RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 11, 2021
* NYNY2106.11
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
WHIMBREL
White-rumped Sandpiper
PARASITIC JAEGER
COMMON MURRE
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
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, June 11, 2021 at 8:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES, COMMON MURRE, ARCTIC TERN, KING EIDER, WHIMBREL, GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS, PARASITIC JAEGER and a few other onshore pelagics, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.
Though no cicadas have yet emerged locally, fortunately there have been a couple of recent KITE sightings, with a MISSISSIPPI, apparently a sub-adult, gliding over the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers last Saturday morning, this followed Sunday morning by a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE spotted high over Shelter Island. Neither has been seen definitively since.
Last Sunday a COMMON MURRE was photographed from a boat out near Hudson Canyon along the New York/New Jersey pelagic boundary.
ARCTIC TERNS this week included multiple reports continuing from Nickerson Beach, mostly immatures and, unfortunately, not all confirmed by photos or descriptions, plus singles also seen Sunday at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton Dunes, this a sub-adult, and an immature Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park. Other TERNS for the week featured GULL-BILLED, with 2 at the Oakwood Beach marsh on Staten Island Saturday and 1 near Tiana Beach west of Shinnecock Inlet Tuesday, a CASPIAN TERN at Croton Point Park Monday, a BLACK TERN at
Nickerson Beach Monday and Tuesday, 2 ROYAL TERNS at Nickerson Wednesday, with 1 at Cupsogue earlier in the week, and a few ROSEATE TERNS at Nickerson and Cupsogue.
A young male KING EIDER was still at Cupsogue last Sunday, and among various shorebirds this week were a WHIMBREL to Tuesday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn and single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at Cupsogue Sunday and Plumb Beach Tuesday and Wednesday.
A bit of pelagic activity from the south shore of Long Island this week featured a PARASITIC JAEGER off Riis Park yesterday, while from Robert Moses State Park today there were single SOOTY and GREAT SHEARWATERS and several CORY’S SHEARWATERS, with other large Shearwaters too distant to be positively identified.
A LEAST BITTERN continues to be seen at Arshamomaque Preserve on the North Fork, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.
Among the later Empidonax FLYCATCHERS still in our area this week were YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER.
A singing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Wednesday and Thursday.
Among the WARBLERS, a PROTHONOTARY was still in Central Park’s north end Sunday and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, while a few MOURNINGS were among the later species still passing through.
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton Grasslands.
On Wednesday a surprising group of 3 male DICKCISSELS appeared at Croton Point Park in Westchester, continuing on top of the landfill through today. If visiting, please remember to remain on the main path, these birds providing nice views while singing, and use no audio devices in this County Park.
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
