Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 30, 2021
* NYNY2107.30

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
ARCTIC TERN
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://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 30, 2021 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ROSEATE SPOONBILL, SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET and other shorebirds, ARCTIC, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and more.

As hoped for, last Sunday ROSEATE SPOONBILL not unexpectedly appeared on Long Island.  A marsh survey of islands around Island Park in the Town of Hempstead uncovered an immature shortly after another immature was spotted in Cold Spring Harbor.  Nicely, the Cold Spring individual has remained in that area through today, providing birders the opportunity to see it in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties as it moves, generally as a result of tidal conditions, between sites on both sides of the inner portions of Cold Spring Harbor at lower tides and over to roost on St. John’s Pond on the south side of Route 25A at higher tides.  Harbor Road on the east side of the harbor provides some vantage points, as does the observation deck on the north side of St. John’s Pond.

A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen briefly Sunday afternoon as it cruised over the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Syosset, just south of the Cold Spring Spoonbill site.

The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, usually seen around the cove at the southwestern corner of the East Pond, though it apparently may roost overnight at the north end of the pond. The East Pond has also been hosting a nice variety of shorebirds, though many of the earlier migrating adults have been moving on.  Among the less common species lately have been a colorful adult LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and decent numbers of STILT SANDPIPERS, plus the occasional PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS.  Two or more GULL-BILLED TERNS have been appearing regularly around the pond’s south end, and a CASPIAN TERN was reported there last Saturday.

A small incursion of BROWN PELICANS produced 7 off Davis Point on Fire Island on Tuesday, followed by 1 at Smith Point County Park Wednesday, 2 off Robert Moses State Park Thursday, and 6 off Blue Point Beach on Fire Island today, these presumably included in the 8 moving west off Robert Moses Park a little later in the morning.  Two were also sitting on a sandbar off Cupsogue County Park today.

The AMERICAN AVOCET was last reported at Nickerson Beach last Saturday, while a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was spotted at Plumb Beach Wednesday and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from Bloomfield on Staten Island Tuesday.

A total of 42 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were gathered at Breezy Point today, and an immature ARCTIC TERN was observed briefly as it flew by Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning.  An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed at Watch Hill on Fire Island last Saturday.

Among various migrating land birds recently have been some CLIFF and BANK SWALLOWS and LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES.

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton Grasslands, and DICKCISSELS have been confirmed nesting at Croton Point Park in Westchester, a nice record.

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
* Jul. 23, 2021
* NYNY2107.23

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ (Orange County)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 23rd 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, SANDHILL CRANE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET and other shorebirds, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s single BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK continues on the East Pond where it has been seen usually in the Cove roosting with other waterfowl on the southwest side of the pond as viewed from the south end. Be careful as you navigate the edges of the pond especially if venturing up to the Raunt or beyond. WHITE-FACED IBIS has, at least through Wednesday, been mostly now up at the north end of the pond. The big numbers and variety of shorebirds, though, are generally well dispersed along the pond’s edges. These recently including 1 or 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 31 STILT SANDPIPERS, a WESTERN and up to 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and decent totals for the more expected species. Also noted on the East Pond this week were up to 3 GULL-BILLED TERNS and a CASPIAN TERN last Sunday.

The SANDHILL CRANE present on the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn on the 15th was likely the one also seen out at the tip of Breezy Point early last Saturday.

A BROWN PELICAN was spotted off Miller Field Beach on Staten Island last Sunday.

AMERICAN AVOCET, found at Nickerson Beach last Sunday, was still present today in the rain pools west of the main tern colony. Remember there is a fee to enter Nickerson if you arrive after the booths open up.

A WHIMBREL was at Breezy Point Tuesday and Wednesday where this week’s high count of 59 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS took place today and a CASPIAN TERN appeared at Plumb Beach Monday.

A few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS have been seen from shore along the coast recently but pelagics have been sparse.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester last Saturday and please remember to use utmost caution so as not to disturb such sensitive species as the BLUE GROSBEAKS using the wonderful Calverton Grasslands or the DICKCISSELS attempting to nest on the Croton Point Park landfill.

There were sightings of single ROSEATE SPOONBILLS in the Orange County Black Dirt Region at Liberty Loop on the 14th and yesterday to early this morning at Wappinger’s Falls in Dutchess County and hopefully it will be soon that one appears in the NYC region.

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 16, 2021
* NYNY2107.16

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
ARCTIC TERN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Great Shearwater
MANX SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 16th 2021 at 9pm. The highlights of this vacation shortened week are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER, MANX SHEARWATER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to produce interesting birds highlighted by a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK found at the south end of the pond last Sunday that was still present today. This bird is most often seen with other ducks along the west side of the south end but may wander. Other highlights on the East Pond this week have included the adult WHITE-FACED IBIS now usually seen more towards the north end of the pond well above the Raunt plus an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 1 or 2 GULL-BILLED TERNS during the week, 1 or 2 CASPIAN TERNS since Tuesday and on Sunday a couple of SORAS along the reed edge near the Raunt.

Southbound adult shorebirds have also made a decent push into the area with the East Pond hosting a nice variety including up to 4 STILT SANDPIPERS. Also seen from a kayak in the bays surrounding the refuge were 2 WHIMBREL on the west side Saturday and a MARBLED GODWIT again at Joco Marsh on the east side Sunday.

Also of note were 4 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS found on a private cattle farm out in Mattituck on Thursday.

The only BROWN PELICAN sightings locally apparently came from last Saturday with 2 at Smith Point County Park in Shirley and singles from Fire Island Pines and Robert Moses State Park.

An immature ARCTIC TERN was spotted Monday at the tern colony in Nickerson Beach.

Apparently not publicized due to possible sensitivity a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was present for a short while last Saturday in the northern section of East Hampton and it has not been seen since.

And another surprise, a SANDHILL CRANE was photographed on the 18th green at Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn early Thursday morning.

The young male KING EIDER was present off Star Island in Montauk Harbor last weekend.

A seawatch off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday noted 10 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS. The counts of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in field 2 reached 88 Tuesday all non-adults of varying ages and a GULL-BILLED TERN also came in off the ocean to visit Moses Tuesday.

At Plumb Beach among the arriving shorebirds this week have been a few WESTERN SANDPIPERS peaking at 4 Wednesday.

BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Calverton Grasslands and nesting behavior continues among the small group of DICKCISSELS at Croton Point Park. Please refrain from doing anything that might disturb these or any other breeding birds at this critical time of their lives.

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 9, 2021
* NYNY2107.09

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
Acadian Flycatcher
Worm-eating Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://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 9, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, BROWN PELICAN, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, ARCTIC and GULL-BILLED TERNS, various Shearwaters, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the East Pond continues to attract interesting birds, but, unfortunately, the adult PURPLE GALLINULE has not been seen there since last Saturday.  However, the adult WHITE-FACED IBIS does continue to be seen, though now generally north of the Raunt on the east side of the pond, perhaps even up to the north end.  Today an HUDSONIAN GODWIT in nice plumage was seen just north of the Raunt, also visible from the end of the Big John’s Pond path.  A GULL-BILLED TERN has been visiting the East Pond occasionally during the week, and on Tuesday a MARBLED GODWIT was spotted in Joco Marsh east of the East Pond subway tracks by a kayaker.

An earlier HUDSONIAN GODWIT had also been reported last Sunday morning, this a flyby at Mother’s Beach out in Bellport.

An incursion of BROWN PELICANS commenced last Monday, when 9 were seen flying east over the ocean in the Zach’s Bay area of Jones Beach.  On Tuesday and Wednesday 1 was also noted in Jones Inlet and on Wednesday at Nickerson Beach, and this all led up to today, when 5 were
initially seen flying west from Davis Park on central Fire Island, 4 of these shortly thereafter spotted off Robert Moses State Park on western Fire Island and then 4 hours later noted still moving southwest off Breezy Point.  These won’t be the last to be seen along the south shore.

Out at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes an adult ARCTIC TERN was photographed on the mud flats Monday, with other birds there also including a briefly seen flock of 10 WHIMBREL and an AMERICAN BITTERN.

Last week’s WHITE-WINGED DOVE was still being noted Saturday at a private home out in Hampton Bays, with another or the same bird reported Monday in Huntington Station, these residential sites both areas with restricted access and information.

The tropical storm moving through our area this morning provided most of its oceanic activity well out on eastern Long Island, especially off Montauk Point, where totals from this morning’s sea watch included 80 CORY’S, 49 GREAT and 5 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 258 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and lots of ROSEATE TERNS. Much further west Robert Moses State Park only produced single GREAT and SOOTY SHEARWATERS and a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, though 8 WHIMBRELS were also noted passing by.  A BLACK TERN was off Smith Point County Park today.

Last Monday a peak of 16 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS was present off Breezy Point, where 34 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted Thursday.

An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER remains in Prospect Park, and among some floaters this week were a couple of WORM-EATING WARBLERS in Central
Park.

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton Grasslands, and the three singing male DICKCISSELS on the landfill at Croton Point Park have happily attracted a female or two, so please remain on the main trail and do not disturb these birds in any manner.

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 2, 2021
* NYNY2107.02

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
WHIMBREL
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL


If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://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 2, 2021 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, PURPLE GALLINULE, WHIMBREL, GULL-BILLED TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

A somewhat slow week picked up nicely starting Wednesday when an east-bound adult BROWN PELICAN was first spotted off Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes early in the morning, the bird still slowly moving east as it passed Southampton beach just after 2:00 in the afternoon.  Hopefully others will follow.

Also on Wednesday, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was photographed visiting private feeders in the Landing Estates area of residential Hampton Bays; also present yesterday, there have been no reports from today.

And then Thursday, an adult PURPLE GALLINULE was spotted feeding along the western side of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where it continued today.  The bird has been frequenting the shore edge below the Big John’s Pond overlook, as viewed from the east side of the pond around or below the Raunt.

A GULL-BILLED TERN was also seen at Jamaica Bay Thursday, and last Saturday a WHIMBREL was photographed as it flew over the Visitor’s Center there. 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were also at the Refuge last Saturday, while shorebirds also lingering in small numbers in our region recently have included SEMIPALMATED and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS.  Southbound shorebirds should be moving in earnest shortly.

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL numbers may have been declining lately along the coast, but ROYAL TERNS are on the increase.

Sea watching continues to be somewhat disappointing along Long Island’s south shore, with only single GREAT SHEARWATER and WILSON’S STORM-PETREL off Robert Moses State Park last Sunday and another GREAT
and 13 WILSON’S there today.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues along the Paumonok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, this site on the west side of Schultz Road.

An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still singing in Prospect Park on Wednesday.

A few BLUE GROSBEAKS, along with some GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS and other desirable Grassland birds, continue in the very productive habitat around the former Grumman Airport in Calverton, an area that should be
preserved.

Up to 3 male DICKCISSELS continue to sing around the top of the landfill at Croton Point Park, hopefully loud enough to attract some females.

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. 25, 2021
* NYNY2106.25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 18, 2021
* NYNY2106.18

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 11, 2021
* NYNY2106.11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton Grasslands.

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

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

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

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

KING EIDER
Purple Sandpiper
GULL-BILLED TERN
BLACK TERN
ROSEATE TERN
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Black Skimmer
SOOTY SHEARWATER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
MOURNING WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 4, 2021 at 9:00 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 28, 2021
* NYNY2105.28

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

King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Whimbrel
Wilson’s Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sooty Shearwater
Tricolored Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Blue Grosbeak

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 28th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, a very slightly extralimital SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BICKNELL’S THRUSH, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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