– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 26, 2021
* NYNY2103.26
– Birds mentioned
WESTERN SANDPIPER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
American Oystercatcher
Wilson’s Snipe
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Egret
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Chipping Sparrow
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
– Transcript
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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, March 26th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN SHRIKE, WESTERN TANAGER, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, WESTERN SANDPIPER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, RED CROSSBILL, spring migrants and more.
A newly appearing rarity for the region, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, was spotted last Saturday in the North Forty at Floyd Bennett Field. In typical shrike fashion it did disappear at times during the day and apparently moved on overnight.
In contrast, the female WESTERN TANAGER continues to visit Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan most often seen around the feeders located just inside the park on the east side of East End Avenue just below East 86th Street. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER also remains in that area usually seen in the plantings on the north side of the park adjacent to Gracie Mansion into which property it often disappears. The Chelsea female WESTERN TANAGER was also seen again last Sunday around West 22nd Street east of 10th Avenue. This bird much more difficult to pin down.
With waterfowl numbers declining rather quickly now in our area among the lingering less common species this week were 3 KING EIDERS, a male continuing at Great Kills Park on Staten Island at least to Sunday, a young male in the Shinnecock area to Monday and a female still reported in the Floyd Bennett / Fort Tilden area to Tuesday.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL visited Randall’s Island again last Sunday while an immature was seen at Prospect Park Lake Saturday and then again at Bush Terminal Piers Park Tuesday. An immature GLAUCOUS GULL noted by the North Channel Bridge at Jamaica Bay Sunday was preceded by one seen again Saturday out at Oldfield Point north of Stony Brook. Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen Sunday at Austin Nichols House in Brooklyn and at Jones Beach. Watch for NORTHERN GANNETS now moving back north along the Atlantic coast.
A WESTERN SANDPIPER seen in a large Dunlin flock out at Jones Beach State Park last Saturday may have been the same individual noted at Lido Beach the week before.
AMERICAN BITTERNS continue to be seen along Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet but more unusual was one spotted today at Mountain Lakes Park in North Salem, Westchester County.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS remain along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville this area accessed from Schultz Road next to Jones Pond. The Paumanok Trail also has continued to attract up to 8 RED CROSSBILLS seen through today and perhaps even contemplating nesting there.
Two COMMON REDPOLLS were still being reported in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery today and some PINE SISKINS continue at regional feeders and elsewhere with some PURPLE FINCHES also returning north.
Breaking the grip of the March doldrums this latest warm weather event has brought in numbers of northbound migrants including AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILSON’S SNIPE, LAUGHING GULL, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, BLACK VULTURE, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS, GOLDEN-CROWNED and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, CHIPPING SPARROW, PINE WARBLER and a PALM WARBLER appearing at Randall’s Island today.
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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