Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 15, 2022
* NYNY2207.15

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

Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 15th 2022 at 11pm. A vacation shortened edition. The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, GULL-BILLED TERN, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

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

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

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

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

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

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 8, 2022
* NYNY2207.08

– Birds Mentioned

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

STILT SANDPIPER
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 8, 2022 at 10:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society.  Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 1, 2022
* NYNY2207.01

– Birds Mentioned

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

MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 1, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society.  Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 24, 2022
* NYNY2206.24

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

White-rumped Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
Least Bittern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 24th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are the slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, SANDWICH TERN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, MANX and other shearwaters, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 17, 2022
* NYNY2206.17

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

Common Eider
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 17th 2022*
at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are a slightly extralimital
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BROWN
PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, MANX
SHEARWATER, YELLOW-THROATED and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 10, 2022
* NYNY2206.10

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

King Eider
Rock Pigeon
Whimbrel
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Great Shearwater
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Grasshopper Sparrow
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, June 10, 2022 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT and SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MISSISSIPPI KITE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

A great week for unusual birds locally and even slightly extralimitally, with a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continuing along the Newburgh waterfront and an adult SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER visiting the Stony Hill Farm EEC just across the Hudson River in Wappingers Falls yesterday and today.

On Long Island, four BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS were seen today along Willets Creek in West Islip, though pinning them down may be an issue, as they were last seen moving south.

At Jones Beach West End, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was spotted near the restrooms yesterday, associating with the ROCK PIGEON flock, and has continued there today.

Also, among the many shorebirds feasting on Horseshoe Crab eggs there has been a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, still present today, though wrongly referred to on last week’s tape as a Wilson’s Phalarope.

Another MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD sighting involved one moving east past Robert Moses State Park last Saturday, while two BROWN PELICANS seen along the coast featured one going east past Nickerson Beach on Tuesday followed by one headed west off Robert Moses State Park today.

Nickerson Beach has also attracted a nice variety of TERNS, including an ARCTIC seen briefly last Saturday, when an adult BLACK TERN was also present, plus occasional ROSEATE and GULL-BILLED TERNS as well as a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in various plumages.  A CASPIAN TERN was photographed off Inwood Hill Park last Tuesday.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was photographed at the south end of the East Pond, where a first summer BLACK-HEADED GULL was also present, both of these seen on Tuesday along with an apparently lingering LEAST BITTERN, another of which was still at Prospect Park last weekend.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT was present last Saturday and Sunday on the bay side at Tiana Beach off Dune Road in Hampton Bays, and a WHIMBREL stopped by Breezy Point on Monday and Tuesday.

A drake KING EIDER was reported in Reynolds Channel off Atlantic Beach last Saturday.

Offshore in the Atlantic, as viewed from Robert Moses State Park on Thursday, a few CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS have begun appearing along with continuing SOOTY SHEARWATERS, but unfortunately some deceased Shearwaters have also been found along ocean beaches from Moses out to Montauk.

Indicating that some continue in our region, on Wednesday a MISSISSIPPI KITE flew west by the Audubon Center in north Greenwich, headed towards Westchester.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER is still present at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and the Calverton Grasslands continue to host a male SUMMER TANAGER, a few BLUE GROSBEAKS and several GRASSHOPPER 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
* June 3, 2022
* NYNY2206.03

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
LITTLE GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Bay-breasted 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, June 3, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are a slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BLACK-NECKED STILT and other shorebirds including MARBLED GODWIT and WILSON’S PHALAROPE, LITTLE and ICELAND GULLS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Last Saturday an adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was identified on the Hudson River up in Newburgh and has continued in that area through today.  The bird has spent much of its time on the Newburgh side of the river but also does cross over to the Beacon waterfront.  When seen, the bird is often perched on pilings or other waterside structures, usually with some DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS.  In Newburgh the bird is often somewhere between the Ferry Terminal or south of there near the Global tanks off River Road; while in Beacon it is usually near the Ferry Terminal on the east side of the river.  When there, check with other birders as to the Cormorant’s whereabouts, and be careful when on the roadways.

Two reports of MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD on Long Island last weekend involved a bird seen Sunday from a fishing boat in Great South Bay a few miles west of Smith Point around noon time, this following what was believed to be this species off Brighton Beach in Brooklyn about 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.

The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still being seen at Miller Field on Staten Island at least to yesterday.

An exquisite BLACK-NECKED STILT, possibly the bird previously on eastern Long Island, appeared last Saturday at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area at Point Lookout.

With lots of shorebirds now feasting on Horseshoe Crab eggs at sites like Jamaica Bay and Jones Beach West End, highlights among them have included a MARBLED GODWIT at Little Egg Marsh in Jamaica Bay south of the Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday and a male WILSON’S PHALAROPE on the sand spit at Jones Beach West End today.  Among other shorebirds reported recently have been some WHITE-RUMPED and one or two WESTERN SANDPIPERS and groups of RED KNOTS.

A first winter LITTLE GULL was spotted on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last Sunday, and an ICELAND GULL was still at Mecox Monday. Scattered LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 7 at Cupsogue today and three last
Saturday at Nickerson Beach, where a BLACK TERN also appeared Saturday and GULL-BILLED and ROSEATE TERNS continue to visit.

Also along the coast recently, especially when winds have had a southerly component, there have been consistent sightings of SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, usually more regular as you go east on Long Island but also seen as far west as Breezy Point.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park Monday.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was an interesting find in Battery Park last Sunday, and, as the migration comes to a quick end, other later WARBLERS still moving through have included a decent number of MOURNING, a KENTUCKY or two and some BAY-BREASTED.

Flycatchers have included OLIVE-SIDED plus YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER.

A BLUE GROSBEAK visited Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Wednesday, and others continue out in the wonderful Calverton grasslands, where a SUMMER TANAGER and some GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS have also been present lately

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.

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 27, 2022
* NYNY2205.27

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
RED PHALAROPE
DOVEKIE
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Nelson’s Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY 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, May 27th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, a pelagic trip that included BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, DOVEKIE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN and RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL, MISSISSIPPI KITE, KENTUCKY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and others.

The young MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was spotted soaring over Long Island’s north fork Tuesday afternoon and followed for several hours as it moved between Greenport and Orient especially around Truman’s Beach in the East Marion to Orient causeway but unfortunately it was not refound Wednesday but there is a rumor though that a FRIGATEBIRD was seen today in the vicinity of Gardiners Island presumably in Gardiners Bay but unfortunately rather vague information.

Sunday evening the American Princess left Brooklyn headed for deep waters around Hudson Canyon compiling a nice list of pelagic birds before returning Monday evening. Sightings included 5 RED and 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a DOVEKIE and 2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 BAND-RUMPED, 2 LEACH’S and 137 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 5 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 3 CORY’S, 1 GREAT, 31 SOOTY and 4 MANX SHEARWATERS. While cetaceans featured a pod of Striped Dolphins among others. Both SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS are also now appearing along Long Island’s south shore.

A male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER found in Green-wood Cemetery last Friday was also seen there Saturday and Brooklyn added a breeding plumaged male WESTERN TANAGER in Prospect Park near the Maryland Monument on Wednesday.

The Staten Island BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still at Miller Field today and a BROWN PELICAN was spotted last Saturday and Sunday in lower New York Bay off Great Kills Park.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT was on the south fork at Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea but last reported on Tuesday and an immature LITTLE GULL was photographed Wednesday at Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island.

Multiple sightings of MISSISSIPPI KITE early in the week included birds over Central Park Saturday and Monday, another over Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday and singles Monday by Kensico Reservoir in Westchester and also at Sterling Forest over in Orange County.

Nickerson Beach hosted an ICELAND GULL Monday and Wednesday and a GULL-BILLED TERN also on Monday with another GULL-BILLED noted at Plumb Beach Wednesday. A ROYAL TERN visited Dune Road last Saturday and a CATTLE EGRET dropped in on Miller Field Monday.

Reports of RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Thursday came from Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester, at Connetquot River State Park and at the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville.

KENTUCKY WARBLERS this week included one in Prospect Park Monday and another at the Westmoreland Sanctuary in Westchester Tuesday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continued at Bayard Cutting Arboretum and Connetquot River State Park. Warbler numbers this week did include a few MOURNING WARBLERS.

Mature male SUMMER TANAGERS were found in Forest Park Wednesday and at Connetquot River State Park Saturday through Wednesday and BLUE GROSBEAKS remain in their one stronghold out at the very productive and valuable Calverton Grasslands.

Other migrants this week still featured OLIVE-SIDED plus YELLOW-BELLIED, ALDER and ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and various thrushes included GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL’S.

NELSON’S SPARROWS have appeared coastally.

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. 20, 2022
* NYNY2205.20

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Bay-breasted 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, May 20th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BROWN PELICAN, PAINTED BUNTING, LITTLE GULL and much more.

Despite a rather poor week for migration in general, with overall numbers remaining somewhat depressed and spotty, some very nice rarities did appear perhaps easier to find given fewer birds overall.

Today a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was spotted in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn with birders able to track this singing bird as it moved about in tall oaks near Cypress and Grape Avenues.

On Staten Island a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was found Wednesday by a wet area at Miller Field. The duck was still present on the ballfield by New Dorp High School today.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT, first noted Wednesday out on the south fork, has continued through today at the Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea north of Southampton. The STILT has been frequenting the marshy area just south of K Road.

A few sightings of MISSISSIPPI KITE this week started last Saturday with one over Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan followed by one on Staten Island Tuesday spotted over Mount Loretto Unique Area. Subsequent reports noted one at Tackapausha Nature Preserve in Massapequa on Wednesday and then perched along Middle Country Road in Ridge Friday afternoon. Hopefully more will follow.

The season’s first BROWN PELICAN was spotted Thursday flying east off Smith Point County Park in Shirley.

A female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING, discovered Thursday in Central Park’s north end, apparently disappeared quickly before other birders could be notified.

An immature LITTLE GULL was photographed Wednesday at Nickerson Beach. Last Sunday a little movement on the ocean off Robert Moses State Park included the season’s first WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS. An ICELAND GULL visited Sagg Pond last Saturday while notable terns this week featured a GULL-BILLED at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a ROSEATE at Breezy Point and a ROYAL at Plumb Beach, all last Sunday, plus single CASPIAN TERNS at Prospect Park Lake Sunday and Randall’s Island today.

Increasing numbers of shorebirds included a WHIMBREL at Smith Point County Park as well as some WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, RED KNOTS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and others.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Hempstead Lake State Park Wednesday and 3 were at the Paumanok Trail location next to Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville today.

Flycatchers featured some OLIVE-SIDED plus ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED among the empidonax.

A BICKNELL’S THRUSH was still singing in Central Park’s north end Monday, one of a few noted or suspected locally and decent numbers of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported this week.

Warblers included PROTHONOTARY at Riverside Park and at Alley Pond Park last weekend and KENTUCKYS in Prospect Park Saturday and in Forest Park Tuesday as well as several MOURNING and many BAY-BREASTED. Besides in Calverton, BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted at Connetquot River State Park and at the Brookhaven Lab and at least 5 SUMMER TANAGERS included birds in Central Park, Tompkins Square Park and Randall’s Island.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 13, 2022
* NYNY2205.13

– Birds Mentioned

CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
GLAUCOUS GULL
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Cattle Egret
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
BICKNELL’S THRUSH
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted 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 13, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are an ARCTIC TERN invasion, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BICKNELL’S THRUSH, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GOLDEN-WINGED, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

A very interesting, but certainly not yet fully understood or evaluated event occurred today with the appearance on water bodies throughout much of our area, as well as in surrounding states, of a totally unprecedented number of ARCTIC TERNS. Word from Connecticut and Massachusetts of these birds appearing on inland lakes and reservoirs inspired searches throughout our area. An adult ARCTIC along with a COMMON TERN were found on Cross River Reservoir in Westchester, and as the afternoon wore on and word spread, birds were being seen moving mostly south along the Hudson River from Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester Counties, and 29 were counted off Riverside Park in Manhattan. Other late day ARCTICS were spotted in Little Neck Bay in western Long Island Sound and further east in the sound off Iron Pier in Northville. It will be interesting to see if coastal sites on Saturday produce more ARCTICS – it certainly will be worth checking. Hopefully a summary of this event will be forthcoming, but, despite this excitement, the weather has not been very good for local migration recently.

A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was a nice find at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Wednesday, with an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL also found in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Sunday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at Cedar Beach Town Nature Preserve west of Miller Place on Tuesday, this site also producing three CASPIAN TERNS Thursday, with other CASPIANS including one at Prospect Park Lake Wednesday and two at Croton Point Park today.

A CATTLE EGRET visited the Cemetery of the Resurrection on Staten Island Tuesday.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park’s north end Monday and Tuesday, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER has been a surprise late this week near the waterhole in Forest Park, Queens.

Single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were at Sands Point Preserve Tuesday and at Sunken Meadow State Park today.

A BICKNELL’S THRUSH, a regular migrant but difficult to identify, has nicely been singing for the last 3 days in Central Park’s north end, where a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was also present Monday to at least Thursday.

Three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured a bird at Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park Tuesday, another out at Lloyd Harbor Wednesday, and one at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center today, while a VESPER SPARROW appeared in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Sunday.

WARBLER highlights included a YELLOW-THROATED in Central Park last Sunday and one at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk Tuesday, a KENTUCKY in Central Park Sunday, and a GOLDEN-WINGED in Forest Park yesterday, while also notable were single CERULEANS in Riverside Park Monday and Central Park Thursday, MOURNING in Central Park Sunday and Monday, and the arrival of a few BAY-BREASTED.

This week SUMMER TANAGERS were seen at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and Monday, Alley Pond Park Monday and Tuesday, Hempstead Lake State Park Wednesday and Central Park Thursday.

And BLUE GROSBEAKS have returned to the former Grumman complex in Calverton, a grassland certainly deserving of preservation – please do not disturb these and other sensitive nesting birds at this site

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.