Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 30, 2023
* NYNY2306.30 

– Birds Mentioned 

LEACH’S STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

POMARINE JAEGER
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater 
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater 
MANX SHEARWATER 
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Purple Finch
White-throated Sparrow
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK 

|If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to 
nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin – Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke 
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 30, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.  

The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, pelagic trip results including BAND-RUMPED and LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS and AUDUBON’S and MANX SHEARWATERS, POMARINE JAEGER, CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS, BLUE GROSBEAK, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and more.

The Staten Island immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT appeared again briefly at Wolfe’s Pond Park last Saturday and again on Tuesday, and an adult was photographed Saturday out in the bay south of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but good news – what’s likely the same adult present last fall on the Hudson River up in Newburgh, Orange County, was spotted there on Tuesday and has been present daily since, ranging between the Newburgh-Beacon ferry terminal and the pilings off the Global Oil Terminal south of there along River Road.

A few BROWN PELICANS continue to appear along the Atlantic, with two off Miller Field Beach on Staten Island Wednesday followed by singles on Thursday seen moving east off Cupsogue Beach County Park and west off Robert Moses State Park. 

A pelagic trip leaving Brooklyn Sunday evening aboard the American Princess headed out to Hudson Canyon, returning the next evening.  Bird highlights included 329 WILSON’S, 11 LEACH’S, and 8 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS and 120 CORY’S, 350 GREAT, 3 SOOTY, 4 MANX and 13 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS, while mammals featured single Sperm, Fin and Humpback Whales and Striped, Common, Bottlenose and Risso’s Dolphins.

A POMARINE JAEGER, perhaps not in the peak of health, was seen on the beach near Smith Point County Park in Shirley on both Monday and Tuesday, while other pelagics from shore this week were often sparse, though the flight Tuesday off Robert Moses State Park did produce 1 MANX, 55 CORY’S and 45 GREAT SHEARWATERS plus some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS.

Late TERNS included one or more CASPIANS along Staten Island and the Hudson River and single BLACKS at Nickerson Beach Tuesday and Great Kills Park yesterday.

A few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue to be seen along the Paumanok Trail and elsewhere in the Manorville and Calverton area. 

ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were singing during the week in Prospect, Forest and Alley Pond Parks, while YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the productive grasslands at the former Grumman Airport in Calverton.

Among the various floaters noted recently, these generally comprising very late and usually non-nesting migrants or birds disrupted while nesting and moving on, have recently included WHITE-EYED VIREO, PURPLE FINCH and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

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
* June 23, 2023
* NYNY2306.23

– Birds Mentioned

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

White-rumped Sandpiper
POMARINE JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK

|If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin – Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Gail Benson

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, SANDWICH and other TERNS, POMARINE JAEGER and other Pelagics, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT seen last week a few times up to Wednesday, June 14th, on the pond at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island was spotted there again last Monday morning, indicating that itmight still be residing somewhere locally.

Last Saturday afternoon, two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were photographed on Huguenot Lake next to New Rochelle High School, providing Westchester with a new County record, but by the time theidentification was confirmed and publicized the birds had moved on and have not been relocated.

A few BROWN PELICANS were being seen along the Atlantic coast of Long Island at least up to Monday, with reports that day including one at Breezy Point and off Riis Park, three at Robert Moses State Park, two in the bay by Shinnecock Inlet, and three appearing off Great Gull Island. Hopefully more will be forthcoming.

Tern variety continues to be decent locally, with a SANDWICH TERN visiting the colony at Nickerson Beach on Saturday, this likely the one seen the day before at Breezy Point. Nickerson has also featured continued sightings of GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and ROYAL TERNS, the latter increasing in numbers along the coast. A small number of BLACK TERNS are also still appearing, as are a few late CASPIAN TERNS, including one along the Staten Island shore Sunday and Monday and two visiting Pelham Bay Park Monday and Tuesday.

Pelagic species also continue to occur offshore, generally in rather low numbers, an exception being a flight of an estimated 1,300 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS off Robert Moses State Park Field 2 during the east winds blowing Tuesday morning. SHEARWATERS have been mostly CORY’s with some late SOOTIES but so far few GREAT, plus an occasional MANX SHEARTWATER also moving by. There have also been a few PARASITIC JAEGERS migrating along the coast, and Wednesday morning a POMARINE JAEGER was identified moving east past Cuspsogue Beach County Park.

Small numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS can be found at Gull gatherings along the outer beaches, while lingering shorebirds featured about eight WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday.

Up to four RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have been seen recently along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville, with singles also reported from other eastern Long Island sites.

ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were still in Prospect and Forest Parks and the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge during the week. Three YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were seen at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Monday, with another at Heckscher State Park last weekend, and some BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Calverton 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.

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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 16, 2023
* NYNY2306.16

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
ARCTIC TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
POMARINE JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Glossy Ibis
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
RED CROSSBILL
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll 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 16th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, POMARINE JAEGER, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more.

Last Sunday afternoon an immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was spotted sitting with Double-crested Cormorants on the west side of the pond at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island. The bird was relocated there on Tuesday midday and again Wednesday morning but has not been found there since. Also on Staten Island last Saturday 3 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were photographed in the later afternoon at a pond off Freedom Street in the New Creek Watershed but were not seen the following days.

An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE passing over the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers last Saturday was today followed by another spotted over Blue Heron Park in the southeast Annadale section of Staten Island.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, first noted off Sandy Hook in New Jersey on Thursday, could later that day be seen from Staten Island around Raritan Bay and today was still lingering in the same area moving into Lower Bay south of the Verrazzano Bridge where it was also visible from Brooklyn sites at Gravesend Bay. A few continuing sightings of BROWN PELICANS offshore on the Atlantic Ocean included 3 off Jones Beach and one off Staten Island Sunday, 6 off Nickerson Beach Monday and one moving by Fire Island today.

At Breezy Point today an adult SANDWICH TERN came in and sat on the beach in a mixed tern flock but moved on shortly thereafter. Nickerson Beach this week provided good tern variety with single ARCTIC TERNS reported there Saturday through Monday along with a peak of 3 BLACK TERNS last Saturday and continual sightings of GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and ROYAL TERNS around the colony. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were also off the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday. A CASPIAN TERN visited Wolfe’s Pond Park Monday, a BLACK TERN appeared at Breezy Point Monday and an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE passed by Mecox Inlet Sunday.

A POMARINE JAEGER was photographed Sunday on the beach east of Smith Point County Park and other pelagics featured some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS offshore including 9 off Breezy Point Monday as well as a few SOOTY and CORY’S SHEARWATERS and PARASITIC JAEGERS.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was also reported moving off Cupsogue Beach County Park last Sunday. The female WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited Jamaica Bay’s West Pond last Friday.

Two RED CROSSBILLS were noted again in the Paumanok Trail and surrounding area in Calverton on Wednesday with RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS also in that region. Two YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, single SUMMER TANAGERS were noted in Central Park Tuesday and at Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton Grasslands.

The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count held last weekend including much of eastern Westchester tallying 132 species including GLOSSY IBIS, 2 BLACK TERNS, ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL and HOODED WARBLERS and NORTHERN 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

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 9, 2023
* NYNY2306.09

– Birds Mentioned

King Rail+
WHITE-WINGED TERN+
ANHINGA+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Tricolored Heron
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 9,
2023 at 9:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-WINGED and ARCTIC TERNS, ANHINGA, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

With the TERN colony at Nickerson Beach nearing its peak, the activity there has been attracting a number of great birds, topped by a breeding plumaged WHITE-WINGED TERN found there Thursday morning. TheTERN soon flew out to sea but did return for a repeat performance on Friday morning, its exit seaward leaving hopes it might do the same on Saturday. Also at Nickerson, the first ARCTIC TERN of the season was spotted there last Sunday, this adult followed by singles, both adult and immature, peaking with three on Thursday; the appearance of this species is likely to continue a short while longer. Other terns seen recently there have included a small number of BLACKS and ROSEATES, a GULL-BILLED or two, a few arriving ROYALS and low numbers of LEASTS and FORSTER’S, along with lots of COMMONS and BLACK SKIMMERS. And that’s not all – other nice finds at Nickerson this week have included four BROWN PELICANS moving eastward offshore this afternoon, a female KING EIDER on the ocean in a SCOTER flock Thursday, a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS seen offshore, a small number of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS loafing on the beach, and about 18 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES moving by last Saturday.

A female ANHINGA last Saturday landed for about 10 minutes at a pond at the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island before taking off and disappearing.

The Captree Summer Bird Count held last Saturday recorded a record 142 species, its many highlights including a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Oakdale, 2 KING RAILS, 377 RED NECKED PHALAROPES, 2 PARASITIC JEAGERS, 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 129 BLACK SKIMMERS, 275 WILSON’SSTORM-PETRALS, 2 CORY’S, 5 SOOTY, 2 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 3 TRICOLORED HERONS, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum . 

The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE incursion from the prior week also provided about 30 off Robert Moses State Park Sunday and Monday, 2 along Dune Road Monday and 4 off Fort Tilden Wednesday.

Three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS visited Miller Field on Staten Island Tuesday through Thursday, with 2 today at Plumb Beach, where an ICELAND GULL appeared last Sunday and Monday. Two ROYAL TERNS were seen and photographed Thursday afternoon on the Hudson River at the Ossining waterfront.

Among various later migrants this week were ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS noted in Central, Prospect and Forest Parks and up to 3 NELSON’S SPARROWS at Plumb Beach, while various WARBLERS still moving through featured several MOURNINGS plus a KENTUCKY on Staten Island last weekend.

A SUMMER TANAGER was found in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens last Monday, with another in Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue out around the very productive CalvertonGrasslands, which show signs of further degradation and really need a major effort towards preservation.

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. 2, 2023
* NYNY2306.02

– Birds mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
PARASITIC JAEGER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
CORY’S SHEARWATER
SOOTY SHEARWATER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
RED CROSSBILL
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wilson’s 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 2nd 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, GULL-BILLED TERN and such pelagic birds as SOOTY and CORY’S SHEARWATERS and PARASITIC JAEGER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted Monday with Glossy Ibis at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area off Lido Boulevard was seen again there Wednesday but not since but could still be in that area.

An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE was photographed over Croton Point Park in Westchester last Saturday.

A decent influx of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES took place along the coast recently with one at Jones Beach West End and 2 off Dune Road on Tuesday and these followed the next day by 6 off Robert Moses State Park and a nice 31 estimated off Cupsogue Beach County Park with another 8 off Moses Park today. Other pelagic species have also begun to appear along the Atlantic coastline lately. Robert Moses State Park on Wednesday producing 24 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 1 CORY’S and 20 SOOTY SHEARWATERS and 11 PARASITIC JAEGERS followed by counts today of 23 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 2 CORY’S and 6 SOOTY SHEARWATERS. There were also 26 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS counted off Breezy Point today. Both numbers and species should increase in the next couple of weeks so find a good ocean viewing spot while winds are southerly especially southeast and enjoy. Patience are often required. Success tends to be better earlier in the morning or later in the afternoon and seems to increase the further east you go on Long Island.

A MARBLED GODWIT showed up at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday when Breezy Point also produced 2 WHIMBREL and 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but unfortunately the Jones Beach CURLEW SANDPIPER was not seen after last Friday. A GULL-BILLED TERN was seen at the Lido Beach Preserve on Wednesday.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted today along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, this site off Schultz Road. This trail also produced a RED CROSSBILL last Sunday and quite notable were 5 RED CROSSBILLS including a couple of fresh juveniles seen and photographed Monday at Hubbard County Park located east of Flanders. SUMMER TANAGERS this week featured one at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday plus one at Canal Park in lower Manhattan and another in Central Park Thursday. BLUE GROSBEAKS continue on nesting sites out in the Calverton area and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER remains at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

Most all of the warblers have now moved through our area, last weekend still providing such species as TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY and WILSON’S and a few MOURNINGS are still to come.

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. 26, 2023
* NYNY2305.26

– Birds mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
WHIMBREL
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
ICELAND GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Royal Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Nelson’s Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky 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

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 26th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CURLEW SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, EVENING GROSBEAK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants.

A very striking adult CURLEW SANDPIPER in full breeding plumage was spotted Wednesday on the sand spit just east of the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End and it was still present there this afternoon. Feasting on horseshoe crab eggs with hundreds of other shorebirds, the CURLEW was often seen on the rising tide as the birds are forced onto shrinking amounts of available shoreline. At higher tides even occurring along the main shoreline as it extends east of the sand spit. Birders arriving at the West End today were for a while prevented from entering due to the weekend air show but the parks department corrected that issue and stated that birders will be able to access the West End this weekend. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was present at the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge from Saturday to Monday and two WHIMBREL visited Great Kills Park on Staten Island last Sunday.

An immature ICELAND GULL was still at Cupsogue Beach County Park last Sunday. CASPIAN TERN was reported from Captree Island Monday and Staten Island Thursday with one around Jamaica Bay and 2 at Croton Point Park today and the first arriving ROYAL TERNS were noted along the coast commencing Thursday.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was back along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville yesterday.

A male EVENING GROSBEAK was photographed at Coney Island Creek Park Tuesday and other winter finches included a few PURPLE FINCHES still moving through and a PINE SISKIN at Kissena Park Monday.

A NELSON’S SPARROW was reported at Plumb Beach Wednesday and the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Croton Point Park the day before.

Among the decent variety but disturbingly low numbers of warblers still moving through were a KENTUCKY in Central Park last Saturday and some MOURNINGS.

SUMMER TANAGERS included up to 3 present in Central Park last weekend and one in Forest Park Queens Thursday. Besides the breeding pairs out in the Calverton Grasslands a BLUE GROSBEAK was also found at Brookhaven State Park Tuesday.

As landbird migration closes down, still coming through are such species as COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL’S THRUSHES and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS.

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 19, 2023
* NYNY2305.19

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ANHINGA+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
CRESTED CARACARA+
LARK BUNTING+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Chuck-will’s-widow
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
CATTLE EGRET
Glossy Ibis
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Bicknell’s Thrush
Evening Grosbeak
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

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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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are LARK BUNTING, CRESTED CARACARA, ANHINGA, PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, CATTLE EGRET, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Last Sunday a striking male LARK BUNTING in full breeding plumage was found around the parking lot at Hot Dog Beach off Dune Road in East Quogue, the bird continuing there through Tuesday but not seen thereafter.

On Wednesday a CRESTED CARACARA was photographed as it followed a tractor working a private farm field out in Amagansett. Unfortunately, later attempts to relocate the CARACARA were unsuccessful, but it could likely still be in that general area.

An ANHINGA was photographed last Sunday as it circled up over Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island, eventually soaring off out of sight.

Then on Monday, a female-type PAINTED BUNTING was photographed right near Wolfe’s Pond as it visited feeders at the Trap House off Chester Avenue.

The BLACK-NECKED STILT continuing at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area was last reported there last Saturday.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS was spotted yesterday afternoon with some GLOSSY IBIS at the marsh adjacent to the East Marina at the Timber Point Golf Course in Great River, while a CATTLE EGRET appeared last Sunday at
the Cemetery of the Resurrection on Staten Island.

Reports of an immature ICELAND GULL came from Central Park last Saturday, then at the Riverside Park boat basin on Tuesday, and lastly off Robert Moses State Park today, and single CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday and Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach on Tuesday.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been visiting the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester recently, often between the Park’s Visitors Center and the nearby section of the Overlook Trail.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in Prospect Park Sunday was followed by one photographed Tuesday flying south past Breezy Point, perhaps correcting for a previous overshoot that brought it farther north than it had intended.

Last Sunday, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were noted in Central Park and Forest Park as well as continuing at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.  A KENTUCKY WARBLER occurred in Prospect Park last Sunday, and MOURNING WARBLERS have recently begun to appear locally.

A SUMMER TANAGER was noted in Central Park from Tuesday on, while a few BLUE GROSBEAKS this week featured birds at Breezy Point and Kissena Park Tuesday and Floyd Bennett Field Wednesday as well as out in Calverton.

An EVENING GROSBEAK came through Coney Island Creek Park Wednesday, and some spring arrivals this week featured CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, ALDER, and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and BICKNELL’S THRUSH.

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
* May 12, 2023
* NYNY2305.12

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
ANHINGA+
SMITH’S LONGSPUR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
NORTHERN FULMAR
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Bobolink
Golden-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak

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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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, SMITH’S LONGSPUR, SANDHILL CRANE, BLACK-NECKED STILT and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, offshore research ship findings of RED PHALAROPE, DOVEKIE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN, NORTHERN FULMAR and BLACK CAPPED PETREL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and much more.

Prospect Park’s ANHINGA, first noted on April 25th, this past Wednesday just before 9:00 a.m. took flight and circled upward in a thermal for several minutes, gaining enough altitude to be also spotted from Green-Wood Cemetery to the west before it ultimately disappeared, headed for New Jersey.

Last Tuesday a nicely plumaged male SMITH’S LONGSPUR was found at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 but could not be relocated the next day.

A SANDHILL CRANE high over Green-Wood Cemetery on Sunday was likely the same bird passing a little later over the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.  Jamaica Bay’s West Pond also hosted a breeding plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE from Tuesday at least to Thursday.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT found Tuesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area was still present there today.

A NOAA research vessel out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, last Wednesday ventured into New York waters about 80 miles SSE of Montauk and among its birds recorded 13 RED-NECKED and 402 RED PHALAROPES, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 18 ARCTIC TERNS, 134 DOVEKIES and 33 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 520 WILSON’S and 4 LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS, 190 NORTHERN FULMARS, an early BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, and 71 SOOTY and 7 MANX SHEARWATERS.

A RED-NECKED GREBE in breeding plumage recently off Glen Island Park in New Rochelle was still present today.

Seen at Nickerson Beach today around the tern colony were single GULL-BILLED and BLACK TERNS, and two CASPIAN TERNS visited Croton Point Park Monday.

Several RED-HEADED WOODPECKER reports this week mentioned the Marine Park bird to Saturday, one in Morningside Park in Manhattan to Monday, singles last Sunday at St. John’s Cemetery in Queens and at Connetquot River State Park, and one at Rockefeller Preserve State Park in Westchester during the week.

With the better weather this week came better numbers and variety of passerines – among the WARBLERS were several PROTHONOTARY, featuring singles at Alley Pond Park Saturday, Hempstead Lake State Park Sunday, Prospect and Battery Parks Tuesday, and Jones Beach West End Thursday, while YELLOW-THROATED occurred in Battery Park Saturday, plus in Central, Prospect and Forest Parks, good showings for both species.

Perhaps now the rarest in our region, a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was spotted in Central Park last Sunday, with another there today.  Other WARBLERS included TENNESSEE, CERULEAN in three city parks, MOURNING as of Saturday, and KENTUCKY in both Central and Prospect Parks.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited Croton Point Park Tuesday, while among the winter finches were a RED CROSSBILL at Quogue Wildlife Refuge Sunday, a PINE SISKIN in Prospect Park since Tuesday, and a COMMON REDPOLL flying by Robert Moses State Park Saturday.

BLUE GROSBEAKS were in Central, Prospect and Kissena Parks during the week, as well as back on eastern Long Island territories, and SUMMER TANAGER occurred in several parks, including Central, Morningside, Kissena, Alley Pond, Flushing Meadows, Valley Stream, Fort Tryon and Robert Moses – nice!  Other arrivals this week included OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and BOBOLINK.

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
* May. 5, 2023
* NYNY2305.05

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ANHINGA+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
WHIMBREL
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Least Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Grasshopper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

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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, May 5th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, BLACK-NECKED STILT, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WESTERN TANAGER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and WHIMBREL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Despite another week of rather abysmal weather for migration locally some good things still managed to happen. Topping the list would be the continuing stay of an ANHINGA in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. First arriving on April 25th, this bird can usually be found perched on or near Three Sisters Island in Prospect Park Lake where it’s been through today.

Appearing at Breezy Point during last Monday’s weather event was a BLACK-NECKED STILT last seen flying easterly so possibly still in the area along the south shore. A WHIMBREL also moved by in the high winds.

A nicely plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found yesterday at Seaman’s Neck Park in Seaford with no word from today. Another recent shorebird of note was an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in non-breeding plumage spotted at Nickerson Beach Tuesday and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER has joined the list of recent arrivals.

A WESTERN TANAGER was still visiting feeders at a private Brooklyn residence on Tuesday.

Besides Brooklyn’s Marine Park RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, still present near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T, another was found Monday at Morningside Park in northern Manhattan where it has continued through today.

A LARK SPARROW was nicely photographed at St. Michael’s Cemetery in East Elmhurst today.

Three PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS present today included singles found in Queens at both Alley Pond Park and Kissena Park and another at Conference House Park at the southern end of Staten Island. A nice run of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included birds still present today in Central Park’s north end and Prospect Park, singles today at Astoria Park in Queens and Garvey’s Point Preserve in Nassau and earlier birds in Forest Park and Alley Pond Park. KENTUCKY WARBLERS were noted Monday through Friday in both Prospect Park and Forest Park. The CERULEAN WARBLERS appeared in Central Park Tuesday and Kissena Park today. Other warblers arriving recently have included BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL and WILSON’S and ORANGE-CROWNEDS have recently occurred in Central and Forest Parks and Green-wood Cemetery.

Several recent SUMMER TANAGERS featured two each at Breezy Point Monday, Hempstead Lake State Park Tuesday and in Central Park Wednesday with singles also at Fort Greene Park, Cunningham Park, Brooklyn’s Salt Marsh Nature Center and today at Oscawana Island Nature Preserve in Westchester. Some BLUE GROSBEAKS included two in Kissena Park Wednesday and singles in Central Park, Green-wood Cemetery, Fort Greene Park and Hempstead Lake State Park among others. EVENING GROSBEAK was still in Central Park’s north end today and two RED CROSSBILLS were spotted today in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens.

Other recent arrivals have included COMMON NIGHTHAWK, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.

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. 28, 2023
* NYNY2304.28

– Birds mentioned
ANHINGA+
SWAINSON’S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
RED CROSSBILL
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting

– Transcript

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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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 28th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ANHINGA, SWAINSON’S WARBLER, PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, EVENING GROSBEAK and RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Despite quite poor weather for migration this week New York State did benefit with the arrival of an unprecedented 22 ANHINGAS appearing last Saturday up in Rome in Oneida County and as those birds dispersed to unknown sites up north on Tuesday one was found on Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn often staying partially hidden on Three Sisters Island the bird could be viewed from the peninsula and though taking off on Thursday the ANHINGA did return to the lake and was still present today at the same location. Hopefully it will stay through the weekend.

On Tuesday a warbler decently photographed just north of soccer fields in Veterans Park in East Northport was subsequently identified through the Internet as a SWAINSON’S WARBLER, always a good find locally. It has not been seen since.

The PAINTED BUNTING in the north end of Central Park since April 18th was heard singing last Sunday making it a first year male but unfortunately that was also the last day it was seen.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was identified Monday in the marshes off River Road in northwestern Staten Island and on Sunday an ICELAND GULL was still at Fort Tilden and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at the Breezy Point tip.

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed Saturday at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area where a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen Monday and a WHIMBREL visited the Timber Point Golf Course East Marina Saturday.

A single CASPIAN TERN was noted at Swan Lake in Patchogue Monday with 2 at Randall’s Island Wednesday and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is still in Brooklyn’s Marine Park near the Stewart Street and Avenue T intersection.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted at the Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket on Sunday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

The EVENING GROSBEAKS present in Central and Prospect Parks were last noted on Saturday and Monday respectively while a RED CROSSBILL was still along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville Tuesday with 2 earlier on Saturday at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge and later 8 photographed Thursday in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest. A male SUMMER TANAGER was photographed nicely in Prospect Park last Monday and a female BLUE GROSBEAK appeared in Central Park the next day.

Among the warblers ORANGE-CROWNED were still being seen at at least 4 locations and 5 HOODEDS were reported in Central Park Thursday while other species arriving locally included BLUE-WINGED, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and CANADA.

Other migrants also showing up recently have featured YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, LEAST and COMMON TERNS, BLACK SKIMMER, WARBLING VIREO, VEERY and SWAINSON’S THRUSH 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.

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