-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 4, 2021
* NYNY2106.04
KING EIDER
Purple Sandpiper
GULL-BILLED TERN
BLACK TERN
ROSEATE TERN
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Black Skimmer
SOOTY SHEARWATER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
MOURNING WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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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 4, 2021 at 9:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are ARCTIC TERN, KING EIDER, SOOTY SHEARWATER, GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and BLACK TERNS, KENTUCKY and MOURNING WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The first of this season’s ARCTIC TERNS was spotted Monday at Nickerson Beach, this adult followed by a first summer ARCTIC found at that location Tuesday. Nickerson has also been providing one or two GULL-BILLED and up to four ROSEATE TERNS recently, all these associating with the large COMMON TERN and BLACK SKIMMER colonies. Another first summer ARCTIC was spotted today at Cupsogue County Park, where decent numbers of shorebirds continue.
Two male KING EIDERS were still off Great Kills Park on Staten Island last Monday, one a sub-adult in decent plumage, with the younger male also present Tuesday.
Looking offshore from coastal Long Island, the seabird flights have not yet really materialized, but five SOOTY SHEARWATERS were seen last Saturday off Robert Moses State Park, along with a BLACK TERN
Seven PURPLE SANDPIPERS were still on a rock jetty at Fort Tilden Monday.
With landbird migrants now declining here rapidly, the typically late FLYCATCHERS recently have still featured a few OLIVE-SIDED. Also present have been such Empidonax species as YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER, and THRUSHES have included some BICKNELL’S and GRAY-CHEEKED types. Correct identification of both of these sets of migrants is strongly dependent upon well heard vocalizations
Among the WARBLERS, a KENTUCKY was still in Central Park’s North End last Saturday, while a small number of MOURNING WARBLERS included one or two in Central and Prospect Parks. Among the late WARBLERS this week were such favorites as BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED and WILSON’S.
Coastal salt marshes should now be hosting some NELSON’S SPARROWS along with the breeding SALTMARSH and SEASIDE SPARROWS.
A SUMMER TANAGER was a nice find on Governors Island last Saturday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton grasslands, with another spotted Monday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
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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