-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 3, 2022 * NYNY2206.03
- Birds Mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+ NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) MARBLED GODWIT Red Knot White-rumped Sandpiper Western Sandpiper WILSON'S PHALAROPE LITTLE GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Sooty Shearwater Double-crested Cormorant Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Grasshopper Sparrow Mourning Warbler Kentucky Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler YELLOW-THROATED 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, June 3, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are a slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BLACK-NECKED STILT and other shorebirds including MARBLED GODWIT and WILSON'S PHALAROPE, LITTLE and ICELAND GULLS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. Last Saturday an adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was identified on the Hudson River up in Newburgh and has continued in that area through today. The bird has spent much of its time on the Newburgh side of the river but also does cross over to the Beacon waterfront. When seen, the bird is often perched on pilings or other waterside structures, usually with some DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. In Newburgh the bird is often somewhere between the Ferry Terminal or south of there near the Global tanks off River Road; while in Beacon it is usually near the Ferry Terminal on the east side of the river. When there, check with other birders as to the Cormorant’s whereabouts, and be careful when on the roadways. Two reports of MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD on Long Island last weekend involved a bird seen Sunday from a fishing boat in Great South Bay a few miles west of Smith Point around noon time, this following what was believed to be this species off Brighton Beach in Brooklyn about 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still being seen at Miller Field on Staten Island at least to yesterday. An exquisite BLACK-NECKED STILT, possibly the bird previously on eastern Long Island, appeared last Saturday at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area at Point Lookout. With lots of shorebirds now feasting on Horseshoe Crab eggs at sites like Jamaica Bay and Jones Beach West End, highlights among them have included a MARBLED GODWIT at Little Egg Marsh in Jamaica Bay south of the Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday and a male WILSON'S PHALAROPE on the sand spit at Jones Beach West End today. Among other shorebirds reported recently have been some WHITE-RUMPED and one or two WESTERN SANDPIPERS and groups of RED KNOTS. A first winter LITTLE GULL was spotted on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton last Sunday, and an ICELAND GULL was still at Mecox Monday. Scattered LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 7 at Cupsogue today and three last Saturday at Nickerson Beach, where a BLACK TERN also appeared Saturday and GULL-BILLED and ROSEATE TERNS continue to visit. Also along the coast recently, especially when winds have had a southerly component, there have been consistent sightings of SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, usually more regular as you go east on Long Island but also seen as far west as Breezy Point. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park Monday. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was an interesting find in Battery Park last Sunday, and, as the migration comes to a quick end, other later WARBLERS still moving through have included a decent number of MOURNING, a KENTUCKY or two and some BAY-BREASTED. Flycatchers have included OLIVE-SIDED plus YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and ALDER. A BLUE GROSBEAK visited Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Wednesday, and others continue out in the wonderful Calverton grasslands, where a SUMMER TANAGER and some GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS have also been present lately 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. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
