NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 6/19/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 19, 2026
* NYNY2606.19

– Birds Mentioned:

WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
SANDWICH TERN
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Acadian Flycatcher
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Canada 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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 19,
2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SANDWICH and
ARCTIC TERNS, BROWN PELICAN, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BLUE GROSBEAK, an influx of SHEARWATERS, Summer Count results and
more.

Quite notable this week was the collection of TERNS present locally
along the south shore of Long Island, topped by the adult SANDWICH
TERN present on the flats today at Cupsogue Beach County Park, the
second one seen there so far this year.  An ARCTIC TERN was also seen
at Cupsogue last Sunday, but most ARCTIC sightings this week have been
at Democrat Point at the western end of Fire Island State Park, where
2 were noted last Saturday, followed by 3 spotted there the next day
and then 1 or more to Wednesday, with 3 again reported there today.
Also noted at Democrat Point during the week, along with the COMMON,
FORSTER’S and LEAST TERNS, have been a few ROSEATES and ROYALS plus a
couple of BLACK TERNS, a CASPIAN TERN last Saturday, and a GULL-BILLED
TERN reported Friday, with 2 other GULL-BILLEDS at nearby Cedar Beach
last Saturday.  Democrat Point is a hike but can be quite worthwhile.

Also along the ocean this Friday afternoon were sightings of 1 to 3
BROWN PELICANS between Gilgo and Fire Island Inlet at Robert Moses
State Park east to Smith Point County Park and Moriches Bay.

SHEARWATER activity has also recently increased nicely offshore,
especially off Moses Park and east to Montauk Point, with decent
numbers of CORY’S and SOOTY SHEARWATERS, fewer GREAT and small numbers
of MANX SHEARWATERS, and also some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and
PARASITIC JAEGERS.  Also watch for possible SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS
among the CORY’S, though definitive separation of the 2 species could
be quite challenging, depending on the distance and viewing
conditions.

And also watch for LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, mostly non-adults, along
the ocean beaches.

A female WILSON’S PHALAROPE was at the south end of the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today, with 2 PHALAROPES also noted there
last Saturday,

Lingering ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, likely attempting to nest, have been
encountered recently in Prospect Park, Gardiner County Park, Heckscher
State Park, and Connetquot River State Park, among others.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT has been singing near the Graham Boulevard
Bridge at the New Creek Watershed on Staten Island at least to
Tuesday, and another was at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center
last Sunday.

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Prestons Pond Complex and other sites
in the Calverton area and also at the Rocky Point Pine Barrens State
Forest.

The Captree Summer Bird Count last Saturday recorded about 131
species, including 2 new species – BLACK TERN and CANADA WARBLER, plus
other such highlights as ARCTIC, GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE, CASPIAN and
ROYAL TERNS and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 6/12/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 12, 2026
* NYNY2606.12

– Birds mentioned
Virginia Rail
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Whimbrel
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK

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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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 12th 2026 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Two BLACK-NECKED STILTS found Saturday out on the Tiana Beach flats off Dune Road in Hampton Bays were also seen there Sunday but not thereafter.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS recently visiting the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was seen there most days this week through Thursday while last Saturday one was also photographed in flight with some Glossy Ibis at Plumb Beach and on Monday one was spotted with 8 Glossys in a pool at Cupsogue Beach County Park.

A few sightings of single BROWN PELICANS this week included on Sunday off Nickerson Beach, off Robert Moses State Park Monday, at Roosevelt Beach on Staten Island Tuesday and off Breezy Point and Jones Beach field 6 Wednesday, and more will come.

An ARCTIC TERN was reported from Cupsogue today and other terns noted this week included a CASPIAN at Croton Point Monday, single BLACK TERNS at Breezy Point and Nickerson Beach Sunday and a GULL-BILLED also at Nickerson Sunday plus a few ROSEATES off the Long Island coast and more ROYALS arriving.

A nicely plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE visited the sand spit off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Wednesday and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE spent Thursday and today at the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge while 2 HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL were noted Saturday at Breezy Point, nearby Fort Tilden and Plumb Beach.

A nice collection of tubenoses was recorded on a seawatch from Montauk Point last Saturday, reported totals mentioning 28 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 49 CORY’S, over 230 GREAT and 350 SOOTY and 7 MANX SHEARWATERS.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park today and single MOURNING WARBLERS were noted Monday in Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery.

BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in decent numbers in the Calverton area around the old Grumman airport.

The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count last weekend including much of eastern Westchester County tallied 125 species including two LITTLE BLUE HERONS, some GLOSSY IBIS, VIRGINIA RAIL, OLIVE-SIDED and ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, MAGNOLIA, HOODED and MOURNING WARBLERS and BLUE GROSBEAK.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 6/5/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 5, 2026
* NYNY2606.05

– Birds mentioned
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

WHIMBREL
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
GLAUCOUS GULL
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Least Bittern
WHITE-FACED IBIS
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Acadian Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
KENTUCKY WARBLER

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert, with an abbreviated report, for Friday, June 5th 2026 at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE and WHITE-FACED IBIS, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, ARCTIC TERN, MISSISSIPPI KITE, GLAUCOUS GULL, WHIMBREL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, KENTUCKY WARBLER and EVENING GROSBEAK and more.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS continues to visit the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge noted there over last weekend and also yesterday. The East Pond has also been hosting a WILSON’S PHALAROPE to Monday with 2 there Tuesday and Wednesday and a LEAST BITTERN seen both Monday and Thursday.

An adult WHITE IBIS was photographed Tuesday as it flew over Spring’s Park in the town of East Hampton and birders a few miles off Montauk Point last Sunday enjoyed a nicely plumaged RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and 8 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS with another RED-NECKED PHALAROPE also seen on the flats at Smith Point County Park Monday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was photographed Monday at Breezy Point while among the terns reported this week were an ARCTIC Monday off Robert Moses State Park followed by 2 from Nickerson Beach Thursday, a BLACK at Nickerson’s Sunday as well as a few ROSEATES, arriving ROYALS and late CASPIANS.

MISSISSIPPI KITES continue to be reported from Brooklyn with one over Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday and one over Prospect Park this evening.

On Tuesday a couple of WHIMBREL were seen out in Jamaica Bay with one also at Plumb Beach.

Notable passerines this week featured ACADIAN FLYCATCHER in Prospect Park, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at the New Creek Watershed on Staten Island Tuesday, a KENTUCKY WARBLER at Wolfe’s Pond Park last Sunday and perhaps the best bird of the week a male EVENING GROSBEAK photographed by a picture taking bird feeder out in Suffolk County last Sunday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/29/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 29, 2026
* NYNY2605.29

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

BLACK-NECKED STILT
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
ARCTIC TERN
SANDWICH TERN
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN BOOBY
Glossy Ibis
WHITE-FACED IBIS
MISSISSIPPI KITE
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
PROTHONOTARY 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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 29,
2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY,
SANDWICH TERN, WHITE IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK-NECKED STILT,
WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, PHILADELHIA VIREO,
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Certainly unexpected was an adult BROWN BOOBY sitting on a rock just
off the Olympia Boulevard bridge over the New Creek Watershed on
Staten Island for a while on Tuesday, the striking bird ultimately
flying off to the northeast.

An historic incursion of WHITE IBIS into New York took place last
Tuesday when a large flock of adults was seen heading past Sandy Hook,
New Jersey, and towards Staten Island,  The flock ultimately settled
down on Hoffman Island in New York Bay east of Staten Island, where
birders taking long-distance photos and estimated counts were coming
up with between 42 and 57 individuals.  By Wednesday, however, totals
had dropped to just 3 on Hoffman Island and these also soon moved on,
ending this momentous event, but providing perhaps just a preview of
longer-lasting future visits.

A non-breeding SANDWICH TERN was photographed on the flats at Cupsogue
Beach County Park last Saturday.

MISSISSIPPI KITES, with certainly a few but unknown number of
individuals involved, continued appearances over Brooklyn especially
at least to Thursday. Sightings came from Staten Island Wednesday and
Thursday, and in Brooklyn from Calvert Vaux Park and near Prospect
Park on Monday and around Prospect and Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday,
the latter nicely photographed.

The BLACK-NECKED STILT visiting the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge stayed through Monday, while a WILSON’S PHALAROPE hanging
around the south end of the pond was noted to Monday and then again
today.

Among the GLOSSY IBIS visiting the East Pond recently has been an
individual that raised some issues about being a hybrid, but photos
taken today certainly seem to portray a good WHITE-FACED IBIS.

Following reports of single ARCTIC TERNS off Montauk Point and
Shinnecock last Saturday were 2 seen today, an adult and an immature,
at Moriches Bay, joined there by a BLACK TERN.

Birds off Montauk Point last Saturday featured single MANX and SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, with an ICELAND GULL there Sunday, and a GLAUCOUS GULL
was spotted over Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday.  Two CASPIAN TERNS at
Prospect Park Thursday followed 1 at Plumb Beach Monday.

Single PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were photographed in Prospect Park Monday
and on Governors Island Wednesday, and single PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS
visited Sands Point Preserve Tuesday and Hempstead Lake State Park
today.

Single SUMMER TANAGERS appeared in Alley Pond Park Monday and in
Prospect Park today, while BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton
area, including at the Prestons Pond Complex, with 1 also at Caumsett
State Park Saturday.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/22/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 22, 2026
* NYNY2605.22

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

BLACK-NECKED STILT
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
LITTLE GULL
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 22,
2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED
and MISSISSIPPI KITES, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL,
YELLOW BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

As spring migration begins to wind down, it is only fitting that one
of the world’s greatest birds shows up – last Saturday a
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted flying over Old Country Road out in
Calverton, this followed by two seen together as they moved
north-easterly past Croton Point Park in Westchester.  Both sightings
were brief but raised hopes of more to come.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE has recently been somewhat more accommodating,
flying over several Brooklyn sites on a daily basis since last Monday,
often at reasonable height, with sightings today from both Prospect
Park and Green-Wood Cemetery.

Following the recent eastern Long Island sighting of an adult WHITE
IBIS spending a few days out in Southampton comes a flock of eight
adults spotted last Sunday as they dropped down in the State Boat
Channel north of Gilgo State Park – this group has yet to be refound.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT was spotted this morning among a few shorebirds
at the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and,
given the weather predictions, might stick there for a little while.
Other recent sightings at the Bay feature a WILSON’S PHALATOPE plus a
WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER, both on the East Pond last Sunday.

There is a report of a LITTLE GULL near the now closed cut at Mecox
Bay as of last Sunday, but there seems to be no additional
information.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on the Jones Beach median
strip last Sunday.

A few recent YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS featured singles last Sunday in
Green-Wood Cemetery and at the Mount Loretto Unique Area, followed by
others Tuesday and Wednesday at the New Creek Watershed in Midland
Beach, Staten Island, and along the North County Rail Trail in
Yorktown Heights in Westchester.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard singing at Rockefeller State Park
Preserve in Westchester last Saturday, with another in Prospect Park
Wednesday, several MOURNING WARBLERS were encountered during the week,
and a KENTUCKY WARBLER was found in Prospect Park Wednesday.

SUMMER TANAGERS this week included reports today of singles in Central
Park and Green-Wood Cemetery and two in Alley Pond Park, while BLUE
GROSBEAKS featured birds late this week in Green-Wood Cemetery, along
Hulse Landing Road in Calverton, and on the restricted Brookhaven
National Laboratory complex .

A DICKCISSEL was photographed last Sunday at Sunken Meadow Park, and
other expected migrants this week also featured YELLOW-BELLIED,
ACADIAN and OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHERS and BICKNELL’S and GRAY CHEEKED
THRUSHES.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/15/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 15, 2026
* NYNY2605.15

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
WHITE IBIS+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
SWAINSON’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Glaucous Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
MISSISSIPPI KITE
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Gray-cheeked Thrush
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
PAINTED BUNTING

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 15th, 2026, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S WARBLER, WHITE IBIS, PAINTED BUNTING, MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, TUFTED DUCK, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, KENTUCKY, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER and WESTERN TANAGERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and more.

An interesting week with some nice rarities, including a SWAINSON’S WARBLER found in Prospect Park on Wednesday, while very difficult to pin down but was still at Lookout Hill today.

The adult WHITE IBIS found last week along Meadow Lane east of Shinnecock Inlet in Southampton was still present there at least to Monday, often seen from the Meadow Lane boardwalk.

A female type PAINTED BUNTING was described from Cunningham Park in Queens Monday morning, but we know of no follow-up.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen soaring over Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Saturday morning, apparently moving on, while an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN found late Wednesday at Piermont Pier on the Hudson stayed into Thursday morning, but then headed south downriver.

The drake TUFTED DUCK lingering at Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick was reported there again last Saturday.

Another CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was found in Central Park last Saturday.

A late GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at Great Kills Park Saturday, while single CASPIAN TERNS visited Great Kills and Plumb Beach on Monday, the same day a BLACK TERN appeared at Nickerson Beach.

Shorebird highlights featured a flock of 15 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS flying past Fort Tilden last Sunday.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was nicely photographed in Central Park’s Ramble on Tuesday, and single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were reported from Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack last Saturday and Prospect Park Sunday and Monday.

Among the less common warblers, a PROTHONOTARY visited Central Park Tuesday, single KENTUCKY WARBLERS were noted in Prospect Park Wednesday and in Van Cortlandt Park Thursday, a MOURNING WARBLER appeared in Prospect Park as of last Saturday, with a CERULEAN WARBLER identified in Alley Pond Park today, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS occurred in Brooklyn Botanic Garden last Saturday and in Forest Park today.

A WESTERN TANAGER visiting a private feeder in Wading River was last noted Sunday, while several SUMMER TANAGER reports during the week, chronologically including birds in Forest Park, Rocky Point, Jones Beach, Central Park, East Hampton, and Manorville, among others.

BLUE GROSBEAKS also had a banner week, sightings coming from Hunter’s Point, Central Park, and the Battery, Yaphank, Forest Park, and the breeding areas around Calverton.

Among the other arrivals this week were COMMON NIGHTHAWK, GULL-BILLED and ROYAL TERNS, our 5 empidonax flycatchers (LEAST, WILLOW, ALDER, ACADIAN and YELLOW-BELLIED) and GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL’S THRUSHES.

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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/8/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 8, 2026
* NYNY2605.08

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
WHITE IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Caspian Tern
WHITE-FACED IBIS
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Grasshopper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 8th, 2026, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE IBIS and WHITE-FACED IBIS, TUFTED DUCK, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER and WESTERN TANAGERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and more.

An adult WHITE IBIS, presumably an overshoot from the good numbers colonizing southern New Jersey, was found Tuesday along Dune Road, east of Shinnecock Inlet near Road D, and was still in that vicinity Thursday. There was also a report from last Sunday of a nicely plumaged WHITE-FACED IBIS with a group of Glossy Ibis out at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton.

A drake TUFTED DUCK continues its presence at Cammann’s Pond in Merrick, reported there Sunday and Thursday.

A roosting CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was found today in the north end of Central Park, and a couple of EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were also uncovered in Central Park and on Governors Island.

Also notable were an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER spotted Wednesday on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park and single CASPIAN TERNS in Prospect Park Monday and on Randall’s Island Tuesday.

Besides the adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continuing at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, several other sightings during the week included birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and in Prospect Park, plus at more likely nesting areas like the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and Connetquot River State Park.

GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were noted this week in Van Cortlandt Park Sunday and Owl’s Head Park in Brooklyn Monday while YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen Monday at Fort Tryon Park and on Tuesday in Central Park and at Canarsie Beach Park.

As the variety of warblers locally continues to increase, the rarities do as well. PROTHONOTARY was still at Sheldrake Lake in Larchmont Saturday, followed by one in Westbury Monday and another at the Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack Wednesday. Some YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS included 2 at Hoyt Farm Saturday, followed by singles at Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, in Green-wood Cemetery Monday, and at Calvert Vaux Park and Sixteen Diamonds Ballfields in Brooklyn today. KENTUCKY WARBLERS visited Central Park Wednesday, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Thursday, and the Trap House on Staten Island today, while a MOURNING WARBLER was photographed today at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park. CERULEAN WARBLERS included reports from Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, Central Park Tuesday, and Green-wood Cemetery today, and an ORANGE-CROWNED was photographed in Mattituck yesterday. Other warbler arrivals have included TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, CANADA, and WILSON’S.

Increasing SUMMER TANAGERS included migrants in Forest Park Sunday to Tuesday and at Valley Stream State Park today and out on eastern Long Island, where nesting is likely at the Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve from Tuesday on. A WESTERN TANAGER continued to visit a private feeder in Wading River all week, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to arrive at eastern Long Island breeding areas such as Preston Ponds Complex and other sites in the Calverton area, including one at Hulse Landing Road on Thursday.

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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NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 5/1/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 1, 2026
* NYNY2605.01

– Birds Mentioned

TUFTED DUCK
Black-billed Cuckoo
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (Gambel’s-type)
Bobolink
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cape May Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 1, 2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUFTED DUCK, WESTERN TANAGER, GLAUCOUS GULL, CLAY-COLORED and Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, PROTHONOTARY, ORANGE-CROWNED, CERULEAN and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The drake TUFTED DUCK was last reported at Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick last Sunday and, similar to most waterfowl, likely has moved on.  But a nice surprise was a male WESTERN TANAGER in non-breeding plumage visiting a private feeder in Wading River recently.

It was possibly the immature GLAUCOUS GULL spending much of the winter at or near Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn that paid a visit to Governor’s Island last Sunday.  An ICELAND GULL also continues around Bush Terminal Piers Park, and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was photographed at Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed today in Prospect Park, and an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed Saturday at Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park in Great River, while the Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still visiting Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday, with another found Monday at The Pool in Central Park.  Interesting were 2 PINE SISKINS photographed in Prospect Park yesterday.

At least 5 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS present locally this week featured 1 from last week staying to Monday at Hempstead Lake State Park, a sharp male found Sunday at Sheldrake Lake in Larchmont that was replaced by a somewhat duller bird Tuesday through today, and singles in Prospect Park Wednesday and at a Queens private residence Thursday.  

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was encountered around the waterhole in Forest Park in Queens Tuesday and Wednesday, while on Thursday a CERULEAN WARBLER was found in Prospect Park and a KENTUCKY WARBLER visited Central Park.  Other arriving WARBLERS noted this week included CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, and PRAIRIE.

An impressive influx of SUMMER TANAGERS this week started last weekend with 1 both days at Owls Head Park in Brooklyn and singles Sunday in Central Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, followed by 1 Tuesday and Wednesday in Green-Wood Cemetery and singles Thursday in Prospect Park, Forest Park, and at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

A female-type BLUE GROSBEAK was reported in Central Park last Saturday. while other arrivals included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, WOOD and SWAINSON’S THRUSHES, BOBOLINK and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.  

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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NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/24/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 24, 2026
* NYNY2604.24

– Birds Mentioned

TUFTED DUCK
HARLEQUIN DUCK
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Semipalmated Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Least Sandpiper
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Bank Swallow
Veery
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s-type)
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting

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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 24,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TUFTED and HARLEQUIN DUCKS,
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, GLAUCOUS GULL, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER,
various spring migrants and more.

In a week that once again has not provided the best conditions for
spring migration regionally, our highlights feature among them some
lingering waterfowl, especially the drake TUFTED DUCK still present at
Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick through today, this pond off Lindenmere
Drive, just south of Merrick Road.

Also late are three HARLEQUIN DUCKS spotted today on Long Island Sound
off Duck Pond Point and Beach on the North Fork in Cutchogue.

A nice surprise in Central Park’s Ramble Thursday was a
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, observed roosting quietly until it flew off in the
late evening.  That same evening over in Prospect Park an EASTERN
WHIP-POOR-WILL was recorded singing shortly after sunset,
interestingly, this followed on Friday evening by two additional
encounters with singing WHIP-POOR-WILLS, one at the Salt Marsh Nature
Center in Brooklyn’s Marine Park and the other in Forest Park, Queens
.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL continues in Brooklyn, moving between Bush
Terminal Piers Park and the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, and a young
ICELAND GULL also remains around those piers, both seen through today.
A CASPIAN TERN was spotted today moving up the Hudson River off
Manhattan.

A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET visited Oakwood Beach on Staten Island last
Sunday and Monday, and an AMERICAN BITTERN paid a visit to Central
Park’s north end on Wednesday.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues its stay at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye.

On Long Island two RED CROSSBILLS were encountered last Monday at
Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest, and two PINE SISKINS visited a
feeder in Mill Neck yesterday.

The lingering Brooklyn Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still
at Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday.

WARBLER highlights this week featured a PROTHONOTARY visiting Prospect
Park Lake Saturday through Monday, followed by one found today at the
south end of Hempstead Lake State Park, a YELLOW-THROATED discovered
Sunday at Claremont Park in the Bronx and staying there through
Monday, and a HOODED spotted in Prospect Park last Monday.  Also
notable, a changing male SUMMER TANAGER was found in Central Park
today.

A decent list of recent arrivals includes RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LEAST SANDPIPER, LITTLE
BLUE HERON, EASTEN KINGBIRD, EASTERN WARBLING and RED-EYED VIREOS,
BANK SWALLOW, VEERY, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, ORCHARD ORIOLE, AMERICAN
REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER and INDIGO BUNTING.

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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NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/17/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 17, 2026
* NYNY2604.17

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (extralimital)
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
Willet
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Northern House Wren
Marsh Wren
White-crowned Sparrow (western subspecies “Gambel’s” form)
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Northern Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER

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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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 17th, 2026, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, an extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, TUFTED DUCK, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, arriving Spring migrants, and more.

In a week featuring a rather confusing set of conditions for northbound migrants, one birder was lucky enough to look up in time to spot one of the world’s great birds, a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, as it soared high over Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket this morning, even snapping a nice photo before the KITE moved on. A late-day report from northeastern Westchester also needs to be checked out, and on a slightly extralimital note, a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was spotted Tuesday on the Hudson River in Newburgh, likely the same bird returning for a 5th year. It was also noted Wednesday on the Beacon side of the river.

A drake TUFTED DUCK visiting Cammann’s Pond Park off Lindenmere Drive in Merrick was seen there several days this week through today.

A couple of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS appeared this week, the first at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn on Tuesday followed by one at Crocheron Park in Bayside Queens on Thursday while several reports of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS featured one near the dam at Cross River Reservoir in Westchester from Saturday through Monday followed by one in Central Park Wednesday and singles Thursday appearing in Prospect Park and Inwood Hill Park and another prized Spring migrant was a male SUMMER TANAGER found Thursday in Prospect Park.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen most days this week to Friday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn. One or two ICELAND GULLS noted there several days, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL also there Wednesday.

A few AMERICAN BITTERNS this week featured one in Prospect Park Tuesday and two at Mount Loretto on Staten Island Wednesday.

The adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continued all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A Gambel’s type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still being seen in Green-wood Cemetery to Tuesday, and a VESPER SPARROW visited Central Park last Sunday.

A long list of Spring migrants this week included RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, COMMON GALLINULE, WILLET, TRICOLORED and GREEN HERONS, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, NORTHERN HOUSE WREN and MARSH WREN, SEASIDE SPARROW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and among the warblers OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED, NORTHERN YELLOW, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.

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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