-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 3, 2019 * NYNY1905.03
- Birds Mentioned WHITE-FACED IBIS+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) HARLEQUIN DUCK Semipalmated Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Purple Finch Pine Siskin Vesper Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Bobolink Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Cerulean Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK 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 Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro 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 3, 2019 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY, GOLDEN-WINGED and other WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants. Finally catching a somewhat disguised break in the weather pattern, our region was treated to an exciting influx of landbirds on Thursday. Prior to that, though, were a few nice birds to keep things moving. A BLACK-NECKED STILT has continued its welcome stay in the Point Lookout area, now remaining in the marsh off the Lido Beach Passive Natural Area through today, this on the north side of Lido Boulevard a little west of the Loop Causeway. Out at Heckscher State Park a WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted on Tuesday was followed by two different individuals found Wednesday, neither in full breeding plumage, but one certainly closer to that than the other. The duller of the two was also seen Thursday and today, feeding with a varying number of GLOSSY IBIS in rain puddles and on the surrounding lawn adjacent to Parking Field 6, the IBIS cycling between this site and the nearby marshes. Also at Heckscher a CASPIAN TERN flew by Wednesday. Most attention now, though, is being focused on landbird migration–the regional WARBLER total for the past week has risen to 33 species, many now in decent numbers thanks to Thursday’s arrivals. Among the rarer species, a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen down in the Battery Park area in southern Manhattan last Saturday, and both Central and Prospect Parks enjoyed a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in mid-week, with another found in Avalon Park in Stony Brook last Saturday, while one also continues in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. Thursday provided single KENTUCKY WARBLERS in Central Park’s north end and at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, while a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Monday, with another in Central Park Tuesday to Thursday. A CERULEAN WARBLER was noted in Prospect Park on Wednesday, followed by others including in Central Park Friday, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER also spotted in Central the same day. Other arriving WARBLERS have included HOODED as of last Saturday, followed in mid-week by TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CAPE MAY, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-SIDED and BAY-BREASTED. Increased numbers of WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and PRAIRIE, among others, have also been in evidence. A male SUMMER TANAGER found Monday at the Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street in Manhattan between 9th and 10th Avenues was still there today, and others were noted in Central Park from Tuesday on and in Cunningham Park in Queens Thursday. Lingering BLUE GROSBEAKS have been in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan and at Hempstead Lake State Park this week, and Thursday singles also showed up in Central and Prospect Parks. Other arriving passerines have included EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and LEAST FLYCATCHER, LINCOLN’S SPARROW and BOBOLINK. A VESPER SPARROW was at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Thursday. Some PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES also continue in the parks. On Staten Island an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off Huguenot Avenue Beach yesterday, and two CATTLE EGRETS were still between Miller Field and Great Kills Park this week. Also arriving this week have been some SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a WHTE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Timber Point Thursday and WESTERN SANDPIPER along Dune Road Wednesday, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and COMMON and LEAST TERNS. A drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was still off Shell Beach on Shelter Island today, an ICELAND GULL and six LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Hither Hills State Park Wednesday, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER appeared in Prospect Park Sunday and Monday. To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or 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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