-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 21, 2023 * NYNY2304.21
- Birds Mentioned SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+ PAINTED BUNTING+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Eastern Whip-poor-will Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sora WHIMBREL Short-billed Dowitcher Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper BLACK-HEADED GULL GULL-BILLED TERN CASPIAN TERN Tricolored Heron CATTLE EGRET RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Red-eyed Vireo Wood Thrush EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL Vesper Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Yellow Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Scarlet 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 21, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, WHIMBREL, CATTLE EGRET, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EVENING and BLUE GROSBEAKS, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, RED CROSSBILLS and spring migrants. This morning one of the world’s great birds appeared over Brooklyn and, for a change, was enjoyed by several observers, not just a single lucky individual, when a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted and nicely photographed as it soared over both Prospect Park and nearby Green-Wood Cemetery before disappearing. In Central Park last Tuesday a female-type PAINTED BUNTING was found up in the north end around the Loch and has continued there through today, though often hard to find as it forages in treetop blossoms. A male EVENING GROSBEAK has also been in that same area. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen again last Saturday at the Bellport Yacht Club, a GULL-BILLED TERN was spotted last Sunday at Jones Beach West End, and a CASPIAN TERN visited Croton Point in Westchester yesterday. Arrivals among the shorebirds have featured a WHIMBREL noted moving east over Captree Island today, plus SPOTTED and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. A CATTLE EGRET flew east over Southards Pond Park in Babylon last Saturday, and a couple of TRICOLORED HERONS have appeared in coastal marshes around Captree. The Marine Park RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, now in nice color, continues in Brooklyn near the Stuart Street and Avenue T intersection, and a SORA was photographed recently in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were found Tuesday, with both still present today - one has been in Prospect Park, moving about a bit, while the other at Frank Melville Memorial Park by the Mill Pond in Setauket has stayed around the crabapples near the Post Office. An influx of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, besides the ones at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, include singles found at Hempstead Lake State Park Saturday to Monday, at Willowbrook Lake on Staten Island Saturday, in Green-Wood Cemetery Monday to Friday, and in Prospect Park Thursday. Besides in Central Park, a male EVENING GROSBEAK has also been present in Prospect Park since Wednesday. A few RED CROSSBILLS, besides around the Paumanok Trail in Manorville, were also noted in Suffolk County early in the week at Connetquot River State Park, Manorville Hills County Park, Hunters Garden in Eastport and the Quogue Wildlife Refuge. A VESPER SPARROW occurred in Central Park last Saturday, with one also in St. Johns Cemetery in Queens Sunday, and a BLUE GROSBEAK visited Hempstead Lake State Park Monday, with another at Green-Wood Cemetery today. Other recent arrivals have included EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED HJMMINGBIRD, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, SPOTTED and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, RED-EYED VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, ORCHARD and BALTIMORE ORIOLES, SCARLET TANAGER and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, as well as such WARBLERS as OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE MAY, YELLOW, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN, with many more to come. A few ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are also still around. 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 -- 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/ --