-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 10, 2022
* NYNY2206.10
– Birds Mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
King Eider
Rock Pigeon
Whimbrel
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
ARCTIC TERN
Great Shearwater
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Least Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Grasshopper Sparrow
Yellow-throated Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, June 10, 2022 at 8:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are slightly extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT and SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLACK-NECKED STILT, MISSISSIPPI KITE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
A great week for unusual birds locally and even slightly extralimitally, with a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continuing along the Newburgh waterfront and an adult SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER visiting the Stony Hill Farm EEC just across the Hudson River in Wappingers Falls yesterday and today.
On Long Island, four BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS were seen today along Willets Creek in West Islip, though pinning them down may be an issue, as they were last seen moving south.
At Jones Beach West End, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was spotted near the restrooms yesterday, associating with the ROCK PIGEON flock, and has continued there today.
Also, among the many shorebirds feasting on Horseshoe Crab eggs there has been a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, still present today, though wrongly referred to on last week’s tape as a Wilson’s Phalarope.
Another MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD sighting involved one moving east past Robert Moses State Park last Saturday, while two BROWN PELICANS seen along the coast featured one going east past Nickerson Beach on Tuesday followed by one headed west off Robert Moses State Park today.
Nickerson Beach has also attracted a nice variety of TERNS, including an ARCTIC seen briefly last Saturday, when an adult BLACK TERN was also present, plus occasional ROSEATE and GULL-BILLED TERNS as well as a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in various plumages. A CASPIAN TERN was photographed off Inwood Hill Park last Tuesday.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was photographed at the south end of the East Pond, where a first summer BLACK-HEADED GULL was also present, both of these seen on Tuesday along with an apparently lingering LEAST BITTERN, another of which was still at Prospect Park last weekend.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was present last Saturday and Sunday on the bay side at Tiana Beach off Dune Road in Hampton Bays, and a WHIMBREL stopped by Breezy Point on Monday and Tuesday.
A drake KING EIDER was reported in Reynolds Channel off Atlantic Beach last Saturday.
Offshore in the Atlantic, as viewed from Robert Moses State Park on Thursday, a few CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS have begun appearing along with continuing SOOTY SHEARWATERS, but unfortunately some deceased Shearwaters have also been found along ocean beaches from Moses out to Montauk.
Indicating that some continue in our region, on Wednesday a MISSISSIPPI KITE flew west by the Audubon Center in north Greenwich, headed towards Westchester.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER is still present at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and the Calverton Grasslands continue to host a male SUMMER TANAGER, a few BLUE GROSBEAKS and several GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS.
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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