-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 12, 2024
* NYNY2404.12
– Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Long-billed Dowitcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Green Heron
Broad-winged Hawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Brown Thrasher
VESPER SPARROW
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting
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, April 12,
2024 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN,
pelagic trip results, including COMMON MURRE and ICELAND GULL,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, VESPER SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
spring migrants and more.
After not being seen for a week, and with the hummingbird feeder taken
down, the Brooklyn RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD made brief appearances in the
same area near Breeze Hill in Prospect Park last Saturday and Sunday,
this followed by an unconfirmed report of it sitting there in a Pine
tree today.
An immature BROWN PELICAN was photographed in Great South Bay last
Monday, with little detail provided, and it has not resurfaced
subsequently.
A 12-hour pelagic trip aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead
Bay in Brooklyn Saturday morning and was quickly treated to a nice
gathering of NORTHERN GANNETS, with a total of 934 recorded for the
day. Also encountered were 73 RAZORBILLS and four COMMON MURRES as
well as six ICELAND and seven LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Five
RED-NECKED GREBES were spotted on the way in, continuing around the
south end of Floyd Bennett Field, and mammals featured Common Dolphins
and Fin Whales.
Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS continued through last Sunday off Orient Point
County Park.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around Jones Inlet and Point Lookout
last Sunday, with an immature also spotted off Calvert Vaux Park in
Brooklyn on Thursday, where an ICELAND GULL was also seen Wednesday
and Thursday.
Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still on the West Pond at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge Tuesday.
A CASPIAN TERN was found near LaGuardia Airport Wednesday, and another
was spotted on the Hudson River off Ossining in Westchester County
today.
Local RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Westchester, with two at
Croton Point Park and another at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.
A VESPER SPARROW was a nice find in Kissena Park yesterday.
A singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was back at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum in Great River as of last Sunday, where hopefully they will
continue through breeding season, and singles were also noted at
Hempstead Lake State Park on Monday and out at Camp Hero in Montauk on
Tuesday.
A nice find this afternoon was an adult male BLUE GROSBEAK spotted on
the lawn near the tollbooth by the entrance to Valley Stream State
Park.
An expected but welcome influx of migrants this week featured SOLITARY
SANDPIPER today at Hempstead Lake, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER’S TERN,
GREEN HERON, BROAD-WINGED HAWK and, among the passerines, WHITE-EYED
and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, PURPLE MARTIN, CLIFF SWALLOW, more BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, HOUSE WREN, BROWN THRASHER and a poor male INDIGO
BUNTING, unfortunately a window-strike casualty.
Among the WARBLERS, joining the continuing ORANGE-CROWNEDS and
increasing PINE, PALM, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, have been
BLACK-AND-WHITE as of Tuesday, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a HOODED in
Prospect Park Tuesday, and both NORTHERN PARULA and YELLOW as of
Wednesday.
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