Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 25, 2025
* NYNY2507.25

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
LITTLE GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Magnolia 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, July 25,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE IBIS, LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN
WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, MARBLED GODWIT, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The week’s regional reports of immature WHITE IBIS were all located on
Staten Island, with one noted last Saturday up near Midland Beach,
followed by 3 at a marsh in Oakwood a little north of Great Kills
Park, seen just west of Delwit Avenue on Tuesday and off Riga Street
on Wednesday.

The immature LITTLE GULL off Breezy Point was still present at least
to Tuesday, and a BROWN PELICAN was spotted there last Saturday.
Other BROWN PELICANS occurring coastally along the Atlantic included 3
at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and 1 in Fire Island Inlet on
Sunday.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN visiting Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has
been moving around a bit, spending much of its time at the north end
of the East Pond, but also appearing around the West Pond Monday and
Thursday and even up at the North Channel Bridge on Monday; we did not
hear of any reports today.  The water level on the East Pond continues
to be higher than desired, and more shorebirds have actually been
visiting the West Pond – hopefully, this will change soon.  Out on the
bay islands south of the West Pond were up to 4 WHIMBREL last weekend
along with various shorebirds and a couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS, and
another GULL-BILLED visited Plumb Beach from Monday on.

A WHIMBREL also appeared at Riis Park Saturday, and a MARBLED GODWIT
visited the shorebird flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park from Monday
through today. Numbers and variety among the shorebirds should
continue to increase as the season progresses.

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 6 at Fort Tilden Saturday, 3 at
Breezy Point Sunday, and single CASPIAN TERNS were reported from
Jamaica Bay Monday and Plumb Beach Wednesday.

Pelagic birds reported from shore this week were quite minimal but did
include a WILSON’S STORM-PETREL off Riis Park Sunday.

On eastern Long Island, LEAST BITTERNS were noted at the Arshamomaque
Preserve in Greenport West early in the week, and a couple were also
present Saturday at the Wertheim NWR in Shirley, while BLUE GROSBEAKS
continue in the Calverton area, and 2 were also spotted Tuesday at
Wildwood State Park.

Along with some expected shorebirds, also entering our region have
been a smattering of early WARBLERS starting to head south, such as
both LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, and BLUE-WINGED,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, WORM-EATING, MAGNOLIA, PRAIRIE and CANADA 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
* Jul. 18, 2025
* NYNY2507.18

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

KING EIDER
BLACK-NECKED STILT
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
LITTLE GULL
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 18th 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s vacation shortened tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, WHITE IBIS, LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL, KING EIDER and more.

The adult PURPLE GALLINULE frequenting Sharrots Pond on Staten Island since June 29th was last reported there last Tuesday but might still be around.

The recent incursion of immature WHITE IBIS locally included likely the same four soaring over the Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery section of Brooklyn Thursday before shortly thereafter appearing at the New Creek Watershed area off Olympia Boulevard on Staten Island, two also briefly visiting Fort Wadsworth on the way. At least one was also noted at New Creek today.

At Breezy Point an immature LITTLE GULL has been present out near the tip from last Sunday through today.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN has been residing at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge all week. Water level remains high but is dropping with shorebird numbers so far are low.

A decent number of BROWN PELICANS have recently been gathering in the Breezy Point area of Queens and Brooklyn with counts of 19 last Monday, 7 Wednesday and 6 today with 4 farther east off Oak Beach on Monday. Be watchful for them along Long Island’s south shore.

BLACK-NECKED STILT appeared today out near the Ponquogue Bridge in Shinnecock moving later to a nearby marsh. Three MARBLED GODWITS visited the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station area last Sunday and several WHIMBREL appeared at Breezy Point last Sunday with four more there Thursday.

A female KING EIDER was seen again off Great Gull Island Saturday to Tuesday with a second also there Monday.

An informal pelagic off Montauk Point Wednesday reported 50 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 3 MANX, 2 SOOTY, 130 GREAT, 25 CORY’S and 2 SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS. The separation of the latter two recently split species at sea still a work in progress.

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. 11, 2025
* NYNY2507.11

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

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
Caspian Tern
Brown Booby
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, July 11th 2025*
at 11pm. The highlights of this vacation shortened tape are PURPLE
GALLINULE, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, AMERICAN WHITE and
BROWN PELICANS, MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BLUE
GROSBEAK and more.

The adult PURPLE GALLINULE continues its presence at Sharotts Pond on
Staten Island where it is usually viewed from the boardwalk at the north
end of the pond south of Sharotts Road. This is part of Clay Pit Ponds
State Park and patience may be required while searching for the GALLINULE
in the thick vegetation.

Five juvenile WHITE IBIS were spotted Tuesday at Goethal’s Bridge Pond on
northwestern Staten Island and at least three were still being seen there
through today. Viewing conditions can be difficult as the IBIS forage in
this pond complex just west of the large parking lot at the Home Depot off
Forest Avenue. Look for an observation platform on the southeastern side of
the pond near the Home Depot and behind the self-storage units. Also on
Staten Island the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS continued at the New Creek
Watershed up to Tuesday but has not been noted there since.

An immature BROWN BOOBY hitched a ride on a fishing boat today as it
entered Montauk Harbor and then flew off presumably still in the area.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was spotted Sunday at the north end of the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and has continued there lurking among
the many Mute Swans and the good news is that the pond outflow is now
draining properly and hopefully will lower the pond to desired shorebird
levels. Another WHITE PELICAN was seen Wednesday at Piermont Pier in
Rockland County. Numerous BROWN PELICANS have been seen along Long Island’s
south shore this week starting with singles last weekend around Cupsogue
and Shinnecock and increasing to eight off Oak Beach and six off Robert
Moses State Park Monday and nine off Jones Beach Tuesday plus other
scattered sightings up to Thursday.

Heralding the commencement of the southbound southbound migration a
WHIMBREL was spotted at Fort Tilden Beach Tuesday followed by a MARBLED
GODWIT off Jones Beach field 10 on Wednesday, joining other species
expected in early July.

Single CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Great Gull Island Monday and at Plumb
Beach Thursday.

Interesting was a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Manorville Hills County Park
last Sunday and BLUE GROSBEAKS were still present in their appropriate
areas in Calverton yesterday.

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 4, 2025
* NYNY2507.04

– Birds Mentioned

PURPLE GALLINULE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Whimbrel
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Lesser Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
DOVEKIE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE pelican
BROWN PELICAN)
MISSISSIPPI KITE
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, July 4,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, DOVEKIE,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, Mississippi kite, Black-necked stilt,
red-necked PHALAROPE, ARCTIC TERN, American White and Brown pelicans,
Dickcissel, Blue GROSBEAK and more.

An adult PURPLE GALLINULE first spotted on Sharrotts Pond on Staten
Island last Sunday was still present there today, seen from the
boardwalk at the north end of the pond south of Sharrotts Road.  This
is part of Clay Pit Ponds State Park, and the GALLINULE may at times
be difficult to locate.

Somewhat extraordinary was a DOVEKIE in breeding plumage seen briefly
Monday in Shinnecock Inlet, the bird disappearing before photos could
be taken.

A Black-bellied whistling-duck found last Saturday on a pond in the
New Creek Watershed west of Freeborn Street in Midland Beach, Staten
Island, was still present there today.

A Mississippi kite was seen briefly Tuesday moving southeast over
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Five BLACK-NECKED STILTS were noted Wednesday in a dune pool off the
Nature Center at Jones Beach West End; other shorebirds there that day
featured 2 Stilt sandpipers, plus lesser YELLOWLEGS and LEAST
SANDPIPERS as well as 2 WHIMBREL on the Coast Guard Station sandbar.

A red-necked PHALAROPE was photographed last Saturday on the West Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

An immature Arctic TERN visited Napeague State Park last Sunday, and
an adult was photographed on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park
yesterday.  Other TERNS included a GULL-BILLED at Jamaica Bay, a few
coastal ROSEATES, two CaspianS on Staten Island Saturday and one at
Gilgo Monday, and more ROYALS appearing along the coast, with two
blacks also reported off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday.

A boat off Montauk Point Wednesday reported 45 great, 3 sooty’S and
some Cory’s and SCOPOLI’S shearwaterS on a trip not far offshore.

An American white pelican apparently continues on eastern Long Island,
being seen in Mecox Bay on Wednesday and then on Friday at Mecox Bay
and then shortly thereafter at Shinnecock, flying west on the bayside
towards the Ponquogue Bridge.

A few Brown pelican sightings this week included 5 counted at the
Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station Monday followed by 8 seen
Thursday on sandbars in the bay off Cupsogue Beach County Park, with
singles also noted Wednesday at Shinnecock off Dune Road and off Fire
Island today.

A DICKCISSEL was identified at a restricted section of Great Kills
Park on Staten Island Monday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the
Calverton area.

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 20, 2025
* NYNY2506.20

– Birds mentioned
SOUTH POLAR SKUA+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Roseate Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
WHITE-FACED IBIS
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Yellow-throated Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 20th 2025*
at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN
WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, AMERICAN AVOCET, WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN,
probable SOUTH POLAR SKUA and other onshore pelagics, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Again this week a MISSISSIPPI KITE appeared in our area this time last
Sunday briefly over the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester
County, that park’s second species of kite within a week, and our hope is
that with this hatch year for the 17-Year Cicada that a few more kites
might find their way up here.

Two species of pelicans this week featured an AMERICAN WHITE seen over the
West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge midday Monday with another
reported at Bellport Bay yesterday while an immature BROWN PELICAN was
reported Sunday and Thursday mornings off Nickerson Beach and off Staten
Island Wednesday.

An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen today on the bay side at Smith Point County
Park in Shirley but missed subsequently while the WHITE-FACED IBIS was
still being seen in the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at least
to Monday.

This is the season that ARCTIC TERNS have been showing up at tern gathering
locations with one noted at Cupsogue County Park both Tuesday and Thursday
and another at Nickerson Beach on Wednesday the latter location also a
decent one at which to see ROSEATE and GULL-BILLED TERNS around the colony
there.

The Captree Summer Bird Count recorded about 127 species last Saturday with
both the ICELAND GULL at Heckscher State Park and the CASPIAN TERN in
Sayville new for the count. Other highlights included LEAST BITTERN,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum in Great River but also quite notable was the ocean flight
witnessed off Robert Moses State Park a day later on Sunday.

Finally some CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS began showing up as did a MANX
and 3 SOOTY SHEARWATERS plus a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS but the most
interesting bird spent its time harassing the larger shearwaters and though
dealing with long distance and not ideal viewing conditions but spurred by
discernable field marks was thought to be a SOUTH POLAR SKUA unfortunately
moving on shortly thereafter.

A couple of CASPIAN TERNS flew over Playland Lake in Rye Wednesday evening
with another at Great Kills Park today.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted in the woods at Wagner College off
Hillside Avenue on Staten Island today.

Both SUMMER TANAGER and BLUE GROSBEAK continue in the Calverton area
especially around the Preston’s Pond Complex off Grumman Boulevard.

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. 13, 2025
* NYNY2506.13

– Birds mentioned
FRANKLIN’S GULL+
WHITE IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

White-winged Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Glossy Ibis
WHITE-FACED IBIS
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 13th 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, FRANKLIN’S and LITTLE GULLS, WHITE and WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

A decent week for rarities with for instance two species of kites reported while neither stayed for long. A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen briefly a few times over Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester Tuesday afternoon before moving on and a MISSISSIPPI KITE was reported Wednesday afternoon near Great Kills Park on Staten Island.

The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN visiting Mecox Bay since Wednesday the 4th was still present this morning but may have decided to later change locations while perhaps the same adult BROWN PELICAN as noted back on the 5th off Breezy Point was photographed Wednesday afternoon off Nickerson Beach.

An adult FRANKLIN’S GULL was photographed loafing with Laughing Gulls on the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Thursday morning while an immature LITTLE GULL first spotted June 5th on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was still being seen there through today though it has ventured occasionally as far north as the Cross Bay Boulevard Bridge to Howard Beach.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS has also been present with Glossy Ibis feeding on the West Pond since Monday though the BLACK-NECKED STILT also frequenting the refuge’s West Pond since June 5th was last noted there on Wednesday. Three immature WHITE IBIS were reported moving over central Staten Island last Monday but not noted since.

A WHIMBREL was out at Jamaica Bay Monday.

An ICELAND GULL was noted at field 7 at Heckscher State Park from Monday through Thursday and various terns included an ARCTIC TERN at Nickerson Beach Sunday, one or two adults at Pike’s Beach and Cupsogue Beach County Park early in the week and an immature on Democrat Point at Robert Moses State Park Thursday along with one or more CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS along the coast and a few ROYALS arriving.

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while both SUMMER TANAGER and BLUE GROSBEAK are still present around the Preston’s Pond Complex in Calverton.

The 50th Annual Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count including much of eastern Westchester last weekend recorded 135 species, rarities including RED-NECKED GREBE, GLOSSY IBIS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, FORSTER’S TERN, ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, MOURNING, and HOODED 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
* June 6, 2025
* NYNY2506.06

– Birds Mentioned

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
BLACK-NECKED STILT
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Parasitic Jaeger
LITTLE GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Mourning 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 6,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, AMERICAN WHITE
and BROWN PELICANS, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and
more.

A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE paid a surprise visit to Heckscher State Park last
Monday, but unfortunately had disappeared by Tuesday morning.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spotted on Mecox Bay Wednesday was still
present today at the east end of the bay, and a CASPIAN TERN has also
been visiting Mecox through today.

An adult BROWN PELICAN was photographed Thursday afternoon from the
American Princess boat, sitting in the water just southeast of the
Breezy Point jetty.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT spotted on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge on Wednesday was still present today, and also visiting the
West Pond for the last two days has been an immature LITTLE GULL

A recent substantial push of shorebirds through our region included an
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER spotted Monday at Heckscher State Park opposite
Field 8.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET appeared at Point Lookout last Saturday.

A couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS have been seen at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge the last few days, with one or two others and a few ROYAL TERNS
also present recently at Nickerson Beach, where a PARASITIC JAEGER was
seen offshore on Thursday.

Both SUMMER TANAGERS and BLUE GROSBEAKS have been noted recently
around the Prestons Pond Complex in Calverton, but please remember not
to disturb, especially, localized breeding birds such as these.

Small numbers of spring migrants continue to trickle through, but not
for long, these including both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS.
ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, BANK SWALLOWS and various WARBLERS
including MOURNING.

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 30, 2025
* NYNY2505.30

– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER+
+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
Common Eider
Whimbrel
RED PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Caspian Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Sooty Shearwater
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
Mourning 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 30,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, ARCTIC TERN, RED and RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, KING EIDER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Very fortunately, the FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER found on Randalls Island
on Wednesday, May 21st, continued feeding along the overgrown former
golf driving range through the weekend, providing many with the
opportunity to enjoy it before it finally moved on late Sunday.

Also surprising were two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS found last
Saturday on a small stretch of stream at Columbus Park in Mamaroneck,
Westchester County, these ducks lounging for the day just behind the
Metro-North train station but disappearing overnight.

A few pelagic northbound rarities spotted during the week featured a
first summer ARCTIC TERN present briefly Wednesday at Nickerson Beach,
this in recent years a decent location to look for this species among
the breeding TERNS there, and also a couple of PHALAROPES, firstly a
non-breeding plumaged RED PHALAROPE seen around Mecox Inlet from
Saturday through Monday, followed by a breeding plumaged female
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE present along Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet
from Tuesday through today, last noted in a small wet area near light
pole number 438 near 28 Dune Road.

Today three WHIMBRELS were out at Yellow Bar Hassock in Jamaica Bay
and another visited Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach.  A CASPIAN TERN flew up
the Hudson River past Croton Point Park Tuesday, and a few arriving
ROYAL TERNS have been seen along the coast recently.

A female KING EIDER was still off Great Gull Island Wednesday along
with some COMMON EIDER.

As landbird migration, enduring despite the unfavorable weather
conditions we’ve encountered recently, draws towards its conclusion,
still moving through are a variety of WARBLERS, including MOURNING, as
well as OLIVE-SIDED and some Empidonax FLYCATCHERS, featuring
YELLOW-BELLIED and ACADIAN, plus both BICKNELL’S and GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSHES, and a few unpredictable regional breeders like
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, with two, for instance, present recently on
Staten Island.

SUMMER TANAGERS, still quite rare as regional nesters, now are present
at various eastern Long Island sites, while one was still at
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Tuesday. BLUE GROSBEAKS in recent
years have been nesting fairly successfully in the Calveron area of
eastern Long Island, and migrants were also noted this week in
Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery.

With SOOTY SHEARWATER noted off Long Island recently, now is a good
time to begin ocean watching for pelagics along the south shore; the
productivity of sites generally improves the farther east you go, and,
with weather a variable to take into account, productive watches are
often possible from Robert Moses State Park and other coastal sites
out to Montauk Point.  Good luck!

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 23, 2025
* NYNY2505.23

– Birds mentioned
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-NECKED STILT
WHIMBREL
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
KENTUCKY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 23rd 2025*
at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER,
SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES, SANDHILL CRANE, BLACK-NECKED STILT,
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and WHIMBREL, KING EIDER, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, WESTERN
and SUMMER TANAGERS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY
WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Another great bird found on Randall’s Island involves a FORK-TAILED
FLYCATCHER spotted Wednesday at a former golf driving range on the
northwest corner of the island. The FORK-TAILED along with several Eastern
Kingbirds have been foraging around this overgrown field through today,
perhaps lingering due to the recent unpleasant weather. To reach the site
park in Lot E and walk under the overhead parkway to a wide macadam path
which certainly comes to the old driving range on the right side of the
path. Walk into the field through a big opening in the fence marked by a
large boulder. Please stay along the path already created into the field so
as to not further damage the vegetation. The FORK-TAILED might disappear
for a short while so be patient.

Two species of KITE this week involve a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE photographed
last Saturday as it soared briefly over Mattituck on eastern Long Island
and what was possibly just a single MISSISSIPPI KITE seen Monday over
Green-wood Cemetery and then Prospect Park before travelling over Jerome
Reservoir and Wave Hill in the Bronx then returning to Prospect Park on
Tuesday.

A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted Sunday flying over Conference House Park on
southern Staten Island.

Two nice shorebirds reported today out on the Mecox flats included a
BLACK-NECKED STILT followed by a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. A WHIMBREL seen at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye on Tuesday was followed by a surprising flock
of 32 WHIMBREL grounded by the weather along the north shore of Piermont
Pier in Rockland County, a rising tide finally forcing them to reluctantly
continue their northward journey.

A female KING EIDER was photographed out on Great Gull Island last Tuesday
the same day a CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was nicely photographed as it sat on a
house’s front railing along a street in Brooklyn.

A young ICELAND GULL was sitting at Manhattan Beach Park in Brooklyn last
Saturday and a CASPIAN TERN visited Cupsogue Beach County Park this morning.

Out on Fire Island a male WESTERN TANAGER was seen briefly Sunday at Watch
Hill while several reports of SUMMER TANAGER featured one in Central Park
Monday and one at St. John’s Cemetery in Queens Saturday but with most out
on eastern Long Island including at Caumsett State Park Monday and others
noted in Brookhaven and Manorville Hills County Park as well as at
Connetquot River State Park and the Preston’s Pond complex in Calverton.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday with
another recently in the New Creek Watershed on Staten Island. A
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found Tuesday at Shore Road Park in Brooklyn
and they continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while a
KENTUCKY WARBLER appeared in Central Park last Saturday. A BLUE GROSBEAK
visited a restricted Yonkers reservoir today and another was at Brooklyn’s
Calvert Vaux Park to Tuesday with one also visiting Green-wood Cemetery
last Sunday but most are on territory out on eastern Long Island.

A late recent arrival has been a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.

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