Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 3, 2025
* NYNY2510.03

– Birds Mentioned

WOOD STORK+
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER+
ARCTIC WARBLER+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EARED GREBE
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
BROWN BOOBY
EVENING GROSBEAK
LARK SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut 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, October 3,
2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are ARCTIC WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, WOOD STORK,
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, EARED GREBE, AMERICAN AVOCET,
EVENING GROSBEAK, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Quite extraordinary was the discovery last Saturday morning of an Old
World Phylloscopus WARBLER in trees off Wards Meadow Loop near the
Urban Farm on Randalls Island.  This genus, not at all closely related
to the New World Wood Warblers, contains several drab and difficult to
identify species, only one of which breeds in North America, the
Arctic Warbler found in Alaska in summer.  This warbler led observers
on a merry chase around the area, disappearing or staying aloft in the
London Plane trees, but patience did produce some decent photos and
recordings of its call, sufficient to suggest its identity as an
ARCTIC WARBLER.  The bird disappeared in the early afternoon but
fortunately was relocated in the same area Sunday morning, allowing
many excited observers to catch up with this new NYS record, pending
NYSARC approval.  The bird was still being seen in the same area into
Sunday afternoon but could not be found on Monday or subsequently.
Also on Randalls were a nice variety of warblers including a
CONNECTICUT in the Urban Garden as well as BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL
and more.

Among other rarities also found early in the week were a
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER photographed Saturday at Maidstone Park in
East Hampton and a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER identified from photos taken
Monday at the Marjorie Post Community Park in Massapequa.  Also
reported was a WOOD STORK noted Sunday and Monday on Plum Island, an
island with restricted access east of Orient Point.  And a female-type
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was photographed Saturday in Far Rockaway but
could not be relocated.

BROWN BOOBY was spotted again Sunday from the north shore of Staten
Island, these birds lingering in Newark Bay in New Jersey.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the EARED GREBE was still on the West
Pond at least to Monday, and an AMERICAN AVOCET appearing there
Saturday moved to the East Pond for Monday and Tuesday, while 2
AMERICAN AVOCETS arriving Tuesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study
Area were still there yesterday.

Other notable shorebirds featured both two MARBLED GODWITS at Jamaica
Bay and two HUDSONIAN GODWITS at Old Inlet east of Smith Point County
Park last Saturday, single AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Jamaica Bay
Saturday, Governors Island Sunday, Coney Island Creek Monday and Plumb
Beach Wednesday, and a few scattered WHIMBRELS and LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS.

A female-type EVENING GROSBEAK photographed flying over the South
Bronx Thursday morning was unexpected.

LARK SPARROWS  were found Tuesday on Randalls Island and at Croton
Point Park, and CLAY COLORED SPARROWS appeared at Jones Beach
Wednesday and in Central Park today, with a VESPER SPARROW at Randalls
Island yesterday.  Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, seemingly not faring
well with New York City buildings, were at Morningside Park Saturday
and near Bryant Park today.

WARBLER highlights included a PROTHONOTARY in the Central Park Ravine
Tuesday, an ORANGE-CROWNED in Prospect Park Wednesday, and still a few
CONNECTICUTS.

BLUE GROSBEAKS included 2 in Kissena Park Saturday and 1 on Governors
Island Wednesday, and, expectedly, a few DICKCISSELS were noted,
including at Breezy Point Thursday and Inwood Hill Park Wednesday.

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
* Sep. 26, 2025
* NYNY2509.26

– Birds mentioned
Eared Grebe
Sora
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Brown Booby
American White Pelican
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Grasshopper Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Prothonotary Warbler
Connecticut 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, September 26th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are EARED GREBE, AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN, BROWN BOOBY, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Monday an EARED GREBE was spotted and photographed on the West Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and reports continued through today but certain
photos have seemed inconclusive and birders are cautioned to identify and
separate the smaller grebes in their changing plumages with care.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was also still on the East Pond as of early
Saturday morning but not reported there subsequently and a WHITE PELICAN
seen soaring high over Flatbush and headed in a westerly direction just a
half hour later on Saturday was probably this bird finally moving on. Two
MARBLED GODWITS were present usually at the north end of the East Pond all
week through today and up to 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS also lingered mostly at
the south end through Wednesday. A decent variety of shorebirds in
diminishing numbers still can be found around the ponds especially around
high tide. One or two SORAS continue along the southwest side of the East
Pond and 7 CASPIAN TERNS were counted there today.

Less common shorebirds spotted this week included an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
noted Saturday at Randall’s Island, a WHIMBREL at Jones Beach West End
today, a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER lingering to Wednesday at Nickerson Beach and
out at Old Inlet west of Smith Point County Park in Shirley a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER visiting Monday and still 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS continuing there
through today.

One or two of a small gathering of BROWN BOOBIES present recently in Newark
Bay in New Jersey was spotted by scanning with a telescope from the
northwestern shore of Staten Island this week.

A report of birds noted from Montauk Point last Saturday morning featured 4
WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and among the shearwaters 2 CORY’S, 14 GREAT and one
each of SOOTY and MANX.

During the week single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted at Conference
House Park on Staten Island Sunday, in Central Park and at Montauk Tuesday
and in Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday.

Among the increasing sparrow numbers were single CLAY-COLOREDS visiting
Fort Totten Park Saturday, Jacob Riis Park over the weekend, Freshkills
Park on Wednesday and Green-wood Cemetery Sunday through today while LARK
SPARROWS were found Monday and Wednesday on Randall’s Island, at Brooklyn
Bridge Park Wednesday and today and at Croton Point Park today with a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW noted in Manhasset Monday.

Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred on western Fire Island Monday and in
Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday and Green-wood also added a PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER Thursday following a CONNECTICUT WARBLER last Saturday.

Landbird migration recently has not been overwhelming but has included a
few OLIVE-SIDED and other flycatchers, a decent number of PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS, various thrushes including GRAY-CHEEKED, increasing sparrows
including LINCOLN’S and a continuing variety of warblers. DICKCISSELS were
noted this week at Jamaica Bay Tuesday and Governors Island Wednesday while
BLUE GROSBEAKS visited Fort Tilden Saturday and Monday and Manhasset
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
* Sep. 19, 2025
* NYNY2509.19

– Birds mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Red-necked Phalarope
Baird’s Sandpiper
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Connecticut 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, with apologies, a very shortened New York Rare Bird
Alert for *Friday, September 19th 2025*. Highlights include WHITE-WINGED
DOVE, WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, MARBLED and
HUDSONIAN GODWITS and other shorebirds, CLAY-COLORED and LARK SPARROWS,
PROTHONOTARY and GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Exciting birds continue at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge mostly on the East
Pond but the highlight there was actually in the north garden near the West
Pond where a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was perched for a while last Sunday and
apparently photographed. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues on the East
Pond usually at the north end among Mute Swans and increasing numbers of
ducks. Two MARBLED and up to 5 HUDSONIAN GODWITS also continue on the East
Pond with a variety of other shorebirds.

Three MARBLED GODWITS were also at Mecox last Saturday and 11 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS continued at Old Inlet west of Smith Point County Park to Sunday
with at least 5 there Thursday. Other shorebirds included an UPLAND
SANDPIPER at Croton Point Park last Saturday when 2 WHIMBREL were present
at Floyd Bennett Field. A few BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS included 2 at Nickerson
Beach to Monday, one at Mecox to Tuesday and one at Point Lookout Monday to
Friday. Four RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were reported Sunday off the Port
Jefferson ferry close to Connecticut.

A WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL was photographed Sunday from a fishing boat well
offshore and a seawatch off Montauk Point last Saturday noted small numbers
of WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS and single SOOTY
and MANX SHEARWATERS.

Single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen in Central Park Monday and Tuesday
and in Green-wood Cemetery Friday when a LARK SPARROW was also spotted
again at Robert Moses State Park.

Among the good variety of warblers this week were GOLDEN-WINGED at Calvert
Vaux Park Thursday and a PROTHONOTARY at Prospect Park today, both
photographed, as well as over 6 CONNECTICUTS in various local parks and
decent numbers of other species.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted at Jamaica Bay and in Prospect Park Sunday
and in Green-wood Cemetery Monday and several mostly overhead DICKCISSELS
included one at Breezy Point today.

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 12, 2025
* NYNY2509.12

– Birds Mentioned
Scopoli’s Shearwater+
(+Details requested by NYSARC)

Sora
American Golden-Plover
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Wilson’s Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Wilson’s 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, September
12, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED, BAIRD’S
and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge high water persists, but so does the
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, reported today at the north end of the East
Pond.  Shorebird numbers have dropped on the two ponds during the
week, but the 2 MARBLED GODWITS stayed around the East Pond at least
to Monday, while the HUDSONIAN GODWITS visiting there peaked at 4
Monday and still featured 2 or 3 at the south end of the East Pond
today.  SORA also continues along that pond’s southwest edge, and 2
WILSON’S PHALAROPES were on the West Pond Saturday, just 1 Sunday.

A MARBLED GODWIT also visited Oak Beach Sunday, while out at Old Inlet
west of Smith Point County Park in Shirley, 6 HUDSONIAN GODWITS
counted last Saturday increased to 12 today.

Other highlights among the shorebirds featured an AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER at Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, following a WHIMBREL
there Saturday, and an UPLAND SANDPIPER seen Sunday on the sod fields
along Route 51 in Eastport. Two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS lingered
around Nickerson Beach from last week through today, while 1 was on
the Route 51 sod fields last Sunday, and another visited Democrat
Point at Robert Moses State Park on Monday.  A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was
encountered on Amawalk Reservoir in Somers last Saturday, and 2
appeared at Nickerson Beach Monday, where a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was
spotted the day before.

Gatherings of TERNS at Oak Beach Sunday provided a GULL-BILLED, 2 each
of BLACK and ROSEATE, and 43 ROYAL, while Old Inlet today featured 14
CASPIAN and 45 ROYAL TERNS.

Mini pelagic trips aboard the CRESLI whale boats from Montauk or shore
watches from sites like Montauk Point west to Robert Moses State Park
continue to be productive, this week providing some WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS and CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS, with other SHEARWATERS
including carefully identified SCOPOLI’S, a late SOOTY or two, an
occasional MANX and often a few PARASITIC JAEGERS.  Also photographed
from Montauk Point last Saturday were 2 apparent LEACH’S
STORM-PETRELS.

Several OLIVE-SIDED, YELLOW-BELLIED and other FLYCATCHERS were noted
this week.  LARK SPARROWS included 1 or 2 in Green-Wood Cemetery
Saturday to Thursday, another 2 at Robert Moses State Park Field 2
down to 1 by Thursday, singles in Laurel Sunday and on Randalls Island
Monday, and 1 today at Davis Park on Fire Island.  A VESPER SPARROW
appeared at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Monday, while a YELLOW
BREASTED CHAT visited Wellwyn Preserve in Glen Cove yesterday.

Among the two dozen or so WARBLERS currently moving through were
single GOLDEN-WINGEDS at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Monday to
Thursday and at Stony Brook University Tuesday, others noted also
including CONNECTICUT, MOURNING, HOODED, BAY-BREASTED and WILSON’S.

A few BLUE GROSBEAKS continue around Calverton, and single DICKCISSELS
were found at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and at Inwood Hill
Park in Manhattan 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
* Sept. 05, 2025
* NYNY2509.05

– Birds Mentioned
Scopoli’s Shearwater+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Mute Swan
Sora
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
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, September 5, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BUFF-BREASTED, BAIRD’S and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, a good flight of pelagics, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GOLDEN-WINGED and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, DICKCISSEL and more.

This week’s surprise was certainly the BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER recognizably photographed on Fisher’s Island last Sunday, the bird located much closer to Connecticut than mainland New York.

Exciting activity continues at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge despite the East Pond’s high water level, with the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN most often staying around the north end of the pond among the MUTE SWANS.  The nice variety of shorebirds, especially around high tide in the bay, has recently featured one or two of both MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, singles of both noted today, but they do move around, and 1 or more of both RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES have been present during the week, seen on both the East and West Ponds, so scan carefully among the feeding flocks.  Also watch for the SORA continuing along the west side of the East Pond, and the 3 CASPIAN TERNS visiting today.  An UPLAND SANDPIPER was heard passing over the North Channel Bridge at the Bay Saturday.

Recently arriving flocks of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS to the agricultural fields in the Riverhead area featured about 70 spotted last Saturday off Manor Lane in Jamesport and 45 noted Tuesday along Osborn Avenue near Baiting Hollow, with a smaller group of 6 a little further west off Edwards Avenue Sunday.  When present, they will roam about this area, and there were also 3 down at Mecox Wednesday, where 3 MARBLED GODWITS were noted Sunday.  Another MARBLED was back again at Jones Beach Field 10 Sunday, while additional HUDSONIAN GODWITS included 1 at Cupsogue Beach County Park Sunday and 1 visiting Plumb Beach today.

Other notable shorebirds featured 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS off Manor Lane last Saturday, plus 1 at Nickerson Beach Wednesday increasing to 2 by today, and single BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were reported from Croton Point Park Saturday, off Manor Lane Monday, and today along Depot Lane in Cutchogue and out at Old Inlet west of Smith Point County Park in Shirley.  

Some exciting flights of seabirds took place off eastern Long Island early this week; last weekend a significant flight off Shinnecock Saturday was followed by good numbers off Mecox and Sagg Main Beach Sunday, these featuring many CORY’S-type and GREAT SHEARWATERS, with a few SCOPOLI’S and MANX.  Tuesday off Old Inlet birds reported included 33 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, CORY’S-type and GREAT SHEARWATERS and a PARASITIC JAEGER, plus a MARBLED GODWIT and 7 WHIMBREL and 6 CASPIAN and 75 ROYAL TERNS.  

The CRESLI boats off Montauk and sea watching from shore there also produced some CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS plus small numbers of SCOPOLI’S and MANX
SHEARWATERS, some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and PARASITIC JAEGER.  113 ROYAL TERNS were counted at Plumb Beach today, and there were 3 BLACK TERNS spotted off Cupsogue Wednesday.

Highlights among this week’s landbirds featured a LARK SPARROW in Manhasset Sunday followed by 2 at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 Wednesday and Thursday, and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Monday in Central Park’s north end, with another today at Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack.  Among the many WARBLERS noted, main highlights included a GOLDEN-WINGED in Prospect Park Saturday and single CONNECTICUTS at the Pruyn Sanctuary in Chappaqua Sunday, Kissena Park Tuesday and Wednesday and Prospect Park Thursday.  DICKCISSELS now on the move included 1 over Coney Island Creek Park Saturday morning.

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
* Aug. 29, 2025
* NYNY2508.29

– Birds mentioned
SARGASSO SHEARWATER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Red-breasted Nuthatch
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Bobolink
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
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, August 29th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS,
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, WILSON’S and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, SCOPOLI’S and
SARGASSO SHEARWATERS, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GOLDEN-WINGED,
PROTHONOTARY and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, DICKCISSEL and more.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continues to be a very productive destination
despite the continuing higher than desired water level on the East Pond.
The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues usually at the north end of the pond
working there among the Mute Swans though it does go elsewhere on occasion.
Decent numbers of shorebirds on the pond have this week, especially during
high tide, featured up to 3 each of RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES
moving between the north and south ends and a good variety including a
couple of MARBLED GODWITS, RED KNOT and STILT, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and
WESTERN SANDPIPERS. A SORA also continues along the western shore of the
south end and watch for GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and other terns there.

A couple of MARBLED GODWITS were on the flats at Mecox Wednesday with
another back at Jones Beach field 10 today and an HUDSONIAN GODWIT last
Sunday visited Cupsogue Beach County Park where today one BLACK, 2 CASPIAN
and 125 ROYAL TERNS were present.

Hawk season is beginning and single SANDHILL CRANES have already flown by 2
local watches, the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch at the Butler Sanctuary in
Bedford Monday and the Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch at the Greenwich Audubon
Center Tuesday.

Other shorebirds this week featured 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Crab
Meadow Beach in Northport today, single WHIMBRELS out on Jamaica Bay
Sunday, at Plumb Beach Monday and at Croton Point Park in Westchester
Thursday and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the flats Sunday at Great Kills
Park where a young GULL-BILLED TERN visited during the week.

A LARK SPARROW found Wednesday near Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona
Park was still present there Thursday.

Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were spotted in Central Park Sunday and
Tuesday with another found deceased Tuesday in lower Manhattan, a building
strike victim.

A good selection of warblers this week featured single GOLDEN-WINGEDS in
Central Park Tuesday and Wednesday and another Wednesday in Battery Park, a
male PROTHONOTARY in Central Park’s Ramble Monday, and a CONNECTICUT nicely
photographed at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye today. Decent numbers also
included some arriving MOURNING, HOODED, BAY-BREASTED, and BLACKPOLL
WARBLERS,

This week’s large variety of migrants included increasing numbers of COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS in the evening flights, several OLIVE-SIDED and some
YELLOW-BELLIED and other flycatchers, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BOBOLINK and a
few usually coastal DICKCISSELS often noted as they pass overhead early on
detected by their distinctive but sometimes embarrassing calls.

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
* Aug. 22, 2025
* NYNY2508.22

– Birds mentioned
Sora
BLACK-NECKED STILT
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Stilt Sandpiper
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
SANDWICH TERN
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

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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, August 22nd
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SANDWICH TERN, AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MARBLED GODWIT, WILSON’S PHALAROPE,
BAIRD’S and UPLAND SANDPIPERS and other shorebirds, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,
GOLDEN-WINGED and other warblers, DICKCISSEL and more.

A few SANDWICH TERNS found last Friday on the flats at Cupsogue Beach
County Park were both still present there last weekend but have not been
seen since.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where
it is most often seen at the north end of the East Pond though it does also
wander occasionally about the refuge or around the northern end of Jamaica
Bay. While the conditions on the East Pond are not ideal for shorebirds a
nice variety of shorebirds has been present recently and the East and West
Ponds have been productive around high tide. Last Sunday for the Shorebird
Festival a MARBLED GODWIT showed up on flats just south of the West Pond
disappearing once the tide rose. While the ponds have been producing such
shorebirds as a WILSON’S PHALAROPE on the East Pond Saturday and Monday, a
WHIMBREL over the East Pond Saturday and such species as PECTORAL, STILT,
WHITE-RUMPED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS and one or two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
among the more expected birds and the variety at the bay doesn’t stop there
with a SORA noted regularly along the southwest side of the East Pond and
continued presence of a couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS mostly at the south end
of the East Pond, a visiting CASPIAN TERN or two and a BLACK TERN on the
East Pond Sunday to Tuesday. Jamaica Bay is certainly worth a visit despite
the high water especially during the two to three hours before and after
high tide but be careful of walking the edges of the East Pond.

Other local shorebirds featured a BLACK-NECKED STILT noted for a short
while Tuesday on the bar off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station
before it flew off.

Also noteworthy was an UPLAND SANDPIPER dropping down at Green-wood
Cemetery in Brooklyn last Friday the 15th.

Out at Cupsogue the variety of birds there also featured a LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER Saturday and two CASPIAN TERNS Tuesday while single BAIRD’S
SANDPIPERS were spotted at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn Sunday and at Robert
Moses State Park field 2 Monday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue out in the Calverton area especially along
the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road near Jones Pond in Manorville.

Recent landbird migrants have featured single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS in
Green-wood Cemetery and Prospect Park as well as in the Bronx and
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS have also been mentioned.

While the increasing variety of warblers featured a GOLDEN-WINGED spotted
in Central Park today as well as such species as WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE,
NASHVILLE, MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY and WILSON’S and a DICKCISSEL was
heard moving over Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn early this morning.

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
* Aug. 15, 2025
* NYNY2508.15

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

RED-NECKED GREBE
Sora
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
SANDWICH TERN
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
Cory’s Shearwater
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER
Great Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Least Bittern
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue 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

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, August 15th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SANDWICH TERN,
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, RED-NECKED
GREBE, SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER and more.

But first we very sadly mention the recent passing of our good friend Lloyd
Spitalnik. An enthusiastic, long-time regional birder, a very devoted
husband and an exceptional bird photographer. In remembrance of Lloyd do
yourself a favor and visit his website: https://www.lloydspitalnik.com/

Locally 2 SANDWICH TERNS, an adult with accompanying immature, appeared
today on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park in the midst of 32 ROYAL
TERNS.

Yesterday a boat about 20 miles south of the Hamptons encountered a
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL among the group of roughly 250 WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS while last Sunday a boat south of Montauk produced 2
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS among the 30 CORY’S and 120 GREAT SHEARWATERS and 150
WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS encountered offshore.

Three immature WHITE IBIS were still visiting Oakwood Beach on Staten
Island last Saturday but only one was reported there yesterday and today at
the marsh off Delwit Avenue.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN visiting Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was seen at
the north end of the East Pond last weekend and was back there again today.
There is still ankle high water at both the south and north ends of the
East Pond so visitors should travel carefully when visiting there. The mud
can be slippery and tricky to negotiate but there are paths at both ends
that will get you to the pond’s edges. Also seen lately on the East Pond
have been a LEAST BITTERN and a SORA around the south end, both GULL-BILLED
and CASPIAN TERNS and the expected variety of shorebirds including
PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and STILT SANDPIPERS though in lower than usual
numbers. A WHIMBREL was out at Ruffle Bar in Jamaica Bay last Sunday.

Among the few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in the region were 7 at Breezy
Point last Sunday and scattered CASPIAN TERNS included the one at Jamaica
Bay and 2 at Playland Park in Rye today and one at Plumb Beach Wednesday.

Somewhat early was a nicely plumaged RED-NECKED GREBE appearing off
Piermont Pier in Rockland County on Wednesday and southbound warblers
appearing locally this week included BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED and
BLACK-THROATED BLUE.

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
* Aug. 8, 2025
* NYNY2508.08

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Mute Swan
BLACK-NECKED STILT
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
WHIMBREL
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada 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, August 8, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and WHIMBREL, CASPIAN and GULL-BILLED TERNS, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

A few WHITE IBIS have continued in our area, but most recent sightings have been limited to Staten Island.  The 3 immatures frequenting Oakwood Beach were still present at least to Wednesday, often visiting the marsh just west of Delwit Avenue, and 2 were spotted last Sunday a little to the south, flying over Great Kills Park.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today, continuing to roost with the many MUTE SWANS at the north end of the East Pond.  Given the continuing high water condition on the East Pond, the PELICAN is probably best looked for from the northeast corner of the pond near the area by the outflow valve, but also be aware that the PELICAN does at times go for short flights, including over towards the West Pond, but seems to return to the SWANS at the north end.  The East Pond is continuing to drain, but the level remains notably higher than desired – some good news, though, is that access paths to the south end have been cleared and are ready for use once the water level drops suitably.  Out in the Bay south of the West Pond, 7 WHIMBRELS were present on Yellow Bar Hassock last Sunday, and 1 or 2 GULL-BILLED TERNS continue to visit both ponds.  A LEAST BITTERN was a fortuitous find at the East Pond last Sunday, while shorebirds tend to be scattered and have also been congregating around the southeast corner of the West Pond.

A great find out at Shinnecock back on Friday, August 1, was a BLACK-NECKED STILT spotted at a small pond in the marsh just east of the Ponquogue Bridge.

Great Kills Park also produced some nice shorebirds, especially the molting adult AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER found on the mud flats last Saturday, followed by the three WHIMBREL there Wednesday.

A GULL-BILLED TERN was noted at Floyd Bennett Field Thursday, and among the various reports of CASPIAN TERNS were singles at Plumb Beach Saturday, Jamaica Bay Sunday, and Pelham Bay Park Thursday, along with 9 at Piermont Pier Thursday.  ROYAL TERN numbers continue to build slowly along the coast.

A couple of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted again this week along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, this off Schultz Road, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue nearby there in Calverton.

Among the few early migrants this week were an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Prospect Park Thursday, as well as a few species of WARBLERS, including OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, both LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, BLUE-WINGED, BLACK-AND-WHITE, PRAIRIE and CANADA.

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
* Aug. 1, 2025
* NYNY2508.01

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Mute Swan
Sora
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER
Great Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
PROTHONOTARY 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, August 1,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
MARBLED GODWIT, WHIMBREL and other migrant shorebirds, SCOPOLI’S
SHEARWATER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Some immature WHITE IBIS have been continuing to move north in small
numbers into our area and beyond.  On Staten Island 3 have continued
for the week in Oakwood just north of Great Kills Park, often seen in
the marsh just west of Delwit Avenue.  Two were also noted Sunday at
Brookfield Park slightly northwest of there, while singles also
appeared at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream on Tuesday and then
today at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge,
most often seen among the large gathering of Mute Swans at the north
end of the East Pond, but also occasionally visiting or spotted flying
over the West Pond.  Shorebirds have been visiting Jamaica Bay, but
the East Pond still needs some clearing and lower water levels.
Shorebirds have also been using the West Pond and the islands south of
there, with 6 WHIMBRELS on Yellow Bar Hassock last Sunday, and another
at Plumb Beach. A SORA was spotted along the West Pond shore last
Sunday.

A MARBLED GODWIT, apparently lingering, was noted at Cupsogue Beach
County Park Sunday and Thursday, and among the many other species of
currently migrating shorebirds recently have been RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED
KNOT, and WHITE-RUMPED and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, with a WESTERN
SANDPIPER spotted at Mecox Sunday.

Among the pelagic birds reported from shore sites, especially those
from Robert Moses State Park and east, such as off Mecox and out to
Montauk, or from day fishing or whale trips out of Montauk, have been
a few SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS among the similar CORY’S SHEARWATERS from
which they were recently split taxonomically -photographs are
generally key in separating the two.  Also occurring have been some
GREAT SHEARWATERS and WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, plus other occasional
surprises.

CASPIAN TERNS recently include 1 at Breezy Point Sunday, 5 at Sagg
Pond Monday, another at Plumb Beach Tuesday, and up to 4 off Dobbs
Ferry in Westchester mid-week, while ROYAL TERN numbers are increasing
along the coast.

Quite interesting was a family group of three PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS
found last Saturday along the Carmans River at Wertheim NWR, these
including a begging fledgling.  BLUE GROSBEAKS were also still on
territory in Calverton 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