-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 08, 2020
* NYNY2005.08
– Birds Mentioned
King Eider
Cattle Egret
Common Gallinule
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
CASPIAN TERN
Roseate Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
CHUCK-WILL’S WIDOW
Eastern Whip-poor-will
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Bobolink
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://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, May 8, 2020 at 10:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are CHUCK-WILL’S WIDOW, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY and GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and spring migrants.
Despite the ongoing bizarre weather patterns, expected species do continue to arrive locally more or less on schedule.
Among the more unusual, a CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was photographed last Saturday at Owl’s Head Park in Brooklyn. The week also produced a few EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS, including one found in a mid-Manhattan post office Thursday, and a couple of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS flying over mid-Manhattan last Sunday evening.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was spotted Monday at Cupsogue County Park, where a ROSEATE TERN was seen today.
A CASPIAN TERN at Heckscher State Park last Saturday was followed by one off Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island Sunday.
Among other notable non-passerines, the female KING EIDER was still off Orient Point today, the North Fork CATTLE EGRET around Down’s Creek in Cutchogue was last reported Saturday, and a COMMON GALLINULE was first noted on Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park last Monday.
The Central Park RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still present today in the north end, the Queen’s Cunningham Park bird was noted on Wednesday, and a pair of RED-HEADEDS was seen today along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville.
A decent showing of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS included one Saturday in the North Garden at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, two in Central Park Sunday, one at Riverside Park, and another visiting Alley Pond Park commencing Tuesday.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at Central Park’s north end last Friday and Saturday was followed by one at Turtle Pond Wednesday, with another visiting Prospect Park Tuesday.
Last Monday single KENTUCKY WARBLERS were found in Prospect Park and at the Ruth Oliva Preserve at Dam Pond in East Marion, with another uncovered in Central Park’s north end today.
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER found Wednesday in Riverside Park was still present today, and a female CERULEAN WARBLER was spotted at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Thursday.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER appeared in Central Park last Friday and Saturday, with another at Southard’s Pond Park in Babylon Wednesday..
Among the other WARBLERS noted this week were TENNESSEE, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON’S.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery yesterday.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in Central Park last Sunday was followed by one sometimes singing near four adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at the Rye Middle School Monday through Wednesday. A VESPER SPARROW was in Central Park Sunday, with a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at Battery Park Wednesday.
At least five BLUE GROSBEAK reports this week ranged from Central Park to breeding areas out near Calverton, and seven SUMMER TANAGERS spanned from Battery Park and Central Park out to Brookhaven and East Hampton.
Other arrivals also featured BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, LEAST FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED and RED-EYED VIREOS, LINCOLN’S SPARROW and BOBOLINK.
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
