Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 6, 2022
* NYNY2205.06 

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW 
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Semipalmated Plover
UPLAND SANDPIPER
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Swainson’s Thrush
Grasshopper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
Blackpoll 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 6, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, UPLAND SANDPIPER, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER and more. 

This week’s one true rarity involved the refinding last Saturday afternoon of the male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER that had been discovered two days earlier in the Midwood in Prospect Park, this individual unfortunately not reported since Saturday. 

A nice assortment of migrants occurring during the week featured a CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW found Wednesday in Central Park’s north end, while other members of this family included an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL on Governors Island today and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK photographed yesterday at Jones Beach State Park.   

An UPLAND SANDPIPER was described feeding on a sod field along Head of the Neck Road in Manorville last Sunday morning, but this now scarce visitor locally could not be relocated later.

An immature ICELAND GULL was present Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park, where 12 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also gathered, their spring numbers on the increase. 

CASPIAN TERNS, still moving through, on Wednesday included two at Georgica Cove in East Hampton and one at Swan Lake in East Patchogue. 

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was reported from Central Park’s north end today, and another continues at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester. 

An unusual three PHILADELPHIA VIREOS reported this week included one Tuesday at Southards Pond Park in Babylon and singles Thursday in Central Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. 

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present last Friday and Saturday at Pipes Cove Preserve in Greenport West on the North Fork. 

A good selection of WARBLERS this week featured a female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan on Sunday and a KENTUCKY WARBLER at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday and Tuesday.  A few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included one in Central Park to Wednesday and singles Thursday at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and at Hunter’s Garden in Eastport, as well as the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.  ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted in Central Park from Saturday and at Robert Moses State Park Thursday.  Other WARBLERS arriving recently have included TENNESSEE, a MOURNING in Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday, CERULEAN, BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON’S.  

A SUMMER TANAGER was found in Green-Wood Cemetery on Tuesday,

Migrant BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen at Co-op City in the Bronx on Monday and Tuesday and at Robert Moses State Park yesterday.  BLUE GROSBEAK has also returned to its nesting territory in Calverton, and remember, please, do not do anything that might disturb these or any sensitive breeding birds. 

Among the many other migrants occurring locally have been SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and LEAST FLYCATCHERS, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, and GRASSHOPPER and SEASIDE 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.

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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 29, 2022
* NYNY2204.29

– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Solitary Sandpiper
ICELAND GULL
Least Tern
GULL-BILLED TERN
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
LEAST BITTERN
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Bobolink
Ovenbird
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager

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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, April 29th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, KING EIDER, ICELAND GULL, GULL-BILLED TERN, LEAST BITTERN, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER and spring migrants.

The MOTTLED DUCK, found on April 5th, and a potential first record for New York State pending NYSARC acceptance, was reported both days last weekend at Ketcham’s Creek freshwater wetland in Amityville but not since, perhaps due to waning interest. It is also not clear that the duck was always being critically identified so please provide supporting evidence if the MOTTLED is seen again.

Once again a brief appearance by a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE locally left a few observers quite pleased though it did not stick around for others to enjoy. This sighting took place last Wednesday morning at Jones Beach West End.

But certainly the bonus bird of the week was a male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER nicely found early yesterday morning in the Midwood off Center Drive in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Many observers on hand continued to search throughout the day and were able to refind the bird at various times but follow-up searches today were not successful.

A drake KING EIDER was still present at Great Kills Park on Staten Island last Sunday and late ICELAND GULLS were noted at Fort Tilden last Saturday and at Plumb Beach Monday. A GULL-BILLED TERN was photographed at Plumb Beach on Tuesday the same day single CASPIAN TERNS visited Hempstead Lake State Park and Southard’s Pond in Babylon.

A Prospect Park LEAST BITTERN was still present Thursday along the western side of Prospect Park Lake. In Westchester a CATTLE EGRET flew by the nature center at Croton Point Park Tuesday afternoon headed northwest and an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve.

A growing number of migrant non-passerines this week included YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST and COMMON TERNS and BLACK SKIMMER.

Among the passerines the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continued at Central Park’s north end to last Sunday and a few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS included singles at Hempstead Lake State Park and Oakland Lake Thursday and at Fuch’s Pond in Northport today as well as one at Croton Point Park from Tuesday through today and the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER has lingered in Central Park since Monday and other arriving warblers have included OVENBIRD, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED and BLACK-THROATED BLUE with more to come.

A SUMMER TANAGER visited a home up in Harlem late last week last seen on the 22nd and other passerines occurring this week featured GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, RED-EYED VIREO, VEERY, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, BOBOLINK and SCARLET TANAGER.

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
* Apr. 22, 2022
* NYNY2204.22

– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
Short-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte’s Gull
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
LEAST BITTERN
CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Warbling Vireo
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Wood Thrush
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

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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, April 22nd 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, KING EIDER, LEAST BITTERN, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and spring migrants.

A drake MOTTLED DUCK was seen as recently as Wednesday along the Ketcham’s Creek freshwater wetland in Amityville. The sightings Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were all only in the later afternoon. The duck and accompanying female Mallards should be looked for along the creek on the west side of Lake Drive. When present, the birds initially were around the north end near where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive but recently they have also ventured south of there.

On Thursday afternoon a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted over Todt Hill on Staten Island heading in a northwest direction towards High Rock Park but like most local sightings for this species it seems only the initial observers that get to see the bird. A drake KING EIDER was still present at Great Kills Park today.

A lingering LEAST BITTERN has been present all week in phragmites on the west side of Prospect Park Lake near the Wellhouse and another was reported at Randall’s Island last weekend while a CATTLE EGRET visited East Quogue last Sunday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was still around the Hunt’s Point section of the Bronx last Sunday and on Tuesday single ICELAND GULLS were spotted at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach and at the north end of Jamaica Bay.

In Westchester a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been at Rockefeller State Park Preserve yesterday and today and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was photographed at Cranberry Lake Preserve today.

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has continued at Central Park’s north end all week and another was present near the lake at Connetquot River State Park last weekend. Besides the continuing pair of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River single birds occurred in Prospect Park for most of the week, at Crotona Park in the Bronx yesterday, at Massapequa Preserve Wednesday and Thursday and at Oscawana Island in Westchester last Sunday. Other arriving warblers this week included an ORANGE-CROWNED at Massapequa Preserve Tuesday and 3 HOODEDS with singles at the north end of Central Park last Sunday and more recently in Riverside Park and at Valley Stream State Park.

Various non-passerines noted during the week have included more CHIMNEY SWIFTS, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, scattered VIRGINIA RAILS, SORAS and COMMON GALLINULES, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREEN HERON and GLOSSY IBIS.

The variety of passerines has also been increasing with such additions as WARBLING VIREO, BANK and CLIFF SWALLOWS, WOOD THRUSH, ORCHARD and BALTIMORE ORIOLES, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and INDIGO BUNTING.

And a comment on an unusual fallout. Last Monday night’s poor weather conditions produced an interesting accumulation of birds along the Hudson River from upper Westchester and especially just north of us up in the Newburgh-Beacon area where flocks of BONAPARTE’S GULLS included several hundred individuals sitting on the river along with a count of over 100 RED-NECKED GREBES, many HORNED GREBES, numbers of WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and LONG-TAILED DUCK and various other waterbirds temporarily forced down. Quite a spectacle.

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. 15, 2022
* NYNY2204.15

– Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Mallard
KING EIDER
Chimney Swift
SANDHILL CRANE
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Bonaparte’s Gull
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
LEAST BITTERN
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
VESPER SPARROW
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 15, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, WHITE IBIS, LITTLE GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, VESPER SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK and other spring migrants and more.

The drake MOTTLED DUCK first spotted in Amityville back on April 5^th on Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland has proven to be a difficult bird to pin down.  After pleasing many birders a week ago, it was missed Saturday, stayed for only 5 minutes early Sunday and was seen late Tuesday and again Thursday afternoon before staying around for much of today.  When seen, this bird and its accompanying MALLARD mate are along Ketchum’s Creek just west of Lake Drive in the vicinity of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive, the pair moving in and out of the streamside vegetation with other waterfowl. Please respect the rights of the local homeowners when visiting there.

A sub-adult WHITE IBIS was photographed last Tuesday morning as it flew over Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn, ending up who knows where?

An adult LITTLE GULL was seen again Saturday and Sunday with BONAPARTE’S GULLS off Conference House Park on Staten Island, and another was photographed last Saturday on the Hudson River off the Rockland Hall section of Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.

Of a few SANDHILL CRANES moving through over general region recently, one was photographed Wednesday over Rockefeller State Park Preserve.

A LEAST BITTERN found at Prospect Park Lake last Saturday was still present today in the phragmites near the Wellhouse.

The drake KING EIDER remains around the mud flats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island.

A GLAUCOUS GULL spotted on Governors Island Saturday morning may be the same one seen again Thursday at the Verrazano Bridge Scenic View just north of the bridge, while single ICELAND GULLS were present today at Plumb Beach and at Conference House Park.

Several hundred NORTHERN GANNETS paid a surprise visit to western Long Island Sound last Monday, making it all the way to the Bronx.

The Spring’s first BLUE GROSBEAK appeared on Randall’s Island last Saturday, and a VESPER SPARROW visited Flushing Meadow Corona Park Thursday and today.

Most notable among increasing numbers of migrant WARBLERS were single PROTHONOTARIES found at Oakland Lake in Queen Saturday, in Central Park’s north end Sunday and in Prospect Park Tuesday, while a few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS include one staying in Central Park to Tuesday, another at Hempstead Lake State Park Saturday to Tuesday, one at Westchester’s Cranberry Lake Park Tuesday, and the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

Wintering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week at Randall’s Island, Governors Island and Battery Park City, while arriving. WARBLERS included WORM-EATING Sunday, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED Monday, BLACK-AND-WHITE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED Wednesday, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.

Other migrants this week featured CHIMNEY SWIFT, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WILLET, FORSTER’S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and YELLOW-THROATED and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS.

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. 8, 2022
* NYNY2204.08

– Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
ZONE-TAILED HAWK+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Mallard
KING EIDER
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
CASPIAN TERN
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
TRICOLORED HERON
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
Purple Martin
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Purple Finch
Vesper Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 8, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ZONE-TAILED HAWK, a good candidate for MOTTLED DUCK, LITTLE GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, CASPIAN TERN, TRICOLORED HERON, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and more.

A potentially very productive week for New York State:

Last Saturday morning birders at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn were very surprised once realizing that a raptor soaring overhead was a ZONE-TAILED HAWK; decent photos were taken, nicely showing key field marks, before the bird headed off in a westerly direction, escaping further detection.

Then on Tuesday, a duck seen at Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland in Amityville gave the observer impressions of a MOTTLED DUCK, but the bird remained very elusive until this morning.  Today this drake, usually in company with a female MALLARD, was closely studied and photographed and exhibited field marks very consistent with a MOTTLED DUCK, though hybrids can be an issue.  The bird today was found along the watercourse just west of Lake Drive, favoring an area along the tree and phragmites lined bank across the river just north of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive.  Parking along the roads is available, but please respect the rights of the local homeowners.

Also, as both ZONE-TAILED HAWK and MOTTLED DUCK are potential first New York records, pending acceptance by NYSARC, hopefully observers of both species will submit reports directly to NYSARC, so they can be reviewed through the Accelerated Review process now in place.

A flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS gathering off Conference House Park on southern Staten Island today also contained an adult LITTLE GULL.

The female WESTERN TANAGER wintering at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan has not been seen since Tuesday.

The drake KING EIDER was still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday, and lingering GULLS included the GLAUCOUS still just north of the Verrazano Bridge Sunday, single ICELAND GULLS at Fort Tilden Monday and Plumb Beach through today, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS. A CASPIAN TERN was up the Hudson River off Verplank today.

Three AMERICAN BITTERNS were spotted Tuesday, including one in Prospect Park, and a TRICOLORED HERON appeared along Dune Road the same day, when a LITTLE BLUE HERON also visited Conference House Park.

Other non-passerines this week have featured SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREEN HERON and GLOSSY IBIS.

A YELLOW THROATED WARBLER has continued around the Ramble in Central Park all week, this species also returning by Wednesday to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and a PROTHONATARY WARBLER was reported today at Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.

A VESPER SPARROW was on Central Park’s Great Lawn Saturday, and other passerines have included PURPLE MARTIN, HOUSE WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PURPLE FINCH and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

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. 1, 2022
* NYNY2204.01

– Birds mentioned
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE (Rockland County)
STILT SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Pine Siskin
VESPER SPARROW
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Louisiana Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

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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

This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 1st 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, STILT SANDPIPER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW and more.

As more spring migrants begin appearing there’s no telling what the status is of the LECONTE’S SPARROW seen briefly on top of Croton Point landfill early Thursday morning. Was this the same individual that was also present in the same spot back in November and December? Whether yes or no it was looked for but not seen there this morning.

Manhattan’s WESTERN TANAGER visiting Carl Schurz Park was still present today, usually seen as it appears at the feeders located in the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street.

A SANDHILL CRANE was watched as it circled over Piermont Pier in Rockland County last Sunday morning eventually moving off to the west.

A drake KING EIDER was still present yesterday around the sandflats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and the drake at Shinnecock was seen again just east of the Ponquogue Bridge last Sunday.

An early CATTLE EGRET visited the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area yesterday.

At the same time an AMERICAN BITTERN was drawing lots of attention in Central Park’s north end.

Among the northbound shorebirds a STILT SANDPIPER was found yesterday off Dune Road near Ponquogue Bridge and single PECTORAL SANDPIPERS visited Governors Island last Saturday and Tanner Park in Copiague from Monday on. A few LESSER YELLOWLEGS are also beginning to show up.

Some RAZORBILLS, still being seen off Breezy Point, included 15 last Saturday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL continued near the Verrazzano Bridge viewing area just north of the bridge to last Sunday while an ICELAND GULL was still being seen today at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach where a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was also present last Sunday.

The highlight among the few species of warblers so far reaching our area was a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER spotted today in Central Park’s Ramble. Also today LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were found in at least 3 locations and some PALM WARBLERS are also returning now joining the scattered PINE WARBLER and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS already here. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was still at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River this week.

Today VESPER SPARROWS were found in Captree State Park and near the Ponquogue Bridge and another again at Caumsett State Park Tuesday and a wintering LINCOLN’S SPARROW was still at Greeley Square Park in Manhattan today. This park is on the east side of 6th Avenue between West 32nd and West 33rd Streets. Among other passerines appearing this week have been BARN SWALLOW and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and PINE SISKINS were reported at the feeders in Forest Park Queens on Wednesday.

Oh, and as an update … there have unfortunately been no further sightings of the STELLER’S SEA-EAGLE on Staten 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.

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 RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 25, 2022
* NYNY2203.25

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

KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White-eyed Vireo
Purple Martin
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Purple Finch
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Chipping Sparrow
VESPER SPARROW
Swamp Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler

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If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at ttp://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, March 25th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, VESPER SPARROW and more.

Since the March doldrums seem to be loosening up, so never as quickly as hoped for, new migrants are slowly appearing.

Locally though, Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS continue to garner top billing. The more reliable female at Carl Schurz Park, still present today, usually seen visiting feeders just inside the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street. The west side TANAGER was spotted again last Saturday still around the private Clinton Community Garden off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

Waterfowl are now moving north in good numbers while a decent variety continues locally these including the drake KING EIDER remaining at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and another drake KING spotted again Wednesday out near the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock. Two drake HARLEQUIN DUCKS were also still out on the north fork at Southold on Thursday these seen off Horton Point at the end of Lighthouse Road.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed last Saturday at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach where an ICELAND GULL was also present and a BLACK-HEADED in decent plumage was spotted last Sunday at Old Field Point and Lighthouse Park north of Stony Brook where a GLAUCOUS GULL was also still hanging around. Other GLAUCOUS GULLS featured one still around the Brooklyn side of the Verrazzano Bridge Wednesday and one seen off Playland Park in Rye last Sunday morning while another ICELAND GULL was spotted Monday at the Dyckman Street Pier in northern Manhattan. Among the few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were 2 at Floyd Bennett Field on Thursday and another at Jones Beach West End Monday.

Up to 4 RAZORBILLS were spotted off Breezy Point during the week one venturing in towards Brighton Beach Thursday.

A LEAST SANDPIPER was seen again at Great Kills Park Sunday and other shorebirds noted this week included some more PIPING PLOVERS as well as AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, WILSON’S SNIPE and lots of displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was still around the JFK/Tobay Sanctuary Tuesday while other arriving non-passerines included LAUGHING GULL, SNOWY EGRET and YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS plus numbers of vultures, hawks and falcons.

A breeding plumaged LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted Monday with Horned Larks along the runway at the old Grumman airport in Calverton and 2 VESPER SPARROWS were still at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue on Monday.

Earlier were single WHITE-EYED VIREOS found at Sands Point Tuesday and Ketcham’s Creek in Amityville Wednesday while other passerines on the move included PURPLE MARTIN, BROWN CREEPER, HOUSE and MARSH WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, PURPLE FINCH and CHIPPING and SWAMP SPARROWS.

Late week ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted at Randall’s Island and Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn and the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

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

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

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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 18, 2022
* NYNY2203.18

– Birds Mentioned

PACIFIC LOON+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TRUMPETER SWAN
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Gallinule
Piping Plover
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Great Egret
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
American Pipit
VESPER SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 18, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, PACIFIC LOON, TUNDRA and TRUMPETER SWANS, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, VESPER SPARROW and more.

Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS were both seen this week as recently as yesterday – the Carl Schurz Park Tanager, more likely in the morning, often visits the feeders inside the Park off East End Avenue, just south of East 86th Street, while the West Side bird, much more elusive, was seen very briefly as it visited the private Clinton Community Garden off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

A PACIFIC LOON was reported off Orient Point today, apparently still in winter plumage, and should be looked for around the breakwater area.

Seven TUNDRA SWANS were spotted Wednesday morning flying by Conference House Park on southern Staten Island, while what was reported on last week’s tape as a Tundra Swan on Lake Tappan in Rockland County on March 8th was corrected to a TRUMPETER SWAN based on analysis of photos, this not always an easy separation.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen again at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 last Tuesday, and the drake KING EIDER was still at Great Kills Park Wednesday.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS remained at least to Wednesday along the Brooklyn coast from Plumb Beach up to the Verrazano Bridge overlook just north of the bridge and out in East Setauket Harbor. A GLAUCOUS GULL also frequented the same stretch of Brooklyn coastline up to Wednesday, and an ICELAND GULL visited Plumb Beach to Wednesday and may be the same one spotted a few times up to today on Prospect Park Lake. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS  were seen at at least 6 locations, including 10 at Robert Moses State Park Saturday.

A COMMON GALLINULE continues at Mill Pond Park north of Merrick Road in Bellmore, and up to 6 PIPING PLOVERS continue to frequent the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End.

Some RAZORBILLS continuing off Breezy Point included 12 on Tuesday, and 2 RAZORBILLS along with a NORTHERN GANNET were seen today on Long Island Sound off Playland Park in Rye.

Two VESPER SPARROWS were still present Monday at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River on Sunday, and lingering ORANGE-CROWNEDS also continued at Randall’s Island and Battery Park City.

Among the more recent migrants appearing locally have been GREAT EGRET, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, AMERICAN PIPIT and PINE and PALM WARBLERS.

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 11, 2022
* NYNY2203.11

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Osprey
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
VESPER SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

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

The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS and other GULLS, VESPER SPARROW and more.

As we await the lessening of the March doldrums, with currently most of our waterfowl and other wintering birds heading north and only a trickle of spring arrivals so far appearing, at least one of Manhattan’s WESTERN TANAGERS continues – the Carl Schurz Park female was still visiting feeders there this week, these located inside the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street.

Among the waterfowl, a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted with CANADA GEESE last Saturday morning at Long Pond, now called Sayre Park, on the west side of Bridgehampton, while in Rockland County the immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still at Rockland Lake State Park today and a TUNDRA SWAN visited Lake Tappan on Tuesday.

Lingering EURASIAN WIGEON include a male on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today and one at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn at least to Tuesday.  A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was off Wildwood State Park east of Wading River last Monday, and the drake KING EIDER was still at Great Kills Park today.

A RED-NECKED GREBE and a top count of 29 RAZORBILLS were seen off Breezy Point last Sunday.

Among the Gulls, an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen again last Sunday off Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach, along with an ICELAND GULL, and a Brooklyn GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted during the week from Gravesend Bay up to just north of the Verrazano Bridge.

Out at Old Field Point and Lighthouse Park north of Stony Brook, the very intriguing but as yet not positively identified as to species Herring-type gull with bright yellow legs and feet and a wing pattern strongly suggestive of a European HERRING GULL was still present at least to last Sunday; other gulls occurring there have featured GLAUCOUS, ICELAND and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED.  A few LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS elsewhere in the region included 7 at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday.

A COMMON GALLINULE remains at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, and PIPING PLOVER numbers at Jones Beach West End increased to 6 as of today. Other earlier Spring arrivals this week have included good numbers of KILLDEER and displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCK, a few LAUGHING GULLS and OSPREY, some EASTERN PHOEBES and TREE SWALLOWS and a few PINE WARBLERS.

A VESPER SPARROW remains at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue, and single ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted continuing at Battery Park City in Manhattan and north of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 4, 2022
* NYNY2203.04

– Birds mentioned
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Gallinule
Piping Plover
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Horned Lark
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole

– 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, March 4th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS GULL and other gulls, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.

Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS were still present this week. The more reliable one, especially in the morning, continues at Carl Schurz Park visiting the feeders located in the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street while more elusive is the one moving around in the vicinity of private Clinton Community Garden off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

The NORTHERN SHRIKE at North Fork Preserve out in Northville was seen as recently as Monday. The park is on the northside of Sound Avenue and the SHRIKE is usually found in fields west of the entrance road just beyond a small pond.

A THICK-BILLED MURRE was reported last Saturday off the Jones Beach West End jetty but most of the recent alcid activity is centered around RAZORBILLS with Breezy Point providing regular sightings including a peak of 11 offshore on Wednesday.

Waterfowl have begun moving north recently in good numbers and WOOD DUCKS for instance have increased noticeably but among the lingering rarities still noted this week were single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and on Bowman Avenue Pond in Rye Brook. Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn and on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a drake KING EIDER at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and up to 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS still at Jones Beach West End Saturday.

Two BLACK-HEADED GULLS were seen together at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach last Saturday with one on Sunday and another visited the Old Field Point and Lighthouse Park site again on Saturday, this area north of Stony Brook. The Old Field Point site this week also featured a GLAUCOUS, 2 ICELAND and one or two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but the main attraction remains a Herring type gull with bright yellow legs and feet and a wing pattern that strongly suggests a European form of HERRING GULL though a few other possibilities are still being considered as well. A GLAUCOUS GULL was also seen at Great Kills Park on Tuesday while an ICELAND GULL visited Plumb Beach last weekend. A few LAUGHING GULLS have also begun to appear.

Two PIPING PLOVERS were seen out on Dune Road today and a LEAST SANDPIPER seen last weekend at Great Kills Park may have been the one first seen there back on February 8th.

AMERICAN WOODCOCK are now displaying at most appropriate sites. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK visited the Short’s Pond area in Watermill last Saturday. Lingering birds include the COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, EASTERN PHOEBE and BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and the LINCOLN’S SPARROW at Greeley Square Park in Manhattan. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and seen again Wednesday and another LAPLAND was with 90 Horned Larks at Nickerson Beach last Sunday.

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