-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 22, 2026 * NYNY2605.22
- Birds Mentioned WHITE IBIS+ SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) BLACK-NECKED STILT White-rumped Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope LITTLE GULL MISSISSIPPI KITE Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Bicknell’s Thrush YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Mourning Warbler Kentucky Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL 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 22, 2026 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES, WHITE IBIS, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL, YELLOW BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. As spring migration begins to wind down, it is only fitting that one of the world's greatest birds shows up - last Saturday a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted flying over Old Country Road out in Calverton, this followed by two seen together as they moved north-easterly past Croton Point Park in Westchester. Both sightings were brief but raised hopes of more to come. A MISSISSIPPI KITE has recently been somewhat more accommodating, flying over several Brooklyn sites on a daily basis since last Monday, often at reasonable height, with sightings today from both Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery. Following the recent eastern Long Island sighting of an adult WHITE IBIS spending a few days out in Southampton comes a flock of eight adults spotted last Sunday as they dropped down in the State Boat Channel north of Gilgo State Park - this group has yet to be refound. A BLACK-NECKED STILT was spotted this morning among a few shorebirds at the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and, given the weather predictions, might stick there for a little while. Other recent sightings at the Bay feature a WILSON'S PHALATOPE plus a WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER, both on the East Pond last Sunday. There is a report of a LITTLE GULL near the now closed cut at Mecox Bay as of last Sunday, but there seems to be no additional information. An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted on the Jones Beach median strip last Sunday. A few recent YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS featured singles last Sunday in Green-Wood Cemetery and at the Mount Loretto Unique Area, followed by others Tuesday and Wednesday at the New Creek Watershed in Midland Beach, Staten Island, and along the North County Rail Trail in Yorktown Heights in Westchester. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was heard singing at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester last Saturday, with another in Prospect Park Wednesday, several MOURNING WARBLERS were encountered during the week, and a KENTUCKY WARBLER was found in Prospect Park Wednesday. SUMMER TANAGERS this week included reports today of singles in Central Park and Green-Wood Cemetery and two in Alley Pond Park, while BLUE GROSBEAKS featured birds late this week in Green-Wood Cemetery, along Hulse Landing Road in Calverton, and on the restricted Brookhaven National Laboratory complex . A DICKCISSEL was photographed last Sunday at Sunken Meadow Park, and other expected migrants this week also featured YELLOW-BELLIED, ACADIAN and OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHERS and BICKNELL’S and GRAY CHEEKED THRUSHES. 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: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org --
