- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 28, 2017 * NYNY1704.28
- Birds mentioned PACIFIC LOON+ WHITE IBIS+ RUFF+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Wild Turkey Cattle Egret SANDHILL CRANE Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper RED-NECKED PHALAROPE RED PHALAROPE Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Veery Wood Thrush American Pipit Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Black-throated Green Warbler CLAY-COLORED SPARROW SUMMER TANAGER Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak BLUE GROSBEAK Indigo Bunting Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole - 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 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro 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 28th 2017 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are PACIFIC LOON, WHITE IBIS, RUFF, RED PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, SANDHILL CRANE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW plus Spring migrants. An interesting mix of rarities this week included reports of 2 species of phalaropes. A RED briefly Wednesday off the northeastern edge of Randall's Island and 2 RED-NECKEDS Wednesday morning in the Old Inlet on Fire Island west of Smith Point County Park. There were no subsequent sightings of either and very interesting was a report of a WHITE IBIS flying northeast with Glossy Ibis over Valley Stream State Park this evening. A black RUFF reappeared again Tuesday midday in the marsh north of the parking lot at Timber Point East Marina. This week's only sighting despite much searching. However on Thursday birders did spot a PACIFIC LOON just off shore. The loon ultimately swimming off behind a vent in the marsh. The south fork SANDHILL CRANE was still at Wainscott Pond yesterday. Of the two regional CATTLE EGRETS the lower Manhattan one was still on the north side of 28th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues today while the Bridgehampton bird was last reported Saturday around Mecox Road and Halsey Lane. A southern big four among the passerines were all noted this week. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was at least to yesterday still lingering at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area off Lido Boulevard just west of Point Lookout. A today YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was present today at the Point in Central Park. A BLUE GROSBEAK was in Prospect Park today and a SUMMER TANAGER briefly visited a small park along East 51st Street Thursday followed by a male at Jones Beach West End today. A lingering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was still on Central Park Thursday and as noted in much of the NYC area the overnight southerly flow coupled with fog in the morning produced a nice migratory push into the region with decent numbers of warblers and other seasonal migrants dropping into local parks. Early arriving warblers for the week included WORM-EATING, MAGNOLIA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, AMERICAN REDSTART and even BLACKPOLL along with more of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD, BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, YELLOW and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. A large variety of other landbirds has included a couple of YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN KINGBIRD, WOOD THRUSH and VEERY, RED-EYED, YELLOW-THROATED and WARBLING VIREOS, SCARLET TANAGER, ORCHARD and BALTIMORE ORIOLES, INDIGO BUNTING, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and BOBOLINK. A highlight was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW found at Central Park's north end today. A couple of AMERICAN PIPITS were at Randall's Island Thursday. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include one still in Central Park west of East 68th Street and 2 at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx last weekend. Among the other interesting Central Park visitors this week were WILD TURKEY and BARRED OWL. Both SOLITARY and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS are appearing in increasing numbers. A CASPIAN TERN has been visiting Prospect Park Lake from Monday through today. Another stayed around Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens Wednesday and Thursday and others have appeared recently. A ROYAL TERN was reported from Lido Beach Passive Nature Area Monday. Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and an ICELAND GULL were spotted at Heckscher State Park Tuesday and other ICELANDS include one lingering around the Brooklyn piers and one on Staten Island Sunday. A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted in Bridgehampton Saturday. Please note this new number for phoning in reports. Call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. 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