-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 12, 2023 * NYNY2305.12
- Birds Mentioned BLACK-NECKED STILT+ ATLANTIC PUFFIN+ BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+ ANHINGA+ SMITH'S LONGSPUR+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Red-necked Grebe SANDHILL CRANE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE RED PHALAROPE Parasitic Jaeger DOVEKIE Black-legged Kittiwake Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Arctic Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach’s Storm-Petrel NORTHERN FULMAR Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Common Redpoll Red Crossbill Pine Siskin CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Bobolink Golden-winged Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Tennessee Warbler Mourning Warbler Kentucky Warbler Cerulean 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, SMITH'S LONGSPUR, SANDHILL CRANE, BLACK-NECKED STILT and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, offshore research ship findings of RED PHALAROPE, DOVEKIE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN, NORTHERN FULMAR and BLACK CAPPED PETREL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and much more. Prospect Park’s ANHINGA, first noted on April 25th, this past Wednesday just before 9:00 a.m. took flight and circled upward in a thermal for several minutes, gaining enough altitude to be also spotted from Green-Wood Cemetery to the west before it ultimately disappeared, headed for New Jersey. Last Tuesday a nicely plumaged male SMITH'S LONGSPUR was found at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 but could not be relocated the next day. A SANDHILL CRANE high over Green-Wood Cemetery on Sunday was likely the same bird passing a little later over the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay's West Pond also hosted a breeding plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE from Tuesday at least to Thursday. A BLACK-NECKED STILT found Tuesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area was still present there today. A NOAA research vessel out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, last Wednesday ventured into New York waters about 80 miles SSE of Montauk and among its birds recorded 13 RED-NECKED and 402 RED PHALAROPES, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 18 ARCTIC TERNS, 134 DOVEKIES and 33 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 520 WILSON'S and 4 LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS, 190 NORTHERN FULMARS, an early BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, and 71 SOOTY and 7 MANX SHEARWATERS. A RED-NECKED GREBE in breeding plumage recently off Glen Island Park in New Rochelle was still present today. Seen at Nickerson Beach today around the tern colony were single GULL-BILLED and BLACK TERNS, and two CASPIAN TERNS visited Croton Point Park Monday. Several RED-HEADED WOODPECKER reports this week mentioned the Marine Park bird to Saturday, one in Morningside Park in Manhattan to Monday, singles last Sunday at St. John’s Cemetery in Queens and at Connetquot River State Park, and one at Rockefeller Preserve State Park in Westchester during the week. With the better weather this week came better numbers and variety of passerines - among the WARBLERS were several PROTHONOTARY, featuring singles at Alley Pond Park Saturday, Hempstead Lake State Park Sunday, Prospect and Battery Parks Tuesday, and Jones Beach West End Thursday, while YELLOW-THROATED occurred in Battery Park Saturday, plus in Central, Prospect and Forest Parks, good showings for both species. Perhaps now the rarest in our region, a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was spotted in Central Park last Sunday, with another there today. Other WARBLERS included TENNESSEE, CERULEAN in three city parks, MOURNING as of Saturday, and KENTUCKY in both Central and Prospect Parks. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited Croton Point Park Tuesday, while among the winter finches were a RED CROSSBILL at Quogue Wildlife Refuge Sunday, a PINE SISKIN in Prospect Park since Tuesday, and a COMMON REDPOLL flying by Robert Moses State Park Saturday. BLUE GROSBEAKS were in Central, Prospect and Kissena Parks during the week, as well as back on eastern Long Island territories, and SUMMER TANAGER occurred in several parks, including Central, Morningside, Kissena, Alley Pond, Flushing Meadows, Valley Stream, Fort Tryon and Robert Moses - nice! Other arrivals this week included OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and BOBOLINK. 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/[email protected]/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/ --
