-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 14, 2021
* NYNY2105.14
WESTERN GREBE+
WOOD STORK+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
White-rumped Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Nelson‘s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED 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 14, 2021 at 8:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are WOOD STORK, WESTERN GREBE, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, MISSISSIPPI KITE, LITTLE GULL, KING EIDER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER, EVENING GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL and more.
A good week for rarities, including the WOOD STORK in Westhampton continuing through today. Though seen regularly along Beaverdam Creek as viewed from Montauk Highway just west of the intersection with Old Country Road and Mill Road, the better viewing has often been in a cove off Baycrest Avenue; Baycrest goes south from Mill Road and dead ends by a favored feeding cove. Also watch for the Stork perching on docks or in riverside trees.
On Tuesday a large Grebe was spotted in Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, with photos and analysis now agreeing upon WESTERN GREBE. The Grebe was still present today, often viewed looking west from the tip of Calvert Vaux Park, but this bird has also been seen, sometimes much more closely, from Coney Island Creek Park on the north side of Seagate.
And today a singing BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was found out in Calverton in part of the grasslands area known as the Preston Ponds Complex – this section of 3 ponds is south of Grumman Boulevard and west of Line Road, and the bird was seen from a trail on the east side of Forest Pond. Parking lots are off both roads.
Last Sunday a lucky observer got a brief look at a MISSISSIPPI KITE as it moved over the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, headed in a westerly direction.
A LITTLE GULL was a surprise visitor to Great Gull Island last Tuesday.
The male KING EIDER is still at Great Kills Park, reported there today with a female, and another female KING was a great find off Playland Park in Rye last Saturday.
A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the West Pond marsh at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Monday. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER visited the Captree Island marsh Sunday, an ICELAND GULL was spotted in East Rockaway Tuesday, and single CASPIAN TERNS were reported from Heckscher State Park Saturday and Crab Meadow Beach today.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at Calvert Vaux Park today.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen occasionally in Central Park to Wednesday, and another visited Dam Pond on the North Fork in East Marion today.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, and another was reported in Central Park Sunday. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen again in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park Tuesday, and, always welcome, a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER appeared at Trout Pond in Noyack last Monday.
Recent BLUE GROSBEAKS included 1 in Central Park to Tuesday, 1 at Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack to yesterday, and 2 on Governor’s Island today.
Several SUMMER TANAGERS included 3 in Central Park Saturday, 1 today, and 1 in Manhattan’s Morningside Park today.
Some winter flavor continues to be provided by a few EVENING GROSBEAKS visiting Central and Prospect Parks this week, while also noted was a small number of PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES. A flock of 8 RED CROSSBILLS was still in Hunter’s Garden Preserve in Eastport today.
New arrivals have included ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and NELSON’S SPARROW, while the large contingent of Warblers now moving through is always a highlight.
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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