-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 23, 2023
* NYNY2306.23
– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
SANDWICH TERN+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
White-rumped Sandpiper
POMARINE JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
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
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, SANDWICH and other TERNS, POMARINE JAEGER and other Pelagics, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT seen last week a few times up to Wednesday, June 14th, on the pond at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island was spotted there again last Monday morning, indicating that itmight still be residing somewhere locally.
Last Saturday afternoon, two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were photographed on Huguenot Lake next to New Rochelle High School, providing Westchester with a new County record, but by the time theidentification was confirmed and publicized the birds had moved on and have not been relocated.
A few BROWN PELICANS were being seen along the Atlantic coast of Long Island at least up to Monday, with reports that day including one at Breezy Point and off Riis Park, three at Robert Moses State Park, two in the bay by Shinnecock Inlet, and three appearing off Great Gull Island. Hopefully more will be forthcoming.
Tern variety continues to be decent locally, with a SANDWICH TERN visiting the colony at Nickerson Beach on Saturday, this likely the one seen the day before at Breezy Point. Nickerson has also featured continued sightings of GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and ROYAL TERNS, the latter increasing in numbers along the coast. A small number of BLACK TERNS are also still appearing, as are a few late CASPIAN TERNS, including one along the Staten Island shore Sunday and Monday and two visiting Pelham Bay Park Monday and Tuesday.
Pelagic species also continue to occur offshore, generally in rather low numbers, an exception being a flight of an estimated 1,300 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS off Robert Moses State Park Field 2 during the east winds blowing Tuesday morning. SHEARWATERS have been mostly CORY’s with some late SOOTIES but so far few GREAT, plus an occasional MANX SHEARTWATER also moving by. There have also been a few PARASITIC JAEGERS migrating along the coast, and Wednesday morning a POMARINE JAEGER was identified moving east past Cuspsogue Beach County Park.
Small numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS can be found at Gull gatherings along the outer beaches, while lingering shorebirds featured about eight WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday.
Up to four RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have been seen recently along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville, with singles also reported from other eastern Long Island sites.
ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were still in Prospect and Forest Parks and the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge during the week. Three YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were seen at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Monday, with another at Heckscher State Park last weekend, and some BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Calverton Grasslands.
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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