburg, Rockland County and still around today. The bird is sometimes seen perched on branches along the lake and sometimes in flight as it changes locations, occasionally soaring high as it does so. Roads from which it has been seen have especially included Convent Road which bisects the lake giving views both north and south.

The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was also still present today up in Newburgh, Orange County continuing to use the offshore pilings and related structures around the private Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry terminal.

BROWN PELICAN sightings slowed down this week. The one Sunday was seen going east early off Breezy Point and later off Shinnecock Inlet.

The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge remains very productive. One or two WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen mostly at the north end during this week. Their plumage fading slowly as has been the head pattern of the long staying BLACK-HEADED GULL. It and the BONAPARTE’S GULLS still present today. An HUDSONIAN GODWIT in decent plumage found last Saturday was still lingering in the north end today, usually around Dead Man’s Cove. A good variety of shorebirds and up to 4 GULL-BILLED TERNS have also been frequenting the East Pond.

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

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
* Jul. 15, 2022
* NYNY2207.15

– Birds mentioned
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
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, July 15th 2022 at 11pm. A vacation shortened edition. The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, GULL-BILLED TERN, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT present along the Hudson River since May 28th in the Newburgh-Beacon area was this week generally found around the pilings and other structures off the private Global Oil terminal off River Road south of the Newburgh ferry dock. If looking in that area please be mindful of both the vehicle and train traffic.

The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge had a very good week both shorebird-wise and otherwise. On Tuesday an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was spotted among Glossy Ibis and was seen again both Wednesday and Thursday up at the north end of the pond. Also lingering on the East Pond are single BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE’S GULLS usually present around the Raunt. While the north end mostly has been hosting a decent number of GULL-BILLED TERNS. It’s the shorebirds that are the main attraction drawn in due to the pond’s excellent condition. On Wednesday about 5,000 shorebirds were estimated to be using the East Pond which is best at high tide. Most prevalent among these were SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and LEAST SANDPIPER but less common species present during the week included over a dozen STILT SANDPIPERS and fewer of WESTERN and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS plus one or two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE appeared there today.

BROWN PELICANS had another decent string of appearances off Long Island’s ocean coast. Last Saturday produced perhaps the same 9 off Fire Island Pines and then off East Hampton with 5 or more also moving by Robert Moses State Park. On subsequent days off Moses Park sightings included at least 5 Sunday, 7 Monday and 8 Wednesday. Perhaps the latter 8 also the ones off Jones Beach that day. Single birds were also noted at Shinnecock Saturday and Cupsogue Sunday.

Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Fort Tilden Monday while a CASPIAN TERN on Staten Island Sunday was followed by a couple at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn Tuesday and one at Plumb Beach Wednesday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond in Manorville, this off Schultz Road and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue around the former Grumman airport complex in Calverton.

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
* July 8, 2022
* NYNY2207.08

– Birds Mentioned

SOUTH POLAR SKUA+
BROWN BOOBY+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

STILT SANDPIPER
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
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, July 8, 2022 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SOUTH POLAR SKUA, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, arriving shorebirds including STILT SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Certainly the surprise sighting of the week was a bird photographed very early last Saturday morning off Robert Moses State Park Field 2 and identified as a SOUTH POLAR SKUA, a species very rarely seen from shore.  The time of year and frequency of summer reports in the North Atlantic would certainly weigh heavily in favor of this species, though other Skuas are not outside the realm of possibility.

Currently much more reliable, the adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues up in the Newburgh area of Orange County.  The bird has a couple of times this week ventured across the Hudson River to the Beacon side, perching on pilings near the Ferry Terminal, but it was also seen numerous times on the pilings off the private Global Oil Terminal off River Road south of the Ferry Terminal on the Newburgh side.

A couple of BROWN BOOBY sightings took place along the Eastern Long Island South Shore this week, with one photographed Tuesday sitting off Smith Point County Park in Shirley followed by one reported Thursday flying east by Cupsogue Beach County Park.  This is a species to look for along the oceanfront, but note that immature NORTHERN GANNETS are also offshore now.

It was a good week for BROWN PELICAN sightings, starting last Sunday with singles spotted off Riis Park, Robert Moses State Park and Old Inlet on Fire Island; then Wednesday produced two off Nickerson Beach and one at Smith Point County Park, but it kept getting better, with today finding three off Fort Tilden followed by a flock of ten sitting briefly off Fire Island Pines in central Fire Island before continuing farther east.  There will be more.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has begun to attract decent numbers of southbound shorebirds, the East Pond already hosting a good variety. Yesterday well over 300 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 300 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 100 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were estimated, and more unusual were a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER Thursday and a couple of STILT SANDPIPERS through today.  Also continuing on the East Pond have been the immature BLACK-HEADED GULL plus a young BONAPARTE’S GULL, both often near the Raunt, and four or more GULL-BILLED TERNS have been counted along the Pond.  A DUNLIN was also out in the Bay Monday.

A couple of GREAT SHEARWATERS were spotted off Riis Park Tuesday, and some LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS remaining along the South Shore featured 22 counted at Breezy Point today.

Three RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville, and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was singing at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum County Park in Great River last Tuesday.

Both the male SUMMER TANAGER and several BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Grasslands at the former Grumman airport in Calverton, joining several GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS and other interesting birds to be found there.

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
* July 1, 2022
* NYNY2207.01

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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, July 1, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT and the beginning of the returning shorebirds, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Now present for over one month, the adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues up in Newburgh, Orange County.  It generally now frequents pilings and associated structures along the Hudson River shore, usually off the private Global Oil Terminal located along River Road south of the Ferry Terminal.  This area is often quite busy with both vehicle and train traffic, so be careful when looking for suitable scanning sites.

Last Wednesday evening four BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS, perhaps the group previously seen at Stony Brook, were spotted at Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga, but they have not been reported there or anywhere else since then.

Recent sightings of BROWN PELICAN involved one moving east yesterday past Democrat Point, the western tip of Fire Island, this followed today by one sitting offshore this afternoon off Riis Park and then four seen moving southward well off Miller Field beach on Staten Island this evening.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL continues around the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where notable efforts are being made to get the East Pond ready for the fall shorebird migration, now just beginning.  The shorebird highlight so far is a MARBLED GODWIT found Wednesday by a kayaker on the east side of Jamaica Bay between the Refuge and JFK airport.

Seen on the East Pond recently have been up to three GULL-BILLED TERNS, a non-breeding BONAPARTE’S GULL and various shorebirds, including a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER last Saturday.  A RED KNOT visited Plumb Beach today.

West of their usual haunts, ROSEATE TERNS were noted at Breezy Point and Plumb Beach during the week, and ROYAL TERNS appeared at several coastal sites.

RED- HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Connetquot River State Park, Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester, and along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville, while a PILEATED WOODPECKER was still present in Forest Park, Queens last Sunday.

A SUMMER TANAGER from last Friday was still in Riverside Park to Monday, with another seen in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn last Saturday.  A SUMMER TANAGER and the enclave of BLUE GROSBEAKS also remain out at the exceptional grasslands at the former Grumman Airport in Calverton.

This is the time when various non-breeding species of birds can show up locally, these floaters presumably having been disrupted or unsuccessful in their nesting attempts and thus heading south early. Various WARBLERS in this category have included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKPOLL, PINE and others.  This would not explain, however, the interesting widespread irruption recently of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES into our area.

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
* Jun. 24, 2022
* NYNY2206.24

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WESTERN SANDPIPER+
SANDWICH TERN+
PACIFIC LOON+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

White-rumped Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Least Bittern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER 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, June 24th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are the slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, SANDWICH TERN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, MANX and other shearwaters, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues along the Hudson River waterfront up in Newburgh, Orange County where it is usually seen on pilings with some Double-crested Cormorants south of the ferry dock often off the private Global Terminal along River Road. Thus, finding suitable locations to search from can be difficult. River Road can be quite busy and the adjacent train tracks are also active so be careful.

The only report this week of BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK came from last Tuesday when two were spotted on a private pond in Mattituck on the north fork. These two flying off shortly thereafter.

This afternoon an adult SANDWICH TERN was spotted flying around Breezy Point and other birds out there yesterday featured 3 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, a WESTERN SANDPIPER and ROSEATE TERN.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still being seen on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today, usually around the south end. Among the other species at the bay this week have been a continuing LEAST BITTERN on the East Pond at least to Saturday, a lingering GULL-BILLED TERN and 5 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS still there Sunday.

Seabirds continue to be seen along the south shore of Long Island under proper conditions especially when winds are out of the southeast. Under these conditions Wednesday morning off Robert Moses State Park field 2 the flight featured 27 CORY’S, 1 GREAT, 1 SOOTY and 4 MANX SHEARWATERS, a WILSON’S STORM-PETREL and 3 ROSEATE TERNS. Also spotted was a loon in rather unusual wore plumage that observers thought was possibly a PACIFIC LOON but photos under difficult conditions need to be further examined. A lesser, but similar flight there Thursday shut down as winds shifted to the southwest.

Also noted this week were an ICELAND GULL reported again at Mecox to Monday, a CASPIAN TERN at Croton Point Park in Westchester Wednesday and slowly increasing numbers of ROYAL TERNS.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester and near Jones Pond north of Paumanok Trail located off Schultz Road in Manorville.

An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still singing in Prospect Park last Saturday and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS remain on territory at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

A SUMMER TANAGER and a small contingent of BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to frequent the Calverton Grasslands around the former Grumman airport and to supplement these a young male SUMMER TANAGER was found today in the northern section of Riverside Park around West 122nd Street and additional BLUE GROSBEAKS featured a young male at Croton Point Park last Saturday and a singing male at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Monday and Tuesday.

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
* Jun. 17, 2022
* NYNY2206.17

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
KING RAIL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Eider
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER 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, June 17th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are a slightly extralimital
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BROWN
PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, MANX
SHEARWATER, YELLOW-THROATED and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK and more.

The adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues through today with accompanying
Double-crested Cormorants along the Newburgh waterfront up in Orange County
usually found near the Hudson River Ferry to Beacon Terminal or just south
of there around the Global Industrial tanks off River Road. Global location
is private and River Road can be quite busy so observation sites
overlooking the shoreline, pilings and pier structures should be chosen
carefully.

The 4 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were relocated last Sunday at the
Avalon Gardens in Stony Brook but unfortunately one was injured when its
leg was grabbed by a snapping turtle and the other 3 moved to the nearby
Grist Mill Pond and their whereabouts since then is unknown.

Today a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found on the landfill at Croton Point Park in
Westchester and remained there to dusk favoring the east side of the mound
and moving about actively, perching on the scattered kestrel poles and
mullein plants. When looking for the SHRIKE please remember to stay on the
designated landfill paths which are limited to only the main path over the
top of the landfill and the path around the base of the landfill and do not
disturb the SHRIKE.

This week’s BROWN PELICAN sightings include the single birds off Nickerson
Beach and Robert Moses State Park last Saturday and 2 reported moving west
off Jones Beach field 6 today.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted again last Saturday on the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where a WILSON’S PHALAROPE paid a brief
visit on Thursday and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE continued over last weekend
among the many shorebirds gathered at Jones Beach West End.

An excellent flight of seabirds took place Thursday afternoon on southeast
winds off Robert Moses State Park where over 800 shearwaters at varying
distances offshore were fairly evenly split between CORY’S and GREAT
SHEARWATERS and also featured 6 MANX SHEARWATERS as well as 3 PARASITIC
JAEGERS, 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 2 ROSEATE TERNS. Today’s more
modest flight, as the winds moved around to the southwest, did include some
CORY’S and GREAT and one SOOTY SHEARWATER, a WILSON’S STORM-PETREL and
another PARASITIC JAEGER.

The Captree Summer Bird Count last Saturday recorded 132 species featuring
BROWN PELICAN, KING RAIL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Connetquot, 1 ALDER and
2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at
the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.

The Greenwich-Stamford Count including eastern Westchester netted about 128
species including 6 COMMON EIDER, a probable KING RAIL and ALDER FLYCATCHER.

A singing PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported from Clove Lakes Park on Staten
Island last Saturday and a few BLUE GROSBEAKS plus a male SUMMER TANAGER
continue around the Calverton Grasslands.

Also notable this week were ICELAND GULL and ROYAL TERN at Mecox last
Monday and a LEAST BITTERN still at Jamaica Bay 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