-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 08, 2016 * NYNY1604.08
- Birds Mentioned Blue-winged Teal GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian Form) Northern Gannet Glossy Ibis Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs UPLAND SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe Bonaparte’s Gull LITTLE GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL White-eyed Vireo Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Louisiana Waterthrush ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Hooded Warbler Northern Parula YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER LARK SPARROW Rusty Blackbird 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, 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, April 8, 2016 at 7:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are LITTLE, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, UPLAND SANDPIPER, YELLOW-THROATED and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and LARK SPARROW. Slowly, but perhaps not always too surely, spring is providing some new species as the season continues its presumably forward progression. Perhaps this week’s most unusual find was an adult LITTLE GULL seen off Wolf’s Pond Park on Staten Island last Saturday and reported again later that same day off Conference House Park at the southern end of the island. Little Gulls formerly occurred much more frequently within gatherings of Bonaparte’s Gulls, but even the latter don’t assemble as they used to at such traditional locations as Jones and Fire Island Inlets. The bird that gained the most attention this week was probably the UPLAND SANDPIPER that has provided great views as it feeds along the Ocean Parkway median strip just east of the entrance to Oak Beach from Tuesday through today. Another regional rarity, the Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still present on the Setauket Mill Pond on Wednesday, but most unusual waterfowl have departed the area. Lingering Gulls featured the immature GLAUCOUS at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn again last Saturday and an ICELAND GULL again at Dreier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn last Sunday. It seems the spring build-up of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS has begun, with birds reported from Coney Island Beach and Heckscher State Park Saturday and Robert Moses State Park Monday, with the number at Heckscher increasing to 3 by Thursday. Good locations for spring gatherings of this species in recent years have included Jones Beach West End and Nickerson Beach just west of Point Lookout. Decent numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS continue along the coast and have recently also been occurring well into western Long Island Sound. Among the recent arrivals were 1 or 2 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS found Wednesday at High Rock Park on Staten Island, and an early NORTHERN PARULA was reported yesterday in Prospect Park, where a WHITE-EYED VIREO arrived Monday. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER continued at Wagner College on Staten Island at least to Sunday, and a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH appeared in Central Park Tuesday, with a NORTHEN PARULA there today. Today a male HOODED WARBLER was spotted at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge. BLUE-WINGED TEAL have been noted at a few locations at least since Sunday, and SPOTTED SANDPIPER was noted as of Wednesday. Up to 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were present at the Captree Island marshes this week, this location also producing a GLOSSY IBIS Tuesday. PURPLE MARTINS were present on Staten Island at least as of Monday, and WILSON’S SNIPE continue to visit select wet areas throughout the region. LESSER YELLOWLEGS has also been reported locally. Some RUSTY BLACKBIRDS continue in the area, with 10 at Alley Pond Park today, and more NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS are appearing. The LARK SPARROW was still at Croton Point Park in Westchester last Sunday. To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or days except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
