– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 21, 2024
* NYNY2406.21
– Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
AMERICAN FLAMINGO+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
– Transcript
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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: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 21st 2024*
at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are AMERICAN FLAMINGO,
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN
PELICAN, WILSON’S PHALAROPE, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS,
BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The AMERICAN FLAMINGO seems to have settled in at Georgica Pond in
Wainscott, present there all week despite potentially disturbing incidents
and hopefully it will continue at least for the short term. The best
approach to seeing the FLAMINGO on Georgica Pond stills seems to be to park
in the small lot at the end of Beach Lane west of the pond and walk east
along the beach to the overview of the pond. For those without local
parking permits, plan your visit for early in the morning because expensive
tickets are being issued once the beach activity picks up usually around 10
am.
The SWALLOW-TAILED KITE provided a nice but brief view Sunday morning as it
cruised over the beach at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island just south of the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS moving from the East Pond to the West
Pond last Friday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge continued on the West Pond
for Saturday but then moved on. An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS occasionally seen
as it visits the south end of the East Pond was reported there again on
Wednesday and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE also appeared around the south end on
Wednesday and Thursday. A LEAST BITTERN has been in the same area as the
East Pond but has been seen best as it feeds around Big John’s Pond, nicely
viewed from the bird-blind on the way to the Raunt overlook. One or two
GULL-BILLED TERNS also continue to visit the south ends of both the East
and West Ponds and a female COMMON EIDER was still on the West Pond last
Saturday.
Possibly the same BROWN PELICAN was seen Monday evening near the ferry
terminal at Davis Park on central Fire Island and then briefly on the
mudflats off Oak Beach in Fire Island Inlet Tuesday morning.
A young male COMMON EIDER was still in the Fort Tilden to Breezy Point
stretch of coastline at least to Wednesday.
A nice count of 18 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a BLACK TERN were out at
Breezy Point Tuesday with another BLACK TERN also at Nickerson Beach Monday
while a CASPIAN TERN visited Georgica Pond last Saturday.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Connetquot River State Park Wednesday has
continued in the same location and may be nesting there.
Single ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS recently in Brooklyn were seen at Calvert Vaux
Park Saturday and at Green-wood Cemetery Sunday.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was spotted Sunday at Blydenburgh County Park in
Hauppauge east of Stump Pond. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and a late MOURNING WARBLER
appeared in Brooklyn Bridge Park last Monday.
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue out in the Calverton area concluding around the
Preston Ponds complex.
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.
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