-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 09, 2021
* NYNY2104.09
PROGNE MARTIN+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Clapper Rail
SANDHILL CRANE
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Cliff Swallow
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
White-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
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, April 9, 2021 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are the Prospect Park MARTIN, WESTERN TANAGER, SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, GLAUCOUS GULL, YELLOW-THROATED and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, RED CROSSBILL, spring migrants and more.
The PROGNE MARTIN first spotted around Prospect Park Lake on Thursday, April 1st, did linger there through mid-day on Sunday, enabling many photos to be taken, but positive specific identification remains uncertain. Consensus currently seems to be favoring Gray-breasted Martin over the Cuban, Caribbean and Sinaloa Martin group, but much more research needs to be done. Stay tuned.
The female WESTERN TANAGER, still lingering today in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park, is usually seen near the feeders located just inside the park on the east side of East End Avenue a little south of East 86th Street. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER along the south perimeter of Gracie Mansion was still present Wednesday, while another ORANGE-CROWNED was photographed Thursday near the Pool in Central Park.
A SANDHILL CRANE appeared last Sunday over Nannahagen Park in Pleasantville in Westchester County.
Sea ducks at the Point Lookout side of Jones Inlet have recently featured three KING EIDERS, two young males and a female, along with three HARLEQUIN DUCKS, including a drake. Eighty NORTHERN GANNETS were also counted there today.
White-winged Gulls this week were represented by a GLAUCOUS GULL at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Thursday and single ICELAND GULLS at Prospect Park Lake and Randall’s Island last Sunday, while a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included three at Jones Beach State Park Sunday.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER has returned to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, where it will hopefully stay to nest, and another was found today in Willowbrook Park on Staten Island.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville, parking for which is off Schultz Road near Jones Pond; this site also continues to attract around ten RED CROSSILLS.
Some PINE SISKINS and returning PURPLE FINCHES were also noted this week.
A LINCOLN’S SPARROW continues in Central Park’s north end, while a growing number of spring migrants this week included CLAPPER RAIL, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, FORSTER’S TERN, LITTLE BLUE HERON, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE and MARSH WRENS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
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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