Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 25, 2021
* NYNY2106.25

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

Blue-winged Teal
MARBLED GODWIT
STILT SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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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, June 25th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, MARBLED GODWIT, STILT SANDPIPER, GLAUCOUS GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS, recently visiting the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, was noted at least to Tuesday around the south end of the pond where it has been dropping in for short stays in the company of a small number of Glossy Ibis. STILT SANDPIPER was also between the Raunt and the south end with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs to Tuesday.

Another interesting shorebird was a MARBLED GODWIT photographed in flight while passing by Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes last Sunday and a small number of WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS have been among late lingering shorebirds at suitable coastal locations. Good numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been gathering recently at various south shore locations including an impressive 79 counted out at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last Saturday with 68 Sunday and still 46 today. Other sites such as Robert Moses State Park have also featured decent numbers.

A GLAUCOUS GULL, perhaps the continuing immature slowly moving down the coast, was seen at Pike’s Beach in West Hampton Dunes yesterday.

ROYAL TERNS are showing up, still in low numbers, along the Atlantic Coast and 2 CASPIAN TERNS paid a quick visit to Croton Point Park in Westchester Thursday.

A pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL on Central Park Reservoir Wednesday was unexpected there.

Offshore pelagic flights have not been terribly rewarding lately but today 29 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS were counted off Robert Moses State Park. Most moving east.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included one at Oak Wood Beach on Staten Island yesterday, at least one continuing along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and another still present at the Rockefeller Preserve State Park in Westchester.

An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER also continues to stay in Prospect Park while among the warblers a YELLOW-THROATED remains at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and the singing KENTUCKY was reported in Alley Pond Park Tuesday. Other late warblers noted locally have included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA and BLACKPOLL.

Several BLUE GROSBEAKS remain in the productive grasslands around the former Grumman airport in Calverton and 2 or 3 DICKCISSELS continue to sing atop the former landfill at Croton Point Park. Both locations also contain GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS and other desirable grassland birds.

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. 18, 2021
* NYNY2106.18

– Birds mentioned
ARCTIC TERN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Sandhill Crane
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
PARASITIC JAEGER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Brown Creeper
EVENING GROSBEAK
Grasshopper Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Canada Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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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, June 18th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN, MANX SHEARWATER, PARASITIC JAEGER and other pelagics, GLAUCOUS GULL, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EVENING GROSBEAK, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in a effort to restore the East Pond to the productivity levels it has enjoyed in the past is well underway and has already provided one dividend when last Sunday an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was spotted at the pond’s south end. This bird has been seen daily since then in the company of some Glossy Ibis but there is a caveat. This group of ibis does seem to be easily scared off causing rather short stays so if visiting the area try to remain somewhat concealed and quiet for best results.

The Captree June Bird Count held last Saturday tallied a record 138 species with several great finds. At Robert Moses State Park 2 ARCTIC TERNS were found and photographed while seawatching at various points along the shore netted 1 MANX, 1 GREAT, 16 CORY’S and 17 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 15 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS and 62 NORTHERN GANNETS. Other town highlights included 1 each of GREEN-WINGED TEAL and HOODED MERGANSER, some EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS in Connetquot River State Park, 16 species of shorebirds including RED KNOT, STILT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 41 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 11 ROSEATE TERNS and among the landbirds a HOODED WARBLER on territory, and providing both good and bad news a pair of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum unfortunately feeding a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was photographed at Nickerson Beach on Tuesday and 2 CASPIAN TERNS visited Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last Sunday when a ROYAL TERN was seen in Moriches Bay.

Three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were among the shorebirds at Cupsogue County Park last Sunday and out on eastern Long Island last week a LEAST BITTERN was spotted along Narrow River Road in Orient Saturday and an AMERICAN BITTERN appeared at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton Sunday.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still present yesterday at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester County and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still singing in Prospect Park Tuesday.

Very interesting was a male EVENING GROSBEAK visiting feeders at Fire Island Pines on central Fire Island from last Friday at least to Tuesday.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was singing at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Sunday and others remain out in the Calverton Grasslands.

A DICKCISSEL visited the restricted access Edgemere Landfill in Queens back on Thursday the 10th and at least 2 males continue to display on the Croton Point Park landfill. At Croton please remain on the main path over the landfill and do not use any audio devices.

The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count which includes parts of eastern Westchester County last weekend recorded 124 species including a record number of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, ALDER and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, 1 CANADA and 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW plus a SANDHILL CRANE over northwestern Greenwich in count period.

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 11, 2021
* NYNY2106.11

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
WHIMBREL
White-rumped Sandpiper
PARASITIC JAEGER
COMMON MURRE
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 11, 2021 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES, COMMON MURRE, ARCTIC TERN, KING EIDER, WHIMBREL, GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS, PARASITIC JAEGER and a few other onshore pelagics, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Though no cicadas have yet emerged locally, fortunately there have been a couple of recent KITE sightings, with a MISSISSIPPI, apparently a sub-adult, gliding over the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers last Saturday morning, this followed Sunday morning by a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE spotted high over Shelter Island.  Neither has been seen definitively since.

Last Sunday a COMMON MURRE was photographed from a boat out near Hudson Canyon along the New York/New Jersey pelagic boundary.

ARCTIC TERNS this week included multiple reports continuing from Nickerson Beach, mostly immatures and, unfortunately, not all confirmed by photos or descriptions, plus singles also seen Sunday at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes, this a sub-adult, and an immature Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park.  Other TERNS for the week featured GULL-BILLED, with 2 at the Oakwood Beach marsh on Staten Island Saturday and 1 near Tiana Beach west of Shinnecock Inlet Tuesday, a CASPIAN TERN at Croton Point Park Monday, a BLACK TERN at
Nickerson Beach Monday and Tuesday, 2 ROYAL TERNS at Nickerson Wednesday, with 1 at Cupsogue earlier in the week, and a few ROSEATE TERNS at Nickerson and Cupsogue.

A young male KING EIDER was still at Cupsogue last Sunday, and among various shorebirds this week were a WHIMBREL to Tuesday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn and single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at Cupsogue Sunday and Plumb Beach Tuesday and Wednesday.

A bit of pelagic activity from the south shore of Long Island this week featured a PARASITIC JAEGER off Riis Park yesterday, while from Robert Moses State Park today there were single SOOTY and GREAT SHEARWATERS and several CORY’S SHEARWATERS, with other large Shearwaters too distant to be positively identified.

A LEAST BITTERN continues to be seen at Arshamomaque Preserve on the North Fork, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.

Among the later Empidonax FLYCATCHERS still in our area this week were YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER.

A singing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Wednesday and Thursday.

Among the WARBLERS, a PROTHONOTARY was still in Central Park’s north end Sunday and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, while a few MOURNINGS were among the later species still passing through.

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton Grasslands.

On Wednesday a surprising group of 3 male DICKCISSELS appeared at Croton Point Park in Westchester, continuing on top of the landfill through today.  If visiting, please remember to remain on the main path, these birds providing nice views while singing, and use no audio devices in this County 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.

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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 4, 2021
* NYNY2106.04

KING EIDER
Purple Sandpiper
GULL-BILLED TERN
BLACK TERN
ROSEATE TERN
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Black Skimmer
SOOTY SHEARWATER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
MOURNING WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wilson’s 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, June 4, 2021 at 9:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ARCTIC TERN, KING EIDER, SOOTY SHEARWATER, GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and BLACK TERNS, KENTUCKY and MOURNING WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The first of this season’s ARCTIC TERNS was spotted Monday at Nickerson Beach, this adult followed by a first summer ARCTIC found at that location Tuesday.   Nickerson has also been providing one or two GULL-BILLED and up to four ROSEATE TERNS recently, all these associating with the large COMMON TERN and BLACK SKIMMER colonies. Another first summer ARCTIC was spotted today at Cupsogue County Park, where decent numbers of shorebirds continue.

Two male KING EIDERS were still off Great Kills Park on Staten Island last Monday, one a sub-adult in decent plumage, with the younger male also present Tuesday.

Looking offshore from coastal Long Island, the seabird flights have not yet really materialized, but five SOOTY SHEARWATERS were seen last Saturday off Robert Moses State Park, along with a BLACK TERN

Seven PURPLE SANDPIPERS were still on a rock jetty at Fort Tilden Monday.

With landbird migrants now declining here rapidly, the typically late FLYCATCHERS recently have still featured a few OLIVE-SIDED.  Also present have been such Empidonax species as YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER, and THRUSHES have included some BICKNELL’S and GRAY-CHEEKED types.  Correct identification of both of these sets of migrants is strongly dependent upon well heard vocalizations

Among the WARBLERS, a KENTUCKY was still in Central Park’s North End last Saturday, while a small number of MOURNING WARBLERS included one or two in Central and Prospect Parks.  Among the late WARBLERS this week were such favorites as BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED and WILSON’S.

Coastal salt marshes should now be hosting some NELSON’S SPARROWS along with the breeding SALTMARSH and SEASIDE SPARROWS.

A SUMMER TANAGER was a nice find on Governors Island last Saturday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton grasslands, with another spotted Monday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.

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. 28, 2021
* NYNY2105.28

– Birds mentioned
BROWN BOOBY+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Whimbrel
Wilson’s Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sooty Shearwater
Tricolored Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
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 28th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, a very slightly extralimital SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BICKNELL’S THRUSH, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Interesting yesterday afternoon was an adult BROWN BOOBY flying around Newark Bay in New York and New Jersey waters off the north side of Staten Island near Richmond Terrace Park but we’ve seen no reports from today.

Tuesday afternoon a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted over the Greenwich Audubon Center in northwestern Greenwich heading quickly into Westchester County. Not unusual though for this species but there have been no subsequent sightings.

On Monday a female KING EIDER was still in a small flock of Common Eider at Jones Beach West End and a drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was spotted Thursday at Cupsogue County Park.

Among the increasing numbers and variety of shorebirds were 2 WHIMBREL photographed on an island off Rye yesterday and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE visiting a private farm pool in Mattituck on Wednesday.

A seawatch Tuesday afternoon from Jacob Riis Park produced 3 SOOTY SHEARWATERS with another seen Tuesday in lower New York Bay these hopefully signaling the beginning of a good seawatching season. For watching, earlier morning and later afternoon are usually the more productive times and winds are best with a southerly component. Generally too, the farther east you go on Long Island’s south shore the better the results.

Among some occurring along the coast were 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Nickerson Beach Wednesday.

Single TRICOLORED HERONS were noted at Captree Island marsh Sunday and at Timber Point Golf Course yesterday and Thursday also produced sightings of RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn and at the Spring Lake Golf Course in Middle Island.

Recent migrant flycatchers have featured a few OLIVE-SIDED including in both Central Park and Prospect Parks and various empidonax species including singing ALDER, ACADIAN and YELLOW-BELLIED while thrushes have featured some GRAY-CHEEKED and a BICKNELL’S singing in Forest Park Monday. Other BICKNELL’S should be passing through though identifying non-singing birds can be a challenge not everyone is up to.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was photographed in Central Park last Sunday while among decreasing numbers of warblers have been the expected late season push of MOURNING and BLACKPOLL and the recent influx of KENTUCKYS including in Central Park and Forest Park today. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while BLUE GROSBEAKS also remain around the Calverton Grasslands and please remember not to disturb nesting birds in any way. This season is absolutely crucial to their survival.

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. 21, 2021
* NYNY2105.21

– Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFF+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
WOOD STORK+
BROWN BOOBY+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Common Gallinule
Stilt Sandpiper
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED 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 21st 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WOOD STORK, RUFF, a NOAA offshore boat report including BROWN BOOBY and ATLANTIC PUFFIN, KING EIDER, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, GULL-BILLED TERN, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Of last Friday’s three exceptional rarities only the WOOD STORK was seen subsequently and this only Saturday morning off Baycrest Avenue in West Hampton with no reports of the WESTERN GREBE or BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. However on Monday and Tuesday a RUFF in changing plumage was photographed on Moriches Island in East Moriches. We have no subsequent reports.

A NOAA research vessel last Saturday made a transect through New York waters 50 or so miles offshore and among the birds recorded were an adult BROWN BOOBY, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 5 DOVEKIES, a RAZORBILL and 9 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 3 NORTHERN FULMAR, 76 SOOTY and 7 MANX SHEARWATERS and 18 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS.

Lingering KING EIDER included the pair at Great Kills Park last weekend and a female off Nickerson Beach Wednesday to today. Also at Nickerson this week among the Common Terns and Black Skimmers were 2 GULL-BILLED TERNS and a BLACK TERN Wednesday and 1 or 2 ROSEATE TERNS. Another GULL-BILLED TERN was noted Wednesday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge but surprising on Thursday were a single immature GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS roosting on the mudflats south of the West Pond. A COMMON GALLINULE has also been on the East Pond at the refuge lately. A ROYAL TERN flew by Hewlett Hassock in Hewlett Bay Tuesday.

A LEAST BITTERN was a nice find in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Wednesday and Thursday.

Shorebirds visiting Miller Field in New Dorp on Staten Island recently featured a WILSON’S PHALAROPE on Wednesday and a STILT SANDPIPER Thursday.

A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW has been heard calling recently near the tip of Breezy Point.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester today.

With most of the spring’s migrant warblers hustling through our area in recent days due to the consistently good conditions, numbers locally have been in sharp decline. This week’s rarer warblers did include a YELLOW-THROATED in lower Manhattan’s Canal Park Saturday followed by one in Central Park Sunday as well as the continuing bird at Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen around the lake in Central Park Sunday through Tuesday. A KENTUCKY WARBLER was photographed Monday in Laurel Hollows south of Cold Spring. Also coming through were a nice number of BAY-BREASTED and several MOURNING WARBLERS plus a CERULEAN in Central Park Thursday and an ORANGE-CROWNED reported from Prospect Park last Saturday.

Other migrants have featured OLIVE-SIDED and various empidonax flycatchers including ALDER and ACADIAN and various thrushes including GRAY-CHEEKED / BICKNELL’S types.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was photographed Wednesday in Central Park where a couple of SUMMER TANAGERS and up to 3 BLUE GROSBEAKS were present to Tuesday and beyond and there still have been small numbers of PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES while RED CROSSBILLS included 5 at Hunter’s Garden in Eastport Monday and 2 still along Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville 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
* May 14, 2021
* NYNY2105.14

WESTERN GREBE+
WOOD STORK+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
White-rumped Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Nelson‘s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED 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, May 14, 2021 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WOOD STORK, WESTERN GREBE, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, MISSISSIPPI KITE, LITTLE GULL, KING EIDER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER, EVENING GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL and more.

A good week for rarities, including the WOOD STORK in Westhampton continuing through today.  Though seen regularly along Beaverdam Creek as viewed from Montauk Highway just west of the intersection with Old Country Road and Mill Road, the better viewing has often been in a cove off Baycrest Avenue; Baycrest goes south from Mill Road and dead ends by a favored feeding cove.  Also watch for the Stork perching on docks or in riverside trees.

On Tuesday a large Grebe was spotted in Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, with photos and analysis now agreeing upon WESTERN GREBE.  The Grebe was still present today, often viewed looking west from the tip of Calvert Vaux Park, but this bird has also been seen, sometimes much more closely, from Coney Island Creek Park on the north side of Seagate.

And today a singing BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was found out in Calverton in part of the grasslands area known as the Preston Ponds Complex – this section of 3 ponds is south of Grumman Boulevard and west of Line Road, and the bird was seen from a trail on the east side of Forest Pond.  Parking lots are off both roads.

Last Sunday a lucky observer got a brief look at a MISSISSIPPI KITE as it moved over the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, headed in a westerly direction.

A LITTLE GULL was a surprise visitor to Great Gull Island last Tuesday.

The male KING EIDER is still at Great Kills Park, reported there today with a female, and another female KING was a great find off Playland Park in Rye last Saturday.

A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the West Pond marsh at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Monday.  A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER visited the Captree Island marsh Sunday, an ICELAND GULL was spotted in East Rockaway Tuesday, and single CASPIAN TERNS were reported from Heckscher State Park Saturday and Crab Meadow Beach today.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at Calvert Vaux Park today.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen occasionally in Central Park to Wednesday, and another visited Dam Pond on the North Fork in East Marion today.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, and another was reported in Central Park Sunday.  An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen again in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park Tuesday, and, always welcome, a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER appeared at Trout Pond in Noyack last Monday.

Recent BLUE GROSBEAKS included 1 in Central Park to Tuesday, 1 at Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack to yesterday, and 2 on Governor’s Island today.

Several SUMMER TANAGERS included 3 in Central Park Saturday, 1 today, and 1 in Manhattan’s Morningside Park today.

Some winter flavor continues to be provided by a few EVENING GROSBEAKS visiting Central and Prospect Parks this week, while also noted was a small number of PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES.  A flock of 8 RED CROSSBILLS was still in Hunter’s Garden Preserve in Eastport today.

New arrivals have included ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and NELSON’S SPARROW, while the large contingent of Warblers now moving through is always a highlight.

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 7, 2021
* NYNY2105.07 

WOOD STORK+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW 
Sora
WHIMBREL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
CASPIAN TERN
ROYAL TERN 
Northern Gannet
LEAST BITTERN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Swainson’s Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Worm-eating Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s 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, May 7, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WOOD STORK, WHITE-FACED IBIS, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, KING EIDER, LEAST BITTERN, WHIMBREL, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERNS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, EVENING GROSBEAK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

This week’s prize find is certainly the WOOD STORK present through today out in Westhampton. Photographed Monday and Tuesday and perhaps seen the day before, it wasn’t until Thursday that its whereabouts were pinned down.  Both Thursday and today it was located just south of Montauk Highway along Beaverdam Creek just a little west of where Montauk Highway crosses the intersection of Old Country Road to the north and Mill Road on the South side.  The bird apparently has a favored roosting tree and feeds along the creek, and today it was also noted feeding further south down the creek as viewed from the end of Baycrest Avenue on the East side of the creek.

The WHITE-FACED IBIS from last Friday was seen again Saturday and Monday in the Captree Island marshes. 

A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was a good find in Prospect Park last Saturday as it sat well-camouflaged on the ground.

Among the decent variety of lingering waterfowl were 3 KING EIDER, a young male off Fort Tilden Sunday and two females off Far Rockaway Beach Wednesday.

A LEAST BITTERN  had returned to Arshamomaque Preserve in Greenport West as of yesterday, and among the shorebirds, 3 WHIMBRELS were found at Fort Tilden Saturday.

Very early was a ROYAL TERN spotted at Robert Moses State Park Wednesday, with one also seen at Arshamomaque Preserve the next day, while a CASPIAN TERN visited Croton Point Park last Sunday.

An ICELAND GULL was reported at Heckscher State Park Monday, and a count at Moses Park Wednesday featured 17 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 40 NORTHERN GANNETS.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS moving through included individuals at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn Monday and in Central Park today.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was a nice find in Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens yesterday, and other notable migrant SPARROWS lately have included GRASSHOPPER, WHITE-CROWNED and LINCOLN’S.

Highlights among the 30 or so WARBLER species passing through despite the weather conditions this week were a YELLOW-THROATED in Central Park Saturday and a KENTUCKY in Greenwood Cemetery Monday and Tuesday.  A nice push of CERULEAN WARBLERS last Sunday produced reports from Central, Prospect and Riverside Parks, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported during the week from Central and Prospect Parks and Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers.  Other arriving WARBLERS included TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, CANADA and WILSON’S as well as more WORM-EATING, HOODED, CAPE MAY and an overall nice variety.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT occurred in Central Park Tuesday.

SUMMER TANAGER reports included one in Green-Wood Cemetery last Saturday and another at Rockefeller State Park Preserve on Tuesday, while BLUE GROSBEAKS were found in Central Park Sunday and Tuesday, at Robert Moses State Park Wednesday and also out on Eastern Long Island at breeding sites by Thursday.

EVENING GROSBEAKS still visiting city parks this week have been a real treat, with 12 reported in Central Park yesterday.

Other recent arrivals have included COMMON NIGHTHAWK, SORA, YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, WILLOW and LEAST FLYCATCHERS and SWAINSON’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.

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 30, 2021
* NYNY2104.30

– Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
BURROWING OWL+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Iceland Gull
Common Tern
CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
GOLDEN EAGLE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Bobolink
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting

– Transcript

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

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org.

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

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

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 30th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BURROWING OWL, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, WHITE-FACED IBIS, KING EIDER, GOLDEN EAGLE, CATTLE EGRET, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, EVENING GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL and much more.

Two quite unexpected reports, both occurring last Wednesday but surfacing in unusual ways, were a BURROWING OWL photographed on a fence at the Lowe’s in King’s Plaza off Avenue U in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER described from the Tobay Sanctuary off Ocean Parkway. Despite searching neither bird has been relocated.

An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS appeared today with a good sized group of Glossy Ibis in the marsh north of Captree Island. Please respect private property if looking for this bird.

Lingering KING EIDER included a female off Riis Park Sunday and a male still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday.

An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was a nice surprise Wednesday passing over an informal hawkwatch conducted next to Alley Creek at the north end of Alley Pond Park. Also interesting was a CATTLE EGRET appearing at Pelham Bay Park Sunday evening.

Some movement of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS today produced adults in Prospect Park and at Sunset Cove Park in Far Rockaway while a pair remains along Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville. An ICELAND GULL visited Rockaway Beach Wednesday and both YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS began appearing in Central Park this week.

And finally, a week with some nicely diversified movement among the passerines despite continual barrage of northwest winds. Noteworthy birds included a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visiting a Montrose home in Westchester County last Tuesday. A fine selection of warblers this week included PROTHONOTARYS lingering in Prospect Park to today, at Hempstead Lake State Park Sunday and Monday and another seen at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens and one today on Randall’s Island. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS also appeared at Ridgewood Reservoir last Sunday and then in Central Park Tuesday through today as well as at Bush Terminal Piers Park on Thursday while a KENTUCKY WARBLER in Central Park’s north end to Saturday was replaced by another near mid-park Sunday to Tuesday. Other new and increasing warblers this week featured WORM-EATING, NASHVILLE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, one or two CERULEAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATEDS BLUE and GREEN.

A few SUMMER TANAGERS this week featured appearances in Central and Prospect Parks from Wednesday as well as at Bayard Cutting Arboretum from Tuesday and Green-wood Cemetery today.

BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park last Saturday and Alley Pond Park Sunday to Tuesday and in Central Park’s Ramble today.

Other recent arrivals have included COMMON TERN, GREEN HERON, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Central Park Thursday, BOBOLINK, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and INDIGO BUNTING.

And also coming through have been some winter finches returning north including several EVENING GROSBEAKS visiting the city parks along with some scattered RED CROSSBILLS, PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES. Good variety.

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. 23, 2021
* NYNY2104.23

– Birds mentioned
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
UPLAND SANDPIPER
WHIMBREL
Least Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Tricolored Heron
CATTLE EGRET
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Wood Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
Red Crossbill
Vesper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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, April 23rd 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK and a nice variety of spring migrants including UPLAND SANDPIPER, WHIMBREL, CASPIAN TERN, CATTLE EGRET, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, EVENING GROSBEAK, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more.

Finally some decent movement this spring taking some pressure off the female WESTERN TANAGER as the best rarity around. The TANAGER was still present through yesterday at Carl Schurz Park still visiting the feeder array inside the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street in Manhattan. But chances are these feeders may be removed soon.

Also among the lingering winter birds a subadult male KING EIDER was still present today at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and at least to Tuesday a female KING plus 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were continuing around the Point Lookout jetties on the western side of Jones Inlet.

Shorebird highlights this week featured an UPLAND SANDPIPER seen and heard as it flew north from Floyd Bennett Field on Wednesday and a WHIMBREL visited Rockaway Beach Saturday the day after one was seen at Breezy Point.

Staten Island last Saturday produced both a CASPIAN TERN and a LEAST SANDPIPER while an ICELAND GULL visited Central Park Reservoir Monday.

A CATTLE EGRET was photographed Monday at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens and then at the Cemetery of the Resurrection on Staten Island Tuesday when a TRICOLORED HERON appeared on Long Island.

An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was a nice find in Prospect Park Sunday while BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have arrived locally in numbers with over 1,100 counted moving by Hook Mountain in Rockland County last Monday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and another was seen at Hunter’s Garden in Eastport last Sunday.

Among the passerines a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was present in Prospect Park Monday and Tuesday and a KENTUCKY WARBLER found Wednesday in Central Park’s north end was still by the Ravine today. Besides the two YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS being seen in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River another was found in Prospect Park Tuesday followed by one singing in Fort Tryon in northern Manhattan today. Also unusual an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER appeared in Forest Park in Queens Monday and arrivals among the approximately 22 species of warblers seen this week included OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING as of Wednesday, NORTHERN and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, BLUE-WINGED, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.

A BLUE GROSBEAK spotted at Captree Sunday was followed by another at Bellport Bay Yacht Club Tuesday and a third in Alley Pond Park today.

A varied list of new migrants this week included RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and EASTERN KINGBIRD, RED-EYED VIREO, VEERY and WOOD THRUSH, BALTIMORE and ORCHARD ORIOLES and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.

A VESPER SPARROW visited Randall’s Island Sunday to Tuesday and winter finches moving through included a male EVENING GROSBEAK stopping by Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn on Sunday and 2 RED CROSSBILLS visiting Croton Point Park in Westchester on 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