– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 19, 2024
* NYNY2404.19
– Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SWAINSON’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
RED-NECKED GREBE
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Sora
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
CASPIAN TERN
Common Tern
NORTHERN FULMAR
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Wood Thrush
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Seaside Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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, April 19th,
2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S WARBLER,
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, NORTHERN FULMAR, BROWN PELICAN, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET,
RED-NECKED GREBE, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW,
PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
Spring migrants and more.
This morning a male SWAINSON’S WARBLER was found in Brooklyn Bridge Park
where it spent the day foraging in brushy areas from Pier 4 down to Pier 6.
It would disappear for a while at times but would occasionally sing aiding
in relocating the wandering bird. Hopefully, it will remain to Saturday.
The Prospect Park RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD made what may be a final visit Monday
morning to the area where it had wintered near Breeze Hill spotted sitting
fairly high up in the vegetation.
A nice flight off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning featuring
an account of over 2,700 NORTHERN GANNETS as well as decent numbers of
waterfowl and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also provided a light phase
NORTHERN FULMAR moving east not too far offshore.
An immature BROWN PELICAN, perhaps the one seen back on the 8th, was
spotted last Sunday moving by Lido Beach and shortly thereafter heading
past Jones Beach West End then back out to sea.
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was spotted last Saturday on a lawn at Hawley’s
Place Park just north of Route 27A in West Islip.
Three RED-NECKED GREBES were still off Dead Horse Point just west of Floyd
Bennett Field this morning.
Single ICELAND GULLS were noted Saturday at Fort Tilden, Monday at Great
Kills Park, and then Wednesday at Governors Island, and the next day off
nearby Brooklyn. While CASPIAN TERN visited Pelham Bay Park last Sunday.
[…] LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Sunday and an AMERICAN BITTERN visited Prospect Park
from Monday to Thursday.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found in Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday with a
more colorful find that day was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER spotted in nearby
Prospect Park. This bird still present today around West Island in Prospect
Park Lake. Besides the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum in Great River other YELLOW-THROATEDS include singles
found at Southaven County Park Sunday and Central Park Monday and in
Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday. The SUMMER TANAGER at Southaven County Park
Saturday was followed by one Monday in Green-wood Cemetery where a BLUE
GROSBEAK was present from Saturday through today. Other BLUE GROSBEAKS
included one in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn since Sunday, one moving
around the East Village in lower Manhattan from Tuesday on and one at
Connetquot River State Park on Thursday.
A good number of Spring arrivals finally this week included such species as
COMMON NIGHTHAWK, CHIMNEY SWIFT, SORA, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILLET and COMMON
and LEAST TERNS as well as GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD,
YELLOW-THROATED and WARBLING VIREOS, VEERY and WOOD THRUSH, more SEASIDE
and SALTMARSH SPARROWS and ORCHARD ORIOLE.
Among the arriving warblers have been OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, NASHVILLE, more HOODED, AMERICAN REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED and
PRAIRIE while a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS included singles seen in Central Park
and Green-wood Cemetery.
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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