NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 7/28/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* July 28, 2023
* NYNY2307.28

– Birds Mentioned

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (extralimital)+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

WHIMBREL
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
POMARINE JAEGER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Acadian Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
RED CROSSBILL
|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 28, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN PELICAN, POMARINE JAEGER, WHIMBREL, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, RED CROSSBILL and more.

But first, we very sadly mention the sudden passing last Sunday of Tom Johnson at his home in Cape May.  Tom has significantly enriched the birding community in so many ways with his vast knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm, which he so willingly shared, and he will be deeply missed.

As for birds, this past week was not an overwhelming one, with the continuing appearance of some BROWN PELICANS probably our most interesting local highlight.  Recent sightings included two in
Moriches Bay and another moving west off Smith Point County Park on Wednesday, three eastbound Tuesday and two westbound Sunday off Fire Island, and at Great Kills Park on Staten Island, five perching on an offshore shoal on Monday.

A POMARINE JAEGER noted on the beach at Sagaponack Pond in Bridgehampton back on the 15th was seen again there on Wednesday and noted walking on the beach near the inlet this afternoon, this bird hanging around, presumably due to health issues .

Among the shorebirds, there were several reports of WHIMBREL during the week, including four out in Jamaica Bay last Saturday, that day also finding birds around Riis Park and Fort Tilden, one at Plumb Beach Wednesday and Thursday, and another in Jamaica Bay Thursday.

Unfortunately the recent rains have offset the progress the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge had made in water level reduction, but hopefully conditions will improve going forward.

Other recent shorebirds locally have included STILT, PECTORAL and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

Up to three GULL-BILLED TERNS have been around the West Pond area at Jamaica Bay, with another at Plumb Beach Thursday, while a few CASPIAN TERNS include sightings at Jones Beach Tuesday and Pelham Bay Park
Monday, with two at Croton Point Tuesday to Thursday.  A few ROSEATE and several ROYAL TERNS have also been along the Atlantic Coast, where looking for LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS can also pay off, with about 25 estimated at Breezy Point last Saturday.

As an extralimital note, the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues in the Newburgh- Beacon area, moving back and forth across the Hudson River.

Among the landbirds, an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Prospect Park, and two RED CROSSBILLS were still around the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville last Saturday.  Some migrants recently have included BANK and CLIFF SWALLOWS and PURPLE MARTIN.

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, 7/21/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 21, 2023
* NYNY2307.21

– Birds mentioned
FRANKLIN’S GULL+ (Putnam County)
BROWN BOOBY+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (Orange County)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
POMARINE JAEGER
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
WESTERN KINGBIRD
LARK SPARROW
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, July 21st 2023 at 11pm in a shortened vacation format. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, FRANKLIN’S GULL, AMERICAN AVOCET, BROWN PELICAN, POMARINE JAEGER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, LARK SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

Yesterday a boat party off Little Gull Island at the entrance to Long Island Sound encountered a juvenile BROWN BOOBY which was nicely photographed as it circled about and then headed over towards Great Gull Island.

Interesting birds just to our north are the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continuing around the Newburgh waterfront in Orange County and an adult FRANKLIN’S GULL photographed on Wednesday, only, at Dockside Park in Cold Spring, Putnam County where an AMERICAN AVOCET was present briefly today before flying north.

BROWN PELICANS were noted this week at numerous sites along the Atlantic shore from Staten Island to Fire Island with peak numbers including 19 at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and 12 off Plumb Beach in Brooklyn both on Tuesday.

Another report of a beached POMARINE JAEGER involved a bird on Sagg Main Town Beach out in Sagaponack last Saturday.

Shorebirds this week included a WESTERN SANDPIPER at Plumb Beach early in the week, STILT SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Heckscher State Park last weekend and a WHIMBREL at Fort Tilden today.

Single CASPIAN TERNS were spotted at Edgemere in Queens this Saturday and at Kensico Lake in Westchester yesterday.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed at O’Hara Nature Center in Irvington, Westchester County on Wednesday but like many of these early Fall season strays, such as last week’s KINGBIRD in Prospect Park, these are often one day wonders.

A LARK SPARROW plus 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS were reported last Saturday at Mount Loretto on Staten Island.

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, 7/14/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jul. 14, 2023
* NYNY2307.14

– Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
TROPICAL/COUCH’S KINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
RED CROSSBILL
Yellow-throated 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 for Friday, July 14th 2023 at 11pm in a shortened vacation format. The highlights of today’s tape are a TROPICAL or a COUCH’S type KINGBIRD, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, RED CROSSBILL and more.

Today, about 2pm, a yellow bellied kingbird having the features of a TROPICAL or a COUCH’S KINGBIRD including a large bill and notched brownish tail was spotted in Prospect Park Brooklyn initially around the peninsula meadow. Later it was refound along Breeze Hill but ultimately disappeared again. If present Saturday try to record any vocalizations as these could be key in determining this bird’s specific identity.

Last Saturday at Captree Island a WHITE-FACED IBIS was uncovered among the Glossy’s there. This bird had not retained its white facial feathering but did have red eyes and pink facial skin as well as red knees.

BROWN PELICANS had a good week along the coast being spotted every day and from at least 9 different locations from Staten Island east to Cupsogue Beach County Park. Higher numbers featured 7 in Fire Island Inlet today and up to 8 off southern Staten Island last weekend.

Shorebirds now heading south included an AMERICAN AVOCET visiting the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday, 3 WHIMBREL at Breezy Point last Sunday and another at Cupsogue Tuesday and 4 STILT SANDPIPERS at Jamaica Bay’s West Pond as of Saturday with a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER there Tuesday.

Out along the Paumanok Trail on Thursday were 3 continuing RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS and 7 RED CROSSBILLS. This area is reached off Schultz Road in Manorville near Jones Pond.

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS remain at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

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, 7/7/23

-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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NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 6/30/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 30, 2023
* NYNY2306.30 

– Birds Mentioned 

LEACH’S STORM-PETREL+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

POMARINE JAEGER
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater 
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater 
MANX SHEARWATER 
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER
BROWN PELICAN 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Purple Finch
White-throated Sparrow
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, June 30, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.  

The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, pelagic trip results including BAND-RUMPED and LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS and AUDUBON’S and MANX SHEARWATERS, POMARINE JAEGER, CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS, BLUE GROSBEAK, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and more.

The Staten Island immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT appeared again briefly at Wolfe’s Pond Park last Saturday and again on Tuesday, and an adult was photographed Saturday out in the bay south of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but good news – what’s likely the same adult present last fall on the Hudson River up in Newburgh, Orange County, was spotted there on Tuesday and has been present daily since, ranging between the Newburgh-Beacon ferry terminal and the pilings off the Global Oil Terminal south of there along River Road.

A few BROWN PELICANS continue to appear along the Atlantic, with two off Miller Field Beach on Staten Island Wednesday followed by singles on Thursday seen moving east off Cupsogue Beach County Park and west off Robert Moses State Park. 

A pelagic trip leaving Brooklyn Sunday evening aboard the American Princess headed out to Hudson Canyon, returning the next evening.  Bird highlights included 329 WILSON’S, 11 LEACH’S, and 8 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS and 120 CORY’S, 350 GREAT, 3 SOOTY, 4 MANX and 13 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS, while mammals featured single Sperm, Fin and Humpback Whales and Striped, Common, Bottlenose and Risso’s Dolphins.

A POMARINE JAEGER, perhaps not in the peak of health, was seen on the beach near Smith Point County Park in Shirley on both Monday and Tuesday, while other pelagics from shore this week were often sparse, though the flight Tuesday off Robert Moses State Park did produce 1 MANX, 55 CORY’S and 45 GREAT SHEARWATERS plus some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS.

Late TERNS included one or more CASPIANS along Staten Island and the Hudson River and single BLACKS at Nickerson Beach Tuesday and Great Kills Park yesterday.

A few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue to be seen along the Paumanok Trail and elsewhere in the Manorville and Calverton area. 

ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were singing during the week in Prospect, Forest and Alley Pond Parks, while YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the productive grasslands at the former Grumman Airport in Calverton.

Among the various floaters noted recently, these generally comprising very late and usually non-nesting migrants or birds disrupted while nesting and moving on, have recently included WHITE-EYED VIREO, PURPLE FINCH and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

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, 6/23/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 23, 2023
* NYNY2306.23

– Birds Mentioned

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
SANDWICH TERN+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

White-rumped Sandpiper
POMARINE JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Acadian Flycatcher
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, June 23, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, SANDWICH and other TERNS, POMARINE JAEGER and other Pelagics, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT seen last week a few times up to Wednesday, June 14th, on the pond at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island was spotted there again last Monday morning, indicating that itmight still be residing somewhere locally.

Last Saturday afternoon, two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were photographed on Huguenot Lake next to New Rochelle High School, providing Westchester with a new County record, but by the time theidentification was confirmed and publicized the birds had moved on and have not been relocated.

A few BROWN PELICANS were being seen along the Atlantic coast of Long Island at least up to Monday, with reports that day including one at Breezy Point and off Riis Park, three at Robert Moses State Park, two in the bay by Shinnecock Inlet, and three appearing off Great Gull Island. Hopefully more will be forthcoming.

Tern variety continues to be decent locally, with a SANDWICH TERN visiting the colony at Nickerson Beach on Saturday, this likely the one seen the day before at Breezy Point. Nickerson has also featured continued sightings of GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and ROYAL TERNS, the latter increasing in numbers along the coast. A small number of BLACK TERNS are also still appearing, as are a few late CASPIAN TERNS, including one along the Staten Island shore Sunday and Monday and two visiting Pelham Bay Park Monday and Tuesday.

Pelagic species also continue to occur offshore, generally in rather low numbers, an exception being a flight of an estimated 1,300 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS off Robert Moses State Park Field 2 during the east winds blowing Tuesday morning. SHEARWATERS have been mostly CORY’s with some late SOOTIES but so far few GREAT, plus an occasional MANX SHEARTWATER also moving by. There have also been a few PARASITIC JAEGERS migrating along the coast, and Wednesday morning a POMARINE JAEGER was identified moving east past Cuspsogue Beach County Park.

Small numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS can be found at Gull gatherings along the outer beaches, while lingering shorebirds featured about eight WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday.

Up to four RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have been seen recently along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville, with singles also reported from other eastern Long Island sites.

ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were still in Prospect and Forest Parks and the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge during the week. Three YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were seen at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Monday, with another at Heckscher State Park last weekend, and some BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the Calverton Grasslands.

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, 6/16/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 16, 2023
* NYNY2306.16

– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
ARCTIC TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

WILSON’S PHALAROPE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
POMARINE JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
Glossy Ibis
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
RED CROSSBILL
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER 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, June 16th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, POMARINE JAEGER, RED-NECKED and WILSON’S PHALAROPES, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more.

Last Sunday afternoon an immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was spotted sitting with Double-crested Cormorants on the west side of the pond at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island. The bird was relocated there on Tuesday midday and again Wednesday morning but has not been found there since. Also on Staten Island last Saturday 3 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were photographed in the later afternoon at a pond off Freedom Street in the New Creek Watershed but were not seen the following days.

An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE passing over the Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers last Saturday was today followed by another spotted over Blue Heron Park in the southeast Annadale section of Staten Island.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, first noted off Sandy Hook in New Jersey on Thursday, could later that day be seen from Staten Island around Raritan Bay and today was still lingering in the same area moving into Lower Bay south of the Verrazzano Bridge where it was also visible from Brooklyn sites at Gravesend Bay. A few continuing sightings of BROWN PELICANS offshore on the Atlantic Ocean included 3 off Jones Beach and one off Staten Island Sunday, 6 off Nickerson Beach Monday and one moving by Fire Island today.

At Breezy Point today an adult SANDWICH TERN came in and sat on the beach in a mixed tern flock but moved on shortly thereafter. Nickerson Beach this week provided good tern variety with single ARCTIC TERNS reported there Saturday through Monday along with a peak of 3 BLACK TERNS last Saturday and continual sightings of GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE and ROYAL TERNS around the colony. Two GULL-BILLED TERNS were also off the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday. A CASPIAN TERN visited Wolfe’s Pond Park Monday, a BLACK TERN appeared at Breezy Point Monday and an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE passed by Mecox Inlet Sunday.

A POMARINE JAEGER was photographed Sunday on the beach east of Smith Point County Park and other pelagics featured some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS offshore including 9 off Breezy Point Monday as well as a few SOOTY and CORY’S SHEARWATERS and PARASITIC JAEGERS.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was also reported moving off Cupsogue Beach County Park last Sunday. The female WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited Jamaica Bay’s West Pond last Friday.

Two RED CROSSBILLS were noted again in the Paumanok Trail and surrounding area in Calverton on Wednesday with RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS also in that region. Two YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, single SUMMER TANAGERS were noted in Central Park Tuesday and at Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue at the Calverton Grasslands.

The Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count held last weekend including much of eastern Westchester tallying 132 species including GLOSSY IBIS, 2 BLACK TERNS, ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL and HOODED WARBLERS and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.

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, 6/9/23

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 9, 2023
* NYNY2306.09

– Birds Mentioned

King Rail+
WHITE-WINGED TERN+
ANHINGA+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-rumped Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Tricolored Heron
Acadian Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 9,
2023 at 9:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-WINGED and ARCTIC TERNS, ANHINGA, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

With the TERN colony at Nickerson Beach nearing its peak, the activity there has been attracting a number of great birds, topped by a breeding plumaged WHITE-WINGED TERN found there Thursday morning. TheTERN soon flew out to sea but did return for a repeat performance on Friday morning, its exit seaward leaving hopes it might do the same on Saturday. Also at Nickerson, the first ARCTIC TERN of the season was spotted there last Sunday, this adult followed by singles, both adult and immature, peaking with three on Thursday; the appearance of this species is likely to continue a short while longer. Other terns seen recently there have included a small number of BLACKS and ROSEATES, a GULL-BILLED or two, a few arriving ROYALS and low numbers of LEASTS and FORSTER’S, along with lots of COMMONS and BLACK SKIMMERS. And that’s not all – other nice finds at Nickerson this week have included four BROWN PELICANS moving eastward offshore this afternoon, a female KING EIDER on the ocean in a SCOTER flock Thursday, a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS seen offshore, a small number of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS loafing on the beach, and about 18 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES moving by last Saturday.

A female ANHINGA last Saturday landed for about 10 minutes at a pond at the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island before taking off and disappearing.

The Captree Summer Bird Count held last Saturday recorded a record 142 species, its many highlights including a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Oakdale, 2 KING RAILS, 377 RED NECKED PHALAROPES, 2 PARASITIC JEAGERS, 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 129 BLACK SKIMMERS, 275 WILSON’SSTORM-PETRALS, 2 CORY’S, 5 SOOTY, 2 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 3 TRICOLORED HERONS, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum . 

The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE incursion from the prior week also provided about 30 off Robert Moses State Park Sunday and Monday, 2 along Dune Road Monday and 4 off Fort Tilden Wednesday.

Three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS visited Miller Field on Staten Island Tuesday through Thursday, with 2 today at Plumb Beach, where an ICELAND GULL appeared last Sunday and Monday. Two ROYAL TERNS were seen and photographed Thursday afternoon on the Hudson River at the Ossining waterfront.

Among various later migrants this week were ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS noted in Central, Prospect and Forest Parks and up to 3 NELSON’S SPARROWS at Plumb Beach, while various WARBLERS still moving through featured several MOURNINGS plus a KENTUCKY on Staten Island last weekend.

A SUMMER TANAGER was found in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens last Monday, with another in Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue out around the very productive CalvertonGrasslands, which show signs of further degradation and really need a major effort towards preservation.

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, 6/2/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 2, 2023
* NYNY2306.02

– Birds mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Whimbrel
MARBLED GODWIT
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
PARASITIC JAEGER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GULL-BILLED TERN
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
CORY’S SHEARWATER
SOOTY SHEARWATER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
RED CROSSBILL
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER 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, June 2nd 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, GULL-BILLED TERN and such pelagic birds as SOOTY and CORY’S SHEARWATERS and PARASITIC JAEGER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted Monday with Glossy Ibis at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area off Lido Boulevard was seen again there Wednesday but not since but could still be in that area.

An immature MISSISSIPPI KITE was photographed over Croton Point Park in Westchester last Saturday.

A decent influx of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES took place along the coast recently with one at Jones Beach West End and 2 off Dune Road on Tuesday and these followed the next day by 6 off Robert Moses State Park and a nice 31 estimated off Cupsogue Beach County Park with another 8 off Moses Park today. Other pelagic species have also begun to appear along the Atlantic coastline lately. Robert Moses State Park on Wednesday producing 24 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 1 CORY’S and 20 SOOTY SHEARWATERS and 11 PARASITIC JAEGERS followed by counts today of 23 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 2 CORY’S and 6 SOOTY SHEARWATERS. There were also 26 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS counted off Breezy Point today. Both numbers and species should increase in the next couple of weeks so find a good ocean viewing spot while winds are southerly especially southeast and enjoy. Patience are often required. Success tends to be better earlier in the morning or later in the afternoon and seems to increase the further east you go on Long Island.

A MARBLED GODWIT showed up at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn last Saturday when Breezy Point also produced 2 WHIMBREL and 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but unfortunately the Jones Beach CURLEW SANDPIPER was not seen after last Friday. A GULL-BILLED TERN was seen at the Lido Beach Preserve on Wednesday.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted today along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, this site off Schultz Road. This trail also produced a RED CROSSBILL last Sunday and quite notable were 5 RED CROSSBILLS including a couple of fresh juveniles seen and photographed Monday at Hubbard County Park located east of Flanders. SUMMER TANAGERS this week featured one at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday plus one at Canal Park in lower Manhattan and another in Central Park Thursday. BLUE GROSBEAKS continue on nesting sites out in the Calverton area and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER remains at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

Most all of the warblers have now moved through our area, last weekend still providing such species as TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY and WILSON’S and a few MOURNINGS are still to come.

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, 5/26/23

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 26, 2023
* NYNY2305.26

– Birds mentioned
CURLEW SANDPIPER+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Nighthawk
WHIMBREL
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
ICELAND GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Royal Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Nelson’s Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
SUMMER 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

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 26th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CURLEW SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, EVENING GROSBEAK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants.

A very striking adult CURLEW SANDPIPER in full breeding plumage was spotted Wednesday on the sand spit just east of the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End and it was still present there this afternoon. Feasting on horseshoe crab eggs with hundreds of other shorebirds, the CURLEW was often seen on the rising tide as the birds are forced onto shrinking amounts of available shoreline. At higher tides even occurring along the main shoreline as it extends east of the sand spit. Birders arriving at the West End today were for a while prevented from entering due to the weekend air show but the parks department corrected that issue and stated that birders will be able to access the West End this weekend. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was present at the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge from Saturday to Monday and two WHIMBREL visited Great Kills Park on Staten Island last Sunday.

An immature ICELAND GULL was still at Cupsogue Beach County Park last Sunday. CASPIAN TERN was reported from Captree Island Monday and Staten Island Thursday with one around Jamaica Bay and 2 at Croton Point Park today and the first arriving ROYAL TERNS were noted along the coast commencing Thursday.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was back along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville yesterday.

A male EVENING GROSBEAK was photographed at Coney Island Creek Park Tuesday and other winter finches included a few PURPLE FINCHES still moving through and a PINE SISKIN at Kissena Park Monday.

A NELSON’S SPARROW was reported at Plumb Beach Wednesday and the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Croton Point Park the day before.

Among the decent variety but disturbingly low numbers of warblers still moving through were a KENTUCKY in Central Park last Saturday and some MOURNINGS.

SUMMER TANAGERS included up to 3 present in Central Park last weekend and one in Forest Park Queens Thursday. Besides the breeding pairs out in the Calverton Grasslands a BLUE GROSBEAK was also found at Brookhaven State Park Tuesday.

As landbird migration closes down, still coming through are such species as COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL’S THRUSHES and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS.

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