-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 1, 2022
* NYNY2207.01
– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine 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, July 1, 2022 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT and the beginning of the returning shorebirds, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Now present for over one month, the adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues up in Newburgh, Orange County. It generally now frequents pilings and associated structures along the Hudson River shore, usually off the private Global Oil Terminal located along River Road south of the Ferry Terminal. This area is often quite busy with both vehicle and train traffic, so be careful when looking for suitable scanning sites.
Last Wednesday evening four BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS, perhaps the group previously seen at Stony Brook, were spotted at Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga, but they have not been reported there or anywhere else since then.
Recent sightings of BROWN PELICAN involved one moving east yesterday past Democrat Point, the western tip of Fire Island, this followed today by one sitting offshore this afternoon off Riis Park and then four seen moving southward well off Miller Field beach on Staten Island this evening.
An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL continues around the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where notable efforts are being made to get the East Pond ready for the fall shorebird migration, now just beginning. The shorebird highlight so far is a MARBLED GODWIT found Wednesday by a kayaker on the east side of Jamaica Bay between the Refuge and JFK airport.
Seen on the East Pond recently have been up to three GULL-BILLED TERNS, a non-breeding BONAPARTE’S GULL and various shorebirds, including a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER last Saturday. A RED KNOT visited Plumb Beach today.
West of their usual haunts, ROSEATE TERNS were noted at Breezy Point and Plumb Beach during the week, and ROYAL TERNS appeared at several coastal sites.
RED- HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Connetquot River State Park, Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester, and along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville, while a PILEATED WOODPECKER was still present in Forest Park, Queens last Sunday.
A SUMMER TANAGER from last Friday was still in Riverside Park to Monday, with another seen in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn last Saturday. A SUMMER TANAGER and the enclave of BLUE GROSBEAKS also remain out at the exceptional grasslands at the former Grumman Airport in Calverton.
This is the time when various non-breeding species of birds can show up locally, these floaters presumably having been disrupted or unsuccessful in their nesting attempts and thus heading south early. Various WARBLERS in this category have included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKPOLL, PINE and others. This would not explain, however, the interesting widespread irruption recently of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES into our area.
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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