RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 3, 2022
* NYNY2206.03
– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
LITTLE GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Bay-breasted 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
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are a slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BLACK-NECKED STILT and other shorebirds including MARBLED GODWIT and WILSON’S PHALAROPE, LITTLE and ICELAND GULLS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Last Saturday an adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was identified on the Hudson River up in Newburgh and has continued in that area through today. The bird has spent much of its time on the Newburgh side of the river but also does cross over to the Beacon waterfront. When seen, the bird is often perched on pilings or other waterside structures, usually with some DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. In Newburgh the bird is often somewhere between the Ferry Terminal or south of there near the Global tanks off River Road; while in Beacon it is usually near the Ferry Terminal on the east side of the river. When there, check with other birders as to the Cormorant’s whereabouts, and be careful when on the roadways.
Two reports of MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD on Long Island last weekend involved a bird seen Sunday from a fishing boat in Great South Bay a few miles west of Smith Point around noon time, this following what was believed to be this species off Brighton Beach in Brooklyn about 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still being seen at Miller Field on Staten Island at least to yesterday.
An exquisite BLACK-NECKED STILT, possibly the bird previously on eastern Long Island, appeared last Saturday at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area at Point Lookout.
With lots of shorebirds now feasting on Horseshoe Crab eggs at sites like Jamaica Bay and Jones Beach West End, highlights among them have included a MARBLED GODWIT at Little Egg Marsh in Jamaica Bay south of the Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday and a male WILSON’S PHALAROPE on the sand spit at Jones Beach West End today. Among other shorebirds reported recently have been some WHITE-RUMPED and one or two WESTERN SANDPIPERS and groups of RED KNOTS.
A first winter LITTLE GULL was spotted on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last Sunday, and an ICELAND GULL was still at Mecox Monday. Scattered LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 7 at Cupsogue today and three last
Saturday at Nickerson Beach, where a BLACK TERN also appeared Saturday and GULL-BILLED and ROSEATE TERNS continue to visit.
Also along the coast recently, especially when winds have had a southerly component, there have been consistent sightings of SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, usually more regular as you go east on Long Island but also seen as far west as Breezy Point.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park Monday.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was an interesting find in Battery Park last Sunday, and, as the migration comes to a quick end, other later WARBLERS still moving through have included a decent number of MOURNING, a KENTUCKY or two and some BAY-BREASTED.
Flycatchers have included OLIVE-SIDED plus YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER.
A BLUE GROSBEAK visited Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Wednesday, and others continue out in the wonderful Calverton grasslands, where a SUMMER TANAGER and some GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS have also been present lately
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.
