-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 7, 2023
* NYNY2307.07
– Birds Mentioned
SANDWICH TERN+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
RED-NECKED GREBE
Black-bellied Plover
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
RED CROSSBILL
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, July 7,
2023 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED GREBE, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. The immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT has continued its irregular visits to Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island at least to Wednesday, being seen there late last Sunday, both Monday morning and mid-afternoon, and again Wednesday afternoon, while the adult NEOTROPIC has continued up along the Hudson River in the Newburgh-Beacon area, usually on the Newburgh side near the Ferry Terminal or a little south of there near the Global Oil Terminal, but occasionally also visiting the Beacon waterfront.
With ROYAL TERNS now moving north along our coast for the summer, not unexpectedly a few SANDWICH TERNS have also appeared recently; certainly welcome last Tuesday was one visiting the breakwaters off Conference House Park at the southern end of Staten Island, and then on Wednesday two were found on the flats north of Cupsogue Beach County Park, where an immature ARCTIC TERN had occurred last Sunday, with an adult ARCTIC also reported there yesterday.
Other TERNS this week also featured a GULL-BILLED around the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Sunday and a few CASPIANS, including five Wednesday at Conference House Park.
BROWN PELICANS had a decent week coastally, especially off southern Staten Island, where up to fifteen or more were counted around the breakwaters off Conference House Park and nearby. Moving eastward, three were also seen off Breezy Point Monday, with one off Plumb Beach today, six were on the Oak Beach sandbar Sunday, and four visited Mecox Bay Inlet Tuesday.
A female KING EIDER was photographed last Sunday in Fire Island Inlet off Robert Moses State Park, and a RED-NECKED GREBE has apparently also continued in the bay off Pelham Bay Park, seen there Tuesday.
Small numbers of offshore pelagics recently included eight CORY’S SHEARWATERS seen off Cupsogue last Sunday and a GREAT SHEARWATER off Breezy Point last Saturday. Better conditions should produce increased numbers of shearwaters, especially off eastern Long Island.
Scattered LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 18 counted at Breezy Point Monday, and various arriving southbound shorebirds have already included some BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and others.
Some RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue around the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, and this area also produced three RED CROSSBILLS last Saturday, including a juvenile.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Prospect Park, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS remain at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, while BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to hold territories in the Brookhaven to
Calverton region.
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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