– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 24, 2024
* NYNY2405.24
– Birds mentioned
ARCTIC TERN+
SANDWICH TERN+
PACIFIC LOON+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL’S THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Royal Tern
Common Loon
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
– 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, May 24th, 2024 at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, PACIFIC LOON, MISSISSIPPI KITE, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
With migration winding down and overall numbers continuing to be on the low side some terns are now showing up to make things more interesting. This morning at Nickerson Beach and Lido Beach an adult SANDWICH TERN paid a brief visit to the eastern Black Skimmer and Common Tern nesting area before moving on. Other terns occurring there include ROSEATE and GULL-BILLED with two early ROYAL TERNS reported Tuesday. Nickerson has in recent Springs been a good location to search for ARCTIC TERNS with the only reports so far this Spring has been an adult photographed last Sunday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.
A surprise last Saturday was a PACIFIC LOON photographed as it flew by Randall’s Island as part of a small COMMON LOON flight.
MISSISSIPPI KITES appeared this week over three NYC parks. The first a subadult spotted over Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Monday evening followed shortly thereafter by presumably the same one over nearby Green-wood Cemetery and then one occurred Thursday over Forest Park in Queens.
Rather unexpected was a CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW recorded singing for a short while last Monday evening at Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center in Yorktown Heights one of very few Westchester records.
A variety of interesting birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge have included a nicely plumaged RED-NECKED PHALAROPE around the south end of the West Pond from Monday through today. With other shorebirds there including 2 WHIMBREL out on the bay Sunday as well as WHITE-RUMPED and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS also present on the West Pond today. GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS have been reported there recently while a female COMMON EIDER was still there last Sunday with a female HARLEQUIN DUCK continuing off Sunset Cove Park just south of the refuge at least to Wednesday. A lingering RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also seen in the South Garden today.
Breeding plumaged AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area last Monday.
Among the flycatchers a few OLIVE-SIDED include one at Strack Pond at the west end of Forest Park Saturday and one at Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday. Some currently migrating species including ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, BICKNELL’S and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES and PHILADELPHIA VIREO can require extra scrutiny to ensure proper identification.
A KENTUCKY WARBLER lingered on Governors Island from Saturday at least through Wednesday and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while MOURNING WARBLERS have been found in several parks.
A few SUMMER TANAGERS include birds in Central Park last week and Forest Park Wednesday and Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay Thursday and a BLUE GROSBEAK was at Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday others continuing out around Calverton.
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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