-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 6, 2022
* NYNY2205.06
– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Semipalmated Plover
UPLAND SANDPIPER
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Swainson’s Thrush
Grasshopper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s 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 6, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, UPLAND SANDPIPER, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
This week’s one true rarity involved the refinding last Saturday afternoon of the male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER that had been discovered two days earlier in the Midwood in Prospect Park, this individual unfortunately not reported since Saturday.
A nice assortment of migrants occurring during the week featured a CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW found Wednesday in Central Park’s north end, while other members of this family included an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL on Governors Island today and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK photographed yesterday at Jones Beach State Park.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was described feeding on a sod field along Head of the Neck Road in Manorville last Sunday morning, but this now scarce visitor locally could not be relocated later.
An immature ICELAND GULL was present Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park, where 12 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also gathered, their spring numbers on the increase.
CASPIAN TERNS, still moving through, on Wednesday included two at Georgica Cove in East Hampton and one at Swan Lake in East Patchogue.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was reported from Central Park’s north end today, and another continues at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.
An unusual three PHILADELPHIA VIREOS reported this week included one Tuesday at Southards Pond Park in Babylon and singles Thursday in Central Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present last Friday and Saturday at Pipes Cove Preserve in Greenport West on the North Fork.
A good selection of WARBLERS this week featured a female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan on Sunday and a KENTUCKY WARBLER at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday and Tuesday. A few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included one in Central Park to Wednesday and singles Thursday at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and at Hunter’s Garden in Eastport, as well as the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted in Central Park from Saturday and at Robert Moses State Park Thursday. Other WARBLERS arriving recently have included TENNESSEE, a MOURNING in Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday, CERULEAN, BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON’S.
A SUMMER TANAGER was found in Green-Wood Cemetery on Tuesday,
Migrant BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen at Co-op City in the Bronx on Monday and Tuesday and at Robert Moses State Park yesterday. BLUE GROSBEAK has also returned to its nesting territory in Calverton, and remember, please, do not do anything that might disturb these or any sensitive breeding birds.
Among the many other migrants occurring locally have been SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and LEAST FLYCATCHERS, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, and GRASSHOPPER and SEASIDE SPARROWS.
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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