-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 31, 2024 * NYNY2405.31
- Birds Mentioned AMERICAN FLAMINGO+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Eider HARLEQUIN DUCK RED-NECKED PHALAROPE BLACK-HEADED GULL Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Royal Tern BROWN PELICAN Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT PROTHONOTARY WARBLER KENTUCKY 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, May 31, 2024 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN FLAMINGO, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BROWN PELICAN, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, YELLOW BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, KENTUCKY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, and more. And adult AMERICAN FLAMINGO was found today out on Eastern Long Island at Georgica Pond in Wainscott, where it has continued into this evening. This residential area has quite restricted access, and the pond is generally viewable only from the Atlantic Ocean beachfront. Parking is very limited, with small lots on the east side of Georgica Pond off Lily Pond Lane and on the west side off Beach Lane, but the restrictions on these lots are not currently known. Either lot requires a hike along the beach to the pond. This would be a first New York State record if accepted by NYSARC. A BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, singing an odd song for this species, was found Wednesday at Heckscher State Park around Forty Foot Road and ultimately photographed as it wandered about. It was only heard a couple of times early Thursday morning but then disappeared. A KENTUCKY WARBLER first heard at the same location on Tuesday was confirmed visually on Wednesday and still singing there today. Two kayakers out in Jamaica Bay on Sunday spotted a BLACK-NECKED STILT flying by Ruffle Bar southwest of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and managed to get a few photos before the bird disappeared; perhaps this is the individual present recently in Connecticut. An adult BROWN PELICAN was photographed Wednesday flying west off Fire Island south of Shirley. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was still present off Sunset Cove Park on the south side off Broad Channel on Sunday, while excitement at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge just to the north featured a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE continuing at least to Saturday on the West Pond, where a female COMMON EIDER also remains. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still around the north end of the South Garden today, and four GULL-BILLED TERNS present Saturday on Yellow Bar Hassock out in the Bay are likely the source of the birds seen occasionally at the Refuge. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted Tuesday on the bar off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station. Among the TERNS, a CASPIAN at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Saturday was followed by two at nearby Wolfe’s Pond Park Tuesday, a BLACK was seen at Nickerson Beach from Sunday through Wednesday, and some ROYALS included four at Nickerson Sunday and six at Mecox Bay Tuesday. Several OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were noted during the week, as were such Empidonax as YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN, and ALDER FLYCATCHERS. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was heard Sunday in fields south of Water Mill, while rarer WARBLERS for the week included a PROTHONOTARY reported at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday, a KENTUCKY in Prospect Park Wednesday, and a YELLOW-THROATED at Pine Neck Sanctuary in East Quogue Sunday. SUMMER TANAGERS were reported in Central Park and Maple Swamp County Park in Flanders on Sunday and at the Preston Ponds Complex in Calverton today, while BLUE GROSBEAKS were noted Monday at Randalls Island and yesterday at Heckscher State Park as well as out in Calverton. 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. -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
