– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 20, 2022
* NYNY2205.20
– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Whimbrel
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Bay-breasted 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, May 20th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BROWN PELICAN, PAINTED BUNTING, LITTLE GULL and much more.
Despite a rather poor week for migration in general, with overall numbers remaining somewhat depressed and spotty, some very nice rarities did appear perhaps easier to find given fewer birds overall.
Today a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was spotted in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn with birders able to track this singing bird as it moved about in tall oaks near Cypress and Grape Avenues.
On Staten Island a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was found Wednesday by a wet area at Miller Field. The duck was still present on the ballfield by New Dorp High School today.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT, first noted Wednesday out on the south fork, has continued through today at the Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea north of Southampton. The STILT has been frequenting the marshy area just south of K Road.
A few sightings of MISSISSIPPI KITE this week started last Saturday with one over Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan followed by one on Staten Island Tuesday spotted over Mount Loretto Unique Area. Subsequent reports noted one at Tackapausha Nature Preserve in Massapequa on Wednesday and then perched along Middle Country Road in Ridge Friday afternoon. Hopefully more will follow.
The season’s first BROWN PELICAN was spotted Thursday flying east off Smith Point County Park in Shirley.
A female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING, discovered Thursday in Central Park’s north end, apparently disappeared quickly before other birders could be notified.
An immature LITTLE GULL was photographed Wednesday at Nickerson Beach. Last Sunday a little movement on the ocean off Robert Moses State Park included the season’s first WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS. An ICELAND GULL visited Sagg Pond last Saturday while notable terns this week featured a GULL-BILLED at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a ROSEATE at Breezy Point and a ROYAL at Plumb Beach, all last Sunday, plus single CASPIAN TERNS at Prospect Park Lake Sunday and Randall’s Island today.
Increasing numbers of shorebirds included a WHIMBREL at Smith Point County Park as well as some WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, RED KNOTS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and others.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Hempstead Lake State Park Wednesday and 3 were at the Paumanok Trail location next to Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville today.
Flycatchers featured some OLIVE-SIDED plus ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED among the empidonax.
A BICKNELL’S THRUSH was still singing in Central Park’s north end Monday, one of a few noted or suspected locally and decent numbers of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported this week.
Warblers included PROTHONOTARY at Riverside Park and at Alley Pond Park last weekend and KENTUCKYS in Prospect Park Saturday and in Forest Park Tuesday as well as several MOURNING and many BAY-BREASTED. Besides in Calverton, BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted at Connetquot River State Park and at the Brookhaven Lab and at least 5 SUMMER TANAGERS included birds in Central Park, Tompkins Square Park and Randall’s Island.
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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